JP2019092573A - Game device, game system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To maintain an interest of a player in a game, and increase use of a game device.SOLUTION: Upon detection of payment of a first counter value involved in a start of provision of one play experience, a game device executes processing of a game involved in a first game play, and upon detection of payment of a second counter value during a provision period of the one play experience after the start of the first game play, the game device executes processing of a game involved in a second game play subsequent to the first game play. The game device provides a virtual article for a game which is associated with a game element with regard to the second game play.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device, a game system, and a program, and more particularly to a technology for providing game play and game items for payment of compensation.

  There is a game device that provides a card with a code during a game play experience, and reads a card with a code to execute a game in which a character associated with the card is made to appear (patented Literature 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-154421

  The card provided by the game device as in Patent Document 1 is a ready-made card printed and manufactured in advance, and a unique design is determined for each character provided to be usable in the game, and the card collection desire of the player is Have the effect of promoting.

  By the way, the number of characters provided in the game is limited, and the types of ready-made cards that can be provided are also limited. Therefore, for a player whose main purpose is to collect cards, if all of these limited types of pre-made cards are collected, there is no advantage in the subsequent use of the game device, and may lose interest in the game.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a game device, a game system and a program which maintain the interest of the player in the game and increase the use of the game device.

  The game apparatus according to the present invention is a game apparatus that provides a game play experience with a requirement for payment of compensation, and includes detection means for detecting payment of compensation and a first payment for starting provision of one play experience. First execution means for executing processing of a game related to the first game play when payment of the second game is detected, and after the start of the first game play, during the provision period of one play experience, the second Game elements correspond to the second execution means for executing the processing of the game related to the second game play following the first game play, and the second game play, when the payment of the compensation for the second game is detected Providing means for providing an attached game virtual article.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to maintain the player's interest in the game and to increase the use of the game device.

A system diagram showing a configuration of a game system according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention A block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game device 100 according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention A block diagram showing a functional configuration of a portable terminal 200 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention The figure for demonstrating the game card which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and a modification. The flowchart which illustrated the offer processing which is executed in the game device 100 which relates to the form 1 of execution of this invention and the deformation example Block diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 600 according to the second embodiment and the modification of the present invention The flowchart which illustrated the offer processing which is executed in game device 100 which relates to the form 2 of execution and deformation example of this invention The figure which illustrated the data configuration of the various information used in the game system concerning the embodiment and modification of the present invention.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In one embodiment described below, a game device capable of providing a real card for game and a virtual card for game as an example of a game system, and a portable terminal configured to be able to acquire a virtual card for game An example in which the present invention is applied to a configured game system will be described. However, the present invention is applicable to any device capable of providing two or more different types of articles. Further, in the present specification, “one play experience” refers to a predetermined (one time) payment to a player who has made the payment when payment for one service use is paid. It will be described as referring to the entire experience provided allowing for exclusive use of the gaming device for a period of time. In addition, “game play” is described as indicating that a player plays a predetermined game (game) provided during a part of a single play experience.

  In the game device of the present embodiment, the following two types of items can be obtained for acquiring information during a play experience. One type is a real game card as a first game real item according to the present invention, and by performing information acquisition, a game element (for example, a character) associated with the real game card is made to appear The game is configured to be able to be executed on a game device. Another type is a virtual game card as a game virtual article according to the present invention, and the virtual game card is made to be capable of acquiring information in a portable terminal, and is associated in the same manner as a real game card. It is configured that a game having a game element (for example, a character) appeared can be executed on a game device. The game apparatus is configured to be able to provide a real game card and a virtual game card capable of acquiring such information.

  Here, the real game card and the virtual game card are articles of different types, and as will be described later, although both are configured to be able to acquire information as a game article, the provision modes of both are different. A real game card (game real item) refers to an object having a physical entity (or volume) in the real world, and a virtual game card (game virtual item) is a physical entity (or volume) in the real world Although it does not have the above, it refers to an electronic object (electronic information: data) which is treated as equivalent to a real object in a program, and in the present invention, these articles are treated as being different types. In the following description, articles and game cards referred to with "real" indicate the former, and articles and game cards referred to with "virtual" indicate the latter. Moreover, when referring to both, or when it may refer to either, it is simply referred to as an article or a game card.

  In the present embodiment, in order to simplify the configuration of the game apparatus 100, when the real game card and the virtual game card are in a state where information can be obtained, information can be obtained by the same process or means as in both cases. As such, it is assumed that the addition of information is performed. The addition of the information to the article is converted (coded) into a code of a predetermined type, and when the article is in an information-enabled state, it appears in the appearance in a visible state.

  For example, in a real game card, a code including a card ID capable of uniquely identifying the card, a character ID uniquely identifying a character that is a game element associated with the card, and information indicating that the card is a real game card The information is added by being included as a code image on the card surface. Similarly, the virtual game card is, for example, a card ID that can uniquely identify the card, a character ID that uniquely identifies a character that is a game element associated with the card, and information indicating that it is a virtual game card A code image relating to the included code is included in the data of the card, and the code image becomes visible in response to an instruction to display the card on the portable terminal. More specifically, when the real game card is configured to include the code image 401 as shown in FIG. 4A, the virtual game card is displayed on the mobile display unit 230 of the mobile terminal 200 as shown in FIG. 4B. When displayed, it has the same design configuration as a real game card, and appears as a game card including a code image 402. Although the code image is described as being included in the data of the virtual game card in the present embodiment, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the code image may be information necessary for the mobile terminal 200, for example. It may be configured by conversion and can be presented.

  In the present embodiment, the game element associated with the game card is described as a character, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the game element associated with the game card is an item, activation Needless to say, other elements such as the effect to be

  Further, in the present embodiment, the game articles provided by the game device are described as being real game cards and virtual game cards, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, a plurality of types of game articles provided by the game device are not necessarily game cards, as long as the types include real articles and virtual articles. For example, the game article may be a paper medium or a seal other than a game card, as long as it is an article configured to be able to identify a game element associated with the article, or a figure having the appearance of the game element, It may be a toy, a shaped object such as a key holder. When the game article is a shaped article, the information given to the article can be obtained from the recording medium inside the shaped article, or a part of the appearance such as painting, seal, or printing attached to the shaped article. May be there.

<< Configuration of game system >>
Here, the system configuration of the game system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. 1 (a). As illustrated, in the game system of the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 is configured to be able to communicate with the portable terminal 200. In the example of FIG. 1A, one portable terminal 200 is shown as an apparatus capable of communicating with one game apparatus 100. However, the game apparatus 100 can communicate with the portable terminal 200 used by the player, and a plurality of types It may be configured to be communicable with the portable terminal 200 of In addition, the game device 100 may be able to communicate with an external device such as a server via a network (not shown). In the following description, components that implement the same function in the game apparatus 100 and the portable terminal 200 are distinguished by attaching a prefix of “portable” to the latter.

<Configuration of Game Device 100>
First, the functional configuration of the game apparatus 100 will be described using the block diagram of FIG.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block of the game apparatus 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 reads an operation program of each block recorded on the recording medium 102, for example, and develops and executes the program on the memory 103 to control the operation of each block.

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

  The payment detection unit 104 detects that the game device 100 pays for the payment. The payment of the consideration is judged, for example, by detecting that a coin of a predetermined amount or a corresponding coin has been inserted into the coin insertion slot, or completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip relating to a predetermined electronic money, etc. It may be Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting a service involving provision of a game card to the player based on payment of compensation, payment of compensation is not an essential requirement, but based on a predetermined start instruction. The service may be started.

  The acquisition unit 105 acquires information from the game card via the reader 120 during game play provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment. The reader 120 is provided in such a manner as to be incorporated in the same case as the game apparatus 100 or to be detachably connected to the outside of the game apparatus 100. The reader 120 is configured to be able to acquire information from a game card, that is, a real game card, and a virtual game card in a state of presenting an appearance equivalent to that of the real game card by being displayed on the portable terminal 200 In response to the placement of the corresponding article, the information (card information) acquired from the article is output to the acquisition unit 105. At this time, in order to convert the card information acquired from the game card into a format suitable for use in each process in the game apparatus 100, a predetermined data conversion process or the like may be performed. While the reader 120 is controlled to be able to obtain information from the corresponding item, the reader 120 detects that the item has been placed on a predetermined site, and recognizes the item or obtains information from the item, For example, this is performed by applying predetermined image processing to an image obtained by imaging. In other words, the reader 120 detects the code image appearing on the placed game card, converts the code image to acquire card information, and outputs the card information to the acquisition unit 105.

  Also, as described above, the card information related to the real game card and the virtual game card is associated with the card ID in association with the card ID 801 uniquely identifying the game card, as shown in FIG. 8A. It may be configured to include a character ID 802 specifying a character, and a virtual item flag 803 (logical type, true and virtual game card) indicating whether or not the game card is a virtual game card.

  In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the acquisition unit 105 is described as acquiring only card information from a game card, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the acquisition unit 105 may be configured to be able to acquire information from a player card having an individual player ID for identifying a player in order to identify a player who plays a game. In this case, for example, information (save data etc.) indicating the progress of the game held for the player may be acquired based on the player ID and reflected in the game.

  The character DB 106 is a database that manages information (character information) about each of the characters provided in advance to appear in the game executed by the game device 100. In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, a plurality of characters can appear in a game relating to one game play, and therefore, a plurality of character information is managed by the character DB 106.

  The character information managed for one character is, for example, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), a graphic used to generate a screen for causing the character to appear in the game in association with a character ID 811 uniquely identifying the character. In addition to drawing information 812 including voice data etc., voice data 813 similarly used for voice presentation, and character name, attribute etc., predetermined physical strength (durability), aggression, defense, activation skill, special It includes a progress parameter 814 which describes various parameters of element-specific abilities such as skills. The progress parameter 814 is information (game information) referred to in the game in which the character appears, and the progress control of the game provided by using the information is performed. Further, in the game according to the present embodiment, even if the character is the same, whether the game card obtained as information for causing the character to appear is a real game card or a virtual game card (the virtual item flag 803 indicates Are assigned different progression parameters 814. Therefore, the progress parameter 814 is a real article parameter 821 used for game progress control when information is obtained from a real game card, and a virtual article parameter used for game progress control when information is obtained from a virtual game card And 822. Here, although the details will be described later, in order to obtain a virtual game card, the player pays a further compensation during at least one play experience to provide a subsequent play experience on the game apparatus 100. I need to receive it. Therefore, in the game system of the present embodiment, the virtual game card is determined to be more rare than the real game card, and the virtual item parameter 822 makes the progress of the game more advantageous than the real item parameter 821. , Shall be set.

  Further, the difference between the real game card and the virtual game card is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the same character appears when it is possible to obtain information. The different symbols may be configured to enhance the value of the virtual game card and the player's willingness to collect. In other words, the symbol attached to the virtual game card may be a symbol that is not adopted by the real game card, thereby further enhancing the scarcity value of the virtual game card. Such character information may be included in the character information as the drawing information 812.

  In the present embodiment, graphics data and audio data are stored in the character DB 106, and the character information includes the data. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The character information may include information indicating a storage location of the corresponding data. Also, although the character ID is described as uniquely identifying any of the characters determined to appear in the game, for one character, for example, the rank determined in the game (level determined in the game, the character There is no denying possibility that there may be a class such as a type, a class classified by various ability values included in the game parameters, and a plurality of different types of rarity (rarity) etc. and patterns. For these different types of characters, for example, different character IDs may be defined for each of the characters, and may be configured to be uniquely identifiable. Alternatively, by separately combining the rank information indicating the rank and the character ID, the characters may be uniquely identified. It may be configured to be identifiable.

  In the present embodiment, a character ID is associated with character information managed for each character in the character DB 106, and is associated with the card based on the character ID of the card information acquired from the game card by the acquisition unit 105. It is described that it is possible to register information of a character to be appeared in the game by acquiring various game information necessary for controlling the progress of the game relating to the character from the character DB 106, but the embodiment of the present invention is limited thereto. It is not something that can be done. That is, the card information attached to the game card is not configured to have only information for specifying game information such as a character ID, but may be configured to include game information itself. Good.

  The presentation control unit 107 controls control of various information presentation to the player in the game apparatus 100. The game apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is described as having a display unit 130 for displaying an image (game screen, menu screen, etc.) and a voice output unit 140 for voice output as means for presenting various information to the player. However, it goes without saying that the means of information presentation is not limited to these, and alternatives or additions are possible.

  The presentation control unit 107 includes, for example, a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs predetermined drawing processing when generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 130. Specifically, while the game apparatus 100 is in operation (game play or standby state), the presentation control unit 107 is appropriate for the necessary drawing object based on the process or command performed by the control unit 101. Perform arithmetic processing and draw a screen. The generated screen is output to the display unit 130 which may be a display device connected in the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100 and displayed in a predetermined display area. It is presented to the player.

  Further, the presentation control unit 107 includes, for example, a circuit for outputting / amplifying an audio signal such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs predetermined processing when generating audio to be output from the audio output unit 140. Specifically, for example, the presentation control unit 107 determines audio data to be simultaneously output based on audio data recorded in advance in the recording medium 102, and converts it into an electrical audio signal (D / A conversion). By outputting to the audio output unit 140, audio output is performed. The audio output unit 140 may be a predetermined speaker or the like, and outputs a sound wave based on the input audio signal.

  The provision control unit 108 performs control to provide a game card for one play experience started based on the payment of the value. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the provision control unit 108 performs control so that the provided game card is made different depending on under what conditions payment is made.

  Specifically, the provision control is performed when the game apparatus 100 does not provide a play experience, that is, no player is assigned an occupied time, that is, in a so-called standby state, payment of compensation is made. The unit 108 controls the card provision unit 150 to provide a real game card. The card provision unit 150 is, for example, a card dispenser, has a stocker (not shown) for depositing real game cards in the vertical direction, and is held at the bottom of the stocker in response to a provision command issued by the provision control unit 108. It may be configured to have a mechanism for providing one game card. When the card provision unit 150 is built in the same case as the game apparatus 100, the actual game card is guided to the outlet 151 (see FIG. 1A) accessible from the outside of the game apparatus 100. Provided to The real game card provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment is a ready-made card printed and manufactured in advance, and the real game cards associated with the same character are identical except for the card ID included in the card information. Become. Also, as described above, since the game is provided in the order held in the stocker, the next real game card provided in the standby state is determined. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the provision of the actual game card does not include a dynamic element that changes the provision card according to the play content of the game, and the provision of the actual game card may It takes place before the play offer.

  Although the actual game card is described as a ready-made card in the present embodiment, the provided real game card may be capable of dynamically changing its design by so-called on-demand printing. In this case, the card provision unit 150 is a printing device that performs printing on a predetermined paper medium, and card information having the character ID of the character selected by the player or by the lottery process is configured, for example, according to the progress of the game. A real game card may be provided by printing with a code image obtained by converting this.

  On the other hand, when the game apparatus 100 pays a further fee while the game device 100 is in the period of providing the play experience, that is, when the occupation time is allocated to any player, the provision control unit 108 is configured to The communication unit 110 is controlled so as to provide the portable terminal 200 with data of a virtual game card related to the character of. In the present embodiment, communication with the portable terminal 200 performed via the communication unit 110 is described as being performed by close proximity wireless communication, but the communication method with the portable terminal 200 is not limited to close proximity wireless communication. Needless to say, alternatives are possible.

  The operation input unit 109 is a user interface of the game apparatus 100, such as an operation member for direction input, an operation member for determination input, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input to the operation member is performed, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101.

  Communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device that game device 100 has. Communication unit 110 implements inter-device communication between game device 100 and portable terminal 200 as described above. Further, the communication unit 110 is configured to be able to transmit and receive data by connecting to an external device via a network (whether wired or wireless), which may be a communication network such as the Internet or a device connecting devices. May be For example, the communication unit 110 may convert information input as a transmission target into data of a predetermined format and transmit the data.

<Configuration of Mobile Terminal 200>
Next, the functional configuration of the mobile terminal 200 will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 3.

  The portable control unit 201 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the portable terminal 200. Specifically, the portable control unit 201 reads an operation program of each block recorded in the portable recording medium 202, for example, and develops and executes the program on the portable memory 203 to control the operation of each block.

  The portable recording medium 202 is a recording device capable of permanently holding data, such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD. The portable recording medium 202 stores information such as parameters required for the operation of each block in addition to the operation program of each block included in the portable terminal 200. The portable memory 203 is a storage device used for temporary data storage, such as volatile memory. The portable memory 203 is used not only as an expansion area of the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data etc. output in the operation of each block.

  The portable display control unit 207 includes, for example, a drawing device such as a drawing chip, and performs predetermined drawing processing when generating a screen to be displayed on the portable display unit 230. In the game system of the present embodiment, the portable display control unit 207 mainly performs display control to make it possible to acquire card information of a virtual game card. For example, an application (related application) related to the game of the game apparatus 100 is executed on the mobile terminal 200, and the mobile display control unit 207 performs an operation input to select a virtual game card to be used from the acquired list of virtual game cards. When this is done, the data of the card is used to generate an image of a virtual game card including the code image 402. The portable display unit 230 is a display device included in the portable terminal 200, and for convenience, will be described as configuring a part of the appearance of the portable terminal 200.

  The portable operation input unit 209 is, for example, a user interface of the article providing apparatus 200 such as an operation member for determination input and various sensors. When detecting that the operation input to the operation member is performed, the portable operation input unit 209 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the portable control unit 201. In the present embodiment, in addition to the physical operation member, the portable operation input unit 209 includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects a touch input made on the screen of the portable display unit 230.

  The mobile communication unit 210 is a communication interface with an external device that the mobile terminal 200 has. In the present embodiment, the portable communication unit 210 can perform inter-device communication with the game apparatus 100 and receive data of a virtual game card. When the portable communication unit 210 receives data of the virtual game card from the game apparatus 100, the portable communication unit 210 updates the information referred to in the execution of the related application stored in the portable recording medium 202, and can display the virtual game card. I assume. The mobile communication unit 210 may be connected to an external device via a network (not shown) to be able to transmit and receive data.

  In the present embodiment, the portable terminal 200 has a display device, and by performing display based on the data of the virtual game card received from the game apparatus 100, the card is described as being in a state where information acquisition is possible. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, any device or article configured to receive virtual game card data and allow the game apparatus 100 to acquire the data or the corresponding card information can be used without being limited to the portable terminal 200. However, from the viewpoint of interest or the convenience of the player, it is preferable that the player be configured to be able to confirm the character associated with the received data in the device or the article. Therefore, the device or article for receiving the data of the virtual game card may be configured to be able to confirm the character associated with the received virtual game card using a method other than data display.

<< Provision process >>
A specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 for the provision process executed in relation to the provision of the play experience in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by, for example, the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 103. Note that the present providing process is performed, for example, when the game apparatus 100 is in a standby state (when the game apparatus 100 is activated or provision of one play experience is completed and an instruction to start the play experience can be received). Described as being started.

  In step S501, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the payment of the first payment according to the present invention has been made in response to the start of providing the play experience once. This step is to detect the payment of the compensation made when the game apparatus 100 is in the standby state, and is used to determine whether to provide a new player with a first play experience. . Here, the “first play experience” refers to the play experience provided first from the time when the player is in the standby state and the occupied time is not allocated to any player, and the first time for the player It is described as different from the provision of the play experience. If the control unit 101 determines that payment for the start of providing one play experience has been made, the process proceeds to step S502. If the control unit 101 determines that no payment has been made, the process of this step is repeated.

  In step S502, the control unit 101 starts processing relating to providing a play experience, and allocates an occupied time to a player who uses the game apparatus 100 by charging a fee. The occupation time need not be fixedly determined as the time that can be allocated, and may dynamically change according to the play content of the game, for example, to secure the progress to a predetermined status, The remaining occupancy time may be determined based on the status.

  In step S503, the provision control unit 108 controls the card provision unit 150 to provide one actual game card under the control of the control unit 101. Since the provision of the game card performed in this step relates to the first play experience started in response to the insertion of the compensation made in the standby state, the real game card is a player by the card provision unit 150. Provided to

  In step S504, the control unit 101 executes various processes related to the preparation of the battle game (predetermined game) for the game play provided for the current play experience. The various processes relating to the preparation of the battle game include the registration process of the character of the opponent (the opponent character), the registration process of the character used by the player (the used character), and the like. Here, the registration process of the used character is a process of registering the character associated with the game card based on the card information acquired from the real game card or the virtual game card via the reader 120. A player can use a desired character as a use character for game play by using a game card associated with a character desired to appear in the match game among real game cards and virtual game cards possessed by the player. In addition, when the use character does not reach the specified number determined for the battle game, the control unit 101 may temporarily determine and register a character to be used by the player among the predetermined character group. In addition, management of the use character and the other-party character registered in the preparation process reads the corresponding character information from the character DB 106 based on the character ID of each character, and manages the character table (use character management table and other-party character management (Table) may be performed by storing necessary information. At this time, in the progress parameter 814 registered for the use character, a virtual article parameter 822 (true) or a real article parameter 821 (false) is included in the table according to the virtual article flag 803 of the acquired card information.

  In step S505, the control unit 101 starts game processing related to a battle game in which the registered use character and the opponent character appear. More specifically, the control unit 101 refers to the used character management table and the other character management table, and starts the game process of performing the progression control based on the progression parameter of each character. The competitive game provides game play until a predetermined ending condition is satisfied, and the game control unit 101 ends the game processing when the ending condition is satisfied.

  In S506, the control unit 101 executes various processes such as result display and scenario display relating to the end of the battle game. Further, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to present a display for confirming the necessity of providing the subsequent play experience subsequent to the current play experience, and starts measurement of the reception necessity period. Here, the provision of the subsequent play experience refers to extending the occupied time of the game apparatus 100 assigned to the player and further providing one different play experience, and the same without the standby state. Provided to players of the In this embodiment, in the sequence in which the game play of the competition game is finished as described above, it is assumed that the selection of the necessity to provide the subsequent play experience is accepted, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited thereto. . That is, the necessity to provide the subsequent play experience may be accepted when it can be determined that the current single play experience has been successfully provided, and after the start of the provision of the single play experience. During the provision period, preferably, it may be accepted anywhere between the start of the game play in the one play experience and the end of the provision period.

  In S507, the control unit 101 determines whether to provide a subsequent play experience. Specifically, the control unit 101 pays additional consideration as payment for the second consideration of the present invention during the acceptance period of provision necessity, whether or not provision of the subsequent next play experience is requested. It judges based on whether it was made or not. Therefore, the control unit 101 determines that the provision of the subsequent play experience is requested when the additional payment is made, and determines that the provision of the next play experience is to be provided. Further, the control unit 101 is operated not only when additional payment is not made before the acceptance period of the provision necessity elapses, but also when an operation input indicating that the following play experience is not received is made. It may be determined that the provision of the subsequent play experience is not performed. If the control unit 101 determines that the following play experience is to be provided, the process proceeds to step S509. If the control unit 101 determines not to provide the subsequent play experience, the process proceeds to step S508.

  In step S508, the control unit 101 executes a process of shifting the game apparatus 100 to the standby state, and completes the present provision process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S507 that the subsequent play experience is to be provided, the control unit 101 starts processing for providing the subsequent play experience in S509, thereby newly occupying the player who additionally inputs the consideration. Allocate time.

  In S510, the control unit 101 determines a predetermined number of characters that are candidates for providing a virtual game card. The characters to be provided candidates may be determined according to the play content of the game from among the characters made to appear in the battle game performed immediately before or may be extracted by a lottery process or the like. It may be. After determining the provision candidate character of the virtual game card, the control unit 101 transmits the information to the provision control unit 108 and presents the information on the display unit 130, and provides the virtual game card from among the provision candidate characters. An instruction input relating to the selection of the character is received. As described above, for the subsequent play experience, (a data of) a virtual game card related to one character is provided, so that one character is selected from among one or more candidate characters for provision. . In the present embodiment, it is described that the selection of the character providing the virtual game card is performed based on the operation input by the player, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the lottery by the control unit 101 It may be selected according to processing and a predetermined provision order.

  In step S511, the control unit 101 determines whether a character providing a virtual game card (provided character) has been selected. If the control unit 101 determines that the provided character is selected, the process proceeds to step S512, and if it is determined that the provided character is not selected, the process of this step is repeated.

  In step S512, the presentation control unit 107 presents on the display unit 130 and the audio output unit 140 information instructing the player to move the portable terminal 200 close to a predetermined position for provision of a virtual game card under the control of the control unit 101. Let At this time, in the portable terminal 200, for example, it is assumed that the reception function of the virtual game card is selected in the related application, and data reception from the game apparatus 100 is possible. Thereafter, when the game device 100 and the portable terminal 200 can communicate with each other via the communication unit 110, the control unit 101 shifts the process to S513.

  In step S513, the provision control unit 108 transmits the data of the virtual game card relating to the provided character to the communication unit 110 under the control of the control unit 101, and causes the portable terminal 200 to transmit the data. By doing this, it is possible to provide virtual game cards for subsequent play experiences that are performed after the first play experience. When the data transmission of the virtual game card to the portable terminal 200 is completed, the control unit 101 returns the process to S504.

  By doing this, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the game device 100 assigns to the player in response to the payment of the compensation for providing the subsequent play experience being provided during the provision of the play experience. Can extend the occupancy time and provide a more satisfying play experience. Also, for the subsequent play experience, if the portable terminal 200 is provided instead of the actual game card, it can be used for game play in the game apparatus 100, that is, to provide a virtual game card with excellent portability. Can be a wide range of interesting factors.

  In the providing process of the present embodiment, it is described that if providing the additional play experience during the provision of the subsequent play experience, the provision of the subsequent play experience can be started, but the implementation of the present invention It is not limited. For example, in order to secure fairness among the players, the number of play experiences that each player can receive at one time may be set to an upper limit number including the first play experience.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a virtual game card is provided on the premise that the player has the portable terminal 200, and when the data of the virtual game card is obtained, the corresponding character can be registered as a use character. Although the embodiments have been described, the implementation of the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the method for providing the virtual game card so that the player can use it does not have to be premised that the player has a communication terminal such as the portable terminal 200, and is configured to be communicable with the game device 100, for example. This may be performed by managing the information of the virtual game card to be provided in association with the identification information of the player attached to the real game card, the player card or the like on the external server or the game device 100 itself. In this case, the player uses the virtual game card managed in association with the identification information of the player based on the information acquisition from the real game card and the player card at the time of the second game play. It may be configured to be able to select a desired virtual game card.

  As described above, in the game device of the present embodiment, it is possible to maintain the interest of the player in the game and to increase the use of the game device. More specifically, the game device is a game device that provides a game play experience with a requirement for payment of payment, and a first payment of payment for the start of provision of one play experience is detected. The game processing according to 1 game play is executed, and after the start of the first game play, when the payment of the second compensation is detected during the provision period of one play experience, the first game play The game processing according to the second game play that follows is executed. At this time, for the second game play, the above-described effect is realized by providing a game virtual article associated with the game element.

[Modification 1]
In the first embodiment described above, a predetermined number of characters as candidates for providing virtual game cards are determined according to the play content of the battle game performed immediately before. On the other hand, players who pay extra for receiving a subsequent play experience are originally interested in the game and providing attractive items to such players This will increase the interest in the service, which in turn will prolong the service delivery.

  Therefore, for example, according to the number of times of provision of the subsequent play experience, characters serving as candidates for provision of the virtual game card may be dynamically adjusted to enhance interest. The number of subsequent play experiences provided as a basis for adjustment is the number of subsequent play experiences provided by extending the occupied time from the first play experience (the number of continuous experiences). For example, in an aspect in which information for identifying a player is configured to be obtainable from a predetermined article, a portable terminal 200 or the like, and the usage history is managed for each player, for example, the followings provided to the player so far It may be the number of play experiences (total number of experiences), or may be determined in consideration of both of them.

  In addition, as the number of times of provision of the subsequent play experience increases, the number of characters to be provided may be increased, or the probability that a predetermined character is included in the provided candidates may be increased. . In the latter case, the predetermined character is, for example, a character having a parameter that makes the progress of the game advantageous, a character with high rarity defined for the game, such as a beautiful design and a gorgeous decoration. You may

  In addition, by presenting characters that may be included in the provision candidate in a sequence for confirming the necessity of providing the subsequent play experience, the player who desires to acquire a virtual game card related to a specific character can be used as the subsequent play experience. It can be suitably induced. Alternatively, if it is already providing the subsequent play experience, when transitioning to the subsequent play experience, it is indicated in the sequence to confirm the necessity of provision that the character as the candidate for change changes. You may

  Further, in the aspect in which the usage history is managed for each player as described above, it is possible to grasp the virtual game card provided to the player. In such an aspect, the character associated with the virtual game card that has already been provided may be controlled not to be included in the provided candidate. Alternatively, in such an aspect, when the player desires to acquire duplicate virtual game cards to which the same character is associated in an unintended manner, for example, it is confirmed at the time of request for provision, and control is made to include it as a candidate for provision. Good.

[Modification 2]
In Embodiment 1 and Modification 1 described above, the game card provided for the subsequent play experience has been described as being a virtual game card, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game device 100 may be configured to further provide a real article when a predetermined condition is satisfied by a subsequent play experience. A real article provided by satisfying the predetermined condition may be different from a real game card provided for a normal first play experience, and will be referred to as a real special card in the following description. However, the real article provided by satisfying the predetermined condition does not have to be a card, but may be a different article. Also, as shown in FIG. 4C, for example, the real special card is configured to be able to cause the character associated with the battle game to appear by obtaining information as in the case of the real game card. It may be configured as a different item that is related to the game content but has no card information and can not be used for a match game. In any case, real special cards are set with higher rarity than real game cards, and if they can be used for a match game, even the same character will be made to appear using real game cards. , And may be assigned a progress parameter 814 that advantageously advances the game.

  The predetermined condition may be determined for the use situation of the game apparatus 100 in the subsequent play experience. For example, the predetermined condition is satisfied every time the number of subsequent play experiences provided to the player exceeds a predetermined number, ie, the number of virtual game cards provided to the player is It may be satisfied every time it exceeds a predetermined number. Alternatively, conditions may be similarly determined according to the number of subsequent play experiences sequentially performed after one initial play experience. Also, for example, the virtual game card provided to the player may be satisfied when the combination of the associated characters matches the combination defined for providing the real special card. By doing this, it is easier for the player to guide the use of the subsequent play experience, and as a result, sales of the game apparatus 100 can be expected to increase.

  In addition, the predetermined condition is provided for managing the number of times the virtual game card has been used for the game play as well as the subsequent play experience, and is satisfied when the number exceeds the predetermined number. It may be

  The real special card can be provided, for example, by separately providing a stocker containing a real special card in addition to the stocker containing a real game card provided by the card provision unit 150 for a normal first play experience. It may be When the card provision unit 150 has an on-demand printing function, a real special card may be generated and provided based on print data configured to include a design for a real special card. . Alternatively, when the card providing unit 150 has a card dispenser and an on-demand print function, the providing source may be different between the actual game card and the actual special card. In the aspect having such an on-demand print function, the real special card may be configured to have a pattern corresponding to the virtual game card used for game play.

Second Embodiment
Although in the first embodiment and the modification described above, the virtual game card usable for the battle game executed in the game apparatus 100 is described as being provided in the subsequent play experience, the implementation of the present invention is limited to this Instead of the game game, the character (game element) associated with the virtual game card may be a game element of a game different from the competition game of the game apparatus 100.

  Conventionally, for the same content, a plurality of game titles having different supported hardware, game rules, game genres, etc. have been released, and these game titles have a common view of the world, etc. The game elements of have appeared in common. In addition to this, there is also a game in which game elements of each other's contents are made to appear by the execution of so-called collaboration planning or the like even between game titles having different contents. As described above, among game titles in which some game elements are common, the conditions for enabling the player to use the game elements, the conditions for causing the game to appear in the game, etc. are different. Sometimes difficult preconditions have to be achieved in order to bring game elements into play.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, according to the present invention, different from the battle game provided by the game apparatus 100 as the first game according to the present invention, when the subsequent play experience in the game apparatus 100 is provided. In a portable game as a second game, a virtual ticket as a virtual article is provided which enables use of the associated game element. The virtual ticket is an article that enables the use of the associated game element related to the mobile game when used in the mobile game. In the present embodiment, a part of the game elements appearing in the portable game is in common with the character provided so as to be able to appear in the battle game executed on the game apparatus 100, and the corresponding game element (character) is used ( Or, for the method that enables it, there are provided two types of achieving the conditions in the portable game and performing a subsequent play experience on the game apparatus 100 to obtain a virtual ticket associated with the game element. It shall be.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the portable game is a game configured to be executable on the portable terminal 200, and it is configured to be able to progress by communicating with an external server during execution and transmitting and receiving data. The provision mode of such a portable game can be executed even if the calculation performance of the portable terminal 200 is low, for example, to realize multiplay easily, to enable game balance control and progress control, or to tamper with the game data It is effective to avoid such problems, and has been widely adopted in recent years.

<< Configuration of game system >>
Therefore, in the game system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1B, the game apparatus 100 and the portable terminal 200 have the server 600 communicably connected via the network 700. Similar to the system of the first embodiment described above, the game apparatus 100 may be configured to be able to directly communicate with a plurality of types of mobile terminals 200 via the network 700 or not via the network 700. Similarly, the server 600 may be configured to be able to communicate with a plurality of game devices 100 and a plurality of types of mobile terminals 200 via the network 700. The server 600 is a game server of a portable game that can be executed on the portable terminal 200, and when the portable game is being executed on the portable terminal 200, the server 600 is connected to the network 700 at a predetermined timing determined during the game. Send and receive information with. In the present embodiment, although the server 600 and the game apparatus 100 also perform information communication, the information communication is not essential for playing a battle game in the game apparatus 100, and is performed to realize provision of a virtual ticket. .

  In the game system of the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 and the portable terminal 200 have the same configuration as that of the embodiment, and the configuration of the server 600 will be described below. Further, in the description of the configuration of server 600, components that implement the same function as game device 100 are distinguished by attaching a prefix of “server”.

<Configuration of Server 600>
Next, the functional configuration of the server 600 will be described using the block diagram of FIG. Note that the server 600 according to the present embodiment manages information of each player who uses the portable game, game history of the portable game of each player, usable game elements, game data including information of acquired virtual articles, and the like. It may be

  The server control unit 601 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block of the server 600. Specifically, for example, the server control unit 601 reads an operation program of each block recorded in the server recording medium 602, expands the operation program in the server memory 603, and executes the program to control the operation of each block.

  The server storage medium 602 is a storage device capable of permanently retaining data, such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD. The server storage medium 602 stores information such as parameters required in the operation of each block, in addition to the operation program of each block that the server 600 has. The server memory 603 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as volatile memory. The server memory 603 is used not only as an expansion area of the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data etc. output in the operation of each block.

  The game DB 604 is a database that manages various information (player information) for each player with respect to the mobile game. In the present embodiment, the server 600 is described as managing player information related to a portable game for the sake of simplicity, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, various information of players related to competition games is also managed It may be configured to be possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 8C, the player information is associated with a player ID 831 for identifying a player of the portable game, and the progress status information 832 for managing the play history and scenario progress of the portable game, etc. Manage available element information 833 indicating a character or item usable (acquired) by a player in use, and owned virtual article information 834 indicating a virtual article provided by use of a subsequent play experience on the game apparatus 100 Do. Although details are omitted, in the portable game of the present embodiment, when the corresponding application program is executed on the portable terminal 200, the portable control unit 201 makes a reception request of player information based on the program, and after the reception is completed, Control of the progress of the portable game and the like is performed based on the player information.

  The server communication unit 610 is a communication interface with an external device that the server 600 has. The server communication unit 610 is capable of transmitting and receiving data by connecting to an external device via a network 700 (whether wired or wireless), which may be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable connecting devices. Can. For example, server communication unit 610 converts information input as a transmission target into data of a predetermined format, and transmits the data to external devices such as game device 100 and portable terminal 200 via network 700. When the server communication unit 610 receives information from an external device via, for example, the network 700, the server communication unit 610 decodes the information and stores the information in the server memory 603.

<< Provision process >>
Hereinafter, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 for the provision process executed in relation to the provision of the play experience in the game device 100 of the present embodiment. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by, for example, the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 103. Note that the present providing process is performed, for example, when the game apparatus 100 is in a standby state (when the game apparatus 100 is activated or provision of one play experience is completed and an instruction to start the play experience can be received). Described as being started. Further, in the providing process of the present embodiment, the same reference numerals are assigned to steps performing the same processes as those of the first embodiment described above, and the description thereof is omitted, and in the following, the characteristic operation of the present embodiment is performed. Keep the explanation of the steps.

  In step S509, after the control unit 101 starts processing related to the provision of the subsequent play experience, in step S701, the control unit 101 determines a predetermined number of characters that are candidates for provision of the virtual ticket. Specifically, the predetermined number of characters that are candidates for provision of the virtual ticket is a candidate of a character to be associated with the virtual ticket, and selection of a character to be made available when the virtual ticket is used in the portable game is selected It is a candidate. The characters to be provided candidates may be determined according to the play contents of the battle game performed immediately before as shown in the first embodiment and the modification, but may be appeared in the portable game It is assumed to be a configured character. Whether or not the character is configured to be able to appear in the portable game can be determined, for example, by adding information as to whether or not the character appears in the portable game to the character information managed by the character DB 106 It may be When the control unit 101 determines the provision candidate character of the virtual ticket, the control unit 101 transmits the information to the provision control unit 108 and presents the information on the display unit 130, and the character of the character providing the virtual ticket out of the provision candidate characters. Accepts an instruction input related to the selection. That is, in the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, an article (virtual ticket) provided for a subsequent play experience is different from the game device 100 although the item (virtual ticket) can not be used for the battle game executed in the game device 100 It is configured to be usable for a portable game executed on a device (portable terminal 200).

  After that, when it is determined that the providing character is selected in S511, the presentation control unit 107 determines the identification information (the portable game player according to the portable game of the player for providing the virtual ticket under the control of the control unit 101 in S702). The display unit 130 and the sound output unit 140 present information instructing the player to input the ID). The player ID related to the mobile game is transmitted from the mobile terminal 200 to the game apparatus 100 by selecting the function for outputting the player ID, for example, in the mobile terminal 200 on which the application program related to the mobile game is installed. It may be made by the player's text input or the like. Alternatively, continuous game play (load function) inheriting the past game play situation is possible in the battle game in the game apparatus 100, and the player ID used for managing the play situation is given. In the aspect that the acquisition unit 105 acquires from the recording medium of the above, the player ID of the competition game and the player ID of the portable game are linked in advance for the same player, or the player ID common to both games is available. Therefore, it is not necessary to input information in the present step.

  When the player ID of the portable game is input, the control unit 101 transmits the data of the virtual ticket relating to the provided character and the player ID of the portable game to the communication unit 110 in S703, and transmits it to the server 600 together with the grant request. . Based on the assignment request, the server control unit 601 updates the possessed virtual article information 834 of the corresponding player information stored in the game DB 604, and in the portable game, the virtual ticket associated with the provided character is sent to the player. It is assumed that it has been granted.

  By doing this, according to the game device of the present embodiment, in the first play experience, it is possible to provide the player with the real article associated with the game element that can be used for the game play of the game device. On the other hand, the player is provided with the virtual item associated with the game element that can not be used for the game play of the game device in the subsequent play experience but can be used for the game play of another external device. Here, the game provided by the game device and the external device is different, and the use of the subsequent play experience in the game device leads to enhancing the interest of the game play in the external device, resulting in both the games. The player can be guided to repeat game play while increasing the interest of the player.

  In this embodiment, the virtual ticket is owned in the portable game by transmitting information together with the virtual ticket grant request to the server 600 that manages player information necessary for game play of the portable game. Although described as implementing, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The information on the virtual ticket may be provided from the game apparatus 100 to the portable terminal 200, as in the virtual game cards of the first embodiment and the first and second modifications. In this case, the information of the virtual ticket transmitted to the portable terminal 200 is stored in the recording medium 102 or the like, reflected by being referred to when the application program of the portable game is executed, and the virtual ticket is owned in the game. It is good also as what realizes the state which is doing.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as an example of enabling appearance of the game element associated with the virtual article based on the virtual article in the portable game, a virtual ticket is issued in the game apparatus 100, and the virtual ticket is It has been described as being associated with player information. However, the article provided for each of the two types of play experiences (the play experience based on the payment of the first compensation and the play experience based on the payment of the second compensation) in the game apparatus 100 is a physical entity in the real world. The implementation of the present invention is not limited to this as long as it differs depending on whether the That is, when an article is provided from the game apparatus 100, the article may take either aspect of a real article for game or a virtual article for game. For example, game data such as a virtual ticket provided from the game device 100 as in the present embodiment constitutes a game virtual article at the time of provision, but is a game virtual article also in a portable game after provision Or, it is not necessary to explicitly show that the game virtual article is owned, and it may appear as a game element associated with the game virtual article.

[Modification 3]
Although the above embodiment and modification have been described as providing a real game card for the first play experience, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a player who has collected all types of real game cards prepared by repeated use of the game device 100 may not want more real game cards, and as a result, an interest in the game device 100 can be obtained. I can lose it. Therefore, a sequence for confirming which item is desired to be provided for the first play experience is provided, and based on the selection operation by the player, the provision of virtual items for games such as virtual game cards is exceptionally recognized. It is also good.

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

  100: game device, 101: control unit, 102: recording medium, 103: memory, 104: payment detection unit, 105: acquisition unit, 106: character DB, 107: presentation control unit, 108: provision control unit, 109: operation Input unit 110: Communication unit 120: Reader 130: Display unit 140: Audio output unit 150: Card providing unit 200: Portable terminal 201: Portable control unit 202: Portable recording medium 203: Portable memory , 207: portable display control unit, 209: portable operation input unit, 210: portable communication unit, 230: portable display unit, 600: server, 601: server control unit, 602: server recording medium, 603: server memory, 604: Game DB, 610: server communication unit, 700: network

Claims (23)

A game device that provides a game play experience on the condition of payment of compensation,
Detection means for detecting payment of compensation;
First execution means for executing the processing of the game according to the first game play when the payment of the first compensation for the start of providing the one play experience is detected;
According to the second game play following the first game play when the payment of the second consideration is detected during the provision period of the one play experience after the start of the first game play Second executing means for executing the processing of the game;
Providing means for providing a game virtual article associated with the game element for the second game play;
A game device having A first presenting means for presenting a plurality of game elements as selection candidates in providing the virtual article for game;
First selection means for selecting one of game elements of the selection candidate game elements;
And have
The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the providing means provides the virtual article for game to which the game element selected by the first selecting means is associated.   The first presenting means performs the second game play in the number of times the second game play is performed during the provision period of the one play experience, and the provision of a plurality of play experiences. The game device according to claim 2, wherein the number of game elements to be the selection candidate is increased according to at least one of the total number. It further comprises a first acquisition means for acquiring management information for managing game elements associated with the game virtual article provided to the player,
The game according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the first presenting means does not include a provided game element, which is managed as the game virtual article already provided by the management information related to the player, in the selection candidate. apparatus. And a receiving unit for receiving a request for providing a new game virtual article for the provided game element,
5. The game apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first presenting means includes at least a part of the provided game elements in the selection candidate when the providing request is received by the receiving means.   Based on at least one of the number of times the second game play is performed during the provision of the one play experience, and the total number of the second game play performed in providing the plurality of play experiences. The game device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the probability of including each game element in the selection candidate is changed.   The change of the probability to be included in the selection candidate is made by selecting the game element belonging to the predetermined classification as having a high value as the number of times the second game play serving as the reference of the change is performed is increased. 7. The gaming device of claim 6, wherein the gaming device is adapted to be easy to include.   During the period of accepting the payment of the second consideration during the provision period of the one play experience, it is possible that the game element associated with the virtual article for game may change by performing the second game play. The game apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising notification means for notifying.   During the period of accepting the payment of the second consideration during the provision period of the one play experience, at least a part of the game elements associated with the virtual article for game is presented by performing the second game play The game apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 8, further comprising a second presenting means.   The game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the providing means further provides, for the first game play, an actual game item to which a game element of the game is associated.   11. The game apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising second selection means for selecting which of the real article for game and the virtual article for game to be provided for the first game play. The game element associated with the game virtual article is a game element provided for the game,
The game apparatus further includes a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the game virtual article and the game actual article, game information relating to a game element associated with the article.
Each of the first execution means and the second execution means controls the progress of the game using the game information acquired by the second acquisition means for game play,
The game information acquired about the same game element corresponding to the game real article and the game virtual article is more from the game virtual article than the game information acquired from the game real article The game apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the game information to be acquired advances the game in an advantageous manner. The second acquisition unit includes an imaging unit configured to image an article, and acquires the game information based on an image of the article acquired by imaging.
The real game object has a visible symbol indicating the game information on at least a part of the appearance,
The game virtual article is display image data, and is displayed on an information communication terminal having a display unit, so that a symbol indicating the game information can be viewed in a manner that can be acquired by the second acquisition unit. The game device according to claim 12, displayed on the screen. An image of at least an associated game element is attached to the virtual article for game and the actual article for game,
An image of the game element included in the game virtual article for the same game element corresponding to the game real article and the game virtual article is an image of the game element attached to the game real article The game device according to any one of claims 10 to 13, different from. The system further comprises third acquisition means for acquiring situation information that manages the use situation of the game by the player,
The said provision means is further provided with the said real article for games, when the utilization condition of the said game managed by the said situation information which concerns on a player satisfy | fills predetermined | prescribed conditions. Game devices.   The game real article provided when the usage condition of the game satisfies the predetermined condition is a second game real article different from the first game real article provided for the first game play. The game device according to claim 15, wherein the game device is an article.   The game apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the second game real article has an appearance corresponding to the game virtual article. The use status of the game includes information on the number of times the player has performed the first game play and the second game play, or the number of uses indicating the number of times the player has performed the second game play.
18. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the providing means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the number of times of use exceeds a predetermined number, and provides the real article for game without requiring payment of a further consideration. The game device according to any one of the items. The game virtual article is usable for game play on the game device,
The usage status of the game includes information on the number of times of use indicating the number of times the player has used for game play for each game virtual article,
19. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the providing means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the number of times of use exceeds a predetermined number, and provides the real article for game without requiring the payment of additional consideration. The game device according to any one of the items. The game element associated with the game virtual article is a game element provided for a game different from the game,
The game virtual item associated with the virtual article for game appears in the game play of the different game on the information communication terminal different from the game apparatus by providing the virtual article for game. The game device described in.   21. The game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein the provision means provides the virtual article for game by transmitting to a server having a recording medium or an information communication terminal for recording. A game system comprising: a game device providing a first game play experience on the condition of payment of compensation; and an information communication terminal providing a second game play experience different from the first game. ,
The game device is
Detection means for detecting payment of compensation;
First execution means for executing the processing of the first game according to the first game play, when the payment of the first compensation for the start of providing the one play experience is detected;
According to the second game play following the first game play when the payment of the second consideration is detected during the provision period of the one play experience after the start of the first game play Second executing means for executing the processing of the first game;
Providing means for providing a game virtual article in which game elements of the second game are associated with the second game play;
Have
The information communication terminal is
Third executing means for executing the processing of the second game;
A control unit configured to control the third execution unit to present a game element associated with the game virtual article when there is the game virtual article provided by the provision unit;
A game system having   A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 21.

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