   need an idea for a project
  I am not one of those types to come up with really great ideas, thats what you guys are for :D. I don't have any ideas for a simple game. I think I am an intermediate programmer, at least when it comes to c++, so I don't need any suggestions like "make a rock paper siscors game. I can work with the windows api to make graphical applications, but I don't really perfer it. if someone came up with a really cool console app idea, I would most defiantly do it. if someone came up with a graphical app, I might do that too. I just need an idea!   
  try a chess engine =)   ;  no offense, but that seems slightly daunting, and I personally don't think I am ready for it, even with hard work and dedication.   ;  well, I am currently developing a chess engine and am having great fun with it. My programming skill is mediocre at best (only a high school kid, and have been writing C++ for 2 years). It's not actually as hard as it seems (to me at least). I started with a tic tac toe AI, then reversi (othello), then chess. Of course, it probably won't win the computer chess championship, but it will be able to defeat beginning and intermediate players. It is certainly challenging, but how can there be fun without challenges?   ;  lol I am not going to pussy out, are you your using gui though?   ;  no, I am not writing a GUI. I am interfacing my chess engine to existing GUIs using the xboard protocol (http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard/engine-intf.html).   ;Quote:Original post by mastersmithI am not one of those types to come up with really great ideas, thats what you guys are for :D. I don't have any ideas for a simple game. I think I am an intermediate programmer, at least when it comes to c++, so I don't need any suggestions like "make a rock paper scissors game. I can work with the windows api to make graphical applications, but I don't really prefer it. if someone came up with a really cool console app idea, I would most defiantly do it. if someone came up with a graphical app, I might do that too. I just need an idea!Console app: How about a Rogue Like?2d top down: Bumper cars? Self explanatory. Good way to practice 2d collision.flaemthrower? Good way to practice 2d particle effects. You have a flamethrower and you, er, burn stuff...2d side scrolling: Archery? You have to shoot arrows over obstacles into a target.Plane game? You have to bomb the evil mutant chinchillas as they march upon the last surviving human settlement.