Hands-on Rust: Effective Learning through 2D Game Development and Play

 Acknowledgments
 Preface
    Who Should Read This Book
    What’s in This Book
    What’s Not in This Book
    How to Read This Book
    Conventions Used in This Book
    Online Resources
    Wrap-Up
Part I. Getting Started with Rust
    1. Rust and Your Development Environment
        Installing Rust
        Installing and Configuring Your Development Environment
        Managing Projects with Cargo
        Creating Your First Rust Program
        Using Cargo to Build, Check, or Run Your Project
        Formatting Your Code
        Finding Common Mistakes with Clippy
        Package Management with Cargo
        Wrap-Up
    2. First Steps with Rust
        Creating a New Project
        Capturing User Input
        Moving Input to a Function
        Trimming Input
        Storing Strings in an Array
        Grouping Data with Structs
        Storing a Variable Amount of Data with Vectors
        Categorizing with Enumerations
        Wrap-Up
    3. Build Your First Game with Rust
        Understanding the Game Loop
        Creating Different Game Modes
        Adding the Player
        Creating Obstacles and Keeping Score
        Wrap-Up
Part II. Building a Dungeon Crawler
    4. Design a Dungeon Crawler
        Adding Headings to Your Design Document
        Wrap-Up
    5. Build a Dungeon Crawler
        Dividing Your Code Into Modules
        Organizing Your Imports With a Prelude
        Storing the Dungeon Map
        Adding the Adventurer
        Building a Dungeon
        Graphics, Camera, Action
        Wrap-Up
    6. Compose Dungeon Denizens
        Understanding Terminology
        Composing Entities
        Installing and Using Legion
        Composing the Player
        Managing Complexity with Systems
        Adding Monsters
        Collision Detection
        Wrap-Up
    7. Take Turns with the Monsters
        Making Monsters Wander Randomly
        Moving Entites in a Turn-Based Game
        Sending Messages of Intent
        Wrap-Up
    8. Health and Melee Combat
        Giving Entities Hit Points
        Adding a Heads-up Display
        Implementing Combat
        Waiting as a Strategy
        Wrap-Up
    9. Victory and Defeat
        Building a Smarter Monster
        Implementing a Game Over Screen
        Finding the Amulet of Yala
        Wrap-Up
    10. Fields of View
        Defining an Entity’s Field of View
        Limiting Monsters’ Fields of View
        Adding Spatial Memory
        Wrap-Up
    11. More Interesting Dungeons
        Creating Traits
        Creating Cellular Automata Maps
        Creating Drunkard’s Walk Maps
        Prefabricating Map Sections
        Wrap-Up
    12. Map Themes
        Theming Your Dungeon
        Rendering with Themes
        Unleashing Your Imagination
        Wrap-Up
    13. Inventory and Power-Ups
        Designing Items
        Managing Inventory
        Wrap-Up
    14. Deeper Dungeons
        Adding Stairs to the Map
        Tracking Game Level
        Displaying the Current Level on the HUD
        Wrap-Up
    15. Combat Systems and Loot
        Designing Data-Driven Dungeons
        Extending the Combat System
        Adding More Swords
        Wrap-Up
    16. Final Steps and Finishing Touches
        Packaging Your Game for Distribution
        Making the Dungeon Crawler Your Own
        Additional Content
        Wrap-Up
Part III. Additional Resources
    A1. ASCII/Codepage 437 Chart
    A2. Short Game Design Documents
        Make a Note of Every Idea
        Why You Need a Design Document
        Design Document Headings
        You Aren’t Gonna Need It
        Wrap-Up
    A3. Rust Cheat Sheet
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