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Hi guys. Just joined the forums. I was quite an admirer for this community and the source codes here really helped me in learning process and for that i thank you.

I am a student of 1st semester in BS(CS). I want to become a Game Programmer and am trying my best to get there. The problem i had was that my teacher asked class to make a group and take a project and i want to take a Game as a project. The thing is it would be my 1st real game other than small guess a number or Blackjack style games. I wanted to ask what game i should go for.
We have learned till arrays and there will also be a class on graphics header soon. I have also bought the Premier Press book for C++ game programming and am studing it alongside with my class. Your suggestions will be much appriciated.(Sorry for such a long post.)

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You don't have the time nor the skills to tackle large games, Here are some links that might help you.

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When you say game, do you mean console ( just C++ ) or using a
graphics library. If "using a graphics library", how much knowledge or
experience do you have using that graphics library? Give more details.

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Also, how good are you at object oriented programming? If you don't know OOP, that severely limits your options.

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When you say game, do you mean console ( just C++ ) or using a
graphics library. If "using a graphics library", how much knowledge or
experience do you have using that graphics library? Give more details.

As i said erlier that i am a 1st semester student. I do not have any experiance other than basic c++ console. I do not have any experiance in any graphic library. And OOP is a second semester course so i have not yet studied OOP yet.
Thus the only possibilites are fairly limited and thats why i need help regarding what to chose that may fit with my current knowledge.
Thanks for replies.

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So the game will have to be text-based. I think the best format for a text-based game is a basic RPG or a puzzle game of some sort. Does anyone else have an idea?

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You could try making a tic-tac-toe game.

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