JP2003033568A - Video game device, recording medium, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology which allows the player to obtain rarely-offered cards and gives the player a sense of satisfaction in a video game device which comprises a story section and a card game section. SOLUTION: A subject is photographed by a story section, and an attribute of a card is determined by the condition of the subject when it is photographed, and the card is registered with the determined attribute. When determining the attribute of the card, photographing conditions are taken into consideration.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game device including a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space, and a card game part for playing cards with an opponent to compete, and a program recording record. Regarding media and programs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of video game is usually called a card game, in which opponents issue cards having different attributes and abilities to each other to make the opponent's HP (Hit Point) zero, or the opponent's card is predetermined. Win or lose is decided by defeating the number. For this reason, possessing highly capable cards has a great effect on winning and losing, and how to obtain such cards is an important element of this game.

[0003] Conventional cards are acquired by using the communication function of a video game device, which is allocated at the beginning of the game, is purchased at a store during the game, and is used for exchanging several general cards and one card with high ability. It is being exchanged with a card obtained by a friend. Further, there is also a game in which a card game and a story game, for example, a role-playing game are combined so that a card can be obtained by defeating a specific enemy character in the role-playing game part.

[0004]

As described above, in a card game, a player has a high ability because he / she wants a card with a high ability that is not defeated by anyone, and a desire to obtain a card that no one has. Collect cards, especially rare ones, and get satisfaction. However, in the card acquisition by purchasing or exchanging at the above-mentioned store, anyone can acquire the desired card, and the interest of the game is lost.

In order to obtain a card by defeating an enemy character in the role-playing game part, the point of encountering the enemy character is set in the latter half of the story, and the probability of encountering the enemy character is lowered. There is a countermeasure such as a setting that cannot be easily defeated, but there is a problem that it is acquired by most players with the lapse of play time and the rarity disappears.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of obtaining a highly rare card in a card game and giving the player a sense of satisfaction.

[0007]

The first means of the present invention is to:
A video game device comprising a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space, and a card game part for competing with each other for playing cards.
Display control means for displaying the image of the story portion on the display means, photographing means for photographing an arbitrary portion of the image displayed by the display control means as a subject, and state of the subject when photographed by the photographing means The video game apparatus is provided with a deciding means for deciding the attribute of the card by means of and a registering means for registering the card having the attribute decided by the deciding means as a card to be used in the card game.

According to this means, when the image of the story portion is photographed as a subject, the attribute of the card is determined and registered according to the state of the subject at the time of photographing, so that the player can obtain a rare card. .

Here, the story portion is not limited to a so-called role playing game, but may be an adventure game, an action game, or the like. The opponent means a non-player character operated by a computer or a friend. In the latter case, the opponents are, for example, connected to each other by a communication means. Display means CR
T means a liquid crystal display device. The subject means a character, an object, an item, a terrain, a natural phenomenon, etc. displayed in the story part. For example, if the subject is an enemy character,
This means actions such as attack, flight, and rest, and the attack includes the types of attack techniques such as punch and magic, and the stages of attack action such as before attack and during attack. The state of the enemy character may include attributes such as name, physical strength, ability, and propensity, and the name of the place where the enemy character resides, terrain, and the like. The attributes of the card mean name, life value, magic ability value, quickness, level, attack technique, and the like.

A second means of the present invention is the first means according to the first means, wherein the determining means determines the attribute of the card according to the state of the subject and the state of photographing by the photographing means.

According to the present invention, the attributes of the card are determined by the skill of the shooting in addition to the shooting target, and it is possible to acquire a more rare card.

Here, the photographing state means the distance from the subject, the enlargement / reduction ratio of the subject, the lack of the subject / reflection of obstacles, camera shake, and the like.

A third means of the present invention is the first means according to the first means, wherein the photographing means photographs with a virtual photographing machine of the player character.

According to this means, it is possible to enhance the sense of reality of the shooting operation by the player.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first means, the card registered by the registration means includes image data of the subject together with attribute data of the card.

According to this means, an image is recorded on the registered card, and the visibility of the card can be improved.

A fifth means of the present invention is a readable record in which a program including a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space and a card game part for playing cards with an opponent to compete is recorded. A display control step of displaying an image of the story portion on a display means, which is a medium, a photographing step of photographing an arbitrary portion of the image displayed by the display control step as a subject, and a photographing step of the photographing step. A program for causing a video game device to execute a determining step of determining the attribute of a card according to the state of the subject at that time, and a registering step of registering the card having the attribute determined by the determining step as a card to be used in the card game. Is a computer-readable recording medium in which is recorded.

By recording the program on a recording medium, only the program can be distributed. As the recording medium, any medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a game cartridge, a memory card, a magnetic disk and a magnetic tape can be used.

A sixth means of the present invention is to be executed by a video game device comprising a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space, and a card game part for competing for playing cards with an opponent. The program is a display control step of displaying an image of the story portion on a display unit, a photographing step of photographing an arbitrary portion of the image displayed by the display control step as a subject, and a photographing step of the photographing step. A program for causing a video game device to execute a determining step of determining the attribute of a card according to the state of the subject at that time, and a registering step of registering the card having the attribute determined by the determining step as a card to be used in the card game. Is.

The program can be delivered to a video game device, an information terminal, a mobile phone or the like having a communication function, either wirelessly or by wire. It is also possible to write directly to media accessible by these devices.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the portable video game device of the present invention as seen from the front right upper side. An LCD (Liquid Crystal) is provided at the center of the front surface of the portable video game device 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “game device 1”).
Display panel 2 (hereinafter, simply “LCD 2”)
Is provided to display images and characters. Further, there are input button groups on the left and right, an A button 6 for the player to input a decision item and a B button 7 for cancel input are provided on the right side, and a cross button 10, a select button 8 and a start button on the left side. Button 9 is provided. The cross button 10 can be pressed up, down, left and right and is used to move a character or a cursor. The select button 8 is used for displaying a selection menu screen and the like, and the start button 9 is used for temporarily stopping and restarting the game. In addition, a hole 5a for voice output of a speaker (not shown) provided inside the game apparatus 1 is formed in the lower right.

A cartridge 3 for providing a game program is detachably mounted on the upper side surface. Further, an external expansion connector 4 for connecting to another game device 1 or an external device by a cable is provided.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the game apparatus 1. The CPU 21 has a RAM 24, a ROM 25, and a cartridge 3 via the system bus 20.
And the input button groups 6 to 10 such as the A button 6 are connected via the port 23. RAM24 is CPU21
It is a recording means used as a work area of the cartridge 3, a predetermined content of the cartridge 3 or the ROM 25, or the CPU 21.
The calculation result and the like are stored. The ROM 25 is accessed by the CPU 21 only when it is selected by the memory switching circuit 26. The cartridge 3 includes an external ROM 3a and an external RAM 3b. The external ROM 3a stores game programs and data, and the external RAM 3b
Is used to store game backup data. Further, an oscillation circuit 22 is connected to the CPU 21 to measure time according to the number of oscillations. According to the game program stored in the cartridge 3, the system program stored in the ROM 25, the signals input by the input button groups 6 to 10, the CPU 21 controls the entire device and processes data at various places.

The CPU 21 outputs display data to the LCD controller 27. The display RAM 28 connected to the LCD controller 27 includes a character RAM and a VR.
It consists of AM and provides information on display characters and image specifications.
The LCD controller 27 displays an image or the like on the LCD 2 based on these display data and information. The sound controller 29 synthesizes a game sound such as a sound effect or a background music based on the information stored in the ROM cassette 3 or the ROM 25, and outputs it to the speaker 5.

The input / output device interface 30 is provided with an external expansion connector 4 so that it can be connected to another game device 1 or an external device by a cable.

Here, the game stored in the ROM cassette 3 is a card game consisting of a role-playing game section and a card game section, and an enemy character encountered in the role-playing game section is photographed by the player character's camera. By doing so, the attribute of the card is determined according to the state of the enemy character at the time of shooting, and a card game in which the card having the determined attribute can be acquired.

FIG. 3 exemplifies an encounter screen displayed on the display 4 between the player character 41 and the enemy character 42 of the role playing game section. When "Satsuei" is selected from the command window 43 displayed at the bottom of the screen, the player character 41 holds a pistol-type camera 44 (see FIG. 4), and a shooting screen in which the enemy character is seen from the character's eyes ( (See FIG. 5) is displayed.
On the screen, move the shooting cursor 45 with the cross button 10 so that the enemy character 42 enters the shooting range, and press the A button 6
Shoot by pressing. The card registered by this shooting is shown in FIG. 6, and the character name, LV (Lev
el), HP (Hit Point), MP (Magi)
c Point), Sp (Speed), Re (Res
and the technique is described. LV here
Is a value calculated by HP = HP / 5 + (MP + Sp + Re) / 6 and represents the overall strength. HP is a life value, and you lose if it becomes zero. MP is a value consumed when using magic as a technique when magic can be used. Sp is a value that determines the first or second attack when competing in a card game, and the side with the larger value becomes the first attack. Re
Is a defense value, and when attacked by the opponent, the opponent attack value minus from HP can be reduced by the defense value. These HP, MP, Sp, and Re are set according to the type of enemy character, but increase or decrease depending on the state of the enemy character and the state of shooting, which will be described below. As for the technique, the effect of attack or defense is displayed numerically. The technique to be registered is determined by the state of the enemy character at the time of shooting. In the example of FIG. 5, the enemy character was photographed before the attack.
Is registered.

FIG. 7 exemplifies the battle screen displayed when "Tatakau" is selected in FIG. The enemy character 42 is about to attack with the root stick, but if "Satsuei" is selected here, the shooting screen of FIG. 8 is displayed and the card shown in FIG. 9 is registered. Attack value of 100 as a skill with the card
"Power slash" of is registered. When the player character is attacked by the enemy character and the HP of the player character becomes zero, the photographed subject is not registered. For this reason, it is difficult to photograph in a good condition such as arranging the subject in the center when the enemy character 42 attacks, and the rarity of the card acquired in such a condition is high.

FIG. 10 exemplifies another battle screen which is displayed when "Tatakau" is selected in FIG. The enemy character 42 is trying to attack with the magic which is not usually used much, but if "Satsuei" is selected here, the shooting screen of FIG. 11 is displayed and the card shown in FIG. 12 is registered. "Fire" with an attack value of 120 is registered as a technique in the card. When attacked by magic, it is difficult to avoid the attack, and the player character 41 is often damaged and fails to shoot. For this reason, cards with magic registered as a technique are highly rare. It should be noted that if "run away" is selected in FIG. 3, it is possible to escape with a predetermined probability, but if escape is not possible, the enemy character 42 is unilaterally attacked.

FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of this.
It is 3. That is, the character operating unit 62 receives the movement of the player character 41 by the input from the input button groups 6 to 10. The encounter determination unit 63, for each predetermined moving distance of the player character 41, the enemy character 42.
The encounter is determined by the appearance probability of the enemy character 42 at the location and a random number. The photographing unit 64 receives a photographing input by the input from the input button groups 6 to 10 when the display control unit 61 displays the encounter screen. Furthermore, when the display control unit 61 displays the image capturing screen, the image capturing unit 64 captures the enemy character 4 to be captured.
The shooting range, timing, etc. of 2 are accepted. The display control unit 61 follows the external RO in accordance with the input accepted by the character operation unit 62, the image capturing unit 64, or the determination of the encounter determination unit 63.
Character image data, background image data, and the like are read from the image data recording unit 67 of the M3a, and the moving screen, the encounter screen, the shooting screen, and the like of the player character 41 described above are LC.
Display on D2. The determining unit 65 reads the attribute of the enemy character 42 from the attribute data recording unit 68 of the external ROM 3a. In addition, an increase / decrease value depending on the state of the enemy character 42 at the time of accepting the photographing and an increase / decrease value calculation formula depending on the photographing state are external R
The attribute of the enemy character 42 is corrected by reading from the increase / decrease value recording unit 69 of the OM 3a.

Here, the conceptual structure of the attribute data recording section 68 is shown in the character attribute data table of FIG. 14, in which HP, MP, Sp, Re and techniques for each state are recorded for each character. There is. The increase / decrease value recording unit 6
The tables of FIGS. 15 and 16 show the conceptual structure of No. 9. The character state increase / decrease value table of FIG. 15 records the increase / decrease value of HP, MP, Sp, Re and the acquisition technique for each character state. For example, if you take a picture of Bickle before attacking, you will get "Scratch" as a technique. In the shooting state increase / decrease value calculation formula table of FIG. 16, the calculation formula of the increase / decrease value for each shooting state is recorded, and the increase / decrease value is calculated by the formula. For example, the distance is a display distance between the player character 41 and the enemy character 42 at the time of shooting, and the closer the distance is, the higher the HP becomes. Returning to FIG. 13 again, the registration unit 66 registers the character having the attribute determined by the determination unit 64 in the card data recording unit 70 of the external RAM 3b.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the above processing.
7 and FIG. That is, the character operating unit 6
When 2 receives the movement of the player character 41 by pressing the input button groups 6 to 10 (101), the display control unit 61 reads the player character image data and the background image data from the image data recording unit 67, and the player character 41 The movement is displayed on the LCD 2 (10
2). The encounter determination unit 63 determines an encounter with the enemy character 42 for each predetermined moving distance of the player character 41 based on the appearance rate of the enemy character 42 and a random number, and if not, returns to step 101 (103). On the other hand, if it is encountered (103), the display control unit 61 causes the image data recording unit 67 to operate.
The enemy character image data is read from and displayed on the LCD 2 as an encounter screen (104).

When "Satsuei" is selected from the command window 43 of the encounter screen (105), the display controller 61 displays the photographing screen. The image capturing unit 64 performs processing such as moving the image capturing cursor 45 on the image capturing screen displayed by the display control unit 61 (106), and the determining unit 65 determines the attribute of the enemy character 42, the coverage rate of the subject by the image capturing cursor 45, The card attribute is determined from the distance between the subject and the player character 41 (107). The registration unit 66 registers the determined card attribute in the card data recording unit 70 together with the image data of the captured enemy character 42 (108).

On the other hand, when "Tatakau" is selected from the command window 43 of the encounter screen (121), the display control section 61 displays the battle on the encounter screen according to the battle process of the CPU 21. (122). Command window 43 on the encounter screen
When "Satsuei" is selected from (123), if the HP of the player character 41 and the enemy character 42 is not 0 (124), the display control unit 61 displays the shooting screen. The photographing unit 64 performs processing such as moving the photographing cursor 45 on the photographing screen displayed by the display control unit 61 (12
5) The determining unit 65 determines the card attribute from the attribute of the enemy character 42, the coverage rate of the subject by the shooting cursor 45, the distance between the subject and the player character 41 (126). Step 122 if the battle is not over
Return to (127). If the battle has ended (127) and the player character 41 has won (128), the process proceeds to step 109. On the other hand, the player character 4
If 1 is lost (128), the process ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The enemy character encountered can be photographed, and a card having a high rarity can be registered depending on the state of the enemy character at the time of photographing and the photographing state. Especially when attacking with a powerful technique, it is difficult for the enemy character to shoot in good condition without danger, but if successful, it is possible to acquire a card that no one possesses and brag among the players. can do.

The performance of the virtual camera may be improved by using a specific part such as a continuous shutter. Also, an item that facilitates shooting such as attracting an enemy character may be set.

[0037]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of obtaining a highly rare card in a card game and giving the player a sense of satisfaction.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is an external view of a game device

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the game device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an encounter screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an encounter screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a shooting screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a registration card.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a shooting screen.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a registration card.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a shooting screen.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a registration card.

FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conceptual structure of an attribute data recording unit.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conceptual structure of an increase / decrease value recording unit.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conceptual structure of an increase / decrease value recording unit.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game device 2 LCD 3 cartridges 6 A button 10 cross button 41 Player Character 42 enemy characters 45 Shooting cursor

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A video game device comprising a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space, and a card game part for competing to play a card with an opponent, and displaying an image of the story part. Display control means, a photographing means for photographing an arbitrary portion of the image displayed by the display control means as a subject, and a decision for determining the card attribute depending on the state of the subject when the photographing means photographs. A video game device comprising: means for registering a card having the attribute determined by the determining means as a card to be used in the card game. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines the attribute of the card according to the state of the subject and the state of photographing by the photographing means. 3. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the photographing means photographs with a virtual photographing machine of the player character. 4. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the card registered by the registration means includes image data of the subject together with attribute data of the card. 5. A readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program comprising a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space, and a card game part for competing to play a card with an opponent. A display control step of displaying an image of a portion on a display unit, a photographing step of photographing an arbitrary portion of the image displayed by the display control step as a subject, and a card depending on the state of the subject when the photographing step is performed. And a registration step of registering a card having the attribute determined by the determination step as a card to be used in the card game, the program being readable by a computer having a program recorded thereon. recoding media. 6. A program to be executed by a video game device comprising a story part for adventuring by operating a player character in a virtual space, and a card game part for competing for playing cards with an opponent. A display control step of displaying an image of a portion on a display unit, a photographing step of photographing an arbitrary portion of the image displayed by the display control step as a subject, and a card depending on the state of the subject when the photographing step is performed. A program for causing a video game device to execute a determining step of determining the attribute of the above, and a registering step of registering a card of the attribute determined by the determining step as a card to be used in the card game.