SEQUENCING AND LOCATIONS OF SELECTED VIRTUAL OBJECTS TO TRIGGER TARGETED GAME ACTIONS

• US 20170304722A1
• Filed: 07/11/2017
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Mehra, Sumit, Patel, Sagar, Lai, Peter Pao, Bai, Sora, Baack, David, Lee, Katherine
• Application Number:
  US15/646,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20170304722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/352 involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence

Abstract

A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a Game Action Trigger Module (GATM) for trigger game actions. The GATM generates a virtual gaming environment comprising a concurrent display of a tile board and a game world separate from the tile board. The GATM receives a selection of a sequence of tile board virtual objects. The GATM identifies a location of a particular tile board virtual object in the selected sequence. The GATM identifies a target game world virtual object based on the location of the particular tile board virtual object in the selected sequence. The GATM applies a game action to the target game world virtual object.

Claims

1. (canceled)

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a changed game state of the target game world virtual object to a server computing device.

2. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

selecting a plurality of types of selectable tile board objects, for a tile board, based on a player'"'"'s player skill level;

populating the tile board with the plurality of types of selectable tile board objects;

concurrently displaying the tile board with a target game world in a virtual gaming environment, wherein a first game engine for the tile board differs from a second game engine for the target game world;

receiving from a player in the virtual gaming environment a selection of a sequence of selectable tile board objects;

identifying, by operation of the first game engine, a location of a most recently selected tile board object in the sequence;

identifying, by operation of the second game engine, a target game world virtual object based on the location of the most recently selected tile board object; and

triggering, by operation of the second game engine, display of a game action that changes a game state of a target game world virtual object situated on an axis common to the location of the most recently selected tile board object.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein triggering display of a game action that changes a game state of a target game world virtual object situated on an axis common to the location of the most recently selected tile board object comprises:

triggering an animation representative of the game action, the animation terminating at the target game world virtual object.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

initiating a change of the game state of a target game world virtual object upon completion of the animation representative of the game action.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein identifying a target game world virtual object based on the location of the most recently selected tile board object comprises:

identifying the target game world object based on the target game world object sharing a horizontal axis with most recently selected tile board object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein concurrently displaying the tile board with a target game world in a virtual gaming environment comprising:

concurrently displaying the tile board and the target game world on a shared grid that defines the horizontal axis, the shared grid comprising a plurality of horizontal coordinates and a plurality of vertical coordinates.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein concurrently displaying the tile board and the target game world on a shared grid comprises:

rendering the tile board and the target game world on the shared grid, wherein the shared grid is not visible in the rendered tile board and the rendered target game world.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

selecting a plurality of types of selectable tile board objects, for a tile board, based on a player'"'"'s player skill level;

populating the tile board with the plurality of types of selectable tile board objects;

concurrently displaying the tile board with a target game world in a virtual gaming environment, wherein a first game engine for the tile board differs from a second game engine for the target game world;

receiving from a player in the virtual gaming environment a selection of a sequence of selectable tile board objects;

identifying, by operation of the first game engine, a location of a most recently selected tile board object in the sequence;

identifying, by operation of the second game engine, a target game world virtual object based on the location of the most recently selected tile board object; and

triggering, by operation of the second game engine, display of a game action that changes a game state of a target game world virtual object situated on an axis common to the location of the most recently selected tile board object.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein triggering display of a game action that changes a game state of a target game world virtual object situated on an axis common to the location of the most recently selected tile board object comprises:

triggering an animation representative of the game action, the animation terminating at the target game world virtual object.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:

initiating a change of the game state of a target game world virtual object upon completion of the animation representative of the game action.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein identifying a target game world virtual object based on the location of the most recently selected tile board object comprises:

identifying the target game world object based on the target game world object sharing a horizontal axis with most recently selected tile board object.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein concurrently displaying the tile board with a target game world in a virtual gaming environment comprising:

concurrently displaying the tile board and the target game world on a shared grid that defines the horizontal axis, the shared grid comprising a plurality of horizontal coordinates and a plurality of vertical coordinates.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein concurrently displaying the tile board and the target game world on a shared grid comprises:

rendering the tile board and the target game world on the shared grid, wherein the shared grid is not visible in the rendered tile board and the rendered target game world.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

sending a changed game state of the target game world virtual object to a server computing device.

16. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory device holding an instruction set executable on the processor to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising;

selecting a plurality of types of selectable tile board objects, for a tile board, based on a player'"'"'s player skill level;

populating the tile board with the plurality of types of selectable tile board objects;

concurrently displaying the tile board with a target game world in a virtual gaming environment, wherein a first game engine for the tile board differs from a second game engine for the target game world;

receiving from a player in the virtual gaming environment a selection of a sequence of selectable tile board objects,

identifying, by operation of the first game engine, a location of a most recently selected tile board object in the sequence;

identifying, by operation of the second game engine, a target game world virtual object based on the location of the most recently selected tile board object; and

triggering, by operation of the second game engine, display of a game action that changes a game state of a target game world virtual object situated on an axis common to the location of the most recently selected tile board object.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein triggering display of a game action that changes a game state of a target game world virtual object situated on an axis common to the location of the most recently selected tile board object comprises:

triggering an animation representative of the game action, the animation terminating at the target game world virtual object.

18. The computer system of claim 17, further comprising:

initiating a change of the game state of a target game world virtual object upon completion of the animation representative of the game action.

19. The computer system of claim 16, wherein identifying a target game world virtual object based on the location of the most recently selected tile board object comprises:

identifying the target game world object based on the target game world object sharing a horizontal axis with most recently selected tile board object.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein concurrently displaying the tile board with a target game world in a virtual gaming environment comprising:

concurrently displaying the tile board and the target game world on a shared grid that defines the horizontal axis, the shared grid comprising a plurality of horizontal coordinates and a plurality of vertical coordinates.

21. The computer system of claim 20, wherein concurrently displaying the tile board and the target game world on a shared grid comprises:

rendering the tile board and the target game world on the shared grid, wherein the shared grid is not visible in the rendered tile board and the rendered target game world.