JP2008200255A - Game device, game program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device capable of generating the sound effect of various characters by real sounds corresponding to appearances with a few kinds of sound data. <P>SOLUTION: For the character made to appear in a game, the size (size value) is made different for each appearance. For the sound data of the sound to be generated by the character, only the ones of the standard size of the character are stored. When the character in the game generates the sound, a scale value which is the ratio of the size value of the character and a standard size value is calculated, and the frequency of the sound data is converted by the scale value. Thus, the sound of a big character is sounded by a low pitch, the sound of a small character is sounded by a high pitch, and various game sounds are generated by a small number of pieces of data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game apparatus and a game program for driving the game apparatus, and more particularly to an improvement in a control system for game sound effects.

  Video games using the information processing function of the CPU are widespread, and the hardware for executing the game is a so-called video game machine, personal computer, or portable video game machine that is a dedicated game machine connected to the TV. Is widely used (see Non-Patent Document 1).

  As a game program executed on a portable video game machine, for example, there is “Monster Hunter Portable (registered trademark)” which is a kind of hunting action game. In this game, various characters (monsters) having different sizes appear (see Non-Patent Document 2).

“PlayStation Portable” information, [online], PlayStation.com (Japan), [Search January 10, 2007], Internet <URL: http://www.jp.playstation.com/psp/> Monster Hunter Portable Official Guide Book (March 8, 2006, first edition issued / produced by: Enterbrain Inc. See P165-P234

  Conventionally, voice data unique to each monster type is assigned, and voice data is reproduced in response to each monster's pronunciation event to characterize each monster. For example, large monsters produced low-pitched footsteps to create a profound atmosphere, and small monsters produced high-pitched footsteps to create a light feeling.

  However, in the game program shown in Non-Patent Document 2, even the same type of monster may have different sizes (see Non-Patent Document 2, P167, for example). Previously, the same audio data was played for the same type of monster, so all the monsters have the same squeal and poor change, and the scream of a large monster becomes high and the game sound is different from the appearance of the game screen. There was a problem that would occur.

  On the other hand, if voice data is stored for each monster of the same type and different size, there is a problem that the amount of data becomes enormous.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a game device, a game program, a storage medium storing a game program, and the like that can emit game sounds of various characters with realistic sounds corresponding to the appearance with a small number of types of sound data. And

  The game device according to the first aspect of the present invention virtually generates a game space and a plurality of characters that are active in the game space, and generates a sound that instructs generation of game sound that is a sound accompanying the activity of each character. A control unit that generates an event, a size value storage unit that stores a size value that is an index representing the size of the character for each of the generated characters, and voice data corresponding to the pronunciation event A voice data storage unit stored in association with a size value; and when the pronunciation event occurs, the voice data is read to generate the game voice, and the size value of the character that is the source of the pronunciation event Calculate the scale value, which is a ratio with the standard size value, and convert the frequency of this game sound according to the scale value Characterized by comprising a sound signal processing section, the that.

  The invention of claim 2 includes a conversion table storage unit that stores a frequency conversion table that stores a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value for each of the audio data. The frequency conversion amount is determined with reference to the frequency conversion table.

  The invention of claim 3 is the invention of claim 1, further comprising a calculation formula storage unit that stores a calculation formula for obtaining a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value for each of the audio data, and the audio signal processing unit includes: The frequency conversion amount is determined based on the calculation formula.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the above invention, the audio signal processing unit sets an upper limit value and / or a lower limit value for the conversion amount of the frequency, and the conversion amount based on the scale value is the upper limit value and / or When the lower limit value is exceeded, the frequency of the game sound is converted by the conversion amount of the upper limit value and / or the lower limit value.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the above invention, the sound signal processing unit further determines a volume of the game sound based on a scale value for each character.

  The invention according to claim 6 is a setting procedure for virtually setting a game space and a plurality of characters active in the game space in a game device provided with a control unit, and voice accompanying the activity of each character. A sounding event generation procedure for generating a sounding event instructing generation of a game sound, and when the sounding event occurs, the sound data is read to generate the game sound, and the size of the character that is the source of the sounding event A game program for executing a sound signal processing procedure for calculating a scale value that is a ratio of a value to a standard size value and converting the frequency of the game sound according to the scale value. To do.

  According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, the audio signal processing procedure is a procedure of determining the frequency conversion amount with reference to a frequency conversion table storing a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value. It is characterized by being.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 6, wherein the audio signal processing procedure is a procedure for determining the conversion amount of the frequency based on a calculation formula for obtaining a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value. Features.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the sixth and seventh aspects of the invention, the audio signal processing procedure sets an upper limit value and / or a lower limit value for the frequency conversion amount, and the conversion amount based on the scale value is If the upper limit value and / or the lower limit value is exceeded, the frequency of the game sound is converted by the change amount of the upper limit value and / or the lower limit value.

  The invention of claim 10 is a computer-readable storage medium storing the game program according to claim 6, claim 7 or claim 8.

  According to the present invention, the game sound is stored by specifying the standard size of the character, the scale is obtained from the size of the character at the time of the sounding event occurrence, and the frequency of the game sound is determined according to the obtained scale. By converting the above, it is possible to emit a game sound based on the activity of various characters with a realistic sound corresponding to the appearance, using less sound data than the number of characters.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of a portable video game machine to which the present invention is applied. The portable video game machine has a color liquid crystal display 4 in the center, a direction key 3 on the left side, and a button group 2 (Δ ○ × □ button) on the right side. A game medium in which a game program and game data are recorded is set in a media mounting unit (not shown), and the game starts when the power is turned on. The player operates the character or the like in the game by operating the direction key 4 with the left hand and the buttons with the right hand. In addition, a built-in speaker and an earphone terminal are also provided as an audio signal output unit (see FIG. 2).

  In the game media, for example, game programs such as Monster Hunter Portable (registered trademark) and game data are stored. The game “Monster Hunter Portable (registered trademark)” is a game in which a hunter as a main character operated by a player fights against a monster as an enemy character in a plurality of game spaces such as a cave and a coast. In accordance with the progress of the game, in addition to BGM, various sounds (game sounds) such as footsteps of walking characters, sounds of weapons, monster sounds, waves, and the like are generated.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the portable video game machine 1.

  The portable video game machine 1 includes a CPU 11, a drawing data generation processor 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 14, a drawing processing processor 15, a VRAM (Video-RAM) 16, a display unit 17, an audio. A processing processor 18, an amplifier 19, a speaker 20, an earphone terminal 21, an operation unit 22, a media interface 23, a wireless LAN module 24, and a bus 25 are included.

  Among these, the CPU 11, the drawing data generation processor 12, the RAM 13, the ROM 14, the drawing processing processor 15, the voice processing processor 18, the operation unit 22, the media interface 23, and the wireless LAN module 24 are connected by a bus 25 so as to be able to transmit data to each other. ing.

  The media interface 23 is a functional unit that accesses the game media 5 set in a media mounting unit (not shown) and reads out a game program and the like. The game media 5 stores the game program and game data as described above. The game data includes character and background image data, image data for displaying information such as status, sound data such as sound effects and BGM, message data using characters and symbols, and various tables shown in FIG. The CPU 11 reads all or part of the game program and game data recorded in the game media 5 into the RAM 13 and executes them according to the operation of the operation unit 22 by the player.

  In the RAM 13, a load area for storing the game program and game data read from the game media 5 by the media interface 23 and a work area for the CPU 11 to process the game program are set. In the load area of the RAM 13, necessary game programs and game data are read from the game media 5 as the game progresses.

  The ROM 14 stores basic functions of the game apparatus 1 such as a disk loading function, a game program stored in the game media 5, and a basic program for controlling reading of game data.

  The CPU 11 controls the progress of the game by executing the game program read from the game media 5 into the RAM 13 as described above. More specifically, when a player's operation signal is input from the operation unit 22, the CPU 11 performs a predetermined game progress process on the operation signal according to the game program, and displays the processing result as an image ( Hereinafter, it is displayed on the display unit 17 as “game image”), and an audio signal indicating the progress of the game (hereinafter referred to as “game audio”) is output to the speaker 20 and the earphone terminal 21. The game program includes a game progress processing program that is a main program that controls the progress of the game, a sounding event processing program that controls the generation of sound (game sound) during the game, and the like.

  Drawing of the game image as the game progresses is performed by the drawing processor 15 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 11. The CPU 11 determines the content of the game image to be displayed on the display unit 17 based on the player's operation signal input from the operation unit 22, and generates necessary drawing data for the content in the drawing data generation processor 12. Then, the drawing data is transferred to the drawing processor 15 to perform drawing processing. The drawing processor 15 draws and generates a game image every 1/60 seconds, and writes the generated game image in the VRAM 16. The display unit 17 includes a transflective color liquid crystal display and a backlight LED (Light Emitting Diode), and displays a game image written in the VRAM 16.

  Further, the CPU 11 determines sound effects such as sound effects and BGM to be output from the speaker 20 in accordance with the progress of the game, reads out sound data for generating the sound from the RAM 13, and inputs the sound data to the sound processor 18. To do. That is, when a later-described sounding event occurs, the CPU 11 reads out sound data corresponding to the sounding event from the RAM 13 and inputs the sound data to the sound processing processor 18. The audio data stored in the RAM 13 is loaded from the game media 5.

  The audio processor 18 is constituted by a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and after giving a predetermined effect (for example, reverb, chorus, etc.) to the audio data input from the CPU 11, it is converted into an analog signal. , Output to the amplifier 19. The amplifier 19 amplifies the audio signal input from the audio processor 18 and then outputs it to the speaker 20 and the earphone terminal 21. One speaker 20 is provided at each of the left and right ends of the apparatus main body, and stereo output is possible. Note that the audio data stored in the RAM 13 may be read by the CPU 11 and supplied to the audio processor 18, or the audio processor 18 may directly access the RAM 13 to read the audio data.

  The operation unit 22 includes the button group 2 (Δ ○ × □ button) and the direction key 3, receives the player's operation, and inputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation content to the CPU 11. The direction key 3 is an operator for instructing a moving direction of a main character that is a character mainly operated by an operator. In addition, a button group 2 including four buttons “◯”, “△”, “×”, and “□” is used for instructing a specific action (for example, jumping, bending, running, etc.) of the main character. It is an operator. The operation unit 22 includes a power switch for turning on / off the power in addition to these operators.

The media interface 23 is an interface for accessing the game media 5 attached to the media attachment unit. The game media 5 is a UMD which is a kind of optical disc in addition to a semiconductor memory.
(Universal Media Disc) (registered trademark) can be adopted.

  The wireless LAN module 24 is a communication module for configuring a network by performing data communication with another game device 1 through a wireless LAN compliant with the communication standard IEEE802.11b (used frequency band 2.4 GHz, communication speed 11 Mbps). .

Next, game sound generation processing by the CPU 11 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the game space. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example on the display 4 in the game space. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing various tables for converting the pitch (frequency) of the game sound.

  The game space is a space that is virtually generated by the CPU 11 in a game progress process based on a game program or game data. The CPU 11 activates a hunter or a monster in the game space to generate a game sound.

  In the case of the game “Monster Hunter Portable (registered trademark)” described above, the game space is characterized, for example, as a cave, a desert, a jungle, a snowy mountain, a coast, etc., and the game data corresponds to the characterization of the game space. In order to display the background on the game screen, drawing data and game sounds that express the characteristics of the game space are stored. For example, the game sound is a sound of a wave in the case of a coast, a sound of a wind of snowstorm in the case of a snowy mountain, and the like. In addition, game sound generated by each character is also stored. In the case of a monster, it is a sound such as a footstep or cry.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a desert game space connected to a cave, for example. The CPU 11 virtually sets a three-dimensional game space. This figure is a plan view (xz plane) of the game space. Since the game screen is rendered and displayed on the display 4 of the game machine with a horizontal line of sight as shown in FIG. 4, the height direction is the y axis, and the plan view shown in FIG. 3 is an xz plane. It becomes.

  In the figure, a passage 101 on the right side (east side) and a passage 103 on the lower left side (southwest side) are connected to the cave, and the upper passage 102 is connected to another desert. A hunter 100 exists near the passage 101 and a monster 300 exists near the passage 103. Although there are actually more monsters, the hunter 100 and the monster 300 are shown in the figure for ease of explanation. When a character such as the hunter 100 or the monster 300 moves, a sounding event such as a footstep, an equipment smashing sound, and a crying sound occurs. The movement of the character and the occurrence of a sounding event are processing by a game progress control program executed by the CPU 11. When this sounding event occurs, the sounding event processing program, which is another process executed by the CPU 11, acquires the content of the sounding event. The content of the acquired pronunciation event describes which type of sound (for example, footsteps, screams, etc.) generated by which character. In addition, the content of the pronunciation event includes the size (size) of the character. Monsters may be different in size even if they are the same type (see FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C). In Monster Hunter Portable (registered trademark), even if the same monster appears, the size of the monster is changed by a random number each time so that the player does not get bored. In addition, special benefits are given when a large monster is subjugated, giving the player a sense of expectation. The sound generation event processing program reproduces (reads out) the sound data stored in the RAM 13 of this kind of sound and inputs it to the sound processing processor 18. At this time, the sound generation event processing program converts the pitch of the reproduction sound according to the size of the character included in the content of the sound generation event with reference to the various tables shown in FIG. The table of FIG. 5 is stored in the game media 5 as game data, and is read into the RAM 13 at the start of the game.

  FIG. 5A is a main table that stores the standard size of each monster, the sound to be played, the pitch conversion method, the lower limit and the upper limit of the pitch change. This table stores which character (monster) the voice data read from the game media 5 and stored in the RAM 13 is targeted. The size of each character described in the main table represents a standard size (standard scale). That is, if a sounding event occurs and the size of the monster included in the content is the same as the size of this standard scale, the audio data is reproduced as it is, and if it is larger than the standard scale, the pitch of the audio data is increased. If it is lower than the standard scale, the audio data pitch is increased. The pitch conversion method is information specifying a mathematical expression as shown in FIG. 5B or a table as shown in FIG.

The pronunciation event processing program compares the character size described in the contents of the pronunciation event with the character size described in the main table, and calculates the character scale based on the following mathematical formula.
Scale = 100 x (Character size at pronunciation event) / (Standard size of main table character)
The pitch conversion amount is obtained according to the scale thus obtained.

FIG. 5B is a table that describes calculation formulas when the pitch conversion amount is calculated using mathematical formulas. This table describes the pitch conversion amount (calculation formula) corresponding to the scale. The left column of this table is referred to based on the scale obtained by the above formula. When the scale is 100, no calculation is performed, that is, the pitch conversion amount is not obtained, and pitch conversion is not performed. Therefore, the read audio data is reproduced as it is. When the scale is larger than 200, the lower limit value shown in FIG. Here, the pitch conversion amount shown in the figure represents the ratio of increasing / decreasing the pitch (frequency) of the audio data by a cent value. The cent value is a logarithmic value in which a semitone (the 12th root of 2) is 100, 200 is a whole sound, 700 is 5 degrees, and 1200 is an octave (frequency is doubled). For example, when the sound generation event of S11 (scream) of the monster 1 shown in FIG. 5A occurs and the size of the monster is larger than 31, the scale becomes twice (200) or more of the standard scale. In this case, since the lower limit value is −300 in S11 (scream) of the monster 1 shown in FIG. 5A, the pitch of the audio data is lowered by 300 cents (short 3 degrees) to make a low sound. As a result, the character size can be expressed even for the same type. Further, when the scale is less than half (50) of the standard scale, the pitch of the voice data is increased by 300 cents to make a high sound so that the character's smallness can be expressed. Further, when 100 <scale ≦ 200, the pitch conversion amount is obtained based on the following calculation formula.
Pitch = (Scale−100) × (Lower limit value ÷ 100)
When 50 ≦ scale <100, the pitch conversion amount is obtained based on the following calculation formula.
Pitch = Upper limit value − ((Scale−50) × (Upper limit value ÷ 50))
The formula for pitch conversion differs depending on each voice data, and the formula (C11 to CNn) for pitch conversion applied to each voice data is specified in the main table of FIG. Note that the same pitch conversion formula, upper limit value, and lower limit value may be used between different audio data.
This makes it possible to perform linear pitch conversion according to the character size, and since the upper and lower limits are set, it is possible to prevent the pitch of audio data from going up and down extremely and losing realism. can do.

  Moreover, although the pitch conversion amount according to a scale may be determined using the calculation formula of the said FIG.5 (B), you may determine with the table shown to the same figure (C). In this case, the table numbers (T11 to TNn) to be referred to for each audio data are specified in the table of FIG.

  The table in FIG. 10C stores the pitch conversion amount corresponding to the scale obtained with reference to the table in FIG. The left column scale is referred to with the obtained scale, and the number in the right column is the pitch conversion amount. For example, in the table number of T11, when the scale is 200 or more, the pitch conversion amount is -300 cents, the scale is 150 to 199, the pitch conversion amount is -200 cents, the scale is 110 to 149, the pitch conversion amount is -100 cents, and the scale is 95 to 109. The pitch conversion amount is 0 cent, the scale is 75 to 94, the pitch conversion amount is 100 cents, the scale is 50 to 74, the pitch conversion amount is 200 cents, the scale is less than 50, and the pitch conversion amount is 300 cents.

  In the table number of TNn, the scale is 300 or more, the pitch conversion amount is -400 cents, the scale is 150 to 299, the pitch conversion amount is -200 cents, the scale is 120 to 149, the pitch conversion amount is -100 cents, and the scale is 80 to At 119, the pitch conversion amount is 0 cent, when the scale is 60 to 79, the pitch conversion amount is 100 cents, when the scale is 25 to 59, the pitch conversion amount is 150 cents, and when the scale is less than 25, the pitch conversion amount is 200 cents.

  In this case as well, different table numbers are described for each audio data in the main table of FIG. 3A, but the same table numbers may be referred to between different audio data. In addition, the pitch conversion amount described in the table of FIG. 10C may be used as it is, but the pitch conversion amount is linearly changed according to the obtained scale by interpolating between each value with a straight line or the like. It may be.

  The audio event processing program reads audio data while correcting the pitch with the calculated pitch conversion amount in the above table or calculation formula. Thereby, even if the same audio | voice data are read, a big monster will sound a low profound sound, and a small monster will emit a high nimble sound.

  The pitch conversion may be performed after the audio data is played back at a normal frequency, but the pitch is changed by changing the address progress when the audio data is played back, that is, when the audio data is read out sequentially. You may make it convert.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pitch conversion technique by changing the address progress. FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an example of audio data. In the figure, equally spaced vertical lines indicate sampling clock (for example, 44.1 kHz) timing. Digital audio data is stored as discrete data (sampling data) for each sampling clock. When this audio data is read out with a normal (1) address progression, it is reproduced at the original pitch (frequency) of the audio data. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5B, when reading is performed with an address progress of 1.2, reproduction is performed at a pitch 1.2 times the original pitch. 1.2 times corresponds to a pitch conversion amount of approximately +310 cents. Also, as shown in FIG. 5C, when reading is performed with an address progress of 0.8, playback is performed at 0.8 times the original pitch. A factor of 0.8 corresponds to a pitch conversion amount of approximately -190 cents.

  If the address progress is not an integer, there may be no sampling data at the read address (this is the case in most cases). In this case, the sampling data of the read address is calculated by interpolating using the preceding and following sampling data. To do. The interpolation method may be primary interpolation or secondary interpolation.

  When the pitch conversion is performed by changing the address progress in this way, if the pitch is converted higher, the waveform is shortened and the length of the game sound is shortened, and if the pitch is converted lower, the waveform is expanded and the game sound is expanded. Length increases. In order not to change the length of the game sound even after the pitch conversion, the periodic waveform may be repeatedly read or broken. That is, when the pitch is converted to 1.2 times, a periodic waveform as shown in FIG. 7B is repeatedly read at a rate of one period in five periods. As a result, the read length of the voice data can be substantially increased by 20%, and the game voice can be played back at the same length as when the voice data is read out at a normal pitch even when played back at a pitch of 1.2 times. Can do. On the other hand, when the pitch is converted to 0.8 times, the periodic waveform as shown in FIG. 7C is jumped to the next periodic waveform without being read out at a rate of 1 period in 5 periods. As a result, the read length of the audio data can be substantially shortened by 20%, and even if the audio data is reproduced at a pitch of 0.8 times, the game audio is reproduced with the same length as when the audio data is read at a normal pitch. Can do.

  Further, the expansion / contraction of the game sound due to the pitch conversion may not be completely corrected, but only a part thereof may be corrected. For example, when the pitch is converted to 1.2 times, only 10% is corrected to about 0.9 times the original length. As a result, it is possible to simulate the characteristic that a high sound has a fast decay and a low sound reverberates long but does not have a length that is proportional to the frequency, and the game sound can be realistic.

  In the sound generation event processing program, not only the pitch is converted according to the scale, but also the volume may be changed. For example, a large monster will make a loud sound and a small monster will make a small sound. In this case, the CPU 11 changes the level of the audio data read when performing pitch conversion. Thereby, the reality can be given to the game sound.

Next, the operation of the portable video game machine will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 4A is a flowchart for explaining the operation at the start of the game. When the power is turned on, the main program and main data are loaded from the game media 5 set in the media loading unit (S1), and the game is started (S2). The data loaded at this time includes the table shown in FIG. When a game space is selected by the player's operation (S3), the game program and game data for the game space are loaded from the game media 5 to the RAM 13 (S4). The game data loaded at this time includes sound data generated in the game space.

  After this, characters such as hunters and monsters are arranged in this game space (S5), and a game developed using this game space as a stage is started (S6). When the game in the game space is completed (S7), the process returns to S3 to select the next game space.

  FIG. 5B is a flowchart showing a sounding event processing operation executed in response to a sounding event. This process is executed every time a pronunciation event occurs. The sounding event refers to a game progress process in which a sound should be generated in the game. For example, when an image of an action of a monster raising a sound is drawn, a sounding sounding event occurs.

  This sounding event processing operation is started as a subroutine by the main program when a sounding event occurs. Alternatively, the sounding event processing operation is repeatedly executed at regular intervals, and the sounding event register is checked at each execution. If there is a sounding event registered by the main program in the sounding event register, the sounding event is processed.

  In the sound event processing, first, the type of sound event that has occurred and its sound position are acquired (S10, S11). The type of sounding event is information indicating the type of monster to be sounded and the type of sound generated such as footsteps and screams. The sound generation position is information for specifying the position where the sound generation event has occurred, and is obtained as x, y, z coordinate values in the game space. Such information is automatically generated when the main program progresses the game, and may be acquired from the main program.

When the sound generation position is acquired, the distance between the sound generation position and the hunter position is obtained, and the volume is determined (S12). The volume is increased as the position of the hunter and monster is closer, and the volume is decreased as it is farther away. Then, the monster size information is acquired, and the monster scale is calculated with reference to the table shown in FIG. 5A (S13). Based on the calculated scale, a pitch conversion amount (for example, 1.2 times) is determined (S15). The pitch conversion amount may use the calculation formula shown in FIG. 5B or may be determined with reference to the table shown in FIG. On the basis of the pitch conversion amount, the audio data is reproduced and input to the audio processor 18 while performing the pitch conversion (S16).
In S12, the volume may be further changed according to the scale value.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the size corresponding to the size and the standard size are stored in each character, and the pitch of the audio signal is changed according to the character size. Thereby, even if it is the same kind, only one or a plurality of kinds of sound data can be stored for monsters having different sizes, so that a realistic sound corresponding to the appearance can be emitted. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time for reading out the audio data, and it can be expected to improve the processing speed and the load time.
In the above embodiment, Monster Hunter Portable (registered trademark) is shown as an example of the game program, but the present invention is not limited to the portable game machine. The present invention can also be applied to so-called stationary game machines.

Schematic external view of a portable video game machine to which the present invention is applied Block diagram showing the internal configuration of the portable video game machine A diagram explaining an example of a game space The figure which shows the example of the game image displayed on the display of a portable video game machine The figure which shows the various tables for determining the pitch conversion amount from each character and size The figure which shows the relationship between the size of a character and Scale Diagram showing an example of pitch conversion Flow chart explaining operation of portable video game machine

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable video game machine 2 ... Button group 3 ... Direction key 4 ... Display 5 ... Game media 11 ... CPU
13 ... RAM
18 ... Audio processor 20 ... Speaker 21 ... Earphone terminal

Claims (10)

A control unit that virtually generates a plurality of characters that are active in the game space and the game space, and generates a sounding event that instructs generation of game sound that is sound accompanying the activity of each character;
A size value storage unit that stores a size value, which is an index representing the size of the character, for each of the generated characters;
A voice data storage unit that stores voice data corresponding to the pronunciation event in association with a standard size value of the character;
When the sounding event occurs, the sound data is read to generate the game sound, and a scale value that is a ratio between the size value of the character that is the sounding event generation source and the standard size value is calculated. An audio signal processing unit that converts the frequency of the game audio according to the scale value;
A game device comprising: A conversion table storage unit that stores a frequency conversion table storing a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value for each audio data,
The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the audio signal processing unit determines a frequency conversion amount with reference to the frequency conversion table. A calculation formula storage unit that stores a calculation formula for obtaining a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value for each voice data,
The game device according to claim 1, wherein the audio signal processing unit determines a frequency conversion amount based on the calculation formula.   The audio signal processing unit sets an upper limit value and / or a lower limit value for the conversion amount of the frequency, and when the conversion amount based on the size value exceeds the upper limit value and / or the lower limit value, the upper limit value and / or The game device according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of the game sound is converted by a conversion amount of a lower limit value.   The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sound signal processing unit further determines a volume of the game sound based on a scale value for each character. In a game device equipped with a control unit,
A setting procedure for virtually setting a game space and a plurality of characters active in the game space;
A sounding event generation procedure for generating a sounding event for instructing generation of game sound that is sound accompanying the activity of each character;
When the pronunciation event occurs, the sound data is read to generate the game sound, and a scale value that is a ratio between the size value of the character that is the source of the pronunciation event and a standard size value is calculated. An audio signal processing procedure for converting the frequency of the game audio in accordance with the scale value;
Game program for running.   The game program according to claim 6, wherein the audio signal processing procedure is a procedure for determining the frequency conversion amount with reference to a frequency conversion table storing a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value.   The game program according to claim 6, wherein the audio signal processing procedure is a procedure for determining the frequency conversion amount based on a calculation formula for obtaining a frequency conversion amount corresponding to the scale value.   The audio signal processing procedure sets an upper limit value and / or a lower limit value for the conversion amount of the frequency, and when the conversion amount based on the scale value exceeds the upper limit value and / or the lower limit value, the upper limit value and / or The game program according to claim 6 or 7, which is a procedure for converting the frequency of the game sound by a conversion amount of a lower limit value.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the game program according to claim 6, 7 or 8.

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