JP2019000154A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game system that can execute novel performance.SOLUTION: A game system includes: a balloon; an air supply source; an air supply pipe for connecting the balloon to the air supply source; and a control device performing control for executing a game and, when the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit, executing game performance of breaking the inflated balloon.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a gaming machine that executes an effect in which a balloon body expands or contracts in accordance with a game state.

JP 2007-161241 A

  Some conventional gaming machines have an effect of expanding or contracting a balloon body, but nothing has an effect of breaking an expanded balloon body.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game system capable of executing a new effect that has not been achieved in the past.

  (1) The present invention executes a game when a balloon, an air supply source, an air supply pipe connecting the balloon and the air supply source, and the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit. The present invention also relates to a game system including a control device that performs control to execute a game effect for breaking the inflated balloon.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a game system capable of executing an unprecedented new effect of breaking an inflated balloon when the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit.

  (2) In the game system according to the present invention, the air supply pipe branches into two systems, a first air supply pipe and a second air supply pipe, and the first air supply pipe is connected to the balloon. The second air supply pipe is opened to the atmosphere and further includes a balloon splitting mechanism for splitting the balloon, and the control device removes air from the air supply source until the predetermined time elapses. When the predetermined time has elapsed and the air from the air supply source is discharged from the second air supply pipe when the predetermined time has elapsed, the balloon splitting mechanism is operated after the predetermined time has elapsed. The game effect may be executed.

  According to the present invention, the balloon is inflated until a predetermined time elapses, and when the predetermined time elapses, the supply of air to the balloon by the first air supply pipe is stopped and the air is discharged from the second air supply pipe. As a result, even after the balloon has stopped expanding, the sound of the air being discharged from the second air supply pipe can give the player a feeling that the balloon continues to expand. It is possible to produce an effective performance while preventing cracking at the timing of not.

  (3) In the game system according to the present invention, the control device may operate the balloon splitting mechanism based on a player's operation when the game is cleared.

  According to the present invention, even when the game effect is not executed because the game is cleared within the time limit, the player can experience the game effect of breaking the balloon.

  (4) In the game system according to the present invention, the player's play field is surrounded by four walls, and the balloon is arranged on one of the four walls, and at least one of the remaining three faces. A screen for displaying the game screen on the surface may be arranged.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to enhance the effect of a game effect that breaks an inflated balloon.

It is a perspective view showing typically the composition of the game system of this embodiment. It is a side view which shows typically the structure of the game system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the detailed structure of an air supply pipe | tube. It is a partial cross section side view which shows the detailed structure of an air supply pipe | tube and a balloon splitting mechanism. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is an example of the functional block diagram of the game system of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of a control apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating a modification.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described. In addition, this embodiment demonstrated below does not unduly limit the content of this invention described in the claim. Moreover, not all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are necessary constituent requirements of the present invention.

1. Configuration FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a configuration of a game system (production system) of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. The game system 1 includes a rubber balloon 10 that expands when air is supplied, a projector 20 (20a, 20b), a touch module 30, a camera 40, a speaker 50, a control box 60, and an air supply. A tube 70, a guide member 80, and a balloon splitting mechanism 90 are included. 1, illustration of the touch module 30, the camera 40, the speaker 50, the control box 60, the air supply pipe 70, the guide member 80, and the balloon splitting mechanism 90 is omitted.

  The play field PF in which the player P plays a game is composed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped space surrounded by the four walls 2 (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), and the play field PF is open above. Screens 3 (3a, 3b) are arranged on the walls 2a, 2b, balloons 10 are arranged on the walls 2c, and doors 4 (entrances to the play field PF) are provided on the walls 2d. It has been. The projector 20a projects a game screen on the screen 3a of the wall 2a, and the projector 20b projects the game screen on the screen 3b of the wall 2b. The touch module 30 is an infrared touch sensor for detecting the touch operation of the player P on the screens 3a and 3b (game screen), and is attached to the upper part of each of the screens 3a and 3b (wall bodies 2a and 2b). Yes. The cameras provided in the projectors 20a and 20b image the screens 3a and 3b, and detect the touch position of the player P on the screens 3a and 3b based on the detection signal from the touch module 30 and the captured images of the cameras provided in the projectors 20a and 20b. can do. The camera 40 is a wide-angle video camera for photographing (and recording) the player P and the balloon 10 in the play field PF, and is attached above the play field PF.

The control box 60 is installed outside the play field PF, and stores a control device (control PC), an air supply source (air pump), a power source, and the like. The air supply pipe 70 (the first air supply pipe branched from the air supply pipe 70) connects the air supply source and the balloon 10 and feeds air from the air supply source into the balloon 10.

  The guide member 80 is a member that is fitted into the wall 2c and supports the balloon 10 in an expanded state. The balloon splitting mechanism 90 is a mechanism for breaking (exploding) the inflated balloon 10. The balloon splitting mechanism 90 is disposed at a position that is difficult to visually recognize from the play field PF, and is attached to the inside of the guide member 80 in the vicinity of the mouth portion (blower) of the balloon 10 in order to enhance the production effect.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of the air supply pipe 70. An air supply pipe 70 connected to the air supply source 61 branches into two systems, an air supply pipe 71 (first air supply pipe) and an air supply pipe 72 (second air supply pipe). The air supply pipe 71 is a balloon. 10 (the tip on the opening side is inserted into the mouth of the balloon 10), and the air supply pipe 72 is open to the atmosphere (the opening is exposed to the atmosphere). The air supply pipe 71 is provided with an electromagnetic valve 73 (first electromagnetic valve), and the air supply pipe 72 is provided with an electromagnetic valve 74 (second electromagnetic valve). When the balloon 10 is inflated, the control device opens the electromagnetic valve 73 and closes the electromagnetic valve 74 (supplying air from the air supply source 61 to the balloon 10 via the air supply pipe 71). When the expansion of the balloon 10 is stopped, the electromagnetic valve 73 is closed and the electromagnetic valve 74 is opened (air from the air supply source 61 is discharged from the air supply pipe 72). Control. When the electromagnetic valve 74 is in the open state, air is discharged from the opening of the air supply pipe 72 and an air discharge sound is generated. The opening (atmospheric opening) of the air supply pipe 72 may be arranged outside the playing field PF or inside the playing field PF, and the player P perceives the air exhaust sound from the atmospheric opening. What is necessary is just to arrange | position in the possible position.

  FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a detailed configuration of the air supply pipe 71 and the balloon splitting mechanism 90. A portion of the air supply pipe 71 inserted into the balloon 10 has a bent shape. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the air supply pipe 71 extending in the horizontal direction from the balloon mouth portion 11 toward the center of the balloon 10 is bent downward at a bent portion 75.

  A hole 77 is formed in the wall surface on the tip side (opening 76 side) of the bent portion 75 of the air supply pipe 71. The balloon splitting mechanism 90 is provided below the hole 77, and includes a needle 91 for splitting the balloon 10 and a cylinder 92 that houses (guides) the needle 91 so as to be able to reciprocate (vertically move). The tip of the cylinder 92 is disposed close to the hole 77. The hole 77 of the air supply pipe 71 functions as a receiving portion that receives the needle 91 of the balloon split mechanism 90. The needle 91 of the balloon splitting mechanism 90 is moved up and down by an actuator 93 (solenoid). As shown in FIG. 5, when breaking the balloon 10, the needle 91 moves in a direction (upward) protruding from the tip of the cylinder 92, and the tip passes through the wall (circumferential surface) of the balloon 10. It operates to enter the hole 77 (receiving part).

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, by arranging the tip of the cylinder 92 close to the receiving portion, it is possible to prevent the operator or the player P from touching the needle 91 protruding from the tip of the cylinder 92 by mistake. Can do. Further, by providing the receiving portion on the distal end side of the air supply pipe 71, the needle 91 can be pierced into the wall of the balloon 10 at a certain distance from the mouth portion 11 of the balloon 10, so that the balloon 10 is reliably ruptured. be able to. Further, the air supply pipe 71 (the portion inserted into the mouth portion 11) is bent, and the receiving portion is provided on the wall surface on the tip side of the bent portion 75, whereby the wall surface of the air supply pipe 71 (the wall surface around the receiving portion). The distance between the balloon 10 and the wall of the balloon 10 (the wall at the position facing the receiving portion) can be made closer, so that the wall of the balloon 10 can be aligned with the wall surface of the air supply pipe 71. This prevents the wall of the balloon 10 from being bent when the needle 91 penetrates the wall of the balloon 10, and pierces the needle 91 with the wall of the balloon 10 stretched along the wall surface of the air supply pipe 71. Therefore, the balloon 10 can be ruptured more reliably. Further, by bending the air supply pipe 71, the tip of the cylinder 92 does not interfere with the balloon 10 in the inflated state, and is further away from the mouth 11 of the balloon 10 and is received by the air supply pipe 71. It becomes easy to arrange at a position close to the part.

  A protective member 78 is provided inside the air supply pipe 71 so as to cover the needle 91 that has entered the hole 77 from the opening 76 side. The protective member 78 can prevent an intruder from the opening 76 (for example, the finger of the operator or the player P) from coming into contact with the needle 91 that has entered the hole 77, so that the operator or the player P can It is possible to prevent the needle 91 from being touched by mistake.

  Moreover, the guide member 80 has a recessed part fitted in the wall 2c. The air supply pipe 71 is provided so as to protrude from the bottom surface of the recess. The guide member 80 supports a part of the inflated balloon 10 (a part including the mouth part 11) so as to be accommodated in the internal space (substantially rectangular parallelepiped space). Thereby, the balloon 10 in the inflated state can be stably supported, and the manner in which the balloon 10 inflates can be stabilized.

2. Functional Block FIG. 6 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the game system (production system) of this embodiment. The control device includes a processing unit 100 (processor) and a storage unit 140 (memory).

  The storage unit 140 stores programs and various data for causing the computer to function as each unit of the processing unit 100, and also functions as a work area of the processing unit 100. The function can be realized by a hard disk, a RAM, or the like.

  The processing unit 100 performs game processing, balloon 10 based on input information (coordinate information of the touch position of the player P on the screen 3), a program, and the like based on a detection signal from the touch module 30 and a captured image of the camera provided in the projector 20. A process for executing a game effect, an image generation process, a sound generation process, and the like are performed. The functions of the processing unit 100 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs. The processing unit 100 includes a game processing unit 110, a solenoid valve control unit 112, a balloon split control unit 114, an image generation unit 120, and a sound generation unit 130.

  The game processing unit 110 executes a game based on the input information. For example, the game processing unit 110 may execute a mystery solving game in which the player P solves the mystery by presenting the player P with hints related to the puzzle solving of the game story. The game processing unit 110 determines that the game has been cleared when the game result satisfies a predetermined condition within a predetermined time limit (for example, the player P has solved the mystery).

  The electromagnetic valve control unit 112 controls the operation (opening / closing) of the electromagnetic valves 73 and 74 by transmitting a control signal to a driver that operates the electromagnetic valves 73 and 74. The electromagnetic valve control unit 112 opens the electromagnetic valve 73 and closes the electromagnetic valve 74 until a predetermined time (which may be the same as or different from the predetermined time limit) elapses after the game starts. When a predetermined time elapses, control is performed so that the electromagnetic valve 73 is closed and the electromagnetic valve 74 is opened.

The balloon split control unit 114 transmits a control signal to the driver of the actuator 93 to control the operation (vertical movement) of the needle 91 of the balloon split mechanism 90. When the game is not cleared within the predetermined time limit, the balloon split control unit 114 moves the needle 91 from the initial position (see FIG. 4) after the predetermined time has elapsed (after the predetermined time limit has elapsed). Control to move the balloon 10 to a position penetrating the wall (see FIG. 5) (control to execute a game effect to break the balloon 10) is performed. In addition, the balloon split control unit 114 performs an operation of the player P instructing to split the balloon 10 (touch operation on the screen 3 or other input such as a button) when the game is cleared within a predetermined time limit. Control of moving the needle 91 from the initial position to a position penetrating the wall of the balloon 10 based on the operation of the unit.

  The image generation unit 120 performs a drawing process based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, thereby generating a game image (game screen), and outputs the game image (game screen) to the projector 20 (20a, 20b). The sound generation unit 130 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, generates game sounds such as BGM, sound effects, and sounds, and the speaker 50 (an amplifier connected to the speaker 50). Output to. Further, the processing unit 100 controls the operation of the air supply source 61. In addition, the processing unit 100 controls the operation of the camera 40 and acquires a moving image shot by the camera 40.

3. Processing FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the control device (processing unit 100). Before starting the game, the operator attaches and fixes the deflated balloon 10 to the air supply pipe 71.

  First, the solenoid valve control unit 112 performs control to open the solenoid valve 73 (first solenoid valve) and close the solenoid valve 74 (second solenoid valve) (step S10). Next, the processing unit 100 performs control for starting the operation of the air supply source 61 (step S12).

  Next, the game processing unit 110 executes the game based on the input information (step S14), and determines whether or not a predetermined time limit has elapsed from the start of the game (step S16). When the time limit has elapsed (Y in step S16), the solenoid valve control unit 112 performs control to close the solenoid valve 73 and open the solenoid valve 74 (step S18), and the game processing unit 110 Then, it is determined whether or not the game is cleared (step S20). When the game is cleared (Y in Step S20), the game processing unit 110 determines whether or not there is an input instructing to break the balloon 10 (Step S22). When there is no such input (N in Step S22), the processing unit 100 performs control to stop the operation of the air supply source 61 (Step S23).

  If the game is not cleared (N in Step S20), and if there is an input instructing to break the balloon 10 (Y in Step S22), the processing unit 100 starts shooting a moving image with the camera 40. Control is performed (step S24), and the screen 3 is controlled to count down the remaining time until the balloon 10 breaks. Next, the balloon split control unit 114 performs an effect of splitting the balloon 10 by moving the needle 91 of the balloon split mechanism 90 (step S26), and at the same time, the processing unit 100 stops the operation of the air supply source 61. Control is performed (step S28). Next, the processing unit 100 performs control to stop the shooting of the moving image by the camera 40, and acquires the captured moving image (moving image of the state before and after the execution of the effect that breaks the balloon 10) (step S30). The moving image acquired in step S30 is uploaded to the server, and for example, a two-dimensional barcode for downloading the moving image from the server is displayed on an operator terminal (tablet type terminal). The player P can acquire the moving image by reading the two-dimensional barcode with a smartphone or the like.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a game system capable of executing an unprecedented new effect of breaking the inflated balloon 10 when the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit. Can be provided. Further, according to the present embodiment, the balloon 10 is inflated until a predetermined time elapses, and when the predetermined time elapses, supply of air to the balloon 10 by the air supply pipe 71 is stopped, and the air supply pipe 72 Even after the balloon 10 stops expanding by discharging air and generating an air discharge sound, it is as if the balloon 10
It is possible to give the player a feeling that the balloon 10 continues to expand, and to produce an effective performance while preventing the balloon 10 from breaking at an unintended timing. Further, according to the present embodiment, even when the effect of breaking the balloon is not executed because the game is cleared within the time limit, the player can experience the effect by performing a predetermined operation.

  The present invention is not limited to that described in the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, terms cited as broad or synonymous terms in the description in the specification or drawings can be replaced with broad or synonymous terms in other descriptions in the specification or drawings.

  For example, in the above embodiment, a mechanism provided with a needle has been described as an example of the balloon splitting mechanism, but the configuration of the balloon splitting mechanism is not limited to this. For example, as the balloon splitting mechanism, a mechanism including a member for scratching the balloon wall (circumferential surface) to burst the balloon may be used.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the structure which breaks a balloon using a balloon splitting mechanism, you may comprise so that a balloon may be broken by continuing supplying air to a balloon. In this configuration, if the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit, air supply to the balloon is continued until the balloon bursts, and if the game is cleared within the predetermined time limit, The air supply to the balloon may be stopped before the time when the air is expected to burst.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the case where the 1st solenoid valve was provided in the 1st air supply pipe and the 2nd solenoid valve was provided in the 2nd air supply pipe, the 1st air supply pipe and the 2nd air supply pipe are explained. Instead of providing each with a solenoid valve (two-way solenoid valve), a three-way solenoid valve may be provided at the branch point of the air supply pipe. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, one of the air supply pipe 71 and the air supply pipe 72 is electrically connected to a position where the air supply pipe 70 branches into an air supply pipe 71 and an air supply pipe 72. A directional electromagnetic valve 79 may be provided. In this case, when the balloon 10 is inflated, the control device performs control to turn on the air supply pipe 71, and when to stop the expansion of the balloon 10, performs control to turn on the air supply pipe 72.

1 game system, 2 walls, 3 screens, 4 doors, 10 balloons, 11 mouths, 20 projectors, 30 touch modules, 40 cameras, 50 speakers, 60 control boxes, 61 air supply sources, 70 air supply pipes, 71 air Supply pipe (first air supply pipe), 72 Air supply pipe (second air supply pipe), 73 Solenoid valve, 74 Solenoid valve, 75 Bending part, 76 Opening, 77 hole, 78 Protection member, 79 Three-way solenoid valve, 80 guide members, 90 balloon splitting mechanisms, 91 needles, 92 cylinders, 93 actuators, 100 processing units, 110 game processing units, 112 solenoid valve control units, 114 balloon splitting control units, 120 image generation units, 130 sound generation units, 140 Memory

Claims (4)

With balloons,
An air supply,
An air supply pipe connecting the balloon and the air supply source;
A game system comprising: a control device that executes a game and performs control to execute a game effect that breaks the inflated balloon when the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit. In claim 1,
The air supply pipe branches into two systems of a first air supply pipe and a second air supply pipe, the first air supply pipe is connected to the balloon, and the second air supply pipe is opened to the atmosphere.
A balloon splitting mechanism for splitting the balloon;
The control device includes:
Until a predetermined time elapses, air from the air supply source is supplied to the balloon via the first air supply pipe, and when the predetermined time elapses, air from the air supply source is supplied to the balloon. 2. A game system characterized in that control is performed to discharge from the air supply pipe, and the game effect is executed by operating the balloon splitting mechanism after the predetermined time has elapsed. In claim 2,
The control device includes:
A game system, wherein when the game is cleared, the balloon splitting mechanism is operated based on a player's operation. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The player's play field is surrounded by four walls,
A game system, wherein the balloon is arranged on one of the four wall bodies, and a screen for displaying a game screen is arranged on at least one of the remaining three surfaces.

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