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 ## Tooling Updates
 
+### [Blackjack]
+
+![Blackjack: A procedural bridge being edited in real-time](blackjack.gif)
+
+[Blackjack] by @setzer22 is a new procedural modeling application made in Rust,
+using rend3, wgpu, and egui. It follows the steps of applications like
+Houdini, or Blender's geometry nodes project and provides a node-based
+environment to compose procedural recipes to create 3d models.
+
+The focus for the past few months has been into evolving Blackjack from a proof
+of concept into a usable application. It's current status is not yet production
+ready, but it can now be used to build complex procedural models editable inside
+a game engine thanks to its new engine integration system.
+
+Some of the new features include:
+
+- A better data model for meshes, based on groups and channels.
+- Game engine integration with Godot, more engines coming soon.
+- Introduce Lua as an extension language.
+- Add *many* new nodes: Extrude along curve, Copy to points...
+- Add experimental support for L-Systems.
+- Reworked Look & Feel
+
+A talk about Blackjack's vision and a tour of its features was shared at the
+start of July in the [Rust gamedev meetup][blackjack-talk-yt]. Interested
+developers are encouraged to [check the project out on GitHub][Blackjack] and
+post on the Discussion boards!
+
+[Blackjack]: https://github.com/setzer22/blackjack
+[blackjack-talk-yt]: https://onrendering.com/data/papers/catmark/HalfedgeCatmullClark.pdf
+
 ## Library Updates
 
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