JP2009273637A - Game machine and game proceeding method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine or the like for executing a performance relating to the display of a wild symbol before the display of a game result in a slot game. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine 1 includes a game preprocessing part 103 for determining a game proceeding table PT before the start of a game, and a game execution part 105 for executing the game according to the proceeding table PT. In the game preprocessing part 103, symbols to be displayed on respective reel parts 21 and a specified symbol position of the reel part 21 where the wild symbol W appears are determined, one character M to be moved from a prescribed appearing position to the specified symbol position is selected, the selected character M reaches the specified symbol position when displaying the game result, and a proceeding table PT is set so that the wild symbol W is displayed as the game result at the specified symbol position and the determined symbol is displayed in respective display areas other than the specified symbol position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine and a game progress method in which a slot game is executed by displaying a predetermined symbol in each of a plurality of display areas on a game screen.

In a slot game in which a predetermined symbol is displayed in each of a plurality of display areas on a game screen, a wild symbol corresponding to a plurality of types of symbols can be expected to show a high payout. Therefore, when the wild symbol is displayed on the game screen, various modes are known for displaying the wild symbol in order to enhance the player's feeling of uplift and expectation. For example, when a plurality of winnings that share a wild symbol are established, there is an aspect in which the wild symbol is alternately changed to each winning symbol (see, for example, Patent Document 1). There is also known an aspect in which after a symbol that is not a wild symbol at first (hereinafter referred to as “pre-wild symbol”) is once displayed on the slot screen, the pre-wild symbol changes to a wild symbol (for example, Patent Document 2). And Patent Document 3).
Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2004-173950 JP 2005-334352 A JP 2004-49408 A

  However, in the conventional slot game, the symbol displayed in each display area is determined, that is, only the effect relating to the wild symbol is performed after the game result is displayed, and the wild symbol is displayed before the game result is displayed. There is no such thing that can be directed.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine and a game progress method in which an effect relating to display of a specific symbol such as a wild symbol is displayed before a game result is displayed in a slot game.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems by the following means. In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are appended in parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments.

  The game machine (1) of the present invention displays a game screen (20) on which a plurality of display areas (21a... 21o) on which any one of a plurality of types of symbols is displayed are displayed. (4), a game machine in which a virtual slot game is executed based on an arrangement of symbols as a game result displayed in each display area, wherein a plurality of characters moving on the game screen ( M), a character data storage unit (101) for storing character data (200) in which motion data relating to the movement of each character is set, and the progress of the slot game before the slot game is started The game pre-processing unit (103) for determining the content (PT) and the progress content are determined, the slot game is started and the game A game execution processing unit (105) for proceeding with the slot game according to the progress content determined by the game pre-processing unit, wherein the motion data includes character identification information unique to each character, and on the game screen Movement pattern data (231) indicating route information indicating a movement route from a predetermined appearance position to any one of the display areas as a arrival position and movement time information relating to a movement time from the appearance position to the arrival position; And a game result determination unit (103a) for determining symbols to be displayed in the display areas, the image data including the image data (232) indicating the character mode corresponding to the movement pattern data. And a specific symbol that is a display area in which the specific symbol (W) appears among the plurality of display areas. A specific symbol position determining unit (103b) for determining a position, a character selecting unit (103c) for selecting one character from characters having the specific symbol position as the arrival position, and the character selected at a predetermined arrival timing So that the character appears on the game screen based on the movement time information, and then moves to the arrival position according to the movement pattern data and the image data so that the character reaches the arrival position. A game progress setting unit that sets the progress content so that the specific symbol is displayed as a game result at a specific symbol position, and the determined symbol is displayed as a game result in each display area other than the specific symbol position (103d) to solve the above-mentioned problems To do.

  According to the present invention, before the game is started, the game pre-processing unit selects a symbol in each display area, a specific symbol position for displaying the specific symbol, and a character to be displayed on the game screen, and the final game from the start of the game. The content of progress until the result is displayed is determined, and after the actual game starts, the progress is made according to the determined content of progress. The character selection unit selects one character having the specific symbol position as the arrival position, and the game progress setting unit moves the character so that the selected character reaches the specific symbol position by a predetermined arrival timing. The timing at which the character appears is set as the progress content. In addition, the specific symbol is displayed as a game result at the specific symbol position after the arrival timing, and the determined symbol is set to be displayed as the game result in other display areas. Therefore, when the game is started, the character appears at a predetermined appearance position, moves based on the action data, and reaches the specific symbol position at the arrival timing. Since the specific symbol is set to be displayed at the specific symbol position at the arrival timing, it is possible to express a state where the specific symbol appears upon arrival of the character. In this way, in the present invention, a character that moves toward the position where the specific symbol is displayed before the display of the game result can appear, and the specific symbol is displayed before the game result is displayed in each display area. An effect related to appearance can be performed.

  The specific symbol may be any symbol, but is desirably a symbol that can be expected to have a high payout, such as a wild symbol that is highly expected by the player and can handle a plurality of symbols. The “predetermined arrival timing” may be before or after the timing at which symbols are displayed in each display area. Which timing in the game the arrival timing may be set as appropriate according to the story and presentation of the game to be provided. For example, when the arrival timing is later than the timing at which the symbol is displayed, the symbol determined for the display area at the specific symbol position is displayed at the timing at which the symbol is displayed, and then the specific symbol is displayed at the arrival timing. May be configured to be displayed. The form in which the “game machine is in a predetermined state” includes a case where another slot game being executed on the game machine is in a predetermined state, a case where the game is started by the player, and the like. Therefore, the slot game of the present invention may be executed as a single game, or may be executed as a bonus game that is started when the normal game is in a predetermined state.

The travel time information may be a speed or a required time, for example. In the present invention, the character movement time may be set to be equal to or less than the time from the start of the game to the predetermined arrival timing. In a mode in which one character is selected by the character selection unit when a plurality of characters are associated with one arrival position, a case where a character is selected by a lottery based on a random number or a predetermined probability, a game or a character Selected according to the state of the.

  A plurality of specific positions that can be the appearance positions are provided on the movement route of the movement pattern data, and each of the specific positions is related to a movement time when each of the plurality of specific positions is the appearance position. Movement time information is stored in association with each other, and the game preprocessing unit determines a movement time for moving the character selected by the character selection unit from the appearance position to the arrival position based on a predetermined condition. And an appearance position determining unit that determines one specific position as the appearance position among the plurality of specific positions so that the character reaches the arrival position in the determined movement time.

  Thus, by determining the character movement time, the character can appear from a specific position corresponding to the movement time. Therefore, even when the same character moves on the same movement route, the appearance position can be changed. The “predetermined condition” for determining the movement time includes a case where the lottery is based on a random number or a predetermined probability and a case where the state of the game or character is a condition.

  The motion data includes the movement pattern data corresponding to each of a plurality of movement paths until the arrival position is reached, and the appearance position determination unit selects any one of the plurality of movement pattern data Then, a specific position in the selected movement pattern data may be determined as the appearance position. As a result, a plurality of movement paths that reach the same arrival position are associated with one character, so that it is possible to express a more varied character movement mode.

  The character data may include motion data corresponding to each of the two or more reaching positions. Thereby, the same character can be made to reach different arrival positions. Therefore, the range of character selection by the character selection unit can be expanded.

  The game progress setting unit may set the progress details so that the specific symbol is displayed instead of the image of the character that has arrived at the arrival position that is the specific symbol position when the game result is displayed. Good. Thereby, the aspect in which a character changes into a specific symbol can be expressed.

  The motion data of the character is associated with the motion data of the attack character in which the motion of the attack character (30) attacking the character is set. The motion data of the attack character is based on the motion data of the character. The attack character is set to move according to the action, and the game progress setting unit is configured to cause the attack character to move according to the action of the character data set as the progress content. The operation data may be set as the progress content. Thereby, it is possible to express a situation in which the character attacked by the attacking character is changed to the specific symbol.

  The game progress setting unit is configured to display the image (22) in which the plurality of symbols are moving at high speed from the start of the game until the display of the symbol as the game result in each display area. You may set to contents. As a result, it is possible to express a situation in which symbols in each display area are drawn in real time before the game result is displayed.

  The game execution processing unit is set to execute a plurality of slot games, and the game result determining unit determines a symbol as a game result of each of the plurality of slot games, and determines the specific symbol position The unit determines the specific symbol position for each slot game, the character selection unit selects the character for each slot game, and the game progress setting unit determines that the character movement time is the character If the predetermined arrival timing is exceeded from the start of the slot game corresponding to, the progress content may be set so that the character appears from the slot game before the corresponding slot game.

  As a result, when a plurality of games are continuously executed, even a character in which a movement time longer than the time from the start of the game to the arrival timing is associated with one game may be immediately before or before that character. By appearing from the game and starting the movement action, it becomes possible to respond, and it is possible to provide a moving aspect of the character rich in change.

  The game progress method according to the present invention includes a display unit (4) on which a game screen (20) in which a plurality of display areas (21a ... 21o) on which any one of a plurality of types of symbols is displayed is arranged. In a game machine (1) in which a virtual slot game is executed based on an arrangement of symbols as a game result displayed in each display area. Storing, for each of the plurality of characters (M) moving on the game screen, character data in which motion data relating to the movement of each character is set, and the slot before the slot game is started. A step of determining a game progress (PT), and when the progress is determined, the slot game is started. A step of advancing the slot game in accordance with the determined progress, and the action data is a character identification information unique to each character and a reaching position from a predetermined appearance position on the game screen. The movement pattern data (231) indicating the path information indicating the movement path to any one of the display areas, the movement time information regarding the movement time from the appearance position to the arrival position, and the movement pattern data corresponding to the movement pattern data Image data (232) indicating a character mode, and the step of determining the progress content includes a step of determining a symbol displayed in each display area, and a specific symbol among the plurality of display areas. Determining a specific symbol position which is a display area in which (W) appears; Selecting one character from characters having the symbol position as the arrival position, and the character based on the movement time information so that the selected character reaches the arrival position at a predetermined arrival timing. Appear on the game screen, and then move to the arrival position according to the movement pattern data and the image data. The specific symbol is displayed as a game result at the specific symbol position after the arrival timing, and other than the specific symbol position. Each of the display areas has the step of setting the progress content so that the determined symbol is displayed as a game result, thereby solving the above-described problem. The game progression method of the present invention is embodied as the above-described game machine, for example.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the game pre-processing unit that determines the progress content of the slot game before the slot game is started, and the game execution processing unit that progresses the slot game according to the determined progress content. The game pre-processing unit determines a specific symbol position where a symbol and a specific symbol appear in each display region appear, selects one character to be moved from a predetermined appearance position to the specific symbol position, The character appears on the game screen based on the movement time information so that the selected character reaches the arrival position at the arrival timing, and then moves to the arrival position according to the movement pattern data and the image data. The specific symbol is acquired at the specific symbol position after the arrival timing. The progress content is set so that the determined symbol is displayed as a game result in each display area other than the specific symbol position. In addition, it is possible to provide a game machine or the like that produces an effect related to the display of a specific symbol such as a wild symbol.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a game machine 1 according to the present invention. The game machine 1 is a commercial game machine installed in a game corner of a game center or a commercial facility. The game machine 1 provides a so-called medal game in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out based on the number of inserted medals and a game result. Is done. The game machine 1 has a monitor 4 as a display unit on which a game screen is displayed, an operation area 5 provided with various buttons for accepting player operations in the game, a medal slot 6, a medal payout port 7, a medal tray 8, And a speaker 9 for outputting BGM, sound effects, messages, and the like. In the operation area 5, a BET button 10, a maximum BET button 11, a start button 12, and the like are provided, and a reel image that imitates a reel of a slot game is displayed on the game screen. Slot games are provided.

  An example of the game screen 20 displayed on the monitor 4 is shown in FIG. 2, and a virtual slot game provided by the game machine 1 will be described. The game screen 20 has a reel image portion RA in which a plurality of reel portions 21a to 21o are arranged as a plurality of display areas on which symbols are displayed. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish each of the plurality of reel portions 21a to 21o, the reel portions 21a to 21o are referred to as “reel portions 21”. The reel image portion RA of this embodiment is configured by a total of 15 reel portions 21 in three rows and five rows.

  In the game machine 1, a normal game and a bonus game set with a higher payout than the normal game are provided. Up to three winning lines A to C can be activated in the base game, and in the bonus game, two additional winning lines A ′ to C ′ are added to each of the winning lines A to C for a total of nine. The winning lines A, A ′, B, B ′, C, and C ′ are valid.

  The normal game may have the same configuration as the conventional virtual slot game. For example, when a desired number of medals are inserted from the medal insertion slot 6 by the player, the number of medals owned by the player is recorded in the medal saving memory. By pressing the BET button 10 (hereinafter referred to as “BET operation”), the player can activate one pay line A to C per BET operation, and can activate a maximum of three. . The number of medals stored in the medal saving memory is consumed according to the number of the winning lines A to C that are validated.

  When the start button 12 is pressed (hereinafter referred to as “game start operation”), the game starts, and each reel unit 21 has an image imitating that the reel is rotating in a general slot game (hereinafter “rotation”). "Image") is displayed. Then, after a predetermined time has elapsed, various symbols are displayed on the reels 21 as game results. The symbols displayed on each reel unit 21 are determined by lottery. The winning combination is determined by the arrangement of the symbols displayed on the valid winning lines A to C, the number of medals as a payout corresponding to the winning combination is determined, and the number of medals as the payout is added to the medal storage memory.

  As described above, after the game start operation, the rotation image is displayed on each reel unit 21 and the game result symbol is displayed on each reel unit 21 as one game, and the player performs the BET operation and the game start. A game is performed a plurality of times by repeatedly performing the operation. It should be noted that by providing a stop button in the operation area 5, the timing at which the rotated image is stopped and the game result is displayed may be determined by the player's operation. Hereinafter, symbols displayed as game results on the reel unit 21 are sometimes referred to as game results.

  In this embodiment, depending on the state of the game machine 1, for example, a game in which a high payout is obtained as a bonus game, such as when winning a predetermined winning combination in the game or when the number of medals in the medal saving memory reaches a predetermined number Provided to. The bonus game of this embodiment is a so-called free game in which the game is played five times continuously without accepting the player's BET operation or game start operation. In each game, a game result is displayed when a predetermined time elapses after the rotation image is displayed on each reel unit 21. In each game, the winning lines A to C and the additional winning lines A ′ to C ′ are all valid, and a wild symbol W corresponding to a plurality of symbols is always displayed as a game result of at least one reel unit 21. Has been.

  The manner in which the wild symbol W is displayed as a game result in the bonus game of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 show game screens 20a to 20d from the start of the game to the display of the game results for one game in the bonus game. The start screen 20a shown in FIG. 3 is the game screen 20 at the start of the game. The movement screen 20b shown in FIG. 4 shows how the monster M1 moves on the game screen 20 in a predetermined movement mode M1a after the game is started. The attack screen 20c shown in FIG. 5 displays the player character 30 of the predetermined attack mode 30a and the attacked mode M1b, and shows that the monster M1 is attacked by the player character 30. A game result screen 20d shown in FIG. 6 shows a state in which symbols as game results are displayed on the reels 21.

  At the start of the game, a rotation image 22 is displayed on each reel unit 21 (hereinafter, this state is sometimes referred to as “each reel unit 21 is rotating”), and a player character 30 is displayed below the game screen 20. The Furthermore, a monster M1 appears at a predetermined position on the game screen 20 (start screen 20a). Thereafter, the monster M1 moves to the reel part 21i as the reaching position (movement screen 20b). When the monster M1 reaches the reel part 21i, the player character 30 attacks (attack screen 20c) as shown by the attack screen 20c. ). The attacked monster M1 changes to a wild card W1, and a symbol is displayed as a game result on the reel unit 21 other than the reel unit 21i at the same timing as the change (game result screen 20d).

  At the same timing as when the monster M1 changes to the wild symbol W1, the symbols are displayed as game results on the other reel portions 21, and a payout corresponding to the symbol arrangement is given to the player. Thereby, it is possible to express a story in which the player character 30 attacks the monster M1 for the player and acquires the wild card W1. In the bonus game, a game screen 20 expressing such a story is displayed in each of the five games.

  In the game machine 1, a plurality of types of monsters M1 and M2, such as a monster M2 that changes to a wild symbol W2 to be described later, are prepared as monsters appearing on the game screen 1 of the bonus game. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish the monsters M1 and M2 that change to the wild symbols W1 and W2 in the bonus game, they are referred to as monsters M. In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish the wild symbols W1 and W2, they are called wild symbols W. The timing at which the monster M reaches the arrival position is referred to as “arrival timing”, and the timing at which symbols are displayed as game results on each reel unit 21 is referred to as “symbol display timing”.

  Hereinafter, an image processing method of the game screen 20 of the bonus game in the game machine 1 will be described. First, an outline of the hardware configuration of the game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The game machine 1 includes an operation-related unit 110 that transmits to the control unit 100 an input signal that is output when each button 10, 11, 12 of the operation area 5 is operated, and the medal slot 6. A medal insertion unit 120, which is a transport mechanism for transporting inserted medals to a predetermined storage unit (not shown), an audio output related unit 130 that performs processing for outputting predetermined audio from the speaker 9, and a monitor 4, a display-related unit 140 that performs processing for outputting the game screen 20, and a medal payout unit that is a transport mechanism for transporting the medal to be paid out from the medal stored in the storage unit to the medal payout port 7. 150 is connected.

  The control unit 100 includes a CPU, a data storage unit 101 for storing various data and computer programs necessary for its operation, and an image memory unit 102 configured with a game screen 20 displayed on the monitor 4. The operations of the units 110 to 150 are controlled as follows.

  An XY coordinate system having a predetermined position as an origin is set in the image memory 102, and the position on the game screen 20 is recognized by the XY coordinates on the image memory 102 in the game machine 1. The game screen 20 displayed on the monitor 4 corresponds to a partial range of the image memory 102. In this embodiment, the center position of the case reel is set as shown in FIG. Thereby, the position of each reel 21 is specified by the coordinates of the center position. Hereinafter, the position on the game screen 20 may be indicated by coordinates.

  When the computer program stored in the data storage unit 101 is operated, the control unit 100 mainly functions as the bonus game preprocessing unit 103, the normal game execution processing unit 104, and the bonus game execution processing unit 105 shown in FIG. To do. The normal game execution processing unit 104 controls the progress of the normal game. The bonus game pre-processing unit 103 performs a process for determining the progress of the bonus game. The bonus game execution processing unit 105 executes the bonus game according to the progress content determined by the bonus game preprocessing unit 103. The bonus game preprocessing unit 103 further functions as a game result determination unit 103a, a specific symbol position determination unit 103b, a character selection unit 103c, and a game progress setting unit 103d.

  The data storage unit 101 stores various data including image data. For example, it stores the number of medals owned by the player and functions as the medal storage memory described above. Further, monster data 200 that is information related to the monster M and dummy monster data 300 that is information related to a dummy monster DM described later are also stored in the data storage unit 101. Thereby, the data storage unit 101 functions as a character data storage unit.

  An example of the monster data 200 is shown in FIG. One monster data 200 is set for each monster. The monster data 200 includes a monster ID 201 for identifying the monster in the game machine 1, an arrival position 210, action data 220, and history data 250. The history data 250 stores a history of various types of information selected for the monster M in the process described later. The arrival position 210 indicates the position of any one reel unit 21 that the monster M finally travels on the game screen 20 and reaches. As described above, when the monster M reaches the arrival position 210, the monster M is changed to the wild symbol W by the attack of the player character 30. Accordingly, the arrival position 210 is also the position of the reel unit 21 as the specific symbol position where the wild symbol W appears.

  The action data 220 includes monster action data 221 indicating a movement path from the appearance position where the monster M appears to the arrival position 210, and player character action data 222 in which the attack action of the player character 30 is set. The The monster movement data 221 includes M movement pattern data 231 in which position information and time information until the monster M reaches the arrival position 210 and M image data 232 in which an image of the monster M is set. Is done. The image of the monster M includes, for example, an image showing the movement mode M1a of the monster M, an image showing the attacked mode M1b, and the like. Each image is associated with time information of the M movement pattern data 231.

  The player character action data 222 includes P movement pattern data 241 in which position information and time information of the player character 30 from the start of the game to attacking the monster M are associated with each other, and P image data in which an image of the player character 30 is set. 242. The image of the player character includes, for example, a moving image of the player character, an image of the attacking aspect 30a, and the like. Each image is associated with time information of the P movement pattern data 241.

  At least one set of monster action data 221 and player character action data 222 are associated with the action data 220 of each reaching position 210. For example, when two types of movement paths A and B are prepared for the arrival position 210, M movement pattern A data 231a and M movement pattern B data 231b are set for each movement path. The The M image A data 232a and the M image B data 232b are associated with the M movement pattern data 231a and 231b, respectively. Similarly, with regard to the player character action data 222, for each of the movement patterns A and B, the P movement pattern A data 241a and the corresponding P image A data 242a and the P movement pattern B data 241b and the corresponding P image B Data 242b is set.

  In this embodiment, the operation data 220 is set for the case where the monster M reaches each of all the reel portions 21. Accordingly, 15 sets of operation data 220 associated with the arrival position 210 are set in the monster data 200.

  A specific configuration of the movement pattern data 231 of the monster M will be described. For example, regarding the monster M1, M movement pattern A data 231m1a when two types of movement patterns A and B as shown in FIG. 11 are prepared as movement paths when the arrival position 210 is the reel portion 21i, and The M movement pattern B data 231m1b is shown in FIG. Since the configuration of each of the M movement pattern data 231m1a and m1b is the same, the M movement pattern A data 231m1a will be described.

  In the M movement pattern A data 231m1a, the position (531, 231) of the reel portion 21i is the arrival position 210, and the movement time obtained by calculating backward the arrival timing to reach the arrival position 210 as the start of the zero stage time is one stage time. There are 16 stages up to ˜16 stage times, and specific positions T1 to T16 on the movement pattern A corresponding to each stage time are set as position information. Each stage time is set to 3 seconds, for example. For example, the specific position T8 (265, 231) corresponding to the eight-step time means that the monster M1 takes eight steps to reach the arrival position (531, 231) and moves the movement pattern A. It means a position where the monster M1 to pass should pass 8 hours before the arrival timing. From the game start time of each game to the start of the 0 stage time, which is the arrival timing, is the maximum time that the monster M can move in each game, and this time is called “movable time”. For example, when the game is started at the start of the 15 stage time, the movable time of the monster M is 15 stage time. Hereinafter, the specific positions T1 to T16 are referred to as specific positions T when it is not necessary to distinguish them.

  If any stage time is determined as the movement time of the monster M1, the appearance position of the monster M1 can be changed by setting the specific position T corresponding to the determined stage time as the appearance position. For example, if the moveable time is 15 stage time and the 8 stage time is determined as the movement time when determining the movement time of the monster M1, which will be described later, the monster M1 is allowed to reach the reel unit 21i in the bonus game in 8 stages from the 0 stage. The timing of back-calculating the time is taken as the appearance timing (the appearance timing in this case is 15-8 = 7 stage time has elapsed from the start of the game), and the monster M1 is assigned to the specific position T8 (265, 231).

  Thereafter, if the monster M1 is moved according to the M movement pattern A data 231m1a, the monster M1 is moved on the movement pattern A from the specific position T8 (265, 231), and the reel unit 21i (531, 231) is reached at a desired arrival timing. Can be reached. Thus, the specific position T associated with each stage time functions as an appearance position at which the monster M1 appears on the game screen 20.

  For example, if each game has a moveable time of 15 stages and a monster M movement time of 16 stages is determined, the game immediately before the game in which the monster M changes to the wild symbol W is executed. The monster M appears on the game screen 20 at the time of being. Moreover, when the specific position T not included in the range of the game screen 20 becomes the appearance position as in the 8th to 16th stage time of the movement pattern B, the monster M is not displayed on the game screen 20, The same processing as when a position within the range of the game screen 20 is selected on the image memory 102 is performed.

  The game screen 20 displays an image of the movement mode M1a when the monster M1 is moving, and displays an image of the mode M1b that the monster M is attacked when the monster M reaches the arrival position. Each image of the M image data 232m1a is associated with each specific position T of the M movement pattern data 231m1a.

  As for the data structure of the P movement pattern data 241 related to the player character 30, position information is set for each stage time as in the case of the M movement pattern data 231. The P movement pattern data 241a and 241b and the P image data 242a and 242b of this embodiment are the player character 30 that performs an action such as an attack in accordance with the movement patterns A and B of the monster M corresponding to the game for each game. Is displayed on the game screen 20.

  In the game machine 1, a plurality of types of monsters M having different shapes and movement patterns are prepared as described above. FIG. 13 shows a movement pattern of the monster M2 when the reel portion 21d (531, 96) is set to the arrival position 210. In this embodiment, four types of movement patterns A, B, C, and D are prepared as movement patterns of the monster M2 when the arrival position 210 is the reel portion 21d. An example of each M movement pattern data 231m2a, 231m2b, 231m2c, 231m2d corresponding to each movement pattern A, B, C, D is shown in FIG.

  In the specific position T5 of the 5-step time and the specific position T4 of the 4-step time in the movement pattern C, the X coordinate does not change and only the Y coordinate changes, indicating that the monster M2 moves in the vertical direction. Thus, by associating each stage time with the specific position T, various movement paths can be set, and a characteristic action can be set by the monster M. In this embodiment, it is set to move linearly between specific positions, but the monster M only needs to move so that each stage time corresponds to each specific position. Not limited to.

  The game screen 20 when the 13-step time of the movement pattern C is determined as the movement time is shown in FIGS. 15 to 19 show a game screen 20a to a game screen 20d from the start of the game until the game result is displayed on each reel unit 21 in one game. When the game is started, a start screen 20a is displayed, each reel unit 21 is rotating, and the monster M2 is positioned at a specific position T13 (132, 231) corresponding to the 13 stage time before the arrival timing, 13 stage time. Appear. Thereafter, as in the movement screen 20b, the monster M2 moves to the reel unit 21d that is the arrival position 210 according to the M movement pattern C data 231m2c.

  The monster M2 jumps from the specific position T5 in the middle of movement to the specific position T4 in the vertical direction as in the movement screen 20b ′. The monster M2 arriving at the reel unit 21d is attacked by the player character 30 as in the attack screen 20c. On the game result screen 20d displayed at the symbol display timing, the wild symbol W2 is displayed on the reel unit 21d in place of the monster M2, and symbols as game results are displayed on the reel units 21 other than the reel unit 21d.

  A dummy monster DM that does not change to the wild symbol W also appears on the game screen 20. As shown in FIG. 20, the data structure of the dummy monster data 300 in which information related to the dummy monster DM is set includes a D monster ID 301 for identifying each dummy monster DM, DM movement pattern data 310, and DM image data 32. It consists of. Similarly to the M movement pattern data 231, the DM movement pattern data 310 is associated with position information for each stage of the movement route from the movement on the game screen to the arrival at a predetermined arrival position. In the DM image data 320, an image of a dummy monster DM corresponding to the DM movement pattern 310 is set. The arrival position in the dummy monster data 300 is a position where the dummy monster DM disappears from the game screen 20 regardless of the position where the wild symbol W is displayed.

  A plurality of movement paths may be set for one dummy monster DM. In this case, DM movement pattern data 310 corresponding to each movement path is associated with one dummy monster data 300. Further, for example, after determining the M movement pattern data 231 of the monster M, the movement path of the monster M is moved so that the movement path of the dummy monster DM does not overlap the movement path of the monster M or the player character 30. It is desirable to select a dummy monster DM having DM movement pattern data 310.

  The overall game process performed in the game machine 1 will be described according to the flowchart shown in FIG. The whole game process is a process of progressing a game performed in the game machine 1 including the normal game and the bonus game, and is controlled by the control unit 100. First, in step S500, a normal game process is performed. In the normal game process, a conventional virtual slot game is performed as described above. Next, in step S510, it is determined whether or not to start the bonus game. In the bonus game of this embodiment, as described above, the game is played five times continuously without accepting the player's operation.

  For example, it is determined that the bonus game is started when the game machine 1 enters a predetermined state (when the number of possessed medals exceeds a predetermined number or when a predetermined winning combination is won as a game result) in the base game. . If it is determined that the bonus game is not started, the process returns to the normal game process in step S500. If it is determined that the bonus game is started, bonus game pre-processing is performed in step S520. In the bonus game pre-processing, all the progress details of five games executed in the bonus game are determined. Details of the bonus game pre-processing will be described later.

  When the bonus game pre-processing ends, the process proceeds to step S530, and the process proceeds to bonus game execution processing. In the bonus game execution process, the game screen 20 of each game of the bonus game is displayed on the monitor 4 according to the progress content determined by the bonus game pre-process. When the bonus game execution process ends, the process proceeds to step S540, and it is determined whether or not to continue the game. For example, if a predetermined end operation is performed by the player within a predetermined time, it is determined that the game is ended, the medals stored in the medal saving memory are paid out, and if there is no end operation, the process returns to the normal game process in step S500. . In addition, after the bonus game execution process is completed, another bonus game may be started in accordance with the game result.

  In the bonus game of this embodiment, as described above, five games are continuously played. Hereinafter, the nth game played in the bonus game is referred to as “nth game”. In the bonus game preprocessing, a progress table PT as shown in FIG. 22 is generated as the progress of the bonus game. In the progress table PT, for each game, the reel image information 400 of the image displayed on the reel unit 21, the action information 410 and 420 of the monsters M1 and M2, the action information 430 of the player character 30, and the action of the dummy monster DM. Information 440 is set in association with the stage time of each game.

  In the progress table PT of FIG. 22, the movable time of each game is set to a 12-step time, and the progress content for the first game and the second game among the five games is set. . In each game, first, a rotation image 22 is displayed on each reel unit 21 at the start of the game, and at the 0 stage time, the monster M reaches the reel unit 21 that is the arrival position, and is attacked by the player character 30 to obtain a predetermined symbol. At the display timing, a symbol is set to be displayed on each reel unit 21 as a game result on the game screen.

  The operation information 410 of the monster M1 is set based on the monster operation data 221 of the monster M1, and the operation information 420 of the monster M2 is set based on the monster operation data 221 of the monster M2. The action information 430 of the player character 30 of the first game is set based on the player character action data 222 associated with the monster M1 of the first game, and the action information 430 of the player character 30 of the second game is the second It is set based on the player character action data 222 associated with the game monster M2. Details of the method of setting the progress table PT will be described later.

  The bonus game pre-processing executed by the bonus control unit 100 functioning as the bonus game pre-processing unit 103 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, a game result lottery process is performed in step S600. In the game result lottery process, symbols displayed on each reel unit 21 are determined by lottery as game results of the nth game. The lottery does not include the wild symbol W. Next, the process proceeds to step S610, where wild symbol processing, which is processing related to the appearance of the wild symbol W, is performed. In the wild symbol process, it is determined whether or not the wild symbol W appears in the game result determined in step S600, and when it appears, the specific symbol in which the wild symbol W appears as the specific symbol of the reel portion 21 to appear. Determine as position.

  Subsequently, in step S620, it is determined whether or not the processing for the specified number of games has been completed. The specified number of games refers to the number of games executed in the bonus game, and is 5 in this embodiment. Accordingly, when the game result lottery process and the wild symbol process are completed for all five games, the process proceeds to step S625. When the process is not completed, the process proceeds to step S600 to perform the process for the next game. Return.

  When it is determined in step S620 that the processing for the prescribed number of games has been completed, the game result of each reel unit 21 and the appearance position of the wild symbol W are determined for each game in the bonus game. In step S625, reel part display processing is performed. In the reel section display process, reel image information 400 for each time of the first game to the fifth game is set in the progress table PT. As described above, the rotated image 22 is set from the 12-step time at the start of the game to the symbol display timing of the 0-step time, and symbols as game results are displayed on each reel unit 21 at the symbol display timing. Set to It is set so that the wild symbol W is displayed instead of the monster M in the reel portion 21 at the specific symbol position.

  The processing after step S630 is executed for each game from the first game. Of the five games, a game to be processed is referred to as a “processing game”. In step S630, it is determined whether or not a wild symbol W appears in the processing game. If it appears, the process proceeds to step S640, and a monster appearance process is performed. In the monster appearance process, a process related to the monster M that changes to the wild symbol W is performed. In the monster appearance process, the information regarding the monster M to appear and the movement is determined, and the progress information 410 based on the monster action data 221 of the monster M is set in the progress table PT. Details of the monster appearance process will be described later. After the monster appearance process ends, the process proceeds to step S650.

  If the wild symbol W does not appear, step S640 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S650. In step S650, it is determined whether or not a dummy monster DM appears in the processing game. The appearance may be determined based on a lottery or a predetermined probability. In this embodiment, it is determined that the dummy monster DM appears when the processing game is the second game. If it is determined that the dummy monster DM appears, the process proceeds to step S660, and a dummy monster appearance process is performed. In the dummy monster appearance process, one or more dummy monsters DM to appear are determined by lottery, and progress information 40 based on the DM movement pattern data 310 and the DM image data 320 of the determined dummy monster data 300 of each dummy monster DM is obtained. Set in progress table PT.

  Since it is desirable for the dummy monster DM to move in a position that does not hinder the movement of the monster M and the player character 30, appropriate dummy monster data 300 is associated with each M movement pattern data 231 of the monster M in advance. The dummy monster appearance process may be set so that the dummy monster DM to appear is selected from the dummy monster data 300 associated with the monster M determined in the monster appearance process.

  After the dummy monster appearance process ends, the process proceeds to step S670. If it is determined in step S650 that the dummy monster DM does not appear, step S660 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S670. In step S670, it is determined whether or not the specified number of games has been processed. When the process of step S630 to step S660 has been completed for all five games, the bonus game pre-process is terminated, and when it has not been completed, the process returns to step S630 to perform the process for the next game.

  A monster appearance process is demonstrated according to the flowchart of FIG. First, the monster appearance process related to the first game in which the specific symbol position is determined in the reel portion 21i will be described. First, in step S710, an appearing monster to be changed to the wild symbol W in the first game is determined. In this embodiment, since all reel portions 21 are associated with all monsters M as arrival positions 210, appearance monsters are determined from all monsters M regardless of the arrival positions 210. For the determination, for example, a conventionally known lottery may be used. In the first game of this embodiment, the monster M1 is determined as an appearing monster.

Subsequently, the moving time of the appearing monster is determined in step S720. The travel time is determined by determining one of the stage times from one stage time to 16 stage times. The travel time in the first game of this embodiment is determined to be 8 stage times. Next, a movement pattern is selected by referring to the monster data 200 of the monster M1 that is an appearing monster. Regarding the monster M1, two types of movement patterns (movement pattern A and movement pattern B) are prepared for the movement pattern with the reel portion 21i as the arrival position 210, as described above, so one of these movement patterns is selected. Is done. In this embodiment, the movement pattern B is selected. That is, the movement pattern B data 231m1b is selected. The determination of the movement time and the selection of the movement pattern may use, for example, a conventionally known lottery.

  Then, it progresses to step S740 and sets progress table PT. Since the movement pattern B data 231m1b is selected as the movement time and the movement pattern B data 231m1b is selected as the movement time, the data of the 8th stage time to the 0th stage in the movement pattern B data 231m1b and the corresponding image data 232m1b are The operation information 410 of the monster M1 is set in the progress table PT. Further, the player character action data 222 of the player character 30 corresponding to the movement pattern B is set as the action information 430 of the player character 30 in the progress table PT. As described above, the data related to the first game in the progress table PT is set. In addition, by including an image in a standby state waiting for the appearance of the monster M in the M image data 232, the state of the standby state is displayed in the action information 430 of the player character 30 until the monster M1 appears. You may set so that.

  Next, a monster appearance process related to the second game in which the specific symbol position is determined in the reel portion 21d will be described. In step S710, a monster M2 is determined as an appearing monster. In the subsequent step S720, the 13-stage time is determined as the movement time. Next, the movement pattern is selected by referring to the monster data 200 of the monster M2. As described above, regarding the monster M2, four types of movement patterns (movement patterns A to D) having the reel portion 21d as the arrival position 210 are prepared, so one of these movement patterns A to D is selected. . In this embodiment, the movement pattern C is selected. That is, the movement pattern C data 231m2c is selected.

  Next, it progresses to step S740 and sets progress table PT. Since the movement time C is selected as the movement time and the movement pattern C is selected as the movement pattern, the data of the movement time C to the time 0 of the movement pattern C data 231m2c and the corresponding image data 232m2c are used as the monster M1 of the second game. The operation information 420 is set in the progress table PT. As described above, since the movable time of one game is set to 12 stage time, the data relating to the 13 stage time is set to the immediately preceding game, that is, the 0 stage time of the first game. As a result, the monster M2 appears at the 0 stage time of the first game.

  As described above, the data related to the stage time exceeding the movable time of the game is set as data related to the stage time corresponding to the game immediately before or before the game. Furthermore, the player character action data 222 of the player character 30 associated with the movement pattern C is set in the progress table PT as action information 440 of the player character 30 for the second game. With the above, data related to the second game in the progress table PT is set.

  With regard to the third game to the fifth game, the action information of the appearance monster M, the player character 30 and the dummy monster DM may be set in the progress table PT in the above manner. In the bonus game execution process, the game image 20 of each game is displayed on the monitor 4 from the first game according to the generated progress table PT, the payout according to the game result of each game is determined, and the bonus game is advanced. At the 0 stage time, after the attack screen 20c is displayed, the symbol display timing shows the wild ball B instead of the monster M at the reel portion at the specific symbol position, and each symbol is also displayed on the other reel portions 21 as a result of the game. Is displayed.

  The control unit 100 functions as the game result determination unit 103a by the process of step S600, the control unit 100 functions as the specific symbol position determination unit 103b by the process of step S610, and the control unit 100 performs the character selection unit 103c by the process of step S710. The control unit 100 functions as the game progress setting unit 103d by the process of step S740. Further, the control unit 100 functions as an appearance position determination unit by the process of step S720.

  This form is not limited to the above-mentioned form, and may be implemented in various forms. For example, in the wild symbol process, the reel unit 21 where the world symbol W was displayed in the immediately preceding game may be set so that the wild symbol W is displayed again as a game result in the next game. In this embodiment, the timing at which the monster M changes to the wild symbol W is matched with the symbol display timing, but before and after that. When the display of the wild symbol W is set after the symbol display timing, the symbol determined by the lottery is displayed on the reel portion 21 at the specific symbol position at the symbol display timing, and then the specific symbol is displayed when the monster M arrives. The position symbol may be set to change to the wild symbol W. Further, when the display of the wild symbol W is set before the symbol display timing, the wild symbol W is set to be displayed first as a game result only on the reel portion at the arrival position while the reel portion 21 is rotating. That's fine.

  In this embodiment, all the reel portions 21 are associated with each monster M as the reaching position 210, but only a part of the reel portions 21 may be set as the reaching position 210 according to the monster M. In this case, it is only necessary to select one monster M from the monsters M in which the specific symbol position is associated as the arrival position 210. The maximum stage time of the M movement pattern data may not be 16 stage times, and the maximum movement time of the M movement pattern data may not be uniform. In this case, it is only necessary to select one monster M from a character having a maximum movement time longer than the movement time determined in the movement time determination process. In addition, as long as this invention is realizable, the order of each process in a bonus game pre-process and a monster appearance process is not ask | required.

The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the game machine of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the game screen displayed with the game machine shown in FIG. The figure which shows that the monster M1 appeared on the game screen. The figure which shows monster M1 moving on the game screen. The figure which shows monster M1 being attacked in the arrival position. The figure which shows monster M1 changing to the wild symbol in the arrival position. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware configuration of a game machine 1. FIG. The figure which shows the coordinate of each reel part. 2 is a functional block diagram of the control unit 100. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of monster data. The figure which shows the movement pattern matched with the monster M1. The figure which shows the movement pattern data of each movement pattern shown in FIG. The figure which shows the movement pattern matched with the monster M2. The figure which shows the movement pattern data of each movement pattern shown in FIG. The figure which shows monster M2 appearing on the game screen. The figure which shows monster M2 moving on a game screen. The figure which shows monster M2 jumping on a game screen. The figure which shows monster M2 being attacked in the arrival position. The figure which shows monster M2 changing to the wild symbol in the arrival position. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of a dummy monster. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed in a whole game process. The figure which shows an example of the progress table of a bonus game. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed in bonus game pre-processing. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed in a monster appearance process.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 4 Monitor 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20 Game screen 21a ... 21o, 21 Reel part 30 Player character 100 Control unit 103 Bonus game pre-processing part 104 Normal game execution process part 105 Bonus game execution process part 200 Monster data M1, M2, M Monster DM Dummy Monster

Claims (9)

An arrangement of symbols as a game result displayed in each display area, comprising a display unit for displaying a game screen in which a plurality of display areas for displaying any one of a plurality of types of symbols are arranged Based on which a virtual slot game is executed,
For each of the plurality of characters moving on the game screen, a character data storage unit that stores character data in which motion data related to the movement of each character is set;
A game pre-processing unit that determines the progress of the slot game before the slot game is started;
A game execution processing unit that starts the slot game and advances the slot game in accordance with the progress content determined by the game pre-processing unit when the progress content is determined;
The motion data includes character identification information unique to each character, path information indicating a movement path from a predetermined appearance position to a display position as one of the arrival positions on the game screen, and the appearance position. It is composed of movement pattern data indicating movement time information related to the movement time to the arrival position, and image data indicating an aspect of the character corresponding to the movement pattern data,
The game preprocessing unit
A game result determination unit for determining a symbol displayed in each display area;
A specific symbol position determination unit that determines a specific symbol position that is a display area in which a specific symbol appears among the plurality of display areas;
A character selection unit that selects one character from characters having the specific symbol position as the arrival position;
Based on the movement time information, the character appears on the game screen so that the selected character reaches the arrival position at a predetermined arrival timing, and then the arrival position according to the movement pattern data and the image data. The specific symbol is displayed as a game result at the specific symbol position after the arrival timing, and the determined symbol is displayed as the game result in each display area other than the specific symbol position. A game machine comprising: a game progress setting unit that sets the progress content. A plurality of specific positions that can be the appearance positions are provided on the movement route of the movement pattern data, and each of the specific positions is related to a movement time when each of the plurality of specific positions is the appearance position. Travel time information is associated and stored,
The game preprocessing unit
A movement time for moving the character selected by the character selection unit from the appearance position to the arrival position is determined based on a predetermined condition, and the character reaches the arrival position at the arrival timing with the determined movement time. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising an appearance position determination unit that determines one specific position among the plurality of specific positions as the appearance position so as to reach the position. The operation data includes the movement pattern data corresponding to each of a plurality of movement paths until the arrival position is reached,
The appearance position determination unit
The game machine according to claim 2, wherein any one of the plurality of movement pattern data is selected, and a specific position in the selected movement pattern data is determined as the appearance position.   The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the character data includes action data corresponding to each of the two or more reaching positions.   The game progress setting unit sets the progress details so that the specific symbol is displayed instead of the image of the character that has arrived at the arrival position that is the specific symbol position. 5. The game machine according to any one of 4. The character action data is associated with the attack character action data in which the action of the attack character attacking the character is set,
The action data of the attack character is set so that the attack character moves according to the action based on the action data of the character,
The game progress setting unit sets action data of the attack character in the progress content so that the attack character moves according to the action of the character data set in the progress content. The game machine according to claim 5.   The game progress setting unit sets the progress contents so that an image in which the plurality of symbols are moving at high speed is displayed in each display area from the start of the game until the display of the symbols as the game results. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine is a game machine. The game execution processing unit is set to execute a plurality of slot games,
The game result determining unit determines a symbol as a game result of each of the plurality of slot games,
The specific symbol position determining unit determines the specific symbol position for each slot game;
The character selection unit selects the character for each slot game,
If the movement time of the character exceeds the time from the start of the game of the slot game corresponding to the character to the predetermined arrival timing, the game progress setting unit determines the slot game before the slot game corresponding to the character. The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the progress content is set so as to appear. A display unit for displaying a game screen on which a plurality of display areas in which any one of a plurality of types of symbols is displayed is arranged, and an arrangement of symbols as a game result displayed in each display area In a game machine in which a virtual slot game is executed based on the above, a game progress method for advancing the slot game,
For each of the plurality of characters moving on the game screen, storing character data in which motion data relating to the movement motion of each character is set;
Determining the progress of the slot game before the slot game is started;
When the progress content is determined, the step of starting the slot game and proceeding the slot game according to the determined progress content,
The action data includes character identification information unique to each character, path information indicating a movement path from a predetermined appearance position to a display area as a reaching position on the game screen, and the appearance position. It is composed of movement pattern data indicating movement time information related to the movement time to the arrival position, and image data indicating the character's aspect corresponding to the movement pattern data,
In the step of determining the progress,
Determining a symbol to be displayed in each display area;
Determining a specific symbol position that is a display area in which a specific symbol appears among the plurality of display areas;
Selecting one character from the characters having the specific symbol position as the arrival position;
The character appears on the game screen based on the movement time information so that the selected character reaches the arrival position at a predetermined arrival timing, and then the arrival position according to the movement pattern data and the image data. The specific symbol is displayed as a game result at the specific symbol position after the arrival timing, and the determined symbol is displayed as the game result in each display area other than the specific symbol position. And a step of setting the progress content.

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