Hello! Go ahead and check this website out: http://www.relisoft.com/win32/. It has a tutorial on writing win32 base code in c++ framework. Hope this can at least get you started on your project. :) Oh, and about wanting to be able to draw certain shapes look at this website: http://www.gametutorials.com/Tutorials/Win32/Win32\_Pg1.htm. Download the example code under "Drawing Shapes Using GDI" on the website. Hope that helps! Later, Caleb