Regular visitor to friend board in viral game

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for presenting Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) in an online game. In one method, a player becomes a “regular” visitor of a friend when the player visits the friend a predetermined amount of times within a certain period (e.g., three times within the last seven days). When a player becomes a regular visitor, the player may obtain items (e.g., pepper) that are not obtainable in any other way. As long as a player is a regular visitor, the player may continue visiting the friend to continue obtaining the special items. However, if the player falls below the threshold of visits required within the period, the status of regular visitor is lost by the player, and the player may regain the regular status by meeting the requirement again.

主权项

1. A method for executing a game, the method comprising:
providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for a first player in the game, the GUI including a first game board of the first player, wherein the game identifies a plurality of slots in a timeline and identifies a sliding window that includes a predetermined number of most recent time slots; detecting visits by the first player to a second game board of a second player in the game, wherein the first game board is different from the second game board; determining a number of time slots in the sliding window where the first player visited the second game board; assigning the first player a regular visitor status when the number of time slots in the sliding window is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and assigning the first player a non-regular visitor status when the number of time slots is less than the predetermined threshold; displaying on the GUI a bar that includes a fragment for each time slot in the sliding window, each fragment indicating if the first player visited the second player in the respective time slot; and giving the first player a special reward when the first player has the regular visitor status, wherein the special reward is not given to the first player when the first player has the non-regular visitor status, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.