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Join Simon Jackson (@simondarksidej.bsky.social)TODAY for the another of MonoGame University. When: Thursdays @ 10:00 EST, 15:00 UTC/GMT, 16:00 CET Today he's walking us through SpriteBatch & Textures. Stream Links are in our blog: monogame.net/blog/2025-10... Have questions at the ready!

It has begun :D

Remember classic Snake? Check out Positron's modern take on the game with a retro-arcade feel. steam.positrongame.com/trailertuesday #trailertuesday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #steam #earlyaccess #positron

The new Content Builder Project is one of the hottest things coming in MonoGame 3.8.5 preview release. It aims to greatly simplify asset management for MonoGame projects. Read our blog post - monogame.net/blog/2025-11... and watch the related video (link in the blog post).

What are the benefits of the NEW Content Pipeline Project system coming in 3.8.5? Simon Jackson (@simondarksidej.bsky.social) gives the details here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLi...

Why is the Content Pipeline important for cross-platform game development? Simon Jackson (@simondarksidej.bsky.social) explains why here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjci...

Happy birthday to the Microsoft Kinect, a device I dearly hope to never write about again. For @theverge.com, I recounted the history of its hacking and the echoes of an older, now unreachable, internet that resound in its story. Also, AI, because… 2025.

Join Simon Jackson (@simondarksidej.bsky.social)TODAY (4/11) for the some extra Code Time! When: Tuesday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 15:00 BST, 16:00 CET Today he'll be doing a deep dive on the NEW Content Builder project (replacing the MGCB-Editor). Stream Links : monogame.net/blog/2025-10...

During last Thursday's MonoGame University Q&A, someone asked "What about MonoGame on the Web"? This was @simondarksidej.bsky.social 's reply - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfc...

Join Simon Jackson @simondarksidej.bsky.social TODAY (30/10) for the next episode of MonoGame University. When: Every Thursday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC/GMT, 16:00 CET Streaming links here - monogame.net/blog/2025-10... Today he's continuing with the "Getting Started with 2D" tutorial.

Join Simon Jackson (@simondarksidej.bsky.social) TODAY for the inaugural episode of MonoGame University. When: Thursday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 16:00 BST, 17:00 CET Today we're beginning with the "Getting Started with 2D" tutorial. Stream Links are in our blog: monogame.net/blog/2025-10...

In order to address some key policy changes by Apple and Google, the MonoGame Foundation is pleased to announce the patch release of v3.8.4.1! More details can be read here - monogame.net/blog/2025-10...

Open Hours is today 16:00 UTC (17:00 BST), be there or be square as we announce more streaming and a fantastic guest takes the stage and starts to take shape! #MonoGame #GameDev

During our last AMA @thomas.flying-oak.com from Flying Oak Games gave us an update on the upcoming Vulkan back-end. Watch it here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTr.... Watch our AMA playlist here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTr...

If you are tackling with the Google 16kb policy updates, here is a script to help. gist.github.com/SimonDarksid... Based on a Unity project, but should be usable for any Android apk build. Instructions included in gist. Hope this helps others as it has been a real pain diagnosing.

Our new 2D Shader Tutorial is nearly ready. Watch this short to find out what sort of things you'll learn, to enhance your game - www.youtube.com/shorts/OHNz-...

Yikes, what did Jetbrains do to tick off Unity?

Just what I want to see on opening a NEW project, in the LATEST release using a Unity DEFAULT template. Up your game Unity, seriously....

To celebrate the 3 years anniversary of the game we’re givng away 3 keys of the game om the platform of ur choice 🧀✨ To enter just reply "squeak" Winners will randomly be selected and announced on sunday at 3PM EST!

More guns than people… Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?

They have identified the person in charge of escalators at the UN:

everyone should checkout Messenger by Abeto. it's a free browser game where ur just a little delivery kid on a little planet! messenger.abeto.co

dipping a toe into shaders

Before I make any VR interaction, I always "act it out" first, in my head and in game. It lets me analyze motions / events, which helps me decide on formulas, effects and other implementation details. Here's me pretending to drum. 🐧🥁 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday

Indie Devs! Do you want to make some noise about an upcoming release? Could be a demo, could be the full game, I don't mind! We're going to be giving upcoming indies some room on the UK Twitch homepage in November and all I need now are the games! Reply below and let's talk. #indiegames #indiedev

This is hilarious. Even the Dutch are way ahead of us in seeing how bad things are in the United States with Donald Trump running amok and corporations capitulating to fascism. But, then again, the Netherlands has experience with being taken over by fascists.

That's my evening sorted 😊

Super early look at Kenney Creator, my new modeling software for indies. It'll feature many blocks and tools to create any sort of model - aiming for a Q1 2026 release! ✨

"Step into the vortex! LesCrafteurs' swirling portal in Unity blends mesmerizing Shader Graph visuals with seamless teleportation, creating a captivating gateway to another dimension. #Unity3D #GameDev"

Modern Python 😂

Lot of parallels to games. Suits waste profound amounts of money trying to will the industry into a consistent repetitive slop machine when, as with all entertainment, the only consistent rule is that inconsistent, original and good is the way of maybe getting a hit. Maybe.

->SYSTEM BREACH DETECTED ->SAVE DATA? Y/N #Blender #B3D #RetroGraphics #80s #HUD #UI #Wireframe

I finally finished my deep-dive article on DOGWALK, like I promised :D All about making a playable character in Godot with a choppy animation style! Plenty of visual examples & code snippets! Took quite a while to put together. studio.blender.org/blog/playabl... #b3d #godotengine #gamedev

fuck it making a block game #GameDev 🎮

Shadows in 3D platformers are more important than you think. Watch our short to learn why! #MonoGame www.youtube.com/shorts/SpKUH... Help us expand our channel by sharing this video :) cc: @kenney.nl

Can you make a game with AI? I wrote up my latest iteration in AI research that I perform annually (might have to switch to bi-monthly with recent advances) on using a LLM to generate a game. darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/Can-you-make... #GameDev #MonoGame #AI

I got to meet one of my childhood heroes, Roberta Williams, and talk to her for hours and it's one of the coolest experiences of my life. That will only make sense to a narrow band of you, but I'm fine with that. Big thanks to @gameinformer.com for asking me to do this. Roberta Williams. The legend.

I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated. If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience. thank you

Reminds me of the hundreds of job applications that came in at my workplace this past week with personal essays and "describe a project you did" that were written by LLMs/AI. One person's chatGPT answer quoted my own work as their reason why we should them them. No, #AI is no substitute.

Missed the August Edition of our AMA last Wednesday? fear not, it is now available on our Youtube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QJT... We spoke about the 3.8.5 release, Vulkan support, Updates on the 3D Platformer & Ascent Starter Kits & @JonathanPeppers : Draw a Stickman EPIC.

Perhaps the biggest miss in all of history.

#BuiltWithMonoGame 😊

Fridays are for David Lynch

Hey folks - I am around for work from mid September so if you need for your game: -Technical environment work -VFX work -Level design DM me or get me at my email address Jamie.degen(at)gmail.com Reshares of this are greatly appreciated!

#BuiltWithMonoGame 😊