Multi-Track Performance Game Apparatus with Spatial Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional performance games are limited in providing varied and engaging experiences as they typically involve a single note or track per operation device, restricting the complexity and interest of gameplay.
Innovation Solution
A performance game apparatus and method that displays multiple track areas on a game screen, allowing notes to move towards determination targets, with a track area controller setting one track area as an activation area based on user input, and a performance operation controller determining the accuracy of user performance by comparing note positions with targets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single note or track is assigned to each operation device in conventional performance games, then the operation structure remains simple, but the game variety and interestingness are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The game screen is divided into multiple track areas (first track area, second track area, etc.), each capable of displaying and processing notes independently. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple notes simultaneously across different areas, significantly increasing game variety while maintaining manageable operation structures through spatial organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension by creating multiple track areas arranged in different regions of the game screen. Instead of adding more operation devices, the system utilizes the two-dimensional screen space to accommodate multiple simultaneous music tracks, allowing players to interact with notes across different spatial zones without increasing operational complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple track areas are displayed and notes move in each area, then the game becomes more engaging and varied, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single operation device is designed to control multiple track areas universally. The operation device can select and activate different track areas, and notes from any track area can be played using the same operation device. This multi-functionality allows the system to support complex multi-track performance without requiring separate controllers for each track, thereby increasing performance complexity while avoiding proportional increases in device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If notes are displayed moving toward determination targets in multiple track areas, then the visual engagement and game dynamics improve, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring note positions increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each track area is designed with distinct visual characteristics and local determination targets that are clearly differentiated from other areas. The determination targets in each track area have specific positional relationships with the notes within that same area, creating localized detection zones. This local quality approach allows players to focus on one track area at a time, maintaining high note position detection accuracy even when multiple track areas are simultaneously displayed with moving notes.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a recording medium for a performance game, and more particularly are a method, an apparatus, and a recording medium for providing a performance game for playing indicators in a plurality of areas while a user moves in corresponding areas.