Newsletter 13: vangers/wgpu: Details & local imgs

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 ## Game Updates
 
-### [vange-rs][vange-repo]
+### [vange-rs]
 
-![vangers-shadow](https://gfx-rs.github.io/img/vangers-shadows.png)
+![vangers-shadow](vangers-shadows.jpeg)
 
-Vangers got real-time shadows!
+[vange-rs] is the project of re-implementing the [Vangers] game (from 1998)
+in Rust using modern development practices, parallel computations, and GPU.
+
+This month vange-rs got real-time shadows!
 See [video on /r/rust_gamedev][vangers-shadow-video] and technical description
 on the [Hybrid Shadows][vangers-shadow-blog] post of the blog.
 
@@ -75,31 +78,53 @@ to shift the camera behind the mechos as in 3rd person view.
 See [video on /r/rust_gamedev][vangers-bars-video] and technical description on
 the [Bar Painting][vangers-bars-blog] post of the blog.
 
-[vange-repo]: https://github.com/kvark/vange-rs
-[vangers-shadow-video](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/i32p6r/realtime_hybrid_shadows_in_vangers/?ref=share&ref_source=link)
-[vangers-shadow-blog](https://kvark.github.io/vange-rs/2020/08/04/shadows.html)
-[vangers-bars-video](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/igejxy/vangers_3rd_person_camera/?ref=share&ref_source=link)
-[vangers-bars-blog](https://kvark.github.io/vange-rs/2020/08/29/bar-painting.html)
+[Vangers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangers
+[vange-rs]: https://github.com/kvark/vange-rs
+[vangers-shadow-video]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/i32p6r/realtime_hybrid_shadows_in_vangers
+[vangers-shadow-blog]: https://kvark.github.io/vange-rs/2020/08/04/shadows.html
+[vangers-bars-video]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/igejxy/vangers_3rd_person_camera
+[vangers-bars-blog]: https://kvark.github.io/vange-rs/2020/08/29/bar-painting.html
 
 ## Learning Material Updates
 
 ## Library & Tooling Updates
 
 ### [gfx-rs][gfx-repo] and [wgpu][wgpu-site]
 
-![wgpu-rs water](https://wgpu.rs/screenshots/example-water.gif)
+![wgpu-rs water](wgpu-water.gif)
+_wgpu-rs's [water example][wgpu-water]_
+
+gfx-rs project and wgpu ecosystem have observed the release of 0.6 versions! 🎉
+
+Some of the updates:
+
+- Reworked project structure:
+  - `wgpu-core` - a safe pure-Rust internal API, implementing WebGPU specification;
+  - `wgpu-rs` - the idiomatic Rust wrapper;
+  - `wgpu-native` - the C API wrapper, aiming to be compatible with [Dawn];
+  - Gecko and Servo - for implementing WebGPU API in the browsers.
+- Ability to record API traces, replay them on a different machine,
+  and run data-driven tests.
+- `write_buffer` and `write_texture` for update the GPU data
+  without intermediate staging buffers or encoders.
+- A number of powerful native-only extensions, such as descriptor indexing,
+  as well as web-compatible extensions like depth-clamping.
+- [naga] v0.2 - an experimental shader translation library.
+- The [showcase gallery](https://wgpu.rs/#showcase) was updated.
 
-gfx-rs project and wgpu ecosystem have observed the release of 0.6 versions :tada:
 Read about the details on [gfx-rs blog](https://gfx-rs.github.io/2020/08/18/release-0.6.html).
 
 [@sothr](https://github.com/sothr) has reworked the
-[wgpu instancing tutorial][wgpu-instancing-tutor]. See discussion at
-[/r/rust_gamedev][wgpu-instancing-reddit].
+[wgpu instancing tutorial][wgpu-instancing-tutor].
+See discussion at [/r/rust_gamedev][wgpu-instancing-reddit].
 
 [gfx-repo]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
 [wgpu-site]: https://wgpu.rs
+[wgpu-water]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs/tree/master/examples/water
 [wgpu-instancing-tutor]: https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu/beginner/tutorial7-instancing/#the-instance-buffer
-[wgpu-instancing-reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/i8np5v/simplified_instancing_tutorial_learn_wgpu/
+[wgpu-instancing-reddit]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/i8np5v/simplified_instancing_tutorial_learn_wgpu
+[naga]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga
+[Dawn]: https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn
 
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