JP2010005133A - Game apparatus and game program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily send a message, including information other than the content of the message selected by a player, to another player operating a character displayed in a game screen. <P>SOLUTION: In this game apparatus for executing a multi-play game in which a plurality of players can simultaneously participate, an electronic computer 12 controls characters displayed on the game screen according to a player's operation to a controller 14 for attack or a controller 16 for movement and controls the state of the character to be controlled in the game. The computer 12 adds data according to the state of the character, to the message selected as a transmission object and transmits it to the player corresponding to the character selected in the game screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device that executes a multiplayer game in which a plurality of players participate simultaneously, and a game program that operates on the game device.

About.

  In recent years, multiplayer games in which a plurality of players can simultaneously participate in the same game space have been widely used. In a multiplayer game, a plurality of players can move their corresponding characters in the game space and take actions to achieve various goals. Usually, in a multiplayer game, a plurality of characters can be operated in cooperation. In this case, it is possible to perform actions with appropriate cooperation by communicating between players operating each character.

Conventionally, a message communication device capable of communicating between players in a multiplayer game has been considered (see Patent Document 1). In the message communication device described in Patent Literature 1, a function of displaying a message image representing joy, a message image representing anger, and a message image representing sadness on a screen is assigned to each of a plurality of buttons. The message communication device can transmit a message to other players by displaying a message image corresponding to the button pressed by the player.
JP 2006-116358 A

  Thus, in the conventional message communication device, a message can be transmitted to other players by displaying a message image corresponding to the button operation. However, the apparatus described in Patent Document 1 simply transmits a message selected by an operation by a player as it is, and cannot notify information other than the message. If a message including a plurality of contents is attempted, an operation for selecting a plurality of messages must be repeatedly performed, resulting in a decrease in operability. In particular, in the case of a multiplayer game that needs to be handled in real time, if it takes time to send a message, it will hinder the original progress of the game.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its purpose is to provide other players who operate the character displayed on the game screen including information other than the content of the message selected by the player. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device and a game program capable of easily notifying a message.

  According to the present invention, in a game device that executes a multiplayer game in which a plurality of players participate at the same time, a screen display unit that displays characters corresponding to each of the players participating in the game on the game screen, and an operation by the player is input. In accordance with an operation of the player input by the input means, a character control means for controlling a character displayed on the game screen by the screen display means, and a message to be transmitted to another player are designated. A message designation means; a character state management means for managing a state of the character controlled by the character control means; and a message designated by the message designation means. Data according And message data adding means for adding, characterized by comprising a message transmission means for transmitting the message data is added to the other player addressed by said message data adding means.

  According to the present invention, the state of the character displayed by the screen display means is managed and the data corresponding to the character state is added to the message regardless of the player's operation. A message can be easily notified to other players who operate the character displayed on the game screen including information other than the content.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a game apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. It is assumed that the game apparatus 10 is configured for business use installed in a game facility such as a game center.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus 10 includes a computer device 12, an attack controller 14, a movement controller 16, and a display device 17.

  The computing device 12 controls the entire game device 10, and executes game processing in accordance with operation data input from the attack controller 14 and the movement controller 16, and represents a game space on the display device 17. Display the screen. The detailed configuration of the computer 12 will be described later (see FIG. 5).

  The attack controller 14 and the movement controller 16 are controllers operated in parallel by the player during the game. The attack controller 14 and the movement controller 16 input instructions by various operations by the player and output them to the computer 12. The attack controller 14 is a controller mainly for instructing the attack direction and the execution of the attack. The movement controller 16 is a controller for instructing movement in the game space. The computer 12 executes processing according to instructions from the attack controller 14 and the movement controller 16. Details of the attack controller 14 and the movement controller 16 will be described later (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  The display device 17 displays a game screen under the control of the computer device 12. In the game device 10 in the present embodiment, it is assumed that a first person screen representing a situation viewed by a player in the game space is displayed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the game screen 17 a displayed on the display device 17.
In the game apparatus 10 in the present embodiment, a first person screen is displayed, and a character controlled by another player is displayed in the game screen. In the example of the game screen shown in FIG. 2, characters representing soldiers in a battle game are displayed. For example, two characters of teammates A and B are displayed.

  On the game screen, a message selection window C is displayed when a message button 16a (described later) of the movement controller 16 is pressed. In the message selection window C, a list of messages that can be transmitted to other players participating in the game is displayed. As messages displayed in the message selection window C, a message to be transmitted to a specific player (for example, one person), a message to be transmitted to a plurality of players (for example, all teammates), and the like are prepared in advance. For example, “You are here” displayed in the message selection window C in FIG. 2 is a message to be sent to one player, and “[ALL] Assault!” Is a message to be sent to all teammates. It is. The message displayed in the message selection window C can be set in advance by the player, and a message addressed to the enemy player (individual, plural) can also be set.

  In addition, the game screen displays a site D indicating a position instructed by the player's operation on the attack controller 14. Site D is a pointer that represents the aiming position that the player is aiming with a gun, and the display position (instructed position) is changed so as to follow the operation of changing the direction of the attack controller 14. The character information window E is displayed when the site D is set to the character display position (within a certain range), and displays information related to the character. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the name of the character B and a numerical value representing the life force (life) are displayed. By displaying the character information window E, the player can confirm that the site D is superimposed on the character (instructing a specific character).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the attack controller 14.
The attack controller 14 is configured, for example, as a handgun, and can arbitrarily change the direction indicated by the controller by arbitrarily tilting in the front-rear and left-right directions, and execute attacks and perform various processes by input operations on the trigger 14a. Can be instructed. The attack controller 14 of this embodiment is further provided with a secondary button 14b and a change wheel 14c. The secondary button 14b is a button used for executing other functions. The change wheel 14c is configured to be rotatable, and is an input device that is used to select a menu displayed on the game screen, for example, a message in the message selection window C or a weapon type.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the movement controller 16.
The movement controller 16 has a shape that can be held with one hand, and can be arbitrarily tilted in the front-rear and left-right directions. The direction in which the character moves in the game space can be indicated by the direction in which the movement controller 16 is inclined. The movement controller 16 is provided with a message button 16a. The message button 16a is a button for activating a message function in order to transmit a message to other players participating in the same game during execution of the multiplayer game.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of the game apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 5, the game apparatus 10 includes an attack controller 14, a movement controller 16, a CPU 20, a RAM 21, an HDD (hard disk device) 22, an image processing unit 23, a monitor 24 (display device 17), and an audio processing unit 25. , A speaker 26, a card reading / writing device 27, a lamp 28, a coin recognition device 29, a start button 30, and a communication device 31 are provided.

  CPU20 implement | achieves various functions by running the program loaded into RAM21, and runs a game by controlling each part. The CPU 20 executes a game program to execute a multiplayer game in which a plurality of players participate simultaneously. In the present embodiment, for example, game data indicating the status of a game played on another game device connected via the communication device 31 or the network 18 is received, and a plurality of players are handled based on the game data. The game progresses while displaying the game screen including the characters. It is assumed that the game data includes character information related to characters displayed on the game screen. The character information includes, for example, attribute information indicating the character type (soldier) and the state of the character (such as a life value representing life force) in the game in addition to the character name and team name. Based on the character information, the CPU 20 controls the game while managing the state of the player character during the game, and outputs game data via the communication device 31.

  The multiplayer game in the present embodiment is provided with a message transmission / reception function for transmitting / receiving a message to / from another player who controls the character on the game screen during the game. In the message transmission / reception function, by directly specifying a character displayed on the game screen, a message is transmitted to a player (game device) that controls the specified character, and other game devices ( When a message addressed to the game device is received from the server 40), this message can be displayed on the game screen. In the message transmission / reception function according to the present embodiment, data corresponding to the character state of the game (such as a numerical value indicating vitality) is added to the message, and the character state is controlled without an instruction from the player. Can be notified.

  In addition to the basic program, the RAM 21 stores a game program for executing the game and various data necessary for executing the game. The RAM 21 stores game data (including attribute information indicating a character state) received via the network 18 and the communication device 31, data related to a message transmitted / received by the message transmission / reception function, and the like.

  The HDD 22 stores various programs such as basic programs and game programs and various data. In the data stored in the HDD 22, for example, a message transmitted to another player by a message transmission / reception function is stored. The messages stored in the HDD 22 include a message transmitted to one player and a message transmitted to a plurality of players. The message can be arbitrarily set by the player before executing the message transmission / reception function. Further, the HDD 22 stores an additional data table in which data added to the message is set according to the state of the character in the game (see FIG. 6). The additional data table is stored in the RAM 21 as necessary and used by the message transmission / reception function.

  The image processing unit 23 performs display control for displaying a game screen under the control of the CPU 20. The monitor 24 (display device 17) displays a game screen under the control of the image processing unit 23.

  Under the control of the CPU 20, the sound processing unit 25 performs sound processing for outputting sound effects, messages, BGM (back ground music) and the like corresponding to the game execution status. The speaker 26 outputs sound such as sound effects, messages, and BGM under the control of the sound processing unit 25.

  The card reading / writing device 27 writes and reads data with respect to a card (for example, an IC card) provided with a recording medium. For the card, for example, data related to the player such as a user ID issued to a player using the game apparatus 10 and data such as a game result are recorded.

The lamp 28 is a lamp that is lit / flashed for game production or the like in order to inform the player of the progress of the game.
The coin recognizing device 29 recognizes that a coin (for example, 100 yen) as a consideration for using the game has been inserted from a coin slot provided in the housing body, and notifies the CPU 20 of it. The start button 30 is a button for inputting a game start instruction.
The communication device 31 controls communication with other game devices connected via the network 18. The network 18 includes, for example, a public network such as a LAN or the Internet, and connects the server 40 and other game devices 41 to each other.

  The server 40 controls a multiplayer game that is executed with a plurality of game devices 10, 41,... Connected via the network 18, and indicates a game situation that is executed on each of the game devices 10, 41,. Receive data and control the movement of each character in the game space. In addition, the server 40 transmits game data indicating the status of the game being executed in the game space to the game device, and causes each game device to execute a multiplayer game. Further, the server 40 receives message data designated as a transmission destination of a character existing in the game space by a message transmission / reception function provided in the game device from the game device having the message transmission source, and receives the corresponding character. It transmits with respect to the player to control (game device). Further, the server 40 may transmit message data to be displayed on the message selection window C to each of the game apparatuses 10, 41.

  Note that message transmission / reception by the message transmission / reception function may be directly executed between game devices participating in the multiplayer game without the server 40 being interposed. In this case, the game apparatus 10 receives information (including data indicating the transmission destination) of the player corresponding to the character displayed in the game space from the server 40 or another game apparatus, and based on this information. The message data is transmitted to the player who controls the character (game device).

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an additional data table in which data to be added to a message selected as a transmission target by the player is set.
In the additional data table shown in FIG. 6, for example, “charge”, “acknowledge”, and “evacuation” messages are shown. Different data is added to each message depending on the character attribute information, here the character state. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, data to be added to the message is selected according to the remaining amount of the life value representing the vitality of the character in the game. For example, when the life value is managed in the range of 0 to 100, the life remaining value is divided into 80 to 100, 30 to 79, and 0 to 29, and in which range the current life value of the character is included To select data to be added to the message.

  For example, when “assault” is selected as a message to be transmitted by the player, if the life value of the character is included in the range of the remaining life of 80 to 100, the text data “!!!! Yahoo!” is selected. Then, a new “charge !!! Yahoo!” message is generated by adding to the text data of the message “charge”. That is, when the life value is included in the range of the remaining life of 80 to 100, data indicating that the character in the game is in a healthy and healthy state is added to the message. In this case, the message “Assault! Yahoo!” is displayed on the game device to which the message is sent.

  Similarly, when the life value of the character is in the range of the remaining life 0 to 29, the text data of “Gehogeho” is selected and added to the text data of the message “Assault” to create a new “Assault Gehogeho”. Generate a message. That is, when the life value is included in the range of the remaining life 0 to 29, data indicating content indicating that the character in the game has no physical strength is added to the message.

In the example of the additional data table shown in FIG. 6, when the remaining life is included in the same range, the same data is set for any message, but different data for each message is set. Of course, it is also possible to add.
In addition, the data to be added to the message is selected according to the life value (life remaining amount) representing the vitality as the character state, but the data to be added to the message based on other information representing the character state It is also possible to select.

  In addition, although text data corresponding to the character state is added to the message based on the text data, data of another format may be added. Data other than text data includes audio data, image data (still images, moving images), and the like. For example, in the case where voice data is added, in the above-described example, voice data of a voice yelling “Yahoo” is added to the text data of the message “charge”. In this case, the message transmission destination game device can display a “charge” message and output a “Yahoo!” sound in accordance with this display.

In the case of adding image data, in the above-described example, image data representing a healthy and healthy state is added to the text data of the message “charge”. In this case, in the game device that is the message transmission destination, the message “charge” is displayed, and an image representing the state of the character of the message transmission source character can be displayed in accordance with this display.
Further, the voice data and the image data may be combined and added to the message data.

  Further, when text data is transmitted as a message, the game device that has received the message may synthesize and output a sound corresponding to the content of the text data. Thereby, the amount of communication data can be reduced as compared with the case of transmitting voice data, and a message can be notified by voice.

  The data added to the message set in the additional data table may be set according to an instruction from the player. For example, text is input by an operation on the attack controller 14 or the movement controller 16 to change the text data to be added to the message. Also, a plurality of audio data can be prepared in advance for the audio data, and a change can be given according to the character state. For example, when the life value is low, the pitch is lowered so that the player who receives the message can easily grasp the character state only by voice. It is also possible to make it easy to understand that the physical strength is weak by randomly inserting a voice such as “goho” coughing between messages.

  In addition, the basic voice may be set according to the type of character, or may be arbitrarily selected by the player.

Next, the operation of the game apparatus 10 in this embodiment will be described.
First, the player inserts a coin (for example, 100 yen) as a consideration for using the game from a coin slot. When the coin recognition device 29 detects that a coin has been inserted, the CPU 20 starts a game process and starts the game in response to an operation on the start button 30.

  In the game device 10 according to the present embodiment, a game in which a character corresponding to a player battles in a game space is executed. For example, the player moves a character of a soldier who moves in the game space to the attack controller 14 and the movement controller. Control is performed by operating the controller 16.

  CPU20 acquires the game situation which the other player is performing with the other game apparatus from the game data received from the communication apparatus 31, and displays the game screen containing the character controlled by the other player. In the game space, for example, it is assumed that a soldier battles with an ally and an enemy. Multiple teams can be formed for each ally and enemy. Each team can have a plurality of characters controlled by a plurality of players.

  The player can move the position of the player character in the game space by operating the movement controller 16. In the game space, by matching the site D to the character by the attack controller 14, the character information window E of the character can be displayed, and information about the character can be confirmed. When attacking an enemy character, the player character is moved so that the enemy character is displayed on the game screen. An attack can be applied to the enemy character by an input operation of pulling the trigger 14a in a state where the site D is aligned with the enemy character.

  Here, the message transmission method of the game apparatus 10 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  During the game, it is preferable to operate the characters of the same team in cooperation. Therefore, in the game device 10 of the present embodiment, a message is notified to the player who controls each character existing in the game space, and information that can grasp the state of the character is added to the message and transmitted. it can. Here, a case where a message is notified to a player who controls one character displayed on the game screen will be described as an example.

  First, when it is detected that the message button 16a of the movement controller 16 is pressed (step A1, Yes), the CPU 20 sets a message selection window C in the game screen, and the HDD 22 or the server 40 sets the message selection window C in the message selection window C. The read message is displayed (step A2). In the message selection window C, for example, a list of a plurality of messages as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed, and a message to be transmitted to another player by operating the change wheel 14c provided in the attacking controller 14. Can be specified.

  When the CPU 20 inputs an operation to the change wheel 14c while the message selection window C is being displayed, the CPU 20 moves the cursor in the message selection window C up and down to display any message in a selected state. That is, a message selection instruction by the change wheel 14c is input (step A3).

  Thereafter, the player designates the message transmission partner in the selected state in the message selection window C by matching the site D with the character displayed on the game screen (step A4). The CPU 20 moves the position of the site D according to the operation of the attack controller 14. When the CPU 20 compares the position of the site D on the game screen with the display position of the character (may be included within a certain range around the character) and detects the character with which the site D is matched, FIG. Thus, the character information window E is displayed in the vicinity of the character with which the site D is matched (step A5). In the character information window E, as character information, for example, a character name, a team name to which the character belongs, or attribute information such as a life force of the character in the game space is displayed. The player can recognize that the specific character is designated by the site D by displaying the character information window E. It is assumed that the information displayed in the character information window E is included in the game data (attribute information) received from the server 40.

  Here, when an operation for changing the direction of the attack controller 14 is performed by the player, the CPU 20 moves the site D to the designated position indicated by the attack controller 14. As a result, when the position of the site D deviates from the character display position on the game screen (step A6, Yes), the CPU 20 deletes the character information window E and the site D designates any character. Indicates that there is no state. The player can arbitrarily adjust the position of the site D to any character displayed on the game screen by changing the direction indicated by the attack controller 14.

  When the message button 16a of the movement controller 16 is pressed again (step A7, Yes), that is, when the message button 16a is released, the CPU 20 displays the message in the selected state in the message selection window C. It is determined that the transmission is to be stopped, and the game screen in the normal game execution state is displayed. In order to send a message again, the player may press the message button 16a of the movement controller 16.

  On the other hand, when the trigger 14a of the attacking controller 14 is pulled while the site D designates a specific character (step A8, Yes), the CPU 20 is controlled by the player of the game device 10 itself. The life value of the character in the game is confirmed with reference to the game data (attribute information) of the current character (step A9).

  Then, referring to the additional data table shown in FIG. 6, data corresponding to the current life value is selected and added to the message selected from the message selection window C (step A10). For example, when “assault” is selected as a message to be transmitted by the player, if the life value of the character is included in the range of the remaining life of 80 to 100, the text data “!!!! Yahoo!” is selected. Then, a new “charge !!! Yahoo!” message is generated by adding to the text data of the message “charge”.

  The CPU 20 transmits a message to which data representing the character state is added to the player corresponding to the character where the site D is located (step A11).

  For example, when the game apparatus 10 is instructed to transmit a message by an input operation using the trigger 14a, the game device 10 includes data (for example, a character name) indicating a character designated as a message transmission destination by the site D and a message selection window. Message data including the message content selected in C (including data indicating the state of the added character) and data indicating the transmission source (for example, a character name) is transmitted to the server 40 via the network 18. To do. When the server 40 receives the message data, the server 40 transmits the message data to the player (game device) that controls the character designated as the message transmission destination. The game device that has received the message data from the server 40 displays the message content and the message transmission source (for example, a character name) at a predetermined position in the game screen based on the message data. Thereby, the player of the game device that has received the message can grasp the message from other players with respect to the player. For example, by receiving the message “Assault! Yahoo!”, it is possible to control the player's character in accordance with this instruction and to cooperate with other players. In addition, from the data “Yahoo!” added to the message, you can easily understand that the character of the sender has a high life value and is in a healthy and healthy state (high attack power). It can be used as a reference when operating in conjunction.

  In the above description, the message transmission partner selected in the message selection window C is specified by matching the site D with the character displayed on the game screen, but the site D is not necessarily displayed on the game screen. It is not necessary to specify the message transmission partner. For example, if a message transmission partner is set for a message displayed in the message selection window C, only an operation for selecting a message from the message selection window C is required. When a message is selected from the message selection window C, the computer 12 sends a message to which the data corresponding to the character state is added to the transmission destination set in the selected message as described above. Send. For example, when [ALL] is set as the transmission partner for the message displayed in the message selection window C, the message is transmitted to all teammates. In addition, as a transmission partner set in the message, a message addressed to a specific ally player and an enemy player (individual, plural) can be set.

  In this way, in the game apparatus 10 in the present embodiment, the state (life value, etc.) of the character displayed on the game screen during the game is managed, and data corresponding to the character state is obtained by the player's operation. Since it is added to the message, the message can be easily notified to other players including information indicating the character state other than the content of the message selected by the player. Therefore, it is not necessary to display the status management screen such as the character life gauge to grasp the character status of the same team. Therefore, in multiplayer games that need to be handled in real time, the operability is not reduced. The original progress can be improved.

  If the data added to the message is voice data instead of text data, the voice according to the character's state is output along with the message display, so that the character state can be quickly grasped intuitively. it can.

  In the above description, the message data is transmitted to the game device to which the message is transmitted via the server 40, but other game devices participating in the multiplayer game without the server 40 ( The message data may be transmitted directly to the player.

  In the above description, it is described that data representing the character state is added to the message selected from the message selection window C, but the message set in the message selection window C and the character state A message including information representing the character state according to the relationship may be prepared in advance. This message is composed of only text data, a combination of text data and image data, and a combination of text data and audio data.

  The game apparatus 10 stores data of a plurality of messages (which may include text, images, and sounds) to be output in advance in association with identification data (code), and stores the server 40 (or It can also be configured to output a message in response to a code received from another game device 10). In this case, the amount of communication data can be reduced, and the message data itself is not transmitted, so that a message message in a different language (translated) can be output, for example, at the message destination game device. .

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

  In addition, the method described in the embodiment is, for example, a magnetic disk (flexible disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, MO, etc.), a semiconductor memory, etc. It can also be stored in a recording medium such as (ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc.), or transmitted and distributed via a communication medium. The program stored on the medium side also includes a setting program that configures in the computer software means (including not only the execution program but also a table and data structure) that is executed by the computer. A computer that implements the present apparatus reads the program recorded on the recording medium, constructs software means by a setting program in some cases, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation by the software means. The recording medium referred to in this specification is not limited to distribution, but includes a storage medium such as a magnetic disk or a semiconductor memory provided in a computer or a device connected via a network.

The figure which shows schematic structure of the game device 10 in this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the game screen 17a displayed in the display apparatus 17. FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the controller 14 for an attack. The figure which shows the structure of the controller 16 for a movement. The block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the game device 10 in this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the additional data table in which the data added to a message was set. The flowchart shown about the message transmission method of the game device 10 in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game device, 12 ... Computer device, 14 ... Attack controller, 14c ... Change wheel, 16 ... Movement controller, 16a ... Message button, 17 ... Display device, 17a ... Game screen, 18 ... Network, 20 ... CPU, 21 ... RAM, 22 ... HDD, 23 ... Image processing unit, 24 ... Monitor, 25 ... Audio processing unit, 26 ... Speaker, 27 ... Card reading / writing device, 28 ... Lamp, 29 ... Coin recognition device, 30 ... Start button 31 ... Communication device, C ... Message selection window C, D ... Site D, E ... Character information window E.

Claims (4)

In a game device that executes a multiplayer game in which a plurality of players participate simultaneously,
Screen display means for displaying characters corresponding to each of the players participating in the game on the game screen;
Input means for inputting an operation by the player;
Character control means for controlling a character displayed on the game screen by the screen display means in response to an operation of the player input by the input means;
Message designating means for designating a message to be transmitted to another player;
Character state management means for managing the state of the character controlled by the character control means during the game;
Message data adding means for adding data corresponding to the state managed by the character state managing means to the message specified by the message specifying means;
A game apparatus comprising: message transmission means for transmitting a message to which data is added by the message data addition means to another player.   2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the message data adding means adds voice data representing the state of the character.   3. The game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the message data adding means adds different audio data depending on the character controlled by the character control means. A computer mounted on a game device that executes a multiplayer game in which a plurality of players participate simultaneously,
Screen display means for displaying characters corresponding to each of the players participating in the game on the game screen;
Input means for inputting an operation by the player;
Character control means for controlling a character displayed on the game screen by the screen display means in response to an operation of the player input by the input means;
Message designating means for designating a message to be transmitted to another player;
Character state management means for managing the state of the character controlled by the character control means during the game;
Message data adding means for adding data corresponding to the state managed by the character state managing means to the message specified by the message specifying means;
A game program that functions as a message transmission unit that transmits a message with data added by the message data addition unit to another player.

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