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Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Square Enix Ltd., London, GB;

Inventor:

Daniel Lutz, Montréal, CA;

Assignee:

Square Enix Ltd., London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/57 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/57 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method, gaming device and computer-readable medium for video game. The method includes maintaining a virtual space for a gaming environment. The method also includes repeatedly activating an event zone in the virtual space, wherein for one or more game objects having a position in the virtual space that is within the event zone when the event zone is activated, a state of the one or more game objects in the virtual space is changed. The method further includes displaying on a display device a visual representation of the event zone and a visual representation of a marker, the marker having a position in the virtual space. The method yet further includes changing the position of the marker such that a distance involving the marker and at least part of the event zone is related to a time remaining before the next repeated activation of the event zone.


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