JP6582103B1 - Information processing program, terminal device, information processing method, and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

An information processing program, a terminal device, an information processing method, and an information processing system are provided that improve interest in executing a lottery process for acquiring a game medium. An information processing program executed in a terminal device for executing a game, wherein when a player acquires a game medium, a data presence / absence determination unit determines whether or not data associated with the acquired game medium exists. And an effect control unit that controls the content of the effect in the output unit of the terminal device based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determination unit, and when the data does not exist in the terminal device, the effect control unit Communication between the terminal device and the information processing server 1 connected to be communicable with the terminal device when the output unit executes the first effect based on the data amount and the data exists in the terminal device. An information processing program for executing a second effect at the output unit based on the situation. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing program, a terminal device, an information processing method, and an information processing system.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a terminal device that progresses a game by communicating with a game server via a network, and needs to download game data based on the communication status between the terminal device and the game server. Describes a terminal device that displays on the screen whether or not.

JP 2017-93722 A

  In an information processing apparatus that executes a conventional game as described in Patent Document 1, when a lottery process for acquiring a game medium including an item or a character is executed and a new game medium is acquired, Download audio data related to the newly acquired game media. Then, after the download is completed, the result of the lottery process indicating that a new game content has been acquired is displayed on the display screen.

  However, depending on the length of the presentation time on the display screen when downloading audio data related to the newly acquired game media, the result of the lottery process may be displayed before the result of the lottery process is displayed on the display screen. Can be easily identified. Therefore, there is a possibility that the interest at the time of executing the lottery process is lowered.

  Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention have been made in view of such circumstances, and an information processing program, a terminal device, and an information processing method for improving interest in executing a lottery process for acquiring game media And an information processing system.

  An information processing program according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing program that is executed in a terminal device that executes a game. When the player acquires a game medium, the information processing program stores the data associated with the acquired game medium. A data presence / absence determining unit that determines presence / absence and an effect control unit that controls the effect content in the output unit of the terminal device based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determining unit are executed. Information that is connected to the terminal device and the terminal device in a communicable manner when the first effect is executed in the output unit based on the data amount of the data. Based on the communication status with the processing server, the output unit executes the second effect.

  A terminal device according to an aspect of the present invention is a terminal device that executes a game, and when a player acquires a game medium, a data presence / absence determination unit that determines whether there is data associated with the acquired game medium And an effect control unit that controls the content of the effect in the output unit based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determination unit, and when the data does not exist in the terminal device, the effect control unit determines the data amount of the data. Based on the communication status between the terminal device and the information processing server connected to be communicable with the terminal device when the output unit executes the first effect and the data exists in the terminal device. The second effect is executed in the output unit.

  An information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing method that is executed in a terminal device that executes a game, and when a player acquires a game medium, data corresponding to the acquired game medium is stored. The step of determining the presence or absence, and the step of controlling the content of the effect in the output unit of the terminal device based on the determination result of the step of determining, the step of controlling, when the data does not exist in the terminal device, Based on the amount of data, the output unit executes the first effect, and when the data exists in the terminal device, between the terminal device and the information processing server connected to be communicable with the terminal device. Based on the communication status, the output unit executes the second effect.

  An information processing system according to one embodiment of the present invention is an information processing system including a terminal device that executes a game and an information processing server that is communicably connected to the terminal device. A lottery processing unit that executes a lottery process for acquiring a game medium; and a transmission unit that transmits acquisition information indicating that the player has acquired the game medium to the terminal device. A data presence / absence determining unit that determines the presence / absence of data associated with the acquired game content, and an effect control unit that controls the effect content in the output unit of the terminal device based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determining unit; When the data does not exist in the terminal device, the effect control unit executes the first effect in the output unit based on the data amount of the data, and the data is stored in the terminal device. When present, based on the communication status between the terminal device and the information processing server executes a second effect in the output section.

  The “player” is a user who operates the terminal device, and is a concept corresponding to a client of a so-called client / server system. Further, in general, a “player” can participate in a game through a so-called player character or the like that acts or acts in a virtual game space instead of himself / herself.

  The “game” is, for example, a game for nurturing player characters and items, a game for forming a party with characters owned by the player, and playing against a enemy character, and a rhythm game for playing by forming a party with characters held by the player including. The “game” may include various games such as an action game, a quiz game, a pinball game, and a card game.

  The “game medium” is information managed in association with a player in the game, and includes, for example, information related to a game including a character or an item. The “game media” in the present embodiment does not include so-called media (CD-ROM or the like) or game machines (platforms).

  The “item” is information different from “parameter” described later. For example, the “item” is a game in which the player participates, and the game is advanced against other players and enemy characters in the game. The thing which produces the effect which makes it comparatively advantageous above, or the thing which can raise value and values by acquiring and possessing it, and the kind in particular are not restrict | limited. The “item” includes, for example, various items that increase the attack power, defense power, etc. of the player, but is not limited thereto, various items that increase the damage of enemy characters in other players and games, and the stamina of the player Various items for recovering may be included.

  The “game media lottery process” is a predetermined process in which game media can be obtained. For example, a game that can be acquired by using real money including cash, electronic money, a credit card, a prepaid card, or the like. A “gacha” that is a mechanism for obtaining a predetermined item by consuming local currency, in-game points, or by consuming parameters described later may be included. In-game currency and in-game points can be acquired with real money, credit cards, prepaid cards, etc. as described above, but acquired by other methods such as success of the event and level up of the player. Also good.

  “Parameter” is information managed in association with a player in the game. For example, the “parameter” means information relating to the progress of the game such as stamina indicating the physical strength of the player in the game. The parameter is determined by the content of the game play. The parameter is determined based on, for example, the difficulty level and importance level of game play.

  In the present invention, the “part” does not simply mean a physical means, but includes a case where the function of the “part” is realized by software. Also, even if the functions of one “unit” or device are realized by two or more physical means or devices, the functions of two or more “units” or devices are realized by one physical means or device. May be.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the interest property at the time of performing the lottery process for acquiring a game content can be improved.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system configuration diagram) of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram (block diagram) of the information processing server and player terminal which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram (block diagram) which shows an example of a functional structure of the information processing server and player terminal which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the player management information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the game media information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the character acquisition condition of each player, (B) is a figure which shows an example of the download condition of the character audio | voice data of each player. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the download effect control process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the output part of the player terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the reference | standard increase amount of the virtual download ratio for every radio | wireless communication system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the output part of the player terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery table used by the lottery process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a normal table, (B) is a figure which shows an example of a special table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the lottery process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a single lottery process, (B) is a figure which shows an example of 10 continuous lottery processes. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the rarity fixed lottery using the stage lottery which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are exemplifications for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention only to the embodiments. The present invention can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. Furthermore, in each drawing, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an information processing system 100 according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system 100 exemplarily includes an information processing server 1, n (n is an arbitrary integer value of 1 or more) player terminals 3 (terminal devices), a network N, It is comprised including.

  The information processing system 100 is a so-called client / server system. The information processing system 100 is realized by the n player terminals 3 serving as clients and the information processing server 1 communicating with each other via a network N.

The information processing server 1 is realized by a server device, for example. The player terminal 3 is realized by, for example, a smartphone, a game machine, or a personal computer. Furthermore, the network N is, for example, the Internet, a network such as a cellular phone network, LAN (L ocal A rea N etwork), or is realized by a network of a combination of these. In the figure, a player terminal 3 a and a player terminal 3 n are illustrated as n player terminals 3. However, in the following description, when the n player terminals 3 are described without being distinguished from each other, a part of the reference numerals are omitted and the player terminals 3 are simply referred to as “player terminals 3”.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information processing server 1 and a hardware configuration of the player terminal 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numerals corresponding to the hardware of the information processing server 1 are described without parentheses, and reference numerals corresponding to the hardware of the player terminal 3 are described with parentheses.

The information processing server 1 includes, for example, a CPU (C entral P rocessing U nit ) 11, a ROM (R ead O nly M emory ) and a memory 13 consisting of RAM (R andom A ccess M emory ) , etc., the bus 14 An input / output interface 15, an input unit 16, an output unit 17, a storage unit 18, and a communication unit 19.

  The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the memory 13 or a program loaded from the storage unit 18 to the memory 13.

  The memory 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes. The CPU 11 and the memory 13 are connected to each other via the bus 14. An input / output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An input unit 16, an output unit 17, a storage unit 18, and a communication unit 19 are connected to the input / output interface 15.

  The input unit 16 includes various buttons, a touch panel, a microphone, and the like, and inputs various information according to an instruction operation by an administrator of the information processing server 1. Note that the input unit 16 may be realized by an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse that is independent of the main body that houses the other units of the information processing server 1.

  The output unit 17 includes a display, a speaker, and the like, and outputs image data and music data. The image data and music data output from the output unit 17 are output as images and music from a display, a speaker, and the like so that the player can recognize them.

Storage unit 18 is configured by a semiconductor memory such as a DRAM (D ynamic R andom A ccess M emory), stores various data.

  The communication unit 19 realizes communication performed with other devices. For example, the communication unit 19 communicates with the player terminal 3 via the network N.

  Although not shown, the information processing server 1 is provided with a drive as needed. For example, a removable medium composed of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately installed in the drive. The removable media stores a program for executing a game and various data such as image data. Programs read from the removable medium by the drive and various data such as image data are installed in the storage unit 18 as necessary.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the player terminal 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the player terminal 3 exemplarily includes a CPU 31, a memory 33, a bus 34, an input / output interface 35, an input unit 36, an output unit 37, a storage unit 38, and a communication unit. 39. Each of these units has a function equivalent to that of each unit having the same name but having only the reference numeral provided in the information processing server 1 described above. Therefore, the overlapping description is omitted.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing server 1 and a functional configuration of the player terminal 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The information processing server 1 includes, for example, an information processing unit 51 that manages a game executed by the player terminal 3 and a recording unit 18 that records information necessary for managing the game.

  The information processing unit 51 is functionally configured to include a game management unit 53 and a lottery processing unit 55. Note that the information processing unit 51 can be realized, for example, by the CPU 11 executing a program stored in the memory 13 or the recording unit 18 illustrated in FIG.

  The game management unit 53 is means for managing the progress of the game and the like, and information necessary for management of the game operated by the game operation unit 72 of the player terminal 3, for example, item management information PI and game medium information MI which will be described later. to manage. When the game is played on the player terminal 3, the game management unit 53 provides information necessary for the progress of the game to the player terminal 3 and is updated based on the progress of the game executed on the player terminal 3. Information is acquired from the player terminal 3 at an arbitrary timing and managed.

  The lottery processing unit 55 executes a game medium lottery process in which a game medium recorded in association with the player ID is included as a lottery object. The lottery processing unit 55, for example, is a lottery for a player to acquire game media by consuming in-game currency that can be acquired by using real money including cash or electronic money, a credit card, or a prepaid card. Execute the process. Various aspects of the game media lottery process will be described later.

  The recording unit 18 records player management information PI indicating information about players in the game, and game medium information MI related to the game medium. The recording unit 18 may record various information in association with each other.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of player management information according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the player management information PI is information that changes from time to time based on the progress of the game. For example, the player ID, the name of the player, the character (game medium) held by the player, and the acquisition of the character It includes the number of times, voice data associated with the character (data associated with the game medium), and in-game currency held by the player. Note that the amount of audio data is, for example, several MB to several hundred MB, but is not limited thereto.

  The sound data associated with the character includes, for example, data corresponding to sound reproduced along with a moving image that introduces the characteristics of the character on the game. The data associated with the game medium may include still image data, moving image data, and the like associated with the character, in addition to the audio data associated with the character.

  In addition to the above information, the player management information PI may further include other information such as an item (game medium) held by the player or a stamina amount held by the player.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of game media information according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5A, the game medium information MI indicates whether or not all the characters (game medium) that are recorded in association with the player ID and can be acquired by the lottery process have been acquired. Contains information. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the player P1 has acquired the characters C1 and C3. Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, the game media information MI is recorded in association with the player ID, and is recorded as voice data (game media) associated with each of all the characters (game media) that can be acquired by the lottery process. Data) includes information indicating whether or not the data has been downloaded. Note that the game medium information MI may be information that is recorded in association with the player ID and that indicates whether or not all items that can be acquired by the lottery process have been acquired.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the player terminal 3 that executes the game is illustratively required for the operation of the information processing unit 71 that manages the operation of the game and executes the download effect of the data associated with the game medium. And a recording unit 38 for recording various information.

  The information processing unit 71 is functionally configured to include a game operation unit 72, a game medium determination unit 73, a data presence / absence determination unit 74, and an effect control unit 76. The above-described units of the information processing unit 71 can be realized, for example, by the CPU 31 executing a program stored in the memory 33 or the recording unit 38 illustrated in FIG.

  The game operation unit 72 executes a process for operating the game. The game operation unit 72 operates the game based on the game software included in the game operation information OI stored in the recording unit 38 and the operation content of the player input from the input unit 36 shown in FIG.

  The game operation unit 72 generates a game image from the image data included in the game operation information OI in accordance with the operation of the game, and performs control processing for causing the output unit 37 to output the generated image. Similarly, the game operation unit 72 generates music and sound for the game from the music data and sound data included in the game operation information OI in accordance with the operation of the game, and outputs the generated music and sound from the output unit 37. Control processing is performed to

  As described above, the information processing server 1 manages various information in the game operated by the game operation unit 72, for example, player management information PI indicating the player information and game medium information MI related to the game medium. . Therefore, the game operation unit 72 is configured to process the information processing server 1 when a process accompanied by a change in these various types of information (for example, a process accompanied by a content change such as an item, character, quest, or parameter) occurs in the game. The parameters managed by the information processing server 1 are updated. Then, the game operation unit 72 receives the updated parameters and the like from the information processing server 1, and continues the operation of the game based on the updated parameters and the like.

  The game medium determination unit 73 shown in FIG. 5 includes the game medium information MI including information indicating whether or not all of the game media that can be acquired by the lottery process are recorded in association with the player ID. Based on the above, it is determined whether or not the game medium acquired this time is an acquired game medium.

  The data presence / absence determination unit 74 determines the presence / absence of sound data (data) associated with the acquired game medium when the player acquires the game medium.

  Based on the determination results of the effect control unit 76 and the data presence / absence determination unit 74, the contents of the effect in the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3 are controlled. For example, when the audio data associated with the acquired game medium does not exist in the player terminal 3, the effect control unit 76 outputs the output unit 37 based on the data amount of the audio data associated with the acquired game medium. If the player terminal 3 has audio data associated with the acquired game medium and the player terminal 3 is communicably connected to the player terminal 3, the real download effect (first effect) is executed. The output unit 37 executes fake download (second effect) based on the communication status between the information processing server 1 and the information processing server 1.

  The real download effect (first effect) includes an effect that is executed when the audio data associated with the acquired game media is actually downloaded. Further, the fake download effect (second effect) includes an effect that is executed as if at least a part of the audio data associated with the acquired game medium is downloaded.

<Download effect control processing>
With reference to FIG. 6, a download effect control process for data associated with a game medium will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the download effect control process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

(Step S1)
The lottery processing unit 55 of the information processing server 1 shown in FIG. 3 executes a lottery process for the player to acquire game media.

(Step S3)
The communication unit 19 (transmission unit) of the information processing server 1 illustrated in FIG. 2 transmits acquisition information indicating that the player has acquired a game medium to the player terminal 3. The acquired information includes game medium information MI recorded in the recording unit 18 of the information processing server 1. The communication unit 39 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 2 acquires the game medium information MI recorded in the recording unit 18 of the information processing server 1.

(Step S5)
The game medium determination unit 73 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 performs, for example, a game medium lottery process that is executed by consuming the in-game currency that the player can acquire with real money based on the acquired game medium information MI. Thus, it is determined whether or not the game medium acquired this time is an acquired game medium. For example, in the case of the player P1, when the character acquired this time is the character C1, the game medium determination unit 73 refers to the game medium information MI shown in FIG. 5A, and the character C1 is the acquired game medium. (Yes). In this case, the process proceeds to step S11. Step S11 will be described later. On the other hand, in the case of the player P1, when the character acquired this time is the character C2, the game medium determination unit 73 refers to the game medium information MI shown in FIG. 5A, and the character C2 is the acquired game medium. In other words, it is determined that the game content is newly acquired (No). In this case, the process proceeds to step S7. Note that the game medium determination unit 73 may acquire the player management information PI and determine whether or not the currently acquired game medium is an acquired game medium based on the player management information PI.

(Step S7)
The data presence / absence determining unit 74 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 determines whether or not the audio data associated with the acquired game content exists in the player terminal 3. For example, in the case of the player P1, when the character acquired this time is the character C2, the data existence determination unit 74 refers to the game medium information MI shown in FIG. 5B acquired from the information processing server 1 shown in FIG. Then, it is determined that the audio data A2 associated with the character C2 does not exist on the player terminal 3 (No). In this case, the process proceeds to step S9. On the other hand, in the case of the player P1, when the character acquired this time is the character C4, the data presence / absence determination unit 74 uses the game medium information MI shown in FIG. 5B acquired from the information processing server 1 shown in FIG. Referring to the voice data A4 associated with the character C4, it is determined that the player terminal 3 exists (Yes). In this case, the process proceeds to step S11. In the case of the player P1, when the character acquired this time is the character C4, the game medium determination unit 73 determines that the character C4 is not an acquired game medium, that is, a newly acquired game medium. Is done.

(Step S9)
The effect control unit 76 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 executes a real download effect (first effect) including an effect executed when the audio data associated with the acquired game content is actually downloaded. .

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an execution instruction screen for the lottery process of the output unit of the player terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, at the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 2, a lottery process execution instruction screen G1 is output. Then, the effect control unit 76 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 is based on the total amount of audio data associated with the acquired game content and the amount of data downloaded per unit time. Download effect including outputting at least one of text data T and gauge DB (image data) indicating the ratio (for example, 82.57%) of the data amount of the downloaded data with respect to the total data amount per unit time PF (first effect) is executed. Note that “every unit time” may be, for example, every frame.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to easily grasp the actual download status of data associated with the acquired game media.

  In the case where a lottery process (continuous gacha) that is repeated a plurality of times is executed, it is determined in step S5 that the game medium acquired this time is a newly acquired game medium in at least one game medium, and step S7. When it is determined that the data associated with the game medium acquired this time does not exist in the player terminal 3, a real download effect is executed.

(Step S11)
The effect control unit 76 determines the communication status between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 connected to be communicable with the player terminal 3. For example, the production control unit 76 uses a Unity API (Application Programming Interface), and a communication method adopted for communication between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 is a mobile communication wireless access method or a wireless communication method. The communication status is determined based on which of LAN (Local Area Network) communication methods. Mobile communication radio access schemes include, for example, 3G (3rd Generation) schemes such as WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) (registered trademark), LTE (Long term Evolution) schemes, or other next generation schemes. The wireless LAN communication method may be, for example, WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) defined in IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11.

  The effect control unit 76 may determine the communication status based on the communication speed between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1.

(Step S13)
The effect control unit 76 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 includes a fake download effect (second operation) that includes an effect that is executed as if at least a part of the audio data associated with the acquired game content has been downloaded. (Direction). In the example of FIG. 7, the lottery process execution instruction screen G <b> 1 is output at the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 2. Then, the effect control unit 76 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 performs text data T and gauge DB (image data) indicating a virtual download ratio (82.57%) related to the audio data associated with the acquired game content. ) And outputting at least one unit time per unit time, and a virtual download based on the communication status between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 and the current virtual download rate. A fake download effect (second effect) including an effect in which an increase amount per unit time is determined is executed.

Here, the increase amount per unit time of the virtual download ratio can be expressed using the following calculation formula. The correction value is a random number having a value between 1.00 and 2.00, and preferably changes for each frame, for example.
[formula]
Increase amount of virtual download ratio per unit time (%) = reference increase amount (%) x correction value

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the reference increase amount of the virtual download ratio for each wireless communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the effect control unit 76 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3 has a current virtual download ratio within a predetermined range (0% to 9%) for each mobile communication wireless access method or wireless LAN communication method. .99%, 10% to 39.99%, 40% to 79.99%, or 80% to 100%). For example, when the communication method employed in the communication between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 is a mobile communication wireless access method, the effect control unit 76 has a current virtual download ratio of 25%. The reference increase amount is determined to be “0.70%”. When the reference increase amount is determined, the effect control unit 76 substitutes the determined reference increase amount into the above formula to determine the increase amount per unit time of the virtual download ratio. Then, the effect control unit 76 performs a fake download effect (second) based on the determined increase amount of the virtual download rate per unit time and the communication status between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1. (Direction).

  According to this configuration, since the increase speed of the gauge DB is randomly changed according to the current virtual download ratio, a fake download effect closer to the real download effect can be executed. In addition, a fake download effect close to a real download effect can be executed regardless of the data amount of the corresponding game medium.

  Further, the fake download effect has a plurality of effect periods that differ depending on the communication status between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1. For example, the effect control unit 76 determines that the communication method employed in the communication between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 is a fake when the wireless LAN communication method is used rather than the mobile communication wireless access method. You may control so that the execution time of a download effect becomes short.

  According to this configuration, in the communication method between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1, the wireless LAN communication whose communication speed is generally higher than that in the case where the mobile communication wireless access method whose communication speed is generally low is adopted. When the method is adopted, control is performed so that the execution time of the fake download effect is shortened. Therefore, the fake download effect can be executed without the need to measure the actual communication speed between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1.

  When the communication method employed in the communication between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 is a wireless LAN communication method, the effect control unit 76 executes a real download effect instead of a fake download effect. You may control. When the communication method adopted for communication between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 is a wireless LAN communication method, there is generally no restriction on the amount of communication, unlike the mobile communication wireless access method. This is because the degree of freedom of the download effect is high.

  When executing the fake download effect, the effect control unit 76 controls the contents of the effect according to the total amount of audio data associated with the acquired game medium, as in the case of executing the real download effect. May be. According to this configuration, a fake download effect closer to a real download effect can be executed.

  The effect control unit 76 may execute a fake download effect having two or more different effect periods. For example, the effect control unit 76 may determine the communication status based on the communication speed between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1. According to this configuration, when the fake download effect (second effect) is executed, the effect according to the actual communication speed between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1 can be performed, so that the acquired game A fake download effect similar to the actual download situation of data associated with the medium can be executed.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a download effect setting screen of the output unit of the player terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the effect control unit 76 makes a fake in the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 2 even when the audio data associated with the acquired game medium exists in the player terminal 3. A download effect setting screen G3 (setting screen) that can be set to prohibit execution of the download effect (second effect) is output. For example, when the player selects the fake download effect “OFF” on the download effect setting screen G3 output to the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3, the effect control unit 76 controls to prohibit execution of the fake download effect. To do.

  According to this configuration, since the player can be set to prohibit the execution of the fake download effect at an arbitrary timing, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged by forcing the player to view the fake download effect. can do.

  Note that the download effect setting screen G3 may be configured so that the contents of the real download effect can also be set. According to this configuration, it is possible to set ON / OFF of the fake download effect and the real download effect on one screen.

  When it is determined that the number of the game media held by the player exceeds a predetermined number based on the game media information MI shown in FIG. 5, the effect control unit 76 outputs the lottery process execution instruction screen G1 shown in FIG. At this time, the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 2 further outputs a download effect setting screen G3 (setting screen) that can be set so as to allow execution of the fake download effect (second effect). For example, in the case of a lottery process of 50 characters in total, especially 10 characters with the highest rarity (for example, 2% discharge rate), when the player already has 30 or more characters, the production control The unit 76 outputs a download effect setting screen G3 indicating whether or not to perform a fake download effect. The effect control unit 76 may output the download effect setting screen G3 as a pop-up screen so as to be superimposed on the lottery process execution instruction screen G1. The effect control unit 76 may output the download effect setting screen G3 and the lottery process execution instruction screen G1 in different output areas on the same screen. The effect control unit 76 may output the download effect setting screen G3 and the lottery process execution instruction screen G1 to different screens.

  When the number of characters held by the player is small, there is a high possibility that a new character can be acquired by the lottery process, and there is little possibility that a fake download effect will be obtained. However, according to this configuration, when the number of possessed characters increases, the possibility that a new character can be acquired is reduced, and it is possible to prevent the feeling of exhilaration when executing the lottery process from being difficult to obtain.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a player acquires a game medium, the presence / absence of sound data or the like associated with the acquired game medium is determined, and based on the determination result, the player terminal 3 Controls the content of the effect in the output unit. When audio data or the like associated with the acquired game medium does not exist in the player terminal 3, a real download effect is executed in the output unit based on the data amount of the data, and the data exists in the player terminal 3. In this case, based on the communication status between the player terminal 3 and the information processing server 1, a fake download effect is executed in the output unit. Therefore, in a lottery processing system that can acquire game media that are the same as or different from the game media that are already possessed, the player can determine whether or not the newly acquired game media has been acquired. The timing can be delayed as much as possible. Therefore, the interest at the time of performing the lottery process for acquiring a game content can be improved.

<Mode of lottery processing>
With reference to FIG.10 and FIG.11, an example of the aspect of the lottery process (gacha) of a game content is demonstrated. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a lottery table used in the lottery process according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a normal table, (B) is a figure which shows an example of a special table. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a lottery process according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a single shot gacha, (B) is a figure which shows an example of 10 continuous gacha (continuous gacha).

1. Single-shot gacha Single-shot gacha means that a lottery process is executed once using a lottery table as shown in FIG. For example, in a predetermined database, a lottery table used for lottery processing is stored in advance. In the lottery table, identification information of cards, items, characters, etc. (game media) that can be acquired by gacha and winning values are stored in association with each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 11A, the game media may be extracted once from the normal table, or the game media may be extracted once from a special table instead of the normal table. Specifically, when the player instructs the lottery process, a single random number is generated by a predetermined method. The obtained random number is compared with the winning value in the lottery table, and the game media associated with the random number can be acquired.

2. Continuous gacha (10 consecutive gacha)
What is continuous gacha? This means that the single shot gacha shown in the above is performed continuously. The difference from the single shot gacha is that a lottery process can be executed a plurality of times by one operation. For example, in a predetermined database, a lottery table used for lottery processing is stored in advance. In the lottery table, game medium identification information that can be acquired by gacha and a winning value are stored in association with each other. When the player instructs the lottery process, a predetermined number of random numbers (for example, 10 in the case of 10 consecutive gachas) are generated by a predetermined method. By comparing the obtained random number with the winning value in the lottery table, all game media associated with the random number can be acquired. The single lottery and the continuous gacha shown in 1. use a common lottery table.

3.1. Compared with the single shot gacha shown in 1., continuous gacha with incentives (1) 2. The process is the same as the 10-line gacha shown in FIG. 1, but since the amount of in-game currency consumed by executing the 10-line gacha is larger than when executing the single-line gacha, the 10-line gacha is executed rather than the single-line gacha. In some cases, incentives are given. Different lottery tables are used for single gacha and continuous gacha. For example, as shown in FIG. 10B, a 10-game gacha lottery table is set as a special table that facilitates the acquisition of high-rareness game media. The amount of in-game currency required to run a continuous gacha may be discounted. For example, the in-game currency amount for executing ten consecutive gachas may be smaller than the in-game currency amount for executing single shot gacha ten times.
(2) It may be configured such that more gachas can be executed while the in-game currency amount necessary for executing continuous gachas remains constant. For example, 11 consecutive gachas may be executed by consuming 10 in-game currency amounts for a single gacha.
(3) A special game medium may be given only when continuous gacha is executed. For example, a ticket for executing a special single-shot gacha in which a high-rareness game medium appears when a ten-game gacha is drawn may be given.
(4) When continuous gacha is executed, the gacha may be executed again free of charge under a predetermined condition. For example, when a continuous gacha is executed and no high rarity game medium is generated, the continuous gacha may be executed again free of charge. At this time, when the second and subsequent continuous gachas are executed, an operation of the player is required. The automatic re-lottery will be described later.

4. Rareness confirmation gacha that uses two lottery tables together Single-shot gacha shown in 2. Differences from the continuous gacha shown in FIG. For example, in a predetermined database, two types of lottery table data used for the lottery process are stored in advance. As shown in FIG. 10A, one is a normal table, and as shown in FIG. 10B, the other is a special table. The special table is set so that the winning probability of a game medium with higher rarity is higher than that of the normal table. In the special table, low rarity items (for example, normal cards in FIGS. 10A and 10B) may be set not to win. When executing the continuous gacha, the game medium is extracted from the normal table at least once, and the game medium is extracted from the special table at least once. For example, as shown in FIG. 11 (B), when executing 10 consecutive gachas, game media may be extracted from the normal table for the first nine times, and game media may be extracted from the special table for the last nine times. . The special table is created in advance by a game designer or the like and is stored in a predetermined database or storage medium.

5. Rarity determination gacha with 2 lottery tables (create special table)
In the present embodiment, 4. This is a variation of the above, and is a form that adopts a special table created from a normal table. When the continuous gacha is executed, the game media is extracted from the normal table at least once and the game media is extracted from the special table at least once. It is the same. In the following, 4. Different points will be described in particular. The special table is created by changing the processing content in the normal table to the processing content in the special table by deleting the random value that the low rarity game media wins from the normal table.

6). Rareness confirmation gacha that automatically draws a lottery using only the regular table (all lotteries)
As the lottery table, only one of the normal table and the special table is used. A high rarity fixed gacha is obtained by repeatedly drawing until a game medium having a predetermined rarity hits. The redraw will be held at all times. If there is no high rarity game media in continuous gacha, all gacha lotteries are performed again. Since the gacha result is overwritten, the last gacha result is output as the final result. On the other hand, when one or more high-rareness game media appear, the lottery process is terminated.

7). Rareness confirmation gacha that automatically draws lottery only with normal table (re-lottery only for rarity confirmed times)
As the lottery table, only one of the normal table and the special table is used. A high rarity fixed gacha is obtained by repeatedly drawing until a game medium having a predetermined rarity hits. The redraw will be held only for the rarity confirmed times. If no high rarity game content is found in a continuous gacha, a lottery gacha lottery is executed again. Since the gacha result is overwritten, the last gacha result is output as the final result. On the other hand, when one or more high-rareness game media appear, the lottery process is terminated.

8). Rareness confirmation gacha by stage lottery 8. Will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a rarity determination lottery using a stage lottery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
(1) A rarity determination lottery is made by using a two-stage lottery. In this case, there is no concept of a normal table or a special table.
(2) The table uses a first lottery table and a second lottery table. The first lottery table is a table for determining the rarity (for example, SSR, SR, R) of game media that can be acquired. In the second lottery table, game media that can be acquired for each rarity are set.
(3) First, the rarity of game media that can be acquired is determined by a lottery process using the first lottery table.
(4) Next, as shown by arrows A1, A2 and A3, based on the determined rarities, game media set for each rarity are determined by a lottery process using the second lottery table.
(5) In the racial finalization gacha, if a low rarity (for example, R) is won in the first stage lottery, as shown by the arrow A4, in the second stage, the low rarity (R) lottery table Rather, a lottery table with a higher rarity (for example, SR) is employed for lottery. That is, the lottery table is changed based on the result of the first lottery. An SSR lottery table may be adopted as a lottery table with higher rarity.
(6) On the other hand, when high rarity is won in the first lottery, the second lottery may be performed using the high rarity lottery table as it is.

9. Gacha in which the winning probability fluctuates (1) A gacha in which the winning probability fluctuates based on the lottery contents and the number of lotteries. By executing the gacha more times, the game media that can be acquired are of high rarity. In this case, combined use with a rarity confirmation gacha is also possible.
(2) The winning probability of a game medium having a predetermined rarity is increased based on lottery of game contents. Alternatively, the number of lotteries is measured and the winning probability is increased every predetermined number of times. For example, the winning probability may be changed every time gacha is executed 10 times.
(3) There are the following methods to increase the winning probability. A game designer or the like creates a lottery table in advance. Then, there is a method of changing the lottery table to a lottery table that is easy to hit a high rarity game medium stored in a predetermined database or storage medium.
(4) There are the following methods for changing the winning probability with reference to the past lottery results. A lot of game media are selected, and the obtained results are stored in a predetermined number (for example, 10 times). It is determined whether or not the stored lottery result includes a game medium with a predetermined rarity. When a game medium with a predetermined rarity is included, the next lottery is performed with the winning probability of the game medium as an initial value. If a game medium with a predetermined rarity is not included, the probability of winning a game medium with a high rarity is increased and the next lottery is performed.
(5) There are the following methods for changing the winning probability with reference to the variation of the winning probability. The increase in the winning probability may be set based on the current winning probability, or may be set based on the winning probability determined by determining the winning probability of the high rarity game medium. For example, even if the winning probability of a high rarity game medium fluctuates and is determined to exceed 10%, for example, even if the winning probability is changed so that the winning probability of a high rarity game medium is 100% Good.
(6) As another method, there is a method of using a new lottery table created by, for example, deleting a random value won by a low rarity game medium from the lottery table.

10. Other special gachas (1) A box gacha is a game media that can be acquired by lottery and the total number of game media are determined in advance. The box gacha is also called a package gacha. By acquiring all game media, you can be sure to get high rarity items.
(2) The step-up gacha is a game media that is obtained every time a gacha is executed and the provision rate of the game media changes. Step-up gacha, for example, the first gacha is easy to get low and low rarity game media, the second gacha is easy to get slightly low and medium rarity game media, the third gacha is expensive and high rarity game It is a gacha that the medium can be obtained by definite. Each gacha may be a single gacha or a continuous gacha.
(3) Comp gacha means that when a plurality of game media obtained from gacha are prepared, another game media is obtained. At this time, it is regulated by the prize display law and cannot be implemented in practice.
(4) The selection acquisition function-associated gacha is given a predetermined game medium by executing the gacha once. In the case of ten consecutive gachas, ten gachas are given, so ten predetermined game media are given. When a predetermined number (for example, 300) of predetermined game media are collected, the game media can be acquired according to the player's selection from game media that can be acquired through gacha in exchange for consumption of the game media. As a result, there is an advantage that the target game medium cannot be obtained forever.

<Other embodiments>
In addition, each said embodiment is for making an understanding of this invention easy, and does not limit this invention and interpret it. The present invention can be changed / improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

  As described above, the player terminal 3 illustrated in FIG. 3 illustratively includes the game operation unit 72, the game medium determination unit 73, the data presence / absence determination unit 74, and the effect control unit 76. This is because when the information processing server 1 includes a game operation unit 72, a game medium determination unit 73, a data existence determination unit 74, and an effect control unit 76, the information processing server 1 executes most of the information processing. The processing burden on the information processing server 1 increases. In order to reduce this processing burden, each processing is distributed to the information processing server 1 and the player terminal 3. In addition, when the information processing server 1 includes the game operation unit 72, the game medium determination unit 73, the data presence / absence determination unit 74, and the effect control unit 76, it is necessary to frequently transmit game data to the player terminal 3. The amount of communication between the information processing server 1 and the player terminal 3 becomes enormous. In order to reduce the amount of communication, the player terminal 3 is configured to include a game operation unit 72, a game medium determination unit 73, a data presence / absence determination unit 74, and an effect control unit 76.

  Here, by concentrating each function on the player terminal 3, the player is more likely to perform an illegal act such as falsification of various game media and various parameters on the player terminal 3. However, since the latest information updated in the information processing server 1 is managed, it is possible to confirm the presence or absence of fraud by comparing with the information managed in the information processing server 1 at any time. It is possible to prevent it in advance.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing server, 3 ... Player terminal, 11 (31) ... CPU, 13 (33) ... Memory, 14 (34) ... Bus, 15 (35) ... Input / output interface, 16 (36) ... Input part, 17 (37) ... Output unit, 18 (38) ... Recording unit, 19 (39) ... Communication unit, 51, 71 ... Information processing unit, 53 ... Game management unit, 55 ... Lottery processing unit, 72 ... Game operation unit, 73 ... Game medium judgment part, 74 ... Data existence judgment part, 76 ... Production control part

Claims (7)

An information processing program executed in a terminal device that executes a game,
A data presence / absence determination unit that determines whether or not there is data associated with the acquired game medium when the player acquires the game medium;
Based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determination unit, an effect control unit that controls the content of the effect in the output unit of the terminal device is executed,
The production control unit
When the data does not exist in the terminal device, the data is acquired, and at the output unit, at least one of text data and image data indicating a ratio of the acquired data amount to the total data amount is obtained every unit time. Execute a first effect including outputting,
When the data exists in the terminal device, based on a communication method or a communication speed used in communication between the terminal device and an information processing server connected to be communicable with the terminal device, in the output unit , A second effect including outputting at least one of text data and image data indicating a virtual acquisition ratio related to the data every unit time, and virtual acquisition related to the data based on the communication method or the communication speed An information processing program for executing a second effect in which an increase amount per unit time is determined. The second effect includes an effect in which an increase amount per unit time of the virtual acquisition rate related to the data is determined based on the communication method or the communication speed and the current virtual acquisition rate related to the data.
The information processing program according to claim 1. The communication method includes a mobile communication wireless access method or a wireless LAN communication method,
The information processing program according to claim 1 or 2. The effect control unit controls the execution time of the second effect to be shorter when the communication method is a wireless LAN communication method than when the communication communication wireless access method is used.
The information processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A terminal device for executing a game,
A data presence / absence determination unit that determines whether or not there is data associated with the acquired game medium when the player acquires the game medium;
Based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determining unit, an effect control unit that controls the effect content in the output unit,
The production control unit
When the data does not exist in the terminal device, the data is acquired, and at the output unit, at least one of text data and image data indicating a ratio of the acquired data amount to the total data amount is obtained every unit time. Execute a first effect including outputting,
In the output unit, when the data exists in the terminal device, based on a communication method or a communication speed used in communication between the terminal device and an information processing server connected to be communicable with the terminal device. , A second effect including outputting at least one of text data and image data indicating a virtual acquisition ratio related to the data every unit time, and virtual acquisition related to the data based on the communication method or the communication speed Execute the second effect in which the amount of increase per unit time is determined,
Terminal device. An information processing method executed in a terminal device that executes a game,
Determining the presence or absence of data associated with the acquired game medium when the player acquires the game medium;
Controlling the content of the effect in the output unit of the terminal device based on the determination result of the determining step,
The controlling step includes
When the data does not exist in the terminal device, the data is acquired, and at the output unit, at least one of text data and image data indicating a ratio of the acquired data amount to the total data amount is obtained every unit time. Execute a first effect including outputting,
When the data exists in the terminal device, based on a communication method or a communication speed used in communication between the terminal device and an information processing server connected to be communicable with the terminal device, in the output unit , A second effect including outputting at least one of text data and image data indicating a virtual acquisition ratio related to the data every unit time, and virtual acquisition related to the data based on the communication method or the communication speed Execute the second effect in which the amount of increase per unit time is determined,
Information processing method. A terminal device for executing the game;
An information processing system comprising an information processing server communicably connected to the terminal device,
The information processing server
A lottery processing unit for executing a lottery process for the player to acquire game media;
A transmission unit that transmits acquisition information indicating that the player has acquired the game medium to the terminal device;
The terminal device
A data presence / absence determining unit that determines the presence / absence of data associated with the acquired game content based on the acquired information;
Based on the determination result of the data presence / absence determination unit, an effect control unit that controls the effect content in the output unit of the terminal device,
The production control unit
When the data does not exist in the terminal device, the data is acquired, and at the output unit, at least one of text data and image data indicating a ratio of the acquired data amount to the total data amount is obtained every unit time. Execute a first effect including outputting,
When the data is present in the terminal device, the output unit indicates a virtual acquisition ratio regarding the data based on a communication method or communication speed used in communication between the terminal device and the information processing server. A second effect including outputting at least one of text data and image data per unit time, and based on the communication method or the communication speed, an increase amount per unit time of the virtual acquisition rate related to the data is Execute the determined second effect,
Information processing system.

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