Rearing simulation apparatus

• US 20040010403A1
• Filed: 07/11/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hiroshi Okada, Takao Kondo
• Original Assignee: Hiroshi Okada, Takao Kondo
• Inventors: Okada, Hiroshi, Kondo, Takao
• Application Number:
  US10/616,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20040010403A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/22
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/825 Fostering virtual characters
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/63 for controlling the execution of the game in time
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8058 Virtual breeding, e.g. tamagotchi
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/807 Role playing or strategy games
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/006 based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/281 for pregnancy, birth or obstetrics G09B23/286 takes precedence

Abstract

Rearing simulation game apparatus for a virtual living thing (VLT), as an interactive electronic game with categories of a VLT at every rearing stage increased to variegate game development. A state parameter processor A increases and decreases a “care” parameter representative of a degree of “care” in response to completeness of an operation responsive to a player request, and calculates a “metamorphosis” parameter based on the “care” parameter. Rearing stage processor D selects one category out of a plurality of categories of the VLT lodged in the succeeding rearing stage in accordance with the metamorphosis requirements depending on the “metamorphosis” parameter calculated and the metamorphosis reference value set peculiarly to the “category” of the VLT in the present rearing stage. Rearing state display is provided in terms of a numerical value or figure based on a parameter or a category of the VLT designated by the request operation for the display.

Claims

1. A rearing simulation apparatus, comprising:

state parameter processing means A for increasing and decreasing a state parameter based on variables fluctuating chronometrically in connection with the state parameter representative of a state of a virtual living thing and variables fluctuating in operation properties in connection with said state parameter responsive to an operation by a player in response to an operation request from the virtual living thing, state parameter processing means A further carrying out “

care” and

“

character”

parameter processing which increases and decreases a “

care”

parameter representative of a degree of “

care”

with respect to the virtual living thing according to completeness of an operation by a player in response to an operation request from the virtual living thing and increases and decreases “

character”

parameter influencing requirements for an operation request from the virtual living thing based on said “

care”

parameter and a “

basic value of a category”

set peculiar to the category of the virtual living thing at every rearing stage,

operation request processing means B for carrying out the operation request from the virtual living thing in predetermined items when said state parameters meet predetermined requirements for the operation-request which are influenced by the “

character”

parameter,

operation request display means C for displaying the operation request from the virtual living thing in the predetermined items for a player,

rearing stage processing means D for metamorphosing the virtual living thing to a next rearing stage based on metamorphosis requirements depending on the state parameters, when a category promoting age representative of a period of life set peculiarly to the category of the virtual living thing at every rearing stage has elapsed, said metamorphosis requirements being connected with the category at the present rearing stage, and

rearing state display means E for displaying said state parameter or said category which is designated by a request operation for displaying the rearing state in response to the request operation for displaying the rearing state.

2. A rearing simulation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said state parameter processing means A comprises state parameter processing means further including “

care” and

“

character”

parameter processing which increases and decreases a “

care”

parameter representative of a degree of “

care”

with respect to the virtual living thing according to the completeness of an operation responsive to a request by a player, and increasing and decreasing a “

character”

parameter influencing the requirements for the operation request of the virtual living thing based on said “

care”

parameter and a “

basic value of a category”

et peculiarly to the category of the virtual living thing at every rearing stage, and operation request processing means B comprises operation request processing means which carries out an operation request in the predetermined items when said state parameter meet the predetermined requirements for the operation request influenced by the “

character”

parameter.