softbuffer
Softbuffer integrates with the raw-window-handle crate to allow writing to a window in a cross-platform way while using the very high quality dedicated window management libraries that are available in the Rust ecosystem. (by rust-windowing)
bracket-lib
The Roguelike Toolkit (RLTK), implemented for Rust. (by thebracket)
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| softbuffer | bracket-lib | |
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| 6 | 27 | |
| 262 | 1,449 | |
| 9.2% | 1.7% | |
| 8.2 | 0.0 | |
| 11 days ago | 2 months ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
softbuffer
Posts with mentions or reviews of softbuffer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-06.
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How do rust gui frameworks avoid rerendering?
On a more recent machine, that same (well, more primitive) app with pixels or softbuffer struggled beyond acceptable. But was definitely poorly written.
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Minimal 2D library for games? I'm struggling a bit to settle on one to learn.
I'm using winit and softbuffer for my CurrentProject™.
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Which OpenGL crate should I use?
Another annoyance is that it's not possible to have flicker-free resizing with wgpu without completely killing the performance. OTOH, softbuffer resizing never flickers.
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What 2D graphics library would you most recommend?
Why not minifb or softbuffer (which lets you use winit)?
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Rust's Option and Result. In Python.
machine learning, neural networks, image processing, cryptography (though it is getting better), font shaping/rendering (though it is getting better), CPU/software rendering (though it is getting better)
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here! (24/2022)!
I have decided that wgpu is not worth it, and gone to softbuffer, which does not stretch, and works a whole lot better. Downside: no GPU and no scaling support.
bracket-lib
Posts with mentions or reviews of bracket-lib.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-02.
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Does anyone care about CLI/TUI games?
I think having to use a terminal is the scary part for many people. rltk/bracket-lib can be used to get a similar look and feel if that's what's important, but it is geared toward roguelikes.
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Minimal 2D library for games? I'm struggling a bit to settle on one to learn.
Maybe bracket-lib from the amethyst authors? I‘m currently working through that book and find the library quite intuitive and simple to use. It started out as a toolkit for rouge-like games but has been getting more general. On that note, I recommend the hands-on-rust book which teaches rust concepts while building games with bracket-lib. As you have read the book, I‘m sure you would get through the first chapters quickly.
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Bevy ECS or custom implementation?
https://github.com/amethyst/bracket-lib has a great integration with Bevy, designed for exactly this sort of thing.
- Turn-based game - architecture feedback/opinons
- libtcod use 8x8 font but scaled up to 16x16?
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How difficult could it be to make a console program that looks like this and has a game loop running on a separate thread? Any suggestions or crate recommendations are welcome!
I've been doing some experiments with terminal based games and landed on https://github.com/amethyst/bracket-lib It's not exactly terminal based in the sense that it actually runs on OpenGL by default. But that's a plus imho because dealing with the bits of the terminal window that can change outside of your control (like fonts, window resize, etc) is a giant pita. It does let you swap the backend to run on crossterm if that's what you really want to do but if what you're after is the aesthetic like I am having bracket_lib handling all that makes life so much better.
- Rendering TUI To Web
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Sharing Saturday #420
Bracket-Lib for Bevy Github
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Sharing Saturday #418
Bracket-Terminal/RLTK for Bevy Github Branch | Twitter | Patreon
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Sharing Saturday #416
bracket-lib 👈🏻 (using this now)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing softbuffer and bracket-lib you can also consider the following projects:
winit - Window handling library in pure Rust
bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
rustshed - Rust types in Python. https://justforfunnoreally.dev/
Amethyst - Data-oriented and data-driven game engine written in Rust
weird-move-behaviour-reproduction
VTerminal - A new Look-and-Feel (LaF) for Java, which allows for a grid-based display of Unicode characters with custom fore/background colors, font sizes, and pseudo-shaders. Originally designed for developing Roguelike/lite games.
minifb - MiniFB is a small cross platform library to create a frame buffer that you can draw pixels in
libtcod - A collection of tools and algorithms for developing traditional roguelikes. Such as field-of-view, pathfinding, and a tile-based terminal emulator.
site - Code for the website / Código para o site
python-tcod - A high-performance Python port of libtcod. Includes the libtcodpy module for backwards compatibility with older projects.
wgpu - Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics api.
bevy_webgl2 - WebGL2 renderer plugin for Bevy game engine