Rhythm Game Auxiliary Object for Beginner Timing Assistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rhythm game systems fail to engage beginners effectively, as they lack features that assist users in improving their timing and progression, leading to monotony and frustration.
Innovation Solution
A rhythm game program and system that evaluates user inputs based on timing, moves trigger objects and operation positions closer, and introduces auxiliary objects that assist users when specific conditions are met, providing support and enhancing gameplay experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional rhythm game mechanics are used without auxiliary objects, then the game maintains standard difficulty and challenge, but beginners cannot enjoy playing and the game becomes monotonous
Solution Approach 1:
An auxiliary object is introduced as an intermediary element between the trigger object and the player. This auxiliary object provides visual guidance and assistance to beginners, making the game more accessible without fundamentally changing the core rhythm game mechanics. The auxiliary object acts as a mediator that bridges the gap between novice players and the existing game system.
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary object dynamically adjusts its behavior based on game conditions and player performance. It appears and disappears at appropriate moments, providing assistance when needed and receding when the player demonstrates skill. This dynamic behavior allows the system to adapt to different skill levels without requiring separate game modes or complex configuration settings.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the game provides no assistance to beginners, then the game system remains simple and straightforward, but beginners experience frustration and the game becomes monotonous
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary object operates autonomously based on predefined conditions and game state, without requiring manual activation or complex configuration by the player. It automatically detects when assistance is needed and provides appropriate support, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring elaborate control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system modifies game parameters dynamically by introducing the auxiliary object only when specific conditions are met, such as detecting poor performance or specific game states. This conditional parameter change allows the game to adapt to player skill level without permanently altering the core game mechanics or requiring complex adaptive algorithms.
3Reliability
If auxiliary objects are introduced to assist beginners, then beginner enjoyment and skill improvement are enhanced, but the game system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary object is prepared and positioned in advance according to predetermined conditions and scripts. Its appearance, behavior, and disappearance are pre-planned based on game state analysis, allowing the system to manage complexity through careful preliminary arrangement rather than requiring complex real-time decision-making algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary object provides continuous visual feedback to the player about timing, rhythm, and performance. This feedback mechanism helps beginners improve their skills while maintaining gameplay consistency. The feedback is delivered through the auxiliary object's visual presence and behavior, creating a reliable and consistent learning experience without requiring complex evaluation and adjustment systems.
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A rhythm game program for causing a computer to implement a function of controlling a progress of a rhythm game by playing a music and displaying a trigger object on a display unit, the program causing the computer to implement: an evaluation function of evaluating an operation input, based on a timing of the operation input for the trigger object and an operation timing associated with data; and an object control function of moving at least one of the trigger object and an operation position such that a distance between the trigger object and the operation position decreases, based on the operation timing corresponding to the trigger object, wherein the object control function implements a function of causing an auxiliary object to appear when an appearance condition is satisfied, and causing the auxiliary object to execute an auxiliary operation to assist a user in a progress of a game.