How to Write a Game Engine?

Allen Wyma talks with Herbert Wolverson, the author of the book Hands-on Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@0:57] - About Herbert and his book
• [@3:01] - Explaining Rust’s traits
• [@4:27] - The book is for intermediate programming
• [@5:32] - Most beneficial part about using Rust over other languages
• [@7:42] - Unreal Engine
• [@11:13] - Unreal, Unity & Godot
• [@13:44] - Bevy Engine & Amethyst Engine
• [@18:31] - Zig
• [@20:38] - Herbert’s Bracket-Lib engine
• [@24:18] - Creating a game engine from scratch
• [@34:03] - ECS (Entity Component System) & OPP (Object-Oriented Programming)
• [@42:02] - Other game engines mentioned in the book
• [@43:12] - Macroquad & Miniquad
• [@45:39] - Amethyst
• [@49:51] - RG3D
• [@51:58] - Book Status & Rust Brain Teasers
• [@57:44] - Pragprog Publishing
• [@01:02:30] - How to contact Herbert

Other Resources

• Hands-on Rust
• Roguelike Tutorial
• The Bracket

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma

Hosts: Allen Wyma