JP4057222B2 - GAME DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game device that performs a card game on a display device, a recording medium that stores a program for the card game, and an image display method, and in particular, a game device that uses a variety of monster cards, a recording medium, And an image display method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of card game, each player prepares a plurality of cards with different attributes and abilities as a hand, and by playing these cards in a predetermined place, the opponent's life point There is a game in which “0” is set (hereinafter abbreviated as LP) (see, for example, US Pat. No. 5,662,323).
[0003]
On the other hand, the present applicant previously proposed a card game for portable game machines that can be enjoyed in the form of a video game in Japanese Patent Application No. 11-74631. In the card game, the player selects cards of various abilities and different capabilities and functions, puts them out to a predetermined place set on the screen of the portable game machine, and sends them to the opponent side (for example, in the portable game machine). The card is determined by the superiority or inferiority of the card compared to the card issued by the computer. Also in this card game, cards are put out until one LP of the player becomes “0”.
[0004]
Further, a card game for a home game device that can enjoy a similar card game in a home game device has also been proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 11-209897. In the card game for home game devices, the number and functions of cards can be greatly increased as compared with the card game for portable game devices.
[0005]
In any of the card games previously proposed, on the liquid crystal display screen, a self-hand area where five cards can be arranged and an opponent's hand area are set at the bottom and top of the screen, respectively. A screen area excluding the own hand area and the opponent's hand area is set as a table for playing a game, that is, a place.
[0006]
Here, the cards used in the proposed card game affect multiple monster cards with predetermined attack and defense abilities, and monster cards in play if they are put out of the hand area Can be classified into a magic card that provides a monster card, and a battle terrain in the field, and a terrain card that corrects the monster card's attack and defense ability in each battle terrain.
[0007]
The above-mentioned monster cards, magic cards, and terrain cards are put out on the screen in the same way as normal poker games, so that the predetermined effects given to each card are demonstrated and battles are performed. Decided to win or lose.
[0008]
This means that in any of the card games described above, only the fun as a card game in which winning or losing is determined by the strength or weakness of the cards arranged in the field, the attributes of the cards, etc. is pursued. .
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, the game described above is not considered at all regarding the movement of the card and the influence of the card on the arranged card position and the vicinity of the position like a board game such as shogi.
[0010]
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel game device capable of satisfying not only the fun of a card game but also the fun of a board game.
[0011]
Another object of the present invention is to provide a game apparatus that can enjoy a variety of card games.
[0012]
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a game apparatus having elements as a board game such as shogi and go by giving each card a two-dimensional peripheral area effect.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, in a game device for displaying a card on a display device and playing a card game, the field tag area for arranging the card is divided into a plurality of partial areas where cards can be arranged, respectively. When the card is arranged in the partial area and the first means for displaying on the display apparatus, the peripheral area effect is generated by the card arranged in the partial area, and the influence of the peripheral area effect is influenced by the display apparatus And a second device for displaying the game device.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
First, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, a game apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described. Referring to FIG. 1, a consumer game device to which the present invention can be applied includes a game device main body 10 (hereinafter simply referred to as a main body) and a controller 11. In a normal game, the main body 10 is connected to a display device such as a television device (not shown), and the player can enjoy the video game by operating the controller 11 while looking at the screen of the television device. .
[0015]
More specifically, the main body 10 includes a substantially rectangular housing 12 and an openable / closable disk mounting portion 13 provided on the upper surface side and the central portion of the housing. In the following, for convenience of explanation, a home game device in which a CD-ROM storing a video game application program as a recording medium is mounted on the disk mounting unit 13 will be mainly described. However, the card game according to the present invention is applied to a home game device (hereinafter referred to as a new home game device) to which a DVD (digital video disc) is mounted as a recording medium, and a game with a higher reality is applied. I can enjoy it.
[0016]
A reset switch 14, a power switch 15, and a disk operation switch 16 for resetting a video game by a player's operation are arranged on the upper surface of the housing 12 constituting the main body 10 shown in the figure. By doing so, the disk mounting portion 13 can be opened and closed, and the CD-ROM can be mounted or removed. In the case of a new home game device that uses a DVD as a recording medium, the main body 10 itself is placed vertically, and the DVD is also installed vertically.
[0017]
In addition, two slots 17A and 17B in which a memory card or the like can be mounted are provided on the front side surface of the housing 12, and each slot 17A and 17B is divided into two stages. The controller 11 can be connected to the lower stage of each slot 17A, 17B, and the memory card can be connected to the upper stage of each slot 17A, 17B.
[0018]
In the illustrated example, the controller 11 is connected to the main body 10 via the connection terminal portion 18 at the lower stage of the slot portion 17B, and the memory card device 20 is mounted at the upper stage of the slot portion 17A. . In the new home game device, a PC card slot and an expansion slot are provided instead of the memory card slot.
[0019]
Next, with reference to FIG. 2, an internal configuration of the game apparatus body 10 to which the memory card apparatus 20 according to the present invention is attached will be described.
[0020]
First, the game apparatus body 10 is loaded with, for example, an optical disk (a disk-shaped recording medium such as a CDROM) as a recording medium 84 storing a program related to the game. It is assumed that a computer-readable program related to a card game is stored on the optical disk in this embodiment.
[0021]
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the game apparatus according to the present invention includes a main control unit 50, a graphic control unit 60, an audio control unit 70, a medium control unit 80, and a communication control unit. 90, and these control units 50-90 may be collectively referred to as a control unit. The illustrated control units 50-90, that is, the control units are all connected to the main bus MB, and in the illustrated example, the parallel I / O port for connecting to the main bus MB to other peripheral devices. A serial I / O port 102 for communicating with 101 and other game devices is connected. Further, the main control unit 50, the operation control unit 90, and the medium control unit 80 operate as a game control unit that controls the execution of the game in accordance with the operation of the player in the controller 11 that operates as the operation input unit.
[0022]
The illustrated main control unit 50 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 51, a peripheral device controller 52, a main memory 53, and an operation system (OS) ROM 54. More specifically, the peripheral device controller 52 provided in the main control unit 50 described above performs interrupt control, time control, memory control, direct memory access (DMA) transfer control, and the like. On the other hand, the main memory 53 is composed of, for example, a 2 megabyte RAM, and the OSROM 54 stores a program such as a so-called operating system that manages the main memory 53, the graphic system 60, the sound system 70, and the like. For example, it is constituted by a memory of 512 kilobytes.
[0023]
The illustrated CPU 51 is, for example, a 32-bit RISC (reduced instruction set computer) CPU, and controls the entire apparatus by executing an operating system stored in the ROM 54. The CPU 51 is equipped with an instruction cache and a scratch pad memory, and also manages the real memory.
[0024]
The graphic control unit 60 includes a geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61, a graphic processing unit (GPU) 62, a frame buffer 63, and a decompression circuit 64. The GPU 62 in the graphic control unit 60 includes A display device 65 is connected. In this case, the graphic control unit 60 operates as a display control unit that controls display of the game screen on the display device 65 that is a display device.
[0025]
Here, the display device 65 is a television monitor in the case of a normal home game machine, a computer display in the case of a personal computer or a workstation, and a game display in the case of a business game machine. Device.
[0026]
The geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61 of the graphic system 60 is configured by a coordinate calculation coprocessor that performs processing such as coordinate transformation, while the graphics processing unit (GPU) 62 receives a drawing instruction (drawing command) from the CPU 51. ) To draw. The image drawn by the GPU 62 is stored in a 1 megabyte frame buffer 63, for example. Further, the decompression circuit 64 is constituted by an image decoder (hereinafter referred to as MDEC) 64 that performs orthogonal transformation such as so-called discrete cosine transformation and further decodes compressed and encoded image data.
[0027]
The geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61 described above includes, for example, a parallel operation mechanism that executes a plurality of operations in parallel, and as a coprocessor of the CPU 51, coordinate transformation such as perspective transformation, normal lines, etc. according to the operation request from the CPU 51. Light source calculation by inner product calculation of a vector and a light source vector, for example, calculation of a fixed-point format matrix or vector can be performed at high speed.
[0028]
Specifically, this GTE 61 is capable of performing coordinate calculations of up to about 1.5 million polygons per second in the case of performing flat shading that draws the same color on one triangular polygon. Therefore, in this image processing system, the load on the CPU 51 can be reduced and high-speed coordinate calculation can be performed. The polygon is a minimum unit of a figure for constituting a three-dimensional object displayed on the display, and is composed of a polygon such as a triangle or a quadrangle. In the present invention, as will be described later, the coordinate calculation of each polygon is performed using the GTE 61.
[0029]
The graphics processing unit (GPU) 62 operates in accordance with a polygon drawing command from the CPU 51 and draws a polygon (polygon) or the like in the frame buffer 63. This GPU 62 can draw a maximum of about 360,000 polygons per second. The GPU 62 has a two-dimensional address space independent of the CPU 51, and the frame buffer 63 is mapped there.
[0030]
The frame buffer 63 includes a so-called dual port RAM, and can simultaneously perform drawing from the GPU 62 or transfer from the main memory 53 and reading for display. More specifically, the frame buffer 63 has a capacity of 1 megabyte, for example, and is handled as a matrix of pixels of 16 bits wide 1024 and 512 pixels vertically.
[0031]
The frame buffer 63 can output an arbitrary display area of the stored image display area to the display device 65, for example. In addition to the display area output as video output, the frame buffer 63 also includes a CLUT area for storing a color look-up table (CLUT) to be referred to when the GPU 62 performs drawing of polygons and the like, and coordinate conversion at the time of drawing. And a texture area for storing a material (texture) to be inserted (mapped) into a polygon or the like drawn by the GPU 62.
[0032]
The illustrated frame buffer 63 can also perform high-speed DMA transfer with the main memory 53.
[0033]
On the other hand, the decompression circuit (MDEC) 64 of the graphic control unit 60 decodes the still image or moving image image data read from the recording medium 84 and stored in the main memory 53 under the control of the CPU 51, and again. Store in the main memory 53. Specifically, the MDEC 64 can execute inverse discrete cosine transform (inverse DCT) operation at high speed, and a color still image compression standard (so-called JPEG) read from the recording medium 84 or a storage media system moving image encoding standard (so-called so-called). , MPEG), the compressed data can be decompressed.
[0034]
Further, the reproduced image data can be used as a background of an image drawn by the above-described GPU 62 by storing it in the frame buffer 63 via the GPU 62.
[0035]
In addition, the sound control unit, that is, the sound system 70, based on an instruction from the CPU 51, a sound reproduction processing processor (SPU) 71 that generates musical sounds, sound effects, and the like, and voices and musical sounds read from the CD-ROM. For example, a 512-kilobyte sound buffer 72, and a speaker 73 as sound output means for outputting musical sounds, sound effects and the like generated by the SPU 71.
[0036]
The SPU 71 reproduces sound data stored in the sound buffer 72 and an ADPCM decoding function for reproducing sound data that has been adaptively differentially encoded (ADPCM) using 16-bit sound data as a 4-bit difference signal. A reproduction function for generating sound effects, a modulation function for modulating and reproducing sound data stored in the sound buffer 72, and the like. More specifically, the SPU 71 incorporates an ADPCM sound source 24 voice having functions such as looping and automatic change of operation parameters with time as a coefficient, and operates by an operation from the CPU 51. The SPU 71 manages a unique address space to which the sound buffer 72 is mapped, transfers ADPCM data from the CPU 51 to the sound buffer 72, and reproduces the data by directly passing key-on / key-off and modulation information.
[0037]
By providing such a function, the sound system 70 can be used as a so-called sampling sound source that generates musical sounds, sound effects, and the like based on audio data recorded in the sound buffer 72 in accordance with instructions from the CPU 51.
[0038]
Next, the medium control unit 80 includes a recording medium driver 81, a decoder 82, and a buffer 83. The recording medium driver 81 is loaded with the recording medium 84. Here, as the recording medium 84, for example, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a semiconductor memory, and the like can be used. In this example, as described above, an optical disk, that is, a CD-ROM is used. It will be described as a thing. In this relationship, it is assumed that the recording medium driver 81 is a CD-ROM driver and the decoder 82 is a CD-ROM decoder. The image simplification method program according to the present invention is stored in the recording medium 84.
[0039]
The recording medium driver 81 has a function of reproducing a program, data, and the like recorded on the recording medium 84 that is a CD-ROM disc. The decoder 82 has, for example, an error correction (ECC) code. It has a function of decrypting additional recorded programs, data, and the like. Further, the buffer 83 is constituted by a RAM having a recording capacity of, for example, 32 kilobytes for temporarily storing reproduction data from the recording medium driver 81.
[0040]
Here, as a disk format, for example, data such as CD-DA, CD-ROMXA, etc. can be supported, and since the decoder 82 also reproduces audio data recorded on the recording medium 84, an audio control unit It also operates as part of 70.
[0041]
The audio data recorded on the disk reproduced by the illustrated recording medium driver 81 is ADPCM data (such as ADPCM data of CD-ROM XA), or so-called PCM data obtained by analog / digital conversion of an audio signal. It may be.
[0042]
Among the audio data described above, ADPCM data is recorded, for example, by representing the difference of 16-bit digital data in 4 bits. The ADPCM data is subjected to error correction and decoding by the decoder 82, and then the above-mentioned audio data. To the SPU 71, undergoes processing such as digital / analog conversion in the SPU 71, and is sent to the speaker 73.
[0043]
On the other hand, for example, audio data formed by PCM data recorded as 16-bit digital data is decoded by the decoder 82 and then used to drive the speaker 73. The audio output of the decoder 82 once enters the SPU 71, is mixed with the SPU output, and becomes the final audio output via the reverb unit.
[0044]
The operation control unit 90 provided in the game device shown in FIG. 1 includes a communication control device 91 that controls communication with the CPU 51 via the main bus MB, an auxiliary memory (here, a memory card device) 20, and The communication control device 91 is connected to a controller 11 for inputting an instruction from a user, that is, a player.
[0045]
Next, the controller 11 is an interface that transmits the user's intention to the application. In order to input an instruction from the user, the controller 11 has, for example, 16 instruction keys. According to the instruction from the communication control device 91, The state of this instruction key is transmitted about 60 times per second to the communication control device 91 by synchronous communication. Then, the communication control device 91 transmits the state of the instruction key of the controller 92 to the CPU 51. Since the main body 10 is provided with two connectors as described above, two controllers 11 can be connected to the main body 10, and in addition, if a multi-tap is used, a large number of controllers can be connected. It is also possible to connect to the main body 10.
[0046]
Thereby, an instruction from the user is input to the CPU 51, and the CPU 51 performs processing in accordance with the instruction from the user based on the game program being executed. In the illustrated image processing system, as described above, data is directly transferred between the main memory 53, the GPU 62, the decompression circuit (MDEC) 64, the decoder 82, and the like by the control from the peripheral device controller 52 without using the CPU 51. DMA transfer that performs transfer can be performed. As a result, the load on the CPU 51 due to data transfer can be reduced, and high-speed data transfer can be performed.
[0047]
Next, the controller 11 used in the game apparatus of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. The controller 11 has various keys as described below for inputting instructions from the player.
[0048]
Here, the instruction keys of the controller 11 will be described. The controller 11 has a cross key composed of a left key L, a right key R, an up key U, and a down key D, a start button 11a, a select button 11b, and first to fourth buttons 11c, 11d, and 11e on the upper surface. , And 11f are arranged. Furthermore, on the front side of the controller 11, first and second left buttons 11L and 11L2, and first and second right buttons 11R1 and 11R2 are arranged. These first and second left buttons 11L1, 11L2 and first and second right buttons 11R1, 11R2 are assigned functions such as an area set and a cursor movement unit for each game.
[0049]
Of the keys described above, the cross key is a key for the player to give a command to the CPU 51 to move the character or the like to be moved up, down, left and right. The start button 11a is recorded when operated by the player. This is a key for instructing the CPU 51 to start an operation based on game program data or the like read from the medium 84 and loaded. The select button 11b is a key for instructing the CPU 51 to make various selections regarding a game program or the like loaded from the recording medium 84 to the main memory 53.
[0050]
The CPU 51 transmits the stored data to the communication control device 91 when it is necessary to store the setting of the game being executed, the end of the game, or the result during the game, and the communication control device 91 receives the CPU 51. Can be stored in the memory card device 20, and the data stored in the memory card device 20 can be transmitted to the CPU 51 or the data name can be changed.
[0051]
On the other hand, the new home game device includes an input / output processing unit connected to the controller 11, a microprocessor (emotion engine) corresponding to the main control unit 50, and a rendering unit corresponding to the graphic control unit 60. The microprocessor and the rendering unit are configured to be able to process at high speed the geometry calculation and physical calculation necessary for drawing the three-dimensional graphic.
[0052]
Here, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, a card game that is the basis of the present invention will be described. The basic card game itself has been described in detail in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 11-209582, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
[0053]
The card game that is the basis of the present invention is that a player issues a card to each other on a place (board) set on the screen of a display device 65 such as a home television device, that is, summons, Play progresses. In this example, a case where a controller 11 is connected to the main body 10 and one player plays a card game with a computer as an opponent will be described. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, cards that have not been put out are called hand cards and cards put on the board (play) are called place cards. And
[0054]
The cards used in the card game are composed of 672 types of monster cards and other 160 types of cards, and a total of 832 types of cards are used. Of these 832 types of cards, use a limited number of cards (41 in this example) and put these cards on the screen until the life point of one player reaches 0 By specifying attack and defense, a card game is played.
[0055]
More specifically, the cards collected for each player are stored in a storage area of the main memory 53 called a bag, and a deck is configured by selecting 40 cards from the cards in the bag. Then, the card game progresses by putting the cards in this deck into play. Therefore, in order to process the card game according to this embodiment, it is necessary to execute a process related to the hand and a process related to the place tag.
[0056]
Next, the cards used in the card game according to the present invention will be described. The cards used in the present invention can be broadly classified into monster cards, magic cards, and terrain cards.
[0057]
Among these, the monster card has an attack ability (represented by the attack ability index AP) and a defense ability (represented by the defense ability index DP) corresponding to the monster displayed on the card, and further, light, darkness, It is divided so as to have one of six attack attributes consisting of water, flame, earth, and wind. In this embodiment, each monster card is assigned one attribute among these six attack attributes. Between these 6 attack attributes, for example, light-dominant cards predominate against dark-tribe cards, but superiority-inferiority that makes them inferior to winds, that is, complementary superiority-inferiority relationships with each other. Has been.
[0058]
On the other hand, a magic card is a card that has a predetermined effect or influence on a card put into play, and as shown in the figure, this magic card further includes a pure magic card, an enhancement card, a trap ( I) It contains a card. In this example, as will be described later, as a card, the card effect is activated only for the entire card card card that activates the card effect over the entire area of the board tag area and the limited area of the board card tag area. A range card is provided. Furthermore, the magic card includes a ritual card that generates a new card at the expense of a predetermined number of monster cards.
[0059]
Here, when a pure magic card enters the battlefield face up, it activates the effect specified for the pure magic card on the spot, disappears from the screen, and is placed in the reverse state, that is, face down. When issued, it can be displayed in the player's favorite turn, and the effect can be exhibited.
[0060]
The pure magic cards prepared in this embodiment are classified into direct attack type cards, card attack type cards, sealed cards, recovery type cards, and display type cards according to the activated effect. it can. Here, the direct attack type card is a card that directly reduces the opponent's LP, and the card attack type card is a card that brings effects such as weakening or sweeping away the opponent's field card. The above-mentioned sealed card can exert the effect of disabling the opponent's turn action and attack / defense posture, and the recovery card has the effect of recovering its own LP. Further, the display card has an effect that the opponent's face-down card can be displayed.
[0061]
In addition, when a card is put into play as a face-up card, it is a card that enhances the ability of the monster card by placing it directly on top of the monster card. Disappear from above. As will be described later, this strengthened card can be put into the hand area together with the monster card, that is, combo, in the sequence to be put into the hand area (ie, hand sequence).
[0062]
Furthermore, among the magic cards, the trap (す る) card is a card that automatically activates when the opponent's attack satisfies a predetermined condition, that is, an activation condition. If you are in a state, return to the table and demonstrate its effect. In this embodiment, as described above, the whole area card and the range card are prepared.
[0063]
Next, as the terrain cards used in this embodiment, cards representing seven types of terrain of forest, wilderness, mountain, grassland, sea, darkness, and light (or battle field) are prepared. Depending on these terrain cards, the monster card's attack ability index (AP) and defense ability index (DP) are set to be corrected. Furthermore, in the present invention, as a terrain card, a virus terrain card that can form a virus-contaminated zone, a labyrinth wall card that refuses entry of a specific monster, and a cartoon world in which only comical creature cards are strengthened (hereinafter referred to as “toon world”). (Abbreviated as) card is also prepared.
[0064]
With reference to FIG. 4, the card game based on this invention based on the above-mentioned card game is demonstrated. Here, an example of a screen displayed on the display device 65 is shown, and it is assumed that one player plays a card game with a computer as an opponent. Prior to the card game, it is assumed that the computer as the player and the opponent prepares a deck composed of 40 cards and a deck leader card that symbolizes the player and the opponent.
[0065]
On the illustrated screen, a board 300 constituting a field is displayed in the card game according to the present invention, and the board 300 is divided into 7 × 7 (= 49) squares, that is, partial areas 301. ing. Each square 301 has a size that allows the card 302 to be placed as shown in the figure. Further, in the areas other than the area of the board 300, the areas arranged in front of and behind the screen constitute hand areas 305a and 305b allocated to the player and the computer that is the opponent of the player, respectively. In these hand areas 305a and 305b, five player hands and computer hands 306a and 306b are taken out from the deck and arranged. When five cards can no longer be placed from the deck, the card game ends and the player loses.
[0066]
Of the squares forming the field, deck leader cards are arranged in the squares 301a and 301b (see the cross hatch) arranged at the front and rear centers in the figure. The deck leader card only has a role as a symbol symbolizing each player and computer character, regardless of card attack, defense ability index (AP), (DP), etc., a predetermined life point (LP), For example, 4000 points are given. For this reason, a card with a low attack and defense ability index may be selected as the deck leader card.
[0067]
Further, in the illustrated example, the player's deck leader card is arranged in the front cell 301a in the figure, and the opponent's computer deck leader card is arranged in the rear cell 301b in the figure. To do. In the case of a new home game device, a monster or the like corresponding to a deck reader card can be displayed three-dimensionally on an actual screen. In the first turn, the player and the opponent place cards Ca and Cb in the square adjacent to the deck leader card. In the first turn, the card can also be put out at an oblique position of the deck leader card (see card Cb). In subsequent turns, the next card C can be put out on the eight squares surrounding the cards arranged on the squares on the board. In this way, a square on the board where the next card can be put out is called a summon square. In the case of the card game shown in the figure, when all the summons are surrounded by the opponent's card, it is set so as to lose.
[0068]
Next, the relationship between the card C1 and the peripheral area effect at the card position will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows 3 × 3 squares among the boards constituting the field, and one card C1 turned upside down is arranged at the center of the square. The card C1 can move one square from front to back and left and right from the center position shown in the figure for each turn of the player. The same applies to the deck reader card. In the case of the example shown in the figure, the square to which the central card C1 can move in one turn is shown in gray level. Therefore, it can be seen that it takes two turns for the card C1 to move to the square at the diagonal position shown in white.
[0069]
The card C1 shown in FIG. 5 is placed upside down in the central area. When the card C1 moves to the gray partial area, the attack is displayed. That is, when staying in the current cell, an attack or defense display can be selected. Regardless of the movement range, it is possible to select whether or not to turn over the card C1. The cards that are prepared include a special ability monster card that can be activated only by turning it into a table, and a magic card (including a ritual card) that will be effective once movement is complete. The timing of turning over a card is also a major influence on the outcome of a card game. Here, the above-mentioned ritual card is a card that can generate a new card at the expense of its own card.
[0070]
As shown in FIG. 6, when the opponent's card C2 enters the movement range of the card C1 issued by the player, the card C1 is moved onto the opponent's card C2, that is, the card The battle begins when C2 and C1 overlap. When the card C1 is moved onto the card C2 as in this example, the card C1 attacks the card C2.
[0071]
Processing in the battle state differs depending on the card to be battled. For example, when the player and the opponent's card are monster cards, battle processing is performed according to the attack and defense ability index, while when the card is a monster card and a magic (or ritual) card, the magic (or ritual) is changed. Destructive processing is performed. Processing in battle will be described later. The status of the battle process is displayed on the screen in the form of a battle between monsters displayed three-dimensionally, and a battle scene rich in reality is developed on the screen.
[0072]
In the card game according to the present invention, as described above, a terrain card is also prepared. When this terrain card is placed in a square on the board, a field formed by a plurality of squares that two-dimensionally surround the square on which the card is placed has a terrain determined by the terrain card. There are terrain cards that represent forests, wilderness, mountains, grasslands, seas, darkness, etc. For example, when a terrain card representing mountains is placed, the area around the terrain card has a mountain terrain. The terrain effect is given to monster cards that are good at mountains.
[0073]
Furthermore, as described above, a virus card that forms a virus-contaminated zone in a predetermined area on the board is prepared as a terrain card characterizing the card game according to the present invention, and an obstacle that only a specific monster can enter is provided. There is also a labyrinth wall card that represents the labyrinth wall on the board. Among these, when a virus card is placed in a square on the board, a monster (monster card) within a predetermined range from the square where the whistle card is placed is infected with this virus, destroyed, and disappears. . Monsters destroyed by viruses may be limited to those having a predetermined attack ability index (AP), for example, an attack ability index of 1500 or more. On the other hand, when a labyrinth wall card is issued, only a specific monster can enter the predetermined area from the labyrinth wall card.
[0074]
As a kind of terrain card, a cartoon world card (hereinafter abbreviated as “toon”) that forms a cartoon world may be provided during a card game. When such a toon world card is issued, a toon world is formed in a predetermined range on the board, and in this world, the ability index of the cartoon-type Creature rises, and other cards' monsters etc. You will lose your ability.
[0075]
With reference to FIG. 7, the terrain effect in the case where the monster card Cm that excels in the field is arranged in the area determined by the terrain card will be described. Similar to FIG. 5, the monster card can be moved in a blacked area in front, back, left, and right with respect to the center position. In this one square area, the monster card can be moved without being turned upside down. However, the moved monster card is displayed as an attack even within the blackened area. The area on the board that is controlled by the terrain card is, for example, 3x3 square centered on the terrain card, as well as front, back, left, and right from the terrain card, as shown by the black area and the gray area in FIG. It can be set as a region covering a total of 13 squares including four squares separated by 2 squares.
[0076]
Furthermore, the illustrated monster card Cm can be moved within a turn within a range painted in gray, that is, within a range of 2 squares. However, when moving 2 squares in one turn, the monster card Cm needs to be face up. Furthermore, the monster card that matches the terrain is also given a terrain effect that adds bonus points to a predetermined attack and defense ability index. This bonus point can only be given to face-up monster cards. In this example, the face-down monster card in the good terrain is configured to automatically change to the face-up state and complete the movement when it moves 2 squares per turn.
[0077]
With reference to FIG. 8, the process at the time of the battle between the attacking side and the attacked side will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the attacking card Cat attacks the attacked card Cde, first, as shown in FIG. 8B, the attacking card Cat is placed face up. Become. Subsequently, the card Cde on the attacked side is face up (FIG. 8 (c)), and it is checked whether or not the card Cde on the attacked side has a special ability (FIG. 8 (d)). . If the attacked card Cde has a special ability, the special ability of the attacked card Cde is processed. If the attacking ability of the attacking card Cat does not become invalid due to the special ability, it is detected whether or not the attacking card Cat is granted the special ability. If there is, the special ability of the attacking card Cat is processed. (FIG. 8E). As a result of the above processing, when both cards Cat and Cde are still in the battle state, the attack and defense ability indexes of both cards are compared, and the victory or defeat is determined according to the comparison result (FIG. 8 (f)).
[0078]
As described above, the monster card according to the present invention is divided into six groups of light, water, flame, earth, wind, and darkness as shown in FIG. This card shows dominance over aquarium cards and inferiority over dark group cards. In the same manner, the flame group card is inferior to the aquarium card, and on the other hand is superior to the earth card. Kaze cards are inferior to terrestrial cards, but dominated against black cards. In this way, each tribe card is dominant over any other tribe card and is inferior to another tribe card.
[0079]
With reference to FIG. 10, the special rule of the card game based on this invention is demonstrated. According to this rule, it is possible to win a dominant clan card with the above-mentioned inferior clan card. That is, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), when the monster of the dominant flame group card Cf is attacked by the monster of the attributed inferior earth card Cg, the attack and defense ability index (AP) of the earth card Cg monster is increased. And DP) exceed the attack and defense ability indices (AP and DP) of the flame group card Cf monster, the flame group card Cf monster is defeated as shown in FIG. However, the victorious inferior terrestrial card Cg monster will be in a spelled state for one turn, and even if you defeat Cf, you will be stuck on the square where Cg was. If such a rule is adopted, it is not possible to determine the victory or defeat uniquely only by the superiority or inferiority of the family, so it is possible to give various variations to the strategy for the battle.
[0080]
Referring to FIG. 11, the spear card used in the card game of the present invention is a card that has an adverse effect on the opponent side by ambushing in advance on the board, and an adverse effect only on a part of the board. Range 及 ぼ す (hereinafter referred to as 罠 A) cards, and global 罠 (referred to as 罠 B) cards that exert an adverse effect on the entire board.
[0081]
In FIG. 11 (a), it is assumed that a カ ー ド A card having the effect of 罠 A destroying an enemy monster having an attack ability index (AP) of 2000 or more is put on a square on the board. The effect of 罠 A by the 罠 A card extends to the four squares before and after the 左右 A card (FIG. 11b).
[0082]
When the enemy monster card Ce moves as shown in FIG. 11 (c) within the square of the range の of the 罠 A card, the effect of the 罠 A card is activated to destroy the enemy monster card Ce.
[0083]
On the other hand, when a card with the effect of 罠 B is put on the board, the effect of 罠 B is automatically activated when an action that matches the condition of the 罠 B is triggered. Once the effect has been activated or the card is turned face up for other reasons, it cannot move from the placed cell and is unilaterally exposed to the opponent's attack.
[0084]
Furthermore, ritual cards are also prepared as magic cards used in the card game of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned spear cards. This ritual card is a magic card that can summon a powerful monster by destroying and sacrificing three monsters under your control. The sacrificial monster may be different for each ritual card, or the sacrificial monster may be determined in common for the ritual card. When the ritual card is issued, the sacrificed monster-compatible card remains in the player's deck and can be used again at the end of the game. The same applies to cards that are destroyed by traps by the A and B cards.
[0085]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, a card game according to the present invention that is executed using the above-described rules and cards will be described. First, the overall flow of the card game according to the present invention will be schematically described with reference to FIG. 12. In the card game, the setting process phase Ph1, the standby phase Ph2, The main phase Ph3 is executed.
[0086]
When the card game is started, a setting process phase Ph1 for the player is executed in the main control unit 50 (FIG. 2). In this setting processing phase Ph1, a deck composed of 41 cards is constructed, and 40 cards other than the cards that serve as deck leaders in the deck are shuffled. Further, in the illustrated setting processing phase Ph1, the first attack / second attack is determined, and 4000 life points (LP) are set.
[0087]
Furthermore, in the card game according to this embodiment, it is necessary to pay a summoning cost corresponding to the level of the monster in order to put out a card as a hand on the board (place). Specifically, in order to summon a high level monster on the board, it is necessary to pay a high summon cost according to the level of that monster as a price. For this reason, monsters with high levels cannot be put on the board unconditionally, and therefore the strategy of the card game can be improved.
[0088]
In consideration of the above points, 4 points are set as the initial summoning cost in the setting processing phase Ph1 shown in FIG. In this example, the summon cost is increased by 3 points per turn.
[0089]
After the end of the setting process phase Ph1, the card game is started and the process of the standby phase Ph2 is executed. In the standby phase Ph2, the progress of the turn is monitored and whether or not the lasting effect such as the spelling effect described with reference to FIG. 10 continues for a predetermined number of turns is monitored. In the standby phase Ph2, the player is given the right to operate the hand to replenish the hand from the deck. This process is also executed by the main control unit 50. At this time, a board as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed two-dimensionally on the display device 65 under the control of the graphic control unit 60. Therefore, the graphic control unit 60 operates as a display driving unit that displays the image shown in FIG.
[0090]
When the standby phase Ph2 is completed, the main phase Ph3 is executed by the main control unit 50 and the graphic control unit 60. In the main phase Ph3, as will be described later with reference to FIG. 13, a hand operation and a place tag operation in one turn are executed. When the processing in the main phase Ph3 is completed, it is determined whether or not the end of the turn has been declared or instructed by the player (step Sa1). Since these hand and place tag operations are executed by the main control unit 50, the main control unit 40 constitutes a hand and place tag processing operation unit.
[0091]
In step Sa1, unless the end of the turn is detected, the standby phase Ph2 and the main phase Ph3 described above are sequentially executed (step Sa1: No).
[0092]
On the other hand, when the end of the turn is detected in step Sa1 (step Sa1: Yes), the opponent's turn process is executed in the same manner as in the above-described phases Ph1, Ph2, and Ph3 (phase Ph4). In step Sa2, it is determined whether or not the opponent's turn process is completed, and phase Ph4 is executed unless the opponent's turn process is completed (step Sa2: No).
[0093]
When the opponent's turn process ends (step Sa2: Yes), determination is made regarding the end of the card game and the winning or losing in step Sa3. Whether the game ends or wins or loses is determined when the computer's life point (LP) value changes, when a card is replenished in the hand, and at the end of your turn, This is done by monitoring at any time the enemy turn to meet your Exodia requirements at the end of the enemy turn.
[0094]
On the other hand, when the end of the card game is detected in step Sa3 (step Sa3: Yes), the card game ends. The end of the card game is determined by detecting when the life point (LP) of the player and the opponent's computer has become 0, or when the hand cannot be aligned, for example.
[0095]
The processing operation of the main phase Ph3 shown in FIG. 12 will be specifically described with reference to FIG. In the main phase Ph3, it is first determined whether the player has selected hand processing or place tag processing (step Sb1). If the hand operation is selected in step Sb1, hand operation processing is executed (step Sb2).
[0096]
Here, the hand operation process will be described with reference to FIG. In the hand operation process, cards are drawn from the deck so that there are five cards (step Sc1). Next, in the case of a combination for generating a new card by combining a plurality of cards (hereinafter referred to as combo delivery), a combo tag is set on a card related to combo delivery (step Sc2). In the case of a reinforced card, the same processing as that for combo is performed.
[0097]
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the summoning cost of the player has reached the summoning cost necessary for the combo (step Sc3). As a result of the determination, if the summoning cost has been reached (step Sc3: Yes), one summoning mass to be handed out is designated, and if the summoning cost has not been reached (step Sc3: No), the process returns to step Sc2 to the player. On the other hand, since the summoning cost has not been reached, it is displayed that combo cannot be issued.
[0098]
In step Sc3, when it is detected that the summoning cost necessary for the summoning has been reached, one summoning square is designated for taking out the hand (step Sc4), and the card obtained as a result of the combo is placed behind the designated square. It arrange | positions in the state (step Sc5). The process for combo output ends. In the case where the process for combo removal is not performed, only the process shown in step Sc1 is executed in the hand operation process Sb1.
[0099]
When the hand operation shown in FIG. 14 is completed, the process proceeds to step Sb3 shown in FIG. 13. In this step Sb3, it is determined whether or not the hand operation is completed. As long as the hand operation has not ended (step Sb3: No), the hand operation of step Sb2 is executed.
[0100]
On the other hand, if the field tag operation is selected in step Sb1 of FIG. 13 or if the player's operation indicates that the hand operation has ended in step Sb3 (step Sb3: Yes), the field tag operation Processing is executed (step Sb4).
[0101]
Here, a description will be given of a field tag operation process in the card game. In the field tag operation process, different processes are performed for a monster card and a magic card. First of all, in the case of the monster card place card operation processing, the monster card is moved on the board and the battle monster card is put on the battle, or the monster card is not moved and the processing for putting it in the defensive state is performed. Is called. Further, when it is detected that the monster card corresponds to a monster having a special ability, a process for displaying the monster card from the reverse display to the front and displaying the monster's special ability is also executed.
[0102]
On the other hand, when it is detected that the card is a magic card in the field tag operation process, the magic card is first moved. Subsequently, processing corresponding to each magic card is executed. For example, when the magic card is a reinforcement-type magic card, processing such as strengthening the monster of the player's magic card or weakening the opponent's monster is executed. In this case, the magic card is further displayed on the front from the back, and its effect is activated.
[0103]
Further, when the magic card is the above-described 罠 A or B card (hereinafter, simply referred to as a 罠 card), the 罠 card is moved according to the player's instruction, the opponent's card is ambushed, and is determined as a 定 め word. When a card arrives in the range, the card is displayed from the reverse side to the front side, and the card effect is exhibited. Further, when the magic card is a ritual card, the ceremonial card is displayed as a table, the other three monster cards are erased, and a powerful monster card is summoned. Further, in the place tag operation process, a process related to the terrain card is also executed.
[0104]
In FIG. 13, when the place tag operation process corresponding to each monster card or magic card is executed (step Sb4), it is determined whether or not the place tag operation process is completed (step Sb5). As long as the place label operation process is not completed, step Sb4 is executed (step Sb5: No). On the other hand, when the completion of the place tag operation process is detected in step Sb5 (step Sb5: Yes), it is determined whether or not the player has the right to operate the hand (step Sb6).
[0105]
If there is a hand operation right (step Sb6: Yes), the hand operation process of step Sb2 is executed. If there is no hand operation right (step Sb6: No), the main phase Ph3 shown in FIG. 13 ends.
[0106]
The processing shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 is executed according to a computer-readable program stored in the recording medium 84.
[0107]
Thereafter, similar processing is executed, and either the life point (LP) of the player or the computer becomes 0, or the hand is drawn from the five decks to the hand area (see 305a and 305b in FIG. 4). When the game cannot be performed, the game ends. Further, a rule may be set so that the game is greatly reversed when five specific types of cards are prepared.
[0108]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since a card game can be enjoyed on a two-dimensional board, it has not only fun as a card game but also fun as a board game. A game device and a recording medium storing the game program are obtained. Furthermore, in the present invention, by preparing not only monster cards but also various magic cards for setting a two-dimensional range, it is possible to enjoy a card game that also includes a two-dimensional card position.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view for explaining an example of a game apparatus capable of executing a card game according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an internal configuration of the game apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a controller used in the game apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a display screen in the card game according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a peripheral area effect of a card used in the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a battle state in the card game according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the effect of the terrain card used in the card game according to the present invention.
FIGS. 8 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) are diagrams for explaining processing in a battle state;
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a superiority or inferiority relationship of attributes assigned to cards.
FIGS. 10A, 10B, and 10C are diagrams for explaining processing when winning or losing is determined by something other than an attribute superiority or inferiority relationship;
11 (a), (b), and (c) are diagrams for explaining the effect of a saddle card used in the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart for schematically explaining an example of a program for executing a card game according to the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart for more specifically explaining the main phase shown in FIG. 12;
14 is a flowchart for explaining hand operation processing shown in FIG. 12. FIG.

Claims (10)

In a game device for displaying a card on a display device and playing a card game, a board that defines a place tag area on which the card is placed and is divided into a plurality of partial regions is displayed on the display device. Display driving means for dimensionally displaying;
When the card is arranged in the partial area, for each card arranged in the partial area, a two-dimensional peripheral area effect is generated around the partial area in which the card is arranged. A card that is arranged in the area defines a range in which the card can be moved two-dimensionally on the board, and further includes a field tag processing means for executing a process of determining the front and back of the card,
The card includes a terrain card that prescribes a terrain in a two-dimensional range including a partial area where the card is arranged and a peripheral partial area on the two-dimensionally displayed board; Includes multiple monster cards with attack and defense capabilities,
The field tag processing means further executes a field tag operation process including a process of moving a monster card arranged in a field tag area on the board, and the terrain corresponding to the terrain card is displayed on the board. Display in the peripheral area around the terrain card, correct the attack and defense ability of the monster card placed in the two-dimensional range defined by the terrain card, and display the battle result based on the correction A game device characterized by the above.   2. The card according to claim 1, wherein the card is provided with a card that generates a card effect in a predetermined area range of the board, and the place tag processing means performs a process of displaying the card effect based on the card. A game device.   3. The card according to claim 2, wherein the card includes a whole card card that has a card effect on the entire field tag area on the board and a range card that has a card effect only on a specific area of the card tag area on the board. The game machine is characterized in that the place tag processing means performs a process of displaying the activation of the effect by the whole area card and the range card.   4. The card according to claim 1, wherein the card includes a virus card capable of making a specific area on the board a virus-contaminated area, and the place card processing means includes a card in a specific area other than the virus card as a virus. A game apparatus characterized by performing a process of displaying an infection result.   In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4, The said card | curd contains the labyrinth wall card which can form the prohibition area which prohibits the penetration | invasion of a specific card | curd on the said board, When the said labyrinth wall card is put out on the said board, A game device that performs a process of displaying an obstacle representing the prohibited area on the board.   6. The card according to claim 1, wherein the card includes a world card capable of forming a world in which only a predetermined card is strengthened, and when the world card is put on the board, the card corresponds to the world card. A game device, wherein a world to be played is displayed on the board.   2. The field tag processing means according to claim 1, further comprising means for performing battle processing when a card arranged in the field tag area on the board is moved onto an opponent's card, and displaying a battle result on a screen. A game device characterized by being displayed above. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing a card game on a computer,
A display means for two-dimensionally displaying on the display device a board that defines a place tag area on which the card is placed and is divided into a plurality of partial areas;
When the card is arranged in the partial area, for each card arranged in the partial area, a two-dimensional peripheral area effect is generated around the partial area in which the card is arranged. Define the range in which the cards arranged in the area can be moved two-dimensionally on the board, and further function as a place tag processing means for executing a process for determining the front and back of the card,
The card includes a terrain card that prescribes a terrain in a two-dimensional range including a partial area where the card is arranged and a peripheral partial area on the two-dimensionally displayed board; Includes multiple monster cards with attack and defense capabilities,
The field tag processing means further includes means for executing a field tag operation process including a process of moving a monster card arranged in a field tag area on the board, and displays the terrain corresponding to the terrain card on the board. and means for displaying the terrain card periphery region, corrects the attack and defense capability of the terrain card by a defined two-dimensional range arranged monster card as a means of displaying the battle result based on the correction Make it work
The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program characterized by the above-mentioned. In claim 8, the card includes at least one of a bag card and a virus card,
A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, which functions as means for displaying the activation of an effect by the bag card and virus card . The card according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the card includes at least one of a labyrinth wall card and a world card,
A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, which functions as means for displaying a wall or a world by at least one of the labyrinth wall card and the world card on the board .

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