JP6460202B1 - Program and information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a program capable of generating a ranking with strong motivation for players to compete by giving interest to aiming at the top of the ranking even for a player positioned in the lower level in a game system.
An individual ranking generating means for generating an individual ranking dedicated to a player for each of a plurality of players who play a game for each predetermined period; The individual ranking generating unit is configured to function as an individual ranking updating unit that updates the ranking between the player dedicated to the included individual ranking and another player, and an individual ranking providing unit that provides the individual ranking to the client terminal operated by the player. The other player is selected so that the ranking of the players in the individual ranking is the same when the ranking is generated, and the individual ranking of each of the plurality of players is generated.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a program and an information processing apparatus.

  For example, there is a game apparatus having a function of ranking (ranking) players based on the results (results) played. In addition, there is a game system in which players with similar skills are competed by ranking by forming a league, for example (see Patent Document 1, for example).

JP 2008-36240 A

  However, even if players having similar skills are divided into leagues using the above-described conventional game system, in the end, lower players are generated in the league. With this, it is difficult for the lower players in the league to compete for the higher ranks in the ranking. In this way, in the conventional game system, only the upper player in the league can enjoy the interest of “ranking top” expected in the ranking function, and the same interest for the lower players in the league. It was difficult to give.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a program that can generate rankings with strong motivation for players to compete by giving the player the interest of aiming at the top of the ranking, especially for players positioned in the lower level in the game system. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the program according to claim 1 of the present application includes: an individual ranking generating unit that generates, for each of a plurality of players playing a game, an individual ranking dedicated to the player for each predetermined period; Individual ranking updating means for updating the ranking of one player dedicated to the individual ranking included in the individual ranking and another player other than the one player based on the result of the game by the plurality of players, the individual Functioning as individual ranking providing means for providing a ranking to a client terminal operated by the one player, wherein the individual ranking generating means determines the ranking of the one player in the individual ranking at the time of ranking generation for each of the plurality of players. In the individual ranking The other player to have the same selected based on the result of the game, and generates the individual ranking of each of the plurality of players.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the ranking provided with the strong motivation with which a player competes can be produced | generated by giving the interest property which aims at a ranking top also to the player located in the lower rank in a game system.

It is a lineblock diagram of an example of an information processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of an example of the computer which concerns on this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of an example of an information processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a block diagram of an example of player information. It is a block diagram of an example of whole ranking. It is a block diagram of an example of an individual ranking. It is a block diagram which shows the specific example of whole ranking. It is a block diagram which shows the specific example of an individual ranking. It is a block diagram which shows the specific example of the whole ranking updated by the game result. It is a block diagram which shows the specific example of the individual ranking updated by the game result. It is a flowchart of an example of the process regarding the ranking which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of an example of the individual ranking production | generation process which concerns on this embodiment.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.
[First Embodiment]

  <System configuration>

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of an information processing system according to the present embodiment. In the information processing system 1 of FIG. 1, one or more client terminals 2 and a game server device 3 are connected via a network 4 such as the Internet.

  The client terminal 2 is a terminal device such as a PC, a smartphone, or a tablet operated by a player, or a terminal device such as a home or business game dedicated device. The game server device 3 performs management and control of the game performed by the player at the client terminal 2. In the information processing system 1 in FIG. 1, an individual ranking group (hereinafter simply referred to as an individual ranking) described later is generated for each player who operates the client terminal 2, and a play ranking in a predetermined period is competed within the individual ranking.

  Note that the information processing system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is merely an example, and it goes without saying that there are various system configuration examples depending on applications and purposes. For example, the game server device 3 in FIG. 1 may be distributed among a plurality of computers or may be configured by a single computer.

<Hardware configuration>
The client terminal 2 and the game server device 3 in FIG. 1 are realized by, for example, a computer having a hardware configuration shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of a computer according to the present embodiment.

  The computer in FIG. 2 includes an input device 501, a display device 502, an external I / F 503, a RAM 504, a ROM 505, a CPU 506, a communication I / F 507, an HDD 508, and the like. Note that the input device 501 and the display device 502 may be connected and used when necessary.

  The input device 501 is a touch panel, operation keys and buttons, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like used by the player to input various signals. The display device 502 is a display such as a liquid crystal or an organic EL that displays a screen. A communication I / F 507 is an interface for connecting a computer to the network 4. Accordingly, the computer can perform data communication via the communication I / F 507. The HDD 508 is an example of a non-volatile storage device that stores programs and data. The computer may use a drive device (for example, a solid state drive: SSD) that uses a flash memory as a storage medium.

  The external I / F 503 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 503a. Accordingly, the computer can read and / or write to the recording medium 503a such as a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, and a USB memory via the external I / F 503.

  The ROM 505 is an example of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 505 stores programs and data such as BIOS, OS settings, and network settings that are executed when the computer is started. The RAM 504 is an example of a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that temporarily stores programs and data. The CPU 506 is an arithmetic unit that realizes control and functions of the entire computer by reading a program and data from a storage device such as the ROM 505 and the HDD 508 onto the RAM 504 and executing processing.

  The client terminal 2 and the game server device 3 according to the present embodiment can implement various processes as described later by executing a program in a computer having the above-described hardware configuration.

<Software configuration>
A software configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. The information processing system 1 in FIG. 1 is realized by, for example, functional blocks shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an example of the information processing system according to the present embodiment.

  The game server device 3 of the information processing system 1 implements the communication unit 10, the control unit 12, and the storage unit 14 by executing a program. The control unit 12 includes an overall ranking generation unit 21, an individual ranking generation unit 22, a ranking update unit 23, an individual ranking provision unit 24, and a player information update unit 25. The storage unit 14 includes a player information storage unit 31, an overall ranking storage unit 32, and an individual ranking storage unit 33.

  Further, the client terminal 2 of the information processing system 1 implements an operation receiving unit 50, a control unit 52, a storage unit 54, a communication unit 56, and a screen display unit 58 by executing a program. The control unit 52 includes an individual ranking request unit 61, an individual ranking presentation unit 62, a game result transmission unit 63, a game progression unit 65, and a display control unit 66.

  The communication unit 10 of the game server device 3 communicates with the client terminal 2. The control unit 12 performs processing related to the game. Moreover, the memory | storage part 14 memorize | stores the information regarding a game. The overall ranking generation unit 21 of the control unit 12 generates an overall ranking group (hereinafter simply referred to as an overall ranking) shared by a plurality of players who are playing the game in the information processing system 1 of FIG. Store in the unit 32. The individual ranking generation unit 22 generates an individual ranking for each of a plurality of players who are playing the game in the information processing system 1 for a predetermined period (for example, every week) and stores the ranking in the individual ranking storage unit 33.

  The ranking update unit 23 updates the ranking of each player included in the overall ranking and the individual ranking based on the game results (win / loss, winning ratio, score, etc.) by the player. The individual ranking providing unit 24 provides the individual ranking stored in the individual ranking storage unit 33 to a player dedicated to the individual ranking (hereinafter referred to as a dedicated player). The player information update unit 25 updates the player information stored in the player information storage unit 31 based on the game result and the like. The player information storage unit 31 stores player information. The overall ranking storage unit 32 stores the overall ranking. The individual ranking storage unit 33 stores individual rankings.

  The operation receiving unit 50 of the client terminal 2 receives an operation from a player who operates the client terminal 2. In addition, the control unit 52 performs processing related to the game in the client terminal 2. The individual ranking request unit 61 of the control unit 52 requests the individual ranking from the game server device 3 and acquires the individual ranking from the game server device 3. The individual ranking presentation unit 62 requests the display control unit 66 to display the acquired individual ranking, and causes the screen display unit 58 to display the individual ranking.

  Further, the game result transmission unit 63 transmits the game result by the player to the game server device 3. The game progression unit 65 performs a process related to the game, and advances the game based on an operation received from the player. The display control unit 66 controls the screen display of the client terminal 2 according to the progress of the game by the control unit 52.

  The storage unit 54 stores information necessary for the client terminal 2. The communication unit 56 communicates with the game server device 3. The screen display unit 58 displays the screen of the client terminal 2 according to the control from the display control unit 66.

  The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment may be configured such that at least a part of the processing performed by the game server device 3 is performed by the client terminal 2 other than the game server device 3, or other than the game server device 3. Another server device may be used. The control unit 52 of the client terminal 2 is a browser that receives page data described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or the like, a script included in the page data from the game server device 3, and performs processing related to the game. It may be a type, or an application type that performs processing related to a game based on an installed application.

  The player information storage unit 31 of the storage unit 14 stores player information as shown in FIG. 4, for example. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of player information. The player information in FIG. 4 includes a player ID, a team name, a win, a loss, a minute, and a last play date as items. The player ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying a player. The team name is the name of the team used by the player in the game. The team name is an example, and may be a character name used by the player in the game, a nickname of the player, or the like. Wins, losses, and minutes are examples of information representing the results of the game by the player, and are the number of wins, losses, and draws of the game played by the player during a predetermined period. The last play date is the date when the player last played the game. The last play date may include time information.

  The overall ranking storage unit 32 of the storage unit 14 stores, for example, an overall ranking as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of the overall ranking. The overall ranking in FIG. 5 is information representing the overall ranking shared by a plurality of players, and is information for ranking the players who play the game from the first place to the lowest order. The overall ranking of FIG. 5 has items such as rank, player ID, team name, win, defeat, and minutes. The rank represents the rank in the overall ranking of the player identified by the player ID. Since the player ID, team name, win, loss, and minute items are the same as the player information in FIG.

  The individual ranking storage unit 33 of the storage unit 14 stores, for example, individual rankings as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an example of individual ranking. The individual ranking in FIG. 6 is information representing individual ranking dedicated to each player, generated for each of a plurality of players, and includes the dedicated player identified by the dedicated player ID and the participating players identified by the participating player ID. It represents the rank in the individual ranking. The individual ranking shown in FIG. 6 includes items such as a dedicated player ID, one or more participating player IDs, a dedicated player, and a ranking of participating players. The dedicated player ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying the dedicated player. One or more participating player IDs are an example of identification information for uniquely identifying participating players participating in the individual ranking. The rank represents the rank in the individual ranking of the dedicated player identified by the dedicated player ID and the participating player identified by the participating player ID.

<Processing>
Below, the process of the information processing system 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated, showing the specific example of a whole ranking and an individual ranking. FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the overall ranking. FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of individual ranking.

  The overall ranking in FIG. 7 is an example of the overall ranking including 20 players. The overall ranking may include a virtual player by the CPU 506 in addition to the player. The individual ranking in FIG. 8 is an example of an individual ranking including five players, but may be an individual ranking other than five players. In the following description, for example, a player with a player ID “c” is called a player c, and a team with a team name “C” is called a team C.

  FIG. 8A is an example of an individual ranking of team C used by the dedicated player c of the overall ranking “third place” in FIG. The players “a”, “b”, “d”, and “e” ranked “1st”, “2nd”, “4th”, and “5th” in FIG. 7 are included in FIG. 8A as participating players. FIG. 8B shows an example of individual ranking of team I used by the dedicated player i with the overall ranking “9th” in FIG. The players “g”, “h”, “j”, and “k” of the overall ranking “7th”, “8th”, “10th”, and “11th” in FIG. 7 are included in FIG. 8B as participating players. FIG. 8C is an example of an individual ranking of the team J used by the dedicated player j of the overall ranking “10th place” in FIG. The players “h”, “i”, “k”, and “l” ranked “8th”, “9th”, “11th”, and “12th” in FIG. 7 are included in FIG. 8C as participating players.

  As shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, in the present embodiment, when creating an individual ranking, the top 2 players and the bottom 2 players are selected as participating players based on a dedicated player, and a group of 5 players is selected. An individual ranking is created. Accordingly, the individual ranking is created so that the dedicated player is in the middle third place, and a fair individual ranking can be generated for each dedicated player. Further, in this embodiment, the participating players are arranged in a balanced manner in the upper and lower positions with the dedicated player as the center, and it becomes possible to give a competitive spirit within the reach of each dedicated player. As a result, in this embodiment, the game continuation rate by the player can be improved.

  Further, it is assumed that the overall ranking of FIG. 7 is updated as shown in FIG. 9 based on the result of the game by each player. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the overall ranking updated by the game result. The overall ranking in FIG. 9 shows an example in which the rank of Team K has increased from 11th to 3rd.

  When the overall ranking in FIG. 7 is updated to the overall ranking in FIG. 9, the individual ranking in FIG. 8 is updated as the individual ranking in FIG. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the individual ranking updated by the game result.

  Since the individual ranking of FIG. 10A does not include the team K, there is no change from the ranking of FIG. In the individual ranking, even if a team K not included in the individual ranking is skipped in the overall ranking, the ranking in the individual ranking is not affected. Since the individual rankings in FIGS. 10B and 10C include the team K, the rankings vary from the rankings in FIGS. 8B and 8C. For example, in the individual ranking of team I in FIG. 10B, team K rises from fifth place to first place. In addition, in the individual ranking of team I in FIG. 10C, team K rises from fifth place to first place. In the individual ranking, if the team K included in the individual ranking is excluded from the overall ranking, the ranking in the individual ranking is affected.

  On the other hand, when the ranking of team L rises from 12th to 3rd in the overall ranking of FIG. 7, the ranking of the individual ranking of team J in FIG. As a result, the order of “Team L, Team K, Team H, Team I, Team J” varies, but the individual rankings in FIGS. 8A and 8B do not vary at all.

<Overall processing>
In the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, for example, processing related to ranking is performed in the procedure of FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example of processing related to ranking according to the present embodiment.

  In step S11, the overall ranking generation unit 21 of the game server device 3 refers to the player information as shown in FIG. 4, and is an example of information representing the result of the game. Based on the number of draws, for example, the overall ranking of FIG. 7 in which the players are ranked is generated and stored in the overall ranking storage unit 32. In step S12, the individual ranking generation unit 22 of the game server device 3 refers to the overall ranking of FIG. 7, for example, and generates, for example, the individual ranking of FIG. 8 for each player and stores it in the individual ranking storage unit 33.

  The game server device 3 repeatedly performs the processes of steps S13 to S16 until a predetermined period (for example, one week) that competes for individual rankings elapses. When the game result by the player is received from the client terminal 2, the player information update unit 25 updates the information indicating the game result of the player information stored in the player information storage unit 31, and proceeds to the process of step S14.

  In step S <b> 14, the ranking update unit 23 performs an overall ranking update process for updating the overall ranking shown in FIG. 7, for example, like the overall ranking shown in FIG. 9, based on the updated player information representing the game result. In step S15, the ranking update unit 23 updates the individual ranking as shown in FIG. 8 to the individual ranking as shown in FIG. 10 based on the updated overall ranking. Through the processes in steps S14 and S15, the rankings of the dedicated player and the participating player in the individual ranking dedicated to each player are updated as necessary based on the game result of the player.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, the game server device 3 continues to update the overall ranking and the individual ranking based on the result of the game by the player for a predetermined period. When the predetermined period elapses, the process proceeds to step S17, and each player is given a reward according to the rank in the dedicated individual ranking. The processing related to the grant of reward may be performed by the game server device 3 or the client terminal 2.

  After the process of step S17, in order to start the next predetermined period, it returns to step S12, the individual ranking production | generation part 22 refers to the whole ranking of FIG. 9, for example, and regenerates the individual ranking of FIG. 10, for example for every player. After being stored in the individual ranking storage unit 33, the processing is continued in the flow as described above.

  The individual ranking generation process of step S12 is performed by the procedure of FIG. 12, for example. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an example of the individual ranking generation process according to the present embodiment. In step S21, the individual ranking generation unit 22 sequentially selects dedicated players for generating the individual ranking from, for example, the overall ranking in FIG.

  Proceeding to step S22, the individual ranking generation unit 22 uses the rank of the dedicated player selected in step S21 as a reference, and the two players, the player who is one rank higher than the dedicated player and the two higher rank players, and the dedicated player. Two players, the player with the lower rank and the player with the lower rank, are selected as participating players. In step S22, a player that has passed a certain number of days since the last game play may be determined as a dormant player and not selected as a participating player. As a result, when the individual ranking is generated, the dedicated player always starts from the same rank (third place in the present embodiment). Also, for the first and second ranked players in the overall ranking, it is not possible to extract two of the top two players, so the individual ranking starts from the first or second ranking. In other words, for the first and second ranked players in the overall ranking, the individual ranking does not start from the third place where the prescribed ranking is the same. Similarly, for the player of the lowest rank or the player one higher than the lowest rank, the individual ranking starts from the 4th place, the 5th place, etc., and does not start from the 3rd place which is the same rank. In this way, when the prescribed equal ranking is Nth and the lowest ranking of the overall ranking is Mth ranking, the player ranked first to (N-1) th in the overall ranking and the lowest ranking in the overall ranking (M Only the player of the (N-1)) rank may generate an exception that does not start from the same rank when generating the individual ranking. Note that for the first to Nth ranking players in the overall ranking, the individual ranking and the overall ranking are the same, so it is not necessary to generate an individual ranking.

  Proceeding to step S23, the individual ranking generating unit 22 generates an individual ranking of the dedicated player selected at step S21 including the dedicated player selected at step S21 and the participating player selected at step S22. If it is determined that the processes of steps S21 to S23 have been performed for all players in the overall ranking (all players have been selected as dedicated players in step S21), the process proceeds to step S25, and an individual ranking is generated. Wait until a predetermined period elapses. The predetermined period of step S25 is the same as the predetermined period of step S16 in FIG. When the predetermined period elapses, the player information update unit 25 of the game server device 3 proceeds to step S26 and reflects necessary information such as the ranking at the elapse of the predetermined period in the player information. Then, when the next predetermined period is started, the individual ranking generation unit 22 regenerates the individual ranking.

  In the processing shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the example in which the individual ranking is generated for each player included in the overall ranking has been described. However, the individual ranking of the dormant player may not be generated. When the individual ranking of the dormant player is not generated, the individual ranking of the player who was the dormant player is generated at the timing when the dormant player returns to the game. With such a mechanism, in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, even a dormant player who has returned to the game can immediately compete in an individual ranking in which active players with similar ranks participate in the overall ranking.

  In this embodiment, the overall ranking is used for generating an individual ranking and is not presented to the player. In this way, by not presenting the overall ranking to the player, it is possible to reduce the loss of motivation due to being largely separated from the player who is in a ranking close to the overall ranking. On the other hand, the overall ranking can be presented to the player. By presenting the overall ranking, the player can recognize that there are actually 100 players in the overall ranking, for example, among the participating players that are one level higher in the individual ranking. Further, instead of presenting the overall ranking, information indicating how many players exist in the overall ranking among the players included in the individual ranking may be presented. Whether or not to present the overall ranking to the player may be selectable by setting.

  In the present embodiment, when creating an individual ranking, an example is shown in which the upper two players and the lower two players are selected as participating players based on a dedicated player, and an individual ranking that is a group of five people is created. Not limited to this. For example, on the basis of a dedicated player, a specification for selecting the upper four players as participating players, a specification for selecting the lower four players as participating players, and the like are also possible.

(Summary)
As described above, according to this embodiment, for each of a plurality of players, the ranking of the dedicated players is the same from the overall ranking, and a fair individual ranking can be generated. Therefore, the player can foster a moderate competitive spirit in the individual ranking with the participating players who are close in the overall ranking.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 2 Client terminal 3 Game server apparatus 4 Network 10, 56 Communication part 12, 52 Control part 14, 54 Storage part 21 Overall ranking production | generation part 22 Individual ranking production | generation part 23 Ranking update part 24 Individual ranking provision part 25 Player information Update unit 31 Player information storage unit 32 Overall ranking storage unit 33 Individual ranking storage unit 50 Operation reception unit 58 Screen display unit 61 Individual ranking request unit 62 Individual ranking presentation unit 63 Game result transmission unit 65 Game progress unit 66 Display control unit 501 Input Device 502 Display device 503 External I / F
503a Recording medium 504 RAM
505 ROM
506 CPU
507 Communication I / F
508 HDD
B bus

Claims (6)

Computer
Individual ranking generating means for generating, for each of a plurality of players playing the game, an individual ranking dedicated to the player every predetermined period;
Individual ranking updating means for updating the ranking of one player dedicated to the individual ranking included in the individual ranking and another player other than the one player based on the result of the game by the plurality of players;
Individual ranking providing means for providing the individual ranking to a client terminal operated by the one player,
Function as
The individual ranking generation means selects the other player based on the result of the game so that the ranking of the one player in the individual ranking is the same in the individual ranking of each of the plurality of players at the time of ranking generation. And generating the individual ranking for each of the plurality of players. Said computer further
An overall ranking generating means for generating an overall ranking shared by the plurality of players;
Function as
The program according to claim 1, wherein the individual ranking generation unit selects the other player based on the ranking of the one player in the overall ranking. The individual ranking generating means selects the same number of the other players that are higher in rank than the one player in the overall ranking when generating the individual ranking of each of the plurality of players, and in the overall ranking 3. The program according to claim 2, wherein the same number of the other players having lower ranks than the one player are selected. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the individual ranking generating unit determines a dormant player who has not played the game for a predetermined period and does not select the dormant player as the other player. . 5. The program according to claim 4, wherein the individual ranking generating means does not select the dormant player as the other player even if the one player is the dormant player. For each of a plurality of players who play the game, individual ranking generating means for generating an individual ranking dedicated to the player every predetermined period;
Individual ranking updating means for updating the ranking of one player dedicated to the individual ranking included in the individual ranking and another player other than the one player based on the result of the game by the plurality of players;
Individual ranking presenting means for presenting the individual ranking to the one player;
Have
The individual ranking generation means selects the other player based on the result of the game so that the ranking of the one player in the individual ranking is the same in the individual ranking of each of the plurality of players at the time of ranking generation. And the individual ranking of each of the plurality of players is generated.

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