Build Game UI Without the Pain: Gum Layout Tool for .NET | .NET Game Development

Microsoft Developer highlights Gum, an open-source UI layout tool for .NET game development, and points to a Quest to Compile episode where the hosts and Gum’s creator discuss the tool’s design and show it working in a MonoGame project.

Overview

The video promotes an episode of Quest to Compile focused on building game UI in .NET using Gum, a layout tool designed for games.

What the episode covers

• What Gum is and how it fits into the .NET game development ecosystem
• How Gum supports resolution-independent and flexible UI layout
• Using the Gum editor to design UI visually and then wiring it up in code
• Layout behaviors such as Wrap and Clip for common UI scenarios
• Displaying and interacting with Gum UI inside a MonoGame project

Technologies and ecosystems mentioned

• Gum integrations and targets:
  • MonoGame
  • FlatRedBall
  • raylib
  • Skia-based environments such as WPF and Avalonia

Links and resources

• Gum documentation: https://docs.flatredball.com/gum
• FlatRedBall documentation: https://docs.flatredball.com
• Gum (GitHub): https://github.com/vchelaru/Gum
• MonoGame: https://monogame.net
• FlatRedBall: https://flatredball.com
• Demo source code (Cookie Clicker): https://github.com/vchelaru/QuestToCompileGum
• FlatRedBall Discord: https://flatredball.com/chat/
• Watch the full series: https://aka.ms/Quest-to-Compile