MonoGame
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Developer(s) | MonoGame Team |
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Initial release | September 2, 2009 |
Stable release | 3.8[1]
/ April 10, 2020 |
Repository | |
Written in | C# |
Platform | iOS, MacOS, Android, Linux, Windows Phone 8, Windows Desktop, Windows 10, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, tvOS |
Type | Application framework |
License | Microsoft Public License[2] |
Website | www |
MonoGame is a free and open source C# framework used by game developers to make games for multiple platforms and other systems. It is also used to make Windows and Windows Phone games run on other systems. It supports iOS, Android, macOS, tvOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.[3] It implements the Microsoft XNA 4 application programming interface (API).[4] It has been used for several games, including Bastion and Fez.
History[]
MonoGame is the evolution of XNA Touch (September 2009) started by Jose Antonio Farias[5] and Silver Sprite by Bill Reiss.[citation needed] The first official release of MonoGame was version 2.0 with a downloadable version 0.7 that was available from CodePlex. These early versions only supported 2D sprite-based games. The last official 2D-only version was released as 2.5.1 in June 2012.
Since mid-2013, the framework has begun to be extended beyond XNA4 with the addition of new features like RenderTarget3D,[6] support for multiple GameWindows,[7] and a new cross-platform command line content building tool.[8]
Architecture[]
MonoGame attempts to fully implement the XNA 4 API.[9] It accomplishes this across Microsoft platforms using SharpDX and DirectX.[10] When targeting non-Microsoft platforms, platform specific capabilities are utilized by way of the OpenTK library. When targeting OS X, iOS, and/or Android, the Xamarin platform runtime is necessary. This runtime provides a tuned OpenTK implementation that allows the MonoGame team to focus on the core graphics tuning of the platform.
The graphics capabilities of MonoGame come from either OpenGL, OpenGL ES, or DirectX. Since MonoGame version 3, OpenGL 2 has been the focus for capabilities. The earlier releases of MonoGame (2.5) used OpenGL 1.x for graphics rendering. Utilizing OpenGL 2 allowed for MonoGame to support shaders to make more advanced rendering capabilities in the platform.
Content management and distribution continues to follow the XNA 4 ContentManager model. The MonoGame team has created a new content building capability that can integrate with Microsoft Visual Studio to deliver the same content building capabilities to Windows 8 Desktop that Windows 7 users had used in Microsoft XNA.
Games[]
Game | Year | PS4 | Xbox One | Switch | PSVita | Windows | Windows Phone | MacOS | Linux | iOS | Android | Developer | Publisher |
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Apotheon[citation needed] | 2015 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Alientrap | Alientrap | ||||||
Axiom Verge[11][12] | 2015 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Thomas Happ Games LLC | Thomas Happ Games LLC | |||
Bastion[13] | 2011 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supergiant Games | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | ||||||
Carrion | 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Phobia Game Studio | Devolver Digital | ||||||
Capsized | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Alientrap | Alientrap | |||||||
Celeste[14] | 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maddy Thorson | Maddy Thorson | ||||
Chasm | 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bit Kid, Inc. | Bit Kid, Inc. | |||
Duck Game[15] | 2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Landon Podbielski | Adult Swim Games | |||||||
Dust: An Elysian Tail[citation needed] | 2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Humble Hearts | Humble Hearts | ||||||
Escape Goat[16] | 2011 | Yes | Yes | Yes | MagicalTimeBean | MagicalTimeBean | |||||||
Fez[17] | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Polytron Corporation | Trapdoor, Microsoft Studios | |||||||
Flinthook[citation needed] | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tribute Games | Tribute Games | |||||
Hades[18] | 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supergiant Games | Supergiant Games | |||||||
Infinite Flight[19] | 2011 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flying Development Studio | ||||||||
Mercenary Kings[citation needed] | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tribute Games | Tribute Games | |||||||
Owlboy | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | D-Pad Studio | D-Pad Studio | ||||
Perilune[20] | 2019 | Yes | George Kristiansen | George Kristiansen | |||||||||
Pyre[21] | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supergiant Games | Supergiant Games | ||||||
Salt and Sanctuary[citation needed] | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ska Studios | Ska Studios | |||||
Score Rush Extended[22] | 2016 | Yes | Xona Games | ||||||||||
Skulls of the Shogun[23] | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 17-BIT | Microsoft Studios | ||||||
Solar 2[24] | 2011 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jay Watts | Murudai | |||||
Stardew Valley[25] | 2016 | Yes | Yes | ConcernedApe | ConcernedApe | ||||||||
Super Blood Hockey | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Loren Lemcke | Loren Lemcke | |||||||
TowerFall[citation needed] | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maddy Thorson | Maddy Thorson | |||
Transistor[citation needed] | 2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supergiant Games | Supergiant Games | |||||
Wizorb[26] | 2011 | Yes | Yes | Tribute Games | Tribute Games |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "MonoGame downloads". Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "FAQ: Licensing – MonoGame". Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "Documentation | MonoGame". www.monogame.net. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ "Windows 8, XNA and MonoGame". MSDN. 2012-08-01.
MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework. The goal is to allow XNA developers on Windows & Windows Phone to port their games to the iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux with both PlayStation Suite and Windows 8 support currently under development.
- ^ "José Antonio Leal de Farias". Facebook.
- ^ tomspilman. "RenderTarget3D for DirectX". MonoGame. Github.
- ^ jamesford42. "Multiple GameWindow support for Windows/DirectX". MonoGame. Github.
- ^ "MonoGame Content Builder". Github.
- ^ Vermeir, Nico (1 April 2013). Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition. Apress. ISBN 9781430250661 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Monogame at Build 2012". Channel 9. Microsoft Developer Network.
- ^ "Achievement Unlocked!".
- ^ "Dan Adelman Explains Why Axiom Verge is Not Coming to Wii U - News".
- ^ Supergiant Games | Bastion’s Open Source Branch for MonoGame Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ | Screenshot of Celeste Credits Showing Frameworks Used
- ^ "An Interview with Duck Game Developer Landon Podbielski – GameCritics.com". gamecritics.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Escape Goat".
- ^ "Ben Euden on Twitter".
- ^ | Screenshot of Hades folder showing Monogame framework DLL
- ^ Hanselman, Scott. "MonoGame and Xamarin make shipping Infinite Flight a reality".
- ^ "Perilune - 3D Moon Landing Simulator". Google Play. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Linneman, John. "Pyre on PS4/ PS4 Pro! Beautiful Graphics But What's Up With The Bugs?". YouTube. Digital Foundry. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "GDC 2017 WRAP UP". Xona Games. 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Skulls of the Shogun - Developer Interview - MSPoweruser". 22 May 2012.
- ^ Watts. "Solar 2 | Murudai".
- ^ "Stardew Valley Wiki".
- ^ Wizorb coming to Mac and Linux December 19th! | Tribute Games Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- C Sharp libraries
- Cross-platform software
- Free computer libraries
- Free computer programming tools
- Free software programmed in C Sharp
- Mono (software)
- Software using the MS-PL license
- Video game development software