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> Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. This is such a meme by now, I have to assume it's an inside joke. Even games mention that they're "writte

> Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. This is such a meme by now, I have to assume it's an inside joke. Even games mention that they're "written in Rust" in the first sentence in their official presentation, what other programming language communities does this? Why would anyone except other Rust programmers care?

xahrepap 5y ago
“Minecraft Java Edition” springs to mind :P Otherwise I mostly only see this when it’s “for developers by developers”
Shish2k 5y ago
In a winamp discussion thread a couple of days ago somebody linked to https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/ https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/ , and I had the same reaction to their "It's written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and GStreamer. Strawberry is compatible with both Qt version 5 and 6.” It’s definitely weird for end-user software to promote itself based on internal implementation details, but it’s by no means a rust-exclusive phenomenon.
- SahAssar 5y ago
  That line is the last line of their "About" section, and for open source software it is relevant since OSS projects often want people to contribute.
  - littlestymaar 5y ago
    Veloren is a community-developped game that's still far from done, at this point they are looking for contributors much more than players at this point, so that makes sense.
  - Shared404 5y ago
    Much like Veloren?
mtsr 5y ago
In the case of Veloren it’s rather relevant since it’s a community project and this way they actively recruit new contributors among people (interested in) using rust for gamedev.
officeplant 5y ago
I'm not a programmer, but anytime I see something other than Java mention it usually bodes well for performance.
kgwxd 5y ago
Every sentence on the page is focused on developers, the community developing it, and technical details of the game. It seems relevant.
zesterer 5y ago
We mention it because: 1) The player community and the dev community are not distinct: we involve players in the development process and actively encourage them to become contributors. 2) There are many people that are interested in working with Rust, and it's often a big pull factor for new contributors. 3) Veloren is by far the biggest public domain game written in Rust: it's a good demonstration of what the language can do and how it performs at scale (Veloren's game server scaled up to a 48-thread machine with 181 players online in the same world during the last release party: not many games, let alone voxel games, can manage these numbers). We want to encourage other game developers to consider using it too.
tormeh 5y ago
Do you know what's also become a meme by now?

xahrepap 5y ago

“Minecraft Java Edition” springs to mind :P Otherwise I mostly only see this when it’s “for developers by developers”

Shish2k 5y ago

In a winamp discussion thread a couple of days ago somebody linked to https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/ https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/ , and I had the same reaction to their "It's written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and GStreamer. Strawberry is compatible with both Qt version 5 and 6.” It’s definitely weird for end-user software to promote itself based on internal implementation details, but it’s by no means a rust-exclusive phenomenon.

SahAssar 5y ago
That line is the last line of their "About" section, and for open source software it is relevant since OSS projects often want people to contribute.
- littlestymaar 5y ago
  Veloren is a community-developped game that's still far from done, at this point they are looking for contributors much more than players at this point, so that makes sense.
- Shared404 5y ago
  Much like Veloren?

mtsr 5y ago

In the case of Veloren it’s rather relevant since it’s a community project and this way they actively recruit new contributors among people (interested in) using rust for gamedev.

officeplant 5y ago

I'm not a programmer, but anytime I see something other than Java mention it usually bodes well for performance.

kgwxd 5y ago

Every sentence on the page is focused on developers, the community developing it, and technical details of the game. It seems relevant.

zesterer 5y ago

We mention it because: 1) The player community and the dev community are not distinct: we involve players in the development process and actively encourage them to become contributors. 2) There are many people that are interested in working with Rust, and it's often a big pull factor for new contributors. 3) Veloren is by far the biggest public domain game written in Rust: it's a good demonstration of what the language can do and how it performs at scale (Veloren's game server scaled up to a 48-thread machine with 181 players online in the same world during the last release party: not many games, let alone voxel games, can manage these numbers). We want to encourage other game developers to consider using it too.

tormeh 5y ago

Do you know what's also become a meme by now?