JP2003340145A - Game program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new game effect. <P>SOLUTION: A user uses either of the rights 1101, 1104, 1105 and 1106, and can make a fast-forward display, a slow display, a temporary stopping display and a reverse return display of an action of an opponent character. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a game program for providing a game via a display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a game in which a virtual three-dimensional space such as a field, a town, and the sea is created on a computer, and a hero character acts in the virtual space. In this game, the game machine creates an image of the virtual three-dimensional space and the character viewed from the camera at a specific position,
Display on the display. The user can use the controller to move the character on the display screen and cause the user to perform various other actions.

For example, in a treasure hunt game, the user
Find and collect the items displayed on the screen. In a role-playing game, the hero character fights against enemy characters and collects information from other characters.
In addition, the hero character may search for the item.

In such a game in which the user controls the character of the hero, the game machine manages the game attributes given to the hero. The game attribute varies depending on the type of game, but generally has a level of the protagonist, for example, a level indicating a battle ability and an attribute indicating the type content of the collected item.

The above attributes are updated each time the main character clears various game conditions, such as defeating an enemy and collecting items, by a user operation. The game ends when the attribute contents reach the goal.

The place or scene of the three-dimensional space (background in the two-dimensional space), characters other than the main character, items, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as scenes) displayed on the display are changed into scenarios prepared in advance. . For this reason, the game machine stores image data for creating an image to be displayed on the display in association with the scenario. When displaying a three-dimensional image, the image data is composed of polygon data and texture data. Polygon data is also called frame data and is data representing the shape of a three-dimensional object. The polygon data has the type of line connecting the coordinate position data of the characteristic points of the three-dimensional object and the characteristic points. The texture data has image data attached to the surface of the three-dimensional object and position data indicating the attachment position.

The scenario is represented in the form of a table in which the character identification numbers and the item identification numbers that appear in the scenes of the respective numbers are described in association with the identification numbers of a plurality of scenes.

The game machine updates the position of the protagonist in the virtual three-dimensional space from the input information on the position of the protagonist from the controller operated by the user, and based on the input information on the action of the protagonist from the controller, the game attribute. Determine the value of. The image data of the scene to be displayed is set based on the updated position of the hero, the updated value of the game attribute, and the table. A well-known 3D image processing program creates an image viewed from a specific camera viewpoint using the set image data, and the created image is displayed on the display. The game machine performs the image processing as described above to display the game state on the display, but also outputs sound or voice from the speaker to enliven the game.

[0009]

Since many conventional games in which the above-described hero character appears have similar scenarios, the user lacks novelty and is interested in the user. It's not something.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game program capable of providing a new game that has not been heretofore using the existing image processing technology.

[0011]

In order to achieve such an object, the invention of claim 1 provides a controller (104).
And a display, which can be connected to an indicating means (11
01) and object image creating means (CPU2
00), which is a game program (3000 in FIG. 13) of a game executed by a game device having an image of a first object (hero) to be displayed and a second object (enemy, item) to be displayed. An image is created in the game device, images of the created first object and second object are combined to create an image for a display screen, and the created image for the display screen is displayed on the display. Is displayed on the display screen of the display in synchronization with the display cycle of the display (FIG.
9) In the program, an instruction step of instructing the action speed of the second object to be displayed on the display screen by the instructing means, and (T3 of FIG. 10) corresponding to the action speed instructed by the instructing step An object image creating step of creating an image of the second object to be displayed at the creating speed by the object image creating means (S in FIG. 4).
30. Creating images for slow enemy display, fast forward display, and rewind display). The invention of claim 2 is the game program according to claim 1, wherein the first object is a main character operated by a user using a controller of the game device, and the second object is At least one of a character other than the main character, an item, and a background (paragraph (0075)).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to the first aspect, the image forming speed of the second object is faster than the image forming speed of the first object. (FIG. 9).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the program according to the first aspect, the creation speed of the image of the second object is slower than the creation speed of the image of the first object. (Fig. 10).

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to the first aspect, the creation speed of the second object is a creation speed corresponding to a temporary stop of the display of the action of the second object. (FIG. 8).

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the program according to the first aspect, the instructing means is capable of instructing an advancing direction of the action (fast forward display, slow forward display, rewind display), In the instruction step,
When the action of the second object in the past direction is instructed by the instructing unit (in the case of an instruction for rewinding display), the object image creating unit causes the second image to move in the past direction. It is characterized by creating an image of an object.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the program according to the first aspect, the game device is a personal computer or a mobile terminal.

In order to understand the invention, the corresponding reference numerals in this embodiment are shown in the above (). However, according to the technical idea of the present invention, since various embodiments exist, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of a game machine. 100 is a game machine. The game console 100 includes a game console 102 and up to four controllers 1
04 can be connected. In the example of FIG. 1, two controllers 104 are connected to the game console 102. The game console 102 has a portable media drive 106. Portable media drive 106 accepts portable storage media, such as optical storage disk 108, and reads the data recorded on the portable storage media. Examples of portable storage media include DVDs, CD-ROMs, game discs, and the like.

The game console 102 has four slots 110 on its front surface, and a maximum of four controllers can be connected. The number and arrangement of slots 110 can be modified. The power button 112 and the eject button 114 are also arranged on the front surface of the game console 102. The power button 112 switches power to the game console, and the eject button 114 alternately opens and closes the tray of the portable media drive 106 to allow insertion and removal of the storage disk 108.

The game console 102 connects to a television or other display (not shown) via an A / V interface cable 120. Power cable 1
22 provides power to the game console. The game console 102 can be further configured with broadband capabilities, which is represented by a cable or modem connector 124 to facilitate access to networks such as the Internet.

Each controller 104 is coupled to the game console 102 via a wire or wireless interface. In the illustrated embodiment, the controller 104 is a USB (Universal Serial).
Bus compatible, and is connected to the console 102 via the serial cable 130. Controller 102
Can be equipped with any of a wide variety of user interaction mechanisms. As illustrated in FIG. 1, each controller 104 has two sticks 132a.
And 132b, the D pad 134, and the button 136.

Buttons and the like related to the present invention will be described. The stick 132a is used to instruct the movement of the camera viewpoint in the virtual three-dimensional space used in the game. The stick 132b instructs the movement of the main character in the virtual three-dimensional space.

The four buttons 136 are used to select a display mode such as a fast-forward display mode, a slow display mode, a pause display mode, a rewind display mode, and a recording / playback / display mode of images of a plurality of scenes, which will be described later. To be done.

A user can insert a memory unit (MU) 140 into the controller 104 to add an additional portable storage device. The portable memory unit 140 allows the user to store game attributes and transfer these stored data to play / resume the game on other consoles.

The game machine 100 can execute, for example, a game (program) and play music and video. The game, music, and video titles can be retrieved from portable media 108 in hard disk or drive 106 described below, from an online source, or from memory unit 140.

FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration in the console 102. The console 102 includes a CPU 200, a ROM 201,
RAM 202, multiple interfaces 203, controller 204 (104 in FIG. 1) hard disk 20
5, 3D processor 206 and other devices.

The CPU 200 executes the game program stored in the hard disk 205. ROM 201
Stores a program for controlling the system. R
AM202 is various data necessary for game processing,
For example, the instruction data sent from the controller 204, the game attribute determined by the game processing, the game program to be executed, etc. are temporarily stored. The plurality of interfaces 203 connect the cables and the like described in FIG. The controller 204 will need no explanation.

The hard disk 205 is a game program installed from the portable medium 108 and image data used in the game program,
Store game-related data such as game attributes for storage. The 3D processor 206 creates an image to be displayed on the display using the 3D drawing data (polygon data and texture data), and the RAM 20
The image is stored in the RAM for image storage in 2.

A game program executed by such a game machine and related to the present invention will be described below. An example of a game program is a treasure hunt game.

FIG. 3 shows one scene of the game displayed on the display screen of the display.

In FIG. 3, 1000 is a display area for displaying the collected items. Reference numeral 1100 is a display area for notifying the right to be acquired when the user clears the game conditions. Reference numeral 1200 is a hero character, who has a vacuum cleaner.

When the user operates the stick 132b of the controller 104, the character 1200 on the display screen moves according to the operation amount. When the user operates the stick 132a of the controller 104, the position of the camera viewpoint in the virtual space changes according to the operation amount, and the display content of the background (scene) also changes. The user operates the sticks 132a and 132b to find the item hidden in the background and position the image of the vacuum cleaner on the image of the item. As a result, the hero character 1200 can collect items.

The kind contents of the collected items are notified in the display area 1000 in the form of an image. Each time an item is collected, the display content of the display area 1000 displays an image showing the type content of the item as shown in FIG. 4, in the example of FIG. 4, a star and a crescent moon. When 5 items are collected, a lottery is conducted, and when the lottery is successful, a right is generated according to the combination of the items.

When the right is generated, the display area 110 is displayed.
An image representing the content of the generated right in 0 blinks, and the user is notified of the type of the generated right.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the display. In FIG. 5, 1101 indicates a rewind right. Reference numeral 1102 indicates a recording right. Reference numeral 1103 indicates a reproduction right. 1104
Indicates the right to suspend. 1105 shows the right of throw. 1106 shows the right of fast forward. These rights will be explained later.

Five items are collected and displayed in the display area 10.
When the image of five items is displayed in 00 and the recording right is generated, the display content of the display area 1100 is as shown in FIG.
The state of reference numeral 1200 changes to the state of reference numeral 1210, and the image 1102 showing the recording blinks. When the user operates one of the four buttons of the controller 104 corresponding to recording, the blinking of the image 1102 is stopped, and the color of the button changes to a color indicating that the operation has been performed (state of reference numeral 1220). ).

By making such notification to the user, the user can easily and surely know what kind of right has been acquired.

FIG. 6 shows the correspondence between item combinations and rights. Here, the types of rights will be described.

The temporary stop means stopping the change of the scene for a predetermined time. In this example, stop times of 15 seconds and 10 seconds are prepared, and which time is determined by the combination of collection items. Further, the scene here means the entire image to be continuously displayed on the display screen, and the image of the main character and the images displayed in the display areas 1000 and 1100 are excluded. Specifically, various objects provided in the virtual space,
In the example of FIG. 3, it is an image of a building and the ground and another character, for example, an image of an enemy character who challenges the hero to fight.

For example, in a scene where a plurality of enemies appear and the enemy character challenges the main character to battle,
The scene changes like a movie. When the user instructs the position stop display mode with the button of the controller 104, the scene change stops for a predetermined time. The user may select the sticks 132a and 132b of the controller 104.
Can be operated to move the hero's character to eliminate the enemy character.

Fast forward is a display mode in which the speed of change of the scene is made higher in the future than the speed of change of the normal display mode. Two types of change speeds are prepared for the fast-forward display mode. The fast-forward display mode is set for a predetermined time after the user's instruction, and the time is variably set depending on the combination of items.

In a scene where the user knows that there is no item, the fast-forward right can be exercised at any time to shorten the physical time until the game ends.

When the fast forward display mode is automatically terminated after a predetermined time elapses, the user loses the right to fast forward, and the scene change returns to the display mode when the user does not have the right.

In the present embodiment, for example, the moving speed of the hero character on the display screen is fixed. In other words, the moving speed of the scene is not related to the changing speed of the scene. Please note.

In the present embodiment, the user selectively designates the display modes of pause, fast forward, slow display, rewind, and recording / playback, which will be described later, so that the three-dimensional space represented by the character is the character of the main character. It is possible to give the user the impression of being in a different space-time.

The slow display is a display mode in which the changing speed of the scene is slower in the future than the changing speed of the normal display mode. The slow display mode is set for a predetermined time after the user's instruction.

Rewind is a display mode in which the scene is returned (reverse reproduction) to an arbitrary point in the past. When the user exercises the right to rewind, the scene of the game shifts to a past time point that is a predetermined time before that time point. The user can restart the game from the scene after the transition. Since the character of the protagonist is not related to the time axis of the scene, the game attribute of the protagonist is the game attribute before the scene transition and is not changed to the past game attribute. The rewind time is determined by the combination of items collected. In this form, 10 seconds and 15 seconds are prepared. When the user exercises the right to rewind,
The user can collect items that have been forgotten or items that could not be collected.

In the recording / reproducing, the game attribute of the scene, the game attribute of the hero character, and the drawing data relating to the game display are continuously stored (recorded) for a predetermined time, and then the past is displayed on the display screen based on the stored data. Is a display mode for reproducing the game contents of.

The point to be noted here is that the hero character in the recorded scene is treated as a part of the scene, and the user cannot operate the past hero character. However, the current hero character also appears in the reproduced scene, and the hero character is operated by the user. Therefore, on the display screen, it is possible to provide, for example, a scene in which two hero characters are fighting with an enemy. As for the game attribute of the character operated by the user, the game attribute immediately before recording is continued, and when the character of the main character operated by the user collects items or defeats an enemy, the game attribute of the character of the main character is continuously updated. This point is the same in the display modes of the pause, fast forward, slow display, and rewind described above. In the recording / playback mode, the right disappears after a lapse of a predetermined time, but if the hero character defeats a specific enemy character even before the predetermined time, the right disappears, and the right disappears from that point (scene). The game resumes in normal display mode when not present.

The above is the image control processing according to the present invention, but in addition, game processing such as resetting an enemy (enemy) or resetting an item (junk) is also executed by a combination of collected items. .

In order to gain an understanding of the present invention, the above image processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Normal Processing) FIG. 7 shows the contents of the game processing in the normal mode.

In FIG. 7, the physical time represents the elapsed time from the start of the game. 2010 schematically shows an image displayed on the display screen. Multiple images 2010
Are sequentially displayed on the display, so that the main character and other characters appear to be moving to the eyes of the user (player).

Reference numeral 2020 is an image of a main character moving by a user operation.

Reference numerals 2030 and 2040 represent images of characters other than the main character, and in this form, there are two characters.

2050 and 2060 are images of items to be collected. The image 2020 of the character of the main character and the characters and items other than the main character, and the background images 2030 to 2060 not shown,
The combined display screen image 2010 is 3
It is created by the D processor 206 and displayed on the display according to the display cycle.

Under the attack of the main character, the enemy 1
When the character of 1 is dead, the image of the character of the enemy 1 is not created thereafter and disappears from the display screen (explained by the mark of earth).

Similarly, when Item 1 is collected by the main character, the image of Item 1 is not created thereafter and disappears from the display screen (explained by the earth mark).

(Pause Display Mode) Next, the pause display mode will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8, description of the same parts as those in FIG. 7 in the normal display mode is omitted,
The difference will be described.

In FIG. 8, as the images of the enemies 1 and 2 and the items 1 and 2, the image at the time point T1 when the user instructs the pause display mode is used for repeated display thereafter. This is represented by a rectangular frame in FIG. As described above, the character of the hero can freely move on the display screen by the operation of the user, so the images of the character of the hero are sequentially created in synchronization with the display cycle. As a result, even in such a pause display mode, the user can operate the hero's character to play the game (collecting items and eliminating enemies).

When Item 1 is collected by the main character, the image of the collected Item 1 is not created thereafter and disappears from the display screen.

(Fast-forward display mode) Next, the fast-forward display mode will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 9, description of the same parts as those in FIG. 7 in the normal display mode will be omitted, and the differences will be described.

In FIG. 9, the images of the enemies 1 and 2 and the items 1 and 2 are apparently created at a speed faster than the display cycle from the time T2 when the user instructs the temporary fast-forward display mode. Therefore, for example, in order to perform fast-forwarding at a speed twice as fast as the display cycle, the fast-forwarding display can be realized by creating every other image displayed in the normal mode. The image of the main character is created at the same speed as in normal display mode.
Thus, even in the fast-forward display mode, the user can operate the hero's character to play a game (collect items and eliminate enemies).

(Slow Display Mode) Next, the slow display mode will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 10, description of the same parts as those in FIG. 7 in the normal display mode is omitted,
The difference will be described.

In FIG. 10, the images of the enemies 1 and 2 and the items 1 and 2 are created at a speed slower than the display cycle from the time T3 when the user instructs the temporary slow display mode. For this purpose, for example, 1 of the display cycle
In order to perform slow display at a speed of / 2, one identical image to be displayed in normal mode is created twice and used for display, or the image created the first time is also used for the second time. Slow display can be realized by using it.

The image of the main character is created at the same speed as in the normal display mode. As a result, even in the slow display mode, the user can operate the hero's character to play the game (collect items and eliminate enemies).

(Rewind Display Mode) Next, the rewind display mode will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG.
Description of the same parts as those in FIG. 7 in the normal display mode will be omitted, and the differences will be described.

In FIG. 11, from the time T4 when the user instructs the rewind display mode, the enemy 1
Images of 2 and items 1 and 2 are created. These images and the image of the hero's character created in synchronization with the display cycle are combined and displayed.
Therefore, the item 2 that was collected and disappeared from the display screen in the past will be created and displayed again. Also, the lost enemies will appear again. Even in such a rewind display mode, the user can operate the hero's character to play a game (collect items and eliminate enemies).

(Recording / playback display mode) Next, the recording / playback display mode will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG.
Description of the same parts as those in FIG. 7 in the normal display mode will be omitted, and the differences will be described.

In FIG. 1, from the time T5 when the recording / playback display mode is instructed by the user, all the data attributes used in the game, for example, the scene number, the attributes of the main character, the attributes of characters other than the main character, and the background image. Identification number, input data from the controller 204, and other game attributes are all stored in the RAM 202 for a predetermined time. The hard disk 205 may be used instead of the RAM 202.

The CPU 200 measures a predetermined time, and when the predetermined time elapses, the CPU 200 uses the game attribute stored for the purpose of recording to perform the rewinding process. The rewinding speed at this time is higher than the rewinding process described above.

When the rewinding to the recording start time is completed, from that time point T7, the CPU 200 reproduces and displays the game using the game attributes stored for the purpose of recording.

It should be noted that in the rewinding and reproducing display processing, an image of the hero character is created and displayed on the display screen based on so-called recorded game attributes of the hero character. At the same time, an image of the hero character operated by the user is also created and displayed. Therefore, the two main characters are displayed on the display screen during rewinding and reproduction.

When the main character collects an item at the time T8 during recording and the item disappears from the display screen, the item disappeared at the time T9 during rewinding appears again on the display screen, and is further reproduced. Middle time T10
It is possible to produce a game in which the item that appears in disappears again.

The main character operated by the user is
Since the game attribute (the number of collected items) at the recording end time T6 is retained even during the rewinding and reproducing processes, it is natural that the number of collected items can be increased by collecting such reappearing items. You can increase.

The software configuration for implementing the above-mentioned game processing will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 13, reference numeral 3000 is a game program. The game program is externally transmitted from the hard disk 205 of the game machine or R
It is transferred to the AM 202. When transferred to the hard disk 205 of the game machine from the outside, the game program 3
000 is loaded into the RAM 202 and executed by the CPU 200.

Reference numeral 3010 is a character control program for managing the game attributes of the main character. In the present embodiment, the scene (background, characters other than the main character, items, etc.) and the game attributes thereof return to the past as described above, and the character of the main character does not return to the past. For this purpose, a character control program 3010 for managing the game attributes of the main character is provided. The character control program 3010 may be defined by a function when the game program is created in C language, for example.

Reference numeral 3020 designates reference numerals 1000 and 1 in FIG.
The image displayed in the display area indicated by 100, that is,
It is a program (collectively referred to as an indicator) that manages an image for notifying a collection item and a display mode. The indicator may be defined by a function or the like.

Reference numeral 3100 is indicator-related data. The indicator-related data 3100 includes items (specifically, item identification numbers) collected by the main character, and a display mode currently set (specifically, whether or not the display mode is set). Flag information), flag information indicating whether or not to display the indicator on the display screen, and the like. The indicator related data 3100 is stored in the RAM 202.

A game attribute (recording data) 3200 is stored in the recording / playback mode. Recording data 3
200 may be stored in the RAM 202 or the hard disk 205.

3300 is game data. The game data 3300 includes a game attribute, a scene to be displayed, an image to be displayed, for example, a background, an item to be collected, a character of the hero, an identification number of an image of another character, or the like, and a game progress. It has a table showing the scenes to be displayed accordingly. Although the game attributes are described above, attributes related to the hero (for example, an attribute indicating the number of collected items or an attribute indicating the strength of the character of the hero) and other attributes (attributes indicating the strength of the enemy, whether or not they disappeared). Or the like) and an attribute indicating the current scene of the game.
The game data 3300 differs depending on the content of the game and is well known, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 3400 is a 3D image processing program. The 3D image processing program 3400 is installed in the 3D processor 206 and is executed by the information processing processor in the 3D processor 206. 3D image program 34
00 uses the display image data stored in either or both of the hard disk 205 and the RAM 202 to create a 3D image to be displayed on the display.
The created image is sent to the display and displayed in synchronization with the display cycle of the display. A well-known 3D image processing program 3400 can be used, and thus a detailed description thereof will not be required.

Reference numeral 3410 denotes display image data, which is stored in either the hard disk 205 or the RAM 202, or both. The image data for display is stored in the hard disk 205 or RAM together with the game program 3000.
Installed on either or both of the 202.
The display image data includes drawing data (polygon data, texture data) for creating various images used for display, image data for indicators, and the like.

Information for game processing is exchanged between the programs described above. In the game process according to the present embodiment, a process of inputting a user's instruction from the controller 204, a process of changing an attribute or a display position of a hero's character in response to a user's instruction, a character and an item other than the hero. And the like are displayed on the display screen based on a game attribute prepared in advance, a process of deleting the character and the item from the display screen, and a process of displaying a game state (indicator).

Information is exchanged via the RAM 202. For example, in order to instruct the display position of the main character to be displayed by the CPU 200, an area (a storage area corresponding to a so-called display position variable) for exclusively storing the display position is provided on the RAM 202.
Information 00 is transferred by writing data indicating the display position in this storage area and reading the data indicating the display position from the storage area by the 3D processor 206.

Based on the above points, the CPUs 200 and 3
A game process executed by the D processor 206 is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 14 shows a main processing procedure of the game program 3000 executed by the CPU 200.

In FIG. 14, the CPU 200 detects the input from the controller 204 (step S10).
Is YES), the current game processing mode uses a game attribute other than the main character, and a time axis (second time axis of the present invention) different from the same time axis (first time axis of the present invention) as the character of the main character. Is set to a mode (referred to as a mode of the present invention) for performing game processing for characters other than the hero character, or the game attributes of the hero are used and the same time axis as that of the hero character (the It is determined by referring to the mode flag whether or not a mode (referred to as a normal mode) in which game processing is performed on the time axis of 1 is set (step S20).

When the normal mode is set, it is determined whether or not the data input from the controller 204 satisfies the condition for shifting to the mode of the present invention (step S20 → S100). In this form, it is determined whether five collection items have been collected. Controller 204
If the input data from is data indicating collection of items and the number of collected items before data input is 4, the number of collected items reaches 5, so step S
The determination result of 100 is determined to satisfy the transition condition (occurrence of the exercise right of the display mode such as the above-described suspension), and the right flag is set to ON (step S110).

On the other hand, when the input from the controller 204 is not related to the item collection, the game process in the normal display mode similar to the conventional one, that is, the attribute of the hero character and other game attributes and the same time are performed. The CPU 200 executes the game process using the axis (see FIG. 7) (steps S100 → S120).

In this game process, the game attribute of the main character is the character control program 3
Managed by 010.

In this embodiment, for example, a game process for moving the main character on the display screen or fighting an enemy character is performed. In this game processing, the character control program 3010 is, for example,
Compare the game attribute about the strength of the main character with the game attribute about the strength of the enemy character, defeat the enemy when the attribute value of the main character is large, and update the game attribute of the strength of the main character. To do. Note that the game attribute of the scene used for this comparison is the game attribute obtained from the scene automatically set by the game program 3000, and is the game attribute used in the game processing of the first time axis of the present invention. I want to be done.

Until the main character collects 5 items, steps S10 → S20 → S100 → S1
The processing procedure of 20 is repeatedly executed, and when the main character collects the fifth item, the right flag is set to ON (steps S10 → S100 → S11).
0).

As a result, if there is an input from the controller 204 thereafter, the procedure is step S10 → S20 → S.
Then, the processing shifts to 30, and the game processing in the mode of the present invention is executed. This game process (game process in the display mode of FIGS. 8 to 12) will be described in detail later.

While the user has the right, the procedure is repeatedly executed in steps S10 → S20 → S30 → S40 → End. Note that step S40 is a process of determining whether or not the user has lost the right to execute the mode of the present invention. If the user loses the right, in this form,
In either case when the elapsed time of the mode of the present invention exceeds a predetermined time or when the main character operated by the user in the mode of the present invention defeats an enemy character, the right flag is turned off. It is set (steps S40 → S50). As a result, the procedure shifts to the above-described processing procedure in the normal mode.

FIG. 15 shows the processing procedure of the character control program 3010 for executing the game processing relating to the main character in the above main processing procedure.

In FIG. 15, when there is an input from the controller 204, the CPU 200 discriminates the operation button or the like of the input controller to identify the operation content regarding the main character (steps S200 → S2).
10).

Specifically, it identifies which operation has been performed, such as a moving operation on the display screen of the hero character, an operation for fighting an enemy, an operation for collecting items, and the like. Based on the identification result,
The value of the attribute of the main character is updated using a predetermined action subprogram (function). For example, when the controller 204 is operated to move the hero character to the right of the display screen, the controller 2 determines the position of the hero character in the virtual space.
04 is updated according to the operation amount. Next, the updated position is instructed to the 3D processor 206. The 3D processor 206 uses the instructed position information to create a display image of the hero character.

Conventionally, the scene to be displayed on the display screen is automatically determined based on the attribute of the main character, whereas in the present embodiment, the user displays while the above right is acquired. Select the scene to be displayed and its display environment (display mode such as pause). The action of the scene defined by the selected scene (for example, the action of the enemy other than the main character) is processed on a time axis (second time axis of the present invention) different from the time axis of the normal display mode. (S220). Further, when the character control program performs the game processing using the game attribute of the hero and the game attribute other than the hero in step S30, the game attribute of the scene obtained on the second time axis is used.

If the user has not acquired the above right, the scene to be displayed is not automatically determined according to a predetermined story (specifically, the order of scenes to be displayed). As mentioned above.

Details of steps S100, S110 and S120 of FIG. 14 are shown in FIG. In this embodiment, a plurality of right flags are prepared for right flags in correspondence with display modes such as pause and fast-forward. When the main character collects items by operating the controller 204 by the user, the CPU 200 reads the number of collected items up to now from the RAM 202, and confirms that the number of collected items reaches five (step S101).
→ YES is determined in S102), and random and random winning lottery is performed (step 103). As described above, when the lottery result is a win, the user has the right to select a scene (pause, fast-forward, etc.) at any time. The lottery is provided in order to make the game interesting and is not essential from the viewpoint of the present invention.

The CPU 200 discriminates the kind contents of the collection item stored in the RAM 202, and turns on the right flag corresponding to the judged kind contents. Further, in order to notify the user of the right acquired by the user, a switch blinking process as shown in FIG.
20 (steps S104 → S111 → S11)
2). The blinking process of a graphic image itself is well known in the art, and thus detailed description thereof will not be required.

If the number of collected items is less than 5,
Since the determination process in step S102 is NO, the procedure proceeds to step S121, and the identification number of the collected item is delivered to the indicator control program 3020. The indicator control program 3020 performs display control for displaying the item of the designated identification number as shown in FIG. After that, the CPU 200 performs a game process such as updating the attributes of other collected items in step S12.
It is executed in the other processing of 2. Even if the lottery result in step S103 is out of order (NO determination in step S104), the process of notifying that the lottery is out of order is executed in other processes in step S122.

Processing for normal display, pause, fast forward, slow and rewind described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 11 will be described. Since these processes themselves are well known, the description will be briefly given. In the present embodiment, the order of scenes to be displayed is determined according to the story, and various game attributes other than the scene identification number and the main character displayed in the scene are stored in the RAM 202 in the form of a table. There is. Further, in the main program, a variable (referred to as an address pointer) for storing the scene number displayed on the current display screen is defined. This address pointer is a pointer indicating the position in the above table. Therefore, by reading the game attribute indicated by the address pointer from the table, for example,
The CPU 200 can acquire information such as the position of the enemy character on the display screen, the position of the collection item, and the type of the enemy character.

FIG. 17 shows a processing procedure to be performed for reading the game attribute. The processing procedure of FIG. 17 is repeatedly executed in a constant cycle. In the modes other than the slow display mode, the address pointer is sequentially updated in synchronization with the display cycle of the display, and the processing procedure of FIG. 17 is repeatedly executed. In the slow display mode, the processing procedure using the same address pointer value is performed twice, and then the address pointer value is updated.

Step S200 is a process for setting the position of the game attribute to be read from the above table, and is a process for adding an increment value to the current address pointer value. Step S210 is a process of reading the game attribute of the designated position from the table of the RAM 202.

In the normal display mode, the increment value is set to "1" in the future direction (+ direction). In the pause display mode, the increment value is set to "0". Therefore, since the same game attribute is used in the display, the display screen appears to be paused.

In the fast-forward mode, the increment value is set to "2" in the future direction. As a result, the game attribute is 1 such as scene number “11” → “13” → “15”.
Since the images are read in the order of every other scene, the image display using these game attributes seems to be fast-forwarded as shown in FIG. In addition, when two types of fast-forward speeds are provided in this embodiment, the increment value is variably set.

In slow display, as described above, the same address pointer value is used twice to read the game attribute.
The image display using the read game attribute seems to be in slow display as shown in FIG.

In the rewind display mode, the increment value is set to "-1" in the past (-) direction. This will decrement the value of the address pointer,
The screen display of the scene using the read game attributes appears to be rewound.

FIG. 18 shows the processing procedure of the CPU 200 in the recording display mode.

In the recording display mode, the game attributes are sequentially read from the scene-game attribute table and the scene is displayed on the display screen in the same manner as the display mode described above. Further, with respect to the position of the hero character, an instruction from the controller 204 is accepted, and a display control process for displaying the hero character at the instructed position on the display screen is executed. Further, other game processing such as changing the game attribute is executed if necessary (step S30).
0). Next, all the game attributes (including the game attribute and the scene number of the main character) used in step S300 are stored in the RAM 202 (step S3).
01). This process is repeatedly executed until a predetermined time elapses or until the user releases the recording display mode (until the enemy is defeated).

For reverse display after recording, the game attributes stored in the RAM 202 are read in reverse order, and the read game attributes are used to display the main character, enemy characters, items to be collected, etc. on the display screen. Is displayed.

Playback is read from the game attribute at the beginning of the recording.

The processing contents of the 3D image processing program 3400 are shown in FIG. Since the situation of 3D image processing is the same as that of the conventional case, the description will be briefly described.

The 3D processor 206 gives an instruction given from the main program 3000, specifically, a position of the main character in the virtual space, a position of another character, a position of an item to be collected, and a position of another object. Is received (step S400).

Next, the 3D processor creates an image of the hero character viewed from a specific camera viewpoint in the three-dimensional space, and synthesizes it on the internal memory (step S410).
→ S420).

The combined image is sent to and displayed on the display in synchronization with the display cycle of the display (step S430).

As described above, in this embodiment,
When the user satisfies a specific game condition (in this case, collecting 5 items), the user can select a scene to be displayed. Further, in the selected scene, the game attribute of the hero character is maintained as the game attribute before the selection. As a result, in the present embodiment, it is possible to give a feeling of a game in which the protagonist travels in space and time, and to provide various staging effects that are not available in the past.

In addition to the above embodiments, the following modes can be implemented. 1) In the above embodiment, the treasure collection game has been described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to various other games. 2) In the above embodiment, a game machine using a television was used, but the present invention can be applied to various game machines such as a personal computer and a portable game machine. Further, the game machine does not need to be a stand-alone (single unit), a game program is installed in a server that is connected remotely, and the game machine of the server may be used by the game machine to play a game. . 3) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the game that performs 3D display is used, but the present invention can be applied to the game that performs 2D display. 4) In the above-described embodiment, the collection item is displayed on the display screen to notify the user of the right to operate the scene and whether or not the display mode usable by the right has been acquired. May be used. 5) In the above embodiment, the rewinding time is a predetermined fixed time such as 10 seconds in the rewinding mode, and is determined by the recording start time in the recording / reproducing mode. It is also possible to make this rewinding time variable. In this case, the virtual keyboard may be displayed on the display screen before the game starts, and the user may operate the controller to input the rewind time by using the numerical keys of the virtual keyboard. 6) In the above-described embodiment, the attribute of the hero character does not change when the rewinding is completed. However, the current value of the attribute of the main character may be changed to the value of the attribute of the previous main character at the above point. 7) The above-mentioned main character is used as a user object that can be operated by the user. Other objects such as an airplane, a car, and a board may be used as the user character. 8) The conditions for changing the time axis are not limited to item collection and lottery. It is possible to provide various game conditions.

As described above, according to the present invention,
Using the same time as before, that is, without determining the scene by associating it with the game attribute of the main character, if the user clears certain game conditions, pause, fast forward, slow display, etc. The display speed can be changed on the second time axis. Further, since the game attribute of the hero character is managed on the first time axis different from the second time axis, a new game effect as if the hero character is moving in space-time is provided. be able to.

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As described above, according to the first and eleventh aspects of the present invention, the second object creation speed is variably set according to the instruction of the instructing means, whereby the second object on the display screen is displayed. The speed of the action of the object can also be variably set.

According to the inventions of claims 2 and 12, the first object operated by the user is not affected by the change in the speed of the action of the second object, so that the user moves as if in space-time. You can have a feeling that you are doing.

According to the inventions of claims 3 to 5, the user can change the action of the second object such as fast-forwarding, slowing down, or pausing by using the instructing means.

According to the invention of claim 6, the first action can be freely displayed in both the forward direction and the backward direction.

According to the invention of claim 7, the game can be enjoyed on a portable terminal such as a personal computer or a portable game machine.

Further, according to the present invention, the above game effect can be realized by variably setting the display direction of a scene such as rewinding or recording / reproducing.

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[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an appearance of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display on a display.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display for notifying a collection item.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display for notifying the content of the acquired right.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a correspondence relationship between a combination of items and a right to be acquired.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display process in a normal display mode.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating display processing in a pause display mode.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display process in a fast-forward display mode.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating display processing in a slow display mode.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating display processing in a rewind display mode.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display process in a recording / playback display mode.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a software configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a main processing procedure executed by the CPU 200.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for controlling the character of the main character.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing details of mode setting processing in the main processing procedure.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining display processing in a plurality of display modes.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an information processing procedure for recording.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a 3D image processing program.

[Explanation of symbols]

200 CPU 201 ROM 202 RAM 204 controller 205 hard disk

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A game program of a game which is connectable to a controller and a display and has an instruction means and an object image creating means, the image of a first object to be displayed and to be displayed. An image of a second object is created in the game device, the images of the created first object and second object are combined to create an image for a display screen, and the created image for the display screen is created. An instruction step of instructing the speed of the action of the second object to be displayed on the display screen by the instructing means, in a program for displaying the image on the display screen of the display in synchronization with the display cycle of the display, Speed of action instructed by the instruction step Game program, characterized in that it comprises the object image generation step of generating by said object image creating means an image of the second object to be said display to create speed corresponding. 2. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the first object is a main character operated by a user using a controller of the game device, and the second object is the main character. A game program characterized by being at least one of a character other than a character, an item, and a background. 3. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the creation speed of the image of the second object is faster than the creation speed of the image of the first object. 4. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the creation speed of the image of the second object is slower than the creation speed of the image of the first object. 5. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the creation speed of the second object is a creation speed corresponding to a temporary stop of the action of the second object. 6. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the instructing means can instruct a moving direction of the action, and in the instructing step, the instructing means causes the second direction in the past direction. When the action of the object is instructed, the object image creating step creates an image of the second object in the past direction by the object image creating means. 7. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the game device is a personal computer or a mobile terminal.