The CodeBank is a group of forums we have, which contain example code for lots of things: http://www.vbforums.com/forumdisplay...orums-CodeBank
(there are sub-forums for "VB.Net" and "Games", you will probably want to check them both out)


Your intention to deal with optimising your current code before moving on to new concepts is definitely a good idea. It is certainly possible that you can make your code fast enough just by doing that, and that not doing it would make implementing the new concepts almost pointless.