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# Introduction
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**agb** is a powerful and easy-to-use library for writing games for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) in rust.
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It provides an abstracted interface to the hardware, allowing you to take full advantage of its capabilities without needing to know the low-level details of its implementation.
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# What is in this book?
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This book serves as an introduction to agb, showcasing its capabilities and providing guidance on how to use it to build your own GBA games.
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It assumes that you have some experience with rust and game development, and provides detailed explanations of the unique challenges of writing games for the GBA.
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# Who is this book for?
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This book is ideal for anyone interested in writing games for the GBA using rust.
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If you're new to either rust or game development, you may want to start with some introductory resources before diving into this book.
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This book assumes a basic understanding of rust syntax and semantics, as well as game development concepts.
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# Helpful links
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* [agb's GitHub](https://github.com/agbrs/agb) is the primary development hub for the library.
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* [agb's Discussion Page](https://github.com/agbrs/agb/discussions) is a helpful forum where you can ask for help on using agb or share your projects with the community.
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* [agb's crates.io page](https://crates.io/crates/agb) the latest version of the library on crates.io.
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* [agb's documentation](https://docs.rs/agb) is a useful reference for the library's API and features.
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* [Awesome Game Boy Advance development](https://github.com/gbdev/awesome-gbadev) is a comprehensive resource for GBA development, with links to popular libraries, emulators, and the friendly gbadev Discord server.
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* [Example games](https://github.com/agbrs/agb/releases/latest) built using agb can be found in the `examples.zip` file attached to the latest release. Additionally, you can also check out [The Hat Chooses the Wizard](https://lostimmortal.itch.io/the-hat-chooses-the-wizard), a game written using agb as part of the GMTK 2021 game jam.
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In addition to these resources, this book provides step-by-step instructions for getting started with agb. |