1st Edition

A Gamer's Introduction to Programming with MonoGame Welcome Brave Adventurer!

By Aaron Langille Copyright 2026
350 Pages 75 Color & 17 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

350 Pages 75 Color & 17 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

350 Pages 75 Color & 17 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

A Gamer’s Introduction to Programming with MonoGame: Welcome Brave Adventurer! is a great way to combine your current love of both video games and coding into a brand‑new love of writing your own games. In this book, you’ll learn the essential ins‑and‑outs of how to work with fonts and text, images and sprites, audio, and even animation. You’ll learn how to give your players control over their... Read more

1. Cutscene 1: Backstory   2. Level 1: MonoGame Joins the Party   3. Level 2: New Areas to Explore   4. Cutscene 2: Assets for Our Journey   5. Level 3: Drawing Part 1 – Text   6. Level 4: Drawing Part 2 – Images   7. Level 5: Drawing Part 3 - Rotating, Resizing, and Flipping   8. Level 6: A Very Important Update   9. Level 7: Control Issues   10. Cutscene 3: A Quick Pause   11. Level 9: The Objects of our (Game) Desires   12. Level 9: Check The List   13. Level 10: When Objects Collide   14. Level 12: Getting Animated   15. Level 12: Sounds Good   16. Level 13: Odds and Ends   17. Cutscene 4: The Adventure Ends … Or Does It?   18. Project 1: Mini Flip   19. Project 2: Endless Flyer   20. Project 3: Space Escape Finale   21. Bonus Level 1 - Let’s Take This Online   22. Bonus Level 2: Where Did That Sound Come From?

Biography

Aaron Langille (PhD) is a public speaker, game player and designer, writer and editor, and award‑winning post‑secondary educator. After teaching computer science for almost two decades, he recently levelled up to teaching video game design. In his current role, Aaron sits joyfully at the intersection of video games, education, visual arts, media, technology, and storytelling.