JP2006122123A - Game apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game apparatus and a program which enable players to comfortably enjoy games at the time of performing FPS with a game machine for households. <P>SOLUTION: The game apparatus comprises: a target display processing part for displaying a target at a display device; a sight display processing part for displaying a sight for an attack at the display device and moving the sight according to operation information; an attack processing part for performing an attack processing to the target according to the operation information; a visual field moving processing part for deciding the visual field of the player to be displayed at the display device on the basis of the position and direction of the player; and a target processing support part for adjusting the moving processing of the sight by the sight display processing part on the basis of the position relation of the target and the player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device and a program.

In a so-called shooting game in which a player shoots a target displayed on a monitor, it may be difficult for an inexperienced beginner to hit a target with a bullet, and the game may not feel refreshed. . For this reason, conventionally, a technique has been proposed in which the operability of the player is improved so that even a beginner can sufficiently enjoy a shooting game.
For example, the shooting game device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a correction step for correcting the attack direction to the direction of the enemy character, and a marking step for performing marking display on the enemy character. Can be recognized by the player.
In addition, in the game device disclosed in Patent Document 2, the moving target generated on the display does not perform hit check on the shooting information from the player, and only shoots from the player when the target is stationary. A game calculation for performing a hit check on information is performed. Further, when the target is stationary, a game calculation is performed to generate an image as a larger object than the moving target. Therefore, the player only needs to shoot a stationary target that is easy to aim at. Furthermore, the appeal of the target which should be aimed at with respect to a player is raised by displaying the moving target with a line or generating a sound effect. In this way, the burden on the player's aim is reduced, and a shooting game with a more exhilarating feeling is realized.

  A genre game called FPS (First Person Shooter) is one of the styles of shooting games. The feature of FPS is that the player character operated by the player is not displayed on the monitor, but the player's own field of view is displayed, and the player can attack the target from his own viewpoint. For this reason, the player has no sense of operating the character, and can enjoy the game as if he were entering the world on the screen. FPS is generally realized on a personal computer, and a player performs aim movement and attack operation using a mouse or a keyboard.

JP 2000-84242 A JP 2000-210470 A

When the FPS is realized with a home game machine, the player uses the game machine controller instead of the mouse and keyboard to move the aim and perform an attack operation. However, there is a problem that it is difficult for the controller to select an arbitrary point on the screen immediately or to specify a selected portion of the screen in detail, as compared with the mouse.
Also, there is a problem that the field of view displayed on the monitor is narrower than the original field of view. For this reason, a target that exists in the player's original field of view and should be recognizable is unintentionally received because it cannot be confirmed on the monitor.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game device and a program that allow a player to enjoy a game comfortably when performing FPS on a consumer game machine. .

  A game device according to the present invention is a game device that attacks a target displayed on a display device based on operation information input by a player via the operation device, and displays a target on the display device. Based on the position and direction of the player, an aim display processing unit that displays an aim for attack on the display device, moves the aim according to the operation information, an attack processing unit that performs an attack process on the target according to the operation information, A visual field movement processing unit that determines the visual field of the player to be displayed on the display device, and a target processing support unit that adjusts the movement processing of the aim by the aiming display processing unit based on the positional relationship between the target and the player.

  In addition, the target processing support unit is not displayed on the display device, but when a target that exists in the range of the player's original field of vision appears, the target field of the player on the display device is moved so that the target is displayed. It is equipped with an automatic danger detection processing unit.

  A program according to the present invention is a program that causes a computer to operate as a game device that attacks a target displayed on a display device based on operation information input by a player via the operation device. A target display processing step for displaying the target on the display, an aim display processing step for displaying the aim for attack on the display device and moving the aim according to the operation information, an attack processing step for performing an attack process on the target according to the operation information, and a player And a target processing support for adjusting the aim movement process in the aim display processing step based on the positional relationship between the target and the player. The process is executed.

  Also, the target processing support process is not displayed on the display device, but when a target that exists in the range of the player's original field of vision appears, the player's field of view on the display device is moved so that the target is displayed. It is equipped with an automatic danger detection processing step.

  According to the present invention, since the player's aim movement operation is adjusted based on the positional relationship between the target on the display device and the player, even a beginner player can enjoy the game comfortably.

  Further, when a target that is not displayed on the display device but exists in the player's original field of view appears, the visual field displayed on the display device is moved so that the player can confirm the target on the display device. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the lack of reality that the player is surprised by a target that should be recognized by the player.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game system 10 using a consumer game machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the game system 10 includes an operation device 100, a processing device 200, and a display device 500. The processing device 200 is a home game machine main body, the operation device 100 is a controller of the home game machine, and the display device 500 is a monitor or the like. The game system 10 is an FPS game system, and a player operates the operation device 100 to attack a target displayed on the display device 500 with a flying tool (here, a gun).
The processing device 200 includes a game processing unit 210, an image generation unit 300, and a temporary storage device 400. The game processing unit 210 and the image generation unit 300 represent program modules that operate the processor of the processing device 200. The temporary storage device 400 is a memory built in the processing device 200.
The game processing unit 210 includes a target processing unit 220 and a target processing support unit 230. The target processing unit 220 includes a target display processing unit 221, an aiming display processing unit 222, an attack processing unit 223, and a visual field movement processing unit 224. The target processing support unit 230 includes a target risk determination processing unit 231, an aim automatic movement processing unit 232, and an automatic danger detection processing unit 233.

  FIG. 2 is a top view (a) and a side view (b) of the operating device 100. Side view (b) is a view of operating device 100 viewed from the direction of arrow A in the top view (a). In the figure, R1 is a button for performing an operation of reloading a shooting bullet, R2 is a button for performing an operation of shooting a gun, and L1 is a button for performing an operation of switching to an automatic aiming mode to be described later. The cross key is used for an operation of moving the player's viewpoint vertically and horizontally. Further, the right analog stick is used for an operation of moving an aim aiming at the target. The operating device 100 is not limited to the form shown in FIG.

Next, the operation will be described.
An image generated by the image generation unit 300 is displayed on the display device 500. What is displayed on the display device 500 is the field of view of the player including the target and the aim of the gun operated by the player. The player operates the cross key of the operation device 100 to move the viewpoint, operates the right analog stick to align the aiming position with the target, and presses the R2 button to perform an attack. If the attack is successful, the target is removed from the screen.
The game processing unit 210 supplies information related to the player's viewpoint, target, and aim to the image generation unit 300.

The target processing unit 220 generates display information of the player's field of view, target, and aim, and performs an attack process based on information input by the player using the operation device 100. The target processing support unit 230 performs auxiliary processing for the target processing unit 220.
The processing of each unit of the target processing unit 220 will be described. The target display processing unit 221 supplies target display information to the image generation unit 300.
The aim display processing unit 222 supplies the image generation unit 300 with display information on the aim of the player's gun. The aiming display processing unit 222 determines the moving direction and distance of the aiming position based on input information via the right analog stick of the controller device 100. As will be described later, the movement of the aim has a normal mode and an automatic aiming mode.
The attack processing unit 223 determines whether or not the attack is successful when the player attacks the target with the R2 button of the controller device 100, and deletes the target if successful. The image generation unit 300 is notified.
The visual field movement processing unit 224 supplies the visual field information of the player to the image generation unit 300. The visual field movement processing unit 224 determines the visual field of the player based on the input information via the cross key of the operating device 100.

Next, the operation of the target processing support unit 230 will be described.
First, target risk determination processing by the target risk determination processing unit 231 will be described.
The target risk level determination process is a process of calculating how much risk the target displayed on the display device 500 has for the player (actually a player character on the game).
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of target risk determination processing according to the first embodiment.
When the target is displayed based on the command from the target display processing unit 221 (step ST301), the target risk determination processing unit 231 selects a target for risk determination (step ST302).
The targets to be determined are all or a certain number of targets displayed in the player's field of view on the game.

Next, the target risk level determination processing unit 231 performs risk level calculation of each target determined in step ST302 (step ST303).
For example, the following can be raised as a criterion for calculating the degree of risk.
1. Distance between target and player character The closer the distance, the higher the risk level.
2. The range of possible attack of weapons possessed by the target The higher the range of possible attack, the higher the risk.
3. Attack power of the weapon possessed by the target The higher the attack power, the higher the risk level.
4). Target willingness to attack The higher the set willingness to attack, the higher the risk.
The target risk level determination processing unit 231 calculates the risk level of each target according to one or a combination of the risk level calculation criteria 1 to 4 described above. In addition, the calculation standard of a risk degree is not restricted to the above.

Next, the target risk determination processing unit 231 ranks the targets in descending order of risk based on the risk levels of the targets calculated in step ST303 (step ST304).
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of ranking according to target risk. In the figure, PL represents the position of the player character, targets 1 to 5 represent the targets, and the target ranking is in order of target 1, target 2, target 3, target 4, and target 5. In this example, the target 2 is closer to the player character than the target 1, but the target 1 is already in an attack posture (high motivation to attack), and the possible attack range of the weapon is wide. The danger level is high. For this reason, the target 1 is ranked first.
The ranking information determined in step ST304 is held in temporary storage device 400 (step ST305). The ranking information held is used in the automatic aiming movement process described later.
When a new target is generated by the process of the target display processing unit 221, or when the target disappears due to a player's attack or the like, the process returns to step ST302 to perform a risk calculation process, and the temporary storage device 400 Is updated (step ST306).

Next, the normal aim movement process and the aim automatic movement process by the aim automatic movement processing unit 232 will be described.
The aim movement processing by the aiming display processing unit 222 includes a normal mode and an automatic aiming mode through the control of the aiming automatic movement processing unit 232.
First, the aiming movement process in the normal mode will be described.
As described above, the player can move the aim in any direction by operating the right analog stick of the operation device 100. At this time, in the normal mode, the aim on the screen moves at a constant speed (normal speed). However, when the aim passes near the target, the moving speed of the aim decreases. The degree of this decrease is greater as the aim is closer to the target. However, if the sight passes near a target that is more than a certain distance away, the sighting speed does not decrease.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of aiming movement in the normal mode. When the player moves the aim position from position 1 to position 2 by operating the right analog stick, the aim moves at a normal speed. When moving the aim from position 2 to position 3, since the aim passes near the target 2, the moving speed decreases. When moving the aim from position 3 to position 4, it moves at normal speed.

Next, the automatic aiming movement process in the automatic aiming mode will be described.
When the player presses the L1 button of the operating device 100, the aiming movement is switched from the normal mode to the automatic aiming mode. During the automatic aiming mode, even if the right analog stick is operated, the normal aiming movement as shown in FIG. 5 is not performed, and the aiming is automatically moved by the aiming automatic movement processing unit 232. Specifically, among the targets displayed in the direction operated by the player with the right analog stick, the target with the highest ranking determined by the target risk determination processing unit 231 is automatically and instantaneously aimed. To be processed.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of aiming movement in the automatic aiming mode. Here, it is assumed that the target risk determination processing unit 231 ranks the target 1 in order of the target 5. When the player puts the right analog stick to the left with the aim at the position 1 on the screen, the target is automatically aimed at the target 1 that is close to the aim and has the highest risk. When the player makes an attack by pressing the R2 button of the operation device 100 and extinguishes the target 1, the next highest risk level is aimed at the target 2 that is close. Here, when the player puts the right analog stick to the left again, the aim moves to the target 3. When the right analog stick is put to the right from that state, the aim moves to the target 4. Go.
When the L1 button is pressed in the automatic aiming mode, the mode is switched to the normal mode.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the aiming movement process according to the first embodiment.
A target is displayed based on a command from the target display processing unit 221 (step ST701), and target risk determination processing is performed in the target risk determination processing unit 231 (step ST702). Furthermore, the aim of the weapon operated by the player based on the command from the aim display processing unit 222 is displayed (step ST703).
The aiming movement mode is determined by the operation of the L1 button of the operation device 100 by the player (step ST704). In the normal mode, aiming movement processing in the normal mode is performed according to the input operation of the right analog stick by the player (steps ST705 and ST706).
In the case of the automatic aiming mode, aiming movement processing in the automatic aiming mode is performed according to the input operation of the right analog stick by the player (steps ST707 and ST708). When an attack is performed by the player operating the R2 button (step ST709), the attack processing unit 223 performs attack processing (step ST710). The attack processing unit 223 determines whether or not the attack is successful, and if successful, erases the attacked target. Then, it returns to step ST702 and the ranking of the target risk is updated. If the attack fails, the process returns to step ST709 and waits for the player to input the R2 button.

Next, automatic danger detection processing by the automatic danger detection processing unit 233 will be described.
The automatic danger detection process is not displayed on the display device 500, but when a target that should be in the original field of view of the player appears, the visual field is automatically moved and the target is displayed on the display device 500. It is a process to make.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a difference between the field of view displayed on the display device 500 and the original field of view of the player. In FPS, the player's own field of view is displayed on the display device 500, but the image displayed on a monitor such as the display device 500 is narrower than the actual human field of view. For this reason, as shown in the figure, a target that cannot be seen on the screen but should be in the original field of view is generated. The automatic danger detection process is a process for filling such a gap between the view on the display device 500 and the original view of the player.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of automatic danger detection processing according to the first embodiment.
When a target is displayed based on a command from the target display processing unit 221 (step ST901), the automatic danger detection processing unit 233 performs out-of-field danger determination (step ST902). The out-of-view danger determination is a process of determining that there is a danger when the target enters the player's original field of view and the target falls within a certain distance from the player character, although it is not shown on the display device 500. . If it is determined that there is a danger, the display automatically switches to the danger view display (step ST903). In the danger view display, the position and direction of the viewpoint of the player character are not changed, only the visual field displayed by the visual field movement processing unit 224 is temporarily moved, and the target that has entered the original visual field of the player is displayed on the screen. It is a process that makes it possible to confirm with.
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the danger view display. In the state shown in FIG. 6A, the target has entered the player's original field of view outside the field of view of the display device 500. Therefore, the automatic danger detection processing unit 233 determines that there is a danger and displays a danger view. Switch to the state (b) in the figure. When switching to the danger view display, as shown in (b) in the figure, the position and orientation of the player character PL do not change, only the field of view moves, and the target that should have been seen is projected on the display device 500. It becomes like this.
Thus, by switching to the danger view display, the player can confirm on the screen the target that should have been originally visible, and can avoid such a surprise strike from the target.

If the player performs an input operation with the right analog stick of the operation device 100 within a certain time after switching to the danger view display, the direction of the player character moves to the state shown in FIG. If no input operation is performed by the player within a predetermined time, the player's field of view returns to the state shown in FIG. 10A (step ST904, step ST905).
When the player operates the R2 button of the operation device 100 to attack the target (step ST906), the attack processing unit 223 performs attack processing (step ST907). The attack processing unit 223 determines whether or not the attack is successful. If the attack is successful, the attack target is deleted, and the process proceeds to step ST908. If the attack fails, the process returns to step ST906 and waits for the player to input the R2 button.
In step ST908, it is determined whether or not the player has performed an operation of returning the aim to the original direction (direction (a) in FIG. 10) with the right analog stick within a predetermined time from the attack processing. When the operation is performed, the orientation of the player character is returned to the state shown in FIG. If no operation is performed by the player within a certain time, the player character remains in the state shown in FIG. 10C and returns to step ST902.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the aim automatic movement processing unit 232 automatically determines the aim of the player based on the rank order of each target risk calculated by the target risk determination processing unit 231. Realize an automatic aiming mode that moves to fit high-risk enemies. As a result, it is possible to improve the operability of the controller for the game machine, in which it is difficult to immediately select an arbitrary point on the screen as compared with the mouse, or to specify the selected portion of the screen in detail.
In addition, when a target that does not appear on the display device 500 appears in the player's original field of view, the automatic danger detection processing unit 233 can check the target on the display device 500 by switching to the danger view display. As a result, it is possible to prevent a surprise from a target that should actually be seen.
As described above, the provision of the target processing support unit 230 can improve the operability of the player when performing FPS with a consumer game machine.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system by the home-use game machine by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the upper side figure and side view of an operating device by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the target risk degree determination process by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of ranking by the danger level of the target by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the aim movement in the normal mode by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the aiming movement in automatic aiming mode by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the aim movement process by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the difference of the visual field projected on a display apparatus and the actual visual field of a player by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the automatic danger detection process by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the danger view display by Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game system 100 Operation apparatus 200 Processing apparatus 210 Game process part 220 Target process part 221 Target display process part 222 Aiming display process part 223 Attack process part 224 Field movement process part 230 Target process support part 231 Target risk determination process part 232 Aim Automatic movement processing unit 233 Automatic danger detection processing unit 300 Image generation unit 400 Temporary storage device 500 Display device

Claims (10)

A game device that attacks a target displayed on a display device based on operation information input by a player via an operation device,
A target display processing unit for displaying the target on the display device;
An aiming display processing unit for displaying an aiming for attack on the display device and moving the aiming according to the operation information;
An attack processing unit that performs an attack process on the target according to the operation information;
A visual field movement processing unit that determines the visual field of the player to be displayed on the display device based on the position and direction of the player;
A game apparatus comprising: a target processing support unit that adjusts the movement process of the aim by the aim display processing unit based on a positional relationship between the target and the player.   2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the aiming display processing unit lowers the moving speed of the aiming target from a normal speed when the distance between the aiming target and the target becomes a certain distance or less.   The target processing support unit includes an automatic aiming movement processing unit that automatically adjusts the aim for each target displayed on the display device in descending order of the target risk. Item 3. A game device according to item 1 or 2.   The target processing support unit includes a target risk determination processing unit that calculates a risk level of each target displayed on the display device and ranks each target based on the risk level. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   Although the target processing support unit is not displayed on the display device, the target is displayed in the player's field of view on the display device when a target that exists in the range of the player's original field of vision appears. The game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic danger detection processing unit that moves. A program that causes a computer to operate as a game device that attacks a target displayed on a display device based on operation information input by a player via an operation device,
In the above computer,
A target display processing step of displaying the target on the display device;
An aim display processing step of displaying an aim for attack on the display device and moving the aim according to the operation information;
An attack processing step for performing an attack process on the target according to the operation information;
A visual field movement processing step for determining the visual field of the player to be displayed on the display device based on the position and direction of the player;
A program for executing a target processing support step for adjusting the movement processing of the aim in the aim display processing step based on the positional relationship between the target and the player. 7. The program according to claim 6, wherein the aiming display processing step makes the moving speed of the aiming point lower than a normal speed when the distance between the aiming target and the target becomes a certain distance or less.   The target processing support step includes an aiming automatic movement processing step of automatically aligning the aim for each target displayed on the display device in descending order of the risk of the target set in advance. Item 8. The program according to item 6 or claim 7.   The target processing support step includes a target risk determination processing step of calculating a risk level of each target displayed on the display device and ranking each target based on the risk level. The program according to any one of claims 6 to 8.   The target processing support step is not displayed on the display device, but when the target that exists in the range of the original field of view of the player appears, the target is displayed on the player's field of view on the display device. The program according to any one of claims 6 to 9, further comprising a moving automatic danger detection processing step.

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