JP2006051253A - Shogi game server and shogi game provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Shogi game through which a player can enjoy the original fun of Shogi by judging a tactic used by the player. <P>SOLUTION: This Shogi game server for providing the player accessing by using a portable terminal with the Shogi game comprises: the Shogi game progress control means for controlling the progress of the Shogi game by making the player move a piece; and a tactic judgement means for judging the tactic of the player playing the game on the basis of position information indicating the position of a specific piece on a Shogi board. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a shogi game server and a shogi game providing system that provide a shogi game in which players play games or a shogi game in which players play opponents.

Conventionally, a shogi game providing system for providing a shogi game via the Internet is known. Also, in this kind of shogi game providing system, information such as the results of players who participated in the power-recognition game and the difference in ability with the opponent is collected, and the information is analyzed to determine the player's repulsion Some have a repulsion recognition system (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-78843 A

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional shogi game providing system (hereinafter referred to as the conventional system) performs a complicated analysis process and determines the player's repulsion, but no consideration is given to the player's strategy determination. . In addition, some players do not know the shogi tactics, so even if the player plays the shogi game provided by the conventional system, he must play the shogi game without knowing the strategy he used in the game. Sometimes I could not get it. For such a player, the pleasure of the shogi game provided by the conventional system may be biased to mere wins and losses and recognition of the power of the shogi, resulting in the fun of shogi as a game according to the tactics. was difficult.
Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. A shogi game server and a shogi that can provide a shogi game that allows the player to determine the strategy used and to allow the player to enjoy the fun of shogi. An object is to provide a game providing system.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a shogi game in which players play against each other or a shogi game in which players play against players who access using a mobile terminal connected via the Internet A shogi game server for controlling the progress of the shogi game by moving a piece placed on the shogi board to the player, and position information indicating the position of a specific piece on the shogi board or It has a strategy determination means for determining a strategy of a player who plays a game based on movement information indicating movement of the piece.
In this shogi game server, the strategy of the player who plays the game is determined based on position information indicating the position of a specific piece on the shogi board or movement information indicating the movement of the piece.

Further, the strategy determination means may determine the strategy when a predetermined number of moves are performed from the start of movement of the piece by the first player or the second player who plays the game.
In this way, the tactics are not determined until a predetermined number of moves are performed.

Moreover, you may make it further provide the provision means which provides the player who performs the game information which shows the strategy which the said strategy determination means determined.
If it carries out like this, the strategy will be alert | reported to the player who plays a game.

  And this invention is provided with the portable terminal connected through the internet, and the shogi game server, and the player who accesses using a portable terminal makes the shogi game or player which a player plays against each other as an opponent. A shogi game providing system in which a shogi game server provides a shogi game to be played, and the shogi game server moves a piece placed on the shogi board to the player to control the progress of the shogi game And a strategy determining means for determining a strategy of a player who plays the game based on position information indicating the position of a specific piece on the shogi board or movement information indicating movement of the piece. provide.

In this shogi game providing system, it is preferable that the strategy determining means in the shogi game server determine the strategy when a predetermined number of moves are performed from the start of the movement of the piece by the first player or the second player playing the game.
Moreover, it is preferable that the shogi game server in this shogi game providing system further includes providing means for providing strategy information indicating the strategy determined by the strategy determining means to the player who plays the game.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the player's strategy in the game of a shogi game can be determined, and it becomes possible to provide a shogi game that is interesting for the player.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a shogi game server and a shogi game providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment of shogi game server and shogi game providing system)
Here, FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the entire shogi game providing system according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the shogi game server shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a shogi game providing system (hereinafter referred to as “system”) 10 includes a mobile terminal 1 such as a mobile phone capable of executing i-mode (registered trademark), and the mobile terminal 1 via the Internet 9. Connected to a shogi game server (hereinafter referred to as “server”) 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server 2 is configured around a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 </ b> A, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 2 </ b> B and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 2 </ b> C. It has a communication processing unit 2D for transmitting and receiving data and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 2E as an auxiliary storage device.

The CPU 2A operates according to a program stored in the ROM 2B, reads / writes data from / to the HDD 2E, and controls the overall operation of the server 2. The ROM 2B stores a program executed by the CPU 2A and permanent data. In the case of the server 2, the ROM 2B stores a piece table 25, a strategy determination table 50, and the like which will be described later. The RAM 2C stores data and programs used when the CPU 2A operates. The communication processing unit 2D operates in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 2A to execute data transmission / reception.
Then, the server 2 provides the shogi game (hereinafter referred to as “personal game”) that the players play against each other using the mobile terminal 1 by the CPU 2A executing the program stored in the ROM 2B. Alternatively, the server 2 executes a process for providing a shogi game (hereinafter referred to as “game against server”) that is a player's opponent.

The HDD 2 </ b> E stores a member master 11, a game data file 12, a piece position file 13, a game history master 14, a game-specific game performance master 15, and a numbering management master 16, and each master other than the game data file 12 is stored. 14, 15, 16 or the file 13 is appropriately subjected to data update processing by the CPU 2 </ b> A.
The member master 11 is a master file that manages attributes relating to members of the system 10 (players who are allowed to provide shogi games by the system 10 and hereinafter referred to as “members”). The member master 11 has items such as a password, a member ID, and a member name.

The game data file 12 stores necessary data (for example, image data of a shogi piece, image data of a shogi board) for executing a process of providing a shogi game.
The piece position file 13 stores data for managing the position of each piece on the shogi board using the piece position code.
The game history master 14 is a master file for managing the game history, and has items such as a game number, a game date and time, and a member ID that played the game.

  The tactical game achievement master 15 is a file that summarizes the game achievements by tactics adopted by the member. The strategy type, the number of tactics adopted, the adoption ratio, the game results between the tactics, and the tactics adopted. Has a winning percentage item. In the present embodiment, the data are tabulated for each strategy of “three-way flying system”, “four-way flying system”, “medium flying system”, “living system”, and “universal system”.

  The numbering management master 16 is a master file for grouping (classifying) the members registered in the member master 11 for each strategy and managing the ranking of the members by strategy within a predetermined period. The ranking management master 16 includes the ranking by strategy, the member ID, the holding rate (the points that each member holds and changes according to the game results for ranking among the members), the power, the title (for example, the higher ranking number) In order from the person in charge, it has items such as “sokuya”, “instructor”, “instructor fee”, etc.).

  Next, the operation procedure of the server 2 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the main process of the server 2 when a shogi game is provided to the member by the server 2 and this shogi game is executed. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the interpersonal game process of FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the first player game process of FIG. 10 to 12, the step is abbreviated as S.

First, when playing a shogi game, a member operates his / her mobile terminal 1 to access the server 2. On the other hand, the server 2 stands by until there is an access from a member in step 1 after the start of processing. If there is an access, the process proceeds to step 2 in response to the member selecting a paid connection. In the server 2, the CPU 2A operates to determine whether the member is permitted to provide a shogi game (whether or not the member is a member). Check).
In step 3, based on the check result in step 2, the server 2 performs a predetermined member registration process for registering a newly accessed player (nonmember) as a new member of the shogi game. move on.

  In step 4, the server 2 performs a game selection process. In the server 2 in the game selection process, the CPU 2A instructs the communication processing unit 2D to store the data necessary for displaying the selection screen for the game mode of the shogi game (selection screen for the player game or the server game). 1 is transmitted. When the member makes a desired selection along the selection screen, the portable terminal 1 transmits selection information indicating the selection to the server 2. The server 2 proceeds to step 5 when the selection information is provided from the member.

  In step 5, in the server 2, the CPU 2A receives the selection information from the member and branches the process into two shogi game modes. That is, if the member is selected as a game against the player, the process proceeds to step 6; if the member is selected as a game against the server, the process proceeds to step 7. In the player game process in step 6 and the server game process in step 7, the CPU 2A operates as the shogi game progress control means in the present invention, and the shogi game that the members play against each other or the shogi that the server 2 plays against the members as the playing opponent In the game, the members placed on the shogi board are moved to each member to control the progress of the shogi game.

In the interpersonal game process of step 6, the process proceeds to step 20 of FIG. 11, and the server 2 performs a game start process. In the game start process, the server 2 is a member of the data necessary for the CPU 2A to start the interpersonal game (for example, data for displaying a shogi board or an image of a piece or data for displaying explanation information of the interpersonal game) Is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1.
After that, when information for starting the player game is transmitted to the server 2 by the member, the process proceeds to step 21, where the CPU 2A performs a player opponent determination process. That is, the CPU 2A determines the opponent from other members who have accessed, based on the conditions of the opponent that the member desires (for example, when a person with a higher repulsion is desired as the opponent). Further, the CPU 2A may determine the other party by lottery from other members who have accessed within a certain time. In addition, when the opponent is determined, the CPU 2A notifies each player that the player is the opponent or the front or back, with the earlier access time as the first and the later one as the rear.
Next, when proceeding to step 22, the CPU 2A performs a pre-player game process described later, and when proceeding to the subsequent step 23, the CPU 2A determines whether or not the end condition is satisfied. The end condition means a case where the player is clogged according to the shogi rules or a case where the player falls into a thousand days. In this case, if the end condition is satisfied, the interpersonal game process ends, and if not, the process proceeds to step 24.

  In step 24, the server 2 performs back player game processing. In the rear player game process, basically the same process as the first player game process described in detail later is performed. Thereafter, when proceeding to step 25, the CPU 2A determines whether or not the end condition is the same as in step 23. If the end condition is satisfied, the player game is terminated. If not, the player game of step 22 is ended. Return to the process and repeat the series of processes. Hereinafter, the first player game process in step 22 will be described in detail.

  When the preceding player game process in step 22 is started, the process proceeds to step 30 in FIG. 12, and the piece position update information providing process is performed. Here, as information related to the new piece arrangement on the shogi board after the rear hand is moved (update information of the piece position), the later-described piece code to be moved and the later-mentioned shogi board coordinates to be moved Data relating to the value is provided to the first player, and the first player is allowed to select and move the piece. Here, the CPU 2A of the server 2 instructs the communication processing unit 2D to transmit the piece position update information to the portable terminal 1 of the previous player.

  Note that immediately after the start of the player game, the CPU 2A instructs the communication processing unit 2D to transmit data for displaying the game start image. FIG. 3 shows an example of the game start image. As shown in FIG. 3, the game start image includes a shogi board image 20 having 9 × 9 squares, and a plurality of pieces 21, 21 arranged in each square based on a predetermined shogi rule, .., And an index finger image 22 for selecting a piece to be moved and a movement destination of the piece are displayed.

  .. Are associated with a piece code by the piece table shown in FIG. Here, the piece table 25 has a piece code area 26 that stores piece codes, a front piece type area 27 that stores the piece type corresponding to each piece code, and a rear piece type area 28. According to the piece table 25, for example, the “king general” on the front side and the rear side correspond to the piece codes “101” and “201”, respectively, and the “flying vehicle” on the front side and the rear side respectively correspond to the piece code “102”. "," 202 "corresponds.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the shogi board table 40. An array section 41 indicating each square of the shogi board with shogi board coordinate values (X, Y), an X coordinate corresponding section 42 representing X coordinate data, Y-coordinate corresponding unit 43 representing Y-coordinate data, a leading-hand piece part 44 indicating the shogi board coordinate value (0, 1) of the holding piece acquired by the first player, and a shogi board coordinate value of the holding piece obtained by the rear player ( And a rear hand holding piece portion 45 indicating 0, 2). FIG. 5 shows the arrangement of each piece in the initial state before the start of the shogi game. The X coordinate in FIG. 5 corresponds to “muscle”, which is a general term for shogi, and the Y coordinate corresponds to “dan”.

  The position of each piece on the shogi board is specified by the piece position code. The frame position code consists of a 5-digit number, with the upper 3 digits corresponding to the frame code and the lower 2 digits corresponding to the shogi board coordinate values (X, Y) shown in FIG. For example, according to FIG. 5, the leading “king general” exists in the shogi board coordinate values (5, 9), so the piece position code is “10159”. Similarly, the piece position code of “Flying” on the front side is “10228”. Note that the possessed pieces acquired by the players on the front side and the back side exist at the shogi board coordinate values (0, 1) and (0, 2), so the last two digits of the piece position code are “01”, respectively. "," 02 ".

  The piece position codes corresponding to all the pieces on the shogi board are stored in the piece position file 13 shown in FIG. 6, and the positions of all the pieces on the shogi board in the game are specified by referring to the piece position file 13. The CPU 2A updates the frame position file 13 every time each move is made. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the piece position file 13. The frame position file 13 has a frame code area 13a in which frame codes are stored, and a frame position code area 13b in which frame position codes corresponding to the frame codes are stored. FIG. 6 shows the arrangement of the pieces immediately after the start of the shogi game shown in FIG.

  The first player selects one of the pieces displayed on the mobile terminal 1 by a button operation, and moves the piece according to the rules of shogi. In this case, in FIG. 3, an image 22 indicating the index finger is displayed, and the piece to be moved and the movement destination (the square) of the piece are selected and determined by this image 22. Then, the finger information including the piece code corresponding to the piece to be moved and the data on the shogi board coordinates of the movement destination is transmitted from the portable terminal 1 to the server 2.

The server 2 stands by in step 31 until the finger information transmitted by the mobile terminal 1 is acquired. When the finger information is acquired as piece update information, the server 2 proceeds to step 32 and performs a piece position code update process. In the piece position code update process, the piece position file 13 is updated using the acquired finger information, and the process proceeds to step 33.
In step 33, the server 2 performs a process of counting the number of times. Here, the CPU 2A operates as a hand counting means, counts up by adding 1 to the hand counter KT indicating the number of hands from the start of movement of the piece by the first player, and proceeds to the next step 34.

  In step 34, the server 2 performs a number determination process. Here, the CPU 2A operates as the number determination means and determines whether or not the number counter KT has reached the predetermined number Y. If the predetermined number Y has been reached, the process proceeds to step 35. The player game process is terminated. In the present embodiment, since the predetermined number Y is set to “10”, when the number of hands is 10 from the start of movement of the piece by the first player, the process proceeds to step 35, and when the number of hands is less than 10 The first player game process is terminated. The predetermined number Y is not limited to “10”, and may be other numbers.

  In step 35, the server 2 performs a piece information detection process. Here, the CPU 2A operates as a piece information detection means, and searches the above-described piece position file 13 to detect position information indicating the position of a specific piece on the shogi board. In this embodiment, since the “flying car” of the piece code “102” is set as a specific piece in the preceding player, the CPU 2A searches the piece position file 13 using the piece code “102” as a search key and sets the corresponding piece position code. get. In the present embodiment, the piece position code corresponding to the piece code “102” is the position information in the present invention.

  In step 35, the CPU 2A may detect the above-described change in the frame position code as movement information in the present invention. For example, when the piece position code of the piece code “102” changes in the order of “10228”, “10226”, “10286”, information indicating the change from “10228” to “10226”, “10226” to “10286” Information indicating the change in the distance may be detected as movement information.

  Thereafter, when proceeding to step 36, the CPU 2A operates as a strategy determination means in the present invention, and determines the strategy of the member who plays the interpersonal game based on the position information or the movement information. That is, referring to the strategy determination table of FIG. 7 using the piece position code acquired in step 35 as a search key, the corresponding strategy is determined. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the strategy determination table 50 is a table having a piece position code area 51 for storing a piece position code and a strategy area 52 for storing a strategy corresponding to each piece position code.

In the present embodiment, since the specific piece is “flying”, various strategies stored in the strategy area 52 of the strategy determination table 50 are also associated with the position of “flying”. 8 and 9 show an example of the position of the piece on the shogi board determined as “three-way flying system” and “four-way flying system”.
In the present embodiment, the “three-way flying system” when the “flying vehicle” is 7 lines (piece position codes “10271” to “10279”), and the “four-way flying system” is divided into five lines when there are 6 lines. It is set so that a case is determined as “medium-flying vehicle”, a case where there are two lines, “in-flight vehicle”, and a case other than that is determined as “universal”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, when “flying” is in 7 lines and 8 steps, it is determined as “three-way flying system”, and when “flying” is in 6 lines and 8 steps as shown in FIG. Judged as "Four-way flying system"

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the case where the member's strategy is determined based on the position information of “flying vehicle” has been described. However, the determination of the tactics is not limited to the above case. For example, a specific piece may be a “king general” or “silver general”, or two pieces of “king general” and “silver general” may be May be a specific piece. Also, the strategy to be determined may be “bar silver system”, “stool silver system”, “Yakura enclosure system”, “Mino enclosure system”, “silver crown system”, “ana bear system”, or the like.

Moreover, you may make it determine a specific strategy based on the movement information of a specific piece. For example, when the “flying car” is moved in three lines from the arrangement of the “flying car” called “floating car” (when the piece position code is changed from “10226” to “10276”), If it is determined that the strategy is "take-off" or if "flying" is moved to 7 or 8 from the "carriage" arrangement of "longitudinal walking", the strategy is called "twisting car" You may make it determine with there. In this case, it is possible to provide a strategy determination table that associates the change in the piece position code with various strategies, and determines various strategies by referring to the strategy determination table.
As described above, if the position of the piece or the movement of the piece can be associated with the tactics in shogi, they can be widely determined as tactics.

  After the strategy determination process in step 36, the process proceeds to step 37, where the communication processing unit 2D operates as the providing means in the present invention, and provides strategy information to the first player. That is, the CPU 2A instructs the communication processing unit 2D to transmit the strategy information data based on the strategy (for example, the three-way flying system) determined in step 35 to the portable terminal 1 used by the first player. The strategy information data in this case is not limited to data for simply displaying a strategy, but includes, for example, weak point information and pointing attention information for each strategy. Further, the strategy information data may be not only data relating to the specific image but also audio data or the like. When the strategy information providing process in step 37 is completed, the first player game process (see FIG. 10) in step 22 is completed.

Subsequently, the server-to-server game process shown in Step 7 of FIG. 10 will be described. The server-to-server game process is basically the same as the player-to-game process in step 6, and the server 2 plays the role of one member to play, and when the number of players reaches a predetermined number Y, the same strategy as described above Judgment processing and strategy information provision processing are performed.
When the server 2 becomes a rear player, the CPU 2A of the server 2 in the rear player game process (step 24 in FIG. 11) in the player game process (step 6) optimizes according to the move of the front player player. Move the piece in search of a good finger.

As described above, according to the shogi game server 2 and the shogi game providing system 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine the strategy that the member has taken in the game of the shogi game by a simple method, and various results of the strategy determination can be obtained. It becomes possible to use in various forms. For example, if provision means are provided as in the present embodiment, the member's own strategy can be notified to the member who played the game. Therefore, the member can know not only the victory or defeat in the shogi game but also the strategy he / she took. Some players cannot determine what strategy the position of the piece or movement of the piece is related to, and for such a person, knowing the strategy will help them understand the tips and weak points to win. Is possible, and the fun of the shogi game is further increased. In addition, if the tactics are known in this way, a player who wants to try the tactics for the next shogi game may appear. Such members are less tired of the shogi game, and the fun of the shogi game is further increased.
In the present embodiment, the strategy is determined when a predetermined number of hands (for example, 20 hands) have been performed since the member started moving the pieces. Therefore, the number corresponding to the number of steps with which the accuracy of determination in various tactics becomes high can be set to a predetermined number, and the accuracy of tactics determination can be improved.

  The shogi game server and the shogi game providing system according to the present invention have been described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the shogi game server and the shogi game providing system can provide both the player game and the server game, but it may be possible to provide either one of them. . Moreover, even if both games can be provided, the strategy determination process may be performed only in one game. For example, it is possible to perform the strategy determination process in the player game, and not perform the strategy determination process in the server game.

In the hand count processing in the present embodiment, the hand count of the front player or the back player is measured independently, but the total number of both hands is measured to obtain the hand counter KT, which is compared with the predetermined number Y. May be.
Further, in the present embodiment, the predetermined number Y is set to one, but a plurality of integers may be set as the predetermined number, and the strategy may be determined for each number of moves corresponding to the integer. In this case, for example, when the number of the first player is between the fifth and the tenth, the strategy determination process is performed, and strategy information based on the determination result is provided to the mobile terminal used by the member for each determination, Of all the determination results, the strategy having the largest number can be determined as a regular strategy, and the strategy information can be provided to the mobile terminal used by the member.

1 is a system configuration diagram of an entire shogi game providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the shogi game server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a game start image. It is a figure which shows an example of a piece table. It is a figure which shows an example of a shogi board table. It is a figure which shows an example of a frame position file. It is a figure which shows an example of the strategy determination table. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the position of the piece on the shogi board determined to be “Three-way flying system”. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the position of the piece on the shogi board determined to be a “four-way flying system”. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of a shogi game server when providing a shogi game to a member by the shogi server which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the personal game process of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the leading player game process of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal, 2 ... Shogi game server 2A ... CPU, 2B ... ROM, 2C ... RAM
2E ... HDD, 9 ... Internet 10 ... Shogi game providing system 50 ... Strategies determination table

Claims (6)

A shogi game server that provides a player who accesses a player using a mobile terminal connected via the Internet, or a shogi game in which the players play against each other or a shogi game in which the player is the opponent.
A shogi game progress control means for controlling the progress of the shogi game by moving pieces placed on the shogi board to the player;
A shogi game server, comprising: strategy determining means for determining a strategy of a player who performs the game based on position information indicating a position of a specific piece on the shogi board or movement information indicating movement of the piece.   The shogi game server according to claim 1, wherein the strategy determining means determines the strategy when a predetermined number of moves are performed from the start of movement of a piece by a first player or a second player who plays the game.   3. The shogi game server according to claim 1, further comprising providing means for providing strategy information indicating a strategy determined by the strategy determination means to a player who plays the game. A Shogi game comprising a mobile terminal connected via the Internet and a shogi game server, and a player accessing the player using the mobile terminal, or a shogi game played by a player as a opponent A shogi game providing system provided by a shogi game server,
The shogi game server
A shogi game progress control means for controlling the progress of the shogi game by moving pieces placed on the shogi board to the player;
A shogi game providing system comprising: a strategy determining means for determining a strategy of a player performing the game based on position information indicating a position of a specific piece on the shogi board or movement information indicating movement of the piece .   5. The shogi game provision according to claim 4, wherein the strategy determining means in the shogi game server determines the strategy when a predetermined number of moves are performed from the start of movement of the piece by the first player or the second player who plays the game. system.   6. The shogi game providing system according to claim 4, wherein the shogi game server further comprises providing means for providing strategy information indicating a strategy determined by the strategy determining means to a player who performs the game. .

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