Pickin' Gems is a clone of Lusikkamage's Pickin' Sticks. This is my first game, so I am very inexperienced. I know that the code could be a lot better. I am using the SDL API. Lusikkamage's website is www.moosader.com. She is a skilled programmer, music composer, and artist. Some tutorials that I have learned from are:
http://www.lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php and http://www.moosader.com/tut-gameprog-1.html
I have been inspired by:
Lusikkamage
GyroVorbis
Trufun
Go look them up on youtube!