US 8,012,007 B2Granted

Video game processing apparatus, method and computer program product of processing video game

AssigneeSquare Enix Co., Ltd.

InventorNaoki Yoshida

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Abstract

A video game, in which a player character operated by a player fights against an enemy character and one character wins by lowering a life parameter for the other character by means of an attack to a battle impossible value at which the other character cannot fight, is controlled. First and second courage points are respectively applied to the player character and the enemy character in accordance with battle content. When a predetermined operation is received from the player, it is determined whether or not each of accumulated values of the first and second courage points is a predetermined value or more. Special fighting between the player character and the enemy character is controlled in the case where it is determined that both the accumulated values are the predetermined value or more. The special fighting is different from a battle for lowering the life parameter.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game in which a player character operated by a player fights against an enemy character and one of the player character and the enemy character wins by lowering a life parameter of an other of the player character and the enemy character by an attack to a battle impossible value at which the other of the player character and the enemy character cannot fight, the video game processing apparatus comprising:

a processor;
a first courage point applier that applies a first courage point to the player character in accordance with battle content of the player character;
a second courage point applier that applies a second courage point to the enemy character in accordance with battle content of the enemy character;
a predetermined operation receiver that receives a predetermined operation from the player;
a courage point determiner that, when the predetermined operation receiver receives the predetermined operation, determines whether each of an accumulated value of the first courage point and an accumulated value of the second courage point is at least a predetermined value;
and
a special fighting controller that controls special fighting between the player character and the enemy character when the courage point determiner determines that both the accumulated value of the first courage point and the accumulated value of the second courage point are at least the predetermined value, the special fighting being different than a battle for lowering the life parameter,
wherein the enemy character is one of operated by an other player and controlled by a computer, and
each of the first courage point and the second courage point is applied to a corresponding one of the player character and the enemy character in accordance with a period of time that elapses from a reception of a selection of any action content specifying command for specifying action content of the corresponding one of the player character and the enemy character when the battle is started to when a selection of an action content specifying command is actually received.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a computer program product for processing a video game by controlling progress of the video game in which a player character operated by a player fights against an enemy character, and one of the player character and the enemy character wins by lowering a life parameter of an other of the player character and the enemy character by an attack to a battle impossible value at which the other of the player character and the enemy character cannot fight, the computer program product causing a computer to execute:

applying a first courage point to the player character in accordance with battle content of the player character;
applying a second courage point to the enemy character in accordance with battle content of the enemy character;
receiving a predetermined operation from the player;
determining, when the predetermined operation is received, whether each of an accumulated value of the first courage point and an accumulated value of the second courage point is at least a predetermined value;
and
controlling special fighting between the player character and the enemy character when it is determined that both the accumulated value of the first courage point and the accumulated value of the second courage point are at least the predetermined value, the special fighting being different than a battle for lowering the life parameter,
wherein the enemy character is one of operated by an other player and controlled by a computer, and
each of the first courage point and the second courage point is applied to a corresponding one of the player character and the enemy character in accordance with a period of time that elapses from a reception of a selection of any action content specifying command for specifying action content of the corresponding one of the player character and the enemy charter when the battle is started to when a selection of an action content specifying command is actually received.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/606,300Filed 27 Oct 2009
Priority: JP 2008-3077732 Dec 2008
Published: US 2010/0137050 A13 Jun 2010
Granted: 6 Sep 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A63F 13/10
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 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…
A63F 13/45
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: controlling the progress of the video game