Game Screen Overlay for Seamless Unlockable Content Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
In games where transitioning from one content item to another disrupts the player's immersion due to the need to reselect the initial content, leading to a loss of game tempo.
Innovation Solution
A program and system that allows simultaneous display of both first and second content screens, with the second content being displayed only when certain conditions are met, maintaining the first content's main screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If screen transition is made from first content to second content, then second content becomes executable, but player immersion is lost and game tempo is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the nesting principle by displaying the second content screen as an overlay on top of the first content screen. The first content screen remains visible in the background while the second content screen is nested as a foreground overlay, allowing both contents to coexist without complete screen transition. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining player immersion in the first content while enabling access to the second content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the dimensionality change principle by transitioning from a single-screen display to a multi-layer display architecture. Instead of replacing the first content screen completely, the system adds a new dimensional layer (overlay layer) for the second content screen. This allows the player to view both contents simultaneously in different spatial layers, maintaining immersion while enabling content versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If screen transition is made from first content to second content, then second content becomes executable, but player needs to reselect first content and game tempo is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The nesting principle is applied by allowing the second content screen to be displayed as an overlay on the first content screen without requiring complete screen transition. Players can access the second content while the first content remains visible in the background, eliminating the need to reselect the first content and maintaining continuous game tempo.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the continuity principle by maintaining the first content screen continuously visible while adding the second content as an overlay. This ensures that the player's interaction with the game continues without interruption or loss of tempo, as both content screens are accessible simultaneously without requiring screen transitions that would disrupt the flow.
3Loss of information
If complete screen transition is used, then second content is clearly displayed, but first content context is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The nesting principle resolves this contradiction by displaying the second content screen as an overlay that does not obscure the first content screen. The first content context remains visible in the background layer, while the second content is accessible in the foreground overlay layer, ensuring no information loss while maintaining both content accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The dimensionality change principle is applied by moving from a single-screen display to a multi-layer display architecture. The first content screen remains in the background layer while the second content screen is added as a foreground overlay layer. This dimensional separation allows both content contexts to be maintained simultaneously without one obscuring the other.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device includes a display device and executes a game. The electronic device further executes content of the game and makes the display device display a screen related to the content. The electronic device further determines whether a release condition for allowing second content different from first content to be executable has been satisfied, on the basis of execution of the first content. The display device further displays a screen related to the second content while displaying a main screen related to the first content, in response to determining that the release condition has been satisfied.