I don''t see how C++ would make a difference with point #1 and #2. #3 I can understand.

"Tricks of the Windows Game Programmers" is a good book to read, and it has a "C++ Primer" in the back (believe it or not, I learned a lot of C++ stuff there).

- DarkMage139

gromit is right using c++ would make no difference if the graphics were bad then he needed a better artist!!!
its possible to do anything in c that you can do in c++ it may not be as easy but it can be done

Thanks for the information folks. I will be floating around asking more questions once I get to know what I am doing.

Now to relearn what main(void) means