Patent ID: 8702508

Claim:
A method of adapting an appearance of a community game based on the number of participating players, comprising: receiving at a controller a first indication that a first player is eligible to participate in a first session of a community game that has a theme and a first selectable element and configured to be played by multiple participating players; displaying on one or more community video displays at least a portion of the first session of the community game, the portion including a scene portraying images related to the theme and representative of the first selectable element; receiving at the controller a second indication that a second set of players are eligible to participate in a second session of the community game; and responsive to receiving the second indication, changing a field of view or a virtual camera angle of the scene to produce an altered scene and to cause a second selectable element that was not previously selectable or not previously displayed in the first session to be displayed and selectable in the scene displayed in the second session on the one or more community video displays; and displaying on the one or more community video displays the altered scene of the second session of the community game.