JP2015112378A - Game control device, program, and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to recognize influence on information about a team due to affiliation of an unaffiliated user before the unaffiliated user who does not belong to the team belongs to the team in a game adopting a team system in which information about an affiliated user belonging to the team has influence on information about the team.SOLUTION: A game control device of this invention includes association means, generation means, and presentation means. The association means associates an affiliated user belonging to a team composed of at least one user with the team. The generation means generates change information showing a change in team information of a first team in the case that an unaffiliated user belongs to the first team on the basis of user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of affiliated users belonging to the first team. The presentation means presents the change information to affiliated users and at least one unaffiliated user.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling the progress of a game by each user in accordance with an operation on the user terminal by each user.

In recent years, so-called social games have become widespread as applications executed in social networking services (SNS).
Some social games employ a team system that forms a team (for example, a guild) composed of a plurality of users (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In particular, team systems that allow team-level battles require more complex tactics than individual-level battles, such as cooperation within the team and countermeasures for multiple users that make up the opposing team. It is popular because it is easy to immerse yourself.

JP 2009-125329 A

  In some conventional social game team systems, information about users belonging to a team affects information about the team. In such a team system, when an unaffiliated user who does not belong to a team searches for a team that he / she wants to belong to, he / she wants to recognize the effect of his / her belonging on the information related to the team, When an affiliated user searches for an unaffiliated user that he / she wants to belong to the team, he / she wants to recognize the influence of the unaffiliated user on the information related to the team.

  However, in the conventional social game, before the unaffiliated user belongs to the team, the influence on the information regarding the team by the unaffiliated user belonging to the team is not presented. Therefore, the unaffiliated user cannot recognize the influence when searching for a team to which the user wants to belong, and the affiliated user cannot recognize the influence when searching for an unaffiliated user to be assigned. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described viewpoints, and in a game in which information related to an affiliated user affects information related to the team, the unaffiliated user belongs before the affiliated user belongs to the team. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game control device, a game control method, a program, and a game system that allow a user to recognize the influence on information related to the team.

One embodiment of the present invention provides:
Association means for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team Generating means for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
Presenting means for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
It is a game control apparatus provided with.

Another aspect of the present invention provides:
Associating means for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team and recording it in a recording device;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team Generating means for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
Designation of the first team by the unaffiliated user, designation of an unaffiliated user by any of the affiliation users, and the unaffiliated user by an affiliation user who has an authorization to apply to the first team by the unaffiliated user. Accepting means for accepting at least one of the designations of the belonging user;
For at least one of the specified unaffiliated user and the affiliated user, team information before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team, and the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. Presenting means for presenting change information including later team information in a table format,
It is a game control apparatus provided with.

Another aspect of the present invention provides:
On the computer,
A function of associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team A function for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
A function of presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
It is a program that realizes.

Another aspect of the present invention is a game system including a user terminal and a server capable of communicating with the user terminal,
Either the user terminal or the server
Association means for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team Generating means for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
Presenting means for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
A game system provided with each means.

The figure which shows the basic composition of the game system of this embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the user terminal of this embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the game server of this embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the database server of this embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the user database of this embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the team management database of this embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the team database of this embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the combo setting table of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 1st aspect of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 2nd aspect of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 3rd mode of this embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of this embodiment. The flowchart which shows an example of the 1st presentation process of this embodiment. The flowchart which shows an example of the 2nd presentation process of this embodiment. The flowchart which shows an example of the 3rd presentation process of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 1st modification of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 1st modification of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 2nd modification of this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the display screen of the 2nd modification of this embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus in the game system of the modification of this embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus in the game system of the modification of this embodiment.

(1) This Embodiment (1-1) Configuration of Game System FIG. 1 shows a system configuration example of a game system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes user terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,... That can be connected to a communication network NW such as the Internet, a game server 20 connected to the communication network NW, and a database server. 30. Each of the user terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,... Is a terminal operated by an individual user. For example, a feature phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a television receiver (two-way communication function) It includes so-called multi-function smart TVs), and communication terminals such as portable game machines with communication functions. In the following description, when commonly referred to the user terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,.
In the game system 1, the game server 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the user terminal 10 that is a client, and provides a gaming service to the user terminal 10. The game server 20 is mounted with a program capable of creating a document that can be interpreted by a web browser as a game program. The database server 30 stores various information to be described later in executing the game, and is connected to the game server 20 by, for example, a wire for reading and writing the information.
The user terminal 10 includes a web browser capable of displaying a display screen based on data provided by the game server 20, and a processing request based on a user operation on the display screen by the user terminal 10 is transmitted via the network. The game application is executed by transmitting to the game server 20 and receiving the processing result by the game server 20.
The communication network NW is an information communication network configured by the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a dedicated line, or a combination thereof.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, an authentication server for authenticating the user of each user terminal 10 may be provided separately from the game server 20. Further, when a plurality of game servers 20 are provided to accept access from many user terminals 10, a load balancer for adjusting the load among the plurality of game servers 20 may be provided. The game server 20 may be configured as a single server device, but may be configured as a plurality of server devices having distributed functions.

(1-2) Configuration of User Terminal The user terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an image processing unit 14, an instruction input unit 15, a display unit 16, A communication interface unit 17 and a storage 18 are provided, and a bus 19 for transmitting control signals or data signals between the units is provided.

  The CPU 11 reads out programs and data stored in the ROM 12 and controls the overall operation in the user terminal 10 such as control signals with each unit in the user terminal 10 and timing processing of data signals. The CPU 11 also reads out the program stored in the storage 18 and various data necessary for executing the program, expands it in the RAM 13, and performs various processes such as data input / output processing, arithmetic processing, and determination processing associated with the execution of the program. I do. The RAM 13 temporarily stores data for arithmetic processing, determination processing, and the like by the CPU 11. The storage 18 is an information recording device configured by, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

  The CPU 11 loads a web browser stored in the storage 18 into the RAM 13 and executes it. The CPU 11 then displays data for displaying a display screen from the game server 20 via the communication interface unit 17 based on appropriate designation of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) input to the user by the instruction input unit 15 or the like. For example, data of an object such as an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document or an image associated with the document (hereinafter collectively referred to as “HTML data” as appropriate) is acquired via the communication interface unit 17. Execute a web browser to interpret the HTML data. The user terminal 10 may be mounted with various plug-ins for extending the browser function of the web browser. An example of such a plug-in is a flash player by Adobe Systems (USA). Alternatively, the HTML data in this embodiment may be in the HTML5 format having a moving image and audio playback function.

  The web browser performs communication with the game server 20 in accordance with HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). When a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or an operation target (for example, an instruction button) on the display screen is selected by the operation of the instruction input unit 15 by the user, the web browser selects the result of the selection for updating the display screen. Is sent to the game server 20. The web browser acquires HTML data from the game server 20 as an HTTP response, interprets it, and displays a display screen on the display unit 16 via the image processing unit 14.

  The image processing unit 14 generates display image data for displaying a display screen on the display unit 16 based on display image data given from the CPU 11 as an analysis result of HTML data. The display unit 16 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Cristal Display) or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display. When an LCD (Liquid Cristal Display) monitor including thin film transistors arranged in pixels in a matrix is applied, the display unit 16 drives the thin film transistors based on display image data generated by the image processing unit 14. The image on the display screen is displayed on the display screen 16a.

  When the user terminal 10 is a touch panel input type user terminal, the instruction input unit 15 mainly accepts touch panel type input by touching the display screen with a fingertip or a pen. The touch panel input method may be a known method such as a capacitance method. The operation on the instruction button on the display screen is performed by instructing (touch operation) the position of the instruction button as the operation target on the display screen displayed on the user terminal 10 with a finger or a pen.

(1-3) Configuration of Game Server The configuration of the game server 20 will be described with reference to FIG.
The game server 20 manages a game including a plurality of display screens having a hierarchical structure, for example, and provides a gaming service to the user terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the game server 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a communication interface unit 24 and a storage 25, and a bus 26 for transmitting control signals or data signals between the units. . In addition, the game server 20 can take the same structure as a general-purpose web server regarding hardware.

  The CPU 21 reads out the programs and data stored in the ROM 22 and controls the overall operation in the game server 20 such as control signals for each part in the game server 20 and data signal timing processing. The CPU 21 also reads out a program stored in the storage 25 and various data necessary for executing the program, expands it in the RAM 23, and performs various processes such as data input / output processing, arithmetic processing, and determination processing associated with the execution of the program. I do. The RAM 23 temporarily stores data for arithmetic processing, determination processing, and the like by the CPU 21.

  The storage 25 is an information recording device composed of, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). A program for providing a web service by performing communication according to HTTP is stored. The CPU 21 expands the program stored in the storage 25 on the RAM 23 and executes the program. Along with the execution of the program, the CPU 21 acquires an HTTP request from the user terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 24, executes a process according to the HTTP request, and uses the HTML data including the execution result as an HTTP response. Return to 10.

(1-4) Configuration of Database Server The database server 30 as a storage device can be realized by a general-purpose storage such as a large-capacity hard disk device or a device such as an SSD (Solid State Drive). Each database in the database server 30 is configured to be able to read and write data from the CPU 21 of the game server 20.
FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of the database server 30. As shown in FIG. 4, the database server 30 includes a user database 31, a game database 32, a team management database 33, and a team database 34.

  The type of game realized by the game server 20 of the present embodiment is not particularly limited, but in the following, for convenience of explanation of the embodiment, as an example of the game realized by the game server 20, a quest function (user Is a function for advancing an area or stage), a user battle function (a function for performing a battle for each user), and a team battle function (a function for performing a battle for each team composed of at least one user). Listed games (hereinafter simply referred to as “games” or “games of the present embodiment”).

FIG. 5 shows an example of the user database 31 applied in the game of the present embodiment. In this example, the user database 31 includes information on each item of a user name, a user image, and a parameter for each user ID (user identification information). The parameters include a type parameter that can be arbitrarily set by the user and a numerical parameter that changes based on the progress of the game. The type parameter includes information on gender, occupation, attribute, and login time zone. The numerical parameters include information on progress level, attack power, defense power, average login time, and message transmission / reception count. Information included in the user database 31 can be updated sequentially by the game server 20.
The user ID is issued in association with a unique terminal ID of the user terminal 10 based on a predetermined operation on the user terminal 10 by the user. Although one user may have a plurality of user IDs, the number of user IDs that one user has may be limited to a certain number or less. In the following description, “user” indicates a user specified by one user ID. That is, the same user means a user having the same user ID, and means a user having a different user ID from a different user.

In the following description, the user ID included in the user database 31 or data for each user name (described later) that identifies the user is generically referred to as user information. The data of each item constituting the user information is as follows.
User name The user name is text information associated with the user ID, and is, for example, text of a predetermined length or less specified in advance by the user. The user name is displayed to specify the user who operates the user terminal 10 when the game is executed. The user name is a name that identifies the user on the network environment (or game community) provided by the game server 20.
User Image The user image is an image (including a still image and a moving image) associated with the user ID, and is an avatar image specified in advance by the user, for example. The user image is displayed to identify the user of the user terminal 10 when the game is executed.
Gender Gender is data indicating the gender of the user's game, for example, data specified in advance by the user.
Occupation Occupation is data indicating an occupation in a game designated in advance by the user, and is one of occupations J1 to J3 in the example of the present embodiment.
Attribute The attribute is data indicating an attribute in the game designated in advance by the user, and is one of the attributes T1 to T3 in the example of the present embodiment.
Login time zone The login time zone is data indicating a time zone in which the user mainly logs in. In the example of the present embodiment, the login time zone is one of the time zones A (morning), B (daytime), and C (night). is there. The login time zone may be data belonging to a numerical parameter (for example, data obtained from a user's play history).
Progress level Data indicating the degree of progress in the user's game, which is a value that increases as the game progresses by the user. For example, the progress level is, for example, a level value in a range from Lv1 (level 1) to Lv100 (level 100). The progress level increases according to a rule defined in advance in the game of the present embodiment. For example, the progress level may increase as the number of wins by the user in the match or the win rate in the match increases, or the progress level may be determined based on the progress level of the area or stage in the quest function. .
-Attack power and defense power Attack power and defense power are the parameters of the user referred in a quest function or a user battle function. As the progress level increases, the attack power and defense power also increase. For example, the quest function and the user battle function may be configured to be more advantageous as the attack power and the defense power during the battle are larger. The attack power and defense power at the time of the battle are, for example, the ability value of the game object that the user uses in the game (for example, the ability value set for the character that the user uses in the game, or the card that the user uses during the battle) It may be determined based on a set ability value).
Average login time The average login time is data indicating the login time per day of the user (for example, data obtained from the user's play history).
Message Transmission / Reception Count The message transmission / reception count is data (for example, data obtained from the user's play history) indicating the total number of message transmissions / receptions performed between users in the game.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the game database 32 stores information related to the progress of the game executed by the game server 20 based on the access from the game server 20. Information relating to the progress of the game may include various information depending on the nature of the game. For example, the information regarding the progress of the game includes the parameters of items used by the game user (for example, the attack power of weapons and the defense power of armor worn by the user), the types of items given to the user in each area in the quest function, and It includes information on probability setting values, setting values for item-to-point exchange rates when items can be exchanged for points, and setting values related to combos (for example, a combo setting table described later).

The team management database 33 stores information related to the association between the user and the team in the game executed by the game server 20 based on the access from the game server 20.
FIG. 6 shows an example of the team management database 33 applied in the game of this embodiment. In this example, the team management database 33 includes, for each team ID (team identification information), an owner user ID (user identification information of an owner user who is a representative of the team), an approval user ID (a user who has the right to approve the belonging application). User identification information) and belonging user ID (user identification information of users belonging to the team).

Returning to FIG. 4, the team database 34 stores information on the team in the game executed by the game server 20 based on the access from the game server 20.
FIG. 7 shows an example of the team database 34 applied in the game of the present embodiment. In this example, the team database 34 includes, for each team ID (team identification information), information about items (team name and team image) that do not depend on the parameters of the belonging user and items (index) that depend on the parameters of the belonging user. including. The index includes a ratio index, an average index, a rank index, and an effect index. The ratio index includes information on the composition ratio of the type parameter (gender, occupation, attribute, and login time zone) of the belonging user. The average index includes information on average values of numerical parameters (progress level, attack power, defense power, average login time, and number of message transmission / reception) of the belonging user. The rank index includes information related to the rank within the team determined by a predetermined criterion based on the numerical parameter. The effect index includes information related to a combo (described later). Information included in the team database 34 can be updated sequentially by the game server 20.

In the following description, team IDs included in the team database 34 or data for each team name (to be described later) for identifying a team are collectively referred to as team information. The data of each item constituting the team information is as follows.
Team name The team name is text information associated with the team ID, and is, for example, text of a predetermined length or less specified in advance by the owner user. The team name is a name that identifies the team on the network environment (or game community) provided by the game server 20.
Team image The team image is an image (including a still image and a moving image) associated with the team ID, and is an image specified in advance by the owner user, for example.
-Ratio index The ratio index is information indicating the composition ratio of the type parameter (gender, occupation, attribute, and login time zone) of the belonging user.
Average index The average index is information indicating an average value of numerical parameters (progress level, attack power, defense power, average login time, and number of message transmission / reception) of the belonging user. The team battle function is configured such that the larger the average index value at the time of the battle, the more advantageous. For example, the team battle function may be configured to be more advantageous as the average attack power at the time of the battle is larger, or may be configured to be more advantageous as the sum of the attack power and the defense power at the time of the battle is larger. .
Rank index The rank index is information indicating the rank (team rank) determined based on a predetermined criterion based on numerical parameters. The criterion of the rank index may be the size of one numerical parameter (for example, progress level) or may be the size of a plurality of numerical parameters (for example, the sum of attack power and defense power). For example, the team battle function may be configured such that only users with a team rank higher than a predetermined rank can participate in the battle. The rank index is a useful index in such a team battle function.
-Effect index The effect index includes information on the combo (described later). Whether or not a combo condition (described later) is satisfied is determined based on a combination of user information of a plurality of users. The user information that determines whether or not the combo condition is satisfied may be a type parameter (for example, occupation) or a numerical parameter (for example, progress level). For example, the team battle function may be configured such that when a combo condition is satisfied, a combo effect (described later) is given to at least one of the belonging users. The effect index is a useful index in such a team battle function.

In the game of this embodiment, when a combination of user information of a plurality of affiliated users corresponds to a specific combination (combo), an advantageous effect on the game may be given to at least one of the plurality of affiliated users. .
FIG. 8 shows an example of a combo setting table showing a relationship between an advantageous effect (hereinafter referred to as a “combo effect”) given when a combo is applicable and a condition for satisfying the combo (hereinafter referred to as a “combo condition”). Indicates. In this example, the combo setting table includes information on combo effects and combo conditions for each combo ID (combo identification information). When the combo condition is satisfied, the parameters (for example, attack power, defense power, etc.) of the affiliated users participating in the battle increase during the battle in the team battle function.

(1-5) Presentation of Change Information of Present Embodiment Hereinafter, presentation of change information of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 9-11 is a figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the user terminal 10, respectively, when performing the presentation of the change information of this embodiment. In the following description, the display area on the display screen displayed on the user terminal 10 is arranged at a desired position on the display screen, and is displayed on the display screen such as the display area visually recognized on the user terminal 10. The position of can be changed by scrolling the display screen by the user's direction instruction button or touch panel operation.

(1-5-1) Presentation of Change Information of First Mode of the Present Embodiment Below, it belongs to a team (hereinafter referred to as “first team”) associated with team information that is the basis of change information. An example in which change information is presented to a non-user (hereinafter referred to as “unaffiliated user”) will be described. The unaffiliated user of this embodiment may be a user who does not belong to any team or belongs to a team other than the first team (second team). It may be a user who does not belong.

In FIG. 9, an example of the display screen in presentation of the change information of the 1st aspect of this embodiment is shown.
The display screen P10 is an example of a user menu page of the game of the present embodiment, and is configured according to a user ID of a user who is logged into the game (hereinafter referred to as “logged-in user”). In the example of FIG. 9, the display screen P10 includes display areas a101 and a102.
In the display area a101, the user image and the user name “U999” included in the user information of the login user are displayed.
In the display area a102, an instruction button b101 (“quest”), an instruction button b102 (“user battle”), an instruction button b103 (“team battle”), and an instruction button b104 (“team menu”) are displayed.

The instruction button b101 (“quest”), the instruction button b102 (“user battle”), and the instruction button b103 (“team battle”) on the display screen P10 are for executing a quest function, a user battle function, and a team battle function, respectively. It is a button.
When the instruction button b104 (“team menu”) is operated on the display screen P10, the display screen is updated as shown in P12. The display screen P12 is an example of a game team menu page according to the present embodiment, and includes a display area a121.
In the display area a121, an instruction button b121 (“team search”) and an instruction button b122 (“unaffiliated user search”) are displayed.

When the instruction button b121 (“team search”) is operated on the display screen P12, the display screen is updated as shown in P14. The display screen P14 is an example of a game team list page of the present embodiment, and includes a display area a141.
In the display area a141, team images b141, b142..., And team names “G00A”, “G00B”...

When a team image (for example, team image b141) of a desired team is operated on the display screen P14, the display screen is updated as shown in P16. The display screen P16 is an example of a game change information page according to the present embodiment, and includes display areas a161 and a162.
The change information c161 is displayed in the display area a161. The change information c161 indicates a change in team information when the login user belongs to the first team corresponding to the team image operated on the display screen P14. In the example of FIG. 9, the change information c161 indicates changes in the ratio index and the average index when the login user (user name “U999”) belongs to the first team (team name “G00A”).
In the display area a162, an instruction button b161 (“application”) and an instruction button b162 (“return”) are displayed.

When the instruction button b161 (“application”) is operated on the display screen P16, an application for belonging to the first team is performed by the login user. When an application for affiliation is made, after the approval by the approval user (approval for the affiliation application), the logged-in user as the affiliation user ID associated with the team ID of the first team in the team management database 33 (FIG. 6) The user ID is added. Thereby, the login user becomes the belonging user of the first team.
On the other hand, when the instruction button b162 ("Return") is operated on the display screen P16, the display screen is updated as shown in P10.

  According to the first aspect of the present embodiment, the unaffiliated user recognizes a change in team information due to belonging to the first team on the display screen P16, and then applies for belonging to the first team. It can be determined whether or not.

(1-5-2) Presentation of Change Information of Second Mode of Present Embodiment Hereinafter, an example in which change information is presented to an affiliated user who belongs to the first team will be described.

In FIG. 10, an example of the display screen in presentation of the change information of the 2nd aspect of this embodiment is shown.
The display screen P20 is an example of a user menu page of the game of the present embodiment, and is configured according to the user ID of the login user. In the example of FIG. 10, the display screen P20 includes display areas a201 and a202.
In the display area a201, the user image and the user name “U002” included in the user information of the login user are displayed.
In the display area a202, an instruction button b201 (“quest”), an instruction button b202 (“user battle”), an instruction button b203 (“team battle”), and an instruction button b204 (“team menu”) are displayed.

The instruction button b201 ("quest"), the instruction button b202 ("user battle"), and the instruction button b203 ("team battle") on the display screen P20 execute the quest function, user battle function, and team battle function, respectively. It is a button.
When the instruction button b204 (“team menu”) is operated on the display screen P20, the display screen is updated as shown in P22. The display screen P22 is an example of a team menu page of the game according to the present embodiment, and includes a display area a221.
In the display area a221, an instruction button b221 (“team search”) and an instruction button b222 (“unaffiliated user search”) are displayed.

When the instruction button b222 (“unaffiliated user search”) is operated on the display screen P22, the display screen is updated as shown in P24. The display screen P24 is an example of a page of a list of unaffiliated users of the game according to the present embodiment, and includes a display area a241.
In the display area a241, user images b241 and b242 included in the user information of all unaffiliated users or a predetermined number of unaffiliated users who do not belong to the first team (team name “G00A”) to which the logged-in user belongs. ... and user names "U800", "U999",... Are displayed.

When a user image (for example, user image b241) of a desired user is operated on the display screen P24, the display screen is updated as shown in P26. The display screen P26 is an example of a game change information page according to this embodiment, and includes a display area a261 and a display area a262.
The change information c261 is displayed in the display area a261. The change information c261 indicates a change in team information when an unaffiliated user corresponding to the user image operated on the display screen P24 belongs to the first team to which the login user belongs. In the example of FIG. 10, the change information c261 indicates changes in the ratio index and the average index when an unaffiliated user (user name “U999”) belongs to the first team (team name “G00A”).
In the display area a262, an instruction button b261 (“Invite”) and an instruction button b262 (“Back”) are displayed.

When the instruction button b261 ("invite") is operated on the display screen P26, the login user is invited to belong to an unaffiliated user. When the solicitation of the affiliation is performed, the affiliation user ID associated with the team ID of the first team in the team management database 33 (FIG. 6) after the approval by the invited unaffiliated user (approval for the affiliation invitation). As above, the user ID of the unaffiliated user is added. Thereby, the solicited unaffiliated user becomes the belonging user of the first team.
On the other hand, when the instruction button b262 ("Return") is operated on the display screen P26, the display screen is updated as shown in P20.

  According to the second aspect of the present embodiment, the belonging user recognizes a change in team information due to the non-belonging user belonging to the first team on the display screen P26, and then the belonging user belongs to the non-belonging user. Whether or not to solicit can be determined.

(1-5-3) Presentation of change information of third mode of embodiment In the following, an example in which change information is presented to an affiliated user (approved user) who has an authorization to apply for affiliation to the first team. explain.

In FIG. 11, an example of the display screen in presentation of the change information of the 3rd aspect of this embodiment is shown.
The display screen P30 is an example of a user menu page of the game of the present embodiment, and is configured according to the user ID of the login user. In the example of FIG. 11, the display screen P30 includes display areas a301 and a302.
In the display area a301, the user image and the user name “U001” included in the user information of the login user are displayed.
In the display area a302, an instruction button b301 (“quest”), an instruction button b302 (“user battle”), an instruction button b303 (“team battle”), and an instruction button b304 (“team menu”) are displayed.

The instruction button b301 ("quest"), the instruction button b302 ("user battle"), and the instruction button b303 ("team battle") on the display screen P30 execute the quest function, user battle function, and team battle function, respectively. It is a button.
When the instruction button b304 (“team menu”) is operated on the display screen P30, the display screen is updated as shown in P32. The display screen P32 is an example of a game team menu page according to the present embodiment, and includes a display area a321.
In the display area a321, in addition to the instruction button b321 (“team search”) and the instruction button b322 (“unaffiliated user search”), an instruction button b323 (“application search”) is displayed.

When the instruction button b323 (“application search”) is operated on the display screen P32, the display screen is updated as shown in P34. The display screen P34 is an example of a game application list page of the present embodiment, and includes a display area a341.
The display area a341 includes all unaffiliated users who have applied for membership for the first team (team name “G00A”) to which the logged-in user belongs, or users included in the user information of a predetermined number of unaffiliated users. Images b341 and b342 and user names “U800” and “U999” are displayed.

When a user image (for example, user image b342) of a desired user is operated on the display screen P34, the display screen is updated as shown in P36. The display screen P36 is an example of a game change information page according to the present embodiment, and includes display areas a361 and a362.
In the display area a361, change information c361 is displayed. The change information c361 indicates a change in team information when an unaffiliated user corresponding to the user image operated on the display screen P34 belongs to the first team to which the login user belongs. In the example of FIG. 11, the change information c361 indicates a ratio index and an average index when an unaffiliated user (user name “U999”) belongs to the first team (team name “G00A”).
In the display area a362, an instruction button b361 (“Approve”) and an instruction button b362 (“Reject”) are displayed.

When the instruction button b361 (“approval”) is operated on the display screen P36, an application for belonging to the first team made by an unaffiliated user is approved. When the affiliation application is approved, the user ID of the unaffiliated user is added as the affiliation user ID associated with the team ID of the first team in the team management database 33 (FIG. 6). Thereby, the unaffiliated user who made the application becomes the belonging user of the first team.
On the other hand, when the instruction button b362 (“reject”) is operated on the display screen P36, the application is rejected.

  According to the third aspect of the present embodiment, the approved user recognizes a change in team information due to the unaffiliated user belonging to the first team on the display screen P36, and then the authorized user belongs to the unaffiliated user. It is possible to determine whether or not to approve the application.

(1-6) Overview of Functions Provided by Game Control Device Next, functions provided by the game control device in order to realize the above-described game of the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the game server 20 constitutes a game control device. Below, the function implement | achieved with the game control apparatus of this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. 12 for the case where the game of embodiment mentioned above is applied as an example. FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions that play major roles in the game control device 50 of the present embodiment.

The 1st reception means 53 is provided with the function to receive designation | designated of the 1st team by an unaffiliated user.
In order to realize the function of the first receiving unit 53, the game server 20 receives from the user terminal 10 the user ID of the specified unaffiliated user and the team ID of the specified first team. Next, the CPU 21 expands the received user ID of the unaffiliated user and the team ID of the first team in the RAM 23. Thereby, designation of the first team by an unaffiliated user is accepted.

The second accepting unit 54 has a function of accepting designation of an unaffiliated user by an affiliated user.
In order to realize the function of the second accepting unit 54, the game server 20 receives from the user terminal 10 the user ID of the designated belonging user and the user ID of the designated unaffiliated user. Next, the CPU 21 expands the received user ID of the affiliated user and the user ID of the unaffiliated user in the RAM 23. Thereby, the designation of the unaffiliated user by the affiliated user is accepted.

The 3rd reception means 55 is provided with the function to receive the designation | designated of the unaffiliated user who performed the affiliation application by the approval user.
In order to realize the function of the third receiving means 55, the game server 20 receives from the user terminal 10 the user ID of the designated approved user and the user ID of the designated unaffiliated user. Next, the CPU 21 expands the received user ID of the approved user and the user ID of the unaffiliated user in the RAM 23. Thereby, designation of an unaffiliated user by the approved user is accepted.

The association means 51 has a function of associating a user with a team.
In order to realize the function of the association unit 51, the game server 20 acquires the user ID of the unaffiliated user who should join the team from the user terminal 10. Next, the CPU 21 expands the acquired user ID of the unaffiliated user in the RAM 23. Next, the CPU 21 writes in the team management database 33 (FIG. 6) of the database server 30 the user IDs of the expanded unaffiliated users in association with the team IDs of the teams. Thereby, the team management database 33 is updated so that the unaffiliated user is associated with the team. As a result, an unaffiliated user joins a team and becomes a belonging user of the team.
The association unit 51 may have a function of releasing the association between the user and the team. In order to realize this function, the game server 20 acquires the user ID of the affiliated user who should be withdrawn from the team from the user terminal 10 (for example, the affiliated user or the owner user's user terminal). Next, the CPU 21 expands the acquired user ID of the belonging user in the RAM 23. Next, the CPU 21 deletes the user ID of the affiliated user developed in the RAM 23 from the user ID of the affiliated user associated with the team ID of the team in the team management database 33 (FIG. 6) of the database server 30. To do. Thereby, the team management database 33 is updated so that the association between the belonging user and the team is released. As a result, the affiliated user withdraws from the team and becomes an unaffiliated user for the team.
The database server 30 including the team management database 33 is an example of a storage device.

The generation unit 52 has a function of generating change information indicating a change in team information when an unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on the parameters of the unaffiliated user and the parameters of the affiliation user.
In order to realize the function of the generation unit 52, the CPU 21 reads the user ID of the user belonging to the team management database 33 and associated with the team ID of the first team, and expands the read user ID in the RAM 23.
Here, the user IDs of the belonging users read from the team management database 33 may be the user IDs of all the belonging users. In this case, the generation unit 52 generates change information based on the parameters of all affiliated users and the parameters of unaffiliated users.
On the other hand, the user IDs of affiliated users read from the team management database 33 may be user IDs of affiliated users of a predetermined number (for example, the team ranking is a predetermined ranking or higher). In this case, the generation unit 52 generates change information based on the parameters of a predetermined number of belonging users and the parameters of unaffiliated users.
Next, the CPU 21 retrieves, from the user database 31, parameters associated with the expanded user IDs of belonging users (parameters of belonging users) and parameters associated with user IDs of unaffiliated users (parameters of unaffiliated users). ) And is expanded in the RAM 23.
Next, the CPU 21 acquires an index before an unaffiliated user belongs. For example, the CPU 21 reads the indices (ratio index, average index, rank index, and effect index) associated with the team ID of the first team from the team database 34 and develops them in the RAM 23.
Next, the CPU 21 acquires an index after an unaffiliated user belongs. For example, the CPU 21 acquires the ratio index by calculating the composition ratio (for example, attribute ratio) of the type parameter (for example, attribute) of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user. Moreover, CPU21 acquires an average parameter | index by calculating the average value (for example, average attack power) of the numerical parameter (for example, attack power) of an affiliation user and an unaffiliated user. In addition, the CPU 21 arranges the numerical parameters of the affiliated users and the unaffiliated users according to the criteria of the rank index (for example, ascending order of the progress level), and arranges the progress levels of the users who are higher than the predetermined rank (for example, the top five). By specifying the user ID, the rank index is acquired. If the unaffiliated user has a predetermined rank or higher, the rank index after the unaffiliated user belongs includes the rank of the unaffiliated user. Further, the CPU 21 refers to the combo setting table (FIG. 8), and identifies the combo effect associated with the combo condition corresponding to at least one of the ratio index and the average index after the unaffiliated user belongs. Get an effect index. In the example of FIG. 8, when the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team and corresponds to the combo condition (average level 5 or higher), the combo ID “C1” and the combo effect “ “Attack +10” is identified.
Thereby, change information including an index before the unaffiliated user belongs and an index after the unaffiliated user belongs is generated.

The presentation unit 56 has a function of presenting the change information generated by the generation unit 52 to the user.
In order to realize the function of the presenting means 56, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates HTML data (screen configuration information) for displaying a page of change information including change information and transmits it to the user terminal 10. Then, the display screen including the change information (for example, any one of the display screen P16 in FIG. 9, the display screen P26 in FIG. 10, or the display screen P36 in FIG. 11) is displayed by the web browser of the user terminal 10. Thereby, change information is presented to the user.

Note that all of the means included in the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 12 are not necessarily essential elements of the present invention. For example, a part or all of the first reception unit 53 to the third reception unit 55 may be omitted.
When the first receiving unit 53 to the third receiving unit 55 are omitted in the function of the game control device 50, for example, the generating unit 52 receives a request from an unaffiliated user and randomly selects and selects the first team. The change information of the first team may be generated. Further, the generation unit 52 may receive a request from an affiliation user or an approved user, randomly select an unaffiliated user, and generate change information of the first team after the selected unaffiliated user belongs. Thereby, even if there is no function of the 1st reception means 53-the 3rd reception means 55, change information is shown to a user.

(1-7) Flow of presentation process of this embodiment Next, an example of the flow of the presentation process of this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIGS. 13 to 15 are flowcharts illustrating examples of the first to third presentation processes in the game of the present embodiment, respectively.

(1-7-1) First Presentation Processing Flow of the Present Embodiment A first presentation processing flow of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The first presentation process is an example of a process corresponding to presentation of change information according to the first aspect of the present embodiment in FIG.
First, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 instructs the instruction button b104 (“team menu”) on the display screen P10 (FIG. 9) by the logged-in user (user ID “000999”), which is an unaffiliated user, via the instruction input unit 15. , The operation of the instruction button b121 (“team search”) on the display screen P12, and the operation of the team image b141 on the display screen P14 are received (S110). Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 sends an HTTP request including the user ID “000999” of the unaffiliated user and the team ID “00000A” of the team associated with the team image b 141 via the communication interface unit 17. To the game server 20.
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines the team with the team ID “00000A” included in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10 as the first team. Thereby, the game server 20 accepts designation of the first team by an unaffiliated user (S120).
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 retrieves from the team management database 33 (FIG. 6) the user ID associated with the team ID “00000A” of the first team (that is, the user ID of the user belonging to the first team) “ "000001", "000002" ... are acquired. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 is associated with the parameters of the unaffiliated user associated with the user ID “00000A” and the user IDs “000001”, “000002”... From the user database 31 (FIG. 5). Get the parameters of the user. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 obtains an index (an index before an unaffiliated user belongs to the first team) associated with the team ID “00000A” of the first team from the team database 34 (FIG. 7). To do. Moreover, CPU21 of the game server 20 acquires the parameter | index after an unaffiliated user belongs to a 1st team based on the parameter of an unaffiliated user, and the parameter of an affiliated user. Thereby, the game server 20 generates change information indicating a change in team information due to an unaffiliated user belonging to the first team (S121).
Next, CPU21 of the game server 20 produces | generates the HTML data containing the page structure information which shows the page structure of the page for showing the produced | generated change information to an unaffiliated user (S122). Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 transmits the generated HTML data to the user terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 24.
Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 causes the image processing unit 14 to generate image data of a page of change information based on the page configuration information included in the HTML data transmitted from the game server 20. Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 displays the generated image data on the display unit 16 (S111). Thereby, the display screen P <b> 16 (FIG. 9) is displayed on the display unit 16 of the user terminal 10.
At this time, when the instruction button b161 (“application”) on the display screen P16 is operated (S112: YES), information related to the application to which the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team (for example, the user ID of the unaffiliated user and An HTTP request (application request) including the team ID of the first team is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the game server 20.
Next, CPU21 of the game server 20 performs an application process based on the information regarding the application contained in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10 (S123). The application process is a process in which a first team and an unaffiliated user who has applied are recorded in a recording device (for example, the storage 25) and recorded to an approved user of the first team. This is a process for making it possible to present information related to the affiliated user. Thereby, the first presentation process ends.
On the other hand, when the instruction button b162 ("Return") on the display screen P16 is operated (S112: NO), the display screen P10 is displayed on the display unit 16 of the user terminal 10. Thereby, the first presentation process ends.

(1-7-2) Second Presentation Processing Flow of the Present Embodiment A second presentation processing flow of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The second presentation process is an example of a process corresponding to presentation of change information according to the second aspect of the present embodiment in FIG.
First, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 operates the instruction button b204 (“team menu”) on the display screen P20 (FIG. 10) by the login user (belonging user, user ID “000002”) via the instruction input unit 15. Then, the operation of the instruction button b222 (“unaffiliated user search”) on the display screen P22 and the operation of the user image b242 on the display screen P24 are accepted (S210). Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 sends an HTTP request including the user ID “000002” of the affiliated user and the user ID “000999” of the unaffiliated user associated with the user image b241 via the communication interface unit 17. Is transmitted to the game server 20.
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines the user with the user ID “000999” included in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10 as an unaffiliated user. Thereby, the game server 20 accepts designation of an unaffiliated user by the affiliated user (S220).
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines, based on the team ID “00000A” of the first team associated with the user ID “000002” of the belonging user from the team management database 33 (FIG. 6). User IDs “000001”, “000002”,. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 is associated with the parameters of the unaffiliated user associated with the user ID “000999” and the user IDs “000001”, “000002”, etc. from the user database 31 (FIG. 5). Get the parameters of the user. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 obtains an index (an index before an unaffiliated user belongs to the first team) associated with the team ID “00000A” of the first team from the team database 34 (FIG. 7). To do. Moreover, CPU21 of the game server 20 acquires the parameter | index after an unaffiliated user belongs to a 1st team based on the parameter of an unaffiliated user, and the parameter of an affiliated user. Thereby, the game server 20 generates change information indicating a change in team information due to an unaffiliated user belonging to the first team (S221).
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates HTML data including page configuration information indicating the page configuration of the page for presenting the generated change information to the affiliated user (S222). Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 transmits the generated HTML data to the user terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 24.
Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 causes the image processing unit 14 to generate image data of a page of change information based on the page configuration information included in the HTML data transmitted from the game server 20. Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 displays the generated image data on the display unit 16 (S211). Thereby, the display screen P <b> 26 (FIG. 10) is displayed on the display unit 16 of the user terminal 10.
At this time, when the instruction button b261 (“invitation”) on the display screen P26 is operated (S212: YES), information on solicitation from the affiliated user to the unaffiliated user (for example, the team ID of the first team and the unaffiliated user) HTTP request (solicitation request) including the user ID) is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the game server 20.
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 executes a solicitation process based on information related to the application included in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10 (S223). In the solicitation process, the first team and the solicited unaffiliated user are associated with each other and recorded in a recording device (for example, the storage 25). This is a process for making it possible to present it. Thereby, the second presentation process ends.
On the other hand, when the instruction button b262 (“Return”) on the display screen P26 is operated (S212: NO), the display screen P20 is displayed on the display unit 16. Thereby, the second presentation process ends.

(1-7-3) Third Presentation Processing Flow of the Present Embodiment A third presentation processing flow of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The third presentation process is an example of a process corresponding to the presentation of change information according to the third aspect of the present embodiment in FIG.
First, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 operates the instruction button b304 (“team menu”) on the display screen P30 (FIG. 11) by the login user (authorized user, user ID “000001”) via the instruction input unit 15. The operation of the instruction button b323 (“application search”) on the display screen P32 and the operation of the user image b342 on the display screen P34 are accepted (S310). Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 17 includes an HTTP request including the user ID “000001” of the approved user and the user ID “000999” of the unaffiliated user associated with the user image b341. Is transmitted to the game server 20.
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines the user with the user ID “000999” included in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10 as an unaffiliated user. Thereby, the game server 20 accepts designation of an unaffiliated user by the approved user (S320).
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines, based on the team ID “00000A” of the first team associated with the user ID “000001” of the approved user from the team management database 33 (FIG. 6). User IDs “000001”, “000002”,. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 is associated with the parameters of the unaffiliated user associated with the user ID “000999” and the user IDs “000001”, “000002”, etc. from the user database 31 (FIG. 5). Get the parameters of the user. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 obtains an index (an index before an unaffiliated user belongs to the first team) associated with the team ID “00000A” of the first team from the team database 34 (FIG. 7). To do. Moreover, CPU21 of the game server 20 acquires the parameter | index after an unaffiliated user belongs to a 1st team based on the parameter of an unaffiliated user, and the parameter of an affiliated user. Thereby, the game server 20 generates change information indicating a change in team information due to an unaffiliated user belonging to the first team (S321).
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates HTML data including page configuration information indicating the page configuration of the page for presenting the generated change information to the approved user (S322). Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 transmits the generated HTML data to the user terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 24.
Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 causes the image processing unit 14 to generate image data of a page of change information based on the page configuration information included in the HTML data transmitted from the game server 20. Next, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 displays the generated image data on the display unit 16 (S311). Thereby, the display screen P36 (FIG. 11) is displayed on the display unit 16 of the user terminal 10.
At this time, when the instruction button b361 (“approval”) on the display screen P36 is operated (S312: YES), an application by an unaffiliated user is approved. Thereby, an HTTP request (approval request) including information related to the approval (for example, the team ID of the first team and the user ID of the unaffiliated user) is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the game server 20.
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 executes an approval process based on the information regarding the approval included in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10 (S323). In the approval process, the team management database 33 (FIG. 6) is accessed, the user ID of the unaffiliated user is recorded in association with the team ID of the first team, and the unaffiliated user is added to the first team. Process. Thereby, the third presentation process ends.
On the other hand, when the instruction button b362 (“reject”) on the display screen P36 is operated (S312: NO), an application by an unaffiliated user is rejected. Accordingly, an HTTP request (rejection request) including information regarding rejection (for example, the team ID of the first team and the user ID of the unaffiliated user) is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the game server 20.
Next, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 executes a rejection process (not shown) based on information regarding rejection included in the HTTP request transmitted from the user terminal 10. The refusal process is a process for releasing the association between the unaffiliated user and the first team on the recording device (for example, the storage 25) performed in the application process of S123 of FIG. Thereby, the third presentation process ends.

As described above, in the game system 1 of the present embodiment, the team information of the first team when the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on the user information of the unaffiliated user and the user information of the affiliated user. Change information indicating the change is generated, and the change information is presented to the user.
Accordingly, the user who has received the change information recognizes the change in the team information of the first team due to the unaffiliated user belonging to the first team before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. be able to.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. In addition, it goes without saying that each embodiment may be variously improved and changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. The technical matters described in the above embodiments may be applied in appropriate combination.

[First Modification]
In the first modification, a modification in generation of screen configuration information by the presentation unit 56 will be described. FIG. 16 and FIG. 17 show an example of a display screen for presenting change information according to the first modification of the present embodiment.
In S122 (FIG. 13), S222 (FIG. 14), or S322 (FIG. 15), the CPU 21 of the game server 20 stores information on the item whose index change due to the unaffiliated user belonging to the first team is maximum. The screen configuration information may be generated so as to be highlighted. Here, the “change amount” may be the difference between the index before the change and the index after the change, the change rate of the index after the change relative to the index before the change, It may be a value obtained by calculation (for example, addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, or a combination thereof) between the “index difference” or the “change rate” and a correction coefficient predetermined for each item. In the example of FIG. 16, the information (“330 ↓”) of the item (average defense strength) having the maximum change amount is highlighted with an underline. Note that the highlighting mode is not limited to the addition of an underline, and may be, for example, a font type, a size or color change, an icon addition, a table frame line type change, or a combination thereof. According to this modification, the logged-in user pays attention to the item that changes most greatly due to the affiliation of the unaffiliated user, so that the item can be easily recognized. This modification is particularly useful when there are many items constituting the index of team information.
In addition, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 highlights, in S122, S222, or S322, information on items in which the amount of change in team information due to an unaffiliated user belonging to the first team is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. Screen configuration information may be generated. In the example of FIG. 17, information (“310 ↑” and “330 ↓”) of items (average attack power and average defense power) whose change amount is 10 or more is highlighted with an underline. Note that the highlighting mode is not limited to the addition of an underline, and may be, for example, a font type, a size or color change, an icon addition, a table frame line type change, or a combination thereof. Further, the predetermined value that is a reference for highlighting may be the same for all items, or may be a different value for each item. According to this modification, the logged-in user pays attention to an item that changes by a predetermined size or more due to the affiliation of an unaffiliated user, so that the item can be easily recognized. This modification is particularly useful when there are many index items of team information that change depending on the affiliation of unaffiliated users.

[Second Modification]
In the second modified example, a modified example in the generation of change information by the generating unit 52 will be described. FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 show an example of a display screen for presenting change information according to the second modification of the present embodiment.
The CPU 21 of the game server 20 may generate, as change information, information indicating a change in team ranking before and after the unaffiliated user belongs in S121 (FIG. 13), S221 (FIG. 14), or S321 (FIG. 15). Good. In the example of FIG. 18, the change information indicates a change in the rank within the team due to an unaffiliated user belonging to the first team. According to this modification, the log-in user can easily know the change in the rank within the team due to the affiliation of the unaffiliated user. This is because, in a team battle function configured so that only users with a team rank of a predetermined rank or higher can participate in a battle, a user who has received change information is presented with the battle even after an unaffiliated user belongs. It is particularly useful because it can recognize whether or not you can participate in
In addition, in S121, S221, or S321, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 may generate information indicating change in the combo before and after the unaffiliated user belongs as change information. The combo affects the outcome of the team-based battle in the team battle function. For example, in a team-based battle, a combination of parameters (for example, user attributes or game object (for example, card) attributes) is determined based on whether the team matches a predetermined combination. At least one of the index and the user parameter varies, and the victory or defeat of the battle is determined based on at least one of the index and parameter after the variation. In this case, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 refers to the combo setting table, and the combination of the parameter (for example, attribute) of the unaffiliated user and the parameter (for example, attribute) of the belonging user becomes the combo condition of the combo setting table. It is determined whether or not the combination is applicable, and when the combination corresponds to the combo condition, information (for example, a combo ID or a combo effect) associated with the corresponding combo condition is presented. The game object is not limited to a card but may be a character or the like. In the example of FIG. 19, the change information indicates a change in combo due to an unaffiliated user belonging to the first team. According to this modification, the login user can easily know the change of the combo due to the affiliation of the unaffiliated user. This is in the case of a game in which an advantageous effect (combo effect) on a game is given to at least one of a plurality of affiliated users when a combination of a plurality of affiliated users corresponds to a combo (a combo condition is established). Is particularly beneficial. If the number and priority of combos generated in the battle are determined in advance, the combos generated by the unaffiliated user are likely to change. Therefore, the combo has a greater influence on the result of the team battle.

[Third Modification]
In the third modification, a description will be given of a modification in the case where there are a plurality of unaffiliated users and first teams that are the basis of the change information.
For example, the 1st reception means 53 may receive the designation | designated of the some 1st team by an unaffiliated user. More specifically, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 receives an operation for designating a plurality of first teams from the unaffiliated user via the instruction input unit 15 in S110 (FIG. 13), and the CPU 21 of the game server 20 In S120, designation of a plurality of first teams may be accepted. In this case, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates change information for a plurality of first teams in S121. Further, in S122, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 has a mode (for example, an unaffiliated user (user name “U999”)) in which the logged-in user can compare the change information about the plurality of first teams (teams). The change information when it belongs to the name “G00A”) and the change information when the unaffiliated user belongs to another first team (team name “G00B”).
Moreover, the 2nd reception means 54 and the 3rd reception means 55 may receive the designation | designated of the some unaffiliated user by an affiliation user and an approval user, respectively. More specifically, the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 accepts an operation for designating a plurality of unaffiliated users from the affiliated user via the instruction input unit 15 in S210 (FIG. 14) and S310 (FIG. 15), The CPU 21 of the game server 20 may accept designations of a plurality of unaffiliated users in S220 and S320, respectively. In this case, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 generates change information for a plurality of unaffiliated users in S221 and S321. In addition, in S222 and S322, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 has a mode (for example, a certain unaffiliated user (user name “U999”) in which the logged-in user can compare change information regarding a plurality of unaffiliated users in the first team. It is presented in the form of a table indicating change information when belonging to (team name “G00A”) and change information when another unaffiliated user (user name “U800”) belongs to the first team.
The “comparable aspect” is not limited to the table format, and may be a switching format. In the switching format, for example, a page showing change information when an unaffiliated user (user name “U999”) belongs to a first team (team name “G00A”) is displayed first, and a predetermined operation (for example, scrolling) is performed. Operation or touch operation) may be a format in which a page indicating change information when the unaffiliated user belongs to another first team (team name “G00B”) is displayed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the predetermined operation input on the user terminal is an input of a pressing operation of a predetermined instruction button on the user terminal or an input of a touch operation on the display screen for the user terminal having a touch panel function. The operation input is not limited to this. The operation input may be an operation input by shaking a user terminal provided with an acceleration sensor, or an operation input by gesture (gesture input). In gesture input, by performing a predetermined gesture for a user terminal having an imaging function, the user terminal recognizes an image of the gesture and recognizes an operation input associated with the gesture in advance. In the case of a user terminal that can execute a voice recognition program, the operation input may be performed by inputting voice.

In the above-described embodiment, the game application is a so-called browser type (Web type) application, but is not limited thereto. A so-called native application in which the execution subject of the process related to the game application is not the game server 20 but the user terminal 10 may be used. Thus, in the case where the user terminal 10 is a native type application that is the execution subject of the process, the game control device in the present invention is the user terminal 10.
Further, although the game server 20 on the network is configured to be implemented as an execution subject of the functions included in each unit illustrated in FIG. 12, the configuration is not limited thereto. All or some of the means shown in FIG. 12 may be realized by the user terminal 10. In other words, a configuration in which the CPU 21 of the game server 20 performs the processing as the execution subject may be configured such that the CPU 11 of the user terminal 10 is the execution subject. 20A and 20B each show an example in which the functions between the user terminal 10 and the game server 20 are shared for each function (the functions shown in FIG. 12) of the game control device of the first embodiment. The game systems 1A and 1B are shown.
For example, in order to independently implement each function shown in FIG. 12 in the user terminal 10, the user terminal 10 is a user of the user database 31, the team management database 33, and the team database 34 shown in FIGS. The individual parts may be stored, the presentation process may be executed, and the user individual parts of the user database 31, the team management database 33, and the team database 34 updated by the presentation process may be transmitted to the game server 20.

  The game in the present invention is not limited to the game in the present embodiment. For example, in a team battle, if the game refers to a team index based on the parameters of the belonging user, a game other than the game in the present embodiment (for example, RPG (Role Playing Game), FPS (First Person Shooting), etc.) Sports games that are played by multiple users such as games and soccer games) are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  Moreover, although the case where an owner user and an approval user differ was illustrated in embodiment mentioned above, an owner user may have a role as an approval user and a role which sets an affiliation user as an approval user. The approved user in this case includes the owner user and the affiliation user set by the owner user.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, change information is generated by acquiring the index before the unaffiliated user belongs and the index after the unaffiliated user belongs, and the index before the unaffiliated user belongs, An example of presenting change information including the index after the affiliated user belongs is shown, but the index before the unaffiliated user does not get acquired, the index after the unaffiliated user belongs, The change information including the index after the affiliated user belongs but not including the index before the unaffiliated user may be presented.

  In the above-described embodiment, the ratio index includes information on the configuration ratio of the type parameter. However, the ratio index includes the configuration ratio of the numerical parameter (for example, a user whose progress level is 10 to 20, and the progress (Composition ratio of users having a level of 20 to 40 and users having a progress level of 40 or more).

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the index before the unaffiliated user belongs is obtained from the team database 34 in S121, S221, or S321, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 may acquire an index before the unaffiliated user belongs in S121, S221, or S321 by calculation based on the parameter of the belonging user. Further, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 does not acquire the index before the unaffiliated user belongs in S121, S221, or S321, but includes change information including the index after the unaffiliated user belongs (that is, the unaffiliated user Information that does not include the index before the s belong may be generated.

  The team database 34 can be updated as appropriate. For example, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 may perform a calculation based on the parameter of the belonging user at the timing of generating the change information, and update the team database 34 based on the calculation result, as in S121, S221, or S321. In addition, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 may update the team database 34 at a timing when the affiliation user of the team has changed (for example, the affiliation user has increased due to joining or the affiliation user has decreased due to withdrawal). For example, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 includes the associated unaffiliated user at the timing when the unaffiliated user is newly associated with the team by the association unit 51 (for example, after the end of the approval process (S323)). The team database 34 may be updated based on user parameters. In addition, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 updates the team database 34 based on the parameters of the affiliated users excluding the affiliated user who has been removed at the timing when the association between the affiliated user and the team is canceled by the association unit 51. May be.

The game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment
An association means (51) for associating a user belonging to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
Based on the user information (for example, attack power) of the unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and the user information (for example, attack power) of the belonging user who belongs to the first team, the unaffiliation Change information (for example, information indicating an increase in average attack power) indicating change in team information (for example, average attack power) of the first team when the user belongs to the first team is generated. Generating means (52);
Presenting means (56) for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
Is provided.
In this case, the user who has received the change information can recognize the change in the team information of the first team due to the unaffiliated user belonging before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. .
The unaffiliated user may be a user who does not belong to any team, or belongs to a team (second team) other than the first team, which is the basis of the change information. It may be a user who does not belong to.
The user information may be information (for example, attributes) that can be arbitrarily set by the user, information that changes based on the progress of the game (for example, attack power), It may be a combination.
Further, the change information is information regarding changes in team information. For example, the change information may be a combination of team information before and after the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team, or team information after the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team (that is, the unaffiliated user Information that does not include team information before belonging to the first team), or information regarding a difference between team information before and after an unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. Further, the change information may be information represented by numerical values, or may be information represented by characters (for example, information representing a team rank or title in the game). As for the rank name, for example, the rank name of the team with the average progress level of 10 to 19 is “Rank C”, the rank name of the team with the average progress level of 20 to 29 is “Rank B”, and the average progress level is 30. The rank names of the teams to 39 may be “rank A”. As for the title, for example, in the attribute ratio indicator, a team having a “fire attribute” of 60% or more is referred to as a “flame corps”, and a team having a “water attribute” of 60% or more is referred to as a “water corps”. A team having a “wind attribute” of 60% or more may be a “wind corps”.

In the game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment,
The user information is a user parameter (for example, attack power) in the game,
The team information may be an index (for example, an average value of attack power) based on the parameters of the belonging user.
The parameter is information referred to in the game and is information associated with the user. The parameter may be, for example, a type parameter (for example, attribute) arbitrarily set by the user, a numerical parameter (for example, attack power) that changes based on the progress of the game, or a combination thereof.
The index is information referred to in the game and is information associated with the team. The index includes, for example, a ratio index including information on the configuration ratio of the type parameter (for example, the attribute configuration ratio), an average index including information on the average value of the numerical parameter (for example, the average value of the attack power), It may include all of a rank index including information on the rank within the team determined by a predetermined criterion based on a numerical parameter and an effect index including information regarding the combo, a ratio index, an average index, a rank index, and A part of the effect index may be included. In addition, the index may include a statistical index including information on a statistical value of each parameter (for example, a total value, a maximum value, or a minimum value of numerical parameters).

In the game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment,
When a combination of user information of a plurality of belonging users (for example, a combination of user attributes) corresponds to a specific combination (for example, a combo condition), an advantageous effect on the game for at least one of the plurality of belonging users (For example, a game with a combo effect)
The change information may indicate a change in the advantageous effect (for example, a newly generated combo effect) when the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team.
In this case, the user who has received the change information may recognize an advantageous change in effect due to the unaffiliated user belonging to the first team before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. it can.
The combination of user information may be a combination of type parameters (for example, occupation) or a combination of numerical parameters (for example, progress level). When the user information includes a parameter (for example, an attribute) of a game object (for example, a card) held by the user, the combination of the user information may be a combination of the parameters of the game object. Furthermore, the combination of user information may be a combination of parameters of a specific game object (for example, a leader card) among game objects held by the user. Moreover, when the parameter of the item which a user holds (for example, the attribute of the weapon which a user uses) is included in user information, the combination of the parameter of the said item may be sufficient as the combination of user information.
The specific combination is a condition (for example, a combo condition) for generating an advantageous effect (for example, a combo effect), and is predetermined in a combo setting table, for example.
An advantageous effect is information on a game given to at least one of a plurality of users when a combination of user information of a plurality of users corresponds to a specific combination, and the progress of the game (for example, This is information that affects the team battle function).

In the game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment,
The presenting means (56) includes change information including, for example, team information before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team and team information after the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team (for example, Both the average attack power before the unaffiliated user belongs and the average attack power after the unaffiliated user belong) may be presented.
In this case, the user who received the change information intuitively recognizes the change in team information due to the unaffiliated user belonging to the first team before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. can do.

In the game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment,
The team information includes information on a plurality of items (for example, attack power and defense power),
The presenting means (56) may present the change information so that information of an item (for example, defense power) having a maximum change amount among information of the plurality of items is emphasized.
In this case, the item that changes the most due to the affiliation of an unaffiliated user is differentiated from the other items. Can be recognized immediately.
Emphasis refers to presenting change information so that an item with the largest amount of change is differentiated from other items (items with the largest amount of change).
Note that the amount of change may be the difference between the index before the change and the index after the change, or the rate of change of the index after the change relative to the index before the change. Or a value obtained by calculation (for example, addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, or a combination thereof) of the “change rate” and a correction coefficient predetermined for each item.

In the game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment,
The team information consists of information of a plurality of items (for example, attack power, defense power and login time),
The presenting means (56) includes, among the information of the plurality of items, an amount of change (for example, an average value before the unaffiliated user belongs and an unaffiliated user belonging to the attack power, defense power, and login time) The change information may be presented so that information on items (for example, offensive power and defense power) whose difference from the average value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value is emphasized.
In this case, an item that changes with a predetermined size or more depending on the affiliation of an unaffiliated user is differentiated from other items. It is possible to immediately recognize changes in team information, with a focus on.

The game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment
A first receiving means (53) for receiving designation of the first team by the unaffiliated user;
The presenting means (56) may present the change information to an unaffiliated user who has made the designation.
In this case, the unaffiliated user recognizes the change in team information due to his / her belonging to the first team before applying for the belonging to the first team, Whether or not to apply can be determined.

The game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment
A second receiving means (54) for receiving designation of an unaffiliated user by any of the affiliation users (for example, an affiliation user who has solicited an unaffiliated user);
The presenting means (56) may present the change information to the belonging user who has made the designation.
In this case, whether the affiliated user solicits the unaffiliated user after recognizing the change in team information due to the unaffiliated user belonging to the first team before soliciting the unaffiliated user. Can be judged.

The game control device (50) of one aspect of the present embodiment
Third receiving means (55) for receiving designation of the unaffiliated user by any of the belonging users (for example, an owner user or an approved user) who has an approval right for an application for belonging to the first team by the unaffiliated user. In addition,
The presenting means (56) may present the change information to the belonging user who has made the designation.
In this case, the affiliation user recognizes the change of team information due to the affiliation user belonging to the first team before approving the affiliation application made by the affiliation user, and Whether or not to approve can be determined.

Another aspect of the game control device (50) of the present embodiment is:
Associating means (51) for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team and recording it on the recording device;
Based on the user information (for example, attack power) of the unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and the user information (for example, attack power) of the belonging user who belongs to the first team, the unaffiliation Change information (for example, an increase in the average value of attack power) indicating a change in team information (for example, information indicating an increase in the average value of attack power) of the first team when the user belongs to the first team Generating means (52) for generating information);
Designation of the first team by the unaffiliated user, designation of an unaffiliated user by any of the affiliation users, and the unaffiliated user by an affiliation user who has an authorization to apply to the first team by the unaffiliated user. Accepting means (53-55) for accepting at least one of the designations of the belonging users;
Team information before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team (for example, before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team) for at least one of the designated unaffiliated user and the assigned user And the team information after the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team (for example, the average value of the attack power after the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team). Presenting means (56) for presenting information in a table format (for example, change information c161);
Is provided.

The game control method according to another aspect of the present embodiment is as follows:
Associating a user belonging to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
Based on the user information (for example, attack power) of the unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and the user information (for example, attack power) of the belonging user who belongs to the first team, the unaffiliation A step (S121, S221, S321) of generating change information (for example, information indicating an increase in average attack power) indicating a change in team information of the first team when the user belongs to the first team; ,
Presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user (S122 and S111, S222 and S211, S322 and S311);
Is provided.

The program of another aspect of this embodiment is
On the computer,
A function of associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
Based on the user information (for example, attack power) of the unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and the user information (for example, attack power) of the belonging user who belongs to the first team, the unaffiliation A function (52) for generating change information (for example, information indicating an increase in average value of attack power) indicating change in team information of the first team when the user belongs to the first team;
A function (56) for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
Is realized.

  The computer may be a network server, a large computer, or the like, for example. Further, this program may be stored in a computer-readable information storage medium such as a DVD-ROM or a CD-ROM.

The game system (1, 1A, or 1B) according to another aspect of the present embodiment includes a user terminal (10) and a server (20) that can communicate with the user terminal (10).
Either the user terminal (10) or the server (20)
An association means (51) for associating a user belonging to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
Based on the user information (for example, attack power) of the unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and the user information (for example, attack power) of the belonging user who belongs to the first team, the unaffiliation Generating means (52) for generating change information (for example, information indicating an increase in average value of attack power) indicating change in team information of the first team when the user belongs to the first team;
Presenting means (56) for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
Each means is provided.

  In the above, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the reference numerals shown in the drawings are appropriately described in parentheses, but this restricts the game control device and the like according to the present invention to the illustrated embodiment. It is not a thing.

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Association means for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team Generating means for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
Presenting means for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
A game control device comprising: The user information is a user parameter in the game,
The team information is an index based on the parameters of the belonging user.
The apparatus of claim 1. In a game in which an advantageous effect on the game is given to at least one of the plurality of belonging users when a combination of user information of the plurality of belonging users corresponds to a specific combination,
The change information indicates a change in the advantageous effect when the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team.
The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The presenting means presents change information including team information before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team and team information after the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team.
The apparatus according to claim 1. The team information consists of information of a plurality of items,
The presenting means presents the change information so that information of an item having the largest change amount among information of the plurality of items is emphasized.
The apparatus according to claim 1. The team information consists of information of a plurality of items,
The presenting means presents the change information so that information of an item whose change amount is a predetermined value or more among information of the plurality of items is emphasized.
The apparatus according to claim 1. A first accepting means for accepting designation of the first team by the unaffiliated user;
The presenting means presents the change information to an unaffiliated user who has made the designation.
The apparatus according to claim 1. A second receiving means for receiving designation of an unaffiliated user by any of the belonging users;
The presenting means presents the change information to the belonging user who performed the designation.
The apparatus according to claim 1. A third accepting unit for accepting designation of the unaffiliated user by any of the affiliated users who have an authorization to apply to the first team by the unaffiliated user;
The presenting means presents the change information to the belonging user who performed the designation.
The apparatus according to claim 1. Associating means for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team and recording it in a recording device;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team Generating means for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
Designation of the first team by the unaffiliated user, designation of an unaffiliated user by any of the affiliation users, and the unaffiliated user by an affiliation user who has an authorization to apply to the first team by the unaffiliated user. Accepting means for accepting at least one of the designations of the belonging user;
For at least one of the specified unaffiliated user and the affiliated user, team information before the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team, and the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team. Presenting means for presenting change information including later team information in a table format,
A game control device comprising: On the computer,
A function of associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team A function for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
A function of presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
A program that realizes A game system including a user terminal and a server capable of communicating with the user terminal,
Association means for associating a user who belongs to a team composed of at least one user with the team;
When the unaffiliated user belongs to the first team based on user information of an unaffiliated user who does not belong to the first team and user information of an affiliated user who belongs to the first team Generating means for generating change information indicating a change in team information of the first team;
Presenting means for presenting the change information to at least one of the affiliated user and the unaffiliated user;
A game system in which each of the means is provided in either the user terminal or the server.

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