A Gentle Intro To Game Development Using C# and MonoGame

Creating 2D Games in a Non-Intimidating Fully Coded Experience Way for Beginners

Created by: Charlie Chiarelli
Experienced Online Educator

What Will I Learn?

• Create 2D Winform games in C#
• Create 2D games using MonoGame
• Create a Graphics program which simulates an "Etch-A-Sketch" drawing program
• Create Graphics applications which incorporate drag and drop events
• Create a simple object animation then use it as the basis for a car race game
• Create a slot machine game
• Create a falling objects games ... where you move an object around with the keyboard and catch objects falling from the sky for points
• Create a Space shooter game
• Create several 2d Game Applications which incorporate flicker free animation and allow the user to use the keyboard and mouse to control movement.
• Create A Cannon Shooting Game
• Create a Vertical Scroller Game

Requirements

• You should have a beginner level understanding of C# . Basic concepts like loops, if statements, methods, arrays and some simple Object Oriented concepts
• Our focus will be working with Visual Studio Community Edition on Windows machines .
• Not sure you have enough background to take the course ? Then I would recommend taking my first course "C# Programming for Beginners:Practical Applications Approach" before attempting this course

Target audience

• Anyone young or old who wants to start creating their own games from scratch. Using C# and MonoGame you get a full coded experience. If you prefer to control all the bits of your game and not rely on things being done for you, it's a better fit.