Look in the articles and resources section of the site under "game programming". There are some articles on AABB collision detection. Good luck!!

Try a simpler game first. That way you''ll notice how hard it is to complete a simpler game and you will have a hint on how hard it is for one person to make a game like the ones you mention.

There is (I think) an article called "game complete" somewhere in the articles section. That''s a very very good read for a begginer.

Flawless 3D collision detection isn''t "easy". You should read some tut about linear algebra first in order to assimilate and be able to solve problems that may eventually arise in your code.

I''m making a breakout clone, and I never thought I would have so much fun (and frustration) trying to put things to work efficiently.

This thread is currently in the active topics list. It may help you to start.

I''ve got a couple of demos if you''re interested. however, I''ll probably have to guide you through them. There''s one that would mostly interest you, that I posted on Flipcode, COTD (code of the day). it''s still the current COTD, since the COTDs have been put on hold for a while.

http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/olivierrenault/
that''s my homepage, my demo junkyard. links 7 and nine is what would vaguely resemble to what you are looking for.

http://www.flipcode.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?showThread=COTD-3dpongcoll&forum=cotd&id=-1

that''s the COTD. it does box collisions, oriented box collisions (for the more advanced demo), sphere collisions as well. that''s demo #7. As I said, I''ll probably have to talk you through it. Drop me a mail if you are interested. If you only want to do boxes, and just constrain them so they stop intersecting (no or very litle physics) it will be a lot simpler than what you can see there. I hope you like vector maths though