JP2003236238A - System for realizing real time battle in game using discrete coordinates system such as japanese chess, chess, go, or gobang, and correcting method for contradiction caused in the case of battle game through communication environment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a real time battle system in a game developed in a discrete coordinates system such as a Japanese chess, a chess, a go or gobang and to enable battle even in the case of putting the system through in a communication environment. <P>SOLUTION: Every unit constituting a game is provided with a timer, the abundance, movability and assignment of the units are controlled by the timer, for the abundance of own unit and the other unit, the relative position relationship thereof is conditioned, and according to the conditions, the abundance, assignment of the units and the attribute of the other units are changed to make up a game. In the case of performing communication battle, during the operation of a player, information required for correction is stored, and transmitted to the other player, and when correction is to be made on the basis of the information, the state of the system is corrected to eliminate contradiction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a battle system in a game developed in a discrete coordinate system such as shogi, chess, go, and gomoku, and its communication battle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional battle system in a game developed in a discrete coordinate system such as shogi, chess, go, or gomoku is a turn system for each player, and a player who has command authority to his unit. Until the player exercises that right, no other player can have the command right, so the player with the command right can think freely within the time limit in which he has the right, but on the other hand, Unnaturalness that each player cannot have the command right at the same time, and from the viewpoint of deciding whether to win or lose, there are advantages and disadvantages due to the first move and the second move, and the redundancy of play time.
Also, since the turn system is used, even if they are played through the communication environment, the only time that the inconsistency between the systems occurs due to the input time delay is whether or not the command right is exercised within the time limit. There is no need to resolve the contradiction.

[0003]

In a game developed in a discrete coordinate system such as shogi, chess, go, and gomoku,
At the same time, it eliminates the unnaturalness of not being able to have command rights and the advantages and disadvantages caused by the first move, and provides a real-time battle system that is essentially settled in a short time, even when this system is passed through the communication environment. , To be able to compete without causing contradiction between each system.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problem] Each unit that constitutes a game has a timer, and the timer controls the existence, mobility, and belonging of those units to prevent the existence of one's own unit and other units. Then, the game is configured by setting conditions for their relative positional relationship and changing the existence and attribution of those units and the attributes of other units according to the conditions.

When the game is constructed as described above, it is more advantageous to increase the number of steps without thinking, so that the thinking time can be forcibly incorporated in the system.
This can be done by using the command right for all the units of one's own unit, and then re-giving the command right after a certain time. When giving the command right again, it does not matter whether or not the command right of another player exists.

Consider a case where two people compete in this system through a communication environment. Let two players be A and B, respectively. When A operates a unit at a certain time T _A and B operates a unit at a time T _B very close to T _A , these actions are defined as events E _A and E _B , respectively, | T a _-T B _| is when smaller than the time to transmit those events to the other takes place in the order of events in the a side system E _a → E _B, events on the B side of the system E _B → occur in the order of E _a, when those events interfere with each other so that the conflict between the system occurs.

Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate the contradiction between the systems, and the contradiction is resolved as follows. T _A
<When T _B, the event is E _A in either system →
It should occur in the order of E _B and needs to be corrected in the B side system. The method is as follows. First, determine if the event needs correction. That is, it is checked whether or not there is a difference between the systems in the event E _A → E _B and E _B → E _A. B if there is a difference
Cancels the update of the system by the event E _B at the side systems, only the E _B portion updated by the E _B
Return to the state just before the occurrence of. Then performs processing by the event E _A in system B, then E _B if necessary
Process. When T _A > T _B , the system A performs similar processing. When T _A = T _B , only one of the A-side system and the B-side system is corrected by the same method, and which is to be corrected is fixed.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The system of the present invention is applied to a turn-based game system developed in a conventional discrete coordinate system, and a game system newly generated by the application can be programmed by a computer. Is. It is also possible to newly design a game developed in a discrete coordinate system incorporating the system of the present invention and program the game on a computer.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Shogi is given as a turn-based game developed in a conventional discrete coordinate system, and a game expanded by the system of the present invention will be described as an embodiment of the system of the present invention. Also, examples of new games developed in a discrete coordinate system incorporating the system of the present invention are given, and examples of correction methods for eliminating the contradiction that occurs when these systems are played in a communication environment are also given. .

FIG. 1 is an example of shogi expanded by the system of the present invention. In this expanded shogi, each piece holds a timer 1. The initial placement of each piece does not have to be the same as that of shogi, and it is possible to give each player the possession piece first, but in this embodiment, each piece has the same initial placement as shogi and no initial piece. To do.

In order to move each piece, it is necessary for the player's timer 3 to reach its right end, and if any of the pieces is moved, the player's timer 3 returns to the left end, and as time passes, Gradually increase to the right. Each piece can move to 1 when each timer reaches the top, and when it moves, the timer falls to the bottom regardless of whether it takes the opponent's piece and gradually goes to the top as time passes. Continue to grow 2.

The degree of rise of the timer depends on the type of the piece, and the degree of rise of the timer depends on the number of pieces to be moved, in the case of a piece that can move several frames like a jump. Also in, the direction of movement does not depend.

When the opponent's piece is taken, the timer state of the opponent's piece is irrelevant.

FIG. 1 is a phase after the corners are angled from each other,
The taken piece cannot be used immediately, but it can be used as your own piece 6 after moving to the place 5 showing the taken piece and after the time corresponding to the type of the taken piece 8 has elapsed. . In Fig. 1, the royal army took a horn and the ball army took a ryoma, so the same horn was used, but the time required to become a holding piece was different. The time until the taken piece becomes a holding piece is also shown by the timer 14, and when the timer 14 is extended, the number of the holding pieces is increased by 1, and when the piece is hit on the board, it is decreased by 1 at the same time as it is hit.

When a holding piece is struck on the board, the timer of the piece gradually extends from the bottom to the top, and when the piece reaches the top, the piece becomes movable. The timer interval at this time is the same as that of the same type of piece when it was first on the board.

Each piece can be composed under the same conditions as shogi. In shogi, you can't be a gold general, a king general, or a jade general.
Named War God, Overlord, and Tenmitsu. A war god can be constructed in the same way as any other piece, and the movement direction is the same as that of the king or jade. Overlord and Tianhwa can only occur when the general or ball general enters the top row of the board from the player's perspective, and cannot occur when moving from the top row to the lower row. When it appears on the board, the game will be decided at that time. In other words, the victory of the royal army is the victory of the king, and the victory of the jade army is the victory of the king. This can prevent the development of a draw.

In the game system thus constructed,
When competing through a communication environment, if the opponents move or hit the pieces at approximately the same time, the procedure is different in each system, so if they interfere with each other, a contradiction occurs.

Therefore, in such a case, in each system, the time when those hands are pointed is sent to the other party, and the contradiction is corrected based on the time. The correction method will be described.

FIG. 2 is an example of a contradiction that can occur when the pieces are moved to each other. In the system A, the hand is pointed to the time t, and in the system B, the time is t ', and t and t'are extremely close to each other and t <t'. In this example, if a piece moves first and then tries to take that piece, 15, if it takes a piece first, and then that piece moves 16, if the pieces take each other, 17, 18 move to the same position as each other, when the player skips a piece and moves the piece to somewhere in the skipped piece, 19 the opponent moves the piece to move the piece 20 if
Is.

When these contradictions occur, the states of the systems A and B should be integrated into the state of the system A, which is ahead by the pointed time, and the system B in the direction of the double-lined arrow 28. To correct. In addition to these, if the piece moved later takes 16 pieces or becomes 20 pieces,
The timer of the taken piece is set to the same stage as when it was not taken, and the processing is performed to restore the made piece to the state before it is made and correct it. Therefore, in order to make the correction, save the necessary information such as the length and type of the timer of the piece before moving the piece, the length and type of the timer when the taken piece is taken, in the memory for each hand. , The information required by the other side is sent to the other side at the same time when the hand is pointed.

FIG. 3 is an example of a contradiction that can occur when a piece is hit. The meaning of the figure is the same as in Figure 2,
If you strike a piece first and then move it to the same position 2
9. When a player skips a piece and moves, when the opponent hits a piece somewhere in the skipped piece 30, when the player hits a piece and the opponent moves the piece by skipping the hit position 31 is 32 when the pieces are hit at the same position as each other.
In these cases as well, similarly to the correction method described above, both the systems A and B should be integrated into the state of the system A, and the correction processing is performed in the same manner.

When the contradiction is resolved by the above correction method, when the pieces are moved or hit at approximately the same time, the movement of the pieces or the hitting of the pieces occurs in the later time, and the movement occurs. Since it is corrected after the action of picking up pieces has already been performed, it is necessary to confirm that the action is corrected.

When the correction is performed by such a method, the player's action is immediately reflected on his own system side.
If the other party is operating at about the same time, if his or her own operation is delayed, then the user's current operation may be canceled.

The above is an example of a system in which shogi is expanded and a method of correcting a contradiction that occurs when the system is played through a communication environment. In such a method, chess, go, gomoku and other discrete coordinate systems are developed. It is possible to expand the turn-based game system that will be used and play online.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a new game using the present invention, not an extension of a turn-based game developed in an existing discrete coordinate system, and shows a relative positional relationship of units such as Go and Gomoku. It is a game that decides whether to win or lose.

This game is played in a discrete coordinate system such as a shogi board. In this example, the coordinate system used is assumed to be 15 × 15 45.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a case where two players play a match, and the units of this game are distinguished by colors for each player 33, 37. The square 33 is your unit, and the circle 37 is your opponent's unit.

A unit can be placed on any frame, but the player's timer 4 is required to place the unit.
It is necessary for 4 to reach the right edge, and neither your unit nor your opponent's unit exists. When a player places a unit, the timer 44 of the player returns to the left end and gradually increases to the right as time passes.

The placed unit disappears after a certain time,
Until it disappears, it is expressed in the same color in five steps at equal time intervals, and becomes fainter with time 34. After the unit disappears, either player may place it in that position.

When the arrangement of the existing units of the same color matches the predetermined relative positional relationship 35 while the units are present, the arrangement of the units constituting the arrangement is changed. Regardless of the time elapsed since being shot, you can deal damage to your opponent depending on the type of placement. Placement requirements are evaluated for each player's units, not where other players' units are located 36. All units that have such an arrangement will disappear at a certain time after the arrangement is made, regardless of the elapsed time since the placement of each unit, until the disappearance at equal time intervals,
In each of the five stages, a color different from the color when the unit is placed is expressed for each player 35, 39, and becomes faint over time 36, and the relative positional relationship of the unit of this color is not evaluated. After the unit disappears, either player may place it in that position.

Each player has a strength point (S
It has parameters called P) 40 and element points (EP) 41, and each player deals damage to other players to SP and EP, and when both SP and EP receive damage, it is a value. Is reduced.
The lower limit of both SP and EP is 0. When SP becomes 0, you lose. When EP becomes 0, you can not place a unit, and when you put a unit, EP decreases by one.

EP can be increased by placing a unit of the same color as the unit having the relative positional relationship in which the relative arrangement is provided in advance, at a position where neither one's own unit nor the other unit exists. Yes, this unit is not evaluated for relative positional relationship, and it disappears after a certain period of time, just like the unit when the relative positional relationship was configured, and after the unit disappears, neither player will be in that position. Can be placed. Also in this case, the player's timer 44 returns to the left end.

In the game system thus constructed,
When fighting through a communication environment, if the opponents put the units in the same position almost at the same time, there will be a contradiction that the units placed in the same position in each system are different.

Therefore, in such a case, the time when the unit is placed in each system is sent to the other party, and the contradiction is corrected based on the time. The correction method will be described.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the case where the players A and B place the units at the same position almost at the same time. Player A is a square unit and player B is a round unit.

It is assumed that player A places the unit at time t and player B places the unit at time t ', and t and t'are extremely close in time. When t <t ', the system B is corrected to the same state as the system A 49,
When t> t ', the system A is corrected 50 so as to be in the same state as the system B. When t <t ′, simply replacing the unit causes the replaced player's system to exist when the opponent transmitted it, but until the opponent's unit transmits the information of the opponent. In some cases, it may not be aligned due to a unit that has disappeared, which is why the sender transmits the position of the unit, which at the same time has placed the unit, so that the placement conditions are met. The side receiving the information matches the other side based on the information.
When t> t ′, the time that has elapsed since the unit was placed at the time when the unit of the unit satisfying the placement condition was placed is stored when the unit is placed, and the opponent Based on the information transmitted from the other unit, the other unit replaces it, and the unit that satisfied the arrangement condition, the stored elapsed time plus the time from the time when the unit was placed to the correction time of that unit Update system as elapsed time. Even when the arrangements of the units meet the conditions, the same processing is performed to match the system state to the side where the units are placed earlier. If neither of the arrangements of the units meets the conditions, just You only have to replace the unit with the slower side with the opponent's unit. Information necessary for correction is transmitted and stored every time.

【The invention's effect】

According to the present invention, in a game developed in a discrete coordinate system such as shogi, chess, go, or gomoku, the unnaturalness of not being able to have the command right at the same time is solved, and the settlement in a short time is essential. It becomes possible to provide a real-time type battle system, and even when this system is passed through a communication environment, it is possible to battle without causing contradiction between the systems.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of shogi expanded using the system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of inconsistencies and corrections that occur when the expanded shogi of FIG. 1 is played in a communication environment.

FIG. 3 is an example of inconsistencies and corrections that occur when the expanded shogi of FIG. 1 is played in a communication environment.

FIG. 4 is an example of a new game using the system of the present invention.

5 is an example of inconsistencies and corrections that occur when the game of FIG. 4 is played in a communication environment.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 Place to put your own piece. 9 A place to put your opponent's pieces. 10 The place where the opponent's pieces are placed. 11 Types of pieces held by the opponent. 12 The number of pieces the opponent has for each piece. 13 Types of pieces taken by the opponent. 21 Place where player A moves pieces. 22 The time when player A moves the piece. 23 The time when player B moves the piece. 24 Player A system state transition. 25 Player B system state transition. 26 Player A system after transition. 27 State after transition of player B's system. 34 Placed units will fade in color over time. 38 A unit placed by the opponent. 39 Opponent unit that satisfies the relative placement conditions. 42 Opponent's strength point 43 Opponent's elemental point 46 Place to place your unit. 47 The time at which player A placed the unit. 48 The time at which player B placed the unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a game developed in a discrete coordinate system such as shogi, chess, go, or gomoku, each unit constituting the game has a timer, and the timer controls the existence, mobility, and belonging of the unit. However, with respect to the existence of the self unit and other units, conditions are placed on their relative positional relationship, and the existence and attribution of those units and the attributes of other units are changed according to the conditions, and all units of the player are A game system that is configured by exercising the command right for, and immediately after that, or after a certain time, re-giving regardless of the command right of another player. 2. A system according to claim 1, wherein when a player's input to the system is input to another player's system with a delay, for example, when the game is played through a communication environment, each player's system A method for resolving conflicts between systems caused by different input sequences.