Installing MonoGame (download and install) for Windows inside Visual Studio

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Installing MonoGame (download and install) for Windows inside Visual Studio

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Installing MonoGame (download and install) for Windows inside Visual Studio

last updated: 9 Augusta 2023

MonoGame is integrated inside Visual Studio.

To download and install MonoGame you need to click on the Extensions → Manage Extensions menu inside Visual Studio.

Step 1. Open Visual Studio

To write a game using MonoGame and for the game to work on different platforms, you need Visual Studio with the Xamarin option.

If you do not have Visual Studio installed with the Xamarin option, you need install Visual Studio with Xamarin option ...

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If you do not have the MonoGame library installed, you need to install: Installing MonoGame (download and install) for Windows inside Visual Studio ...

Step 2. Installation MonoGame

To download MonoGame you need to click on the Extensions → Manage Extensions menu inside Visual Studio.

Installing MonoGame download and install for Windows inside Visual Studio using Extensions → Manage Extensions — Installing MonoGame (download and install) for Windows inside Visual Studio using Extensions → Manage Extensions

1. Select Online
2. write monogame
3. and press Download
4. We need to close this window and close Visual Studio

Installing MonoGame download and install for Windows inside Visual Studio using Manage Extensions — Installing MonoGame (download and install) for Windows inside Visual Studio using Manage Extensions

After Visual Studio is closed, MonoGame will automatically start downloading:

Installation MonoGame download and install for Windows — Installation MonoGame (download and install) for Windows

Click on Modify to agree to the license.
And the installation of MonoGame will continue.

Press Close.
The installation of MonoGame is complete.

Step 3. How do I check that MonoGame has been installed?

Answer: MonoGame is only visible when creating a new project inside Visual Studio.

Let's open Visual Studio:

Old version. What was the installation of the old MonoGame in 2018

Previously, the old MonoGame library was downloaded as a separate exe file and had to be run in order to install.
After installing MonoGame on the Windows system, it is not visible, can only be seen when creating a new project inside Visual Studio

On the official website MonoGame you can find any version:
http://www.monogame.net/downloads

I used version MonoGame 3.6 for VisualStudio http://www.monogame.net/releases/v3.6/MonoGameSetup.exe

Installing MonoGame 3.6 step by step: