Hey I did a sprite once too, it was an arcade fighting game. The graphics did look worse than sh.. and the goons were dumb. Doing it was basically cool. I used a game engine which had a sprite library, and it used the keboard through Win API.
At the time I did not like Win API so much because it confused me at times. Still, I did it because I loved programming and it was not bad technology. I also needed it for games and my desktop programs.
At the same time I started using MFC and Visual C++, and I like the GUI that was presented for creating Windows dialogs. This is not a high point of programming intest for me, but I do like how the VC GUI makes neat windows.
What I failed to do was to diversify myself into fields of databases and internet, as well as, use other languages. I find now that data warehousing, application development, and internet development are highly valued skills.
Nowadays I am learning ASP, SQL, DotNet & C# and web services. It is a lot but hopefully, I can catch it quickly. I did not just learn nothing since MFC. In earlier days, I touched on HTML, java and databases and any language or script that I was curious with, but not as much as serious developer as my concern was gaming. Even know I am not interested in internet or databases, but these two are well sought skills. I am into research personally, and I will use the "Dotnet" skill to hold a job in the field of application development until I can make the transition. So personally that is where my platform and language focus is at. (PS for research and gaming I would love work with Linux and other languages).
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