JP2018158019A - Stock market game system, stock market game processing method, and stock market game program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new nonconventional stock market game allowing even a player without any interest in stock to enjoy a stock market in a game.SOLUTION: A stock market game system permitting participation of a plurality of players includes: in-game stock generation means for generating the same number of in-game stocks for all brands in a virtual stock market; first circulation control means set so as to release in-game stock for a first ratio equivalent to one portion to the virtual stock market from among a total number of in-game stocks relating to a brand and so as to allow an operation side to preserve the remainder when newly circulating in-game stocks of the predetermined brand to the virtual stock market; and second circulation control means for releasing in-game stocks of a brand to the virtual stock market continuously by a second ratio equivalent to one portion from among in-game stocks preserved by the operation each time after the in-game stocks are circulated newly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system, a game processing method, and a game program, and more specifically, to a technique for controlling a stock trading game for enjoying virtual stock trading.

  Conventionally, game software on the theme of stock trading is known. In these game software, game stock data is prepared in advance, or game stock data is generated by a predetermined algorithm. There is also a game in which actual stock price data is reflected in the stock price in the game (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-035423 A

  Basically, the stock trading game as described above cannot be entered into the game unless it is a player who is interested in stock trading (in the real world), and it is difficult to enjoy the game sufficiently.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an unprecedented new stock trading game that makes it easy to entertain stock trading in a game even for players who are not interested in stock.

  In order to achieve the above object, for example, the following configuration examples are given.

  An example of a configuration example is a stock trading game system in which a plurality of players can participate in a stock trading game system in which a virtual stock is traded using a game currency in a virtual stock trading market. A generation unit, a first distribution control unit, and a second distribution control unit are provided. The in-game stock generating means generates the same number of in-game stocks for all brands in the virtual stock trading market. When the first distribution control unit newly distributes the in-game stock of the predetermined brand to the virtual stock trading market, the first distribution control means corresponds to a first portion corresponding to a part of the total number of in-game stocks of the brand. The in-game stock for this ratio is released to the virtual stock trading market, and the remaining in-game stock is set to be held by the management side of the stock trading game system. After the in-game stock is newly circulated by the first distribution control means, the second distribution control means is a game of the brand held by the management side for the brand of the newly distributed in-game stock. The in-game stock of the brand is continuously released to the virtual stock trading market by a second ratio corresponding to a part of the internal stock.

  According to the above configuration example, it is possible to activate the stock trading game without giving distrust to the player.

  As another configuration example, the first distribution control means uses the same ratio for all stocks traded in the virtual stock exchange market as the first ratio, and the second distribution control means also As the ratio of 2, the same ratio may be used uniformly.

  According to the above configuration example, by setting the number of stocks of each brand to be the same, it is possible to make it easier for the player to understand the ranking of stock prices and the popularity of the brand, and to enhance the fun of the game.

  As another configuration example, the first distribution control unit and / or the second distribution control unit presets a target value of the transaction amount of the in-game stock within a predetermined period until the target value is reached. An automatic ordering unit that issues a buy / sell order for the in-game stock in the virtual stock trading market at a predetermined timing during the predetermined period may be included.

  According to the above configuration example, the stock in the game can be distributed to the virtual stock trading market without causing distrust to the player, and the stock trading game can be activated.

  As another configuration example, the second distribution control unit may include a release rate calculation unit that calculates the second rate based on the transaction amount of the in-game stock within a predetermined period.

  According to the above configuration example, it is possible to activate the market more appropriately according to the situation of the virtual stock trading market (game development, etc.).

  As another configuration example, the stock trading game system includes an extracting unit that extracts a stock whose trading volume within a first period is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold in a virtual stock trading market, and a stock extracted by the extracting unit. For such in-game stock, target value setting means for setting the target value of the transaction amount within the second period, and at a predetermined timing within the second period until reaching the target value set by the target value setting means And an automatic ordering means for issuing a buy / sell order for the in-game stock in the virtual stock trading market.

  According to the above configuration example, for in-game stocks with small trading movements, it is possible to place a compulsory trading order by the game management side, and to activate the movement of in-game stocks with such small movements Can do.

  As another configuration example, the stock trading game system is configured to notify a player of a stock to be abolished in a virtual stock trading market at a predetermined timing before the abolition date, and when the abolition date arrives. , The in-game currency corresponding to the stock price of the in-game stock of the abolished brand at the time of the announcement is multiplied by a predetermined percentage to the player who holds the in-game stock of the abolished brand, You may further provide the abolition stock collection means which sets the possession number of the in-game stock abolished to 0 with respect to a player.

  According to the above configuration example, it is possible to provide a mechanism that allows the player to easily understand the handling of the abolished stock.

  According to the present embodiment, the stock trading game can be activated and the interest of the game can be enhanced while avoiding distrust to the player.

Schematic diagram showing the overall image of the game system of the present embodiment Functional block diagram of game server 101 Functional block diagram of the smart device 102 An example of the game screen of this embodiment Memory map showing various data stored in the main memory 113 of the game server 101 Flow chart showing the details of new stock and soaring countermeasure control processing Flow chart showing details of Bot control processing Flow chart showing the details of the control process for discontinued stocks Flow chart showing details of discontinued stock notification processing Flow chart showing details of activation control processing

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall image of the game system according to the present embodiment. The information processing system of this embodiment includes a game server 101 and a plurality of smart devices 102. The smart device 102 is, for example, a portable information processing device such as a smartphone or a so-called tablet information processing device. The game server 101 and the smart device 102 are configured to be able to communicate via the Internet. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a stock trading game is provided with such a configuration. A game program for realizing the stock trading game is installed on the smart device 102. In addition, various programs for operating as a game server in the stock trading game are also installed in the game server 101. And a stock transaction game is implement | achieved by communicating appropriately between the game server 101 and the smart device 102. FIG. In the present embodiment, when the player starts a new game, the player registers player data (player name, e-mail address, etc.) in the game server 101 so that a unique player ID is allocated, and the game It becomes possible to participate in. When the player starts the game on the smart device 102, for example, a login process using the player ID is performed, and thereafter, various game data are transmitted and received between the game server 101 and the smart device 102. The game process proceeds.

  Next, the configuration of each hardware in the system will be described. First, the configuration of the game server 101 will be described. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the game server 101. The game server 101 includes at least a processor unit 111, an internal storage device 112, a main memory 113, and a communication unit 115. The processor unit 111 executes various programs for controlling the game server 101. The internal storage device 112 stores various programs executed by the processor unit 111 and various data used. The main memory 113 temporarily stores computer programs and information. The communication unit 114 is connected to a network by wired or wireless communication, and transmits / receives predetermined data to / from the smart device 102.

  Next, the smart device 102 will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the smart device 102. In FIG. 3, the smart device 102 includes a processor unit 121, an internal storage device 122, a main memory 123, an operation unit 124, a communication unit 125, and a display unit 126. The processor unit 121 controls the operation of the smart device 102 by executing a game program to be described later or a system program (not shown) for controlling the overall operation of the smart device 102. . The processor unit 121 may include a single processor or a plurality of processors. The internal storage device 122 stores various programs executed by the processor unit 121 and various data used by the programs. The internal storage device 122 is, for example, a flash EEPROM or a hard disk device. The main memory 123 temporarily stores computer programs and information. The communication unit 125 is connected to a network by wired or wireless communication, and transmits / receives predetermined data to / from the game server 101. Also, it is possible to transmit / receive predetermined data to / from another smart device 102 via the game server 101. The operation unit 124 is, for example, a push button or a touch panel. The display unit 126 is typically a liquid crystal display device. In another embodiment, for example, a television or PC monitor may be connected to the smart device 102 as the display unit 126 and used.

  Next, an outline of the stock trading game assumed in this embodiment will be described. The stock trading game according to the present embodiment is a game in which stock celebrities such as idols and talents are regarded as stock brands and stock trading is performed in a virtual stock market. In this game, stocks of such brands (hereinafter referred to as in-game stocks) are in principle an in-game currency called “YELL” which is the in-game currency (virtual currency) in this game. Be bought and sold. One of the main purposes of the player is to earn YELL by buying and selling the in-game stock. Only in the case of “purchasing” in-game stocks, it is also possible to purchase by using an item called “diamond” which is a so-called charging item in addition to YELL (the details of the diamond will be described later).

  Further, in the present embodiment, some incentive is given to the real idol corresponding to each brand according to the stock price in the real world. As an example, in this embodiment, an idle group composed of several tens of members will be described as a theme. That is, each member idol constituting the idol group is regarded as a stock brand. For example, it is assumed that a member idol with a high stock price is given an incentive such as providing solo music (giving a chance for solo debut). In such a case, as one of the purposes of the player (how to enjoy the game), in addition to the purpose of earning the above YELL, in order to support his favorite member idol (that is, raise the stock price), the member The purpose of actively buying idol stocks of idols is also born. Furthermore, a play style is also conceivable in which the stock price of a favorite member idol is relatively lowered by “lowering” the stock price of the member idol who is likely to be a rival of the favorite member idol. For example, there is a play style that buys a large amount of in-game stock corresponding to the above-mentioned rival member idol at a certain timing and sells it at a suitable timing to drastically drop the rival's stock price. . In this way, from the viewpoint of supporting favorite members, in addition to the play style of simply buying stocks of favorite member idols, in-game stocks are strategically aimed at stock price manipulation (in cooperation with other players) It is also possible to provide a way to enjoy buying and selling (to enjoy a so-called finish game as a game).

  In the present embodiment, an idol group composed of several tens of members as described above will be described as a theme, but the idol talent used as a brand is not limited to this. For example, all idols and talents belonging to a certain entertainment office may be regarded as brands. Further, for example, for a plurality of idle groups, the idle groups themselves may be regarded as one brand. In addition to idols and talents, athletes and so-called “entertainers” may be regarded as brands.

  Next, an example screen of this game will be described. FIG. 4 is an example of a game screen of the stock trading game according to the present embodiment displayed on the display unit 126 of the smart device 102. This screen is a screen that is displayed first in principle after the start of the game, and corresponds to a so-called “home screen”. For example, when the player taps the title screen, in principle, the screen transitions to the screen shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the screen of FIG. 4 is referred to as a home screen.

  In FIG. 4, a header area 201, a tower object 202 (including a virtual three-dimensional space image), and a footer area 203 are displayed on the home screen. A plurality of notification icons are arranged in the vertical direction near the center of the right end of the screen (hereinafter collectively referred to as notification icon group 206). In this embodiment, an image (so-called quarter view) obtained by capturing a virtual three-dimensional space including the tower object 202 (a virtual city in FIG. 4) with a virtual camera from a perspective from above is displayed on the entire screen. . The screen configuration is such that the header area 201, the footer area 203, the notification icon group 206, and the like are displayed so as to be superimposed on the image.

  The header area 201 is displayed at the upper end of the home screen. In the header area 201, information on the current state of the player is mainly displayed. For example, the player name and the current player rank, the current possessed YELL, the current in-game stock asset, the current total asset amount (this 3 The number of diamonds currently held is displayed. In addition, a menu button for transitioning to the “menu screen” is also displayed. On this menu screen, for example, operations such as game setting can be performed.

  The footer area 203 is displayed at the lower end of the home screen. In the footer area 203, a plurality of button images for using various functions provided in the game such as stock trading and shops are displayed. In the example of FIG. 4, button images 204 </ b> A to 204 </ b> F (hereinafter, collectively referred to as button images 204) are displayed side by side. When each button image 204 is tapped, a transition is made to a screen for using a function corresponding to the button image.

  In the present embodiment, the following button images (functions) are prepared. First, the button image 204A is a button image for transitioning to the home screen. By tapping the button image, it is possible to return to the home screen regardless of what screen is displayed. The button image 204B is a button for using the stock trading function. When the button image is tapped, the stock transaction screen is displayed. The player can execute buying and selling of in-game stock by appropriately performing operations on the stock trading screen. The button image 204C is a button for using a function for confirming a stock holding. When the button image is tapped, a transition is made to the holding stock browsing screen. On this screen, the player can check the profit and loss display of the stock holdings. The button image 204D is a button for using the “circle” function. A circle is a group of players, and corresponds to a so-called “guild”, “clan” or the like in a net game. When the button image is tapped, the screen transitions to a screen for using the circle function. The button image 204E is a button image for using the “shop”, and transitions to the shop screen when the button image is tapped. In the present embodiment, in the “shop”, the above “diamond” can be purchased, and the “stock trading tool” that can be used by the player during stock trading can be purchased. The button image 204F is a button image for using the “album” function. The “album” is, for example, a material in which the “live photograph” image of the member idol can be browsed. The “live photograph” image is configured to be available by, for example, achieving a predetermined condition while the game is in progress. An example of obtaining a “raw photo” image will be described. For example, in the present embodiment, a so-called “mission quest” is set for each member idol. Examples of missions include: “Purchase 1 stock of the member idol”, “Sell 10 stocks of the member idol”, “Perform 5 transactions of the stock of the member idol”, “The member For idols, earn more than 1000 YELL. " That is, a mission related to the trading of the member idol stock is set. Then, the above-described raw photograph image, YELL, and diamond are provided to the player as a clear reward for each mission. Thus, for the purpose of collecting member idol images, it is possible to encourage the player to buy and sell stocks of various member idols (that is, motivation to perform stock trading for member idols who are not fans). As a result, it is possible to activate stock trading in the game and thus to activate the game. In addition, by providing YELL and diamonds as mission rewards, an in-game cycle is established in which funds for buying in-game stocks are acquired through the above-mentioned mission, and in-game stocks are purchased to challenge new missions. In this respect, the game can be activated.

  A chat window 205 is also displayed in the upper right part of the footer area 203. When a player inputs a predetermined character in the chat window 025, another player (for example, a member of a circle) is displayed. It is possible to chat with.

  Next, the tower object 202 is an object imitating a cylindrical tower. The player can perform a predetermined operation on the tower object 202. The tower object 202 can be used as means for earning YELL other than stock trading. Although details will be described later, the player becomes an “owner” of the tower and can set up a “store” corresponding to the member idol (brand). From the store where it is installed, “sales” rises at regular intervals. Then, the player can increase his possessed YELL by collecting the sales.

  Next, the notification icon group 206 will be described. Each notification icon included in the notification icon group 206 is appropriately displayed mainly when some notification is required for the player. For example, in the example of FIG. 4, four notification icons “notification”, “newspaper”, “ranking”, and “present” are shown. If each notification icon is tapped, the corresponding information is displayed. This display mode changes according to the content of the information. For example, if it is “Notice”, “Newspaper”, or “Present”, it is displayed as a pop-up. In the case of “ranking”, the screen changes to a dedicated screen for displaying the ranking.

  Next, the general flow (how to play) of the stock trading game according to the present embodiment will be described. Further, supplementary explanation will be given as appropriate for various functions provided in the game briefly described above as necessary.

  As described above, the purpose of the basic player of this game is to earn a lot of YELL. First, when the player installs the game on the smart device 102 and starts the game, for example, a tutorial is started. At the end of the tutorial, a predetermined amount of YELL is handed over to the player as an initial fund (or may be earned within the tutorial). Using this YELL, the player repeatedly buys and sells stocks in the game and earns YELL. Further, the game parameter “experience value” is increased by repeatedly buying and selling stocks in the game, and “player rank” is increased when the game parameter reaches a certain value. By raising the rank, for example, the upper limit of the number of stores that can be installed in the tower object 202 described below is increased, and the game progress can be made advantageous.

  In parallel with the buying and selling of the in-game stock, the player can also perform an operation on the tower object 202 as described above. The tower object 202 will be supplementarily described below. First, the player can install a “store object” (hereinafter simply referred to as a store) corresponding to the “brand” on the tower object 202. This store is not limited to brands owned by players, but can also be installed in stores of brands not owned by players. Taking the tower object 202 shown in FIG. 4 as an example, five stores are installed. That is, one store is installed on one floor (floor), and in FIG. 4, it is a five-floor (five-story) tower. As an appearance of each store, a virtual company name including a brand (specifically, the name of the member idol) corresponding to the store and a member idol's face image corresponding to the brand are shown as a set. The upper limit of the floor number of the tower object 202 is 1 as an initial value, and can be increased as the player rank increases. For example, the upper limit increases by one floor for every 5 ranks. The player can collect sales (YELL) from each store at regular time intervals. In addition, at the time of sales collection at each store, a game parameter called “store experience value” set for each store can be increased, and when a certain value is accumulated, the store level is increased. The higher the store level, the more sales you can collect.

  Note that the sales amount of each store fluctuates in proportion to the stock price of the brand, for example. The higher the stock price, the larger the sales you can get. Therefore, for example, even if the brand is not owned by the player, it is possible to earn more YELL by installing a store of a brand with a high stock price (that is, a popular brand) in its tower. . In other words, the more the player is installed on the tower object 202 of the player, the greater the total sales of the store of that brand, which can lead to the popularity of the brand (member idol). Therefore, the player can also enjoy the way of cheering the member idol by actively installing the store of the member idol that he / she wants to cheer on.

  The basic flow of this game is that the player performs management of the tower object 202 (store installation, sales collection, etc.) in parallel while repeating the buying and selling of in-game stock as described above to raise the player rank. How to proceed.

  As described above, in the stock trading game according to the present embodiment, it is possible to support a member idol that the player likes in the form of buying a stock price or installing a store while enjoying the trading of stocks in the game. In other words, since raising the stock price of a member idol of his / her favorite leads to support for the idol, it becomes possible to further enjoy the trading of in-game stock.

  Further, in the stock trading game according to the present embodiment, as means for acquiring YELL, “dividend” according to the number of in-game stocks in addition to buying / selling of in-game stocks and sales from the tower object 202. In this way, it is possible to acquire YELL. Specifically, the dividend of the player who holds the in-game stock is calculated once a day, and the dividend is distributed to each player as a so-called “login bonus”. That is, each player can receive the sum of dividends of each in-game stock held by the player once a day as a “login bonus” (distributed at the time of login). . Thus, by providing various means for acquiring YELL, it is possible to prevent the player from getting stuck in the game and to further enhance the interest of the game. In addition, as a timing which performs the calculation process of dividends, for example, it is performed during a closing time described later (after the end of a one-day transaction). Also, if there is a day when you did not log in, you will not be able to get a dividend that you should get on that day. In other words, you can't get a dividend going back in the past.

To further explain the above-mentioned dividend, first, for example, the dividend is calculated by the following mathematical formula.
Dividend = (average stock price / variable α) + (close price yesterday / variable β) + (average stock price × (volume / average volume) × [1+ (highest yesterday−lowest yesterday) / closest yesterday] × variable y・ Formula 1
The value of each variable is a value that can be changed and adjusted by the management side. For example, “100000” is used as the variable α, “50” is used as the variable β, and “0.001” is used as the variable y. Thereby, it is possible to distribute to the player an amount of dividend that makes the game balance appropriate, not too much but not too little. For example, if the stock price is low, an amount enough to obtain a YELL that can be traded at a minimum can be distributed as a dividend. Furthermore, when trying to obtain a dividend every time, the player needs to log in every day, and thus it is possible to obtain a YELL that can perform the minimum transaction as described above. Therefore, even a player who does not have a good balance of stock trading or a player who does not have a lot of YELL soon after starting a new game can trade stocks in the game to some extent every day. Thereby, even if the brand is low in popularity and has a low stock price (stagnation), it is possible to make an active movement in the market by such trading activities of the player.

  As for the timing of starting to give dividends, of course, no dividends are given to in-game stocks before release. Using the stock price and volume value on the first day of the release, dividends will be given from the day after the release.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the in-game market for trading in-game stock has the following specifications. First, regarding the time from opening to closing, in this embodiment, the market opens at 0:01:00, and the transaction of the day ends at 23:59:59. It is closed between 00:00:00 and 00:00:59. During this period, market orders that have not been executed are reset, stop high / low prices are updated, and various tabulation processes are executed. In addition, it is assumed that the date when the date is reset is 0:00.

  By the way, in the stock trading game according to the present embodiment, in order to improve game performance, a virtual stock trading market (hereinafter referred to as a virtual stock market) that is different from the actual stock trading market is set. Yes. Then, various control processes as described later are performed on this virtual stock trading market so that the game balance is adjusted and the player can play for a long time.

  Hereinafter, control processing related to the virtual stock market according to the present embodiment will be described. As a premise of the explanation, first, some points that are greatly different between the virtual stock market according to the present embodiment and the actual stock trading market will be described. .

(1) Stock issuer Unlike the actual stock trading market, the “operator” of the stock trading game according to the present embodiment is the stock issuer. “Operators” also serve as exchanges. Further, there is no concept of a so-called securities company, and the player directly trades on the exchange. In addition, since there is no concept of a securities company, the stock trading game according to the present embodiment can also perform so-called difference settlement (settlement by transferring the difference between selling and buying). As a result, it can be expected that trading of in-game stocks will be active. In this way, in this game, the “operator” becomes the issuing body of the stock, so the influence of the management side on the market is high (in other words, the management side can do anything) I can say). Therefore, there is a need to activate the game while not distrusting the player, and various control processes as described in the present embodiment are executed.
(2) Number of shares to be issued In the actual stock trading market, the number of shares to be issued varies depending on the issue. On the other hand, in the stock trading game according to the present embodiment, the same number of shares is issued uniformly for all brands. For example, at the start of the stock trading game service according to the present embodiment (at the time of release and launch), 100 million shares are generated for all brands. And 90% of them are held by the management side, and the remaining 10% is controlled to be released to the virtual stock market. In addition, when a new brand is added (new stock issuance) after the service starts, 100 million shares are generated, 90% is owned by the management side, and the remaining 10% is released. . In this way, by setting the same number of shares to be issued for all brands, the stock price indicates the market capitalization rank, and the popularity ranking of member idols corresponding to the brand can be easily understood by the player. The details of the control process related to new stock issuance will be described later.
(3) Trade Regulations Regarding the delisting of stocks, in the actual stock trading market, before the delisting, they are managed by the concept of supervision post (supervision issue) and rearrangement post (reorganization issue). On the other hand, in this embodiment, such a concept is not used. For abolished stocks, the same control is performed uniformly. Details of the control process regarding the abolished stock will be described later.
(4) Others Regarding transaction time, in this embodiment, in principle, it is open all year round (365 days). In addition, as described above, the market opens at 0:01:00 and closes at 23:59:59. The time zone setting is not limited to this, but a longer opening time is advantageous in that it is easier to play at the pace of each player. Further, in the present embodiment, the concept of so-called “unit” is not provided from the viewpoint of ease of understanding by the player. In addition, so-called “continuous contracts” (for example, a system provided to prevent a stock price from changing suddenly when a plurality of orders are generated within one minute) are not implemented in this embodiment. This is because it is possible to activate the game when there is no such limitation.

Based on the premise as described above, in the present embodiment, with respect to the virtual stock market, the game balance is adjusted mainly by controlling the following items to enhance the interest of the game.
(A) Control relating to new stock issuance (B) Control relating to stock price surge countermeasures (C) Control relating to abandoned stocks (D) Control relating to activation of stocks with little movement The outline of each control will be described below.

(A) Control for Issuance of New Stock First, the control for issuing a new stock in the virtual stock market will be described. In this embodiment, when a new stock is issued (when a game is released and when a new stock is issued after the release), 90% of the stock is held by the management side, and the remaining 10% is released to the market (sell order). ). In this embodiment, so-called “Bot” is used to control to place a sell order for the new stock. Regarding the price, when the game is released, as described above, a selling order is made at the same price (predetermined price) for all brands. For new stocks added after the game is released, for example, a selling order is issued with an average stock price as the selling price.

(B) Control on stock price surge countermeasures The stock trading game according to the present embodiment also has a so-called network game aspect. For this reason, for example, when this game is introduced in a magazine or the Internet, a situation may be assumed in which the number of players who newly start the game increases rapidly in a very short period of time. That is, a situation in which so-called daily active users (hereinafter referred to as DAU) increase in a short period is also assumed. As a result, the number of in-game stock buyers is expected to increase rapidly in a short period of time, the stock price soars, and it is expected that the price will be out of reach for many players. Therefore, in the present embodiment, in order to prevent the stock price from soaring as the DAU increases, control is performed such that the number of in-game stocks distributed in the virtual stock market is increased little by little every day, for example. That is, control is performed such that in-game stocks are released to the market little by little every day. As an example, when the game is released as described above, 90% of the total stock is held, and thereafter, the management side releases the in-game stock for 1% each day in principle. It is. At this time, the release amount of the next day may be determined based on KPI (Key Performance Indicator) on a certain day. In principle, the same number of in-game stocks are controlled to be released for all issues, but in other embodiments, the release amount of a certain issue is released on the current day according to the purchase order amount on the previous day. The amount may be determined. That is, the distribution amount may be adjusted individually for each brand. In yet another embodiment, the above-described circulation amount may be adjusted more directly according to the change in DAU. For example, the distribution amount may be adjusted according to the number of logged-in users on the previous day or the most recent week.

  For such in-game stock release, Bot is used as described above. That is, control is performed to place a sell order on the virtual stock market using Bot. In principle, the order is made by banking, but limit order by the management side may be possible. In addition, regarding the control of the Bot, it is sufficient to perform control such that the trading time is divided and the selling order is divided into several times. In other words, the management side may specify the number of in-game shares and the order time for one selling order, or may be executed at random.

  In addition, in conjunction with the in-game stock release control as described above, the same control as described above is used to control the collection (buy order) of the in-game stock and adjust the distribution amount of the in-game stock for the entire virtual stock market. You may make it do.

(C) Control regarding abolished stock In the present embodiment, the stock of the in-game stock is associated with a member idol of an existing idol group as described above. Therefore, for example, when a member idol leaves or retires from a group, the corresponding in-game stock will be abolished. When the in-game stock is abolished, in the present embodiment, the following handling is performed. First, the management side notifies the player side of the end of the transaction (end date of transaction) in advance (for example, an announcement one week in advance), and a price that adds a predetermined percentage to the stock price at the time of the notification The process of declaring the purchase at is performed. When the transaction ends, the number of the corresponding abolished shares held by the player becomes 0, and YELL with a predetermined ratio added to the stock price at the time of the notification is given (for example, an additional 30% price) .

  In general, when a member idol withdraws from a group or the like, this can often be grasped in advance. Therefore, in the above example, it is possible to notify the end of the transaction in advance and make a purchase declaration. However, in some cases, sudden withdrawal of member idols may occur due to unforeseen circumstances. In such a case, the transaction may be terminated without making a purchase declaration as described above. In other words, on the same day as the notice of the end of trading, the trading of the corresponding issue is terminated (in the above case, a certain trading period is provided from the notice to the end of trading), and the purchase processing according to the stock price on that day is performed Anyway.

  In addition, after the abolition of brands, for example, when a brand browsing function such as “Brands List” is searched, it is displayed as a search result, and detailed information thereof may be browsed ( However, of course, the data is not updated.) In addition, when each player displays the stocks owned by each player as a “held stock list”, the abolished stocks may be displayed in different display forms, for example, grayed out (however, Of course, you can't place an order). Of course, it may not be displayed in the search result or the stock list.

(D) Control related to activation of stocks with little movement In this embodiment, from the viewpoint of activating the game, control for activating and activating the movement of stocks with little movement in the virtual stock market. Has also been done. Specifically, brands whose volume (trading volume, trading volume) is below a predetermined threshold within a predetermined period (for example, one day or one week) are extracted. Then, for the in-game stock of the extracted brand, control is performed such that the management side issues a “buy order” or a “sell order” (for activation, both sell / buy are performed. Because it is useful). For such trading, automatic trading control using the Bot as described above is executed. A target value of the transaction amount related to trading by the Bot is calculated and set according to the transaction amount of the extracted brand within a predetermined period, and the trading of in-game stocks by the Bot is executed until the target value is reached. Further, in addition to the control as described above, for example, a limitation may be placed on the holding period of the in-game stock. If there is a player who has not logged in to the game for a long time, the movement of the in-game stock held by the player will be frozen. Control that the management side purchases is executed. For example, it is assumed that the holding period of the in-game stock is set to “1 year” in advance. In this case, when one year has passed since a certain player started holding the in-game stock, the one-year in-game stock held by the player is collected and YELL corresponding to the collected amount is given to the player. Processing is performed.

Next, details of the control processing as described above will be described. First, data and the like used in the control process will be described. FIG. 5 is a memory map showing various data stored in the main memory 113 of the game server 101. The main memory 113 includes a server-side program 401, a player database 402, an in-game stock database 403,
Abandonment target brand data 404, activation target brand data 405, Bot control data 406, and the like are stored.

  The player database 402 stores player registration information such as a player ID, a player name (nickname), a password required for login processing, a registered e-mail address, and the like. Furthermore, these pieces of information are stored in association with each other so that data such as the brands owned, the number of owned (held) shares, the possessed YELL, the number of possessed diamonds, and the transaction log can be read in association with the player ID, for example. Yes.

  The in-game stock database 403 includes the stock ID, stock name, total number of stocks, stock code, stock price, stock price ratio of the stock price of the in-game stock, today's sales, and various image data of member idols corresponding to the stock (for example, face Image data) is stored so that it can be read out in association with each in-game stock.

  The abolition target brand data 404 is data for indicating the brands to be abolished as described above. For example, when withdrawal from a group of a certain member idol is determined, information on a brand corresponding to the member idol is appropriately stored (registered) in the data based on an operation on the management side with respect to the game server 101. Specifically, the brand ID for indicating the brand and the scheduled date of abolition are stored in association with each other.

  The activation target brand data 405 is data for indicating the brand to be activated as described above. Specifically, the brand ID of the brand that satisfies the conditions for becoming the activation target is stored. Is done.

  The Bot control data 406 is setting data for controlling the Bot as described above. The Bot control data 406 includes information for specifying the brand to be traded, information indicating the timing of trading, information indicating the target value of the transaction volume, and the like.

  Next, details of the control processing in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, control related to the issue of new shares and control related to stock price surge countermeasures (hereinafter referred to as new stock / surge countermeasure control process) will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the new stock / surge countermeasure control process executed in the game server 101. Note that the processing of steps S1 to S4 in FIG. 6 is executed, for example, during the closing time of the virtual stock market, and the processing of step S5 is executed during the time when the virtual stock market is open.

  In this processing, first, processing for setting the operation of the Bot is performed, and then processing for controlling the Bot based on the setting is executed. First, in step S1, the processor unit 111 executes a process of selecting one brand to be subjected to the following setting process from all brands. For example, selection is performed in ascending order of the brand ID.

  Next, in step S <b> 2, the processor unit 111 executes a process of calculating a target transaction amount (distribution amount) for the processing target brand. In the case of issuance of new stock, as described above, 10% of the total stock is calculated as the target value for release. In addition, as control of stock price surge countermeasures, a target value to be released (and / or collected) on the current day is calculated based on the previous day's KPI and the like as described above.

  Next, in step S3, the processor unit 111 sets the Bot operation for the brand to be processed. That is, the calculated target value, the timing for placing a buy / sell order (every predetermined time or at random), and the sell price (may be a market order or a limit order) are set and stored in the Bot control data 406. Is executed.

  Next, in step S4, the processor unit 111 determines whether or not the above-described setting of the Bot operation has been performed for all brands. As a result, if unprocessed brands still remain (NO in step S4), the process returns to step S1 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, when all brands have been processed (YES in step S4), the processor unit 111 executes the bot control process in step S5.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of the Bot control process in step S5. First, in step S <b> 11, the processor unit 111 starts Bot control based on the Bot control data 406. Next, in step S12, it is determined whether or not the “today” transaction has ended, that is, whether or not the virtual stock market has closed on that day. As a result of the determination, if the current day has not yet ended (NO in step S12), in step S13, the processor unit 111 determines whether there is a brand that has achieved the target transaction volume for that day. As a result, if there is any (YES in step S13), in step S14, the processor unit 111 executes a process of stopping the Bot control for the brand that has reached the target transaction amount. Then, it returns to said step S12 and a process is repeated. On the other hand, when there is no brand that has been achieved (NO in step S13), the process returns to step S12 without performing the process of step S14.

  On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S12 is that the day has ended (YES in step S12), in step S15, the processor unit 111 determines whether or not the target transaction volume for the day has been achieved for all brands. To do. As a result, when a brand that has not been achieved remains (NO in step S15), in step S16, the processor unit 111, for example, shows the number of in-game stocks of the brand that has not been sold as unachieved data (not shown). As shown in FIG. Note that this data can be used as appropriate when the target transaction volume is calculated, for example, by processing on the next day or the like. For example, if the target transaction volume for a certain day is set to 100, and there are 30 unsold volumes on the previous day, the target value for that day is set to 130, or a total of 100 (for the previous day) Or 30 + 70 on the day. On the other hand, if the target transaction volume for that day has been achieved for all brands (YES in step S15), the Bot control process is terminated as it is.

  In this way, in the new stock / surge countermeasure control process, the amount to be released on the day for each brand is determined, and a process of placing a sell order using Bot is executed.

  Next, the details of the control regarding the abolished stock will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of a control process (hereinafter referred to as abolished stock processing) related to the abolished stock. Note that the processing related to the flow is executed after the transaction on the current day is completed, that is, while the virtual stock market is closed.

  In FIG. 8, first, in step S <b> 21, the processor unit 111 refers to the abolition target brand data 404 and the in-game stock database 403 and acquires data on a brand to be abolished.

  Next, in step S22, the processor unit 111 executes an abolition stock notification process. This is a process for notifying a player of a brand to be abolished and its abolition date in advance. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the abolished stock notification process. In FIG. 9, first, in step S <b> 41, the processor unit 111 determines whether or not there is a brand whose transaction end date is reached after a predetermined number of days (from the current time). For example, if the predetermined number of days is set in advance as 10 days later, it is determined whether or not the brand to be abolished is 10 days before the abolition date (end of transaction date). If there is such a brand as a result of the determination (YES in step S41), in step S42, the processor unit 111 terminates the transaction for the corresponding brand (deprecated brand), for example, 10 days later, Processing for notifying the player that the purchase is to be performed is executed. For example, a process of transmitting an email to a player who owns the corresponding brand, or a process for presenting the above to the player as, for example, “notification from management” is executed. On the other hand, if there is no corresponding brand in the determination in step S41 (NO in step S41), the process of step S42 is not performed, and the abolition stock notification process ends.

  Returning to FIG. 8, next, in step S23, the processor unit 111 determines, based on the data acquired in step S21, the brand whose transaction end date has passed, that is, the previous day (the current day depending on the setting of the closing time). Determine if there are any stocks that have reached the abolition date. If there is a result (YES in step S23), in step S24, the processor unit 111 selects, from the abolition target brand data 404, one brand to be subjected to the following processing (hereinafter, abolition process brand). . Next, in step S <b> 25, the processor unit 111 refers to the player database 402 to extract a player who holds the brand to be abolished, and temporarily stores data (not shown) indicating the extraction result in the main memory 113. Remember me.

  Next, in step S <b> 26, the processor unit 111 selects one piece of player data (hereinafter referred to as a processing target player) to be processed from the player extraction result. Next, in step S <b> 27, the processor unit 111 refers to the player database 402, and calculates the purchase price as described above based on the number of in-game stocks of the abolished process target brand held by the player. Next, in step S28, the number of in-game stocks of the abolished processing target brand is set to zero. Further, in step S29, the processor unit 111 executes a process of giving YELL corresponding to the calculated purchase price to the processing target player.

  Next, in step S30, the processor unit 111 determines whether or not the above-described processing has been executed for all the players extracted in step S25. When there are still unprocessed players (in step S30). NO), the process returns to step S26, and the process is repeated. When all the members have been processed (YES in step S30), in step S31, the processor unit 111 determines whether or not the above-described processing has been performed for all of the brands to be abolished, and when unprocessed brands remain. (NO in step S31), the process returns to step S24 to repeat the process. When all the processing has been completed (YES in step S31), next, in step S3, processing for deleting data relating to the abolished brand from the in-game stock database 403 or the like is executed. However, at this time, bibliographic data may be left as it is, for example, displayed only in a brand list. This is the end of the abolished stock processing.

  Next, control related to activation of a strain with less movement will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the control process (hereinafter, activation control process). Note that the processing in steps S51 to S56 in FIG. 10 is executed, for example, during the closing time of the virtual stock market, and the processing in step S57 is executed during the time when the virtual stock market is open.

  In FIG. 10, first, in step S51, the processor unit 111 executes a process for extracting a brand to be activated. Specifically, referring to the in-game stock database 403, a process of extracting a brand whose volume within a predetermined period (for example, the previous day) is below a predetermined threshold is executed. Next, in step S52, the processor unit 111 stores the extracted data in the main memory 113 as the activation target brand data 405.

  Next, in step S53, the processor unit 111 selects one piece of brand data to be subjected to the following processing from the above-described activation target brand data 405. Next, in step S54, a process of setting a target transaction amount (a selling target value or a buying target value or both) for the selected brand is executed. The target value is calculated and set for each brand based on the actual volume, the stock price at that time, and the like.

  Next, in step S55, the processor unit 111 performs setting for the Bot operation for the selected brand. That is, the process of setting the calculated target value, the timing for placing a sell / buy order, and the sell / buy price and storing them in the Bot control data 406 is executed.

  Next, in step S56, the processor unit 111 determines whether or not the above-described setting of the Bot operation has been performed for all of the brands to be activated. As a result, when unprocessed brands still remain (NO in step S56), the process returns to step S53 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, when all the target brands have been processed (YES in step S56), the processor unit 111 executes the Bot control process in step S57. Note that the Bot control process in step S57 is basically the same as the Bot control process shown in step S5 (however, not only a sell order but also a buy order is controlled). I will omit the explanation. This is the end of the description of the activation control process.

  This is the end of the detailed description of the various control processes according to the present embodiment.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, various controls are performed on the virtual stock market (which cannot be considered in the actual stock market) from the viewpoint of a stock trading game in which a large number of players can participate. This makes it possible to activate the stock trading game with an appropriate game balance while performing an appropriate control that does not cause distrust to the player.

  Regarding the control of the stock price surge countermeasure, the above example shows the control of releasing the in-game stock to the virtual stock market little by little every day. In this case, depending on the degree of popularity among member idols, it is expected that the difference in stock prices between brands (between member idols) will open too much. For example, for in-game stock corresponding to a very popular member idol, for example, when the DAU increases in one day and most of them place an order to buy in-game stock of the member idol, Even with this kind of control, there is a possibility that the rise in stock prices may not be suppressed. As a result, it can be considered that for a player who has started a new game (entered), there are many brands that cannot be bought because the stock price is too high. In such a case, for example, a so-called “stock split” may be performed to lower the stock price. That is, when the stock price of one share is 10000 YELL, it may be controlled to divide it into two shares and make 5000 YELL per share.

  Further, in the above embodiment, after the game is released in a state where the management side holds 90% of the total stock, the in-game stock is released to the virtual stock market little by little every day. If all the stocks owned by the operation are released, the stock split may be performed as described above to adjust the stock price.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, it can be said that Bot is performing the function like a virtual stock exchange. Therefore, in another embodiment, the virtual stock market may have a plurality of virtual stock exchanges. For example, in-game stocks are ranked based on market capitalization rankings, and stock exchanges are divided such as “partial” for higher-ranking in-game stocks and “part two” for others. It is also good. In other words, when controlling the bot, control may be performed in consideration of whether each in-game stock belongs to “part” or “second part”.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Game server 102 Smart device 111 Processor part 112 Internal storage device 113 Main memory 115 Communication part 121 Processor part 122 Internal storage device 123 Main memory 124 Operation part 125 Communication part 126 Display part

Claims (8)

A stock trading game system in which a plurality of players can participate, trading in-game stocks that are virtual stocks using in-game currency in a virtual stock trading market,
In-game stock generating means for generating the same number of in-game stocks for all stocks in the virtual stock trading market;
When newly distributing in-game stocks of a given brand to the virtual stock trading market, out-of-game stocks corresponding to a part of the total number of in-game stocks of the brand The first stock distribution control means for setting the remaining in-game stock to be held by the operating side of the stock trading game system,
After the in-game stock is newly distributed by the first distribution control means, for the brand of the newly distributed in-game stock, among the in-game stock of the brand held by the management side A stock trading game system comprising: a second distribution control unit that continuously releases in-game stocks of the brand to the virtual stock trading market by a second ratio corresponding to a part. The first distribution control means uses the same ratio uniformly for all stocks traded in the virtual stock exchange market as the first ratio,
2. The stock trading game system according to claim 1, wherein the second distribution control unit uses the same ratio uniformly for all brands traded in the virtual stock trading market as the second ratio.   The first distribution control means and / or the second distribution control means pre-set a target value of the transaction amount of the in-game stock within a predetermined period, and the predetermined distribution period until the target value is reached. The stock trading game system according to claim 1, further comprising automatic ordering means for issuing a buy / sell order for the in-game stock in the virtual stock trading market at a predetermined timing.   2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the second distribution control unit includes a release rate calculation unit that calculates the second rate based on a transaction amount of the in-game stock within a predetermined period. The stock trading game system includes:
An extraction means for extracting a stock whose trading volume within a first period is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold in the virtual stock trading market;
Target value setting means for setting a target value of a transaction amount within a second period for the in-game stock relating to the brand extracted by the extraction means;
Automatic ordering means for issuing a buy / sell order for the in-game stock in the virtual stock trading market at a predetermined timing within the second period until the target value set by the target value setting means is reached. The stock trading game system according to claim 1, further comprising: The stock trading game system includes:
Abolished stock notifying means for notifying a player of a stock to be abolished in the virtual stock exchange market at a predetermined timing before the abolition date;
When the abolition date arrives, the in-game currency corresponding to the stock price of the in-game stock of the abolished issue at the time of the announcement multiplied by a predetermined percentage is held in the in-game stock of the abolished issue The stock transaction game system according to claim 1, further comprising: abolished stock collection means that sets the number of in-game stocks to be abolished to the player and sets the number of in-game stocks to be abolished to 0. A stock trading game processing method for controlling a computer of a stock trading game system in which a plurality of players can participate, which trades in-game stock that is a virtual stock using in-game currency in a virtual stock trading market. ,
In-game stock generation step for generating the same number of in-game stocks for all stocks in the virtual stock trading market;
When newly distributing in-game stocks of a given brand to the virtual stock trading market, out-of-game stocks corresponding to a part of the total number of in-game stocks of the brand A first distribution control step for setting the remaining in-game stock to be held by the operating side of the stock trading game system,
After the in-game stock is newly distributed in the first in-game stock distribution control step, for the brand of the newly distributed in-game stock, the in-game stock of the brand held by the management side And a second distribution control step of continuously releasing in-game stocks of the brand to the virtual stock trading market at a second rate corresponding to a part of the stock trading game processing method . A stock trading game program for causing a computer of a stock trading game system, in which a plurality of players can participate, to trade an in-game stock that is a virtual stock using an in-game currency in a virtual stock trading market,
In-game stock generating means for generating the same number of in-game stocks for all stocks in the virtual stock trading market;
When newly distributing in-game stocks of a given brand to the virtual stock trading market, out-of-game stocks corresponding to a part of the total number of in-game stocks of the brand A first distribution control means for setting the remaining stock in the game to be held by the operating side of the stock trading game system,
After the in-game stock is newly distributed by the first in-game stock distribution control means, for the brand of the newly distributed in-game stock, the in-game stock of the brand held by the management side A stock trading game that causes the computer to function as second distribution control means for continuously releasing in-game stocks of the brand to the virtual stock trading market at a second rate corresponding to a part of program.

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