US 2019/0240575 A1 · GENERATING GAME CONFIGURATIONS

Abstract

A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating game configurations are presented. For example, a system may receive a game configuration request message from a client device being operated by a player playing a virtual game. The game configuration request message may be sent, for example, in response to the player initiating a new game of the virtual game. The system may then select a game configuration based at least in part on historical performance data associated with the selected game configuration. The historical performance data may accumulate performance data from a group of players that previously played the virtual game using the selected game configuration. The system then communicates the selected game configuration to the client device. The player may play the virtual game using the selected game configuration as the initial game configuration for the virtual game.

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A method comprising:

storing a set of game configurations comprising a plurality of game configurations of a word forming game, each game configuration comprising a gameboard that comprises a set tiles from which a respective set of words are selectable during gameplay;
accessing historical performance data indicating historical performance in the word forming game by multiple players;
in an automated operation performed using one or more computer processors configured therefor, calculating for each game configuration in the set of game configurations a respective quality score using a game configuration heuristic in combination with the historical performance data, the game configuration heuristic for each game configuration being based at least in part on respective historical selection values for words formable from the corresponding gameboard;
based at least in part on the respective quality scores, selecting one of the set of game configurations for presentation to a player;
and
causing presentation of the selected game configuration in a game user interface on a client device associated with the player.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

storing a set of game configurations comprising a plurality of game configurations of a word forming game, each game configuration comprising a gameboard that comprises a set tiles from which a respective set of words are selectable during gameplay;
accessing historical performance data indicating historical performance in the word forming game by multiple players;
in an automated operation, calculating for each game configuration in the set of game configurations a respective quality score using a game configuration heuristic in combination with the historical performance data, the game configuration heuristic for each game configuration being based at least in part on respective historical selection values for words formable from the corresponding gameboard;
based at least in part on the respective quality scores, selecting one of the set of game configurations for presentation to a player;
and
causing presentation of the selected game configuration in a game user interface on a client device associated with the player.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generating game configurations

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