Patent ID: 6167562
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An apparatus for creating an animation program having a moving image drawing device comprising a program storing circuit for storing an animation program; a character image drawing circuit for drawing a character image, drivable by said animation program; and a background image drawing circuit for drawing a background image, drivable by said animation program; comprising:image input means for entering image information to be animated;image editing means for editing said animating image information entered by said image input means;animation management means for managing said entered image information by creating an animation program in an image-drawing unit of drawing an image by sorting said multiple pieces of said entered image information in a time series and by providing the animation program with an animation number; andoperating means for operating said moving image drawing device to reproduce the animation program created by said animation management means;wherein the animation program can be viewed and modified independently without necessitating reprogramming of a game program using the animation program, andwherein the game program includes a source program that is converted into an object program by one of a plurality of different compilers stored in an auxiliary storage, said one of a plurality of compilers being selected depending upon a particular game machine for which the game program is intended.