MG Pong

Devlog

• MonoGame Pong - Devlog #4 (I Started over from scratch!)
  March 23, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #pong, #devlog

  My first attempt at creating a pong game soon turned into a broken mess. I spent ages trying to fix it, and in the end I decided to just start over from scratch! AI Generated Summary: In this devlog v... Continue reading

  
• MonoGame Pong - Devlog #3 (It's all gone horribly wrong!)
  March 21, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #pongclone, #learntocode, #beginnergamedev, #gamedevfails

  This video was difficult to make! Everything I have tried to add to the game has just introduced bugs and now all I have is a broken mess of an unfinished game! AI Summaries: The title screen update f... Continue reading

  
• MonoGame Pong - Devlog #2 (Better?, but buggy as hell!)
  March 18, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #pong, #bugs

  In this second devlog I have started to add new functionality to the game, including paddle mechanics and power-ups but in doing so, I have managed to introduce a load of bugs! Highlights 🎮 Paddle... Continue reading

  
• Calimoe (A MonoGame Library) - Devlog #1
  March 15, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #c#

  This isn't directly a devlog for the pong game I am creating, but rather a project that I have spawned alongside it to contain code which is likely to be common to all of my MonoGame projects. I'll be... Continue reading

  
• MonoGame Pong - Video Devlog #1
  March 12, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#devlog, #monogame, #pong

  This is the first video devlog I have recorded. The game has undergone various updates, including the addition of background music, changes in font styles, and an enlarged game screen to enhance gamep... Continue reading

  
• Abstracting Out Some Common MonoGame Code
  March 07, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #engine

  Working... But Crappy, Code! I managed to get a version of the Pong game working, and it was kind of fine... but not. I was starting to spot eerily similar code popping up in things like the Ball and... Continue reading

  
• First Stumbling Steps with MonoGame
  March 02, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#MonoGame

  This little game of Pong is my first attempt to build anything in MonoGame (MG). In fact it's my first attempt to build any kind of game in almost 20 years. I've explained why I've chosen to start wit... Continue reading