# US 10,500,488 B2 · Method of simultaneous playing in single-player video games

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- Number: US 10,500,488 B2
- Document ID: US10500488B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/326,389
- Filed: 2016-03-30
- Published: 2018-07-26
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30
- Assignees: Bloober Team S.A.
- Applicants: Bloober Team S.A.
- Inventors: Piotr Babieno; Konrad Rekieć
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500488B2

## CPC

- A63F 13/25: Output arrangements for video game devices
- A63F 13/42: by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
- A63F 13/56: Computing the motion of game characters with respect to other game characters, game objects or elements of the game scene, e.g. for simulating the behaviour of a group of virtual soldiers or for path finding
- A63F 13/822: Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence)
- A63F 13/40: Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment
- A63F 2300/6054: by generating automatically game commands to assist the player, e.g. automatic braking in a driving game
- A63F 2300/6623: for animating a group of characters
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The invention relates to the method of simultaneous playing in video games designed for a single player. The invention is realized with a computer unit and uses at least one display device, at least one computer device that generates the game image display and at least one game controller controlled by the user. The method of controlling the figure according to the invention is characterized in that the player using one controller simultaneously controls at least two characters (1), (2) while each of the characters controlled by the same user is displayed simultaneously in a separate viewport (6), (7), which makes a separate story universe (A), (B) and the input signal from the controller is transformed by the software synchronization layer including predefined modifiers specific for a given story universe (A), (B).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of simultaneous playing in single-player games, with a storyline and narrative, realized with a use of a computer device, using at least one device for image display, at least one computer device to generate game images and at least one game controller controlled by a player characterized in that the player using one controller controls simultaneously at least two characters (1), (2), wherein each of the characters controlled by the same player acts in a different story universe simultaneously displayed in a separate viewport (6), (7), which makes a separate story universe (A), (B) and an input signal sent from the controller is transformed by a synchronization layer involving predefined modifiers different for each given story universe (A), (B), wherein
action taken by the character (1), (2) in one story universe have consequences on character's (1), (2) functioning and development of a plot in other story universe (A), (B) generated by the game, and wherein
an output signal executed by given character (A), (B) depends on three groups of modifiers assigned to the character, assigned to the given story universe, and assigned to the synchronization layer which synchronizes movement of all characters (1), (2).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of simultaneous playing in single-player games according to claim 1, characterized in that attention of the player is focused on particularly important elements of a story (10), (11) in the virtual world by cropping of scene parts in additional viewports (8), (9).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of simultaneous playing in single-player games according to claim 1, characterized in that information contained in one of the story universes (B) presented in a separate viewport (9) includes tips related to a way of further developing the storyline presented in a different story world (A).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of simultaneous playing in single-player games according to claim 1, characterized in that the viewports 6, 7 are displayed on the same physical device for image display.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of simultaneous playing in single-player games according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the viewports 6, 7 can be displayed on a different image display device.