Patent ID: 8105160
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A video game processing apparatus that causes an image display apparatus to display a plurality of player characters on an image display screen of the image display apparatus, the video game processing apparatus controlling progress of a video game by controlling an action of each of the plurality of player characters to be displayed on the image display screen in accordance with operations by a player, the video game processing apparatus comprising: a remaining life point manager that manages a remaining life point of each of the plurality of player characters; a life point display controller that causes the image display apparatus to display a life point meter that shows a total remaining life point within a life point display region on the image display screen, the total remaining life point indicating the total sum of the remaining life points of the plurality of player characters; an individual life point display controller that causes the image display apparatus to display individual life point meters for respectively showing the remaining life points of the plurality of player characters in the life point display region on the image display screen; a life point variation calculator that calculates, when an action or an event occurs with respect to any one of the plurality of player characters so that the remaining life point of the corresponding player character changes, an amount of change of a life point of the player character in response to the action or the event; a battle maintenance determiner that determines whether a battle possible state of all of the player characters can be maintained or not by comparing the amount of change of the life point calculated by the life point variation calculator with the total sum of the remaining life points of the player characters managed by the remaining life point manager; and a life point updater that updates the remaining life point of the corresponding player character on the basis of the amount of change of the life point calculated by the life point variation calculator, wherein the battle maintenance determiner determines that the battle possible state of all of the player characters can be maintained except that the amount of change of the life point, calculated by the life point variation calculator, to be subtracted from the total remaining life point is the total remaining life point or more, and wherein, when the life point updater updates the remaining life point of any player character managed by the remaining life point manager, the life point display controller causes the image display apparatus to change a display form of a part of the life point meter assigned to the corresponding player character; wherein the plurality of player characters comprises two player characters, wherein the life point meter is a bar-shaped meter formed by connecting the two individual life point meters, respectively assigned to the two player characters, with each other so as to become a bar shape, the remaining life point of each of the two player characters is displayed so that a bonding surface between the two individual life point meters is set to a starting point of each of the two individual life point meters, and each individual life point meter extends from the starting point thereof to a direction opposite to the starting point, wherein, when the remaining life point of any one of the two player characters is shown as reduced in accordance with the remaining life point updated by the life point updater, the life point display controller causes the image display apparatus to change a display form of the corresponding individual life point meter so that an ending point of the individual life point meter is moved toward the starting point thereof, and wherein, when the remaining life point of any one of the two player characters is shown as increased in accordance with the remaining life point updated by the life point updater, the life point display controller causes the image display apparatus to change a display form of the corresponding individual life point meter so that an ending point of the individual life point meter is moved in the direction away from the starting point thereof, wherein the life point display controller causes the image display apparatus to display the remaining life points of the two player characters in which a boundary between the individual life point meters of the two player characters is set to zero point of life point in each of the individual life point meters, and wherein, when the remaining life point of any one of the two player characters is to be reduced or increased over the zero point of the life point in the corresponding individual life point meter, the life point display controller causes the image display apparatus to display the ending point of the individual life meter indicating the remaining life point of the corresponding player character so as to be capable of moving over the zero point of the life point in the corresponding individual life meter.