Some corrections and grammar police.

Author: SimonDarksideJ

website/content/blog/2024-12-01-a-year-in-review.md

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 title: A Year in Review
 date: "2024-12-01"
-excerpt: Details about the educational release of Old School Adventure
+excerpt: The MonoGame Foundation "Year in review", what the foundation has been up to since its incorporation.
 tags: foundation, source, educational
 author:  MonoGame Foundation
 image: /images/blog/cover/monogame_foundation.png
 ogImage: /images/blog/cover/monogame_foundation.png
 ---
 
-# What a year it's been!
+# What a year it has been!
 
 It has been a year since we announced that we received a very generous [donation from Re-Logic](https://x.com/MonoGameTeam/status/1724164491363967465) and the formation of the MonoGame Foundation. A lot has happened.
 
 ### So far in the last year we:
 
-* Now have recurring subscriptions (Patreon, Github & PayPal) of almost $2000 a month
-* Refreshed the website, with more focus on the creators and their titles \- Thanks Chris (ArisTurtle)  
+* Increased recurring subscriptions (Patreon, Github & PayPal) to almost $2000 a month
+* Refreshed the MonoGame website with more focus on the creators and their titles \- Thanks Chris (ArisTurtle)  
 * Overhauled the documentation site and increased the content by more than 500%, with even more to come  
-* Released 3.8.2
+* Released 3.8.2 (.NET 8)
 
 * #### Appointed to the board
 
-  * President \- Dean Ellis  
-  * Chairman \- Marko Jeremic  
-  * Secretary \- Simon Jackson  
-  * Banking \- Tom Spilman  
-  * Member \- Thomas Altenburger  
-  * Treasurer \- Dominique Louis  
-  * Please read our [Board Meeting notes](https://monogame.net/blog/meeting)  
+  * President - Dean Ellis  
+  * Chairman - Marko Jeremic  
+  * Secretary - Simon Jackson  
+  * Banking - Tom Spilman  
+  * Member - Thomas Altenburger  
+  * Treasurer - Dominique Louis
+
 * Regular board meetings with full transparency, keeping the community involved in the plans and actions for MonoGame to take it into the next decade.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Please read our [Board Meeting notes](https://monogame.net/blog/meeting)  
+
 * #### Completed Bounties
 
   * [Package up ffmpeg and ffprobe](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8241)  
   * [Upgrade MonoGame to use BasisUniversal for cross-platform Texture Compression](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8419)  
   * [A shared base for public and console repos](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8242)  
-  * [Implement the Direct3D 12 / GDK/GDKX backend \#8195](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8195)
+  * [Implement the Direct3D 12 / GDK/GDKX backend](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8195)
 
 * #### In Progress Bounties
 
-  * [Switch the console runtime from BRUTE to NativeAOT \#8194](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8194)  
-  * [A better 2D onboarding tutorial \#8317](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8317)  
-  * [A better 3D onboarding tutorial \#8318](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8318)
+  * [Switch the console runtime from BRUTE to NativeAOT](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8194)  
+  * [A better 2D onboarding tutorial](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8317)  
+  * [A better 3D onboarding tutorial](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/issues/8318)
   * [2D StartKit](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8275)
 
 * #### Bug Fixes and Enhancements
 
   * Re-enabled the Unit Tests for PR’s.  
   * [Upgrade Mac Editor to net8.0-macos. Upgrade Eto.Forms](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8505)   
-  * Fix Issues with OpenAL Panning on DesktopGL and Mobile  [https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8480](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8480) and [https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8466](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8466)
+  * Fix Issues with OpenAL Panning on DesktopGL and Mobile  [#8480](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8480) and [#8466](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8466)
   * [Detect GamePad/Keyboard events on Android](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8465)
   * [Remove string allocations when calling GamePad.GetCapabilities](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8453)
   * [Content Pipeline now works on M1/M2 Macs](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8570)
@@ -59,7 +62,8 @@ It has been a year since we announced that we received a very generous [donation
   * [Fix MacOS Content directory location](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8479)
   * [Detect GamePad/Keyboard events on Android](https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame/pull/8465)
 
-* #### Game Released (that we know of)
+* #### Games Released (that we know of)
+
   * [Horticular](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928540/Horticular/) by inDirection Games
   * [Breeze & Freeze](https://msiebenmann.itch.io/breeze-and-freeze) by msiebenmann
   * [Tic Tac Dough](https://ms00.itch.io/tic-tac-dough) by MS00
@@ -75,18 +79,20 @@ It has been a year since we announced that we received a very generous [donation
   * [BattleCrypt Bombers](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2188930/BattleCrypt_Bombers/) by Narfox LLC. Uses [FlatRedBall](https://flatredball.com/) and [Gum](http://docs.flatredball.com/gum/)
 
 
-### What's coming in the next year:
+### What is coming in the next year:
 
 * #### 3.8.3 Release
+
   * Smoother macOS installation support and Content Pipeline
-  * The MonoGame.Framework.Native is going to be a principal focus. The plan is to allow the support of NativeAOT on all the platforms which support it.
-  * Effect compiler refactor to support modern tools and additional shader stages.
+  * The `MonoGame.Framework.Native` backend is going to be a principal focus. The plan is to allow the support of NativeAOT on all the platforms can which support it.
+  * Effect compiler refactored to support modern tools and additional shader stages.
   * Improved Content pipeline (Mr H / Harry, details)
     * Automating XNB builds to make using MGCB or the content editor optional, and adding content more easily to projects
-  * New DirectX 12 Desktop platform which shares code with Xbox (may replace DX11 at some point).
-  * New Vulkan Desktop platform (it may replace OpenGL at some point).
+  * New **DirectX 12** Desktop platform which shares code with Xbox (may replace DX9/DX11 at some point).
+  * New **Vulkan** Desktop platform (it may replace OpenGL at some point).
 
 * #### More bounties:
+
   * Graphics
     * Optimise and fix DesktopVK
   * Content
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ It has been a year since we announced that we received a very generous [donation
     * FAudio implementation for DesktopVK
       * Why: replace OpenAL-Soft which can’t be totally XAudio-accurate
   * Tutorials and content
-    * Advanced 3D concepts (Some ideas I know this isn’t a planning doc)
+    * Advanced 3D concepts
     * Custom Effects
       * Culling
       * Shadows