JP5385026B2 - GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTINUE STATE SETTING METHOD - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game continuation state setting method with the same member grouped before in a game system that executes a game by forming one virtual game space by a plurality of game terminals.

  In a store where game devices are arranged, it is desired to increase the operation rate and the profit rate. Therefore, for example, when a game can be performed once for 100 yen, the game can be performed 3 times for 200 yen, that is, the operating rate is increased by using a discount idea at the continuation. It has been known.

  Also, in Patent Document 1, when a game in which a plurality of players compete is completed, the game results of each player are monitored, and a fee is discounted for a player who has a good score when a multi-player game is continued. Alternatively, a game device that is free of charge has been proposed. In this way, by reducing the game fee only for players who have good results in a multiplayer game, the operation rate and the profit rate are increased.

Japanese Patent No. 3238241

  However, in the game device described in Patent Document 1, the game fee for the next multiplayer game is paid within a predetermined time from the end of the game only to the player who has a good result from the game results of each player at the end of the previous game. As described in the game device which is discounted by continuing, the continuation is limited to a predetermined time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is possible to enter a game continuation state with the same member as the previous group member even after the lapse of a predetermined time without setting a time limit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game system and a game continuation state setting method capable of adding an added value for changing (discounting) the game fee setting when the game is continued.

  The invention described in claim 1 includes one or a plurality of game terminals and a server that is connected to the game terminals via a network and manages player information and game history, and a predetermined number of players are grouped together. In a game system configured to execute a game in a virtual game space, the game terminal includes reception means for acquiring and transmitting player identification information when receiving participation in a game, and transmitting the server to the server. A player identification information storage means for storing identification information and group identification information of each player who plays the game transmitted from each game terminal, and the same kind of game after the game ends or after the game ends Among the players who are accepted to participate in the game, the player having the same group identification information is given priority. It is characterized in that a selection means for a group of the same virtual game space.

  The invention described in claim 9 includes one or a plurality of game terminals and a server connected to the game terminals via a network and managing player information and game history, and a predetermined number of players are grouped together. In the game continuation state setting method for a game system configured to execute a game in a virtual game space, the receiving means of the game terminal acquires player identification information at the time of accepting participation in a game, and transmits it to the server, The player identification information storage means of the server stores the identification information and group identification information of each player who plays the game transmitted from each game terminal, and the game terminal selection means after the game ends, or Following the end of the game, from among players that have been accepted to participate in the same type of game It is characterized in that to a group of the same virtual game space with priority common player of the group identification information.

  According to these inventions, the present game system is configured so that a predetermined number of players form one group to execute a game in a virtual game space, that is, allocated. Then, the identification information of the player is acquired at the time of accepting participation in the game by the reception means of the game terminal and transmitted to the server, and the game transmitted from each game terminal is performed by the player identification information acquisition means of the server. The identification information and group identification information of each player is stored in the server. Then, after the end of the game or subsequent to the end of the game, the player having the same group identification information is given priority among the players that have been accepted to participate in the same type of game. It is selected to be a group of the same virtual game space. Therefore, in addition to the case of continuing the game after the end of the game, it is possible to enter a game continuation state with the same member as the previous group member even after a predetermined time has elapsed without setting a time limit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game system according to the first aspect, the server determines the matching status of each player in the group playing the current game and each player in the group in the previous game, in the selection means. It is characterized by comprising a match status determination means for determining using the group identification information, and a charge setting means for changing and setting the game play fee according to the determination result of the match status determination means. According to this configuration, the game fee is changed and preferably reduced for a plurality of players who continue to play a multiplayer game, and the continuous game motivation is increased by increasing the continuation rate. Improve rates and profitability.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game system according to the second aspect , the identification information of the player includes identification information of a store in which the game terminal is installed, When the store information is the same, the matching situation is determined. According to this configuration, it can be expected that the utilization rate and profitability of the store are improved directly.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game system according to the second or third aspect, the coincidence status determining means is based on a continuation guide for participation in the current game after the end of the previous game. In this case, the matching situation is determined. According to this configuration, the continuity of the game can be more efficiently secured by the continue.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the game is a game in which a predetermined number of players are set as one group and battled in the group. . According to this configuration, it is also possible to apply to a game in which one group battles, for example, a mahjong game that is played with four players as friends.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the game system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in which the group of a predetermined number of players battles against players in other groups. It is characterized by. According to this configuration, the present invention can be applied to a game in which a plurality of groups battle each other. Also, in this case, each group is individually subject to a game fee reduction. Therefore, since it is determined whether or not the game fee can be reduced only by the matching status of the members of the own group, regardless of the matching status of the members of the partner group, it is easy to obtain an opportunity for a reduction.

Invention of claim 7, claim 2-4, claim 5 cite any of claims 2-4, and any of claims 6 to cite any of claims 2-4 In the game system described above, the fee setting means reduces the game fee as the number of matches in the determination result of the match status determination means increases. According to this configuration, it is possible to induce the game to be repeated with the same members as much as possible.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 5, which cites any one of claims 2 to 4 and claims 2 to 4, claim 6 which cites any one of claims 2 to 4, and claim 7. in the game system according to any one of the out comprises a counting means for counting the number of continuations of the determination process by the matching status determination unit, said pricing means, characterized in that the greater the number of continuations, to reduce the game fee And According to this configuration, it is possible to induce repeated battle games many times with a further reduction as a privilege.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to enter a game continuation state with the same member as the previous group member even after a predetermined time has elapsed without providing a time limit.

It is a lineblock diagram showing one embodiment of a game system concerning the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of one Embodiment of a game terminal. It is a hardware block diagram which shows one Embodiment of a game terminal. It is a functional block diagram of the control part of a game terminal. It is a hardware block diagram which shows one Embodiment of a server apparatus. It is a function block diagram of the control part of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a discount table. It is a screen figure which shows an example of the battle | competition screen in a game. It is a flowchart explaining the procedure of the game fee setting process performed by the game program of CPU161 of the game terminal 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a procedure of selection (matching) processing executed by a program of a CPU 361 of the server device 3. It is a subroutine explaining the procedure of the process of step S39, which is executed by the program of the CPU 361 of the server device 3.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a game system according to the present invention. The game system is communicably connected to a game terminal 1 associated with identification information and a plurality (eight in this case) of game terminals 1, and relay / connection between them and each game terminal 1 and a network ( For example, a router 2 that is a communication device that connects to a game terminal of another store via the Internet) and the router 2 are communicably connected via each router 2, and a plurality of players use the game terminal 1. And a server device 3 that manages information relating to player authentication, selection of combinations of players, and game history.

  The game terminal 1 advances a game by a player performing a predetermined operation based on a game screen displayed on the monitor 11. The identification information associated with the game terminal 1 includes the identification information for each router 2 to which the game terminal 1 is connected (or the identification information of the store where the game terminal 1 is installed) and the game terminal 1. And identification information for each game terminal 1 in the established store. For example, when the identification information of the store A is A and the identification information of the game terminal 1 in the store A is 4, the identification information of the game terminal 1 is A4.

  The router 2 is connected to each of the plurality of game terminals 1 and the server device 3 so as to be able to communicate with each other, and transmits and receives data between the game terminal 1 and the server device 3.

  The server device 3 is communicably connected to each router 2, stores information such as the player information in association with a user ID for specifying the individual player, and uses the identification information of the game terminal 1, By transmitting / receiving data to / from each game terminal 1 via the router 2, information regarding a player (referred to as an opponent) who plays a game in the same virtual game space as the player is managed.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an embodiment of the game terminal 1. Note that the game played using the game terminal 1 may be a personal game or a battle game. In the present embodiment, a mahjong game is assumed. A player who operates the game terminal 1 and other game terminals 1 The player who operates the game is played against the CPU player (virtual player) if necessary. In the case of a battle with a player who operates another game terminal 1, operation data corresponding to the contents operated by each player with the game terminal 1 in the battle via the network communication unit 18 and the router 2 described later. Are sent and received.

  The game terminal 1 includes a monitor 11 that displays a game screen, an address of a button that is stacked on the monitor 11, detects a press by the player, and prompts a selection displayed on the game screen of the monitor 11, and a pressed position by the player The touch panel 11a for determining which button is designated from, a speaker 12 for outputting sound, a card reader 13 for reading information such as a user ID stored in a personal card, and coins inserted by the player for the game fee And a coin accepting unit 14 that accepts only. The monitor 11 displays an image, and is a liquid crystal display or a plasma display. The monitor 11 displays an image before starting the game, such as guiding an acceptance operation, an image along the progress of the game during the game, and an image at the end of the game. The personal card is possessed by the player, and is a magnetic card, an IC card, or the like in which personal information such as a user ID of the player is stored.

  A control unit 16 (see FIG. 3) including a microcomputer that outputs detection signals from the respective units and control signals to the respective units is disposed at appropriate positions of the game terminal 1.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the game terminal 1. The control unit 16 controls the overall operation of the game terminal 1 and includes an information processing unit (CPU) 161 that performs various information processing in addition to processing related to the overall progress of the game and image display processing, information in the middle of processing, and the like. Are temporarily stored, and a ROM 163 in which predetermined image information, a game program, and the like to be described later are stored in advance.

  The external input / output control unit 171 converts the detection signal into a digital signal for processing between the control unit 16 and the detection unit including the card reader 13, the touch panel 11a (operation unit), and the coin receiving unit 14, and also provides command information. Is converted into a control signal and output to each device of the detection unit, and such signal processing and input / output processing are performed, for example, in a time-sharing manner. The external device control unit 172 performs a control signal output operation to each device of the detection unit and a detection signal input operation from each device of the detection unit within each time division period.

  The drawing processing unit 111 displays a required image on the monitor 11 in accordance with an image display instruction from the control unit 16, and includes a video RAM and the like. The sound reproducing unit 121 outputs a predetermined message, BGM, or the like to the speaker 12 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 16.

  The ROM 163 stores a mahjong tile character, a table image, an image constituting a reception screen, various buttons, and various images. A mahjong tile character or the like is composed of a required number of polygons constituting the mahjong tile character so that it can be three-dimensionally drawn, and the drawing processing unit 111 is based on a drawing instruction from the CPU 161 from a position in the three-dimensional space. Performs calculation for conversion to a position in the pseudo three-dimensional space, light source calculation processing, etc., and writing of image data to be drawn into the video RAM based on the calculation result, for example, designated by polygons The texture data is written (pasted) to the video RAM area.

  Here, the relationship between the operation of the CPU 161 and the operation of the drawing processing unit 111 will be described. The CPU 161 outputs an image from the ROM 163 based on an operating system (OS) recorded in the ROM 163 as an attachment / detachment method with respect to the built-in or external image information output to the monitor 11 and the image table processing unit for displaying the image information. The voice and control program data and game program data are read out. Some or all of the read image, sound, control program data, and the like are held on the RAM 162. Thereafter, the CPU 161 is based on a control program stored in the RAM 162, various data (image data including other character images such as polygons and textures of display objects, audio data), a detection signal from the detection unit, and the like. Processing proceeds.

  Of various data stored in the ROM 163, data that can be stored in a removable recording medium can be read by a driver such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, or a cassette medium reader. In this case, the recording medium is, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory.

  The network communication unit 18 is used to transmit / receive player operation information generated during the execution of the mahjong game to / from the game terminal 1 in a battle via the router 2 and further via the network. Further, the network communication unit 18 transmits / receives information regarding personal authentication, etc. at the time of acceptance processing for a new player, game results at the end of the game, etc., to / from the server device 3 via the router 2 before and after the game is executed. Is to do.

  FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the control unit 16 of the game terminal 1. The CPU 161 of the control unit 16 includes a reception processing unit 161a that accepts participation from the player in the game, and a determination unit 161b that determines whether or not the player has entered a set game play fee. In addition, the CPU 161 controls a series of progress from the start to the end of the game, that is, operation information from the touch panel 11a that is an operation unit operated by the player according to the operation order, for example, a game from Ulsan that is operated by the player himself A game progress control unit 161c that accepts a spider operation and advances a mahjong game every time the order is taken (hereinafter referred to as a “spider”), an image display processing unit 161d that displays a received image, a game image, and the like on the monitor 11; A player who evaluates the player's operation at the end of the game to determine the game score (the value of the number of points) and ranking, and whether or not to continue the match game after the match The continuous processing means 161f for performing the process of guiding the so-called continue and communication control of various information Cormorant a communication control unit 161 g, and a timer 161h to perform counting. The CPU 161 includes an environment setting processing unit 161i for adjusting and setting the game environment of the game terminal 1 by an operator (store worker).

  The reception processing unit 161 a detects that the participation reception button or the like (not shown) displayed on the monitor 11 has been pressed by the player who desires to participate in the game, and the card reader 13 of the game terminal 1. The user ID is read from the personal card inserted into the card. The reception processing unit 161a further transmits the user ID and the identification information of the game terminal 1 and the store to the server device 3 as a unit.

  The determination unit 161b temporarily stores the game play fee transmitted from the server device 3, and determines whether or not the necessary game play fee has been inserted based on the monitoring result of the coin receiving unit 14. is there.

  The game progress control unit 161c controls the progress of the game. That is, when the opponent is determined, the game progress control unit 161c starts a mahjong game by four players as shown in the example of the game screen of FIG. 8, and the order of the Tsumo repeats in a predetermined order among the players. When a game is over, a predetermined game fee is requested to be charged. The game progress control unit 161c sets a predetermined time limit as a time period for permitting acceptance of a selection operation for discarding any of the cages on hand from the time of the occurrence of the cage every time a cage occurs. . Accordingly, each time a spider is generated, the player considers which bag is to be discarded within the time, and performs an operation for specifying the determined bag, that is, an operation for pressing the display position of the image of the corresponding bag. When this operation is performed, the communication control unit 161g transmits this operation information to the other game terminals in the battle, and the contents of the screens of the self and the other game terminals 1 are updated, and the next game in the next order In the terminal 1, a spider is generated.

  In the mode in which coins are inserted, the coin accepting unit 14 functions as a fee collection unit. On the other hand, instead of the mode in which coins are inserted, the game terminal 1 withdraws the game fee from the inserted prepaid card or the like. In the aspect provided with the fee collection means, the means for withdrawing (subtracting) the game fee from the balance of the card may be handled as the fee collection means.

  The RAM 162 of the control unit 16 updates the game progress information during the battle game on the same table (same game space) for each player, that is, the player and all the opponents obtained via the network communication unit 18 in an update manner. The rank (including the number of points) is stored for each player, as determined by the intermediate progress information storage unit 162a and the score processing unit 161e. And a game result storage unit 162b. Each time the game ends, the communication control unit 161g transmits the game results at the game end time stored in the game result storage unit 162b to the server device 3 together with the user ID of the player.

  FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the server device 3. The control unit 36 controls the overall operation of the server device 3, and includes an information processing unit (CPU) 361, a RAM 362 for temporarily storing personal information of the player, information regarding each player's game, and the like, and a management unit. And a ROM 363 in which predetermined image information and a management program are stored in advance.

  Among various data stored in the ROM 363, data that can be stored in a removable recording medium can be read by a driver such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, or a cassette medium reader. In this case, the recording medium is, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory.

  The network communication unit 38 transmits / receives various data to / from the corresponding game terminal 1 according to the terminal identification information via any of the plurality of routers 2 via a network such as WWW.

  The management program is recorded on the ROM 363, loaded onto the RAM 362, and each function is realized by the CPU 361 sequentially executing the game progress program on the RAM 362.

  FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of the control unit 36 of the server device 3. The RAM 362 includes a player information storage unit 362a that stores personal information such as a user ID, a history storage unit 362b that stores a game history including game results for each player, and a discount table storage unit 362c described later. ing.

  The CPU 361 of the control unit 36 performs a series of reception management in response to the storage control unit 361a that records each information in the player information storage unit 362a and the history storage unit 362b, and the game participation reception of the player at each game terminal 1. A predetermined number (Mahjong) that plays in the same game space from the reception unit 361b that executes the process and the players that are received by the reception unit 361b or the players that want to continue received by the continue processing unit 161f In this case, a selection unit 361c that selects a combination of four players according to a rule described later, and a matching status for determining a matching status between players in the previous and current groups based on group identification information described later A communication control unit 361e that exchanges information between the determination unit 361d and each game terminal 1. , And a pricing section 361f to set the game play fee.

  The storage control unit 361a creates group identification information according to the setting result by the selection unit 361c and records it in the history storage unit 362b. Note that the set group identification information may be written to and read from the selection unit 361c to the history storage unit 362b as shown in FIG. 6, and in this case, the selection unit 361c creates the group identification information. May be.

  The accepting unit 361b accepts participation in the game by accepting the personal information of the user ID of the player transmitted from the game terminal 1 and the identification information of the game terminal 1 and the store.

  The reception unit 361b instructs the selection unit 361c to perform selection (matching) processing for combining opponents when participation in the battle game is designated by the player. The selection unit 361c positions (links) four participating players and participating players from the desire to continue received in the same game space (virtual table) every predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes). It will be. Conditions for allocating to the same space are set in advance. For example, for newly joined players, for example, on a first-come-first-served basis, and for players who want to continue, a group member who is in the same store and in the same game space as the previous game store is preferentially allocated to the same game space. I am doing so. For each member of the group allocated to the same game space, group identification information as friend information is set each time, and the preferential selection is performed based on this information. In particular, in order to continue, group members of the previous competitive game are selected to be allocated to the same game space using the group identification information, so that the group members are guided to the game at the continue. Here, the group requirement can be assigned to the same group regardless of the difference of stores by selecting players in the selection unit 361c as will be described later. Players may be included, and there may be a possibility that the stores are all different.

  The match status determination unit 361d determines a match status between players assigned to the same game space by the selection unit 361c with respect to a player who wishes to continue, and members of the battle game group before the continue. The new friend (group identification information) information on the matching user ID and number of players is created by the storage control unit 361a (or selection unit 361c).

  The fee setting unit 361f sets the continue game fee at a corresponding discount rate according to the determination result of the coincidence state determination unit 361d. The set game fee is transmitted to the game terminal 1, and then displayed on the monitor 11 (or notified by voice), for example, to be presented to the player, and further monitored by the coin receiving unit 14. The discount rate corresponding to the friend information (group identification information) included in the game history information will be described later.

  The RAM 362 includes a discount table storage unit 362c described later. As shown in FIG. 7, the discount table storage unit 362c is set with the number of times of continuation and the relationship between the number of matches of the group members in the previous game and the current game in the continuation and the discount rate. The discount rate is set so as to increase as the number of times of continuing increases. Since the first game is not a continuation game, there is no discount (that is, 0%). In addition, regarding the match status of the members in the group, the discount rate is set higher as the number of members becomes a discount when at least two of the members play a game by continuation in the same virtual game space. Has been.

  The discount table shown in FIG. 7 corresponds to the “2 names” column of the table when there are two players in the same virtual game space for the second time (first time for the continuation), and thereafter, The third, fourth, ... are also in the same column. Further, if there are three players in the same virtual game space at the second (continuous first) with respect to the first time, the three players are included corresponding to the “3 names” column of the table. As long as the third, fourth,... When one of the three persons is gone, the process moves to the “2 persons” column after this point. Also, if there are four players in the same virtual game space at the second time (first time of the continuation) with respect to the first time, these four names are included corresponding to the “4 names” column of the table. As long as this is the case, the subsequent third, fourth,... When one of the four persons is gone, the process proceeds to the “3 names” column, and when two of the four persons are removed, the process proceeds to the “2 names” column.

  In addition, the setting of the discount state for the game terminal 1 in the store is an environment setting process that is started when the operator opens a back cover (not shown) of the game housing and presses a predetermined switch (not shown), for example. When the unit 161h shifts to the environment setting mode and prohibits discount handling in this environment setting mode, a prohibition command signal may be output. Further, the number of stages in the discount table and the discount rate are not limited to those in FIG. 7, and various modes can be set. That is, a method in which a plurality of types of tables are prepared in advance and the operator selects one of them, or a method in which the operator rewrites the contents of one table can be employed.

  When the selection unit 361c determines the association between the player and the table, the communication control unit 361e transmits information to that effect to the game terminal 1 on which the player has accepted the participation. Moreover, the communication control part 361e will transmit each player information to each other's game terminal 1, if all the players are tied with this table. Furthermore, when the connection with the table is determined for the player wishing to continue, the communication control unit 361e transmits the user ID and the number of players of the matching player to the corresponding game terminals 1 as friend (group) information. Yes.

  FIG. 8 is a screen diagram illustrating an example of a battle screen during a game. The game screen 500 is displayed on the lower side of the screen so that the player's hand 501 can see the type of bag, and on the upper and left and right sides of the screen, the player's hand 502 is displayed so that the type of bag cannot be seen. A mountain 503 including a dora display ridge in the approximate center, a discarded ridge 504 is displayed around the mountain 503, and various buttons pressed by the player are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The name or name of each player is displayed in one of the throwing bowls 504 of each player, so that each player can recognize a member playing in the same game space. The game progresses when the player appropriately presses a button while watching the game screen 500. It should be noted that the player's name and name are presented when the personal card is acquired, or input from an input means not shown, and is based on registered information.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure of the game fee setting process executed by the game program of the CPU 161 of the game terminal 1. First, when a personal card is inserted into the card reader 13 of the game terminal 1, a user ID is read from the personal card by the reception processing unit 161a and transmitted to the server device 3 (step S1). Next, when the player information sent from the server device 3 is received (step S3), the player information is transmitted to the server device 3 together with the identification information of the game terminal 1 and the store for matching. (Step S5). Thereafter, the game terminal 1 shifts to a standby state for receiving player information of a player who is an opponent from the server device 3 (step S7).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the opponents have been prepared, that is, whether or not three players other than the self have arrived at the same table (step S9). If it has not arrived, the process returns to step S7 and waits. If all the players are ready, a predetermined battle game, in this example, a mahjong game for a predetermined number of games is executed (step S11). The first game fee may be collected in the coin accepting unit 14 before the game starts. As described above, the prepaid card or the like may be collected before the game starts or the first time. It may be the end point of the game.

  When the battle game is over, the received continue fee is set and collected (step S13). Since the first game is not a continue game, this process may be passed through, or 0% may be set according to the contents of the discount table storage unit 362c in FIG.

  Next, an unillustrated button for accepting an instruction when a continuation is desired is displayed on the screen, and whether or not the continuation is instructed on this screen is determined by the timer 161h for a predetermined time (step S15). If continue is not instructed, it is determined that the game is over, and the personal card is ejected, and this flow is finished.

  On the other hand, when continue is instructed, the process returns to step S5, and player information is transmitted to the server device 3 for matching at the time of continue. Then, after the battle game (step S11), the received continue fee is set in step S13. And here, the fee for the game at this continuation is collected. Next, the process proceeds to step S15.

  The setting of the continuation fee or the time of collection may be as follows. For example, when there is a continuation in step S15, the process returns to step S5 and further proceeds to steps S9 and S11. In these steps S9 and S11, the group members and matching continuation times at the same store in the continue game are determined. Therefore, it may be collected by presenting a continuation fee on the monitor 11 before the match game by continuation is started. In this method, a game is played after collection.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure of selection (matching) processing executed by the program of the CPU 361 of the server device 3. First, after the start of the matching process, it is determined whether or not, for example, 5 minutes have been completed by a matching reception time, an internal timer (not shown), etc. (step S31). If the matching reception time has not ended, it is determined whether or not a user ID has been received from the game terminal 1 (step S33). If the user ID has not been received, the process returns to step S31. On the other hand, if the user ID is received, the received user ID is temporarily stored in the history storage unit 362b (step S35), and the process returns to step S31.

  If it is determined in step S31 that the matching reception time has expired, matching processing is executed (step S37). Here, as described above, the user ID of the player who wants to participate from each game terminal 1 or the player who wants to continue from the game terminal 1 temporarily stored in the history storage unit 362b of the server device 3, and the group identification for each player. When the information is set, the player having the same group identification information and the player in the same store are preferentially allocated to the same member, that is, in the mahjong game, to the same table using this information. Then, the number of times of matching continuation, confirmation of the same store / friend information (group identification information), that is, information on the user ID of the player and the number of players associated with the same table at the time of continuing participation from the previous mahjong game are obtained. The information is transmitted to each game terminal 1 operated by the player, and is updated and stored in the history storage unit 362b corresponding to the player (step S39). Then, the reception time for the next matching process is set in an update manner (step S41), and the process returns to step S31. As described above, since the group identification information is written in the history storage unit 362b, the continuation also ends the game once when the same kind of game is continuously executed following the end of the previous game. Even when the same kind of game is played again after a lapse of time, it is processed using the group identification information.

  FIG. 11 is a subroutine for explaining the procedure of the process of step S39, which is executed by the program of the CPU 361 of the server device 3. First, it is determined whether or not there is a match in the same store / friend information (step S51). If there is no match, the same store / friend information count (matching continuation count) is reset (step S53). On the other hand, if there is a match, the matching continuation count is incremented by 1 (step S55). Here, the presence of a match means that there are a plurality of common players between a group member of a game and a group member of the game at the store in the store. It should be noted that the meaning of coincidence may be made more strictly than the above, or even everyone.

  Next, a continue fee is set based on the discount count based on the number of times of matching and the same store / friend information, and the set continue fee information is transmitted to the game terminal 1 of the corresponding player (step S57). Here, the corresponding player is only a player who has been included in the same store / companies information in the continuation, and a game terminal of a player who was in a different game space in the previous time or a player who participated in the game for the first time this time is May be omitted. The number of times of matching continuation and the same store / friend information are temporarily stored in the history storage unit 362b. The term “temporary” means a predetermined period (effective period), which is timed and managed by an internal timer (not shown). For example, one hour or one day is adopted. It should be noted that the predetermined period may be substantially extended until the next game participation after the game is once ended.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is further matching information that has not been processed (step S61). If there is no matching information that has not been processed, this flow is terminated, and if there is matching information that has not been processed, step Returning to S51, the same processing is repeated.

  Note that the present invention can employ the following embodiments.

(1) In this embodiment, the mahjong game has been described as an example of a battle game performed by each player with a predetermined number of players. However, the predetermined number of players referred to in the present invention refers to a case where four players in the mahjong game are shown. , Including two groups constituting an enemy ally, for example, four members of each group in a battle game of four to four players. For example, in a shooting game of four to four players, four players from the A store participate, and four players from the B store participate, and the four at the A store and the four at the B store are the same. The present invention can also be applied to a mode in which a shooting game is played in a game space. In this case, when the shooting at the store A is completed after the shooting game is over, if two or more players at the store A desire to continue, the game space is preferentially allocated to the same game space, and the discount rate depends on the number of players. 7 is determined. Similarly, looking at the store B after the shooting game is over, if two or more players at the store B desire to continue, the same game space (same game as the game space in the store A continue) The discount rate is determined according to FIG. 7 according to the number of persons.

(2) In the present embodiment, the same store is set as the discount condition, but the member does not need to play the game in the same store, and in extreme cases, the stores may be different from each other. However, as a discount condition, it may be imposed on each player that the store is the same as the previous store. In such a case, as a condition for allocating to the same game space in a continuing game, the restriction that everyone's stores are the same is removed, and the previous member is preferentially allocated to the same game space. Just keep it.

(3) In this embodiment, the discount table is defined by the discount rate, but when the price of the competitive game is fixed, the price may be directly stored. Further, the number of members is not limited to four, and is appropriately set according to the type of game. For example, the present invention can be applied to an 8 to 8 shooting game, a 9 to 9 baseball game, and the like. Furthermore, from the concept of discounts for friends or groups (in the continuation of a multiplayer game), any type of game can be used as long as it is a multiplayer game, excluding a battle game performed by two players. It is applicable to. For example, the present invention may be applied only to two players in a car racing game performed by three or more players or in a one-on-two battle game. Further, the number of groups is not limited to two as enemy ally, but may be three or more groups, that is, three groups (or a predetermined number of groups more than that) play a group other than themselves in the same game space. It may be a game mode.

(4) The game is not limited to the case where the game is continued as in the case of continue, but after the game is ended and the game terminal is opened, the same member again accepts game participation within a predetermined condition. You may apply. The condition is that the elapsed time from the previous game end time is within a predetermined time, for example, 1 hour or 1 day. Furthermore, as a condition, it may be weighted that all (or a majority) of the immediately preceding members are allocated to the same game space. In this case, the server apparatus 3 may store the matching continuation count and the same store / companies information shown in step S59 only for the valid period. And the server apparatus 3 should just perform the application determination process of discount by collating reception time, the user ID of a player, store information, and storage data also with respect to the member of a new competitive game.

(5) In the present embodiment, the player who newly participates in the continuing battle game is not a discount target, but may be a target. According to this, an unintended benefit can be provided to other players, and the game motivation or the store motivation can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game terminal 11 Monitor 13 Card reader 14 Coin reception part 16 Control part 161a Reception process part (reception means)
161c Game progress control unit 161d Image display processing unit 161f Continue processing unit 3 Server device 361a Storage control unit (history storage control means)
361b Reception part 361c Selection part (selection means)
361d Match status determination unit (match status determination means)
361f Charge setting processing unit (charge setting means)
362b History storage unit (player identification information storage means)
362c discount table storage unit

Claims (9)

One or a plurality of game terminals and a game terminal connected to each other via a network and managing player information and game history are provided, and a game is executed in a virtual game space with a predetermined number of players as one group. In the game system made as
The game terminal includes receiving means for acquiring player identification information at the time of accepting participation in a game and transmitting the information to the server.
The server includes player identification information storage means for storing identification information and group identification information of each player who plays the game transmitted from each game terminal, and after the game ends or after the game ends, A game system comprising: a selection unit that preferentially selects a player having the same group identification information from a player who is accepted to participate in a game of the same type as a group in the same virtual game space.   The server uses the group identification information to determine a match status between each player of the group that plays the current game and each player of the group in the previous game, and the match 2. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising fee setting means for changing and setting the game play fee according to the determination result of the situation determination means. The identification information of the player includes identification information of a store where the game terminal is installed, and the matching status determination means determines the matching status when the previous and current store information is the same. The game system according to claim 2 . 4. The match status determination unit according to claim 2, wherein the match status determination unit determines the match status when participation in the current game is in accordance with a continuation guide after the end of the previous game. 5. Game system.   The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the game is a game in which a predetermined number of players are set as one group and battled in the group.   The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the game is a group in which a predetermined number of players play against another group of players. The fee setting means, the claims cited the more number of matches in the determination result of the matching status determination unit, claims 2 to 4, characterized in that to reduce the game fee, the claim 2 5 and, the game system according to any of claims 6 to cite any of claims 2-4. Comprising a counting means for counting the number of continuations of the determination process by the matching status determination unit, said pricing means, according to claim 2 to 4, characterized in that the greater the number of continuations, which reduced the game fee, claim 2 claim 5 to cite one to 4 of claims 6 to cite any of claims 2-4 and, the game system according to any one of claims 7. One or a plurality of game terminals and a game terminal connected to each other via a network and managing player information and game history are provided, and a game is executed in a virtual game space with a predetermined number of players as one group. In the game continuation state setting method of the game system made as described above,
The receiving means of the game terminal acquires the player identification information at the time of accepting participation in the game and transmits it to the server,
Player identification information storage means of the server stores identification information and group identification information of each player who plays the game transmitted from each game terminal;
The game terminal selection means gives priority to the player having the same group identification information from among the players who have been accepted to participate in the same type of game after the game ends or after the game ends. A game continuation state setting method for a game system, characterized in that the same virtual game space is grouped.

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