{"id":153,"date":"2020-12-26T21:41:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiamcmahon.ca\/blog\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2023-03-09T21:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:21:51","slug":"shadow-monsters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cynthiamcmahon.ca\/blog\/shadow-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Style MonoGame Tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Shadow Monsters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These Pokemon Style MonoGame tutorials are about creating a Pokemon-inspired game called Shadow Monsters. The tutorials feature collecting shadow monsters, similar to Pokemon, and battling them against non-player characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve created a GitHub repository for the latest version of the Pokemon-style MonoGame tutorials, Shadow Monsters. You can find it at the following URL:
https:\/\/github.com\/Synammon\/Shadow-Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to check out the A Summoner’s Tale<\/a> page of my site for new tutorials that work with MonoGame 3.8.1 and Visual Studio 2022.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pokemon Style MonoGame Tutorials<\/h2>\n

Tutorial 01<\/h4>\n

Tile Engine<\/a> – This tutorial covers the tile engine that will be used in the game.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 02<\/h4>\n

Player Sprite<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding a sprite for the player to control and scrolling the map.<\/p><\/div>


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Tutorial 03<\/h4>\n

Game State<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding in a game state manager that will be important as the game evolve and helps reduce complexity.<\/p><\/div>


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Tutorial 04<\/h4>\n

Shadow Monsters<\/a> – This tutorial adds in shadow monsters for the player to control.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 05<\/h4>\n

Non-PLayer Characters<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding in non-player characters.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 06<\/h4>\n

Conversation<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding in conversation with characters.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 07<\/h4>\n

Player Component<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding in a component for the player.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 08<\/h4>\n

Battling<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding in battles between shadow monsters.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 09<\/h4>\n

Battling part two<\/a> – This tutorial extends battling to include multiple shadow monsters.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 10<\/h4>\n

\u00cctems<\/a> – This tutorial covers adding in basic items.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 11<\/h4>\n

Saving<\/a> – This tutorial covers saving the current game in progress.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 12<\/h4>\n

Loading<\/a> – This tutorail covers loaeding the game.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 13<\/h4>\n

Editor – Part One<\/a> – This tutorial begins adding in the game editor.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 14<\/h4>\n

Editor – Part Two<\/a> – The tutotial continues on with the game editor.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorial 15<\/h4>\n

Editor – Part Three<\/a> – The tutotial continues on with the game editor and covers adding characters and merchants.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 16<\/h4>\n

Editor – Part Four<\/a> – The tutorial continues on with the game game editor. It covers painting collisions, creating portals and adding shadow monsters to the map.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 17<\/h4>\n

World<\/a> – The tutorial introduces the concept of world in both the game and the editor.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 18<\/h4>\n

Multiple Resolutions<\/a> – The tutorial starts on how to support multiple resolutions in the game.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 19<\/h4>\n

Multiple Resolutions – Part Two<\/a> – The tutorial continues on how to support multiple resolutions in the game.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 20<\/h4>\n

Improvements and Sound<\/a> – The tutorial makes some improvements to the game and adds sound.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 21<\/h4>\n

Shadow Monster Editor<\/a> – The tutorial creates an editor for shadow monsters and encrypts the data.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 22<\/h4>\n

Character Generator<\/a> – The tutorial creates an new game state for creating a character.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 23<\/h4>\n

More States<\/a> – The tutorial creates three new game states including a loading state that is simply threaded.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 24<\/h4>\n

Random Encounters<\/a> – The tutorial covers adding random encounters to the map in the game and the editor.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Tutorials 25<\/h4>\n

Capturing Shadow Monsters<\/a> – The tutorial covers capturing shadow monsters.<\/p><\/div>\n
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