JP2002369968A - Game system and program for game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system for enjoying an original play utilizing a characteristic that a number of players participate while adopting a turn system. SOLUTION: In this game system 1, a turn is sequentially moved between a player belonging to a first side and a player belonging to a second side, and in each turn, the player is designated his/her own game element to decide its behavior. When one player belonging to the first side makes a turn, the player is given the change to ask the other player of the first side for support. The player asked to support is given with the change to determine whether he/she responds to the request for support or not. When he/she responds to the request for support, the game element of the player who responds to the request for support is attacked from the second side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system for executing a game employing a turn-based system and a program therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a game system in which three or more game machines are connected to each other so that one player can play one game. In such a game machine, a game of a type played by many players simultaneously, such as a racing game, is mainly executed. On the other hand, among games belonging to genres such as role playing games and simulation games, there are games that employ a so-called turn system in which players alternate turns. In such a turn-based game, at the time of a specific player's turn, other players are merely watching the game, and cannot instruct the action of the character in that turn.

[0003]

When the above-mentioned turn-based game is played by a large number of players, the waiting time until the player turns his turn becomes longer, and the player may be bored with the game. In particular, when a game is executed in which a plurality of players form a team and a game is played for each team, it is desirable to realize a way of playing unique to the formation of the team on the game system.

[0004] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a game system and a program therefor that enable a novel play utilizing a feature that many players participate while adopting a turn-based system.

[0005]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described. In addition, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are added in parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

In the game system of the present invention, a player participating in a game is divided into two or more players belonging to a first side and one player belonging to a second side set as an opponent of the first side. In addition to the above players, the game turns are sequentially moved between the players, and in each turn, a process is performed in which the player specifies a game element owned by the player and determines the action, and each turn is executed. In the game system (1) using the computer (10), in which the progress of the game changes according to the action in (1), information for specifying a game element owned by each player and information for specifying the progress of the game Storage means for storing information (1
3) and / or 23), and when a predetermined condition is satisfied in a turn of one player belonging to the first side, a request for assistance to another player belonging to the first side is made as one type of the action. And a support request control means (11) that can be designated as the first side and, when a player on the turn belonging to the first side requests support, an opportunity to determine whether or not to respond to the request is provided by the first side. Support response control means (11) to be given to another player;
If the other player responds to the request for support, then in the turn of the player on the second side,
When an attack targeting the game element of the one player belonging to the first side is determined as the action, an attack target transfer means (11) for transferring the attack target to the game element of the other player; When an attack is instructed by the player during the turn, the result of the attack is calculated by referring to the information specifying the game element used for the attack and the game element to be attacked, and the calculation is performed. The above-mentioned problem is solved by a game system including a progress management unit (11) for updating information for specifying the progress of the game according to the result.

[0007] The game program of the present invention further comprises: a player participating in the game, two or more players belonging to the first side, and a second side set as an opponent of the first side. The game is distinguished from one or more players belonging to and the game turns are sequentially moved between those players, and at each turn, a process is executed in which the player specifies a game element owned by the player and determines the action. In a game program for causing a computer to execute a game in which the progress of the game changes according to the action in each turn, the computer (10) includes information for identifying a game element owned by each player; Storage means (13) for storing information for specifying the progress of the game, respectively;
And / or 23), and when a predetermined condition is satisfied in a turn of one player belonging to the first side, a request for assistance to another player belonging to the first side is a type of the action. A support request control means (11) for enabling designation and, when a player on the turn belonging to the first side has requested support, an opportunity to determine whether or not to respond to the request is provided by another means for the first side. Support response control means (11) to be given to the player of
If the other player responds to the request for support, then in the turn of the player on the second side,
When an attack targeting the game element of the one player belonging to the first side is determined as the action, an attack target transfer means (11) for transferring the attack target to the game element of the other player; When an attack is instructed by the player during the turn, the result of the attack is calculated by referring to the information specifying the game element used for the attack and the game element to be attacked, and the calculation is performed. The above-mentioned problem is solved by being configured to function as a game machine having a progress management means (11) for updating information for specifying the progress of the game according to the result.

According to the present invention, when one player belonging to the first side requests assistance, there is an opportunity to determine whether or not to respond to the assistance request to another player belonging to the first side in the turn. Given. If another player responds to the support, even if an attack is subsequently performed on the game element of the player who has requested the support from the second side, the target of the attack is transferred to the player's game element corresponding to the support request. The attack result is calculated after the attack. Therefore, from the side of the attack, the intention is to aim at a weak opponent, and the other player's strong opponent is attacked. As a result, unexpectedness such as unexpected defeat is added to the game. This makes the game offensive and defensive patterns more complicated and eliminates the monotonicity of the game, as compared to a case where the instruction of the action by the player outside the turn is uniformly prohibited. The feeling that a plurality of players on the same side cooperate with each other to cope with an attack from the opponent can be realized on the computer game, and the interest of the turn-based game can be enhanced.

In the present invention, the information for specifying the game element includes information for determining whether or not each game element corresponds to a game element for which support can be requested. May determine whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied based on whether or not the player during the turn has the game element capable of requesting the support. In this case, the support request can be made possible on condition that the player has a game element capable of requesting the support.

In each turn, the process of determining a game element by the player is divided into at least two steps of a step of selecting the game element and a step of confirming the selection. In the step of selecting the game element, When the player during the turn selects the game element that can request the support, the support request control unit sends information indicating that the support request can be made using the game element to the player during the turn. You may be notified. In this case, information indicating that a support request can be made is given to the player during the turn, so that the player can make a request for support without missing the opportunity.

When the player selects a game element for which support can be requested and confirms the selection, the support response control means determines that the support has been requested and gives an opportunity to determine whether or not to respond to the support. May be given. In this case, after the player on the turn decides to request support,
Players outside of the turn will now be asked if they will comply. Therefore, there is a possibility that even if the support is requested, the attack may be refused and the attack cannot be avoided, so that the determination of whether or not to request the support has a game property, thereby increasing the interest of the game.

[0012] The information for specifying the game element includes information for determining whether each game element is a game element capable of avoiding an attack, and the one player during the turn is determined by the one player during the turn. When the game element capable of evading the attack is designated as a target to be acted on, the attack target transfer unit determines whether or not the attack target transfer unit has responded to the support request in a subsequent turn of the player on the second side. When an attack targeting the game element of the other player belonging to the first side is determined as the action, the attack target may be transferred to the game element of the one player.

In this case, the target to be attacked can be changed if the player during the turn designates a game element that can avoid the attack without being asked to judge whether or not to respond to the support request. As a result, the number of support patterns increases, the game content becomes more sophisticated, and its interests increase.

The information for specifying the game elements includes information for determining whether each game element corresponds to a game element for which support can be offered, and the one player during the turn is determined by the player. In a case where the game element for which support can be offered is designated as a target to be acted on, the attack target transfer unit transmits the other player belonging to the first side in a turn of the player on the second side that comes later. When an attack targeting a game element is determined as the action, the attack target may be transferred to the game element of the one player.

[0015] In this case, in contrast to the direction in which the player on the turn requests support, the behavior in which the player on the turn voluntarily offers support to the player on the same side can be specified. Become. This allows
The support patterns among the players on the first side are diversified, the game content is enhanced, and the interest is increased.

In the game system according to the present invention, the game system can communicate with a plurality of game machines (1).
0), and each game machine may be configured as a computer including the storage unit, the support request control unit, the support response control unit, the attack target transfer unit, and the progress management unit. Further, in the game program of the present invention, each of the plurality of mutually communicable game machines is stored in the storage unit, the support request control unit, the support response control unit, the attack target transfer unit, and the progress management unit. May be configured to function as a computer including and execute the game.

In the present invention, the game elements may be represented in various forms. For example, the game element may be displayed on a predetermined display device as a card. The game elements may be displayed on the display device in the form of characters, pieces, or the like. The use of the game element can be expressed on the game screen in various forms, for example, an action of putting the game element in a predetermined place, an action of causing a character appearing in the game to use the game element, and the like.

[0018]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a game system according to the present invention. As shown in this figure, the game system 1 of the present embodiment has four portable game machines 10.
.. 10 are connected to each other by a communication cable 2.
Each game machine 10 is provided with a monitor 19 and an input device 22. For the monitor 19, for example, a liquid crystal display device is used. The input device 22 includes, for example, a cross key 22a and operation buttons 22b, 22b that can be operated up, down, left, and right. These configurations may be changed as appropriate. In FIG. 1, all game machines 10 are the same, but the present invention may be configured by mutually connecting different game machines.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the portable game machine 10. The portable game machine 10 is configured as a computer that executes a predetermined game in accordance with a game program recorded in an external storage device (for example, a cassette type storage device having a built-in semiconductor memory) 23. The game machine 10 includes a CPU 11 mainly composed of a microprocessor, a ROM 12 and a RAM 13 as a main storage device for the CPU 11, and a CPU 1
Image processing device 14 and sound processing device 16 that perform processing suitable for image processing and sound processing based on an instruction from
And The ROM 12 stores an operating system as a program necessary for controlling the overall operation of the game machine 10. A game program and data read from the external storage device 23 are written into the RAM 13 as needed. The image processing device 14 is a CPU
A predetermined image is rendered on the video memory 15 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 11, the data of the rendered image is converted into a predetermined video reproduction signal, and output to the monitor 19 at a predetermined timing.

Depending on the game machine, the image processing device 14 may be equipped with a graphics accelerator function for performing advanced image processing operations, and what kind of processing each of the CPU 11 and the image processing device 14 bears. It changes variously depending on the hardware configuration.
Note that the video memory 15 is provided as an example of a memory dedicated to drawing in the image processing apparatus 14, but a video memory may be secured on the RAM 13 as a main memory. The sound processing device 16 reproduces data such as voice and music read from the external storage device 23 and sound source data and outputs the data from the speaker 20.

Further, an input device 22 and a communication control device 24 are connected to the CPU 11 via a bus 24. The input device 22 includes, for example, a cross key 22 as an operation unit.
a and operation buttons 22b and 22c. The communication cable 2 described above is connected to the communication control device 24 via a communication interface 25. The above configuration is merely an example, and the configuration of the game machine to which the present invention is applied may be appropriately changed.

The game program recorded in the external storage device 23 includes a module for causing the game machine 10 to function as each unit constituting the game system of the present invention. The game data recorded in the external storage device 23 includes, for example, image data for causing a character or various objects as elements that can be operated by the character on the game screen, and data specifying the contents of a game story. , Sound effect data used in the game, and the like. The game data stored in the RAM 13 is automatically stored by the user in accordance with the operation of the player or in accordance with a predetermined condition (for example, when the game operation is not performed for a certain period of time, at a predetermined break of the game, or the like). The data is stored in the external storage device 23 as storage data.

In the game system 1 described above, a card battle game can be executed between the four game machines 10... 10 in accordance with the game program. FIG. 3 shows an outline of the card battle game. FIG.
As apparent from (a), in the game executed according to the game program, among the players A1, A2, B1, and B2 operating the four game machines 10, respectively.
Players A1 and A2 form one tag team A,
Players B1 and B2 form another tag team B. Each player has a combination of a predetermined number of cards called a deck. In other words, Tag Team A
Is on one side, and tag team B is on the other side.

At the start of the game, each player holds a predetermined number (for example, five) of cards from his or her deck as a hand. After the start of the game, the turns move in a certain order among the four players as shown in FIG. During his or her turn, the player flips one card from the deck and puts it into his hand, and puts one or more cards from the hand into play to determine his or her action. There are various actions, but as an example, an opponent can specify an attack on a specific card put into play, or the defense against the attack can be predetermined. Each card is set with parameters such as offensive power and defensive power that affect the battle situation between the cards, and when an attack is made, each of the card that launched the attack and the card that is attacked The winning or losing is determined with reference to the parameters set in. Other factors, such as the effect of other cards on the table, may be reflected in the win or loss.

In the above-mentioned game, in each turn, in principle, only one player having the turn determines the action content, and the other players cannot take action. However, in order to take advantage of the feature that two players form a team, the game system of the present embodiment provides “simultaneous delivery” and “support” as a method for other players who are not in their turn to participate in the game. Have been. "Simultaneous play" is when one player puts a specific card into play and attacks another player.
When certain conditions are met, other players of the same team (hereinafter referred to as partners) can put cards into play in the turn, and a specific special move is activated by a combination of those cards. That is. On the other hand, "support" allows a player's attack on a card to be transferred to an attack on a partner's card when certain conditions are met in one player's turn, so that the partner can take the place of a substitute. It is to be attacked.
Details of simultaneous delivery and support will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game data in the external storage device 23 includes card information describing characteristics of each card. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, the card information is data in which an ID of each card is associated with an initial value of a parameter such as a name of the card, and offensive power and defensive power. The card information includes information for judging whether or not conditions relating to simultaneous delivery and support are satisfied.
These pieces of information may be determined as appropriate according to the content of the game, but are determined as follows in the present embodiment.

First, in regard to simultaneous delivery, a combination of cards that can be simultaneously delivered (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a simultaneous delivery card) is determined in advance, and information on the simultaneous delivery cards is combined by simultaneous delivery. The ID of the simultaneous card of the other party to be given is specified. In the example of FIG. 4, the cards α and β are mutually designated as simultaneous cards. For cards that cannot be issued simultaneously, for example, by specifying a non-existent ID (“0” in FIG. 4),
It can be distinguished from simultaneous cards. Although omitted in the figure, for a card that can be issued simultaneously, information specifying an effect (attack power increases by a predetermined value, always wins, etc.) when the simultaneous execution is performed is added to the card information. .

On the other hand, regarding the support, an attack avoidance card which can always receive the support of the partner, a support request card which can request the support from the partner and receive the support when the support is permitted, and A support application card that can offer support to the user is determined in advance. Then, the information of each card includes information for determining whether or not the card corresponds to the three cards. In the example of FIG. 4, “1” is designated if the card corresponds to an attack avoidance card, a support request card, or a support offer card, and “0” is designated otherwise. Note that FIG. 4 is only an example, and whether or not simultaneous delivery is possible,
The determination as to whether or not it is possible to receive or provide support may be determined based on various information.

During the execution of the game, at least deck information, hand information, place information, and life information are recorded in the RAM 13 as information for specifying the progress of the game. The deck information is information for specifying the contents of the deck held by the player (the types of cards included in the deck and the order of the cards), and the hand information is information for specifying the contents of the hand held by the player. . The information on the field is information that specifies the status of the cards currently on the field (number of cards, arrangement, attack power and defensive power of each card, etc.). Life information is information for specifying a player's life. At the start of the game, a predetermined life value of each player is given, and the life value is updated according to the progress of the game. For example, if you lose a card match, your life value may be reduced. When the life value of any player decreases to a predetermined value, the team including the player loses. Deck information of each game machine 10,
The hand information and the life information relate to the deck and the hand of the player who operates the game machine 10, and the place information is information common to each game machine 10.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 13, of the processing executed by each game machine 10 in accordance with the game program, a part particularly related to simultaneous delivery and support will be described. In the game machine 10 of the present embodiment, when it becomes necessary to exchange information with another game machine 10, one game machine 10
Transmits information to all other game machines 10, and each game machine 10 that has received the information determines whether or not the information is necessary in its own processing. Perform the corresponding processing and discard the unnecessary information. Such processing may be appropriately determined according to the communication protocol between the game machines 10.

FIG. 5 shows a procedure of a turn control process executed by each game machine 10 to manage the progress of the entire game. As a premise of the processing in FIG. 5, it is assumed that information specifying which player's turn is currently stored in the RAM 13 of each game machine 10.

In this process, first, information on the turn in the RAM 13 is referred to to determine whether or not the turn is the player's own turn (that is,
It is determined whether or not it is the turn of the user of the game machine 10 as the determination subject (step S1), and if it is the player's own turn, a process of determining the action in that turn is executed (step S2). If it is not its own turn, it is determined whether or not it is a turn of a player on the same side (team) (step S2). If it is a turn on the same side, action monitoring processing is executed (step S4). Step S3
Or, after the processing of S4 is completed, or when a negative determination is made in step S2, the game situation is updated by reflecting the results of the action determination processing and the action monitoring processing in this turn (step S5). The result of the action determination process and the action monitoring process in the current turn may be generated by the own game machine 10 or may be notified from another game machine 10. The update target in step S5 is RAM
13 includes the above-described deck information, hand information, place information, and life information.

Thereafter, it is determined whether the game is over based on the life information of each game machine 10 (step S6),
If not finished, a process of moving the turn to the next player is performed in the order shown in FIG. 3B (step S7), and thereafter, the process returns to step S1.

As is clear from the above, each game machine 10
Monitors the turn, and input device 2
The action in the turn is determined with reference to the player's operation on No. 2. Even when it is not the player's own turn, the action monitoring process is executed when the player on the same side is turning, and none of the processes is performed when the player is on the opposing side. The action monitoring process is a process for simultaneously issuing or providing support. By providing the action monitoring process, there is an opportunity to perform an input operation other than one's own turn and participate in the game. Increase.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts showing the details of the action determining process executed in step S3 of FIG. Hereinafter, the contents of the processing will be described. In these processes, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the hand 100 is displayed on the screen of the monitor 19 of the game machine 10 (limited to the game machine of the player having the turn).
100 is displayed, and the player operates the cross key 22a to move a cursor (in FIG. 10, a box shape corresponding to the outer shape of the card) 101 to select a target, and to press the operation button 22b or 22c. A deciding operation for deciding the selection target can be performed.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the action determination process, first, one card is replenished from the player's own deck to the hand (step S11). For example, in the deck information, a process of incorporating a card identified as being placed at the top into a hand is performed, and an animation indicating that the card is incorporated in the hand is displayed on the monitor 19.

Next, it is determined whether or not the player has performed an operation for selecting a specific card from the hand on the input device 22 (steps S12 to S16). Here, the specific card is any one of a simultaneous offer card, a support offer card, an attack avoidance card, and a support request card. When these cards are used, they may be simultaneously issued or assisted. Therefore, it is determined in steps S12 to S12 whether such a card is to be selected from the hand.
At 16, the processing corresponding to the cards is performed.

That is, when the simultaneous delivery card is selected, step S13 is affirmed. In this case, a process of acquiring hand information from the partner game machine 10 is performed (step S21), and it is determined based on the hand information whether simultaneous handout is possible (step S22). That is, it is determined whether or not a simultaneous card that can be issued in combination with the simultaneous card that is owned by the player is included in the partner's hand. This determination may be made by the partner game machine 10.

If it is determined in step S22 that simultaneous delivery is possible, an advice is displayed on the monitor 19 informing the player that simultaneous delivery is possible using the currently selected card (step S23). . For example, in FIG. 10A, the card α is ready to be issued at the same time, and the monitor 19 displays an advice “If you issue α now, you can use the Special Moves!”.

After the processing in step S23 or in step S
If it is determined in step 22 that simultaneous delivery is impossible, step S
The process proceeds to 25, and it is determined whether or not the above-described determination operation has been performed on the input device 22. The determination operation at this stage is to determine the selection of the current card, that is, to determine the currently selected card as a card to be put into play this turn and used.

If the decision operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S12. On the other hand, steps S14 to S
If any one of the conditions of 16 is affirmed, step S
24, an advice is displayed, and then step S25
The processing proceeds to. The advice displayed in step S24 includes a support offer card, an attack avoidance card,
Alternatively, the support request card is used to support the partner or to notify the player that the support from the partner is available. For example, in FIG. 11A, when the support application card A is selected, “A
11B) is displayed. In FIG. 11 (b), when the attack avoidance card B is selected, the advice is to have the partner take the place of the substitute using the B card. 11C is displayed, and in FIG. 11C, when the support request card C is selected, the advice "You can request support from the partner using the card of C" is displayed as the advice. .

If it is determined in step S25 that the determination operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S31 in FIG. In step S31, the player is asked through the monitor 19 whether to attack or to defend using the selected and confirmed card, and whether or not the player has selected an attack based on the operation content of the input device 22 corresponding thereto. Is determined. If an attack is selected, a process is performed by the input device 22 to allow the player to specify which card in the field is to be attacked (step S32), and if no attack is selected, step S32 is performed. Is skipped. Thereafter, the action content in the current turn is determined, and the determined action content is notified to another game machine 10 (step S33). Thus, the action determination process is completed.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing details of the behavior monitoring process executed in step S4 of FIG. Hereinafter, the contents of the processing will be described. As described with reference to FIG. 5, the action monitoring process is performed at the time of the turn of another player of the same team as the player of the player's own machine. Please note that you are a player of another aircraft that you own.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the action monitoring process, first, it is determined whether or not transmission of hand information is requested from the partner game machine 10 (step S41). This step is processing corresponding to step S21 in FIG. When requested, hand information is transmitted (step S4).
2) Then, the process proceeds to step S43. If the hand information transmission is not requested, step S42 is skipped.

In step S43, it is determined whether or not the action content has been notified from the game machine 10 in the current turn (see step S33 in FIG. 7). If not, the process returns to step S41.

If the action content is notified, step S
The process proceeds to 44, and it is determined whether or not the partner of the current turn has determined, as the action content, an attack using the simultaneous delivery card. If the condition of step S44 is satisfied, it is determined whether or not the player has a card which can be simultaneously issued in his / her hand (step S45). When this is satisfied, a process of displaying a predetermined advice on the monitor 19 of the own device is performed (step S46). For example, as shown in FIG. 10B, an advice indicating that the card β can be used in the current turn in combination with the simultaneous card α used by the partner is displayed on the monitor 19. At this time, it is desirable to specify the cards that can be simultaneously issued by using the cursor 101 so that the player can easily specify which cards can be simultaneously issued.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the player has performed an operation for approving simultaneous delivery on the input device 22 (step S47). When the simultaneous delivery is approved, the player moves to the opponent side according to the simultaneous delivery instruction. Is given, and the content of the approval of the simultaneous delivery (in the example of FIG. 10B, the fact that the card β was issued) is notified to the other game machine 10 (step S48). On the other hand, if the simultaneous delivery is not approved, the other game machine 10 is notified that the simultaneous delivery has not been performed (step S4).
9). When the requirement in step S45 is denied, the process proceeds to step S49. Step S48 or S
When 49 is executed, the action monitoring process ends.

On the other hand, if the requirement in step S44 in FIG. 8 is denied, the process proceeds to step S51 in FIG. In step S51, it is determined whether or not the partner has put the support request card into play, based on the action content notified in step S33 in FIG. When the support request card is used, information for notifying that a support request has been made from the partner is displayed on the monitor 19 of the own device, for example, as shown in FIG. 12A (step S52).

Thereafter, with reference to the operation on the input device 22, it is determined whether or not the player of the own device has accepted the support request from the partner (step S53). Then, a process for determining the support content using the input device 22 is performed (step S54). For example, as shown in FIG. 12 (b), the hand 100 or the card 100 in play is displayed on the monitor 19, and the player to be attacked as a substitute for the partner is selected from among them. After the support content is determined, the determined support content is notified to another game machine 10 (step S55). On the other hand, when the player of the own device refuses the support in step S543, the other game machine 10 is notified of the refusal of the support (step S5).
6).

After step S55 or S56 is executed, or when the condition of step S51 is denied, the action monitoring process ends.

FIG. 13 shows one example of the processing in step S5 in FIG. 5 in order to determine the effect of the attack when an attack on another card is selected in the action determination processing (step S3 in FIG. 5). 4 shows a procedure of an attack result determination process executed as a unit.

In the attack result determination process, first, information on the attack source, that is, information on the card used for the attack is obtained (step S61). For example, a parameter that affects the result of the attack, such as identification of a card to be attacked and the attack power and defensive power of the card, is recorded in the external storage device 23, or R
It is obtained based on the card information transferred to the AM 13. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not simultaneous delivery is designated by the partner of the team that performs the attack (step S62). When simultaneous delivery is specified, the effect of simultaneous delivery is specified based on the card information (step S6).
3). If simultaneous delivery is not specified, step S6
3 is skipped.

In the next step S64, an attack target is specified in accordance with the action determined by the player in the current turn. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the support setting has been performed by the partner of the attack target player (step S65). In other words, on the attacked team, the support offer card has been put into play from the attacked partner, the attack avoidance card has been put into play from the attacked player, or the attack target player has When the support requesting card is put into play and one of the states in which the partner specifies a card to be supported, it is determined that the support setting is present. If it is determined that there is support setting, the attack target is changed according to the support content (step S66). If there is no support setting, step S66 is skipped. Subsequent step S6
At 7, information about the attack target card is obtained.
For example, parameters affecting the attack result, such as the attack power and defensive power of the attack target card, are recorded in the external storage device 23 or acquired based on the card information transferred to the RAM 13.

Thereafter, the attack result is calculated with reference to the acquired parameters relating to the attacking card and the parameters of the attack target (step S68). However, when information other than the attack source and the attack target card, for example, information on another card issued simultaneously affects the attack result, the information is also referred to. The effect of simultaneous placement is determined so as to increase the attack power of the card as compared to a case where the card is played alone. Therefore, when simultaneous delivery is performed, an advantageous result is led to the attacker.

Thus, the attack result determination processing ends.
Based on the attack result calculated in this way, the life information stored in the RAM 13 of the game machine 10 of the losing player is subtracted.

The processing of FIG. 13 may be executed in parallel by each of the game machines 10 that have received the action result. The process of FIG. 13 may be performed on any one of the game machines, for example, the game machine 10 that has designated the attack, and the result may be notified to the other game machines 10. In any case, the content of the action for each turn is shared in each of the game machines 10, and the game may proceed in each of the game machines 10 equally reflecting the action.

In the above embodiment, the game element is represented as a card, and the use of the card is specified as an act of putting the card into play. Simultaneous card ejection is equivalent to simultaneous attack. The simultaneous attack condition is specified by steps S44 and S45 in FIG. In other words, if both the player on the turn puts a card that can be played simultaneously and chooses an attack, and the partner outside the turn has a card that can be played simultaneously in their hand, when both are satisfied The simultaneous attack condition is satisfied.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be implemented in various forms. For example, in the above example, the decision of the actions such as the content of the attack and whether or not to ask for support is all decided by each player's turn, but when attacked, the attacked player will An opportunity to determine the contents of defense may be given separately, and at that time, it may be possible to select whether or not to ask for support.

The present invention is not limited to the example in which the game is played in a two-to-two manner, and it is sufficient that a plurality of players exist on any one side. The other side may be a single player. In that case, simultaneous delivery and support will be performed on only one side. The correspondence between players and game machines is not limited to one-to-one, and a plurality of players may use one game machine jointly. Some of the players participating in the game may not be real players, but may be virtualized by a computer. When the game system of the present invention is configured by connecting a plurality of game machines, the connection between the game machines may be either wired or wireless. The connection form between the game machines may be a so-called peer-to-peer method or a server-client method.

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention, when one player belonging to the first side requests assistance, the other player belonging to the first side requests assistance in the turn. You will be given the opportunity to decide whether or not to comply. If another player responds to the support, even if an attack is subsequently performed on the game element of the player who has requested the support from the second side, the target of the attack is transferred to the player's game element corresponding to the support request. The attack result is calculated after the attack. Therefore, from the viewpoint of the attacking side, the intention is to aim at a weak opponent, and the other player's strong opponent is attacked. As a result, unexpectedness such as unexpected defeat is added to the game. This makes the game offensive and defensive patterns more complicated and eliminates the monotonicity of the game, as compared to a case where the instruction of the action by the player outside the turn is uniformly prohibited. The feeling that a plurality of players on the same side cooperate with each other to cope with an attack from the opponent can be realized on the computer game, and the interest of the turn-based game can be enhanced.

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FIG. 1 is a view showing a game system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the game machine in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an outline of a card battle game played using the game system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of card information.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary flowchart showing a procedure of a turn control process executed by the game machine in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary flowchart showing the procedure of an action determination process executed by the game machine of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart following FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an action monitoring process executed by the game machine of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart following FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen information displayed on a monitor in association with simultaneous delivery.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of screen information displayed on a monitor in association with support.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of screen information displayed on a monitor in association with support.

FIG. 13 is an exemplary flowchart showing the procedure of an attack result determination process executed by the game machine in FIG. 2 when an attack is instructed;

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 Reference Signs List 1 game system 2 communication cable 10 portable game machine 11 CPU 19 monitor (display device) 22 input device 22a cross key 22b, 22c operation button 23 external storage device (storage medium) 100 card

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A game system in which a player participating in a game is divided into two or more players belonging to a first side and one or more players belonging to a second side set as opponents of the first side. In addition to distinguishing and moving the game turns between those players sequentially, each turn executes a process of designating the game element owned by the player and determining the action, and according to the action in each turn In a computer-based game system in which the progress of a game changes, storage means for storing information for identifying a game element owned by each player and information for identifying the progress of the game, respectively, If a predetermined condition is satisfied in a turn of one player belonging to one side, the player belongs to the first side. A support request control unit that enables a support request to another player to be designated as a type of the action; and, when a player on the turn belonging to the first side requests support, determines whether or not to respond to the request. Support response control means for giving an opportunity to the other player of the first side; and when the other player responds to the support request, at the turn of the player of the second side that comes after that,
When an attack targeting the game element of the one player belonging to the first side is determined as the action, an attack target transfer means for transferring the attack target to the game element of the other player; When an attack is instructed by the middle player, the result of the attack is calculated by referring to the information that specifies the game element used for the attack and the game element to be attacked, and according to the calculation result. Progress management means for updating information for identifying the progress of the game,
A game system comprising: 2. The information for specifying a game element includes information for determining whether or not each game element corresponds to a game element for which support can be requested. 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein whether the predetermined condition is satisfied is determined based on whether or not a player during the turn has the game element capable of requesting the support. 3. A process in which a player determines a game element in each turn is divided into at least two steps of a step of selecting the game element and a step of confirming the selection, and selects the game element. In the step, when the player during the turn selects the game element that can request the support, the support request control unit sends information indicating that the player can request the support using the game element to the player during the turn. The game system according to claim 2, wherein the game system is notified. 4. When the player selects a game element for which support can be requested and confirms the selection, the support response control means determines that the support has been requested and determines whether or not to respond to the support. The game system according to claim 3, wherein an opportunity is given. 5. The information for specifying a game element includes information for determining whether each game element corresponds to a game element that can avoid an attack, and the one or more game elements during the turn. When the player specifies the game element capable of avoiding the attack as a target to act on, the attack target transfer means, regardless of whether or not the support request has been accepted,
When an attack targeting the game element of the other player belonging to the first side is determined as the action in a subsequent turn of the player on the second side, the attack target is set to the one The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the game element is transferred to a game element of the player. 6. The information for specifying the game element includes information for determining whether each game element corresponds to a support-suppliable game element, and When the player designates the support-suppliable game element as a target to be acted on, the attack target transfer unit transmits the other element belonging to the first side in a subsequent turn of the player on the second side. The game according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when an attack targeting a game element of the player is determined as the action, the attack target is transferred to the game element of the one player. system. 7. The game system includes a plurality of game machines that can communicate with each other, and each game machine includes the storage unit, the support request control unit, the support response control unit, the attack target transfer unit, and the game device. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the game system is configured as a computer including progress management means. 8. A player participating in the game may be divided into two or more players belonging to a first side and one or more players belonging to a second side set as opponents of the first side. In addition to distinguishing and moving the game turns between those players sequentially, each turn executes a process of designating the game element owned by the player and determining the action, and according to the action in each turn In a game program for causing a computer to execute a game in which the progress of a game changes, the computer may include information for identifying a game element owned by each player and information for identifying a progress of the game. Storage means for storing the respective information, and predetermined conditions in a turn of one player belonging to the first side When the condition is satisfied, a support request control unit that enables a support request to another player belonging to the first side to be specified as a type of the action, and a player on the turn belonging to the first side requests support. In this case, a support response control means for giving the other player of the first side an opportunity to determine whether or not to respond to the request, and when the other player has responded to the support request, it will come later At the turn of the second side player,
When an attack targeting the game element of the one player belonging to the first side is determined as the action, an attack target transfer means for transferring the attack target to the game element of the other player; When an attack is instructed by the middle player, the result of the attack is calculated by referring to the information that specifies the game element used for the attack and the game element to be attacked, and according to the calculation result. Progress management means for updating information for identifying the progress of the game,
A game program, which is configured to function as a game machine having a game program. 9. The information for specifying a game element includes information for determining whether or not each game element corresponds to a game element for which support can be requested. 9. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein a determination is made as to whether the predetermined condition is satisfied based on whether or not a player during the turn has the game element capable of requesting the support. 10. The process in which a player determines a game element each turn includes selecting the game element.
The step of determining the selection is divided into at least two steps. In the step of selecting the game element, when the player during the turn selects the game element capable of requesting the support, the support request control unit includes: 10. The game program according to claim 9, wherein information indicating that a support request can be made using the game element is notified to a player during the turn. 11. When the player selects a game element for which support can be requested and confirms the selection, the support response control means determines that the support has been requested and determines whether or not to respond to the support. The game program according to claim 10, wherein an opportunity is given. 12. The information for specifying the game element includes:
Information for determining whether each game element corresponds to an attack-avoidable game element is included, and the one player during the turn is designated as a target to act on the attack-avoidable game element. In this case, the attack target transfer unit may determine whether or not the other player belonging to the first side has a turn of the second side player arriving afterward, regardless of whether or not the support request has been accepted. The attack target is transferred to the one player's game element when an attack targeting a game element is determined as the action.
A game program according to any one of the preceding claims. 13. The information for specifying the game element includes:
Information for determining whether each game element corresponds to a game element for which support can be offered is included, and the one player during the turn is designated as a target to act on the game element for which support can be offered. In this case, the attack target transfer unit determines that an attack targeting the game element of the other player belonging to the first side is determined as the action in a subsequent turn of the player on the second side. The game program according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein when the game is performed, the attack target is transferred to a game element of the one player. 14. A plurality of mutually communicable game machines each functioning as a computer including the storage unit, the support request control unit, the support response control unit, the attack target transfer unit, and the progress management unit. The game program according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein the program is configured to execute the game.