Video game development in Visual Studio

Microsoft loves video games. Xbox, Game Pass, and DirectX is a real proof that Microsoft is committed to video game. As a result, we see a lot opportunity to build video game in any platform with Microsoft Based technology. You can see a specific section namely gaming. Microsoft has two categories: Game Development with Unity (C#) and Game Development with C++. It means you can build a video game with managed codes or native C++ codes.

Microsoft provides support for Unity (2D/3D), DirectX (2D/3D), Unreal 3D, and Cocos2D. it’s more than enough for developing a game.

Additional Video Game Development tools

If you feel you need more video game development tools you can visit these links

• MonoGame. It’s a successor of XNA Framework. MonoGame provides multi-platform development for video game. You can visit Getting Started | MonoGame Documentation to learn more about MonoGame. What I love from MonoGame is well integrated with Visual Studio. However, it basically collection of library so you need to do extra effort to build game and contents.
• GoDot. It’s a new game engine. GoDot provides project manager and editor for game development. You can learn more here Godot Docs – 3.3 branch — Godot Engine (stable) documentation in English
• WaveEngine. It’s a professional game engine and animation based on .NET 5. You can develop AR and MR video games with WaveEngine. You can see some demos here GitHub – WaveEngine/Samples: This repository contains all the official samples of WaveEngine.
• Stride. It is awesome game engine with support for multi deployment and C# 8.0 supports. You can learn more at Stride documentation | Stride (stride3d.net)
• FlatRedBall. It a good game engine for building 2D videos games. You can learn more about Tutorials – FlatRedBall