Virtual Pet Breeding via Genetic Inheritance Rules
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for breeding virtual pets are limited in application range, as they primarily rely on adjusting value attribute parameters, which are mainly applicable to game clients with a fighting system, restricting their use in other types of game scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for breeding virtual pets that utilize a genetic inheritance rule to generate a filial pet's image based on the parental pet images, allowing for the selection and combination of paternal and maternal virtual pets from different user accounts, enabling breeding across various game scenarios and enriching social networking interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If value attribute parameters are adjusted for breeding, then breeding can be performed in fighting system game clients, but the application range is limited and cannot be applied to other types of game clients
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by transforming the breeding method from being specific to fighting system games to being applicable across all game types. The genetic inheritance rule based on pet images is a universal approach that works regardless of game genre, allowing the same breeding mechanism to function in casual games, simulation games, and other non-fighting game clients.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the breeding parameters from abstract value attributes (fighting power, defense value) to visual genetic parameters (pet images, extrinsic features). This parameter transformation enables breeding to be applied universally across different game types, as visual feature inheritance is more broadly applicable than fighting-system-specific attributes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If paternal and maternal virtual pets are selected from different user accounts, then social networking interactions are enhanced, but the breeding system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mating market as an intermediary platform that facilitates breeding between pets from different user accounts. This intermediary system manages the complexity of cross-account interactions by providing a standardized interface for selecting paternal and maternal pets, handling genetic inheritance calculations, and managing the breeding process, thereby enabling social interactions without proportionally increasing system complexity.
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AI summary
A method for breeding a virtual pet is provided, including: displaying a mating market interface, the mating market interface including virtual pets in a mating state; selecting a paternal virtual pet from the virtual pets in the mating state via the mating market interface according to a first operation; displaying a pet breeding interface, the pet breeding interface including a paternal pet field and a maternal pet field, and the paternal virtual pet having a first pet image being displayed in the paternal pet field; adding a maternal virtual pet having a second pet image to the maternal pet field according to a second operation; and displaying a breeding result interface comprising a filial virtual pet when breeding succeeds, the filial virtual pet having a third pet image generated based on a genetic inheritance rule according to the first pet image and the second pet image.