Patent ID: 8298088
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating an 8-direction battle game in a game operating system to operate the 8-direction battle game through interfacing with a game providing module to provide the 8-direction battle game in an online mode with a personal computer (PC), the system comprising an auto-targeting unit, a command receiver, and a game controller, the method comprising: automatically targeting, by the auto-targeting unit, an object to perform a battle against a character designated by a user of the PC in the 8-direction battle game, the object being within a predetermined range from a position of the character; and automatically controlling, by the game controller, a direction in which the character faces the object based on a distance between the object and the character; the method of further comprising: receiving, by the command receiver, a command input by the user from the PC to apply a skill to the object; and determining, by the game controller, a skill application part of the character or of the object to which the skill is to be applied, in response to the input command, and controlling an action of the skill to be applied to the determined part; wherein the command comprises: a skill application command defined to apply at least one of a movement skill to move the character, a defense skill to defend the character against an attack of the object, a capture skill to capture the object, and an attack skill to attack the object; and a skill application part command defined to select at least one of a defense part of the character to defend against the attack of the object, a capture part of the object to capture the object, and an attack part of the object to attack the object.