Patents Assigned to KRAFTON, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11602693
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a game are provided. According to embodiments of the present, the method for providing a game comprises determining a map for game play, variably determining a first area in the map, and providing a second play environment different from a first play environment of the first area to outside the first area, wherein an item or vehicle is not spawned or a spawn rate of the item or vehicle is lower than the first play environment in the second play environment. According to the method, an In-Game play environment is variably provided each time a game is played, thereby the unexpectedness of the game play can be enhanced and the utilization and lifespan of the game map can be remarkably improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: KRAFTON, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Im, Yong Eun Jung
  • Patent number: 11577166
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a gaming virtual space. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling a gaming virtual space, comprising providing the gaming virtual space to at least one client account and allocating a location in the gaming virtual space to a character of the at least one client account; setting a safe area in the gaming virtual space, wherein the safe area is an area within a limiting border in the gaming virtual space, and wherein when the character is located outside the limiting border, additional damage is applied to the character; and indicating and adjusting the safe area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KRAFTON, INC.
    Inventor: Sungjin Im
  • Patent number: 11433308
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for improving the processing speed of a game implementing multithreaded, characterized to include a moving object trajectory generator that generates a moving trajectory of a moving object in a reference terrain coordinates system that is based on a space that the game provides, when the moving object moves in the space that the game provides according to a game player's manipulation; an aircraft involvement recognizer that recognizes involvement of an aircraft in the space that the game provides; an aircraft area setter that sets an aircraft area where the aircraft is involved in the space that the game provides, when the involvement of the aircraft is recognized in the space that the game provides; a moving object entry determiner that determines whether the moving object entered into the aircraft area in the space that the game provides; a terrain data manager that provides aircraft terrain data that is based on the aircraft, when it is determined t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KRAFTON, Inc.
    Inventor: Seung-Hwan Han
  • Publication number: 20210252405
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a game are provided. According to embodiments of the present, the method for providing a game comprises determining a map for game play, variably determining a first area in the map, and providing a second play environment different from a first play environment of the first area to outside the first area, wherein an item or vehicle is not spawned or a spawn rate of the item or vehicle is lower than the first play environment in the second play environment. According to the method, an In-Game play environment is variably provided each time a game is played, thereby the unexpectedness of the game play can be enhanced and the utilization and lifespan of the game map can be remarkably improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: KRAFTON, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Jin IM, Yong Eun JUNG