MonoGame Mastery: Build a Multi-Platform 2D Game and Reusable Game Engine

© Jarred Capellman, Louis Salin 2020

J. Capellman, L. SalinMonoGame Masteryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6309-9_5

5. Asset Pipeline

Jarred Capellman¹  and Louis Salin¹

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Cedar Park, TX, USA

 

Now that we have a firm understanding of the game engine architecture to be reviewed in this book, it is time to focus on the next major component of our engine: assets. As briefly discussed in Chapter 3, MonoGame provides an easy-to-use and expandable interface to accessing assets. Over the course of this chapter, we will

• Learn how the MonoGame Asset Pipeline works

• Learn how to use the MonoGame Asset Tool

• Integrate the Asset Pipeline into our engine

• Add a player sprite to the game

MonoGame Asset Pipeline

For those with XNA experience, the Asset Pipeline will ...