JP2002253857A - Video game program, recording medium with video game program recorded therein, state display method for another play character, and video game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a player recognize the state of the player character of another person. SOLUTION: The state information of each player character transmitted from each video game machine connected to a game server is received (step S301). The state information is updated and stored in a prescribed memory (step S302). It is judged whether the player character is present on a field screen in the connected video game machines 103 or not (step S303). When it is present, the state information of the player character of another player updated and stored in step S302 is transmitted to the video game machine concerned (step S304). In conformation to the step S304 executed on the game server side, receipt and display are performed on the video game machine side, whereby the state of the other player character based on the received state information is displayed on the field screen of each video game machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game for displaying the status of another player character in a network-compatible video game in which a plurality of players simultaneously participate in a network and play or cooperate. A recording medium storing a program, a game program,
The present invention relates to a situation display method and a video game system of another player character.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of video games, there is a role playing game (hereinafter referred to as RPG). RPG
The player operates the player character displayed in the virtual three-dimensional space on the display screen to cause a conversation between the player character and another character, or to cause a battle between the player character and an enemy character. While appearing (moving) in different scenes
It is a game that lets the story progress.

[0003] In recent years, a network-compatible video game in which a plurality of players simultaneously participate in a network to play a game or cooperate is increasing. In a network-compatible video game, a plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server are connected via a network, and communication is performed between the terminals and the server.

[0004] Basically, a player character operated by the player is displayed on a display screen of each terminal, the player character is controlled according to an operation input by the player, and the player character is sequentially changed to different scenes. Let them appear and advance the story. But,
It is also possible to cause another player character to appear in the scene where the player character of the player is fighting, or to make the player character of the player appear in a scene where the player character of the other player is fighting. in this case,
The own player character and the other player character displayed on the same screen displayed on each terminal are respectively operated by the corresponding players, so that a plurality of players can simultaneously participate in the battle and cooperate in the battle. .

[0005]

As described above, in a network-compatible video game, a player character of another player appears in a scene in which his or her player character is fighting, or a player character of his or her own character is played by another player. Can appear in a scene in which a player character is fighting. However, depending on the situation of the player character, there may be a case where the player character of another person wants to appear, or a case where the player character of another person does not want to appear.

However, if each player is playing a game by operating a player character in a different battle scene, the situation of the other player characters is unknown. Because of this, despite other players not wanting,
By causing the player's own character to appear in a scene in which the character of the other player is present, a case may occur in which the other player is uncomfortable. Conversely, despite the fact that one player wants to participate in the battle scene, other players who do not know this do not participate in the battle scene, reducing the interest of network-enabled video games. In some cases, this may occur.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and has a video game program capable of causing a player to recognize the situation of another player character, a recording medium storing the video game program,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a situation display method and a video game system of another player character.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server are connected via a network. By performing communication between the terminal and the server, a battle scene in which the player's own character operated by the player and an enemy character battle is displayed on the display screen of each terminal, and the character moves after the battle ends. A video game that realizes a video game in which a screen is displayed, and the story is advanced by appearing in the next battle scene, and another player character operated by another player is appeared in the battle scene. A program, in the server, a character (play) operated by each player at each connected terminal. The computer causes the computer to execute an acquisition procedure for acquiring the current situation of the character, and the terminal displays the current situation of the character of another player acquired in the acquisition procedure on the moving screen at the terminal. The computer causes the computer to execute a status display procedure to be displayed.

Therefore, the computer executes processing in accordance with this game program, thereby detecting the current situation of the character operated by each player at each connected terminal, and detecting the current state of the character after the battle ends. The situation of the character operated by another player character is displayed on the movement screen when moving to. Therefore, each player can recognize the situation of the character of another player by visually recognizing the situation.
This prevents the inconvenience of causing the player's own character to appear in a scene where the character of the other player is present, even though the player of the other player does not want to do so, thereby causing discomfort to the other player. . Conversely, despite the fact that one player wants to participate in the battle scene, other players who do not know this do not participate in the battle scene, reducing the interest of network-enabled video games. Inconvenience is also prevented beforehand. In addition, since the status of the other player characters is displayed on the screen for moving to the next battle scene, there is no visual effect on the battle scene.

[0010] In the invention according to claim 2, the current situation of the character includes information as to whether the character requests or permits another character to appear in the same battle scene. Including. Therefore, by displaying information as to whether or not to request or allow these other characters to appear in the same battle scene, the character of the other player is present despite the fact that the other player does not want to appear. The inconvenience of having your character appear in the scene that you want to do, or conversely not letting other players who do not know this participate in the battle scene even though one player wants to participate in the battle scene Is prevented.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, the same effects as those of the first and second aspects of the invention can be obtained by causing a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium. It becomes possible. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the same effects as those of the first aspect can be obtained by causing a computer to execute a process in the steps described. Therefore, by executing the described processing steps using hardware such as a general-purpose computer and a general-purpose game device, the character lending realization technology of the present invention can be easily implemented with these hardwares.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to obtain the same effect as the invention of claim 1 as a system.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a video game service in which a plurality of players can participate via a network. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a network game system that provides such a network-compatible video game service. In this system, a plurality of video game machines 1
(Hereinafter, a plurality of video game machines 103a, 103b,... Are collectively referred to as video game machines 103) and a general-purpose computer 104a,
Are connected to the server group 102 via the Internet 100.

The server group 102 provides an authentication server group 111 for managing accounts for user authentication, an interface between the video game machine 103 and another server group, and also provides a service for browsing contents such as audio and video. Server group 112 that provides a chat and messenger environment
3. It includes a mail server group 115 for providing an electronic mail service, a profile server group 115 for managing a user's profile, and a game server group 116 for providing a game environment. These server groups 111 to 116 are mutually connected via a LAN 117.

The game server group 116 includes a plurality of video game machines 103 in order to search for an opponent to play with.
Is connected to the server. This server is sometimes called a lobby server because it provides a virtual lobby for players to gather and communicate.

When the video game machine 103 is connected to the lobby server, a screen representing a virtual “lobby” is displayed on the display device of the video game machine 103. On this lobby screen, the player's own character and the characters of other players connected to the lobby server are displayed. Players can chat, thereby interacting with other players and searching for a partner to play the game with. When “start of game” is selected from the menu displayed on the lobby screen, the video game machine 103 is connected to one of the game servers in the game server group 116 and the game screen is displayed on the display device of the video game machine 103. And the game is started.
On the game screen, in addition to your player character,
If there is another player participating in the game, the character of that player is also displayed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the video game machine 103. As shown in the figure, the video game machines 103a and 103b are, for example, a game machine body 2
, Keypad 3, memory card 4, TV set 5
And a CD-ROM 6.

The game machine body 2 includes, for example, a CPU 8 (Central Processing Uniform) connected to each other via a bus 7.
t), ROM (Read Only Memory) 18, RAM (Rando
m Access Memory) 9, HDD (Hard Disk) 10, interface unit 11, sound processing unit 12, graphic processing unit 13, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only)
Memory) drive 14, detachable CD-ROM 6, and communication interface 15.

The CPU 8 sequentially executes the programs stored in the RAM 9 based on a basic program such as a boot program and an OS (Operating System) stored in the ROM 18 to perform processing for advancing the game.
The CPU 8 also controls the operation of each unit 9 to 15 in the game machine main body 2.

The RAM 9 is used as a main memory of the game machine main body 2 and stores programs and data necessary for the progress of the game, transferred from the CD-ROM 6. The RAM 9 is also used as a work area when executing a program. That is, R
A program storage area 91, a data storage area 92, a work area 93 and the like are allocated to the AM 9. Programs and data stored in the program storage area 91 and the data storage area 92 are stored in a CD-R under the control of the CPU 8.
The OM drive 14 reads from the CD-ROM 6 and
The data is transferred to M9 or received from the game server group 116. The work area 93 temporarily stores various data required in the course of the game.

The HDD 10 has a communication interface 1
5. Game programs and data captured via the communication line 16 and the Internet 100 are also stored. The detachable keypad 3 and the memory card 4 are connected to the interface unit 11. The interface unit 11 controls data transfer between the keypad 3 and the memory card 4 and the CPU 8 and the RAM 9.
Note that the keypad 3 includes direction keys and various buttons. When the player operates these keys and buttons, necessary inputs for the progress of the game, such as an instruction to move to the own character and an instruction to perform an operation, are performed.
The memory card 4 stores save data indicating the progress of the game at the end of the game, and the current save data includes the character data described above.

The sound processing unit 12 responds to an instruction from the CPU 8 to execute a BGM (Back G
Processing for reproducing sound data such as round music) and sound effects is performed, and output to the TV set 5 as an audio signal.

The graphic processing unit 13 performs three-dimensional graphic processing in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 8, and generates image data according to the progress of the game. The graphic processing unit 13 adds a predetermined synchronization signal to the generated image data and outputs the image data to the TV set 5 as a video signal.

The CD-ROM drive 14 stores a CD set in the game machine body 2 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 8.
Drive the ROM 6 and transfer programs and data stored in the CD-ROM 6 to the RAM 9 via the bus 7;

The communication interface 15 is a communication line 1
6 and connected to the Internet 100 through the CP
In accordance with an instruction from U8, processing for exchanging programs and data with the game server group 116 is performed.

The CD-ROM 6 stores programs and data (game program 6a) necessary for the progress of the game. The CD-ROM 6 is driven by a CD-ROM drive 14 to read out stored programs and data. The programs and data read from the CD-ROM 6 are transferred from the CD-ROM drive 14 to the RAM 9 via the bus 7.

The TV set 5 includes a graphic processing unit 13
(CaT) that displays an image corresponding to the video signal from
The display device 51 includes a display device 51 such as a thode ray tube) and a speaker 52 that outputs sound corresponding to the sound signal from the sound processing unit 12. Usually, a television set is used as the TV set 5.

FIG. 3A is a plan view showing the keypad 3, and FIG. 3B is a rear view showing the keypad 3.
The keypad 3 includes a cross key 31 for inputting a direction instruction and operation keys (o button 32, △ button 33, □ button 34, × button 35, start button 36) for inputting various commands to the CPU 8. , Select button 42)
Are provided as operation tools. The keypad 3 is provided with a joystick 37 as an operation tool. A plurality of operation keys (R1
Button 38, R2 button 39, L1 button 40, L2 button 41) are used as operating tools. Further, the keypad 3 has a built-in motor, and the motor operates by receiving a predetermined control signal from the CPU 8, so that the keypad 3 can be vibrated as a whole.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a login process for connecting the video game machine 103 to the game server. First, as in a normal game, basic processing including display of an initial screen (such as a maker logo), check of the memory card 4, display of a title screen, loading of data, and the like is performed (step S101).

Next, an initial menu is displayed on the display device 51 (step S102). When the player selects "Internet connection" (step S103), the video game machine 103 is connected to one of the servers in the content server group 112. The connection is established via the Internet 100 (step S104).

Next, an authentication procedure for the player is executed (step S105). When the video game machine 103 is connected to the content server, an authentication request screen is displayed on the display device 51. The player inputs information necessary for authentication in the displayed authentication request screen. The input information is sent from the video game machine 103 to the authentication server group 111 via the content server, where the authentication is performed.

When the authentication is obtained, a service menu is displayed on the display device 51 (step S106). When the player selects “game” from the service name displayed on the service menu (step S107), the video game machine 103 is connected to the lobby server included in the game server group 116 (step S108), and the lobby screen is displayed on the display device 51. Is displayed (step S109). Then, when “start of game” is instructed by an operation on keypad 3 (step S110), video game machine 10 is transferred to one of the game servers in game server group 116.
3 is connected (step S111), and a game screen is displayed on the display device 51 (step S112). This starts the game.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process executed by the CPU 8 of each video game machine 103 based on a program after the start of the game. That is, the video game machine 103 determines whether or not the player character is fighting (step S201). If the player character is fighting, a battle process such as calculating the damage of the character accompanying the battle is executed (step S202). ). Furthermore, the video game machine 103 transmits a "during battle" signal indicating that the player character is in battle to the connected game server (step S203). Therefore, as shown in the right half of FIG. 6A, if the battle screen 511 is displayed on the display device 51 of the connected player A, and the player character A1 of the player A is in battle, “ A “during battle” signal is transmitted from the video game machine 103 of the player A to the game server.

Next, it is determined whether or not "HELP" is selected by a predetermined operation on the keypad 3 (step S).
204), if "HELP" is selected, "HELP" is displayed on the display device 51 (step S205).
Further, in the video game machine 103, “HEL
A "HELP" signal indicating that "P" has been selected is transmitted to the connected game server (step S206). Therefore, as shown in the right half of FIG. 6B, when the battle screen 511 is displayed on the display device 51 of the connected player B and the player character B1 of the player B is pinched, the battle is performed. When "HELP" is selected to request the appearance of another player character on the screen 511, a "HELP" display 512 is displayed on the battle screen 511, and a "HELP" signal is output from the video game machine 103 of the player B. Is transmitted to the game server.

Next, it is determined whether or not "COME" is selected by a predetermined operation on the keypad 3 (step S).
207) If "COME" is selected, "COME" is displayed on the display device 51 (step S208).
Further, in the video game machine 103, "COM
A "COME" signal indicating that "E" has been selected is transmitted to the connected game server (step S209). Therefore, as shown in the right half of FIG. 6C, in the state where the battle screen 511 and the player character C1 of the player C are displayed on the display device 51 of the connected player C, the other battle screen 511 is displayed. If you select "COME" to allow the appearance of the player character,
A “COME” display 512 is displayed on the battle screen 511, and a “COME” signal is transmitted from the video game machine 103 of the player B to the game server.

If the determination in step S201 is NO
It is determined whether or not the keypad 3 has been operated in a state where the field screen which is a moving screen displayed until the player character appears in the next battle scene after the battle ends is displayed on the display device 51. A determination is made (step S210). When the keypad 3 is operated during the field screen, a "BUSY" signal is transmitted to the connected game server (step S211). Therefore, as shown in the right half of FIG. 6D, when the field screen 513 and the player character D1 of the player D are displayed on the display device 51 of the connected player D, the keypad 3 is operated by a command. When the window 515 is open, a “BUSY” signal is transmitted from the video game machine 103 of the player D to the game server.

Also, as a result of the determination in step S210,
If the keypad 3 has not been operated, it is determined whether or not the player character is on the field screen (step S202). When the player character is on the field screen, the status information of other player characters (“in battle”, “HELP”, “COME”, “BUS”) transmitted from the game server as described later.
Y ") is received (step S213). Further, the status of another player character is displayed on the field screen based on the received status information (step S214).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation based on a program of one game server in the game server group 116 to which the video game machine 103 is connected. That is, in the connected video game machine 103, steps S203, S206, S20 shown in FIG.
9. Situation information of each player character transmitted in S211 (“in battle”, “HELP”, “COME”
“BUSY”) is received (step S301). Further, the status information is updated and stored in a predetermined memory (step S302). Therefore, this step S3
Through the processing of 01 and S302, the latest situation information of the player character in each video game machine 103 connected to the game server is stored while being updated.

Next, based on the latest status information of the player character, it is determined whether or not the connected video game machine 103 has the player character existing on the field screen (step S303).
If there is, the status information of the player character of another player, which is updated and stored in step S302, is transmitted to the video game machine 103 (step S30).
4).

In response to the processing of step S304 executed on the game server side, the processing of step S213 described above is performed on the video game machine 103 side, so that each video game machine 1 connected to the game server is
At 03, the situation information of the player character of another player transmitted from the game server is received. Further, in each of the video game machines 103, step S2 described above is performed.
By executing the process of No. 14, the status of another player character is displayed on the field screen as follows based on the received status information.

That is, for example, the player P and the player A are currently connected to the game server, the display device 51 of the player P is in the state of the field screen, and the player character A1 of the player A is "combat" as described above. Medium ". Then, as shown in the left half of FIG. 6A, the player character A1 of the player A is displayed on the field screen 531 on the display device 51 of the player P, and the player A is in battle to indicate that he is in battle. An icon 516 is displayed. Therefore, by seeing this, the player P can confirm that the player character A1 of the player A is in battle. In addition, when only the in-combat icon 516 indicating that a battle is in progress is displayed, and "HELP" or "COME" is not displayed, it is necessary to prevent the player character of another player from participating in the battle scene. Means Therefore, the player P is the player character A of the player A.
The act of causing the player's own character to appear in the battle scene where 1 exists (the right half of FIG. 6A) is prevented beforehand.

Also, for example, the player P and the player B are currently connected to the game server, the display device 51 of the player P is on the field screen, and the player B has selected "HELP" as described above. And Then, as shown in the left half of FIG. 6B, the display device 51 of the player P displays the player B on the field screen 531.
Is displayed, a battle icon 516 indicating that a battle is in progress, and "HEL
P "message 517 is displayed. Therefore, by looking at this, the player P can confirm that the player character B1 of the player B is in battle and requests participation in the battle. Therefore, the player P confirming this causes his / her player character to appear in the battle scene of the player B (the right half of FIG. 6B), and thereby the player character B1 of the player B
Can help.

Also, for example, the player P and the player C are currently connected to the game server, the display device 51 of the player P is in the state of the field screen, and the player C has selected "COME" as described above. to. Then, as shown in the left half of FIG. 6C, the display device 51 of the player P displays the player C on the field screen 531.
Is displayed, a battle icon 516 indicating that a battle is being performed, and "COM
E "and the message 518 is displayed. Therefore, by looking at this, the player P can confirm that the player character B1 of the player B is in battle and is allowed to participate in the battle. Therefore, by confirming this, the player P makes his / her player character appear in the battle scene of the player C (the left half of FIG. 6 (c)), so that the game progresses in cooperation with the player character C1 of the player C. Can be.

Also, for example, the player P and the player D are currently connected to the game server, and the display device 51 of the player P is in the state of the field screen. It is assumed that the window 515 has been opened. Then, FIG.
As shown in the left half of (d), the display device 5 of the player P
1, the player character D1 of the player D is displayed on the field screen 531 and "BUSY"
Message 519 is displayed. Therefore, by seeing this, the player P can confirm that the player D is operating the keypad 3 and it is not preferable to make his / her own player character appear.

Further, for example, the player P and the players A, B, C, and D are currently connected to the game server, and the player characters P1, P, A, B, C, and D of the players P, A, B, C, and D, respectively.
It is assumed that A1, B1, C1, and D1 are in the above-described state.
Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the display device 51 of the player P
Has a player character P on the field screen 531
Along with 1, the following display will be made. Player character A1 and battle icon 516 Player character B1 and battle icon 516, and "HELP" message 517 Player character C1 and battle icon 516, and "COME" message 518 Player character D1 and "BUSY" message 5
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Accordingly, the player P can recognize that each of the player characters A1 to D1 is in the above-described state by looking at it. This allows
Player character A whose participation is not requested or permitted
The inconvenience that the player P makes his or her own player character P1 appear in the scene where the player characters D1 and D1 exist, and no one participates in the battle scene where the player characters B1 and C1 for which participation is requested or permitted exists. It will be. Moreover, since the scene shown in FIG. 8 is the field screen 531, it does not affect the battle scene of the player character P <b> 1.

In the present embodiment, the case has been described where the present invention is realized using a home game machine as a platform. However, the present invention can be realized even when a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or an arcade game machine is realized as a platform. Good.

Further, in the present embodiment, a program and data for realizing the present invention are stored in a CD-ROM, and this CD-ROM is used as a recording medium. However, the recording medium is not limited to a CD-ROM, but may be a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), another magnetic or optical recording medium readable by a computer, or a semiconductor memory. Further, a program and data for realizing the present invention may be provided in a form preinstalled in a storage device of a game machine or a computer in advance.

A program and data for realizing the present invention are stored in the Internet 1 connected via a communication line 16 by a communication interface 17 shown in FIG.
Alternatively, the device may be downloaded from another device on the HDD 00 to the HDD 10 and used. Further, the program and data are recorded in a memory of another device on the communication line 16,
The program and data may be sequentially stored in the RAM 9 as needed via the communication line 16 and used.

In addition, the form of providing programs and data for implementing the present invention may be provided as a computer data signal superimposed on a carrier wave from another device on the Internet 100. In this case, the communication interface 15 requests another device on the Internet 100 to transmit a computer data signal via the communication line 16, receives the transmitted computer data signal, and stores it in the RAM 9. RAM in this way
It is also possible to implement the present invention on the game device 1 using programs and data stored in the game device 9.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, a character operated by another player character is displayed on the moving screen when the character operated by each player moves to the next battle scene after the end of the battle. Since the situation is displayed, each player can recognize the situation of the character of another player by visually recognizing the situation. This prevents or suppresses the inconvenience of causing the player's own character to appear in the scene where the character of the other player is present, even though the player of the other player does not want it, thereby causing discomfort to the other player. can do. Also, despite the player wanting to participate in the battle scene, other players who do not know this do not participate in the battle scene, reducing the interest of network-enabled video games. Inconvenience can be prevented or suppressed beforehand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the video game machine.

3A is a plan view showing a keypad, and FIG. 3B is a rear view.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a login process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the video game machine after starting the game.

FIG. 6 is a display screen transition diagram of the player P on the left half, and a display screen transition diagram of the player A, B, C, D on the right half.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the game server.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a player P.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Game console body 5 TV set 6 CD-ROM 8 CPU 100 Internet 103a Video game console 103b Video game console

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server are connected via a network, and communication is performed between the terminal and the server. A battle scene in which a battle is performed between the operated own character and an enemy character is displayed, a character movement screen is displayed after the battle, and the story is advanced by appearing in the next battle scene. A video game program for realizing a video game capable of causing another player character operated by another player to appear in a battle scene, wherein the server is operated by each player at each connected terminal. Causing the computer to execute an acquisition procedure for acquiring the current situation of the character, Game program characterized by executing the current status of the character of another player acquired by the acquisition procedure, the situation display procedure to be displayed on the mobile screen in the terminal to the computer. 2. The character's current situation includes information as to whether the character requests or permits another character to appear in the same battle scene. Game program. 3. A plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server are connected via a network, and communication is performed between the terminal and the server. Display a battle scene in which a battle is performed between your own character and an enemy character to be operated, display a character movement screen after the battle ends, advance the story by appearing in the next battle scene, A recording medium recording a computer-readable game program for realizing a video game capable of causing another player character operated by another player to appear in a battle scene, wherein the recording medium is connected to a computer of the server. For acquiring the current situation of the character operated by each player at each terminal The computer of the terminal records a game program for executing a status display procedure of displaying the current status of the character of another player acquired in the acquisition procedure on the moving screen in the terminal. A recording medium characterized by the above-mentioned. 4. The character according to claim 3, wherein the current status of the character includes information as to whether the character requests or permits another character to appear in the same battle scene. recoding media. 5. A plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server are connected via a network, and communication is performed between the terminal and the server. Display a battle scene in which a battle is performed between your own character and an enemy character to be operated, display a character movement screen after the battle ends, advance the story by appearing in the next battle scene, A situation display method of another player character in a video game capable of causing another player character operated by another player to appear in a battle scene, wherein the server is connected to each terminal at each terminal by each player. Performing an acquisition step of acquiring the current situation of the operated character; The in current status of the acquired other player character, status display method other player characters and executes a status display step of displaying on the mobile screen in the terminal. 6. A plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server are connected via a network, and communication is performed between the terminal and the server. Display a battle scene in which a battle is performed between your own character and an enemy character to be operated, display a character movement screen after the battle ends, advance the story by appearing in the next battle scene, A video game system capable of causing another player character operated by another player to appear in a battle scene, wherein the server is configured to control a current state of the character operated by each player at each connected terminal. Acquiring means for acquiring the character of another player acquired by the acquiring means. Game system characterized in that it comprises status of the status display means for displaying on the mobile screen in the terminal.