JP2000107437A - Game device, information-recording medium, and topographic pattern determining method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device wherein even in the same area, patterns for a topography or the like are changed every time the game is started, and in addition, a balance can be kept in the advance of the game, the skill of a player and the improvement of the capability of characters, and its information recording medium and a topographic pattern determining method. SOLUTION: A CPU 31 randomly selects topographic parts which are housed in a fixed area of previously determined shape and size, by a quantity corresponding with the degree of difficulty of a game, and they are randomly arranged in a manner not to be superposed in the fixed area, and passages to connect them in order for each topographic part are formed, and thus, a pattern in response to the degree of difficulty for the fixed area is randomly formed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game apparatus, an information recording medium, and a terrain pattern determining method for arranging a pattern such as a room or a passage forming a single space or terrain such as each floor of a dungeon. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In some games, a hero descends a dungeon one floor at a time, and the game proceeds while defeating enemies on each floor. In this type of game, each time the hero arrives at one new floor, the pattern such as the position of a cave, a passage, or the stairs to go down one floor is different from that of the previous floor. In addition, enemies lurking in the middle of a passage or the like, pits and items arranged are usually different for each floor. Therefore, the player of the game can progress the game with a new sense of tension every time the character goes down the stairs to the first floor.

FIG. 32 shows a pattern including a plurality of rooms and passages on a certain floor of a dungeon. In one rectangular area (area) 11 having a predetermined size, in this example, first to third rooms 12a to 12c and passages 13a to 13c interconnecting them are arranged. The pattern for each floor is not necessarily room 12a
To 12c and passages 13a to 13c. For example, data such as where an item or an enemy exists may also form part of the pattern. However, for simplicity of description, these are not shown here.

In the area 11 shown in FIG. 32, three rooms 12a to 12c are arranged, and the number of rooms increases or decreases within a predetermined range depending on the floor. Also,
In the example shown in FIG. 32, the size of the first room 12a is the smallest, and the sizes of the rooms increase as the size of the second room 12b and the size of the third room 12c increase. In some cases, the size may be different. Further, there is a variation in where each room 12 exists in the area 11. As described above, if the number of the rooms 12 increases, the combinations thereof become various. In addition, the number and arrangement of the passages 13 connecting the rooms 12 naturally differ depending on the number of the rooms 12 and their sizes and positions. In this way, it is possible to set different patterns to fill the area 11 of each floor.

By the way, it is assumed that a certain game has a dungeon with a depth of, for example, 100 floors. In such a case, the pattern for filling the area 11 as shown in FIG. 32 is set differently in advance for each floor, and such data is stored in advance in a storage medium for programming the development of the game. Such a game device has conventionally existed. In such a game device, in this example, 100
By creating patterns for floors in advance and arranging these patterns so that it becomes increasingly difficult to fight enemies on each floor as the floor goes down, you can keep the player from getting tired even if the floor goes down Game development can be performed.

[0006]

However, in such a game device, even if the player completes the game once and then tries the same game again, the pattern of the area 11 on each floor is exactly the same as before. Will be. Also, the place where the enemy appears and the place where the item is found are the same as before. Therefore, there is a problem that the game has no freshness. Also, if the person who could not clear the game tries the game again from the beginning, or in a game with a story that progresses the game while going back and forth between the ground and the basement, the place where you arrived before is completely the same as before. It follows the pattern of the same area 11 and goes down the basement, and the same situation as the previous situation is repeated until it reaches that location. Therefore, as in the case where the game once ended is played again, the game development without freshness is advanced.

Therefore, in some game apparatuses, for example, tens of thousands of patterns are created in advance for the area 11, and these patterns are randomly extracted every time the game proceeds from one floor to the next floor. I have to. In such a game device, the first basement floor, the second basement floor,
Each time you go on the floor, you will select one pattern from a huge number of patterns. For this reason, when going down the basement, the possibility that the same pattern appears on each floor is extremely reduced. Similarly, when the game is started again from the beginning, a random selection of a pattern is performed. For example, even if the player descends to the same basement floor from the ground again, a different pattern from the previous one will appear. . Therefore, for example, even if the player who has completed the game at the stage where he has advanced to the 10th basement starts the game again, a completely different game development is performed between the 1st basement and the 10th basement. No more getting bored.

[0008] However, in a game device with such a contrivance, if the number of prepared patterns is small, there is a high possibility that the same pattern will appear. Therefore, as described above, it is necessary to prepare a large number of patterns in advance. Occurs. As a result, there is a problem that the ratio of the pattern data for the area 11 occupying the storage medium (recording medium) for storing the game procedure becomes enormous.

Therefore, there is also a game device in which only some types of patterns are stored in a storage medium, and details of the patterns are generated based on the information selected at random. Taking the pattern shown in FIG. 32 as an example, this is a method in which only the room 12 arranged in the area 11 is patterned and other data such as a passage is generated later. By making such a contrivance, it is possible to greatly reduce the number of data prepared in the storage medium while making the number of patterns that can be finally generated an enormous number.

[0010] Of the above-described methods, the second one described later.
The first method has the advantage that the pattern generated for each floor is different each time the game is restarted. However, when considering each game, the patterns of each floor are completely randomly extracted. As a result, for example, it is not possible to make the first pattern of the game easier and make it more difficult later, and it is difficult to determine whether a difficult pattern or an easy pattern appears for the area 11 on each floor. It all depends on your luck. Therefore, if a difficult pattern suddenly appears in the early stage of the game, it is highly likely that the player has not been used to the game yet, and the player cannot give up the floor and gives up playing. Another problem that could occur.

[0011] In addition, if the pattern of each floor is randomly generated as described above, if a predetermined mechanism is not solved or a certain item is not obtained by a certain stage of the game,
It is not possible to set conditions for the progress of the game, such as not being able to advance the game earlier than that. Here, the gimmick is, for example, a locked room or a floor on which the character is damaged when stepped on.

In other words, when a series of patterns are prepared in a fixed manner, an item acquired at a certain point in time is useful for solving a special mechanism appearing later. If a pattern is generated in each floor, there is a possibility that the pattern extracted for each floor may not be required to solve a special mechanism. This is because, in a situation where a pattern is randomly generated, an item required to solve the device does not always appear before the device appears. For this reason, it is inevitable to adopt a story development in which the player proceeds with the game without encountering these barriers, which causes a problem that the game becomes monotonous.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is not only to change the terrain and other patterns each time the game is started even in the same area, but also to maintain a balance between the progress of the game and the improvement of the player's ability and character's ability. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device, an information recording medium, and a terrain pattern determining method capable of setting.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, (a) one or more types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size. Fixed area selecting means for randomly selecting a predetermined number in accordance with the difficulty level of the game while permitting duplication, and (b) placing all terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting means in the fixed area. Terrain parts arranging means for randomly arranging the terrain parts so as to have a predetermined gap or more; (c) an order giving means for ordering each terrain part arranged in the fixed area by the terrain part arranging means; (D) A passage for connecting each terrain part arranged by the terrain parts arrangement means or a passage connecting these terrain parts is formed. It causes a passage forming means for forming while selecting starting terrain parts granted by the order imparting unit sequentially to the game device.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when one or a plurality of types of terrain parts such as a room forming the interior of a dungeon are arranged inside a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size, The selection means randomly selects one or a plurality of types of terrain parts according to the difficulty level of the game by allowing a predetermined number of overlapping parts according to the difficulty level of the game. For example, if you prepare multiple types of rooms of different sizes and increase the number of rooms as the game becomes more difficult, select rooms of the same size redundantly to ensure diversity I try to forgive things. Here, the fixed area selecting means is, for example, a RAM (Ra) storing a program.
It can be constituted by an ndom Access Memory (Random Access Memory) or a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

All the terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting means are arranged at random by the terrain part arranging means so as to have a predetermined gap or more in the fixed area. The reason for having the predetermined gap or more is to arrange the passage. The terrain parts arranging means can also be realized with the same configuration as the fixed area selecting means. After the respective terrain parts are arranged in the fixed area, the order for processing is assigned to these terrain parts by the order giving means. The order may be determined in advance according to the positions of the topographical parts, or the order may be randomly assigned. The passage forming means forms a passage as a connecting passage while sequentially selecting the topographical parts given by the order giving means as starting points. In principle, the terrain parts are directly connected to each other, but these terrain parts may be connected by connecting to existing paths. Similarly, the order applying means and the passage forming means also have C
It can be configured by PU or RAM.

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
The terrain parts placed in the fixed area are randomly extracted and arranged according to the difficulty level, and the processing order of the terrain parts is determined and the passage is set accordingly. Various patterns can be generated without specially preparing a connected pattern of these passages. Therefore, compared to the conventional method that prepared a huge number of these patterns,
The memory capacity required for storing patterns can be significantly reduced. In addition, the fixed area selecting means allows one or more types of terrain parts to be randomly selected and overlapped by a predetermined number according to the difficulty of the game, so that even if the types of terrain parts are small, The required number of terrain parts can be obtained and placed in a fixed area.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, (a) a plurality of types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size correspond to the difficulty of the game. Fixed area selecting means for randomly selecting from a group prepared by
(B) terrain parts arranging means for randomly arranging all terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting means so as to have a predetermined gap or more in the fixed area;
(C) an order assigning means for assigning an order to each terrain part arranged in the fixed area by the terrain parts arranging means; and (d) each terrain part arranged by the terrain parts arranging means or these terrain parts. A game device is provided with a passage forming means for forming a passage for connecting a part connecting path with a passage for connecting the parts while sequentially selecting the topographical parts given by the order giving means as starting points.

That is, when one or more types of terrain parts such as a room constituting the interior of a dungeon are arranged inside a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size, the fixed area is fixed. According to the difficulty level of the game, the selection means randomly selects a group prepared according to the difficulty level. For example, when there are three levels of difficulty, three groups of terrain parts are prepared corresponding to these, and a predetermined number of terrain parts are selected from the group corresponding to the selected degree of difficulty. . Therefore, as in the case of the first aspect of the invention, the number of terrain parts may be increased as the game becomes more difficult. However, in the case of the second aspect of the invention, a terrain part corresponding to the difficulty level is selected. Therefore, it is not always necessary to increase or decrease the number to be selected depending on the difficulty level. Duplicate selection of terrain parts to be selected within one group may be permitted, or duplication may be prohibited when a sufficient number of terrain parts are present. Such a fixed area selecting means can be constituted by, for example, a RAM or a CPU storing a program.

All the terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting means are arranged at random by the terrain part arranging means so as to have a predetermined gap or more in the fixed area. The reason for having the predetermined gap or more is to arrange the passage. The terrain parts arranging means can also be realized with the same configuration as the fixed area selecting means. After the respective terrain parts are arranged in the fixed area, the order for processing is assigned to these terrain parts by the order giving means. The order may be determined in advance according to the positions of the topographical parts, or the order may be randomly assigned. The passage forming means forms a passage as a connecting passage while sequentially selecting the topographical parts given by the order giving means as starting points. In principle, the terrain parts are directly connected to each other, but these terrain parts may be connected by connecting to existing paths. Similarly, the order applying means and the passage forming means also have C
It can be configured by PU or RAM.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
Depending on the difficulty of the game, the terrain parts to be placed in the fixed area are randomly selected from the groups prepared according to the difficulty, and these are randomly placed in the fixed terrain parts. Since the order of processing the terrain parts was decided and the passage was set accordingly,
Various patterns can be generated without specially preparing the connected pattern of the terrain parts and these passages. Therefore, the memory capacity required for storing patterns can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional method in which a large number of these patterns are prepared. In addition, since the terrain parts are selected from the group according to the difficulty level, it is not necessary to increase the number of terrain parts even if the game becomes difficult, and if the number of terrain parts increases, Problems such as difficulty in arranging the passages can be avoided.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the first or second aspect, ancillary objects which affect the development of the game with respect to the passage or the terrain part formed by the passage forming means are easily played. It is characterized by being arranged randomly according to the degree.

That is, according to the third aspect of the present invention, an accessory such as an item or a "trap" which influences the development of the game is randomly placed in a passage or terrain part formed in the fixed area according to the difficulty of the game. By arranging the patterns, the pattern as a whole is diversified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the game device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the path formed by the path forming means is deformed so that the degree of bending increases as the game becomes more difficult. It is characterized by having.

That is, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, the passage formed by the passage forming means is deformed by using the passage deforming means so that the degree of bending increases as the game becomes more difficult. When the degree of bending of the passage increases, the overall length increases, and more items such as items and “traps” that affect the development of the game can be arranged on the way, making the game difficult. Also, with the deformation of the passage and the random arrangement of incidental objects,
Diversification of the pattern as a whole can be achieved.

Further, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a display device, an input device, an output device, a control device,
An information recording medium that records a program that can be executed by a general-purpose computer or a general-purpose game device having a storage device or the like is disclosed.

With this information recording medium, the information recording medium can be easily distributed and sold as a software product independently of a hardware device. In addition, by using this software using existing hardware resources, the game of the present invention as a new application can be easily executed on existing hardware. When the program recorded on the information recording medium of the present invention is executed by a general-purpose computer or a general-purpose game device, the game device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention can be realized.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, (a) one or a plurality of types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are determined according to the difficulty of the game. A first step of randomly selecting a predetermined number of parts according to the overlap and (b) all terrain parts selected by the first step have a predetermined gap or more in a fixed area. A second step of arranging randomly,
(C) The third step of assigning an order to each terrain part placed in the fixed area by the second step
And (d) a path for connecting each of the terrain parts arranged in the second step or a path connecting these terrain parts to the terrain parts provided in the third step in order. And the fourth step of forming while selecting as the terrain pattern determination method.

That is, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area are randomly extracted and arranged according to the difficulty level, and the processing order of the terrain parts is determined. Since the passages are set, various patterns can be generated without specially preparing the terrain parts and the connected patterns of these passages. In addition, one or more types of terrain parts are selected at random according to the difficulty of the game by a predetermined number, so that even when the type of terrain parts is small, the required number of terrain parts And can be placed in a fixed area.

According to the present invention, (a) a plurality of types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size correspond to the difficulty of the game. A first step of randomly selecting from a group prepared in advance and (b)
A second step of randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected by the first step in the fixed area so that each of them has a predetermined gap or more; A third step of assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the first step, and (d) a path for connecting each of the terrain parts arranged in the second step or a path connecting these terrain parts. And a fourth step of forming while sequentially selecting the topographical parts given in the third step as starting points.

That is, according to the present invention, the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area are randomly selected from the groups prepared according to the difficulty level according to the difficulty level of the game. We arranged them randomly in the fixed terrain parts, decided the processing order of the terrain parts and set the passages accordingly, so we prepared specially the terrain parts and the connected pattern of these passages And a variety of patterns can be generated. In addition, since the terrain parts are selected from the group according to the difficulty level, it is not necessary to increase the number of terrain parts even if the game becomes difficult, and if the number of terrain parts increases, Problems such as difficulty in arranging the passages can be avoided.

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0033]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This game device includes a display control device main body 21. Display control device body 21
Is connected to a display 22 and a controller 23, and one or more memory cards 24 as an external memory can be added as necessary.

FIG. 2 shows a more detailed configuration of the game device. The display control device main body 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31 for performing various controls. CPU31
Is connected to a GTE (GeomeTric Engine; graphics data generation processor) 32 and to various circuit devices in the device via a bus 33 such as a system bus. Here, the GTE 32, as a coprocessor of the CPU 31, executes at a high speed a fixed-point format matrix, vector, and other operations related to coordinate transformation, light source calculation, and the like by a parallel processing mechanism. The main processing performed by the GTE 32 is as follows. With respect to the two-dimensional or three-dimensional image data sent from the CPU 31, the display address of the image is obtained based on the coordinate data of the vertices, the movement amount data, and the rotation amount data. There are a process, a process of returning the address data obtained by this process to the CPU 31, a process of calculating the brightness of the target image according to the distance and the angle from the virtually set light source, and the like.

The GPU (Graphic) connected to the bus 33
A cs Processing Unit (graphics drawing processor) 34 executes a drawing process using a frame buffer 35 based on the coordinates and color information obtained by the GTE 32 in accordance with a polygon drawing command sent from the CPU 31. At this time, the GPU 34 executes a rendering process for one screen (one frame) every 1/30 second, and places the image data (polygon graphics data or the like) drawn in the frame buffer 35 on the display 22. Display sequentially. The frame buffer 35 forms a memory area in which image data displayed on the display 22 is mapped.

An SPU (Sound Processing Unit) 37 is supplied from a CD-ROM drive 42 via a CD-ROM decoder 39 to a CD-RO.
ADPCM (Adaptive D) read into the M buffer 43
ifferential PCM data and PCM (Pulse Code Modul)
ation) The sound buffer 38 executes sound (including sound) reproduction processing based on sound source data such as data, and outputs the reproduced sound from the speaker 41.
The CD-ROM decoder 39 has a CD-ROM drive 42 for reading data such as program data, image data and sound source data from the CD-ROM, and a CD-ROM buffer 43 for temporarily storing the read data and the like. And are connected.

The controller 23 and the memory card 24 shown in FIG. 1 are connected to the communication controller 44. The memory card 24 is constituted by a non-volatile memory, and retains data stored therein even when it is removed from the communication control device 44 or when the power of the display control device main body 21 is turned off. Is available.

The bus 33 also includes a peripheral device 4
6. Main memory 47, OS-ROM (Operating System)
em-Read Only Memory (48), MDEC (Motion DECod)
er; data decompression engine) 49, PIO (Parallel Inp)
ut Output; extended parallel port) 51 and SIO
(Serial Input Output; extended serial port) 52 is connected. The OS-ROM 48 is a memory that stores an operation system.
Is an engine that executes inverse DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) operation at high speed. This M
In DEC49, JPEG (Joint Photographic Exper
t Group) format and MPEG (Motion Picture Expert Gro
up) Performs decompression processing on image data compressed in the format.

FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the controller used in this embodiment. The controller 23 includes a direction key 62, a triangle (triangle) button 63, a circle (circle) button 64, and a cross (x) button 6 on the front of the controller main body 61.
5, a square button 66, a start button 67, and a select button 68 are arranged. In FIG. 3, the other four buttons 71 to 74 are arranged on the upper surface side. The connection cable 75 of the controller main body 61 is detachably connected to the display control device main body 21 shown in FIG.

The direction keys 62 arranged on the controller main body 61 are keys for instructing the movement of a cursor or the like on the screen of the display 22 up, down, left and right. ○ Button 6
4 is a key for instructing execution or confirmation, and the X button 65 is for instructing cancellation or dash. The △ button 63 and the □ button 66 are buttons used for inputting a predetermined instruction such as screen switching. The start button 67 is a button used to start a program of the game device, and the select button 68 is a button used to set the difficulty level of the game. Other four buttons 7
Buttons 1 to 74 are used to input predetermined instructions determined by the contents of each program.

In order to use the game apparatus having the above configuration, a predetermined CD-ROM (not shown) on which a game program is recorded is set in the CD-ROM drive 42 shown in FIG. Then, a power button (not shown) of the display control device main body 21 is turned on. With this, CD-RO
The M drive 42 reads the program from the CD-ROM, and the CD-ROM decoder 39 decodes the program. Then, a predetermined opening screen is displayed on the display 22 based on the decoded program, and when the start button 67 is pressed, the screen shifts to the menu screen.

Next, a rough line of the game used in this embodiment will be described. In this game, the main character acquires a predetermined item and enters a dungeon from a predetermined house. The protagonist character obtains items, strengthens the character itself, fights enemies, or performs a predetermined event at each basement floor descending one floor at a time. As you go underground, the game becomes increasingly difficult. A character that has descended underground can return to the ground by using a predetermined card, can also store the acquired items on the ground, and can enhance the character's own equipment. If the hit point is reduced to zero by an enemy attack, the character is forcibly returned to the ground. The character returning to the ground can enter the dungeon again from the predetermined house described above. At this time, each floor of the dungeon has a different pattern than before.

FIG. 4 shows an area for setting a pattern for each floor. In this embodiment, the area 81 has a rectangular shape. This area 81 has exactly the same size on each floor. In the present embodiment, the number of rooms to be arranged in the area 81 ranges from a minimum of two to a maximum of four. In addition, the difficulty of the game is classified into three types: “easy”, “normal”, and “difficult”. In this embodiment, the “easy” one is called a first group, and the “normal” one is called a second group. The “difficult” ones will be called the third group. In general, as the number of rooms increases, patterns such as arrangement of passages and items become more diverse, and the degree of difficulty of the game increases. Therefore, in the game device of the present embodiment, the difficulty level of the game is set higher as the number of rooms is larger.

FIG. 5 shows some examples of patterns of rooms and passages in the first group in which the difficulty level of the game is “easy”. In the case of the first group, in each area 81, two rooms from among three types of rooms, large, medium and small, are arranged. In FIG. 9A, a small-sized first room 82 and a medium-sized second room 83 are connected by a passage 84.
In the same figure (b), the second room 83 and the third
Are connected by a passage 84. In FIG. 3C, the second room 83 and the third room 85 are connected by a passage 84.

FIG. 6 shows some examples of room and passage patterns in the second group in which the difficulty level of the game is "normal". In the case of the second group, in each area 81, three rooms out of three types of large, medium and small rooms are arranged. In FIG.
Are arranged and three of them are connected by a passage 84. In FIG. 6B, the first, second and third rooms 82, 83, 85 are connected by a passage 84. Also, in FIG. 3C, three second rooms 83 are arranged, and these are connected by a passage 84.

FIG. 7 shows some examples of room and passage patterns in the third group in which the difficulty of the game is determined to be "difficult". In the case of the third group, in each area 81, four rooms out of three types of large, medium and small rooms can be arranged. In FIG.
And two second rooms 83 are arranged, and these are connected by a passage 84. In FIG. 6B, three first rooms 82 are arranged, one second room 83 is arranged, and these are connected by a passage 84. Also, in the same figure (c), the first room 82
And one second room 83 and one third room 85 are arranged, and these are connected by a passage 84.

When the above arrangement is performed, it is necessary to prevent the rooms 82, 83 and 85 from overlapping each other in the area 81. Further, the rooms do not overlap each other, and a space in which the passage 84 is arranged is required between the rooms.

FIG. 8 shows how the number of rooms in an area is set for each floor in the game device of this embodiment. First, the CPU 31 shown in FIG. 2 uses the stairs (not shown) in the dungeon to descend by one floor (Step S101; Yes), and stores the currently set difficulty level in the main memory 47 (FIG. 2) (Step S102). In order to enable such reading, the difficulty level of the game is stored in a predetermined area of the main memory 47 for each player. The difficulty level is “easy” by default at the start of the game, and the difficulty level is determined in order by a processing procedure (not shown) depending on conditions such as the dungeon floor and the ability of the character.
It changes from “normal” to “difficult”. Further, in this embodiment, when the character returns to the ground once, the difficulty level is again started from “easy”.

If the difficulty read by the main memory 47 from the CPU 31 is "easy" (step S103; Yes), the number of rooms in the first group is set (step S104). In this embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 5, the number of rooms is "2", and two rooms are set in the area 81.

On the other hand, if the difficulty level read by the main memory 47 is “normal” (step S103; No, step S105; Yes), the number of rooms in the second group is set. (Step S106).
In this embodiment, the number of rooms is “3”, and three rooms are set in the area 81 as described with reference to FIG. Difficulty read by main memory 47 is "difficult"
(Step S105; N), the third
The number of rooms of the group is set (step S10).
7). In this embodiment, the number of rooms is "4", and four rooms are set in the area 81 as described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a flow of processing for arranging rooms in an area, which is performed after the processing in FIG. First,
The CPU 31 shown in FIG. 2 selects the type and number of rooms corresponding to the group set in FIG. 8 (step S20).
1). For example, in the case of the first group, as described with reference to FIG. 5, two rooms are arranged from three types of large, medium, and small rooms. The selection of the room arrangement is realized by randomly reading out a combination of rooms corresponding to the group from a room arrangement order selection table described below.

FIG. 10 shows the contents of the room arrangement order selection table. Room arrangement order selection table 91
Are read from the CD-ROM drive 42 shown in FIG. 2 and stored in the main memory 47 also shown in FIG. For example, in the case of the first group, large, medium and small
(Small, small), (small,
(Medium), (small, large), (medium, medium), (medium, large), (large,
There are six combinations. The CPU 31 randomly selects one of these six combinations using, for example, random numbers.

Returning to FIG. 9, the description will be continued. The CPU 31 arranges the selected rooms arbitrarily and arranges them so that they do not overlap in order from the upper left of the area 81 (step S20).
2). Then, the room number data is set in each of the arranged rooms (step S203).

FIG. 11 specifically shows the flow of the processing for sequentially arranging the rooms described in step S202 of FIG. First, the CPU 31 arbitrarily orders the selected rooms (step S301). For example, it is assumed that a combination of (small, medium, large) rooms is arbitrarily extracted from the room arrangement order selection table 91 in the second group. CP
U31 arbitrarily sets the order in which these rooms are arranged in this case. For example, at some point the order of extraction will be (small, large, medium) and at other points (large, medium, small)
And so on.

Next, the CPU 31 arranges the rooms in the area 81 in the order set as described above. First, the first room is arranged near a predetermined corner of the area 81 (step S302). In the present embodiment, this is arranged close to the upper left corner of the area 81. Of course, it is also possible to prepare a plurality of initial arrangement positions and to set an arbitrary position from among them by setting a random number each time. As a result, the layout pattern of each room finally determined is further diversified.

FIG. 12 shows that when the order of the rooms extracted in step S301 is (large, medium, small), the third room 85 of the first large size is arranged close to the upper left corner of the area 81. It shows the state. The third room 85 as the first room is thus fixedly arranged. A duplication prohibited range 93 indicated by a broken line is set around the third room 85.
The third room 85 will be arranged so that the upper left area of 3 is in contact with the area 81. Here the duplication prohibited range 93
Means a virtual area set for arranging each room with a passage secured.

After placing the third room 85 as the first room in the area 81, the CPU 31 determines whether or not there is a room to be placed next (step S303).
If it exists (step S303; No), the room to be arranged next (in this case, the second room of medium size)
(The room 83) is arranged at completely arbitrary coordinates set randomly each time in the area 81 (step S30).
4). Then, the second room 83 arranged secondly
It is determined whether or not any of the rooms (the third room 85 in this example) arranged so far overlaps their overlapping prohibited range 93 (step S305). If there is no overlap as a result of this determination (step S30
5; No), returning to step S303 again to determine whether there is a room to be processed next.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a state where the second room 83 is arranged without overlapping after the third room 85 is arranged. The respective overlapping prohibited ranges 93 do not overlap.

FIG. 14 shows an example of the case where the overlapping prohibited ranges 93 overlap each other.
In this case, the arrangement of the second room 83 set later is changed.

That is, if it is determined in step S 305 that the overlap prohibition ranges 93 have overlapped (Yes), the newly arranged room (the second room 83 in this example) is moved sideways. It is determined by comparing the coordinate data whether or not the overlap in the overlap prohibition range 93 is avoided by moving within the area 81 in the axial direction or the vertical axis direction (step S306). If it is possible to avoid by this method (Step S306; Yes), the room (the second room 83) is moved by the minimum moving amount necessary for avoidance (Step S307). Of course, depending on the game apparatus, various modifications such as moving to the position farthest from the third room 85 in the area 81 where the overlap has occurred in the area 81 are possible.

FIG. 15 shows an example of arrangement in which duplication is avoided when the duplication shown in FIG. 14 occurs.
In the case of this example, the overlap of the overlap prohibition range 93 cannot be avoided by moving the second room 83 in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the arrangement of the second room 83 is corrected in a state in which the two rooms are moved only in the vertical direction at the minimum and the overlapping prohibition ranges 93 are brought into contact with each other.

On the other hand, in a state where some rooms have already been arranged, even if the currently arranged room is simply moved in the horizontal direction and / or the vertical direction in the area 81, the situation where the duplication prohibited range 93 overlaps is avoided. If not, it may happen. In such a case (step S3
06; No), the situation in which the overlap prohibition range 93 overlaps other rooms that have already been arranged as objects of movement is avoided (step S308).

When the arrangement of the second room is completed in this way, the flow returns to step S303 to determine whether there is a room to be arranged next. In the case of this example, the small-sized first room 82 is left as the last room to be arranged, so that arrangement is performed. The logic of the arrangement is as described above.

FIG. 16 shows an example of the case where the first room 82 is arranged after the arrangement shown in FIG. 13 is performed, and FIG. 17 shows the state after the arrangement shown in FIG. This shows an example in which the first rooms 82 are similarly arranged. As described above, since the respective arrangement steps are optional, the arrangement pattern of the room in the area 81 changes every time the arrangement processing is performed.

When all the predetermined rooms are arranged in the area 81 as described above, the whole arrangement is adjusted as needed (step S309).
For example, in a case where the rooms arranged in the area 81 are particularly unevenly arranged, the point that the rooms so far are moved and moved to a minimum is improved, and the interval between these rooms is allowed. This is a process that expands the range. By performing or not performing such processing and by randomly changing the logic when performing the adjustment processing, the pattern of each room accommodated in the area 81 can be further diversified. Of course, depending on the game device, such adjustment may not be performed at all.

When the arrangement pattern of each room in the area 81 is finally determined in this way, the room number data is set in each room arranged as described with reference to FIG. 9 (step S203). Then, passages for connecting the rooms are arranged using the room number data.

FIG. 18 corresponds to FIG. 16 and shows a state in which room number data is allocated to each of the rooms 82, 83, and 85 arranged in the area 81.
As shown in this figure, the numerical value “N” representing the room number data becomes smaller as the top side of the room exists above the area 81, and becomes larger as it goes down. When a plurality of rooms exist at the same position on the top side of the room in the vertical direction, the numerical value “N” representing the number data becomes larger as the left side constituting the room exists on the left side. Smaller, bigger to the right. Of course, the rules for setting the numerical value “N” representing the room number data in order from “1” are not limited to the present embodiment, and can be set freely.

FIG. 19 shows the first half of the flow of processing when arranging a passage in an area. First, the CPU 31 (FIG. 2) substitutes a numerical value “1” as the numerical value “N” representing the room number data described in step S203 of FIG. 9 (step S401). And the first
The room to which the passage is connected or the passage to which the passage is connected is determined for the room having the room number data (the third room 85 having a large size in the example shown in FIG. 18) (step S40).
2). Here, the room to which the passage is connected is a room in which the passage is not yet formed. Also, in this state where the numerical value "N" representing the room number data is the numerical value "1", this step S4
In 02, the "room" of the connection destination is determined instead of the "passage". Next, the CPU 31 determines from which side the passage is formed, that is, from which side of the square room the passage exits (step S403). Then, the formation position of the passage on that side is determined (step S404), and the passage is formed with the shortest distance between the room to be connected to the passage or the passage to be connected (step S405).

The processing up to this point is performed in area 8 shown in FIG.
1 will be described as an example. First, step S40
In 1, the third room 85 as the room of the first room number data is selected as a processing target. Then, in step S402, a room to which the passage is connected is determined. Third
The room that may be the connection target of the room 85 of the first room 8 is the room of the second room number data.
2 and a second room 83 as a room of the third room number data. In this embodiment, the following conditions are set as passages connecting the rooms. Of course, other conditions can be freely set.

(1) To be drawn in a direction perpendicular to one side of the room. (2) The passage is preferably drawn from a central position excluding the periphery of one side of the room, and leads to a similar position on one side of the room to be connected. (3) Each of the passages is linear with the same predetermined width, and when the direction changes on the way, the passage is bent at an angle that is an integral multiple of 90 degrees. (4) When a plurality of passages for connecting two rooms can be set, the shortest passage is preferentially selected. (5) In the case where a room is crossed with an existing passage when trying to connect the rooms with the passage, the connection destination is not the room but the crossed passage. However, if it is possible to connect to a room or a passage, priority should be given to the process of connecting to the room if the lengths of those passages are equal. When connecting from the first room to another room, be sure to connect to the room without connecting to the hallway.

FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining sides that may be connected. Rectangular room 1 as shown in this figure
9, one of the four sides of an upper first side 102, a left second side 103, a lower third side 104, and a right fourth side 105 is a connection target. Is determined. In this case, in this case, for example, the third room 85 shown in FIG. 12 and the like is excluded from the connection target because the first and second sides 102 and 103 are close to the area 81. Of course.

FIG. 21 shows an area where a passage in a side constituting a room may be drawn out.
As shown by arrows 111 or 112, the passage is drawn out from the area excluding the end of each side.

FIGS. 22 to 26 illustrate some of the conditions for setting the passage. As shown in FIG. 22, the passage 84 is set to be a straight line and the shortest distance.
In FIG. 22, since the two rooms 121 and 122 are arranged to face each other, the passage 84 can be formed by one straight line. In the case of FIG. 23, a case where the passage cannot be drawn out due to an obstacle on the third side 104 (see FIG. 20) located below one of the rooms 121 is handled. Therefore, the fourth side 105 and the other room 1
The upper side 22 is connected to the first side 102 by a passage 84. If no such situation exists,
As shown in FIG. 23, when the path 84 is formed between sides that do not face each other, the entire length thereof is longer than that shown in FIG.
Therefore, when the configuration shown in FIG.
The configuration shown in FIG. 3 is not preferentially adopted.

FIG. 24 shows an example in which a passage preferentially connected between two rooms blocks the path of a passage in another room which is connected subsequently. In this figure, a passage 84 is connected between two rooms 131 and 132 in an area 81. Since this passage 84 has a component extending long in the lateral direction, when a new passage is to be connected between the other rooms 133 and 134 and the rooms 131 and 132 opposed thereto, the existing passage 84 is formed. It may be necessary to block the path or create an extra length path to avoid the existing path 84. Therefore, in such a case, as shown by broken lines 135 and 136, the opposing rooms 133,
Instead of connecting with 134, it is connected with the nearest passage 84.

FIG. 25 shows another example in which it is preferable to connect a new passage to a passage connected to two rooms. In the case of this example, the passage is connected first to two rooms 141 and 142 of the three rooms 141 to 144 that exist at the positions of the vertices of the isosceles triangle. As a result, the room 143 is left without connection. In such a case, it is possible to separately extend a passage from both sides of the room 134 left to the rooms 141 and 142 at the respective connection destinations. However, as shown by a broken line 144 in FIG. Directly connecting to the passage 84 arranged opposite the first side 102 arranged on the upper side enables the passage to be connected with the shortest distance.

FIG. 26 shows an example of the treatment when a closed space is created. In this example, between the two rooms (151, 152) and (153, 154), the passage 84 is arranged at the shortest distance one by one. If the connection of the rooms is terminated in this state, the character can move freely through the passage 84 within the combination (151, 152) of one room or within the combination (153, 154) of the other room. You cannot move to the other room combination. Therefore, in such a case, the character can be freely moved to and from any of the four rooms by connecting the passages 84 facing each other as shown by a broken line 155.

FIG. 27 shows a state in which a passage is set from the third room as a starting point in the room arrangement pattern shown in FIG. 18 under the conditions described above. Passages 84 are formed from the third room 85 to the first room 82 and the second room 83, respectively.

Returning to FIG. 19, the description will be continued. Thus, the third room 8 as the room of the first room number data
When the setting of each passage 84 starting from 5 is completed, next,
These formed passages are deformed according to the difficulty of the game (step S406). This modification is not performed in the first group in which the difficulty of the game is “easy”. A slight deformation is performed in the second group where the difficulty level is “normal”, and a maximum deformation is performed in the third group where the difficulty level is “difficult” due to the degree of freedom of the passage arrangement. If the passage can be deformed in any number of ways, by randomly selecting the passage, the pattern of the area 81 finally arranged can be further diversified.

FIG. 28 shows an example of a modification of the passage corresponding to FIG. 22, and FIG. 29 shows an example of a modification of the passage corresponding to FIG. As shown in these figures, as the passage 84 is bent, the total length thereof can be set longer, and more obstacles such as enemies can be arranged. Further, when the path 84 is changed from the shortest path to a bent path, not only the overall length thereof is simply increased, but also the number of times of changing the direction of the character is increased. Therefore, the user will be nervous accordingly.

FIG. 30 shows the flow of processing after step S406 in FIG. When the processing starting from the third room 85 as the room of the first room number data is completed as described above, the CPU 31 (FIG. 2) counts the numerical value “N” representing the room number data by “1”. Up (step S407). Then, it is determined whether or not the new numerical value “N” has become larger than the predetermined number of rooms for the corresponding group (step S408). The example shown in FIG. 18 deals with the second group in which the difficulty level of the game is “normal”, and in this case, the number of rooms is “3”.

In the case of this example, the numerical value “N (= 2)” indicates that the number of rooms is less than “3” (step S 408; N
o), it is checked whether passages are formed in all remaining rooms when the first room 82 having a small size is set as a starting point (step S409). As understood from FIG. 27, the first room 82 is already in the third room 85.
, A passage 84 leading to the second room 83 has not yet been formed (step S4).
09; No). Therefore, the process returns to step S402 in FIG. 19 to start the process for forming the passage for the first room 82.

FIG. 31 shows a state where a passage from the first room 82 to the second room 83 is set.
From the conditions of the passage formation mentioned above, the third room 85 and the second room 85
A passage that extends laterally from the first room 82 and is connected to the passage 84 that leads to the room 83 is not adopted. However, in this figure, for ease of explanation, each passage 84
Shows a case where the image is not deformed in step S406 and is set to be linear.

The first room as the room of the second room number data
When the process starting from the room 82 is completed as described above, the numerical value "N" representing the room number data is counted up by "1" in step S403 to become "3" (step S407). Then, in the process of step S409, it is checked whether or not the passage leading to all the rooms when the second room 83 is the starting point has already been formed. As can be understood from FIG. 31, all the passages are formed (Step S409; Yes). Therefore, in step S407, the numerical value “N” representing the room number data is counted up by “1” to “4”.
Since this numerical value “4” exceeds the number of rooms “3” (Step S408; Yes), it is checked whether or not a closed area (closed area) exists in the area 81 as the next processing (Step S410). ). If there is a closed area, it is not possible to access any of the rooms from the corresponding room, so an additional passage is formed so as to eliminate this state (step S411). This has been described with reference to FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 31, there is no closed area (Step S410; No). Therefore, in this case, the process of forming the passage ends.

After forming the passage in the area 81,
An image for the wall is pasted on the wall of the passage, and an enemy character or a "trap" is appropriately arranged according to the degree of difficulty. Since these are not directly related to the present invention,
Description is omitted.

In the embodiment described above, the case where the rooms and the passages are arranged on each floor in the dungeon has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, depending on the game, the present invention can be applied to other terrain such as in a forest or a building, for example, in which a character moves not only in a terrain such as a dungeon. For example, even if you enter the forest, there are many areas as you go deeper into the forest, and each time you enter the forest, the arrangement pattern (terrain pattern) of each area changes every time. You may. Similarly, when multiple buildings are placed on the ground and they enter in order, the placement pattern (terrain pattern) in the same building changes each time it enters. It is like.

In the embodiment described above, the display control device body 21 is connected to the display 22 such as a television, the controller 13 and the memory card 24. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example,
The display control device main body 21 may include a large-capacity memory inside like a general personal computer. In this case, the memory card 24 itself may not be necessary, or it may be replaced with another removable recording medium such as a floppy disk or an optical disk. Also, the controller 13 can be freely replaced with another input device such as a normal character input keyboard or a mouse having some buttons. The recording medium on which the game program is recorded is not limited to a CD-ROM, but may be another magnetic or optical recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Further, the game program may be configured to receive and store the game program from another device connected via a communication line or the like, or record the game program on the other device side connected via a communication line or the like. A recording medium may be provided, and the game program recorded on the recording medium may be used via a communication line or the like.

In the embodiment, the number of rooms, that is, the number of terrain parts is selected to be a predetermined number in accordance with the difficulty level of the game, while allowing the types of terrain parts to overlap. The number of terrain parts does not need to be fixed one by one according to the difficulty level, and a number having a predetermined width may be selected. In this case, the range of numerical values of the selected terrain parts may partially overlap between different difficulty levels.
If the width of the number of terrain parts to be selected is set, it is possible to randomly select the number,
Thereby, the pattern finally formed in the fixed area can be further diversified.

Further, in the embodiment, one or a plurality of terrain parts are selected from a plurality of common terrain parts according to the difficulty of the game. However, the terrain parts are grouped according to the difficulty of the game, and Terrain parts may be selected from the corresponding group.

[0090]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area are randomly extracted and arranged according to the difficulty level, and the terrain parts are processed. Are determined and the passages are set accordingly. Therefore, various patterns can be generated without specially preparing the terrain parts and the connected pattern of these passages. Therefore,
Compared with the conventional method in which a large number of these patterns are prepared, the memory capacity required for storing the patterns can be greatly reduced. In addition, the fixed area selecting means allows one or more types of terrain parts to be randomly selected and overlapped by a predetermined number according to the difficulty of the game, so that even if the types of terrain parts are small, The required number of terrain parts can be obtained and placed in a fixed area.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area are randomly selected from the groups prepared according to the difficulty level according to the difficulty level of the game. In this way, this was randomly arranged in the fixed terrain parts, the processing order of the terrain parts was decided and the passage was set accordingly, so the special pattern of the terrain parts and the connection of these passages , And various patterns can be generated. Therefore, the memory capacity required for storing patterns can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional method in which a large number of these patterns are prepared. In addition, since the terrain parts are selected from the group according to the difficulty level, it is not necessary to increase the number of terrain parts even if the game becomes difficult, and if the number of terrain parts increases, Problems such as difficulty in arranging the passages can be avoided.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, ancillary objects such as items and "traps" that affect the development of the game are placed in passages or terrain parts formed in the fixed area according to the difficulty of the game. By arranging them randomly, it is possible to diversify the pattern as a whole.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the path formed by the path forming means is deformed so that the degree of bending increases as the game becomes more difficult by using the path deforming means. The length of the passage becomes longer in accordance with the difficulty of the game, and more items such as items and “traps” that affect the development of the game can be arranged on the way. Further, the overall pattern can be diversified by the deformation of the passage and the random arrangement of the incidental objects.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the information recording medium can be easily distributed and sold as a software product independently of a hardware device. Become. In addition, by using this software using existing hardware resources, the game of the present invention as a new application can be easily executed on existing hardware. When the program recorded on the information recording medium of the present invention is executed by a general-purpose computer or a general-purpose game device, the game device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention can be realized.

Further, according to the present invention, the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area are randomly extracted and arranged according to the difficulty level, respectively, and the processing order of the terrain parts is determined and accordingly. Since the passages are set, various patterns can be generated without specially preparing the terrain parts and the connected patterns of these passages. In addition, one or more types of terrain parts are selected at random according to the difficulty of the game by a predetermined number, so that even when the type of terrain parts is small, the required number of terrain parts And can be placed in a fixed area.

Further, according to the present invention, the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area are randomly selected from the groups prepared according to the difficulty level according to the difficulty level of the game. We arranged them randomly in the fixed terrain parts, decided the processing order of the terrain parts and set the passages accordingly, so we prepared specially the terrain parts and the connected pattern of these passages And a variety of patterns can be generated. In addition, since the terrain parts are selected from the group according to the difficulty level, it is not necessary to increase the number of terrain parts even if the game becomes difficult, and if the number of terrain parts increases, Problems such as difficulty in arranging the passages can be avoided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific circuit configuration of the game device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an appearance of a controller used in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an area for setting a pattern for each floor.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing some examples of room and passage patterns in a first group in which the difficulty level of the game is “easy”.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing some examples of room and passage patterns in a second group in which the difficulty level of the game is “normal”.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing some examples of room and passage patterns in a third group in which the difficulty level of the game is determined to be “difficult”.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a state of setting the number of rooms in an area, which is performed for each floor in the game device of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for arranging rooms in an area, which is performed after the processing in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a room arrangement order selection table according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart specifically showing a flow of processing for sequentially arranging rooms described in step S202 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an area showing an arrangement state of a third room arranged first when the order of rooms extracted in step S301 is (large, medium, small).

FIG. 13 shows a second room after the third room is arranged in the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an area showing an example of a state in which a room is arranged without overlapping a duplication prohibited range.

FIG. 14 is a view showing a state in which the second room is arranged after the third room is arranged in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an area showing an example of a state in which rooms of the same type are overlapped with each other in an overlap prohibition range.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of an area showing an arrangement example in which duplication is avoided when the duplication as shown in FIG. 14 occurs.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of an area showing an example of a case where the first room is arranged after the arrangement shown in FIG. 13 is performed.

17 is a plan view of an area showing an example of a case where the first room is arranged after the arrangement shown in FIG. 15 is performed.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram corresponding to FIG. 16 and showing a state in which room number data is assigned to each room arranged in the area.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the first half of a processing flow when arranging a passage in an area in the present embodiment.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing sides that may be connected in a rectangular room.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a region where a passage in a side constituting a room may be drawn out.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing how a passage is set at the shortest distance between opposing sides of a room.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing how a passage is set at the shortest distance between two non-opposing sides of a room.

FIG. 24 is a plan view of an area showing a connection between passages in a case where a passage preferentially connected between two rooms blocks a path of a passage in another room to be connected thereafter.

FIG. 25 is a plan view of an area showing another example of connecting a new passage to a passage connected to two rooms.

FIG. 26 is a plan view of an area showing an example of a case where a passage is connected between passages in order to eliminate a closed region.

FIG. 27 is a plan view of an area showing a state in which a passage has been set starting from a third room in the room arrangement pattern shown in FIG. 18;

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a modification of the passage corresponding to FIG. 22;

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a modification of the passage corresponding to FIG. 23;

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the flow of processing when arranging a passage in an area in this embodiment, which is subsequent to FIG. 19;

FIG. 31 is a plan view showing an arrangement of areas after a passage from a first room to a second room is set.

FIG. 32 is a plan view showing a pattern including a plurality of rooms and passages on a certain floor of a dungeon.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 31 CPU 35 Frame buffer 42 CD-ROM drive 47 Main memory 81 Area 82 Small-sized first room 83 Medium-sized second room 84 Passage 85 Large-sized third room 91 Room arrangement order selection table 93 Duplicate prohibited range

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Katsuyoshi Kawahara 19-19 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Applause Tower Inside Square Osaka Development Department (72) Inventor Masashi Koda 19 Chayamacho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka No.19 Applause Tower Square Osaka Development Department F-term (reference) 2C001 BA00 BA05 BA06 BB00 BB08 BC00 BC10 CB01 CB02 CB03 CB06 CC02

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. One or more types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are overlapped by a predetermined number according to the difficulty of the game. A fixed area selecting means for randomly selecting the fixed area selecting means; and a terrain parts arranging means for randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting means in the fixed area such that each of them has a predetermined gap or more. And an order assigning means for assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area by the terrain parts arranging means; and connecting the terrain parts arranged by the terrain parts arranging means or each other The path to connect with the path to be made, the terrain parts given by the order giving means in order Game apparatus characterized in that it comprises a passage forming means for forming while selecting as points. 2. A plurality of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size stored in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are randomly selected from groups prepared according to the difficulty level of the game. A fixed area selecting means for selecting the fixed area selecting means; and a terrain parts arranging means for randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting means so as to have a predetermined gap or more in the fixed area. An order assigning means for assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area by the parts arranging means; and a connection to each terrain part arranged by the terrain parts arranging means or a passage connecting these terrain parts. Path is selected starting from the topographical parts given by the order giving means. Game apparatus characterized in that it comprises a passage forming means for forming with. 3. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein ancillary objects affecting the development of the game are randomly arranged in the passage or the terrain parts formed by the passage forming means according to the difficulty of the game. The game device according to claim 2. 4. The game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a path deforming means for deforming the path formed by said path forming means such that the degree of bending increases as the game becomes more difficult. . 5. One or more types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are overlapped by a predetermined number according to the difficulty of the game. A fixed area selecting step of randomly selecting the fixed area selecting step, and a terrain parts arranging step of randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected by the fixed area selecting step so as to have a predetermined gap or more in the fixed area. And an ordering step of assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area by the terrain parts arranging step; and connecting the terrain parts arranged in the terrain parts arranging step to each other or these terrain parts A passage for connecting with a passage to be provided An information recording medium for recording a program which includes a passage forming step of selecting while forming a terrain part starting in sequence. 6. A plurality of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size stored in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are randomly selected from groups prepared according to the difficulty level of the game. A terrain parts arranging step of randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected in the fixed area selecting step so as to have a predetermined gap or more in the fixed area; An order assigning step of assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area by the parts arranging means; and connecting the terrain parts arranged by the terrain part arranging step to each other or a passage connecting these terrain parts. A passage for the terrain pattern provided in the order providing step. An information recording medium for recording a program which includes a passage forming step of forming while selecting starting sequentially tool. 7. One or more types of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size accommodated in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are overlapped by a predetermined number according to the difficulty of the game. A first step of selecting randomly by permitting the first step; and a second step of randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected by the first step in the fixed area so that they have a predetermined gap or more. And a third step of assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the fixed area by the second step; and A path to be connected to the path to be connected is selected in order with the topographical parts given in the third step as starting points. Fourth topography pattern determination method of the characterized by including a step of forming while. 8. A plurality of terrain parts each having a predetermined shape and size stored in a fixed area having a predetermined shape and size are randomly selected from groups prepared according to the difficulty level of the game. The first to choose
And a second step of randomly arranging all the terrain parts selected in the first step in the fixed area so that they have a predetermined gap or more, and fixing by the second step A third step of assigning an order to each of the terrain parts arranged in the area, and a passage for connecting each of the terrain parts arranged in the second step or a passage connecting these terrain parts A step of selecting the topographical parts given in the third step as a starting point and forming the topological parts in order.