2D, Arena shooter
Role: Solo developer
I built this little prototype to get to know better how this framework works.
It helped me understand a little more how some engines work on the inside. I always worked in engines such as Unity, Godot or GameMaker where the assets are loaded by the engine automatically and i completely forgot that the assets have to be loaded in some point of the game loop.
I'm glad i decided to try Monogame, it opened my eyes to more aspects of videogames development i used to take for granted and now i know there is a lot more than just draging and droping to make a game.
Engine:
Language: C#
Development time: Development lasted 1 day.
Platforms: Windows
The challenge:
Create a tiny game to understand how the game loop really works outside conventional game engines.
The solution:
I created a short game focusing on the 3 main parts of the game loop:
1. Boot
The binary excecutes and the content is loaded before entering the main loop.
2. Loading content
This is what got me the most. I made the decision of not building a dedicated content manager class as this games uses just a couple sprites.
But for me it should be mandatory to build one for complete projects where lots of assets are required.
3. The actual loop
I defined the main logic to make the game work: the player, the bullets, the enemies and the game over message.
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