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Bevy @bevy.org · 19/06/2026

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Bevy 0.19 is out now! It features Next Generation Scenes, Render Bigger Scenes Faster, Contact Shadows, More Feathers Widgets, Text Input, Richer Text, App Settings, Post Processing Effects, Improved Skinned Mesh Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-19

Thanks to 261 contributors, 1185 pull requests, community reviewers, and our generous donors, we're happy to announce the Bevy 0.19 release on crates.…

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 17/06/2026

Typst really makes Accessible PDFs look so easy.

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Alice I Cecile @alice-i-cecile.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Francois and I are hosting a #bevy workshop at RustWeek again this year! We're trying a different approach: handing new-ish users a simple working game and encouraging them to explore and modify it. Take a gander at github.com/alice-i-ceci...: this should still be fun even learning self-directed.

A simple, colorful match 3 game. The gems are simple colored squares, but at least the color palette looks nice!

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Oicana @oicana.com · 09/03/2026

With final work on the docs for PHP and Java integrations almost done, Oicana now has seven integrations 🥳 Through the integrations, you can create PDFs from #Typst with TS/JS in the browser and in Node.js, with C#, Java, Python, PHP, and Rust.

Typst @typst.app · 06/03/2026

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The first talk of our meetup is live now: In the keynote, we tell-all about our journey from scrappy upstarts to a professional open source project. New uploads every weekday (Mo-Fri) at 17:00 UTC on YouTube. Subscribe so you don't miss the 10 talks! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQX...

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Typst Meetup 2026: Keynote

YouTube video by Typst

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Bevy @bevy.org · 03/03/2026

The results of Bevy Jam #7 are in! We had 310 participants, 64 submissions, and 1,331 votes! The winner of Bevy Jam #7 is ... PvF! kaiva-morphin.itch.io/pacmodillo-v... And here are the jam results: itch.io/jam/bevy-jam...

kaiva-morphin.itch.io

PvF⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ by Kaiva-Morphin, yaroyanuo, Krivarya

A journey through the incoherency of a fever dream

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 03/02/2026

If you are into grid based logic puzzles like me, check out my new #bevy app with Kings (1-star) and Three in a row puzzles. You can generate new puzzles offline and on the device. No ads or limits on how many puzzles you get per day 🥳 braingames.nikl.me/android braingames.nikl.me/ios

Screenshot of a solved grid based logic puzzle of type kings/1-star. A 6x6 grid with 6 different colorful regions is filled with kings in a way that there is exactly one king in every row, column and region. Centered above the grid is a medal icon.

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 27/01/2026

Do I understand this correctly, that the main php package repository packagist.org does not allow publishing packages out of mono repos without paying 59€ per month for "Private Packagist"? Why can I only publish packages by connecting a GitHub repository and having them crawl it? O.o

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Packagist.org

The PHP Package Repository

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 25/01/2026

Looking forward to it!

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Bevy @bevy.org · 13/01/2026

Bevy 0.18 is out now! It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...

Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 17/12/2025

`iyes_progress` version 0.15.0 and `bevy_asset_loader` version 0.24.0 were published with Bevy 0.17 support. Just in time for the first @bevy.org 0.18 release candidate ^^

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crates.io: Rust Package Registry

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Bevy @bevy.org · 10/12/2025

The Bevy Metrics dashboard is now live at metrics.bevy.org! For each Bevy commit this tracks compile times, binary size, and runs stress tests on standardized, real gaming hardware. These are all graphed to identify historical trends and track down commits that improve or regress the state of Bevy!

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Bevy Metrics

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thierryberger.bsky.social @thierryberger.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Received some of my @fosdem.org @bevy.org swag, find me if you’re coming to Fosdem!

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Oicana @oicana.com · 18/11/2025

Oicana now supports Rust and Node.js! The same Oicana templates compile with dynamic inputs from C#, Node.js, Rust, and TS/JS in the browser. Check out the updated getting started guide: docs.oicana.com/getting-star...

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Setup - Oicana

To get started, you need the Oicana CLI and an editor for Typst. Both is only necessary on machines used for Oicana template development. An end-user machine, running software that uses an Oicana inte...

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 15/11/2025

Every time someone writes a @typst.app package with gorgeous graphics, I start inventing reasons to use it. Currently accepting ideas for Sankey diagrams ✨ The package -> github.com/solstice23/t...

A colorful Sankey diagram solving the mystery of where socks go.

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Oicana @oicana.com · 07/11/2025

Great writeup on why Typst excels at automatic PDF generation and how to get started. Oicana builds on this with ready-to-use libraries (C#/Node.js/browser) and developer tools to make templating even easier. docs.oicana.com/getting-star...

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Setup - Oicana

Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 22/10/2025

I am using NestJS for the first time to build the Node.js example project for Oicana. The DI system seemed a bit strange at first, but it's growing on me. Definitely better than using plain Axios, which is what we did at work last time I was writing Node services ^^

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Oicana @oicana.com · 22/10/2025

Every Oicana integration is built for (near) native compilation speed on its platform. We've got you covered from the browser to the backend! Our GitHub organization has open-source example projects for every available integration*. See how to use Oicana in your stack! 🔗 github.com/oicana

PDF templating using Typst. Oicana has 12 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 18/10/2025

The experimental static site generator Cinnog is now updated to #leptos 0.8 and #bevy ECS 0.17 Write static sites with in Leptos island mode. Bevy ECS is used as a data layer that can be queried with "normal" rust code. github.com/NiklasEi/cin...

GitHub - NiklasEi/cinnog: Experimental static site generator using Leptos with Bevy ECS as a data layer

Experimental static site generator using Leptos with Bevy ECS as a data layer - NiklasEi/cinnog

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 14/10/2025

This has been my side project for more than a year now. I am very exited for Typst and think that it deserves a lot more usage in business software. Give Oicana a try and let me know what you think 😊

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Bevy @bevy.org · 30/09/2025

Bevy 0.17 is out now! It features Raytracing, Improved Observers / Events, UI Widgets, Rust Hotpatching, Light Textures, DLSS, Tilemap Chunks, Web Assets, Reflect Auto-Registration, UI Gradients, Raymarched Atmosphere, Virtual Geometry BVH Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-17

Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!

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Typst @typst.app · 20/08/2025

In the past two years, Typst has become the foundation to base document writing on for so many people. With the lessons from their experience, we are launching our new website today.

A screenshot of the new landing page, showing the heading "A new foundation for documents" and a few drawings representing document types with a thick specification binder highlighted in color.

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Carter Anderson @cart.work · 11/08/2025

Today is Bevy's fifth birthday! As always, I've used this as a chance to reflect on the past year and outline my hopes and dreams for the next year of #bevy: bevy.org/news/bevys-f...

Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!

Bevy's Fifth Birthday

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Tobias Bieniek @tobias.bieniek.cloud · 05/07/2025

🦀 OpenGraph images for crates.io are working now! 🎉 Example: crates.io/crates/hashb... Backfilling all 188k images took about 9.5 hours :) #rustlang

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crates.io: Rust Package Registry

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Tobias Bieniek @tobias.bieniek.cloud · 26/06/2025

🦀 crates.io might get OpenGraph images for each crate soon: github.com/rust-lang/cr... ✨ #rustlang

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 09/06/2025

My submission for the #bevy game jam 6 is snake played on a match 3 board. The snake head triggers matches while the tail is sorting gems. Grow as big as you can without biting yourself or getting hit by a chain reaction. niklme.itch.io/snake-head-v... #gamedev

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 07/06/2025

For the #bevy jam with the topic "chain reaction", I had the idea to play match 3 along snake. But after building the snake part, I didn't like the idea anymore ^^ New idea: only the snake triggers matches. The match 3 chain reactions kill the snake when hitting the body. Only two days left ⌛

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dcvz @dcvz.io · 30/05/2025

Support for AssetServer also means you can now use other #Bevy plugins such as @nikl.me's bevy_asset_loader with your Godot assets ✨

Bevy @bevy.org · 22/05/2025

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It is almost time for Bevy Jam #6, the official #Bevy game jam! The jam starts on May 31st (8 days from now) and runs until June 8th. You can sign up, read the rules, and find teammates here: itch.io/jam/bevy-jam-6

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Bevy Jam #6

A game jam from 2025-05-31 to 2025-06-23 hosted by bevy. Welcome to the sixth official Bevy Jam! In this 9 day event, your goal is to make a game using Bevy , the free and open-source game engine buil...

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 26/04/2025

Finally managed to start publishing my plugin updates for #bevy version 0.16. bevy_common_assets is a collection of generic asset loaders for common file formats. Version 0.13 is now available can load ron, toml, yaml, json, msgpack, xml, csv, and postcard assets. github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

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Bevy @bevy.org · 24/04/2025

Bevy 0.16 is out now! It features GPU-Driven Rendering, Procedural Atmospheric Scattering, Decals, Occlusion Culling, Relationships, Better Spawning, Unified Error Handling, `no_std`, Faster Transform Propagation, and more! bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-...

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Bevy 0.16

Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 17/04/2025

Just noticed that the #bevy WebGPU examples work in Chrome now on my Android phone 🥳 But they are broken on my desktop now... You win some, you lose some 😅 bevyengine.org/examples-web...

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3D Shapes

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 16/04/2025

bevy_asset_loader v0.23.0-rc.3 is out and compatible with the (most probably) last #bevy release candidate of this development cycle. I am very excited for Bevy 0.16!

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 05/04/2025

bevy_asset_loader now has a published release candidate for Bevy 0.16 This #bevy plugin simplifies loading assets during a loading state. crates.io/crates/bevy_...

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 04/04/2025

This is the best looking site using my experimental static site generator Cinnog that I know of! So happy that someone else can get some use out of it 🥳 github.com/NiklasEi/cin...

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 22/03/2025

Started work on preparing my #bevy plugins for the next engine version 0.16. bevy_common_assets version 0.13.0-rc.1 is out on crates.io and compatible with the recently released Bevy 0.16.0-rc.1.

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RustNL @rustnl.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

** Workshop announcement ** Learn (more) Rust at RustWeek 2025! Workshop: Let's build our first Bevy game! Trainers: Alice Ivy Cecile / @alice-i-cecile.bsky.social and François Mockers Details & tickets: rustweek.org/workshops/be... See you in Utrecht 13-17 May, 2025! #rustweek #rustlang

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Let's build our first Bevy game! - RustWeek 2025

RustWeek 2025, The Netherlands - May 13 - 17 2025

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 19/02/2025

I was really looking forward to this release. The improvements for WASM plugins and support for PDF/A-3b export with file embeddings are great!

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Patrick Walton @pcwalton.turbofishstudios.com · 11/02/2025

As an example of the performance, Activision's Caldera map, with ~30k meshes and millions of polys is about: * 60 ms/frame in 0.14; * 45 ms/frame in 0.15; * 9.1 ms/frame in 0.16 (with all my PRs landed). By way of comparison, Blender won't even load the glTF file, it's so big.

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 04/02/2025

Most software I wrote outside of work so far is open source. Now I have a project that I would like to sell but still publish on GitHub. It feels so weird to think about pricing and (non)commercial licenses!

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occuros @occuros.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I made a thing, and it’s called Fling a Ding (working title 😅). It’s a physics based Highscore chaser, which my friends tell me is slightly addictive and made for mobile! Please check it out (free): occuros.itch.io/fling-a-ding And let me know what you think! #bevyengine #indiegame #gamedev

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fing-a-ding by Occuros

Play in your browser

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 05/01/2025

The new version of bevy_kira_audio, an alternative #bevy audio plugin, updates the plugin to the latest version of the audio engine Kira. Spatial audio now supports different radii for emitters and Bevys easing curves for the volume damping over distance. github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

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Bevy @bevy.org · 13/12/2024

Bevy is finally registered as a game engine on itch.io! You can now label your game as "made with bevy" by adding it to its metadata. itch.io/game-develop...

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 01/12/2024

Last #Bevy 0.15 plugin update from my side: bevy_asset_loader bevy_asset_loader helps configure loading states for simplified asset handling (think loading screen). Asset handles can be accessed in later states through Resources. crates.io/crates/bevy_...

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 01/12/2024

Cinnog, an experimental static site generator using #Leptos and #Bevy ECS, has been updated. The idea is to use the ECS as a data layer (like #Gatsby uses GraphQL). It's still a bit clunky, but fun to query data with Rust syntax using Bevy systems! This release bumps Lepos to 0.7 and Bevy to 0.15

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 30/11/2024

Next plugin update for #bevy 0.15 I just released version 0.21 of bevy_kira_audio, an alternative audio plugin for Bevy using github.com/tesselode/kira github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

GitHub - NiklasEi/bevy_kira_audio: A Bevy plugin to use Kira for game audio

A Bevy plugin to use Kira for game audio. Contribute to NiklasEi/bevy_kira_audio development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Niklas Eicker @nikl.me · 30/11/2024

bevy_common_assets is a collection of asset loaders for file formats like JSON, ron, toml, yaml and others. The latest release supports the just published #bevy version 0.15. github.com/NiklasEi/bev...