JP2018019970A - Game execution method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To motivate a user to aggressively participate in a character disposed in a game space.SOLUTION: A display control part of a first user terminal disposes a female character (W1) in a game space (G1) for disposing a plurality of buildings so as to notify a user of a hint message (H1) including information relating to a building (K1), and disposes a male character (M1) so as to notify the user of a question in which the building (K1) is a correct answer. A terminal processing part of the first user terminal determines whether the user answers right to the question, based on operation input by the user to the question.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a game execution method, a program, and a recording medium.

  Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a city-building game that allows a user to visit another user's city.

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  In the city planning game of Non-Patent Document 1, there is a device for increasing a user's willingness to interact with other users. On the other hand, there is room for improvement in terms of positively engaging the user with characters placed in the city (game space).

  An object of the present disclosure is to give a user a motivation to be actively involved with a character arranged in a game space.

  In order to solve the above problems, a game execution method according to the present disclosure is a game execution method, and the method is executed by a computer including a processor and a memory. A step of arranging a first character in the game space to be arranged; a step of notifying a user of information related to the first building of the plurality of buildings in association with the first character; The step of arranging the character, the step of notifying the user of the question regarding the first building as the correct answer in association with the second character, and whether the user has answered the question correctly based on the operation input by the user for the question Determining.

  According to the present disclosure, the user can be motivated to be actively involved with the character placed in the game space.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the whole structure of a game system. It is a figure which shows an example of the game screen of a city planning game. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of a user terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a game server. It is a figure which shows an example of a user management table. It is a figure which shows an example of an object management table. It is a figure which shows the several game space in a city planning game It is an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed by a game system. It is a figure showing an example of game space typically. It is a figure which shows an example of the game space where a built building is arrange | positioned. It is an example of the flowchart explaining the flow of the process which increases / decreases the population of an apartment. It is a figure which shows an example of a question attribute table. It is a figure which shows an example of a building management table. It is a figure which shows an example of a text table. It is a figure which shows an example of a question management table. It is an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the process in which a question preparation part produces | generates a building management table. It is an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the process in which a question preparation part produces | generates a question management table. It is an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the process in which a game system asks a user in a game space. It is a figure which shows the example of notification of a hint message. It is a figure which shows the notification example of the question which consists of a question message and a choice message. It is a figure which shows the example which arrange | positions a female character and a male character in association with a correct building. It is a figure which shows the example of notification of the question which contains the some building which has a different attribute as an option. The figure which shows the example which a display control part notifies a user of a hint message in association with the female character arrange | positioned in game space, and notifies a user of another hint message similarly in relation to the other female character arrange | positioned in game space It is. The figure which shows the example which a display control part notifies a user with a question message in association with the male character arrange | positioned in game space, and notifies a user of another question message in association with the other male character similarly arranged in the game space It is.

  A game system according to the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to these illustrations, is shown by the claim, and intends that all the changes within the meaning and range equivalent to a claim are included. In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements in the description of the drawings, and redundant descriptions are omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the game system 1. In the present embodiment, the game system 1 provides a plurality of users with a city-building simulation game (hereinafter referred to as a city-building game). As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes a plurality of user terminals 100 and a game server 200. Each user terminal 100 and the game server 200 are connected via the network 2. The network 2 is an Internet, various mobile communication systems (for example, so-called 3G and 4G mobile communication systems, LTE (Long Term Evolution)) constructed by wireless base stations (not shown), or wireless that can be connected to the Internet by a predetermined access point. A network (eg, W-Fi®) may be included.

(Physical configuration of user terminal)
The user terminal 100 is more preferably a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a feature phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or a tablet computer. As shown in FIG. 1, a user terminal 100 includes a processor 10, a memory 11, a storage 12, a communication interface (IF) 13, an input / output IF 14, and a touch screen 15 that are electrically connected to each other via a communication bus. With.

  The input / output IF 14 has various data input / output functions and audio input / output functions via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) or the like.

  The touch screen 15 is an electronic component that combines the input unit 151 and the display unit 152. The input unit 151 is a touch-sensitive device, and includes, for example, a touch pad. The display unit 152 is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The input unit 151 detects contact or proximity of an object such as a user's finger or stylus with respect to the touch screen 15 and receives it as an operation input. The input unit 151 detects information on a screen position where a user action (mainly a physical contact operation such as a touch operation, a swipe operation, a flick operation, and a tap operation) included in the operation input is input, A function of outputting the information to the outside as an information signal is provided. The touch screen 15 may be touch sensitive. The touch-sensitive device may employ any method such as a capacitance method or a resistance film method.

(Physical configuration of game server and user terminal)
The game server 200 provides various services related to the game to each user terminal 100. The game server 200 is more preferably a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer. As shown in FIG. 1, the game server 200 includes a processor 20, a memory 21, a storage 22, a communication interface (IF) 23, and an input / output IF 24 that are electrically connected to each other via a communication bus.

  The processors 10 and 20 include a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and the like. The processor 10 controls the operation of the entire user terminal 100. The processor 20 controls the overall operation of the game server 200.

  The memories 11 and 21 include a main storage device that can be configured by a volatile storage device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory).

  The storages 12 and 22 include an auxiliary storage device that can be configured by a nonvolatile storage device such as a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The memory 11 temporarily stores various programs and data loaded from the storage 12 by the processor 10. The memory 21 temporarily stores various programs and data loaded from the storage 22 by the processor 20. As a result, the memory 11 provides a work area to the processor 10. The memory 12 provides a work area for the processor 20.

  The storage 22 of the game server 200 stores game data such as game programs. The storage 12 of the user terminal 100 stores game data such as a game program downloaded from the game server 200. The game program is expanded in the memories 11 and 21. The processor 10 executes a game program developed in the memory 11. The processor 20 executes a game program developed in the memory 21. The memory 11 also temporarily stores various game data generated while the processor 10 is operating in accordance with the game program. Various types of game data generated while the processor 20 is operating according to the game program are also temporarily stored in the memory 21.

  The communication IFs 13 and 23 have a communication control function for transmitting and receiving various data between the user terminal 100 and the game server 200. The communication control function includes, for example, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) connection function, a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, an Internet connection function via a mobile phone network, a short-range wireless communication function, and the like.

  In the present embodiment, the various data includes a predetermined game program, user information, game data such as game information, an instruction to transmit and receive them between the user terminal 100 and the game server 200, and an instruction to advance the game. including.

  For example, the processor 10 transmits the user ID to the game server 200 via the communication IF 13, thereby receiving information regarding the game object (such as a building owned) associated with the user ID from the game server 200. Further, when the object 10 is placed in the game space G based on the user action, the processor 10 transmits the game points acquired as a result to the game server 200 via the communication IF 13.

  The input / output IF 24 of the game server 200 includes an input unit that is an information input device such as a mouse and a keyboard, and an output unit such as a liquid crystal display, and is used for monitoring computer information.

(Game screen example)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game screen of a town development game. The user proceeds with the town building game by arranging various building objects O on the plane PL in the virtual game space G as shown in FIG. The game space G includes, for example, a plane formed by a plurality of lattices and a background indicating the sky or a distant view. In the present embodiment, each of the plurality of building objects O is arranged on one or more lattices.

  The number of grids necessary for arranging the building objects is determined for each building object. Each user can acquire game points by arranging the building object O in the game space G. The game points include, for example, “population” P associated with each building object, “coin” C1 as game currency, “diamond” C2, and other various in-game items.

  The user himself / herself constructed in the game space G by placing various building objects in the game space G1 or acquiring various items such as the population P and the coins C1 when playing the city-building game. We will gradually develop the virtual city. The user can enjoy the joy of playing a city-building game through the development of such a virtual city.

(Functional configuration of user terminal)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the user terminal 100. The user terminal 100 can function as the control unit 110 and the storage unit 120 through the cooperation of the processor 10, the memory 11, the storage 12, the communication IF 13, the input / output IF 14, and the like. The storage unit 120 stores a game program. This game program is developed on the main memory and executed by the control unit 110. In the present embodiment, the game program is a program that causes the user terminal 100 including the processor 10 and the memory 11 to function as the control unit 110 and the storage unit 120 that cause the town planning game to progress.

  The control unit 110 functions as an action reception unit 111, a terminal processing unit 112, a timer unit 113, a terminal determination unit 114, a display control unit 115, a reward calculation unit 116, a transmission / reception unit 117, and a question creation unit 118 according to the game program. Can do. Various game data generated when the control unit 110 operates according to the game program and various game data used by the control unit 110 are also temporarily stored in the main memory.

  The action receiving unit 111 detects a user action on the input unit 151 of the touch screen 15. The action accepting unit 111 determines what input has been made from an operation instruction or the like by the console via the touch screen 15 and other input / output IFs 14, and outputs the result to necessary elements such as the terminal processing unit 112. The action receiving unit 111 detects the coordinate information of the input position and the type of action (touch operation, slide action, etc.) when an action input is made to the touch screen 15. In addition, the action receiving unit 111 detects that the touch input has been canceled from the touch screen 15 by detecting that the input that has been continuously detected is interrupted.

  The terminal processing unit 112 controls the overall operation of the user terminal 100, and performs data transmission / reception between elements, arithmetic processing necessary for game execution, and other processing. For example, based on the action detected by the action receiving unit 111, the terminal processing unit 112 instructs the display control unit 115 to develop a game according to the game program and draw a game image indicating the result. Further, the terminal processing unit 112 operates a game object in the virtual space based on an operation input on the touch screen 15. Further, the terminal processing unit 112 performs processing such as updating various data stored in the storage unit 120 based on the operation input to the touch screen 15 and the result of the arithmetic processing. Note that the terminal processing unit 112 may control the position of the virtual camera for designating the field of view of the game space according to the progress of the game.

  The timer unit 113 measures the passage of time in the game space G. The timer unit 113 has a function of measuring the time individually for each object O arranged in the game space G. For example, the timer unit 113 causes the storage unit 120 to store the time when each object O is placed in the game space G, and measures the elapsed time. The timer unit 113 provides time information obtained by measurement to the terminal determination unit 114. The terminal determination unit 114 determines whether or not the building time has elapsed until each object O changes from a building object to a built object, and the preparation time until the various game points can be acquired after the change to the built object. It is possible to determine whether or not the time has elapsed and whether or not the cool time until the skill can be activated has elapsed.

  Based on the determination request received from the terminal processing unit 112, the terminal determination unit 114 refers to various user information and game information stored in the storage unit 120 and determines various conditions necessary for the game progress. For example, the terminal determination unit 114 determines whether or not the object O arranged in the game space G satisfies a predetermined condition. The terminal determination unit 114 refers to the timer unit 113 and the storage unit 120, acquires time information of the object O, and a condition that is a basis for calculating game points given to the user set to each object O It is determined whether or not

  The display control unit 115 displays images such as the game space G and the object O displayed on the display unit 152 based on the user information received from the game server 200, the calculation result of the game program, and the user's action on the input unit 151. Generate.

  In the present embodiment, the user terminal 100 acquires information about the type and arrangement position of an object arranged in the game space G by the user from the game server 200, and generates an image of the game space G using this information. The display control unit 115 updates the display image according to the game progress control by the terminal processing unit 112.

  The reward calculation unit 116 calculates a reward to be provided to each user based on the operation received from the action reception unit 111, and gives the user a reward. For example, the reward calculation unit 116 calculates a population P as a game point in the object based on the situation around the object, and gives it to the user. The reward calculation unit 116 may calculate a predetermined game point to be given to the user based on the action history performed by the user in the game space of the other user, and may give it to the user.

  The transmission / reception unit 117 receives various types of information from the game server 200 or transmits various types of information to the game server 200. The transmission / reception unit 117 transmits various information to the game server 200 under the control of the control unit 110. The game server 200 receives the information via the network 2 and the communication IF 23, and the transmission / reception unit 211 identifies and accepts the content of the information. The transmission / reception unit 117 sends, for example, a game program operable on the user terminal 100, user information, game space information such as a game screen, game information such as game points, game parameters, and rewards, and various notifications from the game server 200. Can be received. On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 117 can transmit user information, game points, game parameters, game information such as rewards, and various instructions to the game server 200.

  The question creation unit 118 creates a question to be notified to the user during the city-building game. This question is a question in which the first building is the correct answer among a plurality of building objects (hereinafter simply referred to as buildings) arranged in the game space G. Hereinafter, the first building is described as a correct answer building. In addition, the question creating unit 118 creates a hint message including information related to the correct answer building. Although details will be described later, these questions and hint messages are included in the question management table 305 generated by the question creating unit 118. The hint message contains information related to the correct building and therefore suggests the correct answer to the question. In other words, the question and the hint message are related to each other like a quiz and its hint. The hint message and the question notification to the user will be described later.

  The storage unit 120 stores data necessary for the control unit 110 to function as the above-described units. The data includes, for example, a game program, game information, and user information. The game information includes an object management table, a passive skill management table, an active skill management table, and the like. User information includes a user management table and the like.

(Functional configuration of game server)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game server 200. The game server 200 has a game providing function for providing each user terminal 100 with information necessary for the game progress. The game server 200 receives various instructions from the user terminal 100, and provides game programs operable on the user terminal 100, Web pages (game screens, etc.), various game data such as user information and game parameters, various notifications, and the like. Send. The game server 200 can function as the control unit 210 and the storage unit 220 through the cooperation of the processor 20, the memory 21, the storage 22, the communication IF 23, the input / output IF 24, and the like.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the control unit 210 can function as a transmission / reception unit 211, a server processing unit 212, a data management unit 213, a matching unit 214, and a measurement unit 215 by a game program stored in the storage unit 220. In the present embodiment, this game program is a program that causes the game server 200 including the processor 20 and the memory 21 to function as the control unit 210 and the storage unit 220 that cause the town-building game to progress.

  The transmission / reception unit 211 receives various information transmitted from each user terminal 100 or transmits various information to each user terminal 100.

  Each user terminal 100 transmits various information to the game server 200 based on the control of the control unit 110. The game server 200 receives the information via the network 2 and the communication IF 23, and the transmission / reception unit 211 identifies and accepts the content of the information.

  The transmission / reception unit 211 refers to various management tables stored in the storage unit 220. The transmission / reception unit 211 refers to the various management tables updated by the data management unit 213 as necessary, and executes necessary processing. The information includes various requests such as an operation of placing an object associated with each user in the game space, an operation of deleting, an operation of moving, an operation of purchasing and selling, and an operation of acquiring.

  Further, the transmission / reception unit 211 transmits to the user terminal 100 a game program operable on the user terminal 100, user information, game space information such as a game screen, game information such as game points, game parameters, and rewards, various notifications, and the like. To do.

  The server processing unit 212 controls the overall operation of the game server 200, and performs data transmission / reception between the elements and arithmetic processing necessary for the progress of the game. For example, the server processing unit 212 executes arithmetic processing according to the game program based on information or a request from the user terminal 100 received by the transmission / reception unit 211. Then, the game data such as various user information and game information as a result, and the game program and the like are transmitted to the user terminal 100 via the communication IF 13 to further advance the game on the user terminal 100.

  The data management unit 213 performs necessary processing by adding, updating, or deleting various game data and database records stored in the storage unit 220 based on various calculation results in the server processing unit 212. Run.

  For example, when the user acts on the user terminal 100 so that the user places the object O in the game space G, the transmission / reception unit 211 receives object information held by the user and information on game points from the user terminal 100 as a result. The server processing unit 212 performs necessary processing based on the received information, while the data management unit 213 updates user information and game information.

  For example, when the transmission / reception unit 211 receives a request to place an object in the game space G from the user terminal 100, the data management unit 213 obtains information on the object placed in the game space G as user information and the object's information. It is stored in association with the game information related to the arrangement position. Further, when a change occurs in the game points related to each user and object, the user information is updated so as to associate the information related to the result of the change with the information of each object.

  The matching unit 214 associates a plurality of users with a predetermined game space. For example, if the user designates that the user visits the game space G of another user in his / her game space G, the matching unit 214 temporarily associates the user with the game space G of the other user.

  The measuring unit 215 measures the passage of time in the game space G. Similar to the timer unit 113, the measuring unit 215 has a function of measuring time individually for each object O arranged in the game space G. The measuring unit 215 measures the time information of the game space G and compares it with the time information of the game space G in the timer unit 113. Thereby, in the user terminal 100 and the game server 200, the time information of the game space G is synchronized, and various time information can be measured and determined smoothly.

  The storage unit 220 stores a game program, a user authentication program, and the like. The storage unit 220 may be configured with a database for managing game information such as user information such as a user management table, an object management table, a passive skill management table, and an active skill management table.

[User management table]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user management table 300. The user management table 300 manages user information regarding game points, game parameters, objects, and the like possessed by each user. The user management table 300 is stored in the storage unit 220 of the game server 200 and / or the storage unit 120 of the user terminal 100. It is preferable that the user management table 300 for all users is individually stored in the storage unit 220 of the game server 200.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the user management table 300 includes a user ID for identifying each user, game points such as coins, items, and diamonds held by the user, and information on objects such as buildings held by each user. Are stored in association with each other.

  In the user management table 300, the level of each object, the parameter correction value of each building based on the level, and the arrangement position of the building object in the game space G are managed. Also, the state of the building, such as whether each building object is under construction or has been built, the elapsed time since the building object was placed in the game space G, or elapsed since the building object was built The elapsed time indicating the time is also managed. When the building object produces game points such as items or coins at regular intervals, the elapsed time in the user management table 300 may be the elapsed time from the last time the game points were given to the user.

  In the user management table 300, the possessed population as game points associated with each building object is managed. Further, the total value of the population owned by each building object is managed as a game point associated with the user (not shown).

[Object management table]
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the object management table 301. The object management table 301 is a table for managing information associated with each building object. The object management table 301 is stored in the storage unit 220 of the game server 200 and / or the storage unit 120 of the user terminal 100. As shown in FIG. 6, in the object management table 301, the name, attribute (type) of each building object, and various information related to the building object are stored in association with each other. Examples of the various types of information include the population that can be held, the power supply amount, the power consumption amount, the coin production amount, the production item (building), the construction time, and the preparation time.

  The population that can be held is the number of populations P that can be held by the building object. The power supply amount is the amount of power that the building object can supply to each other building object. The power consumption is a power consumption necessary for the building object to operate. When each building object operates, game points such as population P or coins can be given to the user from the building object.

  The coin production amount is the amount of coins produced by the building object. The production item (building) is an item that can be produced by the building object or another building object. According to FIG. 6, the field produces vegetables as items. The building time is a time required from when each building object is arranged in the game space G as a building under construction until it changes to a built building. The preparation time is a time required for each building object to produce a coin or an item (building). A plurality of different preparation times may be defined for one building object. In this case, it may be set so that the production amount of coins or items increases as each preparation time elapses.

  The passive skill management table manages passive skills associated with each building object. In the passive skill management table, the name of each building object, the content (effect) of the passive skill, and the effective range of the passive skill are stored in association with each other. The effective range is a range where the effect of the passive skill is exerted. The building object having the passive skill automatically activates the passive skill (even if there is no action by the user) with respect to other building objects arranged within the effective range.

  The active skill management table manages active skills associated with each building object. In the active skill management table, the name of each building object and the content (effect) of the active skill are stored in association with each other. When there is an effective range for the active skill, the effective range is also associated with the name of the building object and stored in the active skill management table. The effective range here is a range where the effect of the active skill is exerted. The building object having the active skill activates the active skill based on the user's action (operation input) on the building object.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a plurality of game spaces G1 to G4 in the city-building game. As shown in FIG. 7, the game space G according to the present embodiment includes game spaces G1 to G4. Each user A to D is associated with each unique game space G1 to G4. The users A to D can visit each other other game spaces G1 to G4 associated with other users. A visit here means that a user virtually visits another user's virtual town. During the visit, the game system 1 temporarily associates each user with the game space G of another user. When the visit ends, the game system 1 cancels the association of the game space G of the other user with the user and reassociates the user with the game space G of the user.

  The game space G1 of the user A has a plurality of different areas A1 to A3. On the other hand, the game space G2 of the user B has a plurality of different areas A11 to A13. The user A can move freely between the areas A1 to A3, and can arrange a building object in each of the areas A1 to A3. The user B can freely move between the areas A11 to A13, and can arrange a building object in each of the areas A11 to A13. Although not shown, the game space G3 of the user C and the game space G4 of the user D each have a plurality of areas.

  In a city-building game, a user can register another user as his friend by following the other user. A friend is another user selected by the user for the purpose of interacting in particular. In the user management table 300 of the game server 200, user information of a certain user is basically not associated with other user information. On the other hand, user information of a certain user and user information of other users who are friends of the user are associated with each other in the user management table 300 of the game server 200.

  In the user management table 300 of the user terminal 100 possessed by a certain user, a user ID of a certain user and a user ID of another user who is a friend of the user are stored in association with each other. For example, when the user A follows the user B, the user ID of the user A and the user ID of the user B who is the friend of the user A are associated with each other in the user management table 300 of the user terminal 100 owned by the user A. Stored. Similarly, when the user B follows the user A, in the user management table 300 of the user terminal 100 owned by the user B, the user ID of the user B and the user ID of the user A who is the friend of the user B are mutually Stored in association. The state in which two users are following each other is particularly called mutual follow.

  In the game system 1, at least a part of the functions included in the user terminal 100 may be configured to be included in the game server 200. Further, at least a part of the functions provided in the game server 200 may be configured to be provided in the user terminal 100. That is, the computer on which the game program in the present embodiment is executed can be arbitrarily selected from the information processing apparatus including the user terminal 100 and the game server 200 described above.

[Progress of city-building games]
FIG. 8 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing executed by the game system 1. Below, the user A possesses the 1st user terminal 100-1 of the same structure as the user terminal 100, and demonstrates the example which plays a city-building game using this terminal. FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the game space G1 associated with the user A. In the example shown in this figure, a road R is arranged in the game space G1. The road R is a kind of architectural object. As will be described in detail later, power can be shared from the lifeline to the building object via the road R.

  The user A selects a desired building object SO by pressing and holding it from the plurality of building objects SO included in the shop S displayed on the first user terminal 100-1. Next, the selected object SO is dragged to a predetermined position on the plane PL1 in the game space G1. In step S <b> 101, the action receiving unit 111 detects an action by the user A on the input unit 151. In step S102, the action accepting unit 111 accepts the detected action by the user A as an object placement request for placing a building object in the game space.

  In step S103, the display control unit 115 arranges the building BO under construction on the plane PL1 based on the object arrangement request. In the example of FIG. 9, five different buildings under construction BO are arranged in the game space G1. In step S <b> 104, the transmission / reception unit 117 transmits game space information indicating that the building BO under construction is arranged in the game space G <b> 1 to the game server 200.

  In step S201, the transmission / reception unit 211 receives game space information. In step S202, the data management unit 213 updates the user information (user management table 300) based on the received game space information.

  In step S105, the timer unit 113 starts measuring the elapsed time from the time when the building BO under construction is placed in the game space G1. In step S106, the timer unit 113 determines whether or not the elapsed time of each building under construction BO has elapsed. If YES in step S106, it is determined in step S107 whether or not the action accepting unit 111 has accepted a user action (for example, a tap operation) on the building BO under construction. In the case of YES in step S107, in step S108, the display control unit 115 changes each building under construction BO to the corresponding built buildings O1 to O5.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the game space G1 in which the built buildings O1 to O5 are arranged. In the example of this figure, apartments O1, a park O2, a power plant O3, a store O4, and a fire department O5 are arranged in the game space G1 as constructed buildings O1 to O5.

  The apartment O1 has a population calculated based on a predetermined rule. The park O2 has a passive skill that increases the population of constructed buildings arranged within the effective range. The power plant O3 is a type of lifeline, and supplies power to other constructed buildings connected to the power plant O3 through the road R. In addition, the power plant O3 has a passive skill for reducing the population of built buildings arranged within the effective range. The population P of the apartment O1 increases and decreases under the influence of these passive skills. The store O4 has a passive skill for producing coins. The fire department O5 has an active skill for solving fires occurring in other buildings.

  If NO in either step S106 or step S107, that is, if the elapsed time of the building under construction has not elapsed or the user action on the building under construction BO is not accepted, the processing shown in FIG. Step S107 continues to loop.

  In step S109, the terminal determination unit 114 determines whether or not power is supplied from each lifeline to each constructed building. In the case of YES in step S109, in step S110, the terminal processing unit 112 operates each built building that requires power supply. In the example shown in FIG. 10, since the power plant O3 is arranged adjacent to the road R, power is supplied from the power plant O3 to the apartment O1, the store O4, and the fire department O5 adjacent to the road R. . Thereby, the apartment O1, the store O4, and the fire department O5 are operated by the supplied electric power. Since the park O2 is a building that does not require electric power, it operates even if it is not adjacent to the road R.

  Although not shown in the figure, the built building is in a state where the active skill defined for the built building can be activated after a certain period of time has elapsed since the operation. At this time, when the action accepting unit 111 accepts the action of the user A on the built building, the active skill in the built building is activated. Thereby, a predetermined game point is given to the user A, the state of the building under construction arranged in the game space G1 is changed, or the production amount of items in the built building is increased. Profit is provided to user A.

  In step S110, when the terminal processing unit 112 operates the built building, the timer unit 113 starts measuring the elapsed time of each built building. In step S111, the reward calculation unit 116 calculates the population P associated with each built building arranged in the game space G1, and gives it to the user as a game point.

  In step S <b> 112, the transmission / reception unit 117 transmits to the game server 200 update information including information about the building under construction being changed to a built building and information regarding the population P given to the user. In step S203, the transmission / reception unit 211 of the game server 200 receives the transmitted update information. In step S204, the data management unit 213 updates the user information of the user A (user management table 300) based on the received update information.

  An already constructed building may be changed to a building under construction again. For example, the population that can be held and / or the coin production amount may be increased by increasing or leveling up a built building. In this case, the display control unit 115 changes the built building again to the building under construction, while the timer unit 113 starts measuring elapsed time again (similar to step S105). Next, the action accepting unit 111 accepts a user action on the built building after the construction time (extension time) necessary for extension or leveling up of the built building has elapsed (similar to steps S106 to S107). Through the above processing, the display control unit 115 may change the building under construction to a built building after extension or level-up (similar to step S108). The subsequent step S109 to step S112 and step S203 to step S204 can also be applied to the subsequent game point update process.

  FIG. 11 is an example of a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing for increasing or decreasing the population P of the apartment O1. In step S113, the display control unit 115 changes the building under construction to a built building. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 10, the display control unit 115 arranges the condominium O1, the park O2, the power plant O3, the store O4, and the fire department O5 as built buildings on the plane PL1 of the game space G1.

  In step S <b> 114, the reward calculation unit 116 refers to the object management table 301 to identify the population that can be owned by the apartment O <b> 1. In step S115, the reward calculation unit 116 refers to the object management table 301 to identify an initial population that can be owned by the apartment O1 by placing the apartment O1 on the plane PL1.

  In step S116, the terminal determination unit 114 determines whether or not the apartment O1 belongs to an effective range of another already built building. In the example of FIG. 10, the terminal determination unit 114 determines that the apartment O1 belongs to the effective range E1 of the park O2 and the effective range E2 of the power plant O3. The terminal determination unit 114 notifies the reward calculation unit 116 of the determination result.

  In step S117, the reward calculation unit 116 specifies the contents of the passive skills of the park O2 and the power plant O3 by referring to the passive skill management table based on the notified determination result. In step S118, the reward calculation unit 116 calculates the population owned by the condominium O1 affected by each passive skill. Specifically, the population increase due to the passive skill in the park O2 is added to the initial population of the apartment O1, and further, the population decrease due to the passive skill at the power plant O3 is subtracted from the population after the addition.

  In step S119, the reward calculation unit 116 gives the calculated population P of the apartment O1 to the user A as a game point. In step S <b> 119, the transmission / reception unit 117 transmits update information including information regarding the population P given to the user A to the game server 200. In step S205, the transmission / reception unit 211 receives the update information. In step S206, the data management unit 213 updates the user information of the user A (user management table 300) based on the received update information.

(Hint message and question notification overview)
The question creation unit 118 generates a question management table 305 that includes a question regarding a correct answer placed in the game space G as a correct answer and a hint message including information related to the correct answer building. The display control unit 115 can notify the user of the hint message and notify the user of the question by referring to the question management table 305. In notifying the user of the question, the display control unit 115 first arranges the first character in the game space G and associates the hint message with the first character to notify the user. That is, the first character is a character for notifying the user of the hint message. The first character may be any character, but an example in which the first character is a female character will be described below.

  Then, after finishing the notification of the hint message, the display control unit 115 places the second character in the game space G and notifies the user of the question in association with the second character. That is, a 2nd character is a character for notifying a user of a question. The second character may be any character, but an example in which the second character is a male character will be described below. Before the notification of this question, the display control unit 115 notifies the user of a hint message including building information related to the correct building. Therefore, if the user remembers the content of the hint message, the correct answer of the question Can be easily determined.

  In this way, the display control unit 115 notifies the user of a hint message and a question in association with each character placed in the game space G, so that the user is motivated to be actively involved with the character placed in the game space G. Can be given. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the display control unit 115 notifies the user by displaying a question on the display unit 152. The notification mode of the question may be a voice notification, for example. The same applies to notification of hint messages.

(Question attribute table and building management table for question creation)
The question creation unit 118 generates a building management table 303 for question creation (hereinafter simply referred to as the building management table 303) as a pre-stage process for creating the question management table 305. More specifically, the question creation unit 118 generates the building management table 303 with reference to the user management table 300 and the question attribute table 302 described above. The question attribute is information indicating the type of question. The question attribute table 302 is information indicating a plurality of buildings having a question attribute among a plurality of buildings that can be arranged in the game space G1, and question attributes set for each of the plurality of buildings. Although details will be described later, the question creating unit 118 creates a question using a plurality of buildings having the same question attribute. The question attribute table 302 may be stored in the storage unit 120 in advance, and the building management table 303 generated by the question creation unit 118 may be stored in the storage unit 120. The process in which the question creating unit 118 generates the building management table 303 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The question attribute table 302 may be information as shown in FIG. 12, for example. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the question attribute table 302. In the question attribute table 302 shown in FIG. 12, the name of each building (hereinafter simply referred to as a building name), the question attribute, and the message character string are stored in association with each other. The message character string is a character string used when the question creating unit 118 creates various messages related to the building. Instead of using the question attribute table 302, for example, a user management table 300 including information on question attributes and message character strings may be used.

  The building management table 303 may be information as shown in FIG. 13, for example. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the building management table 303. In the building management table 303 shown in FIG. 13, question attributes, building names, and arrangement areas of the buildings are stored in association with each other. More specifically, in the building management table 303 shown in FIG. 13, a plurality of building names are associated with one question attribute, and the arrangement areas of the plurality of buildings are all the same. The question creating unit 118 refers to such a building management table 303 to thereby include a question including questions composed of a plurality of options corresponding to buildings arranged in the same area among a plurality of areas in the game space G1. A management table 305 can be generated. Note that the user's answer to the question may be received by character input or voice input, and in this case, the question may not include an option.

(Text table)
The question creating unit 118 creates a question message, which is a question message, and creates a hint message including building information related to the correct answer building. At this time, the question creating unit 118 may refer to a text table 304 as shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the text table 304. In the sentence table 304 shown in FIG. 14, question attributes, hint message templates, question message templates, and option message templates are stored in association with each other. The sentence table 304 may be stored in the storage unit 120 in advance.

  The hint message template is a template for creating a hint message, and a different template is stored for each question attribute. Since the building information included in the hint message differs depending on the correct building, a portion for embedding the building information (the portion of the character string “yyy”) is set in the hint message template. Further, in this example, a part for embedding the character name of the female character to be associated with the hint message (part of the character string “xxx”) is also set.

  The question message template is a template for creating a question message, and a different template is stored for each question attribute. For example, a question message template whose question attribute is a restaurant is a template for creating a question message for asking a restaurant, in other words, a question message whose option is a restaurant. In the question message template of this example, a part for embedding the character name of the female character (part of the character string “xxx”) is set. That is, the hint message created using the hint message template of this example and the question message created using the question message template of this example are associated by the character name of the female character.

  The option message template is a template for creating an option message which is a message including question options, and a different template is stored for each question attribute. Since the options included in the option message are different depending on the building as the question option, the option message template is set with parts for embedding each option (character strings “aaa”, “bbb”, “ccc”). Has been.

(Question management table)
The question creation unit 118 generates the question management table 305 with reference to the building management table 303 and the text table 304. The question creating unit 118 may store the generated question management table 305 in the storage unit 120. The question management table 305 is a table used when the display control unit 115 notifies a user of a question and a hint message of the question. The question management table 305 is used by the terminal processing unit 112 when determining whether or not the user's answer to the question is correct.

  The question management table 305 may be information as shown in FIG. 15, for example. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the question management table 305. The question management table 305 shown in FIG. 15 stores a question ID, a question attribute, a character name, a question correct answer, question choices 1 to 3, a hint message, a question message, and a choice message in association with each other. . The process in which the question creation unit 118 generates the question management table 305 will be described later with reference to FIG.

(Generate a building management table for creating questions)
FIG. 16 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which the question creating unit 118 generates the building management table 303.

  In step S121, the question creating unit 118 refers to the user management table 300 and identifies a plurality of buildings owned by the user. Next, in step S122, the question creating unit 118 extracts a plurality of buildings to which the question attribute is given in the question attribute table 302 from among the plurality of buildings specified in step S121.

  In step S123, the question creating unit 118 generates a building management table 303 by associating a building having a common arrangement area and question attribute among the plurality of extracted buildings. Thereby, the building management table 303 as shown in FIG. 13 is generated. Note that the question creating unit 118 may generate the building management table 303 by associating buildings with common question attributes without considering the arrangement area.

(Generate question management table)
FIG. 17 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which the question creating unit 118 generates the question management table 305.

  In step S131, the question creation unit 118 selects a question ID and a question attribute. Specifically, the question creation unit 118 selects a question ID as identification information unique to the question. In addition, the question creating unit 118 selects a question attribute from a plurality of question attributes included in the building management table 303. For example, the question creating unit 118 may select question attributes randomly, or may select question attributes according to a priority set in advance for each question attribute.

  In step S132, the question creating unit 118 selects a correct answer building of the question from a plurality of buildings that are included in the building management table 303 and associated with the question attribute selected in step 131. For example, the question creating unit 118 may select a correct building at random, or may select a correct building according to a priority set in advance for each building. The selection criteria in step S133 described later are also the same.

  In step S133, the question creating unit 118 selects an incorrect answer building (second building) from a plurality of buildings that are included in the building management table 303 and associated with the question attribute selected in step 131. . The incorrect answer building is a building that is used as a question option together with the correct answer building, and is a building other than the correct answer building. The question creating unit 118 may select at least one incorrect answer building other than the correct answer building.

  In step S134, the question creating unit 118 selects the character name of the female character to be associated with the hint message. For example, the question creation unit 118 may randomly select a character name from a plurality of predetermined candidates.

  In step S135, the question creating unit 118 generates a hint message. Specifically, the question creating unit 118 first reads a hint message template associated with the question attribute selected in step 131 from the sentence table 304. Next, the question creating unit 118 generates a hint message by embedding the character name selected in step S134 and the building information related to the correct building selected in step S132 in the read hint message template. The building information may be information related to the correct building, and may be information that explicitly or implicitly indicates the correct building. The building information corresponding to each building may be stored in the question attribute table 302 in advance as a message character string. In this case, the question creation unit 118 may use the message character string associated with the correct building selected in step S132 in the question attribute table 302 as the building information.

  In step S136, the question creating unit 118 generates a question message and an option message. The question message and the option message are messages constituting a question to the user. The question creating unit 118 generates the correct answer building selected in step S132, the incorrect answer building selected in step S133, the character name selected in step S134, and the sentence table 304. Specifically, the question creating unit 118 reads the question message template and the option message template associated with the question attribute selected in step 131 from the sentence table 304. Then, the question creating unit 118 generates a question message by embedding a character name in the read question message template. Similarly, the question creating unit 118 embeds building names of the correct answer building and the incorrect answer building in the option message template to generate an option message.

  Finally, the question creating unit 118 associates the question ID, question attribute, character name, question correct answer, question choices 1 to 3, hint message, question message, and option message selected or generated as described above. The question management table 305 is used.

(Process to ask the user a question)
FIG. 18 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of a process in which the game system 1 asks the user a question in the game space G1, that is, a game execution method. Before the process shown in this figure is started, the transmission / reception unit 117 of the first user terminal 100-1 has already received information representing the game space G1 from the game server 200. The terminal processing unit 112 of the first user terminal 100-1 has already constructed the game space G1 in the first user terminal 100-1 using the received information on the game space G1. In the game space G1, a plurality of buildings are arranged as in the example of FIG. The display control unit 115 has already displayed the image of the game space G1 on the display unit 152.

  Hereinafter, an example in which a question having a question ID 1 in the question management table 305 in FIG. 15 is notified will be described. In this example, the hint message H1 is notified in association with the female character W1, and the question message Q1 and the option message D1 are notified in association with the male character M1. The correct building is a Western restaurant K1, and the incorrect building is a Japanese restaurant K2 and a Chinese restaurant K3.

  In step S141, the display control unit 115 selects one question ID from the question management table 305 generated by the question creating unit 118, and selects the female character W1 having the character name associated with the selected question ID as the game space G1. To place. As described above, the question ID selected in this example is 1. The arrangement position of the female character W1 in the game space G1 (area A1) may be arbitrary.

  In step S142, the display control unit 115 notifies the user of the hint message by displaying the hint message on the display unit 152 in association with the female character W1. For example, the hint message may be notified in a manner as shown in FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a notification example of the hint message H1. In the example of FIG. 19, the display control unit 115 arranges building objects, such as a Western restaurant K1, a Japanese restaurant K2, and a Chinese restaurant K3, in the game space G1. In this example, the image displayed by the display control unit 115 is an image of area A, which is an area where the Western restaurant K1, the Japanese restaurant K2, and the Chinese restaurant K3 are arranged in the game space G1. In addition, the display control unit 115 places the female character W1 in the game space G1. The display control unit 115 displays a balloon indicating that the female character W1 is speaking in association with the female character W1, and displays a hint message H1 in the balloon. The hint message H1 includes a character string “I am N” indicating that the character name of the female character W1 is “N”, and a character string “Western food” related to the Western restaurant K1. Included as building information. Therefore, the user who has seen the hint message H1 can recognize that there is a relationship between the female character W1 “N” and the western restaurant K1.

  In step S143, the display control unit 115 ends the notification of the hint message. For example, the display control unit 115 may end the notification of the hint message after a certain time has elapsed after the notification is started. Note that the display control unit 115 may end the display of the female character W1 after the notification ends, or may continue the display.

  In step S144, the display control unit 115 places the male character M1 in the game space G1. The arrangement position and arrangement timing of the male character M1 in the game space G1 may be arbitrary. The display control unit 115 may arrange the male character M1 after a predetermined time has elapsed after arranging the female character W1. The longer this fixed time is set, the lower the possibility that the user will remember the contents of the hint message H1, so that it is difficult to correctly answer the question.

  In step S145, the display control unit 115 notifies the user of the question by displaying the question message Q1 and the option message D1 on the display unit 152 in association with the male character M1. The display control unit 115 may display the question message Q1 and the option message D1 simultaneously, or may display the question message Q1 first and then display the option message D1. In this embodiment, the question is divided into the question message Q1 and the option message D1, but it is not always necessary to divide the question.

  The question message Q1 and the option message D1 may be notified in a manner as shown in FIG. 20, for example. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a notification example of a question including a question message Q1 and an option message D1. In the example of FIG. 20, the display control unit 115 does not arrange the female character W1 in the game space G1, but arranges the male character M1. In the example of FIG. 20A, the display control unit 115 displays a balloon indicating that the male character M1 is speaking in association with the male character M1, and displays a question message Q1 in the balloon. I am letting. The question message Q1 includes a character string indicating that the male character M1 is going to eat with the female character W1 “N”, and includes a question sentence asking the user what kind of food is good. It is.

  Also, in FIG. 20B showing an example of a display image after the display of the question message Q1 shown in FIG. 20A, the display control unit 115 associates the male character M1 with the male character M1 and speaks A balloon indicating that the user is Then, the display control unit 115 displays the option message D1 in the balloon. The option message D1 includes a character string indicating the same question content as the question message Q1, and also includes options d1 to d3. The buildings corresponding to these options d1 to d3 are a Japanese restaurant K2, a Western restaurant K1, and a Chinese restaurant K3, respectively. These buildings are all commercial facilities. That is, in this example, the correct answer building and the incorrect answer building are composed of a plurality of buildings having the same attribute. In this case, the user can be notified of a question including a choice with a sense of unity.

  The user who has seen the question message Q1 in FIG. 20A can recognize that a restaurant related to “N” as the female character W1 is being questioned. Then, since the user looks at the hint message H1 in FIG. 19, the user recognizes that there is a relationship between the female character W1 “N” and the western restaurant K1. Therefore, if the user remembers the content of the hint message H1, the user can select the option d2 corresponding to the western restaurant K1 from the options d1 to d3 and correctly answer this question.

  In step S146, the action receiving unit 111 determines whether a user operation input for the question has been received. The user's operation input for the question may be, for example, an operation of tapping any of the options d1 to d3 included in the option message D1. The process in step S146 loops until the action receiving unit 111 determines that the user's operation input for the question has been received.

  In step S147, the terminal processing unit 112 refers to the question management table 305 and determines whether the user's answer is correct or incorrect based on the user operation input received by the action receiving unit 111 in step S146. judge. Specifically, the terminal processing unit 112 identifies which one of the options d1 to d3 included in the option message D1 is selected based on the operation input, and the user is answered to the question based on the identified option. It is determined whether or not the answer is correct. More specifically, the terminal processing unit 112 determines that the building corresponding to the option selected by the user matches the building that is correct in the question management table 305 is correct, If they do not match, it is determined that the answer is incorrect. Here, if the terminal processing unit 112 determines that the answer is incorrect, the terminal processing ends. Note that the terminal processing unit 112 may notify the user that the answer is incorrect. On the other hand, if the terminal processing unit 112 determines that the user has answered the question correctly, the process proceeds to step S148.

  In step S <b> 148, the reward calculation unit 116 gives the user a reward that has correctly answered the question. Thereby, the motivation which answers a question can be given with respect to a user. The reward may be a game point such as a coin C1 or a diamond C2. The reward is preferably a reward related to the question, for example, a reward related to at least one of the female character W1, the male character M1, and the correct building. Thereby, a user can be given a sense that a special reward has been obtained by correctly answering the question. For example, the reward calculation unit 116 may grant an item for raising the correct answer building as a reward.

  In step S149, the display control unit 115 places the female character W1 and the male character M1 in the game space G1 in association with the correct building, as shown in FIG. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a female character W1 and a male character M1 are arranged in association with a correct building. In the example of FIG. 21, the display control unit 115 arranges the western restaurant K1, the female character W1, and the male character M1 close to each other.

  As a result, when the user answers the question correctly, the male character M1 takes the western character restaurant K1 that provides the western food that the female character W1 likes, whereby the relationship between the female character W1 and the male character M1 is established. I can imagine the story of progress. Further, since the user feels that the Western restaurant K1 constructed by the user has contributed to the development of the relationship between the female character W1 and the male character M1, the user's feelings about the Western restaurant K1 are strengthened. In other words, by arranging the female character W1 and the male character M1 in association with the Western restaurant K1, which is a correct answer building, it is possible to enhance the taste of the city-building game and strengthen the user's feelings about the city created by the user.

(Other examples of notifying questions)
FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a notification example of a question including a plurality of buildings having different attributes as options. In this example, it is assumed that a question whose question ID is 3 in the question management table 305 of FIG. For the question with question ID 3, the buildings corresponding to the options 1 to 3 are a park, a power plant, and a clothes shop. And as for these buildings, as shown in FIG. 13, all have an arrangement area of area A2. For this reason, in the example of FIG. 22, the display control unit 115 displays an image of the area A2 in the game space G1, and a park K4, a power plant K5, and a clothes shop K6 are arranged in the area A2. . In the question with question ID 3, the park K4 is a correct answer building, and the power plant K5 and the clothes shop K6 are incorrect answer buildings. Further, the display control unit 115 places the male character M2 in the game space G1. Although not shown, the display control unit 115 gives the user a hint message H2 including building information related to the park K4 that is the correct building in association with the female character W2 until the image of FIG. 22 is displayed. Notify. Furthermore, after notifying the user of the hint message H2, the display control unit notifies the user of a question message Q2 asking the destination when the male character M2 goes out with the female character W2 in association with the male character M2.

  In the example of FIG. 22, the display control unit 115 displays a speech bubble in association with the male character M2 and displays an option message D2 in the speech bubble. The option message D2 includes a character string asking for a building as a destination, and includes options d4 to d6. The buildings corresponding to these options d4 to d6 are the park K4, the power plant K5, and the clothes shop K6, respectively. Among these buildings, the attribute of the park K4 is a public facility, the attribute of the power plant K5 is a lifeline, and the attribute of the clothes shop K6 is a commercial facility. That is, in this example, the correct answer building and the incorrect answer building include a plurality of buildings having different attributes. In this case, it is possible to notify the user of a question including a variety of options.

(Arrangement of multiple female characters)
The display control unit 115 may arrange another female character (third character) W3 in the game space G1 after the female character W1 is arranged and before the male character M1 is arranged. More specifically, the display control unit 115 may arrange the female character W3 in the game space G1 after arranging the female character W1 in step S141 in FIG. 18 and before arranging the male character M1 in step S144. . Then, the display control unit 115 sends a message including information related to a building (third building) other than the correct answer building of the question that the male character M1 asks among the plurality of buildings arranged in the game space G1 to the female character. The user may be notified in association with W3. This makes it difficult for the user to correctly answer the question unless the content of the hint message H1 is accurately stored. That is, by arranging the female character W3 and notifying the user of a message including information related to a building other than the correct answer building of the question that the male character M1 asks, the user answers the question that the male character M1 asks. You can increase the difficulty level. Thereby, the user who is eager to answer the question with high difficulty can be attracted by the game.

  As a method of arranging a plurality of female characters and notifying the user of a message, for example, a method of adjusting the arrangement order of characters corresponding to each question when notifying the user of a plurality of questions included in the question management table 305 Can be mentioned. This method will be described below based on FIG. 23 and FIG. In FIG. 23, the display control unit 115 notifies the user of the hint message H1 in association with the female character W1 arranged in the game space G1, and also associates the hint message H3 with the female character W3 arranged in the game space G1 to the user. It is a figure which shows the example to notify. In FIG. 24, the display control unit 115 notifies the user of the question message Q1 in association with the male character M1 arranged in the game space G1, and also displays the question message Q3 in association with the male character M3 arranged in the game space G1. It is a figure which shows the example notified to a user.

  In the following, an example will be described in which a question with a question ID of 1 and a question with a question ID of 2 in the question management table 305 in FIG. The question with the question ID 1 is a question asking a restaurant to go with the female character “N”, and the correct building is the Western restaurant K1. On the other hand, the question with question ID 2 is a question asking a restaurant to go with the female character “M”, and the correct answer building is the Chinese restaurant K3. These questions have the same question attributes. The display control unit 115 may notify a plurality of questions with different question attributes. When the display control unit 115 notifies a plurality of questions having the same question attribute, the contents of the hint message and the option message corresponding to each question are similar. For this reason, when the display control unit 115 notifies a plurality of questions having the same question attribute, the degree of difficulty with which the user correctly answers the question is higher than when notifying a plurality of questions having different question attributes. .

  For the question with question ID 1, the display control unit 115 notifies the hint message H1 by the female character W1, and notifies the question message Q1 and the option message D1 by the male character M1. On the other hand, for the question with question ID 2, the display control unit 115 notifies the hint message H3 by the female character W3, and notifies the question message Q3 and the option message S3 by the male character M3.

  FIG. 23A shows an example in which the display control unit 115 displays the hint message H1 on the display unit 152 in association with the female character W1 arranged in the game space G1, as in the example of FIG. Yes. The hint message H1 is a message that suggests the western restaurant K1 that is the correct answer building of the question whose question ID is 1.

  On the other hand, FIG. 23B shows an example in which the display control unit 115 places the female character W2 in the game space G1 and displays the hint message H3 on the display unit 152 in association with the female character W2. Yes. The hint message H3 includes a character string “I am M” indicating that the character name of the female character W2 is “M”, and a character “Chinese food” related to the Chinese restaurant K3. Contains columns. The hint message H3 is a message that suggests the Chinese restaurant K3 that is the correct answer building of the question having the question ID 2. In this example, the display control unit 115 shows an example in which the female character W3 is arranged after the display of the female character W1 is completed. However, the timing of arranging the female character W2 may be after the female character W1 is arranged and before the male character M1 is arranged, and the display control unit 115 is displaying the female character W1, for example. A female character W2 may be arranged.

  The display control unit 115 arranges the male character M1 and the male character M3 after completing the notification of the hint message H1 and the hint message H3. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 24A shows an example in which the display control unit 115 notifies the user of the question message Q1 in association with the male character M1. FIG. 24A shows an example in which the display control unit 115 displays the question message Q1 on the display unit 152 in association with the male character M1 arranged in the game space G1, as in FIG. Is shown. Although not shown in FIG. 24A, the display control unit 115 displays the question message Q1 on the display unit 152, and then displays the same option message D1 as in FIG. To display. The correct answer to this question is the Western restaurant K1 suggested by the hint message H1. Before notifying the user of this question, the display control unit 115 also notifies the user of a hint message H3 related to a building that is not the correct answer building for the male character M1 (Chinese restaurant K3 in this example). Therefore, it is difficult for the user to correctly answer the question unless the user correctly remembers the content of the hint message H1.

  On the other hand, FIG. 24B shows an example in which the display control unit 115 notifies the user of the question message Q3 in association with the male character M3. FIG. 24B shows an example in which the display control unit 115 displays the question message Q3 on the display unit 152 in association with the male character M3 arranged in the game space G1. Although not shown in FIG. 24B, the display control unit 115 displays the question message Q3 on the display unit 152 and then displays the option message S3 on the display unit 152. The correct answer to the question that the male character M3 asks is the Chinese restaurant K3 suggested by the hint message H3. The arrangement of the male character M3 and the notification of the question message Q3 and the option message S3 are not essential.

  The display control unit 115 may arrange the male character M1 and the male character M3 simultaneously, may arrange the male character M2 after the arrangement of the male character M1, or may arrange the male character M1 after the arrangement of the male character M3. May be arranged. Regardless of the order of arrangement, since the hint message H1 and hint message H3 are notified to the user prior to the arrangement, if the user does not accurately remember the contents of each hint message, It is difficult to answer correctly.

  After notifying the user of three or more hint messages related to different correct answer buildings, the display control unit 115 may notify the user of a question that one of the correct answer buildings is correct. Thereby, the difficulty in which a user answers a question correctly can further be raised. The display control unit 115 may increase the number of hint messages to be notified before the question as the number of times the user has correctly answered the question increases. As a result, questions can be continuously challenged without getting bored of the user.

[Modification]
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the first user terminal 100-1 performs the process of generating the question management table 305 and notifies the user of the question or the like using the question management table 305 has been described. You may make the game server 200 perform at least one part. For example, the game server 200 may generate the question management table 305 corresponding to the user of the first user terminal 100-1 and transmit the generated question management table 305 to the first user terminal 100-1. In this case, the first user terminal 100-1 can notify the user of a question or the like using the question management table 305 received from the game server 200.

[Additional Notes]
The contents of the present invention are listed as follows.

  (Item 1) A game execution method, wherein the method is executed by a computer having a processor and a memory, and the first character is arranged in a game space in which a plurality of buildings are arranged under the control of the processor. A step of notifying a user of information related to a first building of the plurality of buildings in association with the first character, a step of arranging a second character in the game space, and the first Notifying the user of a question regarding the correct building associating with the second character, and determining whether the user has correctly answered the question based on an operation input by the user for the question. Including a step. The user can be motivated to be actively involved with the first character and the second character placed in the game space.

  (Item 2) The method further includes the step of arranging the first character and the second character in association with the first building when it is determined by the control of the processor that the user has correctly answered the question. The method according to 1. It is possible to strengthen the user's impression and feelings about the first building.

  (Item 3) The method according to item 1 or 2, wherein the second character is arranged after a predetermined time has elapsed after the first character is arranged. After the information related to the first building is notified, there will be a time lag until the question is notified, so the user will increase the difficulty of correctly answering the question, and will be motivated to correctly answer the question with high difficulty Users can be attracted by games.

  (Item 4) The question includes a plurality of options corresponding to the first building and at least one second building other than the first building among the plurality of buildings, and based on the operation input, The method according to any one of Items 1 to 3, wherein any one of a plurality of options is specified, and whether or not the user has correctly answered the question is determined based on the specified options. Since the building corresponding to the question option falls within the category of the building arranged in the game space, the user's interest in the building arranged in the game space can be increased.

  (Item 5) In the item 4, the game space includes a plurality of areas, and the first building and the at least one second building are arranged in the same area among the plurality of areas. The method described. Since the building corresponding to the question option falls within the category of buildings arranged in the same area among the plurality of areas included in the game space, the user's interest in the area can be increased.

  (Item 6) The method according to item 4 or 5, wherein the first building and the at least one second building are composed of a plurality of buildings having the same attribute. Unify the question choices.

  (Item 7) The method according to item 4 or 5, wherein the first building and the at least one second building include a plurality of buildings having different attributes. It becomes possible to make the question choices a variety of choices.

  (Item 8) Arranging a third character in the game space after the first character is arranged and before the second character is arranged under the control of the processor; The method according to any one of items 1 to 7, further comprising: notifying a user of information related to a third building other than the first building in association with the third character. The degree of difficulty for the user to answer the question correctly can be increased, and the user who is willing to answer the question with a high degree of difficulty can be attracted by the game.

  (Item 9) The method according to any one of Items 1 to 8, further comprising a step of granting a reward to the user when it is determined by the control of the processor that the user has answered the question correctly. The user can be motivated to answer the question.

  (Item 10) A program that causes a computer to execute each step of any one of items 1 to 9.

  (Item 11) A computer-readable recording medium on which the program of item 10 is recorded.

[Example of software implementation]
The control blocks (the control unit 110 and the control unit 210) of the user terminal 100 and the game server 200 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or a CPU (Central Processing). Unit) and may be realized by software.

  In the latter case, the control unit 110 and the control unit 210 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software for realizing each function, and a ROM (Read CPU) in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU). Only Memory) or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, “a tangible medium that is not temporary”, for example, a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) capable of transmitting the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The above-described embodiments are merely examples for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and it is needless to say that the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims, and the invention can be obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the embodiments. Embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game system, 2 networks, 100 user terminal, 100-1 1st user terminal, 110 control part, 111 effect | action reception part, 112 terminal processing part, 113 timer part, 114 terminal determination part, 115 display control part, 116 reward calculation Unit, 117 transmission / reception unit, 118 question creation unit, 120 storage unit, 151 input unit, 152 display unit, 200 game server, 210 control unit, 211 transmission / reception unit, 212 server processing unit, 213 data management unit, 214 matching unit, 215 Measurement unit, 220 storage unit, 300 user management table, 301 object management table, E1, E2 effective range, G, G1, G2 game space, W1, W2, W3 female character, M1, M2, M3 male character, H1, H2 , H3 hint message, Q1, Q , Q3 question message, D1, D2 choice message, d1, d2, d3 choices

Claims (11)

A game execution method,
The method is executed by a computer having a processor and a memory, and under the control of the processor,
Placing a first character in a game space in which a plurality of buildings are placed;
Informing the user of information related to the first building of the plurality of buildings in association with the first character;
Placing a second character in the game space;
Notifying the user of the question regarding the correct answer of the first building in association with the second character;
Determining whether a user has answered the question correctly based on an operation input by the user for the question.   2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: arranging the first character and the second character in association with the first building when it is determined that the user has answered the question correctly under the control of the processor. the method of.   The method according to claim 1, wherein the second character is arranged after a predetermined time has elapsed after the first character is arranged. The question includes a plurality of options corresponding to the first building and at least one second building other than the first building among the plurality of buildings,
Based on the operation input, identify any of the plurality of options,
The method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the user has correctly answered the question based on the identified option. The game space includes a plurality of areas,
The method according to claim 4, wherein the first building and the at least one second building are arranged in the same area among the plurality of areas.   The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the first building and the at least one second building include a plurality of buildings having the same attribute.   The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the first building and the at least one second building include a plurality of buildings having different attributes. Under the control of the processor,
Placing a third character in the game space after the first character is placed and before the second character is placed;
The information which relates to 3rd buildings other than the said 1st building among these several buildings is linked | related with a said 3rd character, and the step which further includes the process of any one of Claims 1-7 The method described.   The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of granting a reward to the user when it is determined that the user has answered the question correctly under the control of the processor.   The program which makes the said computer perform each step of the method of any one of Claims 1-9.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 10.

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