JP5270509B2 - Video game control server, video game control method, and video game control program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video game capable of executing control of appropriately distributing an avatar so as to meet a congenial person. <P>SOLUTION: The video game control server 10 receives the entrance request of an avatar to a two-dimensional area where the avatar operated by a player can move from a player terminal 21, selects a parallel area to enter on the basis of an action type specified by the action history of the avatar whose entrance is requested and the action types of the avatars present inside the respective parallel areas provided separately as the two-dimensional area entrance to which is requested, performs processing for making the avatar whose entrance is requested enter the parallel area, and provides game image information for displaying a game image indicating the parallel area to which the avatar has entered. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for providing a video game to a player terminal operated by a player via a communication network and controlling the progress of the video game.

  In recent years, each player can communicate with other players on the web through his / her own avatar (characters such as animals and robots that appear on the screen as a part of the player in a communication tool such as chat) created by each player. Various network services for communication via their avatars are provided.

  In such a network service, when logging in, there is one in which an avatar (user's alternation) appears near another avatar with high intimacy (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3614327

  However, in the conventional network service described above, each avatar is determined based on the familiarity ranking with other avatars, so it is necessary to maintain the familiarity ranking of each avatar. When the number of participants increases, there is a problem that a huge database capacity is required. In addition, since the new density is determined by the exchange time, there is also a problem that it is difficult to have an opportunity to meet a compatible partner who does not have an exchange while only communicating with the same partner.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to perform control for appropriately distributing avatars so that a compatible partner can be met.

The video game control server of the present invention is a video game control server that provides a video game to a player terminal operated by a player via a communication network, and controls the progress of the video game. The avatar to be moved is a two-dimensional area, and the avatar admission request to the two-dimensional area displayed on the player terminal is received from the player terminal, and the area admission request accepting means When the request is accepted, the action type of the avatar specified by the action history of the avatar requested to enter the avatar and each parallel provided separately as the two-dimensional area requested to enter Based on the action type of each avatar present in the area A parallel area selection means for selecting a parallel area for entering an avatar that has been requested to enter, and an avatar for which an entry request has been made are added to the area information of the parallel area selected by the parallel area selection means as an existing avatar. Thus, an admission processing means for entering the avatar requested to enter the parallel area, and a game screen information providing means for providing game screen information for causing the player terminal to display a game screen indicating the parallel area where the avatar has entered. Action type information storage means for storing action type information indicating the action type of the avatar, and action history for storing a plurality of kinds of action histories including at least one of the login time and the number of games as the action history of the avatar Storage means and corresponding to each of the action history Point determining means for determining points, action type determining means for determining an action type according to the points, action type information updating means for updating the action type information based on the determined action type, and receiving the area admission request Action type specifying means for specifying an action type of an avatar that has made an admission request with reference to the action type information when an admission request is received by the means, and the parallel area selecting means includes the action type specifying The parallel area is selected based on the action type specified by the means .

  By having said structure, it becomes possible to perform control which distributes an avatar appropriately so that a compatible partner can be met.

  The action type of the avatar existing in each parallel area separately provided as the two-dimensional area requested to enter is specified with reference to the action type information, and is specified by the action type specifying means. A ratio specifying unit that specifies, for each parallel area, a ratio in which an avatar having the same action type as the action type of the avatar requested to enter is included, and the parallel area selecting unit is specified by the ratio specifying unit. The parallel area with the highest ratio may be selected.

The video game control method of the present invention provides video game control executed by a video game control server that provides a video game to a player terminal operated by a player via a communication network and controls the progress of the video game. The video game control server comprising: a behavior type information storage unit that stores behavior type information indicating an action type of an avatar operated by the player; and an action history storage unit that stores an action history of the avatar. the admission request area admission request is accepted from the player terminal reception processing avatar to the two-dimensional area to be displayed on the player terminal a two-dimensional area which can move avatars, to the area entrance request reception processing When an admission request is received, the action on the video game of the avatar who requested the admission The admission request is based on the action type of the avatar specified by the history and the action type of the avatar existing in each parallel area separately provided as the two-dimensional area requested to enter. By adding a parallel area selection process for selecting a parallel area to enter the avatar that was entered, and adding the avatar that was requested to enter the area information of the parallel area selected in the parallel area selection process as an existing avatar, An admission process for entering an avatar requested to enter the parallel area; a game screen information providing process for providing game screen information for displaying on the player terminal a game screen indicating the parallel area where the avatar has entered ; As action history, less of login time and number of games A plurality of types of behavior histories including at least one of the behavior histories stored in the behavior history storage means, and a plurality of types determined in advance according to the behavior history of the avatar stored in the behavior history storage processing When the action type information update process for updating the action type information and the area admission request acceptance process are accepted, the avatar is determined as to which action type from among the action types. An action type specifying process that specifies an action type of an avatar that has made an admission request with reference to the action type information, and in the parallel area selection process, a parallel operation is performed based on the action type specified in the action type specifying process. It is characterized by selecting an area .

Furthermore, the video game control program of the present invention is a video game control program for causing a player terminal operated by a player to provide a video game via a communication network and controlling the progress of the video game, a behavior type information storage means for storing behavior type information indicating a behavior type of avatar the player operates, on a computer with an action history storage means for storing the avatar action history, the two-dimensional movable is avatars When an admission request is received in an area admission request receiving process for receiving an avatar admission request to the two-dimensional area displayed on the player terminal from the player terminal and the area admission request receiving process, Identified by the action history of the video game of the avatar who requested entry Enter the avatar requested to enter based on the action type of the avatar and the action type of the avatar that exists in each parallel area separately provided as a two-dimensional area requested to enter. There was an admission request by adding the avatar that was requested to enter the parallel area selection process for selecting the parallel area to be performed and the area information of the parallel area selected in the parallel area selection process as an existing avatar. Login processing as an avatar action history, an admission process for entering an avatar into the parallel area, a game screen information providing process for providing game screen information for displaying on the player terminal a game screen indicating the parallel area where the avatar has entered, and an avatar action history Includes at least one of time and number of games Action history storage process for storing a plurality of types of action history in the action history storage means, and the avatar among a plurality of types of action types determined in advance according to the action history of the avatar stored in the action history storage process When the admission request is received in the action type information update process for updating the action type information and the area admission request reception process, the action type information is referred to. An action type specifying process for specifying an action type of an avatar that has made an entrance request, and in the parallel area selecting process, a process for selecting a parallel area based on the action type specified in the action type specifying process is executed. It is for making it happen .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the control which distributes an avatar appropriately so that it can meet a partner with good compatibility can be performed.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the video game control system in one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the display screen in a video game. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of game information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of type information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of area information. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the concept of the area movement of an avatar. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a game screen control information provision process. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a type update process.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a video game control system showing an embodiment of the present invention. The video game control system 100 includes a video game control server 10 and a plurality of player terminals 21 to 2N (N = 1, 2,...). The video game control server 10 and the player terminals 21 to 2N are each connected to a communication network 30 such as the Internet.

  The video game control server 10 is an information processing apparatus such as a WWW server, for example, and is managed by a system administrator. The video game control server 10 has a function of providing a video game to the plurality of player terminals 21 to 2N via the communication network 30. The video game control server 10 includes a game DB 11 which is a storage medium storing game information indicating various information used for providing a game, and type information indicating each type of each avatar operated by each player. Are stored in a type DB 12 that is a storage medium in which is stored, and an area DB 13 is a storage medium in which area information described later is stored.

  Each of the player terminals 21 to 2N is managed by each player, and is configured by various information processing devices such as a portable game device, a stationary game device, a computer device, and a mobile phone.

  Here, the video game executed in this example will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the display device included in each of the player terminals 21 to 2N in the video game of this example. As shown in FIG. 2, the display screen includes a game screen display area 100 for displaying a game screen indicating a virtual area in the game, and a plurality of buttons used in the game such as a zoom-in button 201 and a zoom-out button 202, for example. And a button group display area 200 for displaying a button group including. The game screen shown in FIG. 2 shows a virtual area indicating a virtually created area such as a town and avatars P1 to P4 operated by each player. An avatar that is not operated by a player may be displayed.

  The virtual area is created as two-dimensional data by a bitmap, for example. In this example, it is assumed that the avatars P1 to P4 are created as two-dimensional data using sprite images (vector format images).

  In the video game of this example, avatars P1 to P4 operated by each player are active in a town or house prepared in advance as a virtual area, and communication between the avatars (chat etc.) or playing cards between avatars. A virtual life is made by playing mini-games such as or earning points equivalent to money and buying goods such as clothes to be worn in the store. The “video game” in this example is a game for enjoying a virtual life using an avatar as a player's alternation, and the video game control server 10 has a virtual field and various contents for proceeding with the “video game” in this example. Is provided to each of the player terminals 21 to 2N.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a storage state of game information stored in the game DB 11. The game information includes a player name of each player, a player ID that can uniquely identify each player, avatar information indicating an avatar that the corresponding player operates as his / her own alternation, and an avatar game that is accumulated as the game progresses It includes information associated with action history information indicating the above action history. The action history information includes, for example, login time, game count, blog update count, and the like.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the storage state of the type information stored in the type DB 12. The type information is generated and managed separately for each player (each avatar). In FIG. 4, type information of the player A (the avatar P1 operated by the player A) is shown. As shown in FIG. 4, the type information includes various type determination points (in this example, log-in) calculated by a predetermined calculation formula from values such as time and number of times indicated by the action history information included in the game information of the player A. Time points, game count points, blog update count points) and avatar types determined from the type determination points. In this example, various type determination points are calculated by multiplying values such as the time and the number of times indicated by the action history information by a constant number, but other calculation formulas may be used. Values such as the time and the number of times indicated by may be used as they are.

  In this example, the “type” of the player is classified into type C (community type), type G (game type), and type B (blog type). As in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, when the login time point is the maximum, the type of the player A is “type C”. In addition, when the number of game times is the maximum, the type is G, and when the blog update number is the maximum, the type is B. When a plurality of points have the same value, for example, one of them may be determined with priority.

  Here, the area information in this example will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of area information. As shown in FIG. 5, the area information exists in each parallel area, an area name indicating the name of the area, a parallel area name indicating the name of a plurality of parallel areas separately provided as the corresponding area, and the area information. This is information in which an avatar (avatar name) is associated with a proportion of avatars present in each parallel area.

  In the video game executed in this example, a plurality of types of virtual areas (area A, area B,...) Where an avatar can be active are prepared. Further, in this example, for each virtual area, a plurality of parallel areas for separately realizing the same corresponding virtual space simultaneously in parallel are used. For example, for area A, each of parallel areas A1, A2,. In addition, it is good also as a structure which provides an upper limit in the number of avatars which can exist simultaneously in a parallel area.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the concept of avatar area movement in the video game of this example. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, when the avatar P1 operated by the player A moves to the area A, the avatar P1 moves to any one of the parallel areas A1 to A3. And when avatar P1 moves to parallel area A1, for example, and moves to area B from there, it will move to either of parallel areas B1-B3. At this time, in the system 100 of the present example, the avatars having good compatibility are distributed among the parallel areas. This distribution method will be described later in detail.

Next, the operation of the video game control server 10 of this example will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a game screen control information providing process executed by the video game control server 10. Here, a case where game screen control information (information for displaying a game screen) for performing display control of the game screen is provided to the player terminal 21 managed by the player A who operates the avatar P1 will be described as an example. To do. The player terminal 21 controls the display content of the game screen displayed on the display device included in the player terminal 21 according to the game screen control information transmitted from the video game control server 10. The game screen control information providing process shown in FIG. 7 is executed every update interval time of the game screen on the player terminal 21 (for example, every 1/15 seconds or every 1/10 seconds). Note that detailed descriptions of processes not particularly related to the present invention may be omitted.

  In the game screen control information providing process, the video game control server 10 first checks whether or not an area movement designation from the player terminal 21 has been received (step S101). When the player terminal 21 receives an instruction to move the avatar P1 from the current virtual area to the virtual area A by a predetermined operation by the player A of the input device (keyboard, mouse, etc.) provided by the player terminal 21, the video game control is performed. An area movement designation indicating a movement request to the virtual area A is transmitted to the server 10 via the communication network 30.

  When the area movement designation is accepted (Y in step S101), the video game control server 10 refers to the game DB 11 according to the accepted area movement designation and confirms the type of the avatar P1 (step S102). In this example, it is assumed that the avatar P1 is type C.

  When the type of the avatar P1 is confirmed, the video game control server 10 refers to the area DB 13 to confirm the area information of the virtual area A indicated by the received area movement designation, and the proportion of the type C among the parallel areas A1 to AN. Is selected as the parallel area to be moved (moving parallel area) (step S103).

  For example, when the proportion of type C in the parallel area A1 is higher than that in the other parallel areas A2 to AN, the video game control server 10 executes a process for moving the avatar P1 to the parallel area A1 (step S1). S104). Specifically, a process of updating the current area information indicating the area that currently exists in the game information of the avatar P1, a process of updating the information of the avatar in the area for the parallel area A1 of the area information, and the like are performed. In addition, when one parallel area cannot be determined only by the ratio of type C, the configuration may be such that other elements, for example, the number of avatars existing in the parallel area, are selected elements.

  Next, the video game control server 10 updates area information and game information as necessary (step S105), and a game screen showing a parallel area where the avatar P1 exists according to the contents of the area information and game information. Is generated on the player terminal 21 (step S106), and the generated game screen control information is transmitted to the player terminal 21 via the communication network 30 (step S107).

  When the game screen control information is received, the player terminal 21 generates a game screen in accordance with the received game screen control information, and displays the game screen on its own display device (including update of the game screen).

  In the above example, the case where the area movement designation is accepted (that is, the case of movement between the areas) has been described, but the video game processing server is similarly applied when the video game of the present example is logged in by the operation of the player. 10 confirms the type of the corresponding avatar, and selects the parallel area in which the avatar of the logged-in player exists from the plurality of parallel areas as the initial area.

  Next, an avatar type update process executed by the video game control server 10 in this example will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the type update process. In this example, the type update process is executed at a predetermined time interval. However, when the movement of the avatar area by the player's operation is accepted, for example, the action history information is updated. Sometimes it may be executed.

  In this example, the video game control server 10 performs a process of accumulating (updating) action history information in the game information according to the progress of the game. Therefore, action history information (login time, game count, blog update count, etc.) is updated as needed.

  When the type update process is started, the video game control server 10 refers to the game DB 11 to check the action history information (in this example, the login time, the number of games, the number of blog updates), and uses a predetermined calculation formula. Various type determination points (in this example, login time point, game frequency point, blog update frequency point) are calculated (step S201), and various type determination points are updated to the calculated various type determination points (step S202).

  Next, the video game control server 10 checks whether or not the maximum type determination point among the various type determination points has been changed by updating the various type determination points (step S203).

  When it is determined that the maximum type determination point has been changed (Y in step S203), the video game control server 10 changes the type in the type information of the avatar to a type corresponding to the maximum type determination point. At the same time, the type in the game information is similarly changed (step S204).

  When the process of changing the type is finished, the video game control server 10 calculates the ratio of the type of avatar that exists in the parallel area based on the changed type, and updates the ratio of each type in the area information ( Step S205). Then, the type update process ends.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the maximum type determination point has not been changed (N in step S203), the video game control server 10 ends the type change process without changing the type.

  In addition, said type change process may be performed individually about each avatar, and may be performed collectively about a part or all avatar.

  As described above, the video game control server 10 that provides the video game to the player terminals 21 to 2N operated by the player via the communication network 30 and controls the progress of the video game is operated by the player. Avatar admission request to the 2D area (virtual area) that can be moved by the avatar to be displayed on the player terminal 21 (area movement request, area admission request when logging into the game, etc.) Is received from the player terminal 21, and the action type (type) of the avatar specified by the action history (action history indicated by the action history information) of the avatar requested to enter, and the two-dimensional entry requested. Each avatar that exists in each parallel area that is provided as a separate area Select the parallel area to enter the avatar that was requested to enter based on the dynamic type, and add the avatar requested to enter to the area information of the selected parallel area as an existing avatar. By performing the process for allowing the requested avatar to enter the parallel area and providing the game screen information for displaying on the player terminal 21 the game screen indicating the parallel area where the avatar has entered, You will be able to control the avatars appropriately so that you can meet good opponents.

  That is, the action type of the avatar that requested the admission specified by the action history (the action history indicated by the action history information) and the parallel area separately provided as the two-dimensional area requested to enter respectively. Based on the action type of the existing avatar, it is configured to select a parallel area to enter the avatar that was requested to enter, so there are many compatible areas in consideration of the action type Can be selected as an entrance area. In this way, the video game control server 10 of this example can perform control for appropriately distributing the avatars so that a compatible partner can be met.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, the video game control server 10 is provided with type DB12 which memorize | stores the action type information (type information) which shows the action type of an avatar, and when an admission request | requirement is received, action type information is received. Since the action type of the avatar that was requested to enter is specified and the parallel area is selected based on the specified action type, there are many compatible partners using the action type indicated by the action type information. An existing parallel area can be selected as an entrance area.

  In the above-described embodiment, the video game control server 10 displays the action type of the avatar that exists in each parallel area separately provided as a two-dimensional area that is requested to enter. To identify the percentage of each parallel area that has the same behavior type as the avatar's behavior type that has been identified as the entry request, and select the parallel area with the highest percentage Since it is set as the structure to select, the parallel area where the avatar of the same action type exists in the highest ratio can be selected as an area to enter.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, the video game control server 10 accumulate | stores the action history of an avatar, and according to the accumulated action history of the avatar, which avatar is among the predetermined types of action types? Since the action type information is determined and the action type information is updated, the action type of the avatar can be updated according to the action history. Therefore, it becomes possible to select a parallel area to enter based on the latest action type.

  The system 100 described above can be applied to any video game as long as it provides a game screen for performing a virtual life with an avatar.

  Although not specifically mentioned in the above-described embodiment, the video game control server 10 executes the various processes described above according to a control program (video game control program) stored in a storage device included in the video game control server 10. .

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it is useful to provide a video game that can perform control to appropriately distribute avatars so that compatible players can be met.

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Claims (4)

A video game control server that provides a video game to a player terminal operated by a player via a communication network and controls the progress of the video game,
An area admission request accepting means for accepting, from the player terminal, an avatar admission request to the two-dimensional area displayed on the player terminal, the avatar being operated by the player being movable;
When the admission request is accepted by the area admission request accepting means, the action type of the avatar specified by the action history of the avatar requested to enter the avatar and the two-dimensional area requested to enter, respectively. Parallel area selection means for selecting a parallel area for entering an avatar that has been requested to enter based on the action type of the avatar that exists in each parallel area provided separately;
An admission processing means for entering an avatar requested to enter the parallel area by adding the avatar requested to enter the area information of the parallel area selected by the parallel area selecting means as an existing avatar;
Game screen information providing means for providing game screen information for causing the player terminal to display a game screen indicating a parallel area where an avatar has entered;
Action type information storage means for storing action type information indicating the action type of the avatar;
Action history accumulating means for accumulating a plurality of types of action histories including at least one of the login time and the number of games as the avatar action history;
Point determination means for determining points corresponding to each of the action histories;
An action type determination means for determining an action type according to points,
Action type information updating means for updating the action type information based on the determined action type;
When an entrance request is received by the area entrance request receiving means, an action type specifying means for specifying an action type of an avatar that has made an entrance request with reference to the action type information, and
The video game control server, wherein the parallel area selecting means selects a parallel area based on the action type specified by the action type specifying means . The action type of the avatar existing in each parallel area separately provided as the two-dimensional area requested to enter is specified with reference to the action type information, and is specified by the action type specifying means. A ratio specifying means for specifying the ratio of the avatar having the same action type as the avatar's action type requested to enter for each of the parallel areas;
The parallel area selection means, the video game control server according to claim 1, wherein the ratio specified by the ratio specifying means selects the highest parallel area. A video game control method executed by a video game control server that provides a video game to a player terminal operated by a player via a communication network and controls the progress of the video game ,
The video game control server comprising action type information storage means for storing action type information indicating an action type of an avatar operated by the player, and action history storage means for storing an action history of the avatar.
And admission requests the player terminal area entrance request reception processing for receiving from the avatar to the two-dimensional area to be displayed on the player terminal avatars is a two-dimensional area movable,
When the admission request is accepted in the area admission request acceptance process, the action type of the avatar specified by the action history of the avatar requested for admission on the video game and the two-dimensional area requested to enter, respectively. A parallel area selection process for selecting a parallel area for entering an avatar that has been requested to enter based on the action type of an avatar that exists in each parallel area provided separately;
An admission process for entering an avatar requested to enter the parallel area by adding the avatar requested to enter the area information of the parallel area selected in the parallel area selection process as an existing avatar;
A game screen information providing process for providing game screen information for causing the player terminal to display a game screen indicating a parallel area where an avatar has entered ;
Action history accumulation processing for accumulating a plurality of types of action history including at least one of login time and number of games as action history of the avatar in the action history storage means;
In accordance with the action history of the avatar accumulated in the action history accumulation process, an action for determining which action type is the avatar among a plurality of predetermined action types and updating the action type information Type information update processing,
When an admission request is received in the area admission request reception process, an action type specifying process for specifying the action type of an avatar that has made an admission request with reference to the action type information is performed,
In the parallel area selecting process, a parallel area is selected based on the action type specified in the action type specifying process. A video game control program for causing a player terminal operated by a player to provide a video game via a communication network and controlling the progress of the video game,
A computer provided with action type information storage means for storing action type information indicating the action type of the avatar operated by the player, and action history storage means for storing the action history of the avatar ;
And admission requests the player terminal area entrance request reception processing for receiving from the avatar to the two-dimensional area to be displayed on the player terminal avatars is a two-dimensional area movable,
When the admission request is accepted in the area admission request acceptance process, the action type of the avatar specified by the action history of the avatar requested for admission on the video game and the two-dimensional area requested to enter, respectively. A parallel area selection process for selecting a parallel area for entering an avatar that has been requested to enter based on the action type of an avatar that exists in each parallel area provided separately;
An admission process for entering an avatar requested to enter the parallel area by adding the avatar requested to enter the area information of the parallel area selected in the parallel area selection process as an existing avatar;
A game screen information providing process for providing game screen information for causing the player terminal to display a game screen indicating a parallel area where an avatar has entered;
Action history accumulation processing for accumulating a plurality of types of action history including at least one of login time and number of games as action history of the avatar in the action history storage means;
In accordance with the action history of the avatar accumulated in the action history accumulation process, an action for determining which action type is the avatar among a plurality of predetermined action types and updating the action type information Type information update processing,
When an admission request is received in the area admission request reception process, an action type specifying process for specifying an action type of an avatar that has made an admission request with reference to the action type information is executed,
In the parallel area selection process, a process of selecting a parallel area based on the action type specified in the action type specifying process
A video game control program to be executed .

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