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Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

US8529348B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 9, 2008
Grant dateSep 10, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/6027
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A player character appearing in a virtual game world is caused to perform actions in accordance with operation data. Based on the actions performed by the player character, operation tendency data, which indicates a tendency in operations performed by a player operating the player character, is generated, and a group of image data and the operation tendency data of the player character is stored. Then, an image of a non-player character indicated by the stored image data is displayed on a display device in accordance with the image data. An action of the non-player character in a virtual game world is controlled in accordance with the stored operation tendency data.

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