I've been taking Computer Science classes for the past couple years so I can already program in Java. I want to tool around and make games for the rest of the summer, but I don't know where to start. What language/IDE/library should I use? I just want to make 2d platformy action games and such.
apparently /prog/ is confused. What i meant was first: what language should i use? I'm familiar with Java, but i also know a bit of C++ so that is an option, albeit a less desirable one. If i go with C++. what should I use? A game library like allegro, or just directX components or openGL? If i use java,i don't know of any libraries, so i would need suggestions.