JP2005081007A - Game system, program, and information storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system letting a player act as a producer and give an instruction to a character appearing in a virtual TV program and competing an audience rate at real time between the virtual TV program of an own station and a virtual TV program of another station where another character appears. <P>SOLUTION: This game system competes the audience rate at real time between the virtual TV program of the own station, where the character whose performances are instructed by the player appear, and the virtual TV program of the other station where the other character whose performances are instructed by a computer or another player appear appears. This system includes an image creation part 120 creating a game image of the virtual TV program of the own station; a game processing part 110 executing a game performance reflecting the game performance according to the performance instruction from the player to the character on the virtual TV program of the own station; and an audience rate processing part 122 provided to the virtual TV programs of the own station and the other station, and executing the audience processing by changing audience rate parameters which determines the shares of the audience rates of respective stations linked with the performance instruction and the game performance performed according to the performance instruction and changing the audience rate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system, a program, and an information storage medium.

Conventionally, a battle type game system in which characters operated by players are played against each other to enjoy a game is known. In such a game system, the player operates the character to activate various techniques, and attacks the opponent character or enjoys a battle game by defending against the attack from the opponent character.
JP-A-8-84859

  The present invention is completely different from such a conventional competitive game. The purpose of the present invention is to give an instruction to a character appearing in a virtual TV program, for example, when a player becomes a director or a producer. It is an object to provide a game system, a program, and an information storage medium for competing in real time between the virtual TV program and the virtual TV program of another station where another character appears.

(1) The present invention
A game system in which the viewing rate competes between the virtual TV program of the local station in which the character that the player instructs the production appears and the virtual TV program of the other station in which another character that the computer or other player instructs the production appears. Because
An image generator for generating a game image of the virtual TV program of the own station;
A game processing unit for performing a game effect process for reflecting a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for the character from a player in the virtual TV program of the own station;
An audience rating processing unit that performs an audience rating process to change the audience rating by changing an audience rating parameter that is assigned to the virtual TV program of the local station and other stations and determines the allocation of the audience rating of each station in association with the effect instruction; ,
It is characterized by including.

  The present invention also relates to a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-described units.

  The present invention also relates to an information storage medium that can be read by a computer and stores (records) a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-described units.

  According to the present invention, the player instructs the character while viewing the virtual TV program of the station where the character appears.

  Such an effect instruction may be configured such that the player operates a predetermined operation unit and inputs an effect instruction. For example, a touch sensor or the like is provided on the surface of the display for displaying the game screen, and the touch sensor is used. The player may be configured to give various instructions by tracing with a finger.

  When the player gives an effect instruction to the character, a game effect process is performed in which the game effect corresponding to the effect instruction is reflected in the virtual TV program.

  At this time, audience rating processing is performed in which the audience rating parameter that is assigned to the virtual TV program of the local station and other stations and determines the allocation of the audience rating of each station is changed in association with the effect instruction, and the audience rating is changed.

  At this time, if an instruction to produce the character of the station is appropriately given, the audience rating parameter changes so that the audience rating of the station increases. However, in other stations, when a performance instruction is given almost simultaneously, the audience rating parameter of the other station also changes in the direction of increasing the audience rating. In such a case, the degree of increase in the audience rating of the local station is low due to the relationship with the other station.

  Therefore, it is important for the player to give an appropriate production instruction in consideration of the timing when the production instruction is not given at other stations.

  In this way, by providing an appropriate performance instruction at an appropriate timing, a player can realize an unprecedented competitive game that allows other stations to enjoy the game by increasing their audience rating. can do.

(2) where
The audience rating processing unit
When receiving an effect instruction for the character of the own station from the player, a process of changing the audience rating parameter of the own station in real time in association with the timing of the effect instruction and the game effect of the own station performed according to the effect instruction is performed. The audience rating of the local station may be calculated in association with the audience rating parameter of the other station.

  For example, when a player gives an instruction to the character of his / her own station, a game effect process may be performed such that the character corresponding to the instruction is provided, and only when a predetermined condition is satisfied. You may comprise so that the said character's production may be performed.

  Specifically, based on the value of the performance-related parameters of the character, whether or not to perform the performance of the character corresponding to the performance instruction is determined by lottery, and when the lottery result of performing the performance is obtained, You may comprise so that the character operation | movement according to the said production | presentation instruction | indication may be performed. In this case, it is preferable to employ a configuration in which the lottery probability is high if the value of the effect-related parameter is good and the lottery probability is low if the value is low.

  In such a case, even if there is an effect instruction, if the character's effect according to the instruction is not performed, the audience rating parameter does not change in the direction of increasing the audience rating, and the effect instruction When a lottery result indicating that a character action corresponding to the character action is performed is obtained, a process of greatly increasing the audience rating parameter in the direction of increasing the audience rating may be performed.

  By performing the audience rating process taking such chance into account, it is possible to execute a highly realistic game effect that incorporates unstable elements closer to the actual competition for acquiring audience ratings.

(3) In the game system of the present invention,
The virtual TV program is a song program for each station in which a singing character appears,
The game processing unit
An instruction for appealing the viewer to the character of his / her own character being sung and a predetermined motion instruction are received, and a game effect process is performed in which the motion instruction is associated with a given condition and reflected in the virtual TV program. It is preferable to configure.

  By adopting the above-described configuration, the player can enjoy the audience rating competition by instructing the singing character at a suitable timing while listening to the song of the singing character.

  In particular, an unprecedented game effect in which the player himself produces an effect of a singing character appearing in a song program by appropriately giving the character an instruction of appealing action to the viewer and an instruction of the determined action. A game system can be realized.

(4) Here, the game system of the present invention is:
The music data is a form in which the audio part of the music is divided into a plurality of allocation units according to the progress of the music, and can be allocated to at least one singing character of a plurality of singing characters constituting each singing unit. Music data storage means formed and stored in
An editing processing means for receiving an instruction from the player and performing an editing process for allocating to one or a plurality of singing characters of a plurality of singing characters constituting a singing unit for each allocation unit;
Replay processing means for replaying the edited music edited so that the allocated singing character is in charge of the sound part allocation unit;
Further including
The game processing unit
A plurality of singing characters constituting the singing unit appear as the player selection character, and a singing character constituting the singing unit generates a virtual TV program of its own station as a singing program for singing the edited edited music,
The audience rating processing unit
It is preferable that the stage instruction timing is configured to perform the process of changing the audience rating parameter under different conditions when the singing character sings the edited music alone and when the singing character sings alone.

  By adopting the above configuration, the player appropriately determines which singing character sings which part part and which part sings with a plurality of singing characters for a plurality of singing characters constituting the singing unit. You can enjoy editing the song, and when the song edited by the player is played, the player can change the audience rating parameter so that the player can obtain a higher audience rating by instructing the character to operate at an appropriate timing. Can be made. For example, the audience rating parameter can be changed so that a high audience rating can be obtained by giving a performance instruction at a timing in a part where a plurality of singing characters sing at the same time as compared to a part where a singing character sings alone.

  In this way, it is possible to realize an audience rating battle game that is not available in conventional games, in which when a plurality of characters sing the edited song as a unit, the enjoyment of editing the song is enjoyed as a unit. it can.

(5) The present invention
A game system in which a player competes for a viewing rate of a virtual TV program in which a character instructing a direction appears,
An image generation unit for generating a game image of the virtual TV program;
A game processing unit for performing a game effect process for reflecting a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for the character from a player in the virtual TV program;
An audience rating processing unit that changes an audience rating parameter that determines an audience rating in association with the effect instruction, and changes the audience rating;
It is characterized by including.

  In the present invention, not only the virtual TV program of each station is countered but also it is possible to compete for the changing audience rating by participating in the same virtual TV program and singing in order.

  (6) In the present invention, the game terminal of the player may be formed so as to be able to communicate with the game terminal of another player via the communication means.

  At this time, the audience rating processing unit of each game terminal may be configured to transmit / receive data associated with the audience rating parameter to / from other game terminals to acquire the audience rating parameter of the other station. For example, only the audience rating parameter of the own station may be calculated, and the audience rating parameter of the other station may be obtained from another game machine as the other station via the communication unit.

  In addition, the game terminals may be configured to transmit / receive data necessary for calculating the audience rating parameter and to calculate the audience rating parameters of other stations.

  At this time, various operations of the station in charge of the computer may be performed by a specific game terminal or host, and the audience rating parameter may be provided to game machines corresponding to the own station and other stations.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In addition, this Embodiment demonstrated below does not unduly limit the content of this invention described in the claim. In addition, all the configurations described in the present embodiment are not necessarily essential configuration requirements of the present invention.

1. Configuration FIG. 1 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the game system (image generation system) of the present embodiment. Note that the game system of the present embodiment does not have to include all the units (functional blocks) in FIG. 1 and may have a configuration in which some of them are omitted.

  The operation unit 160 is for a player to input operation data. The operation unit 160 has a touch panel type display unit having both functions of an operation unit and a display unit. This can be realized by a device that can input information by touching or pressing the screen. Or you may implement | achieve by hardware, such as a lever, a button, a steering, a shift lever, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, a microphone, a sensor, or a housing.

  The storage unit 170 serves as a work area such as the processing unit 100 or the communication unit 196, and its function can be realized by hardware such as a RAM.

  The information storage medium 180 (computer-readable medium) stores programs, data, and the like, and functions as an optical disk (CD, DVD), magneto-optical disk (MO), magnetic disk, hard disk, and magnetic tape. Alternatively, it can be realized by hardware such as a memory (ROM). The processing unit 100 performs various processes of the present embodiment based on a program (data) stored in the information storage medium 180. That is, the information storage medium 180 stores (records and stores) a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the present embodiment (a program for causing a computer to implement each unit).

  Further, the information storage medium 180 stores various data used in the game, for example, character data representing various characters, various parameters, music data, data for music editing, data for virtual camera control, and the like. Each of these data is transferred to the storage unit 170 when the system is started up, and in the main storage unit 172 of the storage unit 170, the character data storage unit 172a, the parameter storage unit 172b, the music data storage unit 172c, and the editing data storage unit 172d is written and stored in the virtual camera control data storage unit 172e.

  The display unit 190 outputs an image generated according to the present embodiment, and the function can be realized by a touch panel type display unit having both functions of an operation unit and a display unit. Alternatively, it may be realized by hardware such as a normal CRT, LCD, or HMD (head mounted display).

  The sound output unit 192 outputs the sound generated by the present embodiment, and its function can be realized by hardware such as a speaker or headphones.

  The information storage device 194 is a device that stores various information related to the game such as personal information and save information. The information storage device 194 stores information unique to each player (each character) using the game system. As this information storage device 194 (portable information storage device), a device such as a magnetic card that stores information using magnetism, an IC card (a card with a built-in rewritable memory), or the like is used. For example, a device for storing information using electricity can be used. Or you may use the apparatus which memorize | stores information using light like an optical card, the apparatus incorporating a hard disk, etc. Further, a mobile phone or a portable game device may be used as the information storage device 194. Alternatively, a storage device of the server (host) (a storage area accessible by personal authentication of the player) may be used as the information storage device 194.

  The communication unit 196 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (for example, a host or other game system), and functions thereof are hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs, programs, and the like. It can be realized by. As a data transfer protocol of the communication unit 196, a high-speed serial bus data transfer protocol such as IEEE 1394 or USB (USB 2.0 or the like) can be used.

  The print unit 197 prints (visualizes in a broad sense) character graphics and various information on the information storage device 194 (card). The printing unit 197 performs printing on the information storage device 194 using, for example, an ink jet method or a chemical method. It also has a mechanism for erasing previously printed information (graphics) and printing new information.

  Note that a program (data) for causing a computer to function as each unit of the present embodiment is transferred from an information storage medium of a host (server) to an information storage medium 180 (via a network (wide area network, the Internet)) and a communication unit 196. You may make it deliver to the memory | storage part 170). Use of such an information storage medium of the host (server) is also included in the scope of the present invention.

  The processing unit 100 (processor) performs various processes such as a game process, an image generation process, and a sound generation process based on operation data from the operation unit 160, a program, and the like. In this case, the processing unit 100 performs various processes using the main storage unit 172 in the storage unit 170 as a work area. The function of the processing unit 100 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.) or ASIC (gate array, etc.) and a program (game program).

  Here, the processing performed by the processing unit 100 includes coin (price) acceptance processing, various mode setting processing, game progress processing, selection screen setting processing, and the position and direction of an object (one or a plurality of primitives). Processing for obtaining a rotation angle about the X, Y or Z axis), processing for moving an object (motion processing), processing for obtaining the position and direction of the virtual camera (viewpoint) (rotation angle about the X, Y or Z axis), Processing to place objects such as map objects in the object space, hit check processing, processing to calculate game results (results, results), processing for multiple players to play in a common game space, game over processing, etc. Can think.

  The processing unit 100 includes a game processing unit 110, a character selection / nurturing unit 114, a selection / editing processing unit 116, a reproduction processing unit 118, an image generation unit 120, an audience rating processing unit 122, and a sound generation unit 130. Note that the processing unit 100 does not need to include all these units (functional blocks), and some of them may be omitted.

  The game processing unit 110 performs various game processing (processing for receiving player operation input, processing for character production, music processing, etc. for advancing a game (for example, a music editing game, a mini game, an audience rating game) Processing for editing, processing for mini-games, processing for playing an audience rating battle game, processing for calculating game results, etc.).

  In particular, the game processing unit 110 includes a virtual TV program of a local station where a character that the player instructs to produce appears, and a virtual TV program of another station where another character directed by the computer or another player appears. Process games that compete in real time for audience ratings. Furthermore, a game effect process is performed in which a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for the character from the player is reflected in the virtual TV program of the own station.

  The character selection / nurturing unit 114 performs a process of selecting a plurality of singing characters (three in this embodiment) as local characters appearing in the virtual TV program and determining a singing unit.

  Specifically, the player performs a process of selecting and determining three singing characters from among a plurality of singing character candidate groups while referring to data such as the history and abilities of the characters.

  That is, the data of various characters selected by the character selection / nurturing unit 114 are stored in the character data storage unit 172a, and a singing character group is displayed on the display unit 190 so as to be selectable based on the data. A singing character can be selected by touching.

  Furthermore, the character selection / nurturing unit 114 makes the three singing characters constituting the selected unit appear on the virtual TV program of the own station, and improves various capabilities so as to obtain a high audience rating. Produce processing to train (nurture). Specifically, a mini-game, which will be described later, is executed, and processing for improving various abilities as a singer is performed.

  Note that an initial value is set in advance for each character's ability parameter (one of the production-related parameters), and the parameter is appropriately updated and stored in the parameter storage unit 172b by the production process for improving the ability. become.

  In the music data storage unit 172c, a plurality of pieces of music data sung by the three singing characters selected as the singing unit by the character selection / nurturing unit 114 are stored in a selectable manner.

  Each song data stored here is divided into a plurality of allocation units in accordance with the progress of the song, and at least one song character of the plurality of song characters constituting the song unit for each allocation unit. It is formed in a form that can be assigned to.

  The selection / editing processing unit 116 receives a song from the player, which is selected by the character selection / nurturing unit 114 and sung by the singing unit produced by the player, from among a plurality of pieces of music data stored in the music data storage unit 172c. A process of selecting and determining based on the input is performed.

  Further, the selection editing processing unit 116 performs an editing process for allocating one or a plurality of singing characters for each allocation unit in response to an instruction from the player for the singing data selected and determined in this way. The edited data is written and stored in the edited data storage unit 172d.

  The reproduction processing unit 118 executes reproduction processing for reproducing the edited music piece edited based on the editing data stored in the editing data storage unit 172d and the selected music data stored in the music data storage unit 172c. The sound data reproduced and output here is generated as music by the sound generation unit 130 and is output from the sound output unit 192 as sound.

  The image generation unit 120 performs drawing processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, thereby generating an image and outputting the image to the display unit 190. In other words, when generating a so-called three-dimensional game image, first, geometric processing such as coordinate transformation, clipping processing, perspective transformation, or light source processing is performed. Position coordinates, texture coordinates, color data, normal vector, α value, etc.) are created. Based on the drawing data (primitive surface data), the object (one or a plurality of primitive surfaces) after perspective transformation (after the geometry processing) is converted into image information in units of pixels such as a drawing buffer 174 (frame buffer, work buffer, etc.). Is drawn in a buffer that can store Thereby, an image that can be seen from the virtual camera (given viewpoint) in the object space is generated.

  Note that a virtual camera control data storage unit 172e is provided in the main storage unit 172, and when each singing character sings the assigned portion during generation of the virtual TV program, the singing character is displayed. Control data of the virtual camera for projection is stored. In this control data, the virtual camera displays the singing character from which direction, how it moves in the three-dimensional game space, and how the zoom-up process is performed during this movement. Contains data for. Data for such control is stored in association with each scene, and a plurality of types of data are stored, and it is determined as appropriate which control data is selected when the game screen approaches the scene.

  The audience rating processing unit 122 is between the virtual TV program of its own station in which the character that the player instructs to produce appears, and the TV program of other station in which another character that the computer or other player instructs to produce is presented. When a game for competing audience ratings in real time is being executed, audience rating processing is executed. This audience rating process is performed as a process for changing the audience rating by assigning the audience rating parameter that determines the distribution of the audience rating of each station in association with the effect instruction, given to the virtual TV programs of the local station and other stations. . Here, the audience rating parameter is stored in the parameter data storage unit 172b, and the data is updated and stored every time the audience rating parameter of each station is changed.

  When the game screen approaches such a scene, the image generation unit 120 reads appropriate control data from the virtual camera control data storage unit 172e, and controls the virtual camera according to the data.

  The sound generation unit 130 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, generates a game sound such as BGM, sound effect, or sound, and outputs the game sound to the sound output unit 192.

  FIG. 2 shows an implementation example (example of external view) of the game system of the present embodiment. This game system includes, for example, a plurality of game devices 200 (game terminals, game stations) having the same configuration (for example, 4 to 8 devices), and also includes a relay device 220. In addition, game devices or game devices and relay devices are connected by a network (for example, a serial bus such as IEEE1394 or USB). Each game device 200 includes a touch panel type display unit 202 having both functions of a display unit and an operation unit, a card 210 (information storage device) insertion slot 204 (card reader, card writer), and a coin insertion slot 206 (coin For example). The relay device 220 displays a live relay screen of a battle game performed by a plurality of players.

  In the case of the configuration of FIG. 2, a part or all of the processing of each functional block of the game system of FIG. 1 may be realized by one game device (200), or distributed among a plurality of game devices. You may implement | achieve by the process and the distributed process of a game device and a server (host).

  Here, when the game device of the player is formed so as to be communicable with the game device of the other player via the communication means, the audience rating processing unit of each game device associates with the other game device and the audience rating parameter. You may form so that the audience rating parameter of other stations may be acquired by transmitting and receiving data. For example, only the audience rating parameter of the own station may be calculated, and the audience rating parameter of the other station may be acquired from another game device as the other station via the communication unit.

  Further, the game devices may be configured to transmit / receive data necessary for calculating the audience rating parameter, and to calculate the audience rating parameters of other stations.

  At this time, various operations of the station in charge of the computer may be performed by a specific game device or host, and the audience rating parameter may be provided to game machines corresponding to the own station and other stations.

2. Game Description Next, an overall flow of a game realized by the game system of the present embodiment will be described.

2-1: Outline of the game In this game, the player becomes a producer, selects three characters from among the nine singing characters who want to become idols, selects and determines a singing unit, and produces this singing unit. Then, the produced singing unit is made to appear in its own virtual TV program. The player gives an instruction to produce the unit (singing character) that appeared in the TV program of the station. At this time, the audience rating is between the virtual TV program of the local station in which the character instructed by the player appears and the virtual TV program of another station in which another character instructed by the computer or another player appears. The competition is performed, and the game is configured so that the player can obtain a high audience rating by giving an instruction to the character in a timely manner to obtain a high audience rating and compete with the other stations.

  At this time, how to enhance the abilities of each singing character that constitutes the singing unit will be the place where the player's skill as a producer demonstrates, and the music selection that the singing unit should sing In addition, the player is required to have the editing ability of which song character to sing for the selected music. The player can enjoy the pleasure of appropriately determining which part of the music is to be sung by which character and which part is to be sung by a plurality of singing characters.

  And when performing such a music editing process, and in order to sing the edited music, each singing character is trained to increase its ability value, and when appearing in the performance, that is, a song program as a virtual TV program In addition, the singing unit is trained as a producer so that the unit can demonstrate its high ability.

  Then, the singing unit produced in this way appears in a virtual TV program that competes with an audience rating with a computer or other players, and a direction instruction is appropriately given to the singing unit so that a high audience rating can be obtained. And enjoy whether you can get a high audience rating.

  When the timing of the performance instruction is appropriate, or when the produced singing unit can acquire high ability, the possibility of obtaining a high audience rating by the direction instruction increases, and in the form of high audience rating acquisition The producer's ability will be recognized.

  After the appearance of the song program, the game results are displayed in the form of producer evaluation based on the acquired audience rating and other factors.

2-2: Selection of singing unit The details will be described below.

  FIG. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of the game.

  When the game is started, first, a name input screen is displayed on the display unit 190 in step S10. The player selects a character corresponding to his / her name from the 50 sounds displayed on the input screen using the touch panel and inputs the name.

  The name entered here will be treated and displayed as the producer name of the singing unit in the game.

  When the name input is completed, a singing character selection acceptance screen is displayed on the display unit 190 in step S12.

  Here, the player selects three singing characters constituting the singing unit from the nine singing characters. An introduction screen of nine singing characters is displayed in order on the screen, and the player can select a singing character by touching a selection button displayed on the screen.

  When the selection of the three characters is completed, a unit name reception screen of a singing unit composed of the three selected singing characters is displayed on the screen.

  When the player touches the display part of the character input key displayed on the screen, the touch panel detects this and performs the corresponding character input. By performing such character input, the player performs a process of inputting and determining a unit name desired by the player. The unit name input here is used and displayed as the unit name of the singing unit in the game.

2-3: Selection / Editing of Music Next, in step S14, a selection process for producing music is received. At this time, a song selection screen is displayed on the display unit 190, and a song sung by the singing unit is selected. In the present embodiment, all 10 songs are displayed, and the player can select a desired song from them.

  When the player selects a desired song, this song is determined as the song sung by the song character. The kind of music to be selected is a place where the player's skill as a producer is shown.

  Next, in step S18, the selected music is edited. Here, a process is performed in which a player who is a producer assigns and sets which part of the singing part of the song is sung by which singing character.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of each piece of music data employed in the present embodiment.

  In this embodiment, the singing part included in one piece of music data is divided into four parts A, B, C, and D according to the progress of the music. Each part is composed of a plurality of phrases, and is configured so that a player who is a producer can arbitrarily assign a singing character in charge of each phrase for each phrase. Each phrase can be assigned one or more singing characters. When a plurality of singing characters are assigned, the singing is performed with the plurality of characters assigned the phrase.

  By assigning which singing character to be sung for each phrase, the player who is the producer can enjoy the fun as a producer of how to make the singing unit sing a song.

  FIG. 6 shows a specific division unit of the music when, for example, a music called “Sun Jeerashi” is selected. The A part is divided into six phrases, and a maximum of three singing characters can be assigned for each phrase unit.

  The B part is subdivided into eight phrases, the C part is subdivided into seven phrases, and the D part is subdivided into eight phrases, each of which can be assigned a maximum of three singing characters.

  As described above, in this embodiment, one part can be divided into a maximum of 8 phrases. The phrase represents a minimum unit that can be sung by a singing character appearing in the game.

  The player can set (edit) who sings among the three singing characters in phrase units. The minimum number of characters that can be edited for each phrase is one to three. When the song is actually reproduced, the singing character edited in the phrase shares the song as it is edited and sings.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the edit input screen. In the figure, a plurality of phrases constituting one part are displayed in a matrix in association with each singing character A, B, C. A player as a producer touches a region where a character string to be sung and a phrase line intersect. And a touch panel detects this and allocation of the singing character with respect to the said phrase is performed.

  In the figure, the singing character A is assigned to the phrase 1, the singing character B is assigned to the phrase 2, and the singing characters A and C are assigned to the phrase 3, respectively. In the figure, the character assignment locations are indicated by circles.

  In this way, the player edits one piece of music.

  The edited edit data is written and stored in the edit data storage unit 172d.

  FIG. 8 shows the data structure of one music stored in the music data storage unit 172c. In this embodiment, for each music piece, the left and right channels of the BGM are stored in the A track and the B track, respectively, and the song data of the characters A, B, and C are stored in the C track, the D track, and the E track, respectively. Yes.

  At the time of music reproduction, all the data of the A to E tracks are read from the music data storage unit 172c, and at this time, the reproduction processing unit 118 performs editing data (edited data) stored in the editing data storage unit 172d. ), For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the sound generation unit 130 performs sound data generation processing. For example, when reproducing and outputting a phrase to which characters A and B are assigned, the E track to which the sound data of the remaining character C that has not been assigned is input is muted (executed by the mute processing unit 118a), A process of synthesizing and outputting audio data of other tracks is performed. That is, processing for synthesizing and outputting only the audio data of tracks A to D is performed.

  In this way, by controlling only the channel sound of the character that is not singing to the mute state, it is possible to reproduce and output the edited music that has been edited so that the singing character in charge of the assigned phrase unit sings.

2-4: Singing Unit Capability Enhancement By the way, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, the song data of the present embodiment includes items for each phrase unit covering five items of lyrics, voice, dance, expressive power, and pose. Another consumption point is set.

  Correspondingly, each singing character is pre-assigned item-specific ability points for the five items. For each of these points, a unique value is set as an initial value for each singing character.

  The allocation of each singing character to a phrase is in principle set within the range of points required for each item, and if the point for each item of the allocated character becomes low, the ability is sufficient when entering a TV program. I can't demonstrate it.

  For this reason, the player performs a training selection execution process in step S16 prior to the music editing process in step S18 in order to improve the ability of each item.

  This training selection execution process is configured to perform training to increase the five ability points of each character.

  This training is carried out in the form of a lesson mini-game, and the ability points of the five items can be increased.

  When one lesson mini game is performed for one singing character, a predetermined ability point, for example, 100 points is given for an item corresponding to the mini game. Therefore, the player executes the lesson mini-game so that the item-specific points of each singing character can be allocated with a sufficient margin within the phrase range of each selected song. In this way, the player can become a producer, train each singing character, and grow as a singing unit having sufficient ability.

  In this way, the training selection execution process of step S16 is performed, and after sufficient points for each item are acquired for each singing character, the music editing process of step S18 described above is performed. In addition, you may form so that the process of step S16 may be performed after step S18 as needed.

  FIG. 10 shows a specific example of consumption points by item in each phrase unit.

  When the singing character is edited to each phrase, the process of subtracting the item-specific points shown in FIG. 10 from the current item-specific ability points of the singing character is performed.

  For example, it is assumed that the characters A, B, and C have grown to have, for example, item-specific ability points shown in FIG. 11 by the training selection execution process in step S16.

  In this case, assuming that the character A is edited (assigned and edited) to the phrase “I want to swim further”, the item-specific ability points of the character A decrease as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the player edits the singing characters A to C in each phrase, it is necessary for the player to take care not to reduce the item-specific points of each character.

  When the points for each item are reduced, the player determines a pause instruction (determined) when playing the audience rating game, which is the main game, as will be described later, depending on what percentage is reduced from the initial score. The success probability of the operation instruction) will change.

  That is, the smaller the item-specific reduction rate, the greater the probability that the character will perform the action corresponding to the above-described instruction (success probability). If the reduction rate increases, the probability of failure increases.

  When the series of produced game processes in steps S12 to S16 is completed in this way, the produced singing unit is made to appear in the virtual TV program as shown in step S20, and the audience rating is competed among a plurality of broadcasting stations. A process of executing an audience rating battle game is performed.

  Then, after this processing is completed, next, in step S22, processing for evaluating and displaying the producing ability of the player as a producer is performed.

2-5: Audience Rating Match Game FIG. 4 shows a detailed flowchart of the process of step S20.

  In this embodiment, the game is a competition for audience rating, such as an actual TV program. In the system of the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, four players are divided into four game devices 200, and a simultaneous battle game in which viewers compete for audience ratings as different TV stations is performed. If there are fewer than four players, the computer will participate as a player if there are not enough players. Therefore, an audience rating battle game in which the audience rating is always competed with the four stations is performed.

  The audience rating is displayed on all four stations (four game devices) in real time.

  The winning or losing of the game may be determined based on the final audience rating at the end of the program, or may be determined based on the average audience rating of the program.

  Details will be described below.

  In the audience rating match game of the present embodiment, the audience ratings at the start of the game of the four TV stations are set to the same value, that is, 25.00%.

  Furthermore, an audience rating parameter that determines an audience rating allocation rate is assigned to each of the four TV stations as “attention level”. The audience rating parameter as the “attention level” is processed to rise or fall depending on the instruction in the program from the player, the number of singing characters being edited for each phrase of the music, and the like. Such processing is executed by the audience rating processing unit 122.

  That is, the audience rating processing unit 122 associates the audience rating parameter that is assigned to the virtual TV program of the local station and other stations and determines the allocation of the audience rating of each station with the number of characters edited in the performance instruction by the player and the phrase of the song. Based on the audience parameter thus changed, the audience rating of the local station and other stations is obtained in real time, and the audience rating process for displaying on the game screen is executed.

  In the present embodiment, the audience rating parameters of the four TV stations are compared every 1 ms, and based on the comparison result of the numerical values, a total audience rating of 100% is allocated, and the process of obtaining the audience rating of each TV station is performed. .

  A specific example of processing for changing the audience rating parameter will be described below.

(Change in audience rating parameter)
In this embodiment, the audience rating of each broadcasting station is set to 25.00% at the start of the game. The audience rating parameter at this time is 2500.

  During a TV program, the player can give an instruction to the character to temporarily increase the “attention level”. As the degree of attention increases, the audience rating increases in conjunction.

  FIGS. 13 and 15 show specific examples of instructions that the player gives to the character during the program. In this embodiment, an “appeal” instruction (appeal action instruction) and a “decision pose” instruction are shown. (Determined operation instruction) is performed. As shown in FIG. 15A, “appeal” is instructed by tracing the screen displayed on the display unit 190 from the bottom to the top with a finger. This instruction is detected by a touch panel provided on the display unit 190.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15B, the “decision pose” is instructed by tracing the screen from the top to the bottom, and the instruction is detected by a touch panel provided on the display unit 190.

  When the “appeal” instruction is given, the singing character sung in the virtual song program is set to the “appealing” mode, and the audience rating parameter indicating the “attention level” as shown in the item of pattern A described later Are sequentially increased to increase the audience rating.

  Further, when an operation instruction of “determined pose” is given, the “appealing” mode is ended, and the character is caused to execute the determined pose. If this determined pause is successful, the audience rating parameter increases and the audience rating increases. If it fails, the audience rating parameter is lowered and the audience rating is lowered.

  As will be described in the following patterns A to D, the audience rating is greatly increased when an event such as an appeal is generated at the timing when two characters are singing more than two people and three people than two people.

  14A to 14D show specific examples of pattern A to pattern D. FIG.

(“Appeal” instructions)
When the player gives an “appeal” instruction, the audience rating parameter increases in accordance with the rule of pattern A shown in FIG. The basic point of addition is +2 points every 0.1 seconds, but if the number of characters being phrase-edited at the time of instruction is 1, the number is doubled by 2 +2 In the case of, point processing is performed so that +2.4 points multiplied by 1.2 and three people increase by +3 points multiplied by 1.5. In other words, in the case of one person, the point is increased by +2 every 0.1 seconds, but in the case of two persons, the point is increased by 2 × 1.2 = 2.4 points every 0.1 second. In the case of three people, the points increase by 2 × 1.5 = 3 points every 0.1 second.

  Therefore, the player can effectively obtain audience rating parameter points and increase the audience rating by instructing “appeal” at the timing when a phrase with many singing characters comes.

(Instructions for “determined pose”)
Further, when the player gives a “determined pose” instruction and the character moves according to the instruction, the audience rating point increases in accordance with the rule of pattern B shown in FIG. In other words, this is a case where a “decision pose” is instructed and the character moves according to the instruction. Whether or not the operation is successful is determined by lottery according to a given rule.

  In this case, the basis of the addition is +200 points. However, when the number of characters being phrase-edited at the time when the instruction operation is successful is 1, the number is 200 times, which is twice that number, In this case, 240 points, which is 1.2 times, and 300 points, which is 1.5 times that in the case of three people, are added to the audience rating parameter.

  Therefore, a “decision pose” instruction is given at the timing when the number of characters being phrase-edited is large, and the higher the instruction, the higher the audience rating point.

  If the player gives an instruction of “determined pose” but the character fails to perform the instruction, the audience rating parameter is subjected to a deduction process according to the rule of pattern C shown in FIG. The basic point of deduction is -300 points, but when the number of characters to be phrase-edited is one when the instruction operation fails, it is 1 -300 points. A process of subtracting -450 points, which is 2 times -360 points, or -450 points, which is 1.5 times that of 3 people, from the audience rating parameter is performed. Therefore, if the character fails, the audience rating temporarily decreases significantly.

(When no direction instruction is given)
In addition, when the player does not instruct any effect, the audience rating parameter itself does not increase or decrease. However, when the number of characters being phrase-edited changes, the audience rating parameter is changed during that period according to the rule shown in FIG. Only temporarily changing processing is performed.

  That is, when the audience rating parameter is 2500 points and the number of characters being phrase-edited is 1, the audience rating parameter value is constant at 2500 points, but the number of characters is 2 When the number of characters increases, the number of characters temporarily increases to 1.2 times 3000 points, and when the number of characters increases to 3 times, processing increases temporarily to 3750 points, which is 1.5 times the number of characters. Even if no special instruction is given depending on the number of characters that are phrase-edited in this way, a process of changing the audience rating is performed.

(View rating calculation)
Next, a specific calculation process procedure of the audience rating will be described.

(Own station's attention at the time of calculation-other station A's attention) + (Own station's attention at the time of calculation-Other station B's attention) + (Own station's attention at the time of calculation-other station C's attention) = X ... Formula A

Attention before calculation (Y) + (X) = current Y (Formula B)

Current Y / viewing rate calculation constant 100 = viewing rate of own station ... Formula C

When calculating the audience rating of each station using the above equations A to C, for example, it is as follows. In the following, in order to facilitate the understanding, it is assumed that the audience rating is calculated for the first time after 10 seconds from the start of the game.

  At the start of the game, 2500 points are given to each station as an audience rating parameter indicating “attention level”, and thus the audience rating at that time is 25.00% from the formula C.

Assume the following situation 10 seconds later. Assume that the audience rating is calculated 10 seconds after the game starts.

TV station A Pattern A “Appeal” Medium Attention 320
TV station B Pattern D Attention 180
TV station C Pattern C Failure Attention 50
TV station D Pattern B Attention 450

Using equation A:

TV station A
(320−TV station B180) + (320−TV station C50) + (320−TV station D450) = + 280
X = + 280

TV station B
(180−TV station A320) + (180−TV station C50) + (180−TV station D450) = − 280
X = −280

TV station C
(50−TV station A320) + (50−TV station B180) + (50−TV station D450) = − 800
X = −800

TV station D
(450−TV station A320) + (450−TV station B180) + (450−TV station C50) = + 800
X = + 800

Using equation B:

TV station A 2500 (at the start of the game) + 280 = 2780
TV station B 2500 (at the start of the game) -280 = 2220
TV station C 2500 (at the start of the game) -800 = 1700
TV station D 2500 (at the start of the game) + 800 = 3300

Using equation C:

TV station A 2880 ÷ 100 = 28.8%
TV station B 2220 ÷ 100 = 22.2%
TV station C 1700 ÷ 100 = 17.0%
TV station D 3300 ÷ 100 = 33.0%

Thus, in this embodiment, the audience rating of each TV station A to D is calculated and displayed in real time based on the audience rating parameter.

  In the above description, it is assumed that the audience rating is calculated for the first time after 10 seconds from the start of the game. However, in the game system of the embodiment, such audience rating calculation processing is repeated every second to display on the game screen. it's shown.

(Game procedure)
FIG. 4 shows a flowchart showing an example of processing of the audience rating battle game.

  First, when the audience rating battle game is started, rehearsal screen display is performed in step S110. On the game screen, a rehearsal screen in which three singing characters appear is displayed, and the explanation screen for the above-mentioned “appeal instruction” and “decision pose instruction” is displayed, and processing for explaining how to proceed with the game is executed. Is done.

  Next, in step S112, a program start title screen is displayed, on which "song title", "unit name", and "producer name" are displayed.

  Next, in step S120, the audience rating battle game is started and the music starts.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of the game screen 2000 displayed at this time. The game screen 2000 is displayed as an image of the three-dimensional game space viewed from a predetermined virtual camera. Here, a singing character 2200 singing a song standing on a stage set in the three-dimensional game space is displayed from a predetermined start position. The viewed image is displayed. Furthermore, the audience rating 2220 of four channels is displayed on this game screen 2000.

  The player can enjoy an audience rating battle game while watching the audience ratings of these stations.

  In addition, a part progress status graph 2230 indicating which lyrics of the A, B, C, and D parts are being sung is displayed on the lower side of the game screen 2000. Thereby, the player can know in real time which part of which part the singing character is currently singing, and can measure the timing of the motion instruction to the character.

  In addition, on the lower side of the game screen 2000, the lyrics 2240 currently being sung are displayed. The lyrics displayed here are the smallest units that can be part-edited.

  The player measures the timing of the production instruction for the singing character 2200 in accordance with the progress of the song, and gives the instruction at an appropriate timing.

  If this direction instruction is given at the same time as the direction instruction from another station, even if the audience rating parameter of the local station increases, the audience rating parameter of the other station also increases at the same time. Can't get. In order to obtain a high audience rating, it is necessary to appropriately give a performance instruction at the timing when the other station's production instruction is not given and the timing of the audience rating parameter greatly increasing due to the production instruction. It becomes an important point.

  If it is determined in step S122 that this effect instruction has been made, then a game effect associated with the instruction is performed in step S124, and then the audience rating according to the rules of pattern A to pattern C described above in step S126. Parameter calculation is performed.

  For example, if it is determined in step S122 that an “appeal” instruction has been issued, a game effect corresponding to the “appeal” instruction is performed in step S124, and in step S126, as shown in FIG. In accordance with the rule of pattern A, processing for increasing the audience rating point is performed. In step S128, the audience rating of each station is calculated based on the increased audience rating and displayed on the game screen 2000 in real time.

  At this time, when the “appeal” instruction is performed when the number of characters being phrase-edited is one, as shown in FIG. 17A, the virtual camera is displayed so that the singing character is projected as the attention character. The movement control is performed.

  Similarly, when the number of characters to be phrase-edited is two, as shown in FIG. 17B, the virtual camera is controlled so as to project the two characters as the attention character.

  Similarly, when there are three characters that are phrase-edited, as shown in FIG. 17C, movement control of the virtual camera is performed so that the three characters are projected as the target characters.

  In this way, a game effect is performed such that a character that is phrase-edited at that timing is displayed on the game screen 2000 as an attention character in association with the action instruction of “appeal”.

  Further, when a motion instruction of “determined pose” is made, based on whether or not the character has been able to execute the motion corresponding to the motion command, that is, whether it has succeeded or failed, FIG. In accordance with the pattern B or pattern C rule shown in (C), audience rating parameter addition / subtraction control is performed.

  When the determined pose is instructed, the lottery of whether the determined pose is successful or unsuccessful is executed after 1 second from the instruction input. After the lottery is completed, on the game screen 2000, the success effect screen or the failure effect screen of the determined pose is displayed.

  When successful, along with the success screen, the audience rating parameter is greatly increased, and the audience rating indicating that a high audience rating has been acquired is displayed. In particular, when the number of characters to be phrase-edited is large, a very high audience rating can be obtained if the determined pause is successful.

  On the other hand, when the decision pose fails, the audience rating parameter is greatly subtracted based on the above-described rule C, so that the audience rating is greatly reduced.

  In this way, the player can become a producer during the game, give various instruction instructions to the singing character, acquire a high audience rating, and enjoy the audience rating game.

  If it is determined in step S130 that the music has ended and the game has ended, the average audience rating is displayed in step S132.

  In step S22 of FIG. 3 described above, the game results as a producer are displayed based on the instantaneous maximum audience rating or the average audience rating, and the game ends.

  In this way, in the present embodiment, it is possible to enjoy a game as a producer that selects a singing character constituting a singing unit and grows a singing unit composed of the selected singing character, and is produced and grown. The singing character unit is finally made to appear in the audience rating opposition program, directing instructions to the character at an appropriate time, and enjoying a high audience rating competition game Can do.

  In particular, in the audience rating competition game at the final stage, the player can enjoy the game production in which the player gives instructions to the singing unit produced by the player at the appropriate timing and obtains a high audience rating. As a result, the player can enjoy a simulation of advancing the game while enjoying the success experience and the failure experience, and the player's interest in the game can be further enhanced.

3. Hardware Configuration Next, an example of a hardware configuration capable of realizing the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The main processor 900 operates based on a program stored in the CD 982 (information storage medium), a program transferred via the communication interface 990, or a program stored in the ROM 950 (one of information storage media). Various processes such as processing, image processing, and sound processing are executed.

  The coprocessor 902 assists the processing of the main processor 900, has a product-sum calculator and a divider capable of high-speed parallel calculation, and executes matrix calculation (vector calculation) at high speed. For example, if a physical simulation for moving or moving an object requires processing such as matrix operation, a program operating on the main processor 900 instructs (requests) the processing to the coprocessor 902. )

  The geometry processor 904 performs geometry processing such as coordinate transformation, perspective transformation, light source calculation, and curved surface generation, has a product-sum calculator and a divider capable of high-speed parallel computation, and performs matrix computation (vector computation). Run fast. For example, when processing such as coordinate transformation, perspective transformation, and light source calculation is performed, a program operating on the main processor 900 instructs the geometry processor 904 to perform the processing.

  The data decompression processor 906 performs a decoding process for decompressing the compressed image data and sound data, and a process for accelerating the decoding process of the main processor 900. As a result, a moving image compressed by the MPEG method or the like can be displayed on the opening screen, the intermission screen, the ending screen, or the game screen. Note that image data and sound data to be decoded are stored in the ROM 950 and the CD 982 or transferred from the outside via the communication interface 990.

  The drawing processor 910 performs drawing (rendering) processing of an object composed of primitives (primitive surfaces) such as polygons and curved surfaces at high speed. When drawing an object, the main processor 900 uses the function of the DMA controller 970 to pass the object data to the drawing processor 910 and transfer the texture to the texture storage unit 924 if necessary. Then, the drawing processor 910 draws the object in the frame buffer 922 at high speed while performing hidden surface removal using a Z buffer or the like based on the object data and texture. The drawing processor 910 can also perform α blending (translucent processing), depth cueing, mip mapping, fog processing, bilinear filtering, trilinear filtering, anti-aliasing, shading processing, and the like. When an image for one frame is written in the frame buffer 922, the image is displayed on the display 912.

  The sound processor 930 includes a multi-channel ADPCM sound source and the like, and generates high-quality game sounds such as BGM, sound effects, and sounds. The generated game sound is output from the speaker 932.

  Operation data from the game controller 942 (lever, button, housing, pad type controller, gun type controller, etc.), save data from the memory card 944, and personal data are transferred via the serial interface 940.

  The ROM 950 stores system programs and the like. In the case of an arcade game system, the ROM 950 functions as an information storage medium, and various programs are stored in the ROM 950. A hard disk may be used instead of the ROM 950.

  The RAM 960 is used as a work area for various processors.

  The DMA controller 970 controls DMA transfer between the processor and memory (RAM, VRAM, ROM, etc.).

  The CD drive 980 drives a CD 982 (information storage medium) in which programs, image data, sound data, and the like are stored, and enables access to these programs and data.

  The communication interface 990 is an interface for transferring data to and from the outside via a network. In this case, as a network connected to the communication interface 990, a communication line (analog telephone line, ISDN), a high-speed serial bus, or the like can be considered. By using a communication line, data transfer via the Internet becomes possible. Further, by using the high-speed serial bus, data transfer with other game systems becomes possible.

  Note that all the units (units) of the present embodiment may be realized only by hardware, or only by a program stored in an information storage medium or a program distributed via a communication interface. May be. Alternatively, it may be realized by both hardware and a program.

  And when each part of this embodiment is implement | achieved by both hardware and a program, the program for functioning hardware (computer) as each part of this embodiment is stored in an information storage medium. Become. More specifically, the program instructs each processor 902, 904, 906, 910, 930, etc., which is hardware, and passes data if necessary. Each of the processors 902, 904, 906, 910, 930 and the like implements each unit of the present invention based on the instruction and the passed data.

  The present invention is not limited to that described in the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made.

  In the invention according to the dependent claims of the present invention, a part of the constituent features of the dependent claims can be omitted. Moreover, the principal part of the invention according to one independent claim of the present invention may be made dependent on another independent claim.

  The present invention is also applicable to various game systems (image generation systems) such as a commercial game system, a home game system, a large attraction system in which a large number of players participate, a simulator, a multimedia terminal, and a system board for generating game images. Applicable.

  The present invention can also be provided in the case of playing, for example, professional wrestling or other audience rating games in addition to various games, for example, audience rating opposition programs. For example, when playing a game for acquiring the audience rating of a virtual professional wrestling program at a plurality of stations, the player appropriately instructs the character appearing as a professional wrestler to perform an operation instruction such as a predetermined action, changes the audience rating parameter, and increases the audience rating. It may be formed to be acquirable.

It is an example of a functional block diagram of the game system of this embodiment. It is an implementation example of the game system of this embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the game implement | achieved by this embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the audience rating competitive game implement | achieved by this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the structure of a music. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the specific composition of a music, and the ability data of "lyrics", "voice", "dance", "expressive power", and "pause" requested | required for each phrase unit. It is explanatory drawing of the allocation input screen of the song character with respect to each phrase of a music. It is explanatory drawing of each track | truck which comprises a music. It is explanatory drawing of the process in the case of reproducing | regenerating the music shown in FIG. 8 based on edit data. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the capability item of 5 items set with respect to each phrase of a music. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the ability point according to item of each character after the end of the production process for improving the ability of a character. It is explanatory drawing which shows the grade of the reduction | decrease of the ability point according to item when the character A which has the ability point according to item shown in FIG. 11 is allocated to one phrase of the music shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the specific example of the production instruction | indication performed during an audience rating battle game. It is explanatory drawing of the rule which changes the parameter of attention when a player performs various production instructions, or when not performing. FIG. 4A is an explanatory diagram of an appeal instruction, and FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram of an instruction of a fixed pose. It is explanatory drawing of the game screen displayed in an audience rating battle game. FIGS. 9A to 9C are explanatory diagrams of camera angles on the game screen when the number of characters being phrase edited is 1 to 3 characters. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the hardware which can implement | achieve this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

100 Processing Unit 110 Game Processing Unit 114 Character Selection Raising Unit 116 Selection Editing Processing Unit 118 Playback Processing Unit 120 Image Generation Unit 122 Audience Rating Processing Unit 170 Storage Unit 172 Main Storage Unit 172a Character Data Storage Unit 172b Parameter Storage Unit 172c Music Data Storage Unit 172d edit data storage unit 172e virtual camera control data storage unit 174 drawing buffer 180 information storage medium 190 display unit (touch panel type display unit)
192 Sound output unit 194 Information storage device

Claims (11)

A game system in which the viewing rate competes between the virtual TV program of the local station in which the character that the player instructs the production appears and the virtual TV program of the other station in which another character that the computer or other player instructs the production appears. Because
An image generator for generating a game image of the virtual TV program of the own station;
A game processing unit for performing a game effect process for reflecting a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for the character from a player in the virtual TV program of the own station;
An audience rating processing unit that performs an audience rating process to change the audience rating by changing an audience rating parameter that is assigned to the virtual TV program of the local station and other stations and determines the allocation of the audience rating of each station in association with the effect instruction; ,
A game system comprising: In claim 1,
The audience rating processing unit
When receiving an effect instruction for the character of the own station from the player, a process of changing the audience rating parameter of the own station in real time in association with the timing of the effect instruction and the game effect of the own station performed according to the effect instruction is performed. A game system that calculates the audience rating of the local station in association with the audience rating parameter of the other station. In claim 2,
The virtual TV program is a song program for each station in which a singing character appears,
The game processing unit
Performing a game effect process that accepts an instruction of appealing to the viewer and a determined action instruction to the character of the local station that is singing and reflects the action instruction in a virtual TV program in association with a given condition A game system characterized by In any one of Claims 2 and 3,
The music data is a form in which the audio part of the music is divided into a plurality of allocation units according to the progress of the music, and can be allocated to at least one singing character of a plurality of singing characters constituting each singing unit. Music data storage means formed and stored in
An editing processing means for receiving an instruction from the player and performing an editing process for allocating to one or a plurality of singing characters of a plurality of singing characters constituting a singing unit for each allocation unit;
Replay processing means for replaying the edited music edited so that the allocated singing character is in charge of the sound part allocation unit;
Further including
The game processing unit
A plurality of singing characters constituting the singing unit appear as the player selection character, and a singing character constituting the singing unit generates a virtual TV program of its own station as a singing program for singing the edited edited music,
The audience rating processing unit
The game system characterized in that the stage instruction timing performs processing for changing the audience rating parameter under different conditions between when the singing character sings the edited music alone and when the singing character sings alone. A game system in which a player competes for a viewing rate of a virtual TV program in which a character instructing a direction appears,
An image generation unit for generating a game image of the virtual TV program;
A game processing unit for performing a game effect process for reflecting a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for the character from a player in the virtual TV program;
An audience rating processing unit that changes an audience rating parameter that determines an audience rating in association with the effect instruction, and changes the audience rating;
A game system comprising: A program that causes a computer to function as a processing unit that executes a game for competing audience ratings between a virtual TV program of a local station in which a player selection character appears and a virtual TV program of another station in which another character appears,
A game processing unit for performing a game effect process for reflecting a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for a player-selected character from a player in the virtual TV program;
An audience rating processing unit that performs an audience rating process for changing the audience rating by changing an audience rating parameter that is assigned to the virtual TV program of the local station and other stations and determines the allocation of the audience rating of each station according to a given rule;
A program characterized by causing a computer to function. In claim 6,
The audience rating processing unit
When receiving an effect instruction for the player-selected character, a process of changing the audience rating parameter of the own station in real time in association with the timing of the effect instruction and the game effect performed in response to the effect instruction, A program characterized by calculating the audience rating of its own station in association with a parameter. In claim 7,
The virtual TV program is a song program for each station in which a singing character appears,
The game processing unit
Performing a game effect process for receiving an instruction instruction for appealing to a viewer and a predetermined action instruction for a player-selected character being sung and reflecting the action instruction in a virtual TV program in association with a given condition A program characterized by In any one of Claims 7 and 8,
The music data is a form in which the audio part of the music is divided into a plurality of allocation units according to the progress of the music, and can be allocated to at least one singing character of a plurality of singing characters constituting each singing unit. Formed with
An editing processing means for receiving an instruction from the player and performing an editing process for allocating to one or a plurality of singing characters of a plurality of singing characters constituting the singing unit for each allocation unit;
Causing the computer to function as a playback processing means for playing back the edited edited music so that the assigned singing character is in charge of the assigned unit of the voice part;
The game processing unit
A plurality of singing characters constituting the singing unit appear as the player selection character, and a singing character constituting the singing unit generates a virtual TV program of its own station as a singing program for singing the edited edited music,
The audience rating processing unit
The program for performing the process of changing the audience rating parameter under different conditions when the performance instruction timing is different when the singing character sings the edited music alone and when the singing character sings alone. A program that causes a computer to function as a processing unit that executes a game for competing for the audience rating of a virtual TV program in which a character instructing a player appears,
An image generation unit for generating a game image of the virtual TV program;
A game processing unit for performing a game effect process for reflecting a game effect corresponding to an effect instruction for the character from a player in the virtual TV program;
An audience rating processing unit that changes an audience rating parameter that determines an audience rating in association with the effect instruction, and changes the audience rating;
A game system characterized by causing a computer to function as.   A computer-readable information storage medium, wherein the program according to any one of claims 6 to 10 is stored.

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