MULTIPLAYER GAME FOR DISPLAY ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES

摘要

A system and method for generating a virtual gamespace for display to multiple players via respective web browsers is disclosed. A virtual gamespace, including a two-dimensional landscape, is generated and divided according to a number of devices participating in a game. The divided portions are provided to the devices for display so that the landscape is viewable when each divided portion is displayed on a respective one of the devices and the devices are collectively viewed together. A server receives control information for a game token from a device, determines one of the divided portions of the 2-D landscape for display of the game token based on the control information, and transmits the control information to the device responsible for displaying the determined portion of the 2-D landscape, and the game token is rendered in connection with the determined portion according to the control information.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for distributing a gamespace between multiple devices, comprising:
generating a virtual gamespace for multiple devices based on display characteristics of the multiple devices, the virtual gamespace comprising a landscape; proportionally dividing the virtual gamespace among the multiple devices, the virtual gamespace being divided into portions based on the display characteristics; providing the divided portions to the multiple devices so that the virtual gamespace is viewable when each divided portion is displayed on a respective one of the multiple devices and the multiple devices are collectively viewed together; receiving, at a server, control information for a player game token from a first device of the multiple devices; and providing the control information to a second device of the multiple devices to move a location of the game token from a first of the divided portions of the virtual gamespace onto a second of the divided portions of the virtual gamespace, wherein the control information is received by the server from the first device, and provided by the server to the second device of the multiple devices, while the game token is displayed on the second of the divided portions by the second device to continually control the location of the game token on the second of the divided portions.