JP2008183047A5 - - Google Patents

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GAME DEVICE, GAME PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

  The present invention relates to a game device that causes a plurality of sentences to be output to an output means such as a display device in order according to a preset scenario, a game program for realizing the game device on a computer, and a memory storing the game program It relates to the medium.

  In a game such as a conventional adventure game or a sound novel, a predetermined unit of text is sequentially output according to a set scenario, and the game proceeds based on an operation input performed by the player. These games include a structure in which the game progresses in an interactive manner in which conversation sentences are displayed alternately between a player character operated by the player and a non-player character not operated by the player ( For example, refer nonpatent literature 1.).

  In the game described in Non-Patent Document 1, a lawyer who is a player character has a dialogue with a non-player character such as a judge, prosecutor, or accused in a trial or case investigation, etc. It is an adventure game whose content is to win the innocence of the accused who is dressed in wet clothes. In this game, a predetermined unit of text (sentence) is displayed on the display screen. At this time, the characters are sequentially displayed on the display screen.

  After a predetermined unit of conversation text is displayed on the display screen, the progress of the game is stopped until some operation input is received from the player. The operation input related to the progress of the game such as scenario development includes, for example, an input for displaying the next predetermined unit sentence (conversation sentence) on the display screen when the conversation of the player character or the non-player character further continues. In addition, the input for the player character to point the evidence of the incident against the non-player character, and the input for selecting the response content of the player character with respect to the non-player character's conversation content from the choices displayed on the display screen As described above, there is an input for causing the player character to take an action with respect to the non-player character.

  There are also operation inputs that are not related to the progress of the game, such as skip input for displaying sentences displayed one by one in order on the display screen at a time.

  In the game as described above, in addition to the conversational text of the characters, commentary text explaining the situation, scenery, and the like are also displayed.

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However, in the game configuration described in Non-Patent Document 1 described above, an operation input related to the progress of the game is not accepted until the display of a predetermined unit of text constituting a conversation sentence or the like is completed. Therefore, it is not possible to take real-time action like real-world dialogue that interrupts the conversation while the other party is speaking and asserts his / her opinion, and the feeling of urgency diminishes in bargaining with non-player characters , Lack of realism and fun.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a game device, a game program, and a game program capable of enhancing a player's sense of urgency and improving a sense of presence and fun in a game in which sentences are displayed in order according to a scenario and proceed. Is to provide a storage medium storing the.

  The game device according to claim 1 is a scenario in which storage means for storing data of a plurality of sentences, output means for outputting the plurality of sentences based on the data, and a scenario in which the plurality of sentences are preset. Control means for controlling the progress of the game to be output to the output means in order along the line, until a specific sentence included in the plurality of sentences is started to be output to the output means and completed The operation receiving means for receiving a predetermined operation input is provided, and the control means is different from the case where the predetermined operation input is not received when the predetermined operation input is received by the operation receiving means. As described above, the progress of the game is controlled.

The game program is a second aspect of the present invention, a computer, memorize based on a plurality of text data stored in device, the plurality of sentence output means in order along the advance that has been set scenario Control means for controlling the progress of the game to be output to, and operation accepting means for accepting a predetermined operation input until a specific sentence included in the plurality of sentences is started to be output to the output means and completed, And when the predetermined operation input is received by the operation receiving unit, the control unit controls the progress of the game different from the case where the predetermined operation input is not received. And

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, when the predetermined operation input is received by the operation receiving unit, the control unit satisfies the predetermined condition set in advance. Only when it is determined that the game has been made, the progress of the game is controlled differently from the case where the predetermined operation input is not accepted.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the predetermined condition may be that the keyword constituting a part of the specific sentence is output to the output means and completed until the predetermined condition is satisfied. A timing condition in which an operation input must be received by the operation receiving unit is included.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the predetermined condition should be that the content of the operation input received by the operation receiving means is a content indicating a preset specific event. It is characterized in that input content conditions that must be included are included.

The invention of claim 6 is the invention of claim 5, the computer displays a search image that includes an image of said particular event on the display screen of Viewing means, said search image in the display screen Display control means for displaying an image of a fixed frame so as to overlap a part of the search image at a predetermined position in a display area; and the search with respect to a display position of the image of the fixed frame on the display screen The display control unit functions as a movement receiving unit that receives an input for moving the display position of the image for use, and the display control unit is configured to display the search image and the fixed frame at a display position based on the input received by the movement receiving unit. to output an image on the display screen, the operation acceptance means, the portion contained in the fixed frame of the search image, accepting as the contents of the operation input, wherein, It characterized that you determined to serial to the image portion included in the operation input the fixed frame is the content of, and matches the entry conditions when the images of a specific event included And

  The invention of claim 7 is the invention of claims 5 and 6, wherein the plurality of sentences are conversation sentences between a player character operated by a player and a non-player character not operated by the player, A predetermined input for operating the player character is received as the predetermined operation input, and the specific event is a predetermined action indicating a mental state of the non-player character.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the computer is operated in a normal mode in which the plurality of sentences are sequentially output according to a scenario, and one of the plurality of outputted sentences is output. When the special mode is being executed, the control means is made to function as a mode switching accepting unit that accepts an input to be selected and switches from execution of the normal mode to execution of the special mode in which only the selected sentence is output. , characterized in that to output the specific sentence to the output unit at a slower rate than output in the normal mode.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 8, wherein the mode switching accepting unit accepts a switching input from the normal mode to the specific mode only at a predetermined switching timing, and the computer is connected to the switching timing. It is made to function as an alerting | reporting means to alert | report.

  A tenth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to the second to ninth aspects.

  According to the present invention, a predetermined operation input from a player is received while a predetermined unit of text is being displayed according to a set scenario, and the progress of the game is controlled differently from the case where there is no operation input. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the player's sense of urgency and improve the sense of presence and fun. In particular, the conversation sentence is more effective because the player can take action by blocking the conversation of the other party.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic external front view of a foldable portable video game machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a schematic external side view of a foldable portable video game machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 shows a state where the portable video game machine is rotated and opened from the folded state as shown in FIG.

  A portable video game machine (hereinafter referred to as a game machine) 1 includes a lower main body 2 and an upper main body 3 each having a horizontally long thin rectangular parallelepiped. The lower main body 2 and the upper main body 3 are rotatably connected by a pair of hinges 2a and 2b. Further, the lower main body 2 and the upper main body 3 are electrically connected via the connection portion 2c.

The lower body 2 is provided with a first display 4 in the center of the front, a cross key 7 and a power button 8 on the left side, and operation buttons 10 and 11 on the right side. A transparent touch panel 6 is provided on the display screen of the first display 4. The touch panel 6 is configured by arranging a large number of minute capacitors or minute resistors in a grid pattern on the panel surface. The touch panel 6 is a well-known input device that detects a contact position on a display screen when a player directly touches the panel surface with a hand or touches it with a dedicated touch pen. The upper body 3 is provided with a second display 5 at the front center and speakers 12A and 12B on the left and right. Further, a media mounting portion 13 is disposed on the upper side surface of the lower main body 2 as shown in FIG.

  The game starts when the player sets game media in the media mounting unit 13 and presses the power button 8 to turn on the power of the game machine 1. The player operates the character or the like in the game by operating the cross key 7, the touch panel 6, the operation buttons 10, 11 and the like.

  The game media stores a game program for executing the game and deme data. In a game, for example, a lawyer who is a player character operated by a player interacts with a non-player character such as a judge or a witness to pursue a murderer's true criminal, or a defender who is dressed There is an adventure game (hereinafter referred to as game A) whose content is to win innocence. This game A is mainly composed of a detective part that finds clues and evidences of the case, and a court part that interrogates witnesses and the like in the court.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the game machine 1 to which the present invention is applied. The game machine 1 includes a CPU 21, a drawing data generation processor 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 24, a drawing processing processor 25, a VRAM (Video-RAM) 26, and a D / A (Digital-Analog). It includes a converter 27, a display unit 28, a display unit 29, an audio processor 30, an amplifier 31, speakers 12A and 12B, an input signal processing unit 33, a touch operation unit 34, an operation unit 35, a driver 36, and a bus 37.

  The CPU 21, the drawing data generation processor 22, the RAM 23, the ROM 24, the drawing processing processor 25, the sound processing processor 30, and the driver 36 are connected to each other via a bus 37 so that data transmission is possible.

  The CPU 21 controls the overall operation of the game machine 1. When executing the game, the CPU 21 reads the game program and game data from the game media 38 into the RAM 23 via the driver 36. The game program describes processing procedures and various instructions to be executed by the CPU 21, and controls game screens, sounds, and the like according to operation signals from the touch operation unit 34 or the operation unit 35. Information is included. The game data includes character and background image data, text data for displaying information such as a conversation sentence, sound data such as sound effects and BGM, message data using characters and symbols, and the like.

  In the RAM 23, a load area (not shown) for storing the game program and game data read from the game media 38 by the driver 36 and a work area (not shown) for the CPU 21 to process the game program are set. Has been. In the load area of the RAM 23, necessary game programs and game data are read from the game media 38 as the game progresses.

  The ROM 24 stores basic functions of the game machine 1 such as a disk loading function, a game program stored in the game media 38, and a basic program for controlling reading of game data. When the game media 38 is loaded in the media loading unit 13, the CPU 21 operates the driver 36 according to the basic program in the ROM 24, reads the game program and game data from the game media 38 into the RAM 23, and sets the game start state.

  The CPU 21 performs overall control of the game progress by executing the game program read from the game media 38 to the RAM 23 as described above. In addition, the CPU 21 performs a game progress process according to the operation of the touch operation unit 34 and the operation unit 35 by the player. In accordance with the processing result, an image (hereinafter referred to as a game image) is displayed on the display units 28 and 29, and sound such as sound effects is output to the speakers 12A and 12B. The CPU 21 corresponds to the control means of the present invention.

  The touch operation unit 34 includes the touch panel 6 illustrated in FIG. 1, receives an operation input from the player, and transmits an operation signal corresponding to the operation content to the CPU 21. The operation unit 35 includes the cross key 7, the power button 8, and the operation buttons 10 and 11 shown in FIG. 1, receives an operation input from the player, and transmits an operation signal corresponding to the operation content to the CPU 21. The display unit 28 includes the first display 4, and the display unit 29 includes the second display 5 and displays a game image. The display units 28 and 29 correspond to output means and display means of the present invention.

  Drawing processing of the game image displayed on the display units 28 and 29 is mainly performed by the drawing processing processor 25 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 21. The drawing processor 25 generates an image (two-dimensional image) of each frame of the game image and displays it on the display units 28 and 29. The CPU 21 determines the content of the image to be displayed on the display units 28 and 29 based on the operation signal based on the operation content of the player output from the touch operation unit 34 and the operation unit 35, and draws necessary for the content. Data (such as player character, non-player character, text data such as a conversation sentence) is generated by the drawing data generation processor 22. Thereafter, the CPU 21 transfers the drawing data generated by the drawing data generation processor 22 to the drawing processing processor 25 to perform drawing processing.

  The drawing data generation processor 22 performs various arithmetic processes necessary for the drawing process. The CPU 21 also supplies operation information transmitted from the touch operation unit 34 or the operation unit 35 to the drawing data generation processor 22.

  Further, the drawing data generation processor 22 calculates data (positional relationship between the cursor and the background) necessary for drawing based on the image data and operation information supplied from the CPU 21, and the calculation result is also drawn by the drawing processing processor 25. To supply.

The drawing processor 25 is connected to a VRAM 26 for creating a two-dimensional image of each frame. The VRAM 26 is provided with two buffer areas (hereinafter referred to as “screen buffers”) for storing the two-dimensional image data of each frame displayed on the display units 28 and 29. The screen buffers 26A and 26B have the same memory structure and memory capacity. The VRAM 26 has screen buffers 26A and 26B.
A work area (not shown) for creating a game image is provided.

  The reason why the two screen buffers 26A and 26B are provided in the VRAM 26 is to smoothly perform the drawing process of each frame on the display units 28 and 29 every 1/60 seconds. For example, in the case of a drawing process for displaying a game image on a single first display 4, a work area is used while a display process is being performed on the first display 4 using one screen buffer 26 </ b> A. In the other screen buffer 26B, data of a two-dimensional image of the next frame is generated. This process is alternately performed between the screen buffer 26A and the screen buffer 26B.

The D / A converter 27 converts the game image data output from the screen buffers 26A and 26B into analog signals and outputs the analog signals to the display units 28 and 29. Further, the D / A converter 27 includes a switch circuit (not shown) that switches the output destination of the game image data from the screen buffers 26A and 26B to one of the display units 28 and 29. The switching of the switch circuit is controlled by the drawing processor 25.

  For example, when a game image is displayed only on the display unit 28, a two-dimensional image of the current frame is already created in the screen buffer 26A, and a two-dimensional image of the next frame is being created in the screen buffer 26B. The processor 25 switches the switch circuit of the D / A converter 27 so that the screen buffer 26A and the display unit 28 are connected. Thereafter, when the two-dimensional image of the next frame is created in the screen buffer 26B, the drawing processor 25 switches the switch circuit of the D / A converter 27 so that the screen buffer 26B and the display unit 28 are connected.

  On the other hand, when the game image is displayed on the display units 28 and 29, the game image created in the screen buffer 26A is displayed only on the display unit 28, and the game image created in the screen buffer 26B is displayed only on the display unit 29. The switch circuit of the D / A converter 27 is switched so as to display. When a two-dimensional image of the current frame is already created in the screen buffer 26A and a two-dimensional image of the next frame is being created in the screen buffer 26B, the drawing processor 25 sets the switch circuit of the D / A converter 27 to the screen buffer 26A. And the display unit 28 are switched. Thereafter, when a two-dimensional image of the next frame is created in the screen buffer 26B, the drawing processor 25 switches the switch circuit of the D / A converter 27 so that the screen buffer 26B and the display unit 29 are connected. Therefore, the game images displayed on the display units 28 and 29 are updated and displayed every 1/30 seconds.

  Further, the CPU 21 determines the sound effect or the BGM sound content according to the progress of the game, and causes the sound processing processor 30 to create sound data corresponding to the sound content. The audio processor 30 transmits an audio signal based on the audio data to the amplifier 31. The amplifier 31 amplifies the received audio signal and outputs it to the speakers 12A and 12B.

  4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams showing one of the game images of the game A. FIG. 4A shows the game image displayed on the second display 5, and FIG. 4B shows the game image displayed on the first display 4. As described above, Game A is a normal mode consisting mainly of a detective part that finds clues and evidences of the case, and a court part that interrogates witnesses in the court, and during the execution of the court part. It has a minu mode, which will be described later. The game images in FIGS. 4A and 4B show a scene in which the witness is witnessing in a situation where the witness interrogation is performed in the court part in the normal mode.

  The second display 5 includes a speaker display area 40 composed of an image of a person 41 representing a speaker character such as a player character (lawyer) or a non-player character such as a witness, a background 42 and a speaker name 43, and an utterance. A game image composed of a text display area 45 for displaying an image of a text 44 showing the content of the person's utterance is displayed. In FIG. 4A, since the witness is displayed as the person 41 who is the speaker, the witness 41 will be described below.

  In the text display area 45, only a maximum of two lines of characters can be displayed, and display is performed for each predetermined sentence 44 that fits in two lines. A plurality of text data for creating image data of the text 44 for display are included in the game data in a predetermined unit displayed in the character display area 45 at a time. The CPU 21 displays the sentences 44 in order according to the scenario. The display order of the plurality of sentences 44 is included in the game data in association with the text data of the sentence 44.

  The image of the sentence 44 is composed of images of a plurality of characters 44A. The plurality of characters 44A are sequentially displayed one by one in the character display area 45, and finally the display is completed as one predetermined unit of sentence 44 shown in FIG. In FIG. 4A, the testimony of the witness 41 is displayed as a predetermined unit of text 44, and will be described as testimony 44 below.

  On the first display 4, an image of input buttons 51 to 54 and an image of a bracelet 55 for receiving a player's operation input are displayed on the touch panel 6. When a touch input is made in the area of the touch panel 6 on which the button 51 is displayed by the player, the CPU 21 displays a reply that the lawyer shakes the testimony 44 of the witness 41 in order to extract a new testimony, and proceeds with the game. . Further, when a touch input is made in the area of the touch panel 6 on which the button 52 is displayed by the player, the CPU 21 pushes (presents) the evidence to the witness in order to point out the contradiction of the testimony 44 of the witness 41. Display the response and advance the game.

  When a touch input is made in the area of the touch panel 6 on which the button 53 is displayed by the player, the CPU 21 performs a game progress process for displaying the testimony 44 to be displayed next in the text display area 45. If there is no such input, the CPU 21 does not display the next testimony 44 and does not advance the game.

  Further, when a touch input is made in the area of the touch panel 6 on which the button 54 is displayed by the player, the CPU 21 resumes the progress of the game from the image display of the testimony 44 of the witness 41 displayed once before. Therefore, if the input is performed many times, the game progress can be resumed from the display of the previous testimony 44 as many times as the input.

  The bracelet 55 is displayed so as to rotate only during the switching timing during which the witness 41 can make a transition to the wiping mode. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player of the timing for switching to the minu mode. When the player makes a touch input in the area of the touch panel 6 on which the rotating bracelet 55 is displayed, the CPU 21 starts a process of executing a transition from the normal mode to the mining mode. If the bracelet 55 is not rotating, this input is not accepted.

In Minu mode, when the witness 41 is telling a lie in a specific testimony 44 (displaying), it points out the gesture that the witness 41 is performing unconsciously and identifies the lie in the testimony 44. In this mode, the witness 41 is shaken to extract new truth / testimony. The minu mode corresponds to the special mode of the present invention, and the image of the bracelet 55 corresponds to the notification means. The touch panel 6 corresponds to a mode switching accepting unit of the present invention.

  The switching timing may include at least the period during which the specific testimony 44 of the witness 41 is displayed. In the present embodiment, the switching timing is set while the specific testimony and the testimony 44 displayed several times before and after the specific testimony are displayed.

  Note that the touch input to these input buttons 51 to 54 and the bracelet 55 is not accepted unless the display of all the characters 44 </ b> A constituting the displayed testimony 44 is completed. Moreover, not only the input reception by the touch panel 6, but the structure which performed the cursor display and used the cross key 7, the button 10, etc. may be sufficient.

  5 to 7 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure in the minu mode. In the minu mode, for example, a keyword representing a false place included in the testimony 44 of the witness 41 displayed in the normal mode shown in FIG. The false part (keyword) of the specific testimony 44 is removed by showing (pointing out) the gesture of the witness 41 that occurs. Unless the testimony 44 includes a lie, the witness 41's gesture does not appear and cannot be pointed out. Hereinafter, FIGS. 5 and 6 will be described by taking as an example the case where the mode in which the specific testimony 44 shown in FIG. 4A is displayed is executed.

  When starting the minu mode, the CPU 21 first performs initial setting (S1). Specifically, initial values are set in various information such as movement amount information indicating the movement amount of the display image and a timer counter indicating the elapsed time.

  Next, the CPU 21 performs an initial image display process (S2). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8 (A), the image of the witness 41 displayed in the normal mode shown in FIG. 4 (A) before executing the minuku mode is displayed on the second display 5. At this time, the background may be the same image as the background 42 shown in FIG. 4A or a different image. In the present embodiment, an image of a different background 61 is displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, a text display area 70 for displaying an image of the testimony 44 displayed in the normal mode shown in FIG. 4A, a display area 74 for the name 43 of the witness 41, and A game image composed of a minced region 75 displaying a part of the enlarged image 76 of the witness 41 is displayed. The enlarged image 76 corresponds to the search image of the present invention.

  In the text display area 70, an image of a white character 71 representing the same content as the testimony 44 shown in FIG. The image data of the white character 71 may be created from the text data of the corresponding testimony 44, or may be included in the game data in association with the text data of the testimony 44.

  An image of a lawyer's eye 77 that is a player character is displayed in the minu area 75 so as to overlap a part of the enlarged image 76 of the witness 41. As the enlarged image 76 of the witness 41, only an image included in the display area of the eye 77 is displayed. That is, it represents an image obtained by staring at the witness 41 from the eye 77 representing one eye of the lawyer. The enlarged image 76 of the witness 41 may be an enlarged display of the image of the witness 41 displayed on the second display 5, or another image that allows the witness 41 to be recognized. In the present embodiment, a still image 93 of the witness 41 as shown in FIG. 11 is used as the enlarged image 76 to be displayed first. The CPU 21 initially sets the initial coordinate position P (p, q) shown in FIG. 11 to the display reference position T (t, u) in the process of S2, and the display reference position T (t, u) is set in the process of S2. The still image 93 is displayed so as to overlap the center position O of the display position where the eyeball 78 constituting the eye 77 is displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, the CPU 21 displays the image of the minu button 79 in the upper center of the minuing region 75. The minu button 79 accepts that the player has specified the gesture of the witness 41 via the touch panel 6. At this time, a black image (a hatched portion in FIG. 7B) is displayed in the minu area 75 except for the display area of the eye 77, the display area 74 of the name 43 of the witness 41, and the display area of the minu button 79. Is done. Since the still image 93 is larger than the image size of the eye 77, only a part of the still image 93 is displayed as shown in FIG.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not an operation input for moving the enlarged image 76 has been received (S3). Specifically, it is determined whether or not a touch input is accepted in the minching region 75 on the touch panel 6 and whether or not an input is accepted with the cross key 7. Therefore, the touch panel 6 and the cross key 7 correspond to the movement accepting means of the present invention. If the CPU 21 determines that an operation input for moving the enlarged image 76 has not been received, the process proceeds to S6.

On the other hand, if the CPU 21 determines that a movement input has been received in the process of S3, the CPU 21 counts the movement amount of the enlarged image 76 (S4) and updates the value of the movement amount information (S5). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the coordinate position (x, y) where the touch input is made divides the region 75 where the center position O = (0, 0) of the eyeball 78 into the X axis and the Y axis. It is determined in which position of the areas A to D included. Next, the amount of movement (M, N) in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction is determined according to the determination result. In this embodiment, the movement amount is set to a fixed value D. For example, when it is determined that the coordinate position (x, y) where the touch input is made is included in the area A, the movement amount (M, N) = (D, D). When it is determined that the coordinate position (x, y) where the touch input is made is included in the region C, the movement amount (M, N) = (− D, −D). Further, for example, when it is determined that the coordinate position (x, y) where the touch input has been made is included on the Y axis, the movement amount (M, N) = (0, D).

  The amount of movement may not be a fixed value, and may be increased according to the amount of separation from the center position O of the coordinate position (x, y) where the touch input is made.

  When the input of the cross key 7 is accepted, the fixed value D is set as the movement amount in the input direction. For example, when the upward key part of the cross key 7 is pressed, the movement amount (M, N) = (0, D).

  Using this movement amount information and the display reference position T, the enlarged image 76 moved in the image display processing (S13, 15, 20) described later is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the still image 93 is displayed as the enlarged image 76 with the movement amount (M, N) = (D, D) from the initial image display state, the display reference position T (t , U) = (p, q) is added with the movement amount, and the display reference position T (t, u) = (p + D, q + D) is set. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12, the enlarged image 76 is displayed in the region 75 where the display reference position T overlaps the center position O. In this way, by moving the enlarged image 76 and including an image showing the gesture of the witness 41 in the eyeball 78, the gesture of the witness 41 is specified. The eyeball 78 corresponds to the fixed frame of the present invention, and the gesture of the witness 41 corresponds to the mental state (specific event) of the present invention.

  In addition, the structure which moves the image of the eye 77 which performs gesture specification may be sufficient. In the present embodiment, the image of the eye 77 is not moved, but the image for specifying the gesture (enlarged image 76) is moved. Therefore, a display with a relatively small screen size like the portable game machine 1 is used. Even in such a case, an image having a large image size can be used for an image including a gesture image. Therefore, it is possible to easily specify a gesture using an image (for example, still images 91 to 93) obtained by enlarging the witness 41 as in the present embodiment.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the white characters 71 constituting the keyword are being painted (S6). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the keyword flag is ON. The keyword flag is set to ON only while white characters 71 constituting the keyword are being painted. When the CPU 21 determines that the painting is in progress in the process of S6, the CPU 21 selects the moving image as the enlarged image 76 (S7), and sets and updates the output image information (S8).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the moving image is composed of two frames of still images 91 and 92 representing a gesture in which the witness 41 scratches the chin with his hand. By alternately displaying the still images 91 and 92, the player can visually recognize that the witness 41 is scratching his chin. The still images 91 and 92 and the still image 93 shown in FIG. 11 have the same size, and the initial display position P (p, q) is also set to the same position. The still image 91 is the same as the still image 93. Therefore, even if the displayed still image is switched, the display position does not shift, and the display reference position T (t, u) can be used in common. Note that any number of still images of moving image frames may be used.

  The output image information includes information on a still image to be displayed next among the two frames of still images 91 and 92. In step S8, the CPU 21 also updates the information of the still image to be displayed next among the two frames of the still images 91 and 92 in the output image information. Based on this output image information, the still image 91 or 92 to be output is displayed as a magnified image 76 in an image display process (S13, 15, 20) described later.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 21 determines that the painting is not being performed in the process of S6, the CPU 21 selects the still image 93 as the enlarged image 76 (S9), and updates the output image information (S10). That is, when the white character representing the keyword is not being painted, the still image 93 is displayed and the gesture of the witness 41 is not displayed as a moving image. The CPU 21 updates the information on the still image to be displayed next so that the single still image 93 is always selected. Based on this output image information, a still image 93 to be output is displayed as an enlarged image 76 in an image display process (S13, 15, 20) described later.

  Thereafter, the CPU 21 determines whether or not a touch input is accepted in the area of the touch panel 6 where the image of the minu button 79 is displayed (S11). When determining that the touch input has not been accepted, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the timer counter is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (S12). If the CPU 21 determines that the timer counter is not equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the CPU 21 performs image display processing without painting the white character 71 to be filled next (S13). The image display processing in S13, 15, and 20 is the above-described processing for creating a game image to be displayed on the displays 4 and 5, and is processed based on the above-described image movement information and output image information in addition to the timer counter value. . Further, the CPU 21 updates the value of the timer counter by a predetermined amount (S14), and proceeds to the process of S24.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 21 determines that the value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value in the process of S12, the CPU 21 performs an image display process so as to fill the white character 71 to be filled next (S15). For example, when the timer counter reaches a predetermined value or more from the state shown in FIG. 8B, the first character of the testimony 44 is filled as shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the predetermined value is set so that the slow-motion display is slower than the speed at which the same testimony 44 is displayed one character at a time in the normal mode. It becomes easy to input. The predetermined value may be an arbitrary value.

  Next, the CPU 21 resets the value of the timer counter (S16). Specifically, the value is set to 0 which is an initial value. Thereafter, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the character filled in the current processing of S15 among the white characters 71 is a character included in the keyword (S17). As described above, the keyword is a portion indicating a lie in the specific testimony 44 made by the witness 41 and includes not only a single word but also a phrase. The game data includes keyword information of keyword start positions and end positions in association with text data of a specific testimony 44.

  For example, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the testimony 44 that is currently displayed is the specific testimony 44 based on the presence or absence of the keyword information. If the CPU 21 determines that the testimony 44 is the specific testimony 44, The number of characters from the start of the testimony 44 is counted and compared with the keyword information included in the game data, and the determination process of S17 is performed.

  If the CPU 21 determines that the character filled in the process of S17 is included in the keyword, the CPU 21 sets the keyword flag to ON (S18), and proceeds to the process of S24. On the other hand, if the CPU 21 determines in step S17 that the filled character is not included in the keyword, the CPU 21 sets the keyword flag to OFF (S19).

  On the other hand, if the CPU 21 determines that a touch input has been received in the area of the touch panel 6 that displays the minu button 79 in the process of S11, the CPU 21 performs a predetermined image display process (S20). In this image display process, unlike the processes in S13 and S15, the outline character 71 is not filled. This is because the timer counter is not increased after the touch input with the minu button 79 is performed. Even in this state, the movement information update process and the image selection information update process of the enlarged image 76 are performed, so the CPU 21 performs the image display process based on these information.

In the image display process of S20, as shown in FIG. 13, the image of the enter button 80 is displayed on the first display 4 instead of the image of the push button 79, and the image of the return button 81 is further displayed. Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not a touch input has been received in the area of the touch panel 6 displaying the determination button 80 and the area of the touch panel 6 displaying the return button 81 (S21, S22), and until the input is made, S3 is performed. -S11 and S20-S22 are repeatedly executed.

If the CPU 21 determines in the process of S21 that there is a touch input in the area of the touch panel 6 that displays the determination button 80, the CPU 21 ends the minutia mode execution process. A part of the enlarged image 76 included in the frame of the eyeball 78 at this time is recorded in the RAM 23 as an image displaying the witness 41 gesture.

If the CPU 21 determines in the process of S22 that there is a touch input in the area of the touch panel 6 displaying the return button 81, the CPU 21 performs a restart process (S23). The restart process is a process for setting a cancel or the like on the assumption that the Minu button has not been input, and restarting the filling of the interrupted white character 71 .

Thereafter, the CPU 21 determines whether or not all the white characters 71 of the displayed testimony are filled (S24). For example, the determination is made based on the position of the last character that is currently painted and the number-of-characters information of the testimony 44 displayed. The number-of-characters information of each testimony 44 is included in the game data in advance. If the CPU 21 determines in step S24 that all the white characters 71 are filled, it performs a mode end image display process (S25). Specifically, the image of the mode re-execution (“listen again”) button 95 and the image of the mode end (“quit”) button 96 as shown in FIG. 14 are displayed on the first display 4.

  Further, the CPU 21 waits until it is determined that a touch input has been received in the area of the touch panel 6 displaying the mode re-execution button 95 or the mode end button 96 (S26, S27). When the CPU 21 determines that the input of the mode re-execution has been received in the process of S26, the CPU 21 re-executes the mode that skips the process of S1. If the CPU 21 determines that the mode end input has been received in the process of S27, the CPU 21 ends the execution of the minu mode and resumes the normal mode from the process of displaying the testimony 44 in the state shown in FIG. 4 again.

  On the other hand, after the CPU 21 determines that there is a touch input in the area of the touch panel 6 that displays the determination button 80 in the process of S21 and ends the execution of the penetration mode, the CPU 21 first determines the eyeball 78 that is the image specified by the player. It is determined whether or not a part of the enlarged image 76 included in the frame is an image showing the gesture of the witness 41. Whether the gesture is indicated or not is determined by, for example, the coordinate position indicating the gesture of the witness 41 in the enlarged image 76 (moving image 91 or 92) in the specified image area when the keyword flag is ON. Judgment is made based on whether or not K (k, l) (see FIG. 10) is included. If the keyword flag is not ON, the animations 91 and 92 for displaying the gesture are not displayed, and if the coordinate position K (k, l) is not included in the frame of the eyeball 78, the gesture is specified. It is because it does not become. The coordinate position K (k, l) is set to the coordinates of the center position of the chin region scratched by the witness 41 in the moving images 91 and 92 by hand.

  As shown in FIG. 13, when the CPU 21 determines that the image specified by the player indicates the gesture of the witness 41, the CPU 21 controls the progress of the game so that a new development different from that before executing the minching mode is performed. I will do it. For example, the CPU 21 displays a statement (sentence 44) that identifies a lie contained in a specific testimony 44 to a witness 41 to a lawyer who is a player character while returning to the normal mode. The progress of the game is controlled so that the true testimony 44 is displayed. Therefore, the predetermined operation input of the present invention corresponds to a touch input for the image of the minu button 79 and the image of the decision button 80. The touch panel 6 corresponds to an operation accepting unit of the present invention.

On the other hand, when the CPU 21 determines that the specified image does not specify the gesture of the witness 41 , the CPU 21 returns to the normal mode and, for example, a lawyer (sentence 44) of the utterance of the witness 41 through the witness 41 is identified. Although the display is performed, the witness 41 displays a testimony 44 indicating that it is not a lie. Thereafter, the CPU 21 starts the progress of the game from the redisplay of the testimony 44 displayed before the execution of the minu mode. In this embodiment, if the gesture of the witness 41 cannot be specified in the minu mode, the witness interrogation cannot be completed and a new scenario will not be developed.

  In the present embodiment, a predetermined unit of text that fits in a maximum of two lines is displayed, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this. For example, several tens of lines of text may be displayed on the entire first display 4 to display the minced area 75 on the second display 5. In the present embodiment, one (specific testimony) of a predetermined unit of testimony (sentence) 44 that fits in a maximum of two lines is a specific text of the present invention. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this. Any character string can be used. For example, only “XX is XX” in “XX is XX” corresponds to a specific sentence of the present invention. Further, even a plurality of sentences such as “XX. ΔΔ. □□.” Corresponds to a specific sentence of the present invention. Information on specific sentences may be included in the game data in advance.

  Furthermore, the testimony (sentence) 44 may be configured to be output not only by screen display but also by voice. Further, the output of the text of the present invention includes not only displaying the text on the display screen but also displaying displaying the white characters as in the present embodiment.

  As described above, when a predetermined operation input is received from the player while a specific sentence (testimony) 44 is being displayed in accordance with the set scenario and the predetermined condition is met, it differs from that before the input. Thus, since the progress of the game is controlled, it is possible to enhance the player's sense of urgency and improve the sense of reality and fun. In particular, in the conversation such as the witness interrogation between the witness and the lawyer described above, it is more effective because the player (player character) can take action by blocking the conversation on the other party (non-player character) side.

  As in the present embodiment, not only a conversational sentence but also a sentence when the player character is answering his / her own question or a sentence that is not a conversational sentence such as a commentary sentence, by accepting a predetermined operation input during output. The same effects as described above can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, the player does not simply perform an operation input until all the testimonies 44 of the witness 41 are displayed (filled), but there is an input while the keyword is displayed, and the witness Since it is a predetermined condition that the gesture is specified, a more realistic feeling can be given to the player, and the fun of the game can be improved. These predetermined conditions do not have to be present, and even if only one of the conditions is set, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, one of the predetermined conditions is to specify the witness's gesture, which is a predetermined action indicating the mental state of the non-player character. It may be a condition that the content indicating the specific event being performed is specified. For example, not only a person but also an important article may be specified as a condition.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a predetermined operation input is received during the display of the testimony 44 displayed in the Minu mode, which is the special mode. However, the same effect as described above can be obtained even in the normal mode.

  Finally, in this embodiment, a portable video game machine is described. However, other types of game machines such as home video game machines and arcade game machines, personal computers having display devices and operation means, and the like. It can also be applied to other computers.

1 is a schematic external front view of a foldable portable video game machine to which the present invention is applied. 2 is a schematic external side view of the portable video game machine. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the portable video game machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows one of the game images of a game. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of Minu mode. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of Minu mode. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of Minu mode. It is explanatory drawing which shows one of the game images of a game. It is explanatory drawing which shows the center coordinate position of the image of the eyeball in a minu area. It is explanatory drawing which shows the moving image used for an enlarged image. It is explanatory drawing which shows the still image used for an enlarged image. It is explanatory drawing which shows one of the game images of a game. It is explanatory drawing which shows one of the game images of a game. It is explanatory drawing which shows one of the game images of a game.

1-portable video game machine 2-lower main body 3-upper main body 4-first display 5-second display 6-touch panel 7-cross key 10, 11-operation button 13-media mounting unit 21-CPU
22-Drawing data generation processor 23-RAM
24-ROM
25-Drawing processor 26-VRAM
26A, 26B-screen buffer 28, 29-display unit 34-touch operation unit 35-operation unit 38-game media 41-person (witness)
44-Text (testimony)
78-Eyeball

Claims (10)

A storage means for storing data of a plurality of sentences, an output means for outputting the plurality of sentences based on the data, and a game for causing the output means to output the plurality of sentences in order according to a preset scenario A control device for controlling the progress of the game device,
An operation receiving unit that receives a predetermined operation input until a specific sentence included in the plurality of sentences is output to the output unit and is completed;
The game device according to claim 1, wherein when the predetermined operation input is received by the operation receiving unit, the control of the game is controlled differently from a case where the predetermined operation input is not received. The computer,
Based on the stored plurality of text data are to memorize means, and control means for controlling the progress of the game to be output to the output means in order along the scenario that is previously set the plurality of sentences,
Until the specific sentence included in the plurality of sentences is started to be output to the output unit and is completed, it functions as an operation receiving unit that receives a predetermined operation input,
The said control means controls the progress of a game different from the case where the said predetermined operation input is not received when the said predetermined operation input is received by the said operation reception means.   The control means only when the predetermined operation input is received by the operation receiving means and it is determined that the predetermined operation input meets a predetermined condition set in advance. The game program according to claim 2, wherein the progress of the game is controlled differently from the case where the input is not accepted.   The predetermined condition includes a timing at which the predetermined operation input must be received by the operation receiving unit before a keyword constituting a part of the specific sentence starts to be output to the output unit and is completed. The game program according to claim 3, wherein a condition is included.   4. The predetermined condition includes an input content condition in which the content of the operation input received by the operation receiving means must be a content indicating a preset specific event. Or the game program of 4. The computer,
Image of the specific event on a display screen of Viewing means to display the search image that contains, at a predetermined position in a region where the search image in the display screen is displayed, a portion of the search image Display control means for displaying an image of the fixed frame so as to overlap;
Function as movement accepting means for accepting an input for moving the display position of the search image relative to the display position of the image of the fixed frame on the display screen;
The display control means causes the search image and the fixed frame image to be output to the display screen at a display position based on the input received by the movement receiving means,
The operation accepting means accepts a portion included in the fixed frame in the search image as the content of the operation input ,
The control means determines that the input content condition is met when an image of the specific event is included in an image of a portion included in the fixed frame that is the content of the operation input. the game program according to claim 5, wherein to Rukoto. The plurality of sentences are conversation sentences between a player character operated by a player and a non-player character not operated by the player,
The operation accepting means accepts a predetermined input for operating the player character as the predetermined operation input,
The game program according to claim 5, wherein the specific event is a predetermined action indicating a mental state of the non-player character. The computer,
In a normal mode in which the plurality of sentences are output in order according to a scenario, an input for selecting one of the plurality of output sentences is received and only a selected sentence is output. Function as a mode switching acceptance means for switching from execution of the normal mode to
Wherein, when the special mode is being executed, any claim 2-7, characterized in that to output said selected text to the output means at a slower rate than output in the normal mode A game device according to claim 1. The mode switching accepting means accepts a switching input from the normal mode to the specific mode only at a predetermined switching timing,
9. The game program according to claim 8, wherein the computer is caused to function as notifying means for notifying the switching timing.   A computer-readable storage medium recording the program according to claim 2.