Robert P Bates

US Patent:

20150297987, Oct 22, 2015

Filed:

Apr 22, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/259125

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Shivendra Dayal - Bangalore, IN
Moolchand Kuri - Bangalore, IN
Robert Bates - Washington DC, US

Assignee:

Zynga Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

A63F 13/2145
A63F 13/42

Abstract:

Methods and computer programs include associating a three-dimensional collider component and a rigid body component to a two-dimensional game object used in the game play. The three-dimensional collider component and the rigid body component define a plurality of physics attributes to enable control of physical behavior of the game object. A second three-dimensional collider component is associated with a game cursor that is used for providing user input to the gameplay. The game cursor is defined as a two-dimensional object with at least a portion of the game cursor having a spherical contour. User input is detected at a touch screen interface of a computing device that is rendering the gameplay. The user input causes the spherical contour of the game cursor to control movement of the game object within the game scene of the gameplay, the movement being adjusted in accordance to physics attributes of the game object.