Patent ID: 8425329
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An on-line game system which comprises a game server and at least one computer connected with the game server through an information communication network, in which characters existing within a virtual space provided by the game server are subject to manipulation by clients, the on-line game system comprising: a party storage for storing party information relating to a party within which the characters are included; a condition storage for storing a game over condition for which each of the characters in the party is placed in a game over state; a resurrection point storage for storing a resurrection point for each of the characters included within the party; a determiner for determining, by making reference to the party storage and the condition storage, whether the game over condition for which the party is placed in the game over state is satisfied; a resurrection point extractor operative to, when the determiner determines that the game over condition is satisfied, extract the resurrection point of each of the characters included within the party from the resurrection point storage; a resurrection point display operative to display the resurrection point extracted for each of the characters by the resurrection point extractor on a display of each of the clients, which perform manipulation of the characters included within the party, to hasten a selection of a next resurrection point for each of the characters; and a resurrection processor operative to, after the selection of the next resurrection point for each of the characters, resurrect each character in the party at the next resurrection point.