US 5,855,512 A · Method for programming television-game

Abstract

According to a method of programming a TV-game of the present invention, the event variation process 40 is added between processes of the TV-game program. Therefore, one of the processes of the TV-game program or the event variation process 40 is selected according to a situation of a TV-game scenario. Namely, the event variation process 40 is executed only when the event variation process 40 is selected. The event variation process 40 is not executed when anther process is selected. Therefore, the CPU load is light, because the event variation process 40 is not executed at each time. Further, even if the characters of the TV-game are many, the character motion is not paused. Therefore, the TV-game can include a variety of situations, because the steps in the TV-program are not cut off.

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Dependent claims

A method of programming a TV-game, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a process condition according to a TV-game scenario;
determining one of a plurality of processes in a TV-game program according to the TV-game scenario;
determining an event variation process in said TV-game program according to said TV-game scenario;
and
executing said event variation process after said determined process of said plurality of processes in said TV-game program is executed and said determined process condition is sufficient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/768,106Filed 16 Dec 1996

Priority

JP 7-35090025 Dec 1995

Granted

5 Jan 1999

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A63F 13/44
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: involving timing of…
A63F 13/47
Controlling the progress of the video game: involving branching, e.g. choosing one of several possible scenarios at a given point in time
A63F 13/58
Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress: by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength,…
A63F 13/825
Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode: fostering virtual characters

Method for programming television-game

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Method for programming television-game

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