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Getting Started with MonoGame using XML

by Simon Jackson

How to get started with MonoGame using XML

MonoGame – Building Multi-platform Solutions

by Simon Jackson

MonoGame – Building Multi-platform Solutions

MonoGame 3.2 NuGet packages are GO!

by Simon Jackson

MonoGame 3.2 NuGet packages are GO!

Getting the Most Out of Your Assets – The MonoGame Content Pipeline

by Simon Jackson

How to get the most out of your assets - the MonoGame Content Pipeline

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Automated Ice Skater MonoGame Solution

by Jo_vb.net

Get started MonoGame and use IceSkater C# project

Real-time Strategy Engine in MonoGame

by Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Engine for .NET cross-platform development

Getting Started with MonoGame using XML

by Simon Jackson

How to get started with MonoGame using XML

Developing Games for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment – Getting Started with Fizzyo

by Simon Jackson

Developing games for Cystic Fibrosis treatment – Getting started with Fizzyo

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Monogame

How do I create a score point system in c# with webcam

25 Mar 2014 by Rage

You will be processing images, so here you go:1. Get the screen coordinate of the center of the inner circle (xc,yc)2. Get the screen coordinate of your puck (xp,yp)3. Compute the distance between the two of them: sqrt[(xp-xc)2+(yp-yc)2]4. Apply points proportionnaly to this distance.

Getting Started with MonoGame using XML

31 May 2017 by Simon Jackson

How to get started with MonoGame using XML

MonoGame – Building Multi-platform Solutions

16 Sep 2016 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame – Building Multi-platform Solutions

MonoGame 3.2 NuGet packages are GO!

13 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame 3.2 NuGet packages are GO!

Getting the Most Out of Your Assets – The MonoGame Content Pipeline

16 Oct 2016 by Simon Jackson

How to get the most out of your assets - the MonoGame Content Pipeline

Building apps & games for Xbox One using UWP – Build once and target many

14 Nov 2016 by Simon Jackson

For my sins, I was asked back to FutureDecoded again this year to give a talk on the Microsoft UWP platform, specifically about bringing games to the XboxOne using UWP. By all accounts the session went well (especially as there was standing room only by the time the …

A New Breed of Samples for MonoGame

15 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

A new breed of samples for MonoGame

XNA Basics (Windows 10 and MonoGame)

4 Aug 2015 by Patchrick

Learn the basics of game development in C# and MonoGame

Can not find the error in the code (runtime error). Sprite variable remains null in the second burger class

26 May 2016 by OriginalGriff

This is one of the most common problems we get asked, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself.Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a method return value but it contains null -...

MonoGame: Using Libraries with Windows Phone Projects

1 May 2013 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame - Using libraries with Windows Phone projects

MonoGame: Content Projects and Custom Model Types

20 May 2013 by Simon Jackson

I’ll go over one of those fringe / advanced options available to old XNA projects where you can effectively build your own content.

Custom content pipeline compiling for Monogame

24 Jul 2013 by Stiaan Jacobs

I have developed a game called Pillar: The revenge of the mad scientist on XNA and I am in the process of converting the XNA copy to Monogame. I have a lot of issues with Monogame, but it is the easiest way to port the game to many platforms.The problem I am having is my level files (that...

MonoGame Modularisation

15 May 2014 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame Modularisation

We are searching programmers for developing game (free)

14 Oct 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Who would like to join, your indi studio, specially for free? However, please go to a freelancer website, or try to discuss this job in lounge[^] you might be able to get some response. This space is for the Developers seeking help in their programming work.

Having trouble building release version of Monogame app for WP8

14 Feb 2015 by littleGreenDude

I'm using VS 2012 update 4 and MonoGame 3.3.My game compiles, builds and runs on the emulators in debug mode. When I switch the compiler configuration to Release for Any CPU, I get error messages 'The type or namespace name 'Xna' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing...

Having trouble building release version of Monogame app for WP8

16 Feb 2015 by littleGreenDude

Unfortunately the WP8 version of MonoGame doesn't support "Any CPU", so you have to switch back and forth between x86 (for running in theemulator) and ARM (for running on a real device, and for publishing to the store). Also found this...

Problem to set the resolution for a Windows Phone 8 App with MonoGame 3.4

13 Jul 2015 by Agenor

Hi!I try to set the resolution within the constructor of the "Windows Phone 8" application. But this resolution will not be taken. Also I can see that my "graphics._graphicsdevice" is still "null".Is there any known issue with MonoGame (3.4)?Environment: Windows 8 + Visual Studio 2012...

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Problem to set the resolution for a Windows Phone 8 App with MonoGame 3.4

14 Jul 2015 by Agenor

OK, I found this:MonoGame doesn't do anything with graphics.PreferredBackBufferWidth or graphics.PreferredBackBufferHeight – if you used their 800×480 defaults in your XNA game, you'll find that they're zeroed in MonoGame and setting them to anything else has no effect on the game's...

Windows-Phone-8

How is sprite scaling handled base on screen resolution

22 Jan 2016 by littleGreenDude

I'm porting a WP7 game to WP8.1 and Windows 8 using Monogame 3.4I chose the solution template that is for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1I've imported my textures. However, the issue I'm having is that when the game is running on a phone device my textures are distorted (tall and...

Draw a sprite sheet animation with camera

26 Mar 2016 by Member 12417426

I guess that the title make no sense, but I had some problems. I used Matrix and a vector2 for making a camera and then I replaced spritebatch.Begin() with spriteBatch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Deferred, BlendState.AlphaBlend, null, null, null, null, camera.transform); And then the...

Can not find the error in the code (runtime error). Sprite variable remains null in the second burger class

27 May 2016 by Member 12544459

I just want to load the image at a particular address but on running the program there is a error which telling me An unhandled exception of type ;Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentLoadException; occurred in MonoGame.Framework.dll" Please Help me understand my mistake.What I have...

Can not find the error in the code (runtime error). Sprite variable remains null in the second burger class

27 May 2016 by Member 12544459

Just put burger = new Burger(Content, @"Graphics / burger", WindowWidth / 2, WindowHeight / 8, null); in the function loadContent();

How to calculate night time using date time?

13 Jul 2016 by Member 11841791

Hey Codeproject,I've already figured out that there's 86400 seconds in a day, and I'd like to make a color more black towards the 86400 mark.So, I started by doing the following:// pseudo code// Color * 0f = Completely Transparent// BackgroundColor = ColorColor.Black * (1f /...

How to calculate night time using date time?

13 Jul 2016 by Patrice T

Rather than using the number of seconds since midnight.Use the number of seconds around (before or after) 12 o clock.abs((86400/2)-DateTime.TotalSeconds)[Update]Pay attention to the fact that the maximum result of my formula is 43200.

My rotatable rectangle class is really slow?

17 Jul 2016 by Member 11841791

Hello Monogame/XNA Developers,As you all may be well aware there's no rotation functionality to a rectangle or a bounding-box. I've went through tons of articles all stating that you're better off making your own.So I'm doing this right now. I've made my own class with all the properties...

How to blend/mix two colors like real paint?

2 Dec 2020 by Member 11841791

Hey Codeproject,I'm wondering how you blend two colors like you would with paint in real life. For instance, blending red and blue would result in purple. I'm wondering this because I'd also like the opacity of the color to play in as a component (meaning that if the alpha is 255 it would...

How to blend/mix two colors like real paint?

13 Aug 2016 by Patrice T

You can try to calc the mean of the 2 colorsCol.Red= (One.Red+ Two.Red)/ 2;...

C# - merge already adjacent rectangles into a clockwise polygon point list?

16 Feb 2017 by Member 11841791

Hello Codeproject!I've made a flood fill recursive function in order to find all tiles in an array that are adjacent to one another. I'd like to use this list of tiles to make a polygon using their rectangle information - the polygon needs to end up being in a clockwise order, however, each...

C# - merge already adjacent rectangles into a clockwise polygon point list?

16 Feb 2017 by #realJSOP

What you need to do is get a list of points of the rectangles in question, and determine their angle from a central reference point. Once you do that, you can sort the angles from lowest to highest value, and process each one in that order (essentially, in a clockwise direction).I will leave...

C# - merge already adjacent rectangles into a clockwise polygon point list?

16 Feb 2017 by Patrice T

You need to do an analyze of your problem.By adjacent, I understand that 2 rectangles are sharing a common side.Take some points:rA B CD E Fthis gives rectangles ABED and BCFE.To check if the 2 rectangles are adjacent or not, you need to find common 2 points between both...

Developing Games for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment – Getting Started with Fizzyo

10 May 2017 by Simon Jackson

Developing games for Cystic Fibrosis treatment – Getting started with Fizzyo

Monogame/XNA - isometric game - mouse position problems

10 Jul 2017 by It's Eddie!

Hey Codeproject, I'm creating an isometric game but there is a problem with the mouse translations. I use a Matrix-based 2D camera for this, and this does not have any issues. I already know how to translate my "screen" position into a "world" position, but since I'm rendering in an isometric...

How do I make a sound app for a another app using it's API?

4 Nov 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

All of these questions are to be answered by the API itself, and we have no idea about it. Quote: What programming language do I use? I was thinking of C# but am open to suggestions. What languages do they support? Since you have tagged Xamarin and Monogame, I assume C# is the case. Quote: How...

Error in the projectile rotation and shoot

23 Nov 2017 by Diliup Gabadamudalige

I solved the problem with the following code if (keyboard.IsKeyDown(Keys.Space) && shoot) { shoot = false; this.fire.Play(.2f, .9f, 0); // the code below will position a projectile at the top ...

Automated Ice Skater MonoGame Solution

26 Jun 2023 by Jo_vb.net

Get started MonoGame and use IceSkater C# project

Invasion Game in MonoGame for Windows Phone 8

5 Feb 2014 by Dan Colasanti

This article describes my experience porting Invasion from XNA/WP7 to MonoGame/WP8 and includes Invasion's complete source code.

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Monster Set of FREE Resources for Game Design

22 Sep 2013 by Simon Jackson

Free resources for game design.

Getting Started with MonoGame using Visual Studio

15 Mar 2017 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame (for those of you not yet aware) is a Game Building Framework / API born from the ashes that was the Microsoft XNA Framework that provides a very easy to use API to build games.

Building a Scrolling Sprite-based Star Field Background with C# and MonoGame

7 Jan 2014 by Masoud Darvishian

In this simple tutorial, we want to create a scrolling sprite-based star field background using Xamarin Studio and MonoGame.

XNA is no more, as the phoenix rises from the ashes

22 Mar 2015 by Simon Jackson

We have finally reached the end of an era and the dawn of the next with the MonoGame project. The latest release has now broken its ties to the old XNA framework and stands alone.

MonoGame: Building Portable Solutions

21 May 2013 by Simon Jackson

How to build portable solutions in MonoGame

All Hail the Old and the New – The MonoGame Content Builder Tool

17 Dec 2014 by Simon Jackson

All Hail the Old and the New – The MonoGame Content Builder Tool

Real-time Strategy Engine in MonoGame

24 May 2023 by Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Engine for .NET cross-platform development

How do I create a score point system in c# with webcam

25 Mar 2014 by Member 10697712

Hello,I'm doing a project (curling with Lego Mindstorms) and I already got the webcam working (this webcam detects color and traces objects). But now I'm stuck. I want to make a scoring system with visual studio but I don't know how to start. I want to give points to a object(puck) and if...

How can I use Farseer with Monogame?

8 Feb 2014 by Member 10573460

Invasion Game in MonoGame for Windows Phone 8[^]I downloaded the Invasion game from this great article and changed the code a little. I removed the stuff that I don't need and replaced it with my own stuff. But Farseer Physics is not working with the Invasion game.I tried the old...

Windows-Phone-8

Embedding Monogame in WinForm Error

23 Dec 2015 by Member 12225549

Hi, I'm very new to coding so try to bear with me a bit. I'm trying to embed a Monogame control inside a Windows Forms Application. I've been using code from this Microsoft sample Xbox LIVE Indie Games - winforms series 1: graphics device[^] as suggested by this CodeProject answer: How to render...

How do I make a sound app for a another app using it's API?

4 Nov 2017 by Member 13502978

Hey everyone, There is an app which works on both iOS and android. This app is basically a flight simulator. The development team behind the simulator realized that since they have limited time (and resources), they would release an API for their simulator app so that those who knew coding from...

Error in the projectile rotation and shoot

23 Nov 2017 by Diliup Gabadamudalige

Code is in C# and the IDE is Visual Studio2017.my code and assets are at diliupg / Space_Battles — Bitbucket[^]. My Space ship rotation code has something wrong cause when I fire the projectile shoots from the middle of the spaceship. There are no other errors. How can I get the spaceship to...