JP6523525B2 - Game device, program and game system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device, a program and a game system, and more particularly to a game device capable of outputting an article related to a game character.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are devices that execute a predetermined operation by recognizing a specific article, such as an intellectual education system (Patent Document 1) that outputs a voice corresponding to a symbol etc drawn on a card.

  Further, in recent years, there is also a game apparatus which outputs a predetermined number of cards with a symbol of a character usable for a game, for one game play executed for payment of compensation. In such a game device, a plurality of characters are prepared in advance, and many players can enjoy not only game play but also collection of cards with symbols of such characters.

JP, 2006-350058, A

  In the game apparatus as described above, the desire to collect cards corresponding to attractive characters and the desire of the player to capture the game using the collected characters encourages game play, which in turn leads to the publisher's profit .

  However, in recent years, cases where cards are distributed by means of so-called net auction etc. are increasing, and some players can collect cards without playing a game, and the publisher loses a profit opportunity. There was a case. In addition, when a strong character corresponding to a card obtained by such a non-regular route is used in the game, for example, the ranking by a play score or the like is occupied by the acquirer, and the game of the other player is played. It is possible to cut the interest in play, and as a result, the publisher may miss the profit opportunity.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus, program and game system that enable a character corresponding to an item properly obtained by a player to be used in a game. Do.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a game device of the present invention is an article associated with a game character, and user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and a game in which the article is output A game apparatus which outputs an article to which apparatus information for identifying a device is attached, and executes processing related to a game using a character associated with the recognized article, the game apparatus being associated with the recognized article The game player further comprises a judging means for judging whether the character is usable or not in the game based on the user information and the device information attached to the article, and the judging means determines that the user information attached to the recognized article is the current game play The character associated with the item is determined to be usable, and the item is recognized when it is determined that it is identical to the user information used for the user pertaining to When it is determined that the user information attached to the item is different from the user information used for the user involved in the current game play, provided that the apparatus information attached to the item satisfies a predetermined condition. It is determined that the character associated with is usable.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to use in the game a character corresponding to an item legitimately obtained by the player.

A block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention The figure which illustrated the card concerning the character which can be used in the game concerning Embodiment 1 and 2 of the present invention A diagram showing an example of a screen in a competitive game in a game according to an embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which illustrated the decision processing which is run in the game device 100 which relates to the execution form 1 of this invention The flowchart which illustrated the decision processing which is run in the game device 100 which relates to the execution form 2 of this invention The flowchart which illustrated the decision processing which is run in the game device 100 which relates to the execution form 3 of this invention The figure which illustrated the data structure of various data used in the game concerning the embodiment of the present invention

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In one embodiment described below, the character is used by recognizing a card that is an article related to a character of a game as an example of a game device, and an effect according to a lottery result between characters of the characters is used. An example is described in which the present invention is applied to a game device that executes a game that progresses while applying. However, the present invention is an article relating to a game character, and outputs an article attached with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and a process relating to a game using a character corresponding to the article It is applicable to any feasible device.

<< Configuration of Game Device 100 >>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block of the game apparatus 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 reads an operation program of each block stored in, for example, the recording medium 102, and develops and executes the program on the memory 103 to control the operation of each block.

  The recording medium 102 is, for example, a recording device capable of permanently holding data, such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD. In addition to the operation program of each block of the game apparatus 100, the recording medium 102 records information such as parameters required for the operation of each block and various graphics data used for the game executed by the game apparatus 100. Do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage, such as volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area of the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data etc. output in the operation of each block.

  The character DB 104 is a database that manages information of characters appearing in the game executed in the game device 100 of the present embodiment. Data managed for one character may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 7A, for example. In the example of FIG. 7A, ability information 702 indicating a character-specific ability parameter such as strength and aggression, which is predetermined for the character in association with the character ID 701 which is identification information of the character, an attack technique (enemy Command information 703 indicating parameters relating to commands that can be commanded to the character, such as giving disadvantageous effects such as damage or incapacitation to the character and recovery techniques (providing the effect of recovering the damage of the ally character); Class information 704 indicating a predetermined class to which the character belongs is managed. These pieces of information are information uniquely defined for each of the characters appearing in the game. Note that one character may be provided as a command capable of commanding a plurality of types of commands, and the command information 703 is configured to include at least one type of parameter related to the command capable of command.

  The lottery unit 105 performs a lottery process in the game of the present embodiment. In the game of this embodiment, the command selected in the battle between the characters is selected and executed according to the result of the lottery performed by the lottery unit 105. In the game of the present embodiment, the user (player) can basically use three characters as one group, and can play a match against the characters as opponents. The lottery unit 105 performs a lottery for each of the three characters when there is a lottery request, and outputs the appearances of all the characters as a lottery result.

  The drawing unit 106 is a drawing device that performs drawing processing such as a GPU, for example, and generates a screen related to a game. The drawing unit 106 draws a game screen according to the game of the present embodiment. Specifically, the drawing unit 106 reads out a necessary drawing object according to information such as in-game parameters according to the progress of the game, executes appropriate arithmetic processing, and performs drawing, during execution of game processing described later. .

  The display unit 107 is a display device that the game device 100 has, such as an LCD. On the display unit 107, the game screen drawn by the drawing unit 106 is displayed. Although the display unit 107 is described as being built in the game apparatus 100 in the present embodiment, the display unit 107 may be any display apparatus externally connected to the game apparatus 100.

  The recognition unit 108 detects that the card is placed on a predetermined part provided in the game apparatus 100 and recognizes the card. The recognition unit 108 captures an image of the two-dimensional code 201 attached to the card by an imaging device (not shown) as shown in FIG. 2, for example, and applies a predetermined operation to the obtained image. Acquire the information indicated by the two-dimensional code. For example, information of a data structure as shown in FIG. 7B can be obtained from a two-dimensional code attached to a card usable for the game of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7B, the information obtained from the two-dimensional code of the card is indicated by the user information 711 indicating the user (player) who has output the card as a result of performing the game play, and the symbol of the card , A character ID 712 for specifying a character corresponding to the card, and other information 713. The other information 713 may include, for example, information on growth parameters indicating that the character corresponding to the card has grown as a result of game play. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the other information 713 includes the information of the growth parameter, but the information of the growth parameter is managed for each user in the server (not shown) The character may be managed in association with the information of each character. In this case, for example, the control unit 101 may specify and acquire information on the growth parameter using the character ID 712 obtained as the recognition result.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the user information 711 is character string information set by the user, for example, at the time of the first game play, and is used as a name of the user during the game. In the present embodiment, the user information 711 is not only attached to the card as so-called invisible information that can not be acquired without applying predetermined arithmetic processing like a two-dimensional code, as shown in FIG. The user character string 202 corresponding also on the card is visible as "○○○ (no)" to indicate which user has a character having the name of the character character string 203 corresponding to the card. Also attached as information. The user information 711 need not be attached in such a visible and invisible state, and may be attached, for example, only as visible information or only as invisible information. When the user information 711 is attached only as visible information, for example, the user information 711 may be acquired by recognizing a character string by performing image processing on a card pattern. Also, in the case of adding only in an invisible state, it is not necessary to be attached in a visible state as a random pattern like a two-dimensional code, for example, a state in which data is written in a predetermined recording chip embedded inside a card, It is needless to say that it is an invisible state.

  The determination unit 109 determines whether the character corresponding to the card recognized by the recognition unit 108 is a character that can be used for the game by the user who is currently playing the game. In the present embodiment, whether or not each character is usable for the game is determined by a determination process described later.

  The operation input unit 110 is a user interface that the game apparatus 100 has, such as a determination button and a button used to determine an outcome in a lottery. When the operation input unit 110 detects an operation input made to various user interfaces, the operation input unit 110 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101 or the lottery unit 105. Although the game apparatus 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members in the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects touch input made on the screen of the display unit 107. It is also good.

  The output unit 111 outputs, as an article corresponding to the character, a card having a pattern of the character as shown in FIG. 2 with the user information 711 described above. In the present embodiment, the output unit 111 has a printing device and a print medium discharge mechanism, and prints an image of a character selected based on an instruction from the control unit 101 and predetermined graphic data on a predetermined print medium. Output. In the game of the present embodiment, the user can obtain a card on which any one of the character played in the game and the character used for the play is printed at the end of one game play. The content printed on the card is different depending on the progress content of the game, and in the present embodiment, so-called one point that only the user can possess by performing printing according to the progress content for each game play The card of the object is output. This allows the user to possess his / her own card that is not owned by another user, and furthermore, it is possible to obtain different cards for each game play, so the card of the fixed pattern is ejected. Compared with the game using cards, it is possible to satisfy the collection desire for cards more.

  Communication unit 112 is a communication interface with an external device that game device 100 has. The communication unit 112 can transmit and receive data by connecting to an external device via a communication medium such as the Internet (not shown) such as the Internet or a cable without using wired or wireless communication. The game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to receive program data in which a program of processing related to a game is packaged from the external device via the communication unit 112. When the program data is received together with the program update request by the communication unit 112, the control unit 101 uses the received program data of the process related to the game currently stored in the recording medium 102 according to the update request. It can be updated. In addition, the update process of the program of the process related to the game is automatically executed, for example, when the program data recorded in the recording medium is inserted into an optical drive (not shown) of the game apparatus. It can also be executed by the administrator giving a start command.

<< game outline >>
Here, an outline of the game executed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the game according to the present embodiment, a single game play starts when the user is triggered by the insertion of a coin or medal equivalent to a coin into the coin insertion slot (not shown). When game play starts, the user can register up to three characters used for the game. The registration of the character can be performed by placing and recognizing the cards corresponding to the character in order on a predetermined part as described above. The character that the user can use for the game is basically determined based on whether or not the card corresponding to the character is attached with the user information of the user related to the current game play. In the game of the present embodiment, the user information of the user related to the current game play is set to the user information acquired from the card placed and recognized first. In addition, the acquisition method of the user information of the user who concerns on the present game play is not restricted to this, for example, it is acquired from the predetermined person recognition method which a user inputs at the time of the start of game play, or the below-mentioned embodiment It may be determined by a predetermined process, such as obtained from an article prepared for user identification as in No. 3.

  In addition, in the game of this embodiment, only in the case where it is a card to which the same user information as the user information of the user related to the current game play is attached, the card corresponds to the card obtained legitimately by the user. It is possible to make the character usable in the game. However, when the game is designed to ensure the same identity between the user related to the game play and the user who output the card in this manner, for example, a so-called trial user who wants to play the game for trial, the number of experiences It may limit the game play of so-called light users that are less frequent. Therefore, in the game according to the present embodiment, in order to allow a suitable game experience even for such a user, the cards relating to some characters are configured to be usable by any user regardless of the user information. Do. Specifically, as described for the character DB 104, class information 704 is defined for each of the characters prepared in advance so as to be able to appear in the game. In the game of the present embodiment, five stages "A" to "E" are prepared as classes, and all characters are determined in advance as belonging to any of them. The class is fixed information regardless of the game play and is uniquely determined for the character, and may be clearly indicated on the card as shown by 204 in FIG. Each class is classified, for example, in consideration of height of basic parameters in the game, rarity, popularity ranking by the user, etc., and "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" It is treated as having a lower rank (lowering the user's ownership value) in the order of. Therefore, in the game according to the present embodiment, the character determined to belong to the class of “D” or “E” may be used by any user since the frequency of use by the user may be low. That is, the determination unit 109 determines that the card is usable regardless of the user information attached to the card relating to the character.

  After registration of the character used for the game, the user can search for a battle character to play the battle game by a predetermined operation. After the battle character is determined, the battle game is started, and the user can cause the use character to take action by determining a command to be issued to the registered character (use character). In the game of the present embodiment, the command for the used character is determined by the lottery process by the lottery unit 105. Specifically, in the game screen as shown in FIG. 3A, when the rotation effect of the reel having an eye corresponding to the command for each used character is made, the operation of the rotation stop is performed, and the lottery is performed. The outcome (the winning eye) can be determined by the process. In FIG. 3A, on each of the images 301a to 301c of the used characters arranged in the horizontal direction, reels in which figures (eyes) corresponding to commands which can be selected for each used character are arranged in the vertical direction are displayed. Further, the images 301 d to e of the opponent character are displayed thereon. In FIG. 3A, the eye which is the result of the lottery result is basically the eye displayed in the area 302, and the command corresponding to the appearance is the order of the appearance, that is, for each used character It is confirmed as a command.

  During the competition game, for example, when it is determined that the progress status of the game is a disadvantage for the user based on the physical fitness gauges and the like of all the used characters, a "summoning" event to cause the character to appear additionally in the game occurs. When a summoning event occurs, after a notification indicating that a summoning event has occurred, as shown in FIG. 3B, the appearance of the eyes included in the area 302 from the frame area 311 provided outside the reel display area 303 A connection graphic 312 is arranged to face. As shown in FIG. 3 (a) and FIG. 3 (b), in the eyes arranged on the reels of the respective used characters, the figure for connecting the appearing eyes has a predetermined probability from the periphery of the figure of the eye to the outside. It is controlled to be attached. When a summoning event occurs, these figures are shown in FIG. 3B by attaching figures for connection of the eyes in the direction toward the frame area 311 also to the eyes 313 included in the area 302. Change to the connected state figure. The fact that the graphic for connection is in the connected state means that the player has won the lottery process related to the summoning of a new character of the summoning event, and at this time, the control unit 101 can recognize the new card in the recognition unit 108 Control to the state. At this time, the user places and recognizes a new card, and summons the character corresponding to the card to reduce the physical strength gauge of the opponent character, thereby causing an action of a predetermined effect for the character. Can change the progress of the game.

  Note that the characters that can be made to appear when the lottery process for the character summoning of the summoning event is won't have to be the characters corresponding to the card with the same user information as the user for the current game play. . This is because the number of cards possessed by the user who has just started using the game is small, and there are no cards relating to the summonable characters, or cards relating to the characters causing special effects by summoning are distributed at events, etc. In the case of In addition, since defeating in a match game may cut the user's interest, for example, it is possible for the publisher to improve the probability of winning the game by borrowing a card such as a nearby friend. It is suitable for promoting the next game play of the user.

  When the battle game is completed, the user can select one character from the used characters (except the summoned character) or the battle characters, and can output a card on which the image of the character is printed. The character that can be output as a card can also select a use character registered using a card to which user information different from the user related to the current game play is attached, that is, a character whose class is D or E. In this case, the card relating to the character is output as a card to which the user information of the user relating to the current game play is attached. On the other hand, even if the character corresponding to the card recognized by the recognition unit 108 before the start of the battle game, the character determined to be unusable is not registered as the use character by the control unit 101, so It is controlled so that the user can not select the character unless it is included in the opponent character, and the card can not be output. As information to be attached to the card including user information, printing of the corresponding two-dimensional code as described with reference to FIG. 2 and printing of a character string “○○○○” indicating the user who has output the card are printed It should be done by being done.

Judgment processing
Hereinafter, the process of determining whether or not the character relating to the item recognized by the recognition unit 108 can be used for the game, which is executed in the game device of the present embodiment, will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Do. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by, for example, the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 103. In this determination processing, for example, when the processing related to the game for one game play is executed by the control unit 101 in response to the payment of the compensation by the user, a new character is summoned at the time of performing character registration or at a summoning event. Will be described as being started when doing

  In S401, the recognition unit 108 determines whether or not a card usable for the game has been placed on a predetermined part of the game apparatus 100. If the recognition unit 108 determines that the card has been placed, the process proceeds to step S402. If the recognition unit 108 determines that the card has not been placed, the process of this step is repeated.

  In S402, the recognition unit 108 recognizes the two-dimensional code 201 of the placed card, and stores information (target information) obtained as a recognition result in the memory 103.

  In step S403, the control unit 101 determines whether the current progress status of the game indicates that a summoning event has occurred. Whether or not a summoning event has occurred can be determined, for example, by referring to the corresponding event flag (logical information) stored in the memory 103, or by referring to the fitness gauge or the like of the character used as described above. It is. If the control unit 101 determines that the current progress status of the game is the occurrence of a summoning event, the process proceeds to S404, and it is determined that the character corresponding to the recognized card is usable for the game. Output the result and complete this judgment process. In this case, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 107 to display a display indicating that the effect corresponding to the character is activated by summoning the character corresponding to the placed card. If the control unit 101 determines that the current progress status of the game is not the occurrence of a summoning event, the process proceeds to step S405.

  In S405, the control unit 101 determines whether the user information of the user related to the current game play and the user information 711 included in the target information are the same. In the game of the present embodiment, as described above, since the user information is character string information, it is determined in this step whether or not the character strings of the two pieces of user information match. That is, in the game of this embodiment, if the user information 711 included in the target information and the user information of the user have the same character string, the card relating to the target information can be used. That is, for example, when the user uses his / her surname or first name as user information, a card which is a user of the same surname or same name and who similarly uses the surname or first name in the user information is output by game play Is judged to be a card that can be used for game play. In the game of the present embodiment, the user information acquired from the card recognized in the registration of the first use character is stored in the memory 103 as the user information of the user, so the first card is always included in the target information It is determined that the user information 711 and the user information of the user are identical. If the control unit 101 determines that the user information of the user and the user information 711 included in the target information are the same, the process proceeds to S406, and it is determined that the character corresponding to the recognized card is usable for the game. The determination result is output, and the present determination process is completed. In this case, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 107 to display an indication indicating that the character corresponding to the placed card is usable, and the character ID of the character is stored in the memory 103 for managing the used character. Register in the use character table of. The display indicating that the character corresponding to the card placed is usable may be, for example, a notification indicating that the character has just been registered, or the image of the character is arranged in the display area. It may be. On the other hand, if the control unit 101 determines that the user information of the user and the user information 711 included in the target information are different, the processing proceeds to step S407.

  In step S407, the control unit 101 determines whether the class of the character corresponding to the recognized card is D or E. Specifically, the control unit 101 reads out the class information 704 of the corresponding character from the character DB 104 based on the character ID 712 included in the target information, and determines whether the character DB 104 corresponds to D or E. If the control unit 101 determines that the class of the character corresponding to the recognized card is D or E, the process proceeds to S406, and the class other than that, that is, C or more (A, B, C) If it is determined that there is, the process proceeds to S408.

  In step S408, the control unit 101 outputs the determination result that the character corresponding to the recognized card can not be used for the game, and completes this determination processing. In this case, the control unit 101 may display, on the display unit 107, an indication indicating that the character corresponding to the placed card is unusable, and may issue a notification prompting placement of a different card. Note that the display indicating that the character corresponding to the card placed is unusable is the card of another user, or the card of another user, and the class is larger than a predetermined class, etc. You may notify the reason which can not be registered.

  In the determination process of the present embodiment, the method of determining the availability with reference to the class information 704 associated with the same character ID 701 from the character DB 104 has been mentioned based on the character ID 712 included in the target information. The implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the class information 704 may be configured at the time of card output as information (target information) that can be acquired from the two-dimensional code 201 similarly to the user information 711 described above, or acquired by image recognition of a card symbol. May be

  In the present embodiment, the character DB 104 is described as being in the game apparatus 100. However, the character DB 104 may be on an external server, and is configured to be able to acquire information via the communication unit 112. May be

  As described above, the game device of the present embodiment can enable the use of a character corresponding to an item properly obtained by the user in the game. Specifically, the game apparatus is an article relating to a game character, and outputs an article attached with user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and relates to a game using a character corresponding to the article Execute the process Then, the game device determines whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized item can be used in the game, based on the information obtained according to the recognition result, including the user information attached to the item.

Second Embodiment
In the embodiment described above, the method of determining whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized card can be used is described based on whether the user information matches, the character class, and the summoning event is occurring. Further, in the present embodiment, a method of determining the availability based on the other information will be described. The game device 100 of this embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and the description of the functional configuration is omitted.

Judgment processing
Hereinafter, the determination process executed by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the steps performing the same process as the determination process of the first embodiment will be assigned the same reference numerals and descriptions thereof will be omitted, and only the steps performing the process characteristic of the present embodiment will be described.

  If it is determined in S407 that the class of the character corresponding to the recognized card is C or higher, in S501, the control unit 101 satisfies the predetermined condition for determining that the character is usable regardless of the user information. Determine if it is. The predetermined condition determined in this step is a condition for a recognized card or a character corresponding to the card, and in the game according to this embodiment, it is determined whether any one of the following conditions is met.

(1) The game device which has output the card is in agreement For this condition, for example, the other information 713 includes the information for identifying the game device which outputs the card, and the output unit 111 includes the information The determination can be made by a configuration in which a card with a dimension code is output and information identifying the game device that has output the card can be obtained when the card is recognized. Alternatively, the different information 713 includes different card identification information for each of the output cards, and the output unit 111 outputs a card with a two-dimensional code including the information, and the card is recognized when the card is recognized. Based on the identification information, based on the information managed by the server or the like, the determination can be made by being configured to be able to specify the game device that has output the card.

  Further, this condition may be determined to be satisfied if any of the following two types of cases apply.

(I) When Using the Card in the Game Device that Outputs the Card In the first case, the game device that has output the recognized card is currently performing the game play, that is, performing this determination process This is the case when the game device itself is present. Specifically, the control unit 101 satisfies the predetermined condition if the information included in the target information for identifying the game device that has output the recognized card is the same as the information for identifying the own game device. I judge that it was done. Alternatively, based on the card identification information included in the target information, the control unit 101 accesses, for example, an external server (not shown) to inquire information identifying the game apparatus that has output the card, and the information is an own game apparatus If the information is the same as the information identifying the information, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

(Ii) When a plurality of recognized cards are output in the same game device In the second case, the game device outputs the recognized card with respect to the used character registered at the time of registration of the used character. And the game device that has output the newly recognized card are identical. Specifically, when the recognition unit 108 first recognizes a card for one game play, the control unit 101 uses information for identifying a game device that has output the card included in the target information for reference. It is stored in the memory 103 as device identification information. Then, for the new card recognized by the recognition unit 108, the control unit 101 determines that the information identifying the game device that has output the card included in the target information is the same as the device identification information for reference. It is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied. Alternatively, when the recognition unit 108 first recognizes a card for one game play, the control unit 101 identifies, for example, information identifying a game device that has output the card based on the card identification information included in the target information. Acquired from an external server and stored as device identification information for reference. Then, for the new card recognized by the recognition unit 108 from then on, the control unit 101 determines if the information identifying the game device that has output the card obtained from the external server is the same as the device identification information for reference. It is judged that the condition of is satisfied.

(2) It is the same as the character that the user has already output a card. For this condition, a user ID uniquely identifying the user involved in the current game play is provided, and a character ID corresponding to the card output by the user The list information is associated with the user ID and recorded, for example, in an external server, and determination can be made by acquiring the list information from the server as information for determination.

  For example, when the user information 711 included in the card recognized first as in the first embodiment is used as a user related to the current game play, the card different from the user information is output to the other information 713. A card having a two-dimensional code including the information may be output by the output unit 111 including the user ID of the user who made the request. In this case, the control unit 101 acquires list information from an external server based on the user ID acquired from the card recognized first, and stores the list information in the memory 103. Then, the control unit 101 determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the character information 701 included in the target information acquired from the card is included in the list information for the new card recognized by the recognition unit 108 thereafter. .

  As described above, when the control unit 101 determines that any of the conditions is satisfied and the predetermined condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to S406 and does not correspond to any of the conditions, and the predetermined condition is satisfied. If it is determined that the process is not performed, the process proceeds to S408.

  Thus, at least at least a character corresponding to a card and a character corresponding to a card, and a game device outputting a card, a game device outputting a card, a game device outputting a card, and a game device outputting a different card Whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized card can be used may be determined depending on whether or not a predetermined relationship is established between any of them.

  In the first and second embodiments, the user information of the user associated with the current game play is described as being acquired from the first recognized card, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The user information of the user relating to the current game play is, for example, the user information relating to the current game play, the user information having the largest number of user information indicating the same character string among the user information attached to the plurality of recognized cards. May be selected as user information of In this case, the determination process may be performed on a card having user information that has not been selected as a user related to the current game play.

Third Embodiment
In Embodiments 1 and 2 described above, when the user information of the user relating to the current game play does not match the user information attached to the recognized card, the game defined uniquely to the character corresponding to the card Although it has been described that whether or not the character is usable is determined based on fixed information (class information) regardless of play, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. In the present embodiment, when the user information does not match, a method of determining whether the character is usable or not based on the information that changes according to the result of the game play among the information related to the character corresponding to the card will be described.

<< Configuration of Game Device 100 >>
The game device 100 of the present embodiment basically has the same functional configuration as the game device 100 described in the first embodiment described above, but differs in the following points.

  The recognition unit 108 is configured to be able to recognize a card of a type different from that of the card in addition to the card relating to the character used for the battle game. Different types of cards (user cards) are cards provided for game play for each user, and manage information on users who perform game play. The user card includes, for example, setting user information 721 set by the user as shown in FIG. 7C, and play history information 722 indicating the outcome of a battle game played by the user. Information on the user card may also be attached to the card by attaching a corresponding two-dimensional code in the same manner as the card relating to the character. Further, in the present embodiment, the card relating to the character includes, in the other information 713, growth level information indicating the growth stage of the character corresponding to the card.

  In the present embodiment, although it is described that the setting user information 721 and the play history information 722 can be acquired by recognizing the two-dimensional code of the user card by the recognition unit 108, implementation of the present invention is limited thereto. It is not something that can be done. For example, as described above, these pieces of information may be obtained by recognizing a printed character string. Alternatively, only the identification information (user ID) specifying at least the user is included in the two-dimensional code of the user card, so that the setting user information 721 and the play history information 722 can be acquired from the external server based on the information. It may be done.

  Further, in order to simplify the game executed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, unlike the first and second embodiments, it is assumed that there is no event of summoning other characters in the battle game.

Judgment processing
Hereinafter, the determination process executed in the game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. In the following description, the steps performing the same process as the determination process of the first embodiment will be assigned the same reference numerals and descriptions thereof will be omitted, and only the steps performing the process characteristic of the present embodiment will be described.

  Note that the user card is recognized by the recognition unit 108 before execution of the determination processing of the present embodiment, and the set user information 721 acquired from the card as a result of recognition is stored as the user information of the user related to the current game play. It is assumed that it is stored in 103. That is, in the game of the present embodiment, the user information of the user related to the current game play does not use the user information acquired from the target information obtained as the recognition result of the first recognized card, but relates to the character. It is acquired from a user card of a type different from the card.

  If it is determined in S405 that the user information of the user and the user information 711 included in the target information are different, the control unit 101 determines in S601 whether or not the character corresponding to the recognized card has reached a predetermined growth stage. To judge. Specifically, the control unit 101 refers to the growth level information included in the other information 713 of the target information, and determines whether or not the growth stage of the character has reached a predetermined growth stage. For example, even in the case of a so-called light user, a predetermined growth stage can enjoy the game of the present embodiment suitably if characters up to the growth stage are used, and it becomes interesting for other users in score ranking etc. It may be assigned to an extent that does not affect. If the control unit 101 determines that the character corresponding to the recognized card has reached the predetermined growth stage, the process proceeds to step S408. If it is determined that the character does not reach the predetermined growth stage, the process proceeds to step S406.

  In this way, in the game according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine whether the character can be used or not using information that changes according to the result of the game play, while taking into consideration the game balance and the interest of other users. .

[Modification]
As described above, in the first to third embodiments, in the game device according to the present invention, the method for determining the usability of the character has been described, but the determination elements in each embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with the embodiment. . For example, the character corresponding to one card has both the class and the growth stage of the character corresponding to the card, even if the user information of the user involved in the current game play and the user information attached to the card are different. If the condition is satisfied, the character may be determined to be usable.

  In addition, the judgment of the growth stage is made into two stages, and if it has not reached the first growth stage, it can be used for a match game and can be output as a card attached with user information of the user after the match game is over, When the first growth stage is reached and the second growth stage is not reached, the game may be used for the battle game, but may not be output as a card after the match game is over.

  Moreover, although the goods which the game device 100 outputs were demonstrated as what is a card | curd in all the embodiment mentioned above, it does not restrict to this. For example, when the output unit 111 is a device capable of generating a three-dimensional object such as a so-called 3D printer, the article may be a formed object such as a figure relating to a character, and the output unit 111 outputs at least the name information of the character. And may be configured to output. Further, for example, when the output unit 111 has a sorter of a plurality of types of toys and is configured to be able to selectively output a toy related to a predetermined character, the article may be the toy, and the output unit 111 This may be configured to output at least the name information of the character.

Other Embodiments
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

  100: game device, 101: control unit, 102: recording medium, 103: memory, 104: character DB, 105: lottery unit, 106: drawing unit, 107: display unit, 108: recognition unit, 109: determination unit, 110 : Operation input unit, 111: output unit, 112: communication unit

Claims (9)

Outputs and recognizes an article associated with a game character, which includes user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and apparatus information identifying a game apparatus that has output the article A game device that executes a process related to a game that uses a character associated with a selected item,
It comprises a determination means for determining whether the character associated with the recognized item can be used in the game, based on the user information and the device information attached to the item.
The judging means
When it is determined that the user information attached to the recognized item is identical to the user information used for the user involved in the current game play, the character associated with the item can be used Judge
When it is determined that the user information attached to the recognized item is different from the user information used for the user involved in the current game play, the device information attached to the item is a predetermined condition A game device that determines that the character associated with the item is usable, provided that the condition is satisfied.   It is assumed that the determination means satisfies the predetermined condition when the device information attached to the recognized item is the same as device information for identifying a game device which performs a process related to the current game. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device determines that the character associated with the item is usable. Several items can be recognized per game play,
The determination means determines the predetermined information when the device information attached to the recognized item and the device information attached to the first recognized item of the plurality of items are the same. The game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein it is determined that the character associated with the item is usable as one that satisfies the condition. The user information is character string information indicating the specific user,
The determination means corresponds to the item when the character string of the user information attached to the recognized item matches the character string of the user information used for the user of the current game play The game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein it is determined that the attached character is usable. Several items can be recognized per game play,
The game apparatus further comprises determination means for determining the user information to be used for the user involved in the current game play based on the user information attached to each of the plurality of recognized items. The game device according to 4.   6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the determination means determines the user information attached to the first recognized item of the plurality of items as the user information to be used for a user involved in the current game play. Game device.   7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said determination means determines the most frequent user information among the user information associated with each of the plurality of articles as the user information to be used for the user relating to the current game play. The game device described in.   A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 7. A game article associated with a game character, for a game having user information indicating at least a specific user in a visible or invisible state, and apparatus information identifying a game device that has output the game article A game system comprising: an article; and a game apparatus that outputs the game article and executes a process related to a game using a character associated with the recognized game article,
The game device is a judging means for judging whether the character associated with the recognized game item is usable or not in the game, based on the user information and the device information attached to the game item. Equipped
The judging means
When it is determined that the user information attached to the recognized game item is identical to the user information used for the user involved in the current game play, a character associated with the game item Judged as usable,
When it is determined that the user information attached to the recognized game item is different from the user information used for the user related to the current game play, the device information attached to the game item The game system which judges that the character matched with the said goods for game is usable on condition that it satisfy | fills predetermined conditions.

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