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+# Gammarena Notes
+## Engine
+### unrust
+https://github.com/edwin0cheng/unrust
+
+#### Pros
+* Pure Rust
+* Supports webgl (probably not relevant for us but nice to know nonetheless?)
+* Under active development
+* Has demos
+
+#### Cons
+* Under active development, still being worked on
+* More high level stuff (network support, model loading, levels) will probably need to be implemented
+    * On the other hand, implementing these things helps the state of game development in Rust, generally.
+    * We would eventually be "[rewriting ioquake3 in rust](https://github.com/ansuz/RIIR)"
+
+### Cafu
+https://www.cafu.de/dive-in/
+
+#### Pros
+* Under active development
+* Seems mature
+* Has [documentation](https://docs.cafu.de/)
+* Comes with [map editor](https://docs.cafu.de/#the_map_editor)
+    * which can [port maps from other games/engines](https://docs.cafu.de/mapping:cawe:porting), apparently
+* Comes with [model editor](https://docs.cafu.de/#the_model_editor)
+* Has a [demo](https://docs.cafu.de/cppdev:startnewgame)
+* Supports Lua scripting
+
+#### Cons
+* C++
+* May not be flexible enough for our use case
+* C++