Trying to learn some C# with graphical interface, thinking on doing pacman, snake, breakout or some other game but don't want to use an engine like unity.

Windows forms is windows exclusive so i was trying to learn something cross platform. Since i'm using linux and vscode, disk space 8s not a privilege i have access to... (lazy)

Any good reference/tutorials/advices on where to start?

If you just want to use native .Net technology the only options left for you is to go web with ASP.Net and or you could go Mono (https://www.mono-project.com)

The only thing you have to consider it that .Net is mostly design to work for Windows. If you want to use develop cross platform I recommend you to look at other language.

PS : I don't hate C# , I been coding C# for more than 5+ year

@mr-user
I dunno, I ship a 5 product suite on dotnet, our data services handle ~5M rps at load. It's much easier to dev and run our stack on Linux with dotnet core, it just has a more laser focus on providing services and FE web in the basic templates scenarios.

That said, we do have some wasm and webgl in our stack that dotnet capably provides a backend for. If you want to embed mono.wasm, you can also execute your dlls directly in a browser. There's also the electron embedded option.

And then there's F# and fable, which is also super cool. I've enjoyed that immensely.

If you're looking for a graphics rendering library, go C++. Vulkan and direct-x are the jam there. Though, if you like C#, Godot is an option as well, even if it's v7.

@mr-user
The reason i chose c# is i'm used to C/C++ and wanted to try something familiar. And since i use VSCode, i didn't need to install other ide.

That said, i don't have a preference in language, the purpose is exactly learning a new one.

@SortOfTested
Do you sugest to look into F# and fable? Never heard of fable. (just the game xD)

@edulipe
Nah, it's just cool. And fast. Dotnetcore isn't really a good choice for games though. It lacks support for any sort of forms, and has no hooks for graphics libs (sans using a lot of interop).

But hey, go nuts on the bitmap class :D

@SortOfTested done snake on console already different colored squares.

Saw Vulkan, maybe I'll try that

@SortOfTested

I am just answering the question and for me game is not really my thing.

I use the dot net stack when I needed to develop for Windows customer and use other language when I needed a cross platform solution.

@SortOfTested

I agree for games.

But for standart interfaces, there are some promissing things.

Example : https://avaloniaui.net/

Edit : And someone managed to put a 3D engine inside that (See thier "featured product" : GritGene