MonoGame.Samples/GameDevelopmentbyExample/FloodControl

Flood Control

This project contains the Flood Control game, modernized for MonoGame 3.8.* and .NET 8, with a clean cross-platform structure.

Directory Structure

• Core/ — Shared game logic and code
• Platforms/Windows/ — Windows-specific project and entry point
• Platforms/Desktop/ — DesktopGL (cross-platform desktop) project and entry point
• Platforms/Android/ — Android project and entry point
• Platforms/iOS/ — iOS project and entry point
• Content/ — Pre-built .xnb content files used directly by all platforms

Building and Running

Prerequisites

• .NET 8 SDK
• MonoGame 3.8.* (NuGet packages are referenced automatically)
• Visual Studio 2022+ or VSCode (with C# Dev Kit recommended)

With Visual Studio

Open FloodControl.sln and build/run the desired platform project (Windows, DesktopGL, Android, or iOS).

With VSCode

Use the built-in tasks and launch configurations:

• Press Ctrl+Shift+B to build (choose the platform-specific build task)
• Press F5 to run (choose the platform-specific launch config: Windows, DesktopGL, Android, or iOS)

Notes

• No Content.mgcb file is used; the game loads .xnb files directly from the Content folder.
• Platform-specific code is separated into platform folders; shared logic is in Core.
• Android and iOS require appropriate emulators or devices and platform SDKs.

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This project was originally from the book XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide by Kurt Jaegers (PACKT Publishing). See: http://www.packtpub.com/xna-4-0-game-development-by-example-beginners-guide/book