Video Game Event System Cross-User Object Participation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In video game systems using positional information of user terminals, the lack of interaction among users leads to a diminished sense of unity and interest, as users progress through a shared virtual space without engaging with each other.
Innovation Solution
A video game processing system and program that registers multiple users' objects, generates events based on positional information, and allows objects of one user to participate in events generated for another user, enhancing interaction and engagement within the virtual space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a video game system uses positional information of user terminals to generate events in a virtual space, then the game can progress with individual user participation, but the sense of unity and interaction among users is weakened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines individual user events with other users' objects by enabling cross-user object participation in events. When a event is generated for user A, objects from user B can also participate, merging separate user experiences into a unified interactive event that maintains both individual participation and collective unity.
Solution Approach 2:
Other users' objects act as intermediaries between different users in the virtual space. User B's objects serve as mediators that enable interaction and connection between user A and user B, facilitating indirect communication and collaboration without requiring direct user-to-user interaction.
2Productivity
If users progress through a shared virtual space without interacting with each other, then individual game progress is maintained, but user interest and engagement are diminished
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts event composition by automatically incorporating other users' objects based on event characteristics and user proximity. This dynamic adaptation transforms static individual progression into a flexible system that adapts to create engaging interactive opportunities, enhancing user interest while preserving individual progress autonomy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system preliminarily registers and stores objects from multiple users before events are generated. This preliminary preparation enables rapid assembly of interactive event groups when events occur, allowing seamless integration of multiple users' objects without disrupting individual game progress or requiring real-time coordination.
3Device complexity
If events are generated based solely on one user's positional information, then event generation is simple and direct, but opportunities for multi-user interaction are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The event generation system serves multiple functions: it generates events based on individual user positional information while simultaneously enabling multi-user object participation. This multi-functionality allows the same event generation mechanism to operate at both individual and collective levels, increasing user participation without complicating the core event generation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system copies objects from other users into the event space without requiring complex inter-user communication protocols. By copying user B's objects into user A's event, the system achieves multi-user interaction through simple data replication, maintaining event generation simplicity while expanding participation.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control progress of a video game using a virtual space corresponding to map information of a real space and positional information of a user terminal of a user is provided. The functions include: a registering function configured to register objects of a plurality of users; a generating function configured to generate a predetermined event on a basis of positional information of a user terminal of a first user; and a participating function configured to cause an object of a second user different from the first user, for whom the event is generated, among the objects registered by the registering function to participate in the event.