From b24715da8dbcaac6f986d4ff11674e4cf313a600 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Rodrigues <rodrigues-i@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:11:19 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add interface method for taking screenshot

---
 src/ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs b/src/ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs
index 47e7512..07b3d9c 100644
--- a/src/ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs
+++ b/src/ArcadeMaker.Core/IGame.Funcs.cs
@@ -1017,4 +1017,13 @@ IValue SetViewFollowingTarget(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args)
     /// <returns>The index of the currently activated room as a <see cref="NumberValue"/>.</returns>
     [EngineFunc]
     IValue GetRoomIndex(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args) => Rooms.IndexOf(GetActivatedRoom().Model).ToExp();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Takes screenshot from texture.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="_"></param>
+    /// <param name="args"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    [EngineFunc]
+    Exp.Void TakeScreenshot(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args);
 }
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From a9f45bd00d49a65ef985e675107e736774383652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Rodrigues <rodrigues-i@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:13:40 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Move drawing code into a private method

---
 src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs b/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs
index f84286c..fa184da 100644
--- a/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs
+++ b/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs
@@ -381,6 +381,13 @@ protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
             if (isOnError || CurrentRoom == null)
                 return;
 
+            DrawScene();
+
+            base.Draw(gameTime);
+        }
+
+        private void DrawScene()
+        {
             GraphicsDevice.Clear(backColor);
 
             // if views are defined, we need to draw the room for each view, applying the corresponding camera transformations.
@@ -451,8 +458,6 @@ protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
 
                 SpriteBatch.End();
             }
-
-            base.Draw(gameTime);
         }
 
         public void DrawBackgrounds(int w, int h, Matrix transformMatrix)

From 82c612d84e98b9acdd38abd8393864e17982569e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Rodrigues <rodrigues-i@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:35:28 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Implement method TakeScreenshot on class
 ArcadeMakerMonoGame

---
 .../MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs      | 31 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs b/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs
index fa184da..06ecac4 100644
--- a/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs
+++ b/src/Engines/MonoGame/Core/ArcadeMakerMonoGame.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 using MonoGame.Extended.ViewportAdapters;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Pipes;
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ public RoomInstance? CurrentRoom
         public TextureAtlas MainTextureAtlas { get; private set; }
         public string MainTextureAtlasFilePath { get; set; }
 
+        private RenderTarget2D renderTarget = null;
+        private bool IsInsideDraw = false;
+
         // runtime private data
         private GameRunner<ArcadeMakerMonoGame> GameRunner { get; set; }
         private RectangleF roomBounds;
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@ protected override void Initialize()
             LocalizationManager.SetCulture(selectedLanguage);
 
             SpriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
+            renderTarget = new RenderTarget2D(
+                GraphicsDevice,
+                graphicsDeviceManager.PreferredBackBufferWidth,
+                graphicsDeviceManager.PreferredBackBufferHeight);
 
             try
             {
@@ -380,8 +388,15 @@ protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
         {
             if (isOnError || CurrentRoom == null)
                 return;
-
-            DrawScene();
+            IsInsideDraw = true;
+            try
+            {
+                DrawScene();
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                IsInsideDraw = false;
+            }
 
             base.Draw(gameTime);
         }
@@ -749,6 +764,18 @@ public Exp.Void DrawEllipse(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args)
             return Exp.Void.Return;
         }
 
+
+        public Exp.Void TakeScreenshot(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args)
+        {
+            if(!IsInsideDraw)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "TakeScreenshot must be called from inside Draw().");
+            GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(renderTarget);
+            DrawScene();
+            GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTarget(null);
+            return Exp.Void.Return;
+        }
+
         public (int x, int y) MousePositionInWindow
         {
             get

From b028f6b22bbfff4e802d437eb962ea1cb48103e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Rodrigues <rodrigues-i@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:38:09 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Implement method TakeScreenshot on class FutileGame

---
 src/ArcadeMaker.IDE/Debugging/FutileGame.cs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ArcadeMaker.IDE/Debugging/FutileGame.cs b/src/ArcadeMaker.IDE/Debugging/FutileGame.cs
index 6b8decb..41b59cd 100644
--- a/src/ArcadeMaker.IDE/Debugging/FutileGame.cs
+++ b/src/ArcadeMaker.IDE/Debugging/FutileGame.cs
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@ public void SetCaption(string caption) { }
     public Exp.Void ResumeSound(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args) => Exp.Void.Return;
 
     public Exp.Void ResumeAllSounds(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args) => Exp.Void.Return;
+
+    public Exp.Void TakeScreenshot(Exp.Instance? _, IValue?[] args) => Exp.Void.Return;
 }
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