Newsletter N58 for December 2024

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+Welcome to the 58th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
+monthly newsletter.
+[Rust] is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
+safety, concurrency, and speed.
+These goals are well-aligned with game development.
+We hope to build an inviting ecosystem for anyone wishing
+to use Rust in their development process!
+Want to get involved? [Join the Rust GameDev working group!][join]
+
+You can follow the newsletter creation process
+by watching [the coordination issues][coordination].
+Want something mentioned in the next newsletter?
+[Send us a pull request][pr].
+Feel free to send PRs about your own projects!
+
+[Rust]: https://rust-lang.org
+[join]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg#join-the-fun
+[pr]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io
+[coordination]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/issues?q=label%3Acoordination
+
+- [Announcements](#announcements)
+- [Game Updates](#game-updates)
+- [Engine Updates](#engine-updates)
+- [Learning Material Updates](#learning-material-updates)
+- [Tooling Updates](#tooling-updates)
+- [Library Updates](#library-updates)
+- [Popular Workgroup Issues in GitHub](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
+- [Other News](#other-news)
+- [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
+- [Discussions](#discussions)
+- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
+- [Jobs](#jobs)
+- [Bonus](#bonus)
+- [Future news](#future-news)
+
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+[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/todo),
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+## Announcements
+
+## Game Updates
+
+## Engine Updates
+
+## Learning Material Updates
+
+## Tooling Updates
+
+## Library Updates
+
+## Popular Workgroup Issues in GitHub
+
+<!-- Up to 10 links to interesting issues -->
+
+## Other News
+
+<!-- One-liners for plan items that haven't got their own sections. -->
+
+## Meeting Minutes
+
+<!-- Up to 10 most important notes + a link to the full details -->
+
+[See all meeting issues][label_meeting] including full text notes
+or [join the next meeting][join].
+
+[label_meeting]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues?q=label%3Ameeting
+
+## Discussions
+
+<!-- Links to handpicked reddit/twitter/urlo/etc threads that provide
+useful information -->
+
+## Requests for Contribution
+
+<!-- Links to "good first issue"-labels or direct links to specific tasks -->
+
+## Jobs
+
+<!-- An optional section for new jobs related to Rust gamedev -->
+
+## Bonus
+
+<!-- Bonus section to make the newsletter more interesting
+and highlight events from the past. -->
+
+## Future news
+
+<!-- Section to get more people involved in writing news. -->
+
+Editing this newsletter wouldn't be possible without [your contributions][news_current_prs]. 
+Thanks to everyone who helped us this month!
+
+If you want something mentioned in the next newsletter, [send us a pull request][pr].
+
+You can also get an early look at pending issues for the [next newsletter][news_future_prs].
+
+[news_current_prs]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/pulls?q=is%3Apr+in%3Atitle+%27N58%27
+[news_future_prs]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/pulls?q=is%3Apr+in%3Atitle+%27N59%27
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+------
+
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