https://blog.libcna.com/ Building a portable XNA-style framework for the long term. en Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:25:19 GMT https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/25/sharp-runtime/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/25/sharp-runtime/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:25:19 GMT Sharp Runtime is a C++23 implementation of a practical subset of the .NET System.* libraries. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/22/easygl/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/22/easygl/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:20:47 GMT EasyGL is a toolkit-independent C++20 graphics library built on top of OpenGL and OpenGL ES. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/19/tamagotchi-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/19/tamagotchi-cna/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tamagotchi CNA is an unfinished, independent C++ reimplementation of the international 1997 P1 virtual-pet program, presented through CNA. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/18/meta-gl/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/18/meta-gl/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:12:38 GMT MetaGL is a low-level, type-safe C++23 wrapper around the programmable OpenGL family. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/18/wolf-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/18/wolf-cna/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Wolf CNA is an original C++23 retro first-person shooter that renders a polygonal 3D world through CNA. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/17/cna-craft/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/17/cna-craft/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT CNA Craft ports Michael Fogleman's open-source Craft voxel game to C++23 and the CNA implementation of the XNA 4.0 programming model. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/12/xna-4-0-c-sharp-games-run-on-cna-net-too/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/12/xna-4-0-c-sharp-games-run-on-cna-net-too/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Original XNA 4.0 C# games, unchanged, now run on CNA through CNA.NET: 81 of the 83 official Microsoft samples and dozens of open-source games. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/10/cna-0-1-0-was-released/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/10/cna-0-1-0-was-released/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT CNA 0.1.0 is the first final release of CNA. This article summarizes what changed since 0.1.0-alpha.1. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/08/cna-repositories-at-github-com/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/08/cna-repositories-at-github-com/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:42:49 GMT CNA is no a single Git repository. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/05/cna-goes-online-gamer-services-avatars-and-networking/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/05/cna-goes-online-gamer-services-avatars-and-networking/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:42:31 GMT CNA implements much more than the graphics and game-loop side of Microsoft XNA 4.0. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/04/renderer-api-in-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/04/renderer-api-in-cna/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:33:36 GMT CNA currently exposes 10 renderers across 8 implementation families. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/01/the-cna-c-api-and-the-road-to-11-programming-languages/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/10/01/the-cna-c-api-and-the-road-to-11-programming-languages/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:07:15 GMT CNA is written in C++23. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/30/house-simulator/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/30/house-simulator/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:31:57 GMT House Simulator is one of the largest showcase applications built on CNA so far. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/27/platform-api-in-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/27/platform-api-in-cna/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:26:04 GMT SDL3 is currently one of the most important dependencies underneath CNA. But the rest of CNA is not supposed to be an SDL3 application. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/24/how-cna-can-survive-sdl/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/24/how-cna-can-survive-sdl/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:21:36 GMT SDL is one of the most important technologies used by CNA today. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/22/street-simulator-a-living-city-built-with-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/22/street-simulator-a-living-city-built-with-cna/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:30:30 GMT Street Simulator is a large real-time 3D city demonstration built with the CNA framework. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/20/renderers-in-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/20/renderers-in-cna/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:12:53 GMT Graphics rendering is one of the largest parts of CNA. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/17/how-large-is-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/17/how-large-is-cna/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:58:05 GMT Today, CNA contains the XNA-compatible framework, 10 graphics renderers, a content system and content pipeline, audio, input, networking, portable platform backends, focused graphics and device extensions, XNA Design support, a native C API, a large test suite, and supporting tools. https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/13/what-is-cna/ https://blog.libcna.com/2026/09/13/what-is-cna/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:46:24 GMT CNA is an open-source C++23 reimplementation of the Microsoft XNA 4.0 programming model.