I completed my first project in Rust! I basically implemented a copy of Steam Input, replacing their virtual keyboard with a radial keyboard. I encountered many design challenges and have hopefully ironed out most of the kinks. You can read about the problems I encountered on the wiki page of the repo.

All of my schooling was in Java, so learning another explicitly-typed language wasn’t difficult. I’m still learning to make full use of borrowing and immutability.

What’s Next?

I’m going to bring my video game project out of hiatus with Rust. Godot now has support for Rust with godot-rust bindings. I’ve stalled many times trying to make a video game, so I’ll be patient with myself.

If I return to this keyboard project I’ll consider implementing these features next cycle:

  • Config file for customization (requires file deserialization)
  • GUI for key selection
  • Controller rumble on zone change
  • Fixing the mouse jitter bug