quick question

[Cearl]

hello everyone!

So i have a quick question, i'm currently working on a game and i'm trying to build a grid that displays my character as a @ and the rest of the grid as * and use arrow keys for movement, even just a little hint as to how would be fine trying to re learn c++. thanks

[BlackSheep]

Use a media library such as
SFML: http://www.sfml-dev.org/
or
SDL: http://www.libsdl.org/

The overhead for learning the library is nothing compared to the benefits of knowing how to use it. Use the console if you want to develop algorithms, not graphics applications.