Top products from r/monogame
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1. Learning Xna 4.0: Game Development For The Pc, Xbox 360, And Windows Phone 7
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4. Building XNA 3.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development
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Show Reddit reviews5. XNA 4 3D Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide
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IF you need tutorials, remember that XNA applies a swell and it doesn't matter if it's 10 years old. But if you have been doing this for awhile then focus on general game dev information. A lot of good resources are written in c++ and are not about monogame. One of my favorite resources is http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/ . It has a free web version.
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Keep in mind that monogame is a frame work and it handles all of the low level stuff but you still are creating an engine. I really enjoy https://www.amazon.com/Engine-Architecture-Third-Jason-Gregory-dp-1138035459/dp/1138035459/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1557547565
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This is my current favorite
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Development-Patterns-Best-Practices-ebook/dp/B01MRP7SPA/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Game+Development+Patterns+and+Best+Practices&qid=1557547682&s=books&sr=1-1
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But in the end, it comes down to any job. You reach a problem and search for a way to solve it.
Building XNA 3.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development by John Sedlak & James Silva.
Sure, you'll need to make a few changes to get the code to work today, but it is a fantastic starting point and shows you how to make your own tools.
My favourite XNA book was this one but the book only goes up to XNA 3 https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-XNA-Game-Studio-Unleashed/dp/0672330229 (source was updated for XNA4/MonoGame here http://chadcarter.net/xna-game-studio-3-0-unleashed-book-source-code-updated-to-work-with-monogame-and-windows-10/)
For XNA 4.0 I liked this one https://www.amazon.com/Learning-XNA-4-0-Development-Windows/dp/1449394620
Are there even any specific MonoGame books?
https://www.amazon.com/Learning-XNA-4-0-Development-Windows/dp/1449394620/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=xna+4.0&qid=1572921190&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/XNA-4-0-Game-Development-Example/dp/1849692408/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?keywords=xna+4.0&qid=1572921301&sr=8-6
https://www.amazon.com/XNA-Game-Development-Example-Beginners/dp/1849687080
Read this book. By the time you are through it you will already have made several games.