Yo! You guys should check out the Allegro library. It used to be just for Dos using the DJGPP compiler, but now it works with Windows, Linux and BeOS. It''s really easy to work with and a lot of people have written tutorials and have released source code for it. Also, some people are working on giving it OpenGL support so soon it''ll be able to do 3d. The official website is at http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ There''s also an ''Allegro Idiots'' website for people who are starting out with allegro at http://allegro.webjump.com/