Hello, Can anybody suggest me any game in C or C++ for my second semester project in post graduation?

Question

I'm doing post graduation in computer science. In the second semester I wish to do a game in C or C++ so that I can apply my knowledge in these languages and this will add to my existing knowledge about these languages. Please suggest to me a good topic and a brief description about it. I have one of my classmates with me to do the project.

Answer 1

You should take a look at roguelike games. They focus more on code and gameplay than good looking graphics, which make then well suited for this type of game.

Here is a website that can give a much better description than I: http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/

Answer 2

Choose a simple board game, for instance backgammon, and see if you can make it beat you.

Answer 3

Global Thermonuclear War

Answer 4

How about a game by lab pixies called Flood It! It's a gadget on iGoogle

http://www.labpixies.com/gadget%5Fpage.php?id=10

Answer 5

I'd start with Noughts and Crosses, then move it into 3D. Should be able to easily generate an optimal solution for the former, before tackling the latter.

Answer 6

This is highly dependent on which skills you wish to develop. Graphics, networking, AI, etc...

Answer 7

I'd say it depends on what skill you want to show/work on :

• A tetris clone can be good choice if you want to throw in some graphics and animation.

• A board game such as reversi or checkers if you want a go at Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning

• A simple wargame or trade simulation could make a good data structures/random numbers exercise

Answer 8

The exact game doesn't matter. It's the goal of learning by writing the game that matters and thus the answers to the question should, I think, focus on underlying features and functions rather than the exact game.

It sounds like you're looking to stretch your abilities a bit, so ask yourself what it is that you don't know that you'd like to learn more about and try to come up with a game whose creation will challenge you in those areas. There's lots of places you can go from there. If you're not really "up" on real-time graphics work you can come up with something that's very visual and requires some interesting pixel-tweaking. If you want to learn about rule-based logic (expert systems) come up with a semi-strategic game that pits the human player against a machine player. Etc, etc. The game is simply a vehicle to give you some motivation for learning something.