Does anyone know a good game development kit for C++ 2010?

What are you making? The major game engines have their own SDK's. Are you making a game using your own engine...er...what's the end result?

I not making anything at the moment I'm just asking if there's a good game development kit. I've tried setting up the dark GDK but I have been having problems with it because it uses software for 2007 instead . So I'm asking if there's another kit similar to it. Also if I'm not making sense its probably because I'm fairly new to this stuff.

Why don't you try XNA for Visual Studio?
Yes, I know it's C#, not C++... so what?

C# is a great language and easy to learn if you already know C++. :grad:

Is it similar to C++. Because that's the only computer language I know.

Not really

it's very similar to Java :shrug:

Yes, seriously if you already know C++ it's a piece of cake.

There are some key differences, like you can't use multi-class inheritance in C#.

The biggest advantage is that the C# compiler has a "garbage collector", which takes care of a great deal of the memory management for you.
This leads to more stable code and you having more time to spend on the actual programming.

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/gtomar/ComparisionofCandcsharplanguages10242007013053AM/ComparisionofCandcsharplanguages.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb200104.aspx

Yeah, in this case you're probably better off using XNA. But it really depends on what kind of game you plan to make. For instance if you're game is going to use skeletal animations for 3D models, XNA doesn't directly support that. You can still do it but you have to use more traditional methods or scrounge up an unofficial animation library.

If you plan on just doing simple 2D graphics and animations then SDL might be better for you. You can use it with a whole variety of languages including C++ and it uses opengl so your game would run on most operating systems. XNA by comparison is better suited for complex 2D graphics and animation.

If you have your heart set on 3D you should probably look into UDK. It's completely free for non-commercial applications.

I'm trying to go for graphics similar to temple of elemental evil.

Yeah, and they're both similar enough to C++, IMO. TBH, as a language, I actually like C# better than Java. XNA is going to probably be a better place to start learning than with a more obscure dev kit anyway.

Agreed :nod:

Since this is a programming-ish thread I have a question for you all. I have a toshiba laptop that can not really run games all that great (AMD Sempron SI-42, 2GB memory, Integrated graphics), will that affect my ability to program a game? I have a degree in programming already but i have not used it for about 7 years and I want to get back into it as a hobby and make a game for fun. I downloaded all the XNA software and my only worry is if I make a game I won't be able to troubleshoot it because my computer is so slow. I guess I could just port it to Xbox?

A slower computer may actually be ideal. You can spot performance issues with your game much sooner than with a fast computer. When I made Xeno Arena I tested it on my netbook to see if there were any performance issues. Turns out I was processing too many map tiles at once so I made some adjustments and it ran perfectly.