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US 6,203,014 B1Granted
Three-dimensional maze game
AssigneeGambit Gameworks, Inc.
InventorMatthew de Caussin
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Abstract
A three-dimensional maze game. Vertical slices of a three-dimensional maze are displayed on a plurality of surfaces. The surfaces are retained relative to one another such that features common to adjacent slices remain in corresponding positions as a user moves from surface to surface while traversing the maze.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a first page having a front side and a back side, the front side having printed thereon a first representation of a first portion of a three-dimensional labyrinth, the representation including at least one portal through the first page, the back side of the first page having printed thereon a second representation of a second portion of the labyrinth;
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- a facing page having a front side and a back side, the front side having printed thereon a third representation of a third portion of the labyrinth,
- wherein passing through an exit in a background of the first representation moves a user to a corresponding position in the second representation and wherein passing through an exit in a foreground of the second representation moves a user to a corresponding position in the third representation.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first surface having displayed thereon a first representation of a first portion of a three-dimensional labyrinth;
- a second surface having displayed thereon a second representation of a second portion of the labyrinth, the second surface retained adjacent to the first surface such that correspondence between an element common to the first representation and the second representation is maintained.
A game comprising:
- a plurality of pages, each page having a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional labyrinth printed thereon, the portion being related to portions on each immediately adjacent page, wherein a user plays the game by traversing the labyrinth by passing through a portal in one representation to get to a next room in the next representation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.