Rivet Mechanisms for Dynamic Game Space Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players in video games are limited in their ability to modify and interact with the game environment, restricting their options for navigation and gameplay, such as quickly reaching a destination or avoiding enemies, due to the fixed terrain features.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of interactive structural elements like girders, conveyor belts, and ladders, which can be dynamically created and manipulated within the game space using colored rivet blocks, allowing players to build and extend these structures in real-time to enhance gameplay and navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the game environment uses fixed terrain features, then the game structure is simple and stable, but the player's navigation options are limited and flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic structural elements (girders, conveyor belts, ladders) that can be constructed and destroyed in real-time during gameplay. These elements transform the static game environment into a dynamic system where terrain features adapt to player needs, allowing flexible navigation while maintaining manageable complexity through modular construction
Solution Approach 2:
The game environment is segmented into basic structural units (rivets, girders, conveyor belt segments, ladder sections) that can be independently placed and configured. This segmentation allows players to build complex navigation paths using simple, standardized components, increasing versatility without proportionally increasing overall system complexity
2Loss of time
If the player uses existing terrain features to reach point B, then the gameplay is straightforward, but the travel time increases and game score is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Players can construct structural elements in advance before reaching the destination, preparing navigation paths ahead of time. This allows optimal routing decisions to be made beforehand, reducing travel time during actual movement while the construction complexity is performed during idle or preparatory game phases
Solution Approach 2:
Constructed structural elements serve as intermediary objects that bridge gaps in the terrain and provide direct pathways between points. These intermediaries (girders, conveyor belts, ladders) eliminate the need to traverse complex or time-consuming terrain features, reducing travel time while adding only minimal construction complexity
3Reliability
If the player character follows a detour to reach point B, then the player avoids obstacles, but the travel time increases resulting in reduced game score
Solution Approach 1:
Constructed structural elements act as safe intermediaries that provide protected pathways through dangerous terrain. Girders, conveyor belts, and ladders create reliable navigation routes that avoid enemy fire zones and hazardous areas, ensuring safe passage while maintaining optimal travel time through direct routing rather than unnecessary detours
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AI summary
A method and apparatus that utilizes techniques for modifying the game space of a video game displayed on a display screen by inserting structural elements which become part of the game space and can interact with various game characters.