KR20090122887A - Network game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A network game system which a player team who is not login for a while and an active player team are organized in a same league is provided to update the received visual by a log update unit from a client computer. CONSTITUTION: If log-in or log-out information is received from a client computer, a log update unit(202) updates the received visual according to a player team. A game result generating unit generates a result of a game based on team setup information. The result of the game information is generated. If the league within the league is completed, a changing unit varies rank information about the player team by the match result. A league organizing unit(204) updates league information about the player team.

Description

Network game system {NETWORK GAME SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a network game system that handles the progress of a match due to a match of a player team entered into a server from a client computer.

Background Art Conventionally, various network game systems have been provided in which a player can participate in an online game through a communication line such as the Internet from a client computer on which a client program of a game system is installed. In these network game systems, a player gathers player characters and other characters from the position of the owner or manager of a sports team such as soccer or baseball, forms a team, competes with a team composed of other players or game servers, and proceeds with the competition. It is to enjoy the situation and the outcome.

In the following description, a "client computer" is a computer in which a client program of the network game system is installed in a general-purpose personal computer, a computer in which the client program is pre-installed, a game terminal capable of processing the client program, and the like. Used in the sense including

In these online games, additional services are provided nationwide to show the player's rankings, such as winning, losing, winning streak and overall points. The invention which makes it possible to identify a player is also proposed (refer patent document 1 below).

In addition, the time that can be spent in the game is limited for modern busy members of the society, so that the player teams entered into the server, the non-player teams, or the player teams and the non-player teams A network game system has already been proposed in which a server automatically executes a game progression process by a game (hereinafter referred to as an "auto progress network game").

In such an automatic network game, the player characters that make up the team can be used semi-permanently in the game. Therefore, a team with a high ability (strong) group composed of high player characters is easily formed by similar player characters. The problem was that the player would lose interest in the game. Also, if a player enters a team and enters the server once, the game proceeds automatically even if the player does not log in to the server for a long time. If left unattended, the beginners would have difficulty in posting a good record even if they frequently logged into the server by devising a team formation or strategy, and the game participants would be narrowed.

In view of these problems, the present applicant is provided in Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-110897 (hereinafter referred to as "Patent Document 2"), which includes a server having a storage means and a client computer capable of transmitting and receiving information via a communication network, For each player character team entered into this server, the maximum cost that can be used for the formation of that player character team is updated based on the total information, and the maximum cost that can be used for the formation of the player character team for each player character team entered is the initial value. At the same time, a proposal was made for a network game system for erasing a player character that has reached the end of the player's life.

According to the network game system disclosed in Patent Literature 2, since the maximum cost that can be used for the formation of the player character team can be configured to increase according to the number of games played or the content of the game, the cost is high along with the digestion of the game. Allow teams to organize teams using player characters.

Also, for example, at the end of a preset number of matches, the maximum cost available for the formation of the player character team is reset to the initial value, and the same player character is continued to be used by erasing the player character at the end of the player's life. By making it impossible, a player character of a team with a high comprehensive ability becomes similar to each other, or a network game system in which a team left unattended without logging in to a server for a long time cannot maintain its comprehensive ability.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-118543

[Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-110897

In the game system disclosed in Patent Document 2, a player character is substituted for a player character that is terminated at the end of the player's life and automatically played from the server. However, in such a game system, when a player enters a team and enters the server once, the game proceeds automatically even after not logging in to the server for a long time. It becomes the team formed only by the player character. In addition, the team's strategy does not change properly, resulting in monotonous competition. In this game, the opponents who can only play monotonous games have a problem that players who log in on the server regularly (hereinafter referred to as "active players") lose their interest in the game in consideration of team formation and strategy. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a network game system in which a team that is left without logging in to a server for a long time is difficult to play against an active player team.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a server having a storage means for storing log time information, team setting information, rank information, match result information, and league information relating to a player team, and communicating with the server. A network comprising a client computer capable of transmitting and receiving information via a network, wherein the server executes a league game progression process in which a plurality of games are played by the player team entered from the client computer to the server from the start of the league to the end of the league game. A game system, wherein the server, upon receiving login or logout information from the client computer, log updating means for updating the received time as log time information according to a player team, and a plurality of player teams belonging to the league team. Play against the player based on the setting information For example, the match result generation means for generating the match result information of the player team, and the rank change means and the rank change means for changing the rank information about the player team according to the match result when the league match in the league ends. And a league organizing means for organizing the changed ranks belonging to the same league to the same league, and updating the league information relating to the player team, wherein the league organizing means refers to the log time information about the player team. It is determined whether the logged in time or the logged out time is before the start time of the league match, and if it is before the start time, the player team is assigned to a special league to update the league information regarding the player team. It features.

In the network game system according to claim 1, in the network game system according to claim 1, the time when the rank change means is logged in or logged out with reference to log time information about a player team at the end of the league match is the start time of the league match. It is determined whether or not it is before, and if the time when the login or logout is before the start time, the rank for the player team is not promoted.

In the invention according to claim 3, in the network game system according to claim 2, after the client computer logs in by the player, the client computer receives the match result information of the corresponding player team in the storage means of the server, A result display means for displaying the match result based on the match result information on the display device, and a notification means for displaying the content on the display device when the rank of the player team is not promoted by the rank changing means. It is characterized by.

In the invention according to claim 4, the network game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rank changing means refers to the league information of the player team at the end of the league match, and the player team determines the special league. If belonging to, it is characterized in that the rank for the player team is not promoted.

In the invention according to claim 5, in the network game system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the league organization means includes a time when a user logs in or logs out to the league formation with reference to log time information about a player team. It is characterized in that it comprises a player team deleting means for deleting all information of the corresponding player team if it is before the predetermined time.

The invention according to claim 6 includes a server having storage means for storing log time information, team setting information, rank information, competition result information, and league information relating to a player team, and a client capable of transmitting and receiving information through the communication network with the server. A server provided with a computer, which executes a league game progression process in which a plurality of games are played by the player team entered into the server from the client computer, from the start of the league to the end of the game, logging in or logging out from the client computer. Receiving the information, log updating means for updating the received time as log time information about the player team, and a plurality of player teams belonging to the league are played based on the team setting information, and the player team is played. Competitive result generation means for generating result information; When the league game within the game is finished, the player team is organized by rank changing means for changing the rank information about the player team and the rank changed by the rank changing means belonging to the same league. League organization means for updating the league organization information relating to the league organization means, referring to the log time information about the player team to determine whether the time of login or logout is before the start time of the league match, If it is before the start time, the player team is assigned to the special league, and the league information about the player team is updated.

According to the network game system according to the present invention, a server having storage means for storing log time information, team setting information, rank information, match result information, and league information regarding a player team, and information is communicated through the server and a communication network. A network game system having a client computer capable of transmitting and receiving, and which the server executes processing of league matches in which a plurality of games are played by the player team entered into the server from the client computer from start to finish of the league match. As the server, when the server receives login or logout information from the client computer, log updating means for updating the received time as log time information about the player team, and a plurality of player teams belonging to the league are set up by the team. According to the match, the player Match result generating means for generating match result information of a team, rank changing means for changing rank information about the player team according to the match result when a league match in the league ends, and rank changed to the rank changing means. Has a league organizing means for organizing the same player team to belong to the same league, and updating the league information relating to the player team, the league organizing means logging in with reference to the log time information about the player team or It is determined whether the logged out time is before the start time of the league match, and if it is before the start time, the player team is organized to belong to a special league, and the league information about the player team is updated, Players who have not logged in or logged out while playing It is affiliated with the league. Therefore, it is possible to provide a network game system in which a player team that is not logged in for a predetermined period and an active player team are difficult to be organized in the same league.

Also, the rank changing means refers to the log time information on the player team at the end of the league, and determines whether the logged in or logged out time is before the start time of the league, and the logged in or logged out time is the start time. In the previous case, the rank of the player team is not promoted, so that a team not manipulated by the player, that is, a player team that has not been logged in for a predetermined period of time, is promoted so that the active player does not lose interest in the game.

After the player has logged in, the client computer receives the match result information of the player team stored in the server storage means and displays the match result about the match result information on the display device, and the rank changing means. In the case where the rank of the player team has not been promoted by the user, a notification means for displaying the contents on the display device is provided. Therefore, when a player who has not logged in for a while logs in to the network game system, the rank promotion is not performed. The player is not lost interest because the player is notified of the fact that the player has not been promoted to the rank.

In addition, the rank changing means refers to the league information of the player team at the end of the league, and if the player team belongs to the special league, the player is left unattended because he is not promoted the rank for the player team. The player team is promoted to a higher rank so that the active player will not lose interest in the game.

In addition, the league organization means includes a player team deletion means for deleting all information of the player team when the logged in or logged out time is earlier than a predetermined time with reference to the log time information about the player team in the league formation. When the league is organized, if the logout time information for a player team is before a predetermined period (for example, 30 days), all information of the player team is deleted from the server, and thus the user is not logged in for a long time. There is no need to remember the information of neglected player teams on the server. Thus, the load on the server can be reduced.

Further, according to the server according to the present invention, a server having a storage means for storing log time information, team setting information, rank information, competition result information, and affiliated league information about a player team, and information through the server and a communication network A server having a client computer capable of transmitting and receiving and executing a league game progression process in which a plurality of games are played by the player team entered into the server from the client computer, from the start to the end of the league, the client. Upon receiving login or logout information from the computer, log updating means for updating the received time as log time information about the player team, and a plurality of player teams belonging to the league play against the team setting information, Match result generation number which produces match result information of the player team And, when the league game in the league ends, rank changing means for changing rank information about the player team in accordance with a match result, and a rank changed by the rank changing means belongs to the same league. League organization means for updating affiliated league information relating to a player team, wherein the league organization means refers to the log time information about the player team so that a time when a logged in or logged out is before the start time of the league match. If it is before the start time, the player team is organized to belong to a special league, and the league information about the player team is updated, thereby leaving the player team and the active player not logged in for a predetermined period of time. To provide network gaming systems that are difficult for teams to organize in the same league Can be.

Hereinafter, with respect to an embodiment of the present invention, the player organizes a player character team (hereinafter referred to as "PC team") from the baseball team manager's point of view, enters the game by connecting to a server via a network line such as the Internet. (Participation registration), a network game system in which a non-player character team (hereinafter referred to as an "NPC team") organized by a PC team or a server of another player will be described as an example.

In this embodiment, the player organizes his or her PC team by a predetermined number of players characters (hereinafter, 25 in this embodiment) by the client computer 3 that has installed the client program of the game system. A cost between 1 and 10 is set in advance for each player character, and a high cost is generally set for a player character of high ability. In addition, the maximum cost that can be used for organizing the PC team (hereinafter referred to as "team cost") is set, and the player organizes the PC team so that the total cost of 25 player characters falls within the team cost. In addition, this team cost is updated according to the entire information of the match played, and will be described later in detail.

1 is a network connection diagram showing an example of a network configuration of a network game system in the present embodiment.

In Fig. 1, a plurality of client computers 3 are connected to the server 2 via a communication network 1 such as the Internet. The server 2 is not limited to one, but may be configured as a plurality of computers as necessary to distribute the processing load or to back up various data generated in the game progression process. The player can participate in the network game by collecting player characters, forming a PC team, and entering the server 2 according to the client program installed in the client computer 3.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes a terminal (general purpose computer, etc.) capable of transmitting and receiving information with the server 2 through the communication network 1, but the reference numeral 5 denotes a base station 6 via the base station 6. A portable terminal such as a cellular phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) capable of connecting to the communication network 1 and transmitting and receiving information to and from the server 2 via the communication network line 1 is shown. In the network game system according to the present embodiment, the terminal 4 and the portable terminal 5 are configured so that the game situation and results can be viewed.

2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of the server 2 in the present embodiment. In the figure, the server 2 includes a processing unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, an operation unit 240, and an image / audio output unit 250. In addition, the server 2 includes an interface circuit 260 (I / F) for transmitting and receiving information with an external device, and includes a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, an operation unit 240, and an image / audio output unit ( Through this I / F 260, the 250 communicates with an external communication line 271, an external storage device 272, an input device 273 such as a keyboard or a mouse, and an image display device and audio such as a display monitor or a speaker, respectively. It is connected to the output device 274. In addition, the I / F 260 may be configured on one substrate as shown in the drawings, and correspond to the communication unit 220, the storage unit 230, the operation unit 240, and the image / audio output unit 250, respectively. It can also be configured independently.

The processing unit 210 stores the player character information and the like of the PC team entered from the client computer 3 in the storage unit 230, and the time progress in the network game system according to the present embodiment. The timer 211 to be counted and the PC teams entered into the server 2, the NPC teams, or the PC team and the NPC teams are matched with each other (processes for determining opponents against each other) to determine the game schedule. Schedule determination means 212 for performing the processing to be performed, game progression means 213 for automatically performing a game progression processing based on parameters set in the PC team according to the schedule determined by the schedule determination means 212, and this game. Matching image generation means 214 for generating image data of a match based on the game progression processing of the progression means 213, and a predetermined condition set in advance from the image data generated by this game image generation means 214 is satisfied.The image data is extracted, and based on the extracted image data, the digest image generating means 215 for generating digest image data of the game and the game result data after the game progress processing by the game progress means 213 is finished. Matching result generating means 216 to generate is provided.

Further, the processing unit 210 matches the game image in accordance with the game image reproduction request signal transmitted from the client computer 3 or the terminals 4 and 5 shown in FIG. 1 after the game progress processing 213 ends. Similar to the match image reproduction display means 217 for reproducing the match image data generated by the generation means 214 and displaying it on the display device of the client computer 3 or the terminals 4 and 5, the game progress means ( 213 reproduces the digest image data generated by the digest image generating means 215 in accordance with the digest image reproduction request signal transmitted from the client computer 3 or the terminals 4 and 5, A digest image reproduction display means 218 for displaying on the display device of the client computer 3 or the terminals 4, 5, and the client computer; (3) or a match result display means 219 for displaying the match result data on the display device of the terminals 4 and 5;

In addition, in the present embodiment, the processing unit 210 updates the logout information of the last time (recently) already stored in the random access memory (RAM) 232 with the logout information (logout time) of the entered PC team. When the log update means 202 and one pennant are finished, the player team's rank is determined based on the match result (ranking in the league) in the pennant, and the rank change (promotion, maintenance, down) in the next pennant is performed. If the rank change means 203 and the player team are ranked by the said rank change means 203, the league formation means 204 which performs league formation based on the said rank, and the said league formation means ( When the 204 performs the league formation, if the logout information of the player team updated by the log updating means 202 has passed a predetermined period (for example, 30 days), the information of the PC team is sent to the server 2. Player team deleting means (205) for deleting from; In the ranking even though meeting the rank promotion conditions and having a rank information transmission means 206, such as to send to the computer 3, the client information in accordance with the rank has not been promoted not log in a predetermined period.

In addition, the digest image generating means 215 and the digest image reproduction display means 218 are not essential means in the network game system according to the present invention, and can be provided in the server 2 as necessary.

The communication unit 220 connects the server 2 and the external communication line 271 through the I / F 260 to transmit and receive information between the client computer 3 or the terminals 4 and 5 and the server 2. A control process is performed.

The storage unit 230 is a read only memory (ROM) 231 which is a read-only storage area in which a system program including a game program of the network game system in this embodiment is stored, and a player character generated by the processing unit 210. Data including the data 232A, the game image data 232B, and the game result data 232C is stored, and a RAM 232 which is a rewritable storage area used as a work area of the arithmetic processing of the processing unit 210 is provided. do.

The storage unit 230 is connected to the external storage device 272 via the I / F 260, and refers to, reads, and rewrites the data stored in the external storage device 272 according to the processing of the processing unit 210. The process is performed. The external storage device 272 is configured of an information storage medium drive device such as a hard disk drive device, for example, and stores various databases including a game management database 272A (DB). The game management DB 272A includes a player DB which stores player attribute information and various parameter information of the PC team organized by the player, a schedule management DB which stores information about match and schedule of the game, and game progress means ( Based on the game progress process by 213, the game progress DB which stores the basic image data, audio data, etc. which are used when the game image generation means 214 produces | generates game image data, ranking of a player (ranking) A storage area, such as a ranking DB, for storing ranking information and the like for storing the information) is formed. The game management DB 272A may also be formed in the storage unit 230 of the server 2.

The operation unit 240 connects the server 2 and an external input device (keyboard, mouse, touch pen, etc.) through the I / F 260, and maintains the server 2 by maintaining the server 2, or the like. A process of receiving and interpreting data input to the terminal is performed.

The image / audio output unit 250 connects to the server 2 and an image display device / audio output device 274 such as an external display monitor or a speaker via the I / F 260 to process the server 2. Processing to visually and visually confirm is performed.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a data table stored (memorized) in the player DB of the game management DB 272A. FIG. 3A is a data table for various parameters of a player character belonging to the player's PC team. 3 (b) shows an example of a data table of a league to which a PC team in which a player has entered the server 2 belongs.

The data table shown in Fig. 3A is stored for each player, and in this embodiment, the player organizes one PC team by 25 player characters. The first player's order to play in the match consists of 14 beast characters and 11 pitcher characters. In addition to the player's name, each player character has a "coast" for registration in Group 1 as a common parameter for beast and pitcher, "life" indicating the expiration date of the player, "team", "back number" to which the player actually belongs, Each parameter such as "age", "origin", "personality", "blood type", "sequential aptitude", and "status", and "defensive position" and numerical value representing the attributes of shortstop and outfielder as parameters of the beast character "Type" indicating each of the ability parameters such as "Kitting", "Strength", "Primary", "Burnt", "Defending", and "Mental", as well as selection and relaying properties as pitcher character parameters, The ability parameters of "strength", "restraint", "restoration", "change ball", "discharge force" and "mental force" represented by numerical values are set.

The data table shown in Fig. 3B is stored for each league to which each PC team or NPC team belongs, and in this embodiment, 16 PC teams or NPC teams belong to one league in principle. . In the league data table, one record is set for each player. For each record, the "record number", "user ID", "password", "member type", "logout information", "league information", "rank information", "player name", "team name" The setting data of "," Beast "," Pitcher "and" Full Information "is stored. Of these data, "user ID" and "password" are given from the server 2 side when the player (user) first enters the server 2. The "player name" can be arbitrarily set on the player side. The names of "beast" and "pitcher" are set in advance in the game program or client program of the server 2.

In the "league information", data of the league in which the team belongs and data of either a special league or a normal league are held. Here, a special league refers to a league made up of PC teams who have not logged in for a certain period of time, and a league usually refers to a league made up of PC teams logged in regularly. In addition, the PC team which holds the data of the special league in "league information" is organized in the special league which consists of a special team in the league formation mentioned later. However, a team organized as a special team can return to the normal league by logging in or out of the league.

The "rank information" holds data of any one of four types: beginner, rookie, minor, and major. These ranks (beginners, rookies, minors, majors) are promoted, maintained and demoted based on the results of the league games.

"Performance information" stores the number of matches, victories, defeats, draws, odds (units of percentages), and rankings in the leagues currently being played.

"Member type" remembers either Platinum or Free. In this embodiment, the Platinum member is a paid member (for example, a user who pays a fee regularly when participating in the network game system), and a free member is a free member (for example, a fee when participating in the network game system User who does not make payment). In addition, some restrictions are imposed on free network members in this network game system compared to platinum members (for example, rank promotion conditions, etc.).

The "logout information" stores the date and time when the player logged out last time. In addition to the setting data, an item " login information " may be further provided to allow the player to store the date and time of the last login.

In addition, in this embodiment, the schedule determination means 212 of the server 2 determines the schedule so that each PC team plays 12 games in a day in real time. Each PC team plays eight matches with each of the other fifteen teams in a league of sixteen teams (the game proceeding process 213 of the processing unit 210 of the server 2 is automatically executed). It is set to end one pennant (official game series) with a total of 120 matches. In other words, one pennant ends in 10 days in real time. The league to which the PC team belongs is configured to belong to the rank of any of "major", "miner", "rookie" or "beginner". The PC team first entering the server 2 belong to the league belonging to the beginner rank (not shown). A novice rank is a test rig that does a tutorial to the player. When the test league ends, all PC teams in the novice rank will be promoted to the rookie rank league. When one pennant (120 matches) ends, the top team in the league rank league is promoted from the next pennant to the league belonging to the minor rank. Also, once you have a Rookie rank, you will not be promoted to beginner rank. In addition, at the end of the pennant in the league of minor rank, the upper team is promoted to the league of the top rank in the next highest pennant, and the lower team is promoted to the league of the rookie rank. At the end of the pennant in the league in major rank, the lower team is relegated to the league in minor rank. In this embodiment, the game of one cycle is set to end when the first, second and third pennants are finished.

In addition, in the present embodiment, when the game of one cycle (three pennants) ends, the processing unit 210 of the server 2 resets the team costs of all PC teams to their initial values in each rank. In the initial value of the team cost in this embodiment, the team cost initial value of the major rank is 110, the team cost initial value of the minor rank is 100, and the team cost initial value of the rookie rank is set to 90. In addition, the team cost gradually increases as the game progresses. In other words, the player can steadily log in and register a player character with a high cost in the first group to advance the game advantageously. Here, the server 2 which resets the team cost to the initial value performs a process of alternating a player character having a high cost and a group 2 player character having a low cost so that the total cost is within the team cost. The player character's rotation continues until the total cost falls within the team cost. However, if there is no group 2 player character within the team cost, the player character of the lower cost is given to the player.

In addition, the player lifespan of all the player characters is set to 2 cycles from the time when a player acquired the player character. This is the end of the player's life after two cycles from the time of acquisition, regardless of whether or not the player character obtained by the player is used as the first player character of the PC team. Here, the server 2 performs a process of registering the low-cost 2nd group player character as the 1st group in place of the player character whose lifetime has expired. However, if there is no group 2 player character within the team cost, the player character of the lower cost is given to the player. Therefore, the player character with a low cost is registered as one group by the initialization of the team cost by the server 2, and the shift of the player character according to the lifetime of the player character. As a result, the total cost of the PC team that does not log in for a long time is lowered, and a player who constantly logs in and alternates a player character can easily win even if he plays with a PC team that does not log in for a long time, and loses interest.

4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of the client computer 3 in the present embodiment. In the figure, the client computer 3 includes a processing unit 310, a communication unit 320, a storage unit 330, an operation unit 340, an image output unit 350, and an audio output unit 360. In addition, the client computer 3 includes an I / F 370 for transmitting and receiving information with an external device, and includes a communication unit 320, a storage unit 330, an operation unit 340, an image output unit 350, The audio output unit 360 uses the I / F 370 to connect an external communication line 381, an external storage device 382, an input device 383 such as a keyboard or a mouse, and an image display device such as a display monitor. 384 and audio output devices 385 such as speakers. In addition, the I / F 370 may be configured on one substrate as shown in the drawing, and the communication unit 320, the storage unit 330, the operation unit 340, the image output unit 350, and the audio output unit ( 360 may be independently configured to correspond to each other.

The processor 310 selects 14 beast characters and 11 pitcher characters, and includes team formation means 311 for organizing the PC team so that the total cost of the 25 player characters is within the team cost, and the team formation means ( Entry means 312 for entering the PC team organized by 311 into the server 2, image display means 313 for displaying images such as team formation images, match images, and the like on the image display apparatus 384; Information on the basis of the voice output means 314 for outputting the voice from the voice output device 385 such as a speaker and the rank information transmitted from the rank information transmitting means 206, that is, the rank has not been promoted. Rank information notification means 317, which is displayed on the image display device 384 or the like and notifies the player, is provided. Further, the processing unit 310 of the game image reproduction request signal output means 315 and the server 2 requesting the game image reproduction of the game after the game progress processing 213 of the server 2 is completed. A digest image reproduction request signal output means 316 for requesting reproduction of the match digest image after the match progress processing by the game progress means 213 is provided.

The communication unit 320 connects the client computer 3 and an external communication line 381 via the I / F 370, and performs a process of controlling information transmission and reception between the server 2 and the client computer 3.

The storage unit 330 stores a ROM 331 which is a read-only storage area and a RAM 332 which is a rewritable storage area which is used as a work area for arithmetic processing of the processing unit 310 while storing the client program in this embodiment. Equipped. The storage unit 330 is connected to the external storage device 382 through the I / F 370, and processes to refer to, read, and rewrite data stored in the external storage device 382 according to the processing of the processing unit 310. Is done.

The operation unit 340 connects the client computer 3 and an external input device (keyboard, mouse, touch pen, etc.) through the I / F 370, and inputs various parameters by the player to the client computer 3. A process of receiving and interpreting data input to the terminal is performed.

The image output unit 350 connects the client computer 3 and the external image display device 384 via the I / F 370 to display the reproduction image of the game, various setting screens, and the like on the image display device 384. Processing to be performed is performed.

The audio output unit 360 connects the client computer 3 and the audio output device 385 such as an external speaker via the I / F 370, and performs a process of outputting audio such as the shout of the audience during the game.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, a description will be given of the processing sequence executed by the server 2 until the player logs out and logs out of the network game system according to the present invention.

When the player logs in to the network game system, the server 2 receives the login information (step S1) and performs login processing (step S2). In this login process, the server 2 outputs game start information to the client computer 3. This game start information is received by the client computer 3 and displayed on an image display device 384 such as a display monitor (see Fig. 6). The game start screen displayed here is to select the world to which the PC team belongs and to start the game. In this embodiment, four worlds are prepared so that one player can have a team in any one world. Here, the world is, for example, when the storage area of the server 2 is divided into plural to distinguish the storage areas, or when a plurality of servers are provided in addition to the server 2, the type (per storage area and server) information. It will include.

Next, in the game start screen shown in FIG. 6, when the "game start 400" button is operated by the player, game start operation information is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the server 2. When the server 2 receives this game start operation information (step S3), the server 2 performs the competitive game result information transmission process (step S4). In this competitive game result transmission process, the server 2 transmits, to the client computer 3, competitive game result information accumulated in the period from the last logout time to this login time. This game result information is received by the client computer 3 and displayed on an image display device 384 such as a display monitor (see Fig. 7). The match result information screen displayed here indicates a match result performed from the last logout point to this log-in point, a subsequent game schedule, and the like. In addition, FIG. 7 shows that the game from the 55th to the 58th game has already been played in the second pennant of the second cycle, and that the game after the 59th game will be played from now on ("2" shown to the left of the game number in the figure). Indicates that pennant). In addition, in this competitive game result information screen, when a player operates the "3D display" button in order to view a game video (video played by a player), the information based on this operation is transmitted from the client computer 3. When the server 2 receives the information, the server 2 generates video data from the competitive game result information and transmits it to the client computer 3. The generated image data is received by the client computer 3 and displayed on an image display device 384 such as a display monitor (not shown).

Next, the competitive game result information screen can be terminated when the player confirms the competition result (the "end 500" button in the figure can be operated).

When the "end 500" button is operated in the competitive game result information screen shown in FIG. 7, the result confirmation information is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the server 2. Also, the result confirmation information is operation information based on the operation of the "end 500" button. When the server 2 receives this result confirmation information (step S5), the server 2 performs the main operation acceptance process (step S6). In this main operation acceptance process, the server 2 outputs the main operation acceptance information to the client computer 3. This main operation acceptance information is received by the client computer 3 and displayed on an image display device 384 such as a display monitor (see Fig. 8). The main operation screen displayed here allows the player to make a strategy or various settings of the team.

On the left side of the main screen shown in Figs. 8A and 8B, various menu bars (each of which are represented by drawings suggesting menu contents) are formed. For example, in Fig. 8A, the menu button "Operation 600" is operated to display a list of submenus ("Player order 601", "Team color 602", "Game card 603" from above). ") Is displayed. The menu "player order 601" determines the team's organization (e.g., batting or pitcher's role sharing), and the menu "team color 602" determines the team's characteristics (e.g., left and right batters). And the characteristic "zigzag berth" generated by alternately forming the batting order. In addition, the menu "game card 603" sets a card that only affects the designated game (e.g., "Denno battle card" etc. which gives an effect of increasing the player's ability when the game is at a water level battle). In this manner, in the main operation screen, the player can determine the team's player order, team strategy, and the like.

When various operations are performed by the player on the main operation screen, these operation information is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the server 2 as various input information. When the server 2 receives this various input information (step S7), the server 2 performs team information update processing (step S8). In this team information update process, data of the PC team stored in the server 2 is updated based on information such as player order and team strategy determined by the player on the main operation screen.

As described above, each time the operation related to the team setting (team player order, team strategy, etc.) is performed by the player, the server 2 repeats the team information update process from time to time. When the player wants to log out of the network system after finishing one operation (team setting), as shown in FIG. 8B, the menu button "System 610" is operated to display the menu "Log". Out 611 "allows the player to log out of the network game system. In addition, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user logged out even when the " × 700 " button located at the upper right of the main operation screen is operated. That is, the server 2 receives logout information transmitted from the client computer 3 (step S9) and performs logout processing (step S10). This allows the player to log out of the network game system, where the server 2 stores the logout time. In the following description, the logout time is used as log information. However, the logged in time may be used as log information.

Next, referring to FIG. 9, the flow of processing executed by the server 2 from the end point of one pennant (the corresponding pennant) to the start point of the next pennant in the embodiment of the network game system according to the present invention will be described. Shall be.

When one pennant ends, the server 2 operates the rank changing means 203 to determine the rank of the PC team and the rank in the league, and sets the promotion, demotion and retention of the rank, respectively, and the next of the PC team. Determine the rank in the pennant. In the present embodiment, if the rank is 11 or less in the major, the score is reduced to minor. Also, if you fall within the top four in the minors, you'll be promoted to major. He is also promoted to a minor when he is in the top six on rookies.

First, in step S100, the rank changing means 203 determines whether or not the rank of the PC team is major.

If the determination of step S100 is satisfied, in step S101, the rank changing means 203 determines whether or not the ranking in the league of the PC team is within 10th place.

If the determination of step S101 is satisfied, in step S102, the rank changing means 203 sets to maintain the rank of the PC team at the end of the pennant even in the next pennant.

On the other hand, when the determination of step S101 is not satisfied, in step S103, the rank changing means 203 sets to lower the rank of the PC team at the end of the pennant.

Also, performing "setting to maintain rank" and "setting to lower rank" means adding a flag about the rank of the PC team in the next pennant to the information of the PC team, such as a major flag, a minor flag, and a rookie flag. I mean. This flag is used to determine whether to maintain or degrade the rank of the PC team. This also applies to the "setting to promote rank" described later. That is, in this case, a determination is made to promote the rank of the PC team by the flag relating to the rank.

When the determination of step S100 is not satisfied, in step S110, the rank changing means 203 determines whether the rank of the PC team is minor.

If the determination of step S110 is satisfied, in step S111, the rank changing means 203 determines whether or not the ranking in the league of the PC team is within the fourth place.

If the determination of step S111 is satisfied, in step S112, the rank changing means 203 performs a process of promoting the rank of the PC team from the rank at the end of the pennant (rank promotion processing, which will be described later in detail).

On the other hand, when the determination of step S111 is not satisfied, the rank changing means 203 again determines whether the ranking in the league of the PC team is within the fifth or tenth place in step S113.

If the determination of step S113 is satisfied, in step S114, the rank changing means 203 sets to maintain the rank of the PC team at the end of the pennant even in the next pennant.

On the other hand, when the determination of step S113 is not satisfied, in step S115, the rank changing means 203 sets to lower the rank of the PC team at the end of the pennant.

When the determination of step S110 is not satisfied, in step S120, the rank changing means 203 determines whether or not the rank of the PC team is rookie.

If the determination of step S120 is satisfied, in step S121, the rank changing means 203 determines whether the ranking in the league of the PC team is within the sixth place.

If the determination of step S121 is satisfied, in step S122, the rank changing means 203 performs the above-described rank promotion process (details will be described later).

On the other hand, when the determination in step S121 is not satisfied, in step S123, the rank changing means 203 sets to maintain the rank of the PC team at the end of the pennant even in the next pennant.

In addition, when the determination of step S120 is not satisfied, that is, when the rank of the PC team is a beginner, the rank changing means 203 sets in step S130 to promote the rank of the PC team from the rank at the end of the pennant. In the present embodiment, when the rank is a beginner, the rank is not lowered and the rank is maintained, but only the rank is promoted.

In any of the above steps S102, S103, S112, S114, S115, S122, S123, and S130, when any one of promotion, maintenance, and downgrade of the rank is made, in step S104, the server 2 operates the league formation means to operate the league. A knitting process is performed. When the league formation process ends and the league formation is completed, the next pennant can be started.

Next, with reference to FIG. 10, the rank promotion process (step S112, S122 in FIG. 9) which is a characteristic of this invention is demonstrated.

First, in step S200, the server 2 operates the rank changing means 203 to determine whether the member type is a free member.

If the determination of step S200 is satisfied, the process moves to step S201, and the server 2 checks the last logout time stored in the RAM 232 to determine whether the player has logged in during the pennant.

If the player has logged in during the pennant (when the determination of step S201 is satisfied), or if the member type is a platinum member (when the determination of step S200 is not satisfied), the process moves to step S202, and the rank changing means 203 Is set to promote the rank of the PC team from the rank at the end of the pennant.

If the player has not logged in during the pennant (when the determination in step S201 is not satisfied), the server 2 performs a notification process in step S203. In this notification process, the information (also known as notification information) that notifies the player that he / she was not promoted to rank because he was not logged in during the pennant even though he was a grade (ranking in the league) that satisfied the rank promotion condition. Is output to the client computer 3. This notification information is output to the client computer 3 in the competitive game result information transmission process described above. Therefore, the notification information is also displayed on the game result information screen displayed on the image display device 384 such as a display monitor as the game result information (see Fig. 11).

In step S204, the rank changing means 203 sets to maintain the rank of the PC team at the end of the pennant even in the next pennant.

Next, the rig knitting process (step S104 in FIG. 9), which is a feature of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step S300, the server 2 checks the last logout time stored in the RAM 232, and determines whether 30 days have elapsed from the player's previous logout.

If the determination of step S300 is satisfied, then in step S301 the server 2 determines whether the member type is free.

If the determination of step S301 is satisfied, in step S302 the server 2 operates the player team deleting means 205 to delete the PC team information from the network game system.

On the other hand, when the determination of step S300 is not satisfied, in step S310, the server 2 checks the last logout time of the player stored in the RAM 232 to determine whether the player has logged in during the pennant. Determine whether or not.

If the determination of step S310 is satisfied, in step S311 the server 2 checks the above-mentioned rank flag and determines the rank of the PC team according to the rank flag. At this time, the PC team is usually treated as a team.

When the rank of the PC team is determined in step S311, in step S312, the server 2 activates the league formation means 204, joins the PC team to a normal league, and performs league formation (normal league formation).

That is, in the present embodiment, when a player has logged in during the pennant, the PC team is determined to be a normal team, and normal league formation is performed. Therefore, a league usually means a league formed by a PC team regularly logged in to some extent.

In addition, when the determination of step S310 is not satisfied, in step S320 the server 2 determines whether the member type is platinum.

When the determination of step S320 is satisfied, that is, when the corresponding player is a platinum member, the process moves to step S312 in step S311 described above, and the league formation means 204 normally performs league formation.

On the other hand, when the determination of step S 320 is not satisfied, in step S321, the server 2 checks the rank flag described above and determines the rank of the PC team according to the rank flag. At this time, the PC team is treated as a special team.

When the rank of the PC team is determined in step S321, the league formation team 204 attaches the PC team to a special league and performs league formation (special league formation).

That is, in the present embodiment, when the player has not logged in during the pennant and the member type is free, the PC team is determined to be a special team, and special league formation is performed. Thus, a special league means a league that is organized as a PC team that only logs in occasionally, that is, rarely.

As mentioned above, in the league formation process, the active teams can always play against each other by organizing PC teams that log in regularly to a certain league and PC teams that log in only occasionally or rarely. Players can make full use of the team's cost to play fiercely, without losing the active player's interest in the game.

As described above, according to the network game system according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a network game system in which a team that has not been logged in to a server for a long time is difficult to play against a team of an active player. In addition, since the information of the PC team who has not logged in for a predetermined period of time is deleted from the server, the load on the server can be reduced.

1 is a network connection diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a server configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table stored in the game management database of FIG. 2.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a client computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure executed by the server 2 until the player logs out after logging in to the network game system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game start screen for selecting a world to which a player team belongs in a network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention to advance a game start.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a competitive game result screen indicating a game result, a game schedule, and the like performed from the previous logout time to this login time in the network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a main operation screen for allowing a player to perform a strategy or various settings of a team in a network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure executed by the server 2 from the end time of one pennant to the start time of the next pennant of the game in one embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart for explaining a rank promotion processing procedure in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which notification information is displayed on the competitive game result information screen according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart for explaining a rig formation processing procedure in one embodiment of the present invention.

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1: communication network 2: server

3: client computer 4, 5: terminal

201: entry means 202: log updating means

203: Rank changing means 204: League formation means

205: player team deletion means 206: rank information transmission means

211: timer 212: schedule determination means

213: game progress means 214: game image generation means

215: digest image generating means 216: match result generating means

217: match image reproduction display means 218: digest image reproduction display means

219: match result display means 220: communication unit

230: memory unit (memory means) 231: ROM

232: RAM 232A: player character data

232B: Game image data 232C: Game result data

310: processor 311: team formation means

312: entry means 317: rank information notification means

384: image display device

Claims (6)

And a server having storage means for storing log time information, team setting information, rank information, competition result information, and league information relating to a player team, and a client computer capable of transmitting and receiving information via the communication network with the server. A network game system in which the server executes a league game progression process in which a plurality of games are played by a player team entered into the server from a client computer, from the start to the end of the league game, The server, Log update means for updating the received time as log time information according to the player team when receiving login or logout information from the client computer; Competitive result generating means for generating a competitive game result information of a plurality of player teams belonging to the league based on team setting information; Rank changing means for changing rank information about the player team according to a match result when a league match in the league ends; And League organization means for organizing the same player team belonging to the same league by the rank changed by the rank changing means, and updating the league information on the player team. Including, The league organization means, With reference to the log time information about the player team, it is determined whether the time of login or logout is before the start time of the league match. If it is before the start time, the player team is assigned to a special league, and The network game system which updates the said league information about a player team. The method of claim 1, The rank changing means, At the end of the league game, referring to the log time information about the player team, it is determined whether the logged in or logged out time is before the start time of the league game. A network game system that does not promote ranks for the player team. The method of claim 2, The client computer, A result display means for receiving the competitive game result information of the corresponding player team in the storage means of the server after logging in by the player and displaying the competitive game result based on the competitive game result information on the display device; And And a notifying means for displaying the contents on the display device when the rank of the player team is not promoted by the rank changing means. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The rank changing means, The network game system which does not promote the rank regarding the player team, when the said player team belongs to the said special league with reference to the league information of the player team at the end of the said league match. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The league organization means, And a player team deleting means for deleting all information of the corresponding player team when the logged in or logged out time is earlier than a predetermined time with reference to the log time information on the player team in the league formation. And a server having storage means for storing log time information, team setting information, rank information, match result information, and league information relating to the player team, and a client computer capable of transmitting and receiving information through the communication network with the server. A server for executing a league game progression process in which a plurality of games are played by a player team entered from the client computer into the server, from the start of the league game to the end, Log updating means for updating the received time as log time information about the player team when receiving login or logout information from the client computer; Competitive result generating means for generating a competitive game result information of a plurality of player teams belonging to the league based on team setting information; Rank changing means for changing rank information about the player team according to a match result when a league match in the league ends; And League organization means for organizing the same player team belonging to the same league by the rank changed by the rank changing means, and updating the league information on the player team. Including, The league organization means, With reference to the log time information about the player team, it is determined whether the time of login or logout is before the start time of the league match. If it is before the start time, the player team is assigned to a special league to perform A server for updating said league information about the team.

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