JP2010240222A - Privilege setting program, game machine and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a privilege setting program, a game machine and a game system, giving amusement to the progress of a play while play charge is used. <P>SOLUTION: The privilege setting program 221 enables the game machine 204 proceeding with a play regardless of payment of play charge to function as: a play charge receiving means 211 for receiving play charge from the operation of a player; a start receiving means 212 for receiving the operation of selecting the play start by the player; a privilege memory 227 storing a plurality of privileges different in value; a probability varying means 213 for varying the acquiring probability of the plurality of privileges stored in the privilege memory 227 according to the magnitude of play charge by the start receiving means 212 receiving the selection of the play start; a privilege decision means 214 for determining one privilege by lottery processing from the plurality of privileges based on the varied probability; and a play proceeding means 215 for reflecting the one determined privilege in a play to proceed with the play. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a privilege setting program using a play fee, a game machine, and a game system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a net game, an item providing method has been proposed in which a player orders and purchases an item as an element for promoting play (for example, Patent Document 1). A player purchases an item by paying a consideration and uses the item for play. By doing so, the internet game can facilitate the player's difficulty of play and speed up the progress of the play.

JP 2001-327760 A

  However, in the item providing method described in Patent Document 1, consideration is required to purchase an item, so the amount of money used by the player for play directly affects the progress of play. Moreover, the play using the item provision method of patent document 1 is a thing which progresses a play by borrowing the power of an item by purchasing an item, and was not interesting.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a privilege setting program, a game machine, and a game system that provide fun to the progress of play while using a play fee.

  The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this. In addition, the configuration described with reference numerals may be improved as appropriate, or at least a part thereof may be replaced with another configuration.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer (1,204) capable of proceeding with play regardless of whether or not a play fee is paid, a play fee receiving means (11, 211) for receiving a play fee by a player's operation, and the player The start accepting means (12, 212) for accepting an operation for selecting play start by means, the privilege storing means (22, 227) for storing a plurality of benefits having different values, and the start accepting means are accepted by the start accepting means. Accordingly, the probability of obtaining the plurality of benefits stored in the privilege storage means is varied by the probability varying means (13, 213) that varies according to the magnitude of the play fee, and the probability varying means. Privilege determining means (14, 214) for determining one privilege from the plurality of privileges by a lottery process based on the probability, and the privilege determining means The play progress means (15,215) for traveling the play of the one award was more determined is reflected in the play, thereby to function, a privilege setting program characterized (21 or 221).
In the privilege setting program (21, 221) of the first invention, the second invention is such that the value of the privilege is set in accordance with the degree of advantage of an item that favorably advances the play, Is a privilege setting program characterized by
A third invention is characterized in that in the privilege setting program of the first invention or the second invention, the privilege has a value set corresponding to an appearance frequency related to an item appearing in the play. This is a privilege setting program.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the privilege setting program (21) from the first aspect to the third aspect, the probability variation means (13) and the play fee reception means (11) determine the play fee. If accepted, a state including a high-value privilege is included, and if the play fee reception means does not accept the play fee, the high-value privilege is excluded and the plurality of privileges are acquired. It is a privilege setting program characterized by functioning to set a probability.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the privilege setting program (21, 221) from the first aspect to the fourth aspect, the computer (1,204) is replaced by the play fee receiving means (11, 211). A privilege setting program that, when in a state in which a play fee can be received, functions as notifying means (16, 216) for notifying the player of an explanation regarding the play fee and the probability of acquiring the privilege. It is.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any of the privilege setting programs (21, 221) from the first invention to the fifth invention, the privilege determination means (14, 214) is replaced with the play progression means (15, 215). Is a privilege setting program characterized in that the function is performed so as to determine the one privilege in response to a play in progress satisfying a predetermined condition.
In a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the privilege setting programs (221) from the first invention to the sixth invention, the privilege storage means (227) corresponds to the plurality of privilege acquisition probabilities for each play fee. The probability changing means (213) determines the probability of acquiring the plurality of benefits corresponding to the play fee with reference to the privilege storage means according to the size of the play fee. It is the privilege setting program characterized by making it function as it does.
According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the privilege setting program (21) from the first aspect to the seventh aspect, the computer (1) stores a time accumulation means for accumulating and storing the play time of the player ( 18) and a play fee determining means (17) for determining the play fee that can be accepted according to the size of the play time stored by the time accumulating means. It is a setting program.
According to a ninth invention, in the privilege setting program (21) from the first invention to the eighth invention, the play of the player who has received the computer (1) by the play fee receiving means (11). A fee accumulation means (19) for accumulating fees, and a play fee determination means (17) for determining the play fee that can be accepted according to the size of the play fee accumulated by the fee accumulation means; It is a privilege setting program characterized by functioning.

  A tenth aspect of the invention executes a storage unit (220) that stores any of the privilege setting programs (221) from the first aspect to the ninth aspect of the invention and the privilege setting program stored in the storage unit. A game machine (204) comprising a control unit (210).

  The eleventh aspect of the invention executes a storage device (20) that stores any one of the privilege setting programs (21) from the first invention to the ninth aspect, and the privilege setting program stored in the storage device. A game system (100) comprising a game server (1) having a control device (10) and a game terminal (3) connected to the game server via a communication network (5), The game terminal includes: an operation unit (33) that receives an operation of the player; and a display unit (32) that displays a screen relating to play that has progressed by the play progression means (15). System.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The present invention varies the acquisition probabilities of a plurality of benefits having different values according to the size of a play fee at the start of play, and further determines one benefit by lottery processing and reflects the benefit in play Let the play progress. Therefore, the player can select whether or not to pay the play fee and the play fee when paying, and can vary the acquisition probability of the privilege used in the play according to the size of the selected play fee. And the privilege used by a play is determined by a lottery process based on the changed acquisition probability. Therefore, the present invention does not directly acquire a privilege that affects the progress of play in proportion to the size of the play fee. Both the element that the probability of acquiring the privilege increases and the element of luck called lottery In addition, a new mode of privilege setting play can be performed.

(2) Since the present invention uses a privilege whose value is set in accordance with the degree of advantage of an item that favors play, for example, the acquisition probability of an item having a strong effect in a game used in play is It can correspond to the size of the fee. Therefore, it is possible to increase the probability that a player who has paid a large amount of the play fee will advance play advantageously. On the other hand, even a player who does not pay a play fee has room for acquiring an item that can advantageously play. Therefore, it is possible to enjoy the play in a manner suitable for the size of the play fee regardless of the play fee.

(3) Since this invention uses the privilege which set value corresponding to the appearance frequency of the item which appears by play, for example, the acquisition probability of a rare item can be made to correspond to the magnitude | size of a play fee. it can. Therefore, it is possible to increase the probability that a player who has paid a large amount of the play fee can acquire a rare item. On the other hand, even a player who does not pay a play fee has room for acquiring a rare item. Therefore, regardless of the play fee, it is possible to enjoy a play that acquires rare items in a way that is suitable for the size of the play fee.

(4) In the present invention, when a play fee is received, a high-value privilege is included, and when a play fee is not received, a high-value privilege is excluded, Set the acquisition probability. Therefore, by differentiating the play depending on whether or not the play fee is paid, the player can be encouraged to make a paid play.
(5) In the case where the present invention is in a state where a play fee can be received, the present invention notifies the player of the explanation regarding the play fee and the privilege acquisition probability. Therefore, when acquiring a valuable item, it is possible to provide the player with information for selecting whether to increase the acquisition probability by paying play or to play luck with free play. Further, by notifying the information, the player can be urged to pay the play fee.

(6) The present invention determines one privilege in response to an ongoing play satisfying a predetermined condition. For example, in RPG (Role Playing Game), since one privilege is determined under various conditions during play, such as when an enemy is defeated or a treasure box is found and opened, an interesting play can be provided.
(7) The present invention refers to a privilege storage unit that stores a play fee and a plurality of privilege acquisition probabilities in association with each other, and determines a plurality of privilege acquisition probabilities according to the size of the play fee. Therefore, it can be used for various plays by a simple method of preparing, for example, a table related to a play fee and a plurality of privilege acquisition probabilities.

(8) In the present invention, a play fee that varies the acquisition probability of a plurality of benefits that can be received by the player is determined by incorporating an element of accumulated play time. Therefore, for example, the upper limit of the play fee from a player who spends a lot of time regarding play can be limited, and the difficulty level related to play can be changed.
(9) The present invention determines the play fee that varies the acquisition probability of a plurality of benefits that can be accepted by the player, taking into account the element of the accumulated amount of the play fee. Therefore, for example, the upper limit of the play fee from a player who has paid a lot of play fees can be limited, and the difficulty level related to play can be changed.

(10) According to the present invention, the privilege setting program can be stored in the storage unit of the game machine and played. Therefore, it is possible to play a new mode of privilege setting with a single game device.
(11) According to the present invention, the privilege setting program is stored in the game server, so that the game terminal can play a new mode of privilege setting using the game terminal via the communication network.

It is a figure showing the whole game system composition concerning a 1st embodiment, and the functional composition of a game server and a game machine. It is a flowchart of the main process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the privilege graph used by the probability variation process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the play process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the play screen output to the display part which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the item memory | storage part and upper limit determination memory | storage part which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the game machine which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the main process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the privilege memory | storage part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This is merely an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a game system 100 according to the first embodiment and functional configurations of a game server 1 and a game terminal 3.
In the game system 100, a game server 1 and a plurality of game terminals 3 are connected via a communication network 5.

The game server 1 is a computer that controls play executed in each of the game terminals 3. The game server 1 includes a control device 10 and a storage device 20.
Here, the computer in the present invention refers to an information processing apparatus including a storage device, a control device, and the like, and the game server 1 is an information processing device including the storage device 20, the control device 10 and the like. Included in the concept of computers.
The control device 10 is an information calculation processing device (CPU) that performs calculation and processing of information, and controls the entire game server 1. The control device 10 reads and executes various programs stored in the storage device 20 as appropriate, thereby realizing various functions according to the present invention in cooperation with the hardware of the game server 1.

The control device 10 includes a play fee receiving unit 11, a start receiving unit 12, a probability changing unit 13, a privilege determining unit 14, a play advancing unit 15, a notifying unit 16, a play fee determining unit 17, a time accumulating unit 18, and a fee accumulating unit 19. Is provided.
The play fee receiving unit 11 is a control unit that receives data related to the play fee from the game terminal 3.
The start receiving unit 12 is a control unit that receives data related to the start of play from the game terminal 3.
The probability changing unit 13 is a control unit that changes the acquisition probability of a plurality of privilege ranks according to the magnitude of the play fee by receiving the data related to the start of play by the start receiving unit 12.

The privilege determination unit 14 is a control unit that determines one privilege rank by a lottery process from a plurality of privilege ranks based on the probability varied by the probability variation unit 13.
The play advancing means 15 is a control unit that advances play on the game terminal 3. The play advancing means 15 transmits a play screen (see FIG. 5) to the game terminal 3, receives an operation signal from the game terminal 3, and advances the play by reflecting the operation signal in the play. Perform processing related to progress.
The notification means 16 is a control unit that notifies the game terminal 3 of the explanation regarding the play fee and the benefit acquisition probability.

The play fee determining means 17 is a control unit that determines an amount that can be accepted as a play fee in the next play according to the total play time spent by the player and the total amount of the play fee.
The time accumulating unit 18 is a control unit that accumulates play time spent by the player in play.
The fee accumulating unit 19 is a control unit that accumulates a play fee that the player has spent playing.

The storage device 20 stores various programs such as the privilege setting program 21 and various data. The storage device 20 may include a memory used for executing a program in combination with the control device 10.
What implement | achieves the memory | storage device 20 may include what implement | achieves electrically, magnetically, optically, and electromagnetically. More specifically, a semiconductor memory device including a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a magnetic disk, and the like are included. The concept includes a magnetic tape that can be externally connected to the game server 1, an optical disk including a CD-ROM, a CD-R / W, and a DVD, and an auxiliary storage device such as a memory card.

In addition to the privilege setting program 21, the storage device 20 includes a privilege storage unit 22, an item storage unit 23, a player information storage unit 25, and an upper limit determination storage unit 26.
The privilege setting program 21 is a program that realizes processing of each unit of the control device 10 described above.
The privilege storage unit 22 stores a relationship between a plurality of privilege ranks that can be used in the privilege setting program 21 and the privilege rank acquisition probability according to the play fee in a graph format (see FIG. 3).
The item storage unit 23 corresponds to the privilege rank, and stores items (privileges) used in the play.
The player information accumulating unit 25 accumulates and stores the total play time spent for play and the total play fee spent for play for each player.
The upper limit determination storage unit 26 stores data for determining an upper limit that can be input by the player as a play fee.

  Note that there is no limit on the number of hardware constituting the game server 1. You may comprise by 1 or multiple as needed. In addition, the hardware of the game server 1 may be configured to include various servers such as a Web server, a DB (database) server, and an application server as necessary, You may comprise with another server. Further, in the following description, it is assumed that when the game terminal 3 starts playing, it is performed after member registration in advance to use the game server 1, but the hardware of the game server 1 is registered as a member. And a separate server for each function such as the play fee settlement function.

The game terminal 3 is a terminal that the player actually operates to play. The game terminal 3 is, for example, a personal computer (personal computer). In addition, the game terminal 3 may be a stationary or portable game machine or a mobile phone.
The game terminal 3 includes a control unit 30, a storage unit 31, a display unit 32, an operation unit 33, and a communication interface unit 34.
The control unit 30 is an information calculation processing device (CPU) that performs calculation and processing of information similarly to the control device 10 of the game server 1, and controls the entire game terminal 3.
The storage unit 31 may include a memory used for processing in the control unit 30. As what implement | achieves the memory | storage part 31, you may include what implement | achieves electrically, magnetically, optically, and electromagnetically. More specifically, a semiconductor memory device including a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a magnetic disk, and the like are included.

The display unit 32 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) that outputs a play screen.
The operation unit 33 accepts input by the player, and may include various keys and buttons.
The communication interface unit 34 receives a play screen transmitted from the game server 1 or transmits an operation signal from the game terminal 3.
The communication network 5 is a communication network such as the Internet for performing communication between the game server 1 and the game terminal 3.

Next, the play performed by the game system 100 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the main process according to the first embodiment.
As a premise of the play executed in the game system 100, the player starts a play that pays a play fee (hereinafter referred to as paid play) and a play that does not pay a play fee (hereinafter referred to as free play). And can be selected at the time of continuation of play. As for the play fee when the player selects pay play, the player can set an arbitrary amount with an upper limit of 300 yen. The content of the play itself is not different between paid play and free play. Hereinafter, the play will be described as an RPG (role playing game) in which there are a plurality of stages and the hero operated by the player adventures while fighting the enemy. In addition, each play ends when one stage ends.

First, in step S1, the control unit 30 of the game terminal 3 transmits a connection request to the game server 1 by, for example, inputting the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the game server 1 from the web browser by the player, and playing A connection request for performing is performed to the game server 1.
In step S <b> 2, the control device 10 of the game server 1 transmits a logon screen for the game server 1 to authenticate the player of the game terminal 3 to the game terminal 3 that has requested connection.
In step S <b> 3, the control unit 30 displays a logon screen on the display unit 32, and the control unit 30 requests the game server 1 to authenticate when the player inputs authentication information such as a user ID and a password on the logon screen. Send.

In step S4, the control device 10 performs an authentication process based on the received authentication request. When the player plays for the first time, the game terminal 3 and the game server 1 may communicate to register as a member.
In step S5, the control device 10 (play fee determination means 17) performs a play fee determination process, and determines an upper limit of an amount that can be accepted as a play fee by the player of the game terminal 3. This play fee determination process will be described later.
In step S <b> 6, the control device 10 (notification unit 16) generates an explanation screen regarding the play fee and the benefit acquisition probability in the play to be performed, and transmits it to the game terminal 3. On the explanation screen, as the play fee, an amount equal to or less than the upper limit determined in the play fee determination process (step S5) will be described as a play fee within the acceptable range. In this example, the play fee can be accepted in units of 1 yen.

  In step S7, the control unit 30 displays an explanation screen. By displaying the explanation screen received from the game server 1 by the control unit 30, the game server 1 can inform the player of the explanation regarding the play fee and the benefit acquisition probability in the play to be performed in the future. Therefore, when the game system 100 acquires a valuable privilege, the game system 100 can provide the player with information on selecting whether to increase the acquisition probability with paid play or to play luck with free play. . Further, the information notification by the game system 100 can prompt the player to pay the play fee.

In step S8, the control unit 30 determines whether or not an input of a play fee has been received from the player. When the input of the play fee is accepted (step S8: YES), the control unit 30 transmits the play fee to the game server 1. When the input of the play fee is not accepted (step S8: NO), the control unit 30 moves the process to step S11.
In step S9, the control device 10 (play fee receiving means 11) receives the play fee and performs a settlement process. The payment process uses, for example, a payment process generally performed on the Internet, such as debiting from a player's account with a credit card. Then, the control device 10 transmits to the game terminal 3 a settlement result indicating that the settlement processing is normally performed and the play fee is accepted, so that the player of the game terminal 3 confirms that the play fee has been accepted. it can.

In step S10, the control device 10 (charge accumulation means 19) accumulates the play fee input by the player and stores it in the player information accumulation unit 25 as the accumulated amount.
In step S <b> 11, the control unit 30 transmits a play start request to the game server 1 by accepting an operation for selecting play start from the player.
In step S <b> 12, the control device 10 (start reception unit 12, probability variation unit 13) performs probability variation processing upon receiving the play start request.

Here, the probability variation processing will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a privilege graph G used in the probability variation process according to the first embodiment.
The privilege graph G is a graph in which the magnitude of the play fee is shown on the X axis and random numbers from 0 to 99 are shown on the Y axis. The privilege graph G is stored in the privilege storage unit 22. By using the privilege graph G, the rank of possible privileges is determined according to the size of the play fee. The benefits are classified into a total of seven ranks of A rank, B rank, C rank, D rank, E rank, and F rank in order from the highest to the lowest with the special A rank being the highest rank. And the privilege graph G is set so that the width | variety of the vertical axis | shaft direction of a high value rank becomes large, so that a play fee is high.

  For example, when 50 yen is received as a play fee, it corresponds to any of rank A to rank F, but there is no area corresponding to rank A (see (1) in the figure). And, with a play fee of 50 yen, the F rank and E rank are wide, so the probability of falling into the F rank and E rank increases. On the other hand, when 300 yen is received as a play fee, it corresponds to any one of special A rank to E rank, and there is no area corresponding to F rank (see (2) in the figure). And with a 300 yen play fee, the E rank is narrow, so the probability of being E rank is low, while the probability of being special A rank is the highest compared to other play fees. ing.

As described above, when the game system 100 receives a high play fee, the game system 100 includes a high value privilege. When the play fee is not accepted or the play fee is low, the game system 100 has a high value privilege. The probability of acquiring a plurality of benefits is set in a state excluding. Therefore, the game system 100 can prompt the player to make a paid play by differentiating the play depending on whether or not the play fee is paid and the amount of payment.
The probability variation process refers to a process of determining a random number range of each rank according to the play amount using this privilege graph G.

  Returning to FIG. 2, in step S <b> 13, the control device 10 of the game server 1 and the control unit 30 of the game terminal 3 perform play processing by transmitting and receiving data relating to the progress of play.

Here, the play process will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the play process according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a play screen output to the display unit 32 according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the item storage unit 23 and the upper limit determination storage unit 26 according to the first embodiment.
In step S101 of FIG. 4, the control device 10 of the game server 1 determines whether or not to end the play. The end of play is, for example, when the result of play is to clear a stage which is a unit of one play, or when the hero is defeated and the game is over. When the play is to be ended (step S101: YES), the control device 10 ends this process. On the other hand, when the play is not finished (step S101: NO), the control device 10 moves the process to step S102.

In step S102, the control device 10 (privilege determining means 14) determines whether or not the play satisfies a predetermined condition. The predetermined condition is, for example, when the main character adventures on a virtual field and finds a specific treasure chest (see FIG. 5A), or when the main character defeats a specific enemy (FIG. 5B). ))). When the predetermined condition is satisfied (step S102: YES), the control device 10 moves the process to step S103. On the other hand, when the predetermined condition is not satisfied (step S102: NO), the control device 10 moves the process to step S106.
In step S103, the control apparatus 10 (privilege determination means 14) performs a lottery process. In the lottery process, the control device 10 randomly determines one number from the range from 0 to 99.

  In step S104, the control device 10 (privilege determining means 14) determines in which rank of the privilege graph G in FIG. For example, when 200 yen is paid as a play fee and the determined random number is “80”, it corresponds to the coordinates of (3) in FIG. And the control apparatus 10 (privilege determination means 14) outputs the item corresponding to a rank. The item is determined using the item storage unit 23.

  FIG. 6A shows an example of the item storage unit 23. The item storage unit 23 stores items from the F rank to the special A rank for each item attribute such as a recovery item for recovering the player's energy and a sword item for improving the attack power of the player. Yes. The item storage unit 23 stores items that have a strong effect in the game used in the play and that have an advantage in play as they go from the F rank to the special A rank. For example, if a recovery item is an output target under the current play conditions, the “all resurrection balls” of A rank are determined from the recovery item. In addition, when the attribute of the item is not determined under the play condition, the control device 10 may determine the attribute by further determining a number of 1 from 1 to 4.

In step S105, the control apparatus 10 (play progress means 15) reflects the item determined in step S104 on the play.
In step S <b> 106, the control device 10 (play progress means 15) generates a screen relating to play and transmits the play screen to the game terminal 3.
In step S107, the control unit 30 displays the play screen received from the game server 1. FIG. 5C shows a play screen of “all resurrection balls” determined in the description in step S104 described above.

Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 108, the control unit 30 transmits an operation signal to the game server 1 when the player performs a play operation while viewing the play screen.
In step S109, after receiving the operation signal and reflecting the operation signal in play, the control device 10 moves the process to step S101.
Through the above-described processing, the game server 1 and the game terminal 3 can advance the play until the play by the player is completed.
As described above, the game system 100 determines an item corresponding to a privilege rank that is one privilege in response to a play in progress satisfying a predetermined condition. Since the game system 100 determines an item under various conditions during play, such as when the enemy is defeated or a treasure chest is found and opened as in the above-described example, an interesting play can be provided.

Returning to FIG. 2, in step S <b> 14, the control device 10 (time accumulation means 18) accumulates the time used for the player's play, and stores the accumulated time in the player information accumulation unit 25.
In step S <b> 15, the control device 10 transmits a continue screen to the game terminal 3, and determines whether or not data indicating that the continuation is performed within the continuable time (for example, 15 seconds) has been received from the game terminal 3. . When continuing (step S15: YES), the control apparatus 10 moves a process to step S5. On the other hand, when not continuing (step S15: NO), the control apparatus 10 complete | finishes this process.
In the case of continuing (step S15: YES), when returning to step S5, the control device 10 performs a play fee determination process, and thereafter performs the process from step S6 to step S15.

Here, the play fee determination process will be described. The play fee determination process limits the upper limit of the play fee that can be input by the player from the accumulated time and accumulated amount of the player accumulated in the player information accumulation unit 25.
This can be realized by the game server 1 storing the upper limit determination storage unit 26 as shown in FIG. The upper limit determination storage unit 26 illustrated in FIG. 6B is a table for determining the upper limit of the play fee per time from the accumulated time and the accumulated amount. In this example, when any one of the accumulated time and the accumulated amount reaches the range of the corresponding upper limit value, the upper limit value is applied.
For example, in the case of a player with an accumulated time of 90 hours and an accumulated amount of 5000 yen, the upper limit of the play fee corresponds to the column of “None”, so the upper limit of the play fee is not set. However, even if the accumulated time is 90 hours, if the accumulated amount is 13000 yen, the upper limit of the play fee is “200 yen”, so the upper limit of the play fee is limited to 200 yen.

  As described above, the game system 100 determines the play fee that varies the acquisition probability of a plurality of benefits that can be accepted by the player, by incorporating the element of the accumulated time of the play time and the element of the accumulated amount of the play fee. When the play fee is limited, according to this example, the player is a player who has a long play time accumulation time or a player who has a high play fee accumulation amount. By setting the upper limit of the play fee for such a player, the degree of appearance of an item advantageous to play can be lowered, and the skill difference between a player with a short accumulated time and a player with a low accumulated amount is reduced. be able to.

  In addition, the game system 100 varies the acquisition probabilities of a plurality of privilege ranks having different values according to the size of the play fee, and further determines one privilege rank by lottery processing, and corresponds to the privilege rank. Reflect play in the play and proceed with the play. Therefore, the player can select whether or not to pay the play fee and the play fee when paying, and the game system 100 can change the acquisition probability of the item used in the play according to the amount of the paid play fee. it can. And the game system 100 determines the item used by play by a lottery process based on the changed acquisition probability. Therefore, the game system 100 has a new aspect that has both an element that an acquisition probability of an item that affects play progress according to a play fee increases and an element of luck that an item is determined by lottery. A privilege setting play can be performed.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described.
The second embodiment is applied to an arcade game terminal.
Note that, in the following description and drawings, the same reference numerals or the same reference numerals are given to portions that perform the same functions as those in the first embodiment described above, and overlapping descriptions will be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the game machine 204 according to the second embodiment.
The game machine 204 is a video game machine that is installed in a game center or the like and plays a puzzle game or the like, for example.
The game machine 204 includes a control unit 210, a storage unit 220, a display unit 232, an operation unit 233, and a coin insertion slot 235.

The control unit 210 includes a play fee receiving unit 211, a start receiving unit 212, a probability changing unit 213, a privilege determining unit 214, a play advancing unit 215, and a notification unit 216.
The control unit 210 is an information calculation processing device (CPU) that performs calculation and processing of information, and controls the entire game machine 204. The control unit 210 appropriately reads and executes various programs stored in the storage unit 220, thereby realizing various functions according to the present invention in cooperation with the hardware of the game machine 204.

The play fee receiving unit 211 is a control unit that receives a play fee when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 235.
The start receiving unit 212 is a control unit that receives a selection related to the start of play by the operation unit 233.
The probability changing unit 213 is a control unit that changes the acquisition probability of a plurality of difficulty levels (privileges) according to the size of the play fee by receiving the selection of the start of play by the start receiving unit 212.
The privilege determining unit 214 is a control unit that determines one difficulty level by a lottery process from a plurality of difficulty levels based on the probability changed by the probability changing unit 213.
The play progression means 215 is a control unit that advances play.
The notification unit 216 is a control unit that notifies the display unit 232 of an explanation regarding the play fee and the probability of difficulty.

The storage unit 220 stores various programs such as the privilege setting program 221 and various data. The storage unit 220 may include a memory used for executing the program in combination with the control unit 210.
As what implement | achieves the memory | storage part 220, what implement | achieves electrically, magnetically, optically, and electromagnetically may be included. More specifically, a semiconductor memory device including a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a magnetic disk, and the like are included.
The storage unit 220 includes a privilege storage unit 227 in addition to the privilege setting program 221.
The privilege setting program 221 is a program that executes processing of each means of the control unit 210 described above.
The privilege storage unit 227 stores the relationship between the plurality of difficulty levels used in the privilege setting program 221 and the probability of the difficulty level according to the play fee and the random value corresponding to the difficulty level in a tabular format.
Note that the computer in the present invention refers to an information processing device including a storage device, a control unit, and the like, and the game machine 204 is an information processing device including a storage unit 220, a control unit 210, and the like. Included in computer concept.

The display unit 232 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device. The display unit 232 is arranged at a position that can be viewed by the player so that the player can play while watching.
The operation unit 233 receives, for example, operation inputs from the left and right hands of the player such as buttons and a controller.
The coin insertion slot 235 is an insertion slot for inserting coins. An optical sensor (not shown) for detecting the inserted coin is provided inside the coin insertion slot. When this optical sensor or the like detects a coin, it outputs a detection signal to the control unit 210 for control. Unit 210 performs a play fee acceptance process. In addition, the coin insertion slot 235 may be a reader / writer that receives billing information from, for example, a card containing an IC (integrated circuit) chip having billing information or a mobile phone containing an IC tag.

Next, the play performed with the game machine 204 is demonstrated.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of main processing according to the second embodiment.
As a premise of play executed on the game machine 204, the player can select pay play and free play at the start of play and at the time of continuation of play. When the player selects a paid play, one of the three levels of 100 yen, 200 yen, and 300 yen can be further selected. The content of the play itself is not different between paid play and free play. Hereinafter, the play has a plurality of stages, the stage is cleared by erasing a predetermined puzzle on the play screen, and the play continues while the stage is cleared.

First, in step S201, the control unit 210 (notifying unit 216) displays an explanation screen regarding the play fee and the probability of difficulty in the play to be performed on the display unit 232 together with the demonstration screen to notify the player.
In step S202, the control unit 210 determines whether or not a coin has been inserted into the coin insertion slot 235 by the player. When a coin is inserted (step S202: YES), the control unit 210 moves the process to step S203. On the other hand, if no coin has been inserted (step S202: NO), the control unit 210 moves the process to step S204.

In step S203, the control unit 210 (play fee receiving means 211) receives a play fee.
In step S <b> 204, the control unit 210 (start reception unit 212) receives selection of play start by the operation unit 233.
In step S205, the control unit 210 (probability changing means 213) determines the record of the privilege storage unit 227 based on the magnitude of the play fee, and changes the probability of difficulty.

Here, the privilege memory | storage part 227 is demonstrated using FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the privilege storage unit 227 according to the second embodiment.
The privilege storage unit 227 stores a play fee, a numerical range that determines the difficulty level that is a privilege, and the probability thereof in association with each other. The random value is one number that is randomly determined by the control unit 210 from a number in the range of 0 to 99. The privilege storage unit 227 indicates a play fee vertically and a difficulty level of play horizontally. The lower the play fee, the higher the probability that the difficulty level will be higher, and the higher the play fee, the higher the probability that the difficulty level will be lower.

Returning to FIG. 8, in step S <b> 206, the control unit 210 (privilege determination unit 214) determines the difficulty level by lottery from a plurality of difficulty levels based on the probability determined in step S <b> 205.
For example, when the random number value generated by the control unit 210 is “75”, referring to the privilege storage unit 227 in FIG. 9, the degree of difficulty is high in the case of free play (0 yen) that does not pay the play fee. The player who paid the play fee of 100 yen has a medium difficulty level, and the player who paid the play fee of 200 yen or 300 yen has a low difficulty level.
In this manner, the game machine 204 can play a new aspect of privilege setting by using a simple method, for example, by preparing a table relating to a play fee and a plurality of difficulty probabilities, for example.

Returning to FIG. 8, in step S207, the control unit 210 (play progress means 215) advances the play in accordance with the determined difficulty level. The player operates the operation unit 233 while watching the play screen displayed on the display unit 232, and advances the play to erase the predetermined puzzle.
In step S208, the control unit 210 (play progress means 215) determines whether or not the stage has been cleared. When the stage is cleared (step S208: YES), the control unit 210 moves the process to step S206, determines the difficulty level of the next stage, and continues the play. If the stage is not cleared (step S208: NO), the control unit 210 moves the process to step S209.

  In step S209, the control unit 210 displays a continue screen on the display unit 232, and determines whether or not to continue by accepting an operation to continue within a continuable time (for example, 15 seconds). When continuing (step S209: YES), the control unit 210 moves the process to step S201. Then, notification is made as described in step S201 above. On the other hand, when the continuation is not performed (step S209: NO), the control unit 210 ends this process.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above. In addition, the effects described in the embodiments are merely the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the embodiments. In addition, although embodiment mentioned above and the deformation | transformation form mentioned later can also be used in combination as appropriate, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

(Deformation)
(1) In the present embodiment, the RPG and the puzzle game have been described as examples. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the function of the present invention can be realized in any genre of games.
(2) In this embodiment, although the item provided as a privilege has shown the example of what is advantageous for a play, and the thing which changes difficulty level itself as a privilege, it is not limited to this. For example, an item provided as a privilege may be a collection item, and a rare item for the collector may be provided by changing the appearance degree of the item.

(3) In the first embodiment, an example is shown in which the rank is determined by the privilege graph and the item corresponding to the rank is acquired, and the item is determined in two stages. However, the privilege is directly determined from the play fee and the random number. You may enable it to determine the item which is.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game server, 3 ... Game terminal, 5 ... Communication network, 10 ... Control apparatus, 11, 211 ... Play fee reception means, 12,212 ... Start reception means, 13,213 ... Probability fluctuation means, 14,214 ... Benefit Determination means 15, 215 ... Play progress means 16, 216 ... Notification means, 17 ... Play fee determination means, 18 ... Time accumulation means, 19 ... Fee accumulation means, 20 ... Storage device, 21, 221 ... Bonus setting program, 22, 227: privilege storage unit, 30, 210: control unit, 31, 220 ... storage unit, 32, 232 ... display unit, 33, 233 ... operation unit, 100, 200 ... game system, 204 ... game machine, 235 ... Coin slot, G ... Benefit graph

Claims (11)

A computer that can play with or without paying the play fee,
A play fee receiving means for receiving a play fee by an operation of the player;
Start accepting means for accepting an operation for selecting play start by the player;
Privilege storage means for storing a plurality of privileges with different values;
Probability changing means for changing the acquisition probabilities of the plurality of benefits stored in the privilege storage means according to the magnitude of the play fee in response to accepting selection of play start by the start accepting means;
Based on the probability changed by the probability changing means, a privilege determining means for determining one privilege by lottery processing from the plurality of privileges;
A play progression means for advancing the play by reflecting the one benefit determined by the privilege determination means in the play;
Make it work,
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to claim 1,
The value of the privilege is set in accordance with the degree of advantage of the item that favors the play,
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to claim 1 or claim 2,
The value of the privilege is set corresponding to the appearance frequency related to the item appearing in the play,
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the play fee accepting unit accepts the play fee, the probability changing unit is put in a state including a privilege with a high value, and when the play fee accepting unit does not accept the play fee, the value varies. In a state excluding a high privilege, and function to set the acquisition probability of the plurality of benefits,
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Causing the computer to function as notifying means for notifying the player of an explanation regarding the play fee and the benefit acquisition probability when the play fee receiving means is in a state where the play fee can be received;
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Causing the privilege determining means to function so as to determine the one privilege in response to a play that is in progress by the play advancing means satisfying a predetermined condition;
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The privilege storage means is made to function so as to store the acquisition probabilities of the plurality of privileges in association with each play fee,
Causing the probability varying means to function so as to determine an acquisition probability of the plurality of benefits corresponding to the play fee with reference to the privilege storage means according to the size of the play fee;
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The computer,
Time accumulation means for accumulating and storing the play time of the player;
Play fee determining means for determining the play fee that can be accepted according to the size of the play time stored by the time storage means;
Make it work,
A privilege setting program characterized by In the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The computer,
Fee accumulation means for accumulating the player's play fee received by the play fee acceptance means;
Play fee determination means for determining the play fee that can be accepted according to the size of the play fee accumulated by the fee accumulation means;
Make it work,
A privilege setting program characterized by A storage unit that stores the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A control unit that executes the privilege setting program stored in the storage unit;
A game machine comprising: A game server having a storage device that stores the privilege setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 9, and a control device that executes the privilege setting program stored in the storage device, A game system comprising a game terminal connected to a game server via a communication network,
The game terminal
An operation unit for receiving an operation of the player;
A display unit for displaying a screen related to the play progressed by the play progressing means;
Providing
A game system characterized by

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