Character for computer game and method

A method for providing an avatar for a role playing game, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a profile of a user including answers to questions that provide the user's personal psychological information on appearance prior to game play of the role playing game;
• deriving information on the user's unconscious desires for physical self from the user's personal psychological information;
• generating an initial avatar component for the user from personal information of the user, said initial avatar having an appearance that is recognizable as the user;
• providing said initial avatar component to a provider of a role playing game for utilization in the role playing game by the user;
• generating changes in the initial avatar component based on the user's personal psychological information on appearance so as to make a further avatar component that is more appealing to the user than the initial avatar component yet that is still recognizable as the user, said changes being independent of appearance changes entered by the user, said further avatar changes being established prior to initiation of game play.

A method for providing a character or avatar for use in game play, comprising the steps of:

• creating an initial avatar having an initial appearance resembling a user;
• obtaining a psychological profile of the user prior to initiation of game play, said psychological profile including information on the user's unconscious desires of physical appearance;
• creating a final avatar having a final appearance that differs from said initial appearance, said final avatar being generated using psychological information of the user relating to physical characteristics the user finds desirable and attractive, said final avatar being changed from said initial avatar independently from changes input directly by the user, said final avatar incorporating changes in appearance which are determined from the user's unconscious desires of physical self, features of the final avatar being established prior to initiation of game play;
• creating iterations of the avatar between said initial avatar and said final avatar;
• and
• providing said initial avatar, said iterations, and said final avatar for displayed images.

A method for providing a character or avatar for a role playing game, comprising the steps of:

• requesting user information, said information including current appearance information of the user and information on aspects of appearance that the user considers desirable, said information including psychological profile information of the user;
• accepting the user information from a user regarding an avatar to be generated;
• generating an initial avatar from said user information from the current appearance information of the user;
• deriving information regarding the user's unconscious desires of physical self from the psychological profile;
• generating a final avatar from said user information on aspects that the user considers desirable including the information on the user's unconscious desires of physical self, said final avatar being changed from said initial avatar in ways determined by said psychological profile so that said final avatar has an appearance that depends on psychological desires of the user and independent of direct input of the user, said final avatar being recognizable as the user, the appearance of the final avatar being established prior to initiation of game play by the user;
• generating iterations between said initial avatar and said final avatar;
• and
• providing said initial avatar and said final avatar and said iterations to a role playing game.

A system for playing a role playing video game, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a memory device connected in communication with said computer processor;
• a user input connected by a communication channel to said computer processor to communicate user input to said computer processor;
• a display connected by a communication channel to said computer processor to display the role playing video game;
• software stored on computer readable media and being capable of being executed by said computer processor to generate an avatar for use by a user during play of the role playing video game, said avatar having an appearance recognizable as the user, said software posing questions to the user and receiving input from the user relating to a psychological profile of the user, said software deriving information on the user's unconscious desires of physical self and generating a changes in said avatar depending on the psychological profile including changes based on the unconscious desires, said changes being independent of appearance changes directly input by the user so that the avatar is changed in appearance according to the psychological desires of the user, said changes in the appearance of the avatar being determined prior to initiation of play of the role playing video game.