| 摘要 |
A virtual creature character fostering apparatus, which allows a user to understand by experience that passage of time and physical contact are important for fostering a virtual creature character, is provided. The virtual creature character fostering apparatus includes a temperature sensor 13 disposed inside a casing 1 to detect a temperature of the casing 1, character-to-be-fostered selecting means 21, display control means 23, timer means 29, and temperature-condition determination means 27. The timer means 29 counts a predetermined timer period and determines that the predetermined timer period has passed after the display control means 23 displays a previous growing image of the virtual creature character on an image display portion 4. The temperature-condition determination means 27 determines whether or not the casing has been warmed over a given time period after the timer means 29 completes counting of the timer period. The display control means 23 displays a subsequent growing image on the image display portion 4 if the temperature-condition determination means 27 determines that the casing 1 has been warmed over the given time period. |
