JP2023076713A - Control method of server device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a control method of a server device provided in a social game system, capable of motivating players to participate in a social game and increasing an effect of attracting customers.SOLUTION: A control method of a server device 100 for providing a terminal device 2 of a player with a game, includes: a step of displaying a plurality of games on the terminal device 2; a step of storing, as a play history, the number of times of playing the respective games associated with the player; and an assignment step of assigning a reward to the player based on a combination of two or more times of playing games out of the plurality of games based on the play history.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a server device, and more particularly to a method of controlling a server device provided in a system effective in attracting players who participate in social games.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, games provided from a server device to a mobile terminal operated by a player via a communication network have been well received, and many game titles have been released using multiple platforms. These games come in a wide variety of types and categories, and among them, so-called social games, which allow multiple players to participate in the same game, are particularly popular.

Such social games are social networking services (“SNS
”), and a player (game user), for example, logs in or signs in to a platform provided by an SNS operator, and accesses a specific game or service as necessary. By pre-registering with
Various social games prepared there can be played.

In social game systems with such a wide variety of games available, points and various items that can be used in social games are offered for a certain period of time in order to increase the motivation of players to participate in the game and improve the effect of attracting customers. Limited-time events such as point campaigns that are given to players only may be held on the platform.

In addition, as another type of campaign for attracting customers, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses that a player receives a character having a high rarity (rare character) from a character data supply device located at a predetermined place such as an arcade or a station. It describes a stamp rally type campaign where data can be downloaded and collected.

JP 2007-75624 A

However, in the conventional campaign developed on the platform, although the player can acquire predetermined game points etc. by participating in the target game of the campaign, the player can select the desired game from the set target games. In many cases, it is difficult to further improve the effect of attracting customers. Also, such campaigns have failed to provide players with sufficient opportunities or incentives to play games other than those in which they are interested. Therefore, it has been difficult to sufficiently increase the willingness of the players to participate by increasing the interest and taste of the social game system as a whole. Furthermore, in a stamp rally such as that described in Patent Document 1, a player can collect characters that appear in a specific game by going to a predetermined place. However, it has to be said that it is still insufficient from the viewpoint of increasing the effect of attracting customers to many other games and increasing the willingness of players to participate.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a server provided in a social game system that can further increase the player's willingness to participate in the social game and further increase the effect of attracting customers compared to the past. It is an object of the present invention to provide a control method for an apparatus.

In order to solve the above problems, the social game system according to the present invention first provides a server device that is connected to a terminal device operated by a player via a communication line and that provides a plurality of games to the terminal device using a platform. A system comprising:
An information storage unit that stores information related to a plurality of games, and a control unit that accesses the information, performs calculations related to the game, and causes the terminal device to display an image of the game. Also, the control unit selects or sets at least one game among the plurality of games as a target game of the campaign, and executes the campaign in which a predetermined first reward is awarded to the player who has played the target game. be.

Further, the campaign includes a first guide route in which the control unit guides the player to a specific game among the target games based on the play history (situation) of each target game, and/or the control unit guides each of the target games. a second guidance route that guides the player to a particular game based on a probability preset for . Note that the prefixes "first" and "second" (
Modifier) is used as a convenient and formal usage for distinguishing multiple “induction routes” (described later, “first reward”, “second reward”, and “second reward”). The same applies to prefixes (modifiers) in 3 Rewards).

Here, the "player" is a user who operates a terminal device, and is a concept that corresponds to a client of a so-called client-server system. , is referred to as a "player". Also, a player can generally participate in a game through a so-called player character that acts, acts, thinks, etc. in a virtual game space instead of himself or through suitable game media associated therewith. Therefore, the term "player" in the present invention is strictly a concept including player characters.

A player connects a terminal device operated by himself/herself to the server device configured in this way via a communication line, and plays a plurality of games (social games) provided through the platform.
and participate in campaigns that are held from time to time, for example, limited-time events. Here, in the present invention, as such a campaign, the control unit selects or sets at least one game among a plurality of games as a target game of the campaign. Then, a player who has played the target game of the campaign is provided with a predetermined (limited) first reward unique to the campaign. In this case, on the screen of the player's terminal device, for example, an image notifying the start of the campaign, a list of campaign target games, and the first reward given when each target game is played are displayed by the control unit. , etc. are displayed.

Here, the 'reward' in the 'first reward' means something that produces a useful effect in advancing the game, or something that enhances the value or sense of value by owning it. Also, typically, the type of reward is not particularly limited. Or various items and skills that can be used in games including various battles to restore the player's physical strength and damage, and furthermore, items that themselves have values and characteristics such as rarity. is included. The same shall apply to the “remuneration” in the “second remuneration” and “third remuneration” below.

In addition, the above-mentioned "game media" refers to contents and items (including numerical parameters of points) that can be possessed or managed by the player in the game. attached character card,
Avatars, figures, etc. can be mentioned, and they are handled in a virtual space (virtual game space) on a game, and are concepts that include so-called “objects” and the like. Furthermore, "game media" include those that directly or indirectly remind the player character (for example, the player character's name, appellation, weapons, clothes, costumes, spells, magic, techniques, related characters, etc.). ), furthermore, it may be displayed as a still image, a moving image, or a combination thereof, or it may be represented by simple character information instead of an image. Depending on the circumstances, even if it is not visually recognizable, it may be audibly recognizable, such as voice information.

For such a campaign in which the player participates, at least one of the above-described first guide route and second guide route is set (prepared) for guiding the player to the target game of the campaign. Of these, in the first guide route, the control unit displays the history of execution by the player for each target game of the campaign, for example, the play of each target game by an unspecified number of players in that campaign or the previous campaign. Automatically direct the player to a particular game based on the number of times (the number of times it has been played). For example, if a target game that is played relatively frequently by a player is prioritized as a specific game and the player is guided to the specific game, the player can play the popular specific game in the campaign without hesitation in selection. can. In addition, in this way, it is also possible to optimize the adjustment of the flow (inflow) of players to the target game in the campaign. Adjustments can be made accurately and easily.

From the above point of view, specifically, the control unit determines the priority ( priority). More specifically, the control unit sets the priority of a game with a relatively large total play count among the target games higher than the priority of a game with a relatively small total play count among the target games. may

In this case, in order to obtain the data of the total number of times the target game has been played, for example, a specific game-to-specific game transition (transition) is required so that the player can move from one specific game to another specific game with a simple operation. The URL is displayed on the game screen (such as the screen at the end of the game), and the number of times the player clicks on the URL (the number of times the player steps on the URL) indicates that URL.
It is possible to grasp the 'total number of times played' of the specific game for which RL was displayed.

On the other hand, in the second guidance route, the probability of guiding the player (guidance probability) is set in advance for each of the target games by the control unit, and when the player participates in the campaign, the control unit A player is guided to a specific game based on the induction probability. For example, by setting a high induction probability to a game that is targeted for a campaign but played relatively few times in that campaign or in the previous campaign,
Players can be made to play a specific game intended by an SNS provider, for example, by avoiding concentration of players on a specific game that is highly popular. In addition, the player has the advantage of being able to experience a type of game belonging to an inexperienced field or inexperienced category that he or she has never experienced before.

It should be noted that such a guidance probability is, for example, the number of times each target game has been played by an unspecified number of players in the campaign or the previous campaign (
It may be set based on the number of executions), or may be set arbitrarily regardless of such execution history by the player.

In addition, as described above regarding the movement (transition) between specific games, when there are a plurality of target games, the control unit controls different target games (a plurality of separate target games) may be continuously set as specific games, and the player may be continuously guided to a plurality of these specific games.

In addition, the control unit controls when there are a plurality of target games and the player continuously plays different target games (a plurality of separate target games) as specific games, or when the player performs a campaign (held at the same time). campaigns or campaigns held at different times), the above-mentioned first reward given when playing a single target game is the degree or type may be configured to give a second reward with a different value to the player. As a result, the player's desire to participate in the campaign can be further enhanced. It should be noted that the "degree of reward" refers to, for example, the rarity of the reward, skill (
(skill) strength, type of points, and the like.

It is also useful for the control unit to select or set the target game and/or the specific game based on the play history of a plurality of games by the players who participated in the campaign. With this configuration, it is possible to analyze (for example, regression analysis) history analysis data such as the compatibility between the player and the game and the number of times played, and as a result, to match the preferences of each player, can match campaigns and/or specific games. As a result, it is possible to further increase the player's satisfaction level and thus the willingness to participate.

Further, when the play history of the specific game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition, the control unit provides a third reward different in degree or type from the first reward given when the single target game is played. may be provided to the player. For example, a puzzle arrangement (pseudo bingo card) like a bingo card is set by assuming that the target game of the campaign is an element of bingo. Then, when the player completes a predetermined arrangement (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally aligned in a straight line, etc.) in the puzzle arrangement by playing the same or different specific games multiple times (that is, when a predetermined condition is satisfied) ), the control unit gives the player a third reward. In other words, a so-called secondary game (bingo in the above example) using the target game of the campaign or associated with the target game is carried out in the campaign, and based on the result, the player third to
may be given as a reward.

Further, a method for controlling a social game system according to the present invention is a method for effectively controlling the above-described social game system according to the present invention, that is, a terminal device operated by a player is connected via a communication line, and A server device that provides a plurality of games to the terminal device using a platform, an information storage unit that stores information related to the plurality of games, and accesses the information, performs calculations related to the game, and This is a control method for a system comprising a control unit that causes the terminal device to display a game image.

In this method, the control unit selects or sets at least one game among the plurality of games as a campaign target game, and provides a predetermined first reward (points or Run a campaign that grants game items). In addition, the campaign includes a first guidance route in which the control unit guides the player to a specific game among the target games based on the play history (situation) of each target game, and/or A second guiding route is included that guides the player to the specific game based on a probability set in advance for each.

Further, the program according to the present invention is connected to a terminal device operated by a player via a communication line, provides a plurality of games to the terminal device using the platform, and stores information related to the plurality of games. This is for causing a computer that can access the information storage unit to execute the steps shown below. That is, the steps include accessing information, performing game-related calculations, and displaying a game image on a terminal device; and executing a campaign to award a predetermined first reward to players who have played the target game. And the campaign
A first guide route in which the control unit guides the player to a specific game among the target games based on the play history of each of the target games, and/or the control unit determines the probability set in advance for each target game. and a second guidance route that guides the player to a particular game based on.

In addition, the social game system according to the present invention may be an overall system including terminal devices operated by players in addition to the server devices described above.

Moreover, the present invention may be configured as follows. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a control method for a server device that provides a game to a terminal device of a player, comprising: displaying a plurality of games on the terminal device; a step of associating and storing as a play history; and a granting step of granting a reward to the player based on a combination of the number of times of playing two or more of the plurality of games based on the play history.

In the invention according to claim 2, in the giving step, the reward is given when one or more conditions regarding the number of times each game has been played are satisfied in at least two of the plurality of games. server device control method.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 further includes a step of setting an arrangement in which each of the plurality of conditions is positioned, and in the imparting step, the plurality of conditions satisfied by the number of times of play are set in a predetermined positional relationship in the arrangement. 3. The method of controlling a server apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said reward is given when .

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is a server device for providing a game to a terminal device of a player, comprising a control unit for displaying a plurality of games on the terminal device, wherein the control unit controls the playing of each game. The number of times is associated with the player and stored as a play history, and a reward is given to the player based on a combination of the number of times of playing two or more of the plurality of games based on the play history.

Furthermore, the invention according to claim 5 comprises a step of causing a computer that provides games to a terminal device of a player to display a plurality of games on the terminal device; and giving a reward to the player based on a combination of the number of times two or more of the plurality of games have been played based on the play history.

In the present invention, in a campaign in which a special reward is given to a player, a third reward is given to the player based on the number of times each of the target games played in the campaign. Therefore, according to the present invention, since rewards are given according to the number of times played, it is possible to further increase the willingness of the players to participate.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system block diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of a social game system according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system configuration diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of a social game system according to the present invention; FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a game screen in a campaign held (executed) in the social game system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a game screen in a campaign held (executed) in the social game system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a game screen when a target game of a campaign held (implemented) in the social game system 1 is executed. FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a puzzle arrangement set by assuming that the target game of the campaign is an element of bingo;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. The following embodiments are examples for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention only to the embodiments.
Also, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. Furthermore, those skilled in the art can adopt embodiments in which each element described below is replaced with equivalents, and such embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the positional relationships such as up, down, left, and right shown as necessary are based on the display shown in the drawings unless otherwise specified. Furthermore, various dimensional ratios in the drawings are not limited to the illustrated ratios. Further, in order to facilitate understanding, an embodiment in which the present invention is implemented using a game information processing apparatus will be described below as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this as described above.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system block diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of a social game system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram (system configuration diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of the social game system according to the present invention. As shown in these figures, the server device 100 provided in the social game system 1 is a server computer connected to a network 200, and a predetermined server program runs on the server computer to exhibit server functions. It is something to do. Also, the server device 100 and terminal devices 2 such as client computers 21 and mobile terminals 22 similarly wired and/or wirelessly connected to the network 200 are set to be able to communicate with each other, whereby the social game system 1 Configured. Note that the server device 100 itself is also an example of the social game system according to the present invention.

The network 200 is, for example, a communication line or communication network related to information processing, including the Internet, and its specific configuration is configured so that data can be transmitted and received between the server device 100 and the terminal device 2. For example, a base station wirelessly connected to the terminal device 2, a mobile communication network connected to the base station, the Internet connected to the server device, a gateway connecting the mobile communication network and the Internet A thing provided with a device is mentioned.

The server device 100 includes an arithmetic processing unit 101 such as a CPU and an MPU, and an R as a storage device.
An external interface 104 to which an OM 102 and a RAM 103, an input unit 105 and an external memory 106 are connected, an image processing unit 107 to which a display monitor 111 is connected, a slot drive 108 to which a disk or memory device or the like is accommodated or connected, and a speaker device 1
12 is connected to the audio processing unit 109, and the network interface 110,
For example, they are connected to each other via a transmission line 120 such as a system bus including an internal bus, an external bus, and an expansion bus. Note that the input/output devices such as the input unit 105, the external memory 106, the display monitor 111, and the speaker device 112 may be omitted as necessary, and even if they are provided, they are It may not always be connected to the transmission line 120 .

The arithmetic processing unit 101 controls the overall operation of the server device 100, transmits and receives control signals and information signals (data) to and from the other components described above, and performs various arithmetic processing necessary for executing the game. I do. Therefore, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, logical operations such as logical addition, logical product, and logical negation using a numerical operation unit and the like, and bit sum, bit product, bit inversion, bit shift,
It is configured to be able to perform bit operations such as bit rotation and, if necessary, saturation operations, trigonometric function operations, vector operations, and the like.

In addition, the ROM 102 generally stores an IPL (Initial Pr.
gram Loader) is recorded, and by executing this, the slot drive 10
A server program or a game program recorded in a disk or memory device housed in or connected to 8 is temporarily read into RAM 103 by arithmetic processing unit 101, and the program is executed by arithmetic processing unit 101. FIG. Furthermore, the ROM 102 stores an operating system program and other various data necessary for controlling the operation of the entire server device 100 .

Further, the RAM 103 is for temporarily storing server programs, game programs, and various data. Data necessary for communication between the terminal devices 2 and the like are held in the RAM 103 . Further, the arithmetic processing unit 101 sets a variable area in the RAM 103 and directly performs arithmetic operations on the values stored in the variable area using the numerical operation unit, or transfers the values stored in the RAM 103 to a register. 103 once duplicated or relocated to the register, and directly performs calculations on the registers, and furthermore, writes back the results of those calculations to the RAM 103 .

Also, the input unit 105 connected via the external interface 104 is the server device 1
00 users (game providers, SNS operators), and the input unit 105 may be a keyboard, touch pad, touch panel, or, for example, a voice input device. The type of device is not particularly limited as long as it is capable of inputting instructions such as various operation inputs, determination operations, cancellation operations, and menu display.

Furthermore, in the RAM 103 and the external memory 106 detachably connected via the external interface 104, the operation status of the server device 100, the access status of each terminal device 2, the game play status and progress status of each terminal device 2, etc. Data indicating (past grades, etc.), data of logs (records) of communication between the terminal devices 2, etc. are rewritably stored.

Also, the image processing unit 107 converts various data read from the slot drive 108 into
After processing by the arithmetic processing unit 101 or by the image processing unit 107 itself, the processed image information is recorded in a frame memory or the like. The image information recorded in this frame memory is converted into a video signal at a predetermined synchronization timing and output to the display monitor 111 connected to the image processing section 107 . This enables various image displays. again,
Image information about the game is processed by the image processing unit 10 through cooperative processing with the arithmetic processing unit 101 or the like.
7 and/or the arithmetic processing unit 101 to each terminal device 2 .

Furthermore, the audio processing unit 109 converts various data read from the slot drive 108 into audio signals, and outputs the audio signals from the speaker device 112 connected to the audio processing unit 109 . Sound information (sound effects and music information) related to the game is transmitted from the sound processing unit 109 and/or the arithmetic processing unit 101 to each terminal device 2 by cooperative processing with the arithmetic processing unit 101 or the like.

Furthermore, the network interface 110 is for connecting the server device 100 to the network 200. For example, the network interface 110 conforms to various standards used for building LAN, analog modem, ISDN modem, ADSL modem, cable television A cable modem or the like for connecting to the Internet or the like using a network line, and an interface for connecting these to the arithmetic processing unit 101 via a transmission line 120 .

A preferred embodiment of a campaign carried out according to a program according to the present invention in the social game system 1 configured as described above will be described below. note that,
Various processes (display of images and screens, determination, calculation, etc.) in the following procedures are performed by the server device 100.
is executed based on a control command from the arithmetic processing unit 101 of the above. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101
functions as a "control section" in the present invention. Also, the above-described ROM 102 and RAM
103, external memory 106, and various storage media in which game-related information is recorded correspond to the "information storage unit" in the present invention.

A player normally operates a terminal device 2 (client computer 21 or mobile terminal 22; tablet terminal, smartphone, etc.) and connects the terminal device 2 to the server device 100 via a network 200 such as the Internet. For example, a platform screen provided by the server device 100 is displayed as an initial screen on the screen 2a of the terminal device 2, and the player inputs login information such as his/her ID number and password. Server device 10
When the arithmetic processing unit 101 of No. 0 recognizes the log-in information, the terminal device 2 displays, on the terminal device 2, a my application screen, a my page screen, a my home screen, etc., which are associated with the ID number and are unique to the player.

On this My Application screen, for example, a list of icons indicating game titles of application software registered by the player, campaigns that are currently being held, and other notices (notices) to the player are displayed in a banner format. A desired one can be selected from among them. The contents associated with each banner are set to be hierarchically displayed. For example, when the player selects "campaign", the hierarchical display (page) of the campaign can be displayed.

(First guidance route)
In the present invention, at least one of the first guide route and the second guide route is set (prepared) to guide the player to the target game of the campaign. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101 is provided with first guiding means and second guiding means for realizing those routes. Here, first, the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines the history of executions by the players for each target game of the campaign, for example, the number of times each target game was played by an unspecified number of players in the campaign or the previous campaign (the number of times the target game was played). An example of the "first guidance route" that automatically guides the player to a specific game based on the number of times played will be described. 3 and 4 are schematic diagrams showing configuration examples of game screens in a campaign held (executed) in the social game system 1. Both figures are continuously scrolled on the screen 2a of the terminal device 2 of the player. Some of the possible displayed images are shown.

The image shown in FIG. 3 includes, for example, a campaign title 31 displayed in text, a content display area 32 for the campaign, the number of game points held by the player at that time, and other appropriate announcements related to the campaign ( It contains a service text 33 that displays a notice) and the like. In the campaign content display area 32, for example, in addition to the game points possessed by the player, game points (first reward) that can be obtained by participating in the campaign can be exchanged. Icons H1, H2, H3 indicating game items, and hierarchical display (page) displaying the contents of those game items
A banner 34 associated with the , and other appropriate service text, etc. are displayed.

Also, in the image shown in FIG. 4, which is displayed continuously with the image shown in FIG. 3, the target game of the campaign and the contents related to the target game are displayed. In the display area 4A corresponding to the game A, which is one of the target games of the campaign, for example, the title 41a of the game A, the conditions 42a1 for playing the game A and obtaining game points as the first reward are displayed. ，
42a2 and the number of points 43a1, 43a2 that can be obtained when the conditions 42a1, 42a2 are satisfied (cleared) are displayed. Similarly, in the display area 4B corresponding to the game B, which is another target game, for example, a title 41b of the game B and a title 41b for playing the game B and obtaining game points as the first reward are displayed. conditions 42b1 and 42b2, and the number of points 43b1 and 43b2 that can be obtained when the conditions 42b1 and 42b2 are satisfied (cleared).

The conditions 42a1, 42a2, 42b1, and 42b2 for obtaining game points include, for example, an enemy character that appears in a battle (a so-called raid boss in a raid battle, or an opposing guild in a guild battle). ), clearing dungeons and quests, obtaining capsule toys such as so-called gacha, exchanging various comments and messages with other players, and the like. Also, icons or the like that symbolize the contents may be displayed together with the texts for explaining the contents. Furthermore, the number of points 43a1, 43a2, 43b1, which can be acquired
43b2 are conditions 42a1, 42a2, 42b1, 42 for obtaining game points.
It is appropriately set according to the difficulty level of b2. Thus, in this embodiment, a plurality of campaign target games are set.

For the player, titles 41a and 41b of games A and B are displayed, for example, as banners.
If links to games A and B are associated (pasted) to them, the desired game can be selected and played by clicking on the banner display. Alternatively, if the games A and B are registered as my apps, the user can move to the my apps screen once, select the target game, and play the game. The games A, B, etc. selected from among the target games in this manner correspond to the "specific game" in the present invention. Then, when the player satisfies the conditions 42a1 and 42a2 for obtaining the game points displayed in FIG. given to the player. This is the same even when game B is played.

In the present embodiment, as the "first guide route", the arithmetic processing unit 101 generates a history of execution by the player for each of the games A, B, etc., which are the target games of the campaign,
For example, the player is automatically guided to a specific game based on the number of times each target game has been played (number of times played) by an unspecified number of players in the campaign or the previous campaign. Here, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a game screen when a campaign target game held (implemented) in the social game system 1 is executed.
An example of the image when the player has selected the game A from the target games and finished playing the game is shown. Note that when the player satisfies the conditions 42a1 and 42a2 for acquiring game points displayed in FIG.
The game points displayed as 1, 43a2 are awarded to the player.

In the image shown in FIG. 5, for example, the title 41 of the game A displayed as text, the content display area 42 including appropriate text including the title end, the numerical value of the game points held by the player at that time, and other It includes a service text 43 that displays appropriate recommended content or the like to prompt the player to play the target game. In addition, near the service text 43, a URL 44 for movement (transition) between specific games is displayed so that the player can move from game A to another specific game, for example game B, by simple screen operations. . This URL
As L44, the character string itself indicating the location may be used, or an icon display such as an appropriate banner format may be used.

When the player clicks the URL 44, the arithmetic processing unit 101 displays the game image of the game B on the screen 2a of the terminal device 2, and the player can continue playing the game B. FIG. Even when the player finishes playing the game B, the image shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to the game B is displayed on the screen 2 a of the terminal device 2 .

In this way, when the player continuously plays the games A, B, etc., which are the target games of the campaign, as shown in FIG. , data on the number of times the target game has been played by an unspecified logarithm of players can be accumulated and grasped. That is, in the campaign, the number of times the player clicks on the URL 44 (the number of times the URL is stepped on) is grasped as the "total number of times played" of the game A, which is the specific game in which the URL 44 is displayed. The image display as shown in FIG. 5 is also displayed for game B, etc., which is another specific game, so that the data of "total number of times played" in the campaign is collected for game B, etc. can do.

If, for example, four games A, B, C, and D are set as target games from a plurality of games provided on the platform, each game (specific game) played by the player among them The end screen shows the URLs of different games in order from A to D.
44 may be displayed, or the next game may be randomly (randomly) extracted from A to D and the URL 44 of that game may be displayed.

In this way, the target games are games A, B, C, and D, and as the campaign progresses to some extent, the total number of times each game A, B, C, and D has been played by an unspecified number of players at that time A statistically significant amount of data is obtained. And games A, B, C,
For example, if the total number of plays of D is 10000, 500, 1000, and 50, respectively
If it is 00 times, the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines the appearance probability of the URL 44 of another game displayed on the screen at the end of each game based on the total number of times played, for example, as follows. can be done.
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Target game Total number of times played Appearance probability－――――――――――――――――――
A 10000 50%
B500 5%
C 1000 10%
D5000 35%
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An example of the operation sequence of the social game system 1 (hereinafter referred to as "first operation sequence") will be described below. It should be noted that the operation sequence described below is based on the storage unit of the terminal device 2 (hereinafter referred to as "terminal storage unit") and the storage unit of the server device 100 (hereinafter referred to as "terminal storage unit").
server storage section". ), mainly by the control unit of the terminal device 2 (hereinafter referred to as “terminal control unit”) and the control unit of the server device 100 (hereinafter referred to as “server control unit”), It is executed in cooperation with each element of the terminal device 2 and the server device 100 .

The player instructs the terminal device 2 to execute the program via the operation unit of the terminal device 2 . The terminal device 2 starts processing based on the program. That is, when the player instructs to start the game via the operation unit of the terminal device 2, the terminal control unit realized by the program displays the campaign screen (for example, the screens shown in FIGS. 3 and 4). An acquisition request is sent to the server device 100 via the communication unit of the terminal device 2 (hereinafter referred to as “terminal communication unit”).
(step S100).

When a campaign screen acquisition request is received from the terminal device 2 via the communication unit of the server device 100 (hereinafter referred to as "server communication unit"), the server control unit transmits display data for displaying the campaign screen. Create (step S101). And the server control unit
The created display data is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit (step S102
).

When receiving display data from the server device 100 via the terminal communication unit, the terminal control unit creates drawing data based on the received display data. Further, the terminal control unit outputs the created drawing data to the display unit of the terminal device 2 to display the campaign screen (step S
103).

When the player instructs to start the game via the operation unit of the terminal device 2 on the campaign screen, the terminal control unit transmits a request to acquire the game screen to the server device 100 via the terminal communication unit ( step S104).

When receiving a game screen acquisition request from the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit, the server control unit creates display data for displaying the game screen (step S105). The server control unit then transmits the created display data to the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit (step S106).

When receiving display data from the server device 100 via the terminal communication unit, the terminal control unit creates drawing data based on the received display data. Further, the terminal control unit outputs the created drawing data to the display unit of the terminal device 2 to display the game screen (step S107).
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When the player instructs the progress of the game via the operation unit of the terminal device 2 on the game screen, the terminal control unit transmits a request to acquire the game screen to the server device 100 via the terminal communication unit ( step S108).

When a game screen acquisition request is received from the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit, the server control unit receives instructions from the player included in the received game screen acquisition request and game instructions stored in the server storage unit. The game is advanced based on the state (step S109).
Then, the server control unit determines whether or not the play end condition is satisfied (step S11
0). If the play end condition is not met (step S110-No), the server control unit creates display data for displaying a game screen indicating play continuation (step S
111).

On the other hand, if the play end condition is satisfied (step S110-Yes), the server control unit gives predetermined game points to the player (step S112). The server control unit also refers to the appearance probability of the URL 44 of each game stored in the server storage unit, and determines the URL 44 of the next game based on the appearance probability (step S113). Then, the server control unit creates display data for displaying a game screen indicating the end of play (for example, the screen shown in FIG. 5) (step S114).

The server control unit transmits the created display data to the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit (step S115).

When receiving display data from the server device 100 via the terminal communication unit, the terminal control unit creates drawing data based on the received display data. Further, the terminal control unit outputs the created drawing data to the display unit of the terminal device 2 to display the game screen (step S116).
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In the game screen, when the player instructs to start the game via the operation unit of the terminal device 2, the terminal control unit transmits a request to acquire the game screen to the server device 100 via the terminal communication unit ( step S117).

When receiving a game screen acquisition request from the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit, the server control unit increments (+1) the total play count of the previous game stored in the server storage unit (step S118). ). Also, the server control unit updates the appearance probability of the URL 44 of each game based on the incremented total play count (step S119). Then, the server control unit creates display data for displaying the game screen (step S
120). The server control unit also transmits the created display data to the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit (step S121).

In this way, in the "first guidance route" of the present embodiment, the target game played by the player relatively many times in total, in other words, the game that is highly popular with the players in the campaign, or the game that contributes to the campaign. The higher the game, the more preferentially the player is guided. As a result, the player can play a specific game that is highly popular in the campaign without hesitation in selecting a specific game from among the target games. ) to optimize the adjustment. As a result, the player's desire to participate in the campaign and social game can be further increased, and the effect of attracting customers can be significantly increased compared to the conventional system.

In the campaign of this embodiment, the player may play the same target game continuously, or conversely, the same target game may not be played continuously (that is, loop play of the same game is prohibited). do). For the latter setting, for example, the UR for movement between specific games displayed in the image when playing the game A shown in FIG.
Exclude game A from the target of L44. Or games A, B, C, D
After setting URLs that link to all target games such as, when displaying the image shown in FIG. It may be set to be excluded from the target.

In addition, in this "first guidance route", as opposed to giving priority to target games with a relatively large number of total plays as described above, priority is given to target games with a relatively small total number of plays to guide the player. You may make it guide|induce to the target game. That is, in this case, the appearance probability of the URL 44 may be determined, for example, as follows, based on the example of the total number of times played. In this way, players can be prevented from concentrating on a specific game that is highly popular in the campaign, as will be described later in the explanation of the probability of guidance in the "second guidance route" below. It is very possible for the player to experience a type of game belonging to an inexperienced field or an inexperienced category that the player himself has never experienced before. -
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Target game Total number of times played Appearance probability－――――――――――――――――――
A 10000 5%
B 500 50%
C 1000 35%
D5000 10%
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Furthermore, the relationship between the target game and the appearance probability may be set in advance, for example, based on the actual value of the total number of times played in the previous campaign, or arbitrarily, prior to the campaign to be implemented from now on. good. In addition, while using the preset value related to the relationship between the target game and the appearance probability as the initial value, while the campaign is being carried out, data on the actual number of times played for each target game is collected, and based on that , it is also preferable to review the relationship between the target game and the appearance probability. That is, it is also possible to adjust the inflow of players to a specific game in real time by feedforward control and/or feedback control, using the number of times each target game has been played in the campaign.

(Second guide route)
On the other hand, in the "second guidance route", the probability of guiding the player (guidance probability) for each of the target games A, B, C, and D is set in advance by the arithmetic processing unit 101. , a player participating in the campaign is guided to a specific game based on the induction probability. In this case, the ROM 102 and RAM 103 of the server device 100, the external memory 106, and various storage media in which campaign-related information is recorded are stored with, for example, the following target game-induction probability correspondence table.
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Target game Induction probability ―――――――――――――
A 20%
B 10%
C 60%
D 10%
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Then, when the player participates in the campaign, the arithmetic processing unit 101 guides the player to each of the games A, B, C, and D based on the induction probability set in the correspondence table. At that time, for example, after displaying the campaign introduction image of each game on the screen 2a of the terminal device 2 of the player as shown in FIG. The player can play the game C by giving priority to the high game C and displaying the game image.

Another example of the operation sequence of the social game system 1 (hereinafter referred to as "second operation sequence") will be described below. It should be noted that the processing after step S203 is the same as in the first operation sequence, so the description is omitted below.

The player instructs the terminal device 2 to execute the program via the operation unit of the terminal device 2 . The terminal device 2 starts processing based on the program. That is, when the player instructs to start the game through the operation unit of the terminal device 2, the terminal control unit realized by the program sends a campaign screen acquisition request to the server device 10 through the terminal communication unit.
0 (step S200).

When a campaign screen acquisition request is received from the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit,
The server control unit refers to a correspondence table of games and induction probabilities stored in the server storage unit, and determines the display order of each game based on the induction probabilities (step S201). Then, the server control unit creates display data for displaying the campaign screen (step S202). Also, the server control unit transmits the created display data to the terminal device 2 via the server communication unit (step S203).

In this way, for example, although it is the target game of the campaign, the probability of being guided to a specific game (such as game C in the above example) that has been played relatively few times in the campaign or the previous campaign is set high. By doing so, it is possible to avoid concentration of players on a specific game that is highly popular in the campaign. As a result, for example, it is possible for the player to play a specific game intended by the SNS operator without fail. You can experience the game. Even in this way, it is possible to further increase the player's willingness to participate in the campaign and thus in the social game. It is possible to further increase the player's willingness to participate in the campaign and eventually the social game, and to significantly increase the effect of attracting customers as compared with the past.

Further, in both the "first guided route" and the "second guided route", the target games A, B, C, D, etc., are continuously set as specific games, and the player is directed to a plurality of specific games. Can be set to guide continuously. In such a case, or in the case where the player participates in multiple consecutive campaigns (either campaigns held at the same time or campaigns held at different times), games A and B ，
The player receives another reward (second reward) different in degree or type from the reward (first reward) given when C and D are played alone and clears a predetermined condition as compensation for continuous play. may be given to Furthermore, the faster a player clears a series of specific games,
A second reward that differs in degree or type from the first reward may be obtained in large quantities, or the "degree or type" may be changed to provide a reward of higher value to the player. You may make it provide as a "second reward."

In these cases, for example, the condition 4 displayed on the screen 2a of the terminal device 2 as shown in FIG.
Number of points 43a1, 43 that can be obtained when clearing 2a1, 42a2, etc.
There is an example in which a larger number of points than a2 or the like is given as a second reward. Alternatively, a rare item (so-called rare item or super rare item) that can usually be exchanged by accumulating those points can be used as a second reward for continuous play. Such setting makes it possible to further increase the motivation of the player to participate in the campaign.

Also, in both the "first guide route" and the "second guide route", the target game or the specific game is selected or set based on the play history of a plurality of games by the players who participated in the campaign. good too. For example, the arithmetic processing unit 101 analyzes the trend of games that the player likes to play based on history data such as the types of games played by the player and the playing time, and selects games that are compatible with the player. It can be set as a campaign target game or a specific game. Such games include, for example, games of the same category/genre (field) as games that players who participate in a campaign prefer to play during normal times other than campaigns or when other events are held. In addition, it is determined that there is a significant correlation by analyzing the play history of the player using techniques such as data mining, including statistical techniques and behavioral analysis techniques, not limited to games of the same category or genre. It is also possible to make the game (group) that is compatible with the player.

By doing so, it is possible to finely match campaign target games and/or specific games to individual players so as to suit their tastes. As a result, the player's level of satisfaction with the campaign and the social game executed on the platform, as well as the willingness to participate, can be particularly improved. especially,
Data such as play history used in the latter analysis method can be collected in large amounts and easily by the server device 101 of the SNS provider that provides the platform, so techniques such as data mining are used. Matching by analysis is extremely useful in further increasing the player's willingness to participate in the campaign.

Furthermore, when the play history of the specific game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition, the first reward given when each of the games A, B, C, and D described above is played is the degree or type of reward. may be given to the player. In this case, for example, the conditions for obtaining game points, etc. in games A, B, C, and D, which are the target games of the campaign, are likened to the elements of bingo, such as bingo cards, as shown in FIG. A puzzle array P (pseudo bingo card) is set. In the same figure, A
₁ to A ₅ indicate conditions in game A, and similarly, B ₁ , C ₁ and C ₂ , and D ₁ indicate conditions in games B, C, and D, respectively.

At this time, when the player plays a plurality of the same or different specific games and satisfies these predetermined conditions, a predetermined arrangement (vertical, horizontal, diagonal arrangement, etc.; in the illustrated example, , A ₁ -A ₂ -D ₁ , A ₂ -A ₅ -B ₁ , A ₁ -A ₅ -C ₂ lines, etc.)
Bingo is completed when Then, according to the completion of such bingo and further the number of bingo, points as the first reward obtained in the campaign (the number of points 43 shown in FIG. 4)
a1, 43a2, etc.) is given as a third reward. Alternatively, similar to the above-described second reward, an item with a higher rarity (so-called super rare item, etc.) can be used as the third reward for achieving bingo in the example shown in FIG. This makes it possible to further increase the player's desire to participate in the campaign.

In addition, as described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the modifications already described, and various modifications are possible without changing the gist of the invention. For example, the configuration of the server device 100 shown in FIG.
The client computer 21 and the mobile terminal 22 are also compatible. In other words, it is also possible to use the client computer 21 and the mobile terminal 22 as the server device 100 . That is, any computer device connected via the network 200 can function as a server device.

Furthermore, in the server device 100, a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk or SSD is used, and is configured to perform functions equivalent to those of the memory devices loaded in the ROM 102, RAM 103, external memory 106, and slot drive 108. These storage devices may or may not be redundant by RAID or the like, and may not be connected to the arithmetic processing unit 101 via the transmission line 120. For example, cloud computing may be used. It may also be connected to another external device or the like via the network 200 as part of the communication.

Furthermore, the network interface in the server device 100 and the terminal device 2 may be either a wireless LAN device or a wired LAN device, and they may be installed internally or may be of an external device type such as a LAN card. . Furthermore, as the terminal device 2, a game machine connectable to the network 200 may be used. Alternatively, for example, a communication karaoke device may be used.

In addition, the guidance probability to each target game (games A, B, C, and D) in the correspondence table set in the "second guidance route" is obtained from an unspecified number of It may be set based on the total number of times each game A, B, C, and D has been played by the player. In this case, in the above-described example of the "first guidance route", in order to increase the inflow of players to the game B, which has been played a relatively small number of times, the guidance probability to the game B is higher than that to the game C.
It can also be set to increase the induction probability to. Also, for example, the larger the number of friends registered in the SNS community or in each game, or the larger the experience of cooperating with friends or other players (so-called "helper" etc.), the higher the degree of the first reward described above. And/or second rewards and/or third rewards of different types may be provided in more or more diverse forms.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the social game system, the control method thereof, and the program according to the present invention can further increase the player's willingness to participate in the social game,
Accurately guide players in the campaign and flow (enter) players to each game
Since it is possible to optimize the adjustment of the amount, games in general (especially those including elements of social games) that are distributed, provided, implemented, etc. in a server-client type network configuration, distribution, provision, implementation of such games It can be widely and effectively used for general software and hardware-related technologies related to the above, as well as activities such as their design, manufacture, and sales.

The inventions described in the claims immediately before the division of the original application of the present application are additionally described below.
[1]
A control method for a server device capable of communicating with a terminal device of a player,
awarding a first reward to the player in a plurality of first games when a first condition in each first game is achieved;
awarding a second reward to the player in a second game associated with the play history of the plurality of first games when the play history satisfies a second condition. How to control the device.
[2]
The control method for the server device according to [1] above,
A method of controlling a server device, wherein a determination as to whether or not the second condition has been achieved in the second game is performed based on a combination of the first conditions achieved in the plurality of first games.
[3]
The control method of the server device according to [2] above,
setting one or more combinations each including a plurality of first conditions in the plurality of first games necessary for achieving the second condition in the second game;
When the first condition included in at least one combination among the one or more combinations is achieved in the plurality of first games, it is determined that the second condition is achieved in the second game. a step;
A method of controlling a server device, further comprising:
[4]
A control method for a server device according to any one of [1] to [3] above,
The method of controlling a server device, wherein the second game is a bingo game in which a plurality of first conditions in the plurality of first games are arranged.
[5]
A server device capable of communicating with a terminal device of a player,
providing a first reward to the player when a first condition in each first game is achieved in a plurality of first games, and a first reward associated with the play history of the plurality of first games; 2, the server device comprising a control unit that gives a second reward to the player when the play history satisfies a second condition.
[6]
A server device that can communicate with the player's terminal device,
awarding a first reward to the player in a plurality of first games when a first condition in each first game is achieved;
giving the player a second reward when the play history satisfies a second condition in a second game associated with the play history of the plurality of first games; program.

1: Social game system 2: Terminal device 2a: Screens 4A, 4B: Display area 21: Client computer (terminal device)
22: Mobile terminal (terminal device)
31: Campaign title 32: Content display area 33: Service text 34: Banner 41: Game A title 41a: Game A title 41b: Game B title 42, Content display areas 42a1, 42a2, 42b1, 42b2: Campaign conditions 43: Service text 43a1, 43a2, 43b1, 43b2: Number of points 100: Server device (social game system)
101: Arithmetic processing unit (control unit)
102: ROM (information storage unit)
103: RAM (information storage unit)
104: External interface 105: Input unit 106: External memory 107: Image processing unit 108: Slot drive 109: Audio processing unit 110: Network interface 111: Display monitor 112: Speaker device 120: Transmission path 200: Network (communication line)
A, B, C, D: Target games A ₁ to A ₅ , B ₁ , C ₁ , C ₂ , D ₁ : Conditions H1, H2, H3: Icon P: Puzzle array

Claims (4)

a first means providing a first reward to a player when a first condition in each first game is achieved in a plurality of first games;
a step of providing a second reward to the player when the second means is a second game associated with the play history of the plurality of first games and the play history satisfies a second condition; , including
the second game is a bingo game in which a plurality of first conditions in the plurality of first games are arranged;
The second condition is that a predetermined number of lines are aligned in the bingo game,
A method of controlling a game, wherein none of the lines of the bingo game are aligned by one of the first games. 2. The game according to claim 1, wherein determination of whether or not said second condition has been achieved in said second game is made based on a combination of first conditions achieved in said plurality of first games. Game control method. the computer,
a first means for awarding a first reward to a player when a first condition in each first game is achieved in a plurality of first games;
A second means is a second game associated with the play history of the plurality of first games, and provides a second reward to the player when the play history satisfies a second condition. act as a means,
the second game is a bingo game in which a plurality of first conditions in the plurality of first games are arranged;
The second condition is that a predetermined number of lines are aligned in the bingo game,
A game control program, wherein none of the lines of the bingo game are aligned by one of the first games. a first means for awarding a first reward to a player when a first condition in each first game is achieved in a plurality of first games;
A second means is a second game associated with the play history of the plurality of first games, and provides a second reward to the player when the play history satisfies a second condition. comprising means and
the second game is a bingo game in which a plurality of first conditions in the plurality of first games are arranged;
The second condition is that a predetermined number of lines are aligned in the bingo game,
A game controller, wherein none of the lines of the bingo game are aligned by one of the first games.

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