Xbox 360 C# game programming on Ubuntu?

**F1r3st0rm** · August 31st, 2011

I know one is supposed to download XNA Game Studio to program games for the Xbox 360, but I am pretty sure it does not work on Linux. My question is will MonoDevelop or some other C# IDE support porting your games to the xbox?

Thanks for reading.

**CrimsonTurkey** · August 31st, 2011

MonoDevelop would be your best bet XNA is a framework for game development and XNA Game Studio is a addon for Visual Studios but i believe you can develop XNA games with Mono on Linux

**directhex** · August 31st, 2011

If you only need 2D support, then there's a library at https://github.com/mono/MonoGame which will allow you to write 2D XNA games with Mono on Ubuntu. Note: untested.

**F1r3st0rm** · August 31st, 2011

Ok thank you all for your replies. I will build a game and see if I can port it to my Xbox. If not I'll just bring it over to my Windows computer and then port it.

**forrestcupp** · August 31st, 2011

Originally Posted by directhex

If you only need 2D support, then there's a library at https://github.com/mono/MonoGame which will allow you to write 2D XNA games with Mono on Ubuntu. Note: untested.

I think that's for Windows Phone 7 and not for the 360.

If you really want to program for the 360, you need to just bite the bullet and use the real XNA in Windows. You wouldn't use a chainsaw to mow your yard, and you shouldn't try to use Linux to develop for a Microsoft game console.

**Senesence** · September 1st, 2011

Originally Posted by forrestcupp

If you really want to program for the 360, you need to just bite the bullet and use the real XNA in Windows. You wouldn't use a chainsaw to mow your yard, and you shouldn't try to use Linux to develop for a Microsoft game console.

Absolutely right.

**directhex** · September 1st, 2011

Originally Posted by forrestcupp

I think that's for Windows Phone 7 and not for the 360.

The selling point with XNA is it's the same thing - you just recompile the game for the target platform (Windows, WP7, 360)

If you really want to program for the 360, you need to just bite the bullet and use the real XNA in Windows. You wouldn't use a chainsaw to mow your yard, and you shouldn't try to use Linux to develop for a Microsoft game console.

You can do the majority development fine in Ubuntu, but the final submission needs to be done with Windows (much like iOS apps need to be built on a Mac)