i'm always wary of this kind of stuff. learning things upfront - not just for games, but in general for programming - is often a fantastic waste of time. the gr

i'm always wary of this kind of stuff. learning things upfront - not just for games, but in general for programming - is often a fantastic waste of time. the greatest skill to learn imo is how to research a problem effectively when you hit it and how to (re)invent wheels when you need to... also, my experience is that things learned this way stick better and are understood more thoroughly.