Patent ID: 8882594

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; an input device; a rendering device; and a computer readable storage medium having instructions accessible by the processor and which when executed on the processor conduct a real time strategy game based on user input from the input device, the instructions comprising: operating a plurality of units in a game space, wherein operating includes selectively providing instructions to each of the plurality of units in the game space, each of the units having a unit type and taking action in the game space based on each corresponding instruction; identifying a user's position in the game space, the position being spaced apart from the units and having a parameter indicative of a first tilt with respect to the units; rendering a first view of a portion of the game space on the rendering device based on the user's position, the first view having the first tilt and including a cursor used for selecting one or more units; selecting a set of the units to which a corresponding instruction will be provided in the first view; reporting to the user that an event has occurred, the event comprising a first that has occurred in the game; receiving an indication of activation of the input device indicating that the user desires a different user's position; determining a new user's position, with the processor, that is spaced apart from the units and has a parameter indicative of a second tilt with respect to the units that is different than the first tilt, wherein the new user's position corresponds to the event that has occurred in the game; and for at least some of the execution of the game, rendering a new view of a portion of the game space based on the new user's position, the new view having the second tilt.