Ask whereever you got the mod from, we know nothing about this.

Java comes with the Java2D API which allows you to create game in 2D, Get googling :D

Chris

There are a few, the tutorials normal suggest something. Such as Code::Blocks or Micro$oft Visual C++ (Express 2008 is free)

Google is your friend

Chris

Dive into C++, and get googling for C++ tutorials. http://www.cprogramming.com
http://www.cplusplus.com
Some starting links

Chris

I tend to rush some poor front end of some kind, so i can create the back end to interact with the front end more accurately. Then I go back and redesign the front end.

Sort of a...

Skeletal animation is about manipulating bones attached to different polygon groups. This makes animation easy and quick, however it is also some what more limiting that procedural which runs in real...

Just to pop in as a reality check.
Simple user input guessing game and such are simple to achieve and C++ perfectly capable. If however you are wanting to look into something not text based and a...

This is most certainely incorrect. It is possible to either win or draw every time. As a matter of fact not too long ago A member of PFO set up and online bot vs bot tic tac toe game to challenge AI...