Foundation

The MonoGame Foundation is a US based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in September of 2023 to direct the future of the framework and promote game development education.

Our funding comes from individual and corporate donations and is used to drive improvements to the framework code, creation of educational resources, supporting community events, and general project infrastructure.

The current members of the board are:

Dean Ellis

President

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Marko Jeremic

Board Chairman

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Dominique Louis

Treasurer

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Simon Jackson

Corporate Secretary

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Tom Spilman

Banking Matters

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Thomas Altenburger

Board Member

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You can read the Foundation bylaws or review the meeting minutes to keep track of our progress.

Our IRS Tax ID Number (TIN) is 93-3803929.

History

Explore how MonoGame has grown and shaped game development over time.

2004
March 24th

The XNA toolset is first announced at the 2004 Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California.

2006
March 14th

The first 'Community Technology Preview' of XNA Build released.

August 30th

XNA Game Studio Express is released.

2007
February 11th

Mono.XNA development begins.

December 13th

XNA Game Studio 2.0 is released.

2008
October 30th

XNA Game Studio 3.0 is released.

2009
March

Bill Reiss's SilverSprite is released.

December 2nd

XNA Touch (with bits of SilverSprite and Mono.XNA) is released by José Antonio Leal de Farias.

2010

Several iPhone games appeared on the Apple App Store using XNA Touch.

September 16th

XNA Game Studio 4.0 is released.

2011

XNA Touch is renamed MonoGame and is moved to GitHub.

Support is added for Android, Mac, Linux, and OpenGL on Windows.

Dominique Louis takes over as the full-time project lead.

October 6th

XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh is released.

October 28th

MonoGame 2.0 is released.

2012

Support is added for DirectX 11, Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8.

The first MonoGame website goes up.

October 30th

The MonoGame team was invited to speak at Microsoft’s //Build 2012 event.

2013

Microsoft XNA development ends.

Microsoft Studios publishes several titles using MonoGame on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

January 6th

OUYA console support is added to MonoGame.

January 21st

MonoGame 3.0 is released.

2014

First MonoGame titles released on PlayStation 4 including TowerFall Ascension, Transistor, and Mercenary Kings.

Tom Spilman and Steve Williams take stewardship of the project.

April 7th

MonoGame 3.2 is released.

May 5th

First release of MonoGame for PlayStation 4 is made available to all Sony developers.

2015
April 15th

MonoGame 3.4 is released.

2016
March 16th

MonoGame 3.5.1 is released.

July 21st

First release of MonoGame for PlayStation Vita is made available to all Sony developers.

2017
March 16th

MonoGame 3.6 is released.

July 12th

First release of MonoGame for Nintendo Switch is made available to all Nintendo developers.

2018
September 23rd

MonoGame 3.7 is released.

2020
August 10th

MonoGame 3.8 is released.

2022
July 25th

First release of MonoGame for PlayStation 5 is made available to all Sony developers.

MonoGame 3.8.1 is released.

2023
September 29th

The MonoGame Foundation is formed.

2024
August 16th

MonoGame 3.8.2 is released.

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