Jim-Dev/MonoGame-Console

Lightweight terminal emulator for MonoGame

MonoGame Console

PM> Install-Package MonoGame.Console.WindowsDX

MonoGame is an open source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4.x Framework.

MonoGame Console - a terminal emulator (forked from XNAGameConsole by Andreas Grech) with unicode & MonoGame support.

Supported Platforms

• Windows (DirectX)

Features

• Add your own commands
• Customizable Options
• Clipboard Support
• External Writing
• Command Auto-Complete
• Command History

Quick Start

• Create a XNB file with your SpriteFont or use default from repository (or Nuget) "Content" folder

• Add the code below to your LoadContent() logic

        Services.AddService(typeof(SpriteBatch), spriteBatch);
  
        GameConsole console = new GameConsole(this, spriteBatch, new GameConsoleOptions
          {
              ToggleKey = 192, 
              Font = Content.Load<SpriteFont>("ConsoleFont"),
              FontColor = Color.LawnGreen,
              Prompt = "~>",
              PromptColor = Color.Crimson,
              CursorColor = Color.OrangeRed,
              BackgroundColor = new Color(Color.Black, 150),
              PastCommandOutputColor = Color.Aqua,
              BufferColor = Color.Gold
          });
  
        console.AddCommand("ping", a =>
        {
            // TODO your logic
            return String.Format("pong");
        });
  

• Run game and press '~' (tilda) to open console

• Once instantiated, the GameConsole class adds itself as a Service, which means you can get access to it with the following: GameConsole console = (GameConsole) game.Services.GetService(typeof (GameConsole));

License

MonoGame Console is released under GNU GPL v3.