Monogame is really nice as a hobbyist. I also like that you actually have near full control of what is happening, rather than poking at a black box engine and

Monogame is really nice as a hobbyist. I also like that you actually have near full control of what is happening, rather than poking at a black box engine and hoping the bits you plug into it work correctly. Of course, I'm of the age where you had to write your own Windows message loop and wrangle OpenGL or DirectX yourself to do much of anything.