Please refer to #754 for guideline on how to write your section!

Following is a list of potential sections for the news post. I browsed the commits since November 4th.

If you think other sections should be included, please say it. This list is not exhaustive.

Between parenthesis potential section authors. ?@author means "I think you could write the section", but doesn't mean it is claimed. I've put myself where I'd be glad to claim the section.

• winit and wgpu updates
  • winit 0.29 (?@Vrixyz, @nicopap)
  • wgpu 0.19 (claimed: @Elabajaba)
• Primitive shapes (claimed: @Jondolf + @NiseVoid)
• ECS
  • System stepping (claimed: @dmlary)
  • Dynamic queries (claimed: @nicopap)
  • Query transmutes (claimed: @hymm)
  • Entity optimizations (claimed: @Bluefinger)
  • Split WorldQuery (claimed: @wainwrightmark)
  • Auto-insert sync points (claimed:@hymm)
  • Input for one-shot systems (claimed: @Trashtalk217)
• Rendering
  • Minimal reflection probes(claimed: @pcwalton)
  • Exposure settings (claimed: @cart)
  • Light maps (claimed: @pcwalton)
  • Sprite slicing (9-slices) (claimed: @ManevilleF)
  • texture atlas rework (claimed: @ManevilleF)
  • Light RenderLayers (?@robtfm)
  • Approximate indirect specular occlusion (claimed: @aevyrie)
  • Unload render assets from RAM (claimed: @alice-i-cecile)
  • Async pipeline compilation, Multithreaded command buffer encoding. (claimed: @JMS55)
  • Bind group layout entries (claimed: @IceSentry)
  • Render graph labelization (?@rodolphito, ?@DasLixou)
  • Phase sorting (?@superdump, ?elabajaba)
• Camera-driven UI (claimed: @bardt)
• Gizmo configs (claimed: @nicopap)
• Extensionless asset support (claimed: @bushrat011899)
• Asset transformers (?@thepackett)
• GLTF extensions (?@CorneliusCornbread)
• Animatable trait (claimed: @alice-i-cecile)
• Support all types of animation interpolation from GLTF (claimed: @alice-i-cecile)

winit and wgpu updates

Primitive shapes

Strongly involved: @Jondolf, @NiseVoid

• RFC: Primitive Shapes rfcs#12
• Primitives: Define a basic set of Primitives bevy#10466
• Bounding volumes: Implement bounding volume types bevy#10946, Implement bounding volumes for primitive shapes bevy#11336
• Bounding volume intersections: Implement bounding volume intersections bevy#11439

Many other smaller PRs: bevyengine/bevy#10620, bevyengine/bevy#10884, bevyengine/bevy#11172, bevyengine/bevy#11514, bevyengine/bevy#11432

ECS

Rendering

Camera-driven UI

Strongly involved: @oceantume, @bardt

• Camera-driven UI bevy#10559

Others

I can take "auto sync points".

I think the list above is missing the texture atlas rework from alice's discord list.

I can take the texture atlas rework and texture slicing

Happy to write up the Split WorldQuery section.

I can write the lightmaps and reflection probes sections.

Awesome. I'm going to fill out some stub sections momentarily, then please make PRs to this branch :)

I can write Camera-driven UI section

I and @NiseVoid can take the primitive shapes; I'll probably write up the beginning, explaining what they are and how they are useful, @NiseVoid will make something on bounding volumes and intersection tests, and I'll make a quick section for primitive meshing. We can also put the new direction and ray types somewhere in there

I could write up about the Entity optimisations, since a fair bit of the work was all fairly related/overlapping.

I'll do the bind group layout entries

Since @Nathan-Fenner did the original implementation, I think they should get first dibs on writing the release notes for that. If they're busy or not interested, I could do that section.

I think the intro blurb should include a mention of the bevy Jam 4 and its result.

@Trashtalk217 Hi! I don't think I have the bandwidth to write anything right now, so please feel free to take the section (or let someone else do it)

Materials from Jarl game for splash, per our conversation in Discord. Tried to include a screenshot, short and long video and gifs. Feel free to use any of these and/or edit them if you need: https://drive.proton.me/urls/8N6BKM603R#Ipsw82zEed52

Here are the links for this project (if only one can be used, the first one is the best):

1. https://jarl-game.com
2. https://discord.gg/jarl
3. https://youtube.com/@Jarl-Game-com
4. https://reddit.com/r/jarlgame/
5. https://twitter.com/jarl_game

Should the splash image GIF be converted into a format that is smaller since folks will see it loading on opening the page? Atm it's 11.6 MB; as a WebP it could be approx. 5.4 MB.

Should the splash image GIF be converted into a format that is smaller since folks will see it loading on opening the page? Atm it's 11.6 MB; as a WebP it could be approx. 5.4 MB.

Good call. Done!

@cart here is the same webp, but made from original video with higher res better preserving pixel art details. I hope 3.8mb is acceptable size): output.webp.zip

Attached as zip, because GH does not allow webp attachments.

@xyzw-io the game looks awesome! Would it be possible to get a clip without the cursor in the middle of the scene?