JP2004148003A - Game device, controlling method for game device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device which can output present status information regarding a present status acquiring objective by a light processing load. <P>SOLUTION: This game device 12 is constituted by containing a reference timing storage unit 34, a present timing acquiring unit 36 which acquires a present timing, an elapsed time calculation unit 38, a present status information acquiring unit 40, and a present status information outputting unit 42. In this case, the reference timing storage unit 34 stores a reference timing regarding the present status acquiring objective in response to an operation by a player. The elapsed time calculation unit 38 calculates an elapsed time from the reference timing stored in the reference timing storage unit 34 to the present timing acquired by the present timing acquiring unit 36. The present status information acquiring unit 40 acquires present status information regarding the present status acquiring objective based on the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculating unit 38. The present status information outputting unit 42 outputs the present status information acquired by the present status information acquiring unit 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game device, a game device control method, and a program, and more particularly, to a game device that can output current status information related to a current status acquisition target with a light processing load, and a control method and program thereof.
[0002]
[Background]
In the breeding simulation game, an event is performed in which a breeding target character such as an animal is raised over time. In such an event, the status of the character to be trained is calculated in real time, and the status of the training is output as needed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, if the current situation regarding the target is calculated in real time as described above, the processing load becomes heavy, and for example, it becomes difficult to simultaneously perform calculation processing regarding a plurality of targets.
[0004]
The present invention has been made under the above-described background, and an object thereof is to provide a game apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program capable of outputting current status information related to a current status acquisition target with a light processing load. is there.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a game device according to the present invention includes a reference timing storage unit that stores a reference timing related to a current situation acquisition target according to an operation by a player, a current timing acquisition unit that acquires a current timing, Based on the elapsed time calculation means for calculating the elapsed time from the reference timing stored in the reference timing storage means to the current timing acquired by the current timing acquisition means, and the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculation means, The present situation information acquisition means for acquiring the current situation information related to the current situation acquisition target, and the current situation information output means for outputting the current situation information acquired by the current situation information acquisition means.
[0006]
The game device control method according to the present invention includes a reference timing storage step for storing a reference timing relating to a current situation acquisition target in a reference timing storage unit in response to an operation by a player, and a current timing for acquiring the current timing from a time measuring unit. An acquisition step, an elapsed time calculation step for calculating an elapsed time from a reference timing stored in the reference timing storage means to a current timing acquired in the current timing acquisition step, and an elapsed time calculated in the elapsed time calculation step A current status information acquisition step for acquiring current status information regarding the current status acquisition target based on time; and a current status information output step for outputting current status information acquired in the current status information acquisition step. It is characterized by.
[0007]
Further, the program according to the present invention includes a reference timing storage unit that stores a reference timing related to a current situation acquisition target according to an operation by a player, a current timing acquisition unit that acquires a current timing, and a reference stored in the reference timing storage unit An elapsed time calculating means for calculating an elapsed time from a timing to a current timing acquired by the current timing acquiring means, and based on the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculating means, current status information relating to the current status acquisition target Current situation information acquisition means to be obtained and current situation information output means for outputting current situation information acquired by the current situation information acquisition means include, for example, personal computers, home game machines, commercial game machines, portable game machines , Mobile information terminals, mobile phones, etc. Is a program for the functioning of the Yuta.
[0008]
According to the present invention, based on the elapsed time from the reference timing to the current timing, the current status information regarding the current status acquisition target can be output with a relatively light processing load.
[0009]
In the aspect of the invention, the current status information acquisition unit includes an elapsed time from a reference timing stored in the reference timing storage unit to a current timing acquired by the current timing acquisition unit, and the current status acquisition. Current status information table storage means for storing all or part of current status information related to the object in association with each other, and stored in the current status information table storage means in association with the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculation means Current status information reading means for reading out all or part of the current status information, and the current status acquisition target based on all or part of the current status information read by the current status information reading means Get current status information about. In this way, the current status information corresponding to the elapsed time can be output with a light processing load.
[0010]
In one aspect of the present invention, the current situation information acquisition unit includes an event result determination unit that determines an event result related to the current situation acquisition target, and based on the event result determined by the event result determination unit, Current status information related to the current status acquisition target is acquired. By doing this, it is possible to output current status information based on the event result related to the current status acquisition target.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a game system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a mobile phone 12 (game device), a mobile phone base station 14, a data communication network 16, and a program distribution device 18. The program distribution device 18 includes a game server 20 and a game database (DB) 22.
[0013]
The cellular phone 12 includes a display 24 configured using an LCD or the like, a direction key 26, a function button 28, and a round button group 29. The cellular phone 12 is conventionally known, and dial input is possible with the round button group 29, and a telephone book and various setting menus are displayed on the display 24. Various settings are made with the direction keys 26 and the function buttons 28.
[0014]
The cellular phone 12 includes a computer having a CPU and a memory, and has a function of connecting to a data communication network 16 such as the Internet via the cellular phone base station 14. In this embodiment, this network connection function is used. That is, the user of the mobile phone 12 sends a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the data communication network 16 using the direction key 26, the function button 28, and the round button group 29, and the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) corresponding to the URL. ) Acquire data from the game server 20. When the cellular phone 12 receives this data, the cellular phone 12 displays various information on the display 24 based on the received data.
[0015]
Further, the mobile phone 12 can download the game program stored in the game database 22 from the game server 20 after accessing the game server 20 as described above. And the game program downloaded in this way is executed, and the user of the mobile phone 12 can play the game. The contents of the game program downloaded to the mobile phone 12 will be described below.
[0016]
In the present embodiment, a role playing game is realized by a game program downloaded from the game server 20. In this role-playing game, a player (or a player game character) searches for friends from all over the world, and develops his home (town) by the friends. The development of the headquarters can be confirmed at an arbitrary timing by the headquarters image displayed on the display 24.
[0017]
Specifically, in this role playing game, several friends are prepared at the start of the game. Then, when information about other friends is collected, a party is organized and dispatched to welcome the friends. And if it succeeds in successfully accepting new friends at the headquarters, the headquarters will be developed. The conditions for acquiring a new friend are determined by, for example, the organization contents of the party, items such as items, probability, date and time, the number of times of meeting with a game character to be newly added to the friend, and the like.
[0018]
Also, once you have a party and leave it for an adventure, the adventure will automatically proceed. The party has a maximum of 6 people, and the adventure takes several hours to several days in real time, depending on the type of action (information gathering, peer search, item search, monster subjugation), distance to the destination and difficulty It is like that. After the party departs for an adventure, when the player performs a predetermined operation, the current status information of the party (here, a message) can be displayed on the display 24. In addition, in this game, a plurality of parties can be started on an adventure for the same or different destinations at the same time. As described above, after a party is dispatched for an adventure, when it returns safely to the headquarters, parameters such as experience values and levels related to the members of the party change.
[0019]
2 to 6 are diagrams showing game screens displayed on the display 24 by a game program executed on the mobile phone 12.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a main menu screen of the game according to the present embodiment. This main menu screen is displayed on the display 24 by the game program according to the present embodiment, and on this screen, the player executes the commands of “information”, “current status”, “adventure”, and “others”, Selection can be made by using the direction key 26 or the like. When the player selects the “information” command, the submenu screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. When the “current” command is selected, the submenu screen shown in FIG. 4 appears. When the “adventure” command is selected, the submenu screen shown in FIG. However, when the “other” command is selected, the submenu screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 24, respectively. These screens are also displayed by the game program according to the present embodiment.
[0021]
In the submenu screen (information) shown in FIG. 3, a command group is displayed for the player to obtain information on the location of new friends and items. Of these, the “rumor” command is a command for obtaining information with low credibility. The “request” command is a command for receiving an adventure request from another game character. However, requests for adventures are generated in a limited manner according to specific conditions. The “information shop” command is a command for obtaining information by paying a fee from here. The “fortune telling” command is a command for obtaining ambiguous and uncertain information at low cost.
[0022]
In the submenu screen (current state) shown in FIG. 4, a group of commands for acquiring various situations is displayed. Among these, the “base” command is a command for displaying ranks of the military, commerce, agriculture, fishery, and industrial development related to the base. It should be noted that the development level of military power, commerce, and the like is calculated based on occupation attributes (warrior, merchant, soldier, mercenary, part-time job, dairy farmer, fisherman, etc.) of game characters that are friends. The “character” command is a command for displaying data of each character as a friend. The “guide box” command is a command for displaying an opinion about the headquarters received from a friend. The “diplomatic” command is a command for exchanging information with other players.
[0023]
In the submenu screen (adventure) shown in FIG. 5, a group of commands related to adventure is displayed. Among these, the “new organization” command is a command for newly organizing a party by selecting a maximum of six people from the group. The “change” command is a command for changing the organization content of a party that has already been organized. The “departure” command is a command for designating a destination and an action and starting a designated one of the already organized parties for an adventure. The “current status report” command is a command for receiving a current status report from an adventure party.
[0024]
In the submenu screen (others) shown in FIG. 6, a command group for changing settings is displayed. Among these, the “guide” command is a command for displaying a simple play description. The “alarm” command is a command for setting an alarm output time. When the time set here arrives, a fellow game character notifies the arrival of the time. The “trading office” command is a command for exchanging a game character that he / she is a friend with a game character which another player is a friend. Each player selects this command, communicates with the game server 20, and uploads the ID of the game character that he / she is a friend of. Then, game characters are traded between players. When the trade is established, the game character whose ID has been uploaded is removed from the group, and instead, the game character whose trade partner has uploaded the ID is added to the group. The “setting” command is a command for changing settings such as sound and standby display.
[0025]
By inputting commands on the main menu screen and the submenu screen described above, each player increases the number of fellow game characters, thereby developing the base. Then, it is possible to enjoy a change in the home image (not shown) displayed on the display 24.
[0026]
In this role-playing game, a plurality of parties can be started for adventure as described above, and the “report current situation” command is selected on the submenu screen (adventure) shown in FIG. As a result, it is possible to receive a status report from a party that has already started on an adventure. Hereinafter, a process for outputting the current status report to the display 24 will be described.
[0027]
FIG. 7 shows an example of a current situation table that is referred to by the game program according to the present embodiment when a current situation report is output for an adventure party. As shown in the figure, the current situation table associates elapsed time with current situation information. In the table, for example, if the elapsed time is in the range of 0 to T1, it is stored that the message of the current situation information “smooth trip” should be output. Also, if the elapsed time is from T4 to T5, the current situation information “I can meet XX! He seems to be a friend.” (Information C), the current situation information “I met XX, "I didn't become a friend." (Information D) and the current situation information "There was no XX. It seems that you have traveled to XX" (Information E). Has been. Here, information corresponding to the event result determined in the event result determination process described later is combined with “XX”. Further, a time corresponding to the event result determined in the event result determination process is applied to T1 to T5. Further, when there are a plurality of current status information corresponding to the elapsed time, one corresponding to the event result determined in the event result determination process is actually selected as an output target.
[0028]
FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing an adventure timetable. As shown in the figure, it takes T3 time to travel from the departure place (home) to the destination. In addition, the user stays at the destination for (T5-T3) time. Further, it takes time (T8-T5) to return.
[0029]
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram mainly showing functions related to the present invention among the functions realized by the mobile phone 12 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the functions realized by the mobile phone 12 include an operation unit 30, a time measuring unit 32, a reference timing storage unit 34, a current timing acquisition unit 36, an elapsed time calculation unit 38, and a current situation information acquisition unit 40. The current status information output unit 42 is included. Among these, the operation unit 30 includes a direction key 26, a function button 28, and a round button group 29, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the operation member according to a user operation. The timer unit 32 includes a clock built in the mobile phone 12 and outputs the current date and time. Other functions are realized by the mobile phone 12 being a computer executing a game program downloaded from the game server 20.
[0030]
First, the reference timing storage unit 34 stores the reference timing related to the current situation acquisition target in accordance with the player's operation on the operation unit 30, and includes storage means such as a RAM. Specifically, the reference timing storage unit 34 stores the date and time output from the time measuring unit 32 at a timing when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation unit 30 as a reference timing. Note that the reference timing may represent both the date and time, or may represent only the date. In addition, the time may be a time unit, a minute unit, or a second unit. The same applies to the current timing and elapsed time described later.
[0031]
Further, the current timing acquisition unit 36 is output from the time measuring unit 32 at a timing when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation unit 30, that is, a “current status report” command is selected on the submenu screen illustrated in FIG. Date and time are acquired as the current timing. Note that the date and time output from the time measuring unit 32 when a predetermined time elapses from the timing when the “current status report” command selection operation is performed may be acquired as the current timing.
[0032]
The elapsed time calculation unit 38 calculates the elapsed time from the reference timing stored in the reference timing storage unit 34 to the current timing acquired by the current timing acquisition unit 36.
[0033]
Based on the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculation unit 38, the current status information acquisition unit 40 acquires current status information regarding the party under adventure (current status acquisition target). Then, the current status information output unit 42 outputs the current status information acquired by the current status information acquisition unit 40 on the display 24. The current status information represents the current status of the party under adventure, and here, character string information (message) is adopted, but image information and audio information may also be adopted. In the case of audio information, the current status information output unit 42 may output the current status information from a speaker (not shown) provided in the mobile phone 12.
[0034]
Specifically, the current situation information acquisition unit 40 includes an event result determination unit 44, a current situation table storage unit 46, and a current situation information synthesis unit 48. Here, the event result determination unit 44 determines an event result regarding the party under adventure. Here, the event result determination unit 44 determines the adventure result as the event result. The adventure results include, for example, who made friends, what happened during the adventure (outward and return trips), and the variables T1 to T8.
[0035]
The current situation table storage unit 46 is a storage unit such as a memory for storing the above-described current situation table. The current situation table includes the elapsed time from the reference timing to the current timing and the party under adventure as described above. All or a part of the current status information regarding is associated. The current situation information synthesis unit 48 acquires the elapsed time output from the elapsed time calculation unit 38 and determines the current situation information stored in the current situation table in association with the elapsed time and the event result determination unit 44. The current status information to be output to the display 24 or the like is synthesized based on the event result. Specifically, based on the event result determined by the event result determination unit 44, a specific time is set in the variables T1 to T8 included in the current situation table, and the elapsed time output from the elapsed time calculation unit 38 All or part of the current status information corresponding to the time is read from the table. At this time, if there is a plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the elapsed time output from the elapsed time calculation unit 48, one corresponding to the event result is read out. If the information read from the table includes an event result embedding location (location indicated by “XX” in FIG. 7), information corresponding to the event result determined by the event result determination unit 44 is included therein. Are supplied to the current status information output unit 42 as current status information. If the event result embedding location is not included in the information read from the table, the read information is supplied as it is to the current status information output unit 42 as current status information.
[0036]
As described above, in the game system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the current status information regarding the party under adventure (current status acquisition target) can be displayed on the display 24 with a relatively light processing load.
[0037]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
[0038]
For example, in the above description, a data communication network is used to supply a game program to the mobile phone 12, but various computer-readable information storage media such as a CD-ROM, a DVD (trademark) -ROM, and a memory card are used. You may make it utilize. The game program according to the above embodiment is executed not only by the mobile phone 12 but also by other types of computers such as personal computers, home game machines, commercial game machines, portable game machines, and portable information terminals. You may do it.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, based on the elapsed time from the reference timing to the current timing, the current status information regarding the current status acquisition target can be output with a relatively light processing load.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a main menu screen.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a submenu screen.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a submenu screen.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a submenu screen.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a submenu screen.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a current situation table.
FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing an adventure time schedule;
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone (game device) according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 game systems, 12 mobile phones, 14 mobile phone base stations, 16 data communication networks, 18 program distribution devices, 20 game servers, 22 game databases, 24 displays, 26 direction keys, 28 function buttons, 29 circle buttons, 30 operations Unit, 32 timing unit, 34 reference timing storage unit, 36 current timing acquisition unit, 38 elapsed time calculation unit, 40 current status information acquisition unit, 42 current status information output unit, 44 event result determination unit, 46 current status table storage unit 48 Current status information synthesis unit.

Claims (5)

Reference timing storage means for storing a reference timing related to a current situation acquisition target in accordance with an operation by a player;
Current timing acquisition means for acquiring current timing;
An elapsed time calculating means for calculating an elapsed time from a reference timing stored in the reference timing storage means to a current timing acquired by the current timing acquiring means;
Based on the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculation means, current status information acquisition means for acquiring current status information related to the current status acquisition target;
Current status information output means for outputting current status information acquired by the current status information acquisition means;
A game apparatus comprising: The game device according to claim 1,
The current status information acquisition means includes
The elapsed time from the reference timing stored in the reference timing storage means to the current timing acquired by the current timing acquisition means and all or part of the current status information related to the current status acquisition target are stored in association with each other. Current status information table storage means for
Current situation information reading means for reading all or part of the current situation information stored in the current situation information table storage means in association with the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculation means;
Acquiring current status information related to the current status acquisition target based on all or part of the current status information read by the current status information reading means.
A game device characterized by that. The game device according to claim 1 or 2,
The current status information acquisition means includes
Including event result determining means for determining an event result related to the current status acquisition target;
Based on the event result determined by the event result determination means, to acquire current status information related to the current status acquisition target,
A game device characterized by that. A reference timing storage step for storing a reference timing related to the current situation acquisition target in the reference timing storage means in accordance with an operation by the player;
A current timing acquisition step for acquiring the current timing from the time measuring means;
An elapsed time calculating step for calculating an elapsed time from the reference timing stored in the reference timing storage means to the current timing acquired in the current timing acquisition step;
Based on the elapsed time calculated in the elapsed time calculation step, current status information acquisition step for acquiring current status information related to the current status acquisition target;
A current status information output step for outputting the current status information acquired in the current status information acquisition step;
A method for controlling a game device, comprising: Reference timing storage means for storing a reference timing related to a current situation acquisition object in accordance with an operation by a player;
Current timing acquisition means for acquiring current timing;
An elapsed time calculation means for calculating an elapsed time from a reference timing stored in the reference timing storage means to a current timing acquired by the current timing acquisition means;
Based on the elapsed time calculated by the elapsed time calculation means, current status information acquisition means for acquiring current status information related to the current status acquisition target; and
Current status information output means for outputting current status information acquired by the current status information acquisition means;
As a program to make the computer function as.

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