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 ## Game Updates
 
+### [Crate Before Attack][cba-site]
+
+[![Golf Club in Crate Before Attack](crate-before-attack.gif)][cba-site]
+
+^ _A new weapon: the Golf Club_
+
+[Crate Before Attack][cba-site] by [koalefant (@CrateAttack)][@CrateAttack]
+is a skill-based grappling hook multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends
+while navigating the landscape with their sticky tongues.
+
+A summary of July changes:
+
+- Gameplay: added a new melee weapon:
+  [the Golf Club][cba-youtube-golf-club].
+- Maps: added new map [Ruins][cba-youtube-observation]
+  by [Kesha Astafyev][cba-spoon-tar]
+- Animation: added eye tracking, frogs will track the closest danger
+  with their eyes such as a projectile or a pet.
+- Lobby: it is now possible to observe a match after it was started,
+  added chat, user list with country flags, match details, and map previews.
+- Localization: the game comes in three languages now: English, Spanish, Russian.
+- Numerous bugfixes and tweaks.
+
+Here is [a Playable Browser build][cba-play].
+More details are on [the YouTube channel][cba-youtube]
+and in [July Update DevLog-entry][cba-july-update].
+
+[cba-site]: https://cratebeforeattack.com
+[cba-july-update]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200731-july-update/
+[cba-play]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/play
+[cba-youtube]: https://youtube.com/channel/UC_xMilPTLuuE5iLs1Ml9zow
+[cba-youtube-golf-club]: https://youtu.be/UYxZQh68T6E
+[cba-youtube-observation]: https://youtu.be/D63xy7sXStk
+[cba-spoon-tar]: https://www.behance.net/spoon_tar
+[@CrateAttack]: https://twitter.com/CrateAttack
+
+### [Wonder]
+
+[![Lines drawn with a ball ready to roll down them](wonder-screenshot.png)][Wonder]
+
+[Wonder] ([source code][Wonder-source]) is a casual physics puzzle game by [@kettlecorn]
+made for the web with WebAssembly, browser APIs, and no game framework.
+The objective is to collect all the stars on each level
+by drawing lines for the ball to roll along.
+
+The game was made in 48 hours for the
+[Ludum Dare game jam][ludum-dare] that occurred in April.
+@kettlecorn recently published an article going into the technical and
+creative challenges encountered making the game:
+["Making a Game in 48 hours with Rust and WebAssembly"][48-hour-jam].
+
+Wonder can be [played in the browser on itch.io][Wonder].
+
+[Wonder]: https://kettlecorn.itch.io/wonder
+[Wonder-source]: https://github.com/kettle11/LD46
+[@kettlecorn]: https://twitter.com/kettlecorn
+[ludum-dare]: https://ldjam.com
+[48-hour-jam]: https://ianjk.com/rust-gamejam/
+
 ### Vlad Zhukov's [Online RTS Prototype][hex_strat]
 
 [![gameplay demo](hex_strat_gameplay.gif)][hex_strat]
@@ -85,6 +144,24 @@ _Discussions:
 [Vlad Zhukov]: https://twitter.com/VladZhukov0
 [hex-strat-crates]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/hzdzqg/my_new_online_strategy_game/fzk4l25
 
+### [Tennis Academy Dash][tennis-academy-dash]
+
+![gameplay](tennis_academy.gif)
+
+[@oliviff] released [Tennis Academy Dash][tennis-academy-dash]
+[v0.2][tennis-academy-update]:
+
+This release features:
+
+- a layering/scene management system
+- transitioning between UI scenes and game scenes
+- improving the level loading to work with string config files
+- adding a 5th level
+
+[@oliviff]: https://twitter.com/oliviff
+[tennis-academy-dash]: https://iolivia.itch.io/tennis-academy-dash
+[tennis-academy-update]: https://twitter.com/oliviff/status/1285298082033348609
+
 ### [Canon Collision][canon-collision]
 
 ![Basic Projectiles](canon-collision.png)