Is Rust 2 going to be official

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  1. #1
    Benji
     Is "Rust 2" going to be an official s&box game, or is it up to the community?

    Hey everyone,

    With how amazing the s&box toolset is right now (especially the C# API), I've been thinking back to the Unity runtime fee drama in 2023. Garry explicitly stated back then that if they made a Rust sequel, it definitely wouldn't be on Unity.

    Given that Facepunch has essentially molded Source 2 to speak Unity's language for s&box, it feels like the perfect foundation is already here. Valve's sub-tick networking and the Rubikon physics engine would instantly solve Rust's notorious garbage collection stutters and "projectile invalid" issues.

    My question for the devs and the community: Is Facepunch quietly planning to build an official Rust successor inside Source 2? Or is the expectation that the community is going to use the s&box open-source tools to build the ultimate Rust clone ourselves?

    I'm highly tempted to import some Rust assets to build a quick survival proof-of-concept, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if Facepunch is already secretly working on it. What do you guys think?

  2. #2
    Pingley 6,313
    They had stated they won't make Rust 2 in Unity, so I could see it made in S&box down the line, even tho I don't see the point of Rust 2 anytime soon. Although this would be a perfect moment to bring back Ruin tho