JP2003260265A - Video game device, recording medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technologies for composing a game mainly of text instead of images and reducing the production cost in a video game generating an event in a virtual three-dimensional space. <P>SOLUTION: In the video game device, the position of coordinates of a destination of the text is recognized, the size of the text is determined based on the value of the coordinates of the recognized position in the depth direction. Then, based on the determined size, the text is moved to the position of coordinates of the destination and displayed there. When the moved/displayed text is at a prescribed position in the virtual three-dimensional space, an event related to the position is generated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a video game device for displaying a text in a virtual three-dimensional space to advance a game,
The present invention relates to a recording medium storing a program and the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional game, the game is mainly composed of images, and the text provides information that is difficult to express with images, such as screen explanations and conversation contents display.

For example, in the explanation of the screen, there is a screen in which a live commentary for enhancing a sense of presence in a game or the like handling ball games is displayed by text. Further, in displaying the content of conversation, it is widely adopted as a means of expressing conversation between characters in role-playing games, simulation games, and the like.

[0004]

However, in such a game, the image is the main subject of the game, and the text is only an auxiliary means for supplementing information, and the change of the game is scarce.

On the other hand, in the conventional game in which images are mainly expressed, it takes a lot of time and money to produce images, which is a bottleneck in game production.

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 reducing a production cost as well as a game mainly composed of a text instead of an image.

[0007]

The first means of the present invention is to:
A video game device for moving and displaying text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs, the recognition means recognizing the coordinate position of the movement destination of the text, and the coordinate value in the depth direction of the coordinate position recognized by the recognition means. And a display control means for moving and displaying the text at the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining means.

Here, the text may be a word consisting of one character or a plurality of characters. The moving display of the text may be a straight line, a curved line, or a zigzag moving direction, and may be a constant or variable moving speed. It may also include blinking the display, rotating the character, or changing the display color.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first means, when the text moved and displayed by the display control means is located at a predetermined position in the virtual three-dimensional space, the text is displayed at the position. It further comprises a generating means for generating a related event.

A third means of the present invention, in the second means, further comprises an input means for inputting activation of the event occurrence, wherein the generation means is operable to perform the operation when the input is made by the input means. The event is generated on condition that the text to be moved and displayed is at the predetermined position.

According to the first means, the second means, and the third means, the text size is determined by the coordinate values in the depth direction, so that the position of the text moved and displayed in the three-dimensional space can be visually recognized. I can figure it out. For example, the event is conventionally generated by moving the character to a predetermined position, but can be performed by using a text instead of the character. As described above, the game structure can be mainly composed of texts, and the cost reduction can be realized by omitting the image of the character.

A fourth means of the present invention is a video game device for moving and displaying a text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs, and a recognition means for recognizing the coordinate positions of at least two moving destinations. A determining unit that determines the size of the text based on coordinate values in the depth direction of the coordinate position recognized by the recognizing unit; and a display control that moves and displays the text at the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining unit. Means and
It is determined whether the coordinate position of the two texts displayed by the recognition, which is recognized by the recognition means when the input means inputs the activation of the event occurrence and the input means has a predetermined positional relationship. And a generating means for generating the event when the determining means determines that a predetermined positional relationship is established.

According to this means, when an event occurrence input is made in a state where two texts are moved and displayed, if the two texts that are moved and displayed have a predetermined positional relationship, the event occurs. By doing so, the playability of the game can be enhanced. Here, the predetermined positional relationship means a state in which the distance, direction, rotation angle, etc. of the two texts are within a certain range.

A fifth means of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for moving and displaying text in a virtual three-dimensional space in which an event occurs, the text being moved and displayed on a computer. A reading step for reading the coordinate position of the destination of
A determining step of determining the size of the text based on coordinate values in the depth direction of the coordinate position read by the reading step; and a display control step of moving and displaying the text at the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining step. It is a computer-readable recording medium recording a program to be executed.

By storing the program in a recording medium, only the program can be distributed. The recording medium is a CD-ROM, a floppy (registered trademark) disc,
Game cartridges, memory cards, magnetic disks,
Any medium such as a magnetic tape can be used.

A sixth means of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a moving display of a text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs, wherein the computer causes the coordinates of the moving destination of the moving display. A reading step of reading the position, a determining step of determining the size of the text by the coordinate value in the depth direction of the coordinate position read by the reading step, and moving the text to the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining step It is a program for executing the display control step of displaying.

The program can be distributed to a video game device having a communication function via a network.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device 5 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 5").

The game machine body 1 includes a DVD-ROM (Digital) (not shown) in the DVD-ROM drive 2a.
A video disc-ROM) 2 is mounted and provides a game program and game data. Further, a controller 3 as an external input device and a memory card 4 as an external storage device are connected.

The display 5 serves to provide the player with a display symbol output from the game console 1 as a display image, and the speaker 6 provides a voice symbol as a voice to a player, and a general home television receiver is used. You can

The controller 3 has various operation buttons. On the left side of the controller 3 when viewed in the plane direction, direction keys 7 for up, down, left and right directions are provided, and are used for moving the character in the corresponding direction by pressing the key 7 in the corresponding direction, moving the cursor on the selection screen, and the like. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, there are o button 8 and x button 9, which are used for decision input and cancel input, respectively. Further, the □ button 10 and the Δ button 11 are used for inputting a specific command. A start button 12 and a select button 13 are provided in the center of the controller 3, and the former is used for temporarily stopping or restarting the game, and the latter is used for switching screens.

FIG. 2 shows the hardware blocks of the video game device of the present invention. The video game device is
CPU (Central Pro) via internal bus 10
processing unit 11, image processing unit 14, audio processing unit 16, DVD-ROM (Digital Vi)
A deo disc-ROM) reading unit 17, an interface unit 18, and the like are provided.

The CPU 11 has a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a main storage device.
12 is connected to a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13 in which a program such as an operating system for managing the image processing unit 14, the sound processing unit 16 and the like is stored. The CPU 11 also includes an oscillator circuit that generates a clock signal and a frequency divider circuit that divides the clock signal to generate a clock signal.

The image processing unit 14 is a DVD-ROM 2
The compressed and coded image data read from is decoded and subjected to coordinate calculation, rendering, shading, etc. and stored in the frame buffer 15. According to the drawing command output from the CPU 11 the stored image data,
Digital-to-analog conversion is performed and displayed on the display 4.

The audio processing unit 16 converts the sound data of the DVD-ROM 2 read by the DVD-ROM reading unit 17 into analog data and outputs it from the speaker 6. Further, the voice processing unit 16 generates data of sound effects and music according to the instruction of the CPU 11, converts the data into analog data, and outputs the analog data to the speaker 5.

The DVD-ROM reading section 17 is a DVD
The game program and data are read from the ROM 2, and the read program and data are recorded in the RAM 12. Also, the read sound data is stored in the internal bus 1
It is sent to the voice processing unit 16 via 0.

A controller 3 for inputting an instruction from a player and a memory card 4 as an external storage device for storing game setting data and the like are detachably connected to the interface section 18.

The game stored in the DVD-ROM 2 is a soccer game in which the player's next action during a match is input by inputting text displayed in a moving manner.

The game of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 illustrates an event occurrence screen displayed on the display 5 when the story reaches a branch.
The text "shoot" 32a of the action that the character 31 should take here is moved and displayed, and the same text 32b is moved and displayed in the upper right. Text 32a, 32
b is randomly moved and rotated, and the size is changed depending on the position in the depth direction.

When the texts 32a and 32b are overlapped (see FIG. 4), the character 31 shoots by pressing the ◯ button 8 of the controller 3 (see FIG. 5). On the other hand, if the timing of pressing the O button 8 does not coincide with the overlapping of the texts 32a and 32b, the ball 33 is robbed by the character 33 of the opponent team (see FIG. 6).

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the above processing.
Is. When the game reaches the action input scene (101),
The display positions and rotation angles of the action texts 32a and 32b to be input are read from the random number table (102),
The text size is determined from the coordinate values in the depth direction (103). If the texts 32a and 32b are initially displayed, they are displayed according to the display position, size, and rotation angle described above. On the other hand, if it is not the initial display, the texts 32a and 32b currently displayed are erased, and the texts 32a and 32b are newly displayed at the display position, size and rotation angle described above, thereby performing the moving and rotating display (104). ).

Here, if there is no input by pressing the ◯ button 8 of the controller 3 (105) and it is time over (111), the process is terminated. On the other hand, when there is an input by pressing the O button 8 of the controller 3 (105), the distance between the two is calculated from the coordinate values of the texts 32a and 32b (106). The calculated distance is less than or equal to the set value (10
7) If the difference in rotation angle is less than or equal to the set value (10
8), Event A (see FIG. 5) is activated. On the other hand, when the calculated distance is not less than or equal to the set value (107), or when the difference between the rotation angles is not less than or equal to the set value (108),
Event B (see FIG. 6) is activated (121).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a text-based game can be constructed by displaying the input timing of event occurrence by overlapping two texts that are moved and rotated in the virtual three-dimensional space. At the same time, the production becomes easier as compared with such a display that is conventionally performed by the character.

The text may be blinked during the moving display. It is also possible to display a plurality of pairs of texts at the same time and input them when desired pairs overlap. Furthermore, the display color of the pair of texts may be changed, and the event may be generated when the position and the color match.

Further, the text may be input as a movement by the player, and may be operated as a normal player character such as having a conversation with a non-player character in close proximity, encountering an enemy character and performing a battle.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a video game for generating an event in a virtual three-dimensional space, a game can be configured mainly with text instead of images, and a production cost can be reduced. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centering on a game console main body.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an event occurrence screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an event occurrence screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an event screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an event screen.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Game console body 2 DVD-ROM 3 controller 31, 33 characters 32a, 32b text

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A video game apparatus for moving and displaying a text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs, the recognition means recognizing a coordinate position of a movement destination of the text, and a coordinate position recognized by the recognition means. A video game device comprising: a determining unit that determines the size of the text based on coordinate values in the depth direction; and a display control unit that moves and displays the text at the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining unit. 2. When the text that is moved and displayed by the display control means is at a predetermined position in the virtual three-dimensional space, a generating means that generates an event related to the position is further provided. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the video game device is a video game device. 3. The apparatus further comprises input means for inputting activation of the event generation, wherein the generation means is such that, when an input is made by the input means, the text to be moved and displayed is at the predetermined position. The video game device according to claim 2, wherein the event is generated in the event. 4. A video game apparatus for moving and displaying a text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs, the recognition means recognizing at least two coordinate positions of the movement destination of the text, and the recognition means. Determining means for determining the size of each of the texts by coordinate values in the depth direction of the coordinate position, display control means for moving and displaying the texts at the coordinate positions according to the size determined by the determining means, and An input unit for inputting activation, and a determination unit for determining whether or not the coordinate positions of the two texts displayed by the recognition that are recognized by the recognition unit have a predetermined positional relationship when an input is made by the input unit. , An event generator that generates the event when the determination unit determines that the predetermined positional relationship is established. Video game device with a step. 5. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for moving and displaying text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs is recorded. A reading step of reading, a determining step of determining the size of the text based on coordinate values in the depth direction of the coordinate position read by the reading step, and moving and displaying the text at the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining step. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the display control step is recorded. 6. A program for causing a computer to execute moving display of text in a virtual three-dimensional space where an event occurs, the reading step of causing the computer to read a coordinate position of a moving destination of the text to be moved and displayed. A determining step of determining the size of the text based on coordinate values in the depth direction of the coordinate position read by the reading step; and a display control step of moving and displaying the text at the coordinate position according to the size determined by the determining step. A program to run.