JP2000245968A - Video game device and recording medium storing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain changes in the appearance of an enemy character in an adventure game or a roll playing game and to increase amusement in game development by executing control to permit the new enemy character to appear when the volume of the sound effect of a selected attack method exceeds a threshold. SOLUTION: In the processing part 40 of a game device, image data are read first from a image data storing part 51 by a fight start screen display part 41 and a fight start screen is displayed on a display 4. Then, when a prescribed button among a plurality of buttons is depressed, attack data assigned to the button is read from the storing part 51 and displayed. The sound effect data of an attack are read from a sound effect data storing part 52 and outputted to a speaker 5 by a sound effect output part 44. When the volume of the sound effect is judged to be larger than the threshold in a sound effect judging part 45, an enemy character display part 46 reads the image data of the new enemy from the storing part 51 and the image is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique effective when applied to appearance control of an enemy character in a video game, particularly an adventure game and a role playing game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of adventure game and role playing game, it is general that a player moves a player character on a display screen and fights with an enemy character that appears to advance the game.

The appearance of an enemy character in a battle state with the player character is performed, for example, when the player character approaches the displayed enemy character, or moves the player character to a point where the enemy character appears. .

[0004]

However, the appearance of such an enemy character is not surprising, and a new method to replace them has been required.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for causing an enemy character to appear in an adventure game and a role playing game with unexpectedness.

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
A video game apparatus for moving and displaying a player character on a display means and mutually performing an attack or the like with an enemy character appearing during movement, wherein the attack selection means for selecting an attack of the player character, and the attack selection means Attack display means for displaying the attack selected by the above, an effect sound output means for outputting a sound effect of the attack method, and an effect of determining whether the sound effect output by the sound effect output means exceeds a threshold value A video game apparatus comprising: a sound determination unit; and an enemy character display unit that causes a new enemy character to appear when the sound effect exceeds the threshold value by the sound effect determination unit.

According to the first means of the present invention, a new enemy character appears when the sound effect of the selected attack method exceeds the threshold. Thereby, the appearance of the enemy character can be changed.

[0008] Here, the display means means a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. Attack means attacking the opponent in the battle between the player character and the enemy character, and includes an attack with a weapon, an attack with magic, an attack with an attack item, and the like. What is a sound effect?
When the above-mentioned attack is performed, it means an onomatopoeia output accompanying the attack. The threshold value of the sound effect means, for example, a threshold value for the volume, output time, frequency, and the like of the sound effect.

[0009] A second means of the present invention is the first means according to the first means, wherein the sound effect determining means changes the appearance rate of the new enemy character when the sound effect exceeds the threshold. Means for displaying an enemy character according to the appearance rate changed by the appearance rate changing means.

That is, when the sound effect exceeds the threshold, the appearance rate of the enemy character appearing with the movement of the player character is changed. Here, the appearance rate means the probability of causing the enemy character to appear according to the moving distance or moving time of the player character.

[0013] A third means of the present invention is the first means, further comprising a sound effect changing means for changing the sound effect,
The sound effect outputting means outputs the sound effect changed by the sound effect changing means, and the attack display means displays the attack corresponding to the sound effect changed by the sound effect changing means. .

That is, for example, by reducing the sound effect, the enemy character does not appear, but the attack display has a small attack effect corresponding to the sound effect. Thereby, it is possible to change the appearance of the attack and the enemy.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, output state display means for displaying an output state of the sound effect output by the sound effect output means is provided.

That is, by visually indicating the output state of the sound effect, the game can be easily advanced even when playing with the volume of the sound of the video game device lowered.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a program for moving and displaying a player character on a display means and performing an attack or the like with an enemy character appearing during the movement. An attack selecting step of selecting an attack of a character, an attack displaying step of displaying an image of the attack selected in the attack selecting step, a sound effect outputting step of outputting a sound effect of the attack, and the sound effect outputting step A sound effect determining step of determining whether the sound effect output by the sound source exceeds a threshold; and an enemy character displaying step of causing a new enemy character to appear when the sound effect exceeds the threshold by the sound effect determining step. Is a recording medium storing a program having the following.

As a recording medium, a CD-ROM, a game cartridge, a memory card, a floppy disk,
Any recording medium such as a magnetic disk and a magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, a CD-ROM and a game cartridge are particularly suitable for a game.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0018]

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows a state in which a video game apparatus of the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 4 (hereinafter simply referred to as "display").

The game machine main body 1 is connected to a controller 3 as an external input device, and further has a CD-ROM.
A CD-ROM (not shown) is provided under the drive cover 2a.
(Compact Disc-ROM) 2 is attached,
Provide game programs and game data.

The display 4 is for providing a display symbol outputted from the game machine main body 1 as a display image, and the speaker 5 is for providing a voice symbol as voice to a player, and uses a general household television receiver. be able to.

The controller 3 has various operation buttons. A direction key 6 is provided on the left side of the controller 3 when viewed from the plane. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, a button 7, a button 8, a button 9,
Buttons 10 are arranged respectively. Further, a start button 11 and a select button 12 are provided at the center of the controller 3.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram mainly showing the game machine 1. CPU for bus 20
(Central Processing Unit)
21, DRAM (DynamicRandom Acc)
ess Memory) 22, MDEC23, GPU
(Graphic ProcessingUnit) 2
4 etc. are respectively connected. Also, the CPU 21 has G
TE (Geometric Transfer Eng)
ine) 25 is connected.

The MDEC 23 is a processor for reproducing moving images, and develops moving images read from the CD-ROM 2. The GTE 25 is a processor dedicated to graphics, and is composed of a plurality of arithmetic units that perform parallel processing, and executes coordinate conversion, rendering, and the like on image data developed by the MDEC 23 in parallel.

The GPU 24 is a graphics processor similar to the GTE 25, and is responsible for actual drawing such as shading, texture mapping, and raster processing based on the data subjected to coordinate transformation by the GTE 25. The image data obtained as a result is stored in the VRA as a buffer.
The data is sent to an expansion device 27 via an M (Video RAM) 26. The expansion device 27 expands the image data and performs digital-to-analog conversion. The image signal obtained as a result is output as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) signals, and is input to the NTSC encoder 28 as an NTSC video signal. Is output.

A ROM 29 storing a boot program is connected to the bus 20.
0 is CD-DSP (CD-Digital Signa)
lProcessor) 31, CD-ROM decoder 3
2 are connected.

The CD-DSP 31 performs noise filtering. An SRAM (Static RAM) 33 as a buffer and a mechanical controller 34 are connected to the CD-ROM decoder 32, and the decoded image data is sent to the bus 20 and the audio data is sent to the SP.
U (Sound Processing Unit) 3
5 The SPU 35 is a processor in charge of audio processing, and the DRAM 3 as a connected buffer.
6, the audio data decoded by the CD-ROM decoder 32 is decoded, and the audio data obtained as a result is converted into a DAC (Digital Analog Converter).
ter) 37 to perform digital-to-analog conversion and send it out as audio output.

An SIO (Serial) for enabling data to be transmitted bidirectionally to the controller 3 is provided on the bus 20.
l I / O Interface) 38 is connected.

Here, the video game stored in the CD-ROM 2 is an adventure game in which a player character moves and a story progresses while repeating a battle with an appearing enemy character.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The battle start screen display section 41 reads the image data of the player character and the enemy character from the image data storage section 51 and displays a battle screen on the display 4. The attack selecting unit 42 receives a button press of one of the ○ button 7 (magic attack), the □ button 9 (sword attack), and the Δ button 10 (item attack) of the controller 3 to which the attack method is assigned. Select the attack method assigned to. Here, when the button 7 is pressed to select the attack magic, the attack magic assigned to each button by further pressing the button of the controller 3 (button 7: fireball, × button 8: freeze dust, □ button 9) : Wind cutter, △ button 10: quake) is selected. The attack display unit 43 reads the attack image data of the player character from the image data storage unit 51 and displays the attack image on the display 4. At the same time, the sound effect output unit 44 reads the sound effect data from the sound effect data storage unit 52 and outputs the sound effect to the speaker 5.
The sound effect determining unit 45 determines whether the volume of the sound effect exceeds a threshold. When the sound volume exceeds the threshold value, the enemy character display unit 46 reads new enemy character image data from the image data
Display above.

FIG. 4 shows a battle start screen displayed on the display 4. The player character 61 and the enemy character 62 are in a battle state.

FIG. 5 shows the player character 61 attacking the enemy character 62. The attack is performed by pressing the circle button 7 of the controller 3 to select the magic attack, and furthermore, the circle button 7 is pressed to select the fire ball as the attack magic, so that the magic attack is displayed.

FIG. 6 shows a new enemy character 63 that has appeared.
Is shown. A new enemy character 63 appeared because the sound effect of the attack magic fire ball exceeded the threshold. Here, if the attack by the magic or the sword with a small sound effect is selected, no new enemy character 63 appears.

FIG. 7A shows an example of the type of attack and the level of the sound effect. The attacks include a fire attack and a freeze dust as magic attacks. A fire ball having a large effect has a high sound effect level, and a freeze dust having a small effect has a low sound effect. FIG.
(B) shows an example of the appearance threshold value of the sound effect of the enemy character. For example, a new enemy character 63 in FIG.
The dragon appears when you activate the fireball, but does not appear when using the wind cutter. However, Lizardman will also appear on wind cutters.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the above processing.
It is. That is, the battle start screen display section 41 reads the image data from the image data storage section 51 (step 1).
01), a battle start screen is displayed (102). The attack selecting unit 42 presses any one of the o button 7, the □ button 9 or the △ button 10 of the controller 3 (103),
Further, when the button 7 is pressed (104), when the button 7, the button 8, the button 9, or the button 10 is pressed (105), the attack data assigned to the button is stored in the image data storage unit. Read from 51 (106),
While displaying the attack image on the display 4, the sound effect output unit 44 reads the sound effect data of the attack from the sound effect data storage unit 52 and outputs it to the speaker 5 (10).
7). The sound effect determination unit 45 compares the volume of the sound effect with the threshold, and determines that the volume of the sound effect is larger than the threshold (10
8) The enemy character display unit 46 displays the image data storage unit 5
The image data of a new enemy is read from 1 (109) and displayed on the display 4 (110). Step 103
Are repeated until the battle ends (111).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the volume of the sound effect associated with the attack method selected by the player exceeds the threshold, a new enemy character appears, and the battle can be changed.

The thresholds at which a new enemy character appears include the number of output sound effects, the output time, the pitch of the sound,
The presence or absence of echo from surrounding structures may be used. Alternatively, a new enemy character may be displayed in a sleep state, and when the sound effect exceeds a threshold, may be awakened to participate in the battle.

[0037]

Embodiment 2 In this embodiment, the appearance rate of an enemy character in a subsequent battle is changed according to the sound effect of an attack.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the processing according to the first embodiment.
Only the parts different from the above will be described. That is, the sound effect determination unit 4
5 compares the volume of the sound effect sound of the attack with the threshold value, and determines that the volume of the sound effect sound of the attack is larger than the threshold value. Change rates. The enemy character display section 46
A new enemy character is displayed at the appearance rate.

FIG. 9A shows an example of the appearance rate of the enemy character before the change. Each enemy character is a structure,
The appearance rate varies depending on the terrain. A value obtained by multiplying the appearance rate by the number of walking of the player character at the place and a random number is 100.
When the number exceeds the threshold, an enemy character appears (after the appearance, the walking number is cleared to zero). FIG. 9B shows an example of the appearance rate after the change. The new enemy character 63 in FIG.
Has increased in the Dragon Tower.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing this, and is realized by adding steps 201 and 202 to the flow chart of the first embodiment (FIG. 8). The same steps as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers, and only the differences from the first embodiment will be described.

That is, the sound effect judging section 45 compares the volume of the attack sound effect with the threshold value, and determines that the volume of the attack sound effect is larger than the threshold value (108). Then, the enemy character appearance rate in the enemy character appearance rate storage unit 53 is changed (201). Enemy character display 4
6, when a new enemy character appears from the appearance rate and the random number (202), the image data is read (10).
9) and display (110).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the appearance rate of the enemy character appearing later is changed according to the volume of the sound effect sound of the attack, the presence of the player character as if the sound of the attack was loud was determined. An enemy character can appear as if noticed, and the empathy into the game can be enhanced.

The appearance rate may be changed, for example, by changing the number of enemy characters that normally appear in three bodies and appear in five bodies when the threshold of the sound effect is exceeded.

[0044]

Embodiment 3 In this embodiment, the volume of the attack sound effect is changed to change the appearance of the enemy character and the display of the attack.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment.
Only the parts different from the above will be described. That is, the attack selector 42
When the attack magic is selected and the select button 12 of the controller 3 is pressed, the sound effect changing section 48 displays the setting of the sound effect volume, and sets the volume in response to the pressing of the direction key 6 and the o button 7. I do. Upon receiving a button press on the controller 3, the attack selection unit 42 selects an attack magic assigned to the button. The attack display unit 43 reads and displays the attack image data based on the set volume of the sound effect and the selected attack magic. At the same time, the sound effect output unit 44 reads the sound effect data from the sound effect data storage unit 52 and outputs it at the volume set by the sound effect change unit 48.

FIG. 11 shows the player character 61 attacking the enemy character 62. Since the small sound effect is selected in the sound effect setting window 64, no new enemy character has appeared, but the display of the attack magic is displayed small.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the above processing.
2. The same steps as those in the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same step numbers, and only different parts from the first embodiment will be described. That is, when the attack selection unit 42 selects the attack magic by pressing the o button 7 (104) and presses the select button 12 (301), the sound effect changing unit 48 displays the volume setting window 64 (302). .
Here, the volume is set in response to the pressing of the direction key 6 and the o button 7 (303).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the appearance of the enemy character and the display of the attack can be changed by setting the sound effect of the attack, and the game can be changed.

[0049]

Embodiment 4 In the present embodiment, the output state of the sound effect is visually displayed so that the output state of the sound effect can be grasped even when playing with the volume of the speaker output of the video game device lowered.

FIG. 13 shows an attack screen displayed on the display 4. At the same time as the magic attack of the player character 61, the output volume of the sound effect of the attack is displayed in a graph 65.

This will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 3 and the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 12, the same steps as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers, and only different parts from the first embodiment will be described. That is, the sound effect output unit 44
Reads the attack data selected by the attack selecting unit 42 from the image data storage unit 51 and the sound effect data storage unit 52 (106), and the output state display unit 49 displays the sound effect output state from the sound effect data ( 401).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the output state of the sound effect is visually displayed, and the game can be easily advanced.

[0053]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique for displaying the appearance of an enemy character in an adventure game and a role playing game with unexpectedness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centered on a game machine main body.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle start screen according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a sound effect level and a threshold.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an appearance rate.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen according to the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen according to the embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body 2a CD-ROM drive cover 3 Controller 4 Display 5 Speaker 6 Direction key 7 ○ button 8 × button 9 □ button 10 △ button 12 select button 61 Player character club 62 Enemy character 63 New enemy character

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A video game apparatus for moving and displaying a player character on a display means and mutually performing an attack or the like with an enemy character appearing during the movement, wherein an attack selecting means for selecting an attack of the player character; An attack display unit that displays the attack selected by the attack selection unit; a sound effect output unit that outputs a sound effect of the attack; and whether the sound effect output by the sound effect output unit exceeds a threshold value. A video game apparatus comprising: a sound effect determining unit that determines the sound effect; and an enemy character display unit that causes a new enemy character to appear when the sound effect exceeds the threshold value by the sound effect determining unit. 2. An appearance rate changing means for changing an appearance rate of the new enemy character when the sound effect exceeds the threshold value by the effect sound determination means; 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the enemy character is caused to appear according to the appearance rate changed by the changing means. 3. A sound effect changing means for changing the sound effect, wherein the sound effect outputting means outputs the sound effect changed by the sound effect changing means, and wherein the attack display means changes the sound effect. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the attack corresponding to the sound effect changed by the means is displayed. 4. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output state display means for displaying an output state of the sound effect output by said sound effect output means. 5. A recording medium storing a program for moving and displaying a player character on a display means and mutually performing an attack or the like with an enemy character appearing during the movement, wherein an attack for selecting an attack of the player character is provided. A selection step, an attack display step of displaying the attack selected by the attack selection step, a sound effect output step of outputting a sound effect of the attack, and a threshold value of the sound effect output by the sound effect output step. A recording medium storing a program comprising: a sound effect determining step of determining whether the sound effect exceeds the threshold; and an enemy character display step of causing a new enemy character to appear when the sound effect exceeds the threshold value in the sound effect determining step. .