Computing device independent and transferable game level design and other objects
View Patent ↗A system which employs a method of creating transferable map schemas, storing the map schemas to storage devices, receiving target device settings, re-sampling the map schemas to fit the target devices using the target device settings, delivering the re-sampled map schemas to the target devices is described. Thereby providing the innovation that map schemas may be accessed by more than one type of device, the method by which maps are scaled from a created map dimension with given details to either a larger map having the ability to be utilized on a more capable playing device or to a map or a smaller map having the ability to be utilized on a less capable device without losing the important game-specific required data is also described.
1. A method comprising:
generating a plurality of map schemas based on content of a display map;
receiving target device settings of at least one of a plurality of computing devices;
sampling at least one of the map schemas to accommodate the target device settings of at least one of the plurality of computing devices; and
transmitting the sampled map schema to the at least one of the plurality of computing devices, wherein
the plurality of map schemas are based on different map sizes corresponding to different display sizes of the plurality of computing devices.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target device settings comprise a display size of the at least one computing device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the plurality of map schemas further comprises creating a plurality of two-dimensional display map layout spaces comprising at least one object of a multi-player online game among a plurality of players operating the corresponding plurality of computing devices.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sampling of the at least one map schema further comprises performing a sample reduction to modify the display map to a reduced size smaller than an original display map size.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sampling of the at least one map schema further comprises performing a sample enlargement to modify the display map to a larger size larger than an original display map size.
6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
identifying the at least one object as a first sized object on the display map of the first computing device;
identifying a corresponding target size for the at least one object on a second computing device, the corresponding target size being larger or smaller than the first sized object;
reading a marker associated with the at least one object to determine whether the at least one object may be substituted by a different sized object having comparable content features;
retrieving the different sized object from memory; and
transmitting the different size object to the second computing device based on the corresponding target size.
7. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to
generate a plurality of map schemas based on content of a display map,
receive target device settings of at least one of a plurality of computing devices,
sample at least one of the map schemas to accommodate the target device settings of at least one of the plurality of computing devices,
generate a plurality of map schemas by creating a plurality of two-dimensional display map layout spaces comprising at least one object of a multi-player online game among a plurality of players operating the corresponding plurality of computing devices, and
identity the at least one object as a first sized object on the display map of the first computing device; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the sampled map schema to the at least one computing device.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of map schemas are based on different map sizes corresponding to different display sizes of the plurality of computing devices.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the target device settings comprise a display size of the at least one computing device.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor samples the at least one map schema by performing a sample reduction to modify the display map to a reduced size smaller than an original display map size.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor samples the at least one map schema by performing a sample enlargement to modify the display map to a larger size larger than an original display map size.
12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify a corresponding target size for the at least one object on a second computing device, the corresponding target size being larger or smaller than the first sized object;
read a marker associated with the at least one object to determine whether the at least one object may be substituted by a different sized object having comparable content features; and
retrieve the different sized object from memory, and
the transmitter is further configured to transmit the different size object to the second computing device based on the corresponding target size.
13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:
generate a plurality of map schemas based on content of a display map;
receive target device settings of at least one of a plurality of computing devices;
sample at least one of the map schemas to accommodate the target device settings of at least one of the plurality of computing devices;
generate a plurality of map schemas comprises creating a plurality of two-dimensional display map layout spaces comprising at least one object of a multi-player online game among a plurality of players operating the corresponding plurality of computing devices;
identify the at least one object as a first sized object on the display map of the first computing device;
identify a corresponding target size for the at least one object on a second computing device, the corresponding target size being larger or smaller than the first sized object; and
transmit the sampled map schema to the at least one computing device.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of map schemas are based on different map sizes corresponding to different display sizes of the plurality of computing devices.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the target device settings comprise a display size of the at least one computing device.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the sampling of the at least one map schema comprises performing at least one of a sample reduction to modify the display map to a reduced size smaller than an original display map size and a sample enlargement to modify the display map to a larger size larger than an original display map size.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
read a marker associated with the at least one object to determine whether the at least one object may be substituted by a different sized object having comparable content features;
retrieve the different sized object from memory; and
transmit the different size object to the second computing device based on the corresponding target size.