2. MonoGame - What do I need, and where do I get it?

February 6, 2017 · 1 min read

MonoGame - What You Need, and Where To Get It…

Development Environment

You’re going to need an IDE. If you’ve been developing for a while, you probably already have one of your own, or at least a preference. If you’re completely new to all of this, then it comes down to your choice of operating system.

If you’re running Windows, get Visual Studio 2015 Community. It’s free, and quite good.

If you’re running MacOS, the process is a little more involved, so follow these steps.

MonoGame

You’re going to need a copy of MonoGame, of course, but you’ll need to choose between the installer and the source code. If you’re just getting started, stick with the official installer! Once you’re up to speed, then you can consider pulling down the latest source and either contributing, or modifying it to suit your own purposes.

As of this writing, the latest official release of MonoGame is v3.5.1.  there’s a brand new version!!  You can find installers for the IDE and platform of your choice here: 

That’s it for now. In the next post, I’ll take a look at the sample projects. If you came directly to this page, you can find the complete list of articles here.

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Chris G. Williams

New on Geeks with Blogs

  • We Won The One Award I Actually Care About

    Full Scale made the Inc. 5000 for the fifth year straight, the 12th listing across my three companies. Here is why the one award you cannot buy is worth stopping for.

  • Your Customers Build the Features Now

    I let a tool I liked sit dead for a year rather than build the features I wanted. An MCP server meant I never had to, and your customers can do the same to your product.

  • Get the Size of a Directory in Linux the Easy Way

    du -sh for the quick answer, ncdu for the cleanup, df for the disk itself: every command for checking directory size in Linux, plus why du and df never agree.

  • Vim Search and Replace: The Ultimate Guide

    One :%s command replaces every match in a file before a find dialog would even open. The Vim substitute patterns worth the muscle memory: flags, ranges, capture groups, and multi-file edits.