JP2009183585A - Mobile game terminal, game machine, game system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To intuitively grasp the movement of each player even when a plurality of players playing a position utilizing game are dispersed in a large area. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile game terminal 2 is provided. The mobile game terminal 2 includes a processor 29, an image output part 22, a GPS receiver 25, and a wireless communication interface 24. The processor 29, in the play, displays the image of the content, wirelessly transmits the position of own terminal, wirelessly receives the position of at least one other terminals, and displays an image of the relative arrangement of the own terminal and at least one other terminals which are fixed by the virtual position of the terminal and that of at least one other terminal in a part or all of the period of the play when a position in a projection plane wherein positional conversion of converting the reference position of some terminal to one reference position within the projection plane converts the present position of the terminal is set to be the virtual position of the own terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable game terminal, a game device, a game system, and a program.

As one type of computer game, there is a position use game in which the contents of play are contents corresponding to the position of the game terminal. Examples of the position use game include those described in Patent Document 1. In this game play, a plurality of players each carrying a game device equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving device gather in a specific area and divide into enemy teams to compete for a score. In this play, a virtual map (battle map) corresponding to the above-described region is displayed on a specific game device (referee machine) carried by a specific player. This map shows a preset reaction area and the position of each player. In this play, when a player moves and the game apparatus enters the reaction area, the score of the team to which the player belongs increases or decreases.
JP-A-10-216361

  If the technique described in Patent Document 1 realizes a position-use game play in which a plurality of players participating in the same play can be distributed over a wide area, it is difficult to grasp the movement of each player on the screen of a specific game device. There is a possibility that a map is displayed. For example, when each of a plurality of players belonging to one team moves in Tokyo and each of a plurality of players belonging to the other team moves in London, the scale of the map displayed on the screen of a specific game device is extremely high. Therefore, it becomes difficult to grasp the movement of each player on the screen. In addition, although the form which displays the character which shows each player's position instead of a map is also considered, what is possible with this form is a non-intuitive grasp, and not an intuitive grasp.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and in the play of a position use game, even if a plurality of players involved in this play are dispersed in a wide area, an intuitive grasp of the movement of each player is obtained. A problem to be solved is to provide a portable game terminal, a game device, a game system, and a program that can be made possible.

First, terms will be explained.
The “game” has a rule for determining a result of play (game play) such as a position use game or a puzzle. “Play” for a game is an action in which the content of the game is determined according to the game and the behavior of the subject during the game period, among the actions of proceeding with the game as an object during the game period from the start to the end. It is. One game is a single or multiple play object. The person who plays the main role is called the “player” of the game that is the object of the play. Regarding play, the player who is the subject is called the “participating player”. Regarding the play, the “result” is an evaluation intended by the participating player. As a result of play, winning / losing, ranking, and score can be exemplified.

  A “computer game” is a game whose play is realized using a computer. In a computer game, the behavior that affects the content of the play is limited to the operation of the computer used to realize the play. A computer used to realize play of a computer game is called a “game terminal”. A game terminal having a user interface for the operation of the computer game for the player of the computer game is called a “game terminal”. Regarding a computer game, a system having the game terminal is referred to as a “game system”.

  A “computer” is a device that processes data and has a memory that holds data and a processor that executes a program held in the memory. “Data” represents information in a format that can be used by a machine such as a computer. Examples of data include data that electrically represents information, data that magnetically represents information, and data that optically represents information. “Information” is a processing target that can be expressed by data. A “memory” is a device that holds written data in a readable manner. Examples of the memory include a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, and an optical memory. A “program” indicates a processing procedure in a collection of data representing instructions. Examples of the program include a program for causing a computer to play a computer game. A "processor" is a procedure that implements an instruction set and executes the instructions represented by the data in the program according to the procedure shown in the program that is a collection of data representing the instructions included in the instruction set. It is an apparatus that executes the program by performing the process. Examples of the processor include a single CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a collection of a plurality of CPUs.

  Examples of the computer include a computer having an interface with the outside. Examples of the interface with the outside include an input unit that inputs information or data from the outside and an output unit that outputs information or data to the outside. “Input” for information refers to an act of generating data representing external information by detection or measurement. Examples of the input unit include sensors, buttons, and a keyboard. Regarding information, “output” refers to an act of representing information represented by data in a form that can be perceived by humans. Examples of forms that can be perceived by humans include light, sound, and vibration. Examples of the output of information in the form of light include image display and light source blinking. Examples of outputting information in the form of sound include sound emission by a speaker and driving of a sound generation mechanism by a solenoid (for example, ringing of a bell). As the output of information in the form of vibration, oscillation of the vibrator can be exemplified.

Next, the present invention will be described.
The present invention is a portable game terminal for a computer game, and in the play of the computer game, a content display unit for displaying the content, a positioning unit for measuring the position of the own terminal, and the position of the own terminal are transmitted wirelessly. A position transmitting unit, a position receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the position of at least one other terminal, and a current position of the terminal by position conversion for converting a reference position of a terminal into a reference position within a predetermined plane When the position in the plane to be converted is the virtual position of the terminal, the self-position determined by the virtual position of the own terminal and the virtual position of the at least one other terminal in part or all of the play period. A terminal and a layout display unit that displays a virtual layout of the at least one other terminal, and the content displayed on the content display unit satisfies a predetermined layout consideration condition. Then, the is determined based on the arrangement, to provide a mobile game terminal (embodiment 1), wherein the.
According to the aspect 1, the virtual arrangement of these terminals determined by the virtual position of the own terminal and the virtual position of at least one other terminal is displayed in part or all of the play period. Since this arrangement is determined by the virtual position of the terminal, by displaying this arrangement as an image, even if a plurality of players (portable game terminals) involved in the play of the position-use game are distributed over a wide area, the movement of each player It is possible to grasp intuitively.

In the aspect 1, the positioning control unit that causes the positioning unit to repeatedly measure the position of the terminal itself is provided, and the position transmission unit automatically determines the position measured last by the positioning unit when a predetermined registration condition is satisfied. While storing as a reference position of the terminal, if a predetermined update condition is satisfied, the current position of the own terminal and the reference position of the own terminal when the position measured last by the positioning unit is the current position of the own terminal The virtual position of the terminal is calculated using and the calculated virtual position is transmitted, the position receiving unit receives the virtual position of the at least one other terminal, and the arrangement display unit is the position transmitting unit. The arrangement may be displayed using the virtual position transmitted to the position receiving unit and at least one virtual position received by the position receiving unit (mode 2).
According to the aspect 2, since the calculation of the virtual position is performed by the own terminal, it is possible to reduce the overall calculation amount compared to the calculation of the virtual position by another terminal.

  In the aspect 1, the positioning control unit that causes the positioning unit to repeatedly measure the position of the terminal itself, the position transmission unit, when a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, the position measured last by the positioning unit, While receiving the reference position and current position of a certain terminal as a reference position of the terminal and transmitting the virtual position of the terminal to another device, when the predetermined update condition is satisfied, the positioning unit To the other device as the current position of the own terminal, the position receiving unit receives a virtual position of the at least one other terminal, and the arrangement display unit sends the position transmission unit to the position transmitting unit. The arrangement is displayed using the virtual position of the terminal determined by the transmitted reference position and the current position transmitted to the position transmission unit and at least one virtual position received by the position reception unit. even if There (aspect 3).

Aspect 2 or 3 further comprises an operation input unit that is operated by a player of the computer game, inputs an instruction corresponding to the operation of the operation unit, and the registration condition is a predetermined registration instruction May be established when the instruction is input to the instruction input unit.
According to this aspect, the reference position of the terminal is registered after waiting for an instruction from the player. Therefore, for example, the player can change the action range.

Aspect 2 or 3 further includes an operation input unit that has an operation unit operated by a player of the computer game, inputs an instruction corresponding to the operation of the operation unit, and the update condition is a predetermined update instruction May be established when the instruction is input to the instruction input unit.
According to this aspect, the current position of the terminal is updated after an instruction from the player. Therefore, for example, it is advantageous when the player leaves the field temporarily.

  In the first to third aspects, an operation unit that is operated by a player of the computer game is provided, and an instruction input unit that inputs an instruction according to the operation of the operation unit is provided, and the arrangement consideration condition is a predetermined activation An instruction may be required to be input to the instruction input unit.

  In aspects 1 to 3, the content display unit may display the content according to the degree of matching between the arrangement and a line figure having a plurality of vertices in the play. According to this aspect, since the figure and the arrangement are compared, there is an advantage that the player can easily understand.

In addition, the present invention is a game device that is included in a game system having a plurality of portable game terminals of aspect 3 and communicates with each of the plurality of portable game terminals as the other device, Receiving and storing a reference position, and receiving the current position of each of the plurality of portable game terminals, using the received current position and the reference position of the portable game terminal related to the current position, There is provided a game apparatus comprising: a virtual position transmitting unit that calculates a virtual position of a portable game terminal related to a current position and transmits a virtual position of the portable game terminal related to the current position.
According to this game apparatus, even if a plurality of players (portable game terminals) involved in the play of the position-use game are distributed over a wide area, it is possible to intuitively grasp the movement of each player.

Moreover, this invention has two or more portable game terminals of the aspect 1 or 2, and each of the said several portable game terminals is the said with respect to all the portable game terminals except a self-terminal among the said several portable game terminals. Provided is a game system characterized by being another terminal. In addition, the present invention includes a plurality of portable game terminals according to the third aspect and the game device described above, and each of the plurality of portable game terminals includes all of the plurality of portable game terminals excluding the own terminal. Provided is a game system which is the other terminal with respect to a terminal. In addition, the present invention includes a plurality of portable game terminals according to aspect 3 and one portable game terminal according to aspect 1 as the other device, the plurality of portable game terminals and the one portable game terminal. Each of the plurality of portable game terminals and one portable game terminal other than the portable terminal of the portable game terminal other than its own terminal, and the one portable game terminal is the plurality of portable game terminals. Receiving and storing the reference position, and receiving the current position of each of the plurality of portable game terminals, using the received current position and the reference position of the portable game terminal related to the current position, A virtual position transmitting unit that calculates the virtual position of the portable game terminal related to the current position and transmits the virtual position of the portable game terminal related to the current position; and the position of the terminal itself to the positioning unit And a positioning control unit for repeatedly measured, the said one of the portable game terminal,
When a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, the position transmission unit stores the position measured last in the positioning unit as a reference position of the terminal, while when a predetermined update condition is satisfied, the positioning unit When the last measured position is the current position of the own terminal, the virtual position of the own terminal is calculated using the current position of the own terminal and the reference position of the own terminal, and the calculated virtual position is transmitted. A game system, characterized in that an arrangement display unit displays the arrangement using a virtual position transmitted to the position transmission unit and at least one virtual position transmitted to the virtual position transmission unit. provide. According to these game systems, even if a plurality of players (portable game terminals) involved in the play of the position-use game are distributed over a wide area, it is possible to intuitively grasp the movement of each player.

In addition, the present invention wirelessly transmits a portable game terminal for a computer game, a content display unit for displaying the content, a positioning unit for measuring the position of the own terminal, and the position of the own terminal in playing the computer game. A position transmitting unit, a position receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the position of at least one other terminal, and a current position of the terminal by position conversion for converting a reference position of a terminal into a reference position within a predetermined plane When the position in the plane to be converted is the virtual position of the terminal, the self-position determined by the virtual position of the own terminal and the virtual position of the at least one other terminal in part or all of the play period. A program that functions as an arrangement display unit that displays a virtual arrangement of a terminal and the at least one other terminal, and the content displayed on the content display unit If because disposition consideration condition is satisfied, the is determined based on the arrangement, to provide a program which is characterized, or a computer-readable recording medium characterized by recording the program that.
According to this program, even if a plurality of players (portable game terminals) involved in the play of the position use game are distributed over a wide area, it is possible to intuitively grasp the movement of each player. Note that the present invention is also understood as a transmission medium (for example, a network) for transmitting the program. That is, the present invention can be understood as a medium (data carrier) for recording or transmitting the above-described program in a computer-readable manner. The present invention can also be understood as a program element that is a part or all of the program. The present invention can also be understood as a program product having a medium that stores data that is loaded into a computer and becomes the program.

  According to the present invention, even if a plurality of players (portable game terminals) involved in the play of a position-use game are distributed over a wide area, it is possible to intuitively grasp the movement of each player.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The specific configuration described below is merely an example, and the present invention includes various forms obtained by modifying this specific configuration.

<1. Game system configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game system 1 is a network-type game system that realizes play of three specific computer games (cooperation game, battle game, and single game), and includes a number of portable game terminals 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) And a game apparatus (another apparatus) 3.

  The portable game terminal 2 is a game terminal for the above three games, and is carried by at least one player of these three games. Further, the portable game terminal 2 functions as a wireless local area network (LAN) client, out of a plurality of wireless LAN APs (access points) 4 (4A, 4B, 4C,...) Distributed in a global scale. It is possible to wirelessly connect to one sufficiently close AP 4 and perform communication via the connected AP 4. One AP 4 and the portable game terminal 2 wirelessly connected to this AP 4 each belong to one wireless LAN 5 as a termination node. The wireless LAN 5 belongs to the internetwork 8 as a terminal node.

  The game apparatus 3 is a game apparatus for the above three games, and is connected to the router 6. Each of the game apparatus 3 and the router 6 belongs to the LAN 7 as a termination node. The LAN 7 belongs to the internetwork 8 as a terminal node. That is, the mobile game terminal 2 wirelessly connected to the game apparatus 3 and the AP 4 belongs to the internetwork 8 as a terminal node, and can communicate with each other via the AP 4.

  In addition, the mobile game terminal 2 can belong to an ad hoc network (the ad hoc network 9 is illustrated in the figure) as a node, and can communicate with other mobile game terminals 2 belonging to the same ad hoc network as nodes. Thus, wireless communication can be performed without going through AP4. That is, the mobile game terminal 2 has an infrastructure mode in which communication is performed via the AP 4 and an ad hoc mode in which wireless communication is performed without via the AP 4 as operation modes.

<2. Game Overview>
The cooperative game, the battle game, and the single game are all types of position use games. Each play of the cooperative game, the battle game, and the single game proceeds by the portable game terminal 2 or the game device 3 repeatedly executing a determination process for determining the content. Further, in each of the above-described plays, when a predetermined arrangement and consideration condition is satisfied, a plurality of mobile phones are used to determine the content of the play in a determination process (hereinafter referred to as “invocation determination process”) to be executed next. The relative arrangement of the game terminal 2 is taken into consideration. The “relative arrangement” will be described later.

  In the play of the cooperative game, a plurality of players participating in this play operate each character and cooperate with each other to fight against a virtual enemy. The character is a virtual existence, and the image is visually recognized by the player. In the activation determination process in the play of the cooperative game, a specific attack (for example, a specific magic attack) is performed on the virtual enemy based on the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminals 2 of a plurality of players participating in the play. And whether or not to execute a specific item (for example, attack by a sword), whether to improve the attack power and defense power of the characters of a plurality of players participating in the play, and the like are determined.

  In the play of the battle game, a plurality of players participating in this play are divided into two teams having a plurality of members and battle each other. In the activation determination process in the play of the battle game, whether or not to execute a specific attack on the opponent based on the relative arrangement of the portable game terminals 2 of the plurality of players participating in the play for each team, etc. Is determined.

  In the single game play, one participating player fights against a virtual enemy. In the activation determination process in playing a single game, a specific enemy is identified based on the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminal 2 of the participating player and at least one other mobile game terminal 2 designated by the participating player. Whether or not to execute an attack, whether or not to improve attack power and defense power, and the like are determined.

<3. Configuration of portable game terminal>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the portable game terminal 2. As shown in this figure, the portable game terminal 2 is a computer, and includes an operation unit 21, an image display unit 22, a sound output unit 23, a wireless communication interface 24, a GPS receiver 25, a DVD-ROM (Read Only Memory) drive. 26, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 27, a ROM 28, and a processor 29.

  The operation unit 21 is operated by a user of the own terminal, includes a plurality of operation buttons, and supplies data specific to the pressed button to the processor 29. The image output unit 22 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. When data representing an image is supplied from the processor 29, the image represented by this data is displayed (output) on the screen S. The sound output unit 23 includes, for example, a speaker, and outputs sound represented by this data when data representing sound is supplied from the processor 29.

  The wireless communication interface 24 operates in accordance with the set parameters (for example, SSID and channel number) in the set operation mode. The operation modes that can be set in the wireless communication interface 24 include an infrastructure mode and an ad hoc mode. When the infrastructure mode is set as the operation mode in the wireless communication interface 24, the operation mode of the portable game terminal 2 is the infrastructure mode, and when the ad hoc mode is set, the operation mode of the portable game terminal 2 is the ad hoc mode. It becomes.

  In the infrastructure mode, the wireless communication interface 24 transmits a wireless signal (radio wave) representing data supplied from the processor 29 to the connection destination AP 4, while receiving a wireless signal from the connection destination AP 4 and receiving the received wireless signal. Data represented by the signal is supplied to the processor 29. In the ad hoc mode, the wireless communication interface 24 transmits a wireless signal representing data supplied from the processor 29 to a communication partner (another portable game terminal 2 belonging to the same ad hoc network as a terminal node), while the communication partner The wireless signal is received, and data represented by the received wireless signal is supplied to the processor 29.

  The GPS receiver 25 measures the position of the GPS receiver 25, that is, the position of the own terminal, receives the positioning radio wave from the GPS satellite, specifies the position of the own terminal, and represents the specified position. Is supplied to the processor 29. The position measured by the GPS receiver 25 is a position on the earth, and the data output from the GPS receiver 25 represents at least latitude and longitude. In the following description, the position determined by the latitude and longitude measured by the GPS receiver 25 is referred to as “measurement position”.

  The removable memory 26 is a ROM, for example, and stores cooperative game programs 261 and 262, a battle game program 263 and 264, and a single game program 265, and is detachably attached to the portable game terminal 2. . The programs 261, 263, and 265 are based on the infrastructure mode, and the programs 262 and 264 are based on the ad hoc mode. Instead of the removable memory 26, a set of a recording medium in which the programs 261 to 264 are recorded electrically, magnetically, or optically and a reading device that reads data from the recording medium can be adopted.

  The RAM 27 is used as a work area for the processor 29, and stores information represented by this data by storing the data. The RAM 27 stores the measurement position and virtual position of the terminal itself and the contents of play. The “virtual position” of the portable game terminal 2 is the position of the portable game terminal 2 within a predetermined plane (hereinafter referred to as “projection plane”), and the reference position (latitude and longitude) of the portable game terminal 2. ) Is a position where the current position of the portable game terminal 2 is converted (projected) by the position conversion (projection method) that converts (projects) it to one reference position (specific position) in the projection plane. If the ground surface is a plane, the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2 corresponds to the current position (relative position) of the portable game terminal 2 with respect to the reference position of the portable game terminal 2. The “reference position” of the portable game terminal 2 is the position of the portable game terminal 2 and serves as a reference for calculating the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2. Instead of the RAM 27, any rewritable memory can be adopted.

  The ROM 28 stores an operating system. Instead of the ROM 28, any nonvolatile semiconductor memory can be adopted. When a power supply (not shown) is turned on, the processor 29 reads the operating system from the ROM 28 and executes it. Thereafter, the processor 29 can specify an instruction input from the user based on the data supplied from the operation unit 21. That is, the processor 29 and the operation unit 21 function as an instruction input unit that inputs a user instruction.

  When the processor 29 inputs an instruction to start setting of the wireless communication interface 24 in cooperation with the operation unit 21, the processor 29 starts setting processing of the wireless communication interface 24. In this setting process, the processor 29 supplies image data representing an image for setting the wireless communication interface 24 to the image output unit 22, while setting the operation mode and parameters based on the data supplied from the operation unit 21. Set.

  When the operation mode is the infrastructure mode, when the processor 29 inputs an instruction to execute the program 261, 263, or 265 in cooperation with the operation unit 21, the processor 29 reads out the corresponding program from the removable memory 26 and executes it. As a result, the portable game terminal 2 can execute a position process and a position measurement process, which will be described later, and execute a trigger transmission process, a content reception process, and an information output process, which will be described later.

  On the other hand, when the operation mode is the ad hoc mode, when the processor 29 inputs an instruction to execute the program 262 or 264 in cooperation with the operation unit 21, the processor 29 reads the corresponding program from the removable memory 26 and executes it. As a result, the portable game terminal 2 can execute a position process and a position measurement process, which will be described later, and execute a trigger transmission process, a content reception process, and an information output process, which will be described later. In addition, when the portable game terminal 2 functions as a server that provides a service in response to a request from a client, a registration process, an update process, an activation process, and a progress process, which will be described later, can be executed.

<4. Configuration of game device>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the game apparatus 3. As shown in this figure, the game apparatus 3 is a computer, and includes a communication interface 31, a hard disk 32, a RAM 33, a ROM 34, and a processor 35. The communication interface 31 transmits a signal (electric signal) representing data supplied from the processor 35 to the router 6, receives a signal from the router 6, and supplies data represented by this signal to the processor 35.

  The hard disk 32 stores programs and operating systems for cooperative games, battle games, and single games. In addition, a location management table T having a structure shown in FIG. The position management table T is a data table that associates an ID, a reference position, a current position, a virtual position, and a notification destination for each player (portable game terminal 2) who has logged on to the game apparatus 3 in the past.

  The “ID” of the player is information for uniquely identifying the player and the portable game terminal 2 carried by the player in the game system 1. The “notification destination” of the mobile game terminal 2 (player) indicates a player (mobile game terminal 2) that should be notified of the virtual position of the mobile game terminal 2 when the current position of the mobile game terminal 2 is updated. Information, which includes at least the ID of the player carrying the portable game terminal 2.

  The RAM 33 is used as a work area of the processor 35, and stores information represented by this data by storing the data. Instead of the RAM 33, any rewritable memory can be adopted. In the RAM 33, a logon list G is stored, and an arrangement consideration flag FL is secured. The logon list G is a list that includes the IDs of players who are logged on to the game apparatus 3. When no one is logged on to the game apparatus 3, the logon list G is an empty list that does not include any ID. The arrangement / additional flag FL indicates whether or not the arrangement of the portable game terminal 2 is taken into consideration in the determination of the content of play, and is secured for each play. The value of the placement consideration flag FL is “true” or “false”. In the play in the case of a battle game, the arrangement consideration flag FL is secured for each team.

  The ROM 34 stores an IPL (Initial Program Loader). Instead of the ROM 34, any non-volatile semiconductor memory can be employed. When the power (not shown) is turned on, the processor 35 reads and executes the IPL from the ROM 34, thereby reading and executing the operating system from the hard disk 32, thereby reading and executing the above program from the hard disk 32. Thereby, the game apparatus 3 functions as a server that provides a service in response to a request from the client, and can execute a logon process, a registration process, an update process, a logoff process, a trigger process, and a progress process, which will be described later. .

<5. Operation of game system 1>
In the game system 1, the operation related to the cooperative game in the infrastructure mode, the operation related to the battle game in the infrastructure mode, and An operation related to a single game is performed. In addition, when the above-described processing is executed in the plurality of portable game terminals 2, operations related to the ad hoc mode cooperative game and operations related to the ad hoc mode battle game are performed.

<5-1. Actions related to infrastructure mode cooperative games>
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation related to the cooperative game in the infrastructure mode. In this example, the players A to D carrying the portable game terminals 2A to 2C participate in one play (hereinafter referred to as “first play”). Hereinafter, the operation related to the cooperative game in the infrastructure mode will be described along this example.

  First, the players A to D log on to the game apparatus 3 by operating each portable game terminal 2. Thereby, the IDs of the players A to D are added to the logon list G in the game apparatus 3. Next, when the players A to D operate the operation unit 21 of each portable game terminal 2, the portable game terminals 2A to 2D (players A to D) are grouped. This grouping is performed when each of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D and the game apparatus 3 communicate with each other. Any known method can be adopted as the grouping method.

  Next, the players A to D operate the operation unit 21 of each portable game terminal 2, thereby including the measurement position of the own terminal from each portable game terminal 2 to the game apparatus 3, and the reference position of the own terminal. A registration request is sent requesting registration. BA to BD in the figure are measurement positions of the portable game terminals 2A to 2D, respectively. BA to BD are registered as the reference position and the current position of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D in the game apparatus 3.

  Next, among the players A to D, one player (specifically, the player A) can input an activation instruction to the portable game terminal 2 to command activation of a specific effect that can influence the result of the play. Determined as a leader. Specifically, voting is performed by the players A to D operating the operation unit 21 of each portable game terminal 2, and the player with the most votes is determined as the leader. When there are a plurality of players with the largest number of votes, one of these players is randomly determined as a leader. It should be noted that this embodiment may be modified to determine the leader by another method.

  Next, the first play is started. In the first play, in the game device 3, the determination process related to the first play is repeatedly executed, and the content of the determined first play is sent to each of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D for each determination process. In each of the portable game terminals 2A to 2D, this content is output as an image and sound. Hereinafter, the image of the content of the play is referred to as “play image”. An example of a play image according to the first play is shown in FIG. The play image M1 of this example includes character images M11 to M14 of the players A to D and a virtual enemy character image M15.

  On the other hand, in the first play, various requests are sent from each portable game terminal 2 to the game device 3 by the players A to D operating the operation unit 21 of each portable game terminal 2. In this example, first, an update request including the measurement position (PA) of the portable game terminal 2A is sent from the portable game terminal 2A to the game apparatus 3. The update request is a request for updating the current position of the own terminal, and includes the measurement position of the own terminal.

  In game device 3, when an update request including PA is sent from portable game terminal 2A, PA is adopted as the current position of portable game terminal 2A. That is, the current position of the mobile game terminal 2A is updated. Then, in the game apparatus 3, the virtual position (RA) of the portable game terminal 2A is obtained based on the reference position and the current position of the portable game terminal 2A, and this RA is transmitted from the game apparatus 3 to the portable game terminals 2A to 2D. It is done. In each of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D, the relative arrangement determined by the virtual positions of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D is output as an image.

  The relative arrangement is a virtual two-dimensional arrangement of the plurality of portable game terminals 2, and specifically, is an arrangement of points of virtual positions of the plurality of portable game terminals 2 on the projection plane. Therefore, the relative arrangement does not necessarily match the actual arrangement of the plurality of portable game terminals 2. Hereinafter, the image of relative arrangement is referred to as “arrangement image”. An example of the arrangement image according to the first play is shown in FIG. In the arrangement image M2 in this example, the images M21 to M24 of points indicating the virtual positions of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D and the IDs of the players A to D (that is, “A”, “B”, “C”, and “ D ”) images M25 to M28. In the arrangement image M2, the images M25 to M28 are arranged near the images M21 to M24, respectively.

  Next, an update request including the measurement position (PC) of the portable game terminal 2C is sent from the portable game terminal 2C to the game apparatus 3, and the same processing as described above is performed. However, in the game apparatus 3, the virtual position (RC) of the mobile game terminal 2C is obtained, and this RC is sent from the game apparatus 3 to the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D. In each of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D, the mobile game The relative arrangement determined by the virtual positions (including the sent RC) of the terminals 2A to 2D is output as an image.

  Eventually, in the first play, an image (composite image) including the play image M1 and the arrangement image M2 is displayed on each screen S of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D. An example of this image is shown in FIG. This image includes an image M3 of one conditional graphic. The condition graphic is a specific plane graphic having a plurality of vertices, and is prepared for each game, and represents a condition for invoking a specific effect that can affect the result of play.

  For the cooperation game in infrastructure mode, three condition figures are prepared in addition to the rhombus condition figure, and a specific magic attack is assigned to the diamond condition figure as a specific effect. Each of the three condition figures is assigned an attack by a specific item, improvement in attack power, and improvement in defense power as specific effects. In the first play, the leader player A can select any one of the condition figures related to the cooperative game in the infrastructure mode any number of times by operating the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2A. . The image in FIG. 8 is for the case where the last selected conditional figure is a diamond.

  In the first play, when the player player A operates the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2A to input an activation instruction, an activation request is sent from the portable game terminal 2A to the game apparatus 3. The activation request is a request for activation of a specific effect that can affect the result of play. In the first play, when the game apparatus 3 receives the activation request, the arrangement consideration condition is established, and the next determination process executed by the game apparatus 3 is the activation determination process.

  In this activation determination process, the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D is taken into account, and the content of the first play is determined based on the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2D and the condition graphic selected last. If the relative arrangement of the portable game terminals 2A to 2D matches the last selected condition graphic, the specific effect assigned to the condition graphic is activated. In other cases, the effect is not activated.

  Eventually, the first play ends. Then, the player A logs off from the game device 3 by operating the portable game terminal 2A. Specifically, a logoff request for requesting logoff is sent from portable game terminal 2 </ b> A to game device 3. Thereby, the ID of the player A is deleted from the logon list G in the game apparatus 3. In the meantime, the players B to D eventually log off from the game apparatus 3 by operating each portable game terminal 2.

<5-2. Actions related to a battle game in infrastructure mode>
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation related to the battle game in the infrastructure mode. However, illustration of the same part as FIG. 5 is omitted. In this example, the players A to L carrying the portable game terminals 2A to 2L participate in one play (hereinafter referred to as “second play”). Hereinafter, the operation related to the battle game in the infrastructure mode will be described along this example.

  First, as in the example of FIG. 5, the players A to L log on to the game apparatus 3, and the portable game terminals 2A to 2L (players A to L) are grouped. In this grouping, the players A to F are members of one team, and the players G to L are members of the other team. Next, as in the example of FIG. 5, the reference position and the current position of the portable game terminals 2 </ b> A to 2 </ b> L are registered in the game apparatus 3.

  Next, one of the players A to F (specifically, the player A) and one of the players G to L (specifically, the player G) input an activation instruction to the portable game terminal 2. Determined as a leader that can. Specifically, when the players A to L operate the operation unit 21 of each portable game terminal 2, voting is performed for each team, and the player with the largest number of votes is determined as the leader of the dream. . When there are a plurality of players with the largest number of votes, one of these players is randomly determined as a leader. It should be noted that this embodiment may be modified to determine the leader by another method.

  Next, the second play is started. The operation in the second play is the same as the operation in the first play (see FIG. 5). However, in the second play, the images (composite images) illustrated in FIG. 10 are displayed on the screens S of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2L. This image includes a play image M4, an arrangement image M5, and an image M6 of one conditional graphic. The play image M4 includes images of the characters of the players A to L. These images are arranged separately for each team in the play image M4. The arrangement image M5 includes images of points indicating the virtual positions of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2L and images of IDs of the players A to L.

  In addition to regular pentagonal conditional graphics, multiple conditional graphics are prepared for infrastructure mode battle games. Regular pentagonal conditional graphics are assigned specific magic attacks as specific effects. Each of the other condition figures is assigned a specific effect different from a specific magic attack as a specific effect. In the second play, the leader of each team operates the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2 to select any one of the teams from the condition figure related to the battle game in the infrastructure mode. You can choose. The image in FIG. 10 is a case where the condition figure last selected for one team is a regular pentagon.

  In the second play, as shown in FIG. 9, when the game apparatus 3 receives the activation request and a predetermined time (hereinafter referred to as “activation waiting time”) elapses, the arrangement consideration condition is satisfied. . In the activation determination process according to the second play, the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2L is taken into account, and the second play is performed based on the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2L and the last selected condition graphic. The content is determined.

  The content determined by this activation determination process is that the relative arrangement of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2F matches the condition graphic last selected for one team, and the condition graphic is the mobile game terminal 2G to 2G. If it does not include an edge that is divided by a 2L virtual position point, the specific effect assigned to the conditional graphic is activated. In other cases, the content is not activated. Become. As is clear from the above, the driven team can interfere with the calling team during the call waiting time. The operation after the end of the second play is the same as the operation in FIG.

<5-3. Action related to a single game>
FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation related to a single game. In this example, the player A carrying the portable game terminal 2A participates in one play (hereinafter referred to as “third play”) alone. Hereinafter, the operation related to the single game will be described along this example. However, it is assumed that the players A to E carrying the portable game terminals 2B to 2E are already logged on to the game apparatus 3.

  First, as in the example of FIG. 5, the player A logs on to the game apparatus 3 by operating the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2 </ b> A. Specifically, a logon request for requesting logon is sent from the portable game terminal 2A to the game apparatus 3 including the reference position (BA) of the portable game terminal 2A. Logon list G is sent to The logon list G includes IDs of players who are logged on (“B”, “C”, “D”, “E”,...).

  Then, in the game apparatus 3, the logon list G is updated so as to indicate that the player A is logged on. On the other hand, in the portable game terminal 2A that has received the logon list G, the player A operates the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2A to select the players B to E from the logged-on players. Thereby, a communication start instruction indicating the players B to E is input, and a notification start request including the IDs of the players B to E is transmitted from the portable game terminal 2A to the game apparatus 3. The notification start request is for requesting the start of notification of the virtual position, and includes the ID of the portable game terminal 2 (player) whose virtual position is to be notified to the request source.

  The game device 3 that has received the notification start request including the IDs of the players B to E adds a position “A” to the notification destinations corresponding to the players B to E based on the notification start request. Update T. Then, the virtual positions (RA to RE) of the mobile game terminals 2B to 2E are sent from the game apparatus 3 to the mobile game terminal 2A. Then, when the player A operates the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2A, the reference position (BA) of the portable game terminal 2A including the reference position (BA) of the portable game terminal 2A is transferred from the portable game terminal 2A to the game apparatus 3. A registration request is sent requesting registration. The BA is registered in the game apparatus 3 as the reference position and the current position of the portable game terminal 2A.

  Then, the third play is started. The operation in the third play is the same as the operation in the first play. However, the image (composite image) illustrated in FIG. 12 is displayed on the screen S of the portable game terminal 2A. This image includes a play image M7, an arrangement image M8, and one conditional graphic image M9. The play image M7 includes an image of the character of the player A and an image of a virtual enemy character. The arrangement image M5 includes images of points indicating the virtual positions of the mobile game terminals 2A to 2E and images of the IDs of the players A to E.

  For a single game, a plurality of condition figures are prepared in addition to the star-shaped condition figure. The star-shaped condition figure is assigned a specific magic attack as a specific effect. Each of the conditional figures is assigned with a specific effect different from a specific magic attack as a specific effect. In the third play, the player A can select any one of the conditional figures related to the single game any number of times by operating the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2A. The image in FIG. 12 is for the case where the last selected conditional graphic is a star shape.

  Further, when an update request including the measurement position (PB) of the portable game terminal 2B is sent from the portable game terminal 2B of the player B who has not participated in the third play to the game apparatus 3, the game apparatus 3 receives the update request to the PB. Based on this, the virtual position (RB) of the portable game terminal 2B is calculated, and this RB is also sent from the game apparatus 3 to the portable game terminal 2A. The same applies to a case where an update request is sent from the portable game terminals 2C to 2E to the game apparatus 3.

  Eventually, when the third play is finished and a notification end instruction is input by the player A operating the operation unit 21 of the portable game terminal 2A, the players B to E play the game device 3 from the portable game terminal 2A. A notification end request including the ID is transmitted. The notification end request is for requesting the end of the notification of the virtual position, and includes the ID of the portable game terminal 2 (player) whose request source ID should be deleted from the notification destination. In the game apparatus 3 that has received the notification end request including the IDs of the players B to E, the position management table is configured so that “A” is deleted from the notification destinations corresponding to the players B to E based on the notification end request. T is updated. Then, as in the example of FIG. 5, the player A logs off from the game apparatus 3.

<5-4. Actions related to co-op games and battle games in ad hoc mode>
The operations related to the cooperation game and the battle game in the ad hoc mode are the same as the operations related to the cooperation game and the battle game in the infrastructure mode. However, the players gather together in one place by calling out to each other, and the reference position is registered there. Further, in the operation related to the cooperative game and the battle game in the ad hoc mode, one mobile game terminal 2 also functions as a server that executes a registration process, an update process, an activation process, and a progress process, which will be described later. That is, in the portable game terminal 2, the client process and the server process are executed, and interprocess communication is performed between both processes. Note that there is no concept of logon or logoff in cooperative games and battle games in ad hoc mode.

<6. Position processing>
<6-1. Cooperation games and battle games>
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of position processing executed on the mobile game terminal 2 regarding the cooperative game and the battle game in the infrastructure mode. In this position processing, the processor 29 of the portable game terminal 2 first determines whether or not a logon instruction is input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S11). If the determination result is “NO”, the process returns to step S11.

  When the determination result in step S11 is “YES”, the processor 29 cooperates with the wireless communication interface 24 to transmit a logon request including the reference position of the terminal to the game apparatus 3 and starts a position measurement process ( S12). In the position measurement process, the GPS receiver 25 repeatedly measures the position of the own terminal, and the processor 29 updates the measured position of the own terminal every time the position is measured by the GPS receiver 25. Specifically, the processor 29 updates the data representing the measurement position of the own terminal stored in the RAM 27 so as to represent the measured position.

  The processor 29 that has transmitted the login request to the game apparatus 3 receives the logon list G in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 (S13). Next, the processor 29 determines whether or not a registration instruction is input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S14). When the determination result is “YES”, the processor 29 reads the measurement position of the own terminal from the RAM 27 and transmits a registration request including the read measurement position in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 (S15).

  When step S15 ends or when the determination result in step S14 is “NO”, the processor 29 determines whether or not an update instruction has been input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S16). When the determination result is “YES”, the processor 29 reads the measurement position of the own terminal from the RAM 27 and transmits an update request including the read measurement position in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 (S17).

  When step S17 is completed or when the determination result in step S16 is “NO”, the processor 29 determines whether or not the virtual position of the terminal itself has been received in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 (S18). When the determination result is “YES”, the processor 29 updates the virtual position of the own terminal (S19). Specifically, the processor 29 updates the data representing the virtual position of the own terminal stored in the RAM 27 so as to indicate the received virtual position.

  When step S19 ends or when the determination result in step S18 is “NO”, the processor 29 determines whether or not a logoff instruction is input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S20). If the determination result is “NO”, the process returns to step S14. On the other hand, when the determination result of step S20 is “YES”, the processor 29 transmits a logon request to the game apparatus 3 in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 and ends the position measurement process (S21). Then, the process returns to step S11.

<6-2. Single game>
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of position processing executed on the mobile game terminal 2 for a single game. However, the portions common to FIG. 13 are not shown. In this position process, when step S13 ends, the processor 29 determines whether or not a notification start instruction indicating at least one player has been input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S101). When the determination result is “NO”, the processor 29 determines whether or not a logoff instruction is input (S20). If the determination result is “NO”, the process returns to step S101.

  If the determination result in step S101 is “YES”, the processor 29 cooperates with the operation unit 21 and the wireless communication interface 24 to issue a notification start request including the player ID indicated by the input notification start instruction to the game apparatus 3. (S102). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S14. When step 19 ends or when the determination result in step S18 is “NO”, the processor 29 determines whether or not a notification end instruction is input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S103).

  If the determination result is “NO”, the process returns to step S14. If the determination result of step S103 is “YES”, the processor 29 cooperates with the wireless communication interface 24 to transmit a notification end request including the ID of at least one player to the game apparatus 3 (S104). Thereafter, the process returns to step S104.

<7. Logon processing>
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of logon processing executed by the game apparatus 3. The logon process is executed each time the processor 35 receives a logon request in cooperation with the communication interface 31. In the logon process, the processor 35 first reads the logon list G from the RAM 33 and transmits it to the source of the logon request in cooperation with the communication interface 31.

  Next, the processor 35 adds the ID of the player carrying the portable game terminal 2 that has transmitted the logon request to the logon list G stored in the RAM 33 (S52). Next, the processor 35 determines whether or not it is the first logon (S53). This determination is performed by examining whether or not the position management table T includes a record corresponding to the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the logon request.

  If the determination result of step S53 is “YES”, the processor 35 adds a record to the position management table T (S54). In this record, the ID of the player carrying the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received logon request is stored as the ID, and the measurement position included in the logon request is stored as the reference position and the current position. (0, 0) is stored as the position, and the ID of this player is stored as the notification destination. Note that (0, 0) is the coordinates of the center point of the projection plane. And when step S54 is complete | finished or when the determination result of step S53 becomes "NO", a logon process is complete | finished.

<8. Registration process>
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of registration processing executed by the game apparatus 3. The registration process is executed each time the processor 35 receives a registration request in cooperation with the communication interface 31. In the registration process, the processor 35 first registers the measurement position included in the received registration request as the reference position and the current position of the portable game terminal 2 that has transmitted the registration request (S55). Specifically, the processor 35 stores the measurement position included in the received registration request in the position management table T as the reference position and the current position of the mobile game terminal 2 that has transmitted the registration request.

  Next, the processor 35 updates the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2 based on the reference position and the current position of the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received registration request (S56). Specifically, the processor 35 reads the reference position and the current position of the mobile game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received registration request from the position management table T, and converts this reference position into one reference position in the projection plane. The position where the current position is converted (projected) is calculated by position conversion (projection method) to be (projected), and the calculated position is stored in the position management table T as the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2.

  Next, the processor 35 determines whether or not to notify the updated virtual position (S57). This determination is made when the notification destination stored in the position management table T for the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received registration request includes the ID of a player other than the player carrying the portable game terminal 2. “YES”. When the determination result in step S57 is “YES”, the processor 35 reads the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received registration request from the position management table T, and cooperates with the communication interface 31 to It transmits to a part of notification destination of the portable game terminal 2 (S58). The part of the notification destination of the portable game terminal 2 is obtained by removing the portable game terminal 2 from at least one portable game terminal 2 carried by a player whose ID is included in the notification destination. When step S58 ends or when the determination result in step S57 is “NO”, the registration process ends.

<9. Update process>
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a flow of update processing executed by the game apparatus 3. The update process is executed each time the processor 35 receives an update request in cooperation with the communication interface 31. In the update process, the processor 35 first updates the current position of the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the update request with the measurement position included in the received update request (S59). Specifically, the processor 35 stores the measurement position included in the received update request in the position management table T as the current position of the mobile game terminal 2 that has transmitted the update request.

  Next, the processor 35 updates the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2 based on the reference position and the current position of the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received update request (S60). The content of step S60 is the same as the content of step S56 of FIG. Next, the processor 35 transmits the updated virtual position to all of the notification destinations of the mobile game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received update request (S61). All the notification destinations of the portable game terminal 2 are at least one portable game terminal 2 carried by a player whose ID is included in the notification destination. Then, the update process ends.

<10. Logoff processing>
The logoff process is executed each time the processor 35 receives a logoff request in cooperation with the communication interface 31. In the logoff process, the processor 35 deletes the ID of the player carrying the portable game terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the received logoff request from the logon list G stored in the RAM 33. Then, the logoff process ends.

<11. Trigger transmission process>
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of the activation transmission process executed by the portable game terminal 2. The activation transmission process starts and ends with play. In the activation transmission process, the processor 29 first determines whether or not an activation instruction has been input in cooperation with the operation unit 21 (S22). If this determination result is "NO", the process returns to step S22. If the determination result in step S22 is “YES”, the processor 29 transmits an activation request to the game apparatus 3 in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 (S23). Thereafter, the process returns to step S22.

<12. Trigger processing>
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the activation process executed by the game apparatus 3. The activation process is executed every time the processor 35 receives an activation request in cooperation with the communication interface 31 for each play. In the activation process, the processor 35 first determines whether or not this play is a battle game play (S62). When the determination result is “NO”, that is, when the arrangement and consideration conditions are satisfied, the processor 35 sets “true” to the arrangement and addition flag FL related to the play (S63), and the activation process is ended.

  On the other hand, when the determination result of step S62 is “YES”, the processor 35 determines whether or not the activation waiting time has elapsed after receiving the activation request (S64). If the determination result is “NO”, the processor 35 determines whether or not the play end condition is satisfied (S65). If the determination result is “NO”, the process returns to step S64. If the determination result in step S64 is “YES”, that is, if the arrangement and addition conditions are satisfied, the processor 35 sets “true” to the arrangement and addition flag FL relating to the invoking team (S66), and the activation processing is performed. End. If the determination result in step S65 is “YES”, the processor 35 ends the activation process.

<13. Progress processing>
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a flow of progress processing executed by the game apparatus 3. The progress process is a process executed for each play, and starts and ends together with the play. In the progress process, the processor 35 sets “false” to the arrangement / addition flag FL relating to this play (S67). Next, the processor 35 performs a determination process related to this play (S68). The determination process will be described later. Next, the processor 35 cooperates with the communication interface 31 to transmit the content determined in step S67 (the content of this play) (S69). Thereafter, the process returns to step S68.

<14. Decision processing>
<14-1. Cooperation game and single game>
FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the flow of determination processing (cooperation game and single game) included in the progress processing. This determination process is executed in the play of a cooperative game or a single game. In this determination process, the processor 35 first determines whether or not the arrangement / addition flag FL relating to this play is “true” (S70).

  When the determination result is “YES”, that is, when the current determination process is the activation determination process, the processor 35 specifies the relative arrangement of the portable game terminal 2 related to the play based on the position management table T (S71). ). The portable game terminal 2 relating to play is a plurality of portable game terminals 2 carried by players participating in the play in the case of playing a cooperative game, and participating in the play in the case of playing a single game. A portable game terminal 2 carried by a player who is playing, and a portable game terminal 2 having the portable game terminal 2 as a notification destination.

  Next, the processor 35 determines whether or not the identified relative arrangement matches the condition graphic last selected in this play (S72). Note that the relative arrangement “matches” the conditional graphic means an arrangement (relative positional relation in the plane) where the relative arrangement substantially matches the arrangement of all vertices (relative positional relation in the plane) of the conditional graphic. It means to include. In other words, by moving the last selected condition graphic in the plane, or without moving the last selected condition graphic, each of all of its vertices is determined in advance as a point where the relative arrangement is determined. If it is possible to overlap within the specified error range, the relative arrangement “matches” the condition graphic selected last.

  When the determination result of step S72 is “YES”, the processor 35 determines the content affected by the activation of the specific effect assigned to the condition graphic selected last as the content of the play (S73). The determination process is terminated. On the other hand, when the determination result of step S72 is “NO”, the processor 35 sets “false” to the arrangement / addition flag FL relating to this play (S74). When step S74 ends, or when the determination result in step S70 is “NO”, the processor 35 is affected by the activation of the specific effect assigned to the condition graphic selected last as the content of the play. The content that does not exist is determined (S75), and the determination process is terminated.

<14-2. Battle game>
FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the flow of the determination process (match game) included in the progress process. This determination process is executed in the play of the battle game. In this determination process, the processor 35 first determines whether or not the placement / addition flag FL relating to one team is “true” (S76).

  When the determination result is “YES”, that is, when the current determination process is the activation determination process related to one team, the processor 35 of the portable game terminal 2 related to one team is based on the position management table T. The relative arrangement is specified (S77). The portable game terminal 2 related to one team is a plurality of portable game terminals 2 carried by members of one team. Next, the processor 35 determines whether or not the specified relative arrangement matches the condition graphic last selected for one team in this play (S78).

  When the determination result is “YES”, the processor 35, as the content of the play, relates to the case where one team is set as the invoking side of the specific effect assigned to the condition graphic last selected for one team. The contents affected by the activation are determined (S79). On the other hand, when the determination result of step S78 is “NO”, the processor 35 sets “false” to the arrangement / addition flag FL for one team (S80). When step S80 is completed, or when the determination result in step S76 is “NO”, the processor 35 determines the influence of the specific effect assigned to the condition graphic selected last for one team as the content of this play. The contents not received are determined (S81).

  When step S81 or S79 is completed, the processor 35 determines whether or not the placement consideration flag FL relating to the other team is “true” (S82). When the determination result is “YES”, that is, when the current determination process is the activation determination process related to the other team, the processor 35 of the portable game terminal 2 related to the other team is based on the position management table T. The relative arrangement is specified (S83). The portable game terminal 2 related to the other team is a plurality of portable game terminals 2 carried by members of the other team. Next, the processor 35 determines whether or not the specified relative arrangement matches the condition graphic last selected for the other team in this play (S84).

  When the determination result is “YES”, the processor 35 determines that the content determined in step S79 or S81 is the trigger side of the specific effect assigned to the condition graphic last selected for the other team. The content of this play is determined by changing based on the influence of the activation at that time (S85). On the other hand, when the determination result of step S84 is “NO”, the processor 35 sets “false” to the arrangement / addition flag FL for the other team (S86). When step S86 ends, the determination result in step S82 becomes “NO”, or when step S85 ends, the processor 35 ends this determination process.

<15. Content reception processing>
FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a flow of content reception processing executed by the mobile game terminal 2. The content reception process starts and ends with play. In the content reception process, the processor 29 first determines whether or not the content of this play has been received in cooperation with the wireless communication interface 24 (S24). If the determination result is “NO”, the process returns to step S24. When the determination result of step S24 is “YES”, the processor 29 updates the contents of this play (S25). Specifically, the contents stored in the RAM 27 are updated so as to represent the received contents. Thereafter, the process returns to step S24.

<16. Information output processing>
FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a flow of information output processing executed by the portable game terminal 2. The information output process starts and ends with play. In the information output process, first, the processor 29 generates a play image and sound based on the content of the play stored in the RAM 27 (S26). Specifically, based on the above contents, data representing a play image and data representing sound are generated and stored in the RAM 27.

  Next, based on the virtual positions of the plurality of portable game terminals 2 related to the play, the processor 29 generates images of the relative arrangement (that is, arrangement images) of the plurality of portable game terminals 2 (S27). Next, the processor 29 combines the image generated in step S26, the image generated in step 27, and the image of one conditional graphic to generate a combined image (S28). This condition graphic is the last selected condition graphic for the cooperative game and the single game, and is the last selected condition graphic for the team related to the portable game terminal 2 for the battle game. . Next, the processor 29 outputs the generated composite image and sound (S29). Specifically, the generated composite image is displayed on the screen S of the image output unit 22, and the generated sound is output from the sound output unit 23. Thereafter, the process returns to step S26.

<17. Summary>
As described above, the portable game terminal 2 includes a content display unit (processor 29 and image output unit 22) that displays the content as an image and a positioning unit (GPS reception) that measures the position of its own terminal in playing a computer game. Apparatus 25), a position transmission unit (processor 29 and wireless communication interface 24) for wirelessly transmitting the position of the terminal itself, and a position reception unit (processor 29 and wireless communication interface) for wirelessly receiving the position of at least one other terminal. 24) and the position in the projection plane where the current position of the portable game terminal 2 is converted by the position conversion for converting the reference position of a certain portable game terminal 2 into one reference position in the projection plane. The virtual position of the own terminal and the virtual position of the at least one other terminal are determined throughout the play period. That includes a placement display unit for displaying the virtual placement of the terminal and the at least one other terminal (relative placement) in the image (the processor 29 and the image output unit 22). And the content displayed on the content display part is determined based on the said relative arrangement | positioning, when predetermined arrangement | positioning consideration conditions are satisfied.

  That is, in the present embodiment, an image of the relative arrangement of these terminals, which is determined by the virtual position of the own terminal and the virtual position of at least one other terminal, is displayed throughout the play period. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to intuitively grasp the movement of each player even if a plurality of players (portable game terminals) related to one play are distributed over a wide area. In the embodiment described above, an image with a relative arrangement is displayed during the entire play period, but this may be modified so that the image is displayed during a part of the play period.

  In the above-described embodiment, the position is measured by GPS. However, the position may be modified by another satellite positioning system, or the position may be measured by a positioning system other than the satellite positioning system. You may make it measure. As a positioning system other than the satellite positioning system, the position of each access point is registered in a database, and the mobile game terminal receives a radio signal transmitted from a nearby access point, and the position of the access point of this signal It is possible to exemplify a system that searches the database from the above database and measures the position.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, the portable game terminal 2 is provided with the positioning control part (processor 29) which makes a positioning part measure the position of a self-terminal repeatedly, The position transmission part has predetermined registration conditions. When established, the last measured position is transmitted to the positioning unit as the reference position of the own terminal. On the other hand, when a predetermined update condition is established, the last measured position is transmitted to the positioning unit as the current position of the own terminal. Then, the position receiving unit receives the virtual position of the terminal itself and at least one other terminal, and the arrangement display unit displays the image of the relative arrangement using the virtual position received by the position receiving unit. By modifying this, the positioning unit may measure the position of the terminal only once, or may be as follows.

  In other words, when a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, the position transmission unit stores the position measured last in the positioning unit as a reference position of the own terminal, while when a predetermined update condition is satisfied, the positioning unit When the last measured position is the current position of the own terminal, the current position of the own terminal and the reference position of the own terminal are used to calculate the virtual position of the own terminal, the calculated virtual position is transmitted, and the position is received. The virtual position of the at least one other terminal is received, and the arrangement display unit uses the virtual position transmitted to the position transmission unit and the at least one virtual position received by the position reception unit, You may make it display the image of arrangement | positioning. In this case, since the calculation of the virtual position is performed by the own terminal, it is possible to reduce the total calculation amount compared to the calculation of the virtual position by another terminal. Furthermore, the virtual position of the own terminal may be calculated by another terminal.

  By the way, in embodiment mentioned above, the portable game terminal 2 is provided with the positioning control part which makes a positioning part measure the position of a self-terminal repeatedly, and if a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, a position transmission part will perform positioning. While the last measured position is transmitted to another device as the reference position of the own terminal, if the predetermined update condition is satisfied, the position last measured by the positioning section is set as the current position of the own terminal. The other device receives the reference position and the current position and transmits the virtual position, the position receiving unit receives the virtual position of the own terminal and at least one other terminal, the arrangement display unit, A relative position image is displayed using the virtual position transmitted to the position transmission unit. The other device receives and stores the reference positions of the plurality of portable game terminals 2, and receives the current position of each of the plurality of portable game terminals 2, and receives the received current position and the current position. The game apparatus 3 includes a virtual position transmission unit that calculates and transmits the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2 using the reference position of the portable game terminal 2. This may be modified so that the positioning unit measures the position of the terminal only once, or the function of the game device 3 is given to one specific portable game terminal 2 as described below, and this portable game The terminal 2 may be used as another device.

  That is, each of the specific one mobile game terminal 2 and the remaining mobile game terminals 2 becomes another terminal for all the mobile game terminals 2 except for the own terminal among these mobile game terminals 2, When the portable game terminal 2 receives and stores the reference positions of the remaining portable game terminals 2 and the current positions of the remaining portable game terminals 2, the current position and the current position are Using the reference position of the portable game terminal 2, a virtual position transmission unit that calculates and transmits the virtual position of the portable game terminal 2 related to the current position, and positioning control that causes the positioning unit to repeatedly measure the position of the terminal itself In the specific one portable game terminal 2, when the predetermined transmission condition is satisfied, the position transmission unit stores the position measured last in the positioning unit as the reference position of the own terminal, In advance When the determined update condition is satisfied, the virtual position of the own terminal is calculated using the current position of the own terminal and the reference position of the own terminal when the last position measured by the positioning unit is the current position of the own terminal. The arrangement display unit may display a relative arrangement image using the virtual position transmitted to the position transmission unit and at least one virtual position transmitted to the virtual position transmission unit. . According to this form, the game apparatus 3 becomes unnecessary. Of course, this form may be modified so that the positioning unit measures the position of the terminal only once.

  In the above-described embodiment, the portable game terminal 2 includes an operation unit that is operated by the player, and includes an instruction input unit (the operation unit 21 and the processor 29) that inputs an instruction according to the operation of the operation unit. The registration condition is satisfied when a predetermined registration instruction is input to the instruction input unit. Accordingly, the reference position of the terminal is registered after waiting for the player's instruction. Therefore, for example, the player can change the action range. This may be modified so that the registration condition is periodically satisfied, or the registration condition may be satisfied when the power is turned on, at the start of program execution, at the start of play, or the like.

  In the above-described embodiment, the portable game terminal 2 includes the instruction input unit, and the arrangement consideration condition requires that the activation instruction is input to the instruction input unit. Even if it is not input to the instruction input unit, the arrangement consideration condition may be satisfied. In the above-described embodiment, in the play of the battle game, the arrangement consideration condition is not satisfied until the activation waiting time elapses after the activation instruction is input. Therefore, it becomes possible for one team to interfere with the other team.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the content display unit displays the content according to the degree of matching between the relative arrangement and the condition graphic selected last in the play. Accordingly, since the relative arrangement is compared with the conditional graphic, it is easy for the player to understand. In the above-described embodiment, a plane figure having a plurality of vertices is used as a conditional figure, but a line segment may be used as a conditional figure. When a line segment is a conditional graphic, the end point of the line segment is treated as a vertex. Further, the present embodiment may be modified so that the conditional graphic to be compared with the relative arrangement is not changed in one play.

  In the above-described embodiment, the determination process for determining the content of the cooperative game play in the infrastructure mode is executed in the game apparatus 3, but this is modified so that the determination process is performed by the participating players of the play. It may be executed in one mobile game terminal 2 of the mobile game terminals 2. In this case, the central management of the reference position and the current position may be performed by the game apparatus 3 as in the above-described embodiment, or may be performed by the portable game terminal 2 on which the determination process is executed. Good.

  In the above-described embodiment, as specific effects that may affect the result of play, an attack by a specific magic, an attack by a specific item, an improvement in attack power, and an improvement in defense power are exemplified, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It is not a thing. For example, as the activation of a specific effect, a specific item (for example, a sword) used for a battle with a virtual enemy can be given. In the above-described embodiment, the computer game in which the player operates the character is exemplified as the computer game that the game system 1 realizes to play. However, the application range of the present invention is not limited to this.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the portable game terminal 2 which the game system 1 has. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the game device 3 which the game system 1 has. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of a position management table T in the game apparatus 3. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation | movement which concerns on the cooperation game of infrastructure mode. It is a figure which shows an example of the play image which concerns on the play of the same game. It is a figure which shows an example of the arrangement | positioning image which concerns on the same play. It is a figure which shows an example of the synthesized image which concerns on the same play. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation | movement which concerns on the battle game of an infrastructure mode. It is a figure which shows an example of the synthesized image which concerns on the play of the same game. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation | movement which concerns on a single game. It is a figure which shows an example of the synthesized image which concerns on the play of the same game. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the position process (cooperation game and battle game) performed with the portable game terminal 2. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of position processing (single game) executed on the mobile game terminal 2. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of logon processing executed by the game apparatus 3. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of registration processing executed by the game apparatus 3. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of update processing executed by the game apparatus 3. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of an activation transmission process executed on the portable game terminal 2. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of activation processing executed by the game apparatus 3. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of progress processing executed by the game apparatus 3. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the determination process (cooperation game and independent game) included in a progress process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the determination process (match game) included in a progress process. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of content reception processing executed by the mobile game terminal 2. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of information output processing executed on the mobile game terminal 2.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game system 2 Portable game terminal 3 Game device 21 Operation part 22 Image output part 24 Wireless communication interface 25 GPS receiver 26 Removable memory 27, 33 RAM
29, 35 Processor 31 Communication interface 32 Hard disk

Claims (12)

A portable game terminal for a computer game,
In the play of the computer game, a content display unit for displaying the content;
A positioning unit that measures the position of the terminal;
A position transmitter that wirelessly transmits the position of the terminal;
A position receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the position of at least one other terminal;
When the position in the plane where the current position of the terminal is converted by the position conversion that converts the reference position of a terminal to one reference position in a predetermined plane is the virtual position of the terminal, An arrangement display unit for displaying a virtual arrangement of the own terminal and the at least one other terminal determined by a virtual position of the own terminal and a virtual position of the at least one other terminal in part or all of the period; ,
The content displayed on the content display unit is determined based on the arrangement when a predetermined arrangement consideration condition is satisfied.
A portable game terminal characterized by that. A positioning control unit that allows the positioning unit to repeatedly measure the position of the terminal;
When a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, the position transmission unit stores the position measured last in the positioning unit as a reference position of the terminal, while when a predetermined update condition is satisfied, the positioning unit When the last measured position is the current position of the own terminal, the current position of the own terminal and the reference position of the own terminal are used to calculate the virtual position of the own terminal, and the calculated virtual position is transmitted.
The position receiving unit receives a virtual position of the at least one other terminal;
The arrangement display unit displays the arrangement using the virtual position transmitted to the position transmission unit and at least one virtual position received by the position reception unit.
The portable game terminal according to claim 1. A positioning control unit that allows the positioning unit to repeatedly measure the position of the terminal;
When a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, the position transmitting unit receives a reference position and a current position of a terminal using the position measured last by the positioning unit as a reference position of the terminal, and While transmitting to the other device that transmits the virtual position, when a predetermined update condition is satisfied, the position measured last in the positioning unit is transmitted to the other device as the current position of the terminal,
The position receiving unit receives a virtual position of the at least one other terminal;
The arrangement display unit includes a virtual position of the terminal determined by a reference position transmitted to the position transmission unit and a current position transmitted to the position transmission unit, and at least one virtual position received by the position reception unit. To display the arrangement,
The portable game terminal according to claim 1. An operation unit that is operated by a player of the computer game, and an instruction input unit that inputs an instruction according to an operation of the operation unit;
The registration condition is satisfied when a predetermined registration instruction is input to the instruction input unit.
The portable game terminal according to claim 2, wherein the portable game terminal is a portable game terminal. An operation unit that is operated by a player of the computer game, and an instruction input unit that inputs an instruction according to an operation of the operation unit;
The update condition is satisfied when a predetermined update instruction is input to the instruction input unit.
The portable game terminal according to claim 2, wherein the portable game terminal is a portable game terminal. An operation unit that is operated by a player of the computer game, and an instruction input unit that inputs an instruction according to an operation of the operation unit;
The arrangement consideration condition requires that a predetermined activation instruction is input to the instruction input unit.
The portable game terminal according to claim 1, wherein the portable game terminal is a portable game terminal. The content display unit displays the content according to the degree of matching between the arrangement and a line figure or a plane figure having a plurality of vertices in the play.
The portable game terminal according to claim 1, wherein the portable game terminal is a portable game terminal. A game device included in a game system having a plurality of portable game terminals according to claim 3 and communicating with each of the plurality of portable game terminals as the other device,
A reception storage unit for receiving and storing reference positions of the plurality of portable game terminals;
When receiving the current position of each of the plurality of mobile game terminals, the virtual position of the mobile game terminal related to the current position is calculated using the received current position and the reference position of the mobile game terminal related to the current position. A virtual position transmitting unit that transmits a virtual position of the portable game terminal according to the current position;
A game apparatus comprising: A plurality of portable game terminals according to claim 1 or 2,
Each of the plurality of portable game terminals becomes the other terminal with respect to all the portable game terminals except the own terminal among the plurality of portable game terminals.
A game system characterized by that. A plurality of portable game terminals according to claim 3 and a game device according to claim 8,
Each of the plurality of portable game terminals becomes the other terminal with respect to all the portable game terminals except the own terminal among the plurality of portable game terminals.
A game system characterized by that. A plurality of portable game terminals according to claim 3 and a single portable game terminal according to claim 1 as the other device,
Each of the plurality of portable game terminals and the one portable game terminal becomes the other terminal with respect to all the portable game terminals except the own terminal among the plurality of portable game terminals and the one portable game terminal,
The one portable game terminal is
A reception storage unit for receiving and storing reference positions of the plurality of portable game terminals;
When receiving the current position of each of the plurality of mobile game terminals, the virtual position of the mobile game terminal related to the current position is calculated using the received current position and the reference position of the mobile game terminal related to the current position. A virtual position transmitting unit that transmits a virtual position of the portable game terminal according to the current position;
A positioning control unit that causes the positioning unit to repeatedly measure the position of the terminal,
In the one portable game terminal,
When a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, the position transmission unit stores the position measured last in the positioning unit as a reference position of the terminal, while when a predetermined update condition is satisfied, the positioning unit When the last measured position is the current position of the own terminal, the current position of the own terminal and the reference position of the own terminal are used to calculate the virtual position of the own terminal, and the calculated virtual position is transmitted.
The arrangement display unit displays the arrangement using the virtual position transmitted to the position transmission unit and at least one virtual position transmitted to the virtual position transmission unit.
A game system characterized by that. A mobile game terminal for computer games,
In the play of the computer game, a content display unit for displaying the content;
A positioning unit that measures the position of the terminal;
A position transmitter that wirelessly transmits the position of the terminal;
A position receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the position of at least one other terminal;
When the position in the plane where the current position of the terminal is converted by the position conversion that converts the reference position of a terminal to one reference position in a predetermined plane is the virtual position of the terminal, In part or all of the period, it functions as an arrangement display unit that displays a virtual arrangement of the own terminal and the at least one other terminal determined by the virtual position of the own terminal and the virtual position of the at least one other terminal. A program,
The content displayed on the content display unit is determined based on the arrangement when a predetermined arrangement consideration condition is satisfied.
A program characterized by that.

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