Hands-On Game Development with Rust

Delve into Rust game development by building a complete game. Gain insights into Cargo, core functions, player management, and procedural map generation. Discover Rust's power and memory safety.

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131 Lessons

16h 35min

Certificate of Completion

Delve into Rust game development by building a complete game. Gain insights into Cargo, core functions, player management, and procedural map generation. Discover Rust's power and memory safety.

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This course includes

54 Playgrounds

14 Quizzes

This course includes

54 Playgrounds

14 Quizzes

Course Overview

Rust is an exciting programming language that combines the power of C with modern memory safety, efficient concurrency, and various productivity boosters. With its low-level memory access and high-level support of functional programming, Rust improves power and performance while providing protection against common bugs. In this course, you’ll learn Rust with a hands-on, project-based approach through game development. You’ll be introduced to Rust as you design and build a complete, playable game. You’ll st...Show More

What You'll Learn

Learn to design game in Rust.

Learn Rust's built-in functions.

Practical experience with Rust.

Understanding of game development.

What You'll Learn

Learn to design game in Rust.

Course Content

Getting Started

Get familiar with Rust's power in game development, merging performance and memory safety.

Introduction

Rust and Your Development Environment

Walk through setting up Cargo, creating programs, handling dependencies, and common tools in Rust.

Managing Projects with Cargo

Creating Your First Rust Program Using Cargo to Build, Check, or Run our Project Finding Common Mistakes with Clippy Package Management with Cargo Quiz: Test Yourself on Rust Basics Exercise: Introduce Yourself Solution: Introduce Yourself

First Step With Rust

Explore Rust development fundamentals through project creation, user input handling, and data management.

Introduction to First Step with Rust Capturing User Input Moving Input to a Function Rust's Built-in Functions Storing Strings in an Array Grouping Data with Structs Searching with Iterators using Structs Storing a Variable Amount of Data with Vectors Categorizing with Enumerations Quiz: Test Yourself on First Step with Rust Exercise: Making a Phone Book Solution: Making a Phone Book

Build Your First Game with Rust

Apply your skills to develop a functional game with Rust, mastering game mechanics and state management.

Introduction to First Game with Rust Understanding the Game Loop Bracket-Lib and Bracket-Terminal Hello, Bracket Terminal!Creating Different Game Modes Managing the Player Adding the Player Creating Obstacles Keeping Score and Obstacle State Quiz: Test Yourself on Build Your First Game with Rust Exercise: Hello Game Loop Solution: Hello Game Loop

Build a Dungeon Crawler

Take a closer look at designing and implementing dungeon crawlers, emphasizing modular code and dynamic maps.

Introduction to Build a Dungeon Crawler Design a Dungeon Crawler Game Dividing Code Into Modules Organizing Imports with a Prelude Storing the Dungeon Map Adding the Adventurer Building a Dungeon Graphics, Camera, Action Quiz: Test Yourself on Building a Dungeon Crawler Exercise: Make Cats Meow and Dogs Bark Solution: Make Cats Meow and Dogs Bark

Compose Dungeon Denizens

12 Lessons

Tackle integrating ECS architecture with Rust, creating modular and scalable game entities.

Take Turns with the Monsters

7 Lessons

Practice using an intent-based system for enhancing turn-based game mechanics and movement.

Health and Melee Combat

9 Lessons

Try out implementing health and melee combat mechanics, HUD elements, and combat interactions.

Victory and Defeat

8 Lessons

Get started with enhancing game dynamics by balancing victory and defeat for a rich experience.

10.

Fields of View

8 Lessons

Work your way through implementing fields of view and enhancing game entities' visibility mechanics.

11.

More Interesting Dungeons

10 Lessons

Apply your skills to create varied dungeon maps using procedural generation techniques and dynamic traits.

12.

Map Themes

6 Lessons

Solve problems in creating diverse map themes, implementing traits, and enhancing visual appeal in Rust game development.

13.

Inventory and Power Ups

7 Lessons

Tackle inventory systems, item design, power-ups, and pattern matching to enhance gameplay.

14.

Deeper Dungeons

7 Lessons

Master the steps to enhance player engagement by implementing deeper dungeons and tracking progress.

15.

Combat Systems and Loot

7 Lessons

Step through designing data-driven combat and loot systems for dynamic gameplay.

16.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Get started with advanced game development after mastering Rust basics and creating games.

17.

Appendix

5 Lessons

Break apart Rust installation, development setup, game design docs, and key programming references.

Course Author

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