   Starting Out help
  I'm pretty good at 3D modeling, so to learn how to program I bought a book called BEGINNING C++ THROUGH GAME PROGRAMMING SECOND EDITION: Micheal Dawson. I really enjoyed learning from it and have pretty much mastered everything in it. Are there any follow up books that cover how to combine my two skills to make something really basic?? I'm in no rush I just want to work really hard this summer and get better.   
Quote:...have pretty much mastered everything in it.It's one thing to learn the basics, but it takes years and years of work to be considered anything close to a "master" in a language like C++. Frankly, I would never assume anything about my experience if I was approaching a general purpose language from specialized use of it.Quote:Are there any follow up books that cover how to combine my two skills to make something really basic??Look into a rendering API such as DirectX or OpenGL. If you do not wish to take on the learning curve, grab a third party game engine like Irrlicht or something to give you a high level taste of game development.As for books, try to grab something by Frank Luna. His books are dry, but he packs a great deal of information clearly into one paragraph and he pushes you to experiment.   