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OUYA and C#. How to get started?

dmb21dmb21 Posts: 2Member
in ODK (OUYA Developer Kit)
I'm an experienced windows developer (Visual Studio C++/C#/OpenGL/DirectX) and would like to give OUYA development a shot in C#.  What library/tool options are available?  Are there any good resources for getting started or sample apps (spinning box OpenGL type thing)?  I realize Unity would probably be the easiest way to get started, but the fewer frameworks/abstractions I need to go through the better.

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  • AyrikAyrik Posts: 429Member
    I think Monogame is what you're looking for. Surely Google will find some kind of tutorial to get you started. There has been some talk of Monogame on this very forum.
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  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member
    MonoGame does indeed work on OUYA, providing an easy to use XNA compatible API.  I am also responsible for these C# bindings for the ODK.

    Xamarin.Android is required to use C# for Android development.  You could use the OpenTK API directly to talk to OpenGL (OpenTK provides C# bindings for several native libraries and is shipped with Xamarin.Android).
  • dmb21dmb21 Posts: 2Member
    Thanks for the pointers.  I've been trying to get the OpenGL template from Xamarin.Android to run on the emulator without any luck, I've tried a variety of setups (Nexus 7, various SDK versions, and some of the other setups).  I get either a black screen, a device that crashes after starting up, or an internal deployment error from Xamarin Studio.  I've tried both under OSX and Win7 VM (on a macbook pro).  Think I'd have better luck with an actual device?  Assuming I got something running on an Android device, what additional steps would be required to get it running on OUYA?

    Thanks again for the help.
  • mjoynermjoyner Posts: 168Member
    OpenGL2 does not work on the emulator.
  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member
    You need to enable GPU acceleration in the emulator to get OpenGL ES 2.0 support.

  • MikewareMikeware Posts: 16Member
    Anyone get this working with the new Xamarin 2.0 and monogame 3.0.1?  I'm getting a Java.Lang.Object error in Mono.Android trying to compile their default template (after adjusting all the other references).
  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member
    As posted on the MonoGame forums, get the latest from my GitHub repo.  The update missed the 3.0.1 release.
  • MikewareMikeware Posts: 16Member
    Thanks, that got me past my build-error.  Just fighting with the Android stuff now to deploy it to the device.
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