JP2004033689A - Video game unit, record medium, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique to change a feeling value between a player character and a plurality of non-player characters by conversations to allow a game to have a variation. <P>SOLUTION: A conversation between a first non-player character (hereinafter called "first character") 42 and a second non-player character (hereinafter called "second character") 43 is displayed and either one of the first character 42 or the second character 43 can be selected so that a conversation of a player character 41 is associated with the conversation between the first character 42 and the second character 43. Feeling values of the first character 42 and the second character 43 against the player character 41 is changed by a feeling change value set on the associated conversation and a feeling value between the first character 42 and the second character 43 is changed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a video game apparatus that changes an emotion value of a non-player character by a conversation of the player character with the non-player character, a recording medium storing the program, and a program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in such a game, the behavior of the player character with respect to the non-player character is selected, and the preference and friendship level, which are emotion values of the non-player character, are increased or decreased depending on the selection result.
[0003]
For example, in a romance simulation game in which the likability increases or decreases, the expression and behavior of the opposite character that is a non-player character changes due to the increase or decrease in likability, and the romance is fulfilled when the likability is ended above a predetermined value Is common.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, such a game increases or decreases the emotion value in a one-to-one relationship between the player character and the non-player character, and the flow of the game tends to be monotonous.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of these points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of changing a feeling value in a relationship between a player character and a plurality of non-player characters and changing the game.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first means of the present invention is a video game apparatus for displaying a conversation between characters including a player character and a non-player character on a display means, and is a first non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “first character”). And a second non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “second character”), a conversation display means for displaying the conversation, and one of the first character or the second character in conversation by the conversation display means. And a intervention means for intervening the conversation of the player character with respect to the conversation of the character selected by the selection means.
[0007]
According to a second means of the present invention, the emotion value for the player character of the first character and the second character is changed by the emotion change value set in the conversation intervened by the intervention means in the first means. And changing means for changing an emotion value between the first character and the second character.
[0008]
According to the first means and the second means, when the player character intervenes in the conversation between the first character and the second character, the emotion values of the first character and the second character with respect to the player character are changed. At the same time, the flow of the game can be changed by changing the emotion value between the first character and the second character. For example, when both the first character and the second character have a high preference for the player character, the player character favorably intervenes on one side, so that the preference for the non-player character to the player character increases, but the non-player character The friendship between them decreases.
[0009]
Here, the display means means a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. Emotion value means likability, friendship, reliability, and the like.
[0010]
The third means of the present invention further comprises recognition means for recognizing whether the player character is displayed on the screen of the conversation displayed by the conversation display means in the first means, and the intervention means comprises: When the recognition means recognizes that the player character is displayed on the screen of the conversation, the conversation of the player character is caused to intervene in the conversation of the character selected by the selection means.
[0011]
According to this means, it is possible to intervene when the player character is displayed on the conversation screen of the non-player character, and the presence can be increased.
[0012]
According to a fourth means of the present invention, a video game apparatus that displays a conversation between characters including a player character and a non-player character on a display means is a first non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “first character”). A conversation display means for displaying a conversation between the player and a second non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “second character”), and the conversation display means selects either the first character or the second character in conversation. It is a recording medium readable by a video game device that records a program for functioning as selection means and intervention means for intervening the conversation of the player character with respect to the conversation of the character selected by the selection means.
[0013]
By storing in a recording medium, it is possible to distribute only the program. As the recording medium, any medium such as a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a game cartridge, a memory card, a magnetic disk, and a magnetic tape can be used.
[0014]
According to a fifth means of the present invention, a video game apparatus that displays a conversation between characters including a player character and a non-player character on a display means is referred to as a first non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “first character”). ) And a second non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “second character”), a conversation display means for selecting one of the first character or the second character in conversation by the conversation display means. A program for causing the player character to intervene in the conversation of the character selected by the selection unit.
[0015]
The program can be distributed to a video game device having a communication function via a public line, the Internet, or the like.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF 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 apparatus of the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 5 (hereinafter simply referred to as “display 5”).
[0017]
The game machine body 1 is provided with a DVD-ROM (Digital Video Disc-ROM) 2 (not shown) in a DVD-ROM drive 2a, 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.
[0018]
The display 5 provides the player with the display symbol output from the game machine main body 1 as a display image, and the speaker 6 provides the player with the audio symbol as sound, and a television receiver for general home use can be used.
[0019]
The controller 3 has various operation buttons. Left, right, and left / right direction keys 7 are provided on the left side of the controller 3 as viewed from the plane direction, and are used to move the character in the corresponding direction by pressing the corresponding direction key 7 and to move the cursor on the selection screen. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, there are a circle button 8 and a cross button 9, which are used for decision input and cancellation input, respectively. Further, the □ button 10 and the Δ button 11 are used for inputting a specific command. In the central part of the controller 3, there are a start button 12 for pausing and restarting the game, a select button 13 used for switching the screen, and analog sticks 14 and 15 used for character movement.
[0020]
FIG. 2 shows a hardware block of the video game apparatus of the present invention. The video game apparatus includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, an image processing unit 24, an audio processing unit 26, a DVD-ROM (Digital Video Disc-ROM) reading unit 27, an interface unit 28, and the like via an internal bus 20. ing.
[0021]
The CPU 21 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 22 as a main storage device, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 23 in which programs such as an operating system for managing the image processing unit 24, the audio processing unit 26, and the like are stored. Is connected. The CPU 21 also includes an oscillation circuit that generates a clock signal and a frequency dividing circuit that divides the clock signal and uses it as a timing signal.
[0022]
The image processing unit 24 decodes the compressed and encoded image data read from the DVD-ROM 2, performs coordinate calculation, rendering, shading, and the like, and stores them in the frame buffer 25. The stored image data is converted from digital to analog in accordance with a drawing command output from the CPU 21 and displayed on the display 5.
[0023]
The audio processing unit 26 converts the sound data of the DVD-ROM 2 read by the DVD-ROM reading unit 27 into analog data and outputs the analog data from the speaker 6. In addition, the sound processing unit 26 generates sound effects and music data according to instructions from the CPU 21, converts them into analog data, and outputs them to the speaker 5.
[0024]
The DVD-ROM reading unit 27 reads game programs and data from the DVD-ROM 2, and the read programs and data are recorded in the RAM 22. The read sound data is sent to the sound processing unit 26 via the internal bus 20.
[0025]
The interface unit 28 is detachably connected to a controller 3 for inputting instructions from the player and a memory card 4 as an external storage device for storing game setting data and the like.
[0026]
Here, the game stored in the DVD-ROM 2 is an action game in which a player character forms a party with a plurality of non-player characters, and a cooperative technique can be activated according to the level of friendship between members of the party.
[0027]
The game of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 illustrates a conversation screen displayed on the display 5. The conversations of the non-player characters 42 and 43 are displayed, and the names of both are displayed. In addition, the keywords of the conversational sentence (“barbarous skill of the non-player character 42” and “sniper from behind” of the non-player character 43) are displayed with different display colors to improve the visibility of the player operating the player character 41. Yes. When the player character 41 is displayed on the screen, one of the non-player characters can be selected to intervene in the conversation.
[0028]
FIG. 4 illustrates an intervention conversation sentence displayed when the non-player character 42 (Ryan) is selected as a character to intervene in the conversation. If one non-player character is selected with the cursor 44 within a predetermined time after the conversation screens of the non-player characters 42 and 43 are displayed, a plurality of intervening conversation sentences are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the desired one of the controller 3 is displayed. Select with the direction key 7. Here, if a non-player character is not selected within a predetermined time, the player character 41 cannot intervene by proceeding to the next scene.
[0029]
FIG. 5 illustrates an intervention conversation sentence that is displayed when a non-player character 43 (Tonnura) is selected with the cursor 44 as an intervening character.
[0030]
FIG. 6 shows an example of a change table in which the increase / decrease value of the friendship level changed by the selected intervention conversation sentence is recorded. For example, when conversation 1 is selected in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the friendship degree of Tonnura with respect to the player character 41 is increased by two. Similarly, Ryan's friendship with the player character 41 is reduced by 2; Tonnura's friendship with Ryan is reduced by 1; and Ryan's friendship with Tonnura is reduced by 2.
[0031]
FIG. 7 shows the above processing in a flowchart. With the conversation screen between the non-player characters displayed (101), timing is started (102). If the player character 41 is not displayed (102), the processing ends when the set time is reached (111). On the other hand, if the player character 41 is displayed (103) and one of the non-player characters is not selected (104), the processing is terminated when the set time is reached (111).
[0032]
When the cursor 44 is moved by the direction key 7 of the controller 3 and one of the non-player characters is selected (104), an intervention conversation sentence of the player character 41 with respect to the selected non-player character is displayed (105). When an intervention conversation sentence is selected by pressing the direction key 7 of the controller 3 (106), the friendship degree change table is read and the friendship degree between characters is changed (107).
[0033]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the player character intervenes in one conversation between the non-player characters, the friendship between the three parties can be changed, and the progress of the game is changed. Can do.
[0034]
In addition, you may make it change the intervention conversation sentence which a player character can select according to the friendship degree of the non-player character with respect to a player character. In addition, a party may be formed by the player character and the non-player character so that the cooperation technique by the party members can be activated when the friendship between the party characters is high.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the technique which can change the emotion value between a player character and a some non player character by conversation, and can give a change to a game can be provided.
[Brief description of the 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 machine body. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an intervention conversation sentence. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an intervention conversation sentence. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a friendship degree change table. ] Flow diagram for explaining the embodiment [Explanation of symbols]
1 Game console 2 DVD-ROM
3 Controller 41 Player characters 42 and 43 Non-player characters

Claims (5)

A video game apparatus for displaying a conversation between characters including a player character and a non-player character on a display means,
Conversation display means for displaying a conversation between a first non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “first character”) and a second non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “second character”);
Selecting means for selecting one of the first character or the second character in conversation by the conversation display means;
A video game apparatus comprising intervention means for intervening the conversation of the player character with respect to the conversation of the character selected by the selection means. The emotion value for the player character of the first character and the second character is changed according to the emotion change value set in the conversation intervened by the intervention means, and the emotion value between the first character and the second character The video game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising changing means for changing. Recognizing means for recognizing whether the player character is displayed on the screen of the conversation displayed by the conversation display means;
The intervention means intervenes the conversation of the player character with respect to the conversation of the character selected by the selection means when the recognition means recognizes that the player character is displayed on the screen of the conversation. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein A video game apparatus for displaying a conversation between characters including a player character and a non-player character on a display means,
A conversation display means for displaying a conversation between a first non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “first character”) and a second non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “second character”);
Selection means for selecting one of the first character or the second character in conversation by the conversation display means;
A recording medium that can be read by a video game apparatus that records a program for functioning as an intervention means for intervening the conversation of the player character with respect to the conversation of the character selected by the selection means. A video game apparatus for displaying a conversation between characters including a player character and a non-player character on a display means,
A conversation display means for displaying a conversation between a first non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “first character”) and a second non-player character (hereinafter simply referred to as “second character”);
Selection means for selecting one of the first character or the second character in conversation by the conversation display means;
The program for functioning as an intervention means for intervening the conversation of the player character with respect to the conversation of the character selected by the selection means.

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