JP2003000948A - Video game apparatus, recording medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique which eanbles changing of the deployments of player's characters in battles while enhancing the atmosphere of tension in the battles of role playing games. SOLUTION: The time is differentiated until a plurality of player's characters P1, P2 and P3 forming a party appear on a battle screen when they encounter enemy characters E1, E2 and E3 and the player's characters P1, P2 and P3 are made to appear sequentially on the battle screen according to the differentiated time. The deployment positions of the battles are determined by the order of the appearance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game device for moving characters forming a party in a virtual space to battle an enemy character encountered, a recording medium having the program recorded, and the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of video game is usually called a role-playing game and has been widely supported by users.
The battle of the role-playing game has a characteristic, and generally adopts a battle system called a turn system. In this, an action order is assigned to each of a plurality of player characters and an enemy character, and the character having the action order turns to attack an enemy or defend an ally. The order of action goes to all characters, and if one character is completely wiped out at the end of each action, the battle ends, and if neither character is wiped out, the action order is assigned again and each action is repeated. .

There is also one in which the arrangement at the time of battle is considered in consideration of the attributes of the player character. For example, you can specify the placement in the front row and the back row, in the front row the attack effect on the opponent is high but the damage received is also large, in the back row this is the other way around.

[0004]

However, in the battle method of such a role-playing game, all the players forming a party participate in the battle from the start of the battle, so the strength of the player character is always constant at the beginning of the battle. , There was a problem of lack of tension in battle.

Further, in the case of designating the placement in battle for each player character, the same player character is always placed in the designated position, so that there is a tendency that the change in battle is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of increasing the sense of urgency of a battle in a role-playing game and changing the battle arrangement of player characters. .

[0007]

The first means of the present invention is to:
A video game device for moving a plurality of player characters forming a party in a virtual space and displaying a battle with an encountering enemy character as a battle screen, and a determining means for determining an encounter with the enemy character, According to the differentiating means for differentiating the time until the plurality of player characters appear on the battle screen when the determining means determines the encounter with the enemy character, and the time differentiated by the differentiating means. It is a video game device provided with a display control means for causing a plurality of player characters to appear on a battle screen and displaying a battle with the enemy character.

According to this means, by differentiating the time until each player character appears on the battle screen, a small number of members fight the enemy character at the beginning of the battle, thereby increasing the sense of urgency of the battle. .

Here, the determination of the encounter with the enemy character is
If the enemy character is not displayed when the player character moves, a random number may be determined every time the player character moves a predetermined distance, and if the enemy character is displayed when the player character moves, the enemy character displayed It may be determined by contact.

According to a second means of the present invention, in the first means, a moving speed table in which the moving speeds of the plurality of player characters are respectively recorded and an encounter position with an enemy character in the virtual space are recorded. Position recording means,
The differentiation means further comprises: a calculation means for reading the previous encounter position from the position recording means, and calculating a distance between the previous encounter position and the position where the determination means determines the encounter. The time is differentiated by a value obtained by dividing the distance calculated according to the moving speed of the moving speed table.

For example, when it is determined that the player character having the fastest moving speed encounters the enemy character, the player character is made to appear on the battle screen, and the other player characters are moved from the respective moving speeds and the previous encounter point. Calculate the time that can be moved to the encounter point by the distance of, and make each appear on the battle screen. As a result, the appearance time of each player character on the battle screen becomes different, and the sense of urgency of the game can be increased.

[0012] A third means of the present invention is the second means, further comprising a changing means for changing the moving speed of the moving speed table, and the differentiating means changes the distance by the changing means. The time is differentiated by a value divided by the moving speed, the display control unit determines the arrangement positions of the plurality of player characters according to the time differentiated by the differentiating unit, and the plurality of players according to the time. Each of the characters appears on the battle screen to display the battle with the enemy character.

According to this means, it is possible to change the arrangement position and the appearance time on the battle screen by the changed moving speed. Here, the change of the moving speed of the changing means may be determined by the state change such as paralysis or confusion that affects after the battle, out of the damage received during the battle normally performed in the role playing game.

A fourth means of the present invention is to move a plurality of player characters forming a party in a virtual space,
A readable recording medium recording a program for displaying a battle with an encountering enemy character on a video game device as a battle screen, the determining step of determining an encounter with the enemy character, and the determining step When an encounter with the character is determined, a differentiating step of differentiating the time until the plurality of player characters appear on the battle screen, and the plurality of player characters according to the time differentiated by the differentiating step Are displayed on the battle screen, and a display control step for displaying the battle with the enemy character is executed by a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon.

By recording on a recording medium, it is possible to distribute only the program. As the recording medium, any medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a game cartridge, a memory card, a magnetic disk and a magnetic tape can be used.

A fifth means of the present invention is to move a plurality of player characters forming a party in a virtual space,
A program for displaying a battle with an encountering enemy character on a video game device as a battle screen, wherein a determining step of determining an encounter with the enemy character and an encounter with the enemy character are determined by the determining step. Sometimes, differentiating step for differentiating the time until the plurality of player characters appear on the battle screen, and the plurality of player characters respectively appearing on the battle screen according to the time differentiated by the differentiating step, A program for causing a video game device to execute a display control step for displaying a battle with the enemy character.

The program can be delivered to a video game device, an information terminal, a mobile phone or the like having a communication function by wireless or wire. Moreover, it is possible to write directly on a medium readable by these devices.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the hardware blocks of the video game device of the present invention. The video game device uses a CPU (Central Proc) via an internal bus 10.
essing unit) 11, image processing unit 14, audio processing unit 16, DVD-ROM (Digital Vid)
An eo disc-ROM) reading unit 17, an interface unit 18, and the like are provided.

The CPU 11 has a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a main storage device.
12 and ROM (Read Only Memory)
13 is connected. The image processing unit 1 is stored in the ROM 13.
4. A program such as an operating system that manages the voice processing unit 16 and the like and data necessary for its execution are stored. The CPU 11 also includes an oscillator circuit that generates a clock signal and a frequency divider circuit that divides the clock signal to generate a clock signal.

The image processing unit 14 is a DVD-ROM 2
The compressed and coded image data read from is decoded and subjected to coordinate calculation, rendering, shading, etc. and stored in the frame buffer 15. According to the drawing command output from the CPU 11 the stored image data,
Digital-to-analog conversion is performed and displayed on the display 4.
Here, as the display 4, a general home television receiver can be used.

The audio processing unit 16 converts the sound data of the DVD-ROM 2 read by the DVD-ROM reading unit 17 into analog data and outputs it from the speaker 5. Further, the voice processing unit 16 generates data of sound effects and music according to the instruction of the CPU 11, converts the data into analog data, and outputs the analog data to the speaker 5. The speaker 5
Can use the above-mentioned television receiver.

The DVD-ROM reading section 17 is a DVD
The game program and data are read from the ROM 2, and the read program and data are recorded in the RAM 12. Also, the read sound data is stored in the internal bus 1
It is sent to the voice processing unit 16 via 0.

A controller 3 for inputting an instruction from a player and a memory card 6 as an external storage device for storing game setting data and the like are detachably connected to the interface section 18. The controller 3 has various operation parts such as a direction key and a decision / cancel button.

Here, the game stored in the DVD-ROM 2 is a role-playing game in which a player character is moved in a three-dimensional virtual space representing an actual city area, and a battle is performed while fighting with an enemy character encountered and a city is searched. Is.

FIG. 2 exemplifies a moving screen of the player character in the city area displayed on the display 4.
Although the player characters are a party of three, only the player character P1 is displayed during the movement, and the player operates the player character P1 by using the direction keys of the controller 3.

FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 exemplify a battle screen with an enemy character encountered while moving the player character P1. Enemy characters E1, E2 and E3
Appears and is determined by a random number at every constant distance that the player character P1 moves. FIG. 3 shows a screen at the early stage of encounter with an enemy character. On the play character side, only one player character P1 is in a battle with the enemy characters E1, E2 and E3. Here, when the predetermined time has elapsed,
As shown in FIG. 4, the player character P2 appears in the front row position and participates in the battle. Further, after a predetermined time has elapsed, FIG.
As shown in, the player character P3 appears in the rear row position and participates in the battle.

FIGS. 6 and 7 explain the time relationships of the player characters P1, P2 and P3 appearing on the battle screen. Player characters P1 and P
2 and P3, as shown in FIG. 6, movement speeds v1, v2
And v3 are set respectively. In FIG.
A value obtained by dividing the distance L from the position where the enemy character was previously encountered to the position where the enemy character is encountered this time at the moving speeds v1, v2 and v3, that is, the moving time T of the player character P1.
1 = L / v1, the moving time T2 of the player character P2
= L / v2 and the moving time T of the player character P3
By 3 = L / v3, the time t2 from the appearance of the player character P1 on the battle screen to the appearance of the player character P2 on the battle screen is T2-T1. Similarly, the time t3 from the appearance of the player character P1 on the battle screen to the appearance of the player character P3 on the battle screen is T3.
-T1.

FIG. 8 shows a functional block diagram of this.
Is. That is, the operation unit 51 controls the player characters P1 and P2 displayed on the display 4 by the display control unit 52.
And P3 are operated by the input from the controller 3. The encounter determination unit 53, when the operation unit 51 operates to move the player character P1, moves the player character P1.
Every time 1 moves a certain distance, a random number is read and the appearance of an enemy character is determined. The time calculation unit 54 uses the encounter determination unit 53.
When the appearance of the enemy character is determined, the previous encounter position data from the encounter position recording unit 56 and the moving speed recording unit 57 are recorded.
The moving speeds v1, v2, and v3 of the player characters P1, P2, and P3 are read from and the appearance times of the player characters P2 and P3 on the battle screen are calculated. In addition, the current encounter position is recorded in the encounter position recording unit.
The display control unit 52 reads character image data, background image data, and the like from the image data recording unit 58, and displays a moving display of the player character P1, a battle display with an enemy character, and the like on the display 4. The changing unit 55 changes the moving speed v1, v2, or v3 of the player character P1, P2, or P3 when the player character P1, P2, or P3 suffers a state change due to damage in battle.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the above processing.
And FIG. That is, the operation unit 51 accepts the operation of the controller 3 (101), and if it is not the movement input of the player character P1 (102), the process proceeds to another process (201). On the other hand, if the movement input is for the player character P1 (102), the display control unit 52 reads the walking image data and the background image data of the player character P1 from the image data recording unit 58, and displays the movement of the player character on the display 4. (103).

The encounter determining section 53 determines the player character P.
When the movement of 1 is a predetermined distance, it is determined whether the enemy character is read by reading the random number (104). If not, the process returns to step 101. On the other hand, to make it appear,
The current position of the player character P1 is written in the encounter position recording unit 56 as the encounter position (105). Further, the time calculation unit 54 reads the previous encounter position data from the encounter position recording unit 56 and the moving speed data of each player character P1, P2 and P3 from the moving speed recording unit 57 (106), and the battle between the player characters P2 and P3. The appearance time on the screen is calculated by the calculation method described in FIGS. 6 and 7 (107).

The display control unit 52 starts timing by the timing function of the CPU 11 (108), reads the battle image data from the image data recording unit 58 according to the drawing command based on the program processing result of the CPU 11, and displays the battle screen on the display 4. It is displayed (109). Here, if the time is the appearance time of the player character P2 or P3 (11
0), the player character P2 or P3 is added to the battle arrangement position determined in the order of appearance (111). On the other hand, if it is not the appearance time (110), step 111 is skipped. Steps 109 to 112 are repeated until the battle ends (112).

When the battle ends (112), the changing unit 55
If there is a player character that has undergone a state change such as paralysis or confusion in battle (113), the moving speed recording unit 5
The moving speed data of the player character 7 is changed (114). On the other hand, if no player character has been damaged (113), step 114 is skipped.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when an enemy character is encountered, only one player character battles at the start of battle, and after a predetermined time has passed, the remaining player characters sequentially participate in the battle. As a result, the player character side must carefully fight in the initial stage of the battle, and the sense of urgency in the battle can be increased. Further, the arrangement position in the battle is determined by the order of appearance on the battle screen, and for example, the player character having a strong defense force is not always always in the front row, and the battle can be changed.

The time required for the player character to appear on the battle screen may be differentiated simply by a random number, or may be determined in the order of party formation. It is also possible to set a vehicle in which all the player characters forming the party can ride, and move the vehicle appropriately so that all the player characters can fight from the start of the battle when encountering an enemy.

[0035]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of enhancing the sense of urgency of a battle in a role-playing game and changing the battle arrangement of player characters.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centering on a game console main body.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a moving screen of a player character.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a moving speed of a player character.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the appearance time.

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 DVD-ROM 3 controller 4 display P1, P2, P3 Player character E1, E1, E3 Enemy character v1, v2, v3 moving speed t2, t3 appearance time

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A video game device for moving a plurality of player characters forming a party in a virtual space and displaying a battle with an encountering enemy character as a battle screen, wherein the encounter with the enemy character is determined. Determining means, differentiating means for differentiating the time until the plurality of player characters appear on the battle screen when the determining means determines an encounter with an enemy character, and differentiating means by the differentiating means And a display control means for displaying the battle with the enemy character by causing the plurality of player characters to appear on the battle screen in accordance with the changed time. 2. A moving speed table that records moving speeds of the plurality of player characters, a position recording unit that records an encounter position with an enemy character in the virtual space, and a previous encounter position from the position recording unit. Further comprising: a calculating unit that calculates the distance between the previous encounter position and the position at which the encounter is determined by the determining unit, wherein the differentiating unit uses the distance calculated by the calculating unit as the moving speed table. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the time is differentiated by a value divided by the moving speed of the. 3. The changing means for changing the moving speed of the moving speed table is further provided, wherein the differentiating means differentiates the time by a value obtained by dividing the distance by the moving speed changed by the changing means. The display control means determines the arrangement positions of the plurality of player characters according to the time differentiated by the differentiating means, causes the plurality of player characters to appear on the battle screen according to the time, and The video game device according to claim 2, wherein a battle is displayed. 4. A readable recording medium recording a program for moving a plurality of player characters forming a party in a virtual space and displaying a battle with an encountering enemy character on a video game device as a battle screen. Then, the determination step of determining the encounter with the enemy character and the time until the plurality of player characters appear on the battle screen when the determination of the encounter with the enemy character is determined in the determination step is differentiated. In order to make the video game device execute the differentiating step of performing the differentiating step, and causing the plurality of player characters to respectively appear on the battle screen according to the time differentiated by the differentiating step and displaying the battle with the enemy character. A computer-readable recording medium recording the program of. 5. A program for moving a plurality of player characters forming a party in a virtual space and displaying a battle with an encountering enemy character on a video game device as a battle screen. A determination step of determining an encounter; a differentiation step of differentiating a time until the plurality of player characters appear on the battle screen when an encounter with an enemy character is determined by the determination step; A program for causing a video game device to execute a display control step of causing each of the plurality of player characters to appear on a battle screen in accordance with the time differentiated by the step of changing and displaying a battle with the enemy character.