Quarantine Fun!

We wanted to create a project that could benefit people staying at home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As boredom is setting in, people are looking for things to do to stay busy and entertained. Our program selects a specific and personalized activity for the user based on their interests. The program begins with a short quiz that selects a category from TV entertainment, baking, nature, and music. The user is prompted with more questions to select the exact activity for the user such as a specific movie or tv show based on genre, streaming service and type of media and even provides a reelgood.com link to make things even easier. The program can also find you a recipe based on the amount of servings that you want to make. If you want to listen to new music, the program finds a personalized music recommendation based on each answer you choose. It can also find a nature-related activity based on your desired level of activity. The program is built using c++. It uses input and output redirection, file i/o, node structs, linked lists and inheritance. A challenge that we faced was the time constraint. We were not used to having to do a whole project in such a short time frame, so we had to choose a project that we could do in one day. We also have never made a project from scratch before. We normally work with starter files, so starting ourselves this time was a challenge. We are proud of the fact that we overcame these challenges to make a functioning program. There are many potential future improvements for this project, as there are so many possible activities. We could add more categories to include things like art and exercise. We also want to make a user-friendly interface that is visually appealing and easy to use. With this, we hope people are reminded how fun it can be to stay safe and inside.