Can Bevy now be used to create 2D game production environments

[cherish-ltt]

I am currently using godot rust to create 2D games, and I really like the rust language. I would like to try using bevy to complete my work. Can it be used in a production environment now

[alice-i-cecile]

Yes, although you're likely to encounter more breaking changes and missing features than you might in Godot :) 2D is relatively mature (even if I grumble about having to use quaternions): both sprite-sheet based and Spine-style animations work well. I would stick to games that either don't need extensive level editing (procedurally generated or puzzles) or are tilemap-based (there's solid editors and integration is easy). The lack of editor tooling can be challenging for content authoring: you'll need to find a workflow that fits your game and

There's a few areas where you should lean on the ecosystem:

1. Picking / raycasting: use bevy_mod_picking.
2. Audio: use bevy_kira_audio or maybe bevy_fmod
3. Input binding: use leafwing-input-manager
4. Physics: use avaian or bevy_rapier

The recent Bevy's 4th Birthday Post lists a number of production projects, most of which are 2D :) Feedback from those users has largely been positive, although assets, UI and audio are all notably immature.

[cherish-ltt]

That's really great, thank you very much. I want to immediately use Bevy to create a 2D game world