Game Replay Switching for Timing-Based Scene Practice
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing game systems struggle to allow players to easily replay and practice specific game scenes without complex settings and operations, especially in multiplayer games where operational skills significantly impact outcomes.
Innovation Solution
A game system that includes a reception process to accept player input, a game control process to manage the player character, a storage unit for replay data, a replay process to replay game data, an interrupting control to allow player input during replay, and a determination process to adjust game settings based on the identified status, enabling seamless switching to a retry game.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the game system replays the entire game from the beginning when a player wants to practice a specific scene, then the player can review the game status, but the player cannot efficiently practice only the desired scene and must replay unnecessary portions
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically records game status data (position, orientation, action state) at all timings during game progression, preparing the data in advance so that when a player wants to replay a specific scene, the system can immediately retrieve and replay from that timing without requiring the player to manually set up replay conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The replay function is segmented by timing, allowing the system to replay only from a specific timing rather than the entire game. The game status data is divided into discrete timing points, enabling players to select and replay only the desired scene segment
2Reliability
If the game system requires complex settings to replay a game from a specific timing, then accurate replay is possible, but the operation becomes complicated and discourages players
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages the replay process by itself - it automatically retrieves the game status data for the specified timing, automatically replays from that timing, and automatically controls the retry game progression, eliminating the need for players to manually configure complex replay settings while maintaining accurate replay of the desired scene
3Adaptability or versatility
If the game system allows player input during replay, then the player can practice operations, but the replay process becomes difficult to control and may deviate from the original game flow
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between two modes: during the replay period, it automatically controls the game to maintain consistency with the original game flow; when the retry timing is reached, it transitions to allowing player input for practice. This dynamic control structure enables both consistent replay and player practice without conflict
Data Source
AI summary
The game system is configured: to interrupt the replay process of the replay target game when a given input operation is received from the player during the replay process; to set the switching timing to start the replay target game instruction control process of the game when performing the replay process in response to the player's input operation; to perform the setting determination process to identify the game status of the replay target game at the switching timing and to determine a given setting of the game when starting the replay target game instruction control process from the switching timing based on identified the game status; and to perform the retry game based on the settings determined by the settings determination process and the received player's input operation.