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< a class = "header" href = "#introduction" id = "introduction" > < h1 > Introduction< / h1 > < / a >
< p > Here's a book that'll help you program in Rust on the GBA.< / p >
< p > It's very " work in progress" . At the moment there's only one demo program.< / p >
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< a class = "header" href = "#getting-help" id = "getting-help" > < h2 > Getting Help< / h2 > < / a >
< p > If you want to contact us you should join the < a href = "https://discordapp.com/invite/aVESxV8" > Rust Community
Discord< / a > and ask in the < code > #gamedev< / code >
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channel.< / p >
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< li > < code > Ketsuban< / code > is the wizard who knows much more about how it all works< / li >
< li > < code > Lokathor< / code > is the fool who decided to write a crate and book for it.< / li >
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< p > If it's < em > not< / em > a GBA specific question then you can probably ask any of the other
folks in the server as well.< / p >
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< a class = "header" href = "#other-works" id = "other-works" > < h2 > Other Works< / h2 > < / a >
< p > If you want to read more about developing on the GBA there are some other good resources as well:< / p >
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< li > < a href = "https://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/toc.htm" > Tonc< / a > , a tutorial series written
for C, but it's what I based the ordering of this book's sections on.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm" > GBATEK< / a > , a homebrew tech manual for
GBA/NDS/DSi. We will regularly link to parts of it when talking about various
bits of the GBA.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://www.cs.rit.edu/%7Etjh8300/CowBite/CowBiteSpec.htm" > CowBite< / a > is another
tech specification that's more GBA specific. It's sometimes got more ASCII
art diagrams and example C struct layouts than GBATEK does.< / li >
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