My Question is really simple and general. I have began reading ''Tips of the Windows GAme Programming Gurus''. I am noticing so far that is using all C style functions and I am not seeing any classes or anything. If I were to decide to use classes rather than functions after I''m finished with the book, is their anything imparticular about classes in games that I should know (rather than learning the hard way )? (I am familiar with classes, but never made huge use of them in programs)

Classes is the feature of C++ that (IMO) requires detailed knowledge. If you know something about classes, their general syntaxis, etc., chances are you won''t be able to put them to good use. Classes are very useful in games because game objects can naturally be built based on a certain hierarchy, just like classes. Polymoprphism is also an extremely useful feature. In order to put them to good use I would recommend buying a book about design with classes, after that, it will all become clear. A very good book is by Bjarne Stroustrup called "C++ programming language".

thanks kill. I''ll check out that book