JP2017213344A - Game device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game experience suitable for a user regarding game contents for permitting a play of a game using an article generated based on different specifications.SOLUTION: A generation apparatus of an article usable in a play of a game is connected to a game device. The device executes a game based on article information acquired from at least one of a first article, and a second article configured in a mode differing from that of the first article, for each play of the game. The device allows the generation apparatus to generate the first article based on the article information when the article information is acquired from the second article.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a game apparatus and a program, and more particularly to a game apparatus that provides game play based on information acquired from an article.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there is a game apparatus that discharges a print medium on which a character that appears during a game is printed for one game play.

  In the game device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user uses a character corresponding to a card read before the start of the game among characters predetermined as appearing in the game content to be used during the game. can do. Also, at the end of the game, a card in which an image of the selected character among the characters that appeared during the game is printed in a state (status etc.) reflecting the game progress is ejected, and the user reflects it in the next game play. The same character can be used from a later status.

JP-A-2015-116268

  By the way, the game content provided by the game device such as Patent Document 1 is subject to software update (version upgrade) such as addition of characters and functions and defect improvement so that the user's interest is maintained for a long period of time. It is done at different times. Such an update is performed without changing the hardware specifications such as a card reader and printer for information acquisition of the game device, and the basic specifications such as the rule and flow of the game content.

  On the other hand, the game experience provided to the user is limited by the basic specifications of the hardware of the game device and the game content, and it is difficult to maintain the user's interest only by software update. For this reason, for example, by introducing a game device that provides a new game content (new content) with the same title with a new hardware configuration and basic game specifications into the market as a successor, one title It has been made to keep the user's interest related to.

  In providing new content, there is a configuration in which an item discharged by a game device related to an old content can be used in order to suitably guide an old user. For example, as in the game device described in Patent Document 1, a character that has been grown by repeating the number of times the game has been played has a strong fondness for the user and is in a state that favors the progress of the game. It is preferable for the user to be able to use the articles related to these characters in the content.

  However, since the article provided with the old content is generated based on a specification different from the article provided with the new content, when the game play of the new content is performed only with such an article, There was a possibility that the interest could not be suitably provided to the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a game device and a program that provide a user with a suitable game experience for game content that allows game play using articles generated based on different specifications. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a game device of the present invention is a game device capable of playing a game using an article, and the game play is different from the first article and the first article. An acquisition unit configured to acquire article information from at least one of a second article generated in a game device different from the game device, and the first article is generated without generating the second article. Based on the product information acquired by the acquisition unit, the generation unit, an execution unit that executes a game in which a game element that appears in a game executed on a different game device may appear, and an item generated by the generation unit Control means for controlling generation, and the article information acquired from the first article and the article information acquired from the second article are defined for the game element and the game element. Information for specifying the rank on the game is included, a numerical value range that can be set is determined for the rank on the game, and the maximum value of the rank specified by the article information of the first article is the second When a value larger than the maximum value of the rank specified by the article information of the article is set and the article information is acquired from the second article, the control means is specified by the article information in a different game device. The generating means generates a first article with article information including information identifying the same game element as the game element in the game executed by the executing means.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with a suitable game experience for game content that allows game play using articles generated based on different specifications.

The figure which showed the system configuration | structure of the game system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which showed the function structure of the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which showed the function structure of the server 200 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the play process of this product content performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the registration process of the use character which concerns on embodiment of this invention The flowchart which illustrated the production | generation process of the output article information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which illustrated the work card and the old work card concerning the embodiment of the present invention The figure which showed the data structural example of the various information which concerns on embodiment of this invention

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that, in the embodiment described below, the present invention is applied to a game device that can generate and eject a card as an example of an article that can be used for game play as an example of a game device. An example will be described. However, the present invention can be applied to any device capable of issuing a card generation instruction as an example of an article that can be used for game play.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the first article and the second article according to the present invention, which are configured with different aspects, are provided in the game device when the former plays a game provided by the game device of the present embodiment. It is assumed that the article is generated and discharged, and the latter is an article that is generated and discharged in the game device when playing a different game provided by a game device different from the game device of the present embodiment. Also, for the sake of simplicity in the following description, the game content provided by the game device of the present embodiment is referred to as “main content”, and the game content provided by the different game device is referred to as “old content”. This work content will be described as a successor to the old work content. Here, the successor work is to provide a game about a common character and world view, how to play, the flow of game experience, game items to be used, the basic appearance of the game case, game title, etc. At least some elements shall refer to works that have a common or similar relationship with the old content.

  In accordance with this, the first product generated by the game device of the present embodiment that provides the main content is referred to as “main product card”, and the second item generated by a different game device that provides the old content is displayed as “old product”. Referred to as "card". In the present embodiment, the game article that can be used in the game device is described as a card. However, the game article is not limited to a card as long as the article information can be acquired. For example, when an apparatus capable of generating a three-dimensional structure such as a so-called 3D printer is connected to the game apparatus, the game article may be a structure such as a figure related to a character or an item. It may be possible to obtain from a recording medium inside the modeled object or a part of the appearance such as a seal or print attached to the modeled object. Further, the game article may be an arbitrary article such as a toy or a sticker as well as a figure.

  In the present embodiment, cards that can be used for game play have different aspects depending on whether the game content that was being executed on the game device that generated the card is the original content or the old content. However, implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The two types of cards are not necessarily generated by the game device. In the implementation of the present invention, the game content corresponding to the two types of cards does not have to be a game content having a relationship between the preceding work and the succeeding work, and can be crossed over by, for example, related contents, so-called collaboration or the like. The content may be related to providing a game experience. At this time, the card related to the other content can be used for game play in one content, and the game element corresponding to the card in the other content can also appear in the one content. It is preferable.

《Game system configuration》
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration for providing game play of the main content in the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, the game system is configured so that the game apparatus 100 and the server 200 can communicate with each other via the network 300.

<Configuration of Game Device 100>
Here, the functional configuration of the game apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game apparatus 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading an operation program for each block recorded on the recording medium 102 and developing the operation program in the memory 103.

  The recording medium 102 is a recording device capable of permanently storing data, such as a nonvolatile memory or an HDD. The recording medium 102 stores, in addition to the operation program for each block of the game apparatus 100, information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block, and various graphics data used for the game executed by the game apparatus 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

  The payment detection unit 104 detects that the game device 100 has paid the price. The payment of the consideration is determined by detecting, for example, that a predetermined amount of coins or corresponding coins have been inserted into the coin slot, or completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip related to the predetermined electronic money. It may be done. The game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting the provision of game play to the user based on the payment of the price. However, payment of the price is not an essential requirement, and the game play is based on a predetermined start instruction. The provision of may begin.

  The acquisition unit 105 acquires, as article information, at least one of characters and items used in the game when playing the game content provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment. The article information is acquired from a card that is an article for a game through a reader 120 that is detachably connected in the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100. At this time, a predetermined data conversion process or the like may be performed in order to convert the article information acquired from the card into a format suitable for use in the play process. The reader 120 detects that a card is placed on a predetermined part, recognizes the article, or acquires information from the article, for example, using an imaging device and predetermined image processing.

  In the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the reader 120 and the acquisition unit 105 are configured to be able to acquire article information from both the original work card and the old work card. Here, the difference between the main card and the old card will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 7 illustrates a mode in which one card is associated with one of characters that can appear in the game and has a pattern (character image) of the character. This does not exclude the possibility of being associated with any item or other game element in the game.

  FIG. 7A exemplifies a main work card related to the main content that is provided with game play in the game device 100 of the present embodiment. One work card is generated and discharged, for example, in one game play of the work contents. As shown in the drawing, the game card 700 has a character image 701, a character name 702, various parameters 703, and at least a part of the information configured to be visible to be recognized by the game device 100. A code image 704 is included. In the present embodiment, the code image 704 is a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional pattern as illustrated, for example, obtained by converting the article information corresponding to the card using a predetermined conversion operation, and is read by the reader 120. This makes it possible to acquire article information.

  In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, description will be made assuming that a character is associated with a usable card as a game element, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, the card may be associated with items or other elements in addition to characters as game elements.

  FIG.7 (b) has illustrated the old work card | curd which concerns on the old work content with which a game play is provided in the game device different from the game device 100 of this embodiment. For example, one old card is generated and discharged in one game play of old content. As shown in the figure, similar to the original card 700, the old card 710 includes a character image 711, a character name 712, various parameters 713, and a code image 714 relating to at least a part of the information configured to be visible. Have

  In this embodiment, in order to simplify the description, it is assumed that the main work card and the old work card are configured to have substantially the same shape and size. In addition, when the card is placed at a predetermined placement position (not shown) on the reader 120, it is possible to acquire article information by the same method regardless of whether the card is the original card or the old card. In addition, the arrangement positions of the code images on both cards are configured to be the same position when placed on the reader 120. That is, the arrangement position of the code image on the card is common regardless of whether the work card or the old card. However, as will be described later, the article information includes information that uniquely identifies the card and is configured to be different for each card, so that the appearance (pattern) of the code image is different.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the work card and the old work card have at least a code image except for the code image in the configuration of the reading surface (the surface on which the code image is printed). The presentation mode of the character image on the card is different. FIGS. 7A and 7B show the main card and the old card corresponding to the same character as the same character name is shown. The difference in the presentation mode of the character image may be the same character, for example, or the character image printed on the card may be different. Further, as shown in the drawing, the position where the character image is printed and the size and shape of the character image may be different from each other. In addition, the card of the original work and the card of the old work are different from each other, for example, various parameter items, character name fonts, etc. so that it is possible to determine which game content each card corresponds to. May be configured.

  In this embodiment, the article information is described as being printed on the card as a code image in a visible state. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the article information is attached by printing with invisible ink. Alternatively, it may be recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in a card and held as data.

  Further, the article information attached to the card may have a data structure as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, for example. FIG. 8A shows a data structure of article information attached to the work card. As shown in the drawing, the item information attached to the work card is associated with a work card ID 801 that uniquely identifies the work card, and a game ID 802 indicating that the card is provided for the work content. It is assumed that the main character ID 803 for specifying the character corresponding to the card and the main product rank information 804 used for specifying various parameters corresponding to the card are provided. In the present embodiment, the rank information is simply described as being a character level (a value indicating a growth stage) in the game, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, for each parameter such as physical strength, attack power, skill, skill, etc., there is a stage in the game showing an increase (growth) from the reference value, and this work rank information 804 is information such as information specifying this Such information may be used.

  FIG. 8B shows a data structure of article information attached to the old card. As shown in the figure, the item information attached to the old work card corresponds to the game ID 812 and the card indicating that the old work card is provided for the old work content in association with the old work card ID 811 that uniquely identifies the old work card. It is assumed that there is an old work character ID 813 for specifying a character to be played, and old work rank information 814 used for specifying various parameters corresponding to the card. As described above, the old work rank information 814 will be described as being simply the level of the character in the game.

  Here, the game ID 802 and the game ID 812 may basically be information for identifying game content to be processed in a game device that mainly provides game play using the card. That is, in the present embodiment, the game ID 802 indicates the main content and the game ID 812 indicates the old content, which are different. In this connection, the main card ID 801 and the old card ID 811 may each be information that uniquely identifies the card alone, or information that uniquely identifies the card in combination with the game ID 802 or the game ID 812. It may be. In this case, the same information may exist between the main card ID 801 employed in the main content and the old card ID 811 employed in the old content.

  In addition, the main content and the old content are related in that a common character can appear in the game, but in this embodiment, the character ID assigned to each of the characters that can appear in the game is the content. In FIG. That is, the main character ID 803 and the old character ID 813 indicate different identification information even for the same character. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and in the case of a card with a character image corresponding to the same character, the same identification information is used for the main character ID 803 and the old character ID 813. It may be a thing.

  In the present embodiment, the rank information is described as the level of the character on the game that changes the superiority of the progress of the game. However, the main work rank information 804 and the old work rank information 814 are settable values. The ranges may be different. For example, in the old content, the level of characters is provided from 1 to 40, and one character can grow up to a maximum of 40 levels in accordance with the content of the game play of the breeding content. On the other hand, in this work content, the level of characters is provided from 1 to 50, and it is assumed that one character can grow up to a maximum of 50 levels by game play of the breeding content. Here, the higher the level per character (the larger the number), the more advantageous the game progress.

  The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each character that is predetermined as appearing in the main content. The character information managed for one character may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 8C, for example. In the example of FIG. 8C, the character information managed as one record on the character DB 106 for one character is associated with the data ID 821 for identifying the record, and the character information for uniquely identifying the character in the content. Based on the character ID 822 and the main work card, the main picture drawing information 823 indicating the character image to be displayed when the character appears in the game of the main content is set for specifying the same character in the old content. Based on the old work character ID 824, old work drawing information 825 indicating a character image (character image corresponding to the old work content) displayed when the character appears in the game of the main work content is managed based on the old work card. The character image is used to configure the game screen when playing the game content. In addition, the character information includes initial values of character-specific ability parameters such as physical strength, attack power, skill, skill, etc., which are predetermined in a state where growth factors are not considered (reference value: for example, various parameters in a level 1 state) Value)), and the amount of increase / decrease according to the growth (level, number of times of play, contents of play) for each parameter from the basic parameters, growth information indicating skills, skills, etc. that can be additionally given 827 is included.

  The display control unit 107 is a drawing device that generates a game-related screen by performing a drawing process such as a GPU. The display control unit 107 draws a game screen related to the main content. Specifically, the display control unit 107 reads out necessary drawing objects according to information such as in-game parameters according to the progress of the game during execution of play processing described later, executes appropriate arithmetic processing, and performs drawing. Do. The generated game screen is output to the display unit 130 which is a display device that is detachably connected in the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100, and is displayed in a predetermined display area, thereby displaying the user. Presented to.

  The print control unit 108 generates print data of the work card to be printed out, including the code image and the character image of the article information, for the character for which an instruction to make a card (generate a card by printing) is given. When the print control unit 108 generates the print data, the print control unit 108 transmits the print data to the printing unit 140 together with a print command, instructs printing of the corresponding card, and discharges it. The printing unit 140 is a printing device such as a printer configured to be able to transmit and receive information to and from the print control unit 108 detachably connected in the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100. When the print unit 140 receives print data related to a card and a print command related to the data from the print control unit 108, the print unit 140 performs a print operation of the print data. When the printing unit 140 is built in the same housing as the game apparatus 100, the card discharged by printing is provided to the user by being guided to a discharge port (not shown) accessible from the outside of the game apparatus 100. Good.

  The operation input unit 109 is a user interface that the game apparatus 100 has, such as an operation member for direction input, an operation member for determination input, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input to the operation member has been made, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101. In the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members. However, the game apparatus 100 includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects a touch input made on the screen of the display unit 130. Also good.

  The communication unit 110 is a communication interface that the game apparatus 100 has. The communication unit 110 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data of a predetermined format, and transmits the data to an external device (server 200) via the network 300. For example, when the communication unit 110 receives information via the network 300, the communication unit 110 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103.

<Configuration of Server 200>
Next, the functional configuration of the server 200 will be described with reference to FIG. In the description of the configuration of the server 200, a configuration that realizes the same function as that of the game apparatus 100 will be described with a prefix of “server”.

  The server control unit 201 is a CPU, for example, and controls the operation of each block included in the server 200. Specifically, the server control unit 201 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading the operation program of each block recorded in the server recording medium 202 and developing it in the server memory 203 and executing it.

  The server recording medium 202 is a recording device that can hold data permanently, such as a nonvolatile memory or an HDD. The server recording medium 202 stores information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block in addition to the operation program for each block of the server 200. The server memory 203 is a storage device used for temporary data storage, such as a volatile memory. The server memory 203 is used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

  The generated card DB 204 is a database for managing whether or not the main card is generated based on the old card issued or generated for the old content. The information managed in the generated card DB 204 may be, for example, logical type information that is associated with the old card ID 811 and that manages whether information has been generated.

  The server communication unit 205 is a communication interface that the server 200 has. For example, the server communication unit 205 converts information input as a transmission target into data of a predetermined format, and transmits the data to an external device (game device 100) via the network 300. For example, when the server communication unit 205 receives information via the network 300, the server communication unit 205 decrypts the information and stores it in the server memory 203. Specifically, in the server 200 of this embodiment, when the information of the old card ID 811 in which the main card is generated based on the old card is received together with the information update request, the server control unit 201 displays the old card ID 811. The information related to the card ID 811 and managed in the generated card DB 204 is updated to the state where the production card has been generated.

  In the present embodiment, the server 200, which is an external device, manages information about whether or not a main work card has been generated based on the old work card for each old work card. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the generated card DB 204 and its information management may be implemented in the game device 100 alone.

《Play processing》
In the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 for the play process for providing game play related to the main content. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it. In addition, this play process demonstrates as what is started when the payment detection part 104 detects that the input concerning the game play was made | formed, for example. During execution of this play process, unless otherwise specified, the display control unit 107 generates a screen corresponding to the progress as appropriate based on the process and command performed by the control unit 101 and displays the screen on the display unit 130.

  In step S401, the control unit 101 performs a registration process for registering a character (used character) used for game play. As described above, the registration process is performed by allowing the user to read the original card or the old card by the reader 120 (allowing the card information to be acquired from the card) or to control a character that can appear in the game. 101 is performed by selecting by a lottery process or the like.

<registration process>
Here, the registration process executed in S401 of the play process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S501, the control unit 101 determines whether registration of the character to be used has been completed. The completion of the registration of the use character may be determined based on the detection that the operation input related to the end of registration by the user has been made or the registration of the upper limit number of use characters has been completed. In addition, in the main content provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the character used is not registered with the card so that the game can be played even when the card is not owned at the first experience, for example. In both cases, by performing the operation input related to the end of the registration, the user can skip the registration stage of the character to be used and play the game.

  If the control unit 101 determines that the registration of the character to be used has been completed, the main registration process is completed. At this time, if the number of registered characters used has not reached the upper limit, the control unit 101 obtains character information from the character DB 106 for the insufficient number of characters selected based on a predetermined lottery process, and stores it in the memory 103, for example. What is necessary is just to add to the use character management table managed. The character added in this way may be selected from some characters that are determined in advance as usable even without a card. The information managed for each character in the used character management table is, for example, as shown in FIG. 8D, associated with the character ID 831, the play time parameter 832 used in the current game play, and the drawing. Information 833, a card use flag 834 indicating whether or not a use character has been registered by a card (for example, logical type), and an old work (for example, logical type) indicating whether or not the character has been registered based on an old card It may include a flag 835 and a card ID 836 of the card used for registration. When adding the insufficient number of characters to the character management table, for example, the basic parameter 822 of the character is substituted for the play time parameter 832 and the card use flag 834 indicates information indicating that no card is used for registration ( False), information indicating that the character is not registered based on the old card may be used for the old flag 835. The character ID 831 and the drawing information 833 are related to the main content of the acquired character information (the drawing data indicated by the main character ID 822, the main drawing information 823, or the main drawing information 823). Assigned. In this case, blank information may be substituted for the card ID 836.

  If the control unit 101 determines that the registration of the character to be used has not yet been completed, the process proceeds to S502.

  In step S502, the control unit 101 determines whether a card (target card) has been read. The control unit 101 determines this step based on whether or not the acquisition unit 105 has acquired the item information (target item information). If the control unit 101 determines that the target card has been read, it moves the process to S503, and if it determines that the target card has not been read, it repeats the process of this step.

  In step S503, the control unit 101 determines whether the target card is an old card. The control unit 101 refers to the game ID 802 or the game ID 812 included in the target product information, and determines whether or not the target card is a game product of an old content, that is, an old card. When the control unit 101 determines that the target card is an old card, the process proceeds to S504. If the control unit 101 determines that the target card is not an old card, that is, a main card, the process proceeds to S507. In this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, a description will be given assuming that a card that cannot be used for game play in the game device 100 is not used for registration, but an error notifying that such a card cannot be used when used. It will be readily understood that processing is performed.

  In step S504, the control unit 101 determines whether the production card based on the target card has already been generated. As will be described later, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, when an old card is used for game play of the main content, it is possible to generate the main card based on the old card, but this is allowed without limitation. For example, a large amount of this work card that allows the game to proceed advantageously can be distributed. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, generation of the main work card based on the card is allowed only once for one old work card. Therefore, the control unit 101 transmits the old card ID 811 included in the target article information to the communication unit 110, and requests the server 200 for information on the generation status of the main card based on the target card. When the information on the generation status is returned from the server 200, the control unit 101 determines this step based on the information. If the control unit 101 determines that the production card based on the target card has already been generated, the control unit 101 notifies that the target card cannot be used, for example, because the corresponding production card has already been generated. Then, the process returns to S501. If the control unit 101 determines that the production card based on the target card has not yet been generated, the process proceeds to S505.

  In the present embodiment, when the production card based on the target card has already been generated, the target card will be described as being unusable for character registration. However, the above-described game is advantageously advanced. The aspect which avoids mass distribution of this work card is not restricted to this. For example, although registration as a character to be used is permitted, if generation has already been performed, control may be performed so that generation of a main card based on the character cannot be performed.

  In step S <b> 505, the control unit 101 refers to the old character ID 813 included in the target article information and acquires character information related to the target card from the character DB 106. Specifically, the control unit 101 acquires character information whose old character ID 824 is the old character ID 813 included in the target article information among the character information managed by the character DB 106.

  In step S506, the control unit 101 adds various types of information to the used character management table based on the character information acquired in step S505. Since the information addition to the table performed in this step is the use character registration based on the old work card, the control unit 101 uses the card use flag 834 to indicate that the card is used for registration (True), The old work flag 835 is used as information (True) indicating that the target card is an old work card, and the old work card ID 811 of the target article information is substituted for the card ID 836. In addition, the control unit 101 assigns the main character ID 822 of the acquired character information to the character ID 831 for easy reference in processing. On the other hand, in order to clearly indicate to the user that the game play is being performed based on the old work card, the drawing information 833 is not the main work drawing information 823 including the character image related to the main work content but the old work card. Assume that the setting is based on the old drawing information 825 including the corresponding character image.

  Further, the fact that the use character is registered based on the old work card can be determined that the user has entered the game play of the main work content from the old work content. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, when the use character registration based on the old work card is performed, the breeding status (old work) is used as an incentive for raising the character to the state corresponding to the old work card in the old work content. A play time parameter 832 higher than the basic parameter is set according to the rank information 814). It is assumed that the play time parameter 832 to be set is adjusted in a direction that makes the progress of the game more disadvantageous than the old work rank information 814 of the target article information. This is due to the fact that the game balance can be disrupted if the breeding situation (for example, the character that has reached the upper limit level) in the old content is taken over as it is. More specifically, in a competitive game or score ranking in the main content, only some users who have played the old content are advantageous, and the interest of the user who starts using the main content can be cut off. Therefore, in this step, the control unit 101 changes the character level determined in the previous work rank information 814 of the acquired target article information to a character level (rank) that is lower than the level by a predetermined level. Based on the growth information 827 and the basic parameter 826 corresponding to, a play time parameter 832 is determined from the acquired character information.

  In this embodiment, when registering a use character based on an old work card, the old work rank of the target article information obtained from the old work card is higher than the basic parameters defined in the main work content for the target character. Although the description will be made assuming that the rank is changed to a rank lower than the rank determined by the information 814 (game progression is disadvantageous) and the play time parameter 832 is set, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The use character registration based on the old work card may be adjusted so as to secure a game experience suitable for the user who plays the work content. For example, when the growth state does not exceed a predetermined character level, the character level determined by the old work rank information 814 of the target article information is used as it is, and when it exceeds the predetermined character level, the character level is adjusted to the predetermined character level. There may be. Further, for example, when a level obtained by subtracting a predetermined value (such as 10 levels) uniformly from the character level determined by the previous rank information 814 of the target article information is determined as an adjusted level, and the adjusted level is lower than the initial level 1 May be a mode in which the level is changed to 1 or 2. When the level is changed to level 1, there is no incentive related to the parameter by playing the old work content, but at least the character corresponding to the old work card can be used for the game play of the main work content, and the user's superiority can be secured. It will be easily understood that the parameter adjustment at the time of registering the use character based on the old card can be changed to various modes without being limited thereto.

  Further, in this embodiment, the use character registered based on the old card will be described as adding information so that the character image of the old work content is used to display the character on the game. It will be easily understood that the present invention is not limited to this. That is, as long as the user can understand that the character corresponding to the old card is used, the information used for displaying the character may correspond to any content.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S503 that the target card is a real work card, the control unit 101 refers to the real work character ID 803 included in the target article information and acquires character information related to the target card from the character DB 106 in S507. . Specifically, unlike S505, the control unit 101 obtains character information in which the main character ID 822 is the main character ID 803 included in the target article information among the character information managed by the character DB 106.

  In step S508, the control unit 101 adds various types of information to the used character management table based on the character information acquired in step S507. Since the addition of information to the table performed in this step is the use character registration based on the work card, the control unit 101 indicates that the card is used for registering the card use flag 834 (True). The old work flag 835 is set to information (False) indicating that the target card is not an old work card, and the main work card ID 801 of the target article information is substituted for the card ID 836. Further, the control unit 101 substitutes the main character ID 822 of the acquired character information for the character ID 831. Further, the control unit 101 sets the drawing information 833 based on the main drawing information 823. For the play time parameter 832, the control unit 101 may change and substitute the basic parameter 826 based on the main product rank information 804 of the target article information according to the acquired character information growth information 827.

  As described above, when the registration of the character related to the target card in the used character management table is completed in S505 and S506, or S507 and S508, the control unit 101 returns the process to S501.

  When the registration process is completed, the control unit 101 executes a game process related to the battle game in which the character registered in the use character management table is made to appear as the use character in S402 of the play process. In the battle game according to the content of the present embodiment of the present embodiment, a win or loss is determined based on a predetermined game rule between a predetermined number of characters used by the user and an opponent character that is an opponent. It is a battle game. In other words, the control unit 101 executes a battle game in which the use character and the opponent character are controlled to appear. A competitive game is a user who plays a game simultaneously on the game device 100 (so-called two-player battle), or a user who plays a game on another game device 100 that provides the same content connected via the communication unit 110 (a so-called network). This is realized between a user and an NPC (or AI) that performs processing corresponding to an operation based on a predetermined decision-making program or the like. That is, the action determination of the opponent character group is made by another user or NPC. When the control unit 101 completes the game process related to the battle game, that is, progresses to a status where it is determined that the battle game related to one game play is won or lost, the process proceeds to S403.

  In step S <b> 403, the control unit 101 executes a generation process for generating article information for a character to be carded in the current game play.

<Generation process>
Here, the generation processing executed in this step will be described in detail using the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S <b> 601, the control unit 101 determines characters (candidate characters) that are candidates for card formation based on the execution details of the game process. Candidate characters include at least a character group selected as a character to be used. In addition, the candidate characters are increased or decreased based on the execution content of the game process. For example, when the battle game executed in the game process is a battle between people (a battle with another user), the control unit 101 determines only the characters included in the use character management table as candidate characters. For example, when the played game is an NPC game, the control unit 101 may determine the opponent character group as a candidate character in addition to the characters included in the used character management table. At this time, whether or not to add the opponent character group as a candidate character group depends on whether the battle game is cooperative play (a game in which two users cooperate with NPC) as a result of the battle game, and the battle character. It may be determined in consideration of at least one of the above classification and cardable conditions. The information on the identified candidate character may be held in the memory 103, for example.

  In step S602, the control unit 101 receives selection of a character to be carded out of the candidate characters determined in step S601. The selection of a character to be carded is performed based on an operation input detected by the operation input unit 109 based on the screen displaying a candidate character on the display unit 130. In the present embodiment, description will be made assuming that selection of a character is performed based on an operation input by a user, but implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if there is a character used registered based on an old work card, the user transition from the old work content to the main work content is promoted, or an interesting element peculiar to the main work content is added to the user of the old work content. It is also possible to perform control so that the character used is selected as a card formation target regardless of the operation input.

  In step S <b> 603, the control unit 101 determines whether the selected card conversion target character is a character registered based on an old card. Specifically, when the character to be carded is a character included in the use character management table, the control unit 101 refers to the old work flag 835 related to the corresponding character in the table and performs the determination of this step. When the control unit 101 determines that the selected character to be carded is a character registered based on the old card, the process proceeds to S604, and when the control unit 101 determines that the character is not registered based on the old card Moves the process to S606.

  In step S <b> 604, the control unit 101 generates article information (output article information) for this work card for the selected character to be carded, and completes the generation process. Specifically, the control unit 101 obtains a new card ID, and sets this as the main card ID 801 of the output article information. In addition, the control unit 101 sets the character ID 831 related to the corresponding character in the used character management table as the main character ID 803 of the output article information, and rank information based on the play time parameter 832 (the parameter adjusted in S505 of the registration process). Is generated and used as the main product rank information 804 of the output article information. Then, the control unit 101 uses the game ID 802 of the output article information as information indicating the main content, and completes the output article information.

  In step S <b> 605, the control unit 101 causes the server 200 to manage the generation of the main work card based on the old card used for registering the character to be carded. More specifically, the control unit 101 transmits the card ID 836 related to the corresponding character in the use character management table to the communication unit 110 and causes the server 200 to transmit the card ID 836 together with the information update request.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S603 that the character to be carded is not a character registered based on the old card, the control unit 101 generates output article information for the selected character to be carded in S606. Specifically, the control unit 101 obtains a new card ID and determines a parameter (main work rank information 804) based on the execution contents of the game process, and indicates the character ID and the main content of the character to be carded. The game ID 802 and these pieces of information are combined to generate output article information. The parameter determined based on the execution content may be, for example, an absolute value after increase or decrease, or a relative value from the basic parameter. In the latter case, for example, if the character to be carded is not a used character, it may indicate that there is no increase / decrease from the basic parameter, or the basic parameter is changed according to the result of the battle game and the basic It may indicate a difference from the parameter. The parameter determination may be dynamically determined in consideration of, for example, the result of the battle game or the number of times the same character has been carded.

  When the generation process is completed, the print control unit 108 generates print data relating to the card to be ejected and issues a print instruction to the printing unit 140 in S404 of the play process. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, the print control unit 108 under the control of the control unit 101, the code image 704 based on the output article information generated in the generation process, and the character image of the character to be carded 701, and print data including various parameters 703 after the change is generated. Here, the character image 701 of the character to be carded may be configured so that it can be easily distinguished from the old card using the character image included in the actual drawing information 823 relating to the character. The print data is transmitted to the printing unit 140 together with the print command, and the printing unit 140 prints and ejects the card based on this. When the discharge is completed, or when a predetermined time has passed since the print instruction is given and the time required for the discharge has elapsed, the control unit 101 completes the play process.

  By doing in this way, in the game device of this embodiment, a suitable game experience can be provided to a user about the game contents in which the game play using the goods generated based on different specifications is possible.

  Although the present embodiment has been described on the assumption that the production rank information 804 of the output article information is determined based on the play time parameter, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even if it is an aspect in which the progress of the game is made advantageous only at the time of the first game play using an old work card, a better game experience than other users can be provided for users of old work contents. Therefore, in the generation of the main product card based on the old product card, the main product rank information 804 of the output article information may be determined, for example, as an initial value based on the basic parameters of the main product content. In this case, while giving the user an opportunity to obtain a work card related to the same character as the old work card, fairness among users can be ensured in a game experience using the work card of the character.

[Embodiment 2]
By the way, in the game device in which a character card in a grown state can be obtained by selecting the same character at the time of selecting the character to be carded using the card owned at the time of registration of the used character, the user has one You can have multiple cards per character. In particular, for game content that uses randomness as the character's growth factors, such as changing parameter increments or adding special effects, the user uses the same card until the desired growth card is ejected. Since the game play can be performed, the number of cards owned by one user for the same character can be large.

  That is, a situation where a character has a plurality of old work cards means that the user has invested more in playing the old work contents. Therefore, it is preferable to provide a difference in the incentives of parameters due to the play of the old content between such a user and a user who owns only one old work card related to the character. Therefore, in this embodiment, when a plurality of old cards related to the same character are used in registering the character to be used, an aspect in which the changing method of the parameter at the time of play of the character is changed will be described. Of the configuration of the game system of the present embodiment, the configuration of the game device 100, and the various processes executed in the game device 100, the description of the same processing as in the first embodiment will be omitted, and the present embodiment will be described below. Only the configuration peculiar to is described.

"registration process"
In the registration process of the present embodiment, when the target article information having the same old work character ID 813 as the character already added to the use character management table based on the old work card is newly acquired, the number of used characters is registered. The information is stored so that the information related to the old card that has been added and the information related to the newly acquired old card are retained without counting.

  In the registration process according to the first embodiment, the play time parameter 832 is adjusted in S506. However, in the registration process according to the present embodiment, the play time parameter adjustment for the character registered based on the old card is performed in S501. It is controlled not to perform the registration until it is determined that the registration of the character to be used has been completed.

  Specifically, in step S506 of the present embodiment, the control unit 101 determines the character ID 831 and the drawing information 833 in the used character management table based on the target article information acquired from the old card and the character information acquired according to the card. Although the information of the card use flag 834 and the old work flag 835 is stored, the information of the play time parameter 832 and the card ID 836 is not added to the table. On the other hand, the control unit 101 stores the old work card ID 811 and the old work rank information 814 of the target article information related to information not to be added, for example, in the memory 103.

  When it is determined that the registration of the used character has been completed, the control unit 101 determines, for each of the characters registered based on the old card among the used characters, the corresponding parameter 832 for play included in the used character management table. And the card ID 836 is determined. More specifically, the control unit 101 plays a character (a character registered based on a single old card) that has one piece of article information acquired in connection with the registration in the same manner as the registration process of the first embodiment. Adjustment of the hour parameter 832 and setting of the card ID 836 are performed. On the other hand, for a character having a plurality of article information acquired in connection with registration (a character registered based on a plurality of old cards corresponding to the same character), the control unit 101 stores the character information in the memory 103. A plurality of old card IDs 811 stored are set in the card ID 836. Further, the control unit 101 determines the play time parameter 832 so as to correspond to a level higher than the character level specified by any one of the plurality of previous work rank information 814 stored in the memory 103 in relation to the character. At this time, it is preferable that the play time parameter 832 is determined for a level higher than the lowest character level of the plurality of previous-rank information 814, but the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. For example, the control may be performed so that the character level related to which old work rank information 814 is based on the sum of the character levels related to the plurality of old work rank information 814. In this case, for example, when the sum of the character levels is larger than the threshold value, a character level lower than a predetermined value among the plurality of old work rank information 814 is used as a reference, or when the sum of the character levels is smaller than the threshold value. The character level higher than a predetermined value among the plurality of old work rank information 814 may be used as a reference. Further, for example, the larger the number of stored previous work rank information 814, the higher the character level of the plurality of previous work rank information 814 may be controlled.

  By doing in this way, since the predominance of a game progress can be changed according to the user's investment concerning the play of an old work content, the interest with respect to the main work content of the play user of an old work content can be heightened especially.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100: Game device 101: Control part 102: Recording medium 103: Memory 104: Payment detection part 105: Acquisition part 106: Character DB 107: Display control part 108: Print control part 109: Operation Input unit, 110: communication unit, 120: reader, 130: display unit, 140: printing unit

Claims (10)

A game device capable of playing a game using an article,
For game play, product information is acquired from at least one of a first product and a second product that is configured in a mode different from the first product and that is generated on a game device different from the game device. Acquisition means;
Generating means for generating the first article without generating the second article;
Execution means for executing a game in which a game element common to game elements appearing in a game executed on the different game device may appear based on the article information acquired by the acquisition means;
Control means for controlling the production of the article by the production means,
The item information acquired from the first item and the item information acquired from the second item include information for specifying a game element and a rank on the game determined for the game element. ,
A numerical value range that can be set is determined for the rank on the game, and the maximum value of the rank specified by the item information of the first item is the maximum of the rank specified by the item information of the second item. A value larger than the value is set,
In the game in which the control means executes the same game element as the game element specified by the article information on the different game device when the article information is acquired from the second article. A game apparatus that causes the generation means to generate the first article with article information including information to be specified. The execution means executes a game in which a game element specified by the article information acquired by the acquisition means is displayed,
When the article information is acquired from the second article, the control means displays the first article corresponding to the game element specified by the article information that appeared in the game executed by the execution means. The game device according to claim 1, which is generated by the generation unit.   The said control means makes the said production | generation means produce | generate the said 1st goods corresponding to the game element which defined the rank different from this article information, when article information is acquired from the said 2nd article. Or the game device of 2. The rank on the game determines the superiority of the progress of the game,
The game apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the different rank is a rank that makes the progress of the game more disadvantageous than a rank specified by the item information acquired from the second item. The rank on the game determines the superiority of the progress of the game,
The control means is a game element specified by the article information when the article information specifying the same game element is acquired from a plurality of the second articles, and is specified by any of the article information. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates the first article corresponding to a game element that defines a rank that favors the progress of the game over a given rank. The game element specified by the article information is a character that appears in the game executed by the execution means,
The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a character image indicating a character specified by the item information is printed on each of the first item and the second item so as to be visible. On each of the first article and the second article, a code image corresponding to article information is printed so as to be visible,
The game device according to claim 6, wherein the first article and the second article are different in at least the presentation mode of the character image in the article, except for the printed code image.   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the first item and the second item have different game element presentation modes. Recording means for recording, as the generated article, the second article in which the first article based on the article information is generated by the generating means;
When the article information of the second article already recorded as the created article is acquired by the acquisition unit,
The execution means does not execute a game based on the article information,
The game device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit does not cause the generation unit to generate the first article based on the article information.   The program for functioning a computer as each means of the game device of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9.

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