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 ===== History of MonoGame ===== ===== History of MonoGame =====
  
-You can read about the history of MonoGame here: https://monogame.net/about.html+You can read about the history of MonoGame here: https://monogame.net/about/
  
 ===== History of Microsoft XNA ===== ===== History of Microsoft XNA =====
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 You can read more about the GamePad [[monogame:gamepads:gamepads|here]]. You can read more about the GamePad [[monogame:gamepads:gamepads|here]].
  
-==== Where Does MonoGame Sit ====+===== Where Does MonoGame Sit ===== 
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 +==== Tool Engine ====
  
-### Tool Engine 
 **Unity**: A widely-used game engine that supports C# scripting. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for game development, including a visual editor, asset management, and a robust physics engine. Unity is ideal for both 2D and 3D game development. **Unity**: A widely-used game engine that supports C# scripting. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for game development, including a visual editor, asset management, and a robust physics engine. Unity is ideal for both 2D and 3D game development.
  
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 **Godot**: An open-source game engine that supports C# scripting. It provides a flexible scene system, a visual editor, and a variety of tools for 2D and 3D game development. **Godot**: An open-source game engine that supports C# scripting. It provides a flexible scene system, a visual editor, and a variety of tools for 2D and 3D game development.
  
-### Game Engine+**FlatRedBall**: A game development platform built in C# that is perfect for 2D game development. It includes tools like Glue, which generates boilerplate code, and supports integration with popular formats like Tiled and Spriter. 
 +==== Game Engine ==== 
 **Unity Engine**: The core of Unity, which runs the game and provides essential services like rendering, physics, and input handling. Unity's engine includes internal tools for debugging, profiling, and performance optimization. **Unity Engine**: The core of Unity, which runs the game and provides essential services like rendering, physics, and input handling. Unity's engine includes internal tools for debugging, profiling, and performance optimization.
  
 **Unreal Engine**: The core of Unreal, which handles rendering, physics, and other low-level operations. It includes powerful internal tools for animation, AI, and networked multiplayer. **Unreal Engine**: The core of Unreal, which handles rendering, physics, and other low-level operations. It includes powerful internal tools for animation, AI, and networked multiplayer.
  
-### Game Framework+**FlatRedBall Engine**: The core of FlatRedBall, which focuses on 2D game development. It provides efficiency, stability, and features refined over two decades. 
 +==== Game Framework ==== 
 **Unity Framework**: The underlying structure that supports game development in Unity. It includes components like the GameObject system, MonoBehaviour scripts, and the Unity API, which provide the building blocks for creating games. **Unity Framework**: The underlying structure that supports game development in Unity. It includes components like the GameObject system, MonoBehaviour scripts, and the Unity API, which provide the building blocks for creating games.
  
 **Unreal Framework**: The underlying structure in Unreal Engine, including systems for actors, components, and blueprints. It provides the foundational elements needed to build complex game logic. **Unreal Framework**: The underlying structure in Unreal Engine, including systems for actors, components, and blueprints. It provides the foundational elements needed to build complex game logic.
  
-### Framework+==== Framework ==== 
 **MonoGame**: A framework for building cross-platform games using C#. It provides a simple API for handling graphics, input, and audio, making it a popular choice for 2D game development. **MonoGame**: A framework for building cross-platform games using C#. It provides a simple API for handling graphics, input, and audio, making it a popular choice for 2D game development.
  
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 **Stride (formerly Xenko)**: An open-source C# game engine for realistic rendering and VR. It provides a full suite of tools for game development, including a visual editor and asset management. **Stride (formerly Xenko)**: An open-source C# game engine for realistic rendering and VR. It provides a full suite of tools for game development, including a visual editor and asset management.
  
-### Raw Calls+==== Raw Calls ==== 
 **C++**: When performance is critical, developers might use C++ for low-level operations. This involves writing code that directly interacts with hardware or the operating system, bypassing higher-level abstractions. **C++**: When performance is critical, developers might use C++ for low-level operations. This involves writing code that directly interacts with hardware or the operating system, bypassing higher-level abstractions.
  
-### Bare Metal Coding+==== Bare Metal Coding ==== 
 **Machine Code/Assembly**: The lowest level of programming, where developers write instructions directly for the CPU. This is rarely used in modern game development due to its complexity and the availability of higher-level tools. **Machine Code/Assembly**: The lowest level of programming, where developers write instructions directly for the CPU. This is rarely used in modern game development due to its complexity and the availability of higher-level tools.
  
-### Effort Required+==== Effort Required ==== 
 - **Tool Engine**: High effort for initial setup and learning the tool, but it significantly speeds up development once mastered. - **Tool Engine**: High effort for initial setup and learning the tool, but it significantly speeds up development once mastered.
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 - **Game Engine**: Moderate effort to understand the engine's architecture and optimize performance. - **Game Engine**: Moderate effort to understand the engine's architecture and optimize performance.
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 - **Game Framework**: Moderate effort to implement game logic and mechanics using the provided framework. - **Game Framework**: Moderate effort to implement game logic and mechanics using the provided framework.
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 - **Framework**: Moderate to high effort, depending on the complexity of the game and the framework's capabilities. - **Framework**: Moderate to high effort, depending on the complexity of the game and the framework's capabilities.
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 - **Raw Calls**: High effort due to the need for detailed knowledge of the hardware and low-level programming. - **Raw Calls**: High effort due to the need for detailed knowledge of the hardware and low-level programming.
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 - **Bare Metal Coding**: Very high effort, requiring expertise in assembly language and hardware architecture. - **Bare Metal Coding**: Very high effort, requiring expertise in assembly language and hardware architecture.
  
 By focusing on C# and using C++ only where necessary, you can leverage the strengths of both languages to create efficient and high-quality games. Yes, you can use C++ in C#. By focusing on C# and using C++ only where necessary, you can leverage the strengths of both languages to create efficient and high-quality games. Yes, you can use C++ in C#.
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