Welcome to the first Embark newsletter of 2020!

So far this year, we've been researching example-based placement and exploring new ways to create worlds. We've also got an exciting few months for events, starting with a Blender meetup and a new game dev conference in Stockholm.

New to the newsletter? Welcome! I'm Ari, and every month I'll send you a summary of what Embark's been up to in open source and the greater developer ecosystem.

Exploring Example-based Procedural Placement

Anastasia Opara recently shared a sneak peak of example-based object placement, featuring an adorable kitty helping to build a virtual world.

Here's how she described the project:

"With this demo, our team wanted to explore a feeling of co-creation with a procedural system. The algorithm is embodied in this cute creature, which we internally dubbed Kittus Cognata (because latin is hip!). The kittus tries to assist you by mimicking your placements; it analyzes the neighborhoods of objects you place, and finds similar-looking locations in the level."

❌ cargo-deny GitHub Action

cargo-deny, our utility for managing dependencies in Rust, is now available as a GitHub action! You can find it on GitHub.

This is a pre-release version, so please try it out and give us feedback! (Though we recommend avoiding relying on it until v1 is released)

Call for Speakers: Rust Meetups Stockholm

We're looking for more people to talk about Rust in Stockholm! If you are interested in giving a talk at a Rust meetup this year, we'd love to hear from you.

You can submit ideas for 25 minute full talks, or 10 minute lightning talks. If you're interested, please email opensource@embark-studios.com with a short abstract of your topic and a bit about yourself.

We're always looking for new people to join our team in Stockholm! Here are just a few of our current openings.

Interactive Prototype Developer
Creative Tools Software Engineer
Internships - open application