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Original Title: Eric Barone makes $125,000 donation to the C# framework Stardew Valley uses, as well as “an ongoing monthly commitment” in what the team behind it calls an “extraordinary show of support” | MonoGame has been used to make all sorts of notable games, including Celeste and Bastion.

Eric Barone, the developer behind all-time great farming sim Stardew Valley, has had his head down working on the upcoming Haunted Chocolatier since it was announced in 2021. But he’s also flirted with a bit of gaming-minded philanthropy, publicly musing about whether he’d save the Minecraft-like Hytale before it was sold back to its original owners; and today, the open-source C# framework MonoGame announced it received a sizable donation from Barone that kicks off a long-term relationship.

MonoGame announced in a post on X that Barone “has made a very generous initial donation of $125,000 and an ongoing monthly commitment to the project. This extraordinary show of support, alongside ongoing contributions from other studios and individuals, helps ensure MonoGame continues to be the open-source C# framework that game developers of all sizes can rely on.”