diff --git a/content/news/026/index.md b/content/news/026/index.md index 38b4bba30..740db2202 100644 --- a/content/news/026/index.md +++ b/content/news/026/index.md @@ -626,6 +626,41 @@ performance when called repeatedly. [hecs]: https://github.com/Ralith/hecs +### [ktx2](ktx2-github) + +A revamped and refactored version of @F3kilo's ktx2-reader, +this serves as a parsing library for the texture container format +of ktx2. This format allows you to store textures in formats that +GPU apis directly accept, without decoding costs. For more information, +[read the docs](ktx2-docs). + +ktx2 writing support will come a future release. + +[ktx2-github]: https://github.com/BVE-Reborn/ktx2 +[ktx2-docs]: https://docs.rs/ktx2 + +### [rend3](rend3-github) + +![rend3 sci-fi base scene](rend3-scifi.jpg) +_rend3 rendering a complex scene_ + +rend3 is a new 3D rendering library that focuses on having an easy +to user interface without sacrificing performance or customizability. +It comes with PBR materials and render routine out of the box and utilizes +GPU culling to enable incredible performance with such a simple API. + +There're many fun things in the pipeline including a full custom shader +system, both cpu and gpu side optimization, and more rendering features. + +The [v0.1 version][rend3-crates] was published on crates.io +([docs](rend3-docs) and [examples](rend3-examples)) and v0.2 is going +to be coming out very soon. + +[rend3-docs]: https://docs.rs/rend3 +[rend3-examples]: https://github.com/BVE-Reborn/rend3/tree/v0.1.2/examples +[rend3-github]: https://github.com/BVE-Reborn/rend3 +[rend3-crates]: https://crates.io/crates/rend3 + ## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github diff --git a/content/news/026/rend3-scifi.jpg b/content/news/026/rend3-scifi.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0f662319e Binary files /dev/null and b/content/news/026/rend3-scifi.jpg differ