Facilitating player interactions with tiles in an online game
US9539512B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F13/85
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating player interaction with sets of virtual tiles in a game space are disclosed. A set of virtual tiles may be provided for player interaction such that a player may be enabled to engage the non-player entity (or entities) associated with the individual tiles in the set of virtual tiles using a set of resources granted to the player. The player may be enabled to allocate a subset of the granted resources to engage a given tile in the set. An outcome of the engagement may be determined stochastically or quasi-stochastically. The player may be enabled to interact with the next tile in the set upon defeating the non-player entity (or entities) associated with the previous tile. Upon the player defeating the non-player entity (or entities) associated with the last tile in the set, a prize may be awarded to the player.
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