Automatic Formation Function for Game Content Progression

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing games lack player-friendliness, which is essential for motivating players to continue playing.

Innovation Solution

An information processing program that allows players to set formation information for specific game content, using automatic formation functions to prioritize either satisfying minimum conditions or increasing the degree of advantage, thereby enhancing player-friendliness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the game requires manual formation setup and constant player interaction, then the player can have full control over game content, but the player-friendliness decreases and motivation to play is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplayer-friendlinessVSAvoidformation setup complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-calculates and stores optimal formation information based on game media attributes before the player needs them. When the player initiates game content, the pre-computed formation data is automatically provided, eliminating the need for manual setup and enhancing player-friendliness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The game system automatically generates and adjusts formation information based on the game media being used and the specific content requirements. The system serves itself by computing optimal formations without player intervention, improving ease of operation while maintaining control quality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If the game progresses automatically without player interaction, then player-friendliness increases, but the player loses control over formation settings

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplayer-friendlinessVSAvoidformation control flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The formation information is dynamically adjusted based on the specific game content requirements and game media attributes. The system can switch between automatic provision of pre-computed formations and allowing player modification, providing both ease of operation and adaptability depending on the situation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback to the player about the automatically generated formation information, allowing the player to review and adjust if needed. This feedback loop maintains player control and adaptability while preserving the benefits of automatic progression and enhanced player-friendliness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If the player manually optimizes formation for maximum advantage, then the degree of advantage increases, but the time and effort required increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedegree of advantageVSAvoidformation setup time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Optimal formation information is pre-calculated and stored based on game media attributes and content requirements. This eliminates the need for players to spend time manually optimizing formations, as the system has already computed the optimal configurations in advance, maintaining high degree of advantage while reducing time investment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The manual mechanical process of trial-and-error formation building is replaced with an automated computational system that calculates optimal formations based on game media attributes. This substitution maintains optimal advantage levels while eliminating the time-consuming manual adjustment process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Reliability

If the game requires satisfying minimum formation conditions, then the game maintains quality standards, but the player experience becomes restrictive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveminimum condition satisfactionVSAvoidplayer freedom

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-calculates formation information that inherently satisfies minimum conditions based on game media and content requirements. By providing pre-optimized formations that meet all necessary criteria, the system maintains quality standards while freeing the player from having to manually ensure condition satisfaction, thus enhancing player freedom.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250177868A1Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing method, and information processing system

Publication Date: 2025.06.05 CYGAMES INC

AI summary

A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute processing of setting, formation information relating to specific content that includes one or more game media, requires setting of the formation information including a predetermined parameter that is calculated based on the one or more game media and that satisfies a minimum condition, and increases in degree of advantage the more the predetermined parameter exceeds the minimum condition; processing of progressing the specific content based on the set formation information; and processing of generating the formation information based on an automatic formation function selected from among a first automatic formation function that prioritizes satisfying the minimum condition by a minimum amount and a second automatic formation function that prioritizes satisfying the minimum condition and increasing the degree of advantage, the first automatic formation function and the second automatic formation function automatically generating the formation information.