https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/Recent content in Building Graphics with wgpu in Rust on TutorialEdge.netHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-1-project-setup-and-first-window/Fri, 29 May 2026 10:01:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-1-project-setup-and-first-window/Welcome to the first part of this series on graphics programming with wgpu in Rust! By the end of this article, you’ll have a Rust program that opens a window and responds to input events. It doesn’t draw anything yet, but it’s the skeleton that everything else will hang from. ##What is wgpu? wgpu is a Rust graphics library that talks to your GPU using whichever native API your platform provides — Vulkan on Linux, Metal on macOS, DirectX 12 on Windows, and WebGPU in the browser.https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-2-the-render-pipeline/Fri, 29 May 2026 10:02:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-2-the-render-pipeline/In Part 1 we opened a window. In this part, we connect that window to the GPU and draw our first frame — a solid colour fill. It’s a modest result, but it means the full rendering pipeline is working end-to-end. ##How the GPU Pipeline Works Before writing code, here’s the mental model you need. Your CPU sends commands to the GPU. It doesn’t tell the GPU to draw individual pixels — it records a list of operations into a command encoder, then submits that list to a queue.https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-3-drawing-your-first-triangle/Fri, 29 May 2026 10:03:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-3-drawing-your-first-triangle/The triangle is the “hello world” of graphics programming. In this part we define vertex data, upload it to the GPU, write our first shaders in WGSL, and draw a colourful triangle to the screen. Add bytemuck to Cargo.toml before you start: Cargo.toml [dependencies] wgpu = "0.20" winit = "0.29" pollster = "0.3" env_logger = "0.11" log = "0.4" bytemuck = { version = "1.14", features = ["derive"] } ##What is a Vertex Buffer?https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-4-colors-and-uniforms/Fri, 29 May 2026 10:04:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-4-colors-and-uniforms/So far our triangle is static. In this part we add a CPU-to-GPU data channel called a uniform buffer, and use it to animate the triangle’s colour tint every frame. ##What is a Uniform Buffer? A uniform is a value that stays constant across all vertices and fragments in a single draw call, but can be updated between frames. It’s how you pass per-frame data — time, camera position, colour — from your Rust code into the shader.https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-5-textures-and-image-loading/Fri, 29 May 2026 10:05:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-5-textures-and-image-loading/A triangle is a great proof-of-concept, but most real graphics involve images. In this part we load a PNG, upload it to the GPU as a texture, and sample it onto a textured quad. Add the image crate to Cargo.toml: Cargo.toml [dependencies] wgpu = "0.20" winit = "0.29" pollster = "0.3" env_logger = "0.11" log = "0.4" bytemuck = { version = "1.14", features = ["derive"] } image = "0.25" Place any PNG image at assets/happy-tree.https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-6-2d-transformations/Fri, 29 May 2026 10:06:00 +0000https://tutorialedge.net/projects/graphics-with-wgpu-in-rust/part-6-2d-transformations/Static images are a start, but real graphics need to move. In this part we apply a transformation matrix to the vertex shader so we can rotate and scale the textured quad every frame. Add glam to Cargo.toml: Cargo.toml [dependencies] wgpu = "0.20" winit = "0.29" pollster = "0.3" env_logger = "0.11" log = "0.4" bytemuck = { version = "1.14", features = ["derive"] } image = "0.25" glam = { version = "0.