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MonoGame–XNA on Windows 8

by Nico

UPDATE: The good people of MonoGame brought it to my attention that MonoGame currently does not support Windows Phone 7 (XNA is supported on Windows Phone though) but they will probably support Windows Phone 8. Thanks for the heads up guys!

There’s currently no official support for XNA on Windows 8. That’s actually a real shame because XNA is my favorite way to develop games and Windows 8 is a fun platform to develop on. Luckily there’s always the community to come to our rescue. Enter MonoGame, an open source implementation of XNA for virtually any platform out there. Think iOS, Android,  Windows 8, even Playstation Vita.

A while ago Wesley and me started working on a BreakOut clone for Windows 8 using MonoGame. We currently have a raw basic gameplay and a first level. We even released a first official screenshot Smile

I now the screenshot doesn’t look really fancy yet (wel except for the giant pacman which is always awesome right?) but it’s an early build of a work very much in progress.

Follow us on Twitter for more updates (@NicoVermeir & @WesleyCabus), also see Wesley’s blog where he links to more information on MonoGame and how to set it up on your device.


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.Net | Game development | MonoGame | XNA

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Hi,

My name is Nico, I’m an MCP living in Belgium.
I’m currently employed as a consultant in the Mobile Solution Center at RealDolmen, one of Belgium’s leading IT single source providers, where I focus on Windows Phone and Windows 8 development.

I'm also founding member and board member of the Belgian Metro App Developer Network, a user group focussed on Windows 8 and Windows Phone development. If you're in Belgium feel free to drop by if we're doing an event. http://www.madn.be

Since June 2012 I'm a proud member of Microsoft's Extended Experts Team Belgium. And in February 2013 I became a member of DZone's Most Valuable Bloggers family.

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