Patent attributes
A computer-readable medium including a program which is executed by at least a first and second computer apparatus in a network to provide a video game that is progressed by at least first and second players using said first and second computer apparatus respectively controlling at least first and second player characters in a virtual multiplayer game world in which the difficulty of the game is defined by at least an enemy difficulty, wherein the virtual multiple player game world comprises at least one gaming arena and has at least one game level, the program causing the computer apparatus to function as: an enemy difficulty determining unit configured to detect a change in the number of player characters and to determine a new enemy difficulty in dependence on the change in the number of player characters; an enemy modulating unit configured to modulate the enemy difficulty to the determined new enemy difficulty; and an enemy generating unit configured to generate at least one enemy character at a rate, and/or having an enemy attribute, according to the determined new enemy difficulty.
