WO2019215926A1

WO2019215926A1 - Server device, program, and method

Info

Publication number: WO2019215926A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/018399
Authority: WO
Inventors: 一喜森下
Original assignee: ガンホー・オンライン・エンターテイメント株式会社
Priority date: 2018-05-11
Filing date: 2018-05-11
Publication date: 2019-11-14
Also published as: JP6956717B2; JPWO2019215926A1

Abstract

Provided are a server device, a program, and a method for utilizing position information and implementing a game application that is more amusing for a user, in accordance with various embodiments. This server device includes: communication interface configured so as to receive competition game specifying information that specifies a virtual competition game with enemy characters that users desire to enter, user character specifying information that specifies user characters of the users, and the users' position information in the real world from a plurality of terminal devices communicably connected via a network; and a processor configured so as to determine groups to which the users belong in accordance with the position information, determine degrees of contribution the users in the groups give to the virtual competition game in accordance with the user character specifying information, and perform a process for granting a reward to one or more users in accordance with the degrees of contribution.

Description

Server apparatus, program, and method

The present disclosure relates to a server device, a program, and a method for executing a battle game that uses user position information.

Conventionally, there has been known a game application that is executed using the user's location information. Patent Document 1 describes a server device that creates a quiz question using position information of a user registered in advance in a database and transmits the generated quiz to a terminal device in a quiz game.

JP2015-156912A

Accordingly, in light of the above-described technology, the present disclosure provides a server device, a program, and a method for realizing a game application that is more interesting for the user by using position information according to various embodiments. To do.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, “a battle that specifies a virtual battle game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter from a plurality of terminal devices that are communicably connected via a network” A communication interface configured to receive game identification information, user character identification information for identifying a user character of each user, and position information of each user in the real world, and the battle game identification information; Correspondingly, the user character specifying information and the position information are stored, a memory configured to store a predetermined instruction command, and each user according to the position information based on the instruction command A group to which the virtual battle game is assigned is determined according to the user character specifying information. A server device including a processor configured to determine a contribution degree of each user in a group and to perform a process for giving a reward to one or a plurality of users according to the contribution degree. Is done.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, “a battle that specifies a virtual battle game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter from a plurality of terminal devices that are communicably connected via a network” A communication interface configured to receive game identification information, user character identification information for identifying a user character of each user, and position information of each user in the real world, and the match game identification information. And storing the user character specifying information and the position information, and a memory configured to store a predetermined instruction command, based on the instruction command, the computer according to the position information A group to which each user belongs is determined, and the virtual battle is performed according to the user character specifying information A program that functions as a processor configured to determine a contribution level of each user in the group to a program and to perform a process for giving a reward to one or a plurality of users according to the contribution level. " Is provided.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, “a battle that specifies a virtual battle game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter from a plurality of terminal devices that are communicably connected via a network” A communication interface configured to receive game identification information, user character identification information for identifying a user character of each user, and position information of each user in the real world, and the match game identification information. And a memory configured to store the user character specifying information and the position information, and a memory configured to store a predetermined instruction command, in a method performed by a processor executing the instruction command. And determining a group to which each user belongs according to the location information. Determining a floor, determining a contribution of each user in the group to the virtual battle game according to the user character specifying information, and providing a reward to one or a plurality of users according to the contribution; A method comprising:

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a server device, a program, and a method for realizing a game application that is more interesting for the user by using position information.

It should be noted that the above effects are merely illustrative for convenience of explanation, and are not limiting. In addition to the above effect or instead of the above effect, any effect described in the present disclosure or an effect apparent to those skilled in the art can be achieved.

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an application executed in a system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the configuration of the system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5A is a diagram conceptually illustrating a user information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5B is a diagram conceptually showing a battle information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5c is a diagram conceptually illustrating an entry information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow executed in the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow executed in the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow executed in the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 a is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display 111 of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display 111 of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 10 a is a diagram conceptually illustrating a battle information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 10B is a diagram conceptually illustrating an entry information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same referential mark is attached | subjected to the common component in drawing.

<Outline of the system according to the present disclosure>
In the system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, each user is classified into a group based on the location information of each user in the real world received from the terminal device held by each user, and the virtual battle of each user in the group A game application for determining a contribution degree to the game and giving a reward to one or a plurality of users according to the contribution degree is executed.

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing a game application executed in a system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 1 is a diagram for describing an example of a game application according to the present disclosure. According to FIG. 1, in a virtual battle game in which a plurality of users fight against the enemy character 10 in the virtual game space, a group is formed by users who have entered from the same region (for example, prefecture units). Here, the area A1 group in which the position information of each user holding the user characters 21 to 24 belongs to the area A1, and the area A2 group in which the position information of each user holding the

user characters

25 and 26 belongs to the area A2 is the user. A region A3 group in which the position information of the user holding the character 27 belongs to the region A3 is formed.

In the virtual game space, a virtual battle game is executed in which each user character 21 to 27 attacks the enemy character 10 and damages the enemy character 10. And the contribution in each group is determined based on the damage which each user character gave. At this time, a reward is paid to users belonging to the group according to the determined contribution. Therefore, for example, even if the user character 21 gives “100” damage to the enemy character 10, if the entire area A1 group to which the user character 21 belongs gives “1000” damage, the degree of contribution is Only 10%. On the other hand, even if the user character 26 gives only “80” damage to the enemy character 10, if the damage is “100” in the entire area A2 group to which the user character 26 belongs, its contribution The degree is 80%. Therefore, a user character that is given high damage does not necessarily obtain a high reward, and even a weak user character can obtain a high reward by devising the position of the user in the real world. For this reason, a new preference can be provided to the user by using the position information of the user.

Note that in various embodiments of the present disclosure, an example of a virtual battle game is a battle game in which the hit points of enemy characters are reduced by an attack by a user character. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the system according to the present embodiment can be suitably applied to a baseball game, a soccer game, a race game, a puzzle game, or the like in which a battle with an enemy character is performed.

In a battle game in which the hit points of the enemy character are reduced by the user character making an attack, the degree of contribution is determined based on the damage given to the enemy character by each user character. However, this determination method is merely an example. For example, in a baseball game, the results of hitting, hitting two bases, three bases, home runs, strikeouts, infield golf, etc., pitching ability such as ball speed, changing ball type, etc. It is also possible to determine based on Moreover, in a soccer game, it can determine based on results, such as whether the user character was involved in a score or a goal loss.

Also, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, each user is classified into a group using the user location information. An example of this group is a group of prefectures. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to form a group by country or city. Furthermore, instead of classifying the units in advance, the operator and each user can freely set the area.

Also, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a reward corresponding to the contribution within the group is paid to each user. The degree of contribution is not limited to a specific numerical value indicating the percentage of contribution of each user in the group, and the rank of each user in the group may be used. For example, if an enemy character causes 1000 damage in the entire area A1 group and a user character of a user belonging to the area A1 group causes 100 damage, a reward corresponding to 10% can be given. is there. Also, if the user did the third biggest damage in the A1 group, the third biggest reward (1st is 50% reward, 2nd is 30% reward, 3rd is 20%) Reward).

In addition, as an example of the reward given to the user at this time, an in-game currency that can be used for purchasing a virtual item in the virtual game space can be cited. In addition to this, a new user character that can be used in a virtual battle game by a user (a character having a high ability parameter is given to a user with a high degree of contribution), and a rank indicating the user's proficiency with a game application are raised. Various things such as ranking parameters (ranking the ranking parameters of users with high contributions by 1.5 times) can be given as appropriate rewards.

<First Embodiment>
1. Configuration of System 1 According to First Embodiment of Present Disclosure FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the configuration of system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 2, system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices 100 (terminal devices 100-1 and 100-2), and a server device 200 that is communicably connected to terminal device 100 via network 300. . The server device 200 and the terminal device 100 communicate with each other as needed to transmit and receive various information, programs, and the like necessary for the progress of the game application.

In the example of FIG. 2, only two terminal devices 100-1 and 100-2 are described as the terminal device 100, but it is naturally possible to use a larger number of terminal devices. Further, although the server device 200 is described as a single device, each component and processing of the server device 200 can be distributed to a plurality of server devices. Further, the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 may be capable of executing functions other than the functions related to the execution of the game application according to the present embodiment.

2. Configuration of Terminal Device 100 FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal device 100 does not have to include all of the components illustrated in FIG. 3, and may have a configuration in which some are omitted, or other components may be added.

As an example of the terminal device 100, a portable terminal device capable of wireless communication represented by a smartphone can be cited. However, other than that, it is possible to communicate with the server device 200 such as a portable game machine, a feature phone, a portable information terminal, a PDA, a laptop personal computer, a desktop personal computer, a stationary game machine, etc., and the game application according to this embodiment Any terminal device can be used as long as it can execute. Also, the terminal devices 100-1 and 100-2 may be the same type of terminal device or different types of terminal devices.

3, the terminal device 100 includes a display 111, a processor 112, a memory 113, a communication interface 114, an input interface 115 including a touch panel 116 and hard keys 117, and a position sensor 118. These components are electrically connected to each other through a control line and a data line.

The display 111 functions as a display unit that reads out image information stored in the memory 113 and performs various displays in accordance with instructions from the processor 112. Specifically, the display 111 is a screen for selecting a battle stage with an enemy character in relation to the game application according to the present embodiment, or a screen for displaying a reward obtained according to the contribution degree in the virtual battle game. Various information such as is displayed. The display 111 is composed of a liquid crystal display, for example.

The processor 112 is composed of a CPU (microcomputer), and functions as a control unit that controls other connected components based on various programs stored in the memory 113. The processor 112 processes an instruction command stored in the memory 113, that is, a program for executing the game application according to the present embodiment and a program for executing the OS. Specifically, the processor 112 performs various processes including a process of transmitting position information measured by the position sensor 118 to the server apparatus 200, a process related to entry into a virtual battle game, and a process related to display of rewards. Execute. The processor 112 may be composed of a single CPU, but may be composed of a plurality of CPUs. In addition, other types of processors such as GPUs responsible for image processing may be appropriately combined.

The memory 113 includes a RAM, a ROM, or a nonvolatile memory (in some cases, an HDD) and functions as a storage unit. The ROM stores an instruction command for executing the application and the OS according to the present embodiment as a program. The RAM is a memory used for writing and reading data while the program stored in the ROM is being processed by the processor 112. The nonvolatile memory is a memory in which data is written and read by executing the program, and the data written therein is stored even after the execution of the program is completed. In the present embodiment, the position information measured by the position sensor 118 is temporarily stored in the memory 113.

The communication interface 114 includes a wireless communication processing circuit and an antenna connected to the wireless communication processing device, and functions as a communication unit. The communication interface 114 is connected to the server device 200 via the network 300, a program necessary for executing the application according to the present embodiment, user information, entry information to the virtual battle game, enemy character appearance information, reward Send and receive information. The wireless communication processing circuit performs processing such as modulation and demodulation of information to be transmitted and received.

The communication interface 114 is processed based on a broadband wireless communication system such as the W-CDMA (Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access) system or the LTE (Long Term Evolution) system, but is represented by IEEE 802.11. It is also possible to perform processing based on a method related to wireless communication in a narrow band such as a wireless LAN or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

The communication interface 114 can use wired communication instead of or in addition to wireless communication. In that case, a communication processing circuit for wired communication may be provided instead of or in addition to the wireless communication processing circuit.

The input interface 115 includes a touch panel 116 and hard keys 1176, and functions as an input unit for reading various input information. The touch panel 116 accepts various instruction inputs from the user, and is used to operate icons displayed on the display 111 or input a character string by the user. The touch panel 116 is arranged so as to cover the display 111, and outputs information on position coordinates touched by an object (such as a user's finger or stylus) corresponding to image data displayed on the display 111. As the touch panel system, a known system such as a resistive film system, a capacitive coupling system, and an ultrasonic surface acoustic wave system can be used. As the hard key 117, a known key can be used as appropriate. The touch panel 116 and / or the hard key 117 accepts a user instruction input such as selection of a battle stage with an enemy character or selection of a user character to be input to a virtual battle game.

The position sensor 118 functions as a position detection unit that detects the position of the terminal device 100 held by the user at the time of positioning. As an example of the position sensor 118, a GPS sensor is used. The GPS sensor detects the position of the terminal device 100 through communication with a plurality of satellites. The measured position information is stored in the memory 113 under the control of the processor 112 and transmitted to the server device 200 via the communication interface 114.

In the present embodiment, position information is detected by the position sensor 118. However, the position information does not necessarily need to be detected by the position sensor 118, and information on Wi-Fi access points, base stations for broadband wireless communication, and the like can also be used as position information. In addition, the position information naturally includes specific coordinate information obtained by positioning and position information of the access point or base station, but information indicating a specific region, point, address, etc. obtained based on such information. Can also be included.

3. Configuration of Server Device 200 FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. The server device 200 does not have to include all of the components illustrated in FIG. 4, and may have a configuration in which some are omitted, or other components may be added.

According to FIG. 4, the server apparatus 200 includes a RAM 211, a non-volatile memory, a memory 211 including an HDD, a processor 212 including a CPU, an I / O port 213, and a communication interface 214 including a communication processing circuit. including. These components are electrically connected to each other through a control line and a data line.

The memory 211 includes a RAM, a ROM, a nonvolatile memory, and an HDD, and functions as a storage unit. And the said memory 211 memorize | stores the instruction | indication command for performing the game application which concerns on this embodiment, and OS as a program. Such a program is loaded and executed by the processor 212. The memory (especially RAM) is temporarily used for writing and reading data while the program is executed by the processor 212. In the present embodiment, entry information received from the terminal device 100, a user information table (FIG. 5a), a battle information table (FIG. 5b), an entry information table (FIG. 5c), etc. used for executing the game application are stored. The

The processor 212 is constituted by a CPU (microcomputer), and functions as a control unit for controlling other connected components by executing instruction commands stored in the memory 211, that is, various programs. When receiving the user identification information from the terminal device 100, the processor 212 performs an authentication process with reference to the user information and a process of transmitting the user information necessary for executing the game application to the terminal device 100. Specifically, the process related to generation and reset of the battle stage, the process related to payment of reward according to the contribution degree, the process related to calculation of damage to the enemy character, and the like are based on the instruction command stored in the memory 211. Execute. The processor 212 may be composed of a single CPU, but may be composed of a plurality of CPUs.

Although not specifically shown, the I / O port 213 functions as an information input / output unit for inputting / outputting information to / from various external devices such as a printer. The I / O port 213 can adopt a known connection format as desired, such as a serial port, a parallel port, or a USB.

For example, the communication interface 214 transmits / receives a program, various information, and the like for executing an application according to the present embodiment via the terminal device 100 and the network 300 or via another server device and the network 300. In addition, processing such as modulation and demodulation is performed. The communication interface 214 communicates with each terminal device and other server devices according to a known wireless communication method or a known wired communication method. In the present embodiment, as an example, the communication interface 214 executes processing for transmitting and receiving user information, entry information to the virtual battle game, appearance information of enemy characters, reward information, and the like according to the processor 212.

4). Information Stored in Memory 211 of Server Device 200 FIG. 5A is a diagram conceptually showing a user information table stored in the memory 211 of the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, the table stores user information of users registered as game application players according to the present embodiment. The table is appropriately referred to in processing such as user authentication when the user starts a game application, purchase of a virtual item in the game application, entry to a virtual battle game, and the like, and is appropriately determined according to the result of the processing. Updated.

According to FIG. 5a, in-game indicating the amount of in-game currency used to purchase a virtual item that can be used in the virtual game space in association with user ID information for identifying a user registered as a player. Currency information, user character ID information indicating a user character that can be used by a user for a battle with an enemy character in a virtual battle game, rank information indicating a user's proficiency with respect to the game calculated by an experience value obtained through a virtual battle game, etc. Are stored in the user information table. Note that the information stored in the user information table is not limited to these, and other information may be stored.

FIG. 5b is a diagram conceptually showing a battle information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. In the battle information table, information on a battle stage for executing a virtual battle game that can be entered by the current user or that can be entered by the user in the future is stored. Then, the battle information table is appropriately referred to in a process related to generation and reset of the battle stage, a process related to payment of a reward according to the contribution degree, and the like, and is appropriately updated according to a result of the process.

According to FIG. 5b, in association with battle ID information for specifying each battle stage constituting the virtual battle game, enemy character ID information for specifying an enemy character appearing in the virtual battle game is virtually displayed in the virtual game space. Appearance time information indicating the time at which an enemy character appears and the user can enter the virtual battle game, reward information indicating the reward paid to each user according to the contribution determined by the execution of the virtual battle game, etc. It is stored in the battle information table. The information stored in the battle information table is not limited to these, and other information may be stored.

FIG. 5c is a diagram conceptually showing an entry information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. The entry information table is a table generated for each battle ID of a virtual battle game that can be entered, and is appropriately used in processing related to payment of rewards according to contribution, processing related to calculation of damage to enemy characters, and the like. Referenced and updated according to the result of the processing.

Referring to FIG. 5c, user character ID information that identifies a user character that the user uses for the virtual battle game in association with the user ID information of the user who has entered the virtual battle game with the battle ID information “B1”. The area information indicating the position information when the user has entered, the damage information indicating the amount of damage given to the enemy character by the user character used in the virtual battle game, and the like are stored in the entry information table. The information stored in the entry information table is not limited to these, and other information may be stored.

In this embodiment, the information tables described in FIGS. 5a to 5c are given as examples of information stored in the memory 211. However, in addition, the user character ID information or the enemy character ID for specifying each character, such as ability parameters (attack power, hit points, defense power, special skill, magic power) and character name of each user character or each enemy character, etc. A character information table (not shown) stored in association with information is also stored.

5). Processing Flow in Server Device 200 FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow executed in the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, the processing flow is periodically performed in the server device 200 at predetermined intervals, and relates to processing related to generation and reset of the battle stage and processing related to payment of reward according to the contribution level.

Referring to FIG. 6, the processor 212 starts the processing flow at a predetermined timing. First, the processor 212 refers to the appearance time information in the battle information table (FIG. 5b), and the battle stage that has reached the reception start time of the entry of the user to the virtual battle game by causing the enemy character to appear in the virtual game space is displayed. It is confirmed whether or not there is (S101). When there is a battle stage that has reached the time specified by the appearance time information, the user terminal device 100 registered as a game application player is referred to the user information table (FIG. 5a). The enemy character appearance information is transmitted (S102). This appearance information includes battle stage battle ID information that has reached the appearance time information, enemy character ID information associated therewith, and information on the ability parameters and character names of the enemy characters stored in association with the enemy character ID information. Can be included.

When there is no battle stage that has reached the time specified by the appearance time information in S101, the processor 212 executes the process of S103 without performing the process of S102.

Next, the processor 212 refers to the appearance time information in the battle information table (FIG. 5b) again, and determines whether or not there is a battle stage in which a certain time has elapsed from the time specified by the appearance time information and the end time has been reached. Confirm (S103). This is because the user's contributions and the like in the battle stage constituting the virtual battle game are tabulated after a lapse of a certain time from the start of entry into the virtual battle game. In the present embodiment, contributions are totaled after a certain period of time has elapsed since entry was started at each battle stage. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the reception end time of entry to the battle stage may be stored for each battle stage in the battle information table of FIG. 5b and may be totaled when this time is reached. In this case, the timing which can be totaled for every battle | competition stage can be set freely, and the diversity of a game can be improved.

Next, when there is a battle stage that has reached the end time, the processor 212 refers to the entry information table (FIG. 5c), and performs a contribution totaling process (S104). Specifically, the processor 212 refers to the entry information table of the battle stage that has reached the end time,
・ Total amount of damage S1 dealt to enemy characters
-The total amount of damage S2 that the users belonging to each group (region) gave to the enemy character
-Ratio P1 of the total amount S2 for each group (region) to the total amount S1
The ratio P2 of the damage given by the user character of each user to the total damage S2 of the group to which the user belongs
The ratio P3 of the damage given by the user character of each user to the total amount S1
Are calculated respectively. Of the calculated values, the ratio P1 is used to determine the contribution between groups, and the ratio P2 is used to determine the contribution of each user in the group.

As an example, in the case of a user whose user ID is “U5” in FIG.
・ Total amount S1 = 2000
-Total amount S2 = 1000 of area A1 group to which U5 belongs
・ Proportion P1 = 50% of area A1 group to which U5 belongs
(1000 * 100/2000)
-Ratio of U5 in the regional A1 group P2 = 10%
(100 * 100/1000)
・ U5 ratio P3 = 5%
(100 * 100/2000)
Is calculated by the processor 212.

Also, in the case of a user whose user ID is “U8” in FIG.
・ Total amount S1 = 2000
・ Total amount of area A2 group to which U8 belongs S2 = 100
-Proportion P1 = 5% of area A2 group to which U8 belongs
(100 * 100/2000)
-Ratio of U8 in the area A2 group P2 = 80%
(80 * 100/100)
-Ratio of U8 to the whole P3 = 4%
(80 * 100/2000)
Is calculated by the processor 212.

Then, the processor 212 calculates the above numerical values for each user ID information stored in the entry information table.

Next, the processor 212 transmits various ranking information to the terminal device corresponding to the user ID stored in the entry information table based on the result of the aggregation in S104 (S105). As an example, the contribution ranking information of each user in each regional group and the contribution ranking information of each regional group with respect to the total damage applied are transmitted. The ranking information may be transmitted only to the user corresponding to the user ID stored in the entry information table, but may be transmitted to all users stored in the user information table (FIG. 5a). Good.

Next, the processor 212 transmits the reward information to the terminal device 100 of the user who is the target of the payment of the reward based on the result of the aggregation in S104 (S106). For example, in the case of the user whose user ID information in FIG. 5C is “U5”, the ratio P2 in the area A1 group is 10%. Therefore, a reward (100 points) corresponding to 10% of the rewards paid to each regional group (for example, in-game currency 1000 points) is transmitted to the terminal device held by U5 as reward information. For the user whose user ID information in FIG. 5C is “U8”, the ratio P2 in the area A2 group is 80%. Therefore, among rewards paid to each regional group (for example, in-game currency 1000 points), a reward (800 points) corresponding to 80% is transmitted to the terminal device held by U8 as reward information. That is, even though the user whose user ID information is U8 has dealt only with “80” damage to the enemy character E1, the user ID information with “100” damage is more for the user with U5. Many rewards can be obtained.

In the above example, the ratio P2 is determined as the contribution and the reward corresponding to the ratio P2 is paid. However, the rank in each group may be determined as a contribution and a reward corresponding to the rank may be given. For example, in the case where the user ID information in FIG. 5C is “U5”, the damage (100) given to the enemy character is the third largest in the area A1 group. Therefore, when the first place is determined to be a reward of 50%, the second place is a reward of 30%, and the third place is a reward of 20%, the terminal device held by the user whose user ID information is U5 includes each regional group. Reward (200 points) corresponding to 20% of the remuneration paid (for example, in-game currency 1000 points) is transmitted as reward information. Further, in the case of the user having the user ID “U8” in FIG. 5C, the damage (80) given to the enemy character is the largest in the area A2 group. Therefore, the terminal device held by the user whose user ID information is U5 receives a reward corresponding to 50% (500 points) out of the rewards paid for each regional group (for example, in-game currency 1000 points). Sent as information. That is, even in this case, the user whose user ID information is U8 has only caused damage “80” to the enemy character E1, but the user ID information that caused damage “100” is the user whose user ID information is U5. It is possible to obtain more rewards.

In addition to the reward according to the contribution of each user in the group, the reward (group reward) according to the contribution for each group to the virtual battle game is also paid. For example, in the case of the area A1 group to which the user whose user ID information is “U5” in FIG. 5C, the ratio P1 of the area A1 group to the total amount S1 of damage given to the enemy character E1 is 50%. Therefore, among group rewards (for example, in-game currency 100 points), rewards corresponding to 50% (50 points) are transmitted as reward information to the terminal devices of all users belonging to the area A1 group. In the case of the area A2 group to which the user whose user ID information is “U8” in FIG. 5C, the ratio P1 of the area A2 group to the total amount S1 of damage given to the enemy character E1 is 5%. Therefore, among group rewards (for example, in-game currency 100 points), rewards corresponding to 5% (5 points) are transmitted as reward information to the terminal devices of all users belonging to the area A2 group.

In the above example, the ratio P1 is determined as the contribution and the reward corresponding to the ratio P1 is paid. However, the rank of damage given by each group as a whole may be determined as a contribution, and a reward corresponding to the rank may be given. For example, the damage (1000) caused by the area A1 group to which the user whose user ID information is “U5” in FIG. Therefore, among group rewards (100 points), if the first place is determined to be 50% reward, the second place is 30% reward, and the third place is 20% reward, the users of each user belonging to the regional A1 group A reward corresponding to 50% (50 points) is transmitted to the terminal as reward information. Further, the damage (100) given to the area A2 group to which the user with the user ID information “U8” in FIG. 5C belongs is the third largest. Therefore, among group rewards (100 points), rewards corresponding to 20% (20 points) are transmitted as reward information to the user terminals of the users belonging to the area A2 group.

Moreover, in the above example, a reward corresponding to the contribution within the group and the contribution for each group is paid, but in addition to these, a reward corresponding to the contribution of each user as a whole is also paid. Also good. For example, in the case of a user whose user ID information is “U5” in FIG. 5C, the ratio P3 to the total amount S1 of damage given to the enemy character is 5%. Accordingly, a reward (5 points) corresponding to 5% of the total reward (for example, in-game currency 100 points) is transmitted to the terminal device held by U5 as reward information. For the user whose user ID information is “U8” in FIG. 5C, the ratio P3 to the total amount S1 of damage given to the enemy character is 4%. Therefore, a reward (4 points) corresponding to 4% of the total reward (for example, in-game currency 100 points) is transmitted to the terminal device held by U5 as reward information.

In the above example, the ratio P3 is determined as the contribution and the reward corresponding to the ratio P3 is paid. However, the ranking in the entire user may be determined as the contribution and rewards according to the ranking may be given. For example, in the case of the user whose user ID information is “U5” in FIG. 5C, the damage (100) given to the enemy character is the fifth largest overall. Therefore, if the first place is determined to be a reward of 50%, the second place is a reward of 30%, the third place is 15%, the fourth place is 4%, and the fifth place is a reward of 1%, the user ID information is U5 A reward (1 point) corresponding to 1% of the total reward (for example, 100 points in the game currency) is transmitted to the terminal device held by the user as reward information. Further, in the case of the user whose user ID is “U8” in FIG. 5C, the damage (80) given to the enemy character is the sixth largest overall. Accordingly, since the user is not eligible for payment of the reward, the reward information regarding the entire reward is not transmitted to the terminal device held by the user whose user ID information is U8.

Here, in this embodiment, when a user has a plurality of user characters, the user can enter the same battle stage a plurality of times. In the example of FIG. 5c, a user whose user ID information is “U1” uses three user characters C1-1, C1-2, and C1-3, and a battle stage whose battle ID information is “B1”. I have made three entries. In this case, the processor 212 may determine the degree of contribution of the user whose user ID information is U1 based on the total damage given by the three user characters, or may be determined for each user character.

Next, when the transmission of each reward information is completed, the processor 212 performs reset processing of the entry information table and the battle information table (S107). Specifically, the processor 212 resets the entry information table of the battle stage for which entry into the virtual battle game has ended, that is, deletes the user ID information, user character ID information, area information, and damage information of the entered user. . In addition, the processor 212 resets, that is, deletes, from the battle information table, battle ID information that identifies the battle stage constituting the completed virtual battle game, and enemy character ID information, appearance time information, and reward information associated therewith. Or reset enemy character ID information, appearance time information, and reward information. Then, the processor 212 ends the processing flow.

If there is no battle stage that has reached the end time in S103, the processor 212 ends the processing flow without performing the processing of S104 to S107.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow executed in the server device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, the process flow shows an interrupt process started by receiving entry information for a specific virtual battle game from the terminal device 100.

According to FIG. 7, the processing flow is started when the communication interface 214 of the server device 200 receives entry information from any of the terminal devices 100 (S201). The entry information includes battle ID information for identifying a battle stage that constitutes a virtual battle game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter, and a user character that each user inputs to the virtual battle game. The user character ID information to be specified and the position information (position coordinates) of each user measured in each terminal device in the real world are included. When the processor 212 determines that the entry information has been received, the processor 212 stores the entry information in the memory 211. Thereafter, the processor 212 determines an area group to which the user of the terminal device 100 that transmitted the entry information belongs based on the received position coordinates, and enters the user ID of the user in the entry information table of the battle ID information included in the entry information. In association with the information, control is performed so that the determined area group is stored as position information.

Note that the terminal device 100 classifies the area group corresponding to the position coordinates measured by the terminal apparatus 100, the server apparatus 200 receives the classified area group as position information, and the area group received by the processor 212 as position information. It may be controlled so that it is determined and stored in the entry information table.

In this embodiment, when a user has a plurality of user characters, the user can enter the same battle stage a plurality of times. That is, when the received user ID information has already been stored in the entry information table, the processor 212 controls to store the position information determined at the time of the first entry for the current entry. For example, in the example of FIG. 5c, a user whose user ID information is “U1” enters twice with the user characters C1-2 and C1-3 after entering with the user character C1-1. However, the area information stores area information “A1” determined based on the position information included in the entry information received first.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above example, and each time the entry information is received, the area information determined based on the position information included in the entry information may be stored.

Next, the processor 212 refers to the ability parameter of the user character in the character table based on the user character ID information of the user included in the entry information. Further, the processor 212 determines damage to be given to the enemy character based on the ability parameter of the enemy character and the ability parameter of the user character (S203). This damage may be determined according to a known method, and any method may be used. Further, the predetermined relationship between the enemy character and the user character (for example, the user characters C1-1 and C5-2 are double damage to the enemy character E5. For the enemy character whose attribute is K1) The amount of damage to be determined may be changed according to the user character having the attribute K2 is triple damage. Then, the processor 212 controls to store the determined damage in the entry information table in association with the user ID information of the user who transmitted the entry information. Then, in order to notify the user of the determined damage, the processor 212 controls the communication interface 214 to transmit the determined damage to the terminal device 100 that transmitted the entry information (S204). Then, the processor 212 ends the interrupt process when the entry information is received.

6). Processing Flow in Terminal Device 100 FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow executed in the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, the processing flow relates to processing related to entry into a virtual battle game performed in the terminal device 100.

Referring to FIG. 8, the processor 112 first receives appearance information from the server device 200, and determines whether the appearance information is stored in the memory 113 (S301). If the appearance information has not been received, the processing flow ends without performing the subsequent processing. On the other hand, if the appearance information has been received, a process of controlling the display 111 to display the stored appearance information is executed (S302). Then, the processor 112 detects selection of a battle stage that the user desires to enter via the input interface 115 (S303).

FIG. 9 a is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display 111 of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 9a shows an example of a screen displayed by the process of S302 of FIG. According to FIG. 9a, the battle stage battle ID information included in the already received appearance information, the enemy character ID information appearing in the battle stage, and the enemy character ability parameters and characters stored in association with the enemy character ID information. Based on the name information,

selection icons

31 and 32 for each battle stage are displayed on the display 111. Each of the

selection icons

31 and 32 is displayed as “appearing” together with the character name of the enemy character. Then, the user can select a battle stage for which entry is desired via the input interface 115. In the example of FIG. 9 a, the selection icon 32 is drawn with a background color different from that of the other selection icons 31, indicating that the selection icon 32 is currently selected by the user.

8 again, the processor 112 determines whether or not the input icon 33 displayed on the display 111 is pressed via the input interface 115 (S304). When it is determined that the user has selected a virtual battle game that the user wants to enter, that is, the insertion icon 33 has been pressed, the processor 112 controls the position sensor 118 to display the current position information of the terminal device 100. And the acquired position information is stored in the memory 113 (S305). Next, the processor 112 controls the display 111 to display a user character selection screen (not shown) on the display 111. Specifically, the processor 112 receives in advance the user character ID information stored in the user information table (FIG. 5a) stored in the server device 200 and information such as the ability parameter and the character name associated therewith. The user is controlled to display a list of user characters that can be used in the virtual battle game. Then, the processor 112 detects selection of a user character used for the virtual competitive game via the input interface 115 (S306).

Next, the processor 112 controls the communication interface 114 to transmit the entry information to the server device 200 (S307). The entry information includes battle ID information for identifying a battle stage that the user desires to enter, and user character ID information for identifying a user character to be input to the virtual battle game, obtained by the processes of S303, S305, and S306. , Position information (position coordinates) of the user in the real world measured by the terminal device 100 is included. In the present embodiment, if the position information cannot be acquired in S305, the virtual character is selected by any method such as not accepting the selection of the user character in S306 or not creating the entry information in S307. Prevent entry into a competitive game.

In this embodiment, when the user has a plurality of user characters, it is possible to enter the same battle stage a plurality of times. In this case, the user can do this by repeating the operations related to S303 to S306 a plurality of times.

Also, when entering multiple times, the number of times that entry can be made may be limited, for example, when a user character is selected in S306. As an example, for each user character, a parameter value F1 consumed every time an entry is made is stored in advance. Each time the user selects a user character, the parameter value F1 is subtracted from the parameter value F2 associated with the user ID information of the selected user. That is, entry is possible until the parameter value F2 associated with the user ID information is smaller than the parameter value F1 of the user character to be selected. At this time, the parameter value F2 is recovered by using a virtual currency (in-game currency) or a predetermined virtual item that the user can use in the game. That is, even if the parameter value F2 is subtracted and entry becomes impossible, entry can be made by the recovery process.

Here, if the pressed icon is an icon other than the input icon 33 in S304, the processor 112 performs processing according to the icon. As an example, when the result display icon 34 is pressed, the processor 112 executes a result display process for displaying ranking information and reward information received from the server device 200.

FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display 111 of the terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 9b shows an example of a result display screen displayed by the result display process. According to FIG. 9b, in the regional ranking display area 41, the user's line marking in the region A1 group to which the user with the user ID information “U1” belongs and the reward obtained thereby are displayed. Further, in the regional ranking display area 42, the ranking of contributions to all groups of the region A1 group to which the user belongs and the rewards obtained thereby are displayed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the reward is paid according to the contribution degree to the virtual battle game in the group to which the user belongs. Therefore, a user who simply uses a user character having an excellent ability parameter cannot obtain a higher reward, and the obtained reward is also influenced by the contributions of other users in the group. In other words, a user character who can give high damage does not necessarily obtain a high reward, and even a weak user character can obtain a high reward by devising a group to which the user character belongs. Further, when forming a group, position information when each user enters is used. Therefore, the user can provide the user with an unprecedented new taste such as searching for a place where a higher reward is likely to be obtained.

Second Embodiment
In the first embodiment, the enemy character appearing in the virtual battle game is not associated with a specific place in the real world. However, in the second embodiment, enemy characters are made to appear in the virtual game space in association with predetermined position information in the real world. In addition, regarding the damage determined in the virtual battle game, the distance between the real world position information associated with the enemy character and the position information entered by each user is further considered. Note that this embodiment is the same as the configuration, processing, and procedure in the first embodiment, except as specifically described below. Therefore, detailed description of those matters is omitted.

As described above, in this embodiment, enemy characters are made to appear in the virtual game space in association with predetermined real-world position information. Therefore, the battle information table shown in FIG. 10a is used instead of the battle information table shown in FIG. 5b, and the entry information table shown in FIG. 10b is used instead of the entry information table shown in FIG. 5c.

FIG. 10a is a diagram conceptually showing a battle information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. According to FIG. 10a, the appearance area information is newly stored in addition to the information stored in the battle information table of FIG. 5b. The appearance area information is information indicating position information of a predetermined place in the real world, and is stored in association with each battle ID information.

FIG. 10B is a diagram conceptually showing an entry information table stored in the memory 211 of the server apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. Here, in this embodiment, when determining the damage that each user character gave to the enemy character in S203 of FIG. 7, in addition to the ability parameter of each character, the real world associated with the enemy character. The distance between the predetermined position information and the position information included in the entry information transmitted from each user is taken into account. For example, in FIG. 10b, it is assumed that areas A1, A3, and A2 exist in the order closest to the position information of the enemy character. In this case, the damage caused by the user character of the user belonging to the closest area A1 group is twice the damage calculated from the ability parameter alone, and the damage of the user belonging to the second closest area A3 group The damage given by the user character is 1.5 times the damage calculated only from the ability parameter, and the damage given by the user character of the user belonging to the area A2 group located at the third closest place is calculated only from the ability parameter. 1x damage.

Then, based on the damage determined in this way, the processor 212 executes a process related to S104 in FIG.

As described above, in this embodiment, the reward is paid according to the contribution degree to the virtual battle game in the group to which the user belongs. Therefore, a user who simply uses a user character having an excellent ability parameter cannot obtain a higher reward, and the obtained reward is also influenced by the contributions of other users in the group. In other words, a user character who can give high damage does not necessarily obtain a high reward, and even a weak user character can obtain a high reward by devising a group to which the user character belongs. Further, when forming a group, position information when each user enters is used. Therefore, the user can provide the user with an unprecedented new taste such as searching for a place where a higher reward is likely to be obtained. Furthermore, the damage given to the enemy character for determining the contribution is also closely related to the positional relationship between the position where the enemy character appears and the position where the user is located. Therefore, it is possible to provide a stronger motive for making each user devise the entry position.

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In addition, it is also possible to configure the system by appropriately combining the elements described in each embodiment or replacing them.

The processes and procedures described in this specification can be realized not only by those explicitly described in the embodiment but also by software, hardware, or a combination thereof. Specifically, the processes and procedures described in this specification are realized by mounting logic corresponding to the processes on a medium such as an integrated circuit, a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical storage. Is done. Further, the processes and procedures described in the present specification can be implemented as a computer program and executed by various computers including a terminal device and a server device.

Even though the processes and procedures described herein are described as being performed by a single device, software, component, or module, such processes or procedures may include multiple devices, multiple software, It may be executed by multiple components and / or multiple modules. Further, even if it is described that various types of information described in this specification are stored in a single memory or storage unit, such information may be stored in a plurality of memories provided in a single device. It can be distributed and stored in a plurality of memories that are distributed in a plurality of devices. Further, the software and hardware elements described herein may be realized by integrating them into fewer components or by disassembling them into more components.

100 terminal device 200 server device 300 network

Claims

Fighting game specifying information for specifying a virtual battle game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter from a plurality of terminal devices communicably connected via a network, and the user of each user A communication interface configured to receive user character specifying information for specifying a character and position information of each user in the real world;
A memory configured to store the user character specifying information and the position information in association with the battle game specifying information, and to store a predetermined instruction command;
Based on the instruction command, determine a group to which each user belongs according to the position information, determine a contribution degree of each user in the group to the virtual competitive game according to the user character specifying information, A processor configured to perform processing for giving a reward to one or a plurality of users according to the contribution;
Server device including
The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information indicates position information when the user desires the entry.
3. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information is position information measured by a position sensor of the terminal device when the user desires the entry.
The server device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a single user can make a plurality of entries in the virtual battle game using a plurality of user characters.
2. When the one user makes a plurality of entries in the virtual battle game using the plurality of user characters, the position information when each entry is desired is used as the position information, respectively. 5. The server device according to any one of items 1 to 4.
When the one user makes a plurality of entries in the virtual battle game using the plurality of user characters, the position information when the entry is first desired is used as the position information. 5. The server device according to any one of items 1 to 4.
The server device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the degree of contribution is determined based on damage given by each user character to the enemy character.
The enemy character is associated with predetermined position information in the real world,
The server device according to claim 7, wherein the damage is determined based on the predetermined position information associated with the enemy character and the position information of each user in the real world.
The server device according to claim 8, wherein the damage is determined to be greater as the damage is closer to the predetermined position information associated with the enemy character and the position information of each user in the real world.
The processor is configured to determine a contribution for each group to the virtual competitive game and perform a process for giving a reward to each user classified into one or a plurality of groups according to the contribution. The server device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
Fighting game specifying information for specifying a virtual fighting game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter from a plurality of terminal devices communicably connected via a network, the user character of each user The user character identification information and the position are associated with the communication interface configured to receive the user character identification information for identifying the user and the position information of each user in the real world, respectively, and the battle game identification information. A computer configured to store information and a memory configured to store predetermined instruction instructions;
Based on the instruction command, determine a group to which each user belongs according to the position information, determine a contribution degree of each user in the group to the virtual competitive game according to the user character specifying information, A processor configured to perform processing for giving a reward to one or a plurality of users according to the contribution degree;
Program to function as.
Fighting game specifying information for specifying a virtual fighting game with an enemy character that each user holding each terminal device desires to enter from a plurality of terminal devices communicably connected via a network, the user character of each user The user character identification information and the position are associated with the communication interface configured to receive the user character identification information for identifying the user and the position information of each user in the real world, respectively, and the battle game identification information. A computer comprising: a memory configured to store information and a memory configured to store a predetermined instruction instruction, wherein the processor executes the instruction instruction;
Determining a group to which each user belongs according to the location information;
Determining the contribution of each user in the group to the virtual battle game according to the user character identification information;
Rewarding one or more users according to the contribution,
Including methods.