JP2008142564A - Image display method, image generating device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display points gained by a player by switching between an analogue display of scores and digital display of points in accordance with a game scene. <P>SOLUTION: A key input detection means 21 detects key input by the player, and obtains a key operation signal. A correct/incorrect determination means 22 compares the key operation signal with a correct input pattern 23 to make correct/incorrect determination. A point/score calculating means 24 calculates the points gained by the player based on the correct/incorrect determination. A point/score display switching means 25 generates a video signal to display the points gained by the player by switching between the analogue display of scores and the digital display of points in accordance with the game scene. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display technique for a game screen, and more particularly to an improved technique for making a game environment interesting.

  FIG. 18 is an example of a game screen of a fighting game in which characters imitating fighter fight each other. In the figure, reference numeral 50 is a player character operated by a player, 40 is an enemy character (enemy character) that competes with the player character 50, and 71 is a remaining amount of energy value (variation value) virtually held by the enemy character 40. , 72 is a life gauge of the player character 50. The life gauges 71 and 72 display a large decrease in the life gauge when the opponent receives an attack with a high destructive power such as a deadly technique, and display a life gauge of the life gauge when an attack with a small destructive power such as a small skill is received. The amount of decrease was displayed small. Thereby, the player can always grasp the amount of damage of the player character 50 operated by the player and the amount of damage of the enemy character 40 operated by the opponent. Can proceed. As described above, in the progress of the game, the game screen has a variation value that fluctuates depending on the degree of the situation that is advantageous and / or disadvantageous for the player as an amount that continuously changes for each finely divided unit quantity. In this specification, the method of displaying the image is referred to as “subdivision display”.

  FIG. 19 is an example of a game screen of a battle game in which characters imitating fighters battle each other in the air. In the figure, reference numerals 40 and 50 are characters operated by a player and an opponent, respectively, and imitate the appearance of a fighter. The player performs an input operation of the controller, fires the bullet 80, and shoots down the enemy character 40. In such a game, as indicated by reference numeral 73, a plurality of fighters that can compete are standby in advance and displayed on the game screen so that the number of the fighters can be understood, and the player operated by the player by the opponent's attack When the character 50 is shot down, the number of fighters on standby is reduced by one to display the number. The player character 50 is shot down at the stage of being damaged by the bullet 80 regardless of the opponent's attack strength. Therefore, the number of fighters that can fight (the number of remaining aircraft) corresponding to the number of times the player has made a mistake. ) Is determined. In this way, a fluctuation value that fluctuates for each predetermined unit amount (coarsely divided unit amount) according to the number of times a player misses, such as the remaining number of fighters that can fight or the number of possible battles. In this specification, the method of displaying is referred to as “rough division display”.

  As described above, which of “finely divided display” and “roughly divided display” is used is a problem that needs to be examined in light of the type, personality, contents, and the like of the game. For example, the player can tolerate some mistakes, and the “subdivision display” is suitable for situations where the game can be enjoyed in an easy atmosphere. The slightest mistake of the player becomes a fatal injury, and there is a sense of tension that no mistakes can be forgiven. In the scene, “rough division display” is suitable. For this reason, even in the same game, by switching between “subdivided display” and “roughly divided display” for each scene, the tension of the game can be moderated and a sharp game environment can be constructed. It is considered possible.

  On the other hand, a conventional quiz game has been proposed in which a quiz problem is presented in a window on the game screen, and answers to this are presented as a plurality of options. The player selects the option by operating the keys on the controller, placing the cursor on the option to be selected, and pressing the enter button. However, in the conventional game device, regardless of which option is selected, the performance operation of the character that answers the quiz is the same, and the player cannot change the performance operation of the character according to the mood at that time. It was. For example, when a character answers a quiz, how to raise the hand of the character, facial expression, loudness, posture, etc. are standardized, and when a player responds with confidence However, the performance of the character when responding to the quiz was the same and lacked interest.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the first object of the present invention is to realize an environment in which a game can be enjoyed more interestingly by switching between “finely divided display” and “roughly divided display” for each game scene in the same game. And

  In addition, the present invention provides a character effect that is displayed on the game screen in response to the input operation selected by the player in a situation where the player is required to perform any key input operation. A second problem is to realize an environment where the game can be enjoyed more interestingly by changing.

  In order to solve the above problems, an image display method according to the present invention is an image display method for a game apparatus that acquires an operation signal input by a player, executes a game process, and generates and displays a game image. In the first step, the score obtained based on the operation signal input by the player as the game process is executed is displayed in the first game scene, and is displayed in the first step. A second step of switching the first game scene to a second game scene and displaying the score in the second game scene. In the first step, the first game scene comprises: In this case, a character operated by the player who changes the score according to the evaluation of the degree of the situation advantageous or unfavorable to the player in the course of the game is played by the player. In the second step, the converted value is converted into a variable value necessary for execution, and the converted value is displayed as a number or a graph. In the second step, the score is calculated based on the player's score in the second game scene. The number of battles that can be reduced corresponding to the number of misses is converted into a predetermined number of display bodies, and the converted number of display bodies is displayed.

  As a result, by changing the display mode of the fluctuation value according to the game scene, it is possible to realize a game scene that can be enjoyed comfortably and a game scene with a sense of tension, and also change the display form according to the characteristics of the game This makes it possible to determine and evaluate according to the game, and to construct a more interesting game environment.

  The game device of the present invention is a game device that acquires an operation signal input by a player and executes a game process to generate and display an image of the game, with the execution of the game process. , Further comprising display switching means for switching and displaying the score acquired based on the operation signal input by the player in the first game scene and the second game scene, wherein the display switching means In the game scene, the score varies depending on the evaluation of the degree of the situation advantageous or unfavorable to the player in the progress of the game. The character operated by the player is necessary for the game to progress. In the second game scene, the score is reduced in correspondence with the number of times the player misses. As the allowable number, in terms of the number of predetermined display body, and displaying a display body of the conversion has been number.

  Furthermore, the program of the present invention acquires an operation signal input by a player, executes a game process, and generates and displays an image of the game. A first step of displaying in a first game scene a score acquired based on an operation signal input by the player, and a second game in which the first game scene displayed in the first step is displayed. And switching to a scene to execute a second step of displaying the score in the second game scene. In the first step, in the first game scene, the score is used as the game progresses. Converted into a fluctuation value necessary for the character operated by the player to progress the game, which varies depending on the evaluation of the degree of advantageous or unfavorable situation for the player The converted variation value is displayed as a number or a graph, and in the second step, the possible number of matches in which the score is reduced corresponding to the number of times the player misses in the second game scene. As described above, the number of display bodies is converted into a predetermined number of display bodies and the converted number of display bodies is displayed.

  According to the image display method of the present invention, in a situation where the player is required to input any key in order to make the player character perform “same purpose movement” as the enemy character displayed on the game screen, The action of the player character is changed by inputting based on a key type determined in advance corresponding to the action.

  “Same motion” means a motion with a common purpose such as “raising a hand” when a player character answers a quiz. It refers to a mode of “same purpose movement” such as “raise” and “raise hands with confidence”. As a result, even if the operation is “same purpose operation”, the “operation mode” can be changed by the player's input operation, so that the effect of the player can be exhibited.

  A program for causing a computer system to execute the above image display method can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of such recording media include optical recording media (CD-RAM, CD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, PD disk, MD disk, MO disk, etc.) Recordable media), magnetic recording media (recording media capable of magnetically reading data such as flexible disks, magnetic cards, magnetic tapes, etc.), or memory devices (semiconductor memory devices such as DRAM, ferroelectrics such as FRAM) A portable recording medium such as a memory cartridge provided with a memory element).

  The above program responds to a request from a client device (personal computer, game device, mobile phone equipped with a Web browser, portable information device such as a PDA) connected to an open network such as the Internet network or a packet communication network. In response, on-demand distribution can be performed from a network server such as a Web server.

  According to the present invention, for a player who plays a game, the display form of the player's variation value that varies greatly according to the degree of advantageous situation and / or disadvantageous situation in the game progress depends on the game scene. By changing, a game scene that can be enjoyed easily and a game scene with a sense of tension can be realized, and a more interesting game environment can be constructed. Moreover, since the action mode of the character can be changed by the player's input operation, it is possible to exhibit the effect of the player.

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

  FIG. 1 shows a connection configuration between a game device and a peripheral device. In the figure, reference numeral 10 is a controller, 20 is a game device, and 30 is an NTSC video monitor. The controller 10 is provided with a direction key 11, an X button 12, a Y button 13, an A button 14, and a B button 15. The game apparatus 20 acquires an operation signal output from the controller 10 in response to a player's key / button input operation, and performs game processing. The game apparatus 20 includes a video processor for generating images and an audio processor for generating sound, and outputs video signals and audio signals generated by these processors to the TV monitor 30. A game screen is displayed on the display 31 of the video monitor 30.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the game apparatus 20. As shown in the figure, the game apparatus 20 includes key input detection means 21, correctness determination means 22, correct answer input pattern 23, point / score calculation means 24, and point / score display switching means 25. Each of these means is realized by cooperation of hardware and software by executing a game program on the operating system. In this game, an enemy character appears on the game screen and dances for a predetermined time according to the BGM. The player stores the movement pattern of the enemy character and operates the player character by inputting a key at an appropriate timing. When the movement pattern and movement timing of the player character and the movement pattern and movement timing of the enemy character match, the score (variation value) obtained by the player is added, and when it does not match, the score is subtracted Has been.

  As described above, in this specification, a game in which a player character imitates (traces) the dance of an enemy character and determines whether the player's input operation is correct or incorrect is referred to as a “dance battle”. Further, in the following description, “score” is obtained by “subdividing and displaying” the score obtained by the player, and “point” is obtained by “roughly dividing and displaying” the score obtained by the player. .

  In the figure, a key input detecting means 21 checks whether or not there is a key input from the controller 10 every 1/60 seconds, and acquires a key operation signal when detecting an input of a key operation. Then, the type of key input by the player and the timing of key input are determined, and a detection signal is output to the correctness determination means 22. The correctness determination means 22 compares the detection signal and the correct answer input pattern 23 to determine whether the player's input operation is correct. The point / score calculating means 24 calculates the score obtained by the player based on the result of the correctness determination. The point / score display switching means 25 performs display switching between “score” and “point” for each game scene, and in a game scene that requires “subdivision display”, a video signal for displaying the score as “score”. In a game scene where “rough division display” is required, a video signal for displaying the score as “points” is generated.

Next, the details of the game will be described. FIG. 3 shows the entire game progress. In this game, a plurality of movement scenes M and a plurality of confrontation dance scenes D are alternately arranged. The moving scene M is a scene in which the player character moves in the game space. When the player character meets an enemy character (encounter), the player character moves to a confrontation dance scene D in which a dance battle is performed. In the confrontation dance scene D, m dance confrontations Q ₁ , Q ₂ ,..., Q _m are performed. Each dance confrontation Q ₁ , Q ₂ ,..., Q _m is composed of a question turn Q in which the enemy character answers the dance and an answer turn A in which the player character answers the dance. When the confrontation dance scene D is repeated a plurality of times, the final dance scene FD, which is the final stage, is reached. In the final dance scene FD, n-time dance confrontations Q ₁ , Q ₂ ,..., Q _n are performed.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the positional relationship between the enemy character 40 and the player character 50 at the time of a dance showdown. Since the enemy character 40 dances on the question turn Q, the camera (virtual viewpoint) 60 performs camera work so that the enemy character 40 is displayed on the display 31. On the other hand, in the answer turn A, since the player character 50 dances, the camera 60 performs camera work so that the player character 50 is displayed on the display 31.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the action timing of the character in the dance battle, and it is assumed that the enemy character 40 dances on the first beat and the third beat of the first measure in the question turn Q. FIG. The player stores the movement pattern and movement timing of the enemy character 40. Next, when a transition is made to answer turn A, the player operates the player character 50 by operating the keys of the controller 10 according to the stored contents. The key operation at this time is performed with the A button 14. As shown in the figure, if the player character 50 can perform a key operation so as to dance on the first beat and the third beat of one bar, the player's score is added.

  In addition, depending on a game scene, you may comprise so that not the enemy character 40 but an ally character may dance. In this case, the player character 50 is operated by the key operation of the B button 15.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a game screen showing a state in which the player character 50 is dancing in the answer turn A. When moving from the movement scene M to the confrontation dance scene D, as shown in the figure, a predetermined number of heart-shaped points 51 are given to the player. The score obtained by the player is “subdividedly displayed” as the score 52 on the game screen. When the player accurately traces the movement of the enemy character 50 and the input operation is determined to be correct, a predetermined score (for example, 4 points) is added to the score 52. 1 disappears, and a predetermined score (for example, 4 points) is subtracted from the score 52.

  Here, the processing steps in the confrontation dance scene D will be described with reference to FIG. When the enemy character 40 and the player character 50 meet in the moving scene M (A1), the game moves to the confrontation dance scene D, and as shown in FIG. 6, a predetermined number of points 51 having a heart shape are provided (A2). ). When the confrontation dance scene D is entered, a dance confrontation is performed, and the enemy character 40 dances on the enemy turn (A3). Next, the process proceeds to an answer turn (A4), and the player performs key input and operates the player character 50. When it is determined that the player's key input is correct (A5; YES), the score 52 is added (A6). On the other hand, if the answer is incorrect (A5; NO), the number of points 51 is subtracted by 1 (A11).

  Here, if it is determined that the number of points is 0 (A12; YES), an image of the player character 50 leaving is displayed (A14), and the confrontation dance scene D is terminated. When the number of points is positive (when it is a natural number of 1 or more) (A12; NO), the score 52 is subtracted (A13). When the value of the score 52 is positive (A7; YES) and all confrontation has not ended (A8; NO), the processing from step A3 is repeated. On the other hand, when the value of the score 52 becomes 0 (A7; NO), the game is over (A15). When all the confrontations are completed (A8; YES), the remaining points 51 are added to the score 52 (A9). Here, assuming that there is a value of “8 points” per point 51, 8 points × 2 = 16 points are added to the score 52 when two points 51 remain. Next, an end effect is performed (A10), and the dance showdown ends.

  Thus, in the confrontation dance scene D, the score obtained by the player is “subdividedly displayed” as the score 52. Even if a player makes a mistake, the unit variation amount (4 points in the above example) is reduced, so the player's damage is not so great, providing a game environment that can be played in a relaxed manner it can. By viewing the score 52, the player can grasp the score he has acquired in an analog manner.

  Next, each processing step in the final battle scene FD will be described with reference to FIG. When the enemy character 40 and the player character 50 meet in the moving scene M (B1), the process moves to the final battle scene FD. Then, the value of the score 52 acquired in the confrontation dance scene D so far is converted into a star-shaped point 53 having a value of “10 points” per one (B2). For example, when the score 52 is “62 points”, it is converted into six points 53 (see FIG. 7). The handling of the remaining two points will be described later. In the dance showdown, as described above, the enemy character dances on the question turn (B3), and then the player character dances on the player's answer turn (B4).

  When the player's key input is correct (B5; YES), the number of points 53 is increased by one (B6). On the other hand, if the answer is incorrect (B5; NO), only one point 53 is subtracted (B10). Here, when the number of points 53 becomes 0 (B11; YES), the game is over (B12). If the value of the point 53 is positive (B11; NO), and all confrontations have not ended (B7; NO), the processing after step B3 is repeatedly executed and all confrontations are completed ( B7; YES), the point 53 is converted into a score 52 (B8). For example, if the player misses twice and the number of points 53 is reduced to four, 10 points × 4 + 2 points = 42 points (the two points are the remainder obtained by the conversion process in step B2). Finally, an end effect is performed (B9), and the dance showdown ends.

  As described above, in the final confrontation dance scene FD, the score obtained by the player is “roughly divided” as the point 53. If the player misses once, the point 53 is reduced by one, and the score of the roughly divided unit variation (10 points in the above example) is lost, so the player receives great damage and is tense A game environment can be provided. In addition, the player can always grasp the number of mistakes that can be made based on the number of points 53.

  In the above description, when the player's score is “subdivided and displayed”, it is displayed as “numbers” like the score 52. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the bar graph 54 and FIG. As long as such a pie chart 55 and a line graph 56 as shown in FIG. 12 can be displayed in an analog manner, the display mode is not particularly limited. Further, the unit fluctuation amounts of the bar graph 54, the pie chart 55, and the line graph 56 can be “finely divided display” by finely setting them, but can be “roughly divided display” by coarsely setting them. .

  Further, as an example of the above modification, the enemy character 40 may give a quiz in the turn Q of the dance confrontation, and the player character may answer the quiz in the answer turn A. FIG. 13 is a game screen showing a quiz answer scene. In the figure, reference numeral 61 is a clock for displaying the remaining time of a quiz answer, 62 is a window describing a question quiz, 63 is a plurality of options presented as quiz answers, and 64 is a cursor for selecting an option. It is. The cursor 64 moves up, down, left, and right by the operation of the direction key 11, and inverts the color of the selected option. In the figure, a cursor 64 is designated on the third option. Here, a quiz answer is made by matching the cursor 64 with the target option and inputting a decision button. The decision button includes an A button 14 and a B button 15.

  The choice can be determined by inputting any decision button, but in this embodiment, when the player answers the quiz, the quiz corresponds to the key type of the decision button selected by the player. The effect of the player character answering is changed. For example, when the player answers with confidence, by inputting the A button 14, the player character 50 displays an image of the player character 50 energetically and confidently, and when the player answers without confidence, the B button By inputting 15, an image in which the player character 50 answers the quiz with confidence is displayed.

  FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram of the game apparatus 20. As shown in the figure, the game apparatus 20 includes key input detection means 26, key type determination means 27, video memory 28, and video signal generation means 29. Each of these means is realized by cooperation of hardware and software by executing a game program on the operating system. The key input detecting means 26 checks whether or not the player has input a key on the controller 10 every 1/60 seconds, and acquires a key operation signal when detecting an input of a key operation. The video memory 28 stores two types of image data A and B when the player character answers the quiz. As shown in FIG. 14, the image data A is image data related to the rendering action that the player character 50 confidently answers to the quiz, and the image data B is the confidence that the player character 50 is confident as shown in FIG. This is image data related to a rendering operation for answering a quiz.

  The key type discriminating means 27 discriminates the type of the key of the enter button that has been input, and when it is the operation signal of the A button 14, reads the image data A from the video memory 28 and the operation signal of the B button 15. In the case, the image data B is read and output to the video signal generating means 29. The video signal generation means 29 generates an NTSC video signal from the image data output from the video memory 28 and outputs it to a video monitor.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart describing the processing steps of the game apparatus 20 in the quiz answer. When the game development shifts to a quiz answer scene, first, a timer that defines the answer time is activated (C1). Subsequently, a quiz is given from the enemy character (C2). Within the specified time set by the timer (C3; NO), when the direction key 11 is input (C4; YES), the cursor is moved in the designated direction (C12). When the A button 14 is input (C5; YES), the image data A is read (C11). When the button 15 is input (C6; YES), the image data B is read (C7). And converted to an NTSC video signal and output to a video monitor. If the option selected by the player is correct (C8; YES), the correct answer is produced (C9), and if it is incorrect (C8; NO), the incorrect answer is produced (C10). On the other hand, if there is no answer at the specified time and a time-out occurs (C3; YES), a time-out display is displayed (C13), and the quiz ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when the same action of answering a quiz is performed, the player character's presentation operation can be changed according to the key input selected by the player, so that the game can be enjoyed more interestingly. It is possible to build an environment that can

It is a figure which shows the connection structure of a game device and a peripheral device. It is a functional block diagram of a game device. It is a figure explaining the whole game progress. It is the figure which showed the operation | movement timing of the character in a dance battle. It is explanatory drawing of the positional relationship of an enemy character and a player character at the time of dance confrontation. It is explanatory drawing of a mode that a player character is dancing. It is explanatory drawing of a mode that a player character is dancing. It is a flowchart describing the processing steps in a confrontation dance scene. It is a flowchart describing the processing steps in the final showdown dance scene. It is explanatory drawing of the bar graph for a subdivision display. It is explanatory drawing of the pie chart for a subdivision display. It is explanatory drawing of the line graph for subdivision display. It is a figure which shows an example of a quiz screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a quiz screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a quiz screen. It is a flowchart describing the flowchart of a quiz game. It is a functional block diagram of a game device. It is a game screen of the conventional fighting game. It is a game screen of the conventional battle game.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Controller, 11 ... Direction key, 12 ... X button, 13 ... Y button, 14 ... A button, 15 ... B button, 20 ... Game device, 21 ... Key input detection means, 22 ... Correct / incorrect judgment means, 23 ... Correct answer Input pattern, 24... Point / score calculating means, 25... Point / score display switching means, 26... Key input means, 27... Key type determining means, 28 ... video memory, 29 ... video signal generating means, 30 ... video monitor, 40 ... Enemy character, 50 ... Player character, 51 ... Point, 52 ... Score, 53 ... Point, 54 ... Bar graph, 55 ... Pie graph, 56 ... Line graph, 60 ... Camera

Claims (3)

An image display method for a game device that acquires an operation signal input by a player and executes a game process to generate and display a game image,
A score that is obtained based on an operation signal input by the player as the game process is executed is displayed in a first game scene in which a character moves in response to the input operation of the player. And the steps
The first game scene displayed in the first step is switched to a second game scene in which a character operates in response to the player's input operation, and the score is displayed in the second game scene. A second step, and
In the first step,
In the first game scene, the score is displayed on the game screen as an amount that continuously changes for each unit amount by adding or subtracting according to a determination that is advantageous or disadvantageous to the player in the course of the game, When the character progresses from the first game scene to the second game scene, it is displayed as a fluctuation value that fluctuates in size or numerically, and when the fluctuation value is determined to be zero, the progress of the game is terminated. ,
In the second step,
In the second game scene, the score is converted into a predetermined number of display bodies as the possible number of battles to be reduced corresponding to the number of misses made by the player, and the converted number of display bodies is displayed. Then, when it is determined that the number is zero, the progress of the game is terminated. A game device that acquires an operation signal input by a player, executes a game process, and generates and displays a game image,
Along with the execution of the game process, a score acquired based on an operation signal input by the player is a first game scene in which a character operates in response to the player's input operation, and the player's Display switching means for switching and displaying in the second game scene in which the character moves in response to the input operation;
The display switching means includes
In the first game scene, the score is displayed on the game screen as an amount that continuously changes for each unit amount by adding or subtracting according to a determination that is advantageous or disadvantageous to the player in the course of the game, When the character progresses from the first game scene to the second game scene, it is displayed as a numerical value or a graph as a fluctuation value that fluctuates in magnitude. When it is determined that the fluctuation value is zero, the progress of the game is terminated. In the second game scene, the score is converted into a predetermined number of display bodies as the possible number of battles to be reduced corresponding to the number of times the player misses, and the converted number of display bodies is displayed. A game device that displays and ends the progress of the game when it is determined that the number is zero. For a game device that acquires an operation signal input by a player and executes game processing to generate and display a game image,
A score that is obtained based on an operation signal input by the player as the game process is executed is displayed in a first game scene in which a character moves in response to the input operation of the player. And the steps
The first game scene displayed in the first step is switched to a second game scene in which a character operates in response to the player's input operation, and the score is displayed in the second game scene. And a second step,
In the first step,
In the first game scene, the score is displayed on the game screen as an amount that continuously changes for each unit amount by adding or subtracting according to a determination that is advantageous or disadvantageous to the player in the course of the game, When the character progresses from the first game scene to the second game scene, it is displayed as a fluctuation value that fluctuates in magnitude or numerically, and when it is determined that the fluctuation value is zero, the progress of the game is terminated. ,
In the second step,
In the second game scene, the score is converted into a predetermined number of display bodies as the possible number of battles to be reduced corresponding to the number of mistakes made by the player, and the converted number of display bodies is displayed. If the number is determined to be zero, the game is terminated.

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