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Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Square Enix Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takashi Hiraro, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/837 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/837 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); A63F 2300/638 (2013.01);
Abstract

A game program instructions executable by a processor to perform operations comprising: placing a predetermined number of nonplayer characters in a battle space; controlling the battle between the nonplayer character and the playing character in the battle space; rendering the battle state with a virtual camera and displaying on the display; the operations further comprising: counting the number of playing characters placed in the battle space; excluding a defeated nonplayer character from battle when the nonplayer character is defeated; relocating the excluded nonplayer character to the battle space after a predetermined respawn time elapsed; calculating the respawn time according to the counted number of playing characters and controlling the time to reposition the excluded nonplayer character to the battle space based on the respawn time calculated.


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