Rusty Playdate update (#1528)

Co-authored-by: Jan Hohenheim <[email protected]>

Author: boozook

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           --exclude '[^\w]todo[^\w]?'
           --exclude 'https://(www\.|old\.)?reddit\.com'
           --exclude 'https://www.patreon.com'
+          --exclude 'https://gamedev.social'
           ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.changed_files }}
     - name: Install Zola
       run: |

.markdownlint.json

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     "no-hard-tabs": false,
     "hr-style": false,
     "strong-style": false,
-    "emphasis-style": false
+    "emphasis-style": false,
+    "no-inline-html": {
+        "allowed_elements": [
+            "abbr"
+        ]
+    }
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content/news/051/playdate.png

@@ -136,6 +136,49 @@ _See also the [devlog article][gd-dev-june]._
 
 ## Tooling Updates
 
+### [Rusty Playdate]
+
+![The Playdate console](../051/playdate.png)  
+_The Playdate console_
+
+[Rusty Playdate] ([GitHub][Rusty Playdate], [Mastodon][Rusty Playdate Masto]) by [@boozook](https://github.com/boozook)
+is the large set of crates with bindings, toolset for the full cycle of creating games for the [Playdate handheld console][playdate].
+
+Big part of the Rusty Playdate project is the `cargo-playdate` tool ([Crates.io][cargo-playdate crates-io], [GitHub][cargo-playdate gh])
+that helps to build games for [Playdate] hardware or a simulator. It works as a cargo-plugin as well as standalone.
+The tool 
+- manages the compilation of your program,
+- builds assets for the crate and its dependencies,
+- generates a manifest,
+- and assembles it all into a bundle that runs on the device or a simulator.
+
+In this month `cargo-playdate` v0.5 has been [released][Rusty Playdate Release] and received massive refactoring, bugfixes and new features:
+- support of [cargo's auto-targets][cargo-target-auto-discovery] _(targets such as `bin` or `example` that aren't declared in the Cargo.toml)_
+- [target-specific package-info][pdb-pdxinfo-override] inheritance from the main package-info
+- `package.metadata.playdate.options` inheritance from the `workspace.metadata`
+- incremental builds now work as expected - fixed an old problem where the tool corrupts cargo's cache, which triggered full rebuild
+
+The register decoder in the [`pd-symbolize-crashlog`][playdate-symbolize-v0.2.0] was also updated. 
+It now properly decodes all available registers such as
+<abbr title="Program Status Register, combines APSR, IPSR and EPSR">PSR</abbr>,
+<abbr title="Configurable Fault Status Register, combines UFSR, BFSR and MMFSR">CFSR</abbr>, and
+<abbr title="HardFault Status Register">HSFR</abbr>.
+
+_Discussions: [GitHub][Rusty Playdate Gh-discuss], [Matrix][Rusty Playdate Matrix]._
+
+[playdate-symbolize-v0.2.0]: https://crates.io/crates/playdate-symbolize/0.2.0
+[cargo-target-auto-discovery]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/cargo-targets.html#target-auto-discovery
+[cargo-playdate crates-io]: https://crates.io/crates/cargo-playdate
+[pdb-pdxinfo-override]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/blob/main/support/build/README.md#target-specific-package-info "More about target-specific package-info"
+[cargo-playdate gh]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/tree/main/cargo "cargo-playdate tool is a part of 'Rusty Playdate' project"
+[Rusty Playdate Release]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/releases/tag/2024.06.18 "Release from June 18, 2024"
+[Rusty Playdate]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate
+[Rusty Playdate Gh-discuss]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/discussions
+[Rusty Playdate Masto]: https://gamedev.social/@playdaters
+[Rusty Playdate Matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#playdate.rs:matrix.org
+[playdate]: https://play.date/ "Playdate is a fairly new console reminiscent of a GameBoy with a crank handle geared towards indie games."
+
+
 ## Library Updates
 
 ### [egui_ratatui][egui_ratatui]