Card Selection Interface Merging Identical Attributes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players face difficulty in selecting cards when multiple cards indicate the same instruction, limiting their input options and strategic gameplay due to overlapping identical instructions on the game screen.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows players to select and replace multiple cards with identical attributes in a predetermined area, introducing new cards and shifting existing ones to maintain a diverse set of options, enabling strategic image selection and gameplay.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cards indicating identical instructions are displayed in the hand area, then the player has more card options available, but the player becomes difficult to select a card due to overlapping identical instructions
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cards indicating the same instruction are merged into a single card display position. Instead of showing each card separately, the system combines them and displays a unified representation that shows the instruction type and the number of available cards, making selection easier while preserving option diversity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of information display by showing not only the card instruction type but also the quantity of available cards at that position. This additional dimensional information (quantity indicator) helps players understand their options without being confused by overlapping visual elements
2Device complexity
If a limited number of cards are displayed as hands, then the game interface remains simple, but the player must select from limited instructions reducing strategic gameplay
Solution Approach 1:
Cards with identical instructions are merged into single display positions, allowing multiple instruction types to be represented within a compact space. This maintains interface simplicity while effectively increasing the variety of instructions available to the player
Solution Approach 2:
Each card display position serves multiple functions: it displays the instruction type, indicates the number of available cards, and allows player selection. This multi-functionality enables the interface to convey more information without increasing visual complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Input information that selects one card among five cards that are arranged in one direction in a predetermined area of a game screen is received, and a player character is caused to make a motion corresponding to the selected card. When three cards to which an identical attribute is assigned are adjacently disposed in the predetermined area, the three cards are replaced with one card to which the same attribute as that of the three cards is assigned, but which differs in type from the three cards, the card positioned in the rightward direction relative to the replaced cards is shifted in the leftward direction, and an additional two cards are disposed in the space formed by shifting the card.