METHOD OF OPERATING AN ONLINE GAME USING A GLOBE-SHAPED CONTROLLER
The present invention provides methods for controlling the viewpoint upon a digital game space using a globe-shaped object displayed on a computer monitor or video screen. In a preferred embodiment, a player rotates a globe in the desired direction to simultaneously rotate the viewpoint upon a game space in the same direction.
1 . A computer-based network comprised of at least one server and client device with each device containing at least one processor capable of operating and displaying a game in which a player controls the perspective upon a game play environment using a shape such that rotation of said shape rotates the perspective upon the game play environment in a corresponding manner.
2 . A method of claim 1 in which the shape is a globe.