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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Scott Campbell, Bountiful, UT (US);
Scott Campbell, Bountiful, UT (US);
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for recording and displaying a graphical path in a video game is provided. Upon initiation of a time-trial run, the player views a color-coded previous game path that dynamically changes color based upon a current elapsed time associated with the time-trial run, elapsed times associated with the previous game path, and character states associated with the previous game path. The previous game path may include, but is not limited to, a 'best time' path, a 'worst time' path, and an “average time” path. In one embodiment of the invention, the player may gauge game progress as measured against the “best time” path as displayed via a series of path markers, and subsequently varies player character input controls to optimize performance against a player character associated with the “best time” path.