[quote name="Alpha_ProgDes" post="5050428" timestamp="1365198301" date="05 April 2013 - 04:45 PM"]
As far as what direction to go, I would suggest: this article and this article.

As far as libraries and tutorials, I would suggest Lazy Foo's SDL or Seraph's SFML tutorials for starters.[/quote]


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(define BOARDWIDTH 200)
(define BOARDHEIGHT 200)
(define STARTPOSITION 50)
(define BOARDBKGR "blue")
(define GAMEBOARD (empty-scene BOARDWIDTH BOARDHEIGHT BOARDBKGR))
(define ROCKET .)
(define UFO (overlay (circle 10 "solid" "red")
(rectangle 40 4 "solid" "gree…

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Accomplish the goals I set last year for myself; Not whine, not bitch, but do (or in the words of the great Yoda, "Do or not do; there is not try."); relax.

So what's yours?

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After my degree, I …

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