JP5334174B2 - Shooting game device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shooting game device allowing all the players to enjoy games by suppressing such behavior as "incitation" of repeatedly transmitting the same message. <P>SOLUTION: The game device has battery gauges in respective message transmitters, and the display of the battery gauges is control by control software composed of the following steps. The display in each battery gauge is reduced by a fixed quantity G<SB>1</SB>whenever one message is transmitted. When the same message as the one transmitted just before is transmitted, the display in the battery gauge is reduced by a quantity G<SB>2</SB>, larger than the fixed quantity G1. Similarly, when the same message is continuously transmitted N times (N is a positive integer; the same as above hereafter) till the display in the battery gauge reaches zero, the display in the battery gauge is reduced by the quantity G<SB>N</SB>, larger than the quantity of reduction G<SB>N-1</SB>in the (N-1)th transmission. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a shooting game apparatus, and more particularly to a shooting game apparatus played between enemy teams each composed of a plurality of players.

In this game device, each team player has a game control circuit, a display on which a game screen is displayed, a controller that controls the self-appearance that appears on the game screen, an attack controller that controls weapons, A game is played through the Internet using a message transmitter for communicating with members.
A game device similar to this is also disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

The message transmitter used in the game apparatus includes a means for displaying a plurality of messages to be sent to a friend, a means for selecting one message from the plurality of messages, and a means for transmitting the selected message. Yes.
Each team member uses the message transmitter to communicate with allied members and collaborate with the enemy team.
Each member chooses an appropriate message according to the situation of the game, and works closely with other team members to fight the enemy.

When a game is being played in this way, it takes a certain time to select a message, so that all players can play with their breaths, and the entire game proceeds smoothly.
However, if one member sends a message continuously, a large number of messages can be sent out in a very short time. However, when such so-called "buzz" or "log sink" is performed, the game is smooth. It does not proceed and the other players are troubled.

JP 2006-116358 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to enable the player to suppress the act such as “spoofing” as described above so that all players can enjoy the game comfortably. An object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game apparatus that can perform the above-described operation.

The purpose of the above is to provide a message gauge used by each player with a battery gauge that stops the player's game performance when the display value becomes 0,
The following steps a) to e):
a) A step of reducing the display of the battery gauge by a certain amount G ₁ every time one message is transmitted and restoring the indicated value after a certain time T _{1 has} elapsed.
b) Next, when a message that is different from those transmitted immediately before originated, like the preceding paragraph, the display of the battery gauge only reduced display a certain amount of G _1, to restore the predetermined time T ₁ elapses after the indicated value Step.
Step c) the same message as it is sent immediately before When asserted, the the display of the battery gauge display reduced by an amount greater G ₂ than the predetermined amount G _1, to restore the predetermined time T ₂ has elapsed after the indicated value .
d) When the same message is transmitted three times in succession, at the time of the third outgoing step of the large amount G ₃ decreases displayed from G _2, to recover the indicated value after a predetermined time T ₃ has elapsed.
e) Similarly, when the same message is sent N times (N is a positive integer; the same applies hereinafter) until the battery gauge display reaches 0, the (N-1) th call is sent. decrease amount G _N-1 Yoriyori large amount G _N reduced display, the step of recovering the indicated value after a predetermined time T _N has elapsed.
This can be achieved by the above-described shooting game apparatus configured to control the display of the battery gauge via a game control computer.
Each of these steps is executed in parallel with other steps in a superimposed manner.

In the preferred embodiment, the battery gauge is a digital display, G ₁ is one unit, G ₂ is 2 units, G ₃ is 3 units, · · · · G _N is the reduced amount of N units.

It is desirable to gradually increase the recovery time after the battery gauge display has been reduced.
That is, T ₁ ≦ T ₂ ≦ T ₃ ≦... ≦ T _N
And
Furthermore,
_{T 1 / G 1 ≦ T 2} / G 2 ≦ T 3 / G 3 ≦ ···· ≦ T N / G N
It is recommended that

The message transmitter can be provided separately from other controllers for game operations.
Alternatively, without separately providing the message transmitter, the message transmitter may be a message selection screen and a battery gauge displayed on the display screen for displaying the progress of the game, and other game operations. Message control means and message transmission instruction means provided on the controller of the game, and the game control display and message display of the message selection screen and battery gauge based on input signals from the message selection means and message transmission instruction means It is also possible to configure with a computer.

  As a plurality of messages to be transmitted, a message to be sent to the enemy, a message to be sent to the enemy, and a message to be sent to both the enemy and the friend may be prepared.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, when “turning” or the like is performed, the display of the battery gauge decreases at an accelerated rate, so that “turning” or the like cannot be performed.

In the first embodiment of the shooting game apparatus according to the present invention, it is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a game apparatus (excluding a message transmitter) operated by one player. It is explanatory drawing of the main display screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the message transmitter of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing of the main display screen of 2nd Example of the shooting game device which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the image (message selection window) of the message transmitter displayed on the main display screen shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the game device shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. It is a flowchart which shows the action | operation at the time of the message transmission in the shooting game device which concerns on this invention.

Embodiments of a shooting game apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, 10 is a game machine used by one player, 20 is a communication network such as the Internet, 12 is a computer for game calculation, 14 is a controller for movement, and 16 is for attacking. A controller 18 is a display.

As shown in FIG. 2, the screen 18a of the display 18 displays the images A and B of the enemies and / or their players, the instruction screen C of the message transmitter, and the like. D is an aim and E is a character information window.
The player tilts the main body of the controller 14 for movement and controls his / her self. The push button 14a in the figure is a message transmission button.
The player also attacks the enemy by controlling the gun handle 16a, job dial 16b, and trigger 16c of the attack controller 16.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a message transmitter for communication with an ally member.
The left side of the figure shows a state where the battery is valid, and the right side shows a state where the display of the battery gauge shows 0.

  In FIG. 3, 31 is a touch-panel type message selection screen, 32 is a battery gauge, 33 and 34 are message selection screen switching buttons, and 35 is a message transmission button.

The message selection screen 31 displays 12 items of messages, and these message lists can be switched to other lists by pressing the message selection screen switching buttons 33 and 34.
The player touches the message selection screen 31 to select a message, presses the send button 35 to send the selected message to the team member, and the sent message is displayed on the team member display.
The message can be transmitted by pressing a push button of the movement controller 14.

The battery gauge 32 includes 10 lamps. When one message is sent, one lamp goes off, but when no message is sent for a certain time, for example 5 seconds, the lamp recovers and turns on again.
When the next message sent is different from the message sent immediately before, one lamp goes off and the lighting is restored after 5 seconds.

However, when the same message is sent twice, the more lamps, for example two lamps, go out.
In the preferred embodiment, the time between lamp recovery and relighting is extended.

Furthermore, when the same message is sent three times repeatedly, the more lamps, eg 3 or 4 lamps are extinguished.
In the preferred embodiment, the time between lamp recovery and relighting is extended.

  Similarly, when the same message is repeatedly transmitted many times, more lamps are turned off than the number of lamps turned off at the time of the previous transmission.

  For this reason, the display value of the battery gauge drops rapidly, the battery goes up, it is switched to the display on the right side of FIG. 3, the game can not be done until the battery recovers, even if it is exposed to enemy attacks, Cannot respond.

  Accordingly, if the same message is transmitted a number of times in succession, a very disadvantageous situation will occur, so that the so-called “scoring” will not be performed, and all players will be able to play the game comfortably.

4 to 6 show a second embodiment different from the first embodiment.
In the first embodiment, the message is selected and transmitted using the touch panel type message selection screen 31 of the message transmitter 30 provided separately from the movement controller 14 and the attack controller 16. In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a message selection window is displayed on the screen 18a of the display 18 of the player, and a desired message is selected and transmitted using the controller at hand while viewing the window. Is also displayed on the message selection window on the display screen.

That is, the movement controller 14 and the like used in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are similarly provided in the second embodiment, and when the player presses the message button 14a (FIG. 1) provided on the movement controller 14, As shown in FIG. 4, a message selection window C in the form of a transceiver is displayed on a display screen 18a.
FIG. 5 shows details of the message selection window. FIG. 5A shows a state in which various messages to be selected are displayed, and FIG. 5B shows the display value of the battery gauge being 0. This indicates a state where the message cannot be transmitted.

More specifically, 12 items of messages are displayed on the message selection screen 41 of the message selection window, and the player selects a message by turning the change wheel 16b (FIG. 1) of the attack controller 16 at hand. The selected message is sent to the team members by pressing the trigger 16c. The sent message is displayed on the display of the team member.
The messages are classified and displayed in advance on the message selection screen 41 so that they can be quickly selected, those that are sent to teammates (friends), those that are sent to enemies, messages that are sent to all enemies, etc. It is recommended to do so. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, a black triangle mark is a message to be sent to a friend, a black square mark is a message to be sent to an enemy, a double circle mark is a message to be sent to all, and so on.

A battery gauge 42 is also displayed in the message selection window, and whether or not a message can be transmitted is controlled according to battery consumption.
The battery gauge 42 is composed of ten lamps indicating ten batteries as in the above embodiment, and is usually displayed in a yellow color.
Basically, one battery is consumed for each message transmission, but when the same message is transmitted continuously (when consecutive calls are made), the battery consumption is set to increase.
That is, the number of consumed batteries is two at the same time for the second call of the same message, and the number of consumed batteries is three at the same time for the third call.
As each battery is consumed, it immediately begins to recover (charge). The recovery speed is set to recover, for example, in 5 seconds, and during recovery, the gauge blinks once every 0.5 seconds to indicate that recovery is in progress. Battery recovery occurs even without using the message selection window.

When consecutive calls of the same message are repeated and the remaining battery becomes 0, the battery runs out. Once the battery is exhausted, the penalty is that until the 10 batteries are fully charged, messages can no longer be sent, and even if exposed to enemy attacks, they cannot respond.
Accordingly, if the same message is transmitted a number of times in succession, a very disadvantageous situation will occur, so that the so-called “scoring” will not be performed, and all players will be able to play the game comfortably.
In the state of running out of the battery, all messages in the message list in the message selection window displayed on the display screen 18a are hidden [see FIG. 5 (b)], and instead an icon 43 indicating that charging is in progress. Is displayed blinking in the center.
The battery gauge 42 in a state of running out of battery is incremented by one each time it is recovered, and is displayed in red. The battery recovery speed from a dead battery state is set to a penalty (100-second penalty) that is slower than the normal recovery speed, such as one every 10 seconds.
When all 10 batteries are recovered, the message selection window C returns to the display state shown in FIG. 5A, and the message can be transmitted.

FIG. 6 shows a circuit configuration of the game apparatus according to the second embodiment.
In FIG. 6, the same numbers as those shown in the drawings so far indicate the same components, and 20 enables data communication with game machines of other players in the battle. A communication network, 22 is a communication circuit, 24 is a fee collection device, 26 is a card reading / writing device for a game card in which a player ID, game history, etc. are recorded, and 28 is a speaker.

  The game calculation computer 12 is necessary for controlling the operations of the movement controller 14, the attack controller 16, the display 18, the communication circuit 22, the fee collection device 24, the card reading / writing device 26, etc., and executing the shooting game. And a calculation necessary for transmission / reception of a message between players performed during the shooting game, and a message selection screen is displayed on the display 18 together with the game image based on the calculation result. It has become.

The CPU 121 in the game calculation computer 12 executes a game program recorded in a program memory 122 such as a hard disk drive, and performs calculation processing necessary to advance the game according to the program. The game program also includes a program for message transmission / reception and battery gauge display control (referred to herein as “battery gauge control software”).
The work RAM 123 exchanges data necessary for the operation of the CPU 121 and temporarily records and holds data.
The ROM 124 stores various data and programs of a relatively small size necessary for backing up the operation of the CPU 121 in addition to character data, image data, audio data, and the like displayed on the display 18. If the program memory 122 is a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive, character data, image data, or the like may be recorded there.
The clock circuit 125 oscillates clock pulses necessary for the operation of the entire apparatus, and performs time management from the start of the game to game over, other time management necessary for the progress of the game, and the like.

In the program memory 122, as described above, a game program including message transmission / reception and battery gauge display control related thereto is installed.
The CPU 121 calculates and executes the game program in cooperation with the program memory 122 and the work RAM 123, and displays the calculation result as a game image on the display 18 via the image processing circuit 126 so as to advance the game. It is configured.
That is, according to the present invention, the message transmitter circuit is generated by the cooperative action of the hardware of the game computing computer 18 and the game program (including battery gauge control software) installed in the computer according to the progress of the game. When 120a and the battery gauge display control circuit 120b are constructed and the same message is repeatedly called, the battery consumption rapidly proceeds, and the penalty that the message cannot be transmitted for a certain period as described above is generated. ing.

In other words, the program (battery gauge control software) that executes the battery gauge consumption display control and message transmission stop by continuous calls of the same message,
a) A step of reducing the battery gauge display by a certain amount G ₁ every time a message is transmitted and restoring the indicated value after a certain time T _{1 has} elapsed. b) Next, a message transmitted immediately before when different message originated, the steps of the preceding paragraph Similarly, the display of the battery gauge decreased displayed by a predetermined amount G _1, to restore the predetermined time T ₁ elapses after the indicated value,
Step c) the same message as it is sent immediately before When asserted, the the display of the battery gauge display reduced by an amount greater G ₂ than the predetermined amount G _1, to restore the predetermined time T ₂ has elapsed after the indicated value When,
d) When the same message is transmitted three times in succession, at the time of the third outgoing, the steps of the reduced display from G ₂ by a large amount G _3, to recover the indicated value after a predetermined time T ₃ has elapsed,
e) Similarly, when the same message is sent N times (N is a positive integer; the same applies hereinafter) until the battery gauge display reaches 0, the (N-1) th call is sent. a step of reducing the amount G _N-1 Yoriyori large amount G _N decreased display, to recover the indicated value after a predetermined time T _N has elapsed,
The message transmitter circuit 120a and the battery gauge display control circuit 120b are constructed by executing this program by the hardware of the computer 12 for game calculation, and thereby the same message is repeatedly called. As a result, battery consumption rapidly progresses, and a penalty that makes it impossible to transmit a message for a certain period of time is generated.

  FIG. 7 shows a flowchart showing the operation at the time of message transmission in the shooting game apparatus according to the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the battery gauge may be a pie chart type or a bar-like analog display type, and the penalty setting for the continuous transmission of the same message, the battery recovery method, etc. can be freely set. Therefore, the present invention includes all the modified embodiments that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art from the above description within the scope of the object.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, when “turning” or the like is performed, the display of the battery gauge decreases at an accelerated rate. Since it is possible to provide a shooting game device that can enjoy a game comfortably, it has a great industrial utility value.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game machine used by one player 12 Game computing computer 14 Movement controller 16 Attack controller 18 Display 20 Communication network 30 Message transmitter 31 Touch-panel type message selection screen 32 Battery gauge 33 Message selection screen switching button 34 Message Selection screen switching button 35 Message transmission button 41 Message selection screen 42 Battery gauge 43 Charging icon

Claims (6)

A game device that executes a multiplayer game in which a team of opponents consisting of a plurality of players battles,
A message transmission comprising means for displaying a plurality of messages to be sent to a friend by an opposing team of opponents, selecting one message from the plurality of messages, and means for transmitting the selected message In the shooting game device that fights against the enemy team while communicating with each ally member using the machine,
Each message transmitter is provided with a battery gauge that stops the player's game performance when the displayed value becomes 0,
The above-described shooting game apparatus, wherein display of the battery gauge is controlled via a game control computer by battery gauge control software comprising the steps described in the following a) to e).
a) A step of reducing the display of the battery gauge by a certain amount G ₁ every time one message is transmitted and restoring the indicated value after a certain time T _{1 has} elapsed.
b) Next, when a message that is different from those transmitted immediately before originated, like the preceding paragraph, the display of the battery gauge only reduced display a certain amount of G _1, to restore the predetermined time T ₁ elapses after the indicated value Step.
Step c) the same message as it is sent immediately before When asserted, the the display of the battery gauge display reduced by an amount greater G ₂ than the predetermined amount G _1, to restore the predetermined time T ₂ has elapsed after the indicated value .
d) When the same message is transmitted three times in succession, at the time of the third outgoing step of the large amount G ₃ decreases displayed from G _2, to recover the indicated value after a predetermined time T ₃ has elapsed.
e) Similarly, when the same message is sent N times (N is a positive integer; the same applies hereinafter) until the battery gauge display reaches 0, the (N-1) th call is sent. decrease amount G _N-1 Yoriyori large amount G _N reduced display, the step of recovering the indicated value after a predetermined time T _N has elapsed. Battery gauge is a digital display, G ₁ is one unit, G ₂ is 2 units, G ₃ is 3 units, · · · · G _N is the amount of decrease in N, shooter according to claim 1 apparatus. T ₁ ≦ T ₂ ≦ T ₃ ≦... ≦ T _N
The shooting game device according to claim 1, wherein   4. The shooting game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the message transmitter is provided separately from another controller for game operation.   The message transmitter includes a message selection screen and a battery gauge displayed on the display screen for displaying the progress of the game, and a message selection means and a message transmission instruction means provided on another controller for game operation. And a game control computer for displaying the message selection screen, a battery gauge, and transmitting a message based on input signals from the message selection means and the message transmission instruction means. 4. The shooting game device according to any one of items 3 to 3.   The shooting game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of messages to be transmitted include a message sent to the ally, a message sent to the enemy, and a message sent to both the enemy and the friend.

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