KR102116967B1 - Game devices, game items and programs - Google Patents

Abstract

It provides users with a suitable game experience. In each of the first step and the second step, the game device acquires the item information from the item and presents at least a part of the game element corresponding to the acquired item information. In addition, a game based on the acquired article information is executed to generate a new article based on the article information. At this time, a new article is generated based on the article information acquired in the second step.

Description

Game devices, game items and programs

The present invention relates to a game device, a game article and a program, and more particularly, to a game device that provides game play based on information obtained from the article.

There is a game device that provides a user with a game experience related to a game in which a character or item corresponding to the item is displayed by acquiring information given to the item, such as a card or a toy. Among such game devices, there is also a case in which a character or item that has appeared in accordance with the game's play content is changed, and a new item with corresponding information is discharged so that the game in which the character or item after the change has appeared in the next playable is playable. .

In the game device of Patent Document 1, in order to enable the character after the change in the game play after the next time, a card printed with a two-dimensional code capable of obtaining parameters (characteristic data) relating to the change is output to the printer.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-065936

However, in a game device that allows a user to register a character used in a game as described above before play, in order to secure the excitement of the game (for example, to provide a game experience at a suitable difficulty), the upper limit of the number of characters that can be registered is It is set. Therefore, in the aspect of outputting a character appearing in the game as a new card in a changed state as in the game device of Patent Document 1, the user needs to use the card of the character wanting to change the state for registration.

On the other hand, the character that the user wants to appear in the game and the character who wants to change state do not necessarily match, and if such restrictions are provided, there is a possibility that a suitable game experience is not provided. For example, if a user's favorite character is already in a state that does not cause a state change more than this, the user can use the character for game play, and the character that can be used at the same time can cause a state change to occur. The number decreases. Therefore, the user needs to prioritize whether to use a favorite character or to increase the number of characters that can change state.

In particular, in game content that provides play elements related to interpersonal play, not only the number of characters that can be registered, but also the fixed cost (each game is advantageous), so that the superiority of progress in the game is not excessively biased by one user. In some cases, it is determined that the sum of the higher values) is less than or equal to the threshold. In such game content, the registration of a favorite character may make it impossible to register another character that wants to change the state, thereby narrowing the degree of freedom for the user to play the game.

The present invention has been made in light of the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a game device, a game article, and a program that provide a user with a suitable game experience.

In order to achieve the above object, the game device of the present invention acquires product information from one item in the first step, which is the previous step, and acquires item information from a plurality of items in the second step, which is the subsequent step. As means, acquisition means for performing acquisition of the product information in the first step and acquisition of the product information in the second step at a time before the game is executed, and game elements corresponding to the product information acquired by the acquisition means It has presentation means for presenting at least a part of the display, execution means for executing a game based on the acquired article information, and generating means for generating a new article based on the acquired article information in a generating device. Game elements corresponding to the product information acquired in step 1 appear in the first sequence of the game, game elements corresponding to the product information acquired in step 2 appear in the second sequence following the first sequence, and generating means Does not generate a new article based on the article information acquired in the first step, but creates a new article based on the article information acquired in the second step.

According to this invention by such a structure, it becomes possible to provide a suitable game experience to a user.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a play provision process executed in the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating registration processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flow chart illustrating a generation process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration for character registration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration in a search sequence and a match sequence according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing an example of data configuration of various types of information used in the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Embodiment]

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, one embodiment described below describes an example in which the present invention is applied to a game device capable of providing game play based on information obtained from an article as an example of the game device. However, the present invention is applicable to any device capable of playing a game based on information obtained from an article.

In the present embodiment, the article discharged by the game device is described as a card, but the article is not limited to the card as long as the article information described later is configured to be acquired. For the article, for example, a device capable of generating a three-dimensional object such as a 3D printer is connected to a game device, the object may be a sculpture such as a figure about a character or an item, and the article information is a recording medium inside the object, or It may be obtained from a part of the external appearance such as a seal or printing applied to the sculpture. In addition, the article may be an arbitrary article such as a toy or a seal, as well as a figure. In addition, in this embodiment, it will be described that the product information is converted into a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional pattern (code) by applying a predetermined conversion operation, and is given to the card in an aspect printed on the card surface. The code image of the card is described as being configured so that the article information can be obtained by being read by a reader described later. However, the aspect in which the article information is provided to the card is not limited to providing it to the card as such visible information, and is invisible by printing by ink or recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in the card. It may be any data, such as data.

In addition, in this embodiment, it is assumed that in a game played by a game device, a game element that can be made to appear by using a card is assumed to be a character, and a pattern (character image) of the corresponding character is given to the card. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the card for the purpose of specifying the game element of the game to be executed is not limited to being capable of specifying a character related to the game, and other games such as items and effects. Needless to say, the element may be specified.

<< game device 100 >>

Here, the functional configuration of the game device 100 will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 1.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block of the game device 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading the operation program of each block recorded on the recording medium 102, and deploying it to the memory 103 and executing it.

The recording medium 102 is a recording device capable of permanently holding data, such as a nonvolatile memory or HDD. The recording medium 102, in addition to the motion program of each block possessed by the game device 100, information such as parameters required in the operation of each block, and various graphic data used in the game executed by the game device 100 Remember. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage, such as volatile memory, for example. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area of the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The payment detection unit 104 detects that a payment has been made in the game device 100. If the payment of the price is determined by detecting, for example, a predetermined amount of coin or equivalent coin in the coin inlet, or the completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip relating to a given electronic currency, etc. do. Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as initiating the provision of a service accompanying the ejection of a card to the user based on the payment of the cost, payment of the cost is not an essential requirement, and the predetermined start instruction On the basis of this, provision of the service may be started.

When the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment is played, the acquisition unit 105 acquires information of characters used in the game as product information. The article information is obtained from a card which is a game article through a reader 120 detachably connected to the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or to the outside of the game apparatus 100. At this time, predetermined data conversion processing or the like may be performed to convert the product information acquired from the card into a format suitable for use in processing related to the game. The reader 120 detects that a card is loaded in a predetermined portion, and recognizes the article or acquires information from the article, for example, using an imaging device and a predetermined image processing.

The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each predetermined character as it appears in the game. Although the details will be described later, in the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, since character handling is different depending on the game sequence in which the character appears, the character information is a plurality of sequences for one character. Contains different information referenced in each process.

The presentation control unit 107 controls the presentation of various information to the user in the game device 100. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, as a means of presenting various information to a user, the display unit 130 displays an image (game screen, menu screen, etc.) and an audio output unit 140 performs audio output. Although described as one, the means of presenting information is not limited to these, and can be substituted or added.

The presentation control unit 107 includes, for example, a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs a predetermined drawing process when generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 130. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 is appropriately operated for the necessary drawing object based on the processing or command performed by the control unit 101 while the game device 100 is in operation (during game play or standby). The process is executed, and the screen is drawn. The generated screen is output to the display unit 130 which is a display device detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or to the outside of the game device 100, and is displayed to a user by being displayed in a predetermined display area do.

In addition, the presentation control unit 107 includes circuits for outputting / amplifying audio signals, such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs predetermined processing when generating audio output from the audio output unit 140. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 determines, for example, audio data that simultaneously outputs based on the audio data recorded in the recording medium 102 in advance, and converts it into an electric audio signal (D / A conversion) ) To output to the audio output unit 140 to perform audio output. The audio output unit 140 may be a predetermined speaker or the like, and outputs sound waves based on the input audio signal.

The print control unit 108, when an instruction to generate a card is issued, print data of the card to be printed out, including a code image corresponding to the article information included in the card and other images forming the print surface of the card Produces When the print control unit 108 generates print data, the print data is transmitted to the print unit 150 together with a print command to instruct and print the corresponding card. The printing unit 150 is a printing device such as a printer configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the print control unit 108, which is detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or to the outside of the game device 100. . When the print unit 150 receives print data related to a card and a print command related to the data, the print unit 150 prints the print data. The card ejected by printing may be provided to the user by being guided to a discharge port (not shown) accessible from the outside of the game device 100 when the printing unit 150 is embedded in the same housing as the game device 100. . That is, the card ejected from the game device 100 is printed on a predetermined photo paper in a state in which printing has not been made, since the print data is transmitted to the printing unit 150, and thus the card is provided. It is a so-called on-demand printing card, on which all the listed items are formed.

The operation input unit 109 is a user interface that the game device 100 has, for example, an operation member for direction input, an operation member for decision input, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input to the operation member has been made, it outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the first control unit 101. In addition, although the game device 100 is described as having various interfaces as a physical manipulation member in the present embodiment, for example, it includes a touch input detection sensor for detecting a touch input made on the screen of the display unit 130. You may do it.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 100. The communication unit 110 may connect to an external device through a communication medium regardless of wired radio, such as a communication network such as the Internet (not shown), a cable, and the like, to enable data transmission and reception. The communication unit 110 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits it to an external device such as a server through a network. In addition, when receiving information from an external device through a network, for example, the communication unit 110 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103. Further, the game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to receive program data packaged with a program of processing related to a game from an external device through the communication unit 110. When the program data is received together with the program update request by the communication unit 110, the control unit 101 receives a program of processing related to the game currently stored in the recording medium 102 according to the update request. It can be updated using program data. Further, the program update processing of the game-related processing is automatically executed when, for example, program data recorded on a recording medium is inserted into an optical drive (not shown) of the game device, or after insertion, the administrator It is also possible to execute by executing the start command.

《Game Overview》

Here, the outline of the game executed in the game device 100 of this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

The game device 100 of the present embodiment provides a series of games composed of a plurality of game sequences each providing different play elements in at least one game mode. In the present embodiment, for simplification, a series of games includes a search sequence in which a character (the main character) serving as the user's alter ego is moved within a predetermined game field to experience various events, and a specific search sequence. It will be described as having two game sequences of a match sequence that executes a match game between a predetermined character group leading to the result of the event and a character group that is the user's operation target.

<Search sequence>

In the search sequence, the user can move the main character to a desired place in a predetermined game field by performing an operation input, or to cause the main character to perform a predetermined action. In the game field, for example, an object (prop, character, etc.) or area that triggers the occurrence of an event is placed or set, and as a result of movement or movement of the main character, contact with the object, intrusion into the area, etc. have occurred. In some cases, an event occurs. The event may include, for example, the acquisition of an item or a conversation with a non-player character (NPC), in addition to generating the above-described fighting game.

In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in the search sequence, the user can accompany the character (search character) registered using the card to the main character's action in the game field. Each character has an effect unique to the character as an example of the first related information relating to the present invention, which affects the progress of the game in the search sequence. In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, as will be described later, in the game of the search sequence, the play content in the game does not affect the ejection of the card, and the play experience using the desired character Is to provide the user. Therefore, in order to provide the user with an equal play experience regardless of the number of plays, the effect generated by the use of the search character (map skill) is the growth status of the character corresponding to the card used for registration or the game played so far. It is assumed that it does not depend on the content of play, but is fixed for each character. Therefore, the user can obtain different play experiences in the game of the search sequence by designating different search characters as companion characters. The effect of the search sequence on game progression is, for example, the occurrence of a special event (such as the appearance of a specific character in a field or the release of a specific action) specific to the search character, or a certain kind of normal event (the discovery of an item) , A change in time in the game, a change in the weather in the game, etc.), or a change in the game field, or the like that the user can grasp through game play. Alternatively, the user may be able to grasp by presenting an event that is more likely to occur in the current game play than normal (game play that does not accompany the search character) by the occurrence of an internal variable change such as probability.

In the game executed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in order to provide a play experience of a search sequence and a match sequence for one game play, for example, when the play time of the search sequence exceeds a predetermined time In this case, it is assumed that the game progress is controlled so that the game proceeds to the compulsory sequence. That is, in the game device 100, regardless of the content of the user's play on the search sequence, provision of the game on the match sequence is performed following the search sequence.

<Daejeon Sequence>

In the match sequence, the user can play the match game in which the opponent character group (or the opponent character) determined as a result of the search sequence is a match opponent by performing manipulation input. The opponent character group may be determined from characters arranged in the game field according to the user's action in the search sequence, or may be determined by lottery processing or the like when the occurrence of an event related to the match game is determined.

In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in a match sequence, the user uses a card to register a group of characters registered in a match game against an opponent group, a character that performs actions related to combat (battle) Character). In the battle sequence, each battle character reflects the growth state determined by the item information of the card used for registration as an example of the second related information relating to the present invention, which can affect the progress (or loss) of the battle game. Various parameters are set. The growth state of the battle character is changed according to the play content of the battle game, and by making a card generation instruction for the battle character after growth, the user can obtain a card corresponding to the character after the growth.

Therefore, in the series of games provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user can, in one game play, search sequences that appear in the search sequence and a group of combat characters that appear in the match sequence, each sequence. For registration, use a card. The character registration based on the card is performed for each sequence, and basically, the character registered as the search character appears only in the search sequence, and the character registered as the battle character appears only in the match sequence.

In addition, as described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the character that is the target of ejection of a new card appears in the match sequence among the characters registered by the user to appear in a series of games for one game play. It is a prescribed character (and an opponent character depending on the result of the match game), and the character appearing in the search sequence is not included. By doing in this way, the user can separate the character who wants to appear in the game and the character who wants to change the state, register the character, and play the game.

《Composition of character information》

As described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to register characters having different uses by using cards in one game play, but the cards that can be used in the game are not separated for each sequence. The character information managed for one character in the character DB 106 includes information referenced in each of the search sequence and the match sequence so that the card can also be used for both sequences.

Character information managed for one character may be, for example, to have a data structure as shown in Fig. 7A. In the example of Fig. 7 (a), character information managed as one record on the character DB 106 for one character is associated with the character ID 701 that uniquely identifies the character in the game. In the case of registering a character or when the character appears in the game, the presentation information 702 indicating the character image or audio data to be presented, the effect 703 that accompanies the effect generated in the search sequence, and the battle sequence Initial values of character-specific ability parameters, such as physical strength or attack power, confident skill, skill, etc., which are predetermined for a state in which growth conditions are not considered to specify various parameters of the character (reference value: for example, level 1 state The basic parameter 704 representing the values of various parameters in and the increase / decrease width according to the growth (level, number of plays, content of play) for various parameters from the basic parameter, confident skills that can be additionally given, skills, etc. The change information 705 during growth is managed. In addition, the character image may be used not only for the construction of the game screen when playing the game, but also for the construction of the print data of the newly created card.

In addition, each card that can be used in the game device 100 of the present embodiment is coded so that it is possible to specify character information about the character corresponding to the card and to determine various information of the character referred to in each game sequence. In the state, the article information as shown in Fig. 7B is obtained. In the example of Fig. 7B, the product information is associated with the card ID 711 that uniquely identifies the card, and the user name (owner's name) 712 corresponding to the card and the character corresponding to the card are specified. It is assumed that it has character ID 713 and rank information 714 indicating the growth state of the character corresponding to the card.

Note that the rank information is assumed to be a character level (a value indicating a growth stage) in the game for simplicity in the present embodiment, and is based on the basic parameters 704 and the change-in-growth information 705 described above. Although it is described as being able to specify various parameters in the match game according to the growth state of the character, it is not limited to this in the practice of the present invention. For example, for various parameters such as physical strength, attack power, confident skill, skill, etc., steps in the game showing rise (growth) from the reference value are set, and the rank information 714 is information that specifies this. , Character information or article information may be configured in various aspects.

<< play offer processing >>

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, specific processing will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 2 with respect to the play provision processing executed with respect to one game play. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102 and deploying it to the memory 103 for execution. In addition, this play provision process is demonstrated as what is started, for example, when it is detected by the payment detection part 104 that the cost input about one game play was made. During execution of this play providing process, unless otherwise specified, the presentation control unit 107 generates a screen corresponding to the progress and appropriately displays the screen to the display unit 130, based on the processing or the command performed by the control unit 101. It is assumed that audio output from the audio output unit 140 based on the display and the corresponding audio data is performed.

In S201, the control unit 101 executes a registration process for registering a character to appear in each game sequence for this game play. The registration processing is performed by the control unit 101 selecting a character capable of being read by the reader 120 (to obtain the product information from the card), or a character capable of appearing in the game by lottery processing or the like.

<Registration processing>

Here, the registration process executed in S201 of the play provision process will be described in detail using the flowchart in FIG. 3.

In S301, the control unit 101 starts the information acquisition processing of the previous step relating to the registration of the search character, and waits for the card to be read. Specifically, the control unit 101 operates the acquisition unit 105 and the reader 120 so that the acquisition of the item information regarding the registration of the search character is possible. At this time, the presentation control unit 107, under the control of the control unit 101, generates a screen as shown in FIG. 5 (a) indicating that the character appearing in the search sequence is currently waiting for the reading of the card. Then, it is displayed on the display unit 130. As shown in the figure, in the screen presented in relation to the information acquisition processing of the previous stage in the present embodiment, the user is prompted to load the card to the reader 120 with respect to the character that accompanies the game in the search sequence and generates an effect. And a notification 501 to be made. In addition, at this time, the presentation control unit 107 may cause the audio output unit 140 to perform an audio output notifying that the card reading of the search character is being received.

In S302, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the card (target card) has been read. The control unit 101 judges this step based on whether or not acquisition of the product information (target product information) has been achieved by the acquisition unit 105. If it is determined that the target card has been read, the control section 101 transfers the processing to S303, and when it is determined that it has not been made, the processing proceeds to S305.

In S303, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 713 included in the target article information, and acquires character information about the target card from the character DB 106. Specifically, the control unit 101 acquires character information, which is the character ID 713 included in the target product information, among the character information managed by the character DB 106. Then, the control unit 101 associates the card ID 711 of the target product information with the effect 703 when the character information related to the target card is accompanied, and memory as the character information (search character information) referred to in the search sequence. (103), and the process proceeds to S304.

In S304, the presentation control unit 107 presents the registered search character, based on the stored search character information, under the control of the control unit 101. The presentation is displayed on the display unit 130 of the screen including the corresponding character image 511 shown in FIG. It is performed by the audio output from the unit 140.

In S305, the control unit 101 determines whether registration of the search character has ended. The registration of the search character is ended as long as it is determined based on the detection that an operation input has been made by the user regarding the end of the registration or the registration of the upper limit number of search characters is finished.

In the present embodiment, for simplicity, the user is described as being able to register up to one search character and three battle characters during game play. The number of characters that the match sequence can use is larger than that of the search sequence, as will be described later, as shown in the following description. It is because it leads to the improvement of the enjoyment of a game and the convenience of a user. Therefore, if the search character information is stored in S303, the determination of this step determines that the registration of the upper limit number of registered characters is finished. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of search characters that can be used in the search sequence may be plural, and the number of characters that can be used in the match sequence may be more than this.

If it is determined that the registration of the search character has ended, the control unit 101 ends the information acquisition process of the previous step, and the process proceeds to S306. In addition, when it is determined that the registration of the search character has not been completed, the control unit 101 returns the processing to S302.

In addition, in the game provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the registration is ended even if the search character is not registered by the card so that it can be played even when the card is not owned, for example, at the time of the first experience. By performing the operation input relating to, the user can skip the registration step of the search character and play the game. In this case, the control unit 101 acquires, from the character DB 106, character information for one character determined as an initial character or one character selected based on a predetermined lottery process, for example. Then, when acquiring the acquired character information, the effect 703 is stored in the memory 103 as the search character information without associating the card ID, the present search character is presented, and the information acquisition process of the previous step is terminated to process S306. Transition to

In S306, the control unit 101 determines whether registration of the search character with the card has been made. More specifically, the control unit 101 determines this step based on whether the search character information stored in the memory 103 is information based on the reading of the card, that is, whether the card ID 711 is related. As described above, since it is also possible to play the game without owning the card, the registration processing of the search character can be ended by the registration end operation of the search character. Therefore, in this step, it is possible to estimate whether or not the user currently owns the card. If it is determined that the registration of the search character by the card has been made, the control unit 101 transfers the processing to S310.

In S307, the control unit 101 does not require reading information from the card as a requirement, and performs information acquisition processing at a later stage regarding the registration of the battle character. The control unit 101 acquires, for example, character information for three characters selected as initial characters or three characters selected based on a predetermined lottery process from the character DB 106, for example, a memory ( You can add it to the battle character management table managed in 103) and present the battle character. The characters to be added in this way can be used without a card, and may be selected from some predetermined characters. In addition, in the battle character management table, information managed for one character is associated with the character ID 721, for example, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), and is used in the current match sequence. City parameter 722, information for presentation 723, a card use flag 724 indicating whether the battle character is registered by the card (for example, of a logical type) and corresponding to the card used for registration It is sufficient to include the card user name 725 which is the user name. When all battle characters are added to the battle character management table in this step, for example, the basic parameter 704 of the character is assigned to the parameter 722 during play, and the card is used to register the card use flag 724. Information (False) indicating that it is not used may be used. Further, the character ID 701 and the presentation information 702 of the character information may be substituted into the character ID 721 and the presentation information 723. Note that the card user name 725 may be blank information in this step.

As described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, when it is assumed that the user does not currently own the card, the user is prompted to input a registration end (skip) operation related to information acquisition processing in a later step. In order to avoid such troubles, the information acquisition processing at a later stage is performed without requiring a user's operation. In other words, it is possible to complete the information acquisition processing in the front-rear step without requiring complicated operation input for the user at the time of the first play.

In S308, the control unit 101 accepts the user name setting related to game play for the user at the time of the first play. The user name may be, for example, a combination of katakana and a limited number of characters from among predetermined symbols, and can be set regardless of whether or not the user of the same user name is used by another user. The user name determined here may be used as the name of the owner given to the card to be generated and the name of the main character in the search sequence.

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, a character registered based on a card having a user name set by a user among characters used in a match sequence, as described later, is a target for ejecting a new card. Therefore, basically, by repeatedly using the card to which the user name set at this time is repeatedly used, it is possible to provide a fostering element in which the character of the user (owned) grows. That is, for the game play of one user, by using the card to which the user name set by the user is given, the user can obtain a play experience to grow a character unique to the user.

On the other hand, in many cases, distribution of cards (distribution cards) that can be used for games is performed, for example, in sales promotion or campaigns, and the user name 712 is also included in the product information of these distribution cards. Since the distribution card is distributed to a large number of unspecified users and is configured to be usable by any user, it is necessary that the given user name is unique to the distribution card. Therefore, when setting the user name, the control unit 101 controls the user name unique to the distribution card so as not to be set. In addition, it is assumed that the control unit 101 controls so that combinations that are generally prohibited words cannot be set.

In S309, the control unit 101 updates the card user name 725 of information about each character included in the battle character management table with the set user name, and completes this registration processing.

On the other hand, when it is judged that the registration of the search character by the card is made, the control unit 101 starts the information acquisition process in the next step related to the registration of the battle character in S310, and waits for the card to be read. At this time, the presentation control unit 107, under the control of the control unit 101, generates a screen as shown in FIG. 5 (c), indicating that the character appearing in the match sequence is currently waiting for the reading of the card. , It is displayed on the display unit 130. As shown in the figure, in the screen presented with respect to the information acquisition processing in the later stages in this embodiment, a leader (for a character that confronts a group of opponent characters in a battle game relating to a battle sequence, and performs action related to battle) And a notification 521 to prompt the user to load the card to 120). In addition, at this time, the presentation control unit 107 may cause the audio output unit 140 to perform an audio output notifying that the card reading of the battle character is being received.

In S311, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the card (target card) has been read. The control unit 101 judges this step based on whether or not acquisition of the product information (target product information) has been achieved by the acquisition unit 105. If it is determined that the target card has been read, the control section 101 transfers the processing to S312, and when it is determined that it has not been made, the processing proceeds to S314.

In S312, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 713 included in the target product information, and acquires character information about the target card from the character DB 106. Then, the control unit 101 adds various information about the battle character to the battle character management table based on the target article information and the character information. Since the addition of information to the table performed in this step is registration of a card-based battle character, the control unit 101 sets the card use flag 724 as information (True) indicating that the card is being used for registration, and is subject This is done by substituting the character ID 713 and the user name 712 for the article information into the character ID 721 and the card user name 725. In addition, the control unit 101 sets the information 702 for presentation of the acquired character information to the information 723 for presentation. In addition, with respect to the play parameter 722, the control unit 101 changes the basic parameter 704 based on the rank information 714 of the target article information according to the change information 705 when the acquired character information grows. , Substitute.

In S313, the presentation control unit 107 presents the registered battle character based on the information of the battle character added to the battle character management table under the control of the control unit 101. The presentation is, for example, a display on the display unit 130 of the screen including the corresponding character image 531 shown in Fig. 5D and the parameter 532 when playing according to the character's growth state, or reading the character name. It is performed by the voice output from the voice output unit 140 of the voice or character-specific dialogue voice or theme song.

In S314, the control unit 101 determines whether the registration of the battle character has ended. The registration of the battle character may be determined based on the detection of the user's input of the operation regarding the end of the registration or the registration of the upper limit number (three) battle characters. If it is determined that the registration of the battle character has ended, the control unit 101 ends the information acquisition processing of the later stage, and the processing proceeds to S315. In addition, when it is determined that the registration of the battle character has not been completed, the control unit 101 returns the processing to S311.

In addition, in the game provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, for example, the card used for registration of the search character is also made to be playable even if the number of plays is small and the number of cards owned does not reach the upper limit. , It can be used to register combat characters. In this case, the same character can appear in both the search sequence and the match sequence.

In addition, if the number of battle characters registered at the end of registration does not reach the upper limit, the control unit 101 may be, for example, the number of characters determined as the default character, or the number of selected characters based on a predetermined lottery process. Character information for a character is obtained from the character DB 106. Then, as in S307, a character may be added to the battle character management table based on the acquired character information, and the battle character may be presented.

In S315, the control unit 101 performs processing for adjusting the card user name 725 of information about each character included in the battle character management table to complete this registration processing. Unlike the S309, the processing performed in this step is based on the premise that a character associated with the card user name 725 of the user (play user) who is playing the game is present in three combat characters registered based on the card. Becomes. Therefore, the control unit 101 plays from the user name excluding the user name and the blank information (battle character registered based on the card) related to the distribution card among the card user names 725 included in the battle character management table. Specifies the user's user name. In other words, the control unit 101 plays, from the information of the character included in the battle character management table, the card use flag 724 is True, and the card user name 725 is not the user name for the distribution card. Specifies the user's user name. When the user name of the play user is specified, the control unit 101 updates the user name for the distribution card and blank information included in the battle character management table with the user name of the play user, and The registration processing is completed.

In addition, when there are a plurality of user names estimated to be the user names of the play users, the control unit 101 may be configured to determine the user names of the play users from the plurality of user names based on predetermined rules. In this case, since it is assumed that the play user is trying to play the game by borrowing the card of another user, the control unit 101 controls not to update the card user name 725 determined to be the user name of the other user. , It can be excluded from the target of discharging a new card described later. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, when it is determined that the registration of a battle character based on another user's card has been made, the use is prohibited, and registration with another card is requested, or The registration may be completed by substituting a selected character or the like based on a predetermined lottery process.

In addition, when the information about each character included in the battle character management table includes only the user name and the blank user name 725 for the distribution card, the control unit 101 is similar to the first play. , It is sufficient to set the user name in S308 and update the information in the battle character management table in S309.

When the registration processing (registration of the search character appearing in the search sequence and registration of the battle character appearing in the match sequence) is completed in this way, the control unit 101 executes game processing for the search sequence in S202, which is the play provision processing. . In the search sequence, for example, as shown in Fig. 6 (a), the search character 602 registered as a companion to the main character 601 to be operated (corresponds to the character 511 in Fig. 5 (b)) The screen arranged in the game field is presented by the presentation control unit 107. At this time, the effect when accompanied with respect to the search character may be notified by GUI or voice in the screen. When the predetermined event in the search sequence occurs and the condition for transitioning to the match sequence is satisfied, the control unit 101 completes the game process for the search sequence, and the process proceeds to S203. In this case, it is assumed that the determination of the counterpart character group and the setting of the counterpart character management table (which has the same configuration as the battle character management table) for the counterpart character group are performed.

In S203, the control unit 101 executes game processing relating to the match sequence. In the battle sequence, for example, as shown in Fig. 6B, the battle character group 611 and the opponent character group 612, which are the targets of action, are replaced by protruding eyes 613 related to the action decision. The screen to be presented is presented by the presentation control unit 107. At this time, when playing the battle character, the parameter 722 may be reflected in the type of the protruding eye or the action after determining the protruding eye. In addition, in the match sequence, since the game balance can be changed, the search character is controlled so that it does not appear except in the case where it is also registered as a battle character. That is, the search character is basically controlled to appear only in the search sequence, and the same character may appear based on the battle character management table only when registration using the same card is used for the battle sequence, but this is the search character. "Additional (in addition to three)" is different from what can be included in the battle character group. The control unit 101 transfers the processing to S204 when the game processing related to the match sequence is completed, that is, until the win / loss of the match game related to one game play is determined.

In S204, the control unit 101 generates article information (output article information) for a character that prints, generates, and ejects (hereinafter referred to as cardization) a new card to the printing unit 150 in this game play. The generation process is executed.

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Here, the generation process executed in this step will be described in detail using the flowchart in FIG. 4.

In S401, the control unit 101 determines a character (candidate character) to be a candidate for cardization based on the play content of the game processing relating to the match sequence. The candidate character includes, at least, a character associated with a user name of a play user among a group of characters registered as a battle character, and is increased / decreased based on the play content of the competitive game. The control unit 101 may determine, for example, an opponent character group as a candidate character in addition to the characters included in the battle character management table when the match game played is an NPC match. In addition, for example, when the match game played in the game process is an interpersonal match (competition with another user), it is not necessary to increase or decrease the target. It is needless to say that the determination of the candidate character that can be increased or decreased is not limited to this, and can be changed in any way in the practice of the present invention. When determining the information of the candidate character, the control unit 101 stores the information in the memory 103, for example.

In addition, the candidate character is limited to the character registered for the match sequence, and the character registered for the search sequence is not included in the candidate character unless the same card is used for registration for both sequences.

In S402, the control unit 101 accepts the selection of the character to be cardized among the candidate characters determined in S401. The selection of the character to be cardized is performed based on the operation input detected by the operation input unit 109 by displaying on the display unit 130 a screen for presenting the candidate character. The number of cards may be configured to be increased so as to be increased by additional payment, for example, and is not limited to one. Further, in the present embodiment, the character selection is described as being performed based on an operation input by the user, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if there is a battle character that has grown in accordance with the content of the play, it may be controlled to preferentially select it as a cardization target.

In S403, the control unit 101 generates output article information for the selected cardized character. Specifically, the control unit 101 determines the parameters (new rank information 714) based on the acquisition of the new card ID and the play content of the match game, and the user name of the play user and the character ID of the character to be cardized And these information are combined to generate output article information. The parameter determined based on the play content may be, for example, an absolute value after increase or decrease, or a relative value from the basic parameter. In the latter case, for example, if the character to be cardized is not a combat character registered based on the card, it may indicate that there is no increase or decrease from the basic parameter, and the parameter in which the basic parameter is changed according to the result of the match game And the difference between the basic parameters. In addition, the parameter determination may be dynamically determined in consideration of, for example, the result of the match game or the number of times cardization is performed for the same character.

When the generation process is completed, the print control unit 108 generates print data relating to the new card to be ejected in S205, which is a play provision process, and instructs the print unit 150 to print. More specifically, the print control unit 108, under the control of the control unit 101, arranges a code image based on the output product information generated in the generation process and a character image of the character to be cardized, and further changes after the change. Print data is generated including parameters and the like. The print data is transmitted to the printing unit 150 together with the print command, and the printing unit 150 prints and ejects the card based on this. When discharging is completed, or after a print instruction is issued, when a predetermined time has elapsed as required for discharging, the control unit 101 completes this play providing process.

Further, the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as accepting the registration of characters appearing in each of the search sequence and the match sequence before the start of the game regarding the search sequence, but the implementation of the present invention is limited to this. It is not. For example, registration may be performed for each game sequence, or registration of a character appearing in a match sequence may be performed after a search sequence, before or during the start of a match sequence, or until a new card is ejected. do.

As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, it is possible to realize using a favorite character while securing the number of characters that can cause a state change, and to provide a suitable game experience to the user. have.

[Other embodiments]

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and variations are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, the game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or via an electric communication line.

100: game device
101: control unit
102: recording medium
103: memory
104: payment detection unit
105: acquisition unit
106: Character DB
107: Jesse control
108: print control
109: operation input
110: communication unit
120: leader
130: display unit
140: audio output unit
150: printing unit

Claims (21)

Acquiring means for acquiring article information from one article in the first step, which is the previous step, and obtaining article information from a plurality of articles in the second step, which is the subsequent step, and obtaining the article information in the first step. Acquisition means for acquiring the product information in the second step at a time before the game is executed;
Presentation means for presenting at least a part of the game element corresponding to the article information acquired by said acquisition means,
Execution means for executing the game based on the acquired product information;
And generating means for generating a new article based on the obtained article information in a generating device,
The execution means causes a game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the first step to appear in the first sequence of the game, and a game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the second step to the first sequence. This will appear in the second sequence,
The generating means does not generate the new article based on the article information acquired in the first step, but generates the new article based on the article information acquired in the second step. According to claim 1,
The game device corresponding to the acquired article information has different handling in the game depending on which of the first step and the second step the article information is obtained. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The first game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the first step is presented in the first sequence, and the second game element corresponding to the article information obtained in the second step is presented in the second sequence, Gaming device. According to claim 3,
The first game element includes a first character appearing in the first sequence and first related information related to the first character, referred to in the processing related to the first sequence,
The second game element includes second related information that is related to the second character, referred to in the processing related to the second character and the second sequence that appears in the second sequence, and is different from the first related information. Including,
The execution means changes the second related information according to the play content of the game,
The generating means gives the product information including information corresponding to the second related information after the change, thereby generating the new product. The method of claim 4,
The role assigned to the first character in the first sequence and the role assigned to the second character in the second sequence are different. The method of claim 4,
The role assigned to the first character in the first sequence is a companion character accompanying the behavior of a third character different from the first character and the second character,
The role assigned to the second character in the second sequence is an action character in a competitive game against a fourth character different from the first character, the second character, and the third character. The method of claim 4,
The first character appears in the first sequence, but does not appear in the second sequence. The method of claim 7,
For the article obtained in the first step, when the article information is obtained in the second step, the first character related to the article appears in the second sequence as the second character, Gaming device. The method of claim 4,
The first related information is determined in advance for each character, and the game device is fixed regardless of the play content of the game. The method of claim 4,
The presenting means,
When the product information is obtained in the first step, the first character relating to the first game element is presented,
When the article information is acquired in the second step, the game device that presents the second character and the second related information regarding the second game element. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The presenting means is such that the game element corresponding to the product information acquired in the first step and the game element corresponding to the product information acquired in the second step are generated by the generation device to generate the new product. Game device presented earlier. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The presenting means further presents information indicating whether acquisition of product information in one of the first step and the second step is performed. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The said acquisition means does not acquire the item information in the said 2nd step, when the item information is not acquired in the said 1st step, the game apparatus. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
And setting means for setting unique user information to the play user of the game,
The article information possessed by the article includes user information about the user to which the article corresponds.
The generating means sets the user information of the article information to be given to the new article, when the user information included in the article information acquired in the second step is predetermined user information, set by the play user of the game A game device that generates the new article by changing to unique user information. The method of claim 14,
The setting means excludes the predetermined user information from a target for setting the unique user information. A game article constructed with article information, wherein the article information is obtained in the first and second steps of claim 1 or claim 2. A computer program stored in a recording medium for causing a computer to function as each means of the game device according to claim 1 or 2. delete delete delete delete

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