MonoGame

Agenda

This time we'll talking about -

3.8.5 Planning & Release Content
New Streams
Finances
Community Site revival
Future Bounties
Roadmap
Q&A from the Community

If you prefer to just type, the call will also use Discord's text features and the team will be on hand to respond too.

Only during open hours

If you have queries beyond the meeting times, then we recommend you use the rest of the Discord channel.

We look forward to meeting and hearing from you then!

The Meeting Schedule

MonoGame Board meetings - 2nd Wednesday each month
MonoGame "Open Hours" - 3rd Wednesday each month - 5PM UTC

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

Board Meeting Minutes - January 2026

2026-01-14T00:00:00Z

Attendees

Dean Ellis - President
Dominique Louis - Treasurer
Simon Jackson - Corporate Secretary
Tom Spilman - Banking Matters
Thomas Altenburger - Board Member

Agenda

Financial status.
Review Current Staff Priorities, are we focused on the right areas?
Restoring the Discourse community site.
Finishing 3.8.5
Our goals for 3.8.6.
Updating our roadmap page.
Patreon Fees are an issue (15% in fees, GitHub is max 6%).

Outcomes

MonoGame finances are improving with ConcernedApe, we now have sufficient funding for another 24 months of development and maintenance.
Seeking new funding to extend the scope of MonoGame's capabilities in 2026.
Improve Automation testing for all platforms and status validation.
Work is underway to restore the Community site and re-enable the mail server connection.
Final 3.8.5 PR's getting updated and merged, race to release. New preview this week.
Looking to expand test hardware to add additional certified platforms. (Add suggestions!)
New bounty to launch to test ARM building compatibility for tools / builds.
Work is underway to update the Sponsors highlighted on the MonoGame website.
Sponsor onboarding process improvements required.
Foundation discussed recent concerns raised over AI use, the contribution guides will be updated to reflect our position.

Outstanding Bounties

All current bounties are either complete or in progress.

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

MonoGame 3.8.5-preview.2

2026-01-02T00:00:00Z

3.8.5-preview.2 Release Announcement

The MonoGame Foundation is pleased to announce Preview 2 of the 3.8.5 Release! Grab it here or from within your favourite IDE.

The highlights in this release are the new StartKit templates, with new VK/DX12 targets included.

Also of note:

It includes multiple platforms, if you do not have the iOS / Android workloads, then just remove them from the solution to test. (easy to do with the new slnx solution format)
No additional requirements from the other platforms.
Vulkan and DX12 are previews and there may be issues.

Please log any issues found in the MonoGame Preview forum thread to ensure everyone can feedback and discuss anything found.

Known issues

Known issues moved to a new GitHub Discussion

To keep up to date and crentralize reporting during the preview, all notes related to the release have been posted to a new GitHub discussion.

Known issues can be found here in the following GitHub discussion (where it can be more easily maintained)

`3.8.5-preview` Release discussion

Please help test this latest version!

Feedback

Any feedback or questions should be directed to the MonoGame Discord Forum here

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

New Sponsor Announcement

2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

'3.8.5 Release Preview 1' available

2025-12-19T00:00:00Z

MonoGame 3.8.5 Release Preview 1 has been officially released

We are proud to announce the first Release Preview 3.8.5 (3.8.5-preview.1), the road to release has officially begun.

Highlights

Base MonoGame Fixes/Improvements

Binary download for offline use.
NetStandard 2.1 support
iOS / Android policy update changes.
New Random implementation.
Extended GamePad support, now up to 8 controllers.
New HSL/HSV color conversion handling.
Various fixes/updates to the MonoGame Framework.
Improved release testing, including NuGet package testing for improved build reliability.
And over 100 other updates since the last release.

Useful Tip

For a more detailed list of changes see our GitHub release page: 3.8.5 Release Preview 1

`3.8.5` Preview features

The 3.8.5 release also includes preview editions of two new platforms and the Content Builder solution:

Native Vulkan Graphics Support.
Native DirectX12 Graphics Support.
New Content Builder solution (replacing MGCB editor).
New StartKit templates using the Content Builder.

Binaries access only for new Platforms

The MonoGame team are working hard on the packaging for the new deliverables but they are not ready yet. The implementations are fully deployed in source and are currently only available either by cloning/referencing source or by using the binaries release detailed below.

Known issues with Preview Features

The primary reason the new features are released in a preview state is that additional testing is required with a more varied selection of projects, assets and "real world" projects. Currently, the following issues are known and require more replication to resolve fixes:

Occasionally you might get the following error from the new Content Builder when building from a clean directory tree using dotnet build from the command line.
```
  error MSB3073: The command "
  Content/bin/Debug/net9.0/Content build -p DesktopGL -s Assets -o Platforms/Desktop/bin/Debug/net9.0/ -i /Platforms/Desktop/obj/Debug/net9.0/" exited with code 255.
```
The problem in this case seems to be the implicit restore is causing one or more of the content files to be locked.

The work around for now is to run dotnet restore first.
Issues identified when using the new Content Builder solution on Arch Linux, which has been identified as a Wine issue.
MacOS builds need a fix for backwards compatibility to the cmake arguments of our native dependencies, it's an easy one, and will fix many macOS hurdles.
FAudio/XAudio has issues in DynamicSoundEffectInstance, which needs further testing.
Vulkan has single frame screen tearing in random instances. Currently not reproducible, so help is needed with projects that might encounter it.

Any assistance the wider community can provide in creating projects that identify issues for resolution is greatly appreciated.

Accessing the release

Nuget packages for the latest release preview have now been published, accessible via Visual Studio, VSCode and Rider.

Useful Tip

For instructions for accessing the Preview, check the documentation here:

How to install MonoGame Preview packages

Accessing the binary release

From 3.8.5 we are now also shipping a binary release that can be downloaded from the release page (Source). To use this, see the PR docs for the change while the official documents are coordinated for the full release.

elp wanted

Feel free to provide feedback / guides on common implementations for using the Binaries release in wider projects to assist with documenting the best path.

Thank you to the community for helping to make this happen

Massive thanks to our 8 new 1st time contributors. We are always grateful the community helps us make MonoGame Better.

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

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Festive Gift for all Sponsors

2025-12-18T00:00:00Z

The MonoGame Foundation is pleased to offer a thank-you gift to our supporters.

A Thank-you Gift to our supporters

As mentioned on the AMA on the 17th of December, as a big thank you for all your support over the last year (or two), we have put together this little sample for everyone. Its not a full game or anything like that, but it does show off some of the things you can do with MonoGame in 3D. The features of the sample are

Real time shadow mapping
Skinned Animated Models
Instanced Snow particles
CPU side Vertex Displacement to simulate accumulating snow
Basic WASD Flying Camera.
Screenshot support
Uses the new preview Content Builder

Become a sponsor (Patreon, Github) to gain access to this festive code :)

Already a sponsor? Jump over to our Patreon to download the code.

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

15th MonoGame "Open Hours" AMA session

2025-12-16T00:00:00Z

The MonoGame Foundation is hoping you can join the MonoGame community for our 15th AMA session.

Our 15th "Open Hours" AMA Meeting

Will be on:

Wednesday 17th of December, @ 11:00 EST, 16:00 UTC/GMT, 17:00 CET

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Agenda

This time we'll have -

Team Updates
Sponsors Site launch
2D Shader tutorial is now live
Speaker- Chris Hanna (2D Shader tutorial)
Q&A from the Community

If you prefer to just type, the call will also use Discord's text features and the team will be on hand to respond too.

Only during open hours

If you have queries beyond the meeting times, then we recommend you use the rest of the Discord channel.

We look forward to meeting and hearing from you then!

The Meeting Schedule

MonoGame Board meetings - 2nd Wednesday each month
MonoGame "Open Hours" - 3rd Wednesday each month - 5PM UTC

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

Board Meeting Minutes - December 2025

2025-12-10T00:00:00Z

Attendees

Dean Ellis - President
Dominique Louis - Treasurer
Simon Jackson - Corporate Secretary
Tom Spilman - Banking Matters
Marko Jeremic - Board Chairman
Thomas Altenburger - Board Member

Agenda

3.8.5 - Top of mind
Sponsors private area - demo/talk for Open Hours
Funding
Christmas plans
Spanish community
dotnet exec, new dotnet feature consideration
Surprise scene

Outcomes

DotNet has published a new dotnet exec feature that allows running DotNet commands without having to install DotNet, but would require updating templates to DotNet 10. More discussion is required.
Harry to validate the DotNet 10 situation and possibly update automation to use 10. Needs to review more regarding DotNet 10 template support. No plans to update the MonoGame Framework library to 10 at this time.
fAduio implementation almost complete, should be ready this week.
Vulkan and DX12 are in a steady state, ready for preview.
New Unified project template for the Native implementation is in the works, requiring a unified NuGet project.
Discussions for the new year regarding expanding language support and engagements.
Funding is getting close to the wire, and MonoGame has a set minimum limit to ensure all future commitments are met.
Surprise gift for sponsors coming very soon!

Outstanding Bounties

All current bounties are either complete or in progress.

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

14th MonoGame "Open Hours" AMA session

2025-11-15T00:00:00Z

The MonoGame Foundation is hoping you can join the MonoGame community for our 14th AMA session.

Our 14th "Open Hours" AMA Meeting

Will be on:

Wednesday 19th of November, @ 11:00 EST, 16:00 UTC/GMT, 17:00 CET

Watch on:

Agenda

This time we'll have -

Team Updates on:
- Bounties
- Starter Kits
- New Streaming plans
Chris (Aristurtle) demoing Ember
Q&A from the Community

If you prefer to just type, the call will also use Discord's text features and the team will be on hand to respond too.

Only during open hours

If you have queries beyond the meeting times, then we recommend you use the rest of the Discord channel.

We look forward to meeting and hearing from you then!

The Meeting Schedule

MonoGame Board meetings - 2nd Wednesday each month
MonoGame "Open Hours" - 3rd Wednesday each month - 5PM UTC

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

Board Meeting Minutes - November 2025

2025-11-12T00:00:00Z

Attendees

Dean Ellis - President
Dominique Louis - Treasurer
Simon Jackson - Corporate Secretary
Tom Spilman - Banking Matters
Marko Jeremic - Board Chairman

Agenda

3.8.5 Ship it already.
Funding updates, focus on outreach.
Considering MonoGame extensions on XNA from feedback.
DotNet 10, considering impacts and usage.
Improving build performance, focusing testing each target ONCE.
New content needed for the Content Pipeline, focusing on supporting strategies for console.

Outcomes

Focusing on merging final work and get the Preview release chain started, final gate to release.
Audio backend missing from Vulkan, DX12 - base implementation to be delivered in 3.8.5 for test.
Existing Assimp fix to be merged, to be monitored for the future.
Known issue with Assimp (3D import), pending work from the provider. As it is an existing issue in 3.8.4, this will be fixed after 3.8.5 release.
Continual review of Native asset format handling, ongoing work. Moving asset compilation/decompilation on the native framework.
Vulkan and DX 12 packaging to be generated.
MonoGame will continue to be built with DotNet 8 for the time being, until the DotNet 10 has been tested more. Testing automation with DotNet 10 to "see how it goes".
Ongoing review of automation processes, to maximise efficiency.
Simon to collate all the best practices for Content to showcase a new stream/show and documentation. Stay tuned!

Outstanding Bounties

All current bounties are either complete or in progress.

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

MonoGame Content Builder

2025-11-06T00:00:00Z

The new Content Builder Project is one the hottest things coming in preview in the MonoGame 3.8.5 release, aiming to greatly simplify asset management for MonoGame projects (removing the need for a separate DotNet tool, goodbye MGCB-Editor) and enable more advanced features related to the management and compilation for MonoGame projects.

Check out the recent Code Time stream where this was discussed

The MonoGame team showcased the new Content Builder project, highlighting why it is critical to use some form of curated asset management when building your content for multiple platforms, highlighting the complexities in platform targetting and how the Content Pipeline greatly simplifies asset maintenance and delivery.

More incoming

Content is getting a specific focus for 3.8.5, so expect more advanced guidance for managing content, especially if you want to target consoles. We plan to expose all the fundamental issues the team encounter when porting other projects to Console and beyond.

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Short on time? check out the recent Shorts we produced!

If you do not have the spare 1+ hours to see everything, we have also produced several shorts to "get you there quicker" (then you can watch the full video when you have time):

MonoGame Code Time! - Understand Why The Content Pipeline is SO Important
MonoGame Code Time! - The New Content Pipeline Project
MonoGame: Q&A - Are separate Content Projects Required For Each Platform?
MonoGame: How to Use the New Content Pipeline With Your Project - Coming soon, a quick fire "How to upgrade to the new Content Builder"

Documentation - Newly released

As of the weekend of 11/09 - we have just published the early release of the new Content Builder Project documentation.

Getting Started with the ContentBuilder Project

`develop` release only

The latest release of the new Content Builder Project is only available in the latest 3.8.5-develop releases, starting from 3.8.5-develop-13.

See the instructions here for how to install the preview project templates and update your project to use 3.8.5-develop (preview) releases.

This guide will walk you through all the current workings of the new Content Builder Project solution and how it can greatly improve your asset management with MonoGame projects, including:

Subject to change

This documentation is a work in progress and subject to change.

While every effort will be made during the 3.8.5 preview to keep this documentation up to date, check back often for reference and log issues for corrections to assist the team in its development.

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

MonoGame University

2025-10-21T00:00:00Z

Join the MonoGame Foundation team in a regular teaching session featuring the MonoGame Framework, get the chance to ask questions live, as we build out projects from scratch and learn along the way.

Every Thursday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 16:00 BST, 17:00 CET

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Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

MonoGame 3.8.4.1 update patch

2025-10-20T00:00:00Z

The 3.8.4.1 Patch release

In response to changes at Google and iOS alike, the MonoGame Foundation is releasing a patch update to the 3.8.4 release to address some key policy changes by Apple and Google.

Namely:

Google 16kb policy update - requiring all published applications to comply with the new policy by 1st November. This includes all dependencies a project uses.
Various iOS updates and minimum app version updates (plus changes to the native API)

Only affects mobile builds

If you are solely targeting Desktop or Console builds, this update will not affect you, the 3.8.4.1 patch only contains fixes required for Android and iOS distribution.

Upgrade guide - required reading

The MonoGame Foundation has updated the MonoGame 3.8.x upgrade guide for the 3.8.4.1 release should developers wish ot need to upgrade, it includes checks to make on existing projects for the upgrade, including some edits to the csproj definitions to remove elements that are no longer required, specifically the RestoreDotNetTools section which is no longer required.

Some projects REQUIRE this removal as it prevents building

In a small number of cases, updating to 3.8.4.1 may prevent building the project, removing the RestoreDotNetTools section in the csproj resolves this issue.

This is a further continuation of the work to simplify projects and ensure they function as expected.

DotNet and template updates

Additionally in order to comply with the Google policy updates (and iOS fixes), projects are REQUIRED to also update to DotNet 9:

<TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>

This should be applied to ANY Android or iOS client project and any dependencies such as class libraries to be safe.

All dependencies MUST be compliant

MonoGame has gone through rigorous testing to ensure that both DotNet 9 and any MonoGame dependencies (primarily OpenAL) are up to date and compliant with the recent policy changes. However, this also applies to any other dependencies in your client project, so best to check before submitting updates to the stores.

The MonoGame templates have also all be updated to use DotNet 9 from 3.8.4.1, this is only a recommendation (unlike Android / iOS which are MANDATORY) and you can downgrade to DotNet 8 if you wish, or even update to DotNet 10 when it is available, it will have no impact on the MonoGame Framework.

Checking your Android app compliance

A handy PowerShell script and instructions has been made available by Simon Jackson, in a GitHub gist, including instructions for how to test your compiled APK/AAB package for compliant libraries, full details below:

GitHub Gist for Android Policy checking

Another user has also commented on the Gist with a tool that does all the unpacking and verification for you, but this has not been tested by Simon. Use at your discretion.

Feedback

Any feedback or questions should be directed to the MonoGame Discord Forum here

Support

Financially - several tiers and options available for GitHub, PayPal and Patreon.
The MonoGame Store - MonoGame branded gear and merchandise.

Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

MonoGame Code Time

2025-10-17T00:00:00Z

Join the Monogame Foundation team in a regular live coding session as we build out the MonoGame Framework, from fixes, PR and roadmap items to advance the platform. See how the cake is made and learn some tricks along the way.

Every Friday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 16:00 BST, 17:00 CET

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Get Involved

Code, we accept Pull Requests.
Help in the Community discord and beyond (we also love blog posts).
Bounties, Fix bugs and add features faster as well as get paid for your work :)

Onwards and Upwards

The MonoGame Foundation team

13th MonoGame "Open Hours" AMA session

2025-10-12T00:00:00Z

The MonoGame Foundation is hoping you can join the MonoGame community for our 13th AMA session.

Our 13th "Open Hours" AMA Meeting

Will be on:

Wednesday 15th of October, @ 12:00 EDT, 16:00 UTC, 17:00 BST, 18:00 CET

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