wgpu-rs VS veloren

Compare wgpu-rs vs veloren and see what are their differences.

wgpu-rs

Rust bindings to wgpu native library (by gfx-rs)
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wgpu-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of wgpu-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-30.
  • Using WGPU + crates directly or Bevy?
    1 project | /r/rust_gamedev | 4 Jul 2022
    You could start with one of examples from wgpu and tinker with it to see if that's your thing. Ie. copy hello-triangle and add more triangles / make them move, etc.
  • gfx-rs ecosystem releases v0.8
    3 projects | /r/rust | 30 Apr 2021
    wgpu-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs) is probably closer to what you're looking for, it's a "high level wrapper" over wgpu-core (Which implements "WebGPU", an upcoming browser API for graphics using gfx-rs, and AIUI "implements" means this is what a browser might use to actually call a graphics API when javascript uses webGPU, although if you're compiling for wasm it could just call the browser APIs). It can run natively, ignore the fact it has "Web" in the name
  • Rust shader translator is 2.5x faster
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Apr 2021
  • GPU compute shader for SHA256 using Rust!
    3 projects | /r/rust | 25 Apr 2021
    rust-gpu) is used for compiling a compute shader written in Rust to SPIR-V. wgpu-rs is used natively for running the GPU computation.
  • GPU programming .. SYCL
    2 projects | /r/rust | 15 Apr 2021
  • Bevy 0.5
    14 projects | /r/rust | 6 Apr 2021
    For web assembly there is the unofficial bevy_webgl2 plugin. Official bevy web assembly support would probably use the wgpu webgl backend, which still needs some work, and is currently untested in bevy.
  • Bevy 0.5: data oriented game engine built in Rust
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Apr 2021
    We let wgpu https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs handle our graphics backend abstraction, so our OpenGL support will come whenever they implement and release it. Currently, it seems to be a WIP.
  • Help a newbie (in this language) to find directions :)
    1 project | /r/rust_gamedev | 2 Apr 2021
    It's the same thing, the Rust implementation is just called[wgpu](https://wgpu.rs/)
  • Last big wgpu-rs example shaders are fully ported to WGSL now, and validated in it
    6 projects | /r/rust_gamedev | 30 Mar 2021
    Same as with GLSL, isn't it? What we do in wgpu-rs examples, and that's something I expect to see more widely, is having an integration test that just parses all the WGSL in the project and reports errors. Ideally though, we'd have a set of IDE plugins to do the parsing and report errors right where you type the code. We'd appreciate any help to get these started!
  • Newbie questions on design patterns in Rust
    2 projects | /r/rust_gamedev | 21 Mar 2021
    Also you could use an existing cross-platform graphics library, e.g. wgpu-rs. It supports Vulkan, Metal, DirectX, OpenGL and WebGPU. Oh and it seems to allow switching backends at compile-time via the WGPU_BACKEND environment variable, so maybe check out how they're doing it.

veloren

Posts with mentions or reviews of veloren. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-26.
  • Ask HN: Is Scratch a good tool for teaching coding?
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Mar 2024
    I know that code.org's lessons have a "view the real code" box, helping to ease one into the "here's how to think about problems and structure, but here's the actual JavaScript that underpins it". If you haven't tried that, it may help

    I also recently learned that Brilliant uses block-based lessons, too, so there's obviously some there-there

    I would guess that a lot of the problem is one of actualization: how does one go from solving "someone else's problems" to one of realizing their own ideas. Based on what I've seen, I'd guess that a Minecraft mod port that maps blockly down into lua would go a long way toward "do some things that materialize change in an environment that is familiar." I haven't used Roblox, but I believe it's similar so if they have a programming language, same-same. I started to suggest using Valoren <https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren#get-veloren> since it's actual FOSS and thus would be much, much easier to integrate into, but I haven't played it in order to know how much uncanny-valley it would have with any preexisting Minecraft experience

  • Veloren
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Mar 2024
  • What’s an actual use case for Rust
    14 projects | /r/rust | 26 Mar 2023
    Games (Veloren, or check out this website for updates on other games being developed in Rust)
  • Veloren Future?
    1 project | /r/Veloren | 17 Mar 2023
    Firstly, it's open-source. That means that all code associated with the project is freely available (it's right here!) and you're welcome to download, modify, recompile, and make changes to it as you wish. In fact, there have already been a few forks of the project that added new items, abilities, bosses, and other such things. Veloren is also released under GPL v3, a license that pretty much ensures that the code will always be open-source, meaning that anybody can take the existing code and remix it, mod it, or otherwise build upon it.
  • New license for veloren assets?
    1 project | /r/Veloren | 23 Feb 2023
    I found this on the gitlab https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/issues/1755
  • Veloren won't launch on Fedora 37 with amdgpu Graphics.
    1 project | /r/Veloren | 4 Dec 2022
    sounds like a wayland issue, can you check our https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/issues list and if you dont find this error, you could help us by opening a bug and giving it a good description: Maybe there is even a workaround in our book:
  • Could something like this be implemented in Veloren? I'm not a Dev but this video by LTT makes Async look promising
    1 project | /r/Veloren | 2 Dec 2022
  • C Isn't a Programming Language Anymore
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Nov 2022
    Trying to replace C with something like Rust, is essentially saying that we should rewrite all kernels in Rust. C is the common language because it talks to the kernel, which talks to the hardware.

    Forgetting how much would need to be replaced with objectively much slower code, Rust simply cannot do some things. You cannot always make absolute guarantees about memory safety for example when it comes to low-level programming. Sometimes to be fast, you have to make assumptions and take risks.

    I am currently watching the Veloron game [1] as an example of how larger Rust projects may begin to look. I see something like this [2] and it doesn't look all dissimilar from C, just with a new syntax. Has writing this game eliminated all bugs? Nope [3]. Maybe there are less segfaults and bad memory management, but this was just one class of bugs.

    [1] https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren

    [2] https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/blob/master/server/src/...

    [3] https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/issues/?sort=closed_des...

  • Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Nov 2022
    Oh dang, looks like it's open source too. licensed under GPLv3 - https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren
  • Veloren Adventures! Spooky Level 5 Dungeon - Happy Halloween!
    1 project | /r/Veloren | 31 Oct 2022
    It's really amazing to see how Veloren has improved over the years. Makes me wonder what we'll see in the future. I was really surprised when I saw the train tracks merge request πŸ˜„

What are some alternatives?

When comparing wgpu-rs and veloren you can also consider the following projects:

ash - Vulkan bindings for Rust

Airshipper - The official Veloren launcher! This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page: https://gitlab.com/veloren/airshipper

gfx - [maintenance mode] A low-overhead Vulkan-like GPU API for Rust.

bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

awesome-bevy - A collection of Bevy assets, plugins, learning resources, and apps made by the community

veloren - An open world, open source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Cube World. This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page.

bevy_webgl2 - WebGL2 renderer plugin for Bevy game engine

rust-gpu - πŸ‰ Making Rust a first-class language and ecosystem for GPU shaders 🚧

watchtower - A process for automating Docker container base image updates.

gpuweb - Where the GPU for the Web work happens!

learn-wgpu - Guide for using gfx-rs's wgpu library.