JP2018103053A - Video game processing program and video game processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video game processing program which allows two players to form a party (group) and enjoy a game simultaneously even when there is a difference in levels of player characters.SOLUTION: An event is defined such that a player character always starts from a same initial level regardless of a level of the player character outside an event. For this event, the player character can acquire a privilege when a level within the event reaches a level of a privilege application condition at a level which the player character has reached outside. The player character can acquire a clearing reward when the player character clears the event, and sometimes the clearing reward is changed according to whether or not the level outside the event has reached an upper level limit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  At least one of the embodiments of the present invention relates to a video game processing program and a video game processing system for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation.

  Recently, there is a so-called MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) in which a large number of players can connect to a game server via a communication line and enjoy a role-playing game in a virtual space set in the server. It is becoming popular.

  In such an MMORPG, a level indicating the strength in the game is set for the player character, and the higher the level of the player character, the higher the numerical values of various parameters representing the strength of the player character. The number of skills that can be used by the player character (special skills for advantageously advancing a game that can be used during battle with enemy characters or during field movement) increases.

  For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151826 exists as a device in which the player does not lose the willingness to participate in the game even if there is a difference in the proficiency level of the player character.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-002967

  In the above-mentioned patent document 1, an effect process is performed in which the difference between parameters of two characters belonging to the same group and the order of attack is consecutive is calculated, and the effect of the attack emitted by the group is increased according to the difference in the parameters. By doing so, even if there is a difference in the proficiency level of the player, the player does not lose his willingness to participate in the game. However, if the level of the player character is extremely different, if the player character participates in an event or dungeon tailored to the player character with a high level, the player character at a low level becomes immediately unable to act due to an attack from the enemy character. There was a fear that this mechanism could not be utilized.

  Since the level of the player character is proportional to the game play time of the player to some extent, the level between the players opens. In addition, since a player who starts a game lately starts playing with a great lag behind the other players, a large difference occurs in the level of the player character. When such a level opens, the advantage of forming a party with a low-level player for a high-level player is reduced, so it becomes difficult for a low-level player to form a party. There is a problem that the willingness to participate is reduced.

  An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing program that solves the above-described problem and allows a player (group) to form a party (group) and enjoy a game at the same time even if there is a difference in the level of player characters Is to provide.

  According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation. An event participation management function for accepting participation in an event in a game in which at least one player can participate in the server and configuring and managing the party, and a player character of the player character participating in the event outside the event Regardless of the level that indicates the level of strength, the initial level setting function that starts the event after setting the level in the event to the predetermined initial level, and manages the predetermined conditions for leveling up the character in the event A level-up determination function that determines whether or not satisfies the level-up condition; When the level of the player character in the vent is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting function for granting a privilege within the event is realized. It is characterized by that.

  From a non-limiting viewpoint, a video game processing program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation. An event participation management function for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate, and configuring and managing a party, and the strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event Regardless of the level that indicates the degree, the initial level setting function that starts the event after setting the level in the event to the predetermined initial level, and the character is leveled up by managing the predetermined conditions for character level up in the event Level-up judgment function for judging whether the condition is met, and in the event When the level of the player character is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting function for granting a privilege within the event is realized. Features.

  According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication network, a server, and a user terminal, and controls the progress of the video game according to a user operation. An event participation management means for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one or more players can participate and managing the party, and a player character of the player character who participated in the event Regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength, the initial level setting means for starting the event after setting the level in the event to a predetermined initial level, and the predetermined conditions for the level up of the character in the event are managed. Level-up judging means for judging whether the character satisfies the level-up condition; Including a privilege granting means for granting a privilege within the event when the level of the player character within the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and has reached a predetermined level. It is characterized by.

  Each embodiment of the present application solves one or more deficiencies.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of a structure of the video game processing system corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the game process corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game process corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of operation | movement by the side of a user terminal in the game process corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game process corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server corresponding to at least 1 of embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, examples of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Various constituent elements in the embodiments described below can be appropriately combined within a range in which no contradiction occurs. Moreover, the content described as an example of a certain embodiment may be omitted in other embodiments. The contents of operations and processes not related to the characteristic part of each embodiment may be omitted. Furthermore, the order of the various processes constituting the various flows described below is in no particular order as long as no contradiction occurs in the processing contents.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a video game processing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the video game processing system 100 includes a server 10 and user terminals 20, 201 to 20N (N is an arbitrary integer) used by a user of the video game processing system. Note that the configuration of the video game processing system 100 is not limited thereto, and a single user terminal may be used by a plurality of users, or a configuration including a plurality of servers.

  The server 10 and the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N are each connected to a communication network 30 such as the Internet. Although not shown, the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N are connected to the communication network 30 by performing data communication with a base station managed by a communication provider through a wireless communication line.

  The video game processing system 100 includes the server 10 and the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N, thereby realizing various functions for executing various processes according to user operations.

  The server 10 is managed by an administrator of the video game processing system 100, and has various functions for providing information related to various processes to the plurality of user terminals 20, 201 to 20N. In this example, the server 10 includes an information processing apparatus such as a WWW server, and includes a storage medium that stores various types of information. The server 10 includes a general configuration for performing various processes as a computer, such as a control unit and a communication unit, but a description thereof is omitted here. Further, in the video game processing system 100, it is preferable that the server 10 manages various information from the viewpoint of reducing the processing load on each of the plurality of user terminals 20, 201 to 20N. However, the memory | storage part which memorize | stores various information should just be provided with the memory area in the state which the server 10 can access, for example, may be set as the structure which has an exclusive memory area outside the server 10. FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server 10 </ b> A that is an example of the configuration of the server 10. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the server 10 </ b> A includes at least an event participation management unit 11, an initial level setting unit 12, a level up determination unit 13, and a privilege granting unit 14.

  The event participation management unit 11 is an element for accepting player participation in an event in a video game realized by the video game processing system 100 and configuring and managing a party including at least one player who has accepted the participation.

  The event is an event that is started after the participating player characters are uniformly set to a predetermined initial level regardless of the level of the player character during play outside the event. Further, “outside the event” is an expression indicating the whole game played using the player character outside the event.

  In addition, the event participation reception includes not only the case where the player wants to participate in the event at the will of the player, but also a situation where the event is forced to participate in the event. , Participation is to be accepted. It is determined that the event participation flag is established according to the input operation performed by the user.

  The initial level setting unit 12 is configured to perform processing for setting the level of the player character at the time of starting the event to a predetermined initial level. The initial level may be level 1, for example. At this time, it is set to a predetermined initial level within the event, but when the event ends and returns to the outside of the event, it returns to the original level, so the setting to the initial level here is a process limited to within the event. is there.

  The level-up determination unit 13 is configured to determine the level-up of the player character based on the points for level-up obtained when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the event. As an example, the level obtained based on the points obtained at the stage of winning the battle with the enemy character, so-called experience value, can be considered.

  The privilege granting unit 14 grants a privilege within the event when the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and has reached a predetermined level. It is the composition. For example, when the level-up determination unit 13 determines that the level has been increased, it is determined whether the level has reached the level already reached by the player character and is a predetermined level. The predetermined level here is a level that is determined in advance to grant a privilege.

  As the contents of the privilege, for example, various privileges such as acquisition of special skills that cannot be acquired by simply leveling up, provision of items usable in the event, and provision of currency usable in the game can be considered.

  Each of the plurality of user terminals 20, 201 to 20N is managed by a user, and is a communication terminal capable of playing a network distribution type game such as a mobile phone terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), or a portable game device. Composed. The configuration of the user terminal that can be included in the video game processing system 100 is not limited to the above-described example, and may be any configuration as long as the user can recognize the video game. Other examples of user terminal configurations include so-called wearable devices such as smart watches, and combinations of wearable devices and communication terminals.

  Each of the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N is connected to the communication network 30 and communicates with the server 10 to execute various processes (for example, a browser screen or a screen corresponding to coordinates). A display device for displaying a game screen) and software. Each of the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N may be configured to be able to directly communicate with each other without using the server 10.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of game processing executed by the video game processing system 100. In the game process in this example, a process related to the progress of a special event is performed. Hereinafter, a case where the server 10A and the user terminal 20 (terminal 20) execute game processing will be described as an example.

  In the game process, for example, when an event participation flag is set by an input operation performed by the user at the user terminal 20, the event participation flag is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server 10A (step S11), and this is performed by the server 10A. It starts from the time it is received.

  The server 10A that has received the event participation flag performs event participation management that constitutes a party including at least one player character that participates in the event (step S12). Then, with respect to the player characters who are members of the configured party, regardless of the level outside the event, all members are uniformly set to a predetermined initial level, and the event is started (step S13).

  As the event progresses, based on the points for level up obtained when the predetermined condition is satisfied in the event, the player character is determined to level up. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the player character It is determined that the level has been increased (step S14).

  When the player character is leveled up, it is determined whether or not the level of the player character has reached the predetermined level as a condition for granting the privilege, and the player character has already reached the level outside the event. (Step S15). If this condition is satisfied, a privilege is granted (step S16). Note that the privilege grant target may be for the player character or the player, and further, the privilege may be granted to other player characters or players participating in the party. Also good.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation on the server 10A side in the game process. Here, the operation of the server 10A in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  The server 10A starts the game process when the event participation flag is established. Event participation management that constitutes a party including at least one player character participating in the event is performed (step S101). Then, the level of all party members is set to a predetermined initial level and an event is started (step S102). Since the player character obtains points for level up as the event progresses, it is determined whether or not the player character has leveled up at the time of point acquisition (step S103). If the player character has leveled up, whether the level of the player character has already reached the level that the player character has already reached outside the event, and has reached a predetermined level as a condition for granting a privilege It is determined whether or not (step S104). If the conditions for granting a privilege are satisfied, the privilege is granted (step S105).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation on the user terminal 20 side when the user terminal 20 executes a game process. Hereinafter, a case where the user terminal 20 executes the game process alone will be described as an example. Note that the configuration of the user terminal 20 has the same functions as the configuration of the server 10 except that various types of information are received from the server 10, and thus description thereof is omitted from the viewpoint of avoiding redundant explanation.

  The user terminal 20 starts the game process from the time when the event participation flag is established. Event participation management that constitutes a party including at least one player character participating in the event is performed (step S201). Then, the level of all party members is set to a predetermined initial level, and an event is started (step S202). Since the player character obtains points for level up as the event progresses, it is determined whether or not the player character has leveled up at the time of point acquisition (step S203). If the player character has leveled up, whether the level of the player character has already reached the level that the player character has already reached outside the event, and has reached a predetermined level as a condition for granting a privilege It is determined whether or not (step S204). When the conditions for granting a privilege are satisfied, a privilege is granted (step S205).

  As described above, as one aspect of the first embodiment, the server 10A having the function of controlling the progress of the video game according to the user's operation includes the event participation management unit 11 and the initial level setting unit 12. And the level-up determination unit 13 and the privilege granting unit 14, so that at least one player who accepts participation and accepts participation in an event in a game in which at least one or more players can participate is included. Regardless of the level that indicates the degree of strength of the player character of the player who participated in the event outside the event, the level within the event is set to a predetermined initial level and the event is started. , Manage the character's level-up conditions within the event, and the character meets the level-up conditions When the player character level in the event is a level already reached by the player character outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege is given in the event. As a result, even if there is a difference in the level of the player character, both parties can form a party and enjoy the game at the same time.

  That is, even in a party in which a player character with a low level and a player character with a high level are mixed, by setting the event to start from the same initial level, both parties can enjoy the event together. Further, in the case of a high-level player character, a privilege is obtained when the level in the event reaches the level of the privilege granting condition at a level already reached outside, so that the player who handles the high-level player character There are benefits. There is an effect of attracting the user's interest further depending on the content of the privilege.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server 10B that is an example of a configuration of the server 10. As illustrated in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the server 10 </ b> B includes at least an event participation management unit 11, an initial level setting unit 12, a level up determination unit 13, a privilege granting unit 14, and a clear reward granting unit 15.

  The clear reward granting unit 15 is configured to give a clear reward to participating player characters when a predetermined condition for event clear set in the event is satisfied. As predetermined conditions for event clearing, for example, it is conceivable to defeat a specific boss character or to reach a specific level in an event that is underground.

  As a clear reward, for players who have not reached the upper limit of the player character level outside the event, points for raising the player character level outside the event, so-called experience values, are given to the player character who participated in the event It is possible to do. On the other hand, for the player whose level of the player character outside the event has reached the upper limit, the experience value is not necessary any more, so it is conceivable to give an item usable in the game. Various other clear rewards can be considered.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the server 10B in the game process. Here, the operation of the server 10B in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  As the event progresses, the server 10B determines whether or not the event clear condition is satisfied (step S106). When the event clear condition is satisfied, the event is terminated. At this time, a reward for clearing the event is given (step S107). Then, a reward grant for event clear is transmitted to the user terminal 20, and processing for displaying on the game screen is performed.

  As described above, as one aspect of the second embodiment, the server 10B having a function of controlling the progress of the video game according to the user's operation includes the event participation management unit 11 and the initial level setting unit 12. And a level-up determination unit 13, a privilege granting unit 14, and a clear reward granting unit 15, and when a predetermined event clearing condition set in the event is satisfied, the level of the player character outside the event is the upper limit. Since the player character who participated in the event is given a point for raising the level of the player character outside the event to a player who has not reached the level, Raise the level of the player character by acquiring experience points when clearing the event Because the door is possible, the motivation of participation events. Further, since an item usable in the game is given to a player whose level of the player character outside the event reaches the upper limit, the level of the player character outside the event reaches the upper limit. Even if you are, you will be motivated to participate in the event by obtaining items. In other words, it is possible to make the event beneficial to both beginners and advanced players of the game.

[Third Embodiment]
In the first and second embodiments, the level-up determination unit 13 has been described as determining the level-up of the player character, but details of the level-up determination are not mentioned. As a method for determining the level up, for example, a table storing the relationship between the experience value and the level necessary to reach each level in advance is provided, and the level up is performed by referring to the table when acquiring the experience value. A method of determining is conceivable.

  In the first and second embodiments, it is necessary to manage the level of the player character by determining the level up in the event outside and in the event, respectively. At this time, the experience value table used in the event is outside the event. A different one from the experience value table in FIG. In order to make it a structure to progress while raising the tempo with high tempo in a short-term event, a dedicated experience value table is provided for raising the level in a short period of time. By adopting such an experience value table dedicated to the event, the game progresses while the player character is growing at the intended tempo even in the special event started from the initial level, so that the player is not bored. Game progress is possible.

[Fourth Embodiment]
In the first and second embodiments, the level-up determining unit 13 determines the level of the player character, but at this time, the skill that stores the correspondence between the level of the player character and the skill that can be learned. By referring to the table and determining whether or not the skill can be acquired, the level-up determination unit 13 can also determine whether or not the skill is acquired. In the first and second embodiments, details of the skill table used in the event are not mentioned.

  Here, as the skill table used in the event, the skill table that defines the correspondence between the level of the player character outside the event and the skills that can be acquired is also used in the event. When it is determined that the acquisition level has been reached, the player character is made to acquire the skill. In this way, by using the skill table outside the event in common within the event, the player can participate in the event without feeling uncomfortable about which skill to acquire at which level.

[Fifth Embodiment]
In the fourth embodiment, a common skill table is adopted inside and outside the event so that the skill level can be acquired by the player character when the skill acquisition level is reached within the event. If not applied, skills that are not acquired outside the event can be acquired when the level is reached within the event.

  Therefore, for skills that have not been acquired outside the event, a restriction may be applied so that the skill cannot be acquired even if the skill acquisition level is reached within the event. Specifically, when the skill table that defines the correspondence between the level of the player character outside the event and the skills that can be acquired is used in common within the event, and the level-up determination unit 13 determines that the skill acquisition level has been reached The level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and has reached a level where skills can be acquired. Try to acquire skills as a privilege. In this way, it is possible to give a certain level of advantage to advanced users by allowing only skills acquired outside the event to be acquired within the event. Therefore, since the player's labor outside the event is not wasted, there is an effect of maintaining the player's motivation.

[Sixth Embodiment]
In the first to fifth embodiments, the event starting from the initial level is described regardless of the level outside the event of the participating player character, but more specific contents of the event will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server 10 </ b> C that is an example of a configuration of the server 10. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the server 10 </ b> C includes an event participation management unit 11, an initial level setting unit 12, a level-up determination unit 13, a privilege granting unit 14, a clear reward granting unit 15, and an information storage unit 16. At least. The sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The information storage unit 16 has a function of storing various types of information. Information stored in the information storage unit 16 includes various information necessary for controlling the progress of the video game, status information including the level of the player character outside the event, the level of the player character within the event, etc. And status information including experience information, experience value table information, and skill table information are included, and the event is saved in the middle and can be saved in the middle. The storage destination of these pieces of information may be the server 10A, or may be stored in the user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N. In all the embodiments, it goes without saying that necessary information is appropriately stored by some storage means regardless of the description.

  Further, in the process of performing the game process, the process process is appropriately transmitted to the user terminal 20, and the user terminal 20 displays a game screen based on the content of the received process process on the display screen of the display device. Shall be allowed to. The game screen may be generated on the server 10C side or on the user terminal 20 side.

  Here, the game screen means a screen representing a virtual space (or game space). In this example, various elements constituting the game screen may be referred to as images. The configuration of the game screen is not particularly limited as long as the user can recognize the situation of the video game.

  Displaying the game screen on the display screen of the display device means that the game screen is output to the display device provided in the user terminal 20 or the like by communication using the communication network 30. An example of a configuration for displaying a game screen on a display device is a configuration in which information generated on the server side (output information) is transmitted to the terminal side. Note that the configuration of the output information is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, information obtained by compressing an image, or information for generating an image on the terminal side. An example of information obtained by compressing an image is one used in a cloud game (for example, MPEG). Information for generating an image on the terminal side includes information used in an online game (for example, object position information).

  Outside this event, the player character is set with a level-up point obtained by a battle with an enemy character or the like, that is, a level that rises based on a so-called experience value. The various parameters that determine the strength increase, and the number of skills that can be used (special skills to advance the game that can be used advantageously during battle with enemy characters and field movement) increases, so that the player character becomes level The strength will be increased according to the situation. However, since this special event is an event in which all player characters start from the same predetermined initial level, for example, level 1, even a player character with a completely different level basically starts under the same conditions. It has become an event that can.

  To start an event, it is necessary to form a party that includes at least one or more player characters. However, when a party is composed of a plurality of players, a group is composed of a plurality of players in advance and the group participates in the event. Alternatively, it may be possible to form a party including a plurality of persons by performing a matching process that combines a specified number of player characters that have participated alone when accepting participation.

  As for the matching process, the matching conditions for forming a party can be set as appropriate. For example, a condition that duplication is not recognized in the job types (jobs) of participating player characters may be imposed. Further, as a matching method, perfect random matching may be used, or matching in which a leader recruits and a participant selects a desired party may be used.

  The event that starts from this predetermined initial level is, for example, a setting that descends deep into the dungeon's basement, and gains experience by winning battles with enemy characters in the process of descending the hierarchy. The player character progresses while increasing the level of the player character according to the experience value.

  When the level-up determination unit 13 performs level-up determination, a table (experience value table) showing the relationship between experience values and levels is provided in advance, and the level is referred to each time an experience value is acquired. Determine if you have reached the up experience. In addition, a table (skill table) showing the relationship between the level and the skill is provided in advance, and the level-up determination unit 13 determines whether there is a skill to be acquired at the level-up timing.

  Next, when the level-up determination unit 13 determines that the player character has leveled up, the privilege granting unit 14 determines whether the newly reached level is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and is a predetermined level. Determine in The predetermined level here is a level that is determined in advance to grant a privilege.

  As the contents of the privilege, for example, various privileges such as acquisition of special skills that cannot be acquired by simply leveling up, provision of items usable in the event, and provision of currency usable in the game can be considered. Further, as a condition that needs to be satisfied outside the event, it may be determined that a special condition other than the level is satisfied as well as the condition of the achievement level. As an example of the special condition, a condition such as clearing all of a plurality of tasks (quests) outside the event can be considered.

  For example, if there are skills that can be acquired when all of these multiple tasks (quests) are cleared outside the event, this level will be displayed outside the event when the level reaches the level where the skills can be acquired within the event. It may be determined whether or not a plurality of tasks (quests) have been cleared, and the skill may be granted as a privilege within the event only when all the tasks have been cleared.

  In this way, when the condition is satisfied, the game is advanced while receiving a privilege, and when the condition for clearing the game is satisfied, the clear reward is given by the clear reward granting unit 15. As a clear reward, for example, an experience value is given as a clear reward to a player character whose level outside the event has not reached the upper limit of the level, and is used in the game for a player character whose level outside the event has reached the upper limit of the level. It is conceivable to give possible items.

  It should be noted that if the level of the dungeon in such an event is set to a very deep place, it will take a long time to capture and clear this at the same party, so for example 10 levels Each time you get off, you may be able to save the current party configuration and the strengthening status such as the level of each player character. By adopting such a configuration, it becomes possible to play by dividing every 10 layers.

  When the play status of an event is saved every 10 levels, the next continuation of the event will not be resumed unless all the participants that make up the party are available. Therefore, even if not all the participants that make up the party are available, the information on the arrival hierarchy and the information on the reinforcement status of the equipment to be described later are handed over to form a party with another player. You may be able to play more. In order to realize this, it is necessary to provide a mechanism for matching with other participants having the same conditions while taking over the state of the stored data.

  In addition, in MMORPG, the concept of so-called equipment such as weapons, armor, accessories, etc. has been introduced as an element to reinforce the status of player characters. (You may leave the effect on the appearance of the player character), use equipment that is used only in the event, while strengthening the equipment dedicated to the event in this event Try to advance the event. A parameter is provided for the equipment, and the higher the numerical value, the stronger the structure. By strengthening, the parameter value is increased.

  This equipment dedicated to the event is used as a relief element for players who cannot achieve the clear condition of the event by allowing them to take over the enhanced state when playing the event over and over again. When the event cannot be cleared and the event is re-attempted from the beginning, the level of the player character is set to the initial level, but it is possible to play while strengthening the equipment. As a method for strengthening equipment, for example, a special treasure box is opened to perform a lottery for equipment enhancement, and when a lottery is won, the equipment is strengthened. That is, there may be a phenomenon in which there are player characters that have succeeded in strengthening equipment and player characters that have failed in the same party.

  Furthermore, a mechanism may be introduced in which the numerical values of the equipment parameters can be exchanged for special coins in the game. In the situation where the parameter value of the equipment of the player character who participated in the event multiple times has reached the upper limit or is close to the upper limit, if you plan to participate in the event, instead of lowering the parameter value of the equipment, the game To get special coins inside. By providing items that can only be exchanged with special coins in the game, there is an effect of functioning as a play element even for an advanced player whose player character has reached the upper limit of the level outside the event.

  In addition, when the play status of an event can be saved, for example, every 10 layers, a player who is different from the party member at the time of the previous play while taking over the status of the saved data at the previous play when the play is resumed next time. As mentioned above, there may be a situation where it is not possible to start an event indefinitely because no matching partner is found if the same level is required. is there. Therefore, in the specification for matching a party in order to play the continuation of the stored data, the party may be configured by matching even if the conditions are not necessarily the same.

  For example, when matching is used to play the continuation of saved data that has been saved up to the 20th basement level, it is not always the case that only players with saved data that have advanced to the 20th floor level are selected as candidates for matching. Players with different hierarchy information are included in the matching candidates.

  However, in an event that starts after setting to the initial level, if the player skips the middle level and is able to participate from a specific level suddenly, the level in the event of the player character is too low to become a strength. It will be a situation. Therefore, when it is possible to participate from an intermediate level, the setting is made not to start from the initial level but to be set to be possible to participate in an event after being set to a predetermined level associated with the participating level.

  Similarly, the above-mentioned strengthened state of the equipment dedicated to the event may not be able to become a force if it is not strengthened at all, so if you can participate from the middle level, The event is started after setting the strengthened state of the equipment to a predetermined strengthened state associated with the participating hierarchy. In addition, when the processing for raising the equipment dedicated to the event to the specified strengthened state is performed in this way, the handling after the end of the event becomes a problem. For example, the equipment dedicated to the event during the event is played. In the case where the product has been strengthened, a process of adding only the strengthened state at the time of participation in the middle to the strengthened state of the original equipment dedicated to the event of the player character can be considered.

  In addition, regarding the strengthened state of the equipment dedicated to the event, if the enhanced state is taken over when the event is played over and over again, the player character in a state where the strengthened state of the equipment is considerably enhanced Exists. Therefore, the condition that the low-level player character is a matching candidate for participation during the course may be a condition that the strengthened state of the equipment is strengthened to a predetermined state.

  As described above, it is possible to match a player character having saved data with different progress statuses, and at that time, the player character level and equipment with a lower progress status are associated with a predetermined level associated with a hierarchy where play is resumed. In addition, by starting the game after setting it to the strengthened state of the specified equipment, the problem due to the difference in the growth situation of the player character when the player character with different progress situation forms a party and advances the event is solved. Thus, it is possible to proceed with the event without giving stress to both players.

  Further, for example, an event may be set as a labyrinth of the dead, and an NPC (non player character) that appears to have died in a story outside the event may reappear as an enemy character. By causing a character that appeared and died in the main story to appear, the player can feel that the event is an event related to the main story.

[Seventh Embodiment]
In the first to sixth embodiments, the description has been made based on the premise that the growth of the player character is managed by the level, but the growth of the player character is not necessarily limited to the case of growing according to the level. For example, a growth mechanism in which each parameter representing the strength of the player character rises randomly according to the probability is conceivable. That is, a game in which the strength of the player character changes based on some kind of growth mechanism can be considered.

  In this case, it is replaced with an element called a growth state setting unit that corresponds to the initial level setting unit 12 in the first to sixth embodiments. The growth state setting unit sets the same growth state (sets the strength parameter to the same value) for the player character whose growth state is different (the parameter value indicating the strength is different) outside the event, and then the event. To start. As an example of the growth state, it is assumed that the strength state of the player character represented by the parameter value is expressed as the growth state. As the growth of the player character, the number of usable skills increases and the possessed items increase. Such cases are also included in the expression of the player character's growth state.

  Similarly, it replaces with the element called the growth determination part as what corresponds to the level-up determination part 13 in the first to sixth embodiments. The growth determination unit determines and extracts the timing at which a change has occurred in the parameter value representing the strength of the player character. Even when the growth state is set using a parameter value other than the growth determination, the growth determination unit determines the growth timing of the player character such as the skill acquisition timing and the item acquisition timing.

  Similarly, in the privilege granting unit in the first to sixth embodiments, reaching a predetermined level is one of the conditions for granting the privilege. However, in the privilege granting unit in this embodiment, the strength of the player character in the event is When the parameter value indicating the value is a parameter value that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined parameter value, a privilege is given within the event. Even when the growth state is not managed by the parameter value, a privilege is granted when the condition of the acquired skill or possessed item satisfies the condition that the player character has already reached outside the event and the predetermined condition is satisfied. be able to.

  As described above, even in a game in which the growth state of the player character changes based on some kind of growth mechanism by replacing some elements in the first to sixth embodiments with elements described in this embodiment, It is possible to perform an event that starts by setting the same growth state, and it is also possible to determine whether to give a privilege using the growth state.

[Appendix]
The description of the embodiment described above describes at least the following invention so that a person having ordinary knowledge in the field to which the invention belongs can carry out the invention.
[1]
A video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game according to a user operation,
To the server,
An event participation management function for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate, and configuring and managing a party;
An initial level setting function for starting the event after setting the level in the event to a predetermined initial level, regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event;
A level-up determination function that manages predetermined conditions for character level-up in the event and determines whether the character satisfies the level-up condition;
When the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting function for granting a privilege within the event is realized. A video game processing program characterized by that.
[2]
When a predetermined event clear condition set in the event is satisfied, a point for raising the player character level outside the event is determined as an event for the player who has not reached the upper limit of the player character level outside the event. The video game processing program according to [1], wherein a point giving function to be given to a participating player character is realized.
[3]
When an event clearing condition set in the event is satisfied, an item granting function for granting an item usable in the game to a player whose player character level outside the event reaches the upper limit is realized. The video game processing program described in [1] or [2].
[4]
Any one of [1] to [3], wherein the point condition for leveling up the player character in the event is different from the point condition for leveling up the player character outside the event. A video game processing program according to any one of the above.
[5]
If the skill table that defines the correspondence between the level of the player character outside the event and the skills that can be acquired is also used in the event in common, and it is determined that the skill acquisition level has been reached in the level-up determination function, The video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein a character is made to acquire a skill.
[6]
If the skill table that defines the correspondence between the level of the player character outside the event and the skills that can be acquired is also used in the event in common, and it is determined that the skill acquisition level has been reached in the level-up determination function, The skill of the player character is acquired as the privilege within the event only when the level of the player character in the game is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a level where the skill can be acquired. The video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein
[7]
For video game processing for realizing at least one function among the functions realized by the server in the video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [6] on a user terminal capable of communicating with the server program.
[8]
A server in which the video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [7] is installed.
[9]
A video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with an operation input to a user terminal by a user,
An event participation management function for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate and configuring and managing a party, and a degree of strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event Regardless of the level shown, the initial level setting function for starting the event after setting the level in the event to the predetermined initial level, and managing the predetermined conditions for leveling up the character in the event, A level-up determination function for determining whether or not the level is satisfied, and the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level. Has a privilege grant function that grants benefits From the server,
A video game processing program for causing the user terminal to realize a function of receiving information relating to a function of the server and performing input / output corresponding to the function.
[10]
A video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game according to a user operation,
An event participation management function for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate, and configuring and managing a party;
An initial level setting function for starting the event after setting the level in the event to a predetermined initial level, regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event;
A level-up determination function that manages predetermined conditions for character level-up in the event and determines whether the character satisfies the level-up condition;
When the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting function for granting a privilege within the event is realized. A video game processing program characterized by that.
[11]
A video game processing program for causing a server communicable with the server to realize at least one of the functions realized by the user terminal by the video game processing program according to [10].
[12]
[9] A user terminal installed with the video game processing program according to any one of [11].
[13]
A video game processing system comprising a communication network, a server, and a user terminal, wherein the video game processing system controls the progress of a video game according to a user operation,
Event participation management means for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate and configuring and managing a party;
An initial level setting means for starting the event after setting the level in the event to a predetermined initial level regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event;
Level up determination means for managing predetermined conditions for character level up in the event and determining whether the character satisfies the level up condition;
A privilege granting means for granting a privilege within the event when the level of the player character within the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and has reached a predetermined level. A video game processing system characterized by.
[14]
The server includes the event participation management means, the initial level setting means, the level-up determination means, and the privilege grant means;
The video game processing system according to [11], wherein the user terminal includes output means for transmitting and receiving information about the video game and outputting a game screen to a display screen of a display device.
[15]
A video game processing method for controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation,
An event participation management process for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate and configuring and managing a party;
An initial level setting process for starting the event after setting the level in the event to a predetermined initial level regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event;
Level-up determination processing for managing predetermined conditions for character level-up in the event and determining whether the character satisfies the level-up condition;
When the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting process for granting a privilege within the event is performed. A video game processing method comprising:
[16]
A video game processing method comprising: a communication network, a server, and a user terminal, wherein the video game processing system is executed to control the progress of the video game in response to an operation input to the user terminal by a user,
An event participation management process for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate and configuring and managing a party;
An initial level setting process for starting the event after setting the level in the event to a predetermined initial level regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength of the player character of the player participating in the event outside the event;
Level-up determination processing for managing predetermined conditions for character level-up in the event and determining whether the character satisfies the level-up condition;
When the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting process for granting a privilege within the event is performed. A video game processing method comprising:
[17]
A video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game according to a user operation,
To the server,
An event participation management function for accepting participation in an in-game event in which at least one player can participate, and configuring and managing a party;
A growth state setting function for starting the event after setting the growth state in the event to a predetermined growth state regardless of the growth state of the player character of the player who participated in the event outside the event;
A growth determination function for managing the growth state of the character in the event and determining whether the character has grown;
A privilege granting function that grants a privilege within the event when the growth state of the player character within the event is a growth state that the player character has already reached outside the event and has reached a predetermined growth state; A video game processing program characterized by realizing the above.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is useful for attracting a user's interest in a video game.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Server 20,201-20N User terminal 11 Event participation management part 12 Initial level setting part 13 Level-up determination part 14 Benefit provision part 15 Clear reward provision part 16 Information storage part 30 Communication network 100 Video game processing system

Claims (1)

A video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game according to a user operation,
To the server,
An event participation management function for accepting participation in an in-game event in which a plurality of players can participate and configuring and managing a party;
Regardless of the level indicating the degree of strength of the player character outside the event of the player character who participated in the event, the event level is set to a predetermined initial level before starting the event. Initial level setting function,
A level-up determination function that manages predetermined conditions for character level-up in the event and determines whether the character satisfies the level-up condition;
When the level of the player character in the event is a level that the player character has already reached outside the event and reaches a predetermined level, a privilege granting function for granting a privilege within the event is realized. A video game processing program characterized by that.

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