JP5536467B2 - GAME DEVICE, GAME DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game apparatus, a game apparatus control method, and a program.

  There is known a game device that executes a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body (for example, a ball or a pack). For example, a game device that executes a soccer game is known.

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  In the above game device, when a character belonging to the user character group holds a moving body, the user uses the operation unit to cause the character to make a pass to another character. However, in the conventional game device, it has been difficult for the user to grasp where the character receiving the pass wants to pass.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to determine in which position the character on the pass receiving side passes in a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group use a moving body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device, a control method for the game device, and a program capable of allowing the user to grasp whether or not he / she wants to give out.

  In order to solve the above problems, a game device according to the present invention is a game device that executes a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body. When the first character operated by the user holds the moving body, the second character that is another character among the characters belonging to the user character group is the first character. Determining means for determining a pass request target based on the position of the second character, the position and representative direction of the first character, the position and representative direction of the second character, Based on the determination result of the determination means and the determination means for determining whether or not The position determined by the determining means, characterized in that it comprises a and a guide means for guiding the user.

  The game apparatus control method according to the present invention is a game apparatus control method for executing a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body. When the first character operated by the user holds the moving body, the second character that is another character among the characters belonging to the user character group is the first character. Determining a position to be requested as a pass target based on the position of the second character, the position and representative direction of the first character, the position and representative direction of the second character, Determining step for determining whether or not has a predetermined relationship, and determination in the determining step Based on the result, characterized in that it comprises a and a guide step of guiding the position determined in said determining step to the user.

  Further, the program according to the present invention is a game device for executing a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body, for example, a home game machine (stationary game machine), a portable game machine, A program for causing a computer such as an arcade game machine, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a personal computer to function, which is operated by a user among characters belonging to the user character group. When the second character, which is another character among the characters belonging to the user character group, requests the first character as a pass target, Determining means for determining based on the position of the second character; Based on the determination means for determining whether or not the position and representative direction of the first character and the position and representative direction of the second character have a predetermined relationship, and the determination result of the determination means, It is a program for causing the computer to function as guidance means for guiding the position determined by the determination means to the user.

  An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable information storage medium recording the above program.

  According to the present invention, in a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body, the user can grasp where the character on the side receiving the pass wants to pass. It becomes possible to do.

  In the aspect of the invention, the determination unit may determine whether the second character is positioned within the field of view of the first character set based on the position and representative direction of the first character. First determination means for determining whether or not the first character is positioned within the field of view of the second character set based on the position and representative direction of the second character And a second determination unit, wherein the guide unit guides the position determined by the determination unit to the user based on the determination results of the first determination unit and the second determination unit. You may do it.

  In the aspect of the invention, the determination unit may determine whether a distance between the first character or the moving body and the second character is less than a reference distance. Including a determination unit, wherein the guide unit determines the position determined by the determination unit based on the determination results of the first determination unit, the second determination unit, and the third determination unit. You may make it guide to.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the determination unit associates the character belonging to the user character group with information for specifying a type of position requested as a pass target for the character holding the moving object. And when the type specified by the information associated with the second character is the first type, the second character is the first type. The type specified by the information associated with the second character and the means for determining the position to be requested of the character as a pass target based on the position of the second character is the second type The second character requests the first character as a pass target, the position of the second character, and the enemy key. The position of the characters belonging to the lactamide group, means for determining based on, may include a.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the user character group is operated in cooperation by a plurality of users, and the determining means is configured such that the first character operated by a first user among the plurality of users is the first character. When holding a moving body, the second user operates the second user to request the first character as a pass target by the second character operated by a second user of the plurality of users. Means for making a determination based on the above operation may be included.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the guiding means includes means for acquiring storage contents of parameter storage means for storing parameters in association with combinations of characters, the first character, and the second character. Means for displaying, on the game screen, a guidance image for guiding the position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character based on the parameter associated with the combination of Also good.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the guiding means includes the position of the first character or the moving body, the position determined by the determining means, and the position of a character belonging to the enemy character group. Means for determining whether or not the positional relationship is a predetermined positional relationship; the position of the first character or the moving body; the position determined by the determining means; and a character belonging to the enemy character group A guide image that guides the position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character based on a determination result of whether or not the positional relationship is the predetermined positional relationship. May be included on the game screen.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the present invention, the determining means includes a second character for each of a plurality of second characters that are characters other than the first character among the characters belonging to the user character group. The position to be requested of the first character as a pass target is determined, and the determining means determines the position and representative direction of the first character and the second character for each of the plurality of second characters. The position and the representative direction of the first character, and the guiding means, and the position and representative direction of the first character, the position and representative direction of the second character, When there are a plurality of the second characters such that has the predetermined relationship, the determining means of the plurality of second characters The number of second character determined the position is guided by the user, it may include means for limiting, based on the data on the ability or condition of the first character.

It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the game device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation reception part. It is a figure which shows an example of a controller. It is a figure which shows an example of game space. It is a figure which shows an example of a game screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a game screen. It is a functional block diagram of the game device concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the visual field of a player character. It is a flowchart which shows the process which a game device performs. It is a flowchart which shows the process which a game device performs. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the predetermined | prescribed positional relationship of the position of a user character or a ball, the position which an ally character requests | requires as a goal of a user character, and the position of the player character which belongs to an enemy team.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The game device according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized by, for example, a home game machine (stationary game machine), a portable game machine, an arcade game machine, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal computer, or a server computer. Is done. Here, a case where the game device according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized by a consumer game machine will be described.

  FIG. 1 shows a hardware configuration of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus 10 includes a consumer game machine 11, a display unit 30, an audio output unit 31, an optical disc 32, and a memory card 33. The display unit 30 and the audio output unit 31 are connected to the consumer game machine 11. The display unit 30 is, for example, a home television receiver or a liquid crystal display. The audio output unit 31 is, for example, a speaker or headphones incorporated in a home television receiver.

  The home game machine 11 is a computer system, and includes a bus 12, a control unit 13, a main memory 14, an image processing unit 15, an audio processing unit 16, an optical disk drive 17, a memory card slot 18, a communication interface (I / F) 19, A controller interface (I / F) 20 and an operation reception unit 21 are included.

  The bus 12 is used for exchanging addresses and data among the units of the consumer game machine 11. The control unit 13, the main memory 14, the image processing unit 15, the sound processing unit 16, the optical disk drive 17, the memory card slot 18, the communication interface 19, and the controller interface 20 are connected by the bus 12 so that mutual data communication is possible.

  The control unit 13 includes, for example, one or a plurality of microprocessors, and executes control processing and various information processing of each unit of the consumer game machine 11 based on a program read from the optical disc 32, for example. The main memory 14 includes, for example, a RAM, and a program and data read from the optical disc 32 or the memory card 33 are written as necessary. The main memory 14 is also used for work of the control unit 13.

  The image processing unit 15 includes a VRAM, draws a game screen on the VRAM based on image data sent from the control unit 13, and displays the game screen on the display unit 30. The audio processing unit 16 includes a sound buffer, and outputs various audio data (game music, game sound effects, messages, etc.) read from the optical disc 32 to the sound buffer from the audio output unit 31.

  The optical disc drive 17 reads programs and data recorded on the optical disc 32. Here, the optical disc 32 is used to supply the program and data to the consumer game machine 11, but any other information storage medium such as a memory card 33 may be used. Moreover, you may make it supply a program and data to the consumer game machine 11 from a remote place via communication networks, such as the internet.

  The memory card slot 18 is an interface for mounting the memory card 33. The memory card 33 includes a nonvolatile memory (for example, EEPROM) and stores various game data such as saved data. The communication interface 19 is an interface for communication connection to a communication network such as the Internet.

  The controller interface 20 is an interface for wirelessly connecting a plurality of controllers 23. The controller interface 20 may be an interface for connecting the controller 23 by wire.

  The operation reception unit 21 is for receiving an operation by a user. The operation receiving unit 21 includes a light emitting unit 22 and one or a plurality of controllers 23. FIG. 2 shows an example of the operation reception unit 21, and FIG. 3 shows an example of the controller 23.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the light emitting unit 22 includes a plurality of light sources and is disposed on the upper portion of the display unit 30. In the example shown in FIG. 2, light sources 34 a and 34 b are provided at both ends of the light emitting unit 22. The light emitting unit 22 may be disposed below the display unit 30.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 23 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a direction button 26 and buttons 27a, 27b, and 27c are provided on the surface 23a of the controller 23. The direction button 26 has a cross shape and is generally used to indicate a direction. The buttons 27a, 27b, and 27c are used for various game operations.

  The controller 23 includes an imaging unit 24 and a captured image analysis unit 25. The imaging unit 24 is an imaging element such as a CCD, and is provided at the front end 23 b of the controller 23. The captured image analysis unit 25 includes, for example, a microprocessor and is built in the controller 23. When the user directs the front end 23 b of the controller 23 toward the display unit 30, the light sources 34 a and 34 b are projected on the captured image of the imaging unit 24. The captured image analysis unit 25 analyzes the positions of the light sources 34a and 34b projected on the captured image, and acquires the position indicated by the front end 23b of the controller 23 based on the analysis result. For this reason, the operation reception part 21 is used as a pointing device for a user to point the position on the game screen displayed on the display part 30. FIG.

  An operation signal indicating the state of the controller 23 is transmitted to the control unit 13 via the controller interface 20 at regular intervals (for example, every 1/60 seconds). The operation signal includes, for example, identification information for identifying the controller 23, information indicating the pressed state of the direction button 26 and the buttons 27a, 27b, and 27c, and an indication position of the controller 23 (a position indicated by the front end 23b). And information indicating.

  The game apparatus 10 executes a game in which, for example, a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body (for example, a ball or a pack) based on a program read from the optical disc 32. Below, the case where the soccer game in which the user team (user character group) and enemy team (enemy character group) which are user's operation targets play a soccer game is performed is demonstrated as an example. In the following, a case where the user team is operated by one user and the enemy team is operated by the computer (control unit 13) will be described. The user team may be operated by a plurality of users in cooperation, and the opponent team may be operated by another user.

  When the soccer game is executed, a game space is constructed in the main memory 14. FIG. 4 shows an example of the game space. A game space 40 shown in FIG. 4 is a virtual three-dimensional space in which three coordinate axes Xw, Yw, and Zw are set. As shown in FIG. 4, a field 41 that is an object representing a soccer field is arranged in the game space 40. A soccer game is played in a pitch 44 that is an area surrounded by two goal lines 42 and two touch lines 43.

  On the field 41, a goal 45, which is an object representing a soccer goal, a player character 46, which is an object representing a soccer player belonging to the user team, and a player character, which is an object representing a soccer player belonging to the enemy team, are displayed. 47 and a ball 48 which is an object representing a soccer ball are arranged. Although omitted in FIG. 4, 11 player characters 46 belonging to the user team and 11 player characters 47 belonging to the enemy team are arranged on the field 41.

  When the player character 46 (47) approaches the ball 48, the player character 46 (47) and the ball 48 are associated with each other under a predetermined condition. In this case, the movement action of the player character 46 (47) is a dribbling action. Hereinafter, a state in which the ball 48 is associated with the player character 46 (47) is described as “the player character 46 (47) holds the ball 48”.

  A virtual camera 49 is set in the game space 40. A game screen representing the game space 40 viewed from the virtual camera 49 is displayed on the display unit 30. For example, the virtual camera 49 moves in the game space 40 based on the movement of the ball 48 so that the ball 48 is always displayed on the game screen.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the game screen. As shown in FIG. 5, an image representing the game space 40 viewed from the virtual camera 49 is displayed on the game screen. In addition, a cursor 50 indicating the designated position of the controller 23 is displayed on the game screen. In the present embodiment, the cursor 50 has a circular shape, and the center point 50a of the cursor 50 indicates the indicated position of the controller 23. The shape of the cursor 50 may be a shape other than a circle.

  In this soccer game, as a rule, the player characters 46 and 47 act according to AI (artificial intelligence). However, the user can use the controller 23 to instruct the moving direction or kicking direction of the player character 46 belonging to the user team.

  When instructing the movement direction or kick direction of the player character 46, the user first selects an operation target from the player characters 46 belonging to the user team. Specifically, the user points the player character 46 to be set as the operation target with the front end 23b of the controller 23, and moves the cursor 50 to the position where the player character 46 is displayed. When the user presses a predetermined button (for example, button 27a) of the controller 23 in this state, the player character 46 is set as an operation target.

  The player character 46 set as the operation target moves in a direction toward a position in the game space 40 corresponding to the display position of the cursor 50. For this reason, the user can instruct the moving direction of the player character 46 set as the operation target by moving the cursor 50.

  Further, when the user presses a predetermined button (for example, button 27b) of the controller 23 while the player character 46 set as the operation target holds the ball 48, the player character 46 displays the cursor 50 at that time. The ball 48 is kicked out in the direction toward the position in the game space 40 corresponding to the position. In this way, the user can instruct the player character 46 set as the operation target to pass or the like.

  Hereinafter, the player character 46 set as the user's operation target is referred to as a “user character”. In addition, among the player characters 46 belonging to the user team, the player characters 46 that are not set as user operation targets are described as “friend characters”, and the player characters 47 belonging to the enemy team are referred to as “enemy characters”. “Character”.

  In the game apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, when the user character holds the ball 48, a teammate character that can make eye contact with the user character among the teammate characters is used as a pass target for the user character. It has a function of guiding the requested position to the user.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the above function. In FIG. 6, the code | symbol 46a represents the player character 46 set as the operation target, ie, a user character. Reference numerals 46b, 46c, and 46d represent other player characters 46 belonging to the user team, that is, teammate characters. Further, reference numerals 47a and 47b represent player characters 47 belonging to the enemy team, that is, enemy characters. In the state shown in FIG. 6, the user character 46 a holds the ball 48.

  In the game screen shown in FIG. 6, the teammate character 46b is positioned in the field of view of the user character 46a, and the user character 46a is positioned in the field of view of the teammate character 46b. That is, the user character 46a and the teammate character 46b are in a state where eye contact can be performed.

  For this reason, on the game screen shown in FIG. 6, a line 53b connecting the foot position 51a and the position 52b of the user character 46a is displayed as a guide image for guiding the position 52b requested by the teammate character 46b as a pass target. . The position 52b requested by the teammate character 46b as a pass target is the foot position 51b of the teammate character 46b.

  In the game screen shown in FIG. 6, the teammate character 46c is positioned in the field of view of the user character 46a, and the user character 46a is positioned in the field of view of the teammate character 46c. That is, the user character 46a and the teammate character 46c are in a state where eye contact can be performed.

  Therefore, in the game screen shown in FIG. 6, a line 53c connecting the foot position 51a and the position 52c of the user character 46a is displayed as a guide image for guiding the position 52c requested by the teammate character 46c as a pass target. . The position 52c requested by the teammate character 46c as a pass target is a position away from the foot position 51c of the teammate character 46c, and the position where the enemy characters 47a and 47b are not located in the vicinity. ing. That is, the position 52c is set to a so-called free space.

  As described above, by displaying the lines 53b and 53c on the game screen shown in FIG. 6, the positions 52b and 52c requested by the teammate characters 46b and 46c that can make eye contact with the user character 46a as the target of the pass are displayed. Can be understood at a glance. In addition, in the game screen shown in FIG. 6, the foot position 51c and the position 52c of the teammate character 46c are associated with each other by a dotted line 54c, and the position 52c, which is a position away from the teammate character 46c, is the target of the pass of the teammate character 46c. It is possible for the user to grasp at a glance that the position is requested.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram mainly showing functions related to the above functions among the functions realized by the game apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 7, the game apparatus 10 includes a game data storage unit 60, a game situation data update unit 61, a display control unit 62, a pass request position determination unit 63, and a determination unit 64. The display control unit 62 includes a guide unit 65. The game data storage unit 60 is realized by at least one of the main memory 14, the optical disc 32, and the memory card 33, for example, and the other functional blocks are realized by the control unit 13 executing a program, for example.

  The game data storage unit 60 stores game data necessary for executing the game. For example, the shape data of each object arranged in the game space 40 is stored in the game data storage unit 60. In addition, the motion data of the player characters 46 and 47 is stored in the game data storage unit 60.

  Furthermore, personality data is stored in the game data storage unit 60 in association with each player character 46 belonging to the user team. The personality data includes, for example, parameters indicating various abilities (for example, pass abilities) of the player character 46. The personality data includes, for example, information (type information) for specifying the type of position that the player character 46 requests from the player character 46 holding the ball 48 as a pass target. There are two types of positions requested by the player character 46 as a pass goal, for example, their own foot position and free space. The individuality data of each player character 47 belonging to the enemy team is also stored in the game data storage unit 60.

In addition, game situation data indicating the current situation of the game is stored in the game data storage unit 60. For example, the following data is included in the game situation data.
(1) State data of each player character 46 belonging to the user team (2) State data of each player character 47 belonging to the enemy team (3) State data of the ball 48 (for example, position, moving direction, moving speed, etc.)
(4) State data of the virtual camera 49 (for example, position, line-of-sight direction, angle of view, etc.)
(5) Display position data of cursor 50 (6) Elapsed time data (7) Score data

  The state data of the player character 46 belonging to the user team includes, for example, data for specifying the position, front direction, line-of-sight direction, moving direction, and moving speed of the player character 46. The state data of the player character 46 includes, for example, data indicating whether or not the player character 46 is set as a user operation target and data indicating whether or not the player character 46 holds the ball 48. . The state data of the player character 47 belonging to the enemy team is the same as the state data of the player character 46 belonging to the user team.

  The game situation data update unit 61 updates the game situation data. For example, the game situation data update unit 61 updates the state data of the player character 46 (user character) set as the user's operation target according to the user's operation, and updates the state data of the other player characters 46 and 47 to AI. Update according to (artificial intelligence). For example, the game situation data update unit 61 updates the state data of the ball 48, the state data of the virtual camera 49, the display position data of the cursor 50, the elapsed time data, and the score data.

  The display control unit 62 generates a game screen representing the game space 40 viewed from the virtual camera 49 based on data stored in the game data storage unit 60, and displays the game screen on the display unit 30.

  When the user character (first character) holds the ball 48 (moving body), the pass request position determination unit 63 determines the position that the teammate character (second character) requests from the user character as a pass target. , Based on the position of the teammate character.

  In the case of this embodiment, the pass request position determination unit 63 acquires information (type information) from the game data storage unit 60 for specifying the type of position requested by the teammate character as a pass target. When the type specified by the type information of the teammate character is the first type (foot position), the pass request position determination unit 63 determines the position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target. Decide based on the position of the character. For example, the foot position of the teammate character is determined as the position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target.

  On the other hand, when the type specified by the type information of the teammate character is the second type (free space), the pass request position determination unit 63 determines the position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target. It is determined based on the position of the character and the position of the enemy character.

  In this case, the pass request position determination unit 63 searches for a free space based on the position of the teammate character and the position of the enemy character. For example, the pass request position determination unit 63 searches for a position that is not so far from the foot position of the teammate character and that the enemy character is not located in the vicinity. Specifically, the pass request position determining unit 63 seems that the distance from the foot position of the teammate character is within a predetermined first distance and the distance from each enemy character is equal to or greater than the predetermined second distance. Find the right position. Then, the found position is determined as a position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target.

  The determination unit 64 determines whether or not the position and representative direction of the user character and the position and representative direction of the teammate character have a predetermined relationship. Here, the “representative direction” is, for example, the line-of-sight direction. The front direction of the body (body) may be used as the “representative direction”.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the “predetermined relationship” is established is a case where the user character and the teammate character can make eye contact. For example, the case where the “predetermined relationship” is established is a case where the teammate character is positioned within the field of view of the user character and the user character is positioned within the field of view of the teammate character. In the case of the present embodiment, the determination unit 64 (first determination means) determines whether or not the teammate character is positioned within the field of view of the user character set based on the position and representative direction of the user character. The determination unit 64 (second determination means) determines whether or not the user character is located within the field of view of the teammate character set based on the position and representative direction of the teammate character.

  Here, the visual field of the user character (friend character) will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of the field of view of the user character (friend character). As shown in FIG. 8, the visual field 70 of the user character (ally character) is based on the angle between the position 71 of the user character (ally character) and the straight line 72 extended in the line-of-sight direction of the user character (ally character). It is an area | region which is below an angle ((theta)).

  In the case of the present embodiment, the determination unit 64 (third determination means) further determines whether or not the distance between the user character and the teammate character is less than the reference distance. The determination unit 64 (third determination unit) may determine whether or not the distance between the ball 48 and the teammate character is less than the reference distance.

  The guide unit 65 guides the user the position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target based on the determination result of the determination unit 64. That is, when the position and representative direction of the user character and the position and representative direction of the teammate character have a predetermined relationship, the guide unit 65 guides the user the position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target. To do.

  In the case of this embodiment, an ally character is located in the visual field 70 of the user character, a user character is located in the visual field 70 of the ally character, and between the user character (or the ball 48) and the ally character. When the distance is less than the reference distance, the guide unit 65 guides the user the position that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target.

  For example, the guide unit 65 displays on the game screen a guide image that guides the position requested by the ally character to the user character as a pass target. In the present embodiment, the lines 53b and 53c and the dotted line 54c shown in FIG. 6 correspond to the guide image. The guide image is not limited to the lines 53b and 53c and the dotted line 54c shown in FIG. An image other than a line or dotted line may be used as the guide image.

  Next, processing executed by the game apparatus 10 to realize the functional blocks shown in FIG. 7 will be described. 9 and 10 are flowcharts showing processing executed by the game apparatus 10 every predetermined time (for example, 1/60 seconds). The control unit 13 executes the processes shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 according to the program stored in the optical disc 32.

  As shown in FIG. 9, first, the control unit 13 (game situation data update unit 61) updates the game situation data (S101). In step S <b> 101, for example, based on an operation signal supplied from the controller 23, the pressed state of the button 27 a of the controller 23 and the designated position of the controller 23 are determined. Then, the state data of the user character is updated based on the determination result.

  Further, for example, the status data of the teammate character and the enemy character is updated based on AI (artificial intelligence). When the ball 48 is kicked by any of the player characters 46 and 47, the state data of the ball 48 is updated. Further, the display position data of the cursor 50 is updated based on the instruction position of the controller 23. In addition, the score data is updated when a score is entered in one team. In addition, the elapsed time data is also updated.

  After the process of step S101 is completed, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the user character holds the ball 48 based on the state data of the player characters 46 belonging to the user team (S102). In this step S102, the player character 46 (user character) set as the user's operation target is specified based on the state data of the player characters 46 belonging to the user team. Based on the state data of the user character, it is determined whether or not the user character is holding the ball 48.

  If the user character does not hold the ball 48, the control unit 13 (display control unit 62) updates the game screen (S103), and ends this process. In step S103, a game screen representing the game space 40 viewed from the virtual camera 49 is generated based on the game situation data. This image is generated by converting the vertex coordinates of each object arranged in the game space 40 from the world coordinate system (XwYwZw coordinate system shown in FIG. 4) to the screen coordinate system by a predetermined matrix operation. The game screen generated in this way is displayed on the display unit 30. In the game screen generated in step S103, guidance images (lines 53b and 53c and dotted line 54c) for guiding the position requested by the teammate character as a pass target to the user character are not displayed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S102 that the user character holds the ball 48, the control unit 13 (determination unit 64) determines the user character's state based on the state data of the player character 46 belonging to the user team. It is determined whether or not there is a teammate character located within the visual field 70 (S104). In this step S104, the visual field 70 of the user character is specified based on the position and line-of-sight direction of the user character. Then, based on the position of each teammate character, it is determined whether each teammate character is located within the visual field 70 of the user character.

  When there is no teammate character positioned within the visual field 70 of the user character, the process of step S103 described above is executed, and this process ends.

  On the other hand, if there is a teammate character positioned within the user character's visual field 70, the control unit 13 acquires a list of teammate characters positioned within the user character's visual field 70 (S105). This list is acquired as a result of executing the process of step S104.

  Then, the control unit 13 initializes the variable i to 1 (S106) and, as shown in FIG. 10, selects the i-th ally character among the ally characters included in the list acquired in Step S105 (S107). ). Thereafter, the control unit 13 (determination unit 64) determines whether or not the user character is located within the field of view 70 of the teammate character selected in step S107 (S108). In this step S108, the field of view 70 of the teammate character is specified based on the position and line-of-sight direction of the teammate character selected in step S107. Then, based on the position of the user character, it is determined whether or not the user character is located in the visual field 70 of the teammate character.

  When the user character is located within the field of view 70 of the teammate character selected in step S107, the control unit 13 (determination unit 64) determines the distance between the user character and the teammate character selected in step S107. Is less than the reference distance based on the positions of the user character and the friend character (S109).

  When the distance is less than the reference distance, the control unit 13 (pass request position determination unit 63) determines a position that the teammate character selected in step S107 requests from the user character as a pass target (S110). In step S110, information (type information) for specifying the type of position requested by the teammate character as a pass target is read out from the personality data of the teammate character selected in step S107. When the type specified by the type information is “foot position”, the control unit 13 sets the foot position of the teammate character as the goal of the pass based on the position of the teammate character selected in step S107. Determine as the requested position.

  On the other hand, when the type specified by the type information is “free space”, the control unit 13 searches for a free space based on the position of the teammate character selected in step S107 and the position of each enemy character. . For example, a position where the distance from the teammate character is within a predetermined first distance and the distance from each enemy character is equal to or greater than the predetermined second distance is determined as the free space. As a method for searching for free space, for example, a method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-228839 may be used. The position determined as free space is determined as the position requested by the teammate character as a pass target.

  The combination of the teammate character selected in step S107 and the position determined in step S110 is stored in the main memory 14 as pass request position data.

  After the process of step S110 is completed, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the value of the variable i is equal to the total number (N) of teammate characters included in the list acquired in step S105 (S111).

  The process of step S111 is also performed when it is determined in step S108 that the user character is not located in the field of view 70 of the teammate character, or when it is determined in step S109 that the distance is not less than the reference distance. Is executed. When it is determined in step S111 that the value of the variable i is not equal to N, the control unit 13 adds 1 to the value of the variable i (S112), and re-executes the process of step S107.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S111 that the value of the variable i is equal to N, the control unit 13 (display control unit 62) updates the game screen (S113). Also in step S113, a game screen representing the game space 40 viewed from the virtual camera 49 is generated as in step S103. However, in this case, based on the pass request position data stored in the main memory 14, a guide image (lines 53b, 53c and dotted line 54c) for guiding the position requested by the ally character to the user character as a pass target is drawn. An object for this is placed in the game space 40. For example, objects representing lines 53b and 53c and a dotted line 54c shown in FIG. 6 are arranged in the game space 40. As a result, the guide images (lines 53b and 53c and dotted line 54c) are displayed on the game screen generated in step S113.

  Incidentally, in step S113, a game screen may be generated as described below. That is, after generating an image representing the game space 40 viewed from the virtual camera 49, that is, a visual field image of the virtual camera 49, the guide images (lines 53 b and 53 c and dotted line 54 c) are drawn on the visual field image of the virtual camera 49. You may do it. In order to draw the guide image, the screen coordinates of the position that the teammate character requests the user character as a pass target are required. The screen coordinates are obtained by using the same matrix calculation as that used for generating the field-of-view image of the virtual camera 49 in steps S103 and S113, and the world coordinates of the position that the ally character requests from the user character as a pass target. Obtained by transforming coordinates. The same applies to the screen coordinates of the foot position of the user character.

  In the game apparatus 10 described above, the user character holding the ball 48 is guided to the user the position requested by the teammate character as a pass target. For example, on the game screen shown in FIG. 6, the guide images (lines 53b, 53c and dotted line 54c) for guiding the positions requested by the teammate characters 46b and 46c to the user character 46a as the pass target are displayed. The user can grasp at a glance the position that the characters 46b and 46c request from the user character 46a as a pass target. According to the game device 10, it becomes possible for the user to relatively easily grasp the position requested by the teammate character as a pass target for the user character holding the ball 48. As a result, it becomes possible to improve the operability regarding the path of the user character.

  Furthermore, in the game apparatus 10, the guide image is displayed only when the user character holding the ball 48 and the friend character can make eye contact. For this reason, according to game device 10, it becomes possible for a user to realize eye contact between a user character and a friend character.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.

  (1) For example, a plurality of users may cooperate to operate a user team. In this case, in a state where the first player character 46 set as the operation target of the first user holds the ball 48, the pass request position determination unit 63 is set as the operation target of the second user. The position requested by the second player character 46 as a pass target to the first player character 46 may be determined based on the operation of the second user.

  In this way, the second user may be allowed to designate the position that the second player character 46 requests from the first player character 46 as a pass target. In this case, the operation for designating the position requested by the second player character 46 as a pass goal is, for example, an operation (in other words, an operation for pointing the controller 23 with the position requested by the second player character 46 as a pass goal). The operation of moving the cursor 50 to a position where the position requested by the second player character 46 as a pass target is displayed.

  (2) Further, for example, the game data storage unit 60 (parameter storage means) may store parameters in association with each combination of player characters 46 belonging to the user team. This parameter is, for example, a parameter indicating the relationship between the two player characters 46 (for example, skill level of cooperation).

  In this case, the guide unit 65 may acquire parameters associated with the combination of the user character and the teammate character from the game data storage unit 60. The guide unit 65 may display a guide image that guides the position requested by the teammate character as a pass target to the user character based on a parameter associated with the combination of the user character and the teammate character. Good.

  For example, the guide unit 65 determines whether or not the parameter value associated with the combination of the user character and the teammate character is included in a predetermined value range, whereby the cooperation between the user character and the teammate character is performed. It is determined whether or not the skill level is lower than the standard skill level. When the parameter value associated with the combination of the user character and the teammate character is included in the predetermined value range (that is, the skill level of cooperation between the user character and the teammate character is lower than the standard skill level). ), The guide unit 65 restricts the display of the guide image.

  Here, “restricting the display of the guide image” includes not displaying the guide image. Further, “restrict display of the guide image” means, for example, when the skill level of cooperation between the user character and the teammate character is lower than the standard skill level, and when the skill level is higher than the standard skill level Compared to the above, it is difficult to view the guide image. “Making it difficult to see the guide image” means increasing the transparency of the guide image or reducing the color difference between the guide image (lines 53b, 53b and dotted line 54c) and the background (field 41). Including doing.

  (3) Also, for example, taking into consideration the possibility that the position requested by the teammate character as the pass target from the user character may be hindered by the enemy character, a guide image for guiding the position requested by the teammate character from the user character as the pass target. May be displayed on the game screen.

  In this case, the guide unit 65 determines whether or not the positional relationship between the position of the user character or the ball 48, the position that the ally character requests the user character as a pass target, and the position of the enemy character is a predetermined positional relationship. By determining whether or not the enemy character is likely to be obstructed by the enemy character from passing to the position requested by the user character as a pass target.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of the “predetermined positional relationship”. A straight line 80 in FIG. 11 is a straight line connecting the position 81 of the user character (or the ball 48) and the position 82 that the teammate character requests from the user character as a pass target. The case where the distance (D) between the straight line 80 and the enemy character position 83 is less than the reference distance is a case where there is a high possibility that the path from the position 81 to the position 82 is hindered by the enemy character. . For this reason, the case where the “predetermined positional relationship” is established is, for example, a case where the distance (D) is less than a reference distance.

  The guide unit 65 determines whether or not the positional relationship between the position of the user character or the ball 48, the position that the teammate character requests the user character as a pass target, and the position of the enemy character is a predetermined positional relationship. Based on the result, the guide image is displayed on the game screen.

  For example, when the positional relationship between the position of the user character or ball 48, the position that the ally character requests the user character as a pass target, and the position of the enemy character is a predetermined positional relationship (in other words, the ally character is When there is a high possibility that a path to a position requested by the user character as a path target is hindered by an enemy character), the guide unit 65 restricts the display of the guide image.

  As in the modification (2), “restricting the display of the guide image” includes not displaying the guide image. Further, “restricting the display of the guide image” means, for example, when there is a high possibility that a path to a position requested by the ally character as a pass target from the user character is obstructed by the enemy character. This includes making it difficult to see the guide image as compared with the case where the price is low. “Making it difficult to see the guide image” means increasing the transparency of the guide image or reducing the color difference between the guide image (lines 53b, 53b and dotted line 54c) and the background (field 41). Including doing.

  For example, the guide unit 65 determines whether the positional relationship between the position of the user character or the ball 48, the position that the teammate character requests the user character as a pass target, and the position of the enemy character is a predetermined positional relationship. You may make it change the display mode of the said guidance image based on the determination result of no. For example, when there is a high possibility that a path to the position requested by the teammate character as a pass target from the user character is obstructed by the enemy character, the lines 53b and 53c and the dotted line 54c are compared to the case where the possibility is low. You may make it thin.

  (4) Further, for example, in consideration of the ability of the user character, a guidance image that guides the position requested by the ally character to the user character as a pass target may be displayed on the game screen.

  For example, when there are a plurality of teammate characters that satisfy the condition that the position and the representative direction of the user character and the position and the representative direction of the teammate character have the predetermined relationship, the guide unit 65 displays the plurality of teammate characters. Of the teammate characters, the number of teammate characters whose positions determined by the pass request position determination unit 63 are guided to the user may be limited based on data related to the capabilities of the user character (for example, performance parameters).

  Specifically, the guide unit 65 determines whether or not a predetermined ability (for example, pass ability) of the user character is low by determining whether or not the value of the ability parameter of the user character is included in a predetermined value range. Determine. When the predetermined ability (for example, pass ability) of the user character is low, the guide unit 65 guides the position determined by the pass request position determination unit 63 to the user as compared with the case where the predetermined ability is high. The number of teammate characters to be played may be reduced.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 6, there are two ally characters (friend characters 46 b, 46 b, 46) that satisfy the condition that the position and the representative direction of the user character and the position and the representative direction of the ally character have the predetermined relationship 46c) exists. In the game screen shown in FIG. 6, the positions 52b and 52c requested by the two character characters 46b and 46c (friend characters) as a pass target are guided to the user character 46a. However, when the pass ability of the user character 46a is low, for example, only one of the positions 52b and 52c may be guided. In this case, any one of the positions 52b and 52c may be selected. For example, one of the positions 52b and 52c may be selected at random.

  (5) For example, in consideration of the state (for example, position) of the user character, a guidance image for guiding the position requested by the teammate character to the user character as a pass target may be displayed on the game screen.

  For example, when there are a plurality of teammate characters that satisfy the condition that the position and the representative direction of the user character and the position and the representative direction of the teammate character have the predetermined relationship, the guide unit 65 displays the plurality of teammate characters. Of the teammate characters, the number of teammate characters whose positions determined by the pass request position determination unit 63 are guided to the user may be limited based on the positions of the user characters.

  Specifically, when the number of enemy characters located around the user character is large, the guide unit 65 determines the position determined by the pass request position determination unit 63 as compared to the case where the number is small. The number of teammate characters guided to the user may be reduced. That is, when the number of enemy characters located within an area within a predetermined distance from the position of the user character is larger than the reference number, the guide unit 65 is compared with the case where the number is smaller than the reference number. The number of teammate characters whose positions determined by the pass request position determination unit 63 are guided to the user may be reduced.

  (6) For example, the game space may be a virtual two-dimensional space in which two coordinate axes orthogonal to each other are set.

  (7) For example, the present invention can also be applied to sports games other than soccer games (for example, basketball games or ice hockey games). The present invention can be applied to a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body (for example, a ball or a pack).

  (8) Further, for example, the user may perform a moving operation of the player character 46 using the direction button 26. That is, the moving direction of the player character 46 may be set based on the pressed state of the direction button 26. For example, instead of the operation reception unit 21, another pointing device such as a touch panel or a mouse may be used.

  10 game machines, 11 consumer game machines, 12 buses, 13 control units, 14 main memory, 15 image processing units, 16 sound processing units, 17 optical disk drives, 18 memory card slots, 19 communication interfaces, 20 controller interfaces, 21 operations Reception unit, 22 Light emitting unit, 23 Controller, 23a Surface, 23b Front end, 24 Imaging unit, 25 Captured image analysis unit, 26 Direction button, 27a, 27b, 27c button, 30 Display unit, 31 Audio output unit, 32 Optical disc, 33 memory card, 34a, 34b light source, 40 game space, 41 field, 42 goal line, 43 touch line, 44 pitch, 45 goal, 46, 47 player character, 46a user character, 46b, 46c, 46d ally character, 7a, 47b Enemy character, 48 balls, 49 Virtual camera, 50 cursor, 51a, 51b, 51c Foot position, 52b, 52c Position requested to the user character as a pass target, 53b, 53c line, 54c dotted line, 60 game data storage Part, 61 game situation data update part, 62 display control part, 63 pass request position determination part, 64 determination part, 65 guide part, 70 field of view, 71 user character position, 72 straight line extended in the representative direction of the user character.

Claims (10)

In a game device that executes a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group perform a competition using a moving body,
When the first character operated by the user among the characters belonging to the user character group holds the moving body, the first character that is another character among the characters belonging to the user character group Determining means for determining a position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character based on the position of the second character;
Determining means for determining whether or not the position and representative direction of the first character and the position and representative direction of the second character have a predetermined relationship;
Guidance means for guiding the position determined by the determination means to the user based on the determination result of the determination means;
A game apparatus comprising: The game device according to claim 1,
The determination means includes
First determination means for determining whether or not the second character is positioned within the field of view of the first character set based on the position and representative direction of the first character;
Second determination means for determining whether or not the first character is positioned within the field of view of the second character set based on the position and representative direction of the second character,
The guidance means guides the position determined by the determination means to the user based on the determination results of the first determination means and the second determination means;
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to claim 2,
The determination means includes third determination means for determining whether or not a distance between the first character or the moving body and the second character is less than a reference distance.
The guiding means guides the user the position determined by the determining means based on the determination results of the first determining means, the second determining means, and the third determining means;
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The determining means includes
Means for acquiring stored contents of means for storing information for specifying the type of position requested as a pass target for the character holding the moving object in association with the character belonging to the user character group; When,
When the type specified by the information associated with the second character is the first type, the position that the second character requests the first character as a pass target is the first type. Means for determining based on the position of the second character;
When the type specified by the information associated with the second character is the second type, the position that the second character requests the first character as a pass target is Means for determining on the basis of the position of the second character and the position of the character belonging to the enemy character group,
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The user character group is operated in cooperation by a plurality of users,
The determination means is operated by a second user of the plurality of users when the first character operated by the first user of the plurality of users holds the moving body. Means for determining the position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character based on the operation of the second user.
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The guiding means includes
Means for acquiring storage contents of parameter storage means for storing parameters in association with combinations of characters;
Based on the parameter associated with the combination of the first character and the second character, a guide image for guiding the position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character. Means for displaying on the game screen,
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The guiding means includes
Whether the positional relationship between the position of the first character or the moving body, the position determined by the determining unit, and the position of a character belonging to the enemy character group is a predetermined positional relationship. Means for determining;
Whether the positional relationship between the position of the first character or the moving body, the position determined by the determining means, and the position of a character belonging to the enemy character group is the predetermined positional relationship. Means for displaying on the game screen a guidance image for guiding the position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character based on the determination result of:
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The determining means is configured to determine, for each of a plurality of second characters that are characters other than the first character among the characters belonging to the user character group, the second character passes a pass to the first character. Determine the position to request as a target,
The determination means determines, for each of the plurality of second characters, whether or not the position and representative direction of the first character and the position and representative direction of the second character have the predetermined relationship. Judgment,
When there are a plurality of the second characters such that the position and representative direction of the first character and the position and representative direction of the second character have the predetermined relationship, Of the plurality of second characters, the number of second characters whose positions determined by the determining means are guided to the user is limited based on data on the abilities or states of the first characters. Including means,
A game device characterized by that. In a control method of a game device for executing a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group play a game using a moving body,
When the first character operated by the user among the characters belonging to the user character group holds the moving body, the determining means determines whether another character of the characters belonging to the user character group A determination step of determining a position requested by the second character, which is a character, as a pass target to the first character based on the position of the second character;
A determining step for determining whether or not the position and representative direction of the first character and the position and representative direction of the second character have a predetermined relationship;
A guidance step of guiding the user the position determined in the determination step based on the determination result in the determination step;
A method for controlling a game device, comprising: A program for causing a computer to function as a game device that executes a game in which a user character group and an enemy character group perform a game using a moving body,
When the first character operated by the user among the characters belonging to the user character group holds the moving body, the first character that is another character among the characters belonging to the user character group Determining means for determining a position requested by the second character as a pass target to the first character based on the position of the second character;
Determining means for determining whether or not the position and representative direction of the first character and the position and representative direction of the second character have a predetermined relationship; and
Guidance means for guiding the position determined by the determination means to the user based on a determination result of the determination means;
A program for causing the computer to function as

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