Virtual Creature Character Fostering Apparatus

摘要

A virtual creature character fostering apparatus, which allows a user to feel that the user is really involved in birth of a virtual creature character, is provided. The virtual creature character fostering apparatus includes a temperature sensor 13 disposed inside a casing 1 to detect a temperature of the casing 1, character-to-be-fostered selecting means 21, and display control means 23. The character-to-be-fostered selecting means 21 calculates an accumulated time length during which the temperature of the casing 1 detected by the temperature sensor 13 is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature above ordinary temperature. Then, one or more virtual creature characters to be selected are determined among a plurality of kinds of virtual creature characters in accordance with the accumulated time length. The display control means 23 reads out an initial image of the selected virtual creature character from image storing means 25, and displays the image on an image display portion 4.