I added a debuggable test integration to #fadebasic using #dotnet and #monogame. The test framework is like running a debug script against your main program, which allows you to do some pretty cool types of testing in a video game. #indiedev #gamedev #software

Got the new #monogame 3.8.5 preview 4 build hooked up and have runtime asset reloading working in my #indiedev lifestyle. Not seen here, but the macro language in fade can now completely replace the legacy `.mgcb` files. #gamedev #yeehaw #fadebasic

the #debugger in #fadebasic now works with code-reload for my #monogame integration project. The gist is; you run the game in debug mode, you see some whack jank, place a breakpoint, get info, be more confused, edit the code, _reload_ the code without needing to restart... #indiedev #gamedev #whack

Want to know how to make a 50 Shades of Grey game using MonoGame.......well we've got you smothered, we mean covered, with our 2D Shader tutorial!! This builds nicely upon the existing 2D Tutorial and is available here - docs.monogame.net/articles/tut...

Just released the first version of Zephyr, a free sprite packer and editor. I'm actively looking for feedback, so please let me know what you think and please share this post. Available on itch: aristurtledev.itch.io/zephyr #sprites #indiegamedev #gamedev @monogame.net

I just released 0.0.47 of #fadebasic which has the compile time execution and deferred statement support. Yeehaw! #indiedev #gamedev #langdev github.com/cdhanna/fade...

added "go-to definition" support in my #vscode extension for #fadebasic 's parser generated tokens. Macro support comin' in hot. #indiedev #gamedev

leet test count. #fadebasic is almost ready for its next preview release. Just need to fix all the things and add more tests. Good vanity metrics make my vanity feel good. #indiedev #gamedev #proglang

added the defer keyword to #fadebasic I'm planning to make use of this in macro-land more so. #indiedev #gamedev

I will be doing a microStudio workshop during FOSDEM Junior, in Brussels, on January 31st. Come and meet me there! MicroStudio is my FOSS online game engine, available at microstudio.dev, which I use to develop Music Power Up! Come and meet me there! Link to the event: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

I will be presenting at the MonoGame open hours today!

Simon even talked about the upcoming 2D shader tutorial during last Wednesday's AMA, 19th of November. Learn more and watch the effects that will be covered here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSHB... .

Getting back to my fish game with #monogame and #fadebasic. Adding more of the game structure with moves/score/upgrade pathways, extra moves and passive abilities. I have about 20 ideas for new upgrades... Happy vacation programming times. #indiedev #gamedev #staycation

Announcement!!! 📣 Globs is now free on iOS and Android. No strings attached: no ads, no in-app purchases, just a pure game from start to end. This was a learning project and we're proud of it so we're happy to make it free. If you want to support us, you can still buy it on Steam! #indiegames

I added a stencil pass to block out the snake character from receiving shadows, so it doesn't cast self shadows. It think it helps make the shadow effect less distracting. #gamedev #monogame #shaders

first half of the video is a vanilla stencil shadow approach; second half is using a box-blur + dithering shadow fall off. I think the new one looks way cooler. #gamedev #monogame #shaders

these shadow hulls are generating with vanilla #monogame spritebatch plus a custom vertex shader. Its an abusiv-- I mean, creative, approach! #indiedev #shaders #2d

Beep boop its yet another 2d lighting system in #monogame .

I finally finally did the thing graphics folk are supposed to do and hooked up #renderdoc to a #monogame project so I can see all the things! Very cool stuff!

Hey everyone! I’m helping organize Boston Game Loop 2025! Saturday, August 16th 9:00am - 6:00pm It’s really great and open to all level of game developers from Boston (and everywhere else)! Come join us! Tickets and more event info below: givebutter.com/BostonGameLo... #Boston #GameDev #Meetups

Battle Train launches tomorrow and my brain has no idea how to feel. This game has been a long dev cycle.. and I'm proud of it.. but also... it feels surreal that its actually -finally- done. Doesnt seem real.

working on #fadebasic langcore. I just had that fun experience where last night after hours of agonizing debugger, I had to give up my task and go to bed... And tonight, after 40 minutes and wildly different approach, my task worked like a charm. #indiedev #takeABreak And now I can re-assign arrays!

Join us for our 9th "Open Hours" AMA When: Wednesday 18th of June, @ 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC, 18:00 BST, 19:00 CET. Don't miss this one! Join via: discord.gg/V3gHh7um?eve... More details here: monogame.net/blog/2025-06...

An old level transition effect I did for Louie.

got some faux perspective going on in #fadebasic and #monogame for my random fish game. Thanks to the #godot shader article, godotshaders.com/shader/2d-pe... #indiedev #gamedev

🚨 GARBANZO QUEST v1.0 is OUT NOW! 🚨 after 3 years of development my first game is finally complete and available on steam and itch! i hope y'all have just as much fun playing it as i did creating it it would mean a lot to me if you all would help me share this! 💖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnNu...

evil halloween music 🎃🤘🎸

The MonoGame Team is pleased to announce the 3.8.4 stable release. For a more detailed list of changes see our Github release page: github.com/MonoGame/Mon... Massive thanks to our 3, new, 1st time contributors. We're always grateful the community helps us make MonoGame Better.

I added some wave jiggle as a shader... Is it too much? #indiedev #fadebasic #monogame #gamedev

hooked up an auto reload system for #monogame shaders. This works by having a separate process file-watch the .fx files and invoke the monogame content builder. It works pretty well! Or, well enough for now!

MonoGame team is pleased to announce the preview release of 3.8.4-preview.7. More details about fixes here: github.com/MonoGame/Mon...

hooked up some code-reloading action for #fadebasic and #monogame. When I see the red border in monogame, it means new fade code has been compiled, and is ready to rock! #indiedev #gamedev

added some more spiff to my #fadebasic and #monogame fish matcher. Explosions and bounce easing functions, hoozah! #indiedev #gamedev

coding like its 2007 and I don't know how with #fadebasic ! This is using #monogame as the framework, and fade basic as the scripting language. The grid is a fixed length array and all the combo/animation is happening inline. #indiedev #gamedev #nostalgiaprogramming

working on something with #fadebasic and #monogame . idk what I'm doing, but its fun anyway. #indiedev #gamedev #confused

Join us tomorrow for our 7th "Open Hours" AMA When: Wednesday 23rd of April, @ 12:00 EST, 17:00 UTC/GMT, 18:00 CET Join via: discord.gg/monogame?eve... More details here: monogame.net/blog/2025-04...

my #fadebasic tooling in #monogame has support for shaders, custom render targets, sprites, transforms (which make assembling these cards waaaay easier), and yaaay its starting to feel like a real thing. #indiedev #gamedev

I'm super excited that I got to contribute to @monogame.net ! Rock on!!

more animation testing; this started as a flip book in real life; then I transferred it onto a single page with a light-table; then ran it through a code-process; then booted it up in #monogame scripted with #fadebasic. Its not the best, but I'm practicing! #indiedev #gamedev #2danimation #handdrawn

behold draft 2 of my my heart soldier guy. this is running in #fadebasic within #monogame, and I'm doing hand drawn animation by scanning paper in the real world. Spooky. #indiedev #gamedev (the last version wasn't a gif, oops)

trying a new 2d animation style... This is hand drawn in the real world, and scanned onto my machine. I'm using #naps2 to scan, because fuck HP. #paint.net for the cleanup, and currently just patching it together in #unity... I need to keep practicing :) #gamedev #indiedev

I took a shot at compiling #fadebasic for wasm and running it in a browser, and it mostly works! #indiedev #programming

Just ran `cloc` to find that #fadebasic has 33k lines of C#. And of that, 1.3k are unit tests. #indiedev #programming

Just released #fadebasic 0.0.37, which switches the memory address space to 64 bit instead of 32. Muwhahaha! #programming #indiedev

I'm finally working on a #monogame back-end for #fadebasic. This is the start of Phase 2! The first phase was building the language (fadebasic.com). The second phase is building a binding to monogame. The third phase is a mystery. #indiedev #gamedev #programming

added debugger attachment to #fadebasic so you can attach a debugger to script that you started from the C# SDK. Pretty snazzy for a scripting language! #gamedev #indiedev

My indie game for 15 seconds

website for #fadebasic is... drum roll... fadebasic.com SURPRISE .

... Surprise! #fadebasic is working and its available in a pre-alpha sort of way! I haven't even written documentation or made a website or whatever, but technically, the language can be used. github.com/cdhanna/fade... Holy moly. I was not expecting to get this done.

testing #fadebasic on my windows machine means I get to sit at my actual desk. I've got these under-mounted ps2 and xbox360 consoles hooked up to the second monitor. I need to use those more often... too busy #programming an #indiegame to play actual games. Tragic.