Saga is a personal project to build a library with the essential building blocks for a simple 2D game. It sits on top of MonoGame and provides a solid set of tools, abstracting much of the low level work.
It is heavily influenced by the nez framework by prime31 but is sufficiently distinct to be considered more than a fork.
- MonoGame >= 3.8.1
- .NET >= 2.0.3
This represents a personal project that is very much in development. I have a full time academic job and updates are likely to be sparse. In all honesty I would advise against using it given nez is likely more complete and relevant to your needs as a developer.
If you would like to have a play you will need to do the following:
- create a
Monogame Cross Platform Desktop Project - clone or download the Saga repository and extract the files
- Right click your solution in MSVC Add >> Existing Project, then navigate to where you unpacked Saga selecting
Saga.csproj - Right click your project in MSVC Add >> Project Reference, then ensure that the box next to Saga is ticked
Saga should then build alongside your personal project.
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