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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · 18d

Gum September 2025 is out with lots of bug fixes, especially related to code-only Forms. New features include horizontal ScrollBars and fully defined Menus with MenuItems and sub MenuItems in the Gum tool.

github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · 22d

The latest version of FlatRedBall is out. Among tons of bug fixes, this version also improves the embedded AnimationEditor support. It's no longer just for previewing .achx files - full editing is supported. Check it out:

github.com/vchelaru/Fla...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Aug 27

The August version of Gum has just been released with tons of bug fixes and new features for supporting fonts and text in other languages including a focus on improved Chinese support.
More info here:

github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Jul 28

The new Gum introduces "v2" controls for code-only MonoGame projects which improve default styling and make it MUCH easier to add global and case-by-case styling. Also, Gum runtimes now support raylib (shown in video).

github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Jun 27

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Jun 27

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Jun 27

Latest Gum is out focusing on in-game editor UI. This includes:

New Window control,
New Splitter control,
Support for setting the cursor (such as for resizing),
Reordering items in a ListBox with drag+move
github.com/vchelaru/Gum...
#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Jun 13

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · May 29

A new version of Gum is out. This time we're FINALLY getting rid of XNA! That's right, you no longer need to install the XNA runtime. This version also includes a number of performance improvements and lots of bug fixes.
github.com/vchelaru/Gum...
#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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MonoGame @monogame.net · Apr 28

If you missed out AMA last Wednesday, you're in luck. We've uploaded the recording to our Youtube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuvh...
Find out what the team's been up to since 3.8.3 release as well a community demo, of GUM (docs.flatredball.com/gum), by Vic from @flatredball.bsky.social

MonoGame Open Hours April 2025

YouTube video by MonoGame

www.youtube.com

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Apr 27

Latest Gum is out with centralized styling support, simplified "forms-first" code generation, and huge improvements in code-only Gum. More info here: github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Mar 27

It's that time again. Gum time!

Video 7 - Styles!

New #gumtool informational video. All about Style! Specifically focused on Gum Forms.

All this can be used in #Monogame ! Make your UI in Gum, export to Monogame!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIOA...

@flatredball.bsky.social @monogame.net

GUM: Part 7 - Style

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

www.youtube.com

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Mar 25

Latest FRB release is out. This release focuses on bug fixes and updates to external tools such as supporting layer offsets in Tiled and Min/Max Width/Height in Gum. github.com/vchelaru/Fla...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Mar 24

A new version of Gum is out with lots of great fixes. This version includes Auto Grid Layout containers sizing by children, Min/Max Width/Height variables, and Streamlined codegen tab.

github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Mar 11

Video 6: New #monogame and #gumtool informational video. Strongly Typed Components.

Showing a Character Statistics UI (Health, Mana, Experience, Level) in monogame, using Gum as the UI layer.

youtu.be/RH9bQKYJ-CQ

@flatredball.bsky.social

@monogame.net

GUM: Part 6 - Strongly Typed Components (Monogame)

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

youtu.be

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Mar 1

The latest Gum release includes variable font letter spacing, merging font PNGs into one file for larger fonts, and point/linear filtering switching in the editor. More details here github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Feb 22

New FlatRedBall just dropped with over 60 fixes and improvements including support for camera-specific post processing, multi-line TextBoxes, Menu and Menu item Forms controls, and Gum localization support. github.com/vchelaru/Fla...
#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Feb 11

Today's Gum release adds improvements including Container render targets, new blend modes, international keyboards in TextBoxes, BBCode MonoGame support, and support for all blend modes on Skia shapes. github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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flatredball.bsky.social @flatredball.bsky.social · Feb 2

A new version of Gum just dropped. Along with bug fixes, this version includes a new variable reference system - it's like "shaders for layout" for ultimate flexibility if the built-in types aren't enough. Find out more: github.com/vchelaru/Gum...

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #OpenSource

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