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Having tried writing a game engine in Rust, I can't imagine that Rust would become the future of game development. Lack of safety is a feature in game development, because the optimizations required are typically unorthodox and a super strict language slows development down. Additionally, object ownership can be unclear in a game development setting, which typically makes use of global variables for state. The benefi…
Having tried writing a game engine in Rust, I can't imagine that Rust would become the future of game development. Lack of safety is a feature in game development, because the optimizations required are typically unorthodox and a super strict language slows development down. Additionally, object ownership can be unclear in a game development setting, which typically makes use of global variables for state. The benefi…
As an alternative to C++, JAI is more promising in my opinion.
Two weeks ago Rust was the future of embedded systems (it is not) and now it is the future of Game Development (it is not). I'm starting to think that people's opinion shouldn't be taken seriously unless they have like at least 20 years of experience in a particular field.
> Can I replace my Rails/Django/Flask already?
> Yup! Rust has mature and production ready frameworks in Actix Web and Rocket, and newer ones like Warp and Tide. These provide everything you’d expect from a web framework, from routing and middleware, to templating, and JSON/form handling. There are crates for everything, and more!
I would pay for a reality show where a big Rails application needs to be replaced by Rust by the same engineers who built it.
Full disclosure: game development beyond the cli-based games and some simple asteroids-like games are the most I've ever done with games. I find them incredibly boring, both to make and play(kind of ironic considering up untilrecently I was working as a developer for a company that made games and I worked there for 8 and a half years). But 3 weeks ago I switched jobs and I am using rust in my current workplace, again…
Is it though? I feel like most people compare Rust to C++98 and if you do that, certainly Rust looks really good. The benefits of Rust compared to, say, C++17 are not as pronounced.
Let me tell you that most C++ game dev never heard of Rust, so imagine how long it's going to take for Rust to be something usable in that domain? Right now in the real world of AAA games it is nowhere, it's not even a consideration so calling it "Rust Is the Future of Game Development" right ... For those who don't work in games, the tech there move very slowly, it's not your typical SV "let's use the latest fun and…
There are some AAA game engine and graphics developers actively using Rust in their main codebase like RAD and Embark, and many are Rust curious and using Rust for side projects or tools. It's true that it will be a while before wide Rust adoption happens in the game industry (if ever) and C++ will stay around for a while. As for tech in games moving slowly... there is some truth to that but some things also move muc…
Having tried writing a game engine in Rust, I can't imagine that Rust would become the future of game development. Lack of safety is a feature in game development, because the optimizations required are typically unorthodox and a super strict language slows development down. Additionally, object ownership can be unclear in a game development setting, which typically makes use of global variables for state. The benefi…
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Is it though? I feel like most people compare Rust to C++98 and if you do that, certainly Rust looks really good. The benefits of Rust compared to, say, C++17 are not as pronounced.
Better cross platform, better build system, better packaging, simpler language, the list goes on.
How many gaming consoles support rust?
The future of Game Development is about democratization of tools. With tools like Unity, GameMaker, and RPG maker it has become easier and easier for anyone to make a game. While Rust might be a good foundation for some performance critical code, I'd hardly say it's the "Future of Game Development". Already, games use tools like Blueprints in Unreal to make games with limited to no coding experience, and I expect tho…
It is the future of game development. I think that Rust makes it easier to build your own engine from public crates. In some sense blueprints are necessary because using CPP sucks. I can imagine that instead of Blueprints, Rust based engines will use some DSLs.
By all accounts Java has the most sophisticated runtime out there, it has all the safety features of Rust without fucking around with the borrow checker which seems like a huge piece of complexity just to avoid garbage collection.
Plus, now that Mozilla has gutted the Rust team, one wonders what future Rust has, if any.