I''m an aspiring game programmer with what I think is a real good idea for a killer RPG. I''m not a complete neophyte, having written a number of text based games and maintaining a mud for many years. However, I have no clue how to begin doing graphics. It appears that DirectX is the way to go, please correct me if I''m wrong. Can anyone suggest a book or website that would best be able to show me the intricies of C++ DX programming? Thank you!

For a book, I suggest Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus by Andre LaMothe

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"All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be --Pink Floyd
Need help? Well, go FAQ yourself.

Or you could read IronBlayde''s Game Programming Genesis articles...1 through 6 work with the Windows GDI and DX.
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WNDCLASSEX Reality;
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Reality.lpfnWndProc=ComputerGames;
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RegisterClassEx(&Reality);


Unable to register Reality...what''s wrong?
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Dan Upton
Lead Designer
WolfHeart Software

Or the all helpfull code on cob series

Yeah, Ironblyade follows LaMothe''s book pretty well, and has some added bonuses (plus the fact that Ironblayde''s tutorials are $50 cheaper, hehe ). Next article from Ironblayde is for a tile based engine, the previous doing bitmapped graphics w/ DirectDraw and writing a basic scripting engine. Sounds perfect for an RPG to me