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MonoGame on Windows 8 Quick Start
There are currently no installation packages for MonoGame 3.x
If you plan to contribute back to MonoGame you should work from a fork of the develop3d repository:
https://github.com/mono/MonoGame/tree/develop3d
You will find the instructions here on how to fork a repo and clone a local copy.
Be sure to do a git submodule init to your local repo to get the 3rd-party libs.
If you used an install package the templates for VisualStudio were added for you.
If working from a git repo go to the ProjectTemplates\VisualStudio11.MonoGame.2.5\VS11MGWindowsMetroTemplate folder and zip the contents of that folder. It is important that the zip when unzipped only includes the content and not the folder itself.
Copy the zip to your Documents\Visual Studio 11\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C# folder and restart VisualStudio11.
Open VisualStudio11 and create a new "MonoGame Metro Application For Windows" C# project.
If you're working from a local clone of the MonoGame repository then be sure to add the MonoGame.Framework/MonoGame.Framework.Windows8.csproj to your solution so that it can be built and referenced from your game project.
You should now be able to build and run the new game app.
At this time the process to port an existing XNA project to MonoGame is manual. We suggest creating a new template project with the same name and either adding the files and settings manually or using a diff tool to merge them.