US 8,409,011 B2 · System and method of conducting simulated combat

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method of simulated combat which can be incorporated in an online multiplayer game. The game, which can be played using multiple human players competing against each other or playing against a computer, begins with a randomly chosen player going first. The randomly chosen player makes one of four moves: Slash, Feint, Adjust, or Thrust. If the player chooses to Slash, Feint, or Adjust, the turn ends and the opposing player has the same four options. If the player chooses to Thrust, the opponent is then given two different options instead: Riposte or Dodge. Once the opponent chooses Riposte or Dodge, he is then allowed to move again. Players have two statuses that change during the game: Energy (which is preferably visible to other players) and Balance (which is preferably hidden from other players).

A computer product comprising a first plurality of programmatic instructions stored in non-transitory storage media and a second plurality of programmatic instructions stored in non-transitory storage media wherein said first plurality of programmatic instructions is made network accessible for downloading onto a client device, wherein, when executed by processors, at least one of said first plurality of programmatic instructions or said second plurality of programmatic instructions cause:

a first hidden value to be assigned to a first player and a second hidden value to be assigned to a second player;
a first disclosed value to be assigned to a first player and a second disclosed value to be assigned to a second player;
a first turn to be taken by the first player wherein said first turn comprises:
a. a first action to be taken, as represented by at least one animation, in response to an input from the first player;
and
b. a first outcome to be determined, wherein the first outcome is determined by doing at least one of the following:
i. applying a function of each of said first and second hidden values, wherein at least one of the first or second disclosed values is modified to create modified first or second disclosed values;
ii. replacing the first hidden value and the second hidden value with a first new hidden value and a second new hidden values, wherein at least one of the first or second disclosed values is modified based upon said replacement to create modified first or second disclosed values;
and
iii. revealing said first and second hidden values and, based on a comparison of said first and second hidden values, modifying at least one of the first or second disclosed values to create modified first or second disclosed values;
a second turn to be taken by the second player wherein said second turn comprises:
a. a second action to be taken, as represented by at least one animation, in response to an input from the second player;
and
b. a second outcome to be determined, wherein the second outcome is determined by doing at least one of the following:
i. applying a function of each of said first and second hidden values wherein at least one of the first or second disclosed values is modified to create modified first or second disclosed values;
ii. replacing the first hidden value and the second hidden value with new hidden values, wherein at least one of the first or second disclosed values is modified based upon said replacement;
and
iii. revealing said first and second hidden values and, based on a comparison of said first and second hidden values, modifying at least one of the first or second disclosed values;
wherein the first player has a first hit rate and the second player has a second hit rate, wherein the first hit rate is related to the first hidden value, wherein the second hit rate is related to the second hidden value, wherein the first hit rate is not determinative of the first action taken by the first player and wherein the second hit rate is not determinative of the second action taken by the second player.

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