Threading In C#

This Game is a farming simulator. It is built with C# in Visual Studio 2019 using UWP and the MonoGame Framework.

Team Members:

• Ademola Adigun
• Allan Akanyijuka
• Isaac Semackor
• Jonathan Mohamed
• Solomon Asezebhobor
• Vũ Vãn

How to Run this game

1. Clone and open the repo in Visual Studio, right-click on the solution and select "Set as Startup Project".

2. From here, you should be able to run the game; if not, continue to step 3 to rebuild the assets in the MonoGame Pipeline.

3. Download and install MonoGame Pipeline 3.7.1 for Visual Studio

   https://community.monogame.net/t/monogame-3-7-1/11173.

4. Inside Visual Studio, navigate to the Content folder, and right-click on the Content.mgcb file and press “Open With…” and select “MonoGame Pipeline”.

5. The MonoGame Pipeline should now be launched. Click Build or F6, and after the rebuilt is successful, you can close MonoGame Pipeline and Repeat Step 2.

Where Threading is used

• Semaphores

  • Controls the number of livestock allowed to grow at a time. [ShopState.cs]

• Task Parallel Library

  • Used to produce random weather conditions [GameState.cs]

  • Used for creating inventory assets [ShopState.cs, InventoryState.cs ]

• Multi-Threading

  • Each livestock entity is created on separate thread [ShopState.cs

• Async and Await

  • Used for creating Shop items [ShopState.cs]