DEPLOYMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC GAME USING DEVICE PROFILES

• US 20150314196A1
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MPH, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MPH, Inc.
• Inventors: Chapman, Adam Cory, Grills, Jeffrey Norman, Bare, Brandon Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/701,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20150314196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/60 Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or game-integrated level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/209 characterized by low level software layer, relating to hardware management, e.g. Operating System, Application Programming Interface

Abstract

A database-driven collaborative game development environment and system automatically generates runtime versions of a game for deployment on a plurality of different platforms based on predefined device profiles.

Claims

1. A method for deploying an electronic game to multiple gaming platforms, the method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a plurality of digital assets associated with an electronic game, each of the digital assets in a format native to a digital content creation tool;

converting, by the server, the plurality of digital assets from the format native to the digital content creation tool to a generic format;

receiving, at the server, a plurality of platform profiles, each of the platform profiles associated with respective different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game, and each of the platform profiles specifying platform-specific modification rules for modifying the plurality of digital assets;

modifying, by the server, the plurality of digital assets according to each of the platform-specific modification rules to generate a plurality of sets of modified digital assets, each of the sets associated with one of the different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game;

generating a plurality of runtime versions of the electronic game, each of the plurality of runtime versions using a corresponding one of the sets of the plurality of assets, each of the runtime versions associated with one of the different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the digital assets having a metadata tag indicating one or more platforms associated with the digital asset, wherein the sets of the plurality of assets each include only a subset of the plurality of assets that have a metadata tag indicating the corresponding platform.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

modifying the plurality of assets according to developer-specified platform-specific rules editable by a developer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

modifying the plurality of assets according to immutable platform-specific rules that cannot be edited by the developer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

for a given platform profile, reducing a size of one or more assets to a predefined maximum size specified in the given platform profile.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

for a given platform profile, converting a format of one or more assets to a predefined format specified in the given platform profile.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the different types of platforms include at least one of:

a PC platform, a game console platform, a mobile device platform, and a tablet platform.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for deploying an electronic game to multiple gaming platforms, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform steps including:

receiving a plurality of digital assets associated with an electronic game, each of the digital assets in a format native to a digital content creation tool;

converting the plurality of digital assets from the format native to the digital content creation tool to a generic format;

receiving a plurality of platform profiles, each of the platform profiles associated with respective different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game, and each of the platform profiles specifying platform-specific modification rules for modifying the plurality of digital assets;

modifying the plurality of digital assets according to each of the platform-specific modification rules to generate a plurality of sets of modified digital assets, each of the sets associated with one of the different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game; and

generating a plurality of runtime versions of the electronic game, each of the plurality of runtime versions using a corresponding one of the sets of the plurality of assets, each of the runtime versions associated with one of the different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein each of the digital assets having a metadata tag indicating one or more platforms associated with the digital asset, wherein the sets of the plurality of assets each include only a subset of the plurality of assets that have a metadata tag indicating the corresponding platform.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

modifying the plurality of assets according to developer-specified platform-specific rules editable by a developer.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

modifying the plurality of assets according to immutable platform-specific rules that cannot be edited by the developer.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

for a given platform profile, reducing a size of one or more assets to a predefined maximum size specified in the given platform profile.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

for a given platform profile, converting a format of one or more assets to a predefined format specified in the given platform profile.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the different types of platforms include at least one of:

a PC platform, a game console platform, a mobile device platform, and a tablet platform.

15. A system for deploying an electronic game to multiple gaming platforms comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for deploying an electronic game to multiple gaming platforms, the instructions when executed by the processor causing the processor to perform steps including;

receiving a plurality of digital assets associated with an electronic game, each of the digital assets in a format native to a digital content creation tool;

converting the plurality of digital assets from the format native to the digital content creation tool to a generic format;

receiving a plurality of platform profiles, each of the platform profiles associated with respective different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game, and each of the platform profiles specifying platform-specific modification rules for modifying the plurality of digital assets;

modifying the plurality of digital assets according to each of the platform-specific modification rules to generate a plurality of sets of modified digital assets, each of the sets associated with one of the different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game; and

generating a plurality of runtime versions of the electronic game, each of the plurality of runtime versions using a corresponding one of the sets of the plurality of assets, each of the runtime versions associated with one of the different types of platforms for deploying the electronic game.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein each of the digital assets having a metadata tag indicating one or more platforms associated with the digital asset, wherein the sets of the plurality of assets each include only a subset of the plurality of assets that have a metadata tag indicating the corresponding platform.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

modifying the plurality of assets according to developer-specified platform-specific rules editable by a developer.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

modifying the plurality of assets according to immutable platform-specific rules that cannot be edited by the developer.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

for a given platform profile, reducing a size of one or more assets to a predefined maximum size specified in the given platform profile.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein modifying the plurality of digital assets comprises:

for a given platform profile, converting a format of one or more assets to a predefined format specified in the given platform profile.