A MonoGame Game object to test the Mercury Particle Engine for MonoGame.

Game1.cs

using System;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
using MonoGameMPE.Core;
using MonoGameMPE.Core.Modifiers;
using MonoGameMPE.Core.Modifiers.Container;
using MonoGameMPE.Core.Profiles;

namespace Test
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This is the main type for your game.
    /// </summary>
    public class Game1 : Game
    {
        GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
        SpriteBatch spriteBatch;
        Texture2D _blankTexture;

        public Game1()
        {
            graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this);
            Content.RootDirectory = "Content";

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Allows the game to perform any initialization it needs to before starting to run.
        /// This is where it can query for any required services and load any non-graphic
        /// related content.  Calling base.Initialize will enumerate through any components
        /// and initialize them as well.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            _blankTexture = new Texture2D(GraphicsDevice, 1, 1);
            _blankTexture.SetData(new[] { Color.White });

            ParticleInit();

            base.Initialize();
        }

        private ParticleEffect particleEffect;
        private SpriteBatchRenderer particleRenderer;
        
        private void ParticleInit()
        {
            particleRenderer = new SpriteBatchRenderer();

            particleEffect = new ParticleEffect
            {
                Emitters = new[]
                {
                    new Emitter(2000, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), Profile.Point())
                    {
                        Texture = _blankTexture,
                        BlendMode = BlendMode.Alpha,
                        Parameters = new ReleaseParameters
                        {
                            Speed = new RangeF(20f, 50f),
                            Quantity = 3,
                        },
                        Modifiers = new IModifier[]
                        {
                            new ColourInterpolator2
                            {
                                InitialColour = new Colour(0.33f, 0.5f, 0.5f),
                                FinalColour = new Colour(0f, 0.5f, 0.5f)
                            }, 
                            new RotationModifier
                            {
                                RotationRate = 1f
                            },
                            new RectContainerModifier
                            {
                                Height = 100,
                                Width = 100,
                            }, 
                        }
                    }
                    
                }
            };
            
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// LoadContent will be called once per game and is the place to load
        /// all of your content.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void LoadContent()
        {
            // Create a new SpriteBatch, which can be used to draw textures.
            spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
            
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// UnloadContent will be called once per game and is the place to unload
        /// game-specific content.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void UnloadContent()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Allows the game to run logic such as updating the world,
        /// checking for collisions, gathering input, and playing audio.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameTime">Provides a snapshot of timing values.</param>
        protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed || Keyboard.GetState().IsKeyDown(Keys.Escape))
                Exit();
            
            particleEffect.Update((float) gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds);
            
            particleEffect.Trigger(new Vector(300, 200));

            base.Update(gameTime);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// This is called when the game should draw itself.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameTime">Provides a snapshot of timing values.</param>
        protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Black);
            
            particleRenderer.Draw(particleEffect, spriteBatch);

            base.Draw(gameTime);
        }
    }
}