JP3712391B2 - Music game apparatus, music game control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a music game device, a music game control method, and a program for playing a game using music.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There are games that allow players to perform dances that match music, and games that assist performances (such as conducting operations to maintain rhythms). In recent years, games that incorporate such music pieces not only as background music but also into the contents of the game have become increasingly popular as music games.
[0003]
In the conventional music game, the music played according to the progress of the game and the difficulty selected by the player is determined in advance.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the above-described conventional music game apparatus has a problem that it is difficult to improve the entertainment because it is not surprising because it only plays predetermined music.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a music game device, a music game control method, and a program that can improve the unexpectedness of play conditions such as music to be played and improve entertainment. And
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention for solving the problems of the above-described conventional example is a music game device, which is a means for generating a play list including a series of selective reproduction instructions, and a piece of music to be reproduced for each selective reproduction instruction A play list generating means for generating a play list by causing the player to select one of a music specifying instruction for specifying a music and a random play instruction for randomly selecting a music to be played, and the generated play list And a music playback means for sequentially selecting and playing back music based on the contents of the selected playback instructions included in the playlist, and the music playback means refers to the random playback instructions. One of the music pieces to be reproduced is selected at random, and the selected music piece is reproduced.
[0007]
In the present invention, the play list generating means gives the player either a music specifying instruction for specifying a music to be played for each selected playback instruction or a random playback instruction for randomly selecting a music to be played. Let them choose. Then, using the reproduction list generated by the music reproduction means, the selective reproduction instructions included in the reproduction list are sequentially referred to. When the random playback instruction is referred to, one of the music to be played is selected at random, and the selected music is played. For this reason, the music to be played can be selected, and further, a random play instruction can be set. Therefore, the unexpectedness of the music to be played can be enhanced and the entertainment can be improved.
[0008]
In addition, it further includes storage means for storing at least the music selected by the music playback means, and when the music playback means refers to a random playback instruction, the music playback means has a different music from the music stored in the storage means. One may be selected at random and the selected music may be played.
[0009]
In the present invention, the storage means stores the music randomly selected by the music playback means, uses the playlist generated by the music playback means, sequentially refers to the selected playback instructions included in the playlist, and randomly plays the playback instructions. , One of the music different from the music stored in the storage means is selected at random, and the selected music is reproduced.
[0010]
Further, when the music reproduction means refers to a random reproduction instruction, the music reproduction means randomly selects one of the music stored in the storage means and a music different from the music specified by the music identification instruction included in the reproduction list. Then, the selected music piece may be reproduced.
[0011]
In the present invention, the storage means stores the music randomly selected by the music playback means, uses the playlist generated by the music playback means, sequentially refers to the selected playback instructions included in the playlist, and randomly plays the playback instructions. , One of the music different from the music stored in the storage means and the music specified by the music specifying instruction included in the reproduction list is selected at random, and the selected music is reproduced.
[0012]
In addition, the present invention for solving the problems of the conventional example is a music game control method using a computer, which is a means for generating a play list including a series of selective playback instructions, A play list generating step for causing the player to select either a music specifying instruction for specifying a music to be played back or a random play instruction for randomly selecting a music to be played back, and generating a play list; In the music playback step, using the generated playlist, sequentially referring to the selected playback instructions included in the playlist, and based on the contents, music playback step to select and play the music sequentially, When a random playback instruction is referenced, one of the music to be played is selected at random, and the selected music is played. .
[0013]
  Furthermore, the present invention for solving the problems of the above-described conventional example is a program executed by a computer, which is a means for generating a playlist including a series of selected playback instructions, and for each selected playback instruction, Play list generation procedure for generating a play list by causing a player to select either a music specifying instruction for specifying a music to be played or a random play instruction for randomly selecting a music to be played, and the generation Is a music playback procedure in which the selected playback instruction included in the playlist is sequentially referred to and the music is sequentially selected and played back based on the content, and playback is performed when the random playback instruction is referred to. And randomly selecting one of the target songs and playing the selected song..
[0014]
According to the present invention for solving the problems of the conventional example described above, in the music game apparatus, among the setting specification instruction for specifying the play condition to be included in the play setting information and the play condition to be included in the play setting information A playlist generating means for causing a player to select at least one of random setting instructions for randomly determining, and generating a playlist including at least one of the selection results; and the generated playlist Using the game processing means for sequentially referring to the selection results included in the playlist and changing the play conditions based on the contents to execute the game processing, the game processing means including a random setting instruction , At least a part of the play conditions is determined at random according to the random setting instruction, and the random It is characterized by executing the game processing based on the determined play condition.
[0015]
A play list generating means for setting a player to specify a play condition to be included in the play setting information, and a random setting instruction to randomly determine at least one of the play conditions to be included in the play setting information; , And a playlist including at least one selection result is generated. Then, the game processing means sequentially refers to the selection results included in the playlist using the generated playlist. Then, based on the contents, the game process is executed by changing the play conditions. At this time, when the game processing means refers to the random setting instruction, the play condition to be determined at random is determined at random according to the random setting instruction. Then, the music game process is executed based on the randomly determined play conditions.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The music game device according to the present embodiment is, for example, a home game device, and as shown in FIG. 1, a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an operation unit 13, a display unit 14, and a music ringing unit. 15 and a computer game system including an external storage device 16. In the following description, the music game device of the present embodiment is described as a home game device. However, the game game device, mobile phone, PDA, portable game device, It may be a personal computer or a training device arranged in a sports club or the like.
[0017]
The control unit 11 of the music game apparatus according to the present embodiment performs processing according to a program stored in the storage unit 12 to control the music game. Specifically, the control unit 11 performs processing for generating a playlist (playlist generation processing). In addition, the control unit 11 refers to the playlist stored in the storage unit 12 or the playlist read by the external storage device 16 from the external storage medium, reads the music data in the order specified in the playlist, and plays the music. The music is output to the unit 15 to be played back (music playback processing). In addition, the control unit 11 receives an input of operation details performed by the player during music reproduction from the operation unit 13, evaluates the timing and content of the operation according to predetermined criteria, and determines the result of the evaluation. Processing such as presentation to the player is performed. Specific contents of the processing of these control units 11 will be described in detail later.
[0018]
The storage unit 12 stores a program executed by the control unit 11. In addition, the storage unit 12 stores various data referred to by the control unit 11, such as a reproduction list. Further, the storage unit 12 also operates as a work memory that stores various data generated in the course of processing performed by the control unit 11. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the reproduction list stored in the storage unit 12 is a series of selective reproduction for selecting the reproduction list (list identification information; A) and the music to be reproduced. This is associated with the instruction (B). A plurality of reproduction lists may be stored in the storage unit 12.
[0019]
The operation unit 13 receives an operation input from the player and outputs the content of the operation to the control unit 11. The operation unit 13 may be a general-purpose game controller or various sensors (such as an optical sensor, a pressure sensor, and an acceleration sensor) that perform output in accordance with the movement of the player. The display unit 14 outputs a game screen in accordance with an instruction input from the control unit 11, and is specifically a display card including a VRAM (Video RAM). The display unit 14 outputs a signal for displaying a game screen on a television receiver, for example. Further, when the music game device of the present embodiment is an arcade game device or a personal computer, a signal for displaying a game screen on the display may be output.
[0020]
The music sounding unit 15 sounds music according to the music data input from the control unit 11. Here, the music data includes music information (for example, a music title, a performer name, etc.), performance data, and operation timing data for specifying the music. The performance data is, for example, waveform data, and the music sounding unit 15 sounds a speaker (not shown) based on the waveform data. The performance data may be so-called MIDI data (data including information related to music performance such as instrument information, pitch, and sound length). In this case, the music sounding unit 15 generates waveform data based on the performance data, and sounds the speaker based on the generated waveform data. Further, the operation timing data is data used in the game processing of the control unit 11 and is data that determines which operation the player should perform at which point during music reproduction. This data can be, for example, a table in which an elapsed time from a predetermined timing to a timing at which an operation should be performed is associated with the content of the operation.
[0021]
The external storage device 16 reads out a program, a reproduction list, music data, and the like from an information storage medium storing information such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, and a flash memory, and outputs the read data to the control unit 11. The program read from here is stored in, for example, the storage unit 12 and executed by the control unit 11. In addition, the reproduction list and music data are provided to the processing of the control unit 11. In this embodiment, the music data is read from the information storage medium using the external storage device 16, but the music data is stored in the storage unit 12 and read from the storage unit 12. It doesn't matter.
[0022]
Here, the specific processing contents of the control unit 11 will be described. The processing performed by the control unit 11 can be expressed by a functional block diagram as shown in FIG. That is, the process embodied by the control unit 11 includes a playlist generation unit 21, a music playback processing unit 22, a game control unit 23, and a playback history storage unit 24.
[0023]
The playlist generation unit 21 generates a playlist including a series of selected playback instructions. Here, the selective reproduction instruction is, for example, one of a music identification instruction for identifying a music to be reproduced and a random reproduction instruction for randomly selecting a music to be reproduced. Specifically, when music A, B, and C are reproducible, an instruction to play a specific music such as “Play music A” is a music specification instruction, and “of music A, B, and C An instruction to select a song randomly (eg, based on a random number) is a random playback instruction, such as “Select one randomly and play”.
[0024]
The play list generation unit 21 receives an instruction to generate a play list from the player via the operation unit 13, reads the list specifying information of each play list stored in the storage unit 12, and displays the list of list specifying information. The information is displayed on the unit 14 and a guidance display (cursor or the like) is displayed so that one of the list specifying information can be selected from the list.
[0025]
The player operates the operation unit 13 and selects one of a plurality of reproduction lists stored in the storage unit 12 using the guidance display. The reproduction list generation unit 21 receives an input of the content of the selection operation from the operation unit 13 and selects and reproduces instructions associated with the selected list specifying information (information indicating the reproduction target set target). Is read from the storage unit 12. The playlist generation unit 21 displays a series of selected playback instructions on the display unit 14 and displays a guidance display (cursor or the like) for specifying any selected playback instruction as a change target.
[0026]
Here, when the player moves the guidance display and performs an operation of specifying any selected reproduction instruction as a change target, the reproduction list generation unit 21 receives an input of the content of the operation from the operation unit 13 and reproduces it. A list of possible songs is displayed on the display unit 14. This list may be read from the information storage medium by the external storage device 16, for example. At this time, the playlist generation unit 21 includes a random playback instruction in this list. Then, the play list generation unit 21 causes the display unit 14 to perform guidance display (such as a cursor) for selecting a music piece from the list.
[0027]
When the player operates the operation unit 13 and performs an operation of selecting a music piece or a random reproduction instruction from the list using the guidance display, the contents of this operation are output to the reproduction list generation unit 21, and the reproduction list generation unit 21, if the song selected by the operation is a song, the song specifying instruction for playing the selected song is set as the selected reproduction instruction specified as the change target. In addition, if the item selected by the operation is a random reproduction instruction, the reproduction list generating unit 21 sets the random reproduction instruction as the selected reproduction instruction specified as the change target. Then, the playlist generation unit 21 returns to the process of performing the process for specifying the selected playback instruction to be changed next (guidance display for the selected playback instruction) and continues the process.
[0028]
Also, upon receiving an input of an operation for completing the generation of the playlist, the playlist generation unit 21 completes the process, and selects a series of selected playback instructions that have been set as instructions for selecting and playing the playlist to be set. To be stored in the storage unit 12.
[0029]
That is, the player generates a playlist by selecting and setting either a music specifying instruction (music specifying instruction) or a random playback instruction for each of a series of selective playback instructions.
[0030]
When the player receives an input of list specifying information for specifying a playback list at the start of the game from the player, the music playback processing unit 22 starts a process as shown in FIG. 4, and first uses the input list specifying information. The specified reproduction list is read from the storage unit 12 or the information storage medium (S1). Then, the selected reproduction instruction is referred to in a predetermined order from the read reproduction list (S2).
[0031]
The music reproduction processing unit 22 checks whether or not the selected selective reproduction instruction is a music identification instruction (S3). If the selected reproduction instruction referred to here is a music specifying instruction (if Yes), the external storage device 16 is used to read the music data specified by the music specifying instruction from the information storage medium (S4), Among the read music data, the operation timing data is output to the game control unit 23 (S5), and the music ringing unit 15 is caused to reproduce the music based on the performance data of the music data (S6).
[0032]
When the music playback processing unit 22 finishes playing the music, the music playback processing unit 22 stores the music information included in the music data related to the played music in the playback history storage unit 24 (S7), and the selected playback instruction that has not been processed into the playlist. If there is a selection reproduction instruction that has not been processed (if Yes), the process returns to the process S2 to continue the process. If there is no selected reproduction instruction that has not been processed in step S8 (if all selected reproduction instructions indicated in the reproduction list have been processed), the process ends.
[0033]
If the selected playback instruction referred to in step S3 is a random playback instruction, the music playback processing unit 22 randomly specifies music data from among the music data that can be played (S9). Referring to the music information, it is checked whether or not the same music information is stored in the reproduction history storage unit 24 (that is, whether or not the music is already played in the current play; S10) and stored. If yes (if yes), the process returns to step S9 to repeatedly specify the music data again at random. If it is not stored in step S10 (if no), the specified music data is read from the information storage medium. Reading (S11), the process proceeds to S5.
[0034]
Here, when the random playback instruction is referred to, one of the music different from the music stored in the playback history storage unit 24 is selected at random, and the selected music is played, that is, the same in the same play Although the music is prevented from being played, the process S10 is not necessary if the same music may be played in the same play, and in this case, the reproduction history storage unit 24 is also unnecessary.
[0035]
Here, although the music information of all the music played in the current play is stored in the reproduction history storage unit 24, for example, when the random reproduction instruction is referred to, the reproduction history storage unit 24 stores the music information. It is also possible to randomly select one of the music and a music different from the music specified by the music specifying instruction included in the reproduction list, and reproduce the selected music. Specifically, only the music information of the music specified at random is stored in the reproduction history storage unit 24, and in the process S10, the music information of the music stored in the reproduction history storage unit 24 and read out in the process S1. If both the music information of the music specified at random with reference to both the music information of each music specified by the music specification instruction among the selective playback instructions included in the playlist are included in either of these Then, the process returns to the process S9 to continue the process. In this way, the capacity of the reproduction history storage unit 24 can be reduced. Furthermore, although music information is stored in these examples, the music information may not be used as long as it can be specified which music has been played.
[0036]
Next, the game control unit 23 will be described. The game control unit 23 receives the operation timing data related to the music from the music reproduction processing unit 22 and causes the storage unit 12 to hold the operation timing data, and the operation timing is synchronized with the music being reproduced by the music reproduction processing unit 22. The display unit 14 is made to display guidance for guiding the content and timing of the operation indicated in the data. The player operates the operation unit 13 according to the guidance display. Then, the game control unit 23 compares the timing at which the player's operation is input from the operation unit 13 and the content thereof with the operation timing data held in the storage unit 12 and evaluates the operation of the player.
[0037]
The reproduction history storage unit 24 implements the storage unit of the present invention, and stores the music information of the music reproduced by the music reproduction processing unit 22 as described above. Further, the content stored in the reproduction history storage unit 24 may be deleted when the music reproduction processing unit 22 finishes the process.
[0038]
Next, the operation of the music game device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described using a dance game as an example. In the music game apparatus according to the present embodiment, the player can select the music by himself and arrange the contents of the playlist. That is, the player gives an instruction from the operation unit 13 to generate a reproduction list before playing. In accordance with this instruction, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 14 to display a screen as shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, a list of play lists (X), list specifying information for specifying the currently selected play list (here, the name of the play list; Y), and the currently selected play list are currently included. A series of selected reproduction instructions (only a part is displayed in FIG. 5 and are in a scrollable state) Z are displayed.
[0039]
Depending on the reproduction list, the contents cannot be changed (arrangement or the like), and there may be predetermined ones (for example, those stored in an information storage medium).
[0040]
When the player selects a playlist whose contents are to be arranged, a list of selectable playback instructions that can be selected is displayed instead of the list of playlists (W in FIG. 6). The player selects one of the selected reproduction instructions included in the current reproduction list to change the content (a cursor is displayed as indicated by Z in FIG. 6 and the cursor is moved to make a selection), and then Select a selected playback instruction from the list of selected playback instructions.
[0041]
What is characteristic in the present embodiment is not only a list of specific music titles in the list of selective playback instructions (music specification instructions) but also an instruction to randomly select music to play (random playback instructions). It is included (W1). An end mark indicating the end of the reproduction list is also included in this list. When the player selects this end mark, the playlist is truncated to the length up to the end mark. For example, if the song list instruction of “Song A” and “Song B” is included in the playlist, and then an end mark is set, the length of the playlist becomes two songs. In the present embodiment, the step difficulty level, the number of players, the guidance display display mode, the music playback mode (tempo, etc.), and other various game parameters can be set for each playback list.
[0042]
When the player gives an instruction to play the dance game using the arranged play list, the control unit 11 sequentially refers to the selected play instruction included in the play list, and if it is a music specifying instruction, Play the specified music and perform a dance game. Further, if it is a random playback instruction, one music is selected from at least a part of reproducible music (for example, music specified by a music specifying instruction included in the list of selective playback instructions displayed in FIG. 6), Play it and let it dance.
[0043]
Here, the music to be randomly selected may be the entire reproducible music or a part of music that meets a predetermined condition.
[0044]
Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, although a dance game has been described here as an example, the present invention can be applied not only to a dance game but also to any type of game using music. Moreover, it is applicable not only to a game but also to a device that exercises according to music as a shape-up machine.
[0045]
Furthermore, although the description so far has described the case of including an instruction to randomly select a song in the reproduction list, it is also possible to instruct to select not only the song but also the play conditions. Specifically, in the present embodiment, as described above, the step difficulty level, the number of players, the display mode of guidance display, the mode of music playback (tempo, etc.), and other various game parameters can be set for each playlist. However, a game parameter can be set for each selected reproduction instruction (element included in the reproduction list), and this game parameter can also be determined at random.
[0046]
In this way, what includes the game parameter in the selective reproduction instruction is referred to herein as play setting information, and information specifying each piece of music included in the selective reproduction instruction, each game parameter, and the like are referred to as play conditions. When setting the playlist including the play setting information of the player, an instruction specifying all of the play conditions (setting specifying instruction) and an instruction to randomly determine at least a part of the play conditions (random setting instruction) Can be selected for each play setting information.
[0047]
If it does in this way, in the music which concerns on a random setting instruction | indication, a difficulty will be determined at random, etc. In another example, the number of players will be determined at random. Similarly, the display mode of the guidance display, for example, the scroll direction or the tempo may be determined at random. Furthermore, these combinations and even music may be determined randomly.
[0048]
In these cases, a randomly determined range (for example, at least one of the minimum value or the maximum value such as the degree of difficulty or the number of people) may be included in advance in the random setting instruction.
[0049]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the unexpectedness of play conditions, such as a music to be reproduced | regenerated, can be raised and entertainment can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a reproduction list.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of processing performed by a control unit 11.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of a music reproduction processing unit 22;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a screen display when a reproduction list is generated.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a screen display when a reproduction list is generated.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part, 12 Memory | storage part, 13 Operation part, 14 Display part, 15 Music ringing part, 16 External storage device, 21 Play list production | generation part, 22 Music reproduction | regeneration processing part, 23 Game control part, 24 Play history memory | storage part.

Claims (6)

A means for generating a playlist including a series of selective playback instructions,
And means for identifying one of said selected reproduction instruction to the player,
For selection reproduction instruction which the player is identified, the song specifying instruction for specifying the music to be reproduced, and means Ru is selected and a random reproduction instruction to select at random the music to be reproduced, one of the player,
Means for including the selected music specifying instruction or random playback instruction in the playlist as the selected playback instruction specified by the player;
A playlist generation means including :
Using the generated playlist, sequentially referencing the selected playback instructions included in the playlist, and based on the content, music playback means for sequentially selecting and playing the music;
Including
The music player is characterized in that , when the selected playback instruction referred to is a random playback instruction , the music playback means randomly selects one of the music to be played back and plays back the selected music. The music game device according to claim 1,
Including storage means for storing at least the music randomly selected by the music playback means;
When the selected playback instruction referred to is a random playback instruction, the music playback means randomly selects one of the music different from the music stored in the storage means and plays back the selected music. A music game apparatus characterized by the above. The music game apparatus according to claim 2,
When the selected playback instruction referred to is a random playback instruction, the music playback means is one of the music different from the music stored in the storage means and the music specified by the music specifying instruction included in the play list. A music game apparatus characterized by randomly selecting one and playing the selected music piece. A music game control method using a computer,
Reproduction list generation means, and generating a playlist that includes a series of selected reproduction instruction,
A step of identifying one of said selected reproduction instruction to the player,
For selection reproduction instruction which the player is identified, the song specifying instruction for specifying the music to be reproduced, comprising the steps of Ru is selected and a random reproduction instruction to select at random the music to be reproduced, one of the player,
Including the selected music specifying instruction or random playback instruction in the playlist as the selected playback instruction specified by the player;
A playlist generation step including :
A music playback step, wherein the music playback means uses the generated playlist to sequentially refer to the selected playback instructions included in the playlist, and based on the content, sequentially selects and plays the music;
Including
In the music playback step, when the selected playback instruction referred to is a random playback instruction , one of the music to be played back is selected at random, and the selected music is played back. . On the computer,
A procedure for generating a playlist including a series of selective playback instructions,
And instructions for specifying one of said selected reproduction instruction to the player,
For selection reproduction instruction which the player is identified, and the music specifying instruction for specifying the music to be reproduced, Ru is selected and a random reproduction instruction to select at random the music to be reproduced, one of the player steps
The selected song specifying instruction or a random reproduction instruction, the procedure including the playlist as a selection reproducing instructions to the player has specified,
A playlist generation procedure including
Using a playlist said generated sequentially by referring to selected reproduction instruction included in the playlist, based on its content, a music playback procedure for reproducing sequentially selects the music, referenced selected reproduction instruction random When it is a playback instruction , a procedure for randomly selecting one of the songs to be played and playing the selected song;
A program characterized by having executed. In music game apparatus using a play setting information comprising at least one play conditions relating to the processing of a music game,
A means for generating a playlist including a series of play setting information,
Means for causing a player to identify one of the play setting information;
For the play setting information specified by the player, a setting specifying instruction for specifying a play condition to be included in the play setting information, and a random setting instruction for randomly determining at least one of the play conditions to be included in the play setting information; , and means for Ru to select either the player of,
Means for including the selected setting specifying instruction or random setting instruction in the playlist as play setting information specified by the player ;
Playlist generating means including :
Using the generated playlist , sequentially referring to the play setting information included in the playlist , and based on the content, game processing means for changing the play conditions and executing the game processing;
Including
When the referenced play setting information is a random setting instruction , the game processing means randomly determines at least one of the play conditions according to the random setting instruction, and performs a game process based on the randomly determined play condition. A music game device characterized by being executed.

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