Program, server apparatus, and game system
AssigneeGREE, Inc.
InventorSatoshi Fukuda
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Abstract
A server apparatus, which may be configured to execute a step of storing one or more first game content associated with a plurality of users, a step of selecting two or more users from among the plurality of users, an establishment step of establishing association between each user and a second game content, and a step of executing a first game part on the basis of the second game content of which association with each user may be established and a user operation on the terminal device used by each user. The second game content associated with the first user among the two or more users may be selected from among one or more first game content associated with the first user and one or more first game content associated with the second user among the two or more users.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program code that, when executed, causes a server apparatus providing a game to a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users to execute:
- a step of retrieving, for each user in the plurality of users, game content associated with said user, first game content associated with a first user in the plurality of users and second game content associated with a second user in the plurality of users;
- a selection providing step of providing, on a graphical user interface of a terminal device of the first user, a set of selectable game content comprising the first game content and second game content;
- a selection receiving step of receiving, from the set of selectable game content, a selection of first-user game content, the selection of first-user game content comprising second game content, and pairing the first-user game content with the first user;
- a step of executing a first game part common to the two or more users jointly for the two or more users, the first-user game content being associated with the first user during the first game part;
- a step of ending the first game part, and, as a result of ending the first game part, canceling the pairing between the first user and the second game content;
- a step of executing a second game part, the second game part including the first user and not including the second user;
- a step of enabling access, by the first user, after executing the second game part, based on the pairing between the first user and the second game content during the first game part, to the second game content within the game of the first user;
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- a step of, after enabling access to the second game content, providing the second game content to the first user.
A method of providing a game, comprising causing a server apparatus configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users to execute:
- a step of retrieving, for each user in the plurality of users, game content associated with said user, first game content associated with a first user in the plurality of users and second game content associated with a second user in the plurality of users;
- a selection providing step of providing, on a graphical user interface of a terminal device of the first user, a set of selectable game content comprising the first game content and second game content;
- a selection receiving step of receiving, from the set of selectable game content, a selection of first-user game content, the selection of first-user game content comprising second game content, and pairing the first-user game content with the first user;
- a step of executing a first game part common to the two or more users jointly for the two or more users, the first-user game content being associated with the first user during the first game part;
- a step of ending the first game part, and, as a result of ending the first game part, canceling the pairing between the first user and the second game content;
- a step of executing a second game part, the second game part including the first user and not including the second user;
- a step of enabling access, by the first user, after executing the second game part, based on the pairing between the first user and the second game content during the first game part, to the second game content within the game of the first user;
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- a step of, after enabling access to the second game content, providing the second game content to the first user.
A server apparatus configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices used by a plurality of users, the server apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing program code that, when executed, causes the server apparatus to execute:
- a step of retrieving, for each user in the plurality of users, game content associated with said user, first game content associated with a first user in the plurality of users and second game content associated with a second user in the plurality of users;
- a selection providing step of providing, on a graphical user interface of a terminal device of the first user, a set of selectable game content comprising the first game content and second game content;
- a selection receiving step of receiving, from the set of selectable game content, a selection of first-user game content, the selection of first-user game content comprising second game content, and pairing the first-user game content with the first user;
- a step of executing a first game part common to the two or more users jointly for the two or more users, the first-user game content being associated with the first user during the first game part;
- a step of ending the first game part, and, as a result of ending the first game part, canceling the pairing between the first user and the second game content;
- a step of executing a second game part, the second game part including the first user and not including the second user;
- a step of enabling access, by the first user, after executing the second game part, based on the pairing between the first user and the second game content during the first game part, to the second game content within the game of the first user;
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- a step of, after enabling access to the second game content, providing the second game content to the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.