BEEF UP MY JAVA/C/C++ KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

author=supremewarrior

author=Khos
If you want to jump into graphical stuff face first then I would suggest: http://www.sfml-dev.org/
Even if you don't know what you're doing, if you have graphics you will be much more motivated to learn, I was anyway.

It's really easy to use too, for example, have some C++;

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
 
 int main()
 {
     sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "SFML window");
 
     sf::Image image;
     if (!image.LoadFromFile("a_sprite.png"))
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     sf::Sprite sprite(image);
 
     while (window.IsOpened())
     {
         sf::Event event;
         while (window.GetEvent(event))
         {
             if (event.Type == sf::Event::Closed)
                 window.Close();
         }

         window.Clear(sf::Color(0,0,0,255));
         window.Draw(sprite);
         window.Display();
     }
 
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }

That's all it takes to create a window and draw an image;

I'm not that great in C++ but I always see code with :: I am wondering what does it mean? Thats also pretty damn easy to display a window with an image on it, it seems easier than I thought but what about key presses, animation, sound, moving from one room to another?

My reason for trying to do maze generation is because I find it's similar to dungeon generation with a few tweaks it could work the same.