KR20220167156A - Method and apparatus for calling allies in gaming virtual space - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for calling an ally in a gaming virtual space, in which diversity of game play is enhanced by additionally calling an ally in the gaming virtual space. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for calling an ally in a gaming virtual space may comprise the steps of: providing a gaming virtual space to a first client account, and receiving a command from the first client account to call a second client account watching a first character of the first client account; and calling a second character of the second client account to the gaming virtual space and forming a team with the first character and the second character.

Description

Method and apparatus for calling allies in gaming virtual space {Method and apparatus for calling allies in gaming virtual space}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for calling allies in a gaming virtual space, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for calling allies in a gaming virtual space for improving gaming performance and effects.

As the performance of personal terminals has improved, the reality of virtual effects in games has also increased remarkably. Recently emerging games provide users/players with a virtual space that is very close to reality. However, since the level of the user/player is also improved, it is necessary to provide a method of calling an ally in various ways in a gaming virtual space in order to maintain game quality.

A technical problem to be solved through some embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for calling an ally in a gaming virtual space that enhances the diversity of game play by additionally calling an ally in a gaming virtual space.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a calling method of a friend in a gaming virtual space according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a gaming virtual space to a first client account, and, from the first client account, the first client account receiving a command for calling a second client account watching a first character; and calling a second character of the second client account to the gaming virtual space, and forming a team with the first character and the second character.

According to one embodiment, the second character of the second client account is a character who died in the gaming virtual space while playing as a team with the first character before the call and was out-processed.

According to another embodiment, the second client account is watching the first character by entering the game session after the game session in the gaming virtual space starts.

According to another embodiment, the step of forming a team is to form a team by processing the calling command only before a predetermined time elapses after the session of the game played in the gaming virtual space starts.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a friend's calling device in a gaming virtual space according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly or wired, a storage unit for storing game-related data, and the communication unit and A friendly calling device in a gaming virtual space comprising a processor for controlling the storage unit, the processor configured to: provide a gaming virtual space to a first client account; A command to call a second client account watching a game is received, a second character of the second client account is called to the gaming virtual space, and then the first character and the second character form a team.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by incorporating an ally who has been defeated in an engagement with an enemy in a gaming space and later incorporated into a team member, it is possible to enhance the diversity of game play so that players can focus more on the game.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention and which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, show embodiments of the present invention together with detailed descriptions explaining the principles of the present invention.
1 shows a gaming virtual space according to an embodiment of the present invention in map form.
2 shows a gaming virtual space from a user character's point of view.
3 shows a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows the restricted boundary and safe area of the Battle Royale game.
5 shows a limiting boundary of a user's visual field in a battle royale game.
6 and 7 show a method for adjusting a safe area in a battle royale game.
8 shows a timeline for a method for adjusting a safe area according to a battle royale game.
9 is a diagram for explaining a method of engagement in an existing battle royale game.
10 to 14 are views for explaining a battle royale game engagement method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 shows a friendly calling device in a gaming virtual space according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. The detailed description below with reference to the accompanying drawings is intended to describe preferred embodiments of the present invention rather than only showing embodiments that can be implemented according to the embodiments of the present invention. The detailed description that follows includes details to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention does not require all such details. In the present invention, the embodiments described below do not have to be used separately. A plurality of embodiments or all embodiments may be used together, and specific embodiments may be used in combination.

Most of the terms used in the present invention are selected from common ones widely used in the field, but some terms are arbitrarily selected by the applicant and their meanings are described in detail in the following description as needed. Therefore, the present invention should be understood based on the intended meaning of the term rather than the simple name or meaning of the term.

The present invention relates to a method of calling an ally in a gaming virtual space. However, in the following specification, a game of the battle royale genre will be described as an example. A game of the battle royale genre refers to a game in which a plurality of users/users compete in a limited space and the last person or team surviving is the winner. In this specification, the game may be a First Person Shooting (FPS) game. An FPS game refers to a shooting game in which a game player plays the game from a first-person perspective. In the case of games of the battle royale genre, by limiting the game space according to the passage of time, competition between users is triggered and tension is improved, thereby improving game quality.

1 shows a gaming virtual space according to an embodiment of the present invention in map form.

Depending on the performance of the user terminal, a very sophisticated and vast gaming virtual space may be provided. As shown in FIG. 1, instead of the conventional closed space or narrow space, a gaming virtual space with a vast terrain may be provided. The gaming virtual space implements various terrains. Various terrain features such as land, trees, forests, buildings, vehicles, and grass can be implemented in the gaming virtual space. The gaming virtual space is implemented as software and may be displayed on a user terminal.

2 shows a gaming virtual space from a user character's point of view.

The user participates in the game with the selected character. The user view represents a first-person view of the character's gaming virtual space. From a first-person perspective, characters may or may not be visible on the screen. The first-person point of view may reflect the character's direction, movement, line of sight, and the like.

The character has a certain amount of HP. HP may correspond to an abbreviation such as Health Power, Health Point, or Hit Point. HP can refer to the ability to withstand enemy attacks or environmental disasters. An effect that reduces HP can be referred to as damage/damage. Damage may be applied due to an attack of another character, a disaster in an environment in a gaming virtual space, or the like, and HP may decrease.

3 shows a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The game system of FIG. 3 includes a database 3010, a game server 3020, a network 3030, and at least one user terminal 3040.

The user terminals 3040 - 1 to n may be terminals used by users to play games. A user terminal corresponds to any electronic device capable of displaying an image and receiving a user input for game play. That is, the user terminal may include a display and a user input means. In the user terminal, the display and the user input means may be integral or separate. A user terminal may correspond to an electronic device such as a personal computer (PC), a laptop computer, a mobile phone, and a tablet PC. Due to the nature of FPS games, multiple users participate in the game, but a single user may play the game with a virtual user.

The user terminal 3040 may establish and maintain communication with the game server 3020 through the network 200 . A network may include a plurality of networks. Data can be exchanged over a network based on a variety of communication protocols. The network may be wired or wireless or a combination thereof.

Game server 3020 may establish and maintain communication with database 3010 . 3 shows one database 3010 and one game server 3020, but this is a conceptual diagram, and the number of databases 3010 and game servers 3020 may be configured differently depending on the implementation. The database 3010 and game server 3020 may be included in one device. A device for performing the present invention may include at least one of a database 3010 and a game server 3020 .

The database 3010 may include data about game accounts or data about game instances. The database 3010 may store various information/data for providing games. The database 3010 may store data such as user authentication, characters, items, and game history.

The game server 3020 may perform real-time data exchange between the user terminal 3040 and the database 3010 . The game server 3020 may provide a virtual space as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 to the user terminal 3040 . The game server 3020 may arrange the user's location, that is, coordinates in the above-described virtual space, and provide the user terminal 3040 with a field of view at the location as shown in FIG. 2 .

In the present invention, a device that calls an ally in a gaming virtual space may correspond to a game server or to a database and a game server. However, the device for calling an ally in the gaming virtual space of the present invention is any electronic device including a processor and a memory, and corresponds to a device that implements or implements the method of the present invention.

The gaming virtual space may be statically limited or controlled based on preset parameters. However, in this case, because the space change is predicted, the game may become boring or excessive competition in the game may be triggered. For example, if a lot of players drop out in a short period of time due to fierce competition in the beginning, the game may become boring because competition does not occur until the game space is sufficiently narrowed. Alternatively, when users have high skills, competition may not occur well in the beginning, but competition may rapidly occur after the middle. From the standpoint of E-sports relaying, a boring screen continues at the beginning, and then a lot of competition suddenly occurs, making it difficult to relay.

To encourage competition among users, the present invention limits the gaming virtual space using a virtual limiting border. An area within the virtual boundary may be referred to as a safe area or a safe zone. As an example, the safety area may be referred to as a blue zone. And the imaginary limiting boundary can also be referred to as a magnetic field.

Figure 4 shows the restricted boundary and safe area of the Battle Royale game.

In FIG. 4 , a solid circle 4010 corresponds to a limiting border. The limiting boundary visualizes the area where damage is applied to the character. Damage may be applied to HP when the user character is located outside the limited boundary or comes into contact with the limited boundary. Alternatively, a character located outside the restriction boundary or in contact with the restriction boundary may be immediately out after a specific time. Users can survive only when they come within the boundary, and it is advantageous to play the game. After all, the limit boundary has a role of triggering competition in the game by narrowing the distance between users. In this sense, a limiting boundary may also be referred to as a limiting boundary or a damaging boundary.

Characters within the limited boundaries receive damage only from other users' attacks or from the environment. Thus, the area within the restricted boundary may be referred to as a safe area.

Limit boundaries must be verifiable by the user. If it is impossible to confirm, the user suffers unexpected damage, and thus the fairness of the game is significantly deteriorated. As shown in FIG. 4 , the limiting boundary may be displayed as a two-dimensional closed area on the map. Although shown as a circle in FIG. 4 , the limiting boundary may be shown as an arbitrary single closed curve in the 2D map view. Information on the limiting boundary may be displayed/provided visually or audibly to the user.

In FIG. 4 , a restricted boundary is shown, and a safe area may not be separately visualized and displayed. However, since the area within the restricted boundary is defined as a safe area, it can be seen that the restricted boundary also indicates the safe area.

5 shows a limiting boundary of a user's visual field in a battle royale game.

In FIG. 5, the limiting boundary is shown as a face through which electricity flows. However, the limiting boundary can be visualized in any way. Since the user can check the restricted boundary not only from the map view of FIG. 4 but also from the user view of FIG. 5 , the game can be played in a safe area. The limit boundary may be presented to the user as an auditory effect. For example, the closer the limiting boundary is, the closer the specific sound is to the user, so that the user can recognize the distance from the limiting boundary.

Limit boundaries may be displayed from a specific point in time. However, the limiting boundary may or may not appear on the display according to the user's viewpoint. When the user views the map on-screen, the limiting boundary may be displayed on the map as shown in FIG. 4 . When the user plays the game from a first-person perspective and the map is off-screen, the limiting boundary may be displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 5 only when the user is located near the limiting boundary and the limiting boundary enters the user's field of view. .

The present invention limits the gaming virtual space by using limiting boundaries. A certain number of users play the game in a space of a certain size as shown in FIG. 4 . A phase of the restriction boundary is set at a specific time interval, and the safety area may be reduced by moving the restriction boundary in each step. Table 1 shows an embodiment of limiting boundary control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

step of limit boundary One 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 delay time (s) 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Standby time (s) 170 150 130 110 90 70 50 30 10 Travel time (s) 120 120 120 90 90 90 60 60 30 radius ratio 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Damage/Damage (%) 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 One 1.5 2

A description of each parameter in Table 1 is as follows. Delay time: Duration/period until the next safe area is displayed

Waiting time: After the safe area of the next level is displayed, the period before the action of reducing the gaming virtual space from the safe area of the current level to the safe area of the next level starts (duration/period)

Moving time: Duration/period during which the safe area is adjusted as the restriction boundary moves. In the meaning of the time during which the operation of reducing the gaming virtual space from the safe area of the present stage to the safe area of the next stage proceeds, it may be referred to as a reduction time.

Radius Ratio: The ratio of the radius of the current level's safe area to the next level's safe area

Limit Boundary Damage: Damage/damage received per unit time by the character being located in an area outside the limited boundary

The safety area may be expressed as a circle, and in this case, its size may be expressed or set as a radius ratio. However, as described above, the limit boundary surrounding the safe area may be set as an arbitrary closed curve, and the inner area may be expressed or set in units of area.

6 and 7 show a method for adjusting a safe area in a battle royale game.

4 shows a limiting boundary within a delay time of phase n (n is an arbitrary natural number). When the limiting boundary 4010 of FIG. 4 is indicated and the delay time elapses, the limiting boundary 6010 of phase n+1 is set and displayed as shown in FIG. 6 . After the delay time has elapsed, the limit boundary 6010 of the next step may be displayed at the map view point as shown in FIG. 6 . During the waiting time, as shown in FIG. 6 , the limiting boundary 4010 of the nth step and the limiting boundary 6010 of the n+1th step are displayed together.

When the waiting time elapses, the limiting boundary 4010 of step n moves to the limiting boundary 6010 of step n+1 as shown in FIG. 7 . The safety area is reduced to the size of n+1 steps by the movement of the limiting boundary. When the movement time elapses, the limiting boundaries are aligned in step n+1, and the reduction of the safe area is completed.

According to the present invention, when the delay time for each stage of the game progresses, the location of the safe area for the next stage is displayed, and the boundary is not moved during the waiting time. However, information about safe areas such as waiting time is provided to the user. While playing the game, the user can devise a strategy for moving paths or obtaining items, and proceed with the game. After the waiting time elapses, the limiting boundary moves, so the user is forced to move to the safe area in the next step. Thus, by forcing users to continuously play in a smaller, confined space, it can encourage competition and enhance the tension and fun of the game.

8 shows a timeline for a method for adjusting a safe area according to a battle royale game.

8 shows the progress time of n stages of safety area adjustment. The total progress time of step n includes delay time, waiting time, and travel time.

When step n starts, the game proceeds with the safe area of step n displayed as shown in FIG. 4 . When the delay time elapses, a safe area of n+1 level is displayed as shown in FIG. 6 . During the waiting time, the n-level safe area and the n+1-level safe area are displayed on the map together. When the waiting time elapses, the safe area is reduced as shown in FIG. 7 . During the movement time, the safety area of level n is adjusted to the safety area of level n+1 by moving the restriction boundary.

Rather than the delay time and waiting time, the movement of the characters occurs in earnest during the movement time. That is, due to the reduction of the safe area, the density of survivors compared to the area increases rapidly, and competition among users is triggered.

9 is a diagram for explaining a method of engagement in an existing battle royale game.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8 , competition between users is triggered while the gaming virtual space is limited. Users compete with each other in a virtual gaming space to compete and defeat each other to determine who is the last person or the last team.

At this time, if a plurality of players, not one player, form a team and proceed with a battle royale in a team competition method to determine the last team, even if one of the team members loses the battle, the game for that player does not end immediately. no. Even if you lose the battle, you can continue playing the game.

In so-called DBNO (Down But Not Out), if the enemy receives more than a set amount of damage, the player is converted to a downed state on the spot. In the downed state, recovery items cannot be used and it is impossible to engage with enemies. In the downed state, it can only move by crawling at a very slow speed. In addition, since HP gradually decreases over time in the down state, it is necessary to be revived by an ally player before the HP is completely reduced. In a downed state, if all the set HP is reduced without being revived by an ally, or if additional damage is received by an enemy, the player is out of the game and can no longer play.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the downed player can see that the health bar at the lower center is displayed in red and the health is gradually decreasing. We are taking measures to enable play again by using the function of reviving a friendly player who has been down in this way by another friendly player. In order to revive, it is necessary to approach the downed player for a set amount of time and stay still.

Therefore, there is a risk involved in the action of reviving an ally player. This is because the enemy may fire additional shots while reviving. Some players deliberately do not inflict damage on an enemy player who is downed and leave it alone, then shoot another enemy player who has come to resurrect that enemy player to knock them down.

To prevent this, the downed player tries to move to a safe area even if it means crawling. In addition, friendly players approaching to resurrect a downed player will resurrect the downed player after using an item that blocks sight, such as a smoke grenade, before reviving.

The game play can be diversified because the player who loses the battle is not immediately out of the game, but falls into a downed state. For example, it may be necessary to select whether to carry out a rescue operation to save a downed player or to give up the downed player and play to kill an opponent. Strategies for battle royale games can be diversified, and team play can become more important.

However, even if the existing DBNO function is used, players who have not been resurrected will eventually be out of the game and will not be able to play in the game any longer. In particular, there were many cases where it was difficult to resurrect if you were down while farming items while far away from your allies. There are many cases where the play to revive is passive.

Players who are down and out of the game at the beginning can easily lose interest in the game, so in addition to the DBNO function, it is necessary to reinforce convenience so that players who are completely out of the game can be added back to the team to play the game more. . Through this, users can play battle royale games in a more diverse way.

10 to 14 are views for explaining a battle royale game engagement method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10 , it can be seen that player 3 among player 1, player 2, player 3, and player 4 is shaded in gray in the upper left corner. When 4 players team up to play Battle Royale and player 3 dies, the user screen is configured like this.

If you die after being down, you can no longer participate in the game, and you can only watch other friendly players play, or leave the game session and start a new game session. A player who is out of the game can observe friendly players, but cannot actually play the game, so interest in the game decreases.

Accordingly, the present invention intends to provide users with an item capable of re-entering a friendly player so that an out-of-field player can play the game again. Through this, game play can be more diverse, and players who are out can rejoin the game and enjoy the game.

Referring to FIG. 11 , a green flare gun can be seen as one of the weapons possessed by the player. Like other items, the item may drop with a low probability in the gaming virtual space. The user who has acquired this calling flare gun can call the downed, dead, and out-processed players among friendly players back to the gaming virtual space where the Battle Royale takes place.

However, since re-entering the game again can affect the game balance, it is only possible in the early part of the game, and it is desirable to disable the function in the later part. For example, when the limit boundary in Table 1 progresses to step 7, it is possible to keep the balance of the game by setting the calling of friendly players to be impossible any more.

Referring to FIG. 11, it can be seen that the time limit for summoning friendly players is shown on the right side of the green call flare gun. After 8 minutes and 32 seconds, the call flare gun cannot be used, and friendly players cannot be summoned. In the example of FIG. 11, the limit for using the call flare gun is shown in the form of remaining time, but as described above, it is also possible to show the limit in the form of a step in which the boundary is reduced.

When the calling flare gun is used, it is possible to select a player to be called again among the dead friendly players as shown in FIG. 12, and the selected player enters the gaming virtual space by plane as when the battle royale game starts, unfolds the parachute and puts it into the game place It can be.

In other words, the called player rides a plane on a random route and passes the location where he used the flare gun. The fall starts automatically at the location where the flare gun is used, and the parachute automatically opens at a certain altitude (about 500m). It can only rotate on a parachute, and cannot move forward or backward.

The call parachute is a dedicated parachute and falls at a higher speed than a normal parachute. Also, while the called player is falling, he will not receive damage from the blue zone. However, you may receive damage from being hit while falling, and you may die during the fall. As shown in FIG. 13, when a player is called, the number of Alives, which guides the number of people remaining in the session, increases, and as shown in FIG. 14, a call message is displayed in the kill log.

In addition, since the called player is newly put into the game, after landing on a parachute, he or she must farm an item or receive an item from a team member to play the game. In other words, similar to farming items and fighting battles when a battle royale game starts, the called player starts the game in the middle, and then farms items and fights after being put into the game.

When calling a dead ally player, you can additionally set it so that it can be called only after a certain amount of time has elapsed after death. For example, you can limit that player to be called back with a call flare gun only after 2 minutes have elapsed since death. If you do not set a time limit for the use of the call flare gun, you can find the location of the enemy in the sky by parachuting right after death, so there may be a case of intentionally dying to determine the location. In order to prevent such abusing, a time limit can be set so that a certain amount of time must elapse after death to be called.

In addition to the dead friendly player, you can follow your friend into the game session and call a third character who is spectating. Battle royale games have social features such as friends and guilds, so you can communicate with users who play often. They register their acquaintances as friends in the Battle Royale game and form a team together to perform team play.

However, since the Battle Royale game is played in such a way that when a set number of players gather at the beginning of the game, the last person or the last team is determined, so it takes 20 to 30 minutes to finish one session. may become If you connect to the game and your friend has already started the game, you have no choice but to wait until your friend quits in the middle or the friend's game ends in order to play the game together.

In the present invention, even if a game session has already started, a friend can use the function to follow the game in progress to enter the game and observe the game, and if the above-described calling flare gun is used, the friend in the game can join as a team member and play the game We want to expand that function so that it can be done.

In the existing battle royale game, the game was played in such a way that the last survivor was selected from among the players when a certain number of people gathered at the beginning. You can also win the game as the last survivor. However, as described above, calling a dead ally player or calling a friend who is spectating is possible only within a certain time limit.

If one of the friendly players died and a spectating friendly player and a friend of the friendly player joined the game session and were spectating, the priority to be called by the call flare gun among the two players would be given to the friendly player who died mid-game and is spectating. it is desirable Since that player has been together since the beginning of the game, if multiple users are spectating, priority is given to friendly players who died during the game.

If multiple friendly players die during the game and are spectating, it is up to the player using the call flare gun to decide which of the players to re-enter the game through the call flare gun. This can also be confirmed by giving a choice from the list of players who can be called after using the calling flare gun of FIG. 12 above.

15 shows a friendly calling device in a gaming virtual space according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this specification, a friendly calling device in a gaming virtual space may be referred to as a game server. The game server refers to any electronic device that implements and implements the method of calling a friend in the gaming virtual space of the present invention. The game server may correspond to any fixed/mobile electronic device including the configuration of FIG. 15 .

The game server 15000 includes a communication unit 15010, a processor 15020, and a storage unit 15040.

The communication unit 15010 may be connected to the processor 15020 to transmit/receive wireless/wired signals. The communication unit 15010 may transmit data transmitted from the processor 15020 or transmit received data to the communication unit. In the present invention, the communication unit 15010 may transmit data corresponding to the gaming virtual space to the client account. And the communication unit 15010 may transmit data for executing the method of the present invention to the client account. Also, the communication unit 15010 may receive and transmit data of a client account playing a game to the processor 15020 .

The storage unit 15030 is connected to the processor 15020 and stores various information for driving the processor 15020. The storage unit 15030 may store various data, information, instances, and commands for providing a gaming virtual space. The storage unit 15030 may be connected to an external database to the game server 15000 to provide data to the game server 15000.

The processor 15020 may be connected to the communication unit 15010 and the storage unit 15030 to perform operations according to various embodiments of the present disclosure according to the drawings and descriptions described above. At least one of the modules, data, programs, or software implementing the method of calling a friend in a gaming virtual space according to various embodiments of the present invention described above may be stored in the storage unit 15030 and executed by the processor 15020. .

The processor 15020 of the game server 15000 may perform the calling method of allies in the gaming virtual space described in the present invention. A method of calling an ally in the gaming virtual space of the game server 15000 is as described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 14 .

The embodiments described above are those in which elements and features of the present invention are combined in a predetermined form. Each component or feature should be considered optional unless explicitly stated otherwise. Each component or feature may be implemented in a form not combined with other components or features. It is also possible to configure an embodiment of the present invention by combining some components and/or features. The order of operations described in the embodiments of the present invention may be adjusted. Some components or features of one embodiment may be included in another embodiment, or may be replaced with corresponding components or features of another embodiment. It is obvious that claims that do not have an explicit citation relationship in the claims can be combined to form an embodiment or can be included as new claims by amendment after filing.

An embodiment according to the present invention may be implemented by various means, for example, hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. In the case of hardware implementation, one embodiment of the present invention provides one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), FPGAs ( field programmable gate arrays), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, etc.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a module, procedure, or function that performs the functions or operations described above. The software code can be stored in memory and run by a processor. The memory may be located inside or outside the processor and exchange data with the processor by various means known in the art.

It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the foregoing detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all adjustments within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (5)

In the method of calling an ally in a gaming virtual space,
providing a gaming virtual space to a first client account, and receiving a command from the first client account to call a second client account watching a first character of the first client account; and
Calling a second character of the second client account to the gaming virtual space and then forming a team with the first character and the second character.
How to call allies in gaming virtual space. According to claim 1,
The second character of the second client account is a character who died and was out-processed in the gaming virtual space while playing as a team with the first character before the call,
How to call allies in gaming virtual space. According to claim 1,
The second client account is watching the first character by entering the game session after the game session in the gaming virtual space starts.
How to call allies in gaming virtual space. According to claim 1,
The steps to form the team are:
Forming a team by processing the calling command only before a predetermined time elapses after the session of the game in the gaming virtual space starts,
How to call allies in gaming virtual space. A communication unit that transmits and receives data wirelessly or wired;
A storage unit for storing game-related data; and
As a friendly calling device in a gaming virtual space including a processor that controls the communication unit and the storage unit,
the processor,
providing a gaming virtual space to a first client account, and receiving a command from the first client account to call a second client account watching a first character of the first client account;
After calling the second character of the second client account to the gaming virtual space, the first character and the second character form a team.
Ally call device in gaming virtual space.

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