Hands-on Rust

Preface

• Getting Started with Rust
  • Rust and Your Development Environment
    • Installing Rust
    • Installing and Configuring Your Development Environment
    • Managing Projects with Cargo
    • Creating Your First Rust Program
    • Using Cargo to Build, Check, or Run Your Project
    • Formatting Your Code
    • Finding Common Mistakes with Clippy
    • Package Management with Cargo
    • Wrap-Up
  • First Steps with Rust
    • Creating a New Project
    • Capturing User Input
    • Moving Input to a Function
    • Trimming Input
    • Storing Strings in an Array
    • Grouping Data with Structs
    • Storing a Variable Amount of Data with Vectors
    • Categorizing with Enumerations
    • Wrap-Up
  • Build Your First Game with Rust
    • Understanding the Game Loop
    • Creating Different Game Modes
    • Adding the Player
    • Creating Obstacles and Keeping Score
    • Wrap-Up
• Building a Dungeon Crawler
  • Design a Dungeon Crawler
    • Adding Headings to Your Design Document
    • Wrap-Up
  • Build a Dungeon Crawler
    • Dividing Your Code Into Modules
    • Organizing Your Imports With a Prelude
    • Storing the Dungeon Map
    • Adding the Adventurer
    • Building a Dungeon
    • Graphics, Camera, Action
    • Wrap-Up
  • Compose Dungeon Denizens
    • Understanding Terminology
    • Composing Entities
    • Installing and Using Legion
    • Composing the Player
    • Managing Complexity with Systems
    • Adding Monsters
    • Collision Detection
    • Wrap-Up
  • Take Turns with the Monsters
    • Making Monsters Wander Randomly
    • Moving Entites in a Turn-Based Game
    • Sending Messages of Intent
    • Wrap-Up
  • Health and Melee Combat
    • Giving Entities Hit Points
    • Adding a Heads-up Display
    • Implementing Combat
    • Waiting as a Strategy
    • Wrap-Up
  • Victory and Defeat
    • Building a Smarter Monster
    • Implementing a Game Over Screen
    • Finding the Amulet of Yala
    • Wrap-Up
  • Fields of View
    • Defining an Entity’s Field of View
    • Limiting Monsters’ Fields of View
    • Adding Spatial Memory
    • Wrap-Up
  • More Interesting Dungeons
    • Creating Traits
    • Creating Cellular Automata Maps
    • Creating Drunkard’s Walk Maps
    • Prefabricating Map Sections
    • Wrap-Up
  • Map Themes
    • Theming Your Dungeon
    • Rendering with Themes
    • Unleashing Your Imagination
    • Wrap-Up
  • Inventory and Power-Ups excerpt
    • Designing Items
    • Managing Inventory
    • Wrap-Up
  • Deeper Dungeons
    • Adding Stairs to the Map
    • Tracking Game Level
    • Displaying the Current Level on the HUD
    • Wrap-Up
  • Combat Systems and Loot
    • Designing Data-Driven Dungeons
    • Extending the Combat System
    • Adding More Swords
    • Wrap-Up
  • Final Steps and Finishing Touches
    • Packaging Your Game for Distribution
    • Making the Dungeon Crawler Your Own
    • Additional Content
    • Wrap-Up
• Additional Resources
  • ASCII/Codepage 437 Chart
  • Short Game Design Documents
    • Make a Note of Every Idea
    • Why You Need a Design Document
    • Design Document Headings
    • You Aren’t Gonna Need It
    • Wrap-Up
  • Rust Cheat Sheet