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> If you want the "canary in the coal mine", watch what the game developers use for the game engines On this front two relevant data points are: * Embark Stud

> If you want the "canary in the coal mine", watch what the game developers use for the game engines On this front two relevant data points are: * Embark Studios: https://medium.com/embarkstudios/inside-rust-at-embark-b82c06d1d9f4 https://medium.com/embarkstudios/inside-rust-at-embark-b82c0... * Ready at Dawn Founder/CTO: https://twitter.com/AndreaPessino/status/1021532074153394176 https://twitter.com/AndreaPessino/status/1021532074153394176 Also, there is a specific Rust GameDev Working Group: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/wgs/gamedev https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/wgs/gamedev

coldtea 5y ago
How relevant are these data points though? Embark Studios e.g. appears to be some small company in Sweden (?), doing 3-4 different things (aside from games) to get by. You can find all kinds of languages in game shops, including custom Lisps and the like, so finding Rust too is a given. But I think the spirit of the parent was to check what game studios start adopting "en masse", not whether this or that studio has adopted a language.
- follower 5y ago
  > How relevant are these data points though? Depends on who you are I guess. :) > appears to be some small company in Sweden According to[0] they're currently around 200 employees and the founding team includes former CEO of DICE (+ex-EA) & other experienced industry people. They're funded in the large tens of millions range: https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/69461/nexon-increases-stake-in-sderlunds-embark-studios-to-728/ https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/69461/nexon-increases-st... So, basically, they're a bunch of experienced game industry veterans funded with a bunch of money & a clean slate to choose their technologies--and have made Rust as one of their prime choices. (Although I note they're using Unreal for their 1st game, so not sure how much of the Unreal-related dev they'll be doing in Rust.) > doing 3-4 different things (aside from games) to get by. Curious what gave you that impression? [0] https://medium.com/embarkstudios/our-continued-journey-89dad7a76bff https://medium.com/embarkstudios/our-continued-journey-89dad...
bsder 5y ago
Take a look at the Embark jobs. C++, C++, C++, C++, C++, C++, Rust (for security), (Go, JavaScript, Python and Rust). The Rust stuff is all confined to the back end where security matters--no engine stuff. Ready At Dawn got bought, so it would be interesting to know if that still holds as they are owned by Facebook who is Rust-positive.

coldtea 5y ago

How relevant are these data points though? Embark Studios e.g. appears to be some small company in Sweden (?), doing 3-4 different things (aside from games) to get by. You can find all kinds of languages in game shops, including custom Lisps and the like, so finding Rust too is a given. But I think the spirit of the parent was to check what game studios start adopting "en masse", not whether this or that studio has adopted a language.

follower 5y ago
> How relevant are these data points though? Depends on who you are I guess. :) > appears to be some small company in Sweden According to[0] they're currently around 200 employees and the founding team includes former CEO of DICE (+ex-EA) & other experienced industry people. They're funded in the large tens of millions range: https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/69461/nexon-increases-stake-in-sderlunds-embark-studios-to-728/ https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/69461/nexon-increases-st... So, basically, they're a bunch of experienced game industry veterans funded with a bunch of money & a clean slate to choose their technologies--and have made Rust as one of their prime choices. (Although I note they're using Unreal for their 1st game, so not sure how much of the Unreal-related dev they'll be doing in Rust.) > doing 3-4 different things (aside from games) to get by. Curious what gave you that impression? [0] https://medium.com/embarkstudios/our-continued-journey-89dad7a76bff https://medium.com/embarkstudios/our-continued-journey-89dad...

bsder 5y ago

Take a look at the Embark jobs. C++, C++, C++, C++, C++, C++, Rust (for security), (Go, JavaScript, Python and Rust). The Rust stuff is all confined to the back end where security matters--no engine stuff. Ready At Dawn got bought, so it would be interesting to know if that still holds as they are owned by Facebook who is Rust-positive.