JP5529923B2 - GAME CONTROL DEVICE, GAME CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling the use of software such as games and applications by a user according to a user operation.

  In recent years, a game application (which is an example of software) created based on an operating environment such as an API (Application Programming Interface) that runs on a web browser in a social networking service (SNS) by a specific service provider. The so-called social game is popular. It can be said that the social game is a kind of online game that is played while communicating among an unspecified number of users. If a user can connect to the Internet and has a communication terminal equipped with a web browser, the user can enjoy a social game regardless of time and place.

  As an example of the above-described social game, a digital card game (Dragon Collection (registered trademark)) disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1 is known. In this known digital card game, a menu for performing a quest process in which a user searches various areas and acquires a new card or item is provided. One of the features of such a social game is that it has a richer communication function for interacting with users than a conventional online game. In social games, for example, in addition to cooperative play with other users (friends), information exchange by communicating with friends such as greetings and contacts with friends, gifts of items on the game with friends or items An exchange has been made.

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  In the conventional social game, for example, a tutorial for explaining the specification of the game is performed for a user who executes the game for the first time. By the way, in the conventional social game, there are many games that advance the game by a simple operation such as a simple button pressing operation, and therefore, the user can use a plurality of games related to or common in specifications such as operation procedures. Each of these can be performed in the same operation procedure. Here, for example, when the user executes the other game for the first time after executing one of the two games whose specifications are related or common to each other, a tutorial on the other game is given to the user. Then, the user receives a description again about the specifications that are already understood. In this case, since the user cannot proceed smoothly with the other game (that is, start in a short time), the user may feel annoyed with the description of the specification and may not be interested in the other game.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described viewpoints, and a game control apparatus and a game control method that can reduce the annoyance felt by the user when explaining the specifications of software such as a game or application to the user. It is an object to provide a program, a game system, and an information processing apparatus.

A first aspect of the present invention is a game control device.
The game control device
First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first game and the second game in which the user has experience of execution;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association;
Is provided.

  Here, the “specification” includes, for example, information on the game operation procedure, information on the game configuration (for example, game concept, world view on the game, game rules, etc.), information on the game content ( For example, information on game areas, characters, items, etc.) may be included. The character is, for example, a virtual person, a creature, a monster or the like on the game, and includes those displayed on a card or the like. Further, the item may be, for example, what the user can hold on the game, what the user needs to collect on the game, or advantageous for the user on the game. What may acquire an effect may be used.

  In this game control device, when the first information for explaining the specification of the first game is provided to the user who executes the first game, the first game and the second game in which the user has experience of execution. The amount of information of the first information is limited according to the information related to the degree of relevance of the specification. In this case, the user can omit the description about the specification of the first game, for example, and can smoothly advance the first game. Thereby, the user can reduce the annoyance with respect to the description about the specification of a 1st game, and can also maintain the user's interest with respect to a 1st game.

In the game control device, the game control device includes a receiving unit that receives a selection as to whether or not to provide the first information to the user according to the information related to the degree of association, and the limiting unit is configured to When it is selected not to provide the first information, the information amount of the first information for the user may be limited.
In this case, for example, even when the user understands the specifications of the second game, the user receives detailed explanation on whether or not to limit the amount of information of the first information, that is, the specifications of the first game. It can be a mechanism for selecting whether or not.

The said game control apparatus WHEREIN: The said acquisition means may acquire the information regarding the said association degree according to the execution condition of the said 2nd game by the said user.
Here, the “execution status of the second game” may be, for example, the number of parts that the user has conquered (cleared) on the second game. May be the number of users or characters who have won. Further, the “execution status of the second game” may be, for example, the number of specific items acquired by the user on the second game, or the progress of the second game, the level of skill level, or the like. There may be.
For example, when the execution situation of the second game by the user has progressed to some extent, it is considered that the degree of understanding of the user with respect to the specifications of the second game is high. In addition, when the specifications of the first game and the second game are related or common, even if the information amount of the first information is limited according to the information related to the degree of association, the user can use the specifications of the second game. Based on this, it is possible to assume the specifications of the first game. On the other hand, when the execution status of the second game by the user has not progressed, it is considered that the user has a low level of understanding of the specifications of the second game. In this case, if the information amount of the first information is limited according to the information related to the degree of association, it becomes difficult for the user to understand the specifications of the first game, and as a result, the first game may not be executed. is there.
In this game control device, whether or not to acquire information related to the degree of association, that is, whether or not to limit the amount of information of the first information according to the information related to the degree of association, the execution status of the second game by the user, that is, the first It can be set as the structure determined according to the comprehension degree of the specification of 2 games.

In the game control device, the execution state of the second game includes the number of times the second game has been executed by the user, and the acquisition unit is configured to execute when the number of times the second game has been executed by the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. Information regarding the degree of association may be acquired.
For example, it is considered that as the number of executions of the second game by the user increases, the user's degree of understanding of the specification of the second game is higher. In this game control device, when the number of executions of the second game by the user is a predetermined number or more, information on the degree of association is acquired, and the information amount of the first information is limited according to the information on the degree of association. Thereby, the user who understands the specification of a 2nd game can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the description about the specification of a 1st game.

In the game control device, the execution state of the second game includes an elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user, and the acquisition means is the latest execution of the second game by the user. When the elapsed time from the time is within a predetermined time, information on the degree of association may be acquired.
For example, the shorter the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user, the higher the degree of storage of the specification of the second game for the user. In this game control device, when the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user is within a predetermined time, information on the degree of association is acquired, and the information amount of the first information is determined according to the information about the degree of association Is limited. Thereby, the user with the high memory | storage degree of the specification of a 2nd game can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the description about the specification of a 1st game.

In the game control device, the limiting unit may limit the amount of information of the first information for the user in accordance with information related to the degree of association and an execution status of the second game by the user.
For example, when the specifications of the first game and the second game are related or common and the execution status of the second game by the user has progressed to some extent (understands the specifications of the second game), for the user Since the specification of the first game can be assumed based on the specification of the second game, the first information is unnecessary, and conversely, providing the first information may feel annoying.
According to this game control device, since the information amount of the first information can be limited according to the information related to the degree of association and the execution status of the second game by the user, for example, the execution status of the second game is to some extent. The user who understands the specification of the second game by proceeding can omit the description of the specification of the first game, for example, and can reduce the troublesomeness of the description.

In the game control device, the execution status of the second game includes the number of times the second game has been executed by the user, and the limiting means includes information on the degree of association and the number of times the second game has been executed by the user. Depending on the above, the amount of the first information for the user may be limited.
For example, it is considered that as the number of executions of the second game by the user increases, the user's degree of understanding of the specification of the second game is higher. In this game control device, for example, the greater the number of executions of the second game by the user (the higher the user's understanding of the second game specification is), the greater the amount of information of the first information can be limited. It can be. In this case, since the user can substantially omit the description of the specifications of the first game, the user can be prevented from feeling bothered.

In the game control device, the execution status of the second game includes an elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user, and the limiting means includes information on the relevance level and the user by the user The information amount of the first information for the user may be limited according to the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game.
For example, the shorter the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user, the higher the degree of storage of the specification of the second game for the user. In this game control device, for example, the shorter the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user (the higher the degree of memory of the user with respect to the specifications of the second game), the more the information amount of the first information is. It can be set as the mechanism which can restrict | limit many. In this case, since the user can substantially omit the description of the specifications of the first game, the user can be prevented from feeling bothered.

The game control apparatus may further include second information providing means for providing the user with second information regarding the second game in accordance with the information regarding the degree of association.
In this game control device, the user is provided with the second information related to the second game in accordance with the information related to the degree of association of the specifications between the first game and the second game for which the user has an execution experience. . In this case, it is considered that the user understands the specifications of the second game by having experience of executing the second game. For this reason, when the first information is provided, the user can assume the specifications of the first game based on the specifications of the second game.

In the above game control device, the second information providing means is a game that satisfies a predetermined degree of relevance with the specification of the first game among the plurality of second games when there are a plurality of the second games. The second information may be provided to the user.
For example, if the user understands the specifications of a plurality of second games, the second of the games having a high degree of relevance (specific conditions are satisfied) with the specifications of the first game among the plurality of second games. By providing the information, the user can narrow down the second games having a high degree of association with the specifications of the first game from among the plurality of second games. Thereby, the user can assume the specification of a 1st game at an early stage based on the specification of the narrowed 2nd game.

In the above-described game control device, the second information providing unit may include the second information about a game that satisfies a predetermined condition of execution by the user among a plurality of second games when there are a plurality of the second games. May be provided to the user.
For example, the user is provided with second information about a game in which the execution status by the user has progressed to some extent among a plurality of second games (a predetermined condition is satisfied), so that the user can The second game whose specifications are understood can be narrowed down from the list. Thereby, the user can assume the specification of a 1st game early based on the specification of a 2nd game.

A second aspect of the present invention is a game control method.
The game control method is as follows:
Providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
Obtaining information relating to the degree of association of the specifications between the first game and the second game with which the user has experience of execution;
Limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association;
Is provided.

A third aspect of the present invention relates to a computer.
On the computer,
A function of providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
A function of acquiring information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first game and the second game for which the user has an execution experience, and storing the information in a storage device; and referring to the storage device, relating to the degree of association A function of limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information;
It is a program for realizing.

  The computer may be a network server, a large computer, or the like, for example. Further, this program may be stored in a computer-readable information storage medium such as a DVD-ROM or a CD-ROM.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a game system including a communication terminal and a server accessed from the communication terminal,
First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first game and the second game in which the user has experience of execution;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association,
Any one of the communication terminal and the server is provided with each means.

  The communication terminal may be, for example, a mobile terminal, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, a television receiver having a bidirectional communication function, a game device with a communication function, or the like.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus.
The information processing apparatus
First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first software to a user who uses the first software;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first software and the second software with which the user has experience of use;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association;
Is provided.

  According to the game control device, the game control method, the program, the game system, and the information processing device of the present invention, when explaining the specifications of software such as a game and an application to the user, the troublesomeness felt by the user is reduced. be able to.

The figure which shows the basic composition of the game system of embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the external appearance of the communication terminal of embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal of embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the game server of embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the database server of embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the user database of the game A. The figure which shows the structural example of the user database of the game B. FIG. The figure which shows the data structural example of specification data. The block diagram which shows the structure of the integrated server of embodiment. The figure which shows the data structural example of relevance data. The figure which shows the data structural example of execution status management data. The figure which shows an example of the display screen of the communication terminal which displays the top page of the game A. The figure which illustrates the web page displayed on a user's communication terminal during execution of game A. The figure which shows an example of the display screen of the communication terminal which displays the top page of the game B. FIG. The figure which illustrates the web page displayed on a user's communication terminal during execution of game B. The figure which illustrates a series of web pages displayed on a user's communication terminal in the tutorial of Game A. The functional block diagram for demonstrating the function to play main roles with the game control apparatus of embodiment. The flowchart which shows an example of the main processes of the game control apparatus of embodiment. The functional block diagram for demonstrating the function which plays a main role with the game control apparatus of a modification. The figure which illustrates the web page displayed on a user's communication terminal in a modification. The functional block diagram for demonstrating the function which plays a main role with the game control apparatus of a modification. The figure which illustrates the web page displayed on a user's communication terminal in a modification. The figure which shows the structural example of each function in each of a communication terminal and a game server.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
Here, in this embodiment, a case where a user uses a game application, which is an example of software, using a communication terminal owned by the user will be described as an example. The software is not limited to the game application, and may be anything as long as it is configured to perform some processing on the computer, such as an OS (Operating System) or document creation software.

(1) Configuration of Game System FIG. 1 shows a system configuration example of a game system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, this game system includes communication terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,... That can be connected to a communication network NW (network) such as the Internet, a game server 20a and a database connected to the communication network NW. The server 30a, the game server 20b, the database server 30b,..., And the central server 40 are configured. Each of the communication terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,... Is a terminal operated by an individual user, for example, a mobile terminal, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, a television having a bidirectional communication function. A communication terminal such as a John receiver (including a so-called multi-function smart TV). In the following description, when referring to the communication terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,.

In this game system, the game server 20a and the database server 30a are provided to provide the communication terminal 10 with a service via the network for the execution of the game A (first game). The game server 20b and the database server 30b are provided to provide the communication terminal 10 with a service via a network for executing a game B (second game) different from the game A. Here, the “first game” is an example of the “first software” of the present invention, and the “second game” is an example of the “second software” of the present invention.
In the following description, when commonly referred to the game servers 20a, 20b,. Similarly, when referring to the database servers 30a, 30b,... In common, they are referred to as the database server 30. The game server 20 is mounted with an application operable on a web browser as a game application. The database server 30 stores various information to be described later in executing the game, and is connected to the corresponding game server 20 by, for example, a wire for reading and writing the information.
The communication terminal 10 includes a web browser capable of displaying a web page provided by the game server 20, and the user executes the game by performing an operation on the web page with the communication terminal 10.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, an authentication server for authenticating the user of each communication terminal 10 may be provided separately from the game server 20. Further, when a plurality of game servers 20 are provided in order to accept access from many communication terminals 10, a load balancer for adjusting a load between the plurality of game servers 20 may be provided. The game server 20 may be configured as a single server device, but may be configured as a plurality of server devices having distributed functions.

The central server 40 is provided for managing a plurality of game servers 20a, 20b,. Each game server 20 holds information on users registered for a game to be processed, but the central server 40 centralizes user information that does not depend on a specific game and user information for each game. By managing, for example, it is provided to support a new game registration service by a user, the formation of a game community, and the like.
In the game system of the present embodiment, the case where the central server 40 is included has been described as an example. However, for example, any one of the plurality of game servers 20a, 20b,. In such a case, the central server 40 may not be provided in the game system.

(2) Configuration of Communication Terminal The communication terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of the communication terminal 10, and FIG. 2A illustrates a button input type communication terminal such as a foldable mobile terminal (mobile phone), for example. ) Exemplifies a communication terminal of a touch panel input method such as a smartphone. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the communication terminal 10.
As shown in FIG. 3, the communication terminal 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an image processing unit 14, an instruction input unit 15, a display unit 16, A communication interface unit 17 is provided, and a bus 18 for transmitting control signals or data signals between the units is provided.

The CPU 11 loads the web browser in the ROM 12 into the RAM 13 and executes it. And CPU11 is based on the appropriate designation | designated of URL (Uniform Resource Locator) input to a user by the instruction | indication input part 15 grade | etc., Data for displaying a web page from the game server 20 via the communication interface part 17, That is, data of an object such as an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document and an image associated with the document (hereinafter collectively referred to as “HTML data” as appropriate) is acquired via the communication interface unit 17. Interpret the HTML data. The communication terminal 10 may be mounted with various plug-ins for extending the browser function of the web browser.
In acquiring the HTML data, the CPU 11 sends an access request message including a user ID (user identification information) registered in advance or a user ID input via the instruction input unit 15 via the communication interface unit 17. The game server 20 is notified.

  The web browser displays the web page provided from the game server 20 on the display unit 16 based on the acquired HTML data via the image processing unit 14. When the user selects a hyperlink or menu on the web page by operating the instruction input unit 15, the web browser transmits new HTML data for displaying the web page according to the selection. (That is, update of the web page) is requested to the game server 20.

  The image processing unit 14 displays a web page on the display unit 16 based on display image data provided from the CPU 11 as an analysis result of HTML data. The display unit 16 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Cristal Display) monitor including thin film transistors arranged in a pixel unit in a matrix, and drives the thin film transistors based on the display image data to display the image of the web page on the display screen 16a. To display.

  When the communication terminal 10 is a button input type communication terminal (shown in FIG. 2A), the instruction input unit 15 includes a plurality of instruction input buttons such as a direction instruction button and a decision button for accepting a user operation input. And a button group 15b including a plurality of instruction input buttons such as a numeric keypad, and includes an interface circuit for recognizing pressing (operation) input of each button and outputting it to the CPU 11. For example, the direction instruction button is provided to instruct the CPU 11 to scroll and display the web page displayed on the display unit 16. The determination button instructs the CPU 11 that the user selects one hyperlink or menu that is actively displayed (for example, highlighted) when, for example, a plurality of hyperlinks or menus are displayed on a web page. To be provided. When the communication terminal 10 is configured by a small portable terminal, these buttons are provided on the front surface of the communication terminal 10 so that the user can easily operate (click) with the thumb while holding the communication terminal 10 with one hand. It is preferable to arrange | position. In the example shown in FIG. 2A, the button group 15b is arranged below the button group 15a, and a plurality of instruction inputs in which “0” to “9”, “*”, and “#” (numeric keys) are written. Includes buttons.

  When the communication terminal 10 is a touch panel input type communication terminal (shown in FIG. 2B), the instruction input unit 15 accepts touch panel type input mainly by touching the display screen 16a with a fingertip or a pen. The touch panel input method may be a known method such as a capacitance method. As shown in FIG. 2B, the button group 15a may be provided even when the communication terminal 10 is a touch panel input method.

  For example, when the communication terminal 10 is a portable terminal, the menu selection operation on the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10 is selected by pressing the direction instruction button and selecting by pressing the enter button. This is done by confirming the selected menu. Further, for example, when the communication terminal 10 is a touch panel input method, the selection operation is performed by instructing (touch operation) a menu position on the display screen 16a on which the web page is displayed with a finger or a pen.

(3) Configuration of Game Server The configuration of the game server 20 will be described with reference to FIG.
The game server 20 manages a game website including a plurality of hierarchical web pages, for example, and provides a game web service to the communication terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the game server 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a database (DB) access unit 24, and a communication interface unit 25, for transmitting control signals or data signals between the units. A bus 26 is provided. In addition, the game server 20 can take the same structure as a general-purpose web server regarding hardware.

The ROM 22 stores an application program that provides a service for displaying an object such as an HTML document or an image (displaying a web page) to the web browser of the communication terminal 10 that is a client. The ROM 22 stores various data referred to by the CPU 21 in addition to the application program.
The CPU 21 loads the game program in the ROM 22 to the RAM 23 and executes it, and performs various processes via the communication interface unit 25.

For example, the CPU 21 transmits HTML data to the communication terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 25. In addition, when the game server 20 performs the authentication process of the user of the communication terminal 10, the CPU 21 performs the authentication process.
The CPU 21 performs processing according to the hyperlink or menu selected by the user on the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10. The processing includes, for example, transmission of new HTML data, arithmetic processing in the game server 20 or data processing.
The database access unit 24 is an interface when the CPU 21 reads / writes data from / to the database server 30.

(4) Configuration of Database Server The database server 30 can be realized by a general-purpose storage such as a large-capacity hard disk device or a storage device in the form of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks). Each database in the database server 30 is configured to be able to read and write data from the CPU 21 via the database access unit 24 of the game server 20.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the database server 30. As shown in FIG. 5, the database server 30 includes a user database 31 and a game database 32.

Although the type of the game A provided by the game server 20a and the database server 30a of the present embodiment is not particularly limited, hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a digital card game using a warrior card is used. Game A includes the following processing to be executed by the user.
・ Quest processing:
This is a process for obtaining a warrior card by searching a plurality of areas set on the game A in order to create a team of at least one warrior card. In the game A, a certain amount of physical strength points (described later) are consumed by executing the quest process, but synthetic points (described later) are obtained.
・ Synthesis processing:
This is a process of increasing the ability of a specific warrior card by integrating two or more warrior cards. In the game A, a certain amount of synthesis points (described later) is required for the user to execute the synthesis process.
・ Battle processing:
This is a process of performing a battle (match) with another user's team. In the game A, attack points (to be described later) are consumed by executing the battle process. However, if the battle is won, the combined points increase by a certain amount, for example. The battle process will not be described in detail here. For example, depending on the magnitude of a parameter indicating the ability of the warrior card used by the user in the battle (for example, a value indicating attack power or defense power) Configured to be determined. For example, a user who uses a warrior card with a large parameter value for a battle is more likely to win against another user who uses a warrior card with a smaller parameter value for a battle. Good. In this case, the larger the value of the parameter of the warrior card possessed by the user, the more the game A can be advanced over other users.

In addition, the type of the game B provided by the game server 20b and the database server 30b of the present embodiment is not particularly limited, but hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a baseball-type digital card game is assumed. Game B includes the following processing to be executed by the user.
・ Scout processing:
This is a process for obtaining a player card by searching a plurality of areas set on the game B in order to build up his own team. In the game B, a certain amount of action points (described later) are consumed by executing the scout process, but strengthening points (described later) can be obtained. As will be described later, in the present embodiment, the specifications such as the operation procedure of the scout process are configured to be related to or common to the specifications of the quest process of the game A.
・ Strengthening process:
In this process, two or more player cards are integrated to increase the ability of a specific player card. In the game B, a certain amount of strengthening points (described later) are required for the user to execute the strengthening process. Although not described in detail here, in this embodiment, the specifications such as the operation procedure of the strengthening process are configured to be related to or common to the specifications of the synthesis process of the game A.
・ Game processing:
This is a process of playing a game with another user's team. In the game B, attack points (to be described later) are consumed by executing the game process, but if the game is won, the reinforcement points are increased by a certain amount, for example. In addition, although it does not describe in detail here about a game process, for example, according to the magnitude of the parameter (for example, value which shows running power, batting power, defensive power, etc.) which shows the ability of the player card which a user uses in a game, The result of the game is configured to be determined. For example, a user with a large sum of parameters of player cards used in a game may be set to be more likely to win against another user with a smaller sum of parameters. In this case, the user can advance the game B more preferentially than the other users as the total of the player card parameters increases.
Moreover, in this embodiment, specifications, such as the operation procedure of a game process, are comprised so that it may be related or common with the specification of the battle process of the game A.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the user database 31 in the database server 30a applied in the game A of the present embodiment. In this example, the user database 31 includes, for each user ID (user identification information), a user name, a display image, a skill level, a physical strength point, an attack point, a combined point, the number of warriors, a fellow user ID, and data of possession cards. Contains information about each item. Information included in the user database 31 illustrated in FIG. 6 can be sequentially updated by the game server 20a.
When the user executes each of a plurality of games (game A, game B,...), The user ID of the user may be commonly used among the games.

The data of each item included in the user database 31 in the database server 30a is as follows.
User name / display image A user name and a display image that are displayed to identify the user of the communication terminal 10 when the game is executed. The user name is text of a predetermined length or less that is designated in advance by the user, and the display image is, for example, an avatar image that is selected in advance by the user. The user name is a name that identifies the user on the network environment (or game community) provided by the game server 20.
Skill level This data indicates the skill level of the user on the game A. For example, it is a level value in a range from Lv1 (level 1) to Lv100 (level 100). For example, the skill level may be sequentially increased by continuously executing the quest process.
-Physical strength points In game A, these points are necessary for executing the quest process. The physical strength point is a value that decreases by, for example, a certain amount by performing a search in the quest process, and recovers (increases) each time a predetermined time elapses.
-Attack point In game A, it is a point required when performing a battle process. The attack point is a value that is reduced by a battle with another user's team and recovered (increased) every time a predetermined time elapses.
Synthesizing point In game A, it is a point necessary for executing the synthesizing process. The composite point is a value that is reduced by strengthening the warrior card and increased by winning a battle with another user's team.
-Number of warriors This is the number of warrior cards held by the user. The maximum number of warriors (for example, 60) is defined in advance.
・ Friend's user ID
It is data of a user ID of a fellow user.
-Data of possessed card Each warrior card possessed by the user includes, for example, data such as an image of a warrior character and a parameter indicating a warrior character's ability (for example, a value indicating an attack power and a defense power).

  In FIG. 7, an example of the user database 31 in the database server 30b applied in the game B of this embodiment is shown. In this example, the user database 31 includes, for each user ID (user identification information), a user name, a display image, a skill level, an action point, an operation point, a strengthening point, the number of players, a fellow user ID, and data of possession cards. Contains information about each item. Information included in the user database 31 illustrated in FIG. 7 can be sequentially updated by the game server 20b.

The data of each item included in the user database 31 in the database server 30b is as follows.
User name / display image A user name and a display image that are displayed to identify the user of the communication terminal 10 when the game is executed. When a user executes each of a plurality of games (game A, game B,...), The user name / display image of the user may be commonly used among the games.
Skill level Data indicating the skill level of the user on the game B. For example, it is a level value in a range from Lv1 (level 1) to Lv100 (level 100). For example, the skill level may be sequentially increased by continuously executing the scout process.
-Action point In the game B, it is a point required when performing a scout process. The action point is a value that decreases, for example, by a certain amount by performing a search in the scout process, and recovers (increases) each time a predetermined time elapses.
Management points These points are necessary for executing game processing in the game B. The management point is a value that is reduced by playing a game with another user and recovered (increased) every time a predetermined time elapses.
-Reinforcement points In game B, these points are necessary for executing the reinforcement process. The strengthening point is a value that is reduced by strengthening the player card and increased by winning a game with another user.
-Number of players This is the number of player cards held by the user. The maximum number of players (for example, 60) is defined in advance.
・ Friend's user ID
It is data of a user ID of a fellow user. In addition, when the user has registered in the game A and the game B, the said user's friend may differ in each game. That is, the user ID of the user's associate may be different from the associate's user ID corresponding to the user ID of the user in the user database 31 illustrated in FIG.
・ Data of possession card For each player card possessed by the user, for example, an image of the player character or a parameter indicating the ability of the player character (for example, when the player is a fielder, running power, batting power, defense) It may be a value indicating strength, or in the case where the player is a pitcher, it may be a value indicating ball speed, control power, stamina).

Returning to FIG. 5, the game database 32 stores and updates information on the game execution status by the user based on access from the game server 20. Information relating to the game execution status may include various information depending on the nature of the game. Taking the case of the game A of this embodiment as an example, the information related to the game execution status includes information indicating the progress status of the quest process, information about the battle results with other users, and the like. Taking the case of the game B of this embodiment as an example, the information related to the game execution status includes information indicating the progress status of the scout process, information about the result of a match with another user, and the like.
Further, as will be described later, in the game of the present embodiment, a tutorial for explaining the specifications of the game is performed for a user who executes the game. Therefore, the game database 32 stores specification data in which explanation information (first information) for explaining the specification of the game is described. An example of the specification data of game A is shown in FIG.

The specification data is data that is loaded and stored in, for example, the RAM 23 when a tutorial is performed on the game. The specification data includes explanation information for explaining the specification of the process for each process included in the game. Here, the “specification” includes, for example, information on the game operation procedure, information on the game configuration (for example, game concept, world view on the game, game rules, etc.), information on the game content ( For example, information on game areas, characters, items, etc.) may be included. The character is, for example, a virtual person, a creature, a monster or the like on the game, and includes those displayed on a card or the like. Further, the item may be, for example, what the user can hold on the game, what the user needs to collect on the game, or advantageous for the user on the game. What may acquire an effect may be used.
The specification data illustrated in FIG. 8 is configured so that the description information is associated with each process included in the game (in the example of the figure, the quest process, the synthesis process, and the battle process). For example, you may comprise in the state where the specification of the whole one game was put together as one description information. The description information of the specification data illustrated in FIG. 8 is composed of text data, but may be composed of, for example, image data, audio data, or the like.

(5) Configuration of Central Server The configuration of the central server 40 will be described with reference to FIG.
The central server 40 is communicably connected to a plurality of game servers 20a, 20b,. As shown in FIG. 9, the central server 40 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 44, and a communication interface unit 45, for transmitting control signals or data signals between the units. A bus 46 is provided. The central server 40 can have the same configuration as a general-purpose web server with respect to hardware.

In addition to the various programs executed by the CPU 41, the ROM 42 stores various data referred to by the CPU 41 as the programs are executed.
The CPU 41 loads the program in the ROM 42 to the RAM 43 and executes it to perform various processes. The processing executed by the CPU 41 includes information on the target game and information on the target user (user ID and / or user name, game of the user by the user) from each game server 20 via the communication interface unit 45. (Execution status etc.) and the acquired information is written into execution status management data (described later) in the HDD 44, and information in the relevance data (described later) is requested in response to a request from the game server 20. A process of transmitting to the original game server 20 is included.

FIG. 10 shows a data configuration example of the relevance data. As shown in FIG. 10, the relevance data includes, for each game executed by a plurality of game servers 20 a, 20 b,..., A process of the game, and a process of another game in which the process and specifications are related or common. Is data described in association with each other. Referring to the example of FIG. 10, the specification of the “quest” process of game A is related to the specification of the “scout” process of game B and the specification of the “mission” process of game C. Here, detailed description of the game C is omitted. In the example of FIG. 10, the specification of the “composition” process of the game A is related to the specification of the “enhancement” process of the game B, and the specification of the “battle” process of the game A is the “match” process of the game B Related to the specification. Here, the association of processes between a plurality of games may be arbitrarily set by, for example, a game provider.
In the relevance level data, for each game executed on the plurality of game servers 20a, 20b,..., A relevance level indicating a relevance level with the specifications of other games is described in association with each other. This degree of association may be set so as to increase as the degree of association with other game specifications increases, for example. Taking the case of the game of this embodiment as an example, the relevance level may be obtained as a ratio of the number of processes related to the specification to the processes of other games with respect to the number of processes included in the game. Referring to the example of FIG. 10, the number of processes included in the game A is three (quest process, composition process, battle process), and the specifications of each process are processes included in the game B (scout process). , Enhancement processing, match processing) specifications. In this case, the degree of association between the specifications of the game A and the game B is 3/3 = 1. In the example of FIG. 10, since the number of processes related to the specification of the game A is one (quest process) among the processes of the game A, the degree of association between the specifications of the game A and the game C is 1 / 3≈0.3. In addition, the degree of relevance can be obtained by applying the number of processes included in the game and the number of processes related to the specifications of other games to the arithmetic expression using a predetermined arithmetic expression or the like. May be.
In the present embodiment, the case where the maximum value of the degree of association is 1 has been described as an example, but the maximum value of the degree of association may be arbitrarily set. Moreover, the relevance degree of the specification between games may be arbitrarily set by the game provider etc., for example.

FIG. 11 shows a data configuration example of the execution status management data. As shown in FIG. 11, the execution status management data is data in which the execution statuses of the games executed on the plurality of game servers 20a, 20b,. Here, the execution state of the game may be, for example, the number of parts that the user has won (cleared) on the game, or the number of times the user has won other users or characters in the game. There may be. Further, the game execution status may be, for example, the number of specific items acquired by the user on the game, or the progress of the game, the level of skill level, or the like.
For example, the CPU 41 of the central server 40 requests each of the game servers 20a, 20b,. When the CPU 41 receives information on the game execution status of each user from each game server 20a, 20b,..., The CPU 41 records the game execution status included in the information for each corresponding user ID in the execution status management data. To do.
Further, even when the CPU 41 does not request transmission of information regarding the game execution status by each user, the CPU 41 receives the information when the information is transmitted from the game servers 20a, 20b,. The game execution status included in the information may be recorded for each corresponding user ID in the execution status management data.
If the user does not have game execution experience, the CPU 41 may record NULL data in the item of the game execution status of the corresponding user ID in the execution status management data.

(6) Game of this embodiment Next, the game A of this embodiment is demonstrated, referring FIGS. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a top page displayed on the communication terminal 10 in the game A of the present embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page displayed on the communication terminal 10 when the quest process is executed.
The top page of the game A illustrated in FIG. 12 includes web pages corresponding to individual user IDs. The example of FIG. 12 includes a user data display area, a warrior image display area, and a menu display area.
The user data display area is an area where the skill level, physical strength points, attack points, combined points, number of warriors, and data of each item (see FIG. 6) included in the user data of the target user ID is displayed. is there. In FIG. 12, “5/60” is described as an example of the number of warriors. This is because the number of warrior cards held by the user is 5, and the maximum number of warrior cards that can be held is 60. Indicates that
The warrior image display area is an area in which an image of a warrior card specified in advance by the user among a plurality of warrior cards included in the user data of the target user ID is displayed.
In the menu display area, each menu m1 in which the text “quest”, “composite”, and “battle” is written as a basic menu corresponding to a plurality of functions (quest processing, composition processing, battle processing) provided in the game A ˜m3 is an area to be displayed.
The execution of the game A is started by selecting one of the menus m1 to m3 on the top page.
In the game A, when the user executes the game A for the first time after registering with the game A, a tutorial for explaining the specification of the game A is given to the user. Details of the tutorial will be described later.

When the menu m1 is selected and operated on the top page of FIG. 12, a quest process is executed. In this case, the web page is updated as shown in FIG. The web page of FIG. 13 includes a search rate gauge indicating the degree of progress of an area to be searched (area 1 in the example of FIG. 13), and a menu labeled “search” for executing search processing. m10 and the like are included.
In the quest process, when the menu m10 is selected, a warrior card is searched for an area to be searched, triggered by this operation. At this time, every time the menu m10 is selected and searched, the value of “search rate” (%) increases at a constant or random increase amount. When the search rate reaches 100%, the search for the target area is completed, and the search for the next area (here, area 2) is started. As described above, the game A is configured such that a predetermined amount (for example, 5 points) of physical strength points is reduced per search, and when the value of the physical strength points is less than the predetermined amount, The search process cannot be executed. In this case, the user needs to wait until the value of the physical fitness point recovers (increases). Note that the web page illustrated in FIG. 13 may be configured to display a value of physical strength points required for one search, a value of composite points obtained by one search, and the like.

Next, the game B of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a top page displayed on the communication terminal 10 in the game B of the present embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page displayed on the communication terminal 10 when the scout process is executed.
The top page of the game B illustrated in FIG. 14 includes web pages corresponding to individual user IDs. The example of FIG. 14 includes a user data display area, a player image display area, and a menu display area.
The user data display area is an area in which the skill level, action points, management points, strengthening points, number of players, and data of each item (see FIG. 7) included in the user data of the target user ID are displayed. is there.
The player image display area is an area in which an image of a player card designated in advance by the user among a plurality of player cards included in the user data of the target user ID is displayed.
The menu display area is a menu m21 in which texts of “Scout”, “Strengthen”, and “Game” are written as basic menus corresponding to a plurality of functions (scout processing, strengthening processing, and game processing) provided in the game B. ˜m23 is an area to be displayed.
On the top page, execution of the game B is started by selecting one of the menus m21 to m23.

When the menu m21 is selected and operated on the top page of FIG. 14, a scout process is executed. In this case, the web page is updated as shown in FIG. The web page in FIG. 15 includes a search rate gauge indicating the degree of progress of an area to be searched (area 9 in the example of FIG. 15), and a menu labeled “search” for executing search processing. m24 and the like are included.
In the scout process, when the menu m24 is selected, a player card search for an area to be searched is performed with this operation as a trigger. At this time, every time the menu m24 is selected and searched, the value of “search rate” (%) increases at a constant or random increase amount. When the search rate reaches 100%, the search for the target area is completed, and the search for the next area (here, area 10) is started. As described above, the game B is configured such that a predetermined amount (for example, 5 points) of action points is reduced per search, and when the value of the action points is less than the predetermined amount, The search process cannot be executed. In this case, the user needs to wait until the value of the action point recovers (increases). Note that the web page illustrated in FIG. 15 may be configured to display an action point value required for one search and an enhancement point value obtained by one search.
As described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 15, the specifications of the scout process of the game B are configured to be related to or common with the specifications of the quest process of the game A.

Next, a tutorial performed in the game A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a series of web pages displayed on the communication terminal 10 in the game A tutorial of the present embodiment.
For example, when the game A is executed for the first time after the user registers in the game A, when the user performs any selection operation of the menus m1 to m3 on the top page shown in FIG. 12, step S1 in FIG. 16 is exemplified. A web page is displayed on the communication terminal 10 of the user. The web page in step S1 is configured to explain the specification of the quest process. The web page in step S1 includes a display area 100 in which explanation information (see FIG. 8) for explaining the specification of the quest process is displayed, a menu m11 written as “next”, and the like.
Here, when the user has experience of executing the game B, the information amount of the description information displayed in the display area 100 is limited according to the degree of relevance of the specifications between the game A and the game B. It has come to be. If it is assumed that the user has experience of executing the game B, the explanation information of the quest process displayed in the display area 100 is the quest illustrated in FIG. Only a part of the processing explanation information is provided. In the example of this embodiment, the user has experience of executing the game B, and the specifications of the quest process of the game A and the scout process of the game B are related or common (see FIG. 10). Based on the specifications of the scout process of the game B, it is considered that the quest process specifications of the game A can be assumed. Therefore, the information amount of the explanation information of the quest process is limited, so that the user omits the description of the specifications of the scout process compared to the case where all the explanation information of the scout process illustrated in FIG. 8 is displayed. The game A can proceed smoothly. Thereby, the user can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the explanation of the specification of the quest process.
If the user has experience of executing the game B but the game B does not have a process related to or in common with the quest process of the game A, the display area 100 is displayed in FIG. All the explanation information of the scout process exemplified in the above may be displayed.

Next, when the user selects the menu m11 on the web page in step S1, as shown in step S2 in FIG. 16, the web page is updated to a description of the synthesis processing specifications. In the display area 100 of the web page shown in step S2, explanation information (see FIG. 8) for explaining the specification of the composition process is displayed.
Here, similarly to the above-described quest process, the user has experience of executing the game B, and the specifications of the synthesis process of the game A and the strengthening process of the game B are related or common (see FIG. 10). The description information of the combining process displayed in the display area 100 is only a part of the description information of the combining process illustrated in FIG.
In this way, the information amount of the description information of the synthesis process is limited, so that the user can explain the specification of the synthesis process as compared with the case where all the description information of the synthesis process illustrated in FIG. 8 is displayed. Can be omitted, and the game A can proceed smoothly. Thereby, the user can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the description of the specification of the synthesis process.
If the user has experience of executing the game B but the game B does not have a process related to or common in specifications with the synthesis process of the game A, the display area 100 is displayed in FIG. All the description information of the synthesis process exemplified in the above may be displayed.

Further, when the user selects and operates the menu m11 on the web page in step S2, the web page is updated to a description of the battle process specifications as shown in step S3 in FIG. In the display area 100 of the web page shown in step S3, explanation information (see FIG. 8) for explaining the specifications of the battle process is displayed.
Here, similarly to the above-described quest process, the user has experience of executing the game B, and the specifications of the battle process of the game A and the game process of the game B are related or common (see FIG. 10). The description information of the battle process displayed in the display area 100 is only a part of the description information of the battle process illustrated in FIG.
Thus, by limiting the information amount of the description information of the battle process, the user explains the specifications of the battle process as compared to the case where all the description information of the battle process illustrated in FIG. 8 is displayed. Can be omitted, and the game A can proceed smoothly. Thereby, the user can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the description of the specifications of the battle process.
When the user has experience of executing the game B, but the game B does not have a process related to or in common with the battle process of the game A, the display area 100 is displayed in FIG. All the explanation information of the battle process illustrated in the above may be displayed.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the higher the degree of relevance of the specifications between the game A and the game B (that is, the greater the number of processes related to or common to the specifications), the more the description information of the game A as a whole. The amount of information is limited. It should be noted that the amount of information that is limited in the explanation information of one process may be configured to increase as the degree of association of the specifications between the game A and the game B increases.

(7) Overview of Functions in Game Control Device In this embodiment, the game control device is configured by the game server 20 and the database server 30. Here, the game control device is an example of the “information processing device” of the present invention. Hereinafter, functions implemented by the game control device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 17, taking as an example the case where the game of the present embodiment described above is applied. FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions that play a main role in the game control apparatus of the present embodiment.
In the functional block diagram of FIG. 17, the first information providing unit 53, the obtaining unit 54, and the limiting unit 55 correspond to the main configuration of the present invention. Other means are not necessarily indispensable structures, but they are structures for making the present invention more preferable.
In the following description, menus, marks, and the like displayed on the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10 are arranged at desired positions on the web page, and are menus visually recognized on the communication terminal 10. The position on the display screen of the mark and the like can be changed by scrolling the web page by the user's direction instruction button or touch panel operation.

The registration unit 51 has a function of recognizing a user request based on an appropriate operation input to the communication terminal 10 on a web page provided to the communication terminal 10, for example, and performing a registration process (user registration).
Note that the registration means 51 is not an essential component of the present invention, but is a component for making the present invention more preferable.

The function of the registration means 51 is implement | achieved as follows, for example. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 receives a registration request message from the communication terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 25. The registration request message is automatically generated by a predetermined operation on the communication terminal 10 on the web page provided from the game server 20 (for example, a predetermined menu selection operation or a text input such as a user ID or password specified by the user). Web pages may be configured to be generated automatically. The registration request message may include information for identifying the communication terminal 10 as the transmission source (for example, individual identification information of a terminal such as a UID (Unique Identifier), an IP address, a mail address, etc.), or If the user has already used another game by the same service provider, the user ID may be included.
When the CPU 21 receives the registration request message and the registration request message does not include the user ID, the CPU 21 issues a new user ID and performs registration processing of the user ID, and then the registration processing is completed. Is sent to the communication terminal 10. When the CPU 21 receives the registration request message and the registration request message includes a user ID, the CPU 21 performs registration processing of the user ID, and then transmits a registration completion message indicating that the registration processing is completed to the communication terminal. 10 to send.
When the registration is completed, the CPU 21 generates user data corresponding to the user ID and stores it in the user database 31. When the registration is completed, the user can execute the game of the present embodiment.

Moreover, the registration means 51 may be provided with the function which relates users. Specifically, the registration unit 51 registers the user ID in association with another user ID, for example, triggered by an application based on the user ID. That is, the registration unit 51 registers another user ID (that is, another user) as a “friend” with an application based on the user ID as a trigger.
The function of the registration means 51 in this case is executed as follows, for example. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 sends an application message (application) specifying a user ID (or a corresponding user name) to be a friend from the communication terminal 10 of the user corresponding to a certain user ID via the communication interface unit 25. Accept. The transmission of the application message may be set in advance as a function of a web page provided to the user's communication terminal 10.
When receiving the application message, the CPU 21 approves an application based on another user ID to the communication terminal 10 corresponding to the user ID at the timing when the access is based on the user ID included in the application message. HTML data for displaying a web page for requesting a reply is sent. If it is replied that the application is approved, the CPU 21 registers both as friends. Specifically, the CPU 21 writes the data (the other party's user ID) in the location (see FIG. 6) of the “mate user ID” of the user data of the corresponding two user IDs in the user database 31. In addition, CPU21 may register both as a friend triggered by predetermined operation by the user who is running the game, when approval of the user of a friend application destination is unnecessary.
Note that the conditions for associating users are not limited to the format that requires application and approval as described above, but the user who performs the same stage or area on the game or the user who has performed the battle, You may register as a user who is related within, that is, as a friend. Alternatively, users who transmit a predetermined number of greeting messages may be automatically registered as friends, and if there is a mode on the game in which a battle is performed between users, the user who has performed the battle a predetermined number of times or more You may automatically register each other as a friend.

The game execution means 52 has a function of executing a game. For example, the game execution means 52 receives an HTTP request in response to a user's selection operation on the web page with respect to the communication terminal 10, and HTML data (that is, HTTP data for sequentially updating the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10. By transmitting (response), the game of this embodiment is executed by the web service.
Note that the game execution means 52 is not an essential component for the present invention, but is a component for making the present invention more preferable.

The game execution means 52 may have a function of executing an authentication process at the time of user login when the user executes the game of the present embodiment.
This function is realized as follows. When receiving the HTTP request from the communication terminal 10 of each user, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires the individual identification information or the user ID and password from the HTTP request, and acquires the individual identification information or the user ID and password. For example, the authentication process is performed by collating with data recorded in the user database 31.

Here, a case where the game execution unit 52 executes the game A will be described as an example.
The game execution means 52 executes a quest process, a synthesis process, or a battle process in response to a user's selection operation for any of the menus m1 to m3 displayed on the communication terminal 10. Preferably, when each process is executed, each process is executed hierarchically so that a new web page including a plurality of subdivided menus is displayed.

The function in which the game execution means 52 performs a quest process is implement | achieved as follows.
When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 recognizes that the menu m1 has been selected on the top page of FIG. 12, the CPU 21 generates HTML data for displaying the web page shown in FIG. 13 and transmits it to the communication terminal 10. . Further, when recognizing that the menu m10 is selected, the CPU 21 accesses the user database 31 and updates (decreases) the value of the physical strength point of the target user ID. In the quest process, the physical strength points required for one search may be different for each area to be searched. That is, the amount of physical strength points that are reduced (consumed) in one search may be different for each area to be searched. For example, each time the skill level of the user increases, the amount of physical strength points consumed may be increased.

  In the quest process, when the CPU 21 of the game server 20 recognizes the selection operation for the menu m10, a warrior card is randomly drawn from a plurality of warrior cards provided in advance for the quest process and appears with a random probability. Let When the warrior card appears (excavated), the CPU 21 accesses the user database 31 in the database server 30a, and adds the data of the new warrior card that appears to the target user ID data. Then, increase the value of the number of warriors by 1. When the selection operation for the menu m10 by the user is repeatedly performed and the search rate of the area reaches 100% in the web page of FIG. 15, the search for the area to be searched (in this case, area 1) is ended, and the search target Move to the next area (in this case, area 2).

  In the quest process, the health points decrease each time the selection operation is performed on the menu m10. Therefore, when the top page is displayed immediately after the quest process is executed, the health points displayed on the top page are The quest process will be displayed in a reduced amount. The physical strength points are recovered (increased) by one point each time a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes) elapses, for example.

In addition, the game execution means 52 may have a function of storing the game execution status by the user in the game database 32. In this case, each time the user executes the quest process, the synthesis process, or the battle process, the CPU 21 executes the execution result (for example, the area search rate, the number of executions of the synthesis process, the number of executions of the battle process, the result of the battle, etc. ) Is stored in the game database 32 in association with the user ID of the user.
Further, when the CPU 21 receives a request for transmission of information regarding the game execution status by each user from the central server 40, the CPU 21 extracts the execution result of each user stored in the game database 32 and transmits it to the central server 40. The CPU 21 may extract the execution result of each user stored in the game database 32 and transmit it to the central server 40 every time a predetermined time has elapsed.

The 1st information provision means 53 is provided with the function which provides the description information (1st information) for demonstrating the specification of the game A with respect to the user who runs the game A (1st game).
The function of the 1st information provision means 53 is implement | achieved as follows, for example. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a recognizes that any of the menus m1 to m3 has been selected on the top page of FIG. 12, it determines whether or not the user who has performed the selection operation has executed the game A for the first time. . Explaining an example of this determination processing, the CPU 21 accesses the game database 32 in the database server 30a, and if the execution result of the game A by the user who has performed the selection operation is not stored, the CPU 21 It may be determined that A is executed for the first time.
When the CPU 21 determines that the user who performed the selection operation has executed the game for the first time, the CPU 21 extracts the explanation information of the scout process from the specification data, and displays the web page including the explanation information (for example, the web page in step S1 in FIG. 16). HTML data for display is generated and transmitted to the user's communication terminal 10. In the web page exemplified in step S1 of FIG. 16, a part of the explanation information of the scout process is displayed in the display area 100. This is because the information amount of the explanation information depends on the function of the restricting means 55 described later. It shows that it was restricted. In addition, when the menu m11 is selected and operated on the web page in step S1, the CPU 21 extracts the synthesis process explanation information from the specification data, and includes the explanation page (for example, the web page in step S2 in FIG. 16). Is generated and transmitted to the user's communication terminal 10. Note that, in the web page exemplified in step S <b> 2 of FIG. 16, a part of the description information of the synthesis process is displayed in the display area 100 as in the scout process. Further, when the menu m11 is selected and operated on the web page in step S2, the CPU 21 extracts the battle process explanation information from the specification data, and includes the explanation information (for example, the web page in step S3 in FIG. 16). Is generated and transmitted to the user's communication terminal 10. Note that, in the web page exemplified in step S <b> 3 of FIG. 16, a part of the description information of the battle process is displayed in the display area 100 as in the scout process.
If the user does not have experience in executing a game (for example, game B) whose specifications are related or common to game A, each of the web pages shown in steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 16 corresponds. All the process description information may be displayed.
In the present embodiment, the case where the explanation information is provided when the user executes the game for the first time has been described as an example. However, the timing at which the explanation information is provided is not limited thereto. For example, the first information providing unit 53 may provide the explanation information as required by the user. In this case, a menu for explaining the game specifications is provided on the top page of FIG. 12, for example, and the CPU 21 displays the web page of step S1 of FIG. 16 when the user performs a selection operation on the menu. May be generated and transmitted to the user's communication terminal 10.

The acquisition means 54 has a function of acquiring information related to the degree of association of specifications between the game A (first game) and the game B (second game) for which the user has an execution experience.
The function of the acquisition means 54 is implement | achieved as follows, for example.
When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a provides explanatory information to the user (in the example of this embodiment, when the user determines that the user has executed the game for the first time), the central server 40 via the communication interface unit 25. Is requested to send execution status management data. Then, when the CPU 21 acquires the execution status management data from the central server 40 via the communication interface unit 25, the CPU 21 refers to the execution status management data and determines whether or not the user has experience of executing the game B. For example, the CPU 21 may determine that the user has experience of executing the game B when NULL data is not recorded in the item of execution status of the game B corresponding to the user ID of the user.
If the CPU 21 determines that the user has experience of executing the game B, the CPU 21 requests the central server 40 to transmit relevance data via the communication interface unit 25. And CPU21 will memorize | store association degree data in the game database 32 in RAM23 or the database server 30a, if association degree data is acquired from the central server 40 via the communication interface part 25. FIG.

The restricting means 55 has a function of restricting the amount of explanation information (first information) for the user according to the information related to the degree of association.
The function of the restricting means 55 is realized as follows, for example.
When acquiring the relevance data, the CPU 21 of the game server 20a refers to the relevance data and limits the information amount of the explanation information according to the relevance of the specifications of the game A and the game B. Specifically, for example, the CPU 21 increases the information amount of the explanation information as the degree of association between the specifications of the game A and the game B is higher (in the example of the embodiment, the number of processes related to or common to the specifications is larger). You may restrict. More specifically, for example, when the number of processes related to the specifications between the game A and the game B is two, the information of the description information is compared with the case where the number of processes related to the specifications is one. The amount may be limited. Furthermore, when the number of processes related to the specification is three, the information amount of the description information may be further limited as compared with the case where the number of processes related to the specification is two. For example, CPU21 may restrict | limit the information content of the explanatory information of the said process for every process in which a specification relates between the game A and the game B. FIG. Thereby, the larger the number of processes related to the specification, the more the information amount of the explanation information of the entire game A can be limited.
Further, the amount of information to be limited in the explanation information of one process may be configured to increase as the degree of association of the specifications between the game A and the game B increases.
Note that limiting the information amount of the explanation information may mean reducing the amount of explanation information transmitted (simplifying the explanation information). For example, the explanation information is composed of text data. In some cases, the length of the text may be shortened. When the explanation information is composed of a combination of text data and audio data or image data, the audio data or image data is omitted. It may be.
When the information amount of the description information is limited, the CPU 21 generates HTML data so that the display area 100 includes the description information with the limited information amount.

(8) Flow of main processing of game control device of this embodiment Next, an example of the flow of main processing performed by the game control device of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart in FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing when a tutorial for explaining the specifications of the game A is performed in the game A. Here, a case where a tutorial of the game A is performed when the user executes the game A for the first time after registering with the game A will be described as an example.

  First, when the user performs a selection operation on any of the menus m1 to m3 on the top page shown in FIG. 12 (step S100: YES), the CPU 21 of the game server 20a causes the user who has performed the selection operation to play the game A for the first time. It is determined whether or not it has been executed (step S110). Explaining an example of this determination processing, the CPU 21 accesses the game database 32 in the database server 30a, and if the execution result of the game A by the user who has performed the selection operation is not stored, the CPU 21 It may be determined that A is executed for the first time.

When determining that the user who has performed the selection operation has executed the game for the first time (step S110: YES), the CPU 21 requests the central server 40 to transmit execution status management data via the communication interface unit 25. Then, when the CPU 21 acquires the execution status management data from the central server 40 via the communication interface unit 25, the CPU 21 refers to the execution status management data to determine whether or not the user has experience of executing the game B ( Step S120). For example, the CPU 21 may determine that the user has experience of executing the game B when NULL data is not recorded in the item of execution status of the game B corresponding to the user ID of the user.
If the CPU 21 determines that the user has experience of executing the game B (step S130: YES), the CPU 21 requests the central server 40 to transmit relevance data via the communication interface unit 25. And CPU21 will memorize | store association degree data in RAM23 or the game database 32 in the database server 30a, if association degree data is acquired from the central server 40 via the communication interface part 25 (step S140).
If the CPU 21 determines that the user has no experience of executing the game B (step S130: NO), the CPU 21 does not perform the process of step S140 (that is, does not acquire the relevance data), and step S150. Move on to processing.

Next, CPU21 extracts the description information of each process (In the example of this embodiment, a quest process, a synthetic | combination process, a battle process) from specification data (step S150). Moreover, CPU21 restrict | limits the information content of the description information of each process according to the relevance degree of the specification between the game A and the game B with reference to relevance degree data (step S160). In addition, when the user does not have the execution experience of the game B (step S130: NO), since the relevance data is not acquired, CPU21 does not restrict | limit the information content of the description information of each process. That is, when the explanation information of each process is provided in the process of step S170 described later, all the explanation information of each process is provided.
And CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data for displaying the web page containing the explanatory information by which the information amount was restrict | limited about the quest process, and transmits to a user's communication terminal 10 address (step S170). In this case, the web page shown in step S <b> 1 of FIG. 16 is displayed on the user communication terminal 10. If the user does not have experience of executing the game B (step S130: NO), it includes all the explanation information of the quest process (that is, the information amount of the explanation information of the quest process is not limited). A web page is displayed on the user's communication terminal 10. Further, when the menu m11 is selected and operated (step S180: YES), the CPU 21 determines whether or not the explanation information is provided for all the processes (step S190). Here, since only the explanation information about the quest process is provided among the processes, the CPU 21 determines that the explanation information of all processes is not provided, and proceeds to the process of step S170.
CPU21 will produce | generate the HTML data for displaying the web page containing the explanatory information by which the information content was restrict | limited about a synthetic | combination process, and will transmit to user's communication terminal 10 addressing | transmission to the process of step S170. In this case, the web page shown in step S <b> 2 of FIG. 16 is displayed on the user communication terminal 10. When the user has no experience of executing the game B (step S130: NO), all the explanation information of the synthesis process is included (that is, the information amount of the explanation information of the synthesis process is not limited). A web page is displayed on the user's communication terminal 10. Further, when the menu m11 is selected and operated (step S180: YES), the CPU 21 determines whether or not the explanation information is provided for all the processes (step S190). Here, since the explanation information about the battle process is not provided among the processes, the CPU 21 determines that the explanation information of all the processes is not provided, and proceeds to the process of step S170.
CPU21 will generate | occur | produce the HTML data for displaying the web page containing the explanatory information by which the information amount was limited about a battle process, and will transmit to user's communication terminal 10 addressing, if it transfers to the process of step S170 again. In this case, the web page shown in step S <b> 3 of FIG. 16 is displayed on the user communication terminal 10. In addition, when the user does not have the execution experience of the game B (step S130: NO), it includes all the explanation information of the battle process (that is, the information amount of the explanation information of the battle process is not limited). A web page is displayed on the user's communication terminal 10. Further, when the menu m11 is selected and operated (step S180: YES), the CPU 21 determines whether or not the explanation information is provided for all the processes (step S190). Here, CPU21 discriminate | determines that the explanatory information of all the processes was provided (step S190: YES).
Next, when determining that the explanation information of all the processes is provided, the CPU 21 starts executing the process corresponding to the menu selected and operated in step S100. Note that if the CPU 21 determines in step S110 that the user has experience of executing the game A (step S110: NO), the CPU 21 starts executing the process corresponding to the menu selected and operated in step S100.

  In the above-described flow, after acquiring information (execution status management data) regarding another game (game B) in which the user has an execution experience, the relevance data is acquired, and the specifications of the other game and the game A are acquired. Although the case where the information amount of the description information is limited according to the degree of relevance has been described as an example, the processing content is not limited to this case and may be different from the above flow. For example, the order of the process of step S120 and the process of step S140 of the above flow may be switched. An example of processing contents in this case will be described. First, the degree of association data is acquired, and another game having a high degree of association with game A is extracted from the degree of association data. Then, the execution status management data is acquired to determine whether or not the user has executed another game, and when the user has execution experience of the other game, the degree of relevance of the specifications of the other game and the game A The amount of explanation information may be limited according to the above.

  As described above, according to the game control device of the embodiment, when the explanation information for explaining the specification of the game A is provided to the user who executes the game A, the game A and the user experience of execution. The information amount of the explanation information is limited according to the information regarding the degree of association of the specification with the game B having In this case, the user can omit the description of the specifications of the game A, for example, and can smoothly advance the game A. Thereby, the user can reduce the troublesomeness about the description about the specification of the game A, and can maintain the user's interest in the game A.

(9) Modified Example In the embodiment described above, the tutorial in the game A has been described as an example in which the information amount of the tutorial is limited according to the degree of relevance of the specification with the game B, but is not limited thereto. Absent. For example, when the user has experience of executing the game A, in the tutorial in the game B, the information amount of the description information about the specification of the game B is limited according to the degree of relevance of the specification with the game A. May be configured.

In the above-described embodiment, the game control device has been described as an example of the information processing device, but is not limited thereto. For example, when the user has experience using the software C, the amount of explanation information about the specification of the software D is limited in the tutorial in the software D according to the degree of relevance of the specification between the software C and the software D. It may be configured to be. Here, the description information about the software specifications includes, for example, information on the procedure for using the software, software configuration (for example, corresponding peripheral device, user interface, etc.), function, performance, algorithm, and the like. Also good.
Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment will be described.

(9-1) Modification 1
FIG. 19 shows a functional block diagram of Modification 1 of the game control apparatus of the above embodiment. As shown in FIG. 19, this functional block diagram is different from that shown in FIG. 17 in that an accepting means 56 is added. The accepting unit 56 has a function of accepting a selection as to whether or not to provide explanation information (first information) to the user in accordance with information related to the degree of association.
Moreover, in this modification, the restriction | limiting means 55 is provided with the function to restrict | limit the information content of the said description information with respect to the said user, when it chooses not to provide description information with respect to a user.
In this case, for example, even if the user understands the specifications of the game B, the user can select whether or not he / she receives provision of explanatory information about the specifications of the game A. Can do.

The function of the receiving means 56 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. For example, when the CPU 21 of the game server 20a acquires the relevance data in the process of step S140 of the flow of FIG. 0.5) It is determined whether or not it is greater than or equal to. When the CPU 21 determines that the degree of association is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the CPU 21 generates HTML data for displaying the web page illustrated in FIG. 20 and transmits the HTML data to the user communication terminal 10. The web page illustrated in FIG. 20 includes a message for prompting the user to select whether or not to omit the tutorial for explaining the specifications of the game A, a menu m12 written as “omitted”, and “not omitted”. And the menu m13 written as “”. Note that the web page in FIG. 20 includes a message for notifying that the specifications of the game A and the game B are related, for example, “How to proceed with the game A is the same as the game B”. May be included.
Here, when the user selects and operates the menu m12, in the limiting unit 55 of the present modification, for example, the CPU 21 ends the tutorial and starts executing the process corresponding to the menu selected and operated in step S100. May be.
On the other hand, when the user performs a selection operation on the menu m13, the CPU 21 may shift to the process of step S140.

(9-2) Modification 2
In the above embodiment, the acquisition unit 54 may acquire information related to the degree of association according to the execution status of the game B (second game) by the user.
Here, the “execution status of the game B” may be, for example, the number of parts that the user has conquered (cleared) on the game B. It may be the number that won the character. Further, the “execution status of game B” may be, for example, the number of specific items acquired by the user on game B, or may be the progress of game B or the level of skill level. Good.
For example, when the execution status of the game B by the user has progressed to some extent, it is considered that the user's degree of understanding of the specification of the game B is high. In addition, when the specifications of the game A and the game B are related or common, the user is based on the specification of the game B even if the information amount of the description information of the game A is limited according to the information on the degree of association. Thus, it is possible to assume the specifications of the game A. On the other hand, when the execution status of the game B by the user is not advanced, it is considered that the user has a low level of understanding of the specification of the game B. In this case, if the information amount of the description information of the game A is limited according to the information related to the degree of association, it becomes difficult for the user to understand the specifications of the game A, and as a result, the game A may not be executed. is there.
In this modification, whether or not to acquire information related to the degree of association, that is, whether or not to limit the amount of information of the description information of the game A according to the information about the degree of association, whether or not the execution state of the game B by the user, It can be set as the mechanism determined according to the understanding degree of the specification of B.

The function of the acquisition means 54 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a obtains the execution status management data in the process of step S120 of the flow of FIG. Is determined. Here, the predetermined condition may be, for example, that the number of parts that have been conquered (cleared) on the game B is a predetermined number or more, and the user has won another user or character in the battle on the game B. The number may be a predetermined number or more. The predetermined condition may be, for example, that the number of specific items acquired by the user on the game B is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and the degree of progress of the game B and the level of skill level are predetermined. It is good also as being more than a threshold.
When the execution state of the game B by the user satisfies a predetermined condition, the CPU 21 proceeds to the process of step S140 and acquires relevance data.
On the other hand, if the execution state of the game B by the user does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the CPU 21 proceeds to the process of step S150 without performing the process of step S140 (that is, without acquiring the relevance data). In this case, on the web page in steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 16, all the explanation information corresponding to each process is displayed in the display area 100.

(9-3) Modification 3
In the second modification, the execution status of the game B (second game) includes the number of executions of the game B by the user, and the acquisition unit 54 determines the relevance degree when the number of executions of the game B by the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. You may acquire the information about.
For example, it is considered that as the number of executions of the game B by the user increases, the degree of understanding of the user with respect to the specification of the game B is higher. In the present modification, when the number of executions of the game B by the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, information related to the degree of association is acquired, and the amount of explanation information is limited according to the information related to the degree of association. Thereby, the user who understands the specification of the game B can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the description about the specification of the first game.

In realizing the function of the acquisition unit 54 in the present modification, the execution status management data may record the number of executions of each of a plurality of games (game A, game B,...) For each user ID. . For example, the number of executions of the quest process of the game A may be obtained by counting the number of selections of the menu m10 on the web page shown in FIG. 13, and the number of executions of the scout process of the game B is shown in FIG. It may be determined by counting the number of times the menu m24 is selected on the web page.
When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a obtains the execution status management data in the process of step S120 of the flow of FIG. Is determined. Here, the number of executions of the game B may be, for example, the total number of executions of a plurality of processes (scout process, strengthening process, game process) included in the game B, or at least one of the plurality of processes. It may be the total number of executions of one process.
CPU21 transfers to the process of step S140, and acquires relevance data, when the frequency | count of execution of the game B by a user is more than predetermined number.
On the other hand, when the number of executions of the game B by the user is less than the predetermined number, the CPU 21 proceeds to the process of step S150 without performing the process of step S140 (that is, without acquiring the relevance data).

(9-4) Modification 4
In the second modification or the third modification, the execution state of the game B (second game) includes the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user, and the acquisition unit 54 When the elapsed time from the execution time is within a predetermined time, information on the degree of association may be acquired.
For example, the shorter the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user, the higher the degree of storage of the specification of the game B for the user. In this modification, when the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user is within a predetermined time, information on the degree of association is acquired, and the amount of explanation information is limited according to the information on the degree of association. The Thereby, the user with a high degree of storage of the specification of the game B can reduce the troublesomeness with respect to the explanation of the specification of the game A.

In realizing the function of the acquisition unit 54 in the present modification, the execution status management data records the latest execution timing of each of the plurality of games (game A, game B,...) For each user ID. Also good. For example, the latest execution time of the quest process of the game A may be the latest selection date and time of the menu m10 on the web page shown in FIG. 13, and the latest execution time of the scout process of the game B is shown in FIG. It may be the latest selection date and time of the menu m24 in the web page shown.
When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a obtains the execution status management data in the process of step S120 of the flow of FIG. 18, the elapsed time from the latest execution timing of the game B by the user is determined with reference to the execution status management data. It is determined whether or not the time is shorter than 72 hours (for example, 72 hours). Here, the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B is, for example, the elapsed time from the latest execution time among the execution times of a plurality of processes (scout processing, strengthening processing, game processing) included in the game B. There may be.
CPU21 transfers to the process of step S140, and acquires relevance data, when the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by a user is below predetermined time.
On the other hand, when the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user exceeds the predetermined time, the CPU 21 does not perform the process of step S140 (that is, does not acquire the relevance data) and performs the process of step S150. Transition.

(9-5) Modification 5
In the above embodiment or the first modification, the limiting unit 55 may limit the amount of explanation information for the user according to the information related to the degree of association and the execution status of the game B (second game) by the user. Good.
For example, when the specifications of the game A and the game B are related or common and the execution status of the game B by the user has progressed to some extent (understands the specification of the game B), Since the specification of the game A can be assumed based on the specification, the explanation information of the game A is unnecessary, and conversely, providing explanation information of the game A may cause annoyance.
According to the present modification, the information amount of the description information of the game A can be limited according to the information related to the degree of association and the execution status of the game B by the user. Therefore, the user who understands the specification of the game B can omit the description of the specification of the game A, for example, and can reduce troublesomeness for the description.

  The function of the limiting means 55 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. For example, in the process of step S160 of the flow of FIG. 18, the CPU 21 of the game server 20a stores the description information according to the execution status of the game B by the user and the degree of association of the specifications between the game A and the game B. Limit the amount of information. For example, as the execution state of the game B progresses (for example, the number of parts that have been conquered (cleared) on the game B, the number of other users or characters won in the battle on the game B, or the identification acquired on the game B The amount of explanation information may be limited as the number of items) increases and / or the degree of relevance of specifications increases. Further, the amount of information to be limited among the explanation information may be obtained by applying the progress of the execution status of the game B and the relevance of the specification to the arithmetic expression using a predetermined arithmetic expression or the like. .

Further, the restriction means 55 is a game other than the game A, and when there are a plurality of other games for which the user has an execution experience, the specification with the game A among the plurality of other games. The information amount of the description information of the game A may be limited according to the number of games whose degree of relevance is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 0.5). For example, the information amount of the description information may be limited as the number of games whose specification relevance with the game A among a plurality of other games is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
Furthermore, the restriction means 55 is a game other than the game A, and when there are a plurality of other games with which the user has an execution experience, the specification with the game A among the plurality of other games. Even if the degree of relevance of the game A is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 0.5) and the execution status by the user satisfies the predetermined number of games, the information amount of the description information of the game A is limited Good.

(9-6) Modification 6
In the fifth modified example, the execution status of the game B (second game) includes the number of executions of the game B by the user, and the limiting means 55 responds to the information related to the degree of association and the number of executions of the game B by the user. Then, the information amount of the explanation information (first information) for the user may be limited.
For example, it is considered that as the number of executions of the game B by the user increases, the degree of understanding of the user with respect to the specification of the game B is higher. In this modification, for example, the more the number of executions of the game B by the user (the higher the degree of understanding of the user with respect to the specifications of the game B), the more the amount of information of the explanation information of the game A can be limited. can do. In this case, since the user can almost omit the description of the specifications of the game A, the user can be prevented from feeling bothered.

  The function of the limiting means 55 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. Here, as in Modification 3 described above, the number of executions of each of a plurality of games (game A, game B,...) May be recorded in the execution status management data for each user ID. For example, in the process of step S160 of the flow of FIG. 18, the CPU 21 of the game server 20a stores the explanation information according to the number of executions of the game B by the user and the relevance of specifications between the game A and the game B Limit the amount of information. For example, the greater the number of executions of the game B and / or the higher the degree of relevance of the specification, the larger the amount of explanation information may be limited. In addition, the amount of information to be limited among the explanation information may be obtained by applying the number of executions of the game B and the degree of association of the specification to the arithmetic expression using a predetermined arithmetic expression or the like.

(9-7) Modification 7
In the modified example 5 or the modified example 6, the execution status of the game B (second game) includes an elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user, and the limiting means 55 includes the information related to the degree of association, Depending on the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user, the information amount of the explanation information (first information) for the user may be limited.
For example, the shorter the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user, the higher the degree of storage of the specification of the game B for the user. In this modification, for example, the shorter the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user (the higher the degree of the user's memory with respect to the specification of the game B), the larger the information amount of the explanation information of the game A It can be set as the mechanism which can be restrict | limited. In this case, since the user can almost omit the description of the specifications of the game A, the user can be prevented from feeling bothered.

  The function of the limiting means 55 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. Here, as in Modification 4 described above, for each user ID, the latest execution timing of each of the plurality of games (game A, game B,...) May be recorded in the execution status management data. . For example, in the process of step S160 of the flow of FIG. 18, the CPU 21 of the game server 20a determines the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B by the user and the degree of relevance of the specifications between the game A and the game B. Accordingly, the amount of explanation information is limited. For example, the amount of explanation information may be limited as the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B is shorter and / or the relevance of the specification is higher. In addition, the amount of information to be limited among the explanation information is obtained by applying the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the game B and the relevance of the specification to the arithmetic expression using a predetermined arithmetic expression or the like. May be.

(9-8) Modification 8
FIG. 21 shows a functional block diagram of Modification 8 of the game control apparatus of the above embodiment. As shown in FIG. 21, this functional block diagram is different from that shown in FIG. 17 in that a second information providing unit 57 is added. The 2nd information provision means 57 is provided with the function which provides the related game information (2nd information) regarding another game (2nd game) to a user according to the information regarding a related degree.
In this modified example, the user relates to the game B according to the information related to the degree of association of the specifications between the game A and another game in which the user has an execution experience (here, referred to as game B). Related game information is provided. In this case, it is considered that the user understands the specification of the game B by having the experience of executing the game B. For this reason, the user can assume the specifications of the game A based on the specifications of the game B when the description information about the specifications of the game A is provided.

The function of the 2nd information provision means 57 is implement | achieved as follows, for example. When acquiring the relevance data, the CPU 21 of the game server 20a refers to the relevance data and determines whether or not the relevance of the specifications of the game A and the game B is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 0.5). To do. And CPU21 produces | generates the related game information regarding the game B, when it determines with the relevance degree of a specification being more than a predetermined threshold value. Here, the related game information may be generated so as to associate processing related or common in specifications between the game A and the game B. For example, the method of “quest” is the same as the “scout” of the game B is. ”Or the like may be included. Further, the related game information may be stored in the game database 32 in the database server 30a in a state generated in advance, and when the CPU 21 determines that the relevance level of the specification is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the game database The related game information may be acquired from 32.
Further, when generating the related game information, the CPU 21 generates HTML data so that the web page displayed by the function of the first information providing unit 53 includes the related game information. In this case, examples of web pages displayed on the communication terminal 10 are shown in FIGS. 22 (a) and 22 (b), respectively. For example, instead of the web page shown in step S1 of FIG. 16, a web page shown in FIG. 22A may be displayed. In the web page of FIG. 22A, a display area 100, a display area 101 in which related game information related to another game different from the game A (game B in the illustrated example) is displayed, and “next” are described. Menu m11 and the like. Further, for example, when the information amount of the description information is limited to zero, the description information may not be included in the web page as illustrated in FIG.
In the present embodiment, the case where the related game information is composed of text data has been described as an example, but the related game information may be composed of image data, audio data, or the like, for example.

(9-9) Modification 9
In the above-described embodiment, the second information providing means 57 is configured so that when there are a plurality of other games (second games) different from the game A (first game), the specification of the game A among the plurality of other games. Related game information (second information) about a game whose degree of association satisfies a predetermined condition may be provided to the user.
For example, when the user understands the specifications of a plurality of other games, the related game information about a game that has a high degree of relevance (specific condition is satisfied) with the specifications of the game A among the plurality of other games. Is provided, the user can narrow down other games having a high degree of association with the specification of the game A from among a plurality of other games. Thereby, the user can assume the specification of the game A early based on the specification of the other game narrowed down.

The function of the 2nd information provision means 57 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a obtains the relevance data in the process of step S140 of the flow of FIG. It is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied. Here, the predetermined condition may be, for example, that the degree of association of the specification with the game A is a predetermined threshold (for example, 0.5) or more, or the degree of association of the specification with the game A. It is good also as being in predetermined order in order with large.
Then, the CPU 21 extracts another game in which the degree of relevance of the specification with the game A satisfies a predetermined condition. In addition, in the process of step S160 of the flow of FIG. 18, the CPU 21 generates related game information about the extracted other game and transmits it to the user communication terminal 10. In addition, when there are a plurality of other games in which the degree of association of the specifications with the game A satisfies a predetermined condition, related game information related to each of the other games may be generated and provided to the user. .

(9-10) Modification 10
In the above-described embodiment, the second information providing unit 57 determines whether the execution status by the user among the plurality of other games when there are a plurality of other games (second games) different from the game A (first game). Related game information (second information) about a game that satisfies a predetermined condition may be provided to the user.
For example, the user is provided with related game information about a game in which the execution status by the user has progressed to some extent among a plurality of other games (a predetermined condition is satisfied), so that the user can You can narrow down the games that understand the specifications from the list. Thereby, the user can assume the specification of the game A early based on the specification of the other game which understands the specification.

The function of the 2nd information provision means 57 in this modification is implement | achieved as follows, for example. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20a obtains execution status management data from the central server 40 in the process of step S120 of the flow of FIG. 18, the CPU 21 of the game server 20a refers to the execution status management data and determines other games other than the game A by the user. It is determined whether or not the execution status satisfies a predetermined condition. Here, the predetermined condition may be, for example, that the number of parts that have been conquered (cleared) on the game is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and the number of times the user has won other users or characters in the battle on the game. It may be a predetermined number or more. The predetermined condition may be, for example, that the number of specific items acquired by the user on the game is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and the progress of the game, the level of skill level, or the like is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. It is good also as being.
When the execution status of another game by the user satisfies a predetermined condition and the degree of association between the other game and the specification of the game A is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 0.5), the CPU 21 What is necessary is just to produce | generate the related game information regarding this game. If the execution status satisfies a predetermined condition and there are a plurality of other games whose specification relevance with the game A is equal to or greater than the threshold value, related game information on each other game is generated. Then, it may be provided to the user.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. In addition, it goes without saying that each embodiment may be variously improved and changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. The technical matters described in the above embodiment and each modification may be applied in appropriate combination.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the game to be executed is a digital card game has been described. For example, in various types of games such as role playing games, table games, puzzle games, sports games, racing games, shooting games, action games, adventure games, simulation games, etc. When the information for explaining the above is provided, the configuration of the above embodiment can be applied suitably.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a social game has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in a so-called online communication system in which a server device placed on a network and a home online game machine are connected, it goes without saying that the progress of the game by the user can be controlled as in the above-described embodiment.
Further, for example, even when the consumer game machine is in an offline state, the progress of the game by the user can be controlled as in the above-described embodiment. A specific example in this case will be described. For example, software of the game X, and a storage medium (for example, a semiconductor memory or an optical disk) in which information on the degree of association between the specifications of the game X and the game Y is stored; When a user executes a game X using a home game machine, the home game apparatus refers to a storage device provided in the home game machine based on execution of the game X software, It operates so as to determine whether or not the execution history of the game Y exists. And when the execution history of the game Y exists, the information amount of the tutorial in the game X is limited according to the information regarding the degree of association of the specifications between the game X and the game Y. Thus, even when the consumer game machine is in an offline state, it is possible to perform the same control as in the above embodiment.

  In the embodiment described above, for example, a predetermined operation input such as a selection operation of an option is performed by inputting a pressing operation of a predetermined operation button on a user's communication terminal or a touch operation on a display screen for a communication terminal having a touch panel function. Although it is an input, the operation input is not limited to this. The operation input may be an operation input by shaking a communication terminal provided with an acceleration sensor, or an operation input by gesture (gesture input). In gesture input, by performing a predetermined gesture on a communication terminal having an imaging function, the communication terminal recognizes an image of the gesture and recognizes an operation input previously associated with the gesture. In the case of a communication terminal capable of executing a voice recognition program, the operation input may be performed by inputting voice.

  In the above-described embodiment, the game server 20 and the database server 30 on the network are configured to implement the functions of the first information providing unit 53, the acquiring unit 54, and the second information providing unit 57. I can't. All these means may be realized by the communication terminal 10, or at least a part of the means may be realized by the communication terminal 10. Since the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20 can have substantially the same hardware configuration, each function can be realized by the communication terminal 10 as described in the above embodiment. For example, FIGS. 23A and 23B show an example of function sharing between the communication terminal 10, the game server 20, and the database server 30 for each function in the functional block diagram shown in FIG. In the embodiment described above, various types of data (for example, specification data and relevance data) are stored in the database server 30 (game database 32) or the central server 40 (HDD 44). You may memorize | store in the memory | storage device in 10. In that case, the storage device may be a mass storage device such as the RAM 13 in the communication terminal 10 or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) (not shown).

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Claims (17)

First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first game and the second game in which the user has experience of execution;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association;
A game control device comprising: In accordance with the information related to the degree of association, a receiving unit that receives a selection as to whether or not to provide the first information to the user,
The restricting means restricts an information amount of the first information for the user when it is selected not to provide the first information to the user.
The game control apparatus according to claim 1. The acquisition means acquires information related to the degree of association according to the execution status of the second game by the user.
The game control device according to claim 1 or 2. The execution status of the second game includes the number of executions of the second game by the user,
The acquisition means acquires the information on the relevance when the number of times the second game is executed by the user is a predetermined number or more.
The game control device according to claim 3. The execution status of the second game includes an elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user,
The acquisition means acquires the information on the relevance when the elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user is within a predetermined time.
The game control apparatus according to claim 3 or 4. The restricting means restricts an information amount of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association and an execution state of the second game by the user.
The game control device according to claim 1 or 2. The execution status of the second game includes the number of executions of the second game by the user,
The limiting means limits the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association and the number of times the second game is executed by the user.
The game control apparatus according to claim 6. The execution status of the second game includes an elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user,
The restricting means restricts an information amount of the first information for the user according to information related to the degree of association and an elapsed time from the latest execution time of the second game by the user. To
The game control device according to claim 6 or 7. In accordance with information related to the degree of association, the information processing apparatus includes a second information providing unit that provides the user with second information related to the second game.
The game control device according to claim 1. The second information providing means is configured to obtain the second information about a game satisfying a predetermined degree of relevance with the specification of the first game among the plurality of second games when there are a plurality of the second games. Providing to the user,
The game control apparatus according to claim 9. The second information providing means provides the user with the second information about a game in which the execution status by the user satisfies a predetermined condition among the plurality of second games when there are a plurality of the second games. It is characterized by
The game control device according to claim 9 or 10. On the computer,
A function of providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
A function of acquiring information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first game and the second game for which the user has an execution experience, and storing the information in a storage device; and referring to the storage device, relating to the degree of association A function of limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information;
A program to realize A game system including a communication terminal and a server accessed from the communication terminal,
First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first game;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first game and the second game in which the user has experience of execution;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association,
Each of the means is provided in either the communication terminal or the server,
Game system. First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first software to a user who uses the first software;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to the degree of association of specifications between the first software and the second software with which the user has experience of use;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user according to information on the degree of association;
An information processing apparatus comprising: First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first software to a user who executes the first software;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user by using information indicating the association of specifications between the first software and the second software with which the user has execution experience;
An information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing system including a communication terminal and a server accessed from the communication terminal,
First information providing means for providing first information for explaining a specification of the first software to a user who executes the first software;
Limiting means for limiting the amount of information of the first information for the user by using information indicating the association of specifications between the first software and the second software with which the user has execution experience,
Each of the means is provided in either the communication terminal or the server,
Information processing system. On the computer,
A function of providing first information for explaining a specification of the first game to a user who executes the first software;
Information indicating the relationship of specifications between the first software and the second software that the user has execution experience stored in the storage device is used, so that the amount of information of the first information for the user can be reduced. The ability to restrict,
A program to realize

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