MonoGame 3.0 Seminar

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MonoGame 3.0

BETA

15th November 2012

Copyright 2012 Xamarin Inc. All rights reserved

Dean Ellis

Xamarin

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Dominique Louis

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Introduction

Xamarin

General Overview

3.0 Beta Release

The Future

Questions


What is MonoGame?

Open Source implementation of XNA 4.0 API

Massively Multi-Platform Game Development

Write Once, Play Everywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TYcgc1PXg4

Supported Platforms

MonoGame

Windows8.NET 4.5NET 4.0XamarinMonoTouch

XamarinMono forAndroidMono

SharpDXDirect X OpenGL / OpenAL

Windows Phone 8In Progress2D, 3D

PlayStation MobileIn Progress2D Working

Raspberry PiIn Progress2D, 3D

Google ChromePlanned

OuyaPlanned

Future Platforms

Very High Code Reuse

Some users report 95% code reuse!!

Open AL not supported on android yet.

On the App Store

Many titles already usingMonoGame:

iOS 30+ titles!Android 15+ titlesWindows 8

15+ titlesMac OS, Linux 10+ titlesChrome Bastion

Most titles in the Windows Phone apps store are entertainment and utility apps

Customers are downloading more games than any other type of app

Customers are willing to spend money for the privilege

There is an opportunity here to give customers what they want

Why Games...

Freemium games do better than paid games

Action games are the best bet to turn a quick buck

Strategy games dominate long-term

Simulation games account for the second largest share.

Opportunity to carve out a niche (grow your fan base)

Type Of Games...

* Taken from http://www.appannie.com/blog/mobile-games-that-last/

Sample

Catapult WarsWorks on all supported platforms

Converting an XNA Sample

Using the MonoGame 3.0 Beta Release

Even old Samples such as Vector Rumble.

Samples just show how to do certain things using XNA. Starter Packs are complete games .

Netrumble working on Windows/MacOSX and Linux. almost working on Android andsdfsdf Start StartiOS.

Games

Infinite Flighthttp://flyingdevstudio.blogspot.co.uk/

Games

ARMED!http://www.armedgame.com/

http://www.sickheadgames.com/

Games

Bastionhttp://supergiantgames.com

Games

Draw a Stickman EPIC Adventurehttp://epic.drawastickman.com/

The Future

Enhancements and fixes

Content PipelineVisual Studio Integration

MonoDevelop Integration

Better documentation

Getting Started Guides

Platform specific best practices

More Video tutorials

References


Xamarin

Follow us on Twitter @MonoGameTeam

irc #monogamegnome.irc.org

YouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/MonoGameTeam

http://monogame.net

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