JP2018134374A - Information processor and game program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network game which easily makes players to feel that they have become stronger, while retaining a game balance.SOLUTION: If a player giving a challenge to a quest possesses cards called special effect cards, the number of occurrences of an important enemy character increases according to the number of the cards, where beating the enemy character is the condition for completing the quest. Upon detecting an application for a challenge to a raid boss killing quest, an input part 152 transmits the application via a communication part 140 to a game control part 116. Upon the game control part 116 receiving the application, a match determination part 128 determines a raid boss 302 matched against an ally team. Here, the match determination part 128 checks the total number of special effect cards possessed by players belonging to the ally team, and increases the number of occurrences of the raid boss 302 by the number of special effect cards.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for supplying enemy characters in a game.

  The use of smartphones as game terminals as well as communication terminals has become common. Network games popular with smartphones are provided by accessing a platform built on a game server from a smartphone. Network games often have contents that emphasize character development, cooperation and competition with other players, and collection of cards and items.

  In the case of a network game in which a team is composed of a plurality of characters and fights against enemy characters, the ability of the enemy character that appears in response to the ability of the character operated by the player (hereinafter referred to as “player character”) increases. Is often high (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-142360 A

  The player feels the improvement in the ability of the player character through the battle with the enemy character. If the enemy character's ability increases as the player character's ability improves, the enemy character's capture difficulty may increase, and the player feels the improvement of the player character's ability and the player's own growth. It becomes difficult.

  On the other hand, when the ability of the enemy character does not change even though the ability of the player character is improved, the enemy character's capture difficulty level is reduced, and the player may be less willing to continue playing the network game.

  The present invention has been completed based on the above problem recognition, and a main object thereof is to provide a game in which the player can easily feel that the player character has become stronger while maintaining the game balance. .

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention determines a success or failure of a player's mission based on a battle determination unit that determines an enemy character to be played against a player character operated by the player, and a battle result between the player character and the enemy character. A clear determination unit, and the battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters when the player has a predetermined game element.

  An information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention determines a success or failure of a player's mission based on a battle determination unit that determines an enemy character to be battled with a player character operated by the player, and a battle result between the player character and the enemy character. And a play rank storage unit that stores, for each player, a play rank indicating the skill level of the game of the player, and the battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters based on the play rank of the player.

  An information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention determines a success or failure of a player's mission based on a battle determination unit that determines an enemy character to be battled with a player character operated by the player, and a battle result between the player character and the enemy character. A clear determination unit that performs an operation of the player, and the battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters according to the operation result of the player during the battle.

  According to the present invention, in the game, the player can easily feel a strong feeling while maintaining the game balance.

It is a hardware block diagram of a game system. It is a functional block diagram of a game system. It is a screen figure which shows the battle | competition in a normal stage. It is a schematic diagram of the database which stores the data of a player. It is a screen figure which shows a battle | competition with a raid boss. It is a sequence diagram of the process which increases the number of raid bosses according to the number of possessed special cards. It is a screen figure when the number of appearance of a raid boss increases. It is a sequence diagram of the process which increases the number of raid bosses based on a play rank. It is a sequence diagram of a process when a tap operation is detected during a match.

  In the network game (hereinafter referred to as “game X”) in the present embodiment, one or more players form a “team” composed of a plurality of player characters, and greet enemy characters that attack one after another. In order to participate in the game X, it is necessary to register a player in the game server.

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of the game system 100.
In the game system 100, a plurality of game terminals 104 a, 104 b, 104 c... 104 n (hereinafter collectively referred to as “game terminal 104” when collectively referred to or not particularly distinguished) with respect to the game server 102. Connected through. The game terminal 104 in the present embodiment is assumed to be a smartphone. The game terminal 104 may be a portable game machine or a general-purpose computer such as a laptop PC. The game terminal 104 and the Internet 106 are connected wirelessly, but may be connected by wire. A unique ID called a player ID is given in advance to the game player. The game server 102 provides a game to each game terminal 104.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the game system 100.
As described above, the game system 100 includes the game server 102 and the game terminal 104. Each component of the game terminal 104 and the game server 102 includes an arithmetic unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and various coprocessors, a storage device such as a memory and a storage, and hardware including a wired or wireless communication line connecting them. This is realized by software that is stored in a storage device and supplies processing instructions to an arithmetic unit. The computer program may be constituted by a device driver, an operating system, various application programs located in an upper layer thereof, and a library that provides a common function to these programs. Each block described below is not a hardware unit configuration but a functional unit block.

  The game server 102 may be configured to include a web server, and the game terminal 104 may be configured to include a portable communication terminal and a web browser installed therein.

(Game server 102)
The game server 102 includes a communication unit 110, a data processing unit 112, and a data storage unit 114.
The communication unit 110 is in charge of communication processing with the game terminal 104 via the Internet 106. The data storage unit 114 stores various data. The data processing unit 112 performs various processes based on the data acquired by the communication unit 110 and the data stored in the data storage unit 114. The data processing unit 112 also functions as an interface between the communication unit 110 and the data storage unit 114.

  The data processing unit 112 includes a player management unit 122 and a game control unit 116.

The player management unit 122 includes a player registration unit 124 and a team organization unit 126.
The player registration unit 124 receives player registration from the game terminal 104 via the communication unit 110. When player registration is requested, the player registration unit 124 gives a player ID to the player and registers it in the data storage unit 114. When the game module of game X is installed in the game terminal 104, player registration is automatically requested.

  The team formation unit 126 forms a team composed of a plurality of player characters in response to a player's request (details will be described later).

  The game control unit 116 controls the progress of the game in cooperation with the game control unit 146 of the game terminal 104.

The data storage unit 114 includes a game data storage unit 118 and a play rank storage unit 120.
In addition to the game program, the game data storage unit 118 stores information indicating the play state of each player. The play state includes, for example, information on the level and equipment of the player character, items held, and skills.
The play rank storage unit 120 stores the player's play rank.

The game control unit 116 includes a battle determination unit 128 and a clear determination unit 130.
The game control unit 116 performs a win / loss determination when playing against an enemy character in accordance with the character attributes of the player character. The character attribute here is a general term for parameters that affect the battle with the enemy character, such as physical strength, attack power, defense power, agility, movement speed, attackable range, technique type, equipment, and belongings.

  The battle determination unit 128 determines an enemy character to battle against a team composed of a plurality of player characters (details will be described later).

  The clear determination unit 130 determines whether or not the player satisfies a battle stage clear condition and a quest achievement condition.

(Game terminal 104)
The game terminal 104 includes a user interface unit 148, a communication unit 140, a data processing unit 142, and a data storage unit 144.
The user interface unit 148 receives operations from the player via the touch panel, and is in charge of processing related to the user interface such as image display and audio output. The communication unit 140 is in charge of communication processing with the game server 102 and other game terminals 104 via the Internet 106. The data storage unit 144 stores various data. The data processing unit 142 executes various processes based on the data acquired by the user interface unit 148 and the communication unit 140 and the data stored in the data storage unit 144. The data processing unit 142 also functions as an interface for the user interface unit 148, the communication unit 140, and the data storage unit 144.

The data processing unit 142 includes a game control unit 146.
The game control unit 146 controls the progress of the game in cooperation with the game server 102. The game control unit 146 of the game terminal 104 may be formed as a software module that is downloaded from the game server 102 as a part of the function of the game control unit 116.

  The communication unit 140 acquires various game information from the game server 102, and the data processing unit 142 causes the user interface unit 148 to display a game screen. Further, the user interface unit 148 detects various inputs by the player, and the data processing unit 142 notifies the game server 102 of input information via the communication unit 140. In response to this input information, the game control unit 116 of the game server 102 controls the progress of the game in cooperation with the game control unit 146 of the game terminal 104.

The data storage unit 144 includes a game data storage unit 150.
The game data storage unit 150 stores a game program.

  The user interface unit 148 includes an input unit 152 that receives input from the player, and an output unit 154 that outputs various types of information such as images and sounds to the player. The input unit 152 mainly detects a player's touch operation on the screen as an input.

  Game X is a team battle game. The player organizes a team composed of a plurality of player characters (hereinafter referred to as “team team”), and a group of enemy characters (hereinafter referred to as “enemy team”) composed of NPC (Non Player Character), Play one after another.

  The ally team only needs to be composed of a plurality of player characters. A player who wants to operate all the characters that make up a team of one person alone can form a team of teammates using only the characters that the team owns. On the other hand, a player who wants to fight with another player can form a team with a character operated by the other player.

  The player can form an ally team at the time of player registration with the game X or when the game is resumed. A player who wants to form an ally team sends a team formation instruction (hereinafter referred to as “team formation instruction”) to the game server 102 via the input unit 152 of the game terminal 104. When the team organization unit 126 receives a team organization instruction from the communication unit 140, the team organization unit 126 matches the player characters designated by the player and forms an ally team. When a teammate is formed by player characters of a plurality of players, the team formation unit 126 matches the player characters designated by the player who has received the team formation instruction at the time of performing the team formation process based on the ability values. , Form a team of friends.

FIG. 3 is a screen diagram showing a battle in a normal stage.
The battle in the game X is developed for each stage. This stage is called “Battle Stage”. The ally team 204 battles the enemy team 208 on the partitioned field 200 in the battle stage. The enemy team 208 attacks in four groups from the left hand of the field 200. The player operates the player character 202 constituting the teammate team 204 to play against the attacking enemy team 208 for each group.

  In the battle, the player character 202 can perform a short-range attack with a bare hand or a sword or the like, and a long-range attack with a bow or a gun on the enemy character 206. The short-range attack is an attack that can be performed when the player character 202 is adjacent to the enemy character 206. On the other hand, the long-range attack is an attack that can be performed when the enemy character 206 is within the range of weapons and techniques. The player can appropriately instruct these attacks to the player character 202 according to the positional relationship with the enemy character 206. Further, when the player character 202 to be operated is attacked by the enemy character 206, the player can instruct the player character 202 to defend.

  A physical strength value is set for each of the player character 202 and the enemy character 206, and the physical strength value decreases when attacked. If the health value reaches 0, you will die out of power. When all the characters that make up the teammate 204 are dead, the team is annihilated.

  The game is over when the team 204 is completely annihilated or the cottage 210 behind the right hand of the field 200 is destroyed. An endurance value is set for the cottage 210, and the endurance value decreases when attacked by the enemy character 206. When the durability value becomes 0, the cottage 210 is destroyed.

  The player character 202 recovers after being stored in the cottage 210 for a certain period of time, even if the physical strength value decreases due to the attack of the enemy character 206. In addition, even if the health value becomes 0 and it dies, it is revived when it is accommodated in the cottage 210.

  When the ally team 204 annihilates the first group of enemy characters 206 constituting the enemy team, the second group of enemy characters 206 immediately attacks. When the teammates 204 destroy the enemy characters 206 one after another in the second group, the third group, the enemy characters 206 including special enemy characters (hereinafter referred to as “boss characters”) attack the fourth group. To do. Hereinafter, a series of games aimed at defeating a boss character in the battle stage is referred to as a “quest”. When the teammate 204 destroys the boss character, the quest is cleared even if an enemy character 206 other than the boss character (hereinafter also referred to as “normal enemy”) remains. The boss character is a special enemy character 206 that is a quest (mission) clear condition, and the normal enemy is merely a boss character guard, not a quest clear condition.

  When the player clears the quest, the player acquires an experience value corresponding to the contribution level in the battle. When the experience value reaches a predetermined value, the play rank, which is an index value indicating the skill of the player, is improved. Further, when the player clears the battle stage, the ability of the player character 202 is improved according to the contribution degree in the battle, or the player character 202 acquires a new technique. As the skill level of the player character 206, “level” is set for each player character 206. The play rank indicates the skill level of the player, and the level indicates the strength of the character.

  If you clear the quest, the story of Game X will progress, and you will soon enter the next quest and develop a new battle stage. In the next quest, the enemy character 206 (a boss character and a normal enemy) is strengthened. If this quest is also cleared, more experience points can be acquired according to the degree of contribution in the battle. The “contribution” here is an index of actions useful for a team battle, such as the number of defeats of the enemy character 206 and the number of times the physical strength value of the ally character is recovered.

  The player clears the quests one after another as the story progresses. When all the quests are cleared, Game X is completed.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a database for storing player data.
Various characters are prepared for the game X. The player has a plurality of characters. Characters possessed by the player include a character selected at the start of the game and a character obtained in the course of the game. The player selects the player character 202 from a plurality of possessed characters.

  The player has an index indicating the skill level of the game X called a play rank. The upper limit of the play rank is 99. In FIG. 4, the play rank of P1 is 85, and the play rank of P2 is 90. This shows that P2 is an advanced player than P1.

  In game X, there is a card called a special effect card. Special effects cards can be obtained as rewards when you complete a quest or complete a special quest to be described later. A player holding a special effect card can receive various benefits for a certain period of time depending on the type and number of cards. Examples of the effects of the special effect card include improvement of the defense power of the player character 202 and acquisition of a special technique. Special effects cards automatically disappear when the effect is lost after a certain period of time. Advanced players with longer game play times have more quests, so they often have more special cards. In other words, a player who has many special cards is often an advanced player.

  The game X is also provided with a special quest (hereinafter referred to as a “raid boss sweeping quest”) that sweeps away an enemy character called a raid boss (Raid Boss). Allied teams with a play rank total value of 250 or more can challenge the raid boss sweep quest. The player can challenge the raid boss sweeping quest any number of times as long as it belongs to a team of teams whose total play rank is 250 or more. The raid boss sweep quest may or may not be a challenge. You can challenge as many times as you like. In summary, the enemy character has a boss character that is a quest clearing condition and a normal enemy that is not a clearing condition, and the boss character of the raid boss sweeping quest is particularly called a raid boss. A raid boss is a kind of boss character, and is a condition for clearing the raid boss sweeping quest.

  The point that the enemy team 208 attacks in four groups from the left hand of the field 200 is the same as in the raid boss sweeping quest. When the teammate 204 destroys the enemy characters 206 in order until the third group, a raid boss appears in the fourth group. The type of raid boss 302 that appears is randomly determined by the battle determination unit 128 according to the content of the quest. Raid bosses are a type of boss character, so if you can defeat raid bosses, the raid boss sweeping quest will be cleared even if there are still enemies.

FIG. 5 is a screen diagram showing a battle with a raid boss.
The raid boss 302 is a powerful enemy character 206 that is extremely powerful in both offense and defense. In addition to having a variety of attack methods, the physical strength is enormous, making it difficult to capture.

  The raid boss 302 is a suitable opponent for players who want to test their arms. In addition, the player can appeal his skill to other players through a battle with the raid boss 302. The battle with the raid boss 302 is one of the most exciting scenes during the game.

  The raid boss sweeping quest is a single and independent quest that is different from the normal quest that moves to the next stage when cleared. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that there is only one type of raid boss sweeping quest. When the clear determination unit 130 detects that the physical strength value of the raid boss 302 has reached 0 in a state where one or more player characters 202 constituting the teammate 204 have survived, the game control unit 116 clears the raid boss sweeping quest. To be notified. Upon receiving the quest clear notification, the game control unit 116 ends the raid boss sweeping quest, and notifies the game terminal 104 of each player who has joined the teammate team 204 of the end of the quest.

  When a player clears a normal quest, the player can obtain a reward such as a character or a special effect card with a predetermined probability. When you clear the raid boss sweep quest, you can get characters, special cards, and items with a higher probability. Clearing the quest is the main means of obtaining special effects cards.

  When the player who challenges the raid boss sweeping quest has special cards, the battle determination unit 128 increases the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 by the number of special cards held. For example, when the total value of the play rank is 250 and participates in the raid boss sweeping quest (case 1), even one raid boss 302 appearing in the raid boss sweeping quest is a strong enemy. However, when the total rank of the play rank is 400 and the player participates in the same raid boss sweeping quest (case 2), the player character is also growing, so the raid boss 302 that was once a strong enemy is no longer a strong enemy. In case 2, the player is more likely to collect more special cards than in case 1. In the present embodiment, the number of raid bosses 302 increases as the number of special effects cards increases. For this reason, in case 2, it is possible to achieve both “real feeling of growth by being able to defeat raid boss 302 that was once a strong enemy more easily” and “feeling of raid boss fight by increasing raid boss 302”. .

  As the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 increases, the reward obtained when the raid boss 302 is destroyed also increases, and the reward distributed to each player belonging to the teammate 204 increases. Furthermore, the more the number of appearances of the raid boss 302, the more easily the player can appeal his / her skill by showing other players that many raid bosses 302 are removed. Having a large number of special cards to increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302, and then destroying the raid boss 302 together with all teammates 204 supports the game characteristics of the raid boss sweeping quest.

  Note that the battle determination unit 128 increases the number of boss characters according to the number of special effects cards not only in the raid boss clearing quest but also in a normal quest. For example, the boss character B1 appearing in the quest Q1 is a strong enemy for the player who challenges the quest Q1 for the first time. When this player defeats the boss character B1, the player character grows. When the player clears the quests Q2, Q3,... Following the quest Q1, the player character becomes stronger, and the boss character B1 that once fought is no longer a strong enemy. At this time, it is considered that the player has obtained many special effects cards. The grown player can re-challenge the quest Q1 in order to obtain items owned by the boss character B1. At this time, the battle determination unit 128 increases the number of boss characters B1 according to the number of special effects cards. Although the player can easily defeat the boss character B1 that was once a threat, the player maintains the balance of his / her opponents in the quest Q1 by increasing the number of the boss characters B1. That is, the game balance is maintained by increasing the boss character B1 instead of strengthening the boss character B1.

  In the following description, among boss characters, a raid boss 302 (special boss character) will be described. However, the same applies to a battle with a normal boss character.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of processing when the player holds a special effect card.
When detecting an application for a challenge to the raid boss sweeping quest, the input unit 152 transmits the application to the game control unit 116 via the communication unit 140 (S10). When the game control unit 116 receives the application, the battle determination unit 128 determines the raid boss 302 to be played against the teammate 204 (S12). At this time, the battle determination unit 128 counts the number of special effects cards held by the players belonging to the team ally 204 (S14), and increases the number of raid bosses 302 to appear by the total number of special effects cards (S16). The game control unit 116 notifies the result to the game terminal 104 of each player belonging to the teammate 204 via the communication unit 110 (S18).

  When P1 to P4 in FIG. 4 belong to the teammate 204, P1 and P3 each have one special card. Therefore, the total number of special effects cards held by players belonging to the teammate team 204 is two. The battle determination unit 128 increases the number of raid bosses 302 according to the number of special effects cards as described above. This is because a player who has many special effects cards is an advanced player, so that the number of raid bosses 302 is increased to antagonize the battle. In other words, instead of strengthening the raid boss 302 and antagonizing the battle, the battle is antagonized by increasing the number of raid bosses 302. Also, the more special cards that are held, the better the opportunity to subdue a large number of raid bosses 302. Therefore, it becomes easier to obtain a lot of rewards by defeating the raid bosses 302. In addition to the number of special effects cards, the number of raid bosses 302 may be increased based on the play rank, or the number of raid bosses 302 may be increased according to the player's operation (described later).

FIG. 7 is a screen diagram when the number of appearance of raid bosses increases.
In the above example, since the total number of special cards possessed by the players belonging to the team ally 204 is two, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by two and becomes three. The raid boss 302 also increases corresponding to the play rank.

  In the game X, when a player takes a raid boss sweeping quest, when the teammate 204 includes a player with a play rank of 80 or more (hereinafter referred to as “strong man”), the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 further increases. To do. For example, when the total number of special effects cards is two and two strong players with a play rank of 80 or more are included, the total number of raid bosses 302 is five. Therefore, the player can increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 not only by raising his / her play rank to 80 or more, but also by inviting strong players to the team.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of processing for increasing the number of raid bosses based on the play rank.
Here, it is assumed that there is no extra card due to special effects cards. When detecting an application for a challenge to the raid boss sweeping quest, the input unit 152 transmits the application to the game control unit 116 via the communication unit 140 (S10). When the game control unit 116 receives the application, the battle determination unit 128 determines the raid boss 302 to be played against the teammate 204 (S12). At this time, the battle determination unit 128 checks the play ranks of the players belonging to the team ally 204, adds up the number of strong players (S14), and increases the number of raid bosses 302 to appear by the number of strong players (S16). ). The game control unit 116 notifies the result to the game terminal 104 of each player belonging to the teammate 204 via the communication unit 110 (S18).

  When P1 to P4 in FIG. 4 belong to the teammate 204, the play ranks of P1 and P2 are 85 and 90, respectively. Therefore, the total number of strong people is two. Also in this case, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by two and becomes three.

  In the game X, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 also increases in accordance with the operation result of the player in the battle. When the player taps the head of the raid boss 302 14 times in 2 seconds immediately after the raid boss 302 appears, another raid boss 302 is added. An advanced player who wants to play against the more formidable enemy character 206 or a player who wants to increase the reward obtained by destroying the raid boss 302 can increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 by performing the above tap operation. Such a tap operation may be a hidden command. Hereinafter, an operation that triggers an increase in the raid boss 302 is referred to as a “specific operation”. The specific operation is an operation detected not during the start or end of the quest but during the battle.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram of processing when a tap operation is detected during a battle.
When the input unit 152 detects a tap on the head of the raid boss 302 for 2 seconds immediately after the raid boss 302 appears (S10), the game control unit 146 checks whether the number of taps has reached 14 times. (S12). When the number of taps reaches 14, the game control unit 146 requests the battle determination unit 128 to increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 via the communication unit 140 (S14). When receiving the request for increase, the battle determination unit 128 increases the number of raid bosses 302 to appear (S16). The game control unit 116 notifies the result to the game terminal 104 of each player belonging to the teammate 204 via the communication unit 110 (S18).

  When no tap is detected or when the number of detected taps is less than 14, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 does not change. In addition, when a plurality of players belonging to the team ally 204 taps the head of the raid boss 302 14 times in 2 seconds immediately after the raid boss 302 appears, the number of raid bosses 302 to be increased is one.

The game system 100 has been described above based on the embodiment.
In the present embodiment, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by the number of special effects cards held by the player and the number of strong players. A player who has many special effects cards is often an advanced player with high ability. When the ability of the raid boss 302 is improved as the ability of the player is improved, it is difficult for the player to have a strong feeling. However, in the present embodiment, the number of appearances increases without changing the ability of the raid boss 302. As the player grows up, the raid boss 302 that was previously difficult to capture is relatively weakened. However, since the number of appearance increases, it gives the player an opportunity to wipe out the former strong enemy, and the player character becomes stronger. It becomes easier to feel that it has become.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the player who challenges the raid boss sweeping quest holds special effects cards, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by the number of special effects cards held. Here, if the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 increases permanently, the game balance may be lost. However, since the effect of the special effect card is limited to a certain period, it is possible to make the player feel that the player character has become stronger, and to make it difficult to break the game balance.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the player taps the head of the raid boss 302 14 times in 2 seconds immediately after the raid boss 302 appears, another raid boss 302 is added. According to this embodiment, it can be increased when the player wants to increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302. As a result, the player can increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 at a timing when the player wants to feel that the player character has become stronger.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment and modification, A component can be deform | transformed and embodied in the range which does not deviate from a summary. Various inventions may be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments and modifications. Moreover, you may delete some components from all the components shown by the said embodiment and modification.

  Although it has been described that the game system 100 is configured by a plurality of game terminals 104 and one game server 102, some of the functions of the game terminal 104 may be realized by the game server 102, or the functions of the game server 102 may be A part may be assigned to the game terminal 104. In addition, a third device other than the game server 102 or the game terminal 104 may bear a part of the function.

  The game system 100, which is an aggregate of the functions of the game terminal 104 and the game server 102 described in FIG. 2, can be generally grasped as one “information processing apparatus”. How to allocate a plurality of functions necessary for realizing the present invention to one or a plurality of hardware depends on the processing capability of each hardware, the specifications required for the game system 100, and the like. It only has to be decided.

  In the present embodiment, when the player holds a special effect card or when the player taps the head of the raid boss 302 14 times, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 increases. The enemy character 206 whose number of appearances should be increased only needs to be present as a quest clearing condition. The normal enemy who is not the clear condition of the quest is a person who protects and supports the boss character that is the clear condition of the quest. The player challenges the quest for the purpose or pleasure of defeating the boss character related to the clearing condition of the quest, and the normal enemy that obstructs the battle with the boss character is an obstacle. Therefore, increasing the number of enemies indefinitely may diminish the original interest of the quest. On the other hand, as the original target boss characters (strong enemies) increase, the player's willingness to challenge is more likely.

  In the present embodiment, when a player who challenges the raid boss sweeping quest has a predetermined special card, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by the number of special cards held. An item that increases the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may not be a special effect card. The designer can arbitrarily set the types of items that increase the number of appearances of the raid boss 302, such as equipment such as weapons and armor, and recovery drugs. For example, when the player uses a recovery drug during a battle, if the raid boss 302 increases, the strategy of the game is caused by causing a trade-off that the raid boss 302 is increased as a price for recovering the physical strength value of the player character 202. Can be further enhanced.

  The element that increases the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may not be an item. For example, when the player character 202 constituting the team of friends includes a sacred character such as a priest, priestess, or prayer, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may be increased by the number of the characters. If the element that increases the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is a game element that can be held by the player, the designer can arbitrarily set it. When the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by the number of players characters 202 of the holy attribute included in the teammate team 204, an opportunity to determine whether or not the player character 202 of the holy attribute should be organized into the teammate team 204. Is provided, so that new game characteristics can be added. For example, when it is desired to increase the number of raid bosses 302, a player who operates the holy attribute player character 202 may be invited to the team.

  In the present embodiment, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by the number of special effects cards held by the player and the number of strong players. However, the change in the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 need not be increased. May decrease. For example, when the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is reduced by the number of special effect cards held by the player, an incentive to acquire the special effect card can be given to the player who wants to reduce the difficulty of capturing the raid boss sweeping quest.

  In the present embodiment, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased by the total number of strong players (players with a play rank of 80 or higher). However, the play rank for changing the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may not be 80 or more. It may be 40 or more, may be a multiple of 5, or may be a prime number. The number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may change by the total number of players of a specific play rank. Each time the play rank of the players belonging to the teammate 204 increases, the number of raid boss appearances may increase. The number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may be changed on condition of the play rank of the players in the teammate 204. The play rank for changing the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 can be arbitrarily set by the designer.

  The designer can arbitrarily design how the play ranks of the players in the teammate 204 are related to the change in the number of appearances of the raid boss 302. The play rank value may be associated with the increasing number of raid bosses 302 on a one-to-one basis. For example, one raid boss 302 may be added every time the play rank increases by 10. In this case, a player with a play rank of 90 can increase nine raid bosses 302 (= 10 × 9).

  The index for changing the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may not be the play rank. For example, experience values may be used. Any other index associated with the player may be used. In addition to the experience value, the number of raid bosses 302 (boss characters) may be changed according to the gender and age of the player, the total play time, and the place of residence. It may be changed.

  The index for changing the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may be one associated with the character, not the player. For example, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may be increased by the number of player characters 202 whose character level in the team is 40 or more.

  In the present embodiment, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased based on the play rank of the player. As a modified example, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may be increased by the value of the difference in play rank among players belonging to the teammate team 204. For example, when there are a player with a play rank of 99 and a player with a play rank of 1 in the team, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may increase by 98. Of the players included in the team, the number of raid bosses 302 may be increased according to the difference between the highest play rank and the lowest play rank. The number may be increased. According to this modified example, a motivation is sought for an advanced player who seeks a response or wants to be placed at a glance from the beginner player to invite the beginner player to the team. Also, the beginner player can enjoy the raid boss 302 game while being supported by the senior player by playing with the senior player, or can easily grow by watching the play of the advanced player close up.

  When an advanced player with a predetermined play rank or higher teams with a beginner player with a predetermined play rank or lower, the type of raid boss 302 that appears may change. For example, if the raid boss 302 is changed to a type having a large physical strength value and a low attack power, even a beginner player can easily enjoy a long battle with the raid boss 302.

  The increasing number may be different depending on the type of the raid boss 302. For example, if a player has 5 special cards, the number increases by 5 for one type of raid boss 302, increases by 1 for another type of raid boss 302, and increases by 25 for another type of raid boss 302. You may do that. The number of increases for each type of raid boss 302 can be arbitrarily designed by the designer.

  In the present embodiment, when the player taps the head of the raid boss 302 14 times in 2 seconds immediately after the raid boss 302 appears, another raid boss 302 is added. However, the designer can arbitrarily set input conditions such as a period for receiving taps, the number of taps, and a tap position. The input condition only needs to be detectable by the input unit 152.

  The type of the specific operation that increases the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 may not be a tap. A flick or swipe may be used, or a command input such as “636” may be used. The type of the specific operation can be arbitrarily set by the designer as long as the operation is in a battle.

  The specific operation does not have to be repeated taps immediately after the appearance of the raid boss 302. For example, it may be a command input for causing the player character 204 to use a special technique during a battle, or an operation for causing the player character 204 to use recovery magic. The content of the operation for increasing the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 can be arbitrarily set by the designer as long as it can be detected by the input unit 152 during the battle.

  The input unit 152 may detect timing instead of presence / absence of input. For example, the raid boss 302 may increase when an attack is rhythmically performed in accordance with the BGM during the battle. In this case, an advanced player who wants to show high skill to other players can be given an opportunity to effectively show off advanced techniques in addition to an opportunity to appeal strength.

  Depending on the specific operation, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 does not necessarily increase. For example, when the input unit 152 detects a specific operation, the raid boss 302 may increase with a probability of 50%. The probability that the raid boss 302 increases when the input unit 152 detects a specific operation can be arbitrarily set by the designer.

  In the present embodiment, the number of appearances of the raid boss 302 is increased based on the number of special effects cards held by the player and the play rank. As a modified example, when the player satisfies a predetermined condition, the type of the appearing raid boss 302 or the type of the added raid boss 302 may be changed. When the type of the appearing raid boss 302 changes, the player can be given an opportunity to achieve the quest without playing against the raid boss 302 who is not good at it. Further, when the type of the added raid boss 302 is changed, the player can be given an opportunity to appeal to “God” by adding the stronger raid boss 302. When the type of the raid boss 302 changes, the change pattern can be arbitrarily set by the designer.

  When the enemy character 206, in particular, the boss character is defeated, the item P is provided with a predetermined probability. When this probability is 1%, it is very difficult to acquire the item P. However, if the number of boss characters increases due to various conditions such as play rank, the possibility that the item P can be acquired increases.

  Even if various increase conditions such as play rank are satisfied, the number of boss characters may not necessarily increase. For example, if the play rank exceeds 20, one boss character may be added with a probability of 20%, and if the play rank exceeds 30, one boss character may be added with a probability of 30%. The boss characters may increase with a predetermined probability even during special effects cards or specific operations. According to such a control method, it becomes very rare that the number of boss characters becomes very large, for example, the number of boss characters exceeds ten, depending on the probability setting. For this reason, when the number of boss characters increases very much, the will to appeal such a rare phenomenon to other players becomes easy.

  Advanced players do not like to be dragged by inferior players, and often want to organize a team between them. For this reason, inferior persons may be forced to form teams with inferior persons. In this case, the inferior may leave the game X immediately without understanding the fun of the game X. If the lower class is in the same team as the upper class, the equipment, level, and fighting method of the player character 202 used by the advanced class can be seen, so that the lower class can easily understand the appeal of the game X. If the number of boss characters increases as the difference in play rank between the advanced player and the lower player increases, there is a merit for the advanced player who wants to eliminate the boss character to accept the lower player in the team. Moreover, although it is unsatisfactory for advanced users, if there are more boss characters that can be used by even lower-level players, advanced users can feel the exhilaration of removing a large number of boss characters. Easier to contribute to the team in battle. In particular, the advanced player can show his skill and the superiority of the player character 202 to the inferior by knocking down the boss character that the inferior does struggle. By providing an opportunity to show off the strength of the player character 202 cultivated by the player, the player character 202 can be more easily nurtured.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the strength of the boss character (including the raid boss 302) does not change, and that the number increases according to various increase conditions such as the number of special effects cards, the play rank, and the specific operation during the battle. did. As a modification, not only the number of boss characters but also the strength may be changed. According to such an aspect, for example, the higher the play rank, the stronger and more boss characters appear. Therefore, the difficulty level of the game X is easily increased.

  In summary, the number, strength, and type of boss characters may be changed according to various conditions. The conditions may include possession or use of an item such as a special effect card, play rank, character level, various special operations executed during the battle. Further, the normal enemy E1 appears with a predetermined probability, and the number of boss characters may increase when the normal enemy E1 appears.

  In the present embodiment, the team battle game has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to other types of games such as a shooting game and a rhythm game as well as the team battle game.

  In the present embodiment, the game for smartphones has been described. However, the game system 100 may be realized by a home game machine or a personal computer. It may be an arcade game or a game linked with an arcade game.

  The present invention is not limited to a game, and is applied to application software that changes the number of elements that are objective achievement conditions when a user satisfies a predetermined condition or a predetermined operation result is detected while using a service. Widely applicable. For example, if you place a purchase item in the “shopping basket” and hit the “Purchase” button 14 times in the first 2 seconds, you can add another purchase item for free, or the number of coupons held by the buyer. It can be applied to EC sites that add only purchased items for free.

  100 game system, 102 game server, 104 game terminal, 106 Internet, 110 communication unit, 112 data processing unit, 114 data storage unit, 116 game control unit, 118 game data storage unit, 120 play rank storage unit, 122 player management unit , 124 player registration unit, 126 team formation unit 128 battle determination unit, 130 clear determination unit, 140 communication unit, 142 data processing unit, 144 data storage unit, 146 game control unit, 148 user interface unit, 150 game data storage unit, 152 input unit, 154 output unit, 200 fields, 202 player character, 204 ally team, 206 enemy character, 208 enemy team, 210 cottage, 302 raid boss

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A battle determination unit for determining an enemy character to be battled with a player character operated by the player;
A clear determination unit that determines the success or failure of the player's mission based on a battle result between the player character and the enemy character,
The battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters when the player has a predetermined game element. A battle determination unit for determining an enemy character to be battled with a player character operated by the player;
A clear determination unit for determining success or failure of the player's mission based on a battle result between the player character and the enemy character;
A play rank storage unit that stores a play rank indicating the skill level of the game of the player for each player,
The battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters based on a player's play rank. A team formation unit for forming a team including one or more players;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters to be battled according to a difference in play rank between players belonging to the same team. A battle determination unit for determining an enemy character to be battled with a player character operated by the player;
A clear determination unit for determining success or failure of the player's mission based on a battle result between the player character and the enemy character;
An input unit for receiving a player's operation,
The battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters in accordance with an operation result of a player in a battle.   5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the battle determination unit determines a type of enemy character to be battled according to an operation result of a player in a battle.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the battle determination unit determines the number of enemy characters according to the type of enemy character. A battle determination unit for determining an enemy character to be battled with a player character operated by the player;
A clear determination unit that determines the success or failure of the player's mission based on a battle result between the player character and the enemy character,
The battle determination unit increases the number of enemy characters according to the attributes of the player character. A function for determining an enemy character to be played against a player character operated by the player;
A function for determining success or failure of a player's mission based on a result of a battle between the player character and the enemy character;
A game program for causing a computer to exhibit a function of increasing the number of enemy characters when a player has a predetermined game element. A function for determining an enemy character to be played against a player character operated by the player;
A function for determining success or failure of a player's mission based on a result of a battle between the player character and the enemy character;
A function for storing, for each player, a play rank indicating the skill level of the player's game;
A game program for causing a computer to exhibit a function of increasing the number of enemy characters based on a player's play rank.

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