Programming Mario

Hi, I have just finished Binary Search Trees in my classes.

I feel like I should beable to do something with what I know.

So I figure ill program mario (2d cuz I found the sprites).

I looked at allegro, but thats like using a nuclear power plant to run 1 light bulb.

So, ill just use Bitbliting and WIndows API.

Also ill be using 800x600 window.

So what advice, if any, at your own free will, would like to give?

Use Allegro or SDL because it isnt as intense as you might think.

Heck use Direct3D or OpenGL and use textured quads instead of bitblt sprites. It's really not that complex and you gain very simplistic rotation functionality. Try writing a sprite rotation function that does not use textured quads - you will pull your hair out and it will be slower than snot.

One other thing about OpenGL is you can easy scaling. When Mario gets the mushroom and gets bigger, just stretch the quad.