+++ title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #29 - December 2021" transparent = true draft = true +++
Welcome to the 29th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's monthly newsletter. Rust is a systems language pursuing the trifecta: safety, concurrency, and speed. These goals are well-aligned with game development. We hope to build an inviting ecosystem for anyone wishing to use Rust in their development process! Want to get involved? Join the Rust GameDev working group!
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Pixels 0.9.0 👾
Pixels is a tiny hardware-accelerated pixel frame buffer. It is popularly used for emulators, software renderers, 2D pixel art games, and desktop utilities.
Version 0.9.0 brings a few breaking changes. Notably wgpu was updated to
0.12 and we now require Edition 2021. Full details are available in the
release notes.
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