You Are Merlin – a Rust CLI and WASM Text Adventure Game
This is my first Rust project which I got a bit carried away with. It was a great way to learn different parts of Rust and had jump some hurdles when building for WASM, like not having access to loops, std or DateTime. I'd appreciate any feedback of improvements, new features or themes to add. Thanks! Github: https://github.com/hseager/you-are-merlin
You Are Merlin – a Rust CLI and WASM Text Adventure Game launched on May 13, 2024 with 12 votes, #1,089 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
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You Are Merlin is a text adventure game built in Rust and playable as a command-line tool or in a web browser via WebAssembly. Players navigate through story scenarios and make choices that affect the narrative. The project demonstrates various Rust programming concepts and overcomes technical challenges specific to WASM development, such as working without standard libraries and traditional loops. The creator welcomes feedback on potential improvements, features, and new story themes.
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