US Patent:
20100151948, Jun 17, 2010
Inventors:
Joseph Alton Vance - Castaic CA, US
Daniel Jeremiah Tyrrell - Studio City CA, US
Matthew Stephen Allmer - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Robert McAnaney - Alameda CA, US
Sean J. Krankel - Glendale CA, US
Assignee:
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - Burbank CA
International Classification:
A63F 9/24
A63F 13/00
Abstract:
A video game application provided on storage media such as optical disks readable by computers, video game consoles, or other electronic devices to provide a ring dance game including sensing movement and position of two handheld controllers. The game method includes displaying a heads up display (HUD) on a screen that includes a dance ring defined by six or more target elements or ring segments that are positioned in different zones of the HUD ring such as on the periphery of the dance ring. Cue elements associated with a right hand controller and a left hand controller emanate in a pattern from the ring center and travel outward in the differing zones to strike the target elements. Play involves a player dancing by moving the handheld controllers in response to the cues striking the target elements, which allows a game designer to create a dance game with multi-directional, two-hand cues.