JP2000350854A - Game device, its ranking display method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the interestingness of a game by updating the value of any among plural parameters according to the execution contents of the game carried out via a communication network, such as Internet and having ranking display carried out by using the values of the plural parameters obtained at the game end. SOLUTION: A client 3 who carries out the game accesses a home page of a server 2 by using a browser and captures the home page in the sever for the game, i.e., an HTML document. When the player instructs a game start next, a display screen is made to display a check screen for charging the game and when the consent of the charging is instructed, the game is started. Consequently, for example, quiz contents and answer candidates are successively displayed. The player selects the answer in response with this display by a mouse, thereby executing the game. The values of the parameters are backdated at every correct answer. The overall score for ranking display is determined from the values of the parameters obtained at the game end and the ranking is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device for competing for points, and more particularly to a game device suitable for playing a game via a communication network such as the Internet, a ranking display method, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Along with the spread of communication networks such as the Internet, game apparatuses for playing games via a communication network have been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-10578).
No. 3). With the proposed game device, the player using the game device can know the score and the ranking of the game played by another person.

[0003]

The games introduced in this proposal are an adventure game, a role-playing game, and a chess game in which a player simply gets a score. However, what the player can only know is the score and the player's name.

Conventionally, in this type of game apparatus, only the score of the game itself is displayed in a ranking, and there is still room for improvement in order to increase the degree of interest in the game.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a game device capable of increasing the degree of interest in a game by ranking display.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a game apparatus having a server and a client connected via a communication network, and playing a game on the client side. , A first information processing means for updating any one of a plurality of parameters according to the execution content of the game, and a predetermined information using a plurality of parameter values obtained at the end of the game. A second information processing means for obtaining a total score for ranking display according to an arithmetic expression, wherein the obtained total score for ranking display is transferred from the client to the server.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game which has a server and a client connected via a communication network, plays a game on the client side, transmits a score of the game to the server, and displays the score in the form of a ranking. A first information processing means for updating any one of a plurality of parameters in accordance with the execution content of the game, and a score obtained at the end of the game and the values of the plurality of parameters. A second information processing means for obtaining a total score for ranking display according to a predetermined arithmetic expression.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the game is a game in which a character is developed by answering a quiz. And the value of the corresponding parameter is updated when the answer to the quiz is correct.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game apparatus according to the third aspect, the game generates an event for determining the type of the character each time the game is correctly answered a quiz a predetermined number of times. Means for instructing the type, and updating the value of the corresponding parameter among the plurality of parameters by the first information processing means in accordance with the instructed type.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game apparatus wherein a server and a client are connected to a communication network, a game is played on the client side, a game result is transmitted to the server, and a ranking is displayed on the client side. In the ranking display method, the client updates any one of a plurality of parameters according to the execution content of the game, and uses a result obtained at the end of the game and the values of the plurality of parameters in advance. A total score for ranking display is obtained in accordance with the determined arithmetic expression, and the obtained score for ranking display is transferred from the client to the server.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the game device ranking display method according to the fifth aspect, the parameter is a parameter for determining a personality assigned to the game character.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a server and a client are connected to a communication network, a game is played on the client side, a game result is transmitted to the server, and a ranking is displayed on the client side. In a recording medium storing a program to be executed by a client, the program updates any one of a plurality of parameters according to the content of execution of the game; Calculating a total score for ranking display, and transferring the obtained score for ranking display from the client to the server in accordance with a predetermined arithmetic expression using the parameter values of It is characterized by the following.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the seventh aspect, the parameter is a parameter assigned to a game character for determining a character.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of an entire game apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a communication network such as the Internet. Reference numeral 2 denotes a game server that counts game scores and game-related parameters (to be described later), and transfers the score and related parameters to the client 3 that plays the game. As the game server 2, a commercially available server can be used.

In the present embodiment, a document (also referred to as a homepage) described in an HTML language (hypertext markup language), audio and moving image files specified in the document, and scores and parameters of the game are totaled. A tallying file in which information such as a tallying program, tallyed game scores, and parameters to be described later indicating the game content is stored in a storage device in the game server 2 (or external connection).

Reference numeral 3 denotes a client that plays the game and transfers the score of the game to the game server 2 after the game is over. As the client 3, an information processing device having a communication function such as a personal computer or a terminal device can be used. The client 3 accesses the homepage of the game server 2 and displays the homepage on the display screen of the client 3.
A program called a browser for executing the arithmetic processing defined in the TML document. In addition, in connection with the display of the homepage, a sound stored in the game server 2 is output, and a moving image is displayed on the display screen. A program for displaying is stored.

In the game of this embodiment, the player answers the quiz, and an event having a training simulation element occurs between the quiz and the next quiz. In this game, players grow their children by answering quiz questions and choosing childcare policies at events.

In the choices of the problem and the event, parameters relating to the type of child are prepared in advance, and the value of the corresponding parameter is added depending on which quiz question is answered and which educational policy is selected in the event.
The type of the parameter with the highest value is the child type.

In the game of the present embodiment, the score used for determining the ranking (rank of the score) is calculated by the following formula.

[0021]

## EQU1 ## Total score = F (A, B, C, D) A is the correct answer rate of the quiz, B is the score per correct answer, C is the weighting value determined from the selection item of the event D is a plurality of parameters D1 To Dn (n is an integer), and the plurality of parameters D1 to Dn correspond to quiz type contents or event selection contents. The value of the parameter corresponding to the correctly answered quiz or the content of the selected event is added by a predetermined value (for example, one point).

F is a function, and the parameters A to D
An arithmetic expression using the value of is defined as a function.

The correct answer rate for each type of quiz is also calculated as one of the parameters.
Initially input game conditions and items selected in the event are displayed in association with the ranking display as information representing the content of the game.

FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure for playing such a game. An embodiment of the game will be described with reference to the processing procedure of FIG.

The client 3 playing the game accesses the home page of the server 2 by using a browser as in the past, and the home page in the game server, that is, HTML.
The document is taken into the client 3.

In accordance with the tags (program commands in the program) defined in the HTML document, the screen display is sequentially switched as described later. At first, an opening screen for introducing the game and guiding the user on how to operate the game appears. A button for instructing the start of the game and a button for instructing the display of the ranking are prepared on this screen (step S1). When the player operates the game start button with the mouse to instruct the start of the game, the input screen of FIG. 3 is displayed on the display screen of the client 3 (step S2 → S3).

The player inputs conditions for playing the game of the child's name, birthday, and parent's name from the keyboard. The input information is stored in a storage device such as a memory in the client 3.

When the player operates the end button by operating the mouse, the contract screen shown in FIG. 4 appears according to the definition of the tag in the HTML document. This is a confirmation screen for playing the game. The game is started by operating the “press HAN” button in the figure with the mouse. Also,
If the player operates the "quit" button with the mouse, the display can return to the initial opening screen (end of step S3).

When the player operates the "press Han" button, the procedure proceeds from step S3 to step S4, and a screen for accepting (selecting) the number of players is displayed on the display of the client 3. Although a plurality of games can be played in the present embodiment, the present embodiment will be described on the assumption that one player is set.

Subsequently, a confirmation screen (not shown) for charging the game is displayed on the display screen. When the player instructs the client 3 to approve the charge, the processing procedure proceeds from step 5 to S6, and the game is started.
If the player does not approve the charging, the processing procedure returns to step S1 according to the definition of the tag,
The opening screen is displayed.

FIG. 3 shows the detailed procedure of the game processing. The game is played according to the definition of the tag. The start time of the game is obtained from the system timer of the client 3,
Store in memory. In this game, the quiz contents and the answer candidates are sequentially displayed, so the player selects an answer that seems to be the correct answer from the plurality of answer candidates on the display screen with the mouse. Failure to respond within a certain amount of time will result in an incorrect answer. If the player answers correctly,
A predetermined value is added to a parameter (any one of the above-described parameters D1 to Dn) corresponding to the type of the quiz (for example, the contents of the quiz that determines the humanities, social sciences, and navigability). In this example, the score is 1 for the initial value 0.
Is added. The result of the quiz answer: correct answer,
Incorrect answers and correct answers for incorrect answers are also displayed.

In this manner, quizzes of different types are repeatedly displayed on the display screen, and each time a correct answer is obtained, the parameter corresponding to the quiz among the parameters D1 to Dn is incremented by one, and the number of correct answers is also determined by the client. It is counted by three. In this embodiment, childhood, school days,
There are quiz correct quotas for each of the four stages of college / employment and marriage, and players must answer quizzes of the same era until the number of correct quotas is obtained. Further, the value of the corresponding parameter is updated according to the selection of the item (step S10).
0 → loop processing of S101).

When a predetermined number (quota) of quizzes is correctly answered (YES in step S101), the tag of the HTML document is defined so as to display an event selection screen. On the event display screen of step S102,
A plurality of selection items for determining the course of the child ((game) character) are displayed. Selection criteria are also provided for this selection item, and if the item selected by the player does not match the selection criterion, the item must be selected again (step S103 → S102).
Loop processing).

When the selected item matches the selection criterion (event clear), the elapsed time from the start of the game to the present is checked. The elapsed time is obtained, for example, from the difference between the time of the system timer at the start of the game and the current time of the system timer (step S104). If the elapsed time exceeds the time allowed for the game (the determination result in step S105 is no life), the processing procedure proceeds from step S105 to step S106.

In step S106, a screen for inquiring to continue the game is displayed on the client 3. When the player instructs to continue, a screen for authenticating the billing is displayed (step S107).
→ S108, step S7 → S12 in FIG. 2). The player instructs the client on a method of paying the game price and the like, and after receiving a well-known authentication, continues the game (step S12 → S6 in FIG. 2). The procedure returns to step S100 as the processing procedure in FIG. In the case of continuing the game, the condition information such as the name that was initially input, the score that has been acquired so far, and the parameter values are inherited as they are. The start time of the game is set to the newly started time.

On the other hand, when the player instructs the end of the game, the processing procedure of FIG. 3 ends, and the processing procedure proceeds to steps S6 → S7 → S8 of FIG. More specifically, information such as a level value (displayed in%) based on the value of the parameter added according to the type of the quiz answered correctly, information such as the name and birthday input on the initial condition input screen are displayed on the client 3. And is displayed as shown in FIG.

When the player operates the end button on the display screen (not shown), a screen for confirming the necessity of registration is displayed, and the player instructs the client 3 on the necessity of registration of ranking (step S10).

When the player instructs whether or not to register ranking (NO in step S9), the processing procedure in FIG. 2 ends.

If registration is instructed, the process proceeds from step S10 to S11. When the player inputs a message to be displayed in connection with the ranking display and a nickname of the player from the keyboard, and instructs the client to end the input, the client 3
Is information to be used for ranking display on the game server 2 based on the URL (communication address) of the game server 2 specified by the tag of the HTML document (game score, parameter values, conditions initially input). Send

It goes without saying that the score of the game is calculated in accordance with Equation 1 using the values of the parameters.

The game server 2 starts the tallying program in response to the access of the client 3, and upon receiving the information transmitted from the client 3, temporarily stores it in the internal memory and registers it in the tally file. Since the tally file is a file in which the information sent from the client is arranged in the order of the score, the score of the information to be registered is compared with the score of each information in the tally file so that the score is in the order of the score. The information to be registered is inserted into a predetermined position of the tally file (step S11).

When the player instructs the ranking display on the opening screen displayed in step S1, the processing proceeds to step S50, and the ranking display is changed to the state shown in FIG.
Is performed as shown in FIG. On the display screen of FIG. 6, the score, the player's nickname (entry name), the name input on the game condition setting screen, and the occupation selected at the game event are displayed. In the present embodiment, a detail button is provided at the right end of the ranking display. When the player operates the detail button, detailed information as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. Since the ranking information is stored in a predetermined storage address (directory) in the game server 2, a tag for displaying the file information of the storage address of the total file is defined in the HTML document. .

If a tag for returning from the detail screen of FIG. 7 to the ranking display screen of FIG. 6 is prepared on the HTML document, the player can know the scores of the plurality of players and the details of the game. Can be.

In addition to the above, the following embodiment can be implemented.

1) In the above-described embodiment, the information indicating the score of the child care game and the content of the game (in the above example, the value of the parameter, the item selected in the event, etc.) has been described. It goes without saying that the content of the game changes depending on the type of the game. For example, in role-playing games, instead of scoring,
As the required time until the end of the game and the content information of the game, the occupation of the character (person) virtually played by the player can be used for ranking display.

2) In the above-described embodiment, an example of a game apparatus for playing a game via the Internet has been described. However, when the game apparatus is installed in a game arcade or the like, the functions of the client 3 and the game server 2 are provided by a single general-purpose computer. May be realized. In this case, it is not necessary to define the game content in an HTML document, and a machine language program translated from a known language such as C language is installed in a recording medium on a general-purpose computer, for example, a hard storage device. It is good. Of course, a program defining the game content may be installed from a recording medium such as a CDROM or a floppy disk into the hard disk storage device. The contents of the program for this are shown in Figure 2.
3 and FIG. 3, and those skilled in the art will be able to easily create it.

3) In the above-described embodiment, both the value of the parameter corresponding to the type of the quiz and the value of the parameter for determining the type of the character by selecting the item of the event are updated, but only one of them is displayed in the ranking display. It may be reflected in the calculation of the total score to be used.

4) In the above embodiment, the client reads out the HTML document described in the HTML language, and
Since the processing specified by this document is executed, the HTML document can also be regarded as a program.

5) In the above embodiment, the client 3 side (more precisely, the CPU in the client 3) calculates the total score used for the ranking display by using the score obtained from the game itself and various parameters. Was calculated by However, an embodiment in which the total score is calculated only from the parameter for restoring the total score and the score of the game is not used for the calculation may be adopted. In this case, the total score is an index value representing the operation content of the game.

In the above-described embodiment, the game is ended after a certain period of time. Alternatively, the number of erroneous answers to a question may exceed a predetermined number, or the number of no-answers may exceed a predetermined number.

[0051]

As described above, the first, fifth, and fifth aspects of the present invention are described below.
According to the seventh aspect, the total score used for the ranking display is calculated using only the parameters without using the score of the game itself. As a result, it is possible to perform the ranking display in consideration of the game operation content, the player's game operation preference and personality. It is possible to provide a new ranking display which is not found in the related art, merely competing for the superiority of the game operation technique. In addition, this makes it possible to increase the degree of interest of the operator in the game.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the total score is calculated by adding factors such as the game operation content indicated by the parameters, the character of the operator, and the preference to the score of the game itself, and is displayed in the ranking. Can provide ranking display. In addition, this makes it possible to increase the degree of interest of the operator in the game.

According to the third, fourth, sixth, and eighth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to reflect the character and preference of a game such as a quiz-type child-raising game in which the character and preference of the operator are likely to appear.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for game processing and ranking display.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a detailed procedure of a game process of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a condition setting screen at the start of a game.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen showing an intermediate result of the game.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a ranking display.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a game content displayed in association with a score.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 communication network 2 game server 3 client

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A game device having a server and a client connected via a communication network and playing a game on the client side, wherein one of a plurality of parameters is updated according to the content of execution of the game. First information processing means, and second information processing means for obtaining an overall score for ranking display according to a predetermined arithmetic expression using the values of the plurality of parameters obtained at the end of the game. A game device for transferring the obtained total score for ranking display from the client to the server. 2. A game device, comprising: a server and a client connected via a communication network, wherein the client plays a game, transmits a total score of the game to the server, and displays the score in the form of a ranking. First information processing means for updating any one of a plurality of parameters according to the content of the game, and a predetermined calculation using a score obtained at the end of the game and the values of the plurality of parameters 2. A game apparatus comprising: a second information processing means for obtaining a total score for ranking display according to a formula. 3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game is a game for growing a character by answering a quiz, and the plurality of parameters correspond to a type of a quiz to be set. And
A game device characterized by updating the value of a corresponding parameter when a correct answer is given to a quiz. 4. The game device according to claim 3, wherein
The game generates an event for determining the type of the character each time a correct answer is given to the quiz a predetermined number of times, and means for indicating the type of the character by the generated event; and the plurality of parameters according to the specified type. A game device characterized in that the value of the corresponding parameter in the above is updated by the first information processing means. 5. A ranking display method for a game device, wherein a server and a client are connected to a communication network, a game is played on the client side, a game result is transmitted to the server, and a ranking is displayed on the client side. The client updates any one of a plurality of parameters according to the execution content of the game, and uses a result obtained at the end of the game and a value of the plurality of parameters to a predetermined arithmetic expression. Therefore, a total ranking score for ranking display is obtained, and the obtained score for ranking display is transferred from the client to the server. 6. The ranking display method for a game device according to claim 5, wherein the parameter is a parameter for determining a personality assigned to the game character. 7. A program which is connected to a communication network by a server and a client, plays a game on the client side, transmits a game result to the server, and executes the program by the client to display a ranking on the client side. In the recording medium on which is recorded, the program updates a value of any of a plurality of parameters according to the execution content of the game; and the result obtained at the end of the game and the values of the plurality of parameters. Calculating a total score for ranking display according to a predetermined arithmetic expression, and transferring the obtained score for ranking display from the client to the server. recoding media. 8. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the parameter is a parameter for determining a character assigned to the game character.