MacOS install guide

Install iTerm2 & Nerd Font

For better terminal display, you need to install iTerm2 and set it to dark background mode.

#iTerm2 : Settings... > Profiles > Colors > Color presets... > Dark Background

You also need to install DroidSansMono Nerd Font.

curl -sS https://webi.sh/nerdfont | sh
#iTerm2 : Settings... > Profiles > Text > Font > DroidSansMono Nerd Font

Install brew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Install rust

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
. "$HOME/.cargo/env"            # For sh/bash/zsh/ash/dash/pdksh

Install wasm-pack

curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh

Install some dependent libraries and software

brew install ffmpeg            # Used to convert gif to ssf sequence frame files(.ssf)
brew install sdl2
brew install sdl2_image
brew install sdl2_gfx
brew install sdl2_ttf
brew install sdl2_mixer

Tips: Missing path in LIBRARY_PATH environment variable
The Homebrew package manager symlinks library to the directory /usr/local/lib.
To use these libraries with Rust, you need to add it to the LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
The command echo $LIBRARY_PATH will tell you if /usr/local/lib is added.
If it is missing, add the following to the ~/.bash_profile configuration file:

export LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib"

This will add the directory to the environment variable each time you start up a new Terminal window.

Download RustPixel and deploy cargo-pixel

Starting from version 0.5.3, you can deploy cargo-pixel directly from crates.io using cargo install.

cargo install rust_pixel         # use crates.io rust_pixel crate deploy cargo-pixel
cargo pixel                      # first run cargo-pixel will clone rust_pixel to <homedir>/rust_pixel_work automatic 
cd ~/rust_pixel_work             # cd to workspace
cargo pixel r petview s          # run demo game...

To use the newest code, you should clone RustPixel and deploy cargo-pixel tool:

git clone https://github.com/zipxing/rust_pixel
cd rust_pixel
cargo install --path . --force