Consolidating Game Objects in Online Builder Games
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Solution Overview
Problem
Crowded game spaces in online builder-type games lead to reduced performance and player frustration due to the need to manage numerous game objects, which becomes exacerbated by expanded game spaces.
Innovation Solution
Players can consolidate multiple game objects into a single object, maintaining some or all features of the original objects while occupying less game space, through various payment and action-based methods, including level requirements and icon-based criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If players place multiple game objects into the game space to build virtual worlds, then the virtual world becomes more detailed and functional, but the game space becomes crowded and performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate game objects into a single consolidated game object that represents multiple businesses. This consolidation maintains the functional capabilities of individual businesses while reducing the total number of objects in the game space, thereby preserving virtual world complexity while improving game performance by reducing rendering and network overhead.
2Area of stationary object
If players expand the game space to accommodate more game objects, then more businesses can be placed, but the visual and computational load increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple businesses into a single consolidated game object, the patent enables players to place more business consolidations within the same game space area. This approach increases game space capacity without proportionally increasing visual and computational load, as the consolidated object is rendered as a single entity rather than multiple separate objects.
3Adaptability or versatility
If players manage numerous separate game objects, then each business can be individually customized, but player frustration increases due to management complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple businesses into a single game object while preserving the ability to customize and manage individual businesses within the consolidation. This reduces the number of objects players must track and manage in the game space, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining business customization capabilities through the consolidated object's interface.
Data Source
AI summary
Software receives a command from a player selecting one or more businesses from a game menu in an online game that is a builder-type game. The software then receives a command from the player identifying an empty location in a game space for the game. The software causes the one or more businesses to be displayed in the game space at the location and receives a command from the player selecting a plurality of displayed businesses. The software then receives a command from the player to consolidate the displayed businesses that were selected into a consolidated business and displays the consolidated business in the game space.