JP2005095443A - Game apparatus and program for functioning computer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program which works the computer as an operation means for moving at least an own character and an enemy character and making the characters an attack on each other within a game space . <P>SOLUTION: According to the program, a means is provided to set a plurality of attacking areas for setting an enemy character as an attacking target out of the enemy characters when the own character shifts to the special attacking state and a tracking attack means to make the effective attack possible by moving the own character until it reaches the attacking target character set by the means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device capable of executing an intelligent game, in particular, a game device that can be executed in a game provided to a business video game machine, a consumer video game machine, a personal computer game, a mobile phone game, a portable game, And a program for causing a computer to function as game execution means.

As a game provided to a video game machine, a game called “action game” is known. In such a game, the basic structure is that the player character operated by the player attacks the enemy character using attack means such as the weapon, and damages or falls down when the effective attack is established. It is what is done. In order to improve the playability in the action game, a mode in which the attack state from the own character to the enemy character is changed according to the change in the equipment of the own character has been adopted. For example, the player character can acquire power-up items that increase the attack power and movement speed of the player character, invincible items that are not damaged by attacks from the enemy character, etc. There have been many games in which the character is configured to act more advantageously than the normal attack state. Specifically, when the player character obtains an item or a treasure chest that is appropriately present on the game screen by the operation of the player, an advantageous state preset for each game is formed corresponding to the type of the item, For example, an advantageous state is formed by increasing the attack power, defense power, physical strength or movement speed by changing the weapon of the own character, or by reducing the defense power of the enemy character. Further, although a game device that shifts to a special attack state after a predetermined set time has elapsed is disclosed, an attack operation in the special attack state is executed by the player.
JP 2000-70550 A

  However, in the conventional game device, in order to bring the player's own character into an advantageous attack state, it is necessary to follow a unique rule provided for each game, which promotes an increase in playability due to a variety of game progress. However, the more demands are placed on the process of reaching an advantageous attack state and the mode of transition to an advantageous attack state, the more compelling the user is to understand complex rules and advanced operation techniques. In addition, since the conventional game device was mainly intended to change characteristics such as the strength of the own character or the enemy character itself even if the advantageous attack state is shifted, whether or not the advantageous attack state can be utilized is determined. Part that relied on the player's operating technology was large. Therefore, if various differences are made in the attack state of the player's own character during the game in order to improve the playability of the game, it becomes difficult to handle so-called light users such as beginners and children who are unfamiliar with the game. I couldn't be satisfied.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has a certain advantage regardless of the operation technique when the attack state of the player character against the enemy character shifts to an attack state that is more advantageous than usual. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program and a game device for causing a computer to function and to set a condition for shifting to an advantageous attack state by a necessary operation in a normal attack state.

  The present invention can read information by a computer, and is read from a program for causing a computer to function as an operation means including at least a movement or attack action of an own character and an enemy character in a game space, and a storage means. In accordance with the command, a game device is provided that executes motion control including at least a movement or attack motion between the player character and the enemy character in the game space displayed on the image display device. The operation means and the game apparatus in this program include a special attack transition means for transitioning to a special attack state that acts more favorably for the player than the normal attack state according to a predetermined condition with respect to the attack state of the player character during the game, and a special attack transition An attack area setting means for setting at least a first attack area and an attack area formed as a second attack area in the peripheral area of the own character when the own character has shifted to a special attack state by the means; The first attack area is formed as an area within a predetermined angle range with respect to the moving direction of the player character selected by the player, and the second attack area is formed as a predetermined area in the vicinity of the player character excluding the first attack area. In addition, when the enemy character is present in the first attack area, the movement means is positioned closest to the player character among the enemy characters or at a minimum angle with respect to the movement direction of the player character. One enemy character that is positioned is set as an attack target character, and when the character does not exist in the first attack area but exists in the second attack area, the enemy character is closest to the player character among the enemy characters. Attack target setting means for setting one enemy character located at a minimum angle with respect to the moving direction of the player character as an attack target character, and until reaching the attack target character set by the attack target setting means Tracking attack means for enabling an effective attack by moving the player character. Further, when the attack target character is defeated or when an operation input for changing the moving direction of the player character is executed during the execution of the tracking attack means, the action means The attack area can be set again by the setting means. Further, the attack area set by the attack area setting means can also form a third attack area around the second attack area and excluding the first attack area. Means for setting the effective attack area of the enemy character against the enemy character in an area larger than the normal attack state, and the time during which the next effective attack is possible from the start of the effective attack of the enemy character against the enemy character in the normal attack state It is preferable to include a means for setting in a shorter time. Further, the special attack transition means is a transition point adding means for adding at least a special attack transition point having a predetermined maximum value, and a special attack transition point is added to the predetermined maximum value by the player by the transition point adding means. A special attack transition execution unit that shifts to a special attack state when a transition operation input is made may be included. This transition point adding means adds a predetermined amount of special attack transition points when the player inputs an attack operation in a state where the player character is moved and input so that the enemy character is positioned within a predetermined angular range in the movement direction of the player character. It is preferable to include the means to make it as one means.

  According to the present invention, when the player shifts to the special attack state that acts more advantageously than the normal attack state, once the enemy character to be attacked is set, the player does not particularly perform an operation to change the moving direction. As long as one attack target character is locked as an attack target and is automatically guided to a state where an effective attack is possible, the time during which the attack is not performed in the special attack state can be greatly reduced due to the failure of the moving operation. it can. In addition, since many enemy characters do not fall down in a single attack, before the enemy character that was the target of attack has been fallen down due to a player's operation mistake, the surrounding enemy characters are attacked and fallen down while the special attack state is activated. Although a situation has occurred in which many enemy characters that have not been left remain, according to the present invention, such a situation can be avoided. In particular, when so-called boss characters and normal enemy characters are mixed, it is intended to focus on the boss characters in a focused manner, or when the special attack is activated, the normal enemy characters are generally laid down and then only the boss characters are attacked. It is effective when intended. Therefore, it is possible to fully enjoy the merits of special attacks even for so-called light users such as children who are not familiar with games and children. In addition, since an operation to change an enemy character once locked as an attack target to another enemy character by the player's strategic intention is permitted, even a highly skilled user can perform his / her own operation during the special attack state. Since it can intervene and perform an even more efficient attack, it can provide the fun of the game. In addition, since the present invention is characterized in that it can lock the attack target to one, it is also advantageous in that it can be easily combined with other advantageous attack elements such as an attack range expansion and movement speed increase. is there. Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to understand special rules (for example, the correlation between a treasure box or item type and a special attack) to activate a special attack state as in a conventional game, and an attack in a normal attack state can be performed. It is possible to secure the playability for the so-called light user in that it can lead to a special attack state only by executing, and conversely, a special attack can be executed at an early stage depending on the advanced operation technology of the player. In this respect, it is possible to provide a game that satisfies even a user with high operation skills.

  First, an external view of a video game machine using a game apparatus and a program of the present invention, which is a premise for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, is illustrated in FIG. In this figure, the video game machine main body 1 has a substantially box shape, and a game processing board or the like is provided therein. Further, two connectors 2a are provided on the front surface of the video game machine main body 1, and a PAD 2b for game operation is connected to these connectors 2a via a cable 2c.

  A CD-ROM drive 1b for reading a CD-ROM is provided on the upper part of the video game machine main body 1. Although not shown, a video output terminal and an audio output terminal are provided on the back of the video game machine main body 1. The video output terminal is connected to the video input terminal of the TV receiver 5 via the cable 4a, and the audio output terminal is connected to the audio input terminal of the TV receiver 5 via the cable 4b. In such a video game machine, the user can play the game while viewing the screen displayed on the TV receiver 5 by operating the PAD 2b.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a video game machine using the game apparatus according to the present embodiment. This game machine includes a CPU block 10 that controls the entire game device, a video block 11 that controls display of a game screen, a sound block 12 that generates sound effects, a subsystem 13 that reads a CD-ROM, and the like. Has been.

  The CPU block 10 includes an SCU (System Control Unit) 100, a main CPU 101, a RAM 102, a ROM 103, a sub CPU 104, a CPU bus 105, and the like. The main CPU 101 controls the entire apparatus. The main CPU 101 has an arithmetic function similar to a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) in order to satisfy high-speed processing requirements in a three-dimensional game, thereby enabling high-speed execution of application software. The RAM 102 is used as a work area for the main CPU 101, and the ROM 103 is written with an initial program for initialization processing. The SCU 100 smoothly performs data input / output between the main CPU 101, the VDP 120, 130, the DSP 140, the CPU 141, and the like by controlling the buses 105, 106, and 107. Further, the SCU 100 includes a DMA controller therein, and can transfer sprite data during the game to the VRAM in the video block 11. Thereby, application software such as a game can be executed at high speed.

  The sub CPU 104 is called SMPC (System Manager & Peripheral Control) and has a function of collecting data (peripheral data) from the PAD 2b via the connector 2a in response to a request from the main CPU 101. Based on the peripheral data received from the sub CPU 104, the main CPU 101 performs processing such as moving its own character or enemy character (described later) in the game screen, for example. Further, although the PAD 2b is connected to the connector 2a here, an arbitrary operation device such as a joystick or a keyboard can be connected. In this case, the sub CPU 104 has a function of automatically recognizing the type of the operating device connected to the connector 2a and collecting data according to a communication method corresponding to the type of the operating device.

  The video block 11 includes a VDP (Video Display Processor) 120 that draws characters and the like composed of polygon data of a video game, and a VDP 130 that draws a background screen, synthesizes polygon image data and background images, and performs clipping processing. Yes. The VDP 120 is connected to the VRAM 121 and the frame buffers 122 and 123. Polygon drawing data representing a video game machine character is sent from the main CPU 101 to the VDP 120 via the SCU 100 and written to the VRAM 121. The drawing data written in the VRAM 121 is drawn in the drawing frame buffer 122 or 123, and the drawn data in the frame buffer 122 or 123 is sent to the VDP 130. Information for controlling drawing is provided from the main CPU 101 to the VDP 120 via the SCU 100. Then, the VDP 120 executes drawing processing according to this instruction.

  The VDP 130 is connected to the VRAM 131, and image data output from the VDP 130 is output to the encoder 160 via the memory 132. The encoder 160 generates a video signal by adding a synchronization signal or the like to the image data, and outputs the video signal to the TV receiver 5. Thereby, a game screen is displayed on the TV receiver 5 as an image display device.

  The sound block 12 includes a DSP 140 that performs speech synthesis in accordance with the PCM method or the FM method, and a CPU 141 that controls the DSP 140 and the like. The audio data generated by the DSP 140 is converted into a signal of a specific channel by the D / A converter 170 and then output to the speaker 5b.

  The subsystem 13 includes a CD-ROM drive 1b, a CD I / F 180, a CPU 181, an MPEG AUDIO 182 and an MPEG VIDEO 183. The sub-system 13 has functions for reading application software supplied in the form of a CD-ROM, reproducing moving images, and the like. The CD-ROM drive 1b reads data from the CD-ROM, and the CPU 181 performs processing such as control of the CD-ROM drive 1b and error correction of the read data. Data read from the CD-ROM is supplied to the main CPU 101 via the CD I / F 180, the bus 106, and the SCU 100, and used as application software. MPEG AUDIO 182 and MPEG VIDEO 183 are devices for restoring data compressed by the MPEG standard (Motion Picture Expert Groug). By restoring the MPEG compressed data written in the CD-ROM using these MPEG AUDIO 182 and MPEG VIDEO 183, it is possible to reproduce a moving image.

  Next, the game configuration of the game device and the program of the present invention will be described by exemplifying images actually displayed on an image display device (corresponding to the TV receiver 5 described above). Referring to FIG. 3, an image configuration displayed on the image display device 5 of the game device of the present embodiment is illustrated. As shown in the figure, the display image includes background images 218 and 220 such as buildings and road surfaces, own character 212, a plurality of enemy characters 216, and various symbols 300, 302, 304, 306, 308 is configured.

  To explain these image processing, first, various background images are provided on the world area 214 formed as an absolute three-dimensional virtual space so as to match the game subject in the game device. In the case of this embodiment, for example, an image of the road surface 218 is given to an area where the player character 212 can move according to the game subject, and an image of the building element 220 standing along the road image 218 is given. Has been. As these background images, images corresponding to the progress of the game are positioned in the coordinate system (world coordinate system) of the world area 214 that is specified by one absolute three-dimensional coordinate. In addition, the player character 212 also gives an image along the game subject to a predetermined coordinate on the motion path set in the world area 214, here, a battle person image having a predetermined medium-distance combat weapon such as a sword. Yes. Furthermore, one or more enemy characters 216 appearing as the game progresses are positioned at predetermined positions in the world area 214. Such a character is formed by combining a plurality of objects in which a plurality of polygons (polygonal plane elements) are combined with the coordinates of the characters 212 and 216 themselves regardless of the world coordinates, that is, local coordinates, in advance. In other words, the polygon information arranged in the local coordinate system is converted to world coordinates and is given on the screen having the background image. Furthermore, as will be described in detail later, as a pattern for displaying the game progress state on the screen, here it is possible to make a transition time and special attack to a special attack that provides an advantageous attack state for the player over the normal attack state Time, more specifically, a continuous kill timer 300 that displays the start and activation time of the two-sword flow mode, a boss hit point gauge 302 that displays the remaining physical strength of the special enemy character 216a among the enemy characters 216, and the remaining character 212 A physical strength gauge (hit point gauge) 304 that displays physical strength, a two-sword flow mode activation icon 306 that allows the player to visually recognize that a special attack state is present, and a defense gauge (guard point gauge) 308 that displays the defense power of the player character 212 are displayed. Has been. These symbols are set in the viewpoint coordinate system and are always displayed at predetermined positions in the world area 24. Note that this three-dimensional image processing technique is a well-known technique and is not the essence of the present invention, so a detailed description is omitted here.

  In the game device of this embodiment, the player operates the player character 212 to move on the movement path in the world area, and attacks and defeats a plurality of enemy characters 216 that appear as the game progresses. The configuration is adopted. Further, both the own character 212 and the enemy character 216 use weapons such as swords and nunchakus. Here, the basic idea of the progress of the game will be described. The player moves his / her character 212 in the virtual space based on his / her operation. At this time, the world area around the player character 212 is cut out and displayed on the screen so that the player character 212 is positioned approximately at the center of the screen, and the background image 218 arranged in the world area displayed along with the movement of the player character. 220 scrolls. Further, the enemy character 216 is controlled so as to appear corresponding to the preset appearance areas according to the movement of the player character 212. The player moves the player character 212 closer to the enemy character 216 by performing a movement operation, and executes an attack operation in anticipation of a predetermined distance. When the attack operation is executed, an attack motion is executed by a predetermined weapon inherent to the own character 212. If the timing of the attack operation matches a predetermined condition, it is determined that the attack on the enemy character 216 is successful, and the enemy character 216 falls down. The motion is executed, and then the enemy character 212 disappears.

  Next, the game progress at the time of a battle is demonstrated, referring each symbol 300,302,304,306. First, the player character 212 has a predetermined physical strength in the initial state, and decreases when the enemy character 216 receives an attack, and when all the physical strength is consumed, the game is over. In addition, the physical strength of the player character 212 can be recovered minutely as time passes according to the progress of the game. Specifically, hit points are defined as physical strength converted values, and the initial state is set in advance according to the status and attack mode of the enemy character 216 according to the attack hit of the enemy character 216 with the MAX value (for example, 1000 points). When the hit points are subtracted and the hit points are zero, the game is over. Further, the hit points are added up to the MAX value as much as the preset hit points corresponding to the occurrence of specific events during the game and the passage of time. Furthermore, hit points can be significantly recovered by acquiring recovery items that appear on the world area as the game progresses. A symbol generated by the viewpoint coordinate system for displaying the hit point remaining amount so that the player can visually recognize the hit point at the normal position on the screen is shown as a reference number 304 in FIGS. It is displayed to have a proportional gauge 304a length. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the hit point has a MAX value in (a), and a state in which the hit point has decreased due to the attack of the enemy character 216 in (b).

  In the embodiment of the game apparatus, not only the physical strength defined by the hit points but also the defense strength (also referred to as the defense strength) defined as the guard points are added as elements representing the battle state of the player character 212. Yes. First, the defense power of the player character 212 has a predetermined defense power in the initial state, and is returned to the initial state every time one scenario in progress of the game is started. The defense strength is reduced by the player when the enemy character 216 is attacked. If the defense is successful, the defense power is reduced instead of decreasing the physical strength. Is not executed, and the physical strength is reduced with the attack hit of the enemy character 216. Specifically, the guard point is defined as a defense strength conversion value, and the enemy character 216 is executed when the player performs an appropriate guard operation for the effective attack of the enemy character 216 with the initial state set to the MAX value (for example, 1000 points). The guard points calculated from the time difference from the attack arrival time to the attack time, for example, the guard points calculated according to the data table shown in FIG. 9, are subtracted, and when the guard point becomes zero, the defense becomes impossible and the hit points decrease. Will go. Therefore, the player character 212 can consider the point obtained by adding the guard point to the hit point as equivalent to the current physical strength, and the player in the attack strategy has the remaining physical strength gauge 304 compared to a game device in which only the physical strength gauge 304 exists. It becomes possible to play by comprehensively considering the amount and the remaining amount of the defense gauge 308. As in the case of the hit point, a symbol generated by the viewpoint coordinate system for displaying the remaining guard point amount is shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 as shown in FIGS. The gauge 308a has a length proportional to the guard point value. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the guard point is at the MAX value in (a), and a state in which the guard point is decreased due to guard against the attack of the enemy character 216 in (b).

Further, regarding the adoption of the guard point and the defense gauge 308 as an image display corresponding to the guard point, the calculation of the physical strength gauge and the defense gauge for the guard operation of the player character 212 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. . When the game is started (S20), first, the hit point of the physical strength gauge 304 is set to the MAX value (S22), and the guard point of the defense gauge 308 is set to the MAX value (S24). These MAX values are set and stored in advance corresponding to the player character 212.
Next, if the player operates the guard button of the PAD 2b according to the attacking action of the enemy character 216 and the enemy character 216 makes an effective attack (described later), the guard point of the defense gauge 308 is determined (S26, S28, S30). ). When it is determined that no guard points remain in the defense gauge 308, a predetermined amount of hit points of the physical strength gauge 304 is subtracted (S36), and it is determined whether or not the hit points of the physical strength gauge 304 remain after subtraction (S36). S38). When it is determined that the guard points remain in the defense gauge 308, the guard points of the defense gauge 308 are decreased by a predetermined amount (S32), and it is determined whether the defense is successful (S34), and the defense is successful. If it is determined that the hit point of the physical strength gauge 304 remains (S38). When it is determined that the defense has failed, the hit point of the physical strength gauge 304 is subtracted by a predetermined amount (S36), and it is determined whether or not the hit point of the physical strength gauge 304 remains (S38). When it is determined that the hit points of the physical strength gauge 304 remain, steps S26 to S38 are repeated and executed again. further,
When it is determined that no hit points of the physical strength gauge 304 remain, the play ends (game over) (S40), and the flow ends (S42). In steps S32 and S36, the guard points and hit points are subtracted by a predetermined amount. The predetermined amount here refers to the defense derived from the attack power of the enemy character, the item equipped by the own character, etc. for the hit point. It is a point that is subtracted according to the damage amount that is gradually calculated from the correlation of force, and the guard point means a reduction amount that is calculated according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 and the data table shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the hit value and the guard point are both set to a maximum value of 1000 points, the effective time area before 60 frames (= 1 second) from the guard operation (button press), and the invalid time area after 60 frames have elapsed. It is assumed that there is no effective attack within 60 frames as the effective time area, and it is assumed that the defense fails, that is, it becomes a useless guard. Further, the effective attack on the enemy character 216 is an attack from the enemy character 216. Means an attack that hits the player character 212 when the attack reaches the player character 212, and includes even dark throwing and shooting that are not locked to the player character 212. It is assumed that it is not a thing.

  First, when the process starts (S51) and the player presses the defense button and executes the guard operation input (S52), the timer means (not shown) determines the time from the start of the guard operation input to the effective attack of the enemy character 216. It is counted and it is determined whether or not 60 frames have elapsed until the effective attack (S53). At this time, when it is determined that the effective attack of the enemy character 216 has been made after 60 frames have elapsed, it is determined that the guard has failed (S54), and a preset data table (guard point reduction amount setting means: see FIG. 9) is used. After the corresponding guard point decrease amount (50 points) is calculated and the guard points are subtracted, the present process ends (S56). If there is an attack from the enemy character 216 within 60 frames, the guard point decrease amount (0 to 50) corresponding to the time difference from the guard operation input to the attack of the enemy character 216 is determined as success of the guard. Point) is calculated, the guard point is subtracted (S55), and the present process ends (S56). It is divided into six time areas until 60 frames as the effective time area, the guard point decrease amount increases sequentially from the start of the guard operation, and the maximum guard point decrease amount after 60 frames as the invalid time area. It is set to become. Thus, the shorter the time from the guard operation input to the attack of the enemy character 216, the more the guard operation input at a better timing is treated. In particular, when the attack of the enemy character 216 arrives within 10 frames (= 0.2 seconds) from the guard operation input, an extremely small guard point reduction amount is set as the best defense (guard operation). For example, in the case of the data table shown in FIG. 9, the guard point decrease amount within 10 frames from the guard operation input is set to 2 points, but the guard point decrease amount is set to 0 point to emphasize as a perfect defense. It is also possible to set such that guard points and hit points are not reduced. If a specific image visually recognized by the player at this time is described as an example, when the player actually performs the guard operation input, even if the enemy character 216 starts the attack motion, the attack reaches the motion that the attack reaches. Since there is a slight time lag, if you try to perform the guard operation input at a better timing, instead of performing the defense operation immediately after the attack motion of the enemy character 216 starts, It is required to perform the guard operation input at the moment when the attack is about to reach. Therefore, the player can strongly feel the intervention of his / her operation technique, and the degree of immersion in the game is doubled.

  Next, the two-sword flow mode which is a special attack state will be described. In the embodiment of the present invention, the sword as the attacking means of the player character 212 has a structure in which one sword is used in the normal attack state but two swords are used in the special attack state. Considering the conventional game again, as described above, even in the conventional game, the special attack state provides an advantageous attack state for the player over the normal attack state. This is achieved mainly by an increase in attack power or attack range or a decrease in the defense power of the enemy character, so to speak, that is achieved mainly by a change in the character-specific characteristics. It was premised that an operation to move to the vicinity of 216 and an attack operation input were made. On the other hand, in the special attack state according to the present invention, a function is provided that acts on the movement (approach) of the player character to the enemy character, that is, the player's movement operation, that is, complements the player's operation ability. Specifically, when the transition to the special attack state, that is, the two-sword flow mode is activated, the player character 212 is tracked to the position of the enemy character 216 locked as the attack target character based on the player's movement operation, and an effective attack is possible. Means are provided for automatically moving the player character 212 until a certain state is reached.

  FIG. 11 shows a procedure for determining an attack target character. First, when the two-sword flow mode is activated, an attack area is set. The attack area is set as a first attack area 60 in a predetermined degree range in which the moving direction of the player character 212 is the front, and is an area in the vicinity of the player character 212 that does not overlap with the first attack area 60. The second attack area 62 is set. In addition to the first attack area 60 and the second attack area 62, the attack area is set as an area around the second attack area 62 and not overlapping with the first attack area 60 as the third attack area 64. . Further, in FIG. 11, the second and third regions 62 and 64 are shown as concentric regions centered on the position of the player character 212, but this is only for convenience in the drawing and is a front view from the player character 212. It is also possible to select an optimal setting according to the game configuration, such as forming a substantially concentric circular region that is knitted so as to widen the direction region. In addition, as shown with the dotted line X, the case where the 1st attack area | region 60 is set as an area | region restrict | limited to the predetermined distance from the own character 212 is also considered.

  Next, the determination of the enemy character to be locked as the attack target character among the existing enemy characters 216 will be described. First, the enemy character is placed in any of the attack areas 60, 62, 64 and other areas 66. It is determined whether it exists. For example, in FIG. 11, seven enemy characters are illustrated, and 0 to 6 are assigned in order as numbers indicated by circles (hereinafter, described as circles 0 to 6). Here, of the enemy characters, circles 1 and 2 are the first attack area 60, circles 3 and 4 are the second attack area 62, circles 5 and 6 are the third attack area 64, and circle 0 is the non-attack area. Is located in the region 66. In this game apparatus, of these enemy characters, enemy characters positioned in order from the first attack area 60, the second attack area 62, and the third attack area 64 are preferentially selected. Also, the enemy character located in the area 66 is not selected. That is, if the enemy character is located in the first attack area 60, the enemy character is selected. If the enemy character is not located in the first attack area 60, the enemy character located in the second attack area 62 is selected. If neither of the second attack areas 60, 62 is located, an enemy character located in the third attack area 64 is selected. If not located in any of the first to third attack areas 60, 62, 64, other areas are selected. Even if an enemy character is located at 66, there is no selection target. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 11, circles 1 and 2 are selected with the highest priority and circles 1 and 2 are not present, and circles 3 and 4 and circles 5 and 6 are sequentially displayed. Selected. In other words, in this procedure, an enemy character group in which a plurality of enemy characters are selected (set) in accordance with the attack area is screened preferentially from the first attack area 60 in the front direction.

Further, an enemy character to be attacked by the player character is set from the enemy character group in the screened attack area 60 (or 62, 64). Specifically, there are two procedures. In the first procedure, the enemy character group that is closest to the player character in the enemy character group selected in the above procedure is set as the attack target character. In the second procedure, the enemy character group selected in the above procedure is set as the attack target character that is located at the minimum angle with respect to the moving direction of the player character.
First, according to the first procedure, when the circles 1 and 2 are positioned as enemy characters in the first attack area 60, the circles 1 and 2 are given priority over other enemy characters in the above-described procedure. The enemy character group is selected. Of these, the character 1 set as the attack target character is the circle 1 located at a short distance from the player character 212. Similarly, even when the enemy character group in the second and third attack areas 62 and 64 is selected, the circle 3 is given priority over the circle 4 and the circle 5 is given priority over the circle 6. Will be. That is, the priority set as the attack target character at the positions of the enemy characters (circles 1 to 6) in the illustration of FIG. 11 is set toward the circle 6 with the circle 1 as the head as in the numerical order. The Rukoto. Therefore, at the enemy character position as indicated by the circle 2, the character is set as the attack target character even if it is farthest from the player character 212. When the first procedure is adopted, the second attack area 62 and the third attack area 64 are both set as concentric areas around the player character 212 in FIG. The enemy character 216 positioned at 62 is necessarily closer to the player character 212 than the enemy character 216 positioned at the third attack area 64. That is, referring to FIG. 11, when the first procedure is adopted, it seems that it does not make sense to set the second attack area 62 and the third attack area 64 separately. However, as shown in FIG. 12, it makes sense when the second attack area 62 and the third attack area 64 do not form a concentric circle centered on the player character 212 and the center of the concentric circle is knitted. It becomes. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 12, when the enemy character is positioned at circles 1 and 2, the second attack area 62 has priority over the third attack area 64, so It will be understood that the circle 1 near the front away from the player character 212 is set as the attack target character. In FIG. 12, an example in which concentric circles are knitted is taken as an example, but the second attack area and the third attack areas 62 and 64 do not form concentric circles in the first place, and a wide area toward the front in the front direction of the player character 212 is formed. The same applies to the case where it is formed.

  Next, according to the second procedure, the enemy character group selected in the above procedure is set as the attack target character at the minimum angle with respect to the moving direction of the player character. To explain again, when the circles 1 and 2 are positioned as enemy characters in the first attack area 60, the enemy character groups of the circles 1 and 2 are selected in preference to the other enemy characters. However, among these, what is set as the attack target character is the circle 2 positioned at the minimum angle with respect to the moving direction of the player character 212. Similarly, when an enemy character group in the second and third attack areas 62 and 64 is selected, the circle 4 is set prior to the circle 3 and the circle 5 is set prior to the circle 6. It will be. That is, in the case of the second procedure, the priority order set as the attack target character at the positions of the enemy characters (circles 1 to 6) in the example of FIG. 11 is as follows: circle 2, circle 1, circle 4, circle The mark 5 and the circle 6 are set in this order. Therefore, at the enemy character position as indicated by the circle 2, the character is set as the attack target character even if it is farthest from the player character 212.

  Thus, when one attack target character is set while the two-sword flow mode is activated, the player character 212 is forcibly moved toward the attack target character, and the attack target character is brought into the effective attack range of the player character 212. Keep track until is entered. Once an attack target character is set and the own character 212 is tracked, only the attack target character can be attacked until the attack target character is laid down unless a change operation input described later is made. When the attack target character is laid down, a new attack target character is set and tracked based on the position of the player character 212 at that time. In addition, once the attack target character is set and the player character starts tracking, if the player performs an operation of changing the moving direction, the first attack region 60 formed as the front region of the player character 212 is also displayed. If the setting is changed and another enemy character is positioned in a preferential attack area, the attack target character is also changed, and the player character 212 tracks toward the changed attack target character. .

  A control mode at the time of activating the two-sword flow mode will be described with reference to FIG. First, when processing in the two-sword flow mode is started (S70), first, second, and third attack areas 60, 62, and 64 are set based on the position of the player character 212 (S72). Next, it is determined whether or not the enemy character 216 is positioned in the first attack area 60 among the enemy characters 216 (S74). If it is determined that the enemy character 216 is positioned, the enemy character composed of all the corresponding enemy characters 216 is determined. A group is set (S76). If it is determined that the enemy character 216 is not located in the first attack area 60, it is determined whether or not the enemy character 216 is located in the second attack area 62 (S78). Similarly, an enemy character group located in the second attack area 62 is set (S80). Further, when it is determined that the enemy character 216 does not exist in the second attack area 62, it is determined whether or not the enemy character 216 is positioned in the third attack area 64 (S82), and it is determined that the enemy character 216 is positioned. In this case, an enemy character group located in the third attack area 64 is set in the same manner as in steps S76 and S80 (S84). If it is determined that the enemy character group is not located, the attack area is set again in step 72. Next, when the enemy character group is set in steps S76, 80, and 84, the enemy character constituting the enemy character group is located closest to the own character 212 or in the moving direction of the own character 212. One enemy character positioned at a minimum angle is set as an attack target character (S86), the own character 212 is moved toward the set attack target character, and the attack target character is within the effective attack range of the own character 212. The movement of the player character 212 is controlled so as to be tracked until it is located inside (S88). Next, it is determined whether or not the player has performed the movement operation input (S90). If it is determined that the player has performed the operation, the process returns to the setting of the attack area in step S72, and a new attack target character is set. (Including the case where the original attack target character is reset). If the player has not input the movement operation, the attack is executed on the condition that the attack target character is within the effective attack range of the player character 212 (S92). Further, it is determined whether or not the attack target character has fallen (S94). If it is determined that the character has not fallen, the tracking control of the player character 212 in step 88 is continuously executed to determine that the character has fallen. If it has been done, the process returns to step S72 again to set an attack area based on the position of the player character 212 at that time, and a new attack target character is set (S72 to 86).

  Next, conditions for activating the two-sword flow mode, which is a special attack, and the activation time will be described. First, referring to the reference number 300 in FIGS. 3 and 4, a continuous kill timer is displayed in the image of the game executed by the program of the present invention. It is another name for “Two-sword style” that was named to make it more advantageous than the attacking state). The continuous kill timer 300 is displayed as a timer gauge 300a that displays an integrated amount of two-sword flow activation points (also referred to as “special attack transition points”) when the two-sword flow mode is not activated. This means that the longer the gauge length of this timer gauge is, the closer to the state where the two-sword flow mode activation (special attack state transition) is possible, and the two-sword flow mode activation is possible when the gauge length becomes MAX. It becomes. Referring to FIG. 8A, the timer gauge 300a is extended in the normal attack state, and the portion displayed in white indicates the accumulated amount of the two sword flow activation points and is displayed in black. Indicates the point shortage with respect to the two-sword flow activation point (that is, the MAX value) when the two-sword flow mode can be activated. In this stage, that is, until the two-sword flow mode is activated, the current point amount with respect to the MAX value of the two-sword flow activation point is displayed as a percentage in the vicinity of the timer gauge 300a as indicated by reference numeral 300b in FIG. The player is made to clearly indicate the situation of the player character 212. For example, when the MAX value of the two-sword flow activation point is 1000 points, it is displayed as 67% when the current point is 670 points.

  When the two-sword flow mode is activated, the gauge length of the timer gauge 300a is shortened according to time, and the two-sword flow mode ends when the gauge disappears. Referring to FIG. 8B, the timer gauge 300a is shortened during the two-sword flow mode. In such a stage, that is, from the activation of the two-sword flow mode to the end of the two-sword flow mode, the ratio of the current point to the MAX value of the two-sword flow activation point is set near the timer gauge 300a as indicated by reference numeral 300c in FIG. The remaining activation time relative to the two-sword flow mode activation time is converted and displayed. For example, when the MAX value of the two-sword flow activation point is 1000 points and the two-sword flow mode activation time is 70 seconds, when the current point is 500 points, it is displayed as 35 seconds (in FIG. 8B, 54 seconds). Refer to the display at the time of). Thus, the player can grasp the remaining time of the two-sword flow mode activation.

  Next, the condition for adjusting the two-sword flow mode activation point, which is the basis for the extension of the gauge length of the timer gauge 300a, will be described. First, regarding the increase in the two-sword flow mode activation point in the normal attack state, the increase over time, the increase due to the success of successive attacks, the good attack direction operation (hereinafter referred to as “Just attack”), And increase by a guard operation with good timing (hereinafter referred to as “just guard”). Increasing with time means increasing a predetermined point that is predetermined every certain time in a normal attack state. It is also conceivable that the increase over time is set so as to increase as the number of hit points described above decreases. That is, it is possible to activate the two-sword flow mode at an early stage so that even if the character's physical strength is low and the game is in danger of ending, the situation can be reversed.

Further, the increase due to the success of successive attacks means that the two-sword flow mode activation point is increased in accordance with the number of consecutive attacks when the player succeeds in consecutive attacks. Specifically, if the enemy character 216 is within the effective attack range of the player character 212 and the player's appropriate attack operation input is made continuously and the time between attack operation inputs is within a predetermined time, it is determined as a continuous attack. Each time the continuous attack is continued a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times), the two-sword flow mode activation point is increased by a certain amount. In this embodiment, as indicated by reference numeral 310 in FIG. 4, image processing is performed so that the number of consecutive attacks in the game image is displayed so that the player can visually recognize the number of consecutive attacks.

  Moreover, the increase by the just attack which the increase amount of the two sword style mode activation point is large is demonstrated. First, the just attack is an attack in which the player character 212 is correctly directed in the direction in which the enemy character 216 is positioned when the player performs an attack operation. Specifically, the player moves in the direction of the enemy character 216. It is activated by inputting an attack operation at the same time as inputting, and means attacking with a close gap between the player character 212 and the enemy character 216 at once. FIG. 14 shows conditions for activating just attack. Usually, when an attack operation input of the player character 212 is made, an attack action is executed when the enemy character 216 is located within the effective attack range of the player character 212. In the just attack shown in FIG. 14, the movement operation input of the player character 212 is executed simultaneously with the attack operation input within the effective attack range, and the operation direction in the movement operation input is the direction of the enemy character 216 (in FIG. 14). This is triggered when the input is executed so as to be within a predetermined input range (for example, within the range of angle β). When this just attack is activated, the two-sword flow mode activation point is set to greatly increase. Accordingly, the player can easily activate the two-sword flow mode as he or she attacks the enemy character 216 at once, and can enjoy the refreshing feeling of the attack. If the just attack is successful, not only the above-described two-sword flow mode activation point is increased, but also an effect such as an increase in the attack power of the own character and a decrease in the defense power of the enemy character is obtained. Furthermore, the effects of these just attacks can be changed depending on the input accuracy.

  Furthermore, the two-sword flow mode activation point is also increased by just guard. Although not described in the description regarding the timing of the guard operation described above with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10, the effect of the just guard success includes an increase in the two-sword flow mode activation point. This increase is the largest increase factor of the two-sword flow mode activation point, and has an effect of increasing the point to the MAX value. Therefore, it is expected that a player who is confident in the operation technique will construct a strategy aiming at the just guard even if he takes a risk in order to activate the two-sword flow mode. Moreover, even if the just guard is successful while the two-sword flow mode is activated, the point (the activation duration) can be increased.

  Next, conditions for reducing the two-sword flow mode activation point will be described. The two-sword flow mode activation point decreases only while the two-sword flow mode is activated. This decrease is a decrease over time, and while the two-sword flow mode is activated, a certain amount is subtracted every predetermined time until the point becomes zero. Then, when the point becomes zero, the two-sword flow mode ends, and the normal attack state is entered.

  As described above, the tracking control of the player character during the two-sword flow mode in the special attack state, the two-sword flow mode activation, and the addition / subtraction of the two-sword flow mode activation point as the end condition have been described. For example, it is mentioned that the effective attack range is expanded and an attack motion corresponding to this is executed, and that not only the tracking operation but also the attack operation speed increases as a whole.

  The above is an example of the configuration of the program and the game device of the present invention. According to the present invention, when the player is shifted to the special attack state that works more advantageously than the normal attack state, the player is temporarily attacked. If an enemy character is set, unless one of the operations to change the moving direction is executed, one attacking target character is locked as an attack target and is automatically guided to a state in which an effective attack is possible. As a result, the time of no attack in the special attack state can be greatly reduced. In addition, it is possible to avoid a situation in which there are many enemy characters remaining that have not been able to fall down while attacking the surrounding enemy characters before the enemy character is fallen down due to a player's operation error. Therefore, it is possible to fully enjoy the merits of special attacks even for so-called light users such as children who are not familiar with games and children.

It is the figure which illustrated the hardware element used for the game device of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the hardware element of FIG. It is the image displayed on the image display apparatus of the game device of this invention. It is an image when a game progresses with respect to FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the hit point gauge shown to FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the guard point gauge shown to FIG. It is a control flow figure in the program of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a reference diagram showing an example of the attack state of the player character in the image shown in FIG. 3. It is a time table which shows the guard point reduction | decrease amount set in the guard point reduction | decrease amount setting means of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the step by which a guard point is subtracted in the guard point subtraction means of this invention. It is the schematic which showed each attack area | region provided in order to set one attack object character among enemy characters in a special attack state. It is a modification of the attack area | region of FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the control which the own character sets an attack character and tracks in the game device and program of this invention. It is the schematic which showed the correlation position of the own character and enemy character which show the success or failure of just attack.

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60 ... First attack area 62 ... Second attack area 64 ... Third attack area 212 ... Own character 216 ... Enemy character

Claims (8)

Information can be read by a computer, and is a program for causing a computer to function as an operation means including movement or attack action of at least a player character and an enemy character in a game space, the operation means comprising:
A special attack transition means for transitioning to a special attack state that acts more favorably for the player than the normal attack state by a predetermined condition with respect to the attack state of the player character during the game;
Attack area setting means for setting at least a first attack area and an attack area formed as a second attack area in a peripheral area of the own character when the own character has shifted to a special attack state by the special attack transition means; The first attack area is formed as an area within a predetermined angle range with respect to the moving direction of the player character selected by the player, and the second attack area is a predetermined area in the vicinity of the player character excluding the first attack area. Formed as
Furthermore, when the enemy character is present in the first attack area, the action means is located closest to the own character among the enemy characters or is the smallest in the moving direction of the own character. One enemy character positioned at an angle is set as an attack target character, and when the enemy character does not exist in the first attack area but exists in the second attack area, Attack target setting means for setting, as an attack target character, one enemy character located at the shortest distance or at the minimum angle with respect to the moving direction of the player character;
A program for causing a computer to function, comprising: tracking attack means that enables an effective attack by moving the player character until reaching the attack target character set by the attack target setting means. Further, when the attacking character is defeated or when an operation input for changing the moving direction of the player character is executed during execution of the tracking attack means, the action means continues when the special attack state continues. The program for causing a computer to function according to claim 1, wherein an attack area is set again by the attack area setting means. The computer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the attack area set by the attack area setting means further forms a third attack area around the second attack area and excluding the first attack area. Program to make it work. The special attack transition means can set the effective attack area of the player character against the enemy character to an area larger than the normal attack state, and enable the next effective attack from the start of the effective attack of the player character against the enemy character. The program for functioning the computer of any one of Claims 1-3 containing the means to set time to a short time rather than a normal attack state. The special attack transition means includes a transition point addition means for adding at least a special attack transition point having a predetermined maximum value, and the special attack transition point is added to the predetermined maximum value by the transition point addition means. Special attack transition execution means for shifting to the special attack state when a transition operation input is made by the player,
The transition point addition means sets the special attack transition point by a predetermined amount when the player inputs an attack operation in a state where the enemy character is moved and input so that the enemy character is located within a predetermined angular range in the movement direction of the player character. The program for functioning the computer of any one of Claims 1-4 containing the means to add. A game device that performs motion control including movement or attack motion of at least a player character and an enemy character in a game space displayed on an image display device according to a command read from a storage means,
A special attack transition means for transitioning to a special attack state that acts more favorably for the player than the normal attack state by a predetermined condition with respect to the attack state of the player character during the game;
Attack area setting means for setting at least a first attack area and an attack area formed as a second attack area in a peripheral area of the own character when the own character has shifted to a special attack state by the special attack transition means; The first attack area is formed as an area within a predetermined angle range with respect to the moving direction of the player character selected by the player, and the second attack area is a predetermined area in the vicinity of the player character excluding the first attack area. Formed as
Furthermore, when the enemy character is present in the first attack area, the action means is located closest to the own character among the enemy characters or is the smallest in the moving direction of the own character. One enemy character positioned at an angle is set as an attack target character, and when the enemy character does not exist in the first attack area but exists in the second attack area, Attack target setting means for setting, as an attack target character, one enemy character located at the shortest distance or at the minimum angle with respect to the moving direction of the player character;
A game apparatus comprising: tracking attack means that enables an effective attack by moving the player character until reaching the attack target character set by the attack target setting means. Furthermore, when the attacking character is defeated or when the operation means performs an operation input for changing the moving direction of the own character during the execution of the tracking attack means, the special attack state continues. 7. The game device according to claim 6, wherein the attack area is set again by the attack area setting means. The special attack transition means includes a transition point addition means for adding at least a special attack transition point having a predetermined maximum value, and the special attack transition point is added to the predetermined maximum value by the transition point addition means. Special attack transition execution means for shifting to the special attack state when a transition operation input is made by the player,
The transition point addition means sets the special attack transition point by a predetermined amount when the player inputs an attack operation in a state where the enemy character is moved and input so that the enemy character is located within a predetermined angular range in the movement direction of the player character. The game device according to claim 6, comprising means for adding.

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