Hey, ive almost finished Sams Teach yourself C++ in 21 days. What should I look at next? Am i that far off being able to learn Direct X or OpenGL? Or is there another C++ book i need under the belt? If God made us, who Made God? If you cant make it, let it make you. "I play violent Computer games, I could snap at any moment!"

I would suggest grabbing a copy of "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup!

MikeB

If you finished the book, did the exercises and really understand what was presented, you should be able to make your own little text based game.

I did that first so that I got a basic understanding of how games work before moving on to an api. I would suggest that you code some basic number guessing game and then try tic tac toe. After that, if you have no problem with linear algebra, trigonometry and matrix/vector mathematics then you should move on to 3d stuff.

I am not that comfortable with the mathematics associated with 3d so while I am reading tutorials and brushing up, I plan to make a few 2d games. I decided that learning how a game works would lay a better foundation for learning complex apis like OpenGl and DX.

I originally started programming with DirectX, but I felt overwhelmed by it all and I got discouraged. I then found that the SDL (www.libsdl.org) api, was the best choice since it is very simple and doesn''t require a huge learning curve before you can produce something useful with it.

I originally started programming with DirectX, but I felt overwhelmed by it all and I got discouraged.

I have already completed the obligatory Pong clone. I am now working on a Tetris clone. After that I plan to make a Mario type platform game. And then after that I will make a small 2d rpg.

And after that I will start on Open GL.

Oh yeah, its is a good idea to buy a c++ reference book.