JP2016013159A - Game device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the use of a character in a game, the character corresponding to an article that is properly acquired by a player.SOLUTION: A game device can enable a character corresponding to a properly acquired article to be used in a game. Specifically, the game device outputs an article, which relates to a character of a game and has attached thereto name information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state; and performs processing relating to the game, which uses the character corresponding to the article. The game device also determines whether the character corresponding to the recognized article can be used in the game, on the basis of information obtained according to a recognition result, including the name information attached to the article.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device and a program, and more particularly to a game device capable of outputting an article related to a game character.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an apparatus that executes a predetermined operation by recognizing a specific article, such as an educational system (Patent Document 1) that outputs sound corresponding to a pattern or the like drawn on a card.

  In recent years, there is also a game device that outputs a predetermined number of cards with character patterns usable for a game for one game play executed by paying a consideration. In such a game apparatus, a plurality of characters are prepared in advance, and many of the players can enjoy not only playing games but also collecting cards with such character symbols.

JP 2006-350058 A

  In the game apparatus as described above, the desire to collect cards corresponding to attractive characters, and the player's willingness to capture games using the collected characters, promote game play, which in turn leads to publisher profits. .

  However, in recent years, cases where cards are distributed by means such as so-called net auctions have increased, and some players can collect cards without playing games, and publishers miss opportunities for revenue. There was a case. In addition, when a powerful character corresponding to a card obtained through an unauthorized route is used in the game in this way, for example, a ranking based on a play score or the like is occupied by the user, so that the game of another player The play interests can be lost, and as a result, publishers may miss out on revenue opportunities.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game apparatus and a program that make it possible to use a character corresponding to an article legitimately obtained by a player in a game.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the game device of the present invention outputs an article related to a game character, which is attached with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and corresponds to the article A game device for executing a process related to a game using a character to be used, wherein recognition means for recognizing the article and whether or not the character corresponding to the article recognized by the recognition means can be used in the game are attached to the article. And determining means for determining based on information obtained according to the recognition result, including user information.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to use a character corresponding to an article properly obtained by a player in a game.

The block diagram which showed the function structure of the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which illustrated the card | curd which concerns on the character which can be used in the game which concerns on Embodiment 1 and 2 of this invention The figure which showed the example of a screen in the competitive game in the game which concerns on embodiment of this invention The flowchart which illustrated the judgment processing performed in the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the judgment processing performed in the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the judgment processing performed in the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. The figure which illustrated the data structure of the various data used in the game which concerns on embodiment of this invention

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, one embodiment described below uses the character by recognizing a card that is an article related to the character of the game as an example of a game device, and an effect according to a lottery result between characters. An example in which the present invention is applied to a game device that executes a game that progresses while applying the above will be described. However, the present invention outputs an article related to a game character, which is attached with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and performs a process related to the game using the character corresponding to the article. It can be applied to any executable device.

<< Configuration of Game Device 100 >>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game apparatus 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading the operation program of each block stored in the recording medium 102 and developing the operation program in the memory 103.

  The recording medium 102 is a recording device that can hold data permanently, such as a nonvolatile memory or an HDD. In addition to the operation program for each block of the game apparatus 100, the recording medium 102 records information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block and various types of graphics data used in the game executed by the game apparatus 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

  The character DB 104 is a database that manages information on characters appearing in a game executed in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment. Data managed for one character may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 7A, for example. In the example of FIG. 7A, in association with the character ID 701 that is character identification information, the ability information 702 indicating the character-specific ability parameters such as physical strength and attack power, which are predetermined for the character, attack technique (enemy Command information 703 indicating parameters relating to commands that can be instructed to the character, such as giving a detrimental effect such as damage or inability to the character) or recovery techniques (giving the effect of recovering the damage of the friendly character), and the like Class information 704 indicating a class that is predetermined as the character belongs is managed. These pieces of information are information uniquely determined for each character appearing in the game. One character may be provided as a command capable of instructing a plurality of types of commands, and the command information 703 is configured to include at least one type of parameters relating to commands that can be instructed.

  The lottery unit 105 performs a lottery process in the game of the present embodiment. In the game of the present embodiment, a command selected in a battle between characters is selected and executed according to the result of the lottery performed by the lottery unit 105. In the game of the present embodiment, the user (player) can basically use three characters as one group and play a battle with the opponent character. When there is a lottery request, the lottery unit 105 performs lottery for each of the three characters, and outputs the results for all the characters as the lottery result.

  The drawing unit 106 is a drawing device that generates a screen related to a game by performing a drawing process such as a GPU. The drawing unit 106 draws a game screen related to the game of the present embodiment. Specifically, the drawing unit 106 reads out necessary drawing objects according to information such as in-game parameters according to the progress of the game, executes appropriate arithmetic processing, and performs drawing during execution of the game processing described later. .

  The display unit 107 is a display device included in the game device 100 such as an LCD. A game screen drawn by the drawing unit 106 is displayed on the display unit 107. In the present embodiment, the display unit 107 is described as being built in the game apparatus 100, but may be an arbitrary display apparatus externally connected to the game apparatus 100.

  The recognition unit 108 detects that a card is placed on a predetermined part provided in the game apparatus 100 and recognizes the card. The recognizing unit 108 shoots the two-dimensional code 201 attached to the card as shown in FIG. 2, for example, with an imaging device (not shown), and applies a predetermined calculation to the obtained image, thereby Information indicated by the two-dimensional code is acquired. For example, information of a data structure as shown in FIG. 7B is obtained from a two-dimensional code attached to a card that can be used in the game of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7B, information obtained from the two-dimensional code of the card is indicated by user information 711 indicating the user (player) who has output the card as a result of playing the game, and the design of the card. , A character ID 712 for specifying the character corresponding to the card, and other information 713 are included. The other information 713 may include information on a growth parameter indicating that a character corresponding to the card has grown as a result of game play, for example. In this embodiment, the other information 713 is described as including growth parameter information. However, the growth parameter information is acquired for each user in a server (not shown) (output as a card). ) It may be managed in association with the information of each character. In this case, for example, the control unit 101 may specify and acquire the growth parameter information using the character ID 712 obtained as the recognition result.

  In the present embodiment, the user information 711 is character string information set by the user at the time of the first game play, for example, and is used as the name of the user during the game. In the present embodiment, the user information 711 is not only attached to the card as so-called invisible information that cannot be obtained unless a predetermined calculation process is applied like a two-dimensional code, as shown in FIG. The user character string 202 corresponding to the card is also displayed as “XXX”, so as to indicate which user owns the character having the name of the character string 203 corresponding to the card. Also attached as information. The user information 711 does not need to be attached in such a visible and invisible state, and may be attached only as visible information or as invisible information, for example. In addition, when the user information 711 is attached only as visible information, the user information 711 may be acquired by recognizing a character string, for example, by performing image processing on a card design. In addition, when attached only in an invisible state, it is not necessary to be attached in a visible state as a random pattern like a two-dimensional code, for example, a state in which data is written on a predetermined recording chip embedded inside the card, Needless to say, it is invisible.

  The determination unit 109 determines whether the character corresponding to the card recognized by the recognition unit 108 is a character that can be used for the game by the user who is currently playing the game. In the present embodiment, whether or not each character can be used in the game is determined by a determination process described later.

  The operation input unit 110 is a user interface that the game apparatus 100 has, such as a determination button or a button used to determine an outcome in a lottery. When the operation input unit 110 detects an operation input made on various user interfaces, the operation input unit 110 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101 or the lottery unit 105. In the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects touch input made on the screen of the display unit 107. Also good.

  The output unit 111 outputs a card having the character design as shown in FIG. 2 as the article corresponding to the character, with the user information 711 described above. In the present embodiment, the output unit 111 includes a printing apparatus and a print medium discharge mechanism, and prints an image of a character selected based on an instruction from the control unit 101 and predetermined graphic data on a predetermined print medium. Output. In the game of the present embodiment, at the end of one game play, the user can obtain a card on which one of the characters played in the game or the character used for play is printed. The content printed on the card differs depending on the progress of the game, and in this embodiment, by printing according to the progress for each game play, so-called one point that can be owned only by the user. A physical card is output. This allows users to own their own cards that other users do not own, and to obtain different cards for each game play, so that a fixed design card is ejected. Compared to a game using cards, the desire to collect cards can be satisfied.

  The communication unit 112 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game apparatus 100. The communication unit 112 can be connected to an external device via a communication network such as the Internet (not shown) or a wired medium such as a cable, and can transmit and receive data. The game apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to receive program data obtained by packaging a game processing program from an external device via the communication unit 112. When the communication unit 112 receives the program data together with the program update request, the control unit 101 uses the received program data for the processing program related to the game currently stored in the recording medium 102 according to the update request. Can be updated. In addition to this, the program update processing of the game is automatically executed when the program data recorded on the recording medium is inserted into an optical drive (not shown) included in the game device, or after the insertion. It can also be executed by the start command from the administrator.

Game overview
Here, an outline of a game executed by the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the game of this embodiment, the user starts one game play triggered by the insertion of a coin or a medal equivalent to a coin into a coin insertion slot (not shown). When the game play starts, the user can register up to three characters to be used in the game. Character registration can be performed by placing and recognizing cards corresponding to the character in order on a predetermined part as described above. The character that the user can use in the game is basically determined by whether or not the user information related to the current game play is attached to the card corresponding to the character. In the game of the present embodiment, user information acquired from a card that is first placed and recognized is set as user information related to the current game play. In addition, the acquisition method of the user information of the user related to the current game play is not limited to this, for example, acquired by a predetermined person recognition method input by the user at the start of the game play, or an embodiment described later It may be determined by a predetermined process such as being acquired from an article prepared for user identification as in FIG.

  In addition, in the game of this embodiment, it respond | corresponds to the card | curd legitimately acquired by the user only when it is a card | curd with the same user information as the user information of the user which concerns on the present game play in this way. It is possible to make the character usable in the game. However, when the game design is performed so as to ensure the identity between the user involved in the game play and the user who outputs the card in this manner, for example, a so-called trial user who wants to play the game for trial, It is possible to limit the game play of so-called light users that are less frequent. Therefore, in the game of the present embodiment, the cards related to some characters can be used by any user regardless of the user information so that such a user can have a suitable game experience. To do. Specifically, as described for the character DB 104, class information 704 is defined for each character prepared in advance so that it can appear in the game. In the game of the present embodiment, five levels “A” to “E” are prepared as classes, and all characters are predetermined as belonging to any one of them. The class is fixed information regardless of the game play and is uniquely determined by the character, and may be specified on the card as indicated by 204 in FIG. Each class is classified in consideration of, for example, the height of a basic parameter in the game, rarity, popularity ranking by a user, etc., and “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E”. In this order, the class becomes lower (the ownership value as the user becomes lower). Accordingly, in the game of the present embodiment, the character defined as belonging to the “D” or “E” class may be used less frequently by the user, and thus can be used by any user. That is, the determination unit 109 determines that the card can be used regardless of the user information attached to the card related to the character.

  After the registration of the character used for the game, the user can search for a battle character playing the battle game by a predetermined operation. After the battle character is determined, the battle game is started, and the user can cause the use character to perform an action by determining a command to command the registered character (use character). In the game of the present embodiment, a command for the character used is determined by a lottery process by the lottery unit 105. Specifically, in the game screen as shown in FIG. 3A, a lottery is performed by performing a rotation stop operation when a reel rotation effect having eyes corresponding to a command for each character used is made. The outcome (winning eye) can be confirmed by processing. In FIG. 3A, a reel in which figures (eyes) corresponding to commands that can be selected for each used character are arranged in the vertical direction is displayed on each of the used character images 301a to 301c arranged in the horizontal direction. In addition, images 301d to 301e of the battle character are displayed thereon. In FIG. 3A, the eyes that are the results of the lottery result are the eyes that are displayed in the area 302 in principle, and the command corresponding to the eyes instructs the output, that is, each character used. Confirmed as a command.

  During the battle game, for example, when it is determined that the progress of the game is unfavorable for the user based on, for example, the physical strength gauges of all the used characters, a “summon” event that causes the character to appear in the game additionally occurs. When the summoning event occurs, after the notice indicating that the summoning event has occurred, the frame area 311 provided outside the reel display area 303 as shown in FIG. A graphic 312 for connection is arranged so as to face. As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), for the eyes arranged on the reels of the characters used, the figure for connecting the outcomes from the periphery of the figure of the eye toward the outside has a predetermined probability. It is controlled to be attached. When a summoning event occurs, the outcome 313 included in the area 302 is also attached with a figure for connecting the outcome in the direction toward the frame area 311, and these figures are shown in FIG. 3B. Changes to a connected figure. The connected figure being connected means that a lottery process related to the summoning of a new character in the summoning event has been won, and the control unit 101 can recognize the new card at this time. Control to the state. At this time, the user places and recognizes a new card, thereby causing the character corresponding to the card to behave with a predetermined effect on the character, such as reducing the physical strength gauge of the battle character. Can change the progress of the game.

  Note that the character that can appear when the lottery process related to the character summoning of the summoning event is won't have to be the character corresponding to the card with the same user information as the user related to the current game play. . This is because users who have just started using the game have a small number of cards, and there are no cards related to characters that can be summoned, or cards related to characters that cause special effects by summoning are distributed at events, etc. The case where it is done is taken into consideration. In addition, defeating in a competitive game may reduce the interest of the user, so for example, borrowing a card from a nearby friend or the like will improve the probability of winning the game for publishers. This is suitable for encouraging the user to play the next game.

  When the battle game is completed, the user can select one of the used characters (excluding the summoned character) or the battle character and output a card on which an image of the character is printed. Characters that can be output as a card can also select a use character registered using a card to which user information different from the user related to the current game play is attached, that is, a character whose class is D or E. In this case, the card related to the character is output as a card with user information of the user related to the current game play. On the other hand, even if the character corresponds to the card recognized by the recognition unit 108 before the start of the battle game, the character determined to be unusable is not registered as a use character by the control unit 101. As long as the character is not included in the battle character, the user is controlled so that the character cannot be selected and the card cannot be output. The information to be attached to the card including the user information is printed with a corresponding two-dimensional code as described with reference to FIG. 2 or a character string “XXXXX” indicating the user who has output the card. What is necessary is just to be performed.

《Judgment process》
Hereinafter, the determination process for determining whether or not the character related to the article recognized by the recognition unit 108 can be used in the game, which is executed in the game device of the present embodiment, will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. To do. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it. This determination process is performed when, for example, a process related to a game for one game play is executed by the control unit 101 in accordance with payment of a consideration by the user, and when a character is registered or a new character is summoned It is assumed that it is started when performing.

  In S401, the recognizing unit 108 determines whether or not a card that can be used for the game is placed on a predetermined part of the game apparatus 100. The recognizing unit 108 moves the process to S402 when it is determined that the card is placed, and repeats the process of this step when it is determined that the card is not placed.

  In step S <b> 402, the recognition unit 108 recognizes the two-dimensional code 201 of the placed card and stores information (target information) obtained as a recognition result in the memory 103.

  In step S403, the control unit 101 determines whether the current game progress status is a status in which a summoning event is occurring. Whether or not a summoning event has occurred can be determined by referring to the corresponding event flag (logical type information) stored in the memory 103 or referring to the physical strength gauge of the character used as described above, for example. It is. If the control unit 101 determines that the current game progress status is a status in which a summoning event has occurred, the control unit 101 moves the process to S404 and determines that the character corresponding to the recognized card can be used in the game. The result is output and the determination process is completed. In this case, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 107 to display a display indicating that the effect corresponding to the character is activated by summoning the character corresponding to the placed card. If the control unit 101 determines that the current game progress status is not a status in which a summoning event has occurred, the control unit 101 moves the process to S405.

  In step S <b> 405, the control unit 101 determines whether the user information of the user related to the current game play is the same as the user information 711 included in the target information. In the game of the present embodiment, as described above, the user information is character string information, so whether or not the character strings of the two user information match is determined in this step. That is, in the game of the present embodiment, if the user information 711 included in the target information and the user information of the user are the same character string, the card related to the target information can be used. In other words, for example, when a user uses his / her last name or first name as user information, a card output by game play by a user who has the same last name or the same name and also uses the last name or first name in the user information Is determined to be a card that can be used for game play. In the game of this embodiment, the user information acquired from the card recognized in the registration of the first character used is stored in the memory 103 as the user information of the user, so the first card is always included in the target information. It is determined that the user information 711 and the user information of the user are the same. When the control unit 101 determines that the user information of the user and the user information 711 included in the target information are the same, the control unit 101 moves the process to S406, and the character corresponding to the recognized card can be used in the game. The determination result is output and the determination process is completed. In this case, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 107 to display a display indicating that the character corresponding to the placed card can be used, and the character ID of the character is stored in the memory 103 that manages the used character. Register in the use character table. The display indicating that the character corresponding to the placed card can be used may be, for example, a notification indicating that the character has been registered, or an image of the character is arranged in the display area. There may be. On the other hand, when the control unit 101 determines that the user information of the user is different from the user information 711 included in the target information, the control unit 101 moves the process to S407.

  In step S407, the control unit 101 determines whether the character class corresponding to the recognized card is D or E. Specifically, the control unit 101 reads out the corresponding character class information 704 from the character DB 104 based on the character ID 712 included in the target information, and determines whether the character DB 104 corresponds to D or E. When the control unit 101 determines that the character class corresponding to the recognized card is D or E, the control unit 101 moves the process to S406, and in other classes, that is, C or higher (A, B, C). If it is determined that there is, the process proceeds to S408.

  In step S408, the control unit 101 outputs a determination result that the character corresponding to the recognized card cannot be used in the game, and the determination process is completed. In this case, the control unit 101 may display a display indicating that the character corresponding to the placed card is unusable on the display unit 107, and may notify the user of placing a different card. The display indicating that the character corresponding to the placed card is unusable is another user's card, or another user's card, and the class is higher than a predetermined class, etc. You may notify the reason which cannot be registered.

  In the determination process of the present embodiment, the method of determining whether or not the information can be used is referred to by referring to the class information 704 associated with the same character ID 701 from the character DB 104 based on the character ID 712 included in the target information. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the class information 704 may be configured at the time of card output as information (target information) that can be acquired from the two-dimensional code 201 in the same manner as the user information 711 described above, or acquired by image recognition of the card symbol. May be.

  In the present embodiment, the character DB 104 is described as being in the game apparatus 100, but the character DB 104 may be on an external server and configured to be able to acquire information via the communication unit 112. May be.

  As described above, the game device according to the present embodiment can make a character corresponding to an article legitimately obtained by a user usable in a game. Specifically, the game device is an article related to a game character, outputs an article with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and relates to a game using a character corresponding to the article Execute the process. Then, the game device determines whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized article can be used in the game based on information obtained according to the recognition result including user information attached to the article.

[Embodiment 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the method of determining whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized card can be used based on whether the user information matches, the character class, or the summoning event is occurring has been described. In the present embodiment, a method for determining availability based on information other than these will be described. Note that the game device 100 of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and a description of the functional configuration is omitted.

《Judgment process》
Hereinafter, determination processing executed by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, steps that perform the same processing as the determination processing of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, description thereof is omitted, and only steps that perform processing characteristic to the present embodiment will be described.

  If it is determined in S407 that the class of the character corresponding to the recognized card is class C or higher, the control unit 101 satisfies a predetermined condition in S501 that the character can be used regardless of the user information. Judge whether or not. The predetermined condition determined in this step is a condition regarding the recognized card or the character corresponding to the card, and it is determined whether or not any of the following conditions is satisfied in the game of the present embodiment.

(1) The game device that output the card matches. For this condition, for example, the other information 713 includes information for identifying the game device that outputs the card, and the output unit 111 includes the information. A card with a dimension code is output, and when the card is recognized, it is possible to make a determination by configuring so that information for identifying the game device that has output the card can be acquired. Alternatively, the other information 713 includes different card identification information for each of the output cards, and a card with a two-dimensional code including the information is output by the output unit 111, and the card is recognized when the card is recognized. Judgment can be made by configuring the game device that has output the card from information managed by a server or the like based on the identification information.

  In addition, this condition may be determined to satisfy the condition when any of the following two types of cases is satisfied.

(I) When using a card in a game device that has output a card The first case is that a game device that has output a recognized card is currently playing a game, that is, performing this determination process. This is the case of the game device itself. Specifically, the control unit 101 satisfies the predetermined condition when the information for identifying the game device that has output the recognized card included in the target information is the same as the information for identifying its own game device. Judge that it was done. Alternatively, the control unit 101 refers to information for identifying a game device that has output the card by accessing an external server (not shown), for example, based on the card identification information included in the target information, and the information is its own game device. If the information is the same as the information for identifying, it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied.

(Ii) When a plurality of recognized cards are output in the same game device The second case is a game device that outputs a card recognized for the first used character registered when the used character is registered. And the game device that has output the newly recognized card is the same. Specifically, when the card is first recognized by the recognition unit 108 for one game play, the control unit 101 uses information for identifying the game device that has output the card included in the target information for reference. It is stored in the memory 103 as device identification information. Then, when the information identifying the game device that has output the card included in the target information is the same as the device identification information for reference, the control unit 101 subsequently identifies a new card recognized by the recognition unit 108. It is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied. Alternatively, when the card is first recognized by the recognition unit 108 for one game play, the control unit 101 uses, for example, information for identifying the game device that has output the card based on the card identification information included in the target information. Acquired from an external server and stored as device identification information for reference. The control unit 101 then selects a predetermined card when the information for identifying the game device that has output the card acquired from the external server is the same as the reference device identification information for a new card recognized by the recognition unit 108. It is determined that the above conditions are satisfied.

(2) It is the same as the character that the user has already output the card. For this condition, a user ID that uniquely identifies the user related to the current game play is provided, and the character ID corresponding to the card output by the user This list information is recorded in association with the user ID, for example, in an external server, and can be determined by acquiring the list information from the server as information for determination.

  For example, when the user information 711 included in the card first recognized as in the first embodiment is used as a user related to the current game play, the card is output as the other information 713 different from the user information. The card with the two-dimensional code including the information may be output by the output unit 111 by including the user ID of the user. In this case, the control unit 101 acquires list information from the external server based on the user ID acquired from the first recognized card, and stores the list information in the memory 103. The control unit 101 determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied for a new card recognized by the recognition unit 108 when the list information includes a character ID 701 included in the target information acquired from the card. .

  As described above, when the control unit 101 determines that any of the conditions is satisfied and the predetermined condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to S406, and does not correspond to any of the conditions, and the predetermined condition is satisfied. If it is determined that it is not, the process proceeds to S408.

  As described above, at least of a game device for playing a game, a game device for outputting a card, a game device for outputting a card and a game device for outputting another card, and a character corresponding to the card and a character output to the card by the user Whether or not a character corresponding to the recognized card can be used may be determined based on whether or not a predetermined relationship is established between the two.

  In the first and second embodiments, the user information of the user related to the current game play has been described as being acquired from the first recognized card. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The user information of the user related to the current game play is, for example, the user information with the most user information indicating the same character string among the user information attached to the plurality of recognized cards. May be selected as user information. In this case, a determination process may be executed for a card having user information that has not been selected as a user related to the current game play.

[Embodiment 3]
In the above-described first and second embodiments, when the user information of the user related to the current game play and the user information attached to the recognized card do not match, the game uniquely determined for the character corresponding to the card Although it has been described that it is determined whether or not a character can be used based on fixed information (class information) regardless of play, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. In the present embodiment, a method for determining whether or not a character can be used based on information that changes in accordance with a game play result among information related to the character corresponding to the card when user information does not match will be described.

<< Configuration of Game Device 100 >>
The game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment basically has the same functional configuration as the game apparatus 100 described in the first embodiment described above, but differs in the following points.

  The recognition unit 108 is configured to be able to recognize a card of a type different from the card in addition to the card related to the character used in the battle game. Different types of cards (user cards) are cards provided for game play for each user, and manage information regarding the user who plays the game. The user card includes, for example, set user information 721 set by the user as shown in FIG. 7C and play history information 722 indicating the battle record of the battle game played by the user. The information on the user card may be information attached to the card by attaching a corresponding two-dimensional code in the same manner as the card related to the character. In this embodiment, the card associated with the character includes growth level information indicating the growth stage of the character corresponding to the card in the other information 713.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the setting user information 721 and the play history information 722 can be acquired by the recognition unit 108 recognizing the two-dimensional code of the user card. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something that can be done. For example, as described above, these pieces of information may be acquired by recognizing a printed character string. Alternatively, at least only identification information (user ID) for identifying the user is included in the two-dimensional code of the user card, and the setting user information 721 and the play history information 722 can be acquired from an external server based on the information. May be.

  In addition, since the game executed on the game device 100 according to the present embodiment is simple, unlike the first and second embodiments, it is assumed that no event for summoning other characters in the battle game occurs.

《Judgment process》
Hereinafter, determination processing executed in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the following description, steps that perform the same processing as the determination processing of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, description thereof is omitted, and only steps that perform processing characteristic to the present embodiment will be described.

  Note that the user card is recognized by the recognition unit 108 before execution of the determination process of the present embodiment, and the set user information 721 acquired from the card as a result of the recognition is stored as the user information of the user related to the current game play. It is assumed that the data is stored in 103. That is, in the game of the present embodiment, the user information of the user related to the current game play does not use the user information acquired from the target information obtained as the recognition result of the card first recognized, but relates to the character. It is obtained from a different type of user card than the card.

  If it is determined in step S405 that the user information of the user is different from the user information 711 included in the target information, the control unit 101 determines in step S601 whether the character corresponding to the recognized card has reached a predetermined growth stage. Judging. Specifically, the control unit 101 refers to the growth level information included in the other information 713 of the target information, and determines whether the growth stage of the character has reached a predetermined growth stage. For example, even if a so-called light user uses a character up to the growth stage, the game according to the present embodiment can be suitably enjoyed, and other users can be interested in score ranking and the like. It may be assigned so as not to affect. If the control unit 101 determines that the character corresponding to the recognized card has reached a predetermined growth stage, it moves the process to S408, and if it determines that the character has not reached the process, it moves the process to S406.

  By doing in this way, in the game of this embodiment, it is possible to determine whether or not a character can be used by using information that changes according to the result of game play, while taking into consideration the game balance and the interests of other users. .

[Modification]
As described above, in the first to third embodiments, the method for determining whether or not a character can be used in the game device according to the present invention has been described. However, the determination elements in each embodiment may be arbitrarily combined in accordance with the embodiment. . For example, even if the character information corresponding to one card is different from the user information of the user related to the current game play and the user information attached to the card, both the class and the growth stage of the character corresponding to the card are different. If the condition is satisfied, it may be determined that the character can be used.

  In addition to this, the growth stage is judged in two stages. If the first growth stage is not reached, the game can be used for a battle game, and can be output as a card with user information of the user after the battle game ends. If the player has reached the first growth stage and has not reached the second growth stage, the game can be used for a battle game, but it may not be output as a card after the battle game is over.

  In the above-described embodiments, the article output from the game apparatus 100 is described as a card. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the output unit 111 is a device capable of generating a three-dimensional model such as a so-called 3D printer, the article may be a model such as a figure related to a character, and the output unit 111 includes at least character name information. May be configured to be output. Further, for example, when the output unit 111 has a sorter of a plurality of types of toys and is configured to be able to selectively output a toy related to a predetermined character, the article may be the toy, and the output unit 111 It may be configured to output at least character name information.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

  100: Game device 101: Control unit 102: Recording medium 103: Memory 104: Character DB 105: Lottery unit 106: Drawing unit 107: Display unit 108: Recognition unit 109: Judgment unit 110 : Operation input unit, 111: Output unit, 112: Communication unit

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the game device of the present invention outputs an article related to a game character, which is attached with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and corresponds to the article A game device for executing a process related to a game using a character to be used, wherein recognition means for recognizing the article and whether or not the character corresponding to the article recognized by the recognition means can be used in the game are attached to the article. Determination means for making a determination based on information obtained according to a recognition result including fixed information independently of game play contents, which is uniquely determined for the character corresponding to the article. The determining means determines that the user information attached to the recognized article is the same as the user information used for the user related to the current game play. The user information attached to the recognized article is different from the user information used for the user related to the current game play, and the game play content is However, when it is determined that the fixed information satisfies the predetermined condition, it is determined that the character corresponding to the article can be used .

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An article related to a game character, which outputs an article with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and executes a process related to a game using a character corresponding to the article. And
A recognition means for recognizing the article;
Determination means for determining whether or not the character corresponding to the article recognized by the recognition means can be used in the game based on information obtained according to a recognition result including the user information attached to the article; A game apparatus comprising:   The information obtained according to the recognition result includes fixed information that is uniquely determined for the character corresponding to the recognized article and does not depend on the play content of the game. Game device. The information obtained according to the recognition result includes information indicating a class to which the character belongs, which is predetermined for the character corresponding to the recognized article,
The said determination means determines that the character corresponding to this article can be used when the class to which the character corresponding to the recognized article belongs is a predetermined class. Game device. Control means for determining whether or not the game is in a predetermined progress state;
When the control means determines that the game is in the predetermined progress state, the control means controls the recognition means to be able to recognize further articles,
When the determination means determines that the game is in the predetermined progress, the character corresponding to the article newly recognized by the recognition means is attached to the newly recognized article. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is determined to be usable regardless of user information. The information obtained according to the recognition result includes information for determining whether the recognized article or the character corresponding to the article satisfies a predetermined condition,
When the determination means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied based on the determination information, the character corresponding to the recognized article can be used regardless of the user information attached to the article. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is determined. The information for determination includes information for identifying the game device that has output the article,
The determination means is based on the determination information,
If the game device that has output the recognized article is itself, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and it is determined that a character corresponding to the article can be used. 6. The game according to claim 5, wherein when the game devices that output the articles are the same, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and it is determined that a plurality of characters corresponding to the plurality of articles can be used. apparatus. The information for determination includes information for specifying a character that has already been output as an article by a user related to the current game play,
The determination means satisfies the predetermined condition when the user corresponding to the current game play has already output the character corresponding to the recognized article as the article based on the information for determination. The game device according to claim 5, wherein the game device is determined. The information obtained according to the recognition result includes information indicating the growth stage of the character corresponding to the recognized article in the game,
When the growth stage of the character corresponding to the recognized article in the game has not reached a predetermined stage, the determination means determines the character corresponding to the article regardless of the user information attached to the article. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is determined to be usable.   The determination means responds to the article based on the user information attached to the article when the growth stage of the corresponding character corresponding to the recognized article has reached the predetermined stage. The game device according to claim 8, wherein whether or not the character can be used is determined.   When the determination unit determines that the user information attached to the recognized article is the same as the user information used for the user related to the current game play, a character corresponding to the article is selected. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is determined to be usable. The user information is character string information indicating the specific user,
The determination means responds to the article when the character string of the user information attached to the recognized article matches the character string of the user information used for the user of the current game play. The game device according to claim 10, wherein it is determined that the character to be used can be used.   The determination means determines that the character corresponding to the article is not used when the user information attached to the recognized article is different from the user information used for the user related to the current game play. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is determined to be possible. Further comprising an acquisition means for acquiring the user information used for the user relating to the current game play from an article of a type different from the article relating to the character of the game;
The game device according to claim 10, wherein the different types of items include user play history information corresponding to the items and the user information. The recognition means recognizes a plurality of articles for one game play,
The game apparatus further includes a determination unit that determines the user information used for the user related to the current game play based on the user information attached to each of the recognized plurality of articles. The game device according to any one of claims 10 to 12.   The determination means determines the user information attached to an initially recognized article among the plurality of articles as the user information used for a user related to the current game play. Item 15. A game device according to Item 14.   When it is determined by the determination means that the character corresponding to the recognized article can be used, the character is made to appear in the game and the article related to the character is controlled to be output. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling the character so that the character cannot be used and the article related to the character cannot be output when it is determined that the character cannot be used. The game device according to any one of 1 to 15.   17. One or more computers having recognition means for recognizing an article related to a game character and having user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state. The program for functioning as each means of the game device of description. An article related to a game character, which outputs an article with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and executes a process related to a game using a character corresponding to the article. In the display area of the connected display device,
An indication that the article has been recognized;
And a display showing a determination result of determining whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized article can be used in the game based on information including the user information attached to the article. Game device.

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