Patent ID: 7993190

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying, on a touchscreen using a processor, a game including a plurality of avatars at a respective plurality of locations, the avatars being anthropomorphic characters; receiving a first user input from the touchscreen indicating that the user has selected at least one of the plurality of locations at which an avatar is displayed, wherein at least one avatar is selected in response to the first user input; displaying, on the touchscreen using the processor, a skill-based action sub-game having at least one sub-game objective in response to the first user input; receiving, in response to displaying the sub-game, a second user input; and displaying, on the touchscreen using the processor, an animation in the game in response to the second user input satisfying at least one sub-game objective, wherein the second user input satisfying the at least one sub-game objective affects at least one attribute of at least one of the selected avatars of the game, wherein the game is associated with a first set of gameplay rules, the sub-game is associated with a second set of gameplay rules, and the first set of gameplay rules is different from the second set of gameplay rules.