VIDEO GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20140066200A1
• Filed: 08/28/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: MATSUI, Ryoma, AKIYAMA, Toshio
• Granted Patent: US 9,901,821 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/426 involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A video game processing apparatus is provided for controlling progress of a video game while displaying a player character on a display screen of a display device. Object information on an object that appears in the video game indicates an action possible range, in which the object can carry out a predetermined action against the player character, and the content of the predetermined action. In a case where a movement starting operation for the player character is received, the player character is caused to move in accordance with the received movement starting operation. It is determined whether the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range. The predetermined action by the object corresponding to the action possible range is carried out in a case where it is determined that the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range.

Claims

1. A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game while displaying a player character on a display screen of a display device, the video game processing apparatus comprising:

an object information memory for storing object information, the object information being information on an object that appears in the video game, the object information indicating an action possible range and the content of a predetermined action, the action possible range being a range in which the object can carry out the predetermined action against the player character;

a movement starting operation receiver for receiving a movement starting operation for the player character;

a player character mover for causing the player character to move in accordance with the movement starting operation received by the movement starting operation receiver;

a terminated position determiner for determining whether the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range or not; and

an action executor for carrying out the predetermined action by the object corresponding to the action possible range in a case where the terminated position determiner determines that the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range.

2. The video game processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the object information indicates a display start range that is a range to start displaying the action possible range, and

wherein the video game processing apparatus further comprises:

an entry determiner for determining whether a position of the player character enters within the display start range or not in a case where the movement of the player character is started by the player character mover; and

an action possible range display controller for causing the display device to display the action possible range corresponding to the display start range in a case where the entry determiner determines that the position of the player character enters within the display start range.

3. The video game processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the action executor cancels execution of the predetermined action in a case where the movement starting operation receiver receives another movement starting operation during the execution of the predetermined action.

4. The video game processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the player character mover moves the player character to the vicinity of the object in a case where the terminated position determiner determines that the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program product for causing a computer to control progress of a video game while causing a display device to display a player character on a display screen of the display device,

the computer comprising an object information memory for storing object information, the object information being information on an object that appears in the video game, the object information indicating an action possible range and the content of a predetermined action, the action possible range being a range in which the object can carry out the predetermined action against the player character,

wherein the video game processing program product causes the computer to execute:

receiving a movement starting operation for the player character;

causing the player character to move in accordance with the movement starting operation received in the receiving a movement starting operation;

determining whether the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range or not; and

carrying out the predetermined action by the object corresponding to the action possible range in case where it is determined that the movement of the player character is terminated within the action possible range.