_A 10-second preview of what's possible with Ambient 0.2_

[Ambient 0.2](ambient-blog) is now out after two months of development.

Ambient is an open-source runtime for building high-performance multiplayer

games and 3D applications powered by WebAssembly, Rust and WebGPU. Projects

consist of assets and logic built around the currently Rust-only Ambient API,

and these projects can be loaded by any compatible runtime running on any

platform.

This release brings a few major features, including basic support for playing

sounds, being able to run WASM on the client (in addition to the server), and

automatic proxying of servers by the Ambient Proxy. This allows anyone with

the URL to connect to a server, without having to worry about port forwarding.

Finally, Ambient UI can now be used from guest code. Combined with networking

and ECS, this unlocks an exciting new capability: multiplayer UI! The blog post

walks through the creation of a basic multiplayer beat sequencer using these

features.

Check out [the GitHub][ambient-github] to get started with building for/or

on Ambient yourself, or chat with the developers and other explorers on

[the Discord][ambient-discord].

_Discussion: [/r/rust][ambient-reddit], [Hacker News][ambient-hn]_

[ambient-github]: https://github.com/AmbientRun/Ambient

[ambient-blog]: https://www.ambient.run/post/ambient-0-2

[ambient-reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/138ii11/ambient_02_multiplayer_ui_sound_clientside_wasm/

[ambient-hn]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35828165

[ambient-discord]: https://discord.gg/ambient