Apparatus, method and computer readable storage medium for guiding game play via a show me button

摘要

An apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for guiding a player to the completion of a task during game play. The player selects a control device in a graphical user interface device generated by a processor. In response to the selection, a hint is provided to the user in the graphical user interface that presents a game board to a player. The player may use the hint to accomplish the task.

主权项

1. An apparatus for guiding a player in an accomplishment of a task in an electronic game comprising:
a graphical user interface to receive and respond to player inputs and present data to the player on a display device; and a processor that executes computer instructions for responding to player inputs and manipulating a presentation of data in the graphical user interface and causing the presentation of the data on the display device, the processor configured to:
present a game board included in the data, the game board being presented in the graphical user interface on the display device, the game board including an avatar, a plurality of regions and at least one of a plurality of objects within at least one of the plurality of regions, wherein the avatar is movable within the plurality of regions and is capable of interacting with at least one of the plurality of objects;receive an input from the graphical user interface corresponding to an action of the avatar including generating a task to be accomplished by a player;present the task in a task list in the graphical user interface;receive a selection of the task including presenting a task menu containing a sub-task icon that corresponds to a sub-task to be accomplished by the avatar, the task menu being presented as superimposed over at least one of the plurality of regions of the game board;present a show-me control button adjacent to the sub-task icon; andreceive a selection of the show-me control button including:
displaying a hint in at least one of the plurality of regions of the game board, the hint includes an instruction how to accomplish the sub-task corresponding to the sub-task icon; andproviding an indication in the game board, the indication indicating a displayed object corresponding to the sub-task icon, the displayed object being displayed in at least one of the plurality of regions of the game board being presented in the graphical user interface.