JP2002078960A - Game system, storage medium and entertainment device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To handle a concept concerning the atmosphere of a scene in a role playing game or the like. SOLUTION: When receiving an atmosphere judgment request from a game processing section 802, an atmosphere judgment section 803 acquires the state of a character appearing in the scene by referring to a character state table 811 and judges the atmosphere of the scene by referring to an atmosphere judgment rule 813. Information on the atmosphere judged is presented to a player through a display control section 804.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for enhancing reality in a role playing game or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, entertainment devices such as video game machines have become widespread. In the entertainment device, a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM,
Alternatively, various games can be enjoyed by executing a game program obtained via a communication medium such as a communication line.

For example, a role playing game (PR
In games such as G), adventure games (AVG), and simulation games (SLG), a virtual world is generally created within the game. And
The player can cause the character or the like in the virtual world to take various actions by operating a controller or the like connected to the entertainment device. The entertainment device changes the content of the game story in accordance with the operation content of the player, and provides the player with various story developments.

[0004] Some games of this type attempt to handle events that are close to the real world, for example, in which the development changes depending on the emotions and attitudes of the characters. In such a game, a state such as a character's emotion and attitude is converted into data, and the player is required to perform an operation content in consideration of the emotion and attitude of another character.

[0005]

Generally, in a virtual world handled by a story in a game, reproducibility of an abstract concept such as atmosphere of a place in the real world is not sufficient. For example, when a plurality of people gather in the real world, it is necessary to take into account not only the feelings and attitudes of individuals but also the mood of the place.

However, in the conventional game, the concept of the atmosphere of the place has not been dealt with, so that the player cannot recognize the atmosphere of the place during the game, which is one of the causes of losing the reality of the game. Was.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to enable an application program running on an information processing apparatus such as an entertainment apparatus, particularly a game program, to handle the concept of the atmosphere of a place.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a calculating means and a storing means, and the calculating means calculates based on a game program and data stored in the storing means. Performing a story in the virtual world by causing a character to act in the virtual world, wherein the computing means determines the atmosphere of the virtual world. An entertainment device for presenting information on the atmosphere of a place.

Here, the characters appearing in the game are:
Each state is managed, and the atmosphere of the place can be determined according to the state of the character appearing in the place.

[0010] The type of action that the character can perform may be changed according to the atmosphere of the place.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

First, a hardware configuration of an entertainment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an appearance of an entertainment apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

This entertainment device is, for example,
A game program recorded on an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM is read out and executed in accordance with an instruction from a player. Note that the execution of the game mainly refers to a display device connected to the entertainment device, for example, in accordance with an instruction from the player, for example,
This refers to moving an operation target object (for example, an object representing a player character or the like) displayed on the display screen of the television receiver, and controlling the display and sound of a moving image in accordance with the movement, thereby causing the game to proceed.

As shown in the figure, a main body 2 of the entertainment apparatus 1 has an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM as a recording medium for supplying an application program such as a video game and multimedia data at a central portion thereof. , A reset switch 4 for resetting the game, a power switch 5, a disk operation switch 6 for operating the mounting of an optical disk, and, for example, two slot sections 7A and 7
B.

Two controllers 20 can be connected to the slots 7A and 7B, and two players can play a game such as a battle game. The slot units 7A and 7B have a memory card device 2 that can save (store) and read game data.
6, or a portable electronic device 100 that can execute a game separately from the main body 2 can be mounted.

The controller 20 includes first and second operation units 21 and 22, an L button 23L, an R button 23R,
Analog operation units 31 and 32 having a start button 24 and a selection button 25 and capable of analog operation
And a mode selection switch 33 for selecting an operation mode of the operation units 31 and 32, and a display unit 34 for displaying the selected operation mode.

As shown in FIG. 2, the analog operation units 31 and 32 are connected to a fulcrum a with respect to a predetermined axis b passing through a predetermined fulcrum a.
, And operating shafts 31a and 32a configured to be tiltable around and rotatable in a tilted state. The controller 20 detects the inclination of the operation axes 31a and 32a with respect to the axis b and the direction of the inclination, and outputs a signal corresponding to the coordinate value on the XY coordinate determined from these. This coordinate value is
As shown in FIG. 3, the value in the Y (vertical) direction is
“0” to “25” according to the vertical inclination of
The value in the X (horizontal) direction is represented by 256 values from “0” to “255” in accordance with the horizontal inclination of the operation axes 31a and 32a.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an entertainment device 1
Is shown.

As shown, the entertainment apparatus 1 has a central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit).
Unit) 51 and a control system 50 including its peripheral devices and the like.
, A graphic system 60 including an image processing device (GPU: Graphic Processing Unit) 62 for drawing in the frame buffer 63, and a sound processing device (SPU: Soud Procee) for generating audio signals such as musical sounds and sound effects.
ssing unit) 71 and the like,
An optical disk control unit 80 for controlling an optical disk on which application programs, multimedia data, etc. are recorded, a signal input from the controller 20 to which an instruction from a player is input, and a memory card 26 for storing game settings and the like Or portable electronic device 10
Communication control unit 90 for controlling the input and output of data from 0, etc.
And a bus BUS to which the above-described units are connected.

The control system 50 includes a CPU 51, interrupt control, and direct memory access (DMA).
y Access) Peripheral device controller 52 for controlling transfer and the like
And a random access memory (RAM)
A main memory (main storage device) 53 comprising
A main memory 53, a read only memory (ROM: Read Only Memory) 54 for storing programs such as an operating system for managing the graphic system 60, the sound system 70, and the like are provided.

The CPU 51 controls the entire entertainment apparatus 1 by executing an operating system recorded in the ROM 54.
For example, it comprises a RISC-CPU.

Then, the entertainment device 1
When the power is turned on, the CPU 51 of the control system 50
The operating system stored in the OM 54 is executed. Thus, the CPU 51 controls the graphic system 60, the sound system 70, and the like.

When the operating system is executed, the CPU 51 initializes the entire entertainment apparatus 1 such as operation check and the like, and then controls the optical disk controller 8.
0 to execute an application program such as a game recorded on the optical disc. By executing a program such as a game, the CPU 51 controls the graphic system 60, the sound system 70, and the like in accordance with an input from a player to control display of an image and generation of sound effects and musical sounds.

The graphic system 60 includes a geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61 for performing processing such as coordinate conversion, and a CPU.
GPU 62 that performs drawing in accordance with a drawing instruction from 51
A frame buffer 63 for storing an image drawn by the GPU 62; and an image decoder 64 for decoding image data coded by being subjected to orthogonal transform such as discrete cosine transform.

The GTE 61 has, for example, a parallel operation mechanism for executing a plurality of operations in parallel, and performs operations such as a matrix or a vector for coordinate transformation. Specifically, this G
The TE 61 configures a virtual three-dimensional object with a set of triangular polygons, for example, when an application program such as a game recorded on an optical disk uses so-called 3D graphics. And
Various calculations for generating an image obtained by photographing the three-dimensional object with a virtual camera, that is, perspective transformation (raster of each polygon constituting the three-dimensional object is performed by virtual camera (Calculation of coordinate values when projected on the screen).

The GPU 62 renders a three-dimensional object on the frame buffer 63 according to the instruction from the CPU 51 while using the GTE 61 as necessary, to create an image. Then, a video signal representing the created image is output. In addition, as a method of erasing hidden lines and hidden surfaces used for rendering, a Z buffer method, a scan line method, a ray tracing method, or the like is used.
As shading methods for shading, flat shading, Gouraud shading, ray tracing, or the like is used. In addition, texture mapping or the like is used as a technique for expressing the surface material or pattern of the surface of the three-dimensional object.

The frame buffer 63 comprises a so-called dual-port RAM, so that rendering of the GPU 62 or transfer from the main memory and reading for display can be performed simultaneously. The frame buffer 63 is provided with a texture area in which a texture used for the texture mapping and the like is stored, in addition to an image area in which reading for rendering and display is performed.

The image decoder 64 decodes the still or moving image data stored in the main memory 53 under the control of the CPU 51, and
To memorize. The reproduced image data is GP data.
By storing in the frame buffer 63 via the U62, it can be used as a background of the image rendered by the GPU 62 described above.

The sound system 70 includes an SPU 71 for outputting audio signals such as musical tones and sound effects based on instructions from the CPU 51, and a sound buffer 72 for storing waveform data and the like by the SPU 71.

The SPU 71 performs adaptive prediction coding (ADPC).
M: an ADPCM decoding function for reproducing the audio data subjected to Adaptive Differential PCM, and a sound buffer 72
A reproduction function of reproducing and outputting an audio signal such as a sound effect by reproducing the waveform data stored in the
A modulation function for modulating and reproducing waveform data stored in the sound buffer 72 is provided. By providing such a function, the sound system 7
0 is the sound buffer 7 according to an instruction from the CPU 51.
2 is used as a so-called sampling sound source that generates audio signals such as musical sounds and sound effects based on the waveform data stored in.

The optical disk control unit 80 is provided with an optical disk device 81 for reproducing programs, data, and the like recorded on the optical disk, and an error correction code (ECC).
and a buffer 8 for temporarily reading data from the optical disk by temporarily storing the data from the optical disk device 81.
3 is provided. The decoder 82 has a sub CPU 84
Is connected.

The audio data read by the optical disc device 81 and recorded on the optical disk includes:
In addition to the above-described ADPCM data, there is so-called PCM data obtained by converting an audio signal from analog to digital. A
The DPCM data is decoded by the decoder 82, supplied to the above-described SPU 71, subjected to digital / analog conversion and the like by the SPU 71, and then transmitted from an audio device such as an audio device connected to the entertainment device 1. It is output as musical sound, sound effect, etc. Further, the PCM data is subjected to processing such as digital / analog conversion by the SPU 71, and is similarly output from the audio device as musical sounds, sound effects, and the like.

Next, the communication control unit 90 controls the communication with the CPU 51 via the bus BUS.
It has. The communication controller 91 includes an operation device connection unit 12 to which a controller 20 for inputting an instruction from the player is connected, a memory card 26 as an auxiliary storage device for storing game setting data and the like, a portable electronic device 100 And the like are provided with memory card insertion sections 8A and 8B.

The controller 20 connected to the operating device connection unit 12 changes the states of the buttons and the operating unit according to the instruction from the communication controller 91 by synchronous communication in order to input an instruction from the player. It is transmitted to the communication controller 91. Then, the communication controller 91 transmits the state of each button of the controller 20 or the state of the operation unit to the CPU 51.

Thus, the instruction from the player is transmitted to the CPU.
Input to the CPU 51, the CPU 51 performs a process according to an instruction from the player based on a game program or the like being executed. Specifically, an image including the operation target object is generated in cooperation with other units of the control system 50 and the graphic system 60, and is displayed on the display screen of the display device. Then, in accordance with an instruction from the player input to the controller 20, an image in which the display position, the state, and the like of the operation target object are changed (the background is also changed as necessary) is sequentially generated and displayed on the display screen of the display device. By doing so, a moving image is generated such that the operation target object is operated according to the player's operation input to the controller 20. In addition, it controls the sound, music, and the like output from the sound device in cooperation with the sound system 70 as needed.

Here, the main memory 53, the GPU 62,
It is necessary to transfer image data between the image decoder 64 and the decoder 82 at a high speed when reading a program, displaying an image, or drawing an image. Therefore, in the entertainment apparatus 1, the main memory 53, the GPU 62, and the image decoder 64 are controlled by the peripheral device control unit 52 without the intervention of the CPU 51 as described above.
A so-called DMA transfer in which data is directly transferred between the decoder 82 and the decoder 82 can be performed. Thus, the load on the CPU 51 due to data transfer can be reduced, and high-speed data transfer can be performed.

When it is necessary to store the setting data of the game being executed, the CPU 51 transmits the stored data to the communication controller 91, and transmits the stored data to the communication controller 91.
Transmits data from the CPU 51 to the memory card insertion unit 8A.
Or, the memory card 26 inserted in the 8B slot,
Write it to the portable electronic device 100 or the like.

Here, the communication controller 91 has a built-in protection circuit for preventing electrical destruction. The memory card 26, the portable electronic device 100, and the like are separated from the bus BUS, and can be detached while the power of the apparatus body is turned on. Therefore, the memory card 26,
When the storage capacity of the portable electronic device 100 or the like becomes insufficient, a new memory card or the like can be inserted without turning off the power supply of the apparatus main body. Therefore, it is possible to insert a new memory card and write necessary data to the new memory card without losing the game data that needs to be backed up.

The parallel I / O interface (P
An IO (IO) 96 and a serial I / O interface (SIO) 97 are interfaces for connecting the memory card 26, the portable electronic device 100, and the like to the entertainment apparatus 1.

The hardware configuration of the entertainment apparatus 1 has been described above.

Next, the entertainment apparatus having the above-described structure.
In 1, a game realized by the CPU 51 executing an application program read from the optical disk mounted on the disk mounting unit 3 will be described.

The game realized by the entertainment apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes PRG (role playing game), AVG (adventure game), SLG
Controller 2 such as (simulation game)
This is a game in which the story progresses while changing the subsequent development in accordance with the instruction of the player received through “0”. The display device displays a game screen that displays a video (game video) representing a story that progresses in accordance with the content of an instruction from the player, and an instruction selection screen that causes the player to select an instruction to develop the story via the controller 20. It is displayed on the screen. Therefore, the player checks the story through the game screen displayed on the display screen, and performs a desired instruction via the instruction selection screen or selects a desired item, thereby developing various stories. You can enjoy.

First, the data structure of the optical disk will be described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the data structure of the optical disk mounted on the disk mounting unit 3.

As shown in the figure, an optical disk has an application program 501 for realizing a game.
And a data table 502 to which the application program 501 refers when calculating an atmosphere, and various data (video data, audio data, character data, etc.) 503 used by the application program 501 are recorded.

Next, a software configuration constructed on the entertainment apparatus 1 will be described.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a software configuration constructed on the entertainment apparatus 1.
It should be noted that each component shown in FIG.
By the CPU 30, the CPU 51 executes the application program 501 read from the optical disk mounted on the disk mounting unit 3 and loaded on the main memory 53, thereby being embodied as a process or the like. At this time, various data 503 stored on the optical disc are
Are read out as necessary and stored in the main memory 53.

In FIG. 6, the operation receiving unit 801 includes a CP
U51 is realized by using the communication controller 91. The operation receiving unit 801 transmits the instruction of the player received via the controller 20 to the game processing unit 802.

The game processing unit 802 includes an operation receiving unit 801
The necessary data is read from the main memory 53 in order to proceed with the story in accordance with the instruction of the player notified from. Then, game screen data including a video representing a story is generated. Then, the generated screen data is passed to the display control unit 804.

The processing in the game processing unit 802 is basically the same as the processing required in a game such as the existing PRG, AVG, and SLG.

The atmosphere determining unit 803 is provided for the game processing unit 80.
2 receives the atmosphere judgment request from the data table 8
05, in the virtual world on the story progression,
The atmosphere of the place is determined.

The display control unit 804 includes a CPU 51
62 is realized. Display control unit 804
Performs a synthesizing process or the like on the screen data passed from the game processing unit 802 to generate display screen data. The generated display screen data is output to the display device, and the display device receiving the display screen data displays an image according to the display screen data on the display screen.

The data table 805 has a character state table (TBL) 811, a character relation table (TBL) 812, and an atmosphere determination rule 813.

The character status TBL 811 is a table for storing the status of the characters appearing in the game, and is managed for each character. Character state TBL811
Can have a structure as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

In this figure, character state TBL811
Is a character name 8111, an attribute 8112, and a state 811
3, a physical strength value 8114, and a mental strength value 8115.

The character name 8111 is an item for identifying the name of the character represented by the state table. A predetermined name is set in the game story.

In the attribute 8112, the attribute of the character is set. For example, if the setting of the game stage is a school, the attributes may be “student”, “teacher”, “chairperson”, and the like. Also for this item, a predetermined attribute in the game story is set.

In a state 8113, the state of the character is set. The state can be, for example, “anxiety”, “disappointment”, “happiness”, “cheerful”, “normal”, and the like. State 81
13 is dynamically changed by the game processing unit 802 according to the story development. For example, when a certain character has a bad score in the test due to story development, the character can be changed from a “normal” state to a “disappointed” state.

The physical strength value 8114 is a numerical value indicating the state of physical strength of the character. For example, the maximum value can be set to 100 and the minimum value can be set to 0. The physical strength value 8114 is dynamically changed by the game processing unit 802 according to story development. For example, when a character performs martial arts training, it is possible to improve physical strength.

The mental strength value 8115 is a numerical value indicating the mental state of the character. For example, the maximum value may be 100 and the minimum value may be 0. The mental power value 8115 is dynamically changed by the game processing unit 802 in accordance with story development. For example, when a certain character becomes short of sleep, mental power can be reduced.

The character relation TBL 812 is a table for storing the relation between characters appearing in the game.
It is managed for each character set. The character A
In the relationship between the character and the character B, the relationship between A and B and the relationship between B and A can be treated the same or separately. The character relationship TBL 812 may have a structure as shown in FIG. 8, for example.

In this figure, character relation TBL 812
Is the character name 8121 and the target character name 8122
, Relationship 8123, friendship value 8124, and love value 8125.

The character name 8121 and the target character name 8122 are items for identifying a combination of characters represented by the relation table. A predetermined name is set in the game story.

The relation 8123 is an item for setting a relation between characters in a story. For example, "friend"
It can be "best friend", "lover", "enemy" or the like. Also for this item, a predetermined relationship in the game story is set. Of course, the game processing unit 802 may change it according to the story development.

The friendship value 8124 and the love value 8125 are items for setting numerical values indicating the degree of friendship and love between the characters. These numerical values can be, for example, 100 as the highest value and 0 as the lowest value. As these numerical values, default values determined on the story at the start of the game are stored, and after the game is started, the game processing unit 802 dynamically changes the numerical values according to the story development.

The atmosphere judgment rule 813 is a table in which rules for judging the atmosphere of the place are recorded, and rules predetermined on the game story are set. The atmosphere determination rule 813 can have, for example, the structure shown in FIG.

In this figure, the atmosphere determination rule 813
Means priority 3131, condition 3132, and atmosphere 8133
The atmosphere corresponding to the conditions that are satisfied,
The atmosphere of the place is judged. Here, the priority order 8131
Indicates a priority for judging the condition. That is, when a plurality of conditions are satisfied, the atmosphere corresponding to the condition with the highest priority is determined to be the atmosphere of the place.

As shown, in this embodiment, for example, when a character whose state 8113 is “disappointed” or “uneasy” exists on the spot, the atmosphere is determined to be “dark”. The atmosphere 8133 is determined according to the contents of the character state TBL 811 appearing on the spot. Of course, the atmosphere determination rule is not limited to this example.
Twelve friendship values 215 and love values 216 may be used, or may be determined by the values of other parameters used in the game processing unit 812.

Next, the operation of the software configuration constructed on the entertainment apparatus 1 will be described.

The game processing section 802 presents the atmosphere of the place to the player via the display device during the progress of the story. In this embodiment, the atmosphere of the place is determined by the state of the characters appearing in the place, the attributes, and the relationship between the characters. Therefore, the game processing unit 802
Requests the atmosphere determination unit 803 to determine the atmosphere when the character appearing on the spot changes during the story progress or when the scene changes.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of atmosphere determination section 803 when the atmosphere determination processing is requested by game processing section 802.

At the time of receiving the request for the atmosphere judgment processing (S101), the atmosphere judgment section 803 sets the game processing section 8
From 02, a list of characters appearing on the spot 30
Receives 0.

Atmosphere determination section 803, having received character list 300 along with the processing request, sets character state TB.
With reference to L811, the state 8113, the attribute 8112, the physical strength value 8114, and the mental strength value 8115 are acquired for the characters listed in the character list 300 (S102).

Then, the atmosphere determination unit 803 converts the acquired character state 8113 and the like into the atmosphere determination rule 81.
It is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied by comparing with the condition 3 (S103). At this time, the conditions are compared in order from the one with the highest priority, and the atmosphere corresponding to the corresponding condition is determined.

The atmosphere determining unit 803 transfers the determined atmosphere to the game processing unit 802 (S104), and ends the atmosphere determining process.

The game processing unit 802 receives the atmosphere determined by the atmosphere determination unit 803, arranges words representing the atmosphere of the place on the game screen, and displays the words on the display device via the display control unit 804. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a scene of a game in which an atmosphere is displayed. In this figure, the atmosphere of a place called "serious atmosphere" is displayed at the upper right of the screen.

The method of displaying the atmosphere is not limited to words, but may be, for example, icons, graphics, or other symbols corresponding to the atmosphere.

The game processing unit 802 can change the behavior of the player character or other characters according to the atmosphere of the place.

For example, if the action of the player character with respect to other characters that can be selected on the game story is set to "Ask", "Bald", "Talk", "Consult", "Ayaru", etc. If it is an "unpleasant atmosphere", the player character "ask"
May be disabled.

Alternatively, if another character is set to say a word in the game story, and the atmosphere of the place is a "dark atmosphere", the character may speak in a "low voice".

For example, when the atmosphere of the place is "bright atmosphere", a character whose state is "uneasy" appears,
If the atmosphere of the place becomes “dark atmosphere”,
Assuming that the “bright atmosphere” has been broken, the friendship value 215 for the character that has appeared may be reduced.

The appearance and the hardware configuration of the entertainment apparatus according to the present invention are not limited to those shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4. The entertainment device of the present invention includes, for example, a CPU, a memory, an external storage device such as a hard disk device, a CD-ROM, and a DVD-R.
A reading device that reads data from a portable storage medium such as an OM, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device such as a display, and a data communication device for performing communication via a network such as the Internet; It may have a configuration of a general information processing device such as an interface for transmitting and receiving data between the devices described above.

Further, FIG.
A program for building the software configuration shown in
Various data and the like may be read from a portable storage medium via a reading device and stored in a memory, an external storage device, or the like, or may be read from a network via a data communication device. It may be downloaded and stored in a memory, an external storage device, or the like.

[0085]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to incorporate the concept of the atmosphere of a place into a game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of an entertainment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the controller 20 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an operation shaft 31 of the controller 20 shown in FIG.
It is a figure for explaining the value which can be inputted using a and 32a.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entertainment device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a data configuration of an optical disk mounted on a disk mounting unit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a software configuration built on the entertainment device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of the structure of a character state table 811.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of a character relation table 812.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of an atmosphere determination rule 813.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the atmosphere determination unit 803 when the game processing unit 802 requests an atmosphere determination process.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a scene of a game in which an atmosphere is displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Entertainment device, 20 ... Controller 51 ... CPU, 62 ... GPU 801 ... Operation reception part, 802 ... Game processing part, 803 ...
Atmosphere determination unit 804 Display control unit 811 Character state table 812 Character relation table 813 Atmosphere determination rule

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A virtual world is generated by performing an operation based on a game program and data stored in said storage means, comprising: an arithmetic means and a storage means. A game system in which a story is advanced by causing a character to act, wherein the arithmetic means determines an atmosphere of a place in the virtual world, and further performs a process of presenting information on the determined atmosphere of the place. A unique game system. 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein said calculation means manages a state of a character appearing in the game, and said atmosphere of said place is determined according to a state of said character appearing in said place. A game system characterized by being determined by: 3. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising operation means for receiving an operation from a player and causing the character to perform an operation in accordance with the received operation, wherein said calculation means determines Depending on the atmosphere of the place,
A game system wherein a type of action that a player can cause a character to change is changed. 4. A program for generating a virtual world and executing a game in which a story progresses as a character in the virtual world acts, and causes the information processing apparatus to perform the following processing: A process of determining the atmosphere of a place in the world; a process of presenting information on the determined atmosphere of the place. 5. The program according to claim 4, further comprising causing the information processing device to perform a process of managing a state of the character appearing in the game, wherein the atmosphere of the place is a character of the character appearing in the place. A program characterized by being determined according to a state. 6. The program according to claim 4, wherein the information processing device further performs a process of receiving an operation from the player, and causing the character to perform an operation corresponding to the received operation. A program characterized in that the type of operation that can be performed changes according to the determined atmosphere of the place. 7. A recording medium readable by an information processing apparatus in which the program according to claim 4 is recorded. 8. A virtual world is generated by performing a calculation based on a game program and data stored in the storage means, the calculation means including a calculation means and a storage means. An entertainment device for making a story progress by causing a character to act, wherein the computing means further performs a process of determining an atmosphere of the place in the virtual world and presenting information on the determined atmosphere of the place. A unique entertainment device. 9. The entertainment device according to claim 8, wherein said calculating means manages a state of a character appearing in the game, and said atmosphere of said place is determined according to a state of said character appearing in said place. An entertainment device characterized in that it is determined by: 10. The entertainment apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising operation means for receiving an operation from a player and causing the character to perform an operation in accordance with the received operation. Depending on the atmosphere of the place,
An entertainment device characterized by changing a type of action that a player can make a character perform.