hi everybody!this is my first post(really very excited:)) my question is about my school project.ý have decided to make one of an old type of games.this is a text-based one for the sake of simplicity..it's something like that " now u r in a large garden standing against a haunted mansion.what will you do now ?.... you found a mushroom here at x=16,y=24 etc.." ý guess most of you have already understood what ý want to do...but ý decided to make it by simple graphics..ý intend to use a 'health=100,armor=100' bar at the top,an adequate grid that ý will move my hero character(represented by a head) on the intersection points of this at the center of game screen near to left side under the top bar..then a message box on the right that ý will use to introduce what is going on that time in plain text....maybe to show a handsome head of a monster!!! ý am expanding my knowledge of c++ day by day... ý am eager to learn whatever means is necessary for applying your advices...even a small piece of experience and idea is welcome... really grateful to my advisers already..