Renaming rg3d!

[gideongrinberg]

We'd been discussing renaming rg3d on the Discord, but I thought it would be a good idea to have a discussion thread about it as well.

[timleg002]

Hey! I would also be up for a name change. However, I do respect if the author wishes that the engine has the original name the author intended. But, it's not really a cool name ;p and I may have some prejudices against it with this name. But all in all, it's a very cool project and definitely would use it!

[mrDIMAS]

I decided to rename the engine. I dislike current name.

My options are:

• Pyroxen
• Pyrox (shorter version of Pyroxen)
• Cryxen (Cryptos + xenos)
• Feox (Ferrum + oxide) - my favorite for now

@adamnemecek proposed following options:

• Pulse
• Gamma ray
• Peroxide
• Spectral
• Specter
• Xenon
• Phantasmal
• Orbital

I'm open for any other options.

[romancerny]

I personally like rg3d, but I'm not the main person to decide

[gogo2464]

I like rg3d too but if we plan to make more 2D, it will be embarassing.

[romancerny]

I had an impression that 2D is the subset of 3D

[alice-i-cecile]

Pyroxen is a wonderful name: distinctive, interesting, easy to pronounce.

Pyrox is similar, but not quite as nice to read.

Cryxen is solid.

Feox has nice connections to Rust, but I worry that you'll struggle to find your own symbolism for branding. It's also quite hard to figure out how to pronounce. Ferox definitely sounds better.

[ValorZard]

Bringing in Ferox from the discord, since its like Feox but sounds more "right"

[AlveLarsson]

SilverAlloy - A un-used engine brand (logo and all) i've had on my backburner for the last while, would not mind if it found a better place. :)

[Eschryn]

Limn, Limn Engine

Definition of limn
transitive verb
1: to draw or paint on a surface

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limn

In Terms of syllables, this is the shortest game engine name I can think of - I don't know any other game engine name where the name is just one syllable. Quite unique

[parhamgholami]

I didn't come up with these names myself; however, based on the Discord conversation, I'm partial to:

Alloy
Rustica
Dawn

[toyboot4e]

Carci Engine, which brings us carcinisation to be 3D crabs

[timleg002]

I suggest "Ray"

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[martin-t]

I wanted to suggest AarGee / Aargee / Argee. It's alphabetically first of all current engines and maintains some continuity with rg3d. However, there are already many google hits for these words.

That being said, bevy was also already taken and the engine is currently not even the first hit. Marketing it as AarGee Engine might work well enough.

Feox is a really good choice - i don't see any domains with such name. DDG currently thinks it's misspelled "fox" and displays fox news but i think that should fix itself once you get a domain with Feox in it.

Finally, i wanna say that i think it should not be a common word like ray, alloy, pulse, etc. It can be an existing english word but should be uncommon enough to stand out. Also wanna advise against Cryxen because of the negative association with the word cry.

[dmitrykolesnikovich]

Just http://just.rs

[parhamgholami]

Another one that might be worth considering:

Ludo or Ludere

Ludo is Latin for "I play" and Ludere more generally translates to "play".

[mrDIMAS]

Here's the list of 5 names of what I find as good candidates, this list constructed from every option that I saw here and on Discord server:

• Ferox
• Limn - (there is a GUI library with the same name)
• Pyroxen
• Liminal
• Molten

[romancerny]

I like Liminal the most

[Barugon]

There's already a Molten library.

[dmitrykolesnikovich]

http://contrust.info

[Barugon]

If you decide to keep it rg3d then consider moving "engine" to the end; i.e. Rust Game 3D engine or rg3d engine.

[Barugon]

Or, why not just drop the 3D part and call it Rust Game Engine?

[jexxadox]

well. that would claim its officially part of the core rust program creators wouldn't it?

[jexxadox]

as a newcomber my thoughts: wasn't a name. was a list of numbers and letters and literally tuned it out.... but im also new to github and the massive amount of text on the main pages still freaks me out lol....
was looking for an "unreal UDK" version using rust. i think i found it !

[Barugon]

Okay, why Fyrox? I suppose it's as good as anything else; just curious about the reasoning.

[edit] I'm also trying to grok the logo.

[mrDIMAS]

It is originating from initial Feox name that I proposed back in the day, people told me that it sound like it missing a letter r which turned the name into Ferox, but then we found that Ferox was already taken and then I decided to change e to y and the Fyrox was born. The logo was inspired by the Fyr = fire + ox = bull, it gave the fire bull logo :)

[Barugon]

Thanks for the info.

[Barugon]

Had you considered Hematite (essentially rust in crystal form)?

[Barugon]

Or Magnetite (higher order iron oxide crystal)?

[ghost]

there was a voting, and Fyrox won

[ghost]

Hematite was in the voting too

[felipetesc]

Rave Game Engine, or Rave Engine
Blast Game Engine - Blast Engine
Eruption Game Engine - Eruption
Storm Game Engine -
Tempest Game Engine
Tsunami Game Engine
R Game Engine, or Are Game Engine
Supernova Game Engine
Hurricane Game Engine
Rune Game Engine
Spelter (Another name for Zinc)
Californium Game Engine
Fermium Game Engine
Check the url for a list of "synthetic metallic elements"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_element#:~:text=All%20elements%20with%20atomic%20numbers,before%20being%20found%20in%20nature.