3D rotating viewpoint game

A method of game playing for a game apparatus comprising a playing structure viewable in three dimensional perspective, the playing structure comprising a plurality of substructures arranged into rows, columns, and diagonals, each substructure having a status of selected or non-selected, each substructure further having at least one other viewable mutatable characteristic, the method comprising the steps of:

• initializing all the mutatable characteristics of all the substructures to a predetermined state;
• initializing all substructures to have a status of non-selected;
• selecting a first game player from a set of at least one game players;
• assigning selectively each other game player a sequential position for game play;
• assigning a unique one of the mutatable characteristics to each game player wherein said mutatable characteristics are substantially transparent;
• and
• allowing selection of at least one substructure by each game player sequentially beginning with the first game player until game play is completed, the sequential selection comprising the steps of:
• accepting game player input to select a non-selectable substructure;
• changing a status of the substructure from non-selected to selected;
• changing a mutatable characteristic of the selected substructure to the unique mutatable characteristic of the game player;
• wherein a first substructure indicates the unique mutatable characteristic of the game player whom selected it as modified by each unique mutatable characteristics of the same game player or any other game player who selected any of the other substructure that at least partially obscure said first substructure when viewed in such a perspective;
• ending game play if selecting a non-selected substructure completes a row, column, or diagonal for the game player by each substructure in the row, column, or diagonal having that game player's mutatable characteristic;
• ending the game if the game player selects the last non-selected substructure;
• and
• continuing the game if selecting a non-selected substructure does not complete the row, column, or diagonal for the game player and other non-selected substructures exist wherein the playing structure is freely rotatable about three axes.

A method of game play for a game apparatus comprising a playing structure viewable in three dimensional perspective, the playing structure comprising a plurality of substructures arranged into rows, columns, and diagonals, each substructure having a status of selected or non-selected, each substructure further having at least one other viewable mutatable characteristic;

• at lease one game play controller;
• at least one input device appropriate for selecting each of the substructures, the input device being operatively in communication with the game play controller;
• game play software executing within the game play controller;
• and at least one display device for displaying the playing structure as a three dimensional playing structure, the display device operatively in communication with the game play controller, the method comprising the steps of:
• initializing all the mutatable characteristics of all the substructures to a predetermined state;
• initializing all substructures to have a status of non-selected;
• selecting a first game player from a set of at least one game players;
• assigning selectively each other game player a sequential position for game play;
• assigning a unique mutatable characteristic to each game player wherein said mutatable characteristics are substantially transparent;
• and
• allowing selection of at least one substructure by each game player sequentially, beginning with the first game player, until game play is completed, the sequential selection further comprising the steps of:
• accepting game player input to select a non-selected substructure;
• changing a status of the substructure from non-selected to selected;
• changing by the game software of a mutatable characteristic of a selected substructure upon selection of that substructure to reflect the game players assigned mutatable characteristic;
• rendering the playing structure by the game software on the display device according to that substructure's mutatable characteristic as modified by each mutatable of each other substructure at least partially obscured by that substructure when viewed in perspective;
• wherein a first substructure indicates the unique mutatable characteristic of the game player whom selected it as modified by each unique mutatable characteristics of the same game player or any other game player who selected any of the other substructure that at least partially obscure said first substructure when viewed in such a perspective;
• ending the game if selecting a non-selected substructure completes a row, column, or diagonal for the game player by each substructure in the row, column, or diagonal having that game player's mutatable characteristic;
• ending the game if the game player selects the last non-selected substructure;
• and continuing the game play if selecting a non-selected substructure does not complete the row, column, or diagonal for the game player and other non-selected substructures exist wherein the playing structure is freely rotatable about three axes.