There are little to NO guides on using F# with MonoGame.. 
well that's bit of an over statement there are a few on the internet but they are either outdated or just don't work at all.

So I got to work and figured out how to setup an F# project to use MonoGame! There are probably other ways to do it but this way worked for me and I want to show how other people can do it too.

So let's get started!
<h2>
 
 
 Start by creating a new F# console project.
</h2>


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<pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>dotnet new console -lang F# -o &lt;ProjectName&gt;
cd &lt;ProjectName&gt;
</code></pre>

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<h2>
 
 
 Add the MonoGame Framework
</h2>


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<pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>dotnet add package MonoGame.Framework.DesktopGL
</code></pre>

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<h2>
 
 
 Create Game1.fs
</h2>

Game1.fs 


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<pre class="highlight fsharp"><code>namespace &lt;Project Name&gt;

open Microsoft.Xna.Framework
open Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics
open Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input

type Game1() as this =
 inherit Game()

 let graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this)
 let mutable spriteBatch: SpriteBatch = null

 do
 this.Content.RootDirectory &lt;- "Content"
 this.IsMouseVisible &lt;- true

 override _.Initialize() =
 // TODO: Add your initialization logic here

 base.Initialize()

 override _.LoadContent() =
 spriteBatch &lt;- new SpriteBatch(this.GraphicsDevice)

 // TODO: use this.Content to load your game content here

 override _.Update(gameTime: GameTime) =
 let kstate = Keyboard.GetState()
 if kstate.IsKeyDown Keys.Escape then
 this.Exit()

 // TODO: Add your update logic here

 base.Update gameTime

 override _.Draw(gameTime: GameTime) =
 this.GraphicsDevice.Clear Color.CornflowerBlue

 spriteBatch.Begin()
 // TODO: Add your drawing code here
 spriteBatch.End()

 base.Draw gameTime
</code></pre>

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Add to Program.fs file 


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<pre class="highlight fsharp"><code>open &lt;Project Name&gt;

[&lt;EntryPoint&gt;]
let main argv =
 use game = new Game1()
 game.Run()
 0
</code></pre>

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the .fsproj file should look like this: 


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<pre class="highlight xml"><code>&lt;Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"&gt;

 &lt;PropertyGroup&gt;
 &lt;OutputType&gt;Exe&lt;/OutputType&gt;
 &lt;TargetFramework&gt;net9.0&lt;/TargetFramework&gt;
 &lt;/PropertyGroup&gt;

 &lt;ItemGroup&gt;
 &lt;Compile Include="Game1.fs" /&gt;
 &lt;Compile Include="Program.fs" /&gt;
 &lt;/ItemGroup&gt;

 &lt;ItemGroup&gt;
 &lt;PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Framework.DesktopGL" Version="3.8.4.1" /&gt;
 &lt;/ItemGroup&gt;

&lt;/Project&gt;

</code></pre>

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<h2>
 
 
 Adding Content.mgcb
</h2>

Create folder called "Content"

<h3>
 
 
 Add dotnet tools
</h3>



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<pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install dotnet-mgcb
dotnet tool install dotnet-mgcb-editor
dotnet tool install dotnet-mgcb-editor-windows
dotnet tool install dotnet-mgcb-editor-linux
dotnet tool install dotnet-mgcb-editor-mac
</code></pre>

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<h3>
 
 
 Open MGCB Editor
</h3>

First you have to have it installed 


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<pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>dotnet tool install -g dotnet-mgcb
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-mgcb-editor
</code></pre>

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Next in a command line in your directory use this command 


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<pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>dotnet tool restore
mgcb-editor
</code></pre>

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<h3>
 
 
 Generate the Content.mgcb file
</h3>

Once you are inside the MGCB Editor do 
File -&gt; New 
Go to your directory inside of the Content folder and name the file "Content.mgcb"

<h2>
 
 
 Done!
</h2>

You should now have the Content file and are able to build assets for you're games.

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