WO2013176286A1

WO2013176286A1 - Game control device, method, program, recording medium and system

Info

Publication number: WO2013176286A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/064620
Authority: WO
Inventors: 永代折原; 宏之大和久
Original assignee: 株式会社コナミデジタルエンタテインメント
Priority date: 2012-05-25
Filing date: 2013-05-27
Publication date: 2013-11-28
Also published as: JPWO2013176286A1; JP5685678B2; JP5995999B2; JP2015122085A

Abstract

This game control device is provided with: an association means that associates users; a user allocation information setting means that associates user allocation information with each user and stores said user allocation information in a storage device; a winner selection information setting means that sets winner selection information; a winner determination means that, as a winner, identifies a user associated with user allocation information comprising elements that match all or some of the elements configuring the winner selection information; and a reward awarding means that awards a first reward to the user identified as the winner, and awards a second reward to another user associated with the user who is the winner.

Description

[Name of invention determined by ISA based on Rule 37.2] Game control device, method, program, recording medium and system

The present invention relates to a technique for controlling the execution of a game.

In recent years, so-called social games have become widespread as applications executed in social networking services (SNS).

In the above-mentioned social game, for example, in addition to cooperative play with other users (companies), information exchange by communicating with friends such as greetings and contacts with friends, gifts of items on the game with friends or Items are being exchanged. As an example of such a social game, a digital card game (Dragon Collection (registered trademark)) described in Non-Patent Document 1 below is known.

In a social game, a lottery event may be set for the purpose of capturing the user's preferences. Lottery distributes user allocation information consisting of an array or combination of one or more elements such as numbers, letters, symbols, designs, colors, etc. to each user, and determines the winner based on the degree of coincidence with the winning information. is there.
In such a lottery event, although a predetermined privilege is given to a user who is a winner, there is generally no privilege for a user who has not won.

By the way, in the conventional lottery event, it has become a configuration in which individual users are angry about the hit and the activation of communication between users is difficult.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game control device, a game control method, a program, a recording medium, and a game system that can enhance a communication function between users through a lottery event.

A game control apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an association unit, a user allocation information setting unit, a winning information setting unit, a winner determining unit, and a privilege granting unit. The association means associates users. The user allocation information setting means stores user allocation information composed of one or more elements in a storage device in association with each user. The winning information setting means sets winning information composed of elements. The winner deciding means identifies, as a winner, a user associated with the user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each element constituting the winning information. The privilege granting unit grants the first privilege to the user identified as the winner by the winner deciding unit, and grants the second privilege to another user related to the user who is the winner by the association unit.
An element can be composed of one type or a combination of a plurality of types among numbers, characters, symbols, designs, colors, and the like, and user allocation information and winning information can be set using one or a plurality of elements. In the present invention, the first privilege and the second privilege may be the same privilege content or different privilege contents.

According to the game control device of the present invention, even if the user has not won, for example, if another user related as a “friend” has won, there is a possibility of obtaining a privilege. Therefore, it can be expected that a user with few “comrades” actively makes efforts to increase “companies”, and communication between users can be activated.

The game control apparatus further includes user assignment information instruction means for accepting an instruction input for setting each element constituting the user assignment information, and the user assignment information setting means accepts an instruction input by the user assignment information instruction means. The user allocation information configured by the elements may be stored in the storage device in association with the user.
With this configuration, the user can determine his / her user allocation information via the user allocation information instruction means, and the user himself / herself can be involved in the result of whether or not to win. Can be improved.

The game control device may further include a change receiving unit that receives an instruction input for changing each element constituting the user allocation information and updates the user allocation information stored in the storage device. Thereby, the user can change the user allocation information determined by the user allocation information setting means, and the user himself can be involved in the result of whether or not to win, thereby further improving the game performance. Can do. In addition, the user assignment information input by the user himself / herself via the user assignment information instruction means can be changed via the change acceptance means, and the game performance can be further improved.

In the game control device, the winner deciding means decides a winner of a plurality of grades based on the degree of coincidence between each element constituting the winning information and each element constituting the user allocation information, and the privilege The granting unit may determine the content of at least one of the first privilege and the second privilege in a stepwise manner based on the grade of the winner. Thereby, a plurality of winners can be determined based on the set winning information. For example, based on the degree of matching of elements, winners of multiple grades such as first, second, etc. Can be determined. Therefore, the game performance can be further improved.

In the game control device, the winner deciding means is configured such that each element constituting the user assignment information associated with each of the plurality of users related by the relation means is the element constituting the user assignment information. A plurality of users may be specified as winners when all or some of them match. Thereby, since the winner can be determined by combining the user allocation information of a plurality of users, the range of the winning can be widened, and the game performance can be further improved. In addition, it can be expected that a user with few “comrades” actively makes efforts to increase “companies”, and activation of communication between users can be promoted.

In the above game control device, the winner deciding means determines that the user is a winner when the combination of the elements constituting the user allocation information matches all or part of the combination of the elements constituting the winning information. You may specify. Thereby, the winner deciding means can decide whether or not to win only by the combination regardless of the arrangement of the elements, and can improve the game performance.

In the above-described game control device, the winner deciding means determines that the user is a winner when the arrangement of each element constituting the user allocation information matches all or part of the arrangement of each element constituting the winning information. You may specify. Thereby, the winner deciding means can decide the winner according to the degree of coincidence between the elements of the user allocation information and the elements of the winning information, including the element arrangement order.

In the above game control device, the winning information setting means may determine the winning information according to the number of other users related to the user. As a result, the winning information is determined according to the number of related users, for example, the possibility of becoming a winner according to the number of “mates” is increased, and the game performance is improved. Therefore, it can be expected that a user with few “comrades” will actively make efforts to increase the number of “companies”, and communication between users can be activated.

In the game control method according to the second aspect of the present invention, a step of associating user allocation information composed of one or a plurality of elements with each other and storing them in a storage device, and winning information composed of the elements are set. A step, a step of specifying a user associated with user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each element constituting the winning information as a winner, and a first privilege for the user specified as the winner And providing the second privilege to another user related to the user who is the winner.

The program according to the third aspect of the present invention stores a function for associating users with each other and user allocation information including one or more elements in association with each user in order to control the execution of the game. The function to be stored in the device, the function to set the winning information composed of the elements, and the user associated with the user allocation information having elements that match all or part of each element constituting the winning information is identified as the winner A program for realizing a function to grant a first privilege to a user identified as a winner and a function to grant a second privilege to another user related to the user who is the winner by the association means is there.
The computer may be, for example, a network server, a large computer, or the like. The program may be stored in a computer-readable information recording medium such as a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM. That is, a fourth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which the program is recorded.

A game system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a game system including a communication terminal and a server configured to be accessible from the communication terminal and controlling execution of a game by the communication terminal, and a relationship relating users. Attaching means, user assignment information setting means for associating user assignment information composed of one or more elements for each user and storing them in a storage device, winning information setting means for setting winning information composed of elements, winning information The winner determination means for specifying the user associated with the user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each of the elements constituting the winner, and the user specified as the winner by the winner determination means Each means of the privilege grant means which grants 1 privilege and gives a 2nd privilege to the other user who was related with the user who is a winner by the correlation means. One of the communication terminal or the server is a game system comprising.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the basic configuration of the game system. FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of a communication terminal. FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating another example of the appearance of the communication terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication terminal. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the game server. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the database server. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of records stored in the user database. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a user assignment information setting database stored in the game database. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the game control method according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen. FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the game control method according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen. FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus according to the third embodiment. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the game control method according to the third embodiment. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen. FIG. 19 is a diagram of a table for determining a winner. FIG. 20 is a diagram of a table for determining a winner. FIG. 21A is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of each function in each of the communication terminal, the game server, and the database server. FIG. 21B is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of each function in each of the communication terminal, the game server, and the database server. FIG. 21C is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of each function in each of the communication terminal, the game server, and the database server.

The present invention relates to a patent application of Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-119141 filed with the Japan Patent Office on May 25, 2012, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

(1) Configuration of Game System FIG. 1 shows a system configuration example of a game system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, this game system includes, for example,

communication terminals

10a, 10b, 10c,... That can be connected to a communication network NW such as the Internet, and a game server 20 connected to the communication network NW. The database server 30 is configured. Each of the

communication terminals

10a, 10b, 10c,... Is a terminal operated by an individual user, and includes, for example, a mobile phone terminal, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, and a bidirectional communication function. And a communication terminal such as a television receiver (including a so-called multi-function smart TV). In the following description, when referring to the

communication terminals

10a, 10b, 10c,.

In this game system, the game server 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the communication terminal 10 that is a client, and provides a gaming service to the communication terminal 10. The game server 20 has a program for generating a document that can be interpreted on a web browser as a game program. The database server 30 stores various information to be described later in executing the game, and is connected to the game server 20 in a wired or wireless manner for reading and writing the information. Note that the game server 20 and the database server 30 may be connected via a communication network NW.

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

(2) Configuration of Communication Terminal The communication terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 3.
2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing the appearance of an example of the communication terminal 10, respectively. FIG. 2A exemplifies a key input type communication terminal such as a foldable mobile terminal (mobile phone), for example. FIG. 2B illustrates a communication terminal of a touch panel input method such as a smartphone. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the communication terminal 10.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the communication terminal 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an image processing unit 14, an instruction input unit 15, a display unit 16, And a communication interface unit 17 as a signal receiving unit, and a bus 18 for transmitting a control signal or a data signal between the units is provided.

The CPU 11 loads the web browser in the ROM 12 into the RAM 13 and executes it. Further, the CPU 11 determines the web page to be displayed on the display unit 16 based on the input information input by the user using the instruction input unit 15, and the URL (Uniform) of the web page to be displayed through the communication interface unit 17. Resource (Locator) is specified, and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) documents and object data such as images associated with the documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as “HTML data” as appropriate) are acquired from the game server 20 To do. The communication terminal 10 may be mounted with various plug-ins for extending the browser function of the web browser.

In acquiring the HTML data, the CPU 11 sends an access request message including a user ID (user identification information) registered in advance or a user ID input via the instruction input unit 15 via the communication interface unit 17 to the game server. 20 is notified.
The web browser displays the web page provided from the game server 20 on the display unit 16 based on the acquired HTML data via the image processing unit 14. In addition, when the user selects a hyperlink or a menu (for example, an instruction button) on the web page by the operation of the instruction input unit 15, the web browser displays a web page according to the selection. The game server 20 is requested to transmit the new HTML data (that is, update the web page).

The image processing unit 14 displays a web page on the display unit 16 based on the display image data given from the CPU 11 as the analysis result of the HTML data. The display unit 16 is a display composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device (LCD) or the like, and displays an image of a web page on the display screen 16a based on display image data.

When the communication terminal 10 is a key input communication terminal (FIG. 2A), the instruction input unit 15 includes a first instruction input key group 15a including a direction instruction key and a determination key for accepting a user operation input, a numeric keypad, and the like. And an interface circuit for recognizing the operation input of each key and outputting it to the CPU 11. For example, the direction instruction key is provided to instruct the CPU 11 to scroll and display the web page displayed on the display unit 16. In addition, for example, when a plurality of hyperlinks or menus are displayed on a web page, the determination key indicates that the user selects one hyperlink or menu that is actively displayed (for example, highlighted). Is provided to instruct. When the communication terminal 10 is constituted by a small portable terminal, these keys are arranged on the front surface of the communication terminal 10 so that the user can easily operate (click) with the thumb while holding the communication terminal 10 with one hand. It is preferable to arrange | position. In the example shown in FIG. 2A, the second instruction input key group 15b is arranged below the first instruction input key group 15a, and “0” to “9”, “*”, and “#” are described. Has multiple key tops.

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

When the communication terminal 10 is a portable terminal, the menu selection operation on the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10 is selected by, for example, selecting the menu by pressing the direction instruction key and pressing the enter key. This can be done by confirming the menu. When the communication terminal 10 is a touch panel input method, the menu selection operation on the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10 may be performed by, for example, pointing the menu position on the display screen 16a on which the web page is displayed with a finger or This can be done by instructing with a touch pen.

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

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

The CPU 21 transmits HTML data to the communication terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 25. In addition, when the game server 20 performs the authentication process of the user of the communication terminal 10, the CPU 21 performs the authentication process.
When the user selects a hyperlink or menu on the web page displayed on the communication terminal 10, the corresponding instruction input signal is received via the communication interface unit 25, and the CPU 21 responds to the instruction input signal. Execute the process. The processing executed by the CPU 21 includes, for example, transmission of new HTML data, arithmetic processing in the game server 20, data processing, and the like.

The database access unit 24 is an interface when the CPU 21 reads / writes data from / to the database server 30.

(4) Configuration of Database Server The database server 30 (storage device) can be a large-capacity hard disk drive, a storage device in the form of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks), or other general-purpose storage devices. Each database in the database server 30 is configured to be able to read and write data from the CPU 21 via the database access unit 24 of the game server 20.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the database server 30. As shown in FIG. 5, the database server 30 includes a user database 31 and a game database 32.
The type of game realized by the game server 20 of the present embodiment is not particularly limited. For example, a race game in which a plurality of users race toward a goal point, an enemy user or a computer is prepared. It is assumed that a battle game in which a battle with a character is performed and other types of games can be assumed, and irregular events are appropriately set.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of records stored in the user database 31.
Each record of the user database 31 includes a user ID (user identification information), an access log, a user name / display image, a skill level, physical fitness points, friendship points, possessed coins, fellow user IDs, possessed item data, and event history information. Etc., and corresponding user data is stored for each item. Information contained in the user database 31 can be updated sequentially by the game server 20.

In the following description, the user ID included in the user database 31 or data for each user name (to be described later) specifying a user is collectively referred to as user data. The data of each item constituting the user data is as follows.

・ User ID
In this game, a user ID for identifying a user and a user ID set for each game or a user ID set in common for a plurality of games is recorded.
Access log is data that records the login time and access time based on the target user ID. The login time is the time when login including user authentication processing is performed. The access time is the time when the game server 20 is accessed to receive the game web service based on the user ID after login.

User name / display image A user name and a display image that are displayed to identify the user on the communication terminal 10 when the game is executed. The user name is, for example, text of a predetermined length or less that is designated in advance by the user, and the display image is, for example, an avatar image that is selected in advance by the user. The user name is a name that identifies the user on the network environment (or game community) provided by the game server 20.

Skill level This data indicates the skill level of the user on the game. For example, a level value in a range from Lv1 (level 1) to Lv100 (level 100) can be used.

Physical strength point The physical strength point is a necessary point in the game realized by the game server 20. The physical strength point is a value that is set to a predetermined upper limit value in the course of progressing the game and decreases or increases (recovers) according to a predetermined condition set on the game.

・ Friendship points Indicates points of cooperation with users who are related as friends. For example, the user can obtain friendship points by sending a support message one or more times a day to fellow users, and can be configured to obtain predetermined benefits using the friendship points. .

-Owned coin This is the possessed amount of virtual currency (coin) on the game that is required when the user corresponding to the user ID uses the pay function on the game. The possessed coins are consumed (reduced) when the user uses the pay function on the game, and the user pays actual money to the service provider or the like by a predetermined method, and increases according to the amount paid.

・ Friend user ID
It is another user ID related to the user ID of the target record. In the case where the closeness between users is set, the fellow user IDs can be classified and stored based on the closeness. Intimacy is a numerical value of the high degree of relationship between users based on a certain standard. For example, the familiarity is set higher as the frequency of transmission or reception of a support message between users, the number of times a gift such as an item that can be used on the game is transmitted or received, and the like increase.

-Data of possessed items Data of items that can be used on the game owned by the user.

(5) First Embodiment In the game control device and the game control method of the first embodiment, a lottery event is realized. In the lottery event, whether or not the user has won the lottery is determined based on a comparison result between user allocation information (described later) related to the user and set winning information (described later). This lottery event is configured so that not only the user (winner) who wins the lottery can obtain a privilege, but also the fellow users related to the winner can also obtain the privilege.

(5-1) Functional Block of Game Server FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the game control device of the first embodiment. Here, the case where each functional block is comprised in the game server 20 is illustrated.
As shown in FIG. 7, the game server 20 includes an association unit 201, a user allocation information setting unit 202, a winning information setting unit 203, a winner determining unit 204, and a privilege granting unit 205.

The association means 201 has a function of relating users. For example, the association unit 201 records the user ID and another user ID as “companies” in association with an application based on the user ID. The function of the association means 201 can be realized as follows. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 specifies, via the communication interface unit 25, an application message (a friend application) specifying a user ID (or a corresponding user name) that the user wants to be a friend from the communication terminal 10 of the user corresponding to a certain user ID. Accept. The transmission of the application message may be set in advance as a function of a web page provided to the user's communication terminal 10. In addition, when the user is configured to display information of other users on the game image while the game is being executed, the CPU 21 displays the displayed user by a predetermined operation by the user who is executing the game. The application message addressed to can be accepted.

When receiving the application message, the CPU 21 approves an application based on another user ID to the communication terminal 10 corresponding to the user ID at the timing when the access is based on the user ID included in the application message. HTML data for displaying a web page requesting a reply to is transmitted. When the CPU 21 receives a reply to approve the application, the CPU 21 registers both as friends. Specifically, CPU21 writes the user ID of the other party who becomes a friend in the item of "friend user ID" of the user data of the corresponding two user IDs in user database 31 (see FIG. 6).
In addition, CPU21 can also register both as a friend triggered by predetermined operation by the user who is running the game, when approval of the user of a friend application destination is unnecessary. For example, a user who executes a stage on the same game or a user who has played a game may be registered as a user associated with the user in the game, that is, as a friend. Alternatively, users who transmit a predetermined number of messages (for example, greetings) may be automatically registered as friends, or when there is a game mode in which a game or a match between users exists, the predetermined number of times. Users who have played a match or battle may be automatically registered as friends.
Further, instead of directly associating users with each other, by associating each user with the same group (guild or the like), the users within the group may be associated with each other. For example, when the user A can apply for the specific user B in the user associated with the predetermined group and obtain the approval of the specific user B, the predetermined group and Associate user A. In this way, by applying and approving specific users within a given group, whether or not they are directly applying and approving belonging to a given group The users may be related to each other.
In this embodiment, although the example which implement | achieves by registering data in the user database 31 by registering the friendship relationship between users was shown, it is not restricted to this example. The data regarding the friendship may be written in an external storage device on the network accessible from the game server 20.

The user allocation information setting unit 202 has a function of storing user allocation information including one or more elements in a storage device in association with each user. For example, the function of the user allocation information setting unit 202 can be realized as follows. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines user allocation information including elements selected from a plurality of predetermined elements such as numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors, corresponding to each user ID. For example, the CPU 21 generates a random number using integers (elements) 1 to 9 to determine a 6-digit number, and uses this as user allocation information related to the target user ID. As the user allocation information, for example, one or more digits, one or more characters, symbols, symbols, or an arrangement in which these are mixed can be used. The user allocation information can also be configured by combining a plurality of colors with respect to one or a plurality of numbers, characters, symbols, and symbols. The user assignment information may be information that considers the digit or arrangement order, and may be a set of a plurality of elements obtained by combining elements such as a plurality of numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors.

The CPU 21 determines user allocation information for each user ID, associates this with the user ID, and stores it in a predetermined storage device. Below, although the case where a memory | storage device is the game database 32 is demonstrated, it is not restricted to this case. The storage device may be a storage device (for example, RAM 23) built in the game server 20, a storage device (for example, RAM 13) built in the user communication terminal 10, or an external storage accessible from the game server 20. It may be a device. The CPU 21 may store user allocation information as user data corresponding to each user ID in the user database 31.
FIG. 8 shows a user assignment information setting database as an example of data in which user assignment information is written for each user ID. In the user allocation information setting database, a user ID and user allocation information are described in association with each event ID for specifying a lottery event. This user allocation information setting database is stored in the game database 32 as a storage device.

The winning information setting means 203 has a function of setting winning information composed of elements. For example, the function of the winning information setting unit 203 can be realized as follows. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines winning information including elements selected from a plurality of predetermined elements such as numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors. For example, the CPU 21 may generate a random number using integers (elements) 1 to 9 to determine a 6-digit number and use it as winning information. The CPU 21 may set winning information having the same number of digits as the user assignment information set in association with the user ID. The CPU 21 may set the winning information having the number of elements larger than the number of elements combining the numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors included in the user allocation information. Conversely, the CPU 21 may set winning information having a smaller number of elements than the number of elements combining numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors included in the user allocation information. Also, a plurality of winning information can be set, and a plurality of levels of winning information can be set in order to set a winning grade in a plurality of levels.

The winner deciding means 204 has a function of identifying, as a winner, a user associated with the user allocation information having elements that match all or part of each element constituting the winning information. For example, the function of the winner deciding means 204 can be realized as follows.
The CPU 21 of the game server 20 sets a winning condition for considering the user allocation information that matches all or part of numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, colors, etc. included in the winning information as a winning condition. The matching user allocation information is searched from the user allocation information described in the user allocation information setting database. The CPU 21 specifies a user corresponding to the user ID associated with the user allocation information specified by the search as a winner.

For example, the CPU 21 sets an element with the same number of elements A as the user allocation information and the winning information, and sets a winning condition for regarding the user allocated information whose number of elements matching the winning information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number B as winning. To do. At this time, the predetermined number B is an integer of 1 or more and the number of elements A or less.
Specifically, the CPU 21 sets a number of 6 elements as the user allocation information and the winning information, and determines the winning condition for determining that the user allocation information whose number of elements matching the winning information is 6 (B = 6) is winning. If set, search for user allocation information that completely matches the winning information (that is, user allocation information that satisfies the winning conditions), and correspond to the user ID associated with the user allocation information that satisfies the winning conditions The user who performs is identified as the winner. Further, the CPU 21 sets a number of 6 elements as the user allocation information and the winning information, and sets a winning condition for regarding the user allocated information having the number of elements equal to or more than 3 (B = 3) as the winning information as winning. In this case, user allocation information whose number of elements matching the winning information is 3 to 6 (that is, user allocation information satisfying the winning conditions) is searched and related to the user allocated information satisfying the winning conditions. The user corresponding to the user ID is specified as the winner. Further, the CPU 21 sets a number of 6 elements as the user allocation information and the winning information, and sets a winning condition for regarding the user allocation information whose number of elements matching the winning information is 1 or more (B = 1) as winning. In this case, the user allocation information that matches at least one element with the winning information (that is, the user allocation information that satisfies the winning condition) is searched, and the user ID associated with the user allocation information that satisfies the winning condition is searched. The corresponding user is identified as the winner.
As shown in FIG. 8, in the user database 31, the CPU 21 associates with a user ID of a user specified as a winner, a predetermined flag (1: winner, 0: non-winner) in the user allocation information setting database. May be written. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the user with the user ID: 000002 is the winner.

Various methods can be adopted as a method for determining whether or not the player has won. For example, a plurality of grades may be provided for winning based on the degree to which the user allocation information satisfies the set winning conditions. For example, when a number of 6 elements is set as the user allocation information and the winning information, and a winning condition for regarding the user allocation information having 6 (B = 6) elements matching the winning information as winning is set, The winning grades may be determined in stages, such as when the elements all match, including their arrangement, and the first prize is awarded, and the second prize and the third prize are awarded every time one element is removed. In addition, when the user allocation information includes at least one of a plurality of elements such as numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors that constitute the winning information regardless of the order of arrangement of the winning information, The winning grade may be determined in stages according to the number of elements included. As described above, when comparing the user allocation information and the winning information, even if the arrangement order of the elements is not taken into consideration, the number of matching elements is a predetermined number B, and the number of matching elements is equal to or greater than the predetermined number B. Allocation information may be regarded as winning.

The privilege granting unit 205 grants the first privilege to the user identified as the winner by the winner deciding unit 204 and gives the second privilege to other users related by the correlating unit 201 to the user who is the winner. It has the function to give. Here, the first privilege and the second privilege may be the same privilege content or different privilege contents. For example, the function of the privilege provision means 205 is realizable as follows.
The CPU 21 of the game server 20 refers to the user assignment information setting database (FIG. 8) and provides the first privilege to the user corresponding to the user ID whose flag is associated with “1” (winner). Give predetermined benefits. The type of privilege includes, for example, giving points, coins, or items on the game, increasing the parameters of the user or the character held by the user, or increasing the skill level of the user. For example, when a point is given to a winner as a privilege, the CPU 21 reads data of points (physical strength points or friendship points) of the corresponding user ID, adds points that become a privilege, and updates the user data. When granting an item to a winner as a privilege, the CPU 21 writes the data of the item that becomes a privilege in the column of the possessed item of the user data of the corresponding user ID.

The CPU 21 further reads out the fellow user ID of the user ID of the user associated with the flag “1” (winner), and provides the second privilege to the user corresponding to the read user ID. Grant the benefits. As with the first privilege described above, the type of the second privilege is to give points, coins, or items on the game, to increase the parameters of the user or the character held by the user, or the skill level of the user. And so on.
As described above, the CPU 21 can make the first privilege to be given to the user specified as the winner and the second privilege to be given to the fellow user of the user who is the winner. In that case, it is reasonable to give a privilege more advantageous to a user who is a winner than a user who is not a winner (a fellow user of the winner). Therefore, it is preferable for the given user that the first privilege is more advantageous than the second privilege (for example, the number of points of the first privilege is larger than the number of points of the second privilege).

(5-2) Game Control Method FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the game control method of the first embodiment.
As described above, it is assumed that each function block of the game control device of the present embodiment is included in the game server 20 and the CPU 21 of the game server 20 realizes the function of each function block. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, it is assumed that the user to be processed is already associated with at least one other user as a friend.

In step S801, the CPU 21 first recognizes a predetermined operation input by the user and accepts participation in a drawing event. When participation in the lottery event is accepted, the user ID to be processed is written in the corresponding event ID in the user allocation information setting database (FIG. 8). Note that step S801 is not essential and may be configured such that all users can automatically participate in the lottery event without accepting participation by the user.

In step S802, the CPU 21 sets user allocation information corresponding to the user ID to be processed, and stores it in the storage device in association with the user ID to be processed. In the present embodiment, the set user allocation information is written in the “user allocation information” column in the user allocation information setting database (FIG. 8). Next, the CPU 21 notifies the user communication terminal 10 of the set user allocation information. The timing for notifying the user's communication terminal 10 can be set as appropriate. For example, when the user logs in or accesses the game server 20 via the communication terminal 10, the CPU 21 notifies the user of the user allocation information set to the user. HTML data is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal 10.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the communication terminal 10 when the user allocation information is notified.
The display screen 900 displayed on the user communication terminal 10 based on the HTML data transmitted from the CPU 21 includes a first information display unit 901 for displaying the user allocation information distributed (notified) to the corresponding user ID. Have. In the illustrated example, a 6-digit number is set as the user allocation information, and the user allocation information set for the corresponding user ID is displayed on the first information display unit 901.

In step S803, the CPU 21 determines winning information including elements such as numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors. As described above, the CPU 21 may determine the winning information with the same number of digits as the user allocation information, or may set the winning information with a number of digits different from the user allocation information. The winning information is not limited to one. That is, the CPU 21 may set a plurality of winning information.

In step S804, the CPU 21 sets a winning condition for considering the user allocation information that matches all or part of the numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, colors, etc. included in the winning information as the winning condition. The matching user allocation information is specified by searching the user allocation information described in the user allocation information setting database. As described above, if the number of elements A that match the winning information among the elements included in the user assigned information is greater than or equal to the predetermined number B, a winning condition for regarding the user assigned information as winning can be set. The CPU 21 specifies the user assignment information that matches the winning condition from the user assignment information described in the user assignment information setting database. Further, when the CPU 21 specifies the user allocation information in which the number of elements A matching the winning information is equal to or greater than the predetermined number B, the CPU 21 specifies the user corresponding to the user ID associated with the user allocation information as the winner. . At this time, as described above, the CPU 21 may set the grades of the winners step by step according to the value of the number of elements A that matches the winning information. As a result of comparing the winning information with the user allocation information, the CPU 21 may determine whether or not to win in consideration of the arrangement order, or determine whether or not to win only in the combination without considering the arrangement order. May be.
The CPU 21 sets the flag corresponding to the user ID specified as the winner in the user allocation information setting database to “1” (winner).

In step S805, the CPU 21 refers to the user assignment information setting database and gives a predetermined first privilege to the user corresponding to the user ID for which the flag “1” (winner) is set. The 1st privilege given with respect to the user who is a winner is increasing a possession coin, a skill level, a physical strength point, a friendship point, etc., for example. As described above, when a point is given to a user as a privilege, the CPU 21 reads the value of the user data point (physical fitness point or friendship point) of the corresponding user ID in the user database 31 and adds the point as a privilege. Then, the user database 31 is updated. When giving an item to a user as a privilege, CPU21 may add predetermined item ID as a privilege to the column of the "holding item" of the user data of applicable user ID.

Moreover, CPU21 reads the user ID of the associate of user ID for whom the flag of "1" (winner) was set from user data, and gives a predetermined second privilege to the user corresponding to the corresponding user ID To do. The second privilege is, for example, to increase possessed coins, skill levels, physical strength points, friendship points, and the like, similarly to the first privilege.

CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data for notifying the information to the effect of winning with respect to the user who is a winner, and transmits this to the communication terminal 10 of a corresponding user.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the communication terminal 10.
The display screen 1000 displayed on the user communication terminal 10 based on the HTML data transmitted from the CPU 21 has a first information display unit 1001 for displaying information indicating that the user has won. The first information display unit 1001 can display information indicating that the corresponding user has been won, and information related to a privilege given by winning. The first information display unit 1001 can also display information indicating that the second privilege has been granted to the fellow user.

CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data for performing the notification to that effect, when giving a 2nd privilege with respect to the user who is related as a friend of the user who is a winner, and this Is transmitted to the communication terminal 10.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the communication terminal 10.
The display screen 1100 displayed on the user's communication terminal 10 based on the HTML data transmitted from the CPU 21 displays information indicating that the fellow user has been won and information indicating that the second privilege has been granted. The 1st information display part 1101 for this is provided.

Although the game control method has been described above, the game control method may be applied as an event that is a game that progresses separately from the progress of the main game in the game. For example, user allocation information is distributed to users who access the game within a predetermined time of the day, and each user is notified whether or not each user has won after the set lottery time. it can. Various settings such as distribution of user allocation information and notification of the presence / absence of winning can be made several times a day, once every few days, irregularly, etc., and are not particularly limited.

In the game control device and the game control method according to the first embodiment configured as described above, it is determined whether or not the user allocation information set for the user has been won, and the user identified as the winner The first privilege is given to the user, and the second privilege is also given to the user who is related as a friend to the user who is the winner. As a result, as compared with a case where it is determined whether or not the winning is determined only by the user allocation information distributed to the user, the winning chance is increased, and the game performance can be improved. In addition, since there are more chances of winning as the number of fellow users increases, it can be expected that users with fewer “friends” will actively make efforts to increase “friends”.

(6) Second Embodiment In the first embodiment, the user allocation information is determined by the game server 20, but in the second embodiment, the first is that the user can determine the user allocation information by himself. Different from the embodiment.

(6-1) Function Block of Game Server FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of the second embodiment. Here, the case where each functional block is comprised in the game server 20 is illustrated.
As shown in FIG. 13, the game server 20 includes an association unit 201, a user allocation information setting unit 202, a winning information setting unit 203, a winner determining unit 204, a privilege granting unit 205, and a user allocation information instruction unit 206.

In the second embodiment, the correlating means 201, the user allocation information setting means 202, the winning information setting means 203, the winner determining means 204, and the privilege granting means 205 function substantially the same as in the first embodiment. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7, which is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of the first embodiment, are attached and detailed description thereof is omitted.

The user allocation information instruction unit 206 has a function of receiving an instruction input for setting each element constituting the user allocation information. In the present embodiment, the user allocation information setting unit 202 stores the user allocation information configured by the element that has received an instruction input by the user allocation information instruction unit 206 in a storage device in association with the user.
The functions of the user allocation information instruction unit 206 and the user allocation information setting unit 202 can be realized as follows.
For example, when there is an access from the communication terminal 10 to the game server 20 for executing a game, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates HTML data for displaying a login screen of the corresponding game, and performs communication. Transmit to the terminal 10. At this time, the CPU 21 displays text indicating that a lottery event is being performed, and generates HTML data for receiving user assignment information input by the user, and transmits the HTML data to the communication terminal 10.
When the user assignment information input by the user is transmitted from the communication terminal 10, the CPU 21 overwrites the user assignment information in the user assignment information setting database by associating the user assignment information with the user ID to be processed. Update.

(6-2) Game Control Method FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the game control method of the second embodiment.
As described above, it is assumed that each function block of the game control device of the present embodiment is included in the game server 20 and the CPU 21 of the game server 20 realizes the function of each function block. In the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 14, it is assumed that the user to be processed is already associated with at least one other user as a friend.

In step S1301, the CPU 21 first recognizes a predetermined operation input by the user and accepts participation in a draw event. When participation in the lottery event is accepted, the user ID to be processed is written in the corresponding event ID in the user allocation information setting database (FIG. 8). Note that step S1301 is not essential, and it may be configured such that all users can automatically participate in the lottery event without accepting participation by the user.

In step S1302, the CPU 21 receives user assignment information set by the user. For example, when there is an access from the user communication terminal 10 to the game server 20 for executing a game, the CPU 21 displays information indicating that a lottery event is to be performed, and the user arbitrarily selects from predetermined elements. HTML data for displaying on the communication terminal 10 a display screen for accepting the user allocation information set in step S1 is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal 10. The HTML data related to the display screen for accepting the instruction input of the user allocation information may be transmitted only when the user accesses for the first time during the lottery event period, or may be transmitted every time there is an access from the user. Good. Or you may restrict | limit the frequency | count of transmission of the HTML data regarding the display screen for receiving the instruction | indication input of user allocation information about each user.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the communication terminal 10.
A display screen 1400 displayed on the user's communication terminal 10 based on the HTML data transmitted from the CPU 21 is an input unit 1401 for accepting input of user allocation information, and the user allocation information input to the input unit 1401 is determined. The confirmation button 1402 is provided. As shown in FIG. 15, for example, information indicating that a lottery event is to be performed may be displayed on the display screen 1400, and a lottery date and time may be displayed.

The input unit 1401 can be configured by a predetermined number (six in the example of FIG. 15) input boxes for inputting numbers, characters, symbols, and the like as user allocation information. When the user allocation information is composed of an array of a plurality of numbers, characters, and symbols, an input box may be designated so that numbers, characters, and symbols can be input for each input box.
Further, an input method different from that in FIG. 15 may be applied. For example, a plurality of user allocation information candidates combining a plurality of numbers, letters, symbols, designs, and colors are presented in the input unit 1401 so as to be selectable, and the user's favorite user is selected from the plurality of user allocation information candidates. You may comprise so that allocation information can be selected and input. In this case, the selected user allocation information is input to a predetermined number of input boxes of the input unit 1401.

On the display screen 1400, when the user operates the confirm button 1402 in a state where input has been completed for a predetermined number of input boxes, the user assignment information input to the input unit 1401 is confirmed, and information regarding the user assignment information is displayed. Is transmitted to the game server 20 via the communication interface unit 17.
When the information regarding the user allocation information input by the user is received, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 stores the transmitted user allocation information in the storage device in association with the corresponding user ID in step S1303. That is, the CPU 21 writes the transmitted user allocation information in the user allocation information setting database in association with the user ID.

14, in step S1304, the CPU 21 determines winning information including elements such as numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, and colors. Here, the CPU 21 may determine the winning information in the same manner as in step S803 in the first embodiment.

In step S1305, the CPU 21 sets a winning condition for regarding user allocation information that matches all or part of numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, colors, etc. included in the winning information as a winning condition. The matching user allocation information is specified by searching the user allocation information described in the user allocation information setting database. As for the method for identifying the winner, the same method as in step S804 (see FIG. 9) of the first embodiment can be adopted. The CPU 21 sets the flag corresponding to the user ID specified as the winner in the user allocation information setting database to “1” (winner).

The process of step S1306 may be the same as step S805 of FIG. That is, in step S1306, the CPU 21 refers to the user allocation information setting database, and with respect to the user corresponding to the user ID for which the flag “1” (winner) is set (that is, specified as the winner) A predetermined first privilege is given. Moreover, CPU21 reads the user ID of the associate of user ID for whom the flag of "1" (winner) was set from user data, and gives a predetermined second privilege to the user corresponding to the corresponding user ID To do. CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data for notifying the information to the effect of winning with respect to the user who is a winner, and transmits this to the communication terminal 10 of a corresponding user.

CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data for performing the notification to that effect, when giving a 2nd privilege with respect to the user who is related as a friend of the user who is a winner, and this Is transmitted to the communication terminal 10.
The display screen displayed on the user's communication terminal 10 based on the HTML data transmitted from the CPU 21 can have, for example, the same configuration as in FIGS. 11 and 12 of the first embodiment.

In the game control device and the game control method according to the second embodiment configured as described above, the user can select favorite user allocation information, and the game performance can be further improved.

(7) Third Embodiment The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment or the second embodiment in that the user can update the user allocation information once determined.

(7-1) Functional Block of Game Server FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of the third embodiment. Here, the case where each functional block is comprised in the game server 20 is illustrated.
As shown in FIG. 16, the game server 20 includes an association unit 201, a user allocation information setting unit 202, a winning information setting unit 203, a winner determining unit 204, a privilege granting unit 205, and a change receiving unit 207.

In the third embodiment, the correlating means 201, the user allocation information setting means 202, the winning information setting means 203, the winner determining means 204, and the privilege granting means 205 function substantially the same as in the first embodiment. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7, which is a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of the first embodiment, are attached and detailed description thereof is omitted.

The change receiving unit 207 has a function of receiving an instruction input for changing each element constituting the user allocation information and updating the user allocation information written in the user allocation information setting database. The function of the change accepting unit 207 can be realized as follows.
For example, when there is an access from the communication terminal 10 to the game server 20 for executing a game, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates HTML data for displaying a login screen of the corresponding game, and performs communication. Transmit to the terminal 10. At this time, the CPU 21 displays a text indicating that a lottery event is being performed and user allocation information currently set for the corresponding user ID, and accepts a change in the currently set user allocation information. HTML data to be displayed on the communication terminal 10 is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal 10. When receiving an instruction input for changing the user allocation information from the user communication terminal 10, the CPU 21 updates the user allocation information corresponding to the user ID to be processed in the user allocation information setting database.

(7-2) Game Control Method FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the game control method of the third embodiment.
As described above, it is assumed that each function block of the game control device of the present embodiment is included in the game server 20 and the CPU 21 of the game server 20 realizes the function of each function block.

First, in a state where user allocation information is set (that is, in a state where the user allocation information is described in the user allocation information setting database in relation to the user ID to be processed), the CPU 21 changes the user allocation information. HTML data for displaying a display screen for acceptance on the communication terminal 10 is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal 10 (step S1601).
Specifically, for example, after transmitting HTML data for notifying the user allocation information set to the user in step S802 of the first embodiment, or after setting the user in step S1302 of the second embodiment. After receiving the user assignment information, if the user accesses the game from the communication terminal 10, HTML data for accepting the change of the already set user assignment information is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal 10. Regarding the acceptance of the change of the user allocation information, for example, before the lottery date and time for specifying the winner, and when the user is instructed to change during the game login or the game execution, the user allocation is sequentially performed. It can be configured to transmit HTML data for accepting information changes.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the communication terminal 10 in order to accept a change in the currently set user allocation information.
A display screen 1700 displayed on the user communication terminal 10 based on the HTML data transmitted from the CPU 21 confirms the input unit 1701 for accepting the change of the user allocation information and the user allocation information input to the input unit 1701. A confirmation button 1702 is provided. In this display screen 1700, for example, user allocation information currently set for the user is displayed. When changing the user allocation information, the user allocation information desired by the user is input to the input unit 1701 and confirmed. A display prompting the user to operate the button 1702 is performed. In the example shown in FIG. 18, the currently set user allocation information is “123456” consisting of a 6-digit number.

The input unit 1701 can be configured with a predetermined number (six in the example of FIG. 18) input boxes for inputting numbers, characters, symbols and the like as user allocation information. When the user allocation information is composed of an array of a plurality of numbers, characters, and symbols, an input box may be designated so that numbers, characters, and symbols can be input for each input box. In the illustrated example, a 6-digit number is already set as the user allocation information, and this is displayed on the input unit 1701. That is, a number corresponding to each digit is displayed in each input box. Each input box has a button for changing the number of each digit. If the upper button is operated, the number is changed to a larger number, and if the lower button is operated, the number is changed to a smaller number. It is configured.
Moreover, you may apply the input method different from FIG. For example, a plurality of user allocation information candidates combining a plurality of numbers, letters, symbols, symbols, and colors are presented to be selectable on the input unit 1701, and the user's favorite user can be selected from the plurality of user allocation information candidates. You may comprise so that allocation information can be selected and input. In this case, the selected user allocation information is input to a predetermined number of input boxes of the input unit 1701.

On the display screen 1700, when the user operates the confirm button 1702, the changed user assignment information input to the input unit 1701 is confirmed, and information regarding the user assignment information is transmitted to the game server 20 via the communication interface unit 17. Sent to.

In step S1602, when the CPU 21 receives the information for instructing the change of the user assignment information, in step S1603, the CPU 21 applies the corresponding information in the user assignment information setting database based on the received information for instructing the change of the user assignment information. The information of the user allocation information of the user ID to be updated is updated.

In the game control device and the game control method according to the third embodiment configured as described above, the user allocation information set in advance can be changed to a user's preference. Even the user allocation information set by the user can be changed by the user. Therefore, the game performance can be further improved.

(8) Winner identification method (8-1) Winners of multiple grades According to the degree of match between the user allocation information set in relation to the user ID and the winning information (that is, the set winning conditions) Based on the degree of satisfaction, the method for identifying the winners in the case of identifying winners of multiple grades is described below. Note that this method for identifying a winner can be applied to all the embodiments described above.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a table for determining winners of multiple grades.
In the example shown in FIG. 19, both the user allocation information and the winning information are multi-digit numbers, and it is determined whether or not the numbers match for each digit. User allocation information in which only the digits do not match is “2nd”. Thereafter, the winning grades may be determined in order, such as “3 etc.” for the user allocation information in which the other digits match except for two digits. In FIG. 19, “*” indicates that the winning information is the same digit as the different digit.

As described above, as the number of elements included in the user allocation information matches the number of elements included in the winning information, the winning grade may be increased. For example, “1 etc.” is set when all match.
The winning grade below “2nd” may be determined not only from the number of digits that match, but also from other viewpoints. For example, even if the number of digits that match is the same, the user assignment information that matches a number of digits consecutively from the bottom may be given a higher grade, or conversely, a number of digits that are consecutive from the top It is good also considering the user allocation information with which they correspond as a high grade.
In addition, although the winning information illustrated in FIG. 19 is a number having the same number of digits as the user allocation information, it is not limited to this case, and may be a number having a different number of digits. Although the winning information illustrated in FIG. 19 is one, it is not limited to that case. A plurality of winning information may be set.

The elements included in the user allocation information may be compared with the elements included in the winning information regardless of the arrangement order, and the winning grade may be determined based on the number of matches. For example, when setting user allocation information and winning information each including a plurality of elements combining numbers, letters, symbols, and symbols, the number of elements included in the winning information is the number of elements included in the user allocation information. There is no need to match. The number of elements included in the winning information may be larger or smaller than the number of elements included in the user allocation information.

As described above, when a winner of a plurality of grades is set, the content of the privilege to be given according to the grade of the winner may be set step by step. In other words, at least one of the first privilege granted to the winner and the second privilege granted to the fellow user associated with the winner may be determined based on the grade of the winner. For example, when the privilege given to the winner is a predetermined point, more points may be given to the higher winner, and fewer points may be given to the lower winner.
In addition, if the privilege given to the winner is an item that can be used in the game, the higher the grade of the winner, the more effective the item when used in the game or the higher the rare item It may be.

(8-2) Coordination with fellow users As described above, when setting winners of multiple grades according to the degree of matching between user allocation information and winning information, user allocation that does not exceed a predetermined degree of matching Information may not be considered winning. For example, in the user allocation information composed of 6-digit numbers, if the number of digits matching the winning information is not more than 4 digits, the winning information is the same as the winning information among the elements included in the user allocation information. A user whose number of digits is 3 digits cannot obtain a privilege at all.
In the present invention, it is proposed to increase the opportunities for a user to become a winner by determining a winner based on user assignment information set for a plurality of related users.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing processing when a winner is determined using user allocation information of a plurality of users.
In the illustrated example, the user allocation information and the winning information are both 6-digit numbers.
It is assumed that the user allocation information set for the user A is “125576” and the user allocation information set for the user B is “213457”.
When the winning information is “123456”, the user allocation information “125576” set for the user A is the first digit, the second digit, and the sixth digit when the first digit to the sixth digit are set from the left to the right. Only three digits match the winning information. In addition, in the user allocation information “213457” set for the user B, only the third digit, the fourth digit, and the fifth digit match the winning information.

When the winning information is determined by matching four or more digits with the winning information consisting of 6-digit numbers, neither the user A nor the user B is a winner. However, when the user allocation information set for the user A and the user B is combined, there are four or more digits that match the winning information (all match in the illustrated example). Therefore, when the user A and the user B are related as “companies”, the user A and the user B may be specified as winners, respectively.
In this case, for the user whose user allocation information alone satisfies the winning condition, the privilege given to the user A and the user B (that is, the user allocation information of the user A and the user B is combined and the same winning condition is satisfied) Higher-value items or higher-value items than the privilege granted in some cases. Alternatively, the privilege given to a user who satisfies the winning condition alone and the privilege given to a user who satisfies the same winning condition in cooperation with a plurality of users may be the same. The privilege given to the user may be distributed to each user. When a privilege is given to a plurality of users who satisfy the winning condition in cooperation, a privilege corresponding to the degree of contribution may be distributed to each user. In the example shown in FIG. 20, the user allocation information of user A and user B has a degree of coincidence with the winning information (3/6), and an equivalent privilege is given to each.

20 is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 20, and it is possible to determine whether or not the winning condition is satisfied using the user allocation information set for three or more users. Alternatively, the privilege given to each user may be determined according to the degree to which each user contributed to the winning.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the winning information setting unit 203 may determine the winning information according to the number of processing target users. For example, as described above, when determining whether the winning condition is satisfied using the user allocation information set for a plurality of users, the number of matching elements is larger than the number of elements included in the user allocation information It becomes possible to set the winning conditions.
For example, it is assumed that the user allocation information set for the user includes six elements that combine numbers, characters, symbols, symbols, colors, and the like. At this time, winning information including 12 elements may be set, and the winning condition may be that the number of elements included in the winning information matches the elements included in the user allocation information is 8 or more. it can. In this case, the winner is determined using the user allocation information set for a plurality of users related as “mates”. The user allocation information set for one user cannot satisfy the winning condition alone, but there is a possibility that the winning condition may be satisfied by combining the user allocation information of two or more users. It is expected to participate in a lottery event in cooperation with other users, and can activate communication.

As mentioned above, since the opportunities to win are expanded in cooperation with the user allocation information of users related as “comrades”, users with few “comrades” actively make efforts to increase “companies” Can be expected, and communication between users can be activated.

(9) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the game server 20 on the network performs the association unit 201, the user allocation information setting unit 202, the winning information setting unit 203, the winner determining unit 204, and the privilege granting unit 205. Although it is configured to realize each function, it is not limited to this configuration. Some or all of these means may be configured in the database server 30. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which implement | achieves all these means by the communication terminal 10, and it is good also as a structure which implement | achieves at least one part by the communication terminal 10. FIG.

21A to 21C are functional block diagrams showing configuration examples of functions in the communication terminal 10, the game server 20, and the database server 30, respectively.
Since the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20 can have substantially the same hardware configuration, each function can be realized by the communication terminal 10 as described in the above embodiment. For example, as shown in FIGS. 21A, 21B, and 21C, the communication terminal 10, the game server 20, and the database server 30 can share functions for each function in the functional block diagram shown in FIG. .

Claims

An association means for relating users,
User allocation information setting means for associating user allocation information composed of one or more elements with each other and storing them in a storage device;
Winning information setting means for setting winning information composed of the elements;
A winner deciding means for identifying, as a winner, a user associated with the user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each element constituting the winning information;
A privilege granting unit that grants a first privilege to a user identified as a winner by the winner deciding unit, and grants a second privilege to another user related to the user who is the winner by the association unit. When,
A game control device comprising:
A user assignment information instruction means for receiving an instruction input for setting each element constituting the user assignment information;
The game control device according to claim 1, wherein the user allocation information setting unit stores user allocation information configured by an element that has received an instruction input by the user allocation information instruction unit in a storage device in association with the user.
The game control according to claim 1, further comprising a change receiving unit that receives an instruction input for changing each element constituting the user allocation information and updates the user allocation information stored in the storage device. apparatus.
The winner deciding means determines a winner of a plurality of grades based on the degree of coincidence between each element constituting the winning information and each element constituting the user allocation information,
The game control according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the privilege granting means stepwise determines the content of at least one of the first privilege and the second privilege based on a grade of a winner. apparatus.
The winner deciding means is configured such that each element constituting user assignment information associated with each of a plurality of users related by the association means is all or one of the elements constituting the user assignment information. The game control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plurality of users are identified as winners when they coincide with each other.
The winner deciding means identifies the user as a winner when the combination of the elements constituting the user allocation information matches all or part of the combination of the elements constituting the winning information. The game control device according to claim 1.
The winner deciding means identifies the user as a winner when the arrangement of the elements constituting the user allocation information matches all or part of the arrangement of the elements constituting the winning information. The game control device according to claim 1.
The game control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the winning information setting means determines the winning information according to the number of the other users associated with the user.
Steps to relate users,
Storing user allocation information composed of one or more elements in a storage device in association with each user;
Setting winning information composed of the elements;
Identifying a user associated with the user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each element constituting the winning information as a winner,
Granting a first privilege to a user identified as the winner, and granting a second privilege to another user associated with the user who is the winner;
A game control method comprising:
To control the execution of the game, on the computer,
A function to relate users,
A function of associating user allocation information including one or more elements with each user and storing the information in a storage device;
A function for setting winning information composed of the elements;
A function for identifying a user associated with user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each element constituting the winning information as a winner,
A function of giving a first privilege to a user identified as the winner and giving a second privilege to another user related to the user who is the winner by the association means;
A program to realize
A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 10 is recorded.
A game system including a communication terminal and a server configured to be accessible from the communication terminal and controlling execution of a game by the communication terminal,
An association means for relating users,
User allocation information setting means for storing user allocation information composed of one or more elements in a storage device in association with each user;
Winning information setting means for setting winning information composed of the elements,
Winner determination means for identifying a user associated with user allocation information having an element that matches all or a part of each of the elements constituting the winning information as a winner,
A privilege granting unit that grants a first privilege to a user identified as a winner by the winner deciding unit, and grants a second privilege to another user related to the user who is the winner by the association unit. ,
A game system in which either one of the communication terminal or the server is provided with each means.