For my final project, one system that I am interested in exploring is entertainment. Due to the virus, most people are now finding themselves stuck at home with little to do besides work. I would like to try making a simulation that revolves around different ways someone can entertain themselves at home. I would like to explore the different things people can do while at home as well how these activities affect us. For example, if someone plays games all day instead of studying, they may be entertained, but they most likely will not get any smarter. In addition, there may also be some activities that you need a certain level of intelligence for so by playing games all day, you may be limiting other opportunities. There is also the issue of money and interacting with other people. While I would like to add on to the initial topic, I mainly want to focus on different types of entertainment and how it can affect us.

One tool that I would like to explore with this project is React. Even though I have known about it for years, I never really understood its usefulness until very recently. Many of the projects I have completed require the page to be refreshed for any major change to take place. While this is fine for more static pages where little to no changes are being made, for things that are constantly being updated, like my cereal rating system from last class, react would make using much easier for both the user and the developer in my opinion.

Personally, I have never really thought of games as simulations. However, looking back on many of the games I have played now, most of, if not all of them are simulations both simple and complex. Reading the article, one example that came to mind is Pokemon. The game can basically be boiled down to you choosing an action, and that action having a certain effect based on a number of variables like accuracy, the type of move, etc. Personally, I think that looking at these games as simulations slightly takes away from the entertainment value but I also see how looking at games this way makes it much easier to develop design.