Base tutorial to get started to use Narwhal Engine in Visual Studio. This tutorials assumes you already know how to code in C# and know how to use Visual Studio.

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First of all you will need to download the MonoGame framework. Once you have it, proceed to download the Narwhal Engine. After that, create a MonoGame project from Visual Studio and add to the source code the folder of the Narwhal Engine.

Then, proceed to the Game1.cs and do the following stepts:

1. Use the NarwhalEngine namespace.

    using NarwhalEngine;

2. Initialize the engine inside the Game1.cs LoadContent function.

    protected override void LoadContent()
    {
           spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
           Narwhal.instance.StartEngine(Content);
    }

3. Add the call to the update manager in the Update function.

    protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
    {
           if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed || Keyboard.GetState().IsKeyDown(Keys.Escape))
               Exit();
   
           Narwhal.instance.updateManager.Update(gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.Milliseconds / 1000f);
   
           base.Update(gameTime);
    }

4. Call the Draw function from Camera Manager in the Draw function.

    protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
    {
           GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.CornflowerBlue);
   
           Narwhal.instance.cameraManager.Draw(spriteBatch);
   
           base.Draw(gameTime);
    }

Once you have this, you will be able to use all the features the Engine uses.