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Ariel
Ariel

Reputation: 2808

How to start a MonoGame project for Windows desktop (and future port)?

I want to open a new project in MonoGame, using Visual Studio Express 2012. I currently want to make it for Windows desktop.

The problem is there is no such setup in the "New project" menu. I don't want it to be for the Windows Store, there appears to be an option for that. Should I open an OpenGL project?

And how could I later take the same project and set it up for Linux?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1829

Answers (1)

craftworkgames
craftworkgames

Reputation: 9957

I assume you can see the following options? The one you want is MonoGame Windows OpenGL Project. This will run on the normal windows desktop for XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 Desktop mode I believe.

MonoGame New Project Window

As for the second part of your question. I'm not exactly sure of the details of porting to Linux but the general rule as that you create a new Linux project and link each file from your main project then recompile. You may need to change some code to deal with platform specific stuff.

Upvotes: 2

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