KR101843345B1 - Mentor system in online game and provision method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mentor system in an online game and a method of providing the same are disclosed. According to the present invention, a player character who is not familiar with specific content of an online game plays a player character mastering the content as his mentor, plays the corresponding content together in a watching mode, and directly uses the technique and know- You can get it. Mentors can earn prestige and certain rewards within online games. In this case, it is possible to allow new gamers to easily acquire a game play method, and the number of new gamers that deviate from the game due to game adaptation failure is reduced.

Description

[0001] MENTOR SYSTEM AND PROVISION METHOD THEREOF IN ONLINE GAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a method of operating an online game.

With the spread of the Internet and the advancement of hardware technology, the hegemony of the game market has gradually moved from package game to online game.

Over the past decade, online games have been growing quantitatively and qualitatively, ranging from arcade games where anyone can easily learn how to manipulate them, to role-playing games where players can manipulate their own characters to perform missions or quests. Have arrived.

Among the online games, MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), which boasts tens of thousands of concurrent users, can be considered as the backgammon of online games. These MMORPGs are mostly games Each character is manipulated to form a party to perform a mission or a quest together. In addition, the content of the game has become larger than that of the conventional stand alone (role-playing) game.

Therefore, while the immersion and interest of the game is greatly improved, it takes a certain amount of time and learning process to adapt to the game at the beginning and to get enough interest. Most online games provide tutorials so you can learn how to operate them at the beginning of the game.

Nonetheless, the tutorial will help you learn how to play the game, learn the essential elements of game progress, such as forming relationships with other gamers in the game, collecting know-how for actual quests, and collecting items There is a limitation that it does not help.

Accordingly, the present applicant has developed a means for allowing existing gamers who have fully adapted to the game to help new gamers adapt to the game, and discloses a system for managing priests within an online game and a method for providing the same as disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-81399 .

In this case, new gamers can easily adapt and adapt to the game in a short period of time by joining existing gamers who have sufficient items and character levels to quests that are not easy to perform by themselves.

Nevertheless, according to this conventional technology, only the cooperative play is performed in the form that the existing gamer drives the experience value or the item so that the new gamer can adapt to the game, and thus the know-how for playing the game is not transferred to the novice gamer A problem was found.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a methodology that enables existing gamers to fully understand the gameplay and the know-how of various gameplay acquired by novice gamers.

Patent Publication No. 10-2011-81399 "On-Game In-Game Prize Management System and Method for Providing the Same &

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the related art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a new game player, The goal is to provide a mentor system in online games that allows gamers to gain in-game reputation by guiding new gamers and to direct new gamers the know-how for game play.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing new gamers with a game play experience by simply allowing new gamers to drive items or experience points and thereby allowing new gamers to identify the skill or movement line In a short period of time.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an online game server for providing an online game service by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,

The online game server selects a player character that meets a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether specific contents provided in the online game are cleared,

As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character However,

And the online game server processes the specific content in the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a mentor system in an online game, the method comprising: providing a plurality of game clients connected through a network, In the method being practiced,

A step 110 of selecting a player character that satisfies a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether or not specific content provided in the online game server is cleared;

As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character 120; And

And a step 130 in which the online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode.

According to the present invention, by moving experience points like the prize system of the online game according to the prior art, it is possible to move away from the method of raising the level of the low-level character of the new gamer in a short period of time, This has the effect of making it easier for new gamers to feel and adapt to the game.

In this case, the number of new gamers who deviate from the game due to the failure to adapt to the game is reduced, which contributes to the increase in sales from the viewpoint of the online game provider.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a connection relationship between an online game server and a plurality of game clients.
FIG. 2 is a reference view showing a state in which the mentee player character observes the skill cast by the mentee player character in the watching mode,
3 is a reference view showing a state in which a mentee player character observes a movement line of a mentor player character,
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a mentor system in an online game according to the present invention in a time-wise manner.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments and accompanying drawings. In order to clarify the present invention, contents which are not related to the configuration of the present invention will be omitted, and the same reference numerals are used for the same components.

On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "comprising" another element in the description of the invention or in the claims, it is not interpreted as being limited to only that element, Elements may be further included.

Also, in the description of the invention or the claims, the components named as "means", "parts", "modules", "blocks" refer to units that process at least one function or operation, Each of which may be implemented by software or hardware, or a combination thereof.

1 is a diagram illustrating a connection relationship between an online game server and a plurality of game clients.

Referring to FIG. 1, the online game server 10 provides online game services to a plurality of game clients 20 connected through a network.

At this time, the online game provided by the online game server 10 is preferably an online game in which each player operates his or her own player character to collaborate or compete with each other in the online game, and for example, a massively multiplayer (MMORPG) Online Roleplaying Game).

The gamers manipulate their player characters using their respective game clients 20. The gamers who are skilled in online game play wish to be recognized in the game and, as will be described later, As a mentor for online game content, it can help others play games.

On the other hand, new gamers can request a mentor for a player character selected as a mentor in an online game to directly receive the know-how on playing the online game.

The existing gamer who receives the mentoring request accepts the player character of the new gamer as a mentee by allowing it.

The mentor system in the online game according to the present invention can be implemented in an online game server 10 connected to a plurality of game clients 20 through a network as shown in FIG.

The process of transferring knowledge and know-how between the mentor player character 1 and the mentee player character 2 by the mentor system in the online game according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The online game server 10 selects, as a mentor for the content, a player character that satisfies a predetermined condition with respect to whether specific contents provided in the online game are cleared.

In general, when new online games are updated, many new contents are added, and the player character of the player who has mastered the latest contents can be selected by the mentor player character (1).

For example, when a plurality of quests are added by the update of the online game, the player character that has been cleared for each quest first can be selected by the mentor player character 1. In this case, one mentor player character (1) are born.

At this time, each of the mentor player characters 1 is displayed as a mentor for the corresponding quest in the online game, and the other player characters are displayed to the mentor player character 1 in association with the corresponding quest You can ask to become your mentor.

As the mentor player character 1 allows this, the online game server 10 selects the player character who made the mentoring request as the mentee player character 2, and forms the relationship with the mentee player character 1.

On the other hand, the online game server 10 processes the mentee player character 2 so that the mentee player character 1 can play in the online game of the mentor player character 1 while playing it in the watching mode.

For example, the mentee player character 2 plays with the mentor player character 1 for a specific content for which the mentor player character 1 has a mentorship qualification. At this time, at least some of the character state items of the mentee player character 2 Are not affected by the outcome of the gameplay.

For example, it is possible to perform a specific quest with the mentor player character 1 but not to attack from the monster so that there is no change in physical strength before and after the quest, or since the player 1 is watching the play of the mentor player character 1, So that it can not be obtained.

The character status items are typically physical strength, horsepower, experience, level, equipment, and the like.

On the other hand, in such a watch mode, some auxiliary means as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 may be provided so that the mentee player character 2 can acquire more knowledge and know-how on game play more directly .

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 illustrate how the mentee player 2 directly transfers knowledge and know-how about game play while watching the game play of the mentor player character 1 in the watching mode.

The mentee player character 2 needs to know precisely what skill the mentor player character 1 plays in order to perform a specific quest when playing an online game.

The mentor player character (1) can cast various skills to attack or defend against specific contents, and simply observing the play of the mentor player character (1) can not understand exactly what skill to cast. The online game server 10 processes the information on the skill of the mentor player character 1 when the skill of the mentor player character 1 is displayed on the screen of the game client 20 operating at least the mentee player character 2.

FIG. 2 illustrates a state in which information on the skill is displayed on the screen in accordance with the skill casting of the mentor player character 1. In this way, the online game server 10 includes a game client 20 for operating the mentee player character 2 ) Information on the skill can be displayed in the form of a pop-up or speech balloon near the position of the mentor player character 1 on the screen.

The information about the skill may include various information for describing the skill such as the name of the skill, what the activation condition is, and the damage imposed on the resultant enemy of the activation.

On the other hand, the mentee player character 2 may have to know precisely which movement line the mentee player character 1 moves in order to perform a specific quest when playing an online game.

To this end, the online game server 10 processes at least the movement lines of the mentor player character 1 on the screen of the game client 20 operating at least the mentee player character 2 as illustrated in FIG. 3 .

Thus, the new gamer manipulates the mentee player character 2 through the game client 20 to watch the process of playing the specific online game content in real time, and specifically, what skill is used to clear the mentee player character 1 , You can see which copper lines are moving and clearing.

On the contrary, existing gamers who adapt early to specific contents can acquire reputation in online games by accepting player characters of new gamers who are immature about the contents as mentees.

In the online game, being selected as a mentor player character symbolizes honor as well as a kind of decoration in the game, and for a player character who has performed a role as a mentor several times, for example, a mentor among the mentors means "Grand Mentor" .

In this case, a predetermined reward (for example, an item, etc.) may be given along with a public reputation in the online game.

On the other hand, although the online game server 10 has selected the player character that cleared the specific content for the first time as the mentor player character 1, the online game server 10 may also select the mentor player character 2 as the mentor player character 1 , It can be regarded as being sufficiently mastered about the contents and selected as a mentor.

For example, if you clear the same quest five times or more along the mentor, the mentee player (2) is no longer a mentee, and will become a mentor who will guide and assist the game play of other player characters.

In addition, you can self-cleared your own quests without using this mentor system. However, since the online game server 10 selects the player character that clears the specific content for the first time as the mentor player character 1, the player character who cleared the content at a subordinate position other than the first is called the mentor system 1 Or to force the specific content to be cleared a certain number of times or more without using the mentor system.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a mentor system in an online game according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a mentor system in an online game according to the present invention in a time-wise manner.

The present invention shown in FIG. 4 is executed in an online game server 10 that provides an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients 20 connected through a network as shown in FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 4, the online game server 10 selects a player character that meets a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content, whether the specific content provided in the online game is cleared (S110).

For example, a player character that has first cleared a specific quest can be selected by the mentor player character (1).

On the other hand, when any one of the other player characters is requested to be a mentor of the selected mentor player character 1, if the mentor player character 1 is accepted in the online game, 10 sets the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentee player character 2 (S120).

Thus, a kind of priest relationship is formed between the mentor player character 1 and the mentee player character 2.

As the relationship between the mentor and the mentee is formed as described above, the online game server 10 allows the mentee player character 1 to play the specific content having the qualification of the mentor, The specific contents are processed so as to be playable (S130).

That is, the specific contents are played together in the same space in the online game by the mentor player character 1 and the mentee player character 2, but at least a part of the status items of the mentee player character 2 The watch mode is handled by not being affected.

The online game server 10 allows the mentee player character 2 to play the specific content together with the mentor player character 1 but not to attack from the monster, ) So as not to change with the physical strength of the player.

On the other hand, in such a watching mode, the on-line game server 10 is provided with the following means (not shown) so that new gamers can directly receive knowledge and know-how related to game play while watching the game play of the mentor player character 1 directly Can be provided.

In step S130, the online game server 10 displays information about the skill casted by the mentor player character on the game client 20 screen for operating the mentee player character 2 can do.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, it can be displayed around the mentor player character 1 in the form of a pop-up or speech balloon.

In addition, the online game server 10 can display the movement path of the mentor player character on the screen of the game client 20 that operates the mentee player character 2 in processing the watching mode in step S130.

On the other hand, in step S110, the online game server 110 selects the player character that clears the specific content for the first time as the mentor for the content. However, the mentee player character 1 may select the specific content The mentee player 1 may be selected as a mentor or the online game server may not select the player character other than the player character who cleared the specific content for the first time, If you clear the corresponding character, you can select the player character as a mentor.

Meanwhile, the method of providing a mentor system in an online game according to the present invention can be embodied as computer-readable code and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium may include any type of medium in which data readable by a computer system is stored. Examples of the medium include a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a USB memory, a flash memory And the like.

On the other hand, the expression to be recorded on the recording medium encompasses not only a case where a large amount is recorded on a recording medium, a case where it is distributed in the form of a package, a case where it is provided on a recording medium through a network in the form of a data packet.

In the above description, the expression "server" is used. However, in a distributed computing environment, it is common to divide a function or a load into a plurality of servers for processing. Therefore, a "server" does not necessarily refer to a single hardware component, And < / RTI >

In the above description, the network is referred to as a local area network (WAN), a wide area network (WAN), or an intranet, a virtual private network (VPN) Therefore, it should be interpreted as a broad concept including all kinds of network connection methods called WiBro, WiFi, and mobile communication network.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. . Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be determined only by the technical idea of the appended claims, and is not limited to the above embodiments.

The present invention can be applied to the field of on-line game technology.

10: Online game server
20: Game Client
1: Mentor Player Character
2: Mentee player character

Claims (17)

delete A method for executing on an online game server that provides an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,
A step 110 of selecting a player character that satisfies a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether or not specific content provided in the online game server is cleared;
As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character 120; And
And a step 130 in which the online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode,
In step 130, the online game server causes the mentee player character to play the same content in the same space in the online game with the mentee player character, and at least a part of the status items of the mentee player character Wherein the at least one of the at least two of the at least one of the at least two of the plurality of the at least one at least one of the at least two of the plurality of the at least one at least one of the at least two of the at least one user. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the online game server displays information on the skill casted by the mentor player character on the game client screen in which the online game server operates the mentee player character. The method of claim 3,
In operation 130, the online game server transmits information on the skill casted in the form of a pop-up or a speech bubble within a certain distance from the position of the mentee character displayed on the game client screen for operating the mentee player character during the skill casting of the mentor player character The method of providing a mentor system in an online game according to claim 1, A method for executing on an online game server that provides an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,
A step 110 of selecting a player character that satisfies a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether or not specific content provided in the online game server is cleared;
As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character 120; And
And a step 130 in which the online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode,
Wherein the online game server processes the game mode by displaying the moving movement line of the mentor player character on the game client screen in which the online game server manipulates the mentee player character. A method for executing on an online game server that provides an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,
A step 110 of selecting a player character that satisfies a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether or not specific content provided in the online game server is cleared;
As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character 120; And
And a step 130 in which the online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode,
Wherein the online game server selects a player character for which the specific content is first cleared as a mentor for the content in operation 110. [ The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the online game server selects the mentee player character as a mentor when the mentee player character clears the specific content more than a predetermined number of times. The method according to claim 6,
If the online game server clears the specific content for a certain number of times or more without becoming a mentee player as a player character other than the player character that cleared the specific content for the first time in step 110, the corresponding player character is selected as a mentor A method of providing a mentor system in a characterizing online game. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a mentor system providing method in the online game according to any one of claims 2 to 8 on a computer. delete 1. An online game server for providing an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,
The online game server selects a player character that meets a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether specific contents provided in the online game are cleared,
As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character However,
The online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode,
The online game server causes the mentee player character to play the same content in the same space in the online game with the mentee player character so that at least some of the status items of the mentee player character are not affected by the play result of the online game Wherein the Mentor system in the on-line game is characterized in that the game mode is processed. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the online game server displays information on the skill casted by the mentor player character on the game client screen for operating the mentee player character. 13. The method of claim 12,
The online game server displays information on a skill casted in the form of a pop-up or a speech bubble within a certain distance at a position where the mentor character is displayed on the game client screen for operating the mentee player character during the skill casting of the mentor player character Mentor system in an online game. 1. An online game server for providing an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,
The online game server selects a player character that meets a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether specific contents provided in the online game are cleared,
As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character However,
The online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode,
Wherein the online game server processes the watching mode by displaying a moving movement line of the mentor player character on a game client screen for operating the mentee player character. 1. An online game server for providing an online game service performed by operating a player character to a plurality of game clients connected through a network,
The online game server selects a player character that meets a predetermined condition as a mentor for the content with respect to whether specific contents provided in the online game are cleared,
As the player character selected by the mentor accepts a request for mentoring of any other player character with respect to the player character selected as the mentor, the online game server transmits the player character who has made the mentoring request to the mentor of the mentor player character However,
The online game server processes the specific content of the mentor player character so that the mentee player character can play the specific content in the watching mode,
Wherein the online game server selects a player character who has first cleared specific contents as a mentor for the content. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the online game server selects the mentee player character as a mentor when the mentee player character clears the specific content more than a predetermined number of times. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the online game server selects the player character as a mentor when the specific content is cleared for a predetermined number of times or more without becoming a mentee player as a player character other than the player character that cleared the specific content for the first time The mentor system in.

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