JP7068590B2 - Game system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game system that realizes a competitive game in which an advertisement is displayed in a virtual space.

Conventionally, in a battle game, a game system that displays an advertisement in a virtual space where a battle is performed has been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a game system that executes a car racing game in which advertisement data can be attached to a car as a character operated by a user according to the user's choice. In this game system, the game machine transmits the advertisement billing data and the user identification data to the advertisement server on the condition that the character with the advertisement data operated by the user is displayed on the play screen of the game machine for a predetermined time. .. The advertisement server charges the advertiser by receiving the advertisement charge data. In addition, the advertisement server grants a privilege to the user specified by the received user identification data.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-10712

However, in the above-mentioned game system, if the privilege given to the user as the consideration for attaching the advertisement to the character is not attractive, the user does not choose to attach the advertisement to the character, and as a result, the advertising effect is diminished. ..

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game system capable of enhancing the advertising effect.

The first invention is a game system including a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in a battle game, and a server system having a storage unit and communicating with the plurality of computers. The storage unit stores identification information for identifying each of the plurality of users, and the virtual space generation means for generating the virtual space and the advertisement information for identifying the advertisement are stored in the storage unit. When the association means associated with any of the identification information and stored in the storage unit and the user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) perform the battle, the virtual space It is provided with an advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information, and in the association means, the opponent of the user with the advertisement (hereinafter, the opponent user) in the battle beats the user with the advertisement. In this case, it is a game system that associates the advertisement information with the identification information of the opponent user.

According to the above game system, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement beats the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information is associated with the identification information of the opponent user. Therefore, since the advertisement is displayed in the battle of the user who has high skill in the battle game, that is, the user who has a high degree of attention, the advertisement effect can be enhanced.

A second aspect of the invention is a game system in which the associating means in the present invention cancels the association of the advertisement information with the identification information of the advertisement-attached user when the opponent user beats the advertisement-attached user. be. According to this game system, since the advertisement information is inherited by the winner of the competitive game, the scarcity value of being a user with an advertisement increases, and it is possible to encourage the user to display the advertisement. In addition, since a user with higher skill becomes a user with an advertisement, it is possible to attract more attention to the competition of the user with an advertisement, and it is possible to further enhance the advertising effect.

In the third aspect of the invention, the advertisement display means in the above invention attaches a texture corresponding to the advertisement information to an object arranged in the virtual space, or an object corresponding to the advertisement information in the virtual space. It is a game system that arranges.

In the fourth invention, in the above invention, a battle video storage means for storing the battle video of the plurality of users in the battle game in the storage unit, and a search condition for searching the battle video of the user with an advertisement are accepted. This is a game system including a video search means for searching the battle video of the user with an advertisement from the battle videos of the plurality of users. According to this game system, it is possible for a user who wants to enjoy watching a battle video to easily find a battle video in which a user with an advertisement has played a battle. Therefore, the advertising effect can be further enhanced.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, the computer in the above invention has a display unit for displaying a battle played by the user, and a battle video storage unit for storing the battle video of the plurality of users in the battle game in the storage unit. After receiving the battle request transmitted from the plurality of computers, the opponent determining means for determining the opponent based on predetermined conditions and forming an opponent, and the opponent determining means receiving the opponent request. It is a game system including a standby screen display means for displaying a battle video of the user with an advertisement stored in the storage unit on the display unit as a standby screen until the opponent is determined. According to this game system, it is possible to reduce the boredom of the user until the opponent is decided and to further enhance the advertising effect.

In a sixth aspect of the present invention, the game system comprises a computer for watching a game in which the game system communicates with the server system and watches the game in the battle game, and the virtual space generated by the virtual space generation means plays the battle. The advertisement display means includes a spectator space in which a display object for displaying a battle video taken by a virtual camera of a battle space in which a character operated by a user operates is arranged, and the advertisement display means places the advertisement in the spectator space. A spectator video display means may be provided for displaying the spectator video in which the advertisement is displayed and capturing the spectator space with the virtual camera on the display of the spectator computer.

According to the above game system, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement beats the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information is associated with the identification information of the opponent user. For this reason, the advertisement is displayed in the watching space for watching the battle of a user who has a high skill in the battle game, that is, has a high degree of attention, so that the advertising effect can be enhanced.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a game system capable of enhancing the advertising effect.

It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the outline of the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the battle screen of the battle game played by the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation flow of the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the outline of the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the watching screen of the battle game performed by the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation flow of the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the game system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[System overview]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an outline of the game system 1A according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown on the left side of FIG. 1, the game system 1A includes a server device 2 and a plurality of opponent terminals 3 that communicate with the server device 2 via a communication network NW such as the Internet. The game system 1A realizes a battle game in which users who access the server device 2 from the opponent terminal 3 can play against each other via the communication network NW.

In the battle game described in the present embodiment, one user operates one character selected from a plurality of characters, and one-to-one in a virtual space with a character operated by another user who is an opponent. It is a fighting game that lets you perform a fighting game.

In this battle game, the user can select either a lounge battle mode or a matching battle mode as a battle mode in which the player plays against another user via the communication network NW. In the lounge battle mode and the matching battle mode, the method of determining the opponent is different from each other.

The lounge battle mode is a mode that allows you to play against a specific opponent. In the lounge match mode, the user can create a session that other users can participate in, which is called a lounge. The user who created the session can, for example, invite a friend to the created session and set a password for joining the created session. Further, in the lounge battle mode, the user can select and participate in one session from a plurality of sessions created by other users. In this way, when another user participates in a session created by one user, a match between users in the same session is formed. Multiple other users can also participate in a session created by one user. In this case, users in the same session can negotiate and form a match, and users who do not play can watch the match of the user who has formed the match.

The matching battle mode is a mode in which a plurality of users who access the server device 2 from the opponent terminal 3 are matched based on predetermined conditions to form a battle. In this battle game, each user is given points (hereinafter, referred to as "competition points") indicating an index of approximate strength (that is, operation ability, skill) in the battle game. For example, the battle point is a value corresponding to a winning percentage in which the value increases each time the user wins the battle and the value decreases each time the user loses. In the matching battle mode, among the users who have accessed the server device 2, the users who have similar battle points are matched, so that the strengths of the users who play against each other are made the same.

When the opponent is decided in the lounge battle mode or the matching battle mode, the opponent terminals 3 of the users who play against each other communicate with each other and the battle is started. During the battle, each user operates a character in the virtual space while looking at the battle screen to wrestle with the opponent's character, and the battle ends when the physical strength value of either character becomes zero.

In the present embodiment, when the user who performs the battle meets a predetermined condition, the advertisement is displayed in the virtual space where the battle is performed (hereinafter, referred to as "competition space").

Specifically, the server device 2 has user identification information (user identification information) that identifies each of a plurality of users.
Hereinafter, it is simply referred to as "identification information"), and the advertisement information that identifies the advertisement is stored. On the right side of FIG. 1, the relationship between the identification information 22a that identifies each of the plurality of users (users A to F in the figure) and the advertisement information 22b is schematically shown. The advertisement information 22b is stored in the server device 2 in association with the identification information 22a of any of the plurality of users (user B in the figure), as shown by an arrow in the schematic diagram on the right side of FIG.

In the following description, a user whose identification information 22a is associated with advertising information 22b is referred to as an "advertising user", and a user whose identification information 22a is not associated with advertising information 22b is referred to as an "advertising-free user".

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a battle screen D of a battle game performed by the game system 1A. The character PA shown on the left side of FIG. 2 is a character operated by the user A who is an advertisement-free user, and the character PB shown on the right side of FIG. 2 is a user B who is a user with an advertisement.
Is the character operated by. In this battle game, when a user with an advertisement plays a battle, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b is displayed in the battle space S. There are various modes of displaying advertisements in the battle space S, but in the example of FIG. 2, the logo L, which is an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b, is drawn on the costume of the character PB corresponding to the user with the advertisement. There is.

In the present embodiment, when the user without the advertisement wins the user with the advertisement in the battle game, the logo L is taken over by the winning user. That is, the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b is changed from the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement who lost the match to the identification information 22a of the opponent who won the match. In the illustrated example, the user B who wins the match changes from the user without advertisement to the user with advertisement, while the user A who loses the match changes from the user with advertisement to the user without advertisement.

[Server device configuration]
(Overall configuration of server device)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the game system 1A. First, the configuration of the server device 2 in the game system 1A will be described with reference to FIG.

The server device 2 is a server device that manages the above-mentioned battle game. The server device 2 includes a control unit 21. The control unit 21 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and controls the operation of the server device 2. The storage unit 22 and the communication I / F unit 23 are electrically connected to the control unit 21 by wire or wirelessly, respectively.

The storage unit 22 is, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), which is a large-capacity recording medium, or a mask RO.
It is composed of ROM (Read Only Memory) which is a semiconductor memory such as M or PROM, and RAM (Random Access Memory) which is composed of DRAM or SRAM. The storage unit 22 stores various programs and data necessary for controlling the control unit 21. Also, the storage unit 22
Stores the above-mentioned identification information 22a and advertisement information 22b. Further, the storage unit 22 stores the battle video data 22c of a plurality of users who have accessed the server device 2 from the opponent terminal 3 and played a battle. In addition, the storage unit 22 also stores data for authenticating the account transmitted from each opponent terminal 3 and battle points of each user.

The communication I / F unit 23 is an interface for connecting the server device 2 to a communication network NW such as the Internet or a LAN. The server device 2 transmits / receives data to / from the opponent terminal 3 via the communication I / F unit 23.

In addition, different account information is given to each opponent terminal 3 and each user thereof. Then, when the opponent terminal 3 and the server device 2 communicate with each other via the communication network NW, the user transmits his / her own account from the opponent terminal 3 to the server device 2. When the account received by the server device 2 is authenticated, communication between the server device 2 and the opponent terminal 3 (access from the opponent terminal 3 to the server device 2) becomes possible.

(Functional configuration of the control unit of the server device)
Further, FIG. 3 shows the functional configuration of the control unit 21 of the server device 2. By executing various programs stored in the storage unit 22, the server device 2 executes the identification information management means 41, the opponent determination means 42, the advertisement information transmission means 43, the association means 44, the battle video storage means 45, and the video search. It functions as means 46 and standby video transmission means 47.

The identification information management means 41 manages the identification information 22a stored in the storage unit 22. For example, the identification information 22a is account information given to each user for accessing the server device 3.

The opponent determining means 42 receives a signal (hereinafter referred to as “match request”) requesting a match in a match game sent from the opponent terminal 3, determines an opponent based on a predetermined condition, and makes a match. To assemble. After determining the opponent, the opponent determining means 42 establishes an mutual communication connection between the opponent terminals 3a and 3b of the opponent, for example, via the server device 2.

The advertisement information transmitting means 43 transmits the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement. In the present embodiment, when the advertisement information transmitting means 43 receives the battle request from the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is transmitted to the opponent terminal 3 to the opponent terminal 3. Further, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 also transmits the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 of the opponent of the user with the advertisement when the battle of the user with the advertisement is organized.

The association means 44 stores the advertisement information 22b that identifies the advertisement in the storage unit 22 in association with the identification information 22a of any of the plurality of users.

Further, when the user with the advertisement loses to the opponent in the battle, the associating means 44 cancels the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement, and also causes the identification information 22a of the winning opponent user to be associated with the identification information 22a. Associate advertising information 22b. In other words, the associating means 44 changes the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b from the identification information 22a of the advertising user to the identification information 22a of the opponent when the user with the advertisement in the match loses.

The battle video storage means 45 stores a video (competition video) of a battle screen in which a plurality of users in a battle game have played against each other in the storage unit 22 as battle video data 22c.

In addition, within the scope of this specification and claims, the expressions such as "memorize", "save", "search", or "send""competitionvideo" or "competition video data" are used in the battle screen. The information for reproducing (generating) the image of the battle screen in the video format (for example, the opponent against the operation unit 32 described later) is not limited to storing, saving, searching, or transmitting the image of the above as video format data. Operation information) is also included in storage, storage, retrieval, or transmission.

The video search means 46 receives the search condition (information) sent from the opponent terminal 3 and receives the storage unit 22.
From the battle video data 22c stored in, the battle video data satisfying the search condition is searched. As will be described later, the search condition received from the opponent terminal 3 includes a search condition for searching a battle video (data) of a user with an advertisement.

When the matching battle mode is selected by the user and the battle request is sent from the opponent terminal 3, the standby video transmitting means 47 transfers the battle video of the user with the advertisement to the opponent terminal 3 until the opponent is decided. Send.

[Configuration of opponent terminal]
(Overall configuration of opponent terminal)
Next, the configuration of the opponent terminal 3 will be described.

The opponent terminal 3 is a game device that is operated and input by a user to execute the above-mentioned battle game. The opponent terminal 3 includes a control unit 31. The control unit 31 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of the opponent terminal 3. The operation unit 32, the display unit 33, the storage unit 34, the acoustic output unit 35, the communication I / F unit 36, and the media I / F unit 37 are electrically connected to the control unit 31 by wire or wirelessly, respectively. There is.

The operation unit 32 is a device that receives an operation for playing a battle game by a user (an operation for controlling the movement of a character, etc.) and inputs operation information corresponding to the operation to the control unit 31. The operation unit 32 is a game controller provided with an operator such as a button.

The display unit 33 is a device for displaying a game image in a battle game, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display. More specifically, the graphic processing unit (not shown) included in the opponent terminal 3 draws the game image including the virtual space and each character in a moving image format according to the instruction of the control unit 31. The game image drawn in the moving image format is displayed on the display unit 33 as a game screen.

The storage unit 34 is composed of, for example, an HDD which is a large-capacity recording medium, a ROM which is a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM or a PROM, and a RAM including a DRAM or an SRAM. The storage unit 34 stores the game program 38a and the game data 38b necessary for executing the game read from the game media 38 described later. Further, the storage unit 34 also stores a start program for activating the opponent terminal 3, a program for controlling the operation when the game media 38 is loaded, and the like.

The sound output unit 35 is a device that outputs game sound in a battle game, and is, for example, a speaker or headphones. More specifically, regarding the game sound, the audio processing unit (not shown) included in the opponent terminal 3 plays and synthesizes the digital game sound according to the instruction of the control unit 31, and then decodes the game sound into an analog format. Then, the sound is output from the sound output unit 35 to the outside.

The communication I / F unit 36 is an interface for connecting the opponent terminal 3 to a communication network NW such as the Internet or a LAN. The opponent terminal 3 transmits / receives data to / from another opponent terminal 3 and to / from the server device 2 via the communication I / F unit 36.

The media I / F unit 37 is an interface on which the game media 38 for executing a battle game can be loaded. The game media 38 is a disc-type recording medium such as a DVD-ROM, in which the game program 38a and the game data 38b are recorded. This game data 38b contains various data necessary for executing a competitive game.

(Functional configuration of the control unit of the opponent terminal)
Further, FIG. 3 shows the functional configuration of the control unit 31 of the opponent terminal 3. By executing the game program 38a, the opponent terminal 3 functions as a battle request means 51, a game progress means 52, a battle video transmission means 53, a search condition transmission means 54, and a standby screen display means 55.

The battle request means 51 transmits a battle request in the mode selected by the user's operation to the operation unit 32 from the lounge battle mode and the matching battle mode to the server device 2.

When the above-mentioned lounge battle mode is selected by the user, the battle request means 51 sends a signal for creating a lounge or a signal for joining a session created by another user as a battle request to the server device 2. Send to. When the matching battle mode described above is selected by the user, the battle requesting means 51 sends a signal requesting the execution of matching by the opponent determining means 42 to the server device 2 as a battle request.

The game progress means 52 advances the battle game in synchronization with the opponent terminal 3 after the opponent determination means 42 enables communication with the opponent's opponent terminal 3. The game progress means 52 includes a battle space generation means 52a, an advertisement display means 52b, and a character control means 52c.
, And the match result transmission means 52d.

The battle space generation means 52a reads data such as objects and textures included in the game data 38b, and a battle in a battle game in which characters and objects such as characters PA and PB as shown in FIG. 2 are arranged is performed. Generate a three-dimensional or two-dimensional battle space S. As shown in FIG. 2, the game progress means 52 causes the display unit 33 to display the generated battle space S or a part of the battle space S as the battle screen D.

The advertisement display means 52b displays an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the battle space S when a user with an advertisement plays a battle. In other words, the advertisement display means 52b has either a case where the user who inputs an operation to the opponent terminal 3 is a user with an advertisement or a case where the user who is an opponent is a user with an advertisement. Display an advertisement in the battle space S of the battle. In the present embodiment, the advertisement display means 52b attaches the texture of the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b to the costume of the character corresponding to the user with the advertisement.

The character control means 52c controls the operation of the player character arranged in the battle space S based on the operation information corresponding to the operation of the user's operation unit 32. Further, the character control means 52c controls the operation of the character corresponding to the opponent based on the operation information sent from the opponent terminal 3 of another user who is the opponent.

Further, the game progress means 52 may perform actions of a player character and other characters (background characters, etc.) other than the player character and the opponent's character in the battle space S according to the operation of the user to the operation unit 32 and the progress of the game. It also controls the behavior of objects.

The battle result transmission means 52d transmits the battle result to the server device 2 after the battle in the battle game is completed.

The battle video transmission means 53 stores the battle video in the storage unit 34, and sends the battle video data to the server device 2. The battle video data sent to the server device 2 is stored in the storage unit 22 by the battle video storage means 45 described above.

The search condition transmission means 54 searches for a specific battle video from a plurality of battle video data 22c stored in the server device 2, that is, search conditions (information) for performing a search by the video search means 46 described above. The search condition for this is sent to the server device 2. Specifically, the search condition transmission means 54 displays the search screen on the display unit 33, and accepts the search condition input or selected by the operation of the user to the operation unit 32. Then, the search condition transmission means 54 transmits the received search condition to the server device 2 by operating the operation unit 32 of the user.

In the present embodiment, the search condition transmission means 54 is a search condition for searching a battle video of a user with an advertisement, more specifically, a battle video in which an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b is displayed in the battle space S. It is possible to send the search condition that there is to the server device 2.

When the user selects the matching battle mode and the battle request is transmitted from the opponent terminal 3, the standby screen display means 55 displays the battle video of the user with the advertisement as a standby screen until the opponent is decided. Display on.

More specifically, in the matching match mode, when the match request is sent from the opponent terminal 3, the opponent determination means 42 cannot find an opponent (another user with a close match point) that meets the conditions. If so, the user will wait until an opponent is found. Until the opponent is found, the standby video transmitting means 47 of the server device 2 selects, for example, a random or predetermined battle video of the user with the advertisement from the battle videos stored in the storage unit 22 of the server device 2. Select based on the rules and send to the opponent terminal 3. The standby screen display means 55 displays a battle video of a user with an advertisement based on the video data transmitted from the standby video transmission means 47.

[Game system processing flow]
Next, an example of the flow of each operation executed in the above-mentioned game system 1A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the game system 1A when a match between a user A who is a user without an advertisement and a user B who is a user with an advertisement is set up. In the following description, for convenience, the opponent terminal 3 operated and input by the user A who is an advertisement-free user is referred to as a "competitor terminal 3a", and the battle which is operated and input by the user B who is an advertisement-attached user. The personal terminal 3 is referred to as an "attacker terminal 3b".

As shown in FIG. 4, the opponent determination means 42 of the opponent terminal 3a is input by the operation of the user A.
Sends a battle request from the opponent terminal 3a to the server device 2 (step S1). Further, the opponent determination means 42 of the opponent terminal 3b transmits a battle request from the opponent terminal 3b to the server device 2 by the operation input of the user B (step S2). In the server device 2, when the advertisement information transmitting means 43 receives the battle request from the opponent terminal 3b of the user B who is the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is transmitted to the opponent terminal 3b (step). S3).

Further, in the server device 2, the opponent determining means 42 forms a battle between the user A and the user B, and establishes a communication connection between the opponent terminals 3a and 3b (step S4). After the match between the user A and the user B is formed, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 is the match of the user B who is the user with the advertisement in the set match, so that the opponent terminal 3 of the opponent, that is, the user A opponent terminal 3a
Advertisement information 22b is sent to (step S5).

In this way, the advertisement information 22b is stored in the storage units 34 of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b, and the game progress means 52 displays the advertisement in the battle space S based on the advertisement information 22b. Advance the battle game (steps S6, S7).

That is, in each of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b, the battle space generation means 52a generates the battle space S in which the battle in the battle game is performed, and the battle space S includes the character corresponding to the user A and the user. Place the character corresponding to B. Then, the advertisement display means 52b affixes the logo L, which is an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b, to the costume of the character corresponding to the user B who is the user with the advertisement.

Further, the character control means 52c of each of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b controls the movement of its own character and the opponent's character according to the operation of each user A and B. The game progress means 52 manages the increase / decrease in the physical strength value of each character, and ends the battle when the physical strength value of one of the characters becomes zero.

After the battle in the battle game is completed, the battle result transmission means 52d of each of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b transmits the battle result to the server device 2 (steps S8 and S9).

When the server device 2 receives the battle result, the associating means 44 determines whether or not the user with the advertisement in the battle has lost (step S10).

If the user B, who is the user with the advertisement, loses (step S10: YES), the associating means 44 cancels the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information of the user B, and the identification information of the opponent user A. The advertising information 22b is associated with 22a (step S11). That is, user A is a user with an advertisement, and user B is a user without an advertisement.

If the user with the advertisement wins (step S10: NO), the associating means 44 maintains the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user B, and associates the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user A. not.

In this way, the logo L as an advertisement displayed in the battle space S is taken over by the winner of the battle.

Summarizing the above, the game system 1A according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a plurality of opponent terminals 3 operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in a battle game, and a storage unit 22. A game system 1A including a server device 2 that communicates with the plurality of opponent terminals 3, and the storage unit 22 stores identification information 22a that identifies each of the plurality of users. The battle space generation means 52a that generates the battle space S, the association means 44 that associates the advertisement information 22b that identifies the advertisement with the identification information 22a of any of the plurality of users and stores it in the storage unit 22. When a user with an advertisement corresponding to the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b plays the battle, the advertisement display means 52b for displaying the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the battle space S. The associating means 44 associates the advertising information 22b with the identification information 22a of the opponent user when the opponent of the advertising-attached user in the battle beats the advertising-attached user.

According to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement beats the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is associated with the identification information 22a of the opponent user. Therefore, since the advertisement is displayed in the battle of the user who has high skill in the battle game, that is, the user who has a high degree of attention, the advertisement effect can be enhanced. In addition, since the display of the advertisement in the battle space S is a proof that the user with the advertisement has won, it is possible to encourage the user who wants to satisfy the desire for self-revealing to display the advertisement and enhance the advertising effect. Can be done.

Further, according to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, since the advertisement information is inherited by the winner of the competitive game, the scarcity value of being a user with an advertisement increases, and the user can be encouraged to display the advertisement. .. In addition, since a user with higher skill becomes a user with an advertisement, it is possible to attract more attention to the competition of the user with an advertisement, and it is possible to further enhance the advertising effect.

Further, according to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, the search condition transmission means 54 and the video search means 46 make it easier for the user who wants to enjoy watching the battle video to find the battle video in which the user with the advertisement has played. can. Therefore, the advertising effect can be further enhanced.

Further, according to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, the standby screen display means 55 is an advertisement stored in the storage unit 34 from the time when the battle request is transmitted from the opponent terminal 3 until the battle is organized. Since the battle video of the attached user is displayed on the display unit 33 as a standby screen, it is possible to reduce the boredom of the user and further enhance the advertising effect.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, the game system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. In the following description of the second embodiment, the differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the same components will be designated by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

[System overview]
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining an outline of the game system 1B according to the second embodiment. In the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the game system 1B is a plurality of spectator terminals that communicate with the server device 2 via the communication network NW, in addition to the server device 2 and the plurality of opponent terminals 3. Equipped with 6. The game system 1B enables a battle between users in a battle game as in the first embodiment, and also provides a system in which a third party who accesses the server device 2 from the spectator terminal 6 watches the battle in real time. Realize.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a game watching screen D2 of a battle game performed by the game system 1B. As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, the spectator watching the match on the spectator terminal 6
A virtual space for watching games (hereinafter referred to as "watching space") T is displayed on the display units 66a and 66b (see Fig. 7) of the spectator terminal 6 so that the experience of watching games with a large number of people can be obtained at a stadium or the like. The image taken is displayed.

For example, the watching space T is a competition where computer games are held as a competition, so-called E.
It is a space that represents the venue of the sports (Electronic Sports) tournament, and in the watching space T, there is a huge screen B1 as a display object that displays the battle screen D in the battle game, and
Stage B2 and spectator seats B3 are generated. A character Q imitating an opponent who operates a character on the battle screen D is arranged on the stage B2, and the spectator seat B3 is operated by another user of the spectator terminal 6 or controlled by the CPU. Audience character R is placed. The spectator screen D2 is displayed from the viewpoint of the character arranged in the spectator seat B3.

Further, in the present embodiment, when watching a match of a user with an advertisement in a match game, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with an advertisement is displayed in the watching space T. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, display objects B4 and B5 different from the display objects B1 that project the battle screen D are generated on the left and right sides of the huge screen B1, and these display objects B4 and B5 are generated. The advertisement L such as the logo corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with the advertisement is displayed.

[Server device configuration]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the game system 1B. In the present embodiment, the configuration of the opponent terminal 3 is substantially the same as that in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. Further, in the present embodiment, the description of the server device 2 that overlaps with that of the first embodiment will be omitted, and the points different from those of the first embodiment will be mainly described.

In the present embodiment, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 not only transmits the advertisement information 22b to the user with the advertisement and the opponent terminal 3 of the opponent thereof, but also to the spectator terminal 6 for watching the battle of the user with the advertisement. Also sends advertising information 22b.

Further, in the present embodiment, the server device 2 also functions as a battle video transmission means 48 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 22. The battle video transmission means 48 transmits the battle video for the spectator to watch the game to the spectator terminal 6.

Specifically, the operation information corresponding to the operation on the operation unit 32 of the opponent is sent from each opponent terminal 3 of the opponent to the server device 2. The battle video transmission means 48 draws the same game image as the game image drawn on each opponent terminal 3 based on the operation information sent from each opponent terminal 3, and on each opponent terminal 3. Generates the same audio data as the generated digital game audio. In this way, the battle video transmission means 48 streams the video data and audio data of the battle game to be watched to the spectator terminal 6 via the communication network NW.

[Configuration of spectator terminals]
(Overall configuration of spectator terminals)
Next, the configuration of the spectator terminal 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

The spectator terminal 6 is a computer device that is operated and input by the user to watch the battle in the above-mentioned battle game. The spectator terminal 6 includes a control unit 61. Control unit 61
Is, for example, a CPU, which controls the operation of the spectator terminal 6. The control unit 61 includes the operation unit 62,
The storage unit 63, the acoustic output unit 64, and the communication I / F unit 65 are electrically connected by wire or wirelessly, respectively.

The operation unit 62 is a device that receives an operation for watching a battle game by a user and inputs operation information corresponding to the operation to the control unit 61. The operation unit 62 is a controller provided with an operator such as a button.

The storage unit 63 is composed of, for example, an HDD which is a large-capacity recording medium, a ROM which is a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM or a PROM, and a RAM including a DRAM or an SRAM. The storage unit 63 stores various programs and data for generating a watching space, characters arranged therein, and the like.

The sound output unit 64 is a device that outputs sounds such as game sounds in a battle game and cheers of spectators in a watching space, and is, for example, a speaker or headphones. More specifically, the audio processing unit (not shown) included in the spectator terminal 6 reproduces and synthesizes digital audio according to the instructions of the control unit 61, and then decodes the audio into an analog format to produce an acoustic output unit 64. Output from to the outside.

The communication I / F unit 65 is an interface for connecting the spectator terminal 6 to a communication network NW such as the Internet or a LAN. The spectator terminal 6 transmits / receives data to / from the server device 2 via the communication I / F unit 65.

Further, the spectator terminal 6 includes a head-mounted display (hereinafter, HMD) 66 that can be attached to the user's head. The HMD 66 is electrically connected to the control unit 61 and has a pair of display units 66a and 66b, an acceleration sensor 66c, and a gyro sensor 66d.

When the HMD 66 is attached to the user's head, the display unit 66a for the left eye and the display unit 66b for the right eye are arranged in front of the left eye and the right eye of the user, respectively. A virtual two-dimensional image for the left eye and a right eye having parallax taken by a pair of virtual cameras arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space for spectator by a graphic processing unit (not shown) included in the spectator terminal 6. Is generated and drawn in video format. The image drawn in the moving image format is displayed on the pair of display units 66a and 66b as the watching screen D2, respectively.

The accelerometer 66c and the gyro sensor 66d constitute a motion detection system that detects the motion of the user's head. The accelerometer 66c detects, for example, the direction of the HMD 66 with respect to the direction of gravity, that is, the inclination of the user's head. The gyro sensor 66d detects, for example, the angular velocity of the HMD 66, that is, the speed at which the user tilts or rotates his head. Accelerometer 66c
And according to the motion information obtained from the gyro sensor 66d, the orientation of the pair of virtual cameras that shoot the spectator space T is changed.

(Functional configuration of the control unit of the spectator terminal)
Further, FIG. 7 shows the functional configuration of the control unit 61 of the spectator terminal 6. The spectator terminal 6 functions as a spectator request means 71, a spectator space generation means 72, and an advertisement display means 73 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 63.

The spectator request means 71 is selected from the battles organized by the opponent determination means 42 of the server device 2.
A signal requesting to watch one match (hereinafter referred to as "watching request") is sent to the server device 2.
More specifically, a battle list that can be selected as a spectator target is sent from the server device 2 to the spectator terminal 6 by a predetermined operation input of the user of the spectator terminal 6, and is displayed on the display units 66a and 66b. When the user of the spectator terminal 6 selects one match from the match list, a spectator request for that match is sent to the server device 2.

The spectator space generation means 72 generates a virtual spectator space T for watching the battle of the battle screen D in the battle game based on the data stored in the storage unit 63. The spectator space generation means 72 is provided in the spectator space T with a player character operated by the spectator and display objects B1 and B4.
, B5, stage B2, spectator seat B3, opponent character Q, spectator character R, etc. Further, the spectator space generation means 72 displays the battle video sent from the battle video transmission means 48 of the server device 2 on the display object B1 as the battle screen D.

The advertisement display means 73 displays an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the watching space T when a user with an advertisement plays a match. In the present embodiment, the advertisement display means 73 displays an advertisement L such as a logo corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with the advertisement on the display objects B4 and B5 in the watching space T.

The spectator video display means 74 displays the spectator video captured by the pair of virtual cameras described above in the spectator space T on which the advertisement is displayed on the pair of display units 66a and 66b of the HMD 66 in the spectator terminal 6.

[Game system processing flow]
Next, an example of the flow of each operation executed in the above-mentioned game system 1B will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the operation of the opponent terminal 2 is the battle video transmission means 48.
It is almost the same as the first embodiment except that the information for generating the battle video is transmitted to the server device 3. Therefore, in the following, the description of the operation related to the opponent terminal 3 will be omitted.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation flow of the game system 1B when watching a battle of a battle game on the spectator terminal 6.

As shown in FIG. 8, by the operation input of the user of the spectator terminal 6, the spectator request means 71 requests to watch one match from the match set up by the opponent determination means 42 of the server device 2. Send the watching request to the server device 2 (step T1). In the server device 2, the battle video transmitting means 48 receives the spectator request and transmits the battle video for watching the requested battle to the spectator terminal 6 in real time (step T2).

Further, the control unit 21 of the server device 2 determines whether or not a user with an advertisement is included in the opponent of the battle requested to watch the game (step T3). When the opponent of the match requested to watch the game includes a user with an advertisement (step T3: YES), the advertisement information transmitting means 43 of the server device 2 uses the advertisement information 22b associated with the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement. To the spectator terminal 6 (step T4). If the opponent does not include the user with the advertisement (step T3: NO), the advertisement information transmitting means 43 of the server device 2 does not transmit the advertisement information 22b to the spectator terminal 6.

In the spectator terminal 6, the spectator space generation means 72 generates a virtual spectator space T for watching the battle on the battle screen D (step T5). In addition, the space generation means 72 for watching games is step T2.
The battle video transmitted in is displayed on the display object B1.

Further, in the spectator terminal 6, the advertisement display means 73 determines whether or not the advertisement information 22b has been received (step T6). When the advertisement information 22b is received, that is, when watching a match of a user with an advertisement, the advertisement display means 73 displays an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the watching space T (step T7).

In the game system 1B according to the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement beats the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is associated with the identification information 22a of the opponent user. For this reason, the advertisement is displayed in the spectator space T for watching the match of a user having a high skill in the match game, that is, a user having a high degree of attention, so that the advertisement effect can be enhanced.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the game program 38a and the game data 38b for executing the battle game may be stored in the storage unit 34 without going through the game media 38. For example, the game program 38a and the game data 38b may be stored in the storage unit 34 by receiving the game program 38a and the game data 38b from the server device 2 or a server device different from the server device 2 via the communication network NW.

Further, each of the devices 2, 3 and 6 constituting the game systems 1A and 1B does not have to be a single device, and may be composed of a plurality of devices. For example, the operation unit 32, the display unit 33, the storage unit 34, and the acoustic output unit 35 are separate devices that are electrically connected by wire or wirelessly to the device main body including the control unit 31 of the opponent terminal 3. There may be.

Further, in the above embodiment, the server system of the game systems 1A and 1B is one server device.
Although it was configured by 2, the server system of the game system of the present invention may be configured to include a plurality of server devices.

Further, the spectator terminal 6 in the second embodiment may be the same game device as the opponent terminal 2. The opponent terminal 2 may be used to watch a match between other opponent terminals 2, or the spectator terminal 6 may be used to play a match in a battle game. Further, the game program 38a and the game data 38b for executing the battle game may be stored in the storage unit 63 of the spectator terminal 6, and by executing the game program 38a, the spectator terminal 6 can store the game program 38a and the game data 38b. It may be possible to watch the match.

Further, in the second embodiment, the HMD66 is adopted as the display for displaying the spectator screen D2, but the spectator terminal 6 is the HMD66 as the display for displaying the spectator screen D2.
Alternatively, a display with one display unit may be provided.

Further, the battle game described in the above embodiment may be a game that progresses by the P2P communication method, or may be a game that progresses the battle game on the server device 2 to which each opponent terminal 3 is connected. good. In the case of a battle game progressed by the server device 2, the server device 2 may function as a battle space generation means 52a or the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, a one-to-one fighting game is exemplified as a fighting game, but for example, the fighting game may be a game in which three or more users participate in a fighting game, or a team-to-team fighting game. It may be a team battle game. Further, the battle game is not limited to a game in which the victory or defeat is determined by the player characters operated by the opponent directly playing against each other, and any game may be used as long as the opponent can determine the victory or defeat according to a predetermined rule. For example, the battle game may be a game in which a player character operated by each of the matched opponents plays against a non-player character (NPC) controlled by the CPU. In this case, the winner may be the one whose opponent has the shortest time to defeat the NPC (so-called time attack), or the one whose damage received from the NPC within a predetermined time is small.

Further, the association means 44 may maintain the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement when the user with the advertisement is defeated by the opponent user in the battle game. In this case, each time the user with the advertisement loses, the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b increases, and the number of users with the advertisement can be increased.

Further, the display mode of the advertisement of the advertisement display means 52b in the first embodiment is not limited to pasting the texture corresponding to the advertisement information 22b on the costume of the character corresponding to the user with the advertisement.

For example, the advertisement display means 52b may attach a texture corresponding to the advertisement information 22b to the character's body, weapon, projectile, and special move, in addition to the character costume corresponding to the user with the advertisement. Alternatively, the advertisement display means 52b may arrange an object (including a character object such as a round girl or a background character indicating an advertisement) corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the virtual space S.

For example, a character model with an advertisement in which an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b is shown in the storage unit 34 of the opponent terminal 3 as data of the character model operated by the user in the battle game, in addition to the normal character model. The data may be stored. Then, the advertisement display means 52b may arrange the character operated by the user with the advertisement in the virtual space S in the character model with the advertisement when the user with the advertisement plays a match.

Further, in the display mode of the advertisement of the advertisement display means 73 in the second embodiment, the advertisement L such as the logo corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with the advertisement is displayed on the display objects B4 and B5 in the watching space T. Not limited to. For example, the advertisement display means 73 may arrange an object corresponding to the advertisement information 22b (including a character object such as an opponent character Q or an spectator character R indicating an advertisement) in the spectator space T.

Further, the user may be able to select the mode of displaying the advertisement by the advertisement display means 52b and 73.

Further, the standby screen display means 55 does not necessarily have to display the battle video of the user with the advertisement on the display unit 33 until the opponent is determined. For example, when the opponent determination means 42 cannot find an opponent, the standby screen display means 55 displays the battle video of the user with the advertisement until the opponent is found, or the operation is controlled by the CPU. The user may be able to select whether or not to play a battle against the player character in the battle game.

The operations of the control units 21, 31, and 61 of the server device 2, the opponent terminal 3, and the spectator terminal 6 are not limited to the examples described in the above embodiments. For example, the control unit 21 may not include the video search means 46, the standby video transmission means 47, and the like, and the control unit 31 may not include the search condition means 54, the standby screen means 55, and the like.

Further, a plurality of types of advertisement information 22b may be stored in the storage unit 22 of the server device 2. Further, a plurality of types of advertising information 22b may be associated with the identification information 22a of one user. For example, when a match is played in a tournament format such as an esports tournament, different types of advertising information 22b may be associated with the identification information 22a of a plurality of opponents participating in the tournament. In this case, the advertising information 22b of the opponent is taken over by the identification information 22a of the opponent who wins the tournament. As a result, in the virtual space S and / or the spectator space T of the final of the tournament, the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of all the opponents who participated in the tournament is displayed.

Further, in the second embodiment, the arrangement of the characters corresponding to the spectators in the spectator space T, that is, the position of the virtual camera in the spectator space T may change depending on the degree of contribution to the game. For example, the more time, the number of battles, the number of logins, etc. played in the battle game in the past, the more the character corresponding to the spectator is displayed in the spectator space T, the display object B1.
It may be placed in a seat close to. Alternatively, for example, the more times the user with the advertisement has seen the match in the past, the more the character corresponding to the spectator may be placed in the seat closer to the display object B1 in the spectator space T.

Further, in the first embodiment, after the battle in the battle game is completed, the battle result transmission means 52d of all the opponent terminals 3 that have played in the battle game transmits the battle result to the server device 2, but the battle game The battle result transmission means 52d of a part of the battle result terminal 3 in the battle result may transmit the battle result to the server device 2.

Further, in the first embodiment, when the advertisement information transmitting means 43 receives the battle request from the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is transmitted to the opponent terminal 3 but the advertisement. The timing of transmitting the information 22b is not limited to this. For example, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 may transmit the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 when the account is received from the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement.

Further, in the second embodiment, the advertisement is displayed in both the battle space S and the spectator space T, but the advertisement may be displayed in only one of the battle space S and the spectator space T. ..

Further, in the second embodiment, the battle video transmitting means 48 for sending the battle video for the spectator to watch may send the operation information sent from each fighter terminal 2 to the spectator terminal 6 as it is. .. In this case, in the spectator terminal 6, the spectator space generation means 72 produces the same game image as the game image drawn by each spectator terminal 3 based on the operation information sent from the battle video transmission means 48. Display (draw) on the display object B1 as the battle screen D.

Even when these other embodiments are adopted, the effects of the present invention are exhibited. Further, it is also possible to appropriately combine this embodiment with other embodiments and other embodiments.

In the first and second embodiments described above, when the opponent user who is the opponent of the user with the advertisement in the battle beats the user with the advertisement, the association means 44 advertises in the identification information 22a of the opponent user. It is possible to obtain a certain advertising effect without associating the information 22b. For example, the associating means 44 may associate the advertising information 22b with the identification information 22a of a user who is known to have a particularly high skill in a competitive game, such as a professional gamer. Then, the association means 44 does not have to associate the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the opponent even if the user with high skill loses to the opponent. In this way, even if the association means 44 does not change the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a according to the outcome of the match, the identification information 22a of a user known to have particularly high skill such as a professional gamer can be used. By associating the advertising information 22b, the match will be noticed, and it can be expected that the advertising effect will be enhanced.

1A, 1B: Game system
2: Server device
3: Opponent terminal (competition computer)
6: Terminal for spectators (computer for spectators)
22: Memory
22a: Identification information
22b: Advertising information
33: Display
41: Identification information management means
42: Opponent determination means
43: Advertising information transmission method
44: Association means
45: Competitive video storage method
46: Video search method
51: Match request means
52: Game progress means
52a: Battle space generation means (virtual space generation means)
52b: Advertising display means
55: Standby screen display means
72: Space generation means for watching games (virtual space generation means)
73: Watching video display means
74: Advertising display means
NW: Communication network
S: Battle space (virtual space)
T: Watching space (virtual space)

Claims (9)

A game system including a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in a battle game, and a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
The storage unit stores identification information that identifies each of the plurality of users.
Virtual space generation means to generate virtual space and
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
An opponent determination means for accepting an opponent request transmitted from the plurality of computers to the server system, determining an opponent based on predetermined conditions, and forming an opponent.
When a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) plays the battle with the opponent before the opponent is determined by the opponent determination means, the virtual space An advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information in the
A battle result transmission means for transmitting the battle result to the server system after the battle in the battle game is completed is provided.
When the server system receives the match result, the association means means that the opponent of the user with the advertisement in the match (hereinafter referred to as an opponent user) wins the user with the advertisement. A game system that associates the advertising information with the identification information of the user. The game system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of advertising information are stored in the storage unit, and the plurality of types of advertising information can be associated with the identification information of one user. The computer has a display unit that displays a match played by the user.
A battle video storage means for storing the battle videos of the plurality of users in the battle game in the storage unit,
A standby screen display means for displaying a standby screen including the battle video stored in the storage unit on the display unit from the time when the opponent determination means receives the battle request until the opponent is determined. The game system according to claim 1 or 2. A plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in a battle game, a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers, and a spectator who watches the battle in the battle game. A game system equipped with a computer for
The storage unit stores identification information that identifies each of the plurality of users.
Virtual space generation means to generate virtual space and
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
An advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information in the virtual space when a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter, a user with an advertisement) plays the battle.
A spectator space generation means for generating a virtual spectator space for watching a match in the battle game, and a spectator space generation means.
A spectator video display means for displaying a spectator image taken by a virtual camera arranged in the spectator space on the display of the spectator computer is provided.
The associating means associates the advertisement information with the identification information of the opponent user, provided that the opponent of the user with the advertisement (hereinafter referred to as the opponent user) in the match wins the user with the advertisement. ,
A game system in which the position of the virtual camera in the spectator space is determined according to the degree of contribution of the spectator to the battle game. A game system equipped with a computer for spectators who watch a match in a match game.
A spectator space generation means for generating a virtual spectator space for watching a match in the battle game, and a spectator space generation means.
A spectator video display means for displaying a spectator image taken by a virtual camera arranged in the spectator space on the display of the spectator computer is provided.
The position of the virtual camera in the spectator space is determined according to the degree of contribution of the spectator to the battle game.
The game system includes a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in the battle game, and a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
A battle space generation means for generating a battle space in which a battle is performed in the battle game,
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
When a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) plays the battle, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information is placed in one or both of the battle space and the watching space. Equipped with an advertisement display means to display,
The degree of contribution is determined based on the number of times the spectator has seen the match of the user with the advertisement in the match game in the past. A game system equipped with a computer for spectators who watch a match in a match game.
A spectator space generation means for generating a virtual spectator space for watching a match in the battle game, and a spectator space generation means.
A spectator video display means for displaying a spectator image taken by a virtual camera arranged in the spectator space on the display of the spectator computer is provided.
The position of the virtual camera in the spectator space is determined according to the degree of contribution of the spectator to the battle game.
In the spectator space, a display object for displaying the battle screen in the battle game is arranged.
The greater the degree of contribution, the closer the virtual camera is to the display object in the spectator space.
The game system includes a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in the battle game, and a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
A battle space generation means for generating a battle space in which a battle is performed in the battle game,
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
When a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) plays the battle, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information is placed in one or both of the battle space and the watching space. Equipped with an advertisement display means to display,
The degree of contribution is determined based on the number of times the spectator has seen the match of the user with the advertisement in the match game in the past. A game system equipped with a computer for spectators who watch a match in a match game.
A spectator space generation means for generating a virtual spectator space for watching a match in the battle game, and a spectator space generation means.
A spectator video display means for displaying a spectator image taken by a virtual camera arranged in the spectator space on the display of the spectator computer is provided.
The position of the virtual camera in the spectator space is determined according to the degree of contribution of the spectator to the battle game.
The degree of contribution is determined based on the play time or the number of times of the spectator in the battle game in the past.
The game system includes a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in the battle game, and a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
A battle space generation means for generating a battle space in which a battle is performed in the battle game,
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
When a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) plays the battle, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information is placed in one or both of the battle space and the watching space. Equipped with an advertisement display means to display,
The degree of contribution is determined based on the number of times the spectator has seen the match of the user with the advertisement in the match game in the past. A game system equipped with a computer for spectators who watch a match in a match game.
A spectator space generation means for generating a virtual spectator space for watching a match in the battle game, and a spectator space generation means.
A spectator video display means for displaying a spectator image taken by a virtual camera arranged in the spectator space on the display of the spectator computer is provided.
The position of the virtual camera in the spectator space is determined according to the degree of contribution of the spectator to the battle game.
In the spectator space, a display object for displaying the battle screen in the battle game is arranged.
The greater the degree of contribution, the closer the virtual camera is to the display object in the spectator space.
The degree of contribution is determined based on the play time or the number of times of the spectator in the battle game in the past.
The game system includes a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in the battle game, and a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
A battle space generation means for generating a battle space in which a battle is performed in the battle game,
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
When a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) plays the battle, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information is placed in one or both of the battle space and the watching space. Equipped with an advertisement display means to display,
The degree of contribution is determined based on the number of times the spectator has seen the match of the user with the advertisement in the match game in the past. A game system including a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who play a battle in a battle game, and a server system that has a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
The storage unit stores identification information that identifies each of the plurality of users.
Virtual space generation means to generate virtual space and
An association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit.
It is provided with an advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information in the virtual space when a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter, a user with an advertisement) plays the battle. ,
The associating means associates the advertisement information with the identification information of the user with the advertisement, provided that the opponent of the user with the advertisement (hereinafter referred to as the opponent user) in the match wins the user with the advertisement. A game system that maintains and associates the advertising information with the identification information of the opponent user.

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