JP2002306850A - Program/method/system for controlling advance of growing game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a growing game which keeps amusement. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 is provided with an exercise designation part 1a for designating a single virtual exercise among a plurality of virtual exercises, an exercise friend designation part 1b capable of designating friend characters not more than a prescribed number among a plurality of friend characters, and an exercise evaluation part 1d for changing the ability parameter of a main character based on the designated virtual exercise and how good at the virtual exercise the designated friend characters are.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a breeding game progress control technique for controlling the progress of a breeding game for virtually breeding a hero character whose behavior in a predetermined battle game is characterized by a plurality of ability parameters. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a battle game for simulating a baseball or soccer sport, a training game for virtually breeding a hero character which is a character operable by a player is generally known. In these upbringing games, the game is advanced for the purpose of improving a plurality of ability parameters that characterize the action of the main character in the battle game.
More specifically, a rule is provided in which a player is given an opportunity to input a predetermined number of operations, the player performs an input by selecting from preset options, and the ability parameter is concealed from the player according to the selection. Is increased or decreased according to

[0003]

However, in the conventional training game, the ability parameters are uniquely changed according to the player's selection. Therefore, by repeatedly performing the game, the player is required to increase or decrease the ability parameters. It is possible to grasp and predict a change in the ability parameter. As a result, when the game is repeatedly performed, the interest of the game tends to gradually decrease.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a training game progress control program, a training game progress control method, and a device that are continuously interesting.

[0005]

A breeding game progress control program according to claim 1, wherein a breeding game for virtually breeding a hero character whose action in a predetermined battle game is characterized by a plurality of ability parameters. Is a training game progress control program for controlling the progress of the game, the practice designation processing for designating one virtual practice from a plurality of virtual practices in which practice item data is stored in the storage means, A practice companion designation process for designating a predetermined number or less of companion characters from among a plurality of companion characters stored in the storage means in association with the specialty data of the designated practice, the designated virtual practice, and the designated companion Practice evaluation processing for changing the ability parameter of the main character in accordance with the first rule based on the character's skill in the virtual practice And characterized by performing.

According to the above invention, one virtual practice is designated from among a plurality of virtual practices, and a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from among a plurality of fellow characters.
Since the ability parameter of the main character is changed according to the first rule based on the designated virtual practice and the degree of specialty of the designated fellow character with respect to the virtual practice, the rules for changing the ability parameter become complicated and continuous. A highly entertaining game is realized.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the training game progress control program performs a practice execution process of virtually executing a designated virtual practice with a designated companion character, and the practice evaluation process includes executing the practice execution process. In this case, the ability parameter of the main character is changed.

According to the above invention, the practice execution process of virtually executing the designated virtual practice with the designated companion character is performed. In the practice evaluation process, the practice execution process receives the practice execution process. Since the skill parameters are changed, the player understands that the skill parameters have been changed as a result of performing the virtual practice,
The reality of the game is enhanced.

The training game progress control program according to claim 3, wherein the practice evaluation process changes a physical strength parameter of a designated friend character stored in a storage means, and the friend designation process includes the physical strength parameter. Accepts designation for a fellow character having a predetermined value or more.

According to the invention, the physical strength parameter of the designated fellow character is changed in the practice evaluation processing, and the designation for the fellow character whose physical strength parameter is equal to or more than a predetermined value is accepted in the fellow designation processing. However, the specifiable companion characters are restricted, which complicates the game and enhances interest.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the training game progress control program, wherein at least one friend is selected from a plurality of friend candidate characters stored in the storage means in which the name data and the skill data for each virtual practice are associated with each other. An event generation process of selecting a candidate character and generating an event in which the selected fellow candidate character appears; an event evaluation process of receiving an operation from the operation unit for the event and evaluating the operation; When the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition, a friend addition process of adding the friend candidate character to the friend character is performed.

According to the invention, in the event generating process, at least one friend candidate character is selected from the plurality of friend candidate characters, an event in which the selected friend candidate character appears is generated, and the event evaluation process is performed. In the above, an operation from the operation unit for the event is received, and an evaluation of the operation is performed. In the buddy addition process, when the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition, the buddy candidate character is added to the buddy character. , The number of fellow characters is increased, and interest is enhanced.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the training game progress control program, the practice evaluation process changes the friendship degree parameter of the friend character stored in the storage means, and the friendship degree parameter of the friend character is equal to or less than a predetermined value. A fellow character deletion process for deleting a fellow character is performed.

According to the invention, the friendship parameter of the friend character is changed in the practice evaluation process, and the friend character whose friendship parameter of the friend character is equal to or less than the predetermined value is deleted in the friend removal process. The number of fellow characters is reduced, and interest is enhanced.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the training game progress control program, when a companion character is not designated in the practice companion designation process, the practice evaluation process sets the ability parameter of the main character based on the designated virtual practice. It is characterized by being changed.

According to the above invention, when the fellow character is not designated in the practice fellow designation process, the ability parameter of the main character is changed based on the designated virtual practice in the practice evaluation process.
Even when the fellow character is not designated in the practice fellow designation process, the ability parameter is efficiently changed.

In the training game progress control program according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the practice evaluation process, whether the friend character designated in the practice friend designation process matches a specific character stored in the storage means for each virtual practice. It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the answer is affirmative, and when the determination is affirmative, the ability parameter of the main character is changed in accordance with the second rule.

According to the invention, in the practice evaluation processing, it is determined whether or not the companion character designated in the practice designation processing matches the specific character, and if the determination is affirmative, the hero character is determined. Since the ability parameter is changed in accordance with the second rule, the game is developed in a variety of ways, and the interest of the game is enhanced.

According to a eighth aspect of the present invention, the rearing game progress control method controls the progress of the rearing game in which a hero character whose movement in a predetermined battle game is characterized by a plurality of ability parameters is virtually raised. A game progress control method, in which practice item data designates one virtual practice from a plurality of virtual practices stored in a storage means, and name data and specialty data for each virtual practice are stored in association with each other. A plurality of companion characters stored in the means can be designated by a predetermined number or less of companion characters, and the ability parameters of the hero character based on the designated virtual practice and the degree of specialty of the designated companion character in the virtual practice. Is changed.

According to the above invention, one virtual practice is designated from among the plurality of virtual practices, and a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from among the plurality of fellow characters.
Since the ability parameters of the hero character are changed based on the specified virtual practice and the degree of the specified companion character's specialty with respect to the virtual practice, the rules for changing the ability parameters are complicated, and are continuously interesting. The game is realized.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the breeding game progress control device controls the progress of the breeding game for virtually breeding a hero character whose movement is characterized in a predetermined battle game by a plurality of ability parameters. A game progress control device, wherein virtual practice storage means for storing a plurality of practice item data of virtual practice, and friend storage means for storing name data of a plurality of friend characters and specialty data for each virtual practice in association with each other Practice designation means for designating one virtual practice from the virtual practice; practice fellow designation means for designating a predetermined number or less of fellow characters from the fellow characters; designated virtual practice and designation Practice evaluation means for changing the ability parameter of the main character based on the skill of the selected fellow character in the virtual practice It is characterized by a door.

According to the above invention, one virtual practice is designated from among a plurality of virtual practices, and a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from among a plurality of fellow characters.
Since the ability parameters of the hero character are changed based on the specified virtual practice and the degree of the specified companion character's specialty with respect to the virtual practice, the rules for changing the ability parameters are complicated, and are continuously interesting. The game is realized.

[0023]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a video game apparatus according to the present invention. This video game device includes a game machine main body GM and a recording medium 200 on which program data is recorded. The game console GM is a CPU (Central Processing Unit)
1, a bus line 2 composed of an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus connected to the CPU 1, and a graphics data generation processor 3.

The bus line 2 includes an interface circuit 4, a main memory 5 including a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM) 6, a decompression circuit 7, a parallel port 8, a serial port 9, a drawing processor 10, An audio processor 11, a decoder 12, and an interface circuit 13 are connected. A buffer 21 is connected to the drawing processor 10, and a television monitor (hereinafter, referred to as “monitor”) 22 is connected to the drawing processor 10. Speaker 25 is connected. The decoder 12 is connected to a buffer 26 and a recording medium driver 27, and the interface circuit 13 is connected to a memory 28 and a controller 29.

This video game device has a different form depending on the application. For example, when the video game device is configured for home use, the monitor 22 and the speaker 25 are separate from the game machine main body GM. On the other hand, when the video game device is configured for business use, all the components shown in FIG. 1 are housed in one housing. When the video game apparatus is configured with a personal computer or a workstation as a core, the monitor 22 corresponds to a display for a computer, and the drawing processor 10,
The audio processor 11 and the expansion circuit 7 correspond to a part of program data recorded on the recording medium 200 or hardware on an expansion board mounted on an expansion slot of a computer, respectively. The serial port 9 and the interface circuit 13 correspond to hardware on an expansion board mounted in an expansion slot of the computer. The buffers 21, 23, and 26 correspond to respective areas of the main memory 5 or the extended memory (not shown). In this embodiment, a case where the video game apparatus is configured for home use will be described as an example.

Next, each component shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The graphics data generation processor 3 uses the CP
U1 functions as a so-called coprocessor. That is, the graphics data generation processor 3
Coordinate transformation and light source calculation, for example, calculation of a fixed-point matrix or vector are performed by parallel processing. The main processing performed by the graphics data generation processor 3 includes:
Based on the coordinate data of each vertex in the two-dimensional or three-dimensional space of the image data supplied from the CPU 1, the movement amount data, and the rotation amount data, an address on the display area of the processing target image is obtained. The processing includes returning the data to the CPU 1 again, calculating the luminance of the image according to the distance from the light source that is virtually set, and the like.

The interface circuit 4 is for an interface of a peripheral device, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball. The ROM 6 stores program data as an operating system of the video game device. Speaking of personal computers, BIOS (Basic Input Output Sy
stem).

The decompression circuit 7 performs MPEG (Mov)
ing Picture Engineering Group) and JP for still images
Decompression processing is performed on a compressed image that has been compressed by intra-coding according to the EG (Joint Picture Engineering Group). Decompression processing is decoding processing (VLC: Variab
le Length Code), inverse quantization, IDCT (Inverse Discrete Cosin
e Transform) processing, intra-image restoration processing, and the like.
The drawing processor 10 performs a drawing process on the buffer 21 based on a drawing command from the CPU 1 every predetermined time T (one frame, for example, T = 1/60 second).

The buffer 21 comprises, for example, a RAM,
It consists of a display area (frame buffer) and a non-display area. The display area includes an area for developing data to be displayed on the display surface of the monitor 22. In the present embodiment, the non-display area includes data defining a skeleton, model data defining a polygon, animation data for causing a model to move, and pattern data indicating the contents of each animation, as well as texture data and color palette data. And so on.

Here, the texture data is two-dimensional image data. The color pallet data is data for specifying a color such as texture data. These data are recorded in the non-display area of the buffer 21 in advance by the CPU 1 at once from the recording medium 200 or divided into a plurality of times according to the progress of the game. The drawing commands include a drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons and a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image. Here, the polygon is a polygonal two-dimensional virtual figure, and a triangle is used in the present embodiment. Drawing commands for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons include polygon vertex address data on the display area of the buffer 21, texture address data indicating the storage position of the texture data to be attached to the polygon on the buffer 21, and texture data. This is performed for each of the color pallet address data indicating the storage position of the color pallet data indicating the color on the buffer 21 and the luminance data indicating the luminance of the texture.

Among these data, the polygon vertex address data on the display area is used by the graphics data generation processor 3 to convert the polygon vertex coordinate data in the three-dimensional space from the CPU 1 into the movement amount data and rotation amount of the screen itself. The data is replaced by two-dimensional polygon vertex coordinate data by performing coordinate conversion based on the data. The luminance data is determined by the graphics data generation processor 3 from the position indicated by the polygon vertex coordinate data after the coordinate conversion from the CPU 1 based on the distance between the light sources virtually arranged. The polygon vertex address data indicates an address on the display area of the buffer 21, and the drawing processor 10 performs a process of writing texture data corresponding to the display area range of the buffer 21 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data. .

An object such as a character in the virtual game space is composed of many polygons. The CPU 1 stores the coordinate data of each polygon in the three-dimensional space in the buffer 21 in association with the corresponding skeleton vector data. Then, by the operation of the controller 29 described later,
When the character is moved on the display surface, in other words, when the movement of the character itself is expressed or when the viewpoint position at which the character is viewed is changed, the following processing is performed.

That is, the CPU 1 sends the graphics data generation processor 3 the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon held in the non-display area of the buffer 21, the coordinates of the skeleton and the data of the rotation amount thereof. The obtained movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon are given. The graphics data generation processor 3
Based on the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon and the movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon, three-dimensional coordinate data after movement and rotation of each polygon are sequentially obtained. Of the three-dimensional coordinate data of each polygon obtained in this manner, the coordinate data in the horizontal and vertical directions is used as address data on the display area of the buffer 21, that is, as polygon vertex address data.
Supplied to The drawing processor 10 writes the texture data indicated by the previously assigned texture address data on the triangular display area of the buffer 21 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data. As a result, on the display surface of the monitor 22, an object in which texture data is pasted on a large number of polygons is displayed.

A drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image includes vertex address data, texture address data, color palette address data indicating a storage position on the buffer 21 of color palette data indicating a color of the texture data, and texture data. This is performed for each of the luminance data indicating the luminance. Among these data, the vertex address data is obtained by the graphics data generation processor 3 performing coordinate conversion of the vertex coordinate data on the two-dimensional plane from the CPU 1 based on the movement amount data and the rotation amount data from the CPU 1. It is coordinate data.

The audio processor 11 reads an ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pu) read from the recording medium 200.
lse Code Modulation) data is described in the buffer 23, and the ADPCM data stored in the buffer 23 is used as a sound source. Then, the audio processor 11 performs the ADPC
The M data is read out based on, for example, a clock signal having a frequency of 44.1 kHz. Then, the audio processor 11 performs processes such as pitch conversion, noise addition, envelope setting, level setting, and reverb addition on the ADPCM data read from the buffer 23.

The audio data read from the recording medium 200 is a PC such as a CD-DA (Compact Disk Digital Audio).
In the case of M data, the audio processor 11 converts the data into ADPCM data. The processing of the PCM data by the program data is performed directly on the main memory 5. The PCM data processed on the main memory 5 is supplied to the audio processor 11 and converted into ADPCM data, subjected to the above-described various processes, and thereafter output from the speaker 25 as audio.

The recording medium driver 27 is, for example, a CD-R
OM drive, hard disk drive, optical disk drive, flexible disk drive, silicon disk drive, cassette medium reader, and the like. The recording medium 200 is, for example, a CD-ROM, a hard disk,
Optical disks, flexible disks, semiconductor memories, and the like. The recording medium driver 27 reads images, sounds, and program data from the recording medium 200 and supplies the read data to the decoder 12. The decoder 12 applies ECC (Err) to the reproduction data from the recording medium driver 27.
or Correction Code), and supplies the data subjected to the error correction processing to the main memory 5 or the audio processor 11. The memory 28 includes, for example,
It consists of a holder and a card type memory. The card-type memory is for holding various game parameters at the time of interruption, such as holding the state at the time of interruption when the game is interrupted in the middle of the game.

The controller 29 is an operation means which can be operated from the outside, and includes a first left button 29L1 and a second left button 29L1.
L2, first right button 29R1, second right button 29R2,
Up key 29U, down key 29D, left key 29
L, right direction key 29R, start button 29a, select button 29b, first button 29c, second button 29
d, a third button 29e, a fourth button 29f, a left stick 29SL, and a right stick 29SR, and sends an operation signal corresponding to a player's operation to the CPU 1. The up direction key 29U, the down direction key 29D, the left direction key 29L, and the right direction key 29R are used by the player to give a command to the CPU 1 to move, for example, a character or a cursor up, down, left and right on the screen of the monitor 22. is there. The start button 29a indicates that the player
Start of game program data loaded from 0 is C
This is for instructing PU1. Select button 2
9b indicates that the player has stored the main memory 5 in the storage medium 200.
This is for instructing the CPU 1 to make various selections regarding the game program data to be loaded into the CPU 1.

In the controller 29, each button and each key except the left stick 29SL and the right stick 29SR are turned on when pressed from a neutral position by an external pressing force, and are turned off when the pressing force is released. It consists of an on / off switch that returns to the neutral position and turns off. The left stick 29SL and the right stick 29SR are stick controllers having almost the same configuration as a so-called joystick. That is, the stick has an upright stick and can be tilted over a 360 ° direction including front, rear, left and right with a predetermined position of the stick as a fulcrum.
Then, according to the tilt direction and tilt angle of the stick,
The values of the x-coordinate in the left-right direction and the y-coordinate in the front-rear direction with the origin at the upright position are sent to the CPU 1 via the interface circuit 13 as operation signals.
Note that the first left button 29L1, the second left button 29L2,
The functions of the first right button 29R1 and the second right button 29R2 differ depending on the game program data loaded from the recording medium 200.

Next, the general operation of the video game device will be described. A power switch (not shown) is turned on, and the power is turned on to the video game device. At this time, if the recording medium 200 is loaded in the recording medium driver 27, the CPU 1 instructs the recording medium driver 27 to read the program data from the recording medium 200 based on the operating system stored in the ROM 6. I do. As a result, the recording medium driver 27 reads out the image, audio, and program data from the recording medium 200. The read image, sound, and program data are supplied to the decoder 12, where an error correction process is performed.

The image data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is supplied to the expansion circuit 7 via the bus line 2.
After being subjected to the above-described decompression processing, the image data is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and written into a non-display area of the buffer 21 by the drawing processor 10. The audio data that has been subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written into the main memory 5 or supplied to the audio processor 11 to be supplied to the buffer 2.
3 is written. Then, the program data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written to the main memory 5. Thereafter, the CPU 1 proceeds with the game based on the game program data stored in the main memory 5 and the content specified by the player via the controller 29. That is, the CPU 1 appropriately controls image processing, controls audio processing, and controls internal processing based on the content of an instruction from a player via the controller 29.

As the control of the image processing, in the present embodiment, for example, the calculation of the coordinates of each skeleton and the calculation of the vertex coordinate data of the polygon from the pattern data corresponding to the animation designated by the character, the obtained three-dimensional It supplies coordinate data and viewpoint position data to the graphics data generation processor 3 and issues a drawing command including address data and luminance data on the display area of the buffer 21 determined by the graphics data generation processor 3. As the control of the audio processing, for example, an audio output command is issued to the audio processor 11, and the level, reverb, and the like are specified. As the control of the internal processing, for example, an operation or the like according to the operation of the controller 29 is performed.

The image data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is supplied to the expansion circuit 7 via the bus line 2.
After being subjected to the above-described decompression processing, the image data is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and written into a non-display area of the buffer 21 by the drawing processor 10. The audio data that has been subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written into the main memory 5 or supplied to the audio processor 11 to be supplied to the buffer 2.
3 is written. The program data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written to the main memory 5. Thereafter, the CPU 1 proceeds with the game based on the game program data stored in the main memory 5 and the content specified by the player via the controller 29. That is, the CPU 1
The control of image processing, the control of sound processing, and the control of internal processing are appropriately performed based on the instruction content instructed by the player via the.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of the training game progress control device of the present invention. The breeding game described here is a game for virtually breeding a hero character whose movement is characterized in a predetermined battle game (here, a baseball game) by a plurality of ability parameters. In other words, when the hero character bred in the main breeding game virtually appears in the battle game (baseball game) and the hero character moves in the battle game, for example, when the hero character is bred as a fielder character, "defensive" The player enjoys the training results of the hero character by checking the actions such as "" and "batting", or by checking the results such as "defense rate" and "the number of home runs" as a result of the action. It can be evaluated. The ability parameters are
For example, when the hero character is to be bred as a fielder character, the parameter is a parameter representing ability such as “hitting power” and “defensive power”.

The main memory 5 includes a virtual practice storage section 5a in which practice item data of virtual practice and name data of a plurality of specific characters are stored in association with each other. A friend storage unit 5b in which data, physical strength parameters, and friendship degree parameters are stored in association with each other, and a friend candidate storage unit in which name data of friend candidate characters and specialty data for each virtual practice are stored in association with each other. 5c. The virtual practice storage unit 5a corresponds to the virtual practice storage unit described in the claims, and the friend storage unit 5b corresponds to the friend storage unit described in the claims. In addition, "specialty data"
Is data set for each virtual practice indicating whether the fellow character is good at or not good at the virtual practice, and the “specialty data” is high (ie, good at the virtual skill).
When the virtual practice is performed together with the fellow character, the ability parameter is significantly improved. When the virtual practice is performed together with the fellow character whose “specialty data” is low (that is, weak), the ability parameter is not significantly improved.

Here, the “virtual practice” is a practice that is virtually executed for the purpose of virtually fostering the main character. Further, the “friend character” is a character that executes virtual training together with the main character when virtually executing the virtual training, and is a “friend candidate character”.
Are candidate characters to be added to the fellow character by an event described later. The “physical strength parameter” of the fellow character is a parameter representing the virtual physical strength of the fellow character. If the physical strength falls below a predetermined value, it becomes impossible to execute the virtual practice together with the main character. The “friendship degree parameter” of the fellow character is a parameter indicating a virtual friendship degree with the hero character. When the friendship degree falls below a predetermined value, the friend character is deleted from the fellow character (that is, virtual practice is performed together with the hero character). Excluded from running characters).

The CPU 1 includes a practice designating section 1a for designating one virtual practice from a plurality of virtual practices, and a practice companion designating section 1b for designating a predetermined number or less of fellow characters from a plurality of fellow characters. A practice execution unit 1c for virtually executing a specified virtual practice with a designated companion character; and a capability parameter of the main character based on the designated virtual practice and the degree of the designated companion character's skill in the virtual practice. Practice evaluation unit 1d that changes
An event generation unit 1 that selects at least one friend candidate character from a plurality of friend candidate characters and generates an event in which the selected friend candidate character appears.
e, an event evaluation unit 1 that receives an operation from the operation unit for the event and evaluates the operation.
f, and a friend addition unit 1 that adds the friend candidate character to the friend character when the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition.
g, and a friend deletion unit 1h for deleting a friend character whose friendship degree parameter of the friend character is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

The practice designating section 1a reads, for example, practice item data of the virtual practice stored in the virtual practice storage section 5a, displays the data on the monitor 22, receives an input from the controller 29 from the player, and executes the practice execution section. One virtual practice executed by 1c is designated. The practice designating section 1a corresponds to the practice designating means described in the claims, and the practice designating section 1a performs the practice designating process described in the claims.

The practice companion designation section 1b reads out, for example, name data of the companion character stored in the companion storage section 5b, displays it on the monitor 22, receives an input from the controller 29 from the player, and executes the practice execution section 1c. It is possible to designate not more than a predetermined number of fellow characters that together execute the virtual practice performed by the player. Here, the predetermined number is “2”. That is, the number of companion characters designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b is “0” / “1”.
-It is one of "2". In addition, practice companion designation section 1b
Corresponds to the practice companion designation means described in the claims, and the practice companion designation processing described in the claims is performed by the practice companion designation unit 1b.

The practice execution unit 1c virtually executes the virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a with the fellow character designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b. For example, based on the practice item of the virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a and the name of the fellow character designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b, a corresponding image is read out from an image storage unit (not shown) and is read to the monitor 22. This is displayed for a predetermined time. The practice execution unit 1c performs the practice execution process described in the claims.

The practice evaluation section 1d changes the ability parameters of the main character based on the virtual practice specified by the practice specifying section 1a and the friendship of the fellow character specified by the practice buddy specifying section 1b with respect to the virtual practice. The physical strength parameter of the fellow character designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b is changed based on the virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a, and further, the friendship degree parameter of the fellow character is changed. In particular, when the fellow character designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b matches the specific character stored in the virtual practice storage unit 5a, the ability parameter of the main character is specially changed. Here, it is assumed that two characters are set as specific characters from among the fellow characters. The practice evaluation section 1d corresponds to the practice evaluation means described in the claims, and the practice evaluation section 1d performs the practice evaluation processing described in the claims.

An example of a method for changing the capability parameter will be specifically described. Here, it is assumed that the amount of change in the ability parameter is stored in advance in each assumed practice, for example, in the form of a table. When the number of companion characters designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b is "0", the practice designation unit 1a
The amount of change of the ability parameter corresponding to the virtual practice specified by is added to each ability parameter. When the number of companion characters specified by the practice companion designation unit 1b is “1”, the change amount of the ability parameter corresponding to the virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a is changed by the companion designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b. The value of the character's specialty parameter is multiplied, and the result is added to each ability parameter. When the number of companion characters designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b is "2", it is determined whether or not the companion character designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b matches the specific character, and this determination is negative. In this case, the change amount of the ability parameter corresponding to the virtual practice designated by the practice designating unit 1a is multiplied by the value of the designated friend parameter of the friend character, and the result is added to each ability parameter. You. The above corresponds to the “first rule” described in the claims.

When the judgment is affirmative, the variation of the ability parameter corresponding to the virtual practice specified by the practice specifying unit 1a is multiplied by a predetermined value larger than the value of the affinity parameter of the fellow character. And the result is added to each capability parameter. The above corresponds to the “second rule” described in the claims.

Next, an example of a method for changing the physical strength parameter will be specifically described. Here, it is assumed that the amount of change in the physical strength parameter is stored in advance in each assumed practice, for example, in the form of a table. The value of the physical strength parameter is set to a preset initial value when being added to the friend character by the friend addition unit 1g. Practice companion designation section 1b
The amount of change set for each practice item is subtracted from the value of the physical strength parameter of the fellow character specified by (1). The value of the physical strength parameter of the fellow character not designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b is not changed.

Next, an example of a method of changing the friendship degree parameter will be specifically described. When a friend is added to the friend character by the friend adding unit 1g, the value of the friendship degree parameter is set to a preset initial value. A preset change amount is added to the friendship degree parameter value of the fellow character designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b. A preset amount of change is subtracted from the friendship degree parameter value of the fellow character not designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b.

The event generation section 1e is provided with a friend candidate storage section 5
At least one fellow candidate character is selected from among the fellow candidate characters stored in c, and an event in which the selected fellow candidate character appears appears. The event includes, for example, an event in which the player inputs whether to add the selected friend candidate character to the friend character, an event in which the player selects an answer in a quiz format, and the like. Note that the event generator 1
The event generation processing described in the claims is performed by e.

The event evaluation section 1f includes the event generation section 1
The operation received from the operation unit by the player with respect to the event generated by e is evaluated and the operation is evaluated. For example, in the case of an event in which the player inputs whether or not to add the selected friend candidate character to the friend character, the operation input from the operation unit by the player is “add” or “do not add”. In the event that the player selects an answer in a quiz format, the operation input from the operation unit by the player is
This is to evaluate whether the answer was “correct”. The event evaluation unit 1f performs the event evaluation processing described in the claims.

When the evaluation performed by the event evaluation section 1f satisfies a predetermined condition, the friend addition section 1g adds the friend candidate character selected by the event generation section 1e to the friend character. When the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition, for example, in the event of causing the player to input whether to add the selected friend candidate character to the friend character, the evaluation performed by the event evaluation unit 1f indicates “addition”. "Yes" and "correct" in the event of allowing the player to select an answer in a quiz format. In addition, a specific method of adding the selected friend candidate character to the friend character is to store the name data of the friend candidate character selected by the event generating unit 1e and the strength data for each virtual practice from the friend candidate storage unit 5c. It is read out and stored in the friend storage unit 5b. In addition, the friend addition part 1g performs the friend addition process described in the claim.

The fellow deleting unit 1h performs a process for the friend character whose friendship degree parameter value stored in the friend storage unit 5b is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
The name data of the companion character, the strength data for each virtual practice, the value of the physical strength parameter, and the value of the friendship parameter are deleted from the companion storage unit 5b. It should be noted that the fellow deletion unit 1h performs the fellow deletion processing described in the claims.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the processing of the training game progress control device of the present invention. First, at least one fellow candidate character is selected from among the fellow candidate characters by the event generating unit 1e, and an event in which the selected fellow candidate character appears is generated. An operation from the operation unit is accepted, the operation is evaluated, and if the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition, the associate candidate character is added to the associate character by the associate addition unit 1g (ST1). Next, the practice companion designation unit 1b designates a predetermined number or less of companion characters from among the plurality of companion characters stored in the companion storage unit 5b (ST3). Next, the practice designation unit 1a designates one virtual practice from a plurality of virtual practices stored in the virtual practice storage unit 5a (ST5).

FIG. 4 is a screen diagram of a virtual practice designating process performed by the practice designating section 1a. At the top of the screen,
A practice item selection button EMB corresponding to the practice item data stored in the virtual practice storage unit 5a is displayed so as to be selectable, and the parameter name AF of the ability parameter is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
N and the current capacity parameter value MAV are displayed. Practice item selection button EMB is "basic", "muscle strength"
・ "Blow", "Run", "Defense", "Refresh"
It is composed of six buttons of "mental". The player designates the assumed practice by selecting one of the practice item selection buttons EMB using the controller 29. Here, among the practice item selection buttons EMB, a button corresponding to “strike” is surrounded by a bold line, indicating that “strike” is selected. Also, the parameter name AF of the performance parameter
N stands for “meet”, “power”, “running power”, “shoulder strength”,
It consists of five items of "defense".

Then, the virtual practice designated by the practice execution unit 1c is virtually executed with the designated fellow character (ST7). Next, the following processing is performed by the practice evaluation unit 1d. The ability parameter of the main character is changed based on the virtual practice designated by the practice designating section 1a and the friend character designated by the practice companion designating section 1b for the virtual practice (S).
T9). Next, the physical strength parameter of the fellow character designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b is changed based on the virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a (ST1).
1), the friendship degree parameter of the fellow character is changed (ST13). Then, the friend character whose friendship degree parameter of the friend character is equal to or less than the predetermined value is deleted by the friend deletion unit 1h (ST15).

FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart of the process of adding a fellow character in step ST1 of the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the event generating unit 1e selects at least one fellow candidate character from among the fellow candidate characters stored in the fellow candidate storage unit 5c (ST17), and generates an event in which the selected fellow candidate character appears. (ST19). FIG.
FIG. 11 is an example of a screen view of an event generated by an event generating unit 1e. This event is to allow the player to input whether or not to add the selected friend candidate character to the friend character. The main character MC is displayed on the left side of the screen, and the selected friend candidate character KC1 is displayed on the right side of the screen. Is displayed.

Next, the event evaluation unit 1f accepts an operation from the operation unit for the event (S
T21), the operation is evaluated (ST2).
3). For example, in the case of an event in which the player inputs whether or not to add the selected friend candidate character to the friend character, the operation input from the operation unit by the player is “add” or “do not add”. An assessment is made of the warmth. Next, the friend addition unit 1g determines whether the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition (ST25). If the evaluation satisfies the predetermined condition, the friend candidate character is added to the friend character (ST27). ). If the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the process ends.

FIG. 7 is a detailed flowchart of the fellow character designation process in step ST3 of the flowchart shown in FIG. The following processing is performed by the practice companion designation unit 1b. It is assumed that the number of associate characters that can be specified is two or less. First, a determination is made as to whether or not a fellow character is to be designated by receiving an operation from the player (ST29). If it is determined that the fellow character is not specified, the process proceeds to step ST.
Proceed to 37. When it is determined that the fellow character is designated, it is determined whether or not the value of the physical strength parameter of the fellow character designated by the operation from the player is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (ST31).

If the value of the physical strength parameter is less than the predetermined value, a screen is displayed indicating that the designated character cannot be designated (ST33), and step ST29 is performed.
Return to If the value of the physical strength parameter is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the designated friend character is accepted as a friend character that shares virtual training with the hero character (=
After the designation has been approved (ST34), it is determined whether or not the number of companion characters that have been accepted as companion characters for the virtual training with the hero character is 2 or more (ST35). When it is determined that the number of accepted fellow characters is less than 2, the process returns to step ST29. When it is determined that the received number of friend characters is two or more, an operation from the player is received, and a determination is made as to whether or not to perform virtual practice with the protagonist character together with the friend character whose designation is currently approved. (ST37). If this determination is denied, the process returns to step ST29, and if affirmed, the process ends.

FIG. 8 is an example of a screen image of a friend character designation screen. On the left side of the screen, a specifiable companion character CCP is displayed, and on the right side of the companion character CCP, a character name CCN and a physical strength parameter PG are displayed for each companion character. As the physical strength parameter PG, the value of the physical strength parameter is displayed in the form of a gauge meter. Further, at the upper right of the screen, a designated friend character S, which is a currently designated friend character, is displayed.
C is displayed. Here, the second designated friend character SC is designated, and a confirmation sentence RC for accepting an operation from the player, "Do you want to practice with these two people?", Is displayed in the approximate center of the screen. . Confirmation statement R
When "Yes" under C is selected, the designation process of the fellow character is completed. When "No" under the confirmation sentence RC is selected, the designation process of the fellow character is continuously executed. You.

FIG. 9 is a detailed flowchart of the virtual training execution process in step ST7 of the flowchart shown in FIG. The following processing is performed by the practice execution unit 1c. It is assumed that the number of associate characters that can be specified is two or less. First, practice companion designation section 1b
It is determined whether or not the number of companion characters specified by “1” is “0” (ST39). If the number of fellow characters is "0", the normal practice screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed (ST41), and the process ends. The screen shown in FIG. 11 displays a screen in which the hero character MC is executing the virtual practice specified by the practice specifying unit 1a. If the number of friend characters is not “0”, it is determined whether the number of friend characters is “1” (ST43). When the number of companion characters is “1”, a screen in which the hero character MC is executing the virtual practice specified by the practice designating section 1a together with the companion character designated by the practice companion designating section 1b (the joint practice screen and the joint practice screen). Is displayed (ST47), and the process ends.

If the number of companion characters is not "1", that is, if the number of companion characters is "2", the companion character designated by the practice companion designation section 1b is stored in the virtual practice storage section 5a. It is determined whether or not the specified character matches (ST4).
5). FIG. 10 is a chart showing a state in which a specific character is set for each virtual practice item. The leftmost column is
It is the name of the character, and the column at the upper end is a virtual practice item. The shaded HCG character is a specific character. For example, when the virtual practice specified by the practice specifying unit 1a is “blow practice”, the specific characters are “character 2” and “character 3”.

If the determination in step ST45 is negative, the hero character MC shown in FIG. 12 executes the virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a together with the fellow character designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b. Screen (called a joint practice screen) is displayed (ST4).
7), the process ends. On the screen shown in FIG. 12, a screen is displayed in which the hero character MC is executing the virtual practice specified by the practice specifying unit 1a together with the friend characters SC1 and SC2 specified by the training friend specifying unit 1b. If the determination in step ST45 is affirmative, the special character in which the hero character MC shown in FIG. 13 is executing the virtual practice designated by the practice designating unit 1a together with the fellow character designated by the practice companion designation unit 1b. A screen (referred to as a specific joint practice screen) is displayed (ST49), and the process ends. The screen shown in FIG. 13 is a screen in which the main character MC is executing a virtual practice designated by the practice designation unit 1a together with the fellow characters SC1 and SC2 designated by the practice fellow designation unit 1b. It is configured and displayed.

The present invention can take the following forms. (A) In the present embodiment, the case where the number of designated fellow characters is two or less has been described. The greater the predetermined number is, the more the complexity of the game increases, and the more the taste is improved. (B) In the present embodiment, the case where the number of specific characters is 2 has been described, but the number may be any predetermined number or less. Further, the number of specific characters may be different for each assumed practice. In this case, the complexity of the game is increased, and the taste is improved. (C) In the present embodiment, a case has been described in which a buddy is added by the buddy addition unit. However, a form in which a predetermined number of buddies are stored in the buddy storage unit in advance may be used. In this case, even when no buddies have been added by the buddy addition means, a predetermined number of buddies are stored in the buddy storage means, so that the buddy can be designated by the buddy designation means.

The training game progress control program of the present invention is, for example, stored in the recording medium 200 in advance, is transmitted from the recording medium 200 to the main memory 5, and is based on the program data stored in the main memory 5. The processing is executed by the CPU 1.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, one virtual practice is designated from a plurality of virtual practices, and a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from a plurality of fellow characters. Since the ability parameter of the main character is changed according to the first rule based on the designated virtual practice and the degree of specialty of the designated fellow character with respect to the virtual practice, the rules for changing the ability parameter become complicated and continuous. A highly entertaining game is realized.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the practice execution process of virtually executing the designated virtual practice with the designated companion character is performed.
Since the ability parameter of the main character is changed in response to the practice execution process, the player understands that the ability parameter has been changed as a result of executing the virtual practice, and the reality of the game is enhanced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the practice evaluation process, the physical strength parameter of the designated fellow character is changed, and in the fellow designation process, designation for a fellow character whose physical strength parameter is equal to or more than a predetermined value is accepted. Therefore, the specifiable companion characters are restricted, the game becomes complicated, and the interest is enhanced.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the event generation processing, at least one friend candidate character is selected from the plurality of friend candidate characters, and an event in which the selected friend candidate character appears is generated. In the event evaluation process, an operation from the operation unit with respect to the event is received, and the operation is evaluated. In the friend addition process, if the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition, the friend candidate character becomes a friend character. Since it is added, the number of fellow characters is increased, and interest is enhanced.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the friendship parameter of the friend character is changed in the practice evaluation process, and the friend character whose friendship parameter of the friend character is equal to or less than the predetermined value is deleted in the friend removal process. As a result, the number of fellow characters is reduced, and interest is enhanced.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when a companion character is not designated in the practice companion designation process, the ability parameter of the main character is changed based on the designated virtual practice in the practice evaluation process. Therefore, even when the fellow character is not designated in the practice fellow designation process, the ability parameter is efficiently changed.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the practice evaluation process, it is determined whether or not the fellow character designated in the practice fellow designation process matches the specific character, and the determination is affirmative. The hero character's ability parameters are changed according to the second rule,
The development of the game is full of changes, and the taste of the game is enhanced.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, one virtual practice is designated from a plurality of virtual practices, and a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from among a plurality of fellow characters. Since the skill parameter of the hero character is changed based on the virtual practice and the designated companion character's specialty in the virtual practice, the rules for changing the skill parameter become complicated, and a game having a high interest level is continuously performed. Is achieved.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, one virtual practice is designated from among a plurality of virtual practices, and a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from among a plurality of fellow characters. Since the skill parameter of the hero character is changed based on the virtual practice and the designated companion character's specialty in the virtual practice, the rules for changing the skill parameter become complicated, and a game having a high interest level is continuously performed. Is achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a video game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of the training game progress control device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of a process of the training game progress control device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a screen diagram of a virtual practice designation process.

FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart of a friend character addition process.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen view of an event.

FIG. 7 is a detailed flowchart of a designation process of a friend character.

FIG. 8 is an example of a screen diagram of a friend character designation screen.

FIG. 9 is a detailed flowchart of a virtual practice execution process.

FIG. 10 is a table showing a state in which a specific character is set for each virtual practice item.

FIG. 11 is a screen diagram of a normal practice screen.

FIG. 12 is a screen diagram of a joint practice screen.

FIG. 13 is a screen diagram of a specific joint practice screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 1a Practice designation section (practice designation means) 1c Practice execution section 1b Practice buddy designation section (practice buddy designation means) 1d Practice evaluation section (practice evaluation means) 1e Event generation section 1f Event evaluation section 1h Buddy deletion section 1g Add buddy Unit 2 bus line 3 graphics data generation processor 4 interface circuit 5 main memory 5a virtual practice storage unit 5b associate storage unit 5c associate candidate storage unit 6 ROM 7 expansion circuit 8 parallel port 9 serial port 10 drawing processor 11 audio processor 12 decoder 13 Interface circuit 21 Buffer 22 Monitor 29 Controller

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Ikemoto 2-5-2-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City Inside KCIO Corporation (72) Inventor Takashi Chiba 2-5-25 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka Co., Ltd. Kayio Eio (72) Inventor Kazuo Dokei 2-5-2-5 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi Kayio Eio Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2C001 AA00 AA05 AA13 AA17 BB01 BB05 BB06 BC00 BC10 CB01 CC02

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A breeding game progress control program for controlling the progress of a breeding game for virtually breeding a hero character whose behavior in a predetermined battle game is characterized by a plurality of ability parameters, comprising: practice item data Is practice designation processing for designating one virtual practice from a plurality of virtual practices stored in the storage means, and the name data and the specialty data for each virtual practice are stored in the storage means in association with each other. A practice companion designation process that allows designation of a predetermined number or less of companion characters from among the companion characters, and a capability parameter of the main character based on the designated virtual practice and the degree of specialty of the designated companion character in the virtual practice. A training game progress control program for performing a practice evaluation process of changing according to a first rule. 2. A practice execution process for virtually executing a designated virtual practice with a designated companion character, wherein the practice evaluation process changes the ability parameter of the main character in response to the practice execution process. The training game progress control program according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The practice evaluation process includes changing a physical strength parameter of a designated fellow character stored in a storage unit. The practice fellow designating process specifies a physical character parameter whose physical strength parameter is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The training game progress control program according to claim 1, wherein 4. Selecting at least one fellow candidate character from among a plurality of fellow candidate characters stored in a storage means in which name data and specialty data for each virtual practice are associated with each other, An event generation process for generating an event in which a candidate character appears, and receiving an operation from the operation unit for the event,
4. An event evaluation process for evaluating this operation, and a buddy addition process of adding the buddy candidate character to the buddy character when the evaluation satisfies a predetermined condition. The training game progress control program described in 1. 5. The practice evaluation process includes changing a friendship parameter of a friend character stored in a storage unit, and deleting a friend character whose friendship parameter of the friend character is equal to or less than a predetermined value. The training game progress control program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: 6. The practice evaluation process according to claim 1, wherein when the fellow character is not designated in the practice fellow designation process, the practice evaluation process changes the ability parameter of the main character based on the designated virtual practice. 5. The training game progress control program according to any one of 5. 7. The practice evaluation process determines whether or not the companion character specified in the practice companion designation process matches a specific character stored in the storage unit for each virtual practice, and the determination is affirmative. The training game progress control program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the game is performed, the ability parameter of the main character is changed according to a second rule. 8. A breeding game progress control method for controlling the progress of a breeding game in which a hero character whose behavior in a predetermined battle game is characterized by a plurality of ability parameters is virtually cultivated. Designates one virtual practice from among a plurality of virtual practices stored in the storage means, and associates the name data with the specialty data for each virtual practice and stores a plurality of friend characters stored in the storage means. A breeding game progress wherein a predetermined number or less of fellow characters can be designated from among them, and the ability parameters of the main character are changed based on the designated virtual practice and the degree of skill of the designated fellow character in the virtual practice. Control method. 9. A breeding game progress control device for controlling the progress of a breeding game for virtually breeding a hero character whose behavior in a predetermined battle game is characterized by a plurality of ability parameters, comprising: Virtual practice storage means for storing practice item data for practice; buddy storage means for storing name data of a plurality of buddy characters in association with specialty data for each virtual practice; Practice designating means for designating practice; practice companion designating means capable of designating a designated number of companion characters or less from the companion characters; designated virtual practice and the degree of specialty of the designated companion character to the virtual practice Training evaluation means for changing the ability parameter of the main character based on the training character