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+bin/
+obj/
+/packages/
+.idea
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diff --git a/Content/ExampleMod/CustomFurniture.atlas b/Content/ExampleMod/CustomFurniture.atlas
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+CustomTableUp
+loc 0 0 32 32
+piv 16 16
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diff --git a/CustomTable.cs b/CustomTable.cs
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+using System;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using TinyLife.Objects;
+using TinyLife.World;
+
+namespace ExampleMod {
+    public class CustomTable : Furniture {
+
+        public CustomTable(Guid id, FurnitureType type, int[] colors, Map map, Vector2 pos) : base(id, type, colors, map, pos) {
+        }
+
+        public override void OnAdded() {
+            base.OnAdded();
+            ExampleMod.Logger.Info("We were added at " + this.Position);
+        }
+
+        public override void OnRemoved() {
+            base.OnRemoved();
+            ExampleMod.Logger.Info("We were removed from " + this.Position);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/ExampleMod.cs b/ExampleMod.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using ExtremelySimpleLogger;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using MLEM.Data;
+using MLEM.Data.Content;
+using MLEM.Misc;
+using TinyLife;
+using TinyLife.Mods;
+using TinyLife.Objects;
+using TinyLife.Utilities;
+
+namespace ExampleMod {
+    public class ExampleMod : Mod {
+
+        // the logger that we can use to log info about this mod
+        public static Logger Logger { get; private set; }
+
+        // visual data about this mod
+        public override string Name => "Example Mod";
+        public override string Description => "This is the example mod for Tiny Life!";
+
+        private DataTextureAtlas customFurniture;
+
+        public override void AddGameContent(GameImpl game) {
+            // adding a custom furniture item
+            FurnitureType.Register(new FurnitureType.TypeSettings("CustomTable", new Point(1, 1), ObjectCategory.Table, 150, ColorScheme.SimpleWood) {
+                Construct = (i, t, c, m, p) => new CustomTable(i, t, c, m, p)
+            });
+        }
+
+        public override void Initialize(Logger logger, RawContentManager content) {
+            Logger = logger;
+
+            // loads the custom furniture texture atlas
+            // the texture atlas combines the png texture and the .atlas information
+            // see https://mlem.ellpeck.de/api/MLEM.Data.DataTextureAtlas.html for more info
+            this.customFurniture = content.LoadTextureAtlas("CustomFurniture");
+        }
+
+        public override IEnumerable<DataTextureAtlas> GetCustomFurnitureTextures() {
+            // tell the game about our custom furniture texture
+            yield return this.customFurniture;
+        }
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/ExampleMod.csproj b/ExampleMod.csproj
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="ExtremelySimpleLogger" Version="1.1.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="MLEM.Data" Version="4.3.0-7"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="TinyLifeApi" Version="1.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Framework.DesktopGL" Version="3.8.0.1641"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <Content Include="./Content/**">
+            <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+        </Content>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>