School Project Idea?

[zcb]

Hello all, I was recently assigned in my second semester c++ course (intermediate c++) an abstract of an individual project I will have to complete by the end of the semester. There are few guidelines other than the length of the code must be about one thousand lines, but I'm having a lot of trouble thinking of any ideas. Our professor suggested as examples a game, organizer, or calculator, but I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas. In particular, I have no idea how difficult coding a game would be, so I don't know what degree of complexity of a game I should choose or if that would be a bad idea altogether.

Please, if anyone has any ideas for a program, I would love to hear them!

Thanks a lot,
ZCB

[tummychow]

Trust me, programming a game is a massive undertaking. It's painful and challenging, especially if there are any parts in realtime. (If it's turnbased, I would say it's doable, depending on what you have in mind.) To make sure you are aware of how extreme that generally is, read this if you are considering the possibility: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/17776/
Anyway, try anything that interests you. Find a basis for your idea and then extrapolate into something sizable enough to fit your target project.

[z05DSL3A]

Some Project Ideas that have been posted:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Project+Idea%3A&as_sitesearch=cplusplus.com

[zcb]

Thanks a lot to both of you, it was really helpful and I've found some good project sites from your links. :)