An interesting console program for beginners C ++

Question

I teach an entry-level C ++ programming class. We use only iostream in the class (no GUI). It seems that students are not very happy to print lines and numbers on their console. (Most students have never even used a console before.) It's hard to motivate or convey the excitement of programming by showing lines in their console.

What would be a good and fun console program that can be written by C ++ beginners? Im looking for something feasible with a basic C ++ skill + a little complicated + very interesting, which might encourage students to learn programming languages.

Any comments would be appreciated.

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