{"id":13246,"date":"2014-08-12T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=13246"},"modified":"2014-08-12T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:20:17","slug":"introducing-cocossharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/introducing-cocossharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing CocosSharp"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tToday we are introducing CocosSharp<\/a> a\u00a0cross-platform library for\u00a0building 2D games.<\/p>\n

CocosSharp blends the power of the Cocos2D programming model with\u00a0C# and the .NET Framework. Developers familiar with\u00a0Cocos2D will feel right at home with CocosSharp, as the API has been designed to follow C# and .NET idioms.<\/p>\n

NuGet<\/h2>\n

We wanted to make CocosSharp easy to adopt in your application, so we created NuGet packages<\/a>\u00a0that are available both on Visual Studio and Xamarin Studio.\u00a0Our NuGet packages come with Portable Class Libraries, allowing developers to\u00a0build portable class library\u00a0components on top of it, or build their game logic in a\u00a0portable class library<\/a> and reuse the code across all platforms, including iOS, Android, Mac, Windows Desktop, Windows Store and Windows Phone.<\/p>\n

Samples<\/h2>\n

To get you started, we have provided many sample programs<\/a>; in particular, check out Angry Ninjas<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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AngryNinjas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Open Source<\/h2>\n

CocosSharp is an open source library and is built on top of the MonoGame engine and the fine work from the Cocos2D, Cocos2D-x and Cocos2D-XNA communities. We took those efforts\u00a0and improved upon them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn More at Evolve<\/h2>\n

Join us for Xamarin Evolve 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia this October, where we’ll have several sessions covering game development in C#, including Mike Bluestein’s talk, CocosSharp: C# Games that Run Everywhere<\/b>. Check out the Xamarin Evolve 2014 site<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n

CocosSharp and Xamarin Indie<\/h2>\n

CocosSharp is available in all Xamarin Subscriptions, including our Xamarin Indie plan. Sign up for Xamarin Indie in August to take advantage of our $25 month-to-month pricing experiment<\/a>, and start building games with Xamarin and CocosSharp today.<\/p>\n

Discuss CocosSharp in the Xamarin Forums<\/em><\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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