imho. (!) ... don't get me wrong: i'm an old C fan, but why not C++!? i think especially games work well with the object-oriented paradigm. and i would use a

imho. (!) ... don't get me wrong: i'm an old C fan, but why not C++!? i think especially games work well with the object-oriented paradigm. and i would use at least some standard graphics-library, for example something "basic" like openGL - yes, you mentioned, you just want to do 2D ... but getting to know openGL wouldn't hurt and its also pretty useful for 2D ;)) just my 0.02€