JP7254050B2 - Control program, control method, and game device - Google Patents

Description

The embodiments disclosed in this specification relate to control programs, control methods, and game devices.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a game device that displays a plurality of game medium images, such as card images representing cards and character images representing characters, and progresses a game in accordance with a user's predetermined operation on each game medium image.

For example, Patent Literature 1 describes a game device that displays a plurality of card images arranged on a game field and progresses a battle game using the displayed plurality of card images. This game device can not only place other card images side by side on the top, bottom, left, and right of the placed card images already placed on the game field in accordance with the user's operation, but can also place other card images on the placed card images. Can be placed on top of each other.

JP 2014-136123 A

However, in a conventional game device, when the size of the display screen is small relative to the shape and/or number of the plurality of game content images to be displayed, some of the game content images are not displayed. Sometimes it was not displayed on the screen. Therefore, the user of this game device needs to scroll the display screen, enlarge and/or reduce the display screen, and the like in order to grasp the game content image to be displayed.

Further, in a conventional game device, when a plurality of game medium images are displayed in an overlapping manner, the user can identify the top game medium image, but it is difficult for the user to grasp the other cards. There were many

As described above, in the conventional game device, when displaying game elements such as a plurality of game contents, there is a problem that the browsability of the plurality of game elements is deteriorated.

The disclosed game device control program, control method, and game device make it possible to improve the visibility of information indicating game elements such as game media to be displayed.

The control program is a control program for a game device comprising one or more computer processors, a display device having a display screen, and a storage device, wherein the storage device associates each of a plurality of game media with a plurality of and associated with one game content in one or more computer processors when a display condition of a first display area corresponding to one game content out of a plurality of game media is satisfied. a plurality of objects are arranged in the first display area and displayed on the display screen of the display unit, and the display condition of the second display area corresponding to one game content and different from the first display area is satisfied; , at least one of a plurality of objects associated with one game content is arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display unit.

Further, in the control program, the game medium is a game character used in a game executed by the game device, and each of the plurality of objects associated with the game medium displays a plurality of pieces of information about the game character. preferably.

Further, in the control program, the display condition of the first display area corresponding to one game content is a display in which the display order of one game content is determined based on a predetermined parameter of each of the plurality of game media. Preferably, the condition is that it is first in order.

Further, in the control program, the display condition of the second display area corresponding to one game content is a display in which the display order of one game content is determined based on a predetermined parameter of each of the plurality of game media. It is preferable that the condition is that the second order in the order is different from the first order.

Further, in the control program, when at least one object among a plurality of objects associated with one game medium is arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display unit, the second object is displayed by the user. When the inside of the display area is specified, a new first display area is set instead of the second display area, and a plurality of objects associated with one game medium are arranged in the new first display area. It is preferable to display on the display screen of the display unit.

Further, in the control program, when the user performs the first operation on the plurality of game media, the display condition of the first display area corresponding to the predetermined game media among the plurality of game media is satisfied, and the plurality of game media is displayed. It is preferable that the display condition of the second display area corresponding to the game media other than the predetermined game media out of the game media is satisfied.

Further, in the control program, when there are two or more game media other than the predetermined game media, two or more second display areas corresponding to the two or more game media are provided along predetermined lines. Preferably, the first display area is provided adjacent to the second display area at one end of the predetermined line.

Further, in the control program, the instruction to display the list is such that a plurality of objects associated with the predetermined game content are displayed, and at least some of the plurality of objects associated with game media other than the predetermined game content are displayed. is not displayed, the instruction is preferably input in response to the user performing a direction instruction operation from the first display area.

Further, in the control program, when the parameter value related to the distance from the first input position related to the direction instruction operation by the user exceeds a predetermined value, a second game medium corresponding to a game medium other than the predetermined game medium among the plurality of game mediums is detected. It is preferable that the display conditions for one display area are satisfied.

Further, in the control program, when the display of a plurality of game media is arranged on the game field, the display condition of the first display area corresponding to one game medium is the one game medium arranged on the game field. is preferably included in the display screen of the display unit.

Further, in the control program, the display condition of the second display area corresponding to one game content is a condition that part of the one game content arranged on the game field is included in the display screen of the display unit. is preferred.

Further, in the control program, if a part of one game medium placed on the game field satisfies a predetermined non-display condition, the display condition of the second display area corresponding to the one game medium may not be satisfied. preferable.

Further, in the control program, the priority of each object associated with the second display area is stored in the storage unit, and when the display condition of the second display area corresponding to one game medium is satisfied, the second display is performed. Objects to be placed in the region are preferably selected based on priority.

Also, in the control program, it is preferable that the priority is determined based on the state information of the game device or the information on the size or shape of the display screen of the display unit.

Also, in the control program, the priority is preferably determined based on the progress of the game executed by the game device.

A control method is a control method for a game device comprising one or more computer processors, a display device having a display screen, and a storage device, wherein the storage device associates each of a plurality of game media with a plurality of and the one or more computer processors are associated with one game content when a display condition of a first display area corresponding to one game content among the plurality of game media is satisfied. a plurality of objects are arranged in the first display area and displayed on the display screen of the display unit, and the display condition of the second display area corresponding to one game content and different from the first display area is satisfied; , at least one of a plurality of objects associated with one game content is arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display unit.

A game device includes a display device having a display screen, a storage device that stores information about a plurality of objects in association with each of a plurality of game media, and a first object corresponding to one of the plurality of game media. When the display condition of the display area is satisfied, a plurality of objects associated with one game content are arranged in the first display area and displayed on the display screen of the display unit, corresponding to the one game content, When a display condition for a second display area different from the first display area is satisfied, at least one object among a plurality of objects associated with one game content is arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display unit. and one or more computer processors that perform:

The game device control program, control method, and game device make it possible to improve the visibility of information indicating game elements such as game media to be displayed.

It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of a game system. It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of a server apparatus. (a) is a diagram showing an example of a game screen displayed on a display device of a terminal device, and (b) and (c) are diagrams showing an example of an object arranged in a display area. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting of a display area according to user's operation; It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. (a) and (c) are diagrams showing an example of setting of a display area according to a user's operation, and (b) and (d) are diagrams showing an example of objects arranged in the display area. . It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen displayed on the display device of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the organization screen displayed on the display apparatus of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the organization screen displayed on the display apparatus of a terminal device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a battle game screen displayed on the display device of the terminal device; (a) is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a game content table, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a basic area arrangement table. (a) is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a changing area application table, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a changing area shape table. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a variable area arrangement table; It is a figure which shows an example of the operation|movement sequence of a game system. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation flow of display processing; FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation flow of screen display processing; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow of game content display processing; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of multiple game medium images arranged on a game stage; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a display range displayed on a plurality of game content images and a display screen; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of objects arranged in a display area; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a changing area object displayed after an extracting instruction;

Various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. However, it should be noted that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to those embodiments, but extends to the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

(Overview of game device)
A game device according to the present embodiment is, for example, a terminal device such as a multifunctional mobile phone (so-called "smartphone") owned by a user. A game device can progress at least one type of game. Game content appears in a game that progresses on the game device, and the game device displays one or more pieces of information about the game content in accordance with user operations or progress of the game. A game content is electronic data used in a game that progresses on a game device, and includes, for example, characters, items, and the like. Game media are not limited to characters and items, but may be avatars, cards, or the like. Game media may be points, parameters, or the like. A game medium is any electronic data that can be acquired, possessed, used, managed, exchanged, combined, enhanced, sold, discarded, and/or gifted by a player in the game as the game progresses. It may be data, and the mode of use of the game media is not limited to what is specified in this specification.

A game device, for example, displays a plurality of pieces of information about game media on each of a plurality of objects arranged in a predetermined display area. When the game medium is a character, each of the objects displays one of a plurality of pieces of information such as the character's name, image, attributes, and the like. The game device stores game media in association with a plurality of objects displaying information about the game media.

A game device stores information about at least two types of display areas as display areas corresponding to one game medium. Each of the at least two types of display areas has a shape different from each other. At least two types of display areas may have the same shape.

The game device arranges, in the first display area, a plurality of objects each displaying a plurality of pieces of information related to one game content when a display condition for the first display area corresponding to one game content is satisfied. displayed. In addition, the game device, when the display condition of the second display area corresponding to the one game content is satisfied, at least one object out of the plurality of objects in which each of the plurality of information related to the one game content is displayed. is arranged and displayed in the second display area. The second display area is different from the first display area, and has a smaller area than the first display area, for example.

The display condition of the first display area for one game content is, for example, that when information about a plurality of game media is displayed in a predetermined display order, the display order for one game content is first. be. In this case, the display condition of the second display area for the one game content is that the one game content is displayed second or later.

For example, the first display area may correspond to the shape of the base object that imitates a card or the like. In this case, the base object has a plurality of objects on which each piece of information about the game content is displayed in the corresponding first display area. The base object is displayed to introduce or explain the corresponding game content to the user. A base object may be displayed in a selectable manner for use, purchase, transfer, sale, etc. in a game by a user for corresponding game content.

In addition, the information displayed on the plurality of objects arranged within the display area is not limited to information on game media. For example, information on game stages, information on game rules, information on users playing the game, information on other games, and the like may be displayed on the object. In this way, each piece of information about game elements such as game media and game stages may be displayed on a plurality of objects.

As described above, in the game device of the present embodiment, pieces of information about multiple game elements are arranged and displayed in multiple types of display areas. In this case, the number of game elements to be displayed increases because the amount of information of each game element when the display condition of the second display area is satisfied is reduced. As a result, the game device of the present embodiment can improve the visibility of information indicating game elements such as game media to be displayed. Furthermore, in the game device of the present embodiment, by improving the listability of information indicating game elements, interactive operability for the user using the game device is improved. In addition, in the game device of the present embodiment, it is possible to realize various display modes of the game elements compared to the case where the display area of the game elements does not change (there is only one type of display area of the game elements), and , the degree of freedom of layout for arranging game elements on the display screen is increased. As a result, in the game device of this embodiment, the player's visibility of each game element and/or the player's ability to distinguish each game element is improved, and the operability of the user using the game device is also improved. These effects are exhibited more remarkably when the game device is a mobile information terminal having a small display screen, such as a tablet terminal, a mobile game machine, a mobile information terminal, or a smart phone.

(Game system 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a game system 1. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a game system 1. As shown in FIG. A game system 1 includes a terminal device 2 operated by a user and a server device 3 . The terminal device 2 and the server device 3 are interconnected via a communication network such as a base station 4, a mobile communication network 5, a gateway 6, and the Internet 7, for example. Communication is performed between the terminal device 2 and the server device 3 based on a predetermined communication protocol. The predetermined communication protocol is, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or the like.

The terminal device 2 is an information processing device such as a smart phone. The terminal device 2 may be a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), an electronic book reader, a wearable computer, or the like. The terminal device 2 may be a portable game machine, a game console, a notebook PC, or the like. The terminal device 2 may be any information processing device capable of displaying a game screen or the like based on various data transmitted from the server device 3 .

Although one server device 3 is illustrated as a component of the game system 1 in FIG. 1, the server device 3 may be a set of a plurality of physically separate server devices. In this case, each of the plurality of server devices may have the same function, or may have the functions of one server device 3 in a distributed manner.

The terminal device 2 is an example of a game device that progresses the game, but the game device is not limited to the terminal device 2 . For example, the server device 3 may be used as a game device. Also, the game system 1 including the terminal device 2 and the server device 3 may be used as a game device.

(Terminal device 2)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG.

Terminal device 2 connects to server device 3 via base station 4 , mobile communication network 5 , gateway 6 , and Internet 7 and communicates with server device 3 . The terminal device 2 generates various requests and the like and transmits them to the server device 3 according to various instructions input by the user. The terminal device 2 also receives various game data and the like transmitted from the server device 3 and displays various screens. Therefore, the terminal device includes a communication I/F 21 , a storage device 22 , a display device 23 , an input device 24 and a processor 25 .

The communication I/F 21 is implemented as hardware, firmware, communication software such as a TCP/IP driver or PPP driver, or a combination thereof. The terminal device 2 can transmit data to and receive data from other devices such as the server device 3 via the communication I/F 21 .

The storage device 22 is, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (Random Access Memory). The storage device 22 stores operating system programs, driver programs, application programs, data, and the like used for processing in the processor 25 . The driver programs stored in the storage device 22 include an output device driver program that controls the display device 23, an input device driver program that controls the input device 24, and the like. The application program stored in the storage device 22 is a control program or the like for displaying various screens such as a game screen or an organization screen based on display data from the server device 3 and/or various data stored in the storage device 22. . The data stored in the storage device 22 includes identification information for uniquely identifying a user (for example, a user ID (identification)), display data for displaying various screens, game media used by the user in games, and the like. be. The storage device 22 stores a game content table T1, a basic area arrangement table T2, a changed area application table T3, a changed area shape table T4, and a changed area arrangement table T5, which will be described later. The storage device 22 may also temporarily store data related to predetermined processing.

The display device 23 is a liquid crystal display. The display device 23 may be an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display or the like. The display device 23 displays moving images corresponding to moving image data supplied from the processor 25, still images corresponding to still image data, and the like. In addition, the display device 23 may not be a component of the terminal device 2. In this case, the display device 23 may be a head mounted display (HMD) capable of communicating with the terminal device 2 via wired or wireless communication. ), a projector for projection mapping, a retinal projection type projector, or the like.

The input device 24 is a pointing device such as a touch panel or a mouse. The input device 24 may be an input key or the like. The input device 24 may be a game controller device. The input device 24 may be a motion sensor such as an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, a displacement sensor, or an azimuth sensor. The input device 24 may be a tracking device, such as an image sensor, an infrared center, an optical sensor, etc., that detects movement of the user's hand and/or fingers, or the like. When the input device 24 is a touch panel, the input device 24 can detect various touch operations such as tap, double tap, drag, swipe, pinch in, pinch out, long press, flick, and touch off. The touch panel may include a capacitive proximity sensor and be configured to detect a user's non-contact operation. The user can use the input device 24 to input characters, numbers and symbols, positions on the display screen of the display device 23, and the like. The input device 24 generates a signal corresponding to the operation when operated by the user. The input device 24 then supplies the generated signals to the processor 25 as user instructions.

Processor 25 is a processing device that loads into memory operating system programs, driver programs and application programs stored in storage device 22 and executes instructions contained in the loaded programs. The processor 25 is, for example, an electronic circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), MPU (Micro Processing Unit), DSP (Digital Signal Processor), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or a combination of various electronic circuits. The processor 25 may be implemented by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or an MCU (Micro Controller Unit). Although processor 25 is illustrated as a single component in FIG. 2, processor 25 may be a collection of multiple physically separate processors.

The processor 25 functions as a progress processing unit 251 and a display processing unit 252 by executing various commands included in the control program.

(Server device 3)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the server device 3. As shown in FIG.

The server device 3 has a function of managing various information used in the game according to instructions from the terminal device 2 . The server device 3 also has a function of transmitting various game data used in the game to the terminal device 2 . For that purpose, the server device 3 includes a communication I/F 31 , a storage device 32 and a processor 33 .

The communication I/F 31 is implemented as hardware, firmware, communication software such as a TCP/IP driver or PPP driver, or a combination thereof. The server device 3 can transmit data to and receive data from other devices via the communication I/F 31 .

The storage device 32 is, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as ROM and RAM. The storage device 32 may be, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or various other storage devices capable of storing data. The storage device 32 stores operating system programs, driver programs, application programs, data, and the like used for processing in the processor 33 . The computer program stored in the storage device 32 may be installed in the storage device 32 using a known setup program or the like from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.

The data stored in the storage device 32 is game progress data of each user (data related to game results, identification data for identifying game stages already played and cleared by the user, etc.). In addition, the storage device 32 stores various game data related to the progress of the game (a game content table T1, a basic area arrangement table T2, a changing area application table T3, a changing area shape table T4, a changing area arrangement table T5, and objects, which will be described later). image data, etc.). The storage device 32 may temporarily store data related to predetermined processing. In other words, the storage device 32 may include a volatile memory (random access memory, RAM) and store dynamic data that varies according to the progress of the game.

Processor 33 is a processing device that loads into memory operating system programs, driver programs and application programs stored in storage device 32 and executes instructions contained in the loaded programs. The processor 33 is, for example, an electronic circuit such as a CPU, MPU, DSP, or GPU, or a combination of various electronic circuits. The processor 33 may be realized by an integrated circuit such as ASIC, PLD, FPGA, MCU. Although processor 33 is illustrated as a single component in FIG. 3, processor 33 may be a collection of multiple physically separate processors.

The processor 33 functions as a server reception unit 331, a data acquisition unit 332, a server transmission unit 333, and a storage processing unit 334 by executing various instructions included in an application program (control program) stored in the storage device 32. do.

4 to 16, the functions of the progress processing unit 251 and the display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2, the server reception unit 331, the data acquisition unit 332, the server transmission unit 333 of the server device 3, and the A function of the memory processing unit 334 will be described.

(Game screen 800)
FIG. 4A shows an example of a game screen 800 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. FIG. The game screen 800 is displayed, for example, when a control program (eg, game application program) stored in the storage device 22 is activated in response to a start instruction input by the user operating the input device 24. The game screen 800 may be displayed when the user instructs display of the game screen 800 during the progress of the game. An example of display processing of the game screen 800 when the game application program is started will be described below.

For example, when an activation icon or the like (not shown) indicating a game application program displayed on the display device 23 is designated by the user operating the input device 24, a start instruction is input from the input device 24 to the progress processing unit 251. be. When the progress processing unit 251 acquires a start instruction from the input device 24, the progress processing unit 251 reads out and executes the game application program stored in the storage device 22. FIG. When the game application program is executed, progress processing unit 251 transmits a data request to server device 3 via communication I/F 21 .

When the server reception unit 331 of the server device 3 receives a data request from the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F 31, the data acquisition unit 332 of the server device 3 acquires various tables T1 to T1 stored in the storage device 32. Image data and the like of T5 and objects are acquired. Next, the server transmission unit 333 of the server device 3 transmits various tables T1 to T5 and the like acquired by the data acquisition unit 332 to the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F 31 . When the progress processing unit 251 of the terminal device 2 receives various tables T1 to T5 and the like from the server device 3 via the communication I/F 21, it stores the received information in the storage device 22. FIG. The display processing unit 252 extracts display data for displaying various objects stored in the storage device 22 according to various commands included in the game application program, and displays the game screen 800 .

The display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2 stores the execution environment of the terminal device 2 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as user environment) in the storage device 22 at least from the start of the game until the end of the game. do. The user environment includes information indicating that the rectangular display screen of the display device 23 is displayed vertically (the short side of the display screen is the upper side), and the rectangular display screen of the display device 23. is displayed horizontally (the long side of the display screen is the top side). The user environment may be information indicating the model of the terminal device 2 . Also, the user environment may be information indicating a start-up mode (for example, whether it is an energy-saving mode or not). Also, the user environment may be information related to priority display.

When the game executed by the game application program ends, the progress processing unit 251 stores various game progress data (various parameters of the character operated by the user (level, experience value, game progress, etc.) according to the progress of the game. , to the server apparatus 3 via the communication I/F 21. The process of transmitting various game progress data may be executed at regular intervals, or at a predetermined timing according to the user's operation in the game. When the server reception unit 331 of the server device 3 receives various game progress data from the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F 31, the storage processing unit 334 of the server device 3 stores the received various data. A server registration process for storing the game progress data in the storage device 32 is executed.

As shown in FIG. 4(a), the game screen 800 includes a list screen display button 801, an organization screen display button 802, and a battle game screen display button 803. As shown in FIG.

A list screen display button 801 is a button object for designating list screens 830 and 840, which will be described later. When the display area of the list screen display button 801 is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24 , the display processing unit 251 acquires screen display instructions for the list screens 830 and 840 from the input device 24 . The display processing unit 251 ends the display of the game screen 800 in response to acquisition of the screen display instruction, and displays list screens 830 and 840 based on various tables T1 to T5 and image data of objects stored in the storage device 22. It is displayed on the display device 23 . When the list screens 830 and 840 are displayed on the display device 23 , the display processing unit 251 stores information indicating that the list screen is being displayed as the game mode in the storage device 22 .

The organization screen display button 802 is a button object for instructing the organization screen 850, which will be described later. When the display area of the organization screen display button 802 is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24 , the display processing unit 251 acquires a screen display instruction for the organization screen 850 from the input device 24 . The display processing unit 251 ends the display of the game screen 800 in response to acquisition of the screen display instruction, and displays the organization screen 850 on the basis of various tables T1 to T5 and object image data stored in the storage device 22. 23. When the organization screen 850 is displayed on the display device 23 , the display processing unit 251 stores information indicating that the organization screen is being displayed as the game mode in the storage device 22 .

The battle game screen display button 803 is a button object for designating a battle game screen 860, which will be described later. When the display area of the battle game screen display button 803 is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24 , the display processing unit 251 acquires a screen display instruction for the battle game screen 860 from the input device 24 . The display processing unit 251 ends the display of the game screen 800 in response to acquisition of the screen display instruction, and displays a battle game screen 860 based on various tables T1 to T5 and image data of objects stored in the storage device 22. Displayed on device 23 . When displaying the battle game screen 860 on the display device 23 , the display processing unit 251 stores information indicating that the battle game screen is being displayed as the game mode in the storage device 22 .

FIGS. 4B and 4C are diagrams showing examples of objects arranged in the display area within each screen.

(Basic area 810)
FIG. 4(b) is for explaining the arrangement of a plurality of objects in a display area (basic area 810) in which a plurality of pieces of information about the game content are respectively displayed when the game content is a character appearing in the game. It is a schematic diagram of. In the example shown in FIG. 4B, six types of objects 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, and 816 are arranged in the basic area 810. In the example shown in FIG.

The basic area 810 is a kind of display area, and the shape of the basic area 810 shown in FIG. 4B is a rectangle. The shape of the basic area 810 may be any shape such as a square, a perfect circle, an ellipse, or a polygon.

An object 811 displays characters indicating the name of the game medium, an object 812 displays an image indicating the game medium, an object 813 displays a mark image indicating the rarity of the game medium, and an object 814 displays an image indicating the rarity of the game medium. , an object 815 displays a character indicating the skill of the game medium, and an object 816 displays characters for explaining the game medium (for example, the game medium's Characters indicating parameters (HP (Hit Point) and MP (Magic Point)) and numerical values thereof are displayed.

The rarity is an index indicating how difficult it is to acquire game media, and is classified into, for example, normal, rare, S (super) rare, SS (double super) rare, SSS (triple super) rare, and legendary. The attribute is an index that indicates the nature and compatibility of the attack of the game medium in the game, skill such as magic, etc., and is classified into fire, water, lightning, earth, light, darkness, and the like. Wind, physical, flight type, walking type, buff/debuff, abnormal state, penetration, reflection, absorption, invalidity, etc. may be used as attributes. A skill is an index that indicates a game effect (for example, magic) generated by a game medium in a game. The parameters are, for example, numerical values of predetermined abilities and properties of the game media. number of machines), class or title, number of uses (for example, number of sorties), number of breakthroughs, level, use cost, and other values.

The objects arranged in the basic area 810 are not limited to the objects 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, and 816. Two or more types of objects corresponding to two or more types of information about game media may be arranged in the basic area 810 . Also, the shape of the object placed in the basic area 810 may be any shape such as a square, rectangle, perfect circle, ellipse, polygon, or the like. An object placed in the base area 810 may be a predetermined three-dimensional shape. Objects placed in the base area 810 may have predetermined display parameters. Predetermined display parameters are, for example, transparency, luminance, presence/absence of shadows, and the like. Information displayed on the object placed in the basic area 810 includes a number indicating the game content (for example, if the game content is a card, the card number) and information indicating the creator of the image indicating the game content (for example, , a designated illustrator), or code information unique to the game medium (for example, a two-dimensional bar code image, etc.). Objects 811 , 812 , 813 , 814 , 815 , and 816 may be arranged on a base object that has substantially the same shape as the base area 810 and is set at the position of the base area 810 . The base object is, for example, an object imitating a card or the like. Hereinafter, game media related to information displayed in objects placed in the basic area 810 may be referred to as basic area media, and objects placed in the basic area 810 may be referred to as basic area objects.

(change area 820)
FIG. 4(c) shows that a predetermined number of the basic area objects 811, 812, 813, 814, 815 and 816 shown in FIG. 4(b) are arranged in the display area (change area 820). It is a schematic diagram for explaining. In the example shown in FIG. 4(c), four types of objects 821, 822, 823, and 824 are arranged in the change area 820. In the example shown in FIG.

The changing area 820 is a kind of display area, and the shape of the changing area 820 shown in FIG. 4(c) is a rectangle. The shape of the changing area 820 may be any shape such as a square, a perfect circle, an ellipse, or a polygon. The variable region 820 is different in shape from the basic region 810 shown in FIG. 4(b). The vertical length of the variable region 820 is the same as the vertical length of the basic region 810, and the horizontal length of the variable region 820 is shorter than the horizontal length of the basic region 810. Therefore, the area of the variable region 820 is It is smaller than the area of the base area 810 .

An object 821 displays characters indicating the name of the game medium, an object 822 displays an image indicating the game medium, an object 823 displays a mark image indicating the rarity of the game medium, and an object 824 displays an image indicating the rarity of the game medium. , a mark image indicating the attribute of the game medium is displayed.

As with the object 811 shown in FIG. 4B, the object 821 displays characters indicating the name of the game medium, but the shape of the object 821 is different from the shape of the object 811 .

An object 822 displays an image of a game medium similar to the object 812 shown in FIG. 4B, but the size of the object 822 is smaller than that of the object 812. Therefore, the image of the game media within object 822 is a reduced version of the image of the game media within object 812 . The image of the game content within the object 822 may be, for example, a deformed (simplified) image of the game content within the object 822 . Also, the image of the game medium within the object 822 may be an image obtained by trimming the image of the game medium within the object 812 . In this case, the image of the game medium in the object 822 is obtained by clipping the image portion corresponding to the clipping range from the image of the game medium in the object 812 . Note that the process of cutting out the image of the game medium from the image of the game medium in the object 822 may be executed by automatically setting a predetermined cut-out range, or the cut-out range may be specified by the user. may be performed by The "size" is indicated in units of pixels, but may be a size ratio to the size of the screen.

Object 823 is the same object as object 813 shown in FIG. 4(b), and object 824 is the same object as object 814 shown in FIG. 4(b).

The changing area 820 may have any shape as long as it is not larger than the basic area 810, and the number of objects arranged in the changing area 820 is equal to or less than the number of objects arranged in the basic area 810. be. Also, the object placed in the variable area 820 may have a larger area than the corresponding object placed in the basic area 810 . Hereinafter, the game media related to the information displayed on the object placed in the changing area 820 may be referred to as the changing area medium, and the object placed in the changing area 820 may be referred to as the changing area object.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a list screen 830 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. The list screen 830 is, for example, a screen for introducing or explaining a plurality of game contents to the user.

The list screen 830 includes at least a game media group image 831 showing a plurality of game media. A game content group image 831 shown in FIG. 5 is an image showing five types of cards overlapping each other. In this way, it is shown in advance that information on five types of game media is displayed on the list screen 830 in response to a game media display instruction by the user, which will be described later. Hereinafter, game media related to various information displayed on various screens may be referred to as “game media to be displayed”. Note that the number of game media to be displayed is not limited to "5" and may be any number as long as it is plural.

The game content group image 831 may include a mark image or the like indicating the number of game media to be displayed on the list screen 830 . Further, when the game medium group image 831 is an image indicating that cards are stacked, the number of cards indicated by the game medium group image 831 and the number of game mediums to be displayed actually displayed on the list screen 831 are displayed. number may be different.

In the game content group image 831 shown in FIG. 5, the shape of the top card is substantially the same as that of the basic area 810, and objects 811, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812, 812 and 8 813, 814, 815, 816 are placed on the top card (in the basic area 810). The predetermined game medium is the same as the basic area medium shown in FIG. 7, which will be described later, but may be any game medium as long as it is one of a plurality of game mediums to be displayed.

When the user performs a direction instruction operation on the game medium group image 831 , the input device 24 sends a game medium display instruction to the display processing unit 252 . The direction instruction operation is, for example, an operation in which the user uses the input device 24 to designate the game medium group image 831 and swipe in a predetermined direction. The direction instruction operation may be an operation of designating the game media group image 831 and flicking it in a predetermined direction. Also, in the direction instruction operation, the operation to designate the game medium group image 831 may not be performed. is entered. Further, in the predetermined instruction operation, an operation to specify a predetermined direction such as a swipe operation or a flick operation may not be performed. is input. When the display processing unit 252 acquires the game medium display instruction, the display processing unit 252 identifies the game medium (basic area medium) corresponding to the basic area 810 from among the plurality of game mediums to be displayed, and Identify game media (variable area media).

In the example shown in FIG. 5, among the five types of game media C1 to C5, the first game media C1 in a predetermined display order is identified as the basic area media. The predetermined display order may be, for example, ascending or descending order of parameters possessed by the game media, newest or oldest order of the date and time when the user acquired the game media, or identification information associated with the game media (for example, game media ID). Also, the predetermined display order may be based on information about user preferences. For example, the predetermined display order is ascending or descending order of parameter values corresponding to the frequency of use by the user during the game (all times of use, number of times of use in a predetermined period (for example, within the last month), etc.) It's okay. In this way, the basic area condition that the display order of one game medium among the plurality of game mediums is first in the display order determined based on the predetermined parameters of each of the plurality of game mediums is satisfied. If so, the display processing unit 252 identifies the one game medium as the basic area medium. The basic area condition may be a condition that the display order of one game content is the N-th display order (N is 2 or more and the maximum number of game media to be displayed or less). Note that "acquisition of game media" means that the game media are stored in the storage device 22 in association with the user as game media that can be used by the user in the game.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the second to fifth game media C2, C3, C4, and C5 in the predetermined display order among the five types of game media C1 to C5 are changed areas 820a, 820b, and 820c. , 820d. In this way, the display order of one of the plurality of game media is different from the first in the display order determined based on the predetermined parameters of each of the plurality of game media. When the changing area condition is satisfied, the display processing unit 252 identifies the one game medium as the changing area medium. The changing area condition may be a condition that the display order of one game content is different from the N-th display order (N is 2 or more and the maximum number of game media to be displayed or less).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of setting of display areas (basic area 810 and change areas 820a, 820b, 820c, 820d) according to user's operation.

The example shown in FIG. 6 is an example of settings of the basic area 810 and the change areas 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d when the direction instruction operation shown in FIG. 5 is performed. When the user's finger is operated to indicate a substantially rightward direction, the display processing unit 252 determines that a movement line segment L1 toward the rightward direction of the screen has been input. In this way, when the display processing unit 252 acquires an input signal related to a direction instruction operation by the user, the display processing unit 252, based on the input signal, determines the line segment to move upward on the screen, the line segment to move downward on the screen, and the line segment to move leftward on the screen. It is determined that either a moving line segment in the direction or a moving line segment in the right direction of the screen has been input. For example, when the direction instruction operation is a swipe operation, the display processing unit 252 determines the swipe direction from the start of the swipe (the first input position related to the swipe operation by the user) to the contact position between the current display screen and the user's finger. is obtained, and the moving line segment closest to the swipe direction is determined. The display processing unit 252 determines whether or not a predetermined line segment, circumference, arc, curve, wavy line, polygonal line, or the like has been input based on an input signal associated with a swipe operation by the user. good too.

In the example shown in FIG. 6, the display processing unit 252 determines that a moving line segment L1 in the right direction of the screen has been input, and changes regions 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d adjacent to each other along the moving line segment L1. Set so that the changing regions that are in contact with each other. The changing area 820d is arranged so that the leftmost end of the changing area 820d and the leftmost end of the game medium group image 831 are at the same position. It may be arranged so as to be to the right of the leftmost end of the group image 831 . Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges the basic area 810 adjacent to the right side of the changing area 820a arranged at one end of the rightmost side of the moving line segment L1 among the changing areas arranged along the moving line segment L1. do. Note that the basic area 810 and the change areas 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d are arranged such that their leftmost ends are at the same positions as the leftmost ends of the game medium group image 831 when the direction instruction operation is started. Then, according to the direction instruction operation, for example, the movement of a paper medium (paper card) in the real world in the direction indicated by the direction instruction operation is simulated. , 820b, 820c, and 820d may be displayed to move. In the simulation processing by the display processing unit 252, for example, when the direction instruction operation is a swipe operation, the user's touch position on the display screen is set to coordinates forming the movement line segment L1 based on an input signal related to the user's swipe operation. is acquired at predetermined time intervals (for example, 0.1 seconds), and based on the moving speed obtained by dividing the inter-coordinate distance of a plurality of coordinates constituting the movement line segment L1 or the inter-coordinate distance by the predetermined time interval, known physics calculation is performed. This simulates the movement of a paper medium (paper card) in the real world in the direction indicated by the direction indication operation.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a list screen 830 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. Objects is a diagram showing an example in which are arranged.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the basic area 810, six types of basic area objects corresponding to the game medium C1 (basic area medium) are arranged, and in the changing area 820a, game medium C2 (changing area medium) is arranged. Four types of corresponding changing area objects are arranged, four types of changing area objects corresponding to game medium C3 (changing area medium) are arranged in changing area 820b, and game medium C4 (changing area medium) is arranged in changing area 820c. Four types of changing area objects corresponding to the game medium C5 (changing area medium) are arranged in the changing area 820d.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of setting of display areas (basic area 810 and change areas 821a, 821b, 821c, 821d) according to user's operation. In the example shown in FIG. 8A, the display processing unit 252 determines that a moving line segment L2 in the downward direction of the screen is input, and changes the changing regions 821a, 821b, 821c, and 821d to the moving line segment L2. It is set so that the changing regions adjacent to each other are in contact with each other.

FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of objects arranged in the display area (basic area 810 and change areas 821a, 821b, 821c, 821d). As shown in FIG. 8B, in the basic area 810, six types of basic area objects corresponding to the game medium C1 (basic area medium) are arranged, and in the changing area 821a, the game medium C2 (the changing area Three types of changing area objects corresponding to game medium C3 (changing area medium) are arranged in changing area 821b, and three kinds of changing area objects corresponding to game medium C3 (changing area medium) are arranged in changing area 821c. Three types of changing area objects corresponding to C4 (changing area medium) are arranged, and three types of changing area objects corresponding to game medium C5 (changing area medium) are arranged in the changing area 821d.

FIG. 8(c) is a diagram showing an example of setting of the display areas (basic area 810 and change areas 822a, 822b, 822c, 822d) according to the user's operation. In the example shown in FIG. 8(c), the display processing unit 252 determines that a predetermined arc line L3 has been input in the counterclockwise direction, and changes regions 822a, 822b, 822c, and 822d having triangular shapes. Adjacent changing regions along the arc line L3 are set so as to contact each other.

FIG. 8D is a diagram showing an example of objects arranged in the display area (basic area 810 and change areas 822a, 822b, 822c, 822d). As shown in FIG. 8D, in the basic area 810, six types of basic area objects corresponding to the game medium C1 (basic area medium) are arranged, and in the changing area 822a, the game medium C2 (the changing area Three types of changing area objects corresponding to the game medium C3 (changing area medium) are arranged in the changing area 822b, and three types of changing area objects corresponding to the game medium C3 (changing area medium) are arranged in the changing area 822c. Three types of changing area objects corresponding to C4 (changing area medium) are arranged, and three types of changing area objects corresponding to game medium C5 (changing area medium) are arranged in the changing area 822d.

Compared to the case where the six types of objects related to each of the game media C1 to C5 are displayed in the corresponding basic regions 810, as shown in FIGS. are displayed in the change areas 820, 821, and 822, the game contents C1 to C5 can be displayed without excessive use of the display screen, and the visibility of the game contents C1 to C5 is improved. . That is, when a changing area object related to the changing area medium is displayed in the changing area 820, six types of objects related to the game media C2 to C5 are displayed in the corresponding basic area 810, respectively. Information that cannot be identified becomes identifiable.

9 and 10 are diagrams showing an example of the list screen 830 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. FIG. An example of extraction processing will be described below with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG.

The list screen 830 shown in FIG. 9 is the same as the list screen 830 shown in FIG. 7 in which the basic area 810 in which the objects are arranged and the change areas 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d are set. When one of the changing regions 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24, an extraction instruction is input from the input device 24 to the display processing unit 252, and the display processing unit 252 outputs the extraction instruction. is obtained, the extracting process is executed. An example of the extraction process will be described below.

In the example shown in FIG. 9 , the display processing unit 252 acquires from the input device 24 an extracting instruction for the changing region 820c in response to the changing region 820c being specified by the user's operation of the input device 24 . When acquiring the extracting instruction, the display processing unit 252 ends the display of each changing area object placed in the changing area 820c related to the extracting instruction. Note that when a base object having substantially the same shape as the changed region 820c is displayed at the position of the changed region 820c, the display processing unit 252 also ends the display of the base object. As shown in FIG. 10, the display processing unit 252 generates a new changed area 820d (merged into one area) including a changed area 820c and a changed area 820d arranged to the left of the changed area 820c. , five types of changing area objects related to the changing area 820d are placed in a new 820d. The display processing unit 252 moves the basic area 810c for arranging the basic area object displaying the information about the game medium C4 corresponding to the changed area 820c to the vicinity of the changed area 820c whose display has ended (example shown in FIG. 10). Then, it is set to the lower position of the change area 820c. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges six types of basic area objects corresponding to the game medium 4C in the basic area 810c, and ends the extracting process.

In the extracting process, the display processing unit 252 sets a basic area 810c in which the basic area object corresponding to the game medium 4C is arranged at the position of the changed area 820c whose display has ended, and moves the basic area 810c in a predetermined direction (Fig. 10, an effect moving image may be displayed to move downward of the change area 820c. Thus, when the changing area 820c is specified by the user operating the input device 24, the basic area object corresponding to the game medium 4C is displayed at the specified position, and an effect is produced in which the basic area object moves in a predetermined direction. can be provided to the user. Note that the display area newly displayed in the sampling process is not limited to the basic area 810c. According to the extracting process, a new changed area corresponding to the game medium C4 corresponding to the changed area 820c designated by the user may be set, and the changed area object may be arranged in the changed area. In this case, the new changed area is larger than the changed area 820c designated by the user and smaller than the basic area 810 (for example, a changed area corresponding to the organization area 851a described later).

(List screen 840)
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of the list screen 840 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG.

The list screen 840 includes at least a game content group image 841 showing a plurality of game media, similarly to the list screen 830 shown in FIG. The list screen 830 is displayed when the user holds the terminal device 2 so that the rectangular display screen of the display device 23 of the terminal device 2 becomes vertically long (the short side of the display screen becomes the upper side (or the lower side)). A list screen 830 is shown. The list screen 840 is displayed when the user holds the terminal device 2 so that the rectangular display screen of the display device 23 of the terminal device 2 becomes horizontally long (the long side of the display screen becomes the upper side (or the lower side)). It is a list screen 840 .

The terminal device 2 includes a known acceleration sensor (not shown), determines the direction of gravity based on the signal from the acceleration sensor, and when it is determined that the direction in which the short side of the display screen extends is the direction of gravity, display processing is performed. The unit 252 rotates each object displayed on the display screen so that the long side of the display screen becomes the upper side (or the lower side). Further, when it is determined that the direction in which the long side of the display screen extends is the direction of gravity, the display processing unit 252 arranges each image displayed on the display screen so that the short side of the display screen becomes the upper side (or the lower side). Rotate objects, etc.

As in the example shown in FIG. 5, when the user performs a direction instruction operation (for example, a swipe operation) on the game medium group image 841, the basic area is displayed as in the examples shown in FIGS. And at least one or more change areas are set, and objects are placed in each of the set basic area and change area.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a list screen 840 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2, showing an example in which objects are arranged in the basic area 810 and the change areas 823a, 823b, 823c, and 823d. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing; In addition, on the list screen 840 shown in FIG. 12, the extraction process similar to the examples shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 may be executed.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the list screen 840 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2, and is an example of display when the direction instruction operation is continued from the direction instruction operation of the example shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows.

When the direction instruction operation is a swipe operation, the value indicating the swipe distance from the start of the swipe operation (the first input position related to the swipe operation by the user) to the contact position between the current display screen and the user's finger exceeds a predetermined value. When the all-display condition of exceeding is satisfied, the display processing unit 252 executes all-display processing. The full display condition may be a condition that the contact position with the finger of the user who continues the swipe operation is outside the basic area 810 shown in FIG. 12 . An example of all display processing will be described below.

The display processing unit 252 displays a basic area 810 corresponding to the game medium C1, a basic area 810a corresponding to the game medium C2, a basic area 810b corresponding to the game medium C3, a basic area 810c corresponding to the game medium C4, and a basic area 810c corresponding to the game medium C4. The basic area 810d corresponding to C5 is arranged so that adjacent basic areas are in contact with each other. If all of the arranged basic areas 810, 810a, 810b, 810c, and 810d are not included in the display screen, the display processing unit 252 terminates the all display process. may

The display processing unit 252 arranges six types of basic area objects corresponding to the game medium C1 in the basic area 810, arranges six types of basic area objects corresponding to the game medium C2 in the basic area 810a, and arranges six basic area objects corresponding to the game medium C2 in the basic area 810a. Six types of basic area objects corresponding to game medium C3 are arranged in 810b, six types of basic area objects corresponding to game medium C4 are arranged in basic area 810c, and six types of basic area objects corresponding to game medium C5 are arranged in basic area 810d. 6 types of basic area objects are placed.

For all of the game media C1 to C5, when six types of objects related to each can be displayed in the corresponding basic regions, all display processing can be executed according to user instructions. This improves the diversity of display of the game media C1 to C5. Note that the all display process may be executed when all display conditions are satisfied not only on the list screen 840 but also on the list screen 830, the formation screen 850, or the competitive game screen 860. FIG.

Note that in the full display process executed by the display processing unit 252, part of the changed areas 823a, 823b, 823c, and 823d may be changed to the basic area. For example, the display processing unit 252 determines the length of the display screen in the direction indicated by the direction instruction operation (horizontal side length in the example of the list screen 840) and the length of the basic area in the direction indicated by the direction instruction operation ( In the example of the list screen 840, the maximum number of changeable regions 810a, 810b, 810c, and 810d among the change regions 823a, 823b, 823c, and 823d based on the length of the horizontal side Calculate For example, the horizontal side length of the list screen 840 is L, the horizontal side length of the basic area is L1, the horizontal side length of the changing area is L2, and the number of sheets to be changed from the basic area to the changing area is N (N is integer), the maximum number of N that satisfies the determination formula (L1+L1×N+L2×(4−N)<L) is obtained. For example, when the maximum N is 2, the two changed areas 823a and 823b are changed to the basic area 810a and the basic area 810b in order of proximity to the basic area 810 and rearranged. Note that when the maximum N is 2, the two changing regions 823c and 823d may be changed to the basic region 810c and the basic region 810d in order of distance from the basic region 810. FIG.

Note that when the user performs a swipe operation in the direction opposite to the swipe operation shown in FIG. 12 on the list screen 840 shown in FIG. When the value is exceeded, the list screen 840 shown in FIG. 13 may be changed to the list screen 840 shown in FIG.

(Organization screen 850)
14 and 15 are diagrams showing an example of the organization screen 850 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. FIG.

In the organization screen 850 shown in FIG. 14, objects corresponding to the game media C1 to C5 are displayed in the basic area 810 and the change areas 824a, 824b, 824c, and 824d, similarly to the list screen 830 shown in FIG. placed. The organization screen 850 also displays organization areas 851a, 851b, 851c, 851d, and 851e. The changing regions 824a, 824b, 824c, and 824d have the same shape as the changing regions 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d arranged on the list screen 830, but may have different shapes. Also, the types of the changing area objects placed in the changing areas 824a, 824b, 824c, and 824d are different from the types of the changing area objects placed in the changing areas 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d.

The organization screen 850 is a screen displayed by the display processing unit 252 when the organization screen display button 802 of the game screen 800 is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24 . An organization screen 850 displayed in response to designation of the organization screen display button 802 is an organization screen including a basic area 810 and a game medium group image 831 shown in FIG. It's okay. In this case, when the user designates the game medium group image 831, the display processing unit 252 displays the organization screen 850 shown in FIG.

When one of the basic area 810 and the changed areas 824a, 824b, 824c, and 824d is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24, an arrangement instruction is input from the input device 24 to the display processing unit 252. . The display processing unit 252 executes placement processing in response to acquisition of the placement instruction. First, the display processing unit 252 identifies the game medium corresponding to the change area 824 specified by the user. The display processing unit 252 uses the organization area 851a as a change area, and arranges a change area object corresponding to the specified game content in the organization area 851a. Then, the display processing unit 252 ends the display of each changing area object arranged in the designated changing area 824, and ends the arrangement processing. After that, the display processing unit 252 executes the placement process each time the user designates the display area 810 and the change area 824 where the object is placed. When the objects corresponding to the game media are placed in the organization areas 851a to 851d respectively, the progress processing unit 251 uses the game media corresponding to the objects placed in the organization areas 851a to 851d in the battle game. Set as a game medium to play. Incidentally, on the organization screen 850, the extraction process similar to the examples shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 may be executed. In this case, according to the specification of the basic area newly displayed by the extracting instruction, an arrangement instruction related to the basic area medium corresponding to the newly displayed basic area is input from the input device 24 to the display processing unit 252. good too.

The knitting regions 851a to 851d used as the changing regions have shapes different from those of the basic region 810 and the changing regions 824a to 824d. Also, the types of objects placed in the organization areas 851a to 851d are different from the types of objects placed in the 824a to 824d. The knitted regions 851a-851d may be regions of the same shape as the basic region 810, or may be regions of the same shape as the change regions 824a-824d. In addition, the types of objects placed in each of the knitting regions 851a to 851d may be the same as the types of objects placed in the basic region 810 regardless of the type of shape, or The type may be the same as the type of the arranged object.

For example, on the organization screen 850 shown in FIG. 15, when the change area 824b is specified by the user's operation of the input device 24, the display processing unit 252 displays four types of game media C3 corresponding to the game content C3 in the organization area 851a. to place objects. For example, next, when the basic area 810 is specified by the user's operation of the input device 24, the display processing unit 252 arranges four types of objects corresponding to the game medium C1 in the organization area 851b, and further, When the changing area 824d is specified by the user's operation of the input device 24, the display processing unit 252 arranges four types of objects corresponding to the game medium C5 in the organized area 851c. The progress processing unit 251 sets the game medium C3 as the game medium to be used in the battle game. The progress processing unit 251 sets the game media C3, C1, and C5 as game media to be used in the battle game.

(Competition game screen 860)
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a battle game screen 860 displayed on the display device 23 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG.

Similar to the list screen 830 shown in FIG. 7, the battle game screen 860 shown in FIG. is placed. Also, on the battle game screen 860, a self game medium group 861, an enemy game medium group 862, an action instruction button 863, and the like are displayed.

The changing regions 825a, 825b, 825c, and 825d have different shapes from the changing regions 820a, 820b, 820c, and 820d arranged on the list screen 830, but they may have the same shape. The types of the changing area objects placed in the changing areas 825a, 825b, 825c and 825d are different from the types of the changing area objects placed in the changing areas 820a, 820b, 820c and 820d. Also, the types of the changing area objects placed in the changing areas 825a, 825b, 825c, and 825d are different from the types of the changing area objects placed in the changing areas 824a, 824b, 824c, and 824d shown in FIG. Kind.

The self-game media group 861 is an image representing a plurality of self-game media (for example, characters, etc.) used by the user in the battle game. The enemy game content group 862 is an image representing a plurality of enemy game media (for example, enemy characters, etc.) that compete against a plurality of game media used by the user in the battle game. The action instruction button 863 is an object for the user to instruct the own game medium to perform a predetermined action (attack, use of skill, etc.).

The battle game screen 860 is displayed by the display processing unit 252 when the battle game screen display button 803 of the game screen 800 is designated by the user's operation of the input device 24 . A battle game screen 860 displayed in response to designation of the battle game screen display button 803 includes a basic area 810 and a game content group image 831 shown in FIG. A battle game screen may be used. In this case, when the user designates the game content group image 831, the display processing unit 252 displays the battle game screen 860 shown in FIG.

If the basic area 810 and any of the changed areas 825a, 825b, 825c, and 825d are specified according to the operation of the input device 24 by the user, information indicating the specified basic area 810 or changed area 825 is included. An arrangement instruction is input from the input device 24 to the display processing unit 252 (hereinafter, the designated basic area 810 or changed area 825 may be simply referred to as the designated area). The display processing unit 252 terminates the display of each object placed in the specified area in response to acquisition of the placement instruction, and specifies the game content corresponding to the specified area. Then, the display processing unit 252 alternates the specified game media with any one of the game media included in the own game media group 861, or adds the specified game media to the own game media group 861, The display of the battle game screen 860 is changed. The progress processing unit 251 continues the progress of the battle game between the new self game media group 861 and the enemy game media group 862 . It should be noted that on the battle game screen 860, extraction processing similar to the examples shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 may be executed. In this case, according to the specification of the basic area newly displayed by the extracting instruction, an arrangement instruction related to the basic area medium corresponding to the newly displayed basic area is input from the input device 24 to the display processing unit 252. good too.

An example of the data structure of various tables T1 to T5 stored in the storage device 22 and the storage device 32 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 17 to 19. FIG.

(Game media table T1)
FIG. 17(a) shows a game content table T1 for managing game content. In the game content table T1, for each game content, a game content ID and information about the game content are stored in association with each other. In the example shown in FIG. 17(a), the game content table T1 stores the name, image, rarity level, attribute, skill, HP and MP, etc. as the information about the game content.

(Basic area arrangement table T2)
FIG. 17(b) shows a basic area placement table T2 for managing basic area objects placed in the basic area. In the basic area arrangement table T2, object ID, medium information, arrangement information, etc. are stored in association with each other for each basic area object.

The medium information is information relating to the game medium. The placement information includes a reference point indicating the placement position of the basic area object within the basic area and the shape of the basic area object. The reference point is, for example, information indicating coordinates when the top left position of the basic area is the origin (0, 0). The shape is information indicating the shape and parameters for defining the shape.

The basic area object with the object ID "OBJ-1" shown in FIG. 17B has a rectangular shape with a length of "45" and a width of "162". The basic area object with the object ID "OBJ-2" is in the shape of a square with a side length of "108". The basic area object with the object ID "OBJ-3" is in the shape of a regular pentagon having a side length of "33". The basic area object with object ID "OBJ-4" is a circle with a radius of "27". An example will be described below in which the basic area is arranged such that the upper left position (coordinate position on the display screen) of the basic area is (60, 152). In this case, the display processing unit 252 displays the basic region object with the object ID “OBJ-1”, which is a rectangular shape having a length of “45” in the vertical direction and a length of “162” in the horizontal direction, with its upper left position (68 , 160). Similarly, the display processing unit 252 displays the basic area object of the object ID "OBJ-2", which is a square having a side length of "108", so that its upper left position is (113, 214). to be placed. The display processing unit 252 also displays the basic area object of the object ID “OBJ-3”, which is a regular pentagon having a side length of “33”, so that its center position is (144, 185). to be placed. Similarly, the display processing unit 252 arranges a circular basic area object with an object ID of "OBJ-4" with a radius of "27" so that its center position is (200, 185).

(Change area application table T3)
FIG. 18(a) shows a changed area application table T3 for managing conditions for applying changed areas. In the change area application table T3, the change area is identified according to the combination of the game mode (during list screen display, formation screen display, match game screen display, etc.) and user environment (display screen lengthwise, display screen lengthwise, etc.). information is stored. For example, when the game mode is list display and the user environment is set such that the display screen is vertically long, the change area A is applied.

The game mode may be any mode as long as it includes the display of game media used in the game. It may be during the display of a specific game content competition screen, or during the display of a movement screen in which the user's game content moves on the game field. Also, the user environment may be any information as long as it indicates the user's game environment. or not) and/or information relating to priority display.

(Changed area shape table T4)
FIG. 18B shows a changed area shape table T4 for managing the shape of changed areas. In the changed area shape table T4, information for identifying the changed area, the shape, and the like are stored in association with each other for each changed area. The change area A shown in FIG. 18(b) has a rectangular shape with a length of "240" and a length of "50".

(Changed area arrangement table T5)
FIG. 19 shows a changed area arrangement table T5 for managing changed area objects arranged in changed areas. In the changing area arrangement table T5, the object ID of each changing area object, the priority of each changing area object, the shape of each changing area object, and the like are stored in association with each other. In the example shown in FIG. 19, the changing area object with priority "1" is arranged in the changing area, and the changing area object with priority "0" is not arranged in the changing area. Note that when the changing area arrangement table T5 is stored in the storage device 22 of the terminal device 2, the progress processing unit 251 changes the priority based on the state information of the terminal device 2 or the information on the size or shape of the display screen. may Note that the state information is the user environment and/or game mode stored in the storage device 22 . Further, the progress processing unit 251 may determine the priority based on the progress of the game by the game application program.

(Operation sequence of game system 1)
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of the operation sequence of the game system 1. As shown in FIG. This operation sequence is performed mainly by the processors 25 and 33 in cooperation with each element of the terminal device 2 and the server device 3 based on control programs stored in advance in the storage devices 22 and 32, respectively. executed.

When the progress processing unit 251 of the terminal device 2 activates the game application program according to the start instruction input by the player's operation of the input device 24, the progress processing unit 251 transmits a data request including the player ID stored in the storage unit 22. It is transmitted to the server device 3 via the I/F 21 (step S101).

The server reception unit 331 of the server device 3 receives the data request transmitted from the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F 31 . Next, the data acquisition unit 332 of the server device 3 acquires various tables T1 to T5 and object image data stored in the storage device 32 based on the player ID included in the data request. Then, the server transmission unit 333 of the server device 3 transmits the various tables T1 to T5 and the object image data and the like acquired by the data acquisition unit 332 to the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F 31 (step S102). .

When the progress processing unit 251 of the terminal device 2 receives various tables and the like from the server device 3 via the communication I/F 21 , the received information is stored in the storage device 22 . The display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2 extracts display data for displaying various objects stored in the storage device 22 according to various commands included in the game application program, and displays the game screen 800 . Then, the display processing unit 252 executes display processing according to the operation of the input device 24 by the user (step S103). Details of the display processing will be described later.

The progress processing unit 251 and the display processing unit 252 progress the game executed by the game application program (step S104). Note that the display process of step S103 may be performed according to the operation of the input device 24 by the user during the execution of step S104.

Then, when the game ends, the progress processing unit 251 sends various game progress data (various parameters of the character operated by the user (level, experience value, game progress, etc.), etc.) according to the progress of the game to the communication I. /F21 to the server device 3 (step S105). In addition, the process of step S105 may be performed for every fixed time.

When the server receiving unit 331 of the server device 3 receives various game progress data from the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F 31, the storage processing unit 334 of the server device 3 stores the received various game progress data. A server registration process to be stored in the device 32 is executed (step S106).

(Display processing)
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow of display processing by the display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. The display processing shown in FIG. 21 is performed in step S103 of FIG.

The display processing unit 252 selects one of the list screen display button 801, the organization screen display button 802, and the battle game screen display button 803 according to the operation of the input device 24 by the user, and the list screens 830 and 840, the organization It is determined whether or not a screen display instruction for displaying either the screen 850 or the battle game screen 860 has been obtained from the input device 24 (step S201).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction has been acquired (step S201-Yes), the display processing unit 252 executes the screen display process (step S202), and ends the display process. Details of the screen display processing will be described later.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction has not been acquired (step S201-No), it determines whether or not the game content display instruction has been acquired from the input device 24 (step S203).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game content display instruction has been obtained (step S203-Yes), the display processing unit 252 obtains the game mode stored in the storage device 22 (step S204). Next, the display processing unit 252 acquires the user environment stored in the storage device 22 (step S205). Then, the display processing unit 252 executes game content display processing (step S206), and ends the display processing. Details of the game content display process will be described later.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game content display instruction has not been acquired (step S203-No), it determines whether or not the removal instruction has been acquired from the input device 24 (step S207).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the removal instruction has been obtained (step S207-Yes), the display processing unit 252 executes the removal instruction (step S208), and ends the display processing.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the extracting instruction has not been acquired (step S207-No), it determines whether or not all display conditions are satisfied (step S209).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that all display conditions are not satisfied (step S209—No), the display processing ends.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that all the display conditions are satisfied (step S209-Yes), the display processing unit 252 executes all display processing (step S210) and ends the display processing.

(Screen display processing)
FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow of screen display processing by the display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. The screen display processing shown in FIG. 22 is executed in step S202 of FIG.

The display processing unit 252 determines whether or not a screen display instruction related to the list screen has been acquired from the input device 24 (step S301).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction for the list screen has been acquired (step S301-Yes), the display processing unit 252 displays the list screen on the display device 23 (step S302), and ends the screen display process. When the list screen is displayed on the display device 23 , the display processing unit 251 stores information indicating that the list screen is being displayed as the game mode in the storage device 22 .

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction related to the list screen has not been acquired (step S301-No), it determines whether or not the screen display instruction related to the knitting screen has been acquired from the input device 24 ( step S303).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction for the composition screen has been acquired (step S303-Yes), the display processing unit 252 displays the composition screen on the display device 23 (step S304), and ends the screen display process. When the organization screen is displayed on the display device 23, the display processing unit 251 stores in the storage device 22 information indicating that the organization screen is being displayed as the game mode.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction regarding the formation screen has not been obtained (step S303-No), it determines whether or not the screen display instruction regarding the battle game screen has been obtained from the input device 24. (Step S305).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction for the battle game screen has been obtained (step S305-Yes), the display processing unit 252 displays the battle game screen on the display device 23 (step S306), and ends the screen display process. When displaying the battle game screen on the display device 23 , the display processing unit 251 stores information indicating that the battle game screen is being displayed as the game mode in the storage device 22 .

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the screen display instruction for the battle game screen has not been acquired (step S305—No), the screen display processing ends.

(Game media display processing)
FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow of game content display processing by the display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. The game content display process shown in FIG. 23 is executed in step S206 of FIG.

First, the display processing unit 252 identifies a game medium (basic area medium) corresponding to the basic area (step S401). For example, the display processing unit 252 identifies a game medium that satisfies the basic area condition as the basic area medium among the plurality of game contents to be displayed. The plurality of game media to be displayed are, for example, game media owned by the user.

Next, the display processing unit 252 arranges and displays each basic area object for displaying each information about the basic area medium in the basic area (step S402). For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the game medium table T1 and refers to a plurality of pieces of information (name, image, rarity, attribute, skill, HP and MP) related to the game medium associated with the game medium ID of the basic area medium. etc.). Next, the display processing unit 252 arranges each of the basic area objects each displaying a plurality of pieces of information about the game content in the basic area based on the arrangement information of the basic area arrangement table T2. Then, the display processing unit 252 displays each basic area object arranged in the basic area on the display device 23 .

Next, the display processing unit 252 identifies the game medium (change area medium) corresponding to the change area (step S403). For example, the display processing unit 252 identifies a game medium that satisfies the changing area condition as a changing area medium among a plurality of game contents to be displayed.

Next, the display processing unit 252 determines whether or not the game mode is displaying the list screen (step S404).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game mode is displaying the list screen (step S404-Yes), the display processing unit 252 determines whether or not the vertical display screen is set as the user environment (step S405). .

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the display screen is set to be vertically long as the user environment (step S405-Yes), for each of the changing area media, within the changing area A, a The changing area object to be displayed is arranged and displayed (step S406), and the game content display processing is terminated. For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changing area application table T3 to refer to the changing area A corresponding to the fact that the game mode is displaying a list screen and the user environment is set such that the display screen is vertically long. identify. Next, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changed area shape table T4 to specify the shape of the changed area A, refers to the object ID of the changed area arrangement table T5, and determines the changed area to be arranged in the changed area A. A changing area object having a priority of "1" is specified among the objects. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges each changing area A on the display screen, refers to the arrangement information of the changing area arrangement table T5, and places the specified changing area object for each changing area medium into each changing area A. placed inside and displayed.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the display screen is not vertically long (the display screen is horizontally long) is set as the user environment (step S405-No), for each of the changing area media, the , the changing area object corresponding to the changing area medium is arranged and displayed (step S407), and the game medium display processing ends. For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changing area application table T3 to refer to the changing area B corresponding to the fact that the game mode is displaying a list screen and that the display screen is set to be horizontally long as the user environment. identify. Next, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changed area shape table T4 to specify the shape of the changed area B, refers to the object ID of the changed area arrangement table T5, and determines the changed area to be arranged in the changed area B. A changing area object having a priority of "1" is specified among the objects. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges each changing area B in the display screen, refers to the arrangement information of the changing area arrangement table T5, and places the specified changing area object for each changing area medium in each changing area B. placed inside and displayed.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game mode is not displaying the list screen (step S404-No), it determines whether the game mode is displaying the organization screen (step S408).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game mode is displaying the organization screen (step S408-Yes), it determines whether or not the display screen is set to be vertically long as the user environment (step S409). .

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the vertical display screen is set as the user environment (step S409-Yes), for each of the changing area media, a The changing area object to be displayed is arranged and displayed (step S410), and the game content display process ends. For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changing area application table T3 and refers to the changing area C corresponding to the fact that the game mode is displaying the organization screen and the user environment is set such that the display screen is vertically long. identify. Next, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changed area shape table T4 to specify the shape of the changed area C, refers to the object ID of the changed area arrangement table T5, and determines the changed area to be arranged in the changed area C. A changing area object having a priority of "1" is specified among the objects. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges each changing region C in the display screen, refers to the arrangement information of the changing region arrangement table T5, and places the specified changing region object for each changing region medium into each changing region C. placed inside and displayed.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the display screen is not vertically long (the display screen is horizontally long) is set as the user environment (step S409-No), for each of the changing area media, the , the changing area object corresponding to the changing area medium is arranged and displayed (step S411), and the game medium display processing ends. For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changing area application table T3 to refer to the changing area D corresponding to the fact that the game mode is displaying the list screen and the display screen is set to be horizontally long as the user environment. identify. Next, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changed area shape table T4 to specify the shape of the changed area D, and refers to the object ID of the changed area arrangement table T5 to determine the changed area to be arranged in the changed area D. A changing area object having a priority of "1" is specified among the objects. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges each changing area D in the display screen, refers to the arrangement information of the changing area arrangement table T5, and places the specified changing area object for each changing area medium into each changing area D. placed inside and displayed.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the formation screen is not being displayed in the game mode (step S408-No), the display processing unit 252 determines whether or not the battle game screen is being displayed in the game mode (step S412).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game mode is not displaying the battle game screen (step S412-No), it ends the game content display processing.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the game mode is displaying the battle game screen (step S412-Yes), whether or not the display processing unit 252 determines whether or not the vertically long display screen is set as the user environment. is determined (step S413).

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the display screen is set to be vertically long as the user environment (step S413-Yes), for each of the changing area media, within the changing area E, The changing area object to be displayed is arranged and displayed (step S414), and the game content display processing is terminated. For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changing area application table T3 to refer to the changing area E corresponding to the fact that the game mode is displaying the organization screen and that the display screen is set to be vertically long as the user environment. identify. Next, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changed area shape table T4 to specify the shape of the changed area E, and refers to the object ID of the changed area arrangement table T5 to determine the changed area to be arranged in the changed area E. A changing area object having a priority of "1" is specified among the objects. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges each changing area E in the display screen, refers to the arrangement information of the changing area arrangement table T5, and places the specified changing area object for each changing area medium into each changing area E. placed inside and displayed.

When the display processing unit 252 determines that the display screen is not vertically long (the display screen is horizontally long) is set as the user environment (step S413-No), for each of the changing area mediums, the , the changing area object corresponding to the changing area medium is arranged and displayed (step S415), and the game medium display processing ends. For example, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changing area application table T3 to refer to the changing area F corresponding to the fact that the game mode is displaying the list screen and the display screen is set to be horizontally long as the user environment. identify. Next, the display processing unit 252 refers to the changed area shape table T4 to specify the shape of the changed area F, and refers to the object ID of the changed area arrangement table T5 to determine the changed area to be arranged in the changed area F. A changing area object having a priority of "1" is specified among the objects. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges each changing area F in the display screen, refers to the arrangement information of the changing area arrangement table T5, and places the identified changing area object for each changing area medium into each changing area F. placed inside and displayed.

In the processing procedures shown in FIGS. 21 to 23, some of the processes (steps) that make up the processing procedures may be omitted, and steps that are not specified as steps making up the processing procedures may be added. And/or the order of the steps can be changed, and such omissions, additions, and order changes are included in the scope of the present invention as long as they do not deviate from the spirit of the present invention.

As described in detail above, in the game system 1 of the present embodiment, pieces of information about a plurality of game elements are arranged and displayed within a plurality of types of display areas. In this case, the number of game elements to be displayed increases because the amount of information of each game element when the display condition of the changing area is satisfied is reduced. As a result, the game device of the present embodiment can improve the visibility of information indicating game elements such as game media to be displayed.

(Modification 1)
In addition, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, when a game content display instruction is input from the input device 24, the display processing unit 252 may set change regions corresponding to all game media to be displayed. In this case, the basic area is not set, and only the changed areas are set for all the game media to be displayed, so it is possible to reduce the amount of display on the display screen. The game device makes it possible to improve the visibility of information indicating game elements such as game media to be displayed.

(Modification 2)
Further, when a game content display instruction is input from the input device 24, the display processing unit 252 displays a changing area object corresponding to a game content that satisfies each of the plurality of types of changing area conditions. You can place it anywhere.

For example, the display processing unit 252 arranges the changing area object of the game medium satisfying the first changing area condition that the predetermined display order is the 2nd to _N1st in the "changed area C", and furthermore, arranges the changed area object in the "changed area C" in a predetermined display order. A changing area object of a game medium that satisfies the second changing area condition that the display order is (N ₁ +1)th to N _2nd may be arranged in the "changing area A". As shown in the variable region shape table T4, the variable region C has the same vertical side length as the variable region A and has a longer horizontal side length than the variable region A. In this case, a third changing region condition, a fourth changing region condition, . A changing region having a vertical side length, a horizontal side length shorter than that of the changing region A, and corresponding to the fourth changing region condition has the same vertical side length as the changing region A and meets the third changing region condition. has a shorter horizontal side length than the corresponding change region.) may be placed.

In this case, the display processing unit 252 does not set the basic region and the changed region corresponding to the game content that satisfies the non-display condition that the predetermined display order is the (N ₂ +1)-th or later non-display condition, that is, does not set the non-display condition. Display processing may be performed so as not to display the object corresponding to the satisfying game media. In this case, the display processing unit 252 may display an image indicating that cards corresponding to the number of game media satisfying the non-display condition are overlapped so as to be superimposed under the changing area A of the N _2nd change area. .

The display processing unit 252 may use two types of conditions, the first changing area condition and the non-display condition according to the second modified example. For example, a game medium changing area object that satisfies the first changing area condition that the predetermined display order is 2nd to _N1st is arranged in "changed area A", and the predetermined display order is (N ₁ +1). )-th or later, display processing may be performed so as not to display the object corresponding to the game content that satisfies the non-display condition.

The display processing unit 252 may change _N1 and/or _N2 according to the user environment. For example, the display processing unit 252 may increase the values of _N1 and/or _N2 as the size of the display screen increases. Further, the display processing unit 252 may increase the value of _N1 and/or _N2 as the side length of the display screen parallel to the direction of the movement line segment determined according to the swipe operation is longer. In this case, the display processing unit 252 may set the values of _N1 and/or _N2 so that all of the basic area and the changed area are displayed within the display screen. The display processing unit 252 makes the values of N1 _and /or _N2 when the terminal device 2 is not in the energy saving mode larger than the values of _N1 and/or _N2 when the terminal device 2 is in the energy saving mode, or You can make it smaller.

Also, the display processing unit 252 may change _N1 and/or _N2 according to the game mode. For example, the display processing unit 252 may set the value of _N1 and/or _N2 when the game mode is displaying the list screen rather than the value of _N1 and/or _N2 when the game mode is displaying the battle game screen. may be larger or smaller.

Also, the display processing unit 252 may change _N1 and/or _N2 according to the number of game media to be displayed. For example, the display processing unit 252 may increase the values of _N1 and/or _N2 as the number of game media to be displayed increases.

(Modification 3)
In the changing area application table T3, a plurality of types of changing areas (changing area A, changing area B, changing area C, . . . ) may be set, or a plurality of types of change areas (change areas A, Application of change area B, change area C, ...) may be set.

The user's preference is the frequency of use of a plurality of game media to be displayed. In the changing area application table T3, for example, if the frequency of use during a predetermined period (for example, within the most recent month) is less than a predetermined frequency value X, the changing area A is applied, and the use frequency is equal to the predetermined frequency value. If the usage frequency is greater than or equal to X and less than a predetermined frequency value Y, the change area C may be applied, and if the usage frequency is greater than or equal to the predetermined frequency value Y, the change area E may be applied.

Also, the user's preference may be information about the user's operation tendency. In the change area application table T3, for example, the direction of the moving line segment related to the game medium display instruction is within a predetermined range angle centering on the direction of the most frequent input direction of the user's past swipe operation, flick operation, etc. If included, the change area A is applied, and if the direction of the movement line segment related to the game medium display instruction is not included within the predetermined angle range, the change area B may be applied.

The progress of the game includes information about the user's current stage, the number of victories against enemy game media being played by the user, and the like. For example, if the current stage of the user is the first half of all stages, change area A is applied, and if the current user stage is the latter half of all stages, change area C may apply. Further, for example, if the number of victories over the enemy game media being played by the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of victories, the change area D is applied, and the number of victories over the enemy game media being played by the user reaches a predetermined number. If less than the number of wins, change area B may be applied.

(Modification 4)
The game content display processing (step S206) of the operation flow of the display processing shown in FIG. Not exclusively.

For example, the display processing unit 252 may execute the game content display process (step S206) when determining that the game content display condition is satisfied. The game content display condition is a condition related to the game in progress by the progress processing unit 251. For example, the condition that a predetermined event has started and/or ended, or the player has started and/or finished the game at a predetermined stage. , a condition that a specific enemy character (such as a raid boss) has appeared and/or has defeated a specific enemy character, and the like. The game content display condition may be a condition regarding the player. In this case, the game content display conditions include, for example, a condition that the number of days played by the player exceeds a predetermined number of days, a condition that the number of other players (for example, friend players) associated with the player exceeds a predetermined number, a condition that the player is a condition that the actual or virtual monetary value paid in progressing the game exceeds a predetermined value. Also, the game content display condition may be the date and time randomly or automatically set by the progress processing unit 251 .

Note that if the player's game media can be displayed on the other player's terminal device 2, even if the display mode of the changing area object corresponding to the changing area medium is changed, the game content is still being displayed on the other player's terminal device 2. may be set so as not to affect the change area object of . The case where the game content of the player can be displayed on the terminal device 2 of another player means, for example, that the terminal device 2 of the player and the terminal device 2 of the other player are connected via a network (and/or the server device 3). This is the case where the player's game content is displayed on the display device 23 of the other player's terminal device 2 in a game that is communicably connected and is in progress.

(Modification 5)
Each arrangement information stored in the basic area arrangement table T2 shown in FIG. 17(b) may be changed by the user's operation of the input device 24. FIG. For example, when the user performs a drag operation on a basic area object arranged in the basic area 810 displayed on the display device 23, the display processing unit 252 displays the basic area object to be operated (hereinafter referred to as "operation target object" in some cases). ) is placed at the position after the drag operation. In this case, if there is another basic area object that overlaps with the newly placed operation target object, the display processing unit 252 sets the other basic area object (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “movement target object”) as a basic area object. Move it to a position where it does not overlap with any basic area object in area 810 .

At this time, if there is an area in which no basic area object exists around the operation target object, the display processing unit 252 moves the operation target object so that the movement target object can be arranged within the basic area 810. may be automatically moved to a position that does not overlap any other base area object. When the above movement processing is completed, the display processing unit 252 changes the reference point of each operation target object stored in the basic area arrangement table T2 based on the newly arranged position.

(Modification 6)
The game content display process may be performed on a plurality of game content images arranged on a predetermined game field. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9 arranged on the game stage F. FIG.

Each of the multiple game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9 is an image of a base object in which multiple basic area objects corresponding to the game medium are arranged. The base object has substantially the same shape as the base region. The object placed in the veil object is not limited to the basic area object, and may be any object as long as it is at least one object. The shape of the base object may differ from the shape of the base region.

The game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9 have the same shape. Each of the multiple game media images IMG-1 to IMG-9 may have a shape different from the others. Further, each of the game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9 is arranged so as to be in contact with the adjacent game medium images, but may be arranged without being in contact with the adjacent game medium images. The number of game medium images is not limited to nine, and may be one or more. The game content images IMG-1 to IMG-9 shown in FIG. 24 may be displayed on a game content list screen, an organization screen, a battle game screen, or the like.

FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a display range displayed on a plurality of game content images and a display screen. The display processing unit 252 moves the display range D displayed on the display screen relative to the plurality of game medium images arranged on the game field F according to the user's operation or the progress of the game. can be done. The display processing unit 252 generates a drawn image based on the image within the display range D, and displays the generated drawn image on the display device 23 .

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of objects arranged in the display area (basic area 810 and change areas 826a to 826e).

As shown in FIG. 26, for each of a plurality of game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9, when all of the game medium images are included in the display range D, a basic area 810 having the same shape as the game medium image is displayed. A basic object of the game content is placed inside. For example, the display processing unit 252 determines whether or not the entire outer shape of the game medium image is included in the display range D for each of the plurality of game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9. Next, the display processing unit 252 sets a basic area 810 having the same shape as the game medium image whose outer shape is entirely within the display range D, at the position of the game medium image. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges the basic area object of the game medium corresponding to the game medium image in the set basic area 810 .

Also, as shown in FIG. 26, for each of the plurality of game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9, if a portion of the game medium image is included in the display range D, the game medium image included in the display range D The corresponding game medium changing objects are placed in the changing areas 826a to 826e that are the same as the shape of part of the . For example, the display processing unit 252 determines whether or not there is an overlapping area between the game medium image and the display range D for each of the plurality of game medium images IMG-1 to IMG-9. Next, if there is an overlapping area between the game medium image and the display range D, the display processing unit 252 sets changing areas 826a to 826e having the same shape as the overlapping area at the position of the overlapping area. Then, the display processing unit 252 arranges the game medium changing area object corresponding to the game medium image in which the overlapping area exists within the set changing areas 826a to 826e.

Further, as shown in FIG. 26, when there is an overlapping area between the game medium image and the display range D, if a predetermined display prohibition condition regarding the overlapping area is satisfied, the display processing unit 252 displays a predetermined Overlapping areas 827a to 827c satisfying the display prohibition condition are not set as changing areas, and changing area objects are not arranged in the overlapping areas 827a to 827c. The predetermined display prohibition condition is that the area of the overlapping regions 827a to 827c is less than a predetermined area value, and/or the length of the overlapping regions 827a to 827c in a predetermined direction (horizontal direction or vertical direction of the screen) is a predetermined value. is less than the value of

(Modification 7)
In the terminal device 2 of this embodiment, the information displayed in the basic area object and the changing area object is not limited to information about game media. For example, a browser application program that executes a web browser for browsing web pages published via the Internet, a document that displays a document editing screen for creating a document, and a document that realizes a user interface for document creation The processor 25 functions as a processing unit by executing various instructions included in various control programs such as a creating program and a spreadsheet program for realizing spreadsheet calculation. Various types of information are used as information displayed in the basic area object and the change area object.

For example, when the processing unit displays each of a plurality of data files, a sub-screen for displaying content information included in each data file and a tab object for selecting a sub-screen are displayed for each data file. be. For example, if the control program is a browser application, the processing unit controls sub-screen A1 and tab object A2 for displaying web page A of a predetermined website, and sub-screen B1 and tab object for displaying web page B of the same site. B2 is displayed. In this case, the titles of the web pages A and B are displayed on the tab objects A2 and B2.

As the number of data files displayed at the same time increases, the display area of each sub-screen and tab object becomes smaller. Therefore, when displaying a list of sub screens and tab objects related to a plurality of data files, the processing unit sets sub changing areas corresponding to the sub screens and tab changing areas corresponding to the tab objects for each of the plurality of data files. At least part of the information displayed on the sub-screen is displayed in the sub-change area, and at least part of the information displayed in the tab object is displayed in the tab-change area. The information displayed in the sub-change area is, for example, the string information within the first _X1 characters in the data file if the data file contains string information. The information displayed in the sub-change area may include the first image information in the data file.

The processing unit changes _X1 , which is the number of character strings displayed in the sub-change area, according to the area of the tab change area and/or the amount of information that can be written in the tab change area. good too. For example, the processing unit may increase _X1 as the area of the tab change area and/or the amount of information that can be written in the tab change area is larger. For example, when the image information is displayed in the tab change area, the processing unit may reduce _X1 as the data size of the image information increases.

Also, the processing unit may change _X1 , which is the number of character strings displayed in the sub-change area, according to the meta information of the data file. For example, the processing unit may refer to the amount of data included in the meta information of the data file, and increase _X1 as the amount of data in the data file increases. For example, the processing unit refers to the amount of data included in the meta information of the data file, and sets _X1 according to the data file creator, creation date, title, and/or various setting information (domain, etc.). You may

(Modification 8)
The display processing unit 252 determines the changed area to be applied from the changed area arrangement table T5 based on the user environment and/or game mode. It is also possible to determine the changing area object to be placed in the area, and to dynamically change the placement position and shape of the changing area object to be placed based on a predetermined placement rule.

The layout condition information is, for example, information about the area of the display screen of the display device 23 . For example, if the displayable area of the game medium group images 831 and 841 is equal to or larger than the predetermined area A, the display processing unit 252 determines all changing area objects (all changing area objects corresponding to the basic area objects). Then, the size of the changing area objects is reduced and the arrangement position is changed so that all the changing area objects are included in the changing area (hereinafter sometimes referred to as change processing A1). Note that each time the area in which the game medium group images 831 and 841 can be displayed is changed within a range equal to or greater than the predetermined area A, the display processing unit 252 changes all the changing area objects to the changing area according to the change. change the shape of the change area object and change the arrangement position so that it is included in the change area object (hereinafter sometimes referred to as change processing A2). Further, when the displayable area of the game medium group images 831 and 841 is greater than or equal to the predetermined area B and less than the predetermined area A (the predetermined area B is smaller than the predetermined area A), the display processing unit 252 of the changing area objects displayed in the changing area other than a predetermined number (e.g., one) of changing area objects selected in advance or at random An object is determined, and the shape of the changed area object is changed and the arrangement position is changed so that the determined changed area object is included in the changed area (hereinafter sometimes referred to as change processing B1). Each time the area in which the game medium group images 831 and 841 can be displayed is changed within the range of the predetermined area B or more and less than the predetermined area A, the display processing unit 252 changes all the changing area objects according to the change. is included in the change area, and the arrangement position is changed (hereinafter sometimes referred to as change processing B2).

In this way, the display processing unit 252 determines the changing area object to be arranged in the changing area according to the information about the area of the display screen of the display device 23, and determines the arrangement position and shape of the changing area object to be arranged. , can be changed dynamically based on predetermined placement rules.

The arrangement condition information may be information related to other objects displayed on the display screen of the display device 23, for example. For example, if the area of the other object is equal to or larger than the predetermined area A, the display processing unit 252 executes the change processing A1. Every time the area of another object is changed within a range equal to or larger than the predetermined area A, the display processing unit 252 executes the change processing A2 according to the change. Further, when the area of the other object is equal to or greater than the predetermined area B and less than the predetermined area A (the predetermined area B is smaller than the predetermined area A), the display processing unit 252 executes the change processing B1. Every time the area of another object is changed within the range of the predetermined area B or more and less than the predetermined area A, the display processing unit 252 executes the change process B2 according to the change.

In this manner, the display processing unit 252 determines the changing area object to be placed in the changing area according to information about other objects displayed on the display screen of the display device 23, and determines the changing area object to be placed. It is possible to dynamically change the arrangement position and shape based on a predetermined arrangement rule. Information about other objects is not limited to the size of other objects, but may be the distance from other objects to game media group images 831 and 841, or the number of other objects displayed.

The arrangement condition information may be information relating to the number of game media included in the game media group images 831 and 841, for example. For example, if the number of game media included in the game media group images 831 and 841 is equal to or greater than a predetermined number A, the display processing unit 252 executes the change processing A1. Further, when the number of game media included in the game media group images 831 and 841 is greater than or equal to a predetermined number B and less than a predetermined number A (the predetermined number B is smaller than the predetermined number A), the display processing unit 252 performs change processing. Execute B1.

In this way, the display processing unit 252 determines the changing area object to be arranged in the changing area according to the information about the number of game media included in the game medium group images 831 and 841, and determines the changing area object to be arranged. It is possible to dynamically change the arrangement position and shape of the , based on a predetermined arrangement rule.

(Modification 9)
In the example shown in FIG. 4(c), four types of changing area objects 821, 822, 823, and 824 are arranged in the changing area 820. At least two of the plurality of changing area objects arranged in the changing area 820 are shown in FIG. Two change area objects may be arranged to have overlapping portions.

Overlapping changing area objects are, for example, a changing area object in which an image representing the game content is displayed, a display area object in which characters for describing the game content are displayed, and the like. For example, when a display area object displaying characters for explaining the game content is superimposed on a changing area object displaying an image representing the game content, the latter display area object is superimposed. The transparent processing may be performed based on a predetermined degree of transparency.

(Modification 10)
As shown in FIG. 10, when the display of each changing area object placed in the changing area 820c related to the extracting instruction ends, a new changing area including the changing area 820c and the changing area 820d (combined into one area) is displayed. A region 820d is generated, but as shown in FIG. 27, a new change region 820d may not be generated. As a result, the user can clearly grasp in what order the game contents were the target of the extraction instruction.

(Modification 11)
At least part of the functions of the progress processing unit 251 and the display processing unit 252 of the terminal device 2 may be realized by the processor 33 of the server device 3 . For example, the processor 33 may function as the display processing unit 335 by executing various commands included in the control program stored in the storage device 32 of the server device 3 .

For example, when the display processing unit 335 receives a screen display instruction request and a game content display instruction request from the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F, the display processing unit 335 executes the display processing shown in FIG. Display data to be displayed on the display device 23 of the device 2 is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication I/F, and the display processing unit 252 on the terminal device 2 displays various screens based on the received display data. may be displayed. By executing various processes on such a so-called web device side, it is possible to reduce the processing load on the processor 25 of the terminal device 2 .

1 game system 2 terminal device 21 communication I/F
22 storage device 23 display device 24 input device 25 processor 251 progression processing unit 252 display processing unit 3 server device 31 communication I/F
32 storage device 33 processor 331 server reception unit 332 data acquisition unit 333 server transmission unit 334 storage processing unit 4 base station 5 mobile communication network 6 gateway 7 Internet

Claims (16)

A control program for a game device comprising one or more computer processors, a display device having a display screen, and a storage device,
the storage device stores information about a plurality of objects in association with each of the plurality of game media;
to the one or more computer processors;
When a display condition of a first display area corresponding to one game medium among the plurality of game contents is satisfied, the plurality of objects associated with the one game medium are displayed in the first display area. arranged and displayed on the display screen of the display device ;
when a display condition of a second display area different from the first display area corresponding to the one game content is satisfied, displaying at least one object among the plurality of objects associated with the one game content; , arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display device ;
let it run ,
The display condition of the first display area is that the display order of the one game content is the first display order determined based on a predetermined parameter of each of the plurality of game media. is
A control program characterized by : the game medium is a game character used in a game executed by the game device;
2. The control program according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of pieces of information about said game character are displayed on each of a plurality of objects associated with said game media. The display condition of the second display area corresponding to the one game content is that the display order of the one game content is in a display order determined based on a predetermined parameter of each of the plurality of game media. , a second order different from the first order. When at least one object among the plurality of objects associated with the one game content is arranged within the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display device , the second object is displayed by the user. When the inside of the display area is designated, a new first display area is set instead of the second display area, and the plurality of objects associated with the one game content are displayed in the new first display area. 4. The control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , arranged on the display screen of the display device . When the user performs a first operation on the plurality of game media,
a display condition for the first display area corresponding to a predetermined game content among the plurality of game media is satisfied;
5. The control program according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein display conditions for said second display area corresponding to game media other than said predetermined game media among said plurality of game media are satisfied. If there are two or more game media other than the predetermined game media,
two or more of the second display areas corresponding to each of the two or more game media are provided along a predetermined line;
6. The control program according to claim 5 , wherein said first display area is provided adjacent to a second display area at one end of said predetermined line. In the first operation , the plurality of objects associated with the predetermined game content are displayed, and at least some of the plurality of objects associated with game media other than the predetermined game content are displayed. 7. The control program according to claim 6 , wherein when it is not displayed, it is a direction instruction operation by a user from said first display area. the first display corresponding to a game medium other than the predetermined game medium among the plurality of game mediums when a parameter value related to a distance from an initial input position related to the direction instruction operation by the user exceeds a predetermined value; 8. The control program according to claim 7 , wherein the display condition of the area is satisfied. When the display of the plurality of game media is arranged on the game field,
The display condition of the first display area corresponding to the one game content is that all of the one game content placed on the game field is included in the display screen of the display device . The control program according to claim 1 or 2. The display condition for the second display area corresponding to the one game content is that part of the one game content placed on the game field is included in the display screen of the display device . 10. The control program according to claim 9 . 11. When a part of said one game medium placed on said game field satisfies a predetermined display non-display condition, it does not satisfy a display condition of said second display area corresponding to said one game medium. Control program described in . storing a priority for each object associated with the second display area in the storage device ;
12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11 , wherein an object placed in said second display area when a display condition of said second display area corresponding to said one game content is satisfied is selected based on said priority. A control program according to any one of the preceding paragraphs. 13. The control program according to claim 12 , wherein said priority is determined based on state information of said game device or information relating to size or shape of said display screen of said display device . 13. The control program according to claim 12 , wherein said priority is determined based on progress of a game executed by said game device. A control method for a game device comprising one or more computer processors, a display device having a display screen, and a storage device,
the storage device stores information about a plurality of objects in association with each of the plurality of game media;
The one or more computer processors are
When a display condition of a first display area corresponding to one game medium among the plurality of game contents is satisfied, the plurality of objects associated with the one game medium are displayed in the first display area. arranged and displayed on the display screen of the display device ;
when a display condition of a second display area different from the first display area corresponding to the one game content is satisfied, displaying at least one object among the plurality of objects associated with the one game content; , arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display device ;
including
The display condition of the first display area is that the display order of the one game content is the first display order determined based on a predetermined parameter of each of the plurality of game media. is
A control method characterized by : a display device having a display screen;
a storage device that stores information about a plurality of objects in association with each of a plurality of game media;
When a display condition of a first display area corresponding to one game medium among the plurality of game contents is satisfied, the plurality of objects associated with the one game medium are displayed in the first display area. arranged and displayed on the display screen of the display device ;
when a display condition of a second display area different from the first display area corresponding to the one game content is satisfied, displaying at least one object among the plurality of objects associated with the one game content; , arranged in the second display area and displayed on the display screen of the display device ; and
with
The display condition of the first display area is that the display order of the one game content is the first display order determined based on a predetermined parameter of each of the plurality of game media. is
A game device characterized by:

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