Open Source Rust Games - Page 2

Sulis is a 2D tactical RPG engine and game framework written in Rust, built for creating narrative-rich, turn-based games with grid-based combat. Inspired by classic isometric RPGs like Baldur’s Gate and Final Fantasy Tactics, Sulis offers a data-driven design with customizable abilities, AI scripting, item systems, and modding support. The engine comes with a sample game and focuses on flexibility, extensibility, and performance, making it a solid foundation for indie RPG development and open-ended content creation.

Rust framework for building Minecraft: Java Edition servers. Built on top of Bevy ECS, Valence is an effort to create a Minecraft-compatible server completely from scratch in Rust. You can think of Valence as a game engine for Minecraft servers. It doesn't do much by default, but by writing game logic yourself and leveraging Bevy's powerful plugin system, you can make almost anything. Opinionated features like dynamic scripting, dedicated executables, and vanilla game mechanics are all expected to be built as optional plugins. This level of modularity is desirable for those looking to build highly custom experiences in Minecraft such as minigame servers.

This is an exercise in some advance programming topics using a text adventure as the central result. This originally began as a project to recreate an old BASIC text adventure, on the ZX Spectrum, using Z80. After developing a very simple byte code VM to handle the game interactions, I realised that there was an opportunity to use some more advance techniques, which in turn can lead to some PC based tools.

ggez is a Rust library to create a Good Game Easily. More specifically, ggez is a lightweight cross-platform game framework for making 2D games with minimum friction. It aims to implement an API based on (a Rustified version of) the LÖVE game framework. This means it contains basic and portable 2D drawing, sound, resource loading, and event handling, but finer details and performance characteristics may be different than LÖVE. ggez is not meant to be everything to everyone, but rather a good base upon which to build. Thus it takes a fairly batteries-included approach without needing a million additions and plugins for everything imaginable, but also does not dictate higher-level functionality such as physics engine or entity component system. Instead, the goal is to allow you to use whichever libraries you want to provide these functions or build your own libraries atop ggez.

Hematite is an experimental open-source project that attempts to reimplement aspects of the Minecraft game engine using the Rust programming language. Developed within the Piston ecosystem, the project serves primarily as a technical experiment exploring how Rust can be used to build complex game systems such as rendering, world simulation, and client architecture. Hematite aims to replicate core elements of Minecraft’s mechanics while leveraging Rust’s safety guarantees and modern performance capabilities. The project also explores the possibility of building alternative server implementations or game engines compatible with Minecraft-style gameplay. By rewriting core systems in Rust, the developers hope to create a more efficient and flexible architecture compared with the original Java-based implementation. The project includes components for rendering Minecraft-like worlds and experimenting with game engine features within the Piston graphics framework.