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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Minagawa, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Kazutoyo Maehiro, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game is provided. A display device is caused to display multiple virtual image sets including at least a first virtual image set and a second virtual image set. The multiple virtual image sets corresponding to one input device. The first virtual image set corresponds to a first set of gameplay operations and the second virtual image set corresponds to a second set of gameplay operations. Only one of the virtual image sets is activated at a time according to a selection by a player. An input receiver receives a selection of an input of the one input device, and a gameplay operation corresponding to the input selected is executed. The gameplay operation executed corresponds to the activated set of the virtual images.