Event Progress Status Graph for Game Facility Construction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional online game systems make it difficult for players to understand the progress status of multiple facility constructions and events with temporal elements, as the required construction time for each facility is not clearly visualized.
Innovation Solution
A video game processing apparatus that includes an event information memory, an event management information memory, and an event progress status graph display controller, which updates and displays the remaining time of each event as a graphical representation, allowing players to intuitively understand the progress status of events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple facility constructions are reserved with different construction times, then the player can make more construction reservations, but it becomes difficult for the player to understand the full picture of the construction plan
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension by displaying construction reservations as a timeline graph. The horizontal axis represents time progression and the vertical axis represents different facilities, transforming tabular data into a visual temporal representation that shows overlapping construction periods and completion sequences at a glance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy or representation of the construction schedule through graphical icons and progress bars that mirror the actual construction state. Each facility reservation is represented by a visual element showing its start time, duration, and completion status, providing an intuitive duplicate view of the construction plan.
2Device complexity
If the required construction time for each facility is not visualized, then the system maintains simplicity, but the player cannot understand the progress status of constructions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coded visual indicators to represent different construction states. Progress bars use color gradients to show completion percentages, and different colors indicate various statuses such as ongoing construction, completed facilities, or reserved time slots, enabling quick visual assessment without complex interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a visual dimension to time information by displaying construction durations as graphical bars proportional to their time length. This transforms abstract time values into visual lengths that players can immediately compare and understand, showing which constructions take longer without requiring numerical comparison.
Data Source
AI summary
An event information memory for storing event information and an event management information memory for storing event management information are provided. The event information contains an event and an event execution time defined in advance as time from start of the event to its end. The event management information contains executing event related information on an executing event and a maximal allowed time that is allowed as the maximum of a total time of a remaining time of each executing event. The executing event related information is updated in accordance with an elapse of time. A display device is caused to display an event progress status graph on a display screen of the display device on the basis of the event management information. The event progress status graph indicates a status of the remaining time of each executing event in the maximal allowed time.