System and method for recording and displaying a graphical path in a video game

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for displaying a graphical path in a video game, the method comprising:

• retrieving graphical path data associated with a previous run;
• displaying the graphical path data as a visual string of path markers;
• and
• determining a color for a displayed path marker of the visual string of path markers based upon an elapsed time from a starting point to a current location of a player character of a current video game session and an elapsed time from a starting point to the current location of a player character associated with the displayed path marker from the previous run and recorded for each point in the path, wherein the current location is after the starting line but prior to the finish line for a course being traversed in the current video game session.

An electronic entertainment system for displaying a graphical path in a video game, comprising:

• a data cache configured to store graphical path data associated with a current video game session and a previous run;
• a processor configured to execute instructions stored in memory to:
• retrieve the graphical path data associated with the previous run,
• to generate a visual string of path markers, and
• to determine a color for a displayed path marker of the visual string of path markers based upon an elapsed time from a starting point to a current location of a player character of a current video game session and an elapsed time from a starting point to the current location of a player character associated with the displayed path marker from the previous run and recorded for each point in the path, wherein the current location is after the starting line but prior to the finish line for a course being traversed in the current video game session;
• and
• a display device configured to display the visual string of path markers.

A system for displaying a graphical path in a video game session, comprising:

• means for retrieving graphical path data associated with a previous video game session;
• means for displaying the graphical path data as a visual string of path markers;
• and
• means for determining a color of a displayed path marker of the visual string of path markers based upon an elapsed time from a starting point to a current location of a player character of the video game session, an elapsed time from a starting point to the current location of a player character associated with the displayed path marker from the previous run and recorded for each point in the path, and a character state associated with the displayed path marker, wherein the current location is after the starting line but prior to the finish line for a course being traversed in the current video game session.