On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 04:17 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 14:46 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway
wrote:
> A game where "targets" move across the screen to a predetermined point
> or line, where the player hits a button/key/mouse click as the target(s)
> crosses that point or line, and gets points.
>
> This means:
>
> No "Guitar Hero" clones.
> No "Dance Dance Revolution" clones.
You've got to be shitting me.
... So, how about if the "targets" stay still and the cursor moves? I
think there's assloads of prior art on that...
No, the patent is pretty darned specific. Its "targets moving in a
straight line" to a "predetermined point or line", and the player having
to hit a button at that precise point or line to get points. If you're
shooting the target, doesn't apply. If there is cursor motion involved,
doesn't apply.
As far as I can tell, only DDR, Guitar Hero, and Donkey Konga games meet
this criteria, and I don't think we have anything like that in Fedora
currently. Am I wrong?
~spot