ggez VS macroquad

Sounds like https://ggez.rs/.

Nice, can you add it to the list of projects https://github.com/ggez/ggez/blob/master/docs/Projects.md ?

ggez simple example (not working): https://github.com/ggez/ggez/tree/master/examples/01_super_simple.rs ggez bunnymark (works in batched mode only): https://github.com/ggez/ggez/blob/master/examples/bunnymark.rs wgpu example (working): https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/tree/master/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle

I’ve used https://ggez.rs for side projects and have been happy with it.

I've previously used ggez for simple pet projects, and have found it to be fairly simple for what you're describing

Take a look at https://github.com/ggez/ggez/blob/master/examples/spritebatch.rs

Alongside macroquad, ggez is also quite popular for 2D, It aims to implement an API based on a Rustified version of the LÖVE framework

I did look at GGEZ as well, and you probably should too.

Rust is a general purpose programming language. It can do low level systems programming but it's also highly capable of doing web backends, web frontends (wasm), game design, small utility scripts, etc.

A big thing people learning Rust do my mistake is to try and use all of the low level features straight away. Rust has tools like Rc, RefCell, Arc, and RwLock that let you have a garbage collected language (well, reference counted) and not worry about any of the low level memory management details.

See things like https://ggez.rs/ for games and https://www.arewewebyet.org/ for web stuff.

Although honestly I think if you're looking for a "hot" backend web language I'd say Elixir is the more well designed one than Go.

Comparing raylib to bevy is like comparing a scooter to a sports car. They're not particularly comparable in functionality or design. If you want a fairer comparison, see macroquad.

Macroquad. https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad

Macroquad is also an option.

I personally think that macroquad would be easier to deal with as a beginner. For example look at this arkanoid example (play it online here). It lets you design things as you want and also support WASM.

I think you’re looking for Macroquad

So how is that any counterpoint? If anything, that sounds like an advantage. No one claims that Rust is infallible. Heck, there are even popular crates that run into pitfalls(e.g. Macroquad violating the aliasing rule). Rust just has really impactful defaults, and you need to opt in in small areas to tell it that "you know what you are doing". And if something goes wrong, it's just in those small parts. But again, this has nothing to do with disabling the Borrow checker..

yeah, it's a known issue and there're plans to fix it. you can upvote and follow it here: https://github.com/not-fl3/macroquad/issues/333

Depending on the game you want to make and your target platform. In my opinion the best is Bevy, you can use the dynamic feature for fast compile time and fast iteration. If you want something small Macroquad is a great option, it has a great compile time.