Game Development with MonoGame: Build a 2D Game Using Your Own Reusable and Performant Game Engine

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L. Salin, R. MorrarGame Development with MonoGamehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7771-3_8

8. Packaging The Game with Bells and Whistles

Louis Salin¹   and Rami Morrar²

(1)

Cedar Park, TX, USA

(2)

San Leandro, CA, USA

 

You are almost done completing your small platformer game. You have done a lot, from covering enemy AI behavior to making your own menu screen system. What you need to do now is give it a bit more polish by adding a bit of flare to it. Let’s add some audio and a particle effects engine for your game.

Loading in Music and Sound Effects

MonoGame makes it very easy to add your own sound files. MonoGame supports three types of audio files; .wav, .mp3 ...