   My next game your vote please?
  I would like the gamedev.net community to please give me advice on what my next game that I should make.   I'm very new to game development extremely young to programming, and the only language I know as of now is Java.  So far I have created pong, brick/breakout whatever ya wanna call it, and Master Mind (just finished!)  Please give me good advice on the next game I should make, and why you think I should make it.  I am planning to work on one game a week each game more difficult than the last, until I can start making really good 3D games to work on my game title I have in mind.thanxbionic_atom   
  If you put a one week deadline on your games, you will reach a point where it'll be a rush job, and you won't complete the games. I think you should impose a slightly less strict deadline, if any at all. Break down your projects into realistically estimatable chunks, determine how long each will take, and then add it all up. And then write down how long things ACTUALLY took, and you may be surprised.Anyway, as for simple games that don't take too too long to write... how about a 2-D tron lightcycle game? Sure, it's been done to death, but so have tetris, arkanoid and pong :). Or maybe a 2-d, 1942 style shooter?   ;  Make a 2D sidescroller. It might take more than a week, but like Replicon said, give yourself as much time as needed. Rushing projects will only cause panic and stress and lead to dead projects. Trust me. I know. I have at least five unfinished games [smile].   