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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Keisuke Kamiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Tanokura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hashimoto, Chiba, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a game device capable of preventing a player wishing to progress through a game from feeling frustrated, while ensuring that excitement of a game that progresses based on an actual date, an actual day of the week, and/or an actual time is not deteriorated. When a game starts, a setting unit () sets a game day of the week and/or a game time, based on the actual day of the week and/or time. An update unit () advances the game day of the week and/or time, based on an operation carried out by a player. A game control unit () controls progress of the game, based on the actual date and the game day of the week and/or time.