JP2007075209A - Computer game program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of a user in a computer game device accepting a command in a touch input method. <P>SOLUTION: This computer game device 1 is provided with a display screen 2 for displaying a game picture to be executed according to a game program. The touch input panel 3 accepting the command input to the game by the touch operation of the user, displays a mark M indicating the user an operation method how to touch the touch input panel 3 according to an event in the game on the display screen 2, and makes the user recognize an appropriate operation method on the display screen 2 for displaying the game picture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game executed by a computer game device in accordance with a computer game program, and in particular, a display screen for displaying an image of a game to be executed and a touch that receives an operation input to the game by a touch operation by a user. The present invention relates to a technique applied to a computer game device having an input panel.

In recent years, computer game apparatuses configured by causing a computer to execute a game program have become widespread, and various games can be enjoyed by exchanging the game program to be executed.
In such a computer game device, an operation input from the user is received by a button or a joystick, and a character in the game displayed on the screen is operated or displayed on the screen in accordance with the user operation input. Processing such as destroying objects is performed.

  Some portable small computers such as PDAs and electronic notebooks are provided with a touch input panel on the screen as means for accepting an operation input from the user. For example, the user touches the touch input panel with a finger or a pen. The desired item field of the schedule table displayed on the screen can be selected, and the user can input characters to the schedule table displayed on the screen by drawing characters on the touch panel.

In recent years, computer game devices that employ a touch input method as a user operation input method have been put into practical use, and a game operation feeling and game configuration that are different from the operation methods using buttons and joysticks have been realized.
The touch input method allows a user to input various commands by touching the touch input panel with a finger or a pen. In particular, in a portable computer game device, a game executed in accordance with a game program By providing the device with a touch input panel that accepts an operation input to the game to be executed by a touch operation by the user together with a display screen for displaying the image of the image, various command operation inputs can be performed by a compact input means configuration. Can be possible.

The computer game device adopting the touch input method has the advantages as described above, but what kind of operation is performed on the touch input panel in order to input a necessary command (for example, what figure is drawn) There was a problem that it was difficult to understand.
In addition, the game image is mainly displayed on the display screen, but if the user's eyes are taken away by the touch input panel due to the touch operation, the game cannot be fully enjoyed. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to improve operability for a user in a computer game technique for receiving a command by a touch input method.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new user interface for command input in computer game technology that accepts commands by a touch input method.

  The present invention can be implemented in various modes such as a computer game device, a game program configured by computer hardware of the computer game device being executed, and a game method executed by the computer game device.

A computer game device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a display screen for displaying an image of a game executed in accordance with a game program, and a touch that receives a command input to the executed game by a touch operation by a user. A display device for displaying a mark representing an operation method for a user to touch the touch input panel in response to an event set in a game program to be executed, according to an event set in a game program to be executed. A mark display means for displaying is provided.
Therefore, even when various operation methods (for example, figures, touch positions, and the number of touches) on the touch input panel are set in order to input a command, an appropriate operation method depends on the display screen on which the game image is displayed. This improves the user operability in a computer game that accepts commands using the touch input method.

Further, according to the present invention, the display unit displays a time measuring means for measuring a time for the user to perform a touch operation on the touch input panel and a game effect for the event when the touch operation is not input within the time measuring time. The game execution means for displaying is provided, and a novel user interface is realized in which the game effect is varied by time-limiting the touch operation input of a predetermined operation method.
The computer game device according to the present invention has a configuration in which the touch input panel also serves as an input display screen for displaying a guide image for guiding a user's touch operation position, and the input screen is arranged below the display screen. Thus, it is preferably provided in a portable computer game device.

  According to the present invention, a computer including a display screen for displaying an image of a game executed according to a game program, and a touch input panel that receives a command input to the executed game by a user's touch operation In the game device, in response to an event set in the game program to be executed, a mark representing an operation method that the user should touch the touch input panel for the event is displayed on the display screen. The game can be sufficiently enjoyed without causing a situation where the user's eyes are lost to the touch input panel for the operation.

The present invention will be specifically described based on an example.
FIG. 1 shows an external configuration of a portable computer game device according to this example.
The computer game apparatus 1 of this example includes a display screen 2 such as a liquid crystal plate for displaying an image of a game executed in accordance with a game program, and a user's finger 4 or a command input to the executed game. A touch input panel 3 that accepts a touch operation with a pen or the like, and the display screen 2 and the touch input panel 3 are provided in an openable and foldable device case, respectively, and the device case is opened to play a game. In this case, the touch input panel 3 is positioned below the display screen 2.
Accordingly, the user who plays the game performs a touch operation on the touch input panel 3 below the line of sight while viewing the game image on the display screen 2.

In the present invention, the touch input panel 3 may be an input panel that acquires position information that is touched like a pressure-sensitive panel. However, in the computer game device of this example, a transparent feeling is displayed on a display screen such as a liquid crystal plate. A pressure input panel 3 is provided to constitute the touch input panel 3, whereby the touch input panel 3 is provided as an input screen that also displays an image.
The computer game apparatus 1 of the present example incorporates known computer hardware necessary for executing a game program such as a processor and a memory, and the computer hardware 1 executes the program according to the present invention by using the computer hardware. Main functional means as shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a main functional configuration according to the present invention.
The computer game apparatus 1 has a game execution means 5 for executing a game program and a display processing means 6 for displaying an image of the executed game on the display screen 2. The game program is loaded in the apparatus 1. It is executed by the hardware of the apparatus 1 by a known method such as reading from a storage medium or downloading from the outside by communication means.

The game execution means 5 includes a mark table 7 that holds information related to a mark that represents an operation method for the user to perform a touch operation (ie, a command input operation) on the input screen (touch input panel) 3, and a game program to be executed. According to the set event, there is provided a mark selection means 8 for selecting an operation method mark to be touched with respect to the event from the table 7, and a timer means 9 for measuring the time for the user to touch with respect to the event. is doing.
Here, the mark table 7 is preset in the game program to be executed, and the mark selection means 8 arbitrarily selects a mark from the mark table 7 (in this example, random).

The display processing means 6 has a mark display means 10 for displaying the image of the mark M selected by the mark selection means 8 on the display screen 2. In this example, the display processing means 6 interferes with the game image on the display screen 2. A mark M is displayed in a region 11 (a corner of the display screen 2) that is not to be displayed.
In this example, when the selected mark M is a mark indicating a figure or a touch position, the display processing means 6 displays a guide image S for guiding the touch operation position of the mark on the input screen 3 as a silhouette. Thus, it is defined that a figure drawn by a user's touch operation and a position where the touch operation is performed can be accurately detected. In addition, since the operability of command input can be improved by the touch input method by displaying the mark M without displaying the guide image S, the display of the guide image S is not essential in the present invention.

FIG. 3A shows a game image G displayed on the display screen 2 at an event timing during game execution, and FIG. 3B shows a guide image S displayed on the input screen 3 at the event timing. Is shown.
An example of a game in which character C slides on a snowboard and should perform a trick such as a jump base set on the run course (ie, a jump set in the game program to grab or rotate the snowboard) Event), a touch operation according to the mark M displayed in the area 11 of the display screen 2 is performed on the input screen 3 and a command is input, so that the character C can make a trick while jumping. It is a game that can be done.

  In this example, as will be described later, when a touch operation according to the mark M is performed on the input screen 3 within a predetermined input operation time counted by the timer means 9, the game executing means 5 is used. However, an image in which the jump trick at the jump event is successful is displayed on the display screen 2, and in other cases, an image in which the jump trick such as the character C falls is displayed on the display screen 2. That is, the game effect (success / failure of the jump trick) for the event is displayed on the display screen 2 in accordance with the touch operation and the operation timing.

FIG. 4 shows a mark M set in the mark table 7 in this example, and any one of these marks is selected by the mark selecting means 8 at an event in the game, and the mark M is displayed by the mark display means 10. Is displayed in the area 11.
In this example, a total of 12 types of marks M are prepared in 4 systems including 3 types, and “vertical line” and “Z-type line” are used as system lines indicating that a figure should be drawn on the input screen 3 by touch operation. ”,“ Diagonal to square ”, and three types of numbers“ 3 ”,“ 5 ”,“ 7 ”, which are numbers indicating the number of consecutive hits as a system mark indicating that the input screen 3 should be hit repeatedly by touch operation , Three types of marks “2 places”, “3 places”, “5 places” as a system mark indicating that a predetermined position on the input screen 3 should be pressed by the touch operation, and the specified number of the input screen 3 by the touch operation There are three types of marks “circle 1”, “circle 2”, and “circle 4” in which numbers indicating numbers are surrounded by circles as system marks indicating that a circle should be drawn.

In the game program of this example, since the mark selection means 8 randomly selects any one of the marks, it is possible to give the user a sense of tension regarding the operation input and to make the game thrilling. .
The three types of marks prepared for each system are updated and selected according to the number of successful event jump tricks according to the touch operation. For example, the first (first) event during game execution Touching within a given time, such as sometimes hitting 3 times in success, jump jumps succeeded, 5 times required for the second event and 7 times required for the third and subsequent events The difficulty of the jump trick is changed so that the operation becomes more difficult.

FIG. 5 shows, along the time axis, the relationship between the timing at which the user inputs a command by a touch operation on the input screen 3 and the success or failure of the jump trick at a jump event during game execution.
When the game program is executed by the computer game device 1, a game image is displayed on the display screen 2, and the game (in this example, a snowboard game) proceeds.

When a jump event is set in the game program in the progressing game, the mark selection means 8 selects a mark set for successful trick jump in the event according to the above condition from the mark table 7, and a mark display means 10 displays the image of the selected mark M in the area 11 of the display screen.
As described above, in the case of a system mark indicating that a figure should be drawn or a system mark indicating that a predetermined position should be pressed, the mark display means 10 uses the guide image S of the mark for input. Display on screen 3.

  In this example, when the character C starts jumping from the jumping base, the mark M is displayed on the display screen 2, and the user enters the input screen at the jump event (jump time (T)) from the start of the jump to the end of the jump. By inputting the command according to the mark M displayed in the predetermined time in 3 to the touch operation, it is possible to achieve a game effect that makes the character succeed in the trick action while jumping.

When the mark M is displayed, the timer means 9 starts measuring time, and when the user touches and inputs a command according to the mark M on the input screen 3 within a predetermined time from the mark display, the game executing means 5 causes the character C Performs a trick jump process, and the display processing means 6 displays on the display screen 2 an image in which the character C has successfully performed the trick jump action.
On the other hand, when the user touches and inputs a command according to the mark M on the input screen 3 after a predetermined time from the mark display (or in the command according to the mark M within the predetermined time from the mark display). The game execution means 5 performs a trick jump process for the character C, but the time required for completing this process (trick processing time (t)) exceeds the jump end time. The processing means 6 displays on the display screen 2 an image in which the character C has failed the trick jump action.

  That is, the user inputs a command in accordance with the mark M at the timing when the trick processing time (t) reaches the jump end time (that is, within the input operation time (T ′) timed by the timer means 9). When a touch operation is input to No. 3, a game effect that makes the character C succeed in trick jump at the jump event can be achieved.

  Although the present invention has been described by taking a jump event of a snowboard game as an example, the present invention can be applied to various types of games, such as action game battle events, role playing game attacks and defense events, and the like. It can be applied to various types of event operations.

It is a figure showing appearance composition of a computer game device concerning an example of the present invention. It is a functional lineblock diagram of a computer game device concerning an example of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the screen display of the computer game device which concerns on an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the operation method mark of the computer game device concerning an example of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the time setting of the touch input (command input) of the game program which concerns on an example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: computer game device, 2: display screen,
3: Screen for input (touch input panel), 5: Game execution means,
6: display processing means, 7: mark table,
8: Mark selection means, 9: Timer means,
10: Mark display means, 11: Mark display area,
C: Character, M: Mark,
S: Guide image,

Claims (6)

In a computer game apparatus comprising: a display screen for displaying an image of a game executed in accordance with a game program; and a touch input panel that receives a command input to the executed game by a user's touch operation;
In accordance with an event set in the game program to be executed, a mark display unit is provided that displays a mark on the display screen that indicates an operation method for the user to touch the touch input panel for the event. A computer game device. The computer game device according to claim 1,
A computer game apparatus, comprising: time measuring means for measuring a time during which the user should perform a touch operation on the touch input panel in response to the event. The computer game device according to claim 1 or 2,
The touch input panel also serves as an input display screen for displaying a guide image for guiding a touch operation position by a user,
The computer game device characterized in that the input screen is arranged below the display screen and is provided in the computer game device. In a game program executed by a computer game device including a display screen for displaying a game image and a touch input panel that receives a command input to the game by a touch operation by a user,
According to an event set during the game, a mark display function for displaying on the display screen a mark indicating an operation method that the user should touch on the touch input panel for the event is configured in the computer game device. A game program characterized by The game program according to claim 4,
A time keeping function for keeping time for the user to touch the touch input panel for the event;
What is claimed is: 1. A game program comprising: a game execution function for displaying on a display screen a game effect for an event when a touch operation is not input within the time keeping period. In a game method executed by a computer game device including a display screen for displaying an image of a game and a touch input panel that receives a command input to the game by a touch operation by a user,
In accordance with an event set during the game, a mark representing an operation method that the user should touch the touch input panel for the event is displayed on the display screen.
The time for the user to touch the touch input panel for the event
A game method executed by a computer game device, characterized in that a game effect for an event when a touch operation is not input within the measured time is displayed on a display screen.

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