N17: Bevy: More high-level & compact overview

Author: ozkriff

content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md

@@ -115,100 +115,46 @@ This month, thanks to 66 contributors, 178 pull requests, and their
 [generous sponsors][bevy-sponsors], Bevy 0.4 was released. You can view the
 [full Bevy 0.4 announcement here][bevy-0-4]. Here are some highlights:
 
-- WASM + WebGL2
-  - Bevy now has a WebGL2 render backend!
-- Cross Platform Main Function
-  - By adding `#[bevy_main]` to your main function,
-    you can now publish the same app code to Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS,
-    and Web.
-- Live Shader Reloading
-  - Changes to shaders are automatically recompiled and reloaded at runtime for
-    fast iteration cycles
-- ECS Improvements
-  - Flexible System Parameters
-    - You can now specify system parameters in any order
-    - Improved compile times
-    - _Much_ simpler IntoSystem implementation
-    - Easily define your own system parameters
-  - Improved Query Filter API
-    - Filters are now defined separately from components and read more naturally
-  - System Inputs, Outputs, and Chaining
-    - This allows interesting behaviors, such as system error handlers
-- Schedule V2
-  - Custom Stages: implement your own stage logic
-  - Run Criteria: only run stages when a certain criteria is met
-  - Fixed Timestep: stages can now be run on a fixed timestep
-  - Typed Stage Builders: ergonomically interact with custom stages
-- States
-  - By popular demand, Bevy now supports States. These are logical "app states"
-    that allow you to enable/disable systems according to the state your app is in.
-- GLTF Improvements
-  - Camera Importing
-  - Automatic pixel format conversion for images loaded from a GLTF
-  - Default material loading
-  - Hierarchy Fixes
-- Spawn Scenes as children
-  - Scenes can now be spawned as children, which allows transforming them via
-    their parent
-- Dynamic Linking
-  - You can now force Bevy to dynamically link, which cuts compile times significantly
-    An example that compiles in ~1.4 seconds now compiles in ~0.5 seconds!  
-- Text Layout Improvements
-  - Migrated text layout to `glyph_brush_layout`, which resolved a number of text
-    bugs
-- Renderer Optimization
-  - Made most of the cpu render logic incremental, which cut frame time by 2-4x
-  - Optimized text rendering, cutting frame time by ~3x
-- Reflection API
-  - Created a new general-purpose Rust reflection api, which enables interacting
-    with Rust types dynamically. This replaced the `bevy_property` and `bevy_type_registry`
-    systems
-- 3D Texture Assets
-- Logging and Profiling
-  - Bevy now has a new LogPlugin, which uses the `tracing` crate internally
-  - Created a custom android logcat `tracing` backend
-  - Visualizing Bevy system execution is now possible using tracing-chrome
-- HIDPI
-  - Bevy now handles HIDPI displays properly / displays crisp 2x renders in
-    most cases
-- Timer Improvements
-  - Quality-of-life improvements: pausing, field accessor methods, ergonomics improvements,
-    and internal refactoring / code quality
-- Task System
-  - Improved performance (~20% in the Breakout example) and resolved a
-    deadlock in single-thread task pools.
-- Apple Silicon support
+- a WebGL2 render backend;
+- cross platform main function: `#[bevy_main]`;
+- live shader reloading;
+- Schedule v2 with custom stages, run criteria, fixed timestep,
+  and typed stage builders;
+- States that allow you to enable/disable systems
+  according to the state your app is in;
+- scenes can now be spawned as children;
+- dynamic linking that significantly cuts compile times.
+- a new general-purpose Rust reflection API;
+- 3D texture assets;
+- HIDPI fixes;
+- GLTF, timer, text layout, task system, logging & profiling improvements;
+- ECS improvements: flexible system parameters, improved query filter API,
+  and system inputs/outputs/chaining;
+- Apple Silicon support!
 
 _Discussions:
-[/r/rust](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kge7zy/bevy_04/),
+[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kge7zy/bevy_04/),
 [hacker news](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25480321),
-[twitter](https://twitter.com/cart_cart/status/1340376850560905218)_
+[Twitter](https://twitter.com/cart_cart/status/1340376850560905218)_
 
 [bevy]: https://bevyengine.org
 [bevy-repo]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy
 [bevy-0-4]: https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-4
 [bevy-sponsors]: https://github.com/sponsors/cart
 
-Join Bevy's [Discord][bevy-discord], [/r/bevy subreddit][bevy-reddit],
-and follow [@BevyEngine on Twitter][bevy-twitter].
-
-[bevy-discord]: https://discord.com/invite/gMUk5Ph
-[bevy-reddit]: https://reddit.com/r/bevy
-[bevy-twitter]: https://twitter.com/BevyEngine
-
 ------
 
-Community Plugin Updates:
+Community plugin updates:
 
 - [bevy_webgl2](https://github.com/mrk-its/bevy_webgl2):
-  WebGL2 renderer plugin for WASM target
+  WebGL2 renderer plugin for WASM target.
 - [bevy_rapier](https://github.com/dimforge/bevy_rapier):
   Rapier Physics' official Bevy plugin was updated to support Bevy 0.4.
 - [bevy_megaui](https://github.com/mvlabat/bevy_megaui): A plugin for
-  [megaui](https://crates.io/crates/megaui) integration into Bevy
+  [megaui](https://crates.io/crates/megaui) integration into Bevy.
 - [bevy_prototype_inline_assets](https://crates.io/crates/bevy_prototype_inline_assets):
   A simple plugin for bundling assets into your binary.
-- [bevy_doryen](https://github.com/smokku/bevy_doryen): A plugin integrating Bevy
+- [bevy_doryen](https://github.com/smokku/bevy_doryen): A plugin integrating Bevy.
   ECS with [doryen-rs](https://github.com/jice-nospam/doryen-rs) Ascii
   roguelike library.
 - [bevy_discovery](https://crates.io/crates/bevy_discovery): Automatically detects
@@ -219,27 +165,34 @@ Community Plugin Updates:
   input from different input hardware into game specific actions, eg. keyboard
   "Space" or joystick "A" can be mapped to "Jump" Action.  This allows decoupling
   of the game code from device specific input api.
-- [bevy-earcutr](https://github.com/frewsxcv/bevy-earcutr): Draw polygons
-- [bevy_stl](https://github.com/nilclass/bevy_stl): STL mesh asset loader plugin
+- [bevy-earcutr](https://github.com/frewsxcv/bevy-earcutr): Draw polygons.
+- [bevy_stl](https://github.com/nilclass/bevy_stl): STL mesh asset loader plugin.
 
-Community Tutorial Updates:
+Community tutorial updates:
 
 - [Making Chess Clone in 3D](https://caballerocoll.com/blog/bevy-chess-tutorial):
-  Walkthrough on how to make a Chess Clone with 3D pieces
-- [0.3 to 0.4 Migration Guide](https://sburris.xyz/posts/bevy-update-0-4/)
+  Walkthrough on how to make a Chess Clone with 3D pieces.
+- [0.3 to 0.4 Migration Guide](https://sburris.xyz/posts/bevy-update-0-4/).
 - [Bevy Chinese Website(Bevy中文网)](https://bevyengine-cn.github.io/): Translate
-  official website and The Bevy Book in Chinese
+  official website and The Bevy Book in Chinese.
 
-Community Game Updates:
+Community game updates:
 
 - [Robbo](https://github.com/mrk-its/bevy-robbo):
-  Bevy port of great 8-bit Atari game, working native and in the browser
-- [SiO2](https://github.com/dmitriy-shmilo/sio2): A simple powder toy clone
+  Bevy port of great 8-bit Atari game, working native and in the browser.
+- [SiO2](https://github.com/dmitriy-shmilo/sio2): A simple powder toy clone.
 - [snake_bevy](https://github.com/mtKeller/snake_bevy): It's Snake!
 - [DJMcNab/life-rs](https://github.com/DJMcNab/life-rs): Bevy reproduction of the
   rules of [Conway's Game of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life)
   on a randomised board. Alternative implementation: [Byteron/life-rs](https://github.com/Byteron/life-rs).
 
+Join Bevy's [Discord][bevy-discord], [/r/bevy subreddit][bevy-reddit],
+and follow [@BevyEngine on Twitter][bevy-twitter].
+
+[bevy-discord]: https://discord.com/invite/gMUk5Ph
+[bevy-reddit]: https://reddit.com/r/bevy
+[bevy-twitter]: https://twitter.com/BevyEngine
+
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