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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Aug 29

An interesting subscriber count.

Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Aug 7

I swear at 31:56 to 32:10 in season 7 episode 17 of star trek voyager Andy Sansberg plays a security guy asking questions.

"she's considered dangerous"

"if you do see her report it immediately, she needs to be hospitalized"

Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Aug 5

New MonoGame UI video about Styling using Gum Global Styling

youtu.be/AelsoQ0X9vo

#monogame #gumui @monogame.net @flatredball.bsky.social

Styling your MonoGame UI (Global Styling)

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

youtu.be

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MonoGame @monogame.net · Jun 13

Join us for our 9th "Open Hours" AMA

When: Wednesday 18th of June, @ 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC, 18:00 BST, 19:00 CET.

Don't miss this one!

Join via:
discord.gg/V3gHh7um?eve...

More details here:
monogame.net/blog/2025-06...

Join the MonoGame Discord Discord Server!

MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework. | 6199 members

discord.gg

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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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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Apr 27

New (short) video!

Setup a UI in MonoGame in Minutes using Gum!
(Code only, no tool needed!)

@monogame.net #monogame

@flatredball.bsky.social #gum #gumui

youtu.be/tvanOY5pLF0

MonoGame UI in Minutes using Gum (Code Only)

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

youtu.be

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Apr 27

Check out the updates Vic did to gum!

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

Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Apr 22

I had too Google what BST was.

Thanks for the correction!

Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Apr 3

Don't forget about monogame extended and also gum by @flatredball.bsky.social

Extended has a lot of the things monogame is missing, it's also open source.

Gum takes care of your ui.

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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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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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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Jan 15

5th Gum Tool UI video about Code Generation and use in Monogame is out. (Cross Posted)

youtu.be/QwSkR8IsfA4

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #opensource

GUM: Part 5 - Gum Code Generation (Monogame)

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

youtu.be

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MonoGame @monogame.net · Jan 14

Join us on Wednesday 15th of January 2025, @ 11:00 EST, 16:00 UTC/GMT, 17:00 CET

For our 4th "Open Hours" AMA via:
discord.gg/monogame?eve...

More details here:
monogame.net/blog/2025-01...

Join the MonoGame Discord Discord Server!

MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework. | 5767 members

discord.gg

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Dec 31

Hope you're ok

Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Dec 27

Fourth Gum Video out!

This shows how to get Gum tool UI elements into your Monogame project.

youtu.be/9G4EFGTY2iI

@monogame.net

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #opensource

(Cross posted)

GUM: Part 4 - Importing your UI to Monogame

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

youtu.be

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Dec 18

@bsky.app please move this button, my left thumb hits it when I'm trying to scroll, and I instantly go to the top and refresh and lose what I was reading.

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MonoGame @monogame.net · Dec 16

Join us this Wednesday 18th December, @ 11:00 EST, 16:00 UTC/GMT, 17:00 CET

For our 3rd "Open Hours" AMA via:
discord.gg/monogame?eve...

More details here:
monogame.net/blog/2024-12...

Join the MonoGame Discord Discord Server!

MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework. | 5686 members

discord.gg

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Dec 12

This makes me Ho Ho Happy! :) Thank you

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Dec 12

Third Gum Video out!

This one covers 4 concepts:
1. Components
2. State and Categories
3. Nineslice
4. Sprites

youtu.be/pI8yxdaGSVU

Thanks to FlatRedBall for making and updating Gum!

#indiedev #gumui #monogame #gamedev #opensource

GUM: Part 3 - States, Categories, Components, NIneslices

YouTube video by Jeremy Swartwood

youtu.be

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Nov 27

I don't watch it, iced heard people say the series is more accurate.

I was just being silly.

Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Nov 27

New Claymation version of doomsday leaked! (joke)

[bottom image is from rudolph movie]

Three images in a collage. Top is Doomsday from DCU, middle is doomsday from CW superman and Lois, bottom is abdominal snowman from rudolph Claymation movie.

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MonoGame @monogame.net · Nov 21

For those who missed our 2nd "Open Hours" AMA yesterday, the recording is now available on YouTube, so you can find out what we've been up to and what we're working on, as well as what questions from the community we replied to.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMR1...

MonoGame Open Hours - November 2024

YouTube video by MonoGame

www.youtube.com

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Jeremy Swartwood @kaltinril.bsky.social · Nov 9

I read this wrong a few times before I looked at the images better.

Thought we were talking about drink coasters :)