JP2015051138A - Game server, game provision method, game program, and information recording medium having game program recorded therein, and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constantly provide novel taste without making a user get bored by enabling to mount various types of items with a relatively simple processing.SOLUTION: A game server 1 includes: an item management part 120 that manages item information including names of items to be used in a game 20 and effects of the items in the game; a wording management part 121 that manages item wording with which adjustment information for adjusting the effects of the items are associated; and an item generation part 123 that defines a name of a novel item by combining the name of the item with extracted item wording and generates an effect of the novel item by combining the effect of the item and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording.

Description

  The present invention provides a game server that communicates with a terminal via a network to provide a game, controls the progress of the game, a game providing method for providing a game by the game server, and a game server that is read by a computer or the like. The present invention relates to a game program to be operated, an information recording medium on which the game program is recorded, a game system including a terminal and a game server, and more particularly to improvement of an item mounting process in a game.

  In recent years, with the spread of high-function mobile terminals represented by smartphones, social networking games (hereinafter referred to as social games) have become popular as games provided using social networking services (SNS). Yes. In this type of game, the user operates a terminal at hand to cause a character that exists in the virtual world formed by the game server to act and communicate with other users who play the same game. be able to. In the following description, for convenience, the user who operates the mobile terminal is described as a real user, and the character in the game to be operated is described as a virtual user.

  In this type of game, it is common to mount a wide variety of items that can be used in the game so that a real user can acquire them as the game progresses. Items are set with data such as effects that affect the progress of the game and graphics that represent the world of the game. Collecting and collecting these items is also an objective for real users. .

  In order to acquire an item in a social game, an example in which a system called “gacha” that can acquire an item by lottery is implemented is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). By a lottery by “gacha”, the user can acquire items prepared in advance at random.

JP 2008-253521 A

  In order to implement a wide variety of items in the game, it is necessary to prepare data such as names, data, graphics, etc. regarding many items, but in order to prepare many items that are attractive to the user, the game creator's It required a lot of man-hours and was a burden in creating games. In addition, in a system such as gacha, the items to be acquired by the user are generally determined at random, so if there are few items to be implemented, the items already owned by the real user are duplicated. There is a possibility of getting. In collecting items, there are few benefits to the real user by acquiring the same item repeatedly, which may cause the real user to get bored and reduce the willingness to collect items.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and allows a variety of items to be mounted with relatively simple processing, and a game server and game server that can always provide new interest without getting tired of real users It is an object of the present invention to provide a game providing method, a game program, and a game system for providing a game.

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In order to solve the above problems, a game server of the present invention is a game server that communicates with a user's terminal via a network to provide a game, and is information relating to an item used in the game. An item information management unit that manages item information including the name of the item and the effect of the item in the game, a wording management unit that manages a plurality of item wordings that are associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item, A new item is created by combining a word extraction unit that extracts an item wording from among those managed by the wording management unit, an item managed by the item information management unit, and an item word extracted by the word extraction unit. An item generation unit to generate.

  In the game server of the present invention, the item information management unit manages items appearing in the game, that is, reads, writes, updates, and saves information related to items in the data table. An item has data such as a unique name and effect, image data, and explanatory text. In the game provided by the present invention, a plurality of items are prepared in advance by a game creator or the like and managed by the item information management unit.

  Moreover, in the game server of this invention, an item production | generation part produces | generates a new item automatically by combining the data element called item wording with the item managed by the item information management part. Here, the item wording can produce some speciality, such as adjectives that indicate the state and effect of the item, such as “sharp” or “shining”, and “great master”, “moonlight”, “breakthrough”, etc. This is a qualifying word and is associated with adjustment information that changes the effect of the combined item.

  The item generation unit sets, as the name of the new item, a combination of the item name and the extracted item wording. And what combined the adjustment information linked | related with the extracted item wording with the effect of an item is set as an effect of a new item.

  The “adjustment information” associated with the item wording is in-game information for adding a new effect to the effect of an existing item or changing an existing effect. For example, the item word “sharp” is associated with adjustment information that improves the attack power of the combined items by 5%. In other words, the item generation unit combines the item word “sharp” with the existing item “dagger” to change the name to “sharp dagger” and has an effect of improving attack power by 5% over “dagger”. New items can be created.

  The word management unit stores and manages a word group including a plurality of item words and adjustment information associated with each item word in a data storage. In the item generation process, an item wording used for item generation is extracted from the wording management unit managed by the wording management unit.

  As described above, according to the contents described for the game server of the present invention, a new item having a unique name and data can be automatically generated by extracting and combining the item wording with an existing item. . For this reason, various items can be mounted while reducing the work of the game creator. For example, a game creator or the like simply adds a new item or item wording (in other words, generates a new item wording), and the item generator combines multiple items with existing items and item wordings. Items can be automatically generated, and the number of items to be implemented can be easily increased. Moreover, the diversity of the name and effect of the produced | generated item can be greatly improved by not limiting the number of the item wording combined when producing | generating an item, but being able to combine two or more.

  In a conventional game, an item prepared by a game creator may not always be attractive to a real user. In the present invention, since a wide variety of items can be mounted, there is also an advantage that names and effects easily match the preferences of individual real users. There may be cases where the individual items generated do not have a good or bad performance, and there is an advantage that an actual user can use an attached item in the game regardless of the effect.

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In one aspect of the game server of the present invention, the adjustment information is set with a strength of influence on the effect of the new item by combining with the effect of the item, and the adjustment information is given to the effect of the new item. The frequency of extraction of the item word having a strong influence is set to be relatively low by the word extraction unit.

  According to this aspect, the item wording has various influences on the effect of the item depending on the combination. Therefore, some of the wording may have the same effect but may be strong or weak. Considering the difference in the effect of the adjustment information for each item wording, for example, the item wording having a strong effect of the adjustment information is made more rare in the game. Thereby, the value of the item wording with a high degree of rarity is increased, the user's interest in the item wording is increased, and the randomness of the appearance of the item wording is increased, so that the game performance can be improved.

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In one aspect of the game server of the present invention, a rarity level is set for the item, and the number of item texts that can be combined according to the rarity level is set. It is possible to extract a plurality of the item wordings based on the number of combinable item wordings set in the item generation unit, and when the plurality of item wordings are extracted by the word extraction unit, A plurality of the adjustment information corresponding to each item wording is combined with the effect of the item.

  According to this aspect, the adjustment information of the item wording gives an advantageous effect to the progress of the game, such as improving the effect of the item, and the effect of the item is more advantageous by combining a plurality of item wordings. Become a thing. In particular, the number of items that can be extracted according to the rarity of the item is set, so by acquiring an item with a high rarity, the possibility that the effect of that item can be further increased, Users' willingness to acquire rare items increases. Furthermore, even if the user acquires a rare item, the effect of the item can be further increased without increasing the item, so that it is possible to increase the game performance in acquiring one item.

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In one aspect of the game server of the present invention, the item information management unit extracts an item in accordance with a user operation, sets the item to be usable for the user, and the item generation unit includes the user's operation. A new item is generated according to the operation, and the item information management unit sets the new item generated by the item generation unit as the possessed item of the user.

  According to this aspect, an item can be newly generated when an item is needed, such as when an item is assigned according to an operation of a real user. For this reason, even if a large number of items are not prepared in advance, items can be appropriately prepared according to the progress of each real user's game.

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According to another aspect of the game server of the present invention, a new item wording is generated based on one or both of information related to the user and information related to a virtual user who is a character in the game to be operated. And a word generation unit to be added to the item information management unit.

  According to this aspect, the word generation unit can generate a new item word and add it under the management of the word management unit. The word to be added may be determined by a real user, or may be determined by processing of the game server based on information related to the real user or the game.

  As an example, the word generation unit adds a word regarding either or both of the user and a virtual user who is a character in the game to be operated as the item word to the word management unit, The adjustment information based on information about the user or the virtual user may be associated with the user. For example, information about the real user and the virtual user, such as the name of the virtual user, the title set in the game, and the text arbitrarily input by the real user, are words that have special meaning to the real user and are attached. it is conceivable that. By adopting such a wording as an item wording and including it in the name of the item, it is possible to implement an item having a special feeling of scarcity for an actual user.

  Further, the word generation unit assigns adjustment information to the generated item word. The item word generated by the word generation unit is associated with the adjustment information in the same way as the item word prepared in advance by the game creator or the like. When the item generating unit newly generates an item, the item word generated by the word generating unit can be used in the same manner as an item word prepared by a game creator prepared in advance.

  At this time, the word generation unit may determine the adjustment information associated with the generated word based on information on either or both of the real user and the virtual user. For example, it is determined based on information such as the play time of a real user's game, ability values such as the level and attack power of a virtual user, and the number of friends in the game (for example, the number of members of a team to be described later). May be. By determining the adjustment information of the item wording based on such information, it is possible to give the generated item an effect that reflects the actual user's play status, play results, social element usage status, etc. it can. Thereby, it can be expected that the degree of attachment to the item of the actual user is further improved.

  In many cases, information about a user or a virtual user does not have a universal meaning for all real users, but has a special meaning only for a specific real user. Therefore, for example, a word having a specific special meaning for a specific real user may be set to be applied only to an item acquired by the real user.

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As another aspect, the word generation unit generates a new item word based on information on the user or the virtual user when information on either or both of the user and the virtual user satisfies a predetermined condition. You may make it do.

  For example, if a virtual user of a real user has a specific title such as “warrior” in the game (class, occupation, etc. indicating the role of the virtual user in the virtual world of the game), the word generation unit , Implement (set) the title of the title, such as “warrior”, as the item wording for the real user. In addition, if the majority of the virtual users belonging to the team are “warriors”, the word generator generates the word of the team and the word “warrior” for the actual users belonging to the team. Implement (set) as

  At this time, the word generation unit may associate the adjustment information determined based on the number of virtual users whose position in the team is “warrior” with the generated new item word. In this way, for example, when generating a new item with a combination of the generated new item wording and the item, the number of “warriors” in the team (% of “warriors” in the team) The attack power of the new item can be increased in addition to the attack power of the original item.

  Moreover, the word production | generation part can set a predetermined condition according to a user's game play time or a play time slot | zone as information regarding a user or a virtual user besides the above. For example, a word such as “skilled” may be generated when the play time is a predetermined time or more, or a word such as “nocturnal” may be generated when the time zone with the longest play time is at night. . In addition to the conditions of game play time or play time zone, in combination with the condition that the title in the game is “warrior”, new combinations such as “skilled warrior” and “nocturnal warrior” Item wording may be generated.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to make the real user feel special attachment or special feeling about the item word generated according to the game play situation of the real user or the item generated by combining the item wording. it can. Moreover, the achievement target in a game can be set as a precondition in the game, and it becomes possible to provide a new interest to a real user.

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As another aspect, the word generation unit generates the new item word when it is determined from the information about the virtual user that the virtual user has or has held all existing items. It is characterized by.

  According to this aspect, when a user has all existing items, a variety of items can be implemented while reducing the work of the game creator by generating a new item wording. can do. In other words, when a user progresses the game after a certain period of time has elapsed since the game release, there is a possibility that some of the users who possess or have possessed all the items prepared on the game production side will appear. is there. In such a case, unless the game creator adds a new item, the user cannot acquire a new item, and the game becomes rutted. In this aspect, in such a case, the item generation unit can automatically generate multiple types of items by combining existing items and item wordings, so the number of items to be implemented can be increased easily. Thus, it is possible to always provide new items to the user.

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As another aspect, the word generator generates the new item word generated based on information about the user or the virtual user so that only the user or the virtual user can use the user or the virtual user. It is characterized by being stored in association with user identification information.

  According to this aspect, the item wording associated with a specific real user can be used only for items to be given to the specific real user. Accordingly, the user can have a unique item that only the user has in the game, and the user's attachment to the item can be drawn out.

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As another aspect, the information on the user or the virtual user is replaced with a predetermined variable in advance, and the word generation unit generates the item word according to the variable.

  According to this aspect, the word generation unit refers to these words for words unique to each real user, such as “virtual user name”, “virtual user title”, and “word input by real user”. It is added to the item wording as a variable to refer to the wording related to each real user and virtual user. Similarly, with respect to the adjustment information, the “virtual user level”, “number of team members”, and the like are determined by referring to the values of individual real users using variables. When a word related to each user is newly saved, a new storage area is required in the same way as a storage area for user information that has already been stored. In this aspect, the user information that has already been stored is referred to by a variable. As a result, it is possible to easily increase the number of items to be mounted and always provide new items to the user without requiring an extra storage area.

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Moreover, as an example of the word regarding a user or a virtual user, the fellow information of the fellow relation to which the said user belongs may be included. That is, the game server constructs a friendship relationship constituted by a plurality of the users, and is information indicating the friendship relationship between the name of the friendship relationship, the name and number of users belonging, and the users belonging It further includes a friend relationship management unit that manages friend information including the content of at least one of the transmitted and received messages.

  A system in which real users can build friendships and team relationships such as teams in the game is an element adopted in many social games for the purpose of exchange between users. The aspect of the present invention is capable of generating a new item wording based on the wording related to the established friendship.

  For example, the name of a team and words frequently appearing in messages exchanged within the team have special meanings for actual users belonging to the team and are considered to be attached words. Therefore, by adopting such wording as an item wording and including it in the item name, an item with a special feeling of rareness for an actual user can be implemented.

  Note that the fellow information does not have any special valuable value for an actual user who does not belong to the fellow relation indicated by the fellow information. For this reason, the item wording based on fellow information may be set so as to be applied only to items acquired by the real user belonging to the fellow relation.

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The game server of the present invention may be an arbitrary combination of some or all of the above components. The present invention also relates to a game providing method in which the operation of the game server according to the present invention is extracted, a game program for operating the game server, an information recording medium recording the game program, and a game system including the game server and the terminal. It has a step or function for realizing the same effect as the game server. Therefore, the game providing method, the game program, and the game system according to the present invention have the same effects as the game server. Note that each aspect that can be adopted by the game server is also applicable to the game providing method, the game program, and the game system according to the present invention.

  In the social game provided by the present invention, various items can be generated by a relatively simple process by combining existing items with item wordings associated with information for adjusting the effect of each item. . Also, since items with different names can always be provided to real users, new interests can always be provided without getting bored of real users, and items that match each user's preference can be provided. Be able to get.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the game system of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the social game which the game server of this invention provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the hardware constitutions of the game server of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of the game server of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display screen about the item in a game. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the table which manages the item information in a game. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the table which manages the possession item for every user. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the table which manages an item wording and adjustment information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the table which manages item wording and adjustment information. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the table which manages the produced | generated item. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of an item provision process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of an item production | generation process. It is a functional block diagram which shows the modification of the functional structure of a game server. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the table which manages the fellow relationship between users. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the production | generation process of an item wording.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
First, a game system G that provides a user operating the terminal 3 with an online game realized by the game server 1, the game server 1, and the terminal 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Will be described.

(1) Introduction FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a game system G in which the game server according to the embodiment is incorporated. The game system G provides a user who operates the terminal 3 with an online game realized by communication between the game server 1 that distributes the game and the terminal 3. As illustrated, the game system G includes a game server 1 connected to a network 2 such as the Internet, and terminals 3a, 3b, 3c,..., 3n (hereinafter, referred to as “communication with the game server”). Collectively referred to as a terminal 3).

  The game server 1 is a host computer in which application software for providing a game is installed. The game server 1 executes arithmetic processing for progressing the game in accordance with an operation input to the terminal 3 by the user. The network 2 is a communication network capable of transmitting and receiving data between the game server 1 and the terminal 3 such as the Internet.

  The terminal 3 is a client computer for a user to receive a game, and has a function of displaying image data transmitted from the game server 1 and a function of inputting a user operation and transmitting it to the game server 1 And have.

  In the game system G, the game server 1 transmits a game image, which is an image representing the game as a result of the arithmetic processing, to the terminal 3 for display. The terminal 3 transmits a user operation input to the displayed image to the game server 1. The game server 1 that has received the user's operation executes arithmetic processing according to the operation content, and further transmits a game image indicating the processing result to the terminal 3 for display. By repeating such a series of processing, the user can play a game on the terminal 3.

  In addition, the game system G of the present embodiment provides a social game 20 having a so-called social element that allows a plurality of users to receive a game via their respective terminals 3 and play simultaneously while communicating with each other. To do.

(2) Explanation of Terms Prior to detailed description of the present embodiment, definitions of terms used in the embodiment will be described below. In the present embodiment, for the user of the social game 20, two concepts of “real user” and “virtual user” are used for convenience. The “real user” is a user who plays a role in playing the game, and is a user as an actual personality who inputs the operation content to the game server 1 by operating the terminal 3.

  A “virtual user” is a virtual character in the game that acts based on an operation of a real user. The virtual user is perceived by other real users as an avatar or character name expressed by an image or text in the game, like other characters in the game that act according to the program of the social game 20. Moreover, although it is not directly perceived from an image or text, such as a hand of a shogi game, it may be indirectly perceived as a subject of action based on an operation of a real user.

  In the social game 20, it can be said that the virtual user is not only a mere operation target of the real user, but also a representative of the real user itself. For example, the virtual user is assigned various parameters such as a level indicating a measure of ability in the social game 20 and an attack power. For the real user, processing for the operation of the real user, such as determination of success or failure when the virtual user performs some action, is determined mainly based on these parameters. In addition, a real user perceives a virtual user that is different from his / her operation target, thereby recognizing the existence of another real user who operates the virtual user, exchanging messages with the real user, Exchanges according to the game, such as playing, can be achieved.

  The “virtual world” is a virtual world configured (in other words, expressed) in the game by various data such as images and text provided by the game server 1.

(3) Outline of Social Game Next, an outline of the social game 20 of the present embodiment will be described by taking a game based on adventure or battle as an example. In the social game 20, a real user can operate a virtual user in the game and adventure a virtual world configured in the game, or can battle and interact with other virtual users and in-game characters. Moreover, the virtual user operated by the real user can advantageously advance the game by using items acquired in accordance with the progress of the game such as adventure and battle.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of game elements included in the social game 20 such as adventure, battle, and exchange between real users will be described as individual game parts for convenience. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing game parts 21 to 26 included in the social game 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the social game 20 has a plurality of game parts such as a quest part 21, a synthesis part 22, a battle part 23, a gacha part 24, a trade part 25, and a user part 26.

  The quest part 21 is a game part on the theme of adventure in a virtual world as indicated by the name of a quest having meanings such as search, search, and adventure. In the quest part, the real user can advance the story or acquire the item by operating the action of the virtual user to adventure the virtual world.

  The synthesis part 22 is a game part on the theme of so-called item synthesis in which items held by a virtual user are combined and changed to different items.

  The battle part 23 is a game part whose theme is a battle (that is, a battle) between a virtual user and another virtual user or an in-game character.

  The gacha part 24 is a game part based on “Gacha Gacha (registered trademark)” representing a state in which coins are inserted into a vending machine and a toy with a capsule comes out. In the gacha part, the real user can make a lottery by using the gacha by paying in-game currency held by the virtual user and acquire the extracted item.

  The trade part 25 is a game part whose subject is to exchange (that is, trade) items held by the virtual user. In the trade part, the real user can acquire different items by trading items held by the virtual user with other virtual users, in-game characters, and the like.

  The user part 26 is a game part whose theme is communication between real users. Through the user part 26, the real user can establish a friendship such as forming a team with another real user, or exchange messages such as exchanging messages.

  In this embodiment, the game parts 21-26 express one social game 20 in relation to each other or independently, thereby providing various users with various interests. Hereinafter, when the term “game” or “social game 20” is simply used, the entire social game including the plurality of game parts is indicated.

(4) Basic Configuration Example Each configuration of the game system G that realizes the provision of the social game 20 will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

(4-1) Terminal Configuration The terminal 3 receives a game provided by connecting to the game server 1 via the network 2 such as a mobile phone terminal such as a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or a personal computer. It is an information terminal capable of As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 3 includes a wireless communication unit 31, a display unit 32, and an operation input unit 33.

  The wireless communication unit 31 connects to the network 2 using a wireless communication line such as a mobile phone line or a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) line, and performs data communication with the game server 1. Specifically, the wireless communication unit 31 receives the image data of the game image transmitted from the game server 1, and transmits the operation content of the real user input through the operation input unit 33 to the game server 1. To do.

  The display unit 32 is a display that displays image data received from the game server 1. The operation input unit 33 is a device for inputting an operation of a real user. For example, a touch panel integrated with the display unit 32, a button or a pointing device capable of appropriately selecting a game image displayed on the display unit 32, and the like. Etc.

  The terminal 3 also includes an arithmetic device such as a CPU and a memory (not shown) in which application software for operating the CPU is stored as control means for executing the processing of each unit.

  The game server 1 authenticates the terminal 3 using the ID and password registered by the real user to be used for each terminal 3 that provides the social game 20. By authenticating, the game server 1 can grasp the terminal 3 to communicate with, the real user who operates the terminal 3, and the virtual user that is the target of the operation of the real user, in association with each other. The terminal 3 that has performed individual authentication with the game server 1 receives data necessary for proceeding with the social game 20 from the game server 1, and uses the operation data input by the operation input unit 33 as a game server. 1 to send.

  In addition, although the example in which the terminal 3 is connected to the network 2 by wireless communication via the wireless communication unit 31 has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be connected to the network 2 by wired communication, for example.

(4-2) Hardware Configuration of Game Server With reference to FIG. 3, the configuration of the game server 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a basic hardware configuration of the game server 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the game server 1 is a device that is connected to the network 2 and transmits data constituting the game in response to an operation of a real user transmitted from the terminal 3. Although only one game server 1 is shown in FIG. 1, devices having the same configuration may be added as appropriate according to the number of connected terminals 3 that provide the social game 20. . Moreover, the structure which operate | moves as one game server by combining the some apparatus which each stored the data regarding the social game 20 fragmentally may be sufficient. In any configuration, the game server 1 may be a concept indicating a single device having a function as a server for providing a game, or a set of a plurality of devices.

  As shown in the figure, the game server 1 executes a communication interface 11 that communicates with the terminal 3 via the network 2, an input device 12 that receives an operation input from a game creator, such as a keyboard and a mouse, and various arithmetic processes. An arithmetic processing unit 13 such as a CPU, a display unit 14 such as a display for displaying processing contents, an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) that temporarily stores arithmetic processing data A memory 15 and a storage device 16 such as a hard disk storing application software and various data are provided.

(4-3) Functional Configuration of Game Server Main functions of the game server 1 having the hardware configuration described above will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing functions related to provision of the social game 20 that the game server 1 has as a functional unit for convenience.

  The game server 1 includes an operation data reception unit 101, a data transmission unit 102, a game processing unit 110, an item management unit 120, and a data storage unit 200. Typically, the game server 1 realizes these functions by executing application software recorded in the storage device 16 by the arithmetic processing device 13.

  The operation data receiving unit 101 is a functional unit as an interface that receives an input of an operation of a real user input from the terminal 3 via the network 2 and inputs operation contents to the game processing unit 110. The operation data receiving unit 101 inputs the received operation contents of the real user to the game processing unit 110.

  The image data transmission unit 102 is a functional unit as an interface for communicating with the terminal 3 via the network 2. The image data transmission unit 102 transmits data such as images and sounds representing the game generated by the game processing unit 110 to the terminal 3.

(4-3-1) Game processing part The game processing part 110 performs the process which concerns on progress of each game parts 21-26 which are the game elements which comprise the social game 20. FIG. For the sake of convenience, the game processing unit 110 will be described by being divided into a plurality of functional units that perform processing individually for each of these game parts.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the game processing unit 110 is a separate processing unit that performs processing corresponding to each of the game parts 21 to 26, a quest part processing unit 111, a composite part processing unit 112, and a battle part. A processing unit 113, a gacha part processing unit 114, a trade part processing unit 115, and a user part processing unit 116 are provided for convenience.

  Each of the processing units 111 to 116 receives an operation of a real user who plays with the corresponding game part, executes a process specified by the game part, generates game image data corresponding to the processing result, and transmits the game image data to the terminal 3. Then, a common series of processes for displaying the game image on the display unit 32 is performed. In addition, when a parameter such as an ability value assigned to the virtual user to be operated or an item possessed by the real user changes, the data stored in the data storage unit 200 is rewritten. The social game 20 is advanced by repeating these processes.

  For example, the quest part processing unit 111 causes the virtual user to move or search in the virtual world according to the operation of the real user, and as a result, the graphic or the situation indicating the situation in the virtual world A game image including text is generated. The generated game image or the like is transmitted to the terminal 3 via the image data transmission unit 102.

  Similarly, the processing units 112 to 116 of the other game parts also perform the processes defined by the game parts 22 to 26 in accordance with the operation of the real user. The processed game image is transmitted to the terminal 3 of the real user via the image data transmission unit 102. That is, the composite part processing unit 112 performs the above-described processing related to the composite part 22. The battle part processing unit 113 performs the processing related to the battle part 23. The gacha part processing unit 114 performs the above processing related to the gacha part 24. The trade part processing unit 115 performs the above processing related to the trade part 25. The user part processing unit 116 performs the processing related to the user part 26.

(4-3-2) Data Storage Unit The data storage unit 200 is a data storage that stores various data regarding the social game 20 in the storage device 16. The data storage unit 200 may include a plurality of storage units for convenience depending on the type of information to be stored.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the data storage unit 200 includes a game information storage unit 210 that stores information about games, a user information storage unit 220 that stores information about real users or virtual users, and items used for generating items. A word data storage unit 230 that stores information about the word.

  The game information storage unit 210 is a storage area that mainly stores data constituting the social game 20, and stores images, texts, information on items, and the like.

  Specifically, the game information storage unit 210 includes an item data table 211 and a generated item data table 212. As shown in FIG. 6, the item data table 211 assigns a unique ID (item ID) to an item, and the item name (item name), type (item type), effects such as attack power and defense power, and item Various data of image information (such as an image data ID assigned to a set image) is stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the generated item data table 212 assigns a unique ID (generated item ID) to each item generated by the item generating unit 124 described later, and the item name (item name) is assigned to this ID. ), The original item before the item generation, and the combined item wording (item wording 1, item wording 2...) Are stored in association with each other.

  The user information storage unit 220 is a storage area for storing information related to the real user and the virtual user to be operated, and includes the ID and password for authenticating the terminal 3 of the real user, the name of the virtual user in the game, Ability value such as level, information such as job title and affiliation team, and information of possessed items are stored. Specifically, the user information storage unit 220 includes a possessed item data table 221. As shown in FIG. 7, the possessed item data table 221 stores the associated item ID in association with the unique ID (user ID) assigned to the real user or the virtual user to be operated. .

  The wording data storage unit 230 is a storage unit that stores information related to a wording used for item generation processing by the item generation unit 124 described below, and stores some information related to the wording data table 231, the wording number table 232, and other words. To do. Specifically, the word data storage unit 230 includes an item word data table 231 and a word count data table 232.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the item wording data table 231 is a table in which a unique ID (item wording ID) is assigned to each item wording and is associated with adjustment information for changing the effect of the combined items. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the number-of-words data table 232 defines the number of extracted words according to the degree of rarity. The in-game value of the item is set to normal, rare (rare), S rare (further, The number of item words to be extracted is set to increase to “1”, “2”, and “3” as the degree of rarity rises from normal.

(4-3-3) Item Management Unit The item management unit 120 is a functional unit that manages items used in the social game 20. Specifically, with respect to individual items stored in the data storage unit 200 or possessed items for each real user, reading and rewriting of data, generation of new items, storage / extraction of words for generation of new items, Assign items to users. In addition, when the item management unit 120 receives the execution of the item assignment process from the game processing unit 110, the item management unit 120 determines whether to assign an existing item or a new item. In order to realize these functions, as shown in FIG. 4, the item management unit 120 includes functional units such as an item information management unit 121, a word management unit 122, a word extraction unit 123, and an item generation unit 124. Have.

[Examples of items managed in the item management department]
Here, the items managed by the item management unit 120 will be described using specific examples. In the social game 20, an item has various data such as a name, ability value, graphic, and text, and is expressed as a game image (for example, an item card 50) collected in a card format, for example. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the item card 50 displayed on the display unit 32 of the real user's terminal 3, and shows a state in which a display area for displaying information on various items is provided. Has been.

  The item card 50 shown in FIG. 5 includes a name area 51 indicating the name of the item, an effect area 52 indicating effects in the game such as the item type, attack power and defense power, an image area 53 indicating the image of the item, A text area 54 is provided that shows descriptive text about the item. The actual user can display the item card 50 at a desired timing by performing an operation of displaying a confirmation screen for the item he / she owns from the terminal 3 and can confirm the effect and image of the item. In addition, on the screen on which the item card 50 is displayed, the “equipment” button 55 for performing processing for attaching the item to the virtual user and applying the effect, or discarding the item and deleting it from the possessed item A selectable object such as a “throw away” button 56 for processing may be displayed.

[Each item management department function]
Next, each functional unit of the item management unit 120 will be described in detail.

[Outline of function of item information management unit 121]
When the item information management unit 121 accepts execution of an item assignment process from the game processing unit 110, the item information management unit 121 has a function of executing a determination as to whether to give an existing item or a new item.

  Further, the item information management unit 121 has a function of accessing the item data table 211 and the possessed item data table 221 to read and rewrite existing items. Furthermore, the item information management unit 121 has a function of storing new items generated by processing of a word management unit 122, a word extraction unit 123, and an item generation unit 124, which will be described later, in the possessed item data table 221.

  The existing item management function of the item information management unit 121 will be specifically described below. The new item management function will be described after the word management unit 122, the word extraction unit 123, and the item generation unit 124 of the item management unit 120 are described.

[Existing Item Management Function of Item Information Management Unit 121]
The item information management unit 121 manages item information of each item using information stored as a data table in the data storage unit 200. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an item data table 211 which is an example of such a data table. The item information management unit 121 manages item information prepared by the creator of the social game 20 and stored in the item data table 211.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6, in the item data table 211, a unique ID (item ID) is assigned to the item, and the item name (item name), type (item type), attack power, defense power, etc. Various data such as effects and item image information (such as an image data ID assigned to a set image) are stored. For example, the item of item IDI001 is an item of the type “weapon” whose name is “dagger”, has parameters of attack power 10 and defense power 5, and image data with image ID G001 is set. Yes.

  In addition, the item information management unit 121 manages the possessed items held by individual real users using information stored as data tables in the data storage unit 200. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the possessed item data table 221 which is an example of such a data table. As shown in FIG. 7, the possessed item data table 221 is stored in association with the possessed item ID with the unique ID (user ID) assigned to the real user or the virtual user to be operated. . In the example of FIG. 7, a real user with a user ID U001 has an item with an item ID I001 and an item with I002.

[Function of Word Management Unit 122]
The wording management unit 122 manages an item wording that becomes a data element when a new item is generated. An item wording is a wording that can express some speciality about the state and effect of an item by combining with the name of an existing item. Item wordings include, for example, words that indicate the state and effect of the item, such as “shining”, “shining”, “sharp”, “fire”, “battle”, “master”, “moonlight”, “breaking storm”, etc. Qualifying words such as idioms that can produce some speciality.

  The word management unit 122 manages individual item words and adjustment information associated therewith using information stored as a data table in the data storage unit 200. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an item wording data table 231 which is an example of such a data table. As shown in FIG. 8, the item wording data table 231 assigns a unique ID (item wording ID) to each item wording and associates it with adjustment information for changing the effect of the combined item in the item wording data table 231. Storing. In the example of FIG. 8, the item wording “strong” whose item wording ID is W001 has data that increases the attack power of the combined items by 1%.

  The wording used as the item wording is preferably selected according to the world view of the game provided by the game server and does not impair the theme or image received by the user from the entire game. In addition, the item wording preferably has a relationship between the image that the word gives to the real user and the associated adjustment information. For example, the item wording “strong” has adjustment information that improves the attack power and defense power of the item so as to remind the real user the image of “strengthened” inferred from the wording. Preferably it is.

[Function for generating a new item-functions of a word extraction unit and an item generation unit]
The word extraction unit 123 and the item generation unit 124 execute processing for newly generating an item under the control of the item management unit 120.

[Function of the word extraction unit 123]
The word extraction unit 123 extracts the item word stored in the data storage unit 200 and inputs it to the item generation unit 124 in the process of generating the item. Basically, the wording extraction unit 123 randomly extracts one item wording from the item wording data table 231 stored therein.

  In addition, since the item wording has various influences on the effect of the item depending on the combination, there are some cases where the effect is strong but the effect is similar. Considering the difference in the effect of the adjustment information for each item wording, for example, the item wording with strong adjustment information effect is more rare in the game, in other words, the appearance frequency in the game is higher. You may set the probability extracted about each item wording so that it may become low. Thereby, the value of the item wording with a high degree of rarity is increased, the user's interest in the item wording is increased, and the randomness of the appearance of the item wording is increased, so that the game performance can be improved.

  Further, the word extraction unit 123 may extract a plurality of item words used for item generation from the item generation unit 124 instead of one. Basically, the adjustment information of the item wording gives an advantageous effect to the progress of the game, such as improving the effect of the item, and by combining multiple item wordings, the item effect is more advantageous. It will become. Accordingly, the word extraction unit 123 may determine the number of words to be extracted according to the rarity of the items to be generated and the in-game value. In this way, depending on the rarity of the item, the number of items that can be extracted is set, so by acquiring an item with a high rarity, there is a possibility that the effect of that item can be further enhanced. The user's willingness to acquire rare items increases. Furthermore, even if the user acquires a rare item, the effect of the item can be further increased without increasing the item, so that it is possible to increase the game performance in acquiring one item.

  As an example, after the item generation unit 120 determines the in-game value of the item at the time of generating the item, the word extraction unit 123 refers to the word count data table 232 in the data storage unit 120 to determine the in-game value. The number of words according to is extracted. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the word count data table 232 that defines the number of extracted words according to the degree of rarity. In FIG. 9, the in-game value of the item is represented by a rare degree of normal, rare (rare), and S rare (more rare), and the number of item words to be extracted as the rare degree rises from normal is “1”. Settings that increase as “2” and “3” are shown.

[Function of Item Generation Unit 124]
The item generation unit 124 generates a new item by combining the input item wording with the item. At this time, the item generation unit 124 determines the name of the new item by combining the item wording with the name of the original item, and applies the effect of the adjustment information of the item wording to the effect of the original item. Things are the effects of new items.

  That is, according to the word extraction unit 123 and the item generation unit 124, a new item having unique item information can be generated by treating and combining existing items and item wordings as data elements.

[New Item Management Function of Item Information Management Unit 121]
The item information management unit 121 stores and manages the generated item information in the data storage unit 200 in the form of a data table or the like. At this time, the item information management unit 121 may prepare and manage a dedicated data table for managing the generated item, which is different from the item data table 211 shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a generated item data table 212 that is an example of a dedicated data table for managing generated items.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the generated item data table 212 assigns a unique item ID to the generated item, and combines the item name, the original item used for generating the item, and the combined item. Words (item wording 1, item wording 2...) Are stored. For example, in FIG. 10, an item with the name “strong dagger” whose item ID is I101 is a combination of “dagger” whose item ID is T001 and an item word “strong” whose item ID is W001. Stored. In addition, an item with an item ID “I102” named “Shining Dagger [Audience]” is a combination of “Sword” with Item ID T001 and item words “Shining” and “Audience” with item IDs W012 and W052. The fact that it is a thing is stored.

  Note that the item information management unit 121 may store the generated items in the item data table 211 illustrated in FIG. 6 and manage them together with the mounted items without using the item generation unit 124. In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the item information management unit 121 may store the name and type of the generated item, effects such as attack power and defense power, and image data ID.

(5) Process example of game server Below, the process in each part of the game server 1 is demonstrated.

(5-1) Item Granting Process With reference to FIG. 11, an item granting process for an actual user by the game server 1 of the present embodiment will be described. The flowchart of FIG. 11 shows the flow of processing when an item is given to the real user when the item is acquired while the real user is playing the social game 20. For example, when playing any of the game parts 21 to 26 (for example, gacha part 24) and obtaining an item by satisfying some condition (for example, when performing lottery by gacha), it corresponds to the game part The processing units 111 to 116 request the item management unit 120 to perform item assignment processing.

  First, the item information management unit 121 determines whether to newly generate an item to be given or to select from existing items (step S101). At this time, the item management unit 121 uses the information related to the real user to be granted the item and the virtual user to be operated, that is, based on the capability and possessed item of the virtual user, the play result of the real user, past operation history, etc. It may be determined whether or not to newly generate.

  For example, when the real user to whom the item is given possesses all existing items, it may be determined that a new item is to be generated. In other words, when a user progresses the game after a certain period of time has elapsed since the game release, there is a possibility that some of the users who possess or have possessed all the items prepared on the game production side will appear. is there. In such a case, unless the game creator adds a new item, the user cannot acquire a new item, and the game becomes rutted. In this aspect, in such a case, the item generation unit can automatically generate multiple types of items by combining existing items and item wordings, so the number of items to be implemented can be increased easily. Thus, it is possible to always provide new items to the user.

  Also, it may be determined according to the game situation prior to the item granting process. For example, when an actual user acquires an item by a gacha with a charge, it is determined that a new item is generated and given. Alternatively, when an actual user acquires an item in a manner that does not cause any other charge, it may be determined to select from existing items. In addition, you may determine at random, without providing judgment criteria.

  If it is determined that a new item is to be generated (step S101: Yes), the item information management unit 121 notifies the word extraction unit 122 and the item generation unit 123 to that effect, and executes an item generation process (step S102, item Details of the generation process will be described later with reference to FIG. 12.) When the item generation process ends, this process ends (END).

  On the other hand, when the item information management unit 121 determines that an item is not newly generated (step S101: No), the item information management unit 121 refers to the item data table 211 and selects an item to be given from the items stored in the table (step S103). ).

  After the item to be assigned is determined, the item information management unit 121 performs a process of adding data to the possessed item table 221 (step S104), and ends the process (END). By the above processing, an item is given to the real user.

(5-2) Item Generation Processing The item generation processing (FIG. 11, step S102) by the item generation unit 124 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, processing in the case of generating a new item to be given to the real user according to the operation of the real user will be described as an example.

  In step S101 of FIG. 11 described above, when the item information management unit 121 determines to perform an item generation process, the item information management unit 121 selects one original item (step S111). The items selected in this case may be limited to those stored in the item data table 211, or may be items generated by past item generation processing stored in the generated item data table 212.

  Next, the word extraction unit 123 extracts the item wording from what is stored in the item wording table 231 and notifies the item generation unit 124 (step S112). The word extraction unit 123 randomly extracts one or a plurality of item words from the items stored in the item word data table 231 shown in FIG. The item wording includes, for example, a wording that can be an adjective for an item such as “strong” or “sharp” as shown in FIG. These are stored as adjustment information, which is obtained by quantifying a certain effect such as offensive power or defensive power, which can be conceived from the wording, with a plus or minus value, based on the item wording ID. Has been. The word extraction unit 123 extracts such item word ID and notifies the item generation unit 124 of it.

  The item generation unit 124 determines item information such as the item name and effect of the new item by combining the selected item and the item wording (step S113). Specifically, the item generation unit 123 determines the name of a new item to be generated by combining an item wording with the name of the selected item. For example, when combining the item word “sword” with the item “sword”, the item generator 123 connects “sword” and “sharp” to determine a new item name “sharp sword”. In addition, when naming “swords” and “sharp”, the naming rules for the generated items, such as “sword (sharp)”, “sharpened sword”, “sword +1”, etc., are stipulated separately. It may be.

  For example, the item information management unit 121 extracts “dagger” with the item ID “1001” from the items shown in FIG. 6, and the word extraction unit 123 uses the item word ID “W001” among the words shown in FIG. When “strong” is extracted, the item generating unit 124 combines the item wording and the item name, and an item with the item name “strong dagger” is generated as shown in FIG. 10 as the generated item ID “l101”. The

  Further, for example, the item information management unit 121 extracts “dagger” of the item ID “1001” from the items shown in FIG. 6 in the same manner as described above, and the word extraction unit 123 uses the word shown in FIG. When the item word ID “W012” “shining” and the item word ID “W052” “Australia” are extracted, the item generation unit 124 combines this item wording with the item name, and the generated item ID “ An item with the item name “Shining Dagger [Audience]” is generated as shown as “l102”. Thus, when a plurality of item words are extracted, an adjective word can be added in front of the item name, and a pronoun word or graded word can be added from the back by parentheses. Of course, although it is different from the specific example, it is possible to continuously add “shining mastery dagger”.

  In addition, the item generation unit 123 applies the adjustment based on the adjustment information associated with the item wording to the effect specified in the item information of the selected “original item” as the effect of the new item. . For example, if the item wording “sharp” is associated with adjustment information “+ 5% of combined item attack power”, the generated item “sharp sword” is the original item “sword”. Compared to the data, the attack power is improved by 5%.

  For example, the item information management unit 121 extracts “dagger” with the item ID “1001” from the items shown in FIG. 6, and the word extraction unit 123 uses the item word ID “W001” among the words shown in FIG. When “strong” is extracted, the item generation unit 124 has the adjustment information “attack power + 1%” with respect to the original attack power “1000” as the effect of the item. Thus, the adjustment attack power of this generated item is set to “1010”.

  Further, for example, the item information management unit 121 extracts “dagger” of the item ID “1001” from the items shown in FIG. 6 in the same manner as described above, and the word extraction unit 123 uses the word shown in FIG. When the item word ID “W012” “shining” and the item word ID “W052” “great master” are extracted, the item generation unit 124, as an item effect, against the original attack power “1000” Since the adjustment information is “attack power + 5%” in the case of the item wording “shining” and “attack power + 30%” in the case of the item wording “Australia”, the adjustment of this generated item is shown in FIG. The attack power is “1350”.

  In FIG. 10, for the convenience of explanation, information other than the attack power and the defense power is omitted as adjustment information in FIG.

  After the data is determined, the item information management unit 121 stores the generated item in the generated item data table 212 (step S114), and ends the item generation process (END).

(5-3) Effect According to the item generation processing of the present embodiment, a new item automatic having a unique name and effect can be obtained by extracting and combining the item wording with an item pre-installed by a game creator or the like. Can be generated automatically. For this reason, if the game creator first implements a certain type of item and item wording, then the game creator can implement a large number of items and item wordings by adding one item or item wording. Items can be generated automatically. Therefore, it is possible to mount a wide variety of items with relatively easy work, and to provide a new interest that does not get tired of real users.

  In addition, by combining a variety of item wordings, it is possible to prepare items that match the preferences of real users. For example, by preparing a variety of item words, it is possible to find a word that each real user likes, and items that meet the needs of each real user can be provided. The same applies to the adjustment information for each item wording. In other words, preparing various effects leads to diversification of individual item effects, and each real user can acquire an item that suits his / her preference regardless of both simple performance defects. become able to. For this reason, it leads to satisfaction of a real user, and it can be expected that the interest obtained from the game is improved.

  In addition, since the names and effects of the generated items are various, it is difficult for the actual user to acquire duplicate items already owned by the real user. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user's desire to collect items from being lost and to prevent the interest from being reduced. In addition, it is difficult for another real user to have the same item as the item he / she owns. As a result, the actual user can have a feeling of rarity and special feeling about the items that he / she owns, leading to a further attachment.

  In social games, it is common for items to be implemented in some form, such as weapons and armor used by virtual users, tools, magic and abilities, and pets to be bred. When providing such a game, the groundbreaking effects described above can be realized by using the item generation processing of the present embodiment.

  Note that the item generation process may be executed independently of the flow of the item provision process shown in FIG. For example, the game server 1 may generate a new item at an arbitrary timing when managing and providing the social game 20.

[2. Second Embodiment]
A game system G that provides a user operating the terminal 3 with an online game realized by the game server 1 ′, the game server 1 ′, and the terminal 3 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Will be described.

(1) Configuration The game server 1 ′ of the present embodiment changes the configuration of the item management unit 120 of the game server 1 according to the first embodiment, and further associates the fellow relationship management unit 130 with this. In addition, the user information storage unit 220 of the data storage unit 200 is provided with a friendship data table 222 (see FIG. 4), and other configurations are the same as those of the game server 1 of the first embodiment. .

[Changes in the item management department]
First, changes in the item management unit 120 will be described.
In the item management unit 120 in the game server 1 according to the first embodiment, the processing of the item generation unit 124 is performed by adding an existing item statement saved in the item statement data table 231 to an existing item saved in the item data table 211. To create a new item. In contrast, the item management unit 120 ′ in the game server 1 ′ of the present embodiment generates a new item word that is not stored in the item word data table 231, in other words, a new item in the social game 20. It has a function to add words.

  A specific configuration for realizing such a function will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the word management unit 122 of the item processing unit 120 ′ includes a word generation unit 1221.

  In addition, since it is the same as that of 1st Embodiment about components other than the word management part 122 in the game server 1 'containing the item management part 120', the game system G, and the terminal 3, it attaches | subjects the same code | symbol and demonstrates. Are omitted as those that are used in the first embodiment.

  The word generation unit 1221 is a functional unit for inputting a predetermined word as a new item word. That is, the word generation unit 1221 generates a new item word after associating the adjustment information with a certain word and adds it to the item word data table 231. At this time, the word generation unit 1221 may store the generated new item word in a data table different from the one in which the existing item word is stored and manage it separately.

[Friendship Management Department and Friendship Data Table]
Moreover, as above-mentioned, in this embodiment, the fellow relation management part 130 which performs the process in connection with construction and management of the fellow relation between real users is added.
The fellow relationship management unit 130 performs processing related to the construction and management of fellow relationships between real users. A friendship is an example of a social element whose main purpose is to interact with real users who play in the same social game 20, and for example, real users in the game, such as friends, family, teams, and guilds, or The relationship between the virtual users to be operated is shown. By building a friendship relationship with another real user, the real user can artificially connect such a relationship and play the social game 20 jointly.

  For example, the friendship is established through the play of the user part 26. When a real user who is playing the user part 26 requests other real users to establish a friendship relationship, a message is sent to the requested real user for approval by the processing of the peer relationship management unit 130. Is done. The real user who receives the request approves the friendship between the real users.

  The fellow relationship management unit 130 stores the fellow information indicating the fellow relationship between the real users in the fellow relationship data table 222 in the data storage unit 200 and manages the fellow relationship for each real user. Here, the information to be managed is, for example, identification information (for example, user ID) of a real user who has a peer relationship for each real user, contents of a message transmitted to other real users, for example, a plurality of information It is the name of a fellow relationship such as a team formed by a real user, the number of team members, and the like.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, the fellow relationship data table 222 is exchanged between the user ID for each real user, the user IDs of other real users who are in a peer relationship, and the real user. The transmission message (A to D...), The teams (1, 2) and team names (X, Y) of other real users who are in the relevant relationship are stored. In the example of FIG. 14, the fellow relation data table 222 indicates that the real user with the user ID 001 has a fellow relation with the real users with the user IDs 002 and 003. Further, in the fellowship relationship data table 222, it is indicated that the real user with the user ID 002 has a fellowship relationship with the real user with the user IDs 001 and 005.

(2) Item wording generated / added by the word generation unit According to the processing in the word generation unit 1221 of the present embodiment, the wording determined by the real user or used in the social game 20 selected by the game server 1. Any word to be generated can be generated as an item word and added to the social game 20. The real user can acquire and collect items having a desired name and effect by acquiring an item having a name including the added item wording.

  The word generation unit 1221 generates, for example, the following words (a) to (d) as item words.

(A) Words Related to Real Users The word generation unit 1221 generates item wordings based on in-game wordings related to real users, such as names of real users and names of virtual users to be operated. be able to. In addition, the word generation unit 1221 also includes, as the words related to the real user, in-game information such as the title, personality, acquired martial arts school, and affiliated power of the virtual user to be operated by the real user. The item wording may be generated using information indicating the properties of the virtual user.

  Moreover, the word production | generation part 1221 can produce | generate an item word according to a real user's game play time or a play time zone etc. as a word relevant to a real user. For example, a word such as “skilled” may be generated when the play time is a predetermined time or more, or a word such as “nocturnal” may be generated when the time zone with the longest play time is at night. . In addition to the conditions of game play time or play time zone, in combination with the condition that the title in the game is “warrior”, new combinations such as “skilled warrior” and “nocturnal warrior” Item wording may be generated.

(B) Words related to friendships of real users The word generation unit 1221 is, for example, the names of friendships (for example, teams) in a game to which the real users belong, other real users who are in a fellowship, and their operations. In-game text related to fellow users, such as the name and title of the target virtual user, and words frequently appearing in messages exchanged within the peer, etc. An item wording can be generated based on the wording. The word generation unit 1221 refers to information stored in the data storage unit 200 and is based on information when a real user forms a team or transmits a message to another real user through the user part 26 or the like. Then, the wording related to the friendship is extracted and added as the item wording.

(C) Words freely input by the real user The real user may input an arbitrary word to the game server 1 via the operation input unit 33 of the terminal 3 and may use the word generation unit 1221 as an item word.

(D) Others In addition to the above, the word generation unit 1221 is not unique to a specific real user and is related to the social game 20, for example, an event held in the social game 20 or the name of an in-game character It is also possible to create item wordings based on the wordings associated with them.

  Among the illustrated words, (a) to (c) are familiar to the actual user in playing the social game 20, and therefore can be said to be easily attached. Further, in many cases, these words do not have a meaning that is common to all real users who play the social game 20, but are unique and have a special meaning only within a specific real user or his / her friends. . Although (d) is not a word having a special meaning specific to a specific user, since it is a reminder of the relevance of the social game 20 to the world view and play content for each real user, It can be said that the wording has a meaning.

  The word generation unit 1221 generates a word as shown in (a) to (d) and adds it as an item word so that an item including a word having a special meaning for the real user appears in the social game 20. It becomes possible to make it. An item including such a wording in its name gives a special attachment to the actual user as compared to other items, and leads to satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment in playing the social game 20.

(3) Association of adjustment information The word generation part 1221 associates adjustment information with the item word to be newly set as the item word.

  At this time, the word generation unit 1221 may associate adjustment information similar to that associated with other item words. For example, the word generation unit 1221 stores “attack power + 1% (that is, improves the attack power by 1%)” or “other party ’s defense power−20% (stored in the item word data table 231 shown in FIG. 8). In other words, adjustment information that exerts a predetermined effect may be used, such as calculating the opponent's defense strength as 20% lower during a battle game in the battle part 23 or the like.

  In addition, the word generation unit 1221 has a special adjustment that is different from the preset adjustment information prepared in advance for an item word that has a special meaning for a specific real user, such as a word related to the real user or a fellow relationship. Information may be associated. For example, even if the adjustment information is set based on some information related to the real user such as the level of the virtual user to be operated or the ability value such as attack power, the number of real users who are in a peer relationship, the real user number of the team to which the user belongs Good.

  It can be said that these pieces of information determine the actual user's play status, play results, use status of social elements, and the like. Based on such information, by setting the adjustment information of the item wording taken from the wording related to the real user, the item generated using the item wording related to the real user can be set to the item of the real user. The effect according to the play situation can be given.

  Thereby, it can be expected that the degree of attachment to the item of the actual user is further improved. Moreover, since the effect of an item can be improved more by improving a play condition and its result, the willingness to play a game further for a real user can be promoted.

  Note that the word generation unit 1221 may determine the adjustment information to be associated according to the content and nature of the word generated as the item word (for example, the type of information based on the actual user). For example, when adding the name of a virtual user operated by a real user (hereinafter referred to as “user A”) as an item wording, the word generation unit 1221 gives the virtual user the level, ability value, etc. of the virtual user. The adjustment information is determined based on the related information. Specifically, when the word “user A”, which is the name of the virtual user, is used as the item wording, the word generation unit 1221 adds adjustment information such as “add the attack power for the level% of the virtual user”. Associate. The item named “user A's sword” generated by the item generation unit 123 using the item word thus added is compared to the item whose name is “sword” by the level% of the virtual user. Has the effect of adding power.

  In addition, when adding the name of a team to which a certain real user belongs (hereinafter referred to as “team B”) as an item wording, the number of real users participating in the team and the virtual users that are the respective operation targets The adjustment information is determined based on information related to the team, such as the total value of the levels. Specifically, when the word “team B”, which is the name of the team, is used as the item wording, adjustment information such as “add the number of real users belonging to team B × 5% of attack power” is associated. .

  By determining the adjustment information associated with the item word to be added as described above, it becomes clear for the actual user what action during the game play determines the effect of the item. As a result, the actual user can grasp the in-game action to be taken in order to improve the effect of the item, and can be motivated to execute such action.

(4) Process for Generating / Adding New Item Wording With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15, the flow of processing for generating and adding a new item wording in the game server 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the word generation unit 1221 first determines a new word to be added in the process of generating a new item word (step S <b> 121). Specifically, the word generation unit 1221 accesses the possessed item data table 221 of the user information storage unit 220 when generating the item wording based on the word about the real user (above (a)), and described above. The in-game wording related to the real user and the game play time or play time zone of the real user are read, and based on this, the item wording is generated.

  In addition, when generating the item wording based on the wording related to the real user's fellowship (above (b)), the wording generation unit 1221 accesses the fellowship data table 222 and in-game about the fellowship described above. An item wording is generated based on a wording or a word frequently appearing in a message exchanged among friends.

  Furthermore, the word generation unit 1221 is input to the game processing unit 110 via the operation input unit 33 of the terminal 3 when generating the item word based on the word freely input by the real user (the above (c)). An arbitrary wording is received, and an item wording is generated based on the received wording.

  Next, the word generation unit 1221 confirms the content of the word to be added, and determines whether or not the word is unique to a specific real user, such as the name of the virtual user or the name of the team to which the word belongs (Step). S122). Specifically, the word generation unit 1221 determines whether the generated item word is an item word already registered in the item word data table 231 of the word data storage unit 230.

  When the generated item wording is a word unique to the Tokiyu user and not the item wording registered in the item wording data table 231 (step S122: YES), the wording generation unit 1221 refers to data regarding the real user. Then, adjustment information is set based on the referenced information (step S125). Specifically, for item wordings that have special meanings for specific real users, such as words related to real users and their peer relationships, special adjustment information that is different from the default adjustment information prepared in advance is associated. . For example, when the item word generated from the friendship is “best friend” or the like, the adjustment information is associated with the plus or minus image of the item wording such as “defense power + 10%”.

  On the other hand, when adding a word that is not unique to a specific real user, that is, when the generated item word is an item word that has already been registered in the item word data table 231 (step S122). : NO), using the information selected from the adjustment information prepared in advance, the adjustment information not depending on the information related to the real user is set (step S124). Specifically, adjustment information using adjustment information that exhibits a predetermined effect, such as “attack power + 1%” and “partner defense power−20%” stored in the item wording data table 231 shown in FIG. Is added.

  Thereafter, the word generation unit 1221 notifies the word management unit 121 of the newly added item word and the determined adjustment information, and the word management unit 121 stores the data in the data table in the data storage unit 120 (step S126). ), The process is terminated (END). Specifically, in the item wording data table 231 shown in FIG. 8, item wording IDs are added in ascending order, item wording, for example, “best friend” is added, and information such as “defense power + 10%” as adjustment information. Record.

  The item word newly added to the data table is extracted and used in the item generation process of the item generation unit 123 in the same manner as other item words.

  Note that a word having a special meaning unique to a specific real user, such as the name of a virtual user, may be set as an item word that can be used only for the real user. That is, the word generation unit 1221 may implement item wording that can be used only by the real user, corresponding to individual real users or real users belonging to individual friendships.

  Specifically, when the word generation unit 1221 adds a word specific to a specific real user, the word generation unit 1221 stores the user ID of the specific real user in the data table and associates it with the specific real user. I do. Then, the word extraction unit 122 extracts the item word to be combined from the word group including the item word associated with the real user when the item is newly generated in the item granting process to a certain real user. At this time, the word extraction unit 122 performs setting so as not to extract the item word that is not associated with the real user to whom the item is to be given. By such processing, the item wording associated with a specific real user can be used only for items to be given to the specific real user. Accordingly, the user can have a unique item that only the user has in the game, and the user's attachment to the item can be drawn out.

  In addition, the word generation unit 1221 relates to an individual real user or a virtual user using a variable or the like instead of individually adding a word related to a real user or a virtual user, or an item wording or adjustment information based on information. You may make it refer to wordings and information. For example, the word generation unit 1221 uses, as variables referring to these words, for words unique to each real user such as “virtual user name”, “virtual user title”, and “word input by real user”. You may make it refer to the word relevant to each real user and a virtual user in addition to an item word. Similarly, with regard to the adjustment information, regarding the “virtual user level”, “number of team members”, and the like, the adjustment information may be determined by referring to the values of individual real users using variables. According to this, since the user information already stored is referred to by the variable, the number of items to be implemented can be easily increased without requiring an extra storage area, and a new item can always be given to the user. It becomes possible to provide.

  As an example of processing according to the modified example, the word generation unit 1221 is related to the real user and the virtual user according to the tendency of the real user in the social game 20 such as a play situation, a play result, and a use situation of the social element. A certain word may be added as an item word. The word generation unit 1221 determines that a predetermined tendency is seen when information related to a real user or a virtual user satisfies a certain condition, and adds an item word according to the determination result as a criterion for determining the tendency. Processing may be performed.

  As an example, if the virtual user has a title that appears in the game, such as “warrior” or “magician”, the name of the title is used as an item word for an actual user who operates the virtual user. to add. As another example, the word generation unit confirms the titles of virtual users belonging to a certain team, and when the majority of virtual users are specific titles such as “warrior”, the name of the title is given to the team. It is added as an item word for the real user to which it belongs.

(5) Effects According to the processing in the second embodiment as described above, item wordings can be newly generated and added according to the play tendency of the real user. In other words, in order to generate an item that includes a desired word in its name or an item having a desired effect, the real user needs to satisfy an in-game condition related to the word or effect. This leads to an increase in the number of play targets in the game for the real user, and it is possible to provide a new interest to the real user.

[3. Other Embodiments]
As another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a game providing method and a game program for realizing functions equivalent to those of the game server 1 using some information communication device and information processing device such as a server device, and a game server and a game. A game system including a receiving terminal is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. The computer program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.) and a semiconductor memory, or a transmission wave and a transmission signal, and is read from the recording medium. A function equivalent to that of the game server 1 may be realized in the computer.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit or concept of the invention that can be read from the claims and the entire specification. A game server, a game providing method, a game program, an information recording medium on which the game program is recorded, and a game system are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game server 2 Network 3 Terminal 11 Communication interface 12 Operation input device 13 Arithmetic processing device 14 Display device 15 Memory 16 Storage device 31 Wireless communication part 32 Display part 33 Operation input part 101 Operation data receiving part 102 Image data transmission part 110 Game processing Unit 120 item processing unit 121 wording management unit 122 wording extraction unit 123 item generation unit 200 data storage unit 210 game information storage unit 220 user information storage unit 230 wording information storage unit

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In order to solve the above problems, a game server of the present invention is a game server that communicates with a user's terminal via a network to provide a game, and is information relating to an item used in the game. and item information management unit for storing and managing the item information in a storage unit a name and a effect of items in the game, storing the item wording is wording adjustment information is associated to adjust the effect of the item portion A word management unit that stores and manages, a word extraction unit that extracts an item word from a storage unit that is managed by the word management unit, an item that is managed by the item information management unit, and the word extraction unit in combination, and items wording extracted by a item generator for generating a new item, the item, A number is set, and the number of item wordings that can be combined according to the degree of rarity is set, and the word extraction unit is based on the number of item words that can be combined set in the item, It is possible to extract a plurality of the item wordings, and the item generation unit generates a new item name by combining the item name and the extracted item wording, and extracted the effect of the item Combining the adjustment information associated with the item wording to generate an effect of a new item, and when the plurality of item wordings are extracted by the wording extraction unit, the adjustment information corresponding to each item wording, It is characterized by combining multiple items with effects.

The word management unit stores and manages a word group including a plurality of item words and adjustment information associated with each item word in a data storage. In the item generation process, an item wording used for item generation is extracted from the wording management unit managed by the wording management unit. The adjustment information of the item wording gives an advantageous effect to the progress of the game, such as improving the effect of the item, and the effect of the item becomes more advantageous by combining a plurality of item wordings. In particular, the number of items that can be extracted according to the rarity of the item is set, so by acquiring an item with a high rarity, the possibility that the effect of that item can be further increased, Users' willingness to acquire rare items increases. Furthermore, even if the user acquires a rare item, the effect of the item can be further increased without increasing the item, so that it is possible to increase the game performance in acquiring one item.

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The game server of the present invention is a game server that communicates with a user's terminal via a network and provides a game, and is information related to an item used in the game, the item name and the item in the game. One or both of an item information management unit that stores and manages item information including effects in the storage unit, information about the user, and information about a virtual user who is a character in the game that is the operation target A word generation unit that generates a new item wording, a word management unit that stores and manages an item wording, which is a word associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item, in the storage unit, and the wording A word extraction unit that extracts item wordings from the storage unit managed by the management unit, and the item information management unit An item generation unit that generates a new item by combining the item to be processed and the item word extracted by the word extraction unit, the item generation unit including the name of the item and the extracted item wording Are combined to generate a new item name, and the item effect and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording are combined to generate a new item effect.

  According to this aspect, the word generation unit can generate a new item word and add it under the management of the word management unit. The word to be added may be determined by a real user, or may be determined by processing of the game server based on information related to the real user or the game.

  As an example, the word generation unit adds a word regarding either or both of the user and a virtual user who is a character in the game to be operated as the item word to the word management unit, The adjustment information based on information about the user or the virtual user may be associated with the user. For example, information about the real user and the virtual user, such as the name of the virtual user, the title set in the game, and the text arbitrarily input by the real user, are words that have special meaning to the real user and are attached. it is conceivable that. By adopting such a wording as an item wording and including it in the name of the item, it is possible to implement an item having a special feeling of scarcity for an actual user.

  Further, the word generation unit assigns adjustment information to the generated item word. The item word generated by the word generation unit is associated with the adjustment information in the same way as the item word prepared in advance by the game creator or the like. When the item generating unit newly generates an item, the item word generated by the word generating unit can be used in the same manner as an item word prepared by a game creator prepared in advance.

  At this time, the word generation unit may determine the adjustment information associated with the generated word based on information on either or both of the real user and the virtual user. For example, it is determined based on information such as the play time of a real user's game, ability values such as the level and attack power of a virtual user, and the number of friends in the game (for example, the number of members of a team to be described later). May be. By determining the adjustment information of the item wording based on such information, it is possible to give the generated item an effect that reflects the actual user's play status, play results, social element usage status, etc. it can. Thereby, it can be expected that the degree of attachment to the item of the actual user is further improved.

  In many cases, information about a user or a virtual user does not have a universal meaning for all real users, but has a special meaning only for a specific real user. Therefore, for example, a word having a specific special meaning for a specific real user may be set to be applied only to an item acquired by the real user.

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  In one aspect of the game server of the present invention, the adjustment information is set with a strength of influence on the effect of the new item by combining with the effect of the item, and the adjustment information is given to the effect of the new item. The frequency of extraction of the item word having a strong influence is set to be relatively low by the word extraction unit.

  According to this aspect, the item wording has various influences on the effect of the item depending on the combination. Therefore, some of the wording may have the same effect but may be strong or weak. Considering the difference in the effect of the adjustment information for each item wording, for example, the item wording having a strong effect of the adjustment information is made more rare in the game. Thereby, the value of the item wording with a high degree of rarity is increased, the user's interest in the item wording is increased, and the randomness of the appearance of the item wording is increased, so that the game performance can be improved.

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  In one aspect of the game server of the present invention, the item information management unit extracts an item in accordance with a user operation, sets the item to be usable for the user, and the item generation unit includes the user's operation. A new item is generated according to the operation, and the item information management unit sets the new item generated by the item generation unit as the possessed item of the user.

  According to this aspect, an item can be newly generated when an item is needed, such as when an item is assigned according to an operation of a real user. For this reason, even if a large number of items are not prepared in advance, items can be appropriately prepared according to the progress of each real user's game.

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As another aspect, the word generation unit generates a new item word based on information on the user or the virtual user when information on either or both of the user and the virtual user satisfies a predetermined condition. You may make it do.

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As another aspect, the word generation unit generates the new item word when it is determined from the information about the virtual user that the virtual user has or has held all existing items. It is characterized by.

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As another aspect, the word generator generates the new item word generated based on information about the user or the virtual user so that only the user or the virtual user can use the user or the virtual user. It is characterized by being stored in association with user identification information.

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As another aspect, the information on the user or the virtual user is replaced with a predetermined variable in advance, and the word generation unit generates the item word according to the variable.

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Moreover, as an example of the word regarding a user or a virtual user, the fellow information of the fellow relation to which the said user belongs may be included. That is, the game server constructs a friendship relationship constituted by a plurality of the users, and is information indicating the friendship relationship between the name of the friendship relationship, the name and number of users belonging, and the users belonging It further includes a friend relationship management unit that manages friend information including the content of at least one of the transmitted and received messages.

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The game server of the present invention may be an arbitrary combination of some or all of the above components. The present invention also relates to a game providing method in which the operation of the game server according to the present invention is extracted, a game program for operating the game server, an information recording medium recording the game program, and a game system including the game server and the terminal. It has a step or function for realizing the same effect as the game server. Therefore, the game providing method, the game program, and the game system according to the present invention have the same effects as the game server. Note that each aspect that can be adopted by the game server is also applicable to the game providing method, the game program, and the game system according to the present invention.

Claims (14)

A game server that communicates with a user terminal via a network and provides a game,
Item information management unit for managing item information including information on items used in the game, including item names and item effects in the game;
A wording management unit for managing an item wording, which is a wording associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item;
A word extraction unit that extracts item wordings from being managed in the word management unit;
An item generation unit that generates a new item by combining the item managed by the item information management unit and the item word extracted by the word extraction unit;
The item generation unit generates a new item name by combining the item name and the extracted item wording, and combines the effect of the item and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording. A game server that generates an effect of a new item. In the adjustment information, the strength of the effect on the effect of the new item is set by combining with the effect of the item,
The game server according to claim 1, wherein the item wording having a strong influence on the effect of the new item is set to have a relatively low frequency of being extracted by the word extraction unit. The item is set with a rarity, and the number of item words that can be combined according to the rarity is set.
The word extraction unit is capable of extracting a plurality of the item wordings based on the number of combinable item wordings set for the item,
The item generation unit, when the plurality of item words are extracted by the word extraction unit, combines a plurality of the adjustment information corresponding to each item wording with the effect of the item. The game server described. The item information management unit extracts an item in accordance with a user operation, sets the item to be usable for the user,
The item generation unit generates a new item according to the user operation,
The game server according to claim 1, wherein the item information management unit sets a new item generated by the item generation unit as a possessed item of the user.   It further includes a word generation unit that generates a new item word based on either or both of the information about the user and the information about the virtual user who is the character in the game to be operated. The game server according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The word generation unit generates a new item word based on information about the user or the virtual user when either or both of the information about the user and the information about the virtual user satisfy a predetermined condition. The game server according to claim 5.   The said word production | generation part produces | generates the said new item word, when it is judged from the information regarding the said virtual user that the said virtual user possesses all the existing items or has possessed. Item 6. A game server according to item 5.   The word generation unit includes the identification information of the user or the virtual user so that only the user or the virtual user can use the new item word generated based on the information about the user or the virtual user. The game server according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the game server is stored in association with each other. Information about the user or the virtual user is replaced with a predetermined variable in advance,
The game server according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the word generation unit generates the item word according to the variable. Information indicating the friendship that is constructed by a friendship constituted by a plurality of the users, the name of the friendship, the name and number of users belonging, and the contents of messages sent and received between the users belonging Among them, it is further equipped with a fellow relationship management unit for managing fellow information including at least one of them,
The game server according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the information about the user or the information about the virtual user includes fellow information of fellow relations to which the user belongs. A game providing method in a game server for communicating with a user terminal via a network and providing a game,
Item information management step for managing item information including information about items used in the game, including item names and item effects in the game;
A wording management step for managing a plurality of item wordings that are wordings associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item;
A word extraction step for extracting an item wording from being managed in the wording management step;
An item generation step of generating a new item by combining the item managed in the item information management step and the extracted item wording,
The item generation step generates a new item name by combining the item name and the extracted item wording, and combines the effect of the item and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording. A game providing method, characterized by generating an effect of a new item. A game program for operating a game server that communicates with a user terminal via a network and provides a game,
In the game server,
Item information management function for managing item information including information on items used in the game, including item names and item effects in the game;
A wording management function for managing a plurality of item wordings, which are wordings associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item;
A wording extraction function for extracting item wordings from being managed by the wording management function;
Realizing an item generation function for generating a new item by combining the item managed by the item information management function and the extracted item wording;
The item generation function generates a new item name by combining the item name and the extracted item wording, and combines the effect of the item and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording. A game program characterized by generating an effect of a new item. A computer-readable information recording medium that records a game program that allows a computer to communicate with a user terminal via a network and function as a game server that provides a game,
The game program is stored in the game server.
Item information management function for managing item information including information on items used in the game, including item names and item effects in the game;
A wording management function for managing a plurality of item wordings, which are wordings associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item;
A wording extraction function for extracting item wordings from being managed by the wording management function;
Realizing an item generation function for generating a new item by combining the item managed by the item information management function and the extracted item wording;
The item generation function generates a new item name by combining the item name and the extracted item wording, and combines the effect of the item and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording. An information recording medium for generating an effect of a new item. A game system including a user terminal and a game server that communicates with the terminal via a network and provides a game,
Item information management unit for managing item information including information on items used in the game, including item names and item effects in the game;
A wording management unit for managing a plurality of item wordings, which are wordings associated with adjustment information for adjusting the effect of the item;
A word extraction unit that extracts item wordings from being managed in the word management unit;
An item generation unit that generates a new item by combining the item managed by the item information management unit and the extracted item wording,
The item generation unit generates a new item name by combining the item name and the extracted item wording, and combines the effect of the item and the adjustment information associated with the extracted item wording. Generate new item effects,
The terminal
An operation input unit for inputting the user's operation to the game server;
A display unit for displaying content transmitted from the game server;
A game system comprising: