JP2019115544A - Program, terminal device, and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a program which improves strategic characteristic of a game while securing users' convenience in a game where a plurality of users can participate, a terminal device, and a control method.SOLUTION: A program causes a terminal device communicating with a server device and executing a game to perform: a step for storing users' points; a step for transmitting to the server device a first instruction to start a game part in which a plurality of users can participate and which they can progress unsynchronized, to consume points, and to have the user participate in or a second instruction to consume points and have the users to participate in the game part; a step for displaying a game screen; a step for progressing the game part; and a step for exerting a first game effect by a self terminal device on the basis of the instruction to exert the first game effect from the server device as the game part that is not synchronized with other terminal devices progresses when operation to exert the first game effect is detected in other terminal devices.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a program, a terminal device, and a control method.

  BACKGROUND Conventionally, a game provided from a server device to a terminal device used by a user via a communication network is known. Among these games, in recent years, so-called social games that allow a plurality of users to participate in the same game are particularly active recently. As such a social game, there is known a battle game (Patent Document 1) in which a plurality of users cooperate with one another to battle enemy characters using different terminal devices.

JP 2017-202339 A

  However, in the conventional competition game played by a plurality of users in cooperation, since the game progresses asynchronously in each terminal device, there is room for improvement in the strategicity of the game unique to the game in which the plurality of users participate. On the other hand, when the game progress in each terminal device is synchronized, a delay in response time or the like occurs due to an increase in the amount of arithmetic processing and data communication, and there is a problem that the convenience of the user is lowered.

  An object of the present disclosure made in view of such circumstances is to provide a program, a terminal device, and a control method for improving the strategicity of a game while securing the convenience of the user in a game in which a plurality of users can participate. It is.

  A program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a terminal device that communicates with a server device to execute a game, storing a user's point, and adding a game part capable of participating and advancing a plurality of users asynchronously. A first instruction to cause the user to start the game part while consuming the points, or a second instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part that has already started by consuming the points. The steps of transmitting to a server device, displaying a game screen for advancing the game part, advancing the game part based on a user operation, and, in another terminal device, a first game related to the game part If a user operation causing an effect is detected, it does not synchronize with the other terminal device In the progress of the serial game part, based on an instruction to exert the first game effects from the server device, the steps of exerting the first game effect in its own terminal apparatus, thereby to execute.

  A terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit that communicates with a server device to execute a game. The control unit stores a point of the user, and newly starts a game part capable of participating and advancing a plurality of users asynchronously, and consuming the point to cause the user to participate in the game part Or transmits to the server device a second instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part already consumed by consuming the points, displaying a game screen for advancing the game part, and user operation The game part is advanced based on the other terminal device, and the user's operation to cause the first game effect related to the game part is detected in another terminal device, the progress of the game part not synchronized with the other terminal device, In the own terminal device, the second terminal device receives the first game effect from the server device. Exert a game effect.

  A control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a control method of a terminal device that communicates with a server device to execute a game. The control method comprises the steps of: storing a user's point; and newly starting a game part capable of participating and advancing a plurality of users asynchronously while consuming the point and causing the user to participate in the game part Transmitting to the server apparatus one instruction or a second instruction for causing the user to participate in the game part already consumed by consuming the points, and displaying a game screen for advancing the game part And the step of advancing the game part based on the user's operation, and the other terminal device does not synchronize with the other terminal device when the user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part is detected In the progress of the game part, the first game effect from the server device Based on the instruction to exhibit, including the steps of exerting the first game effect in its own terminal apparatus.

  According to a program, a terminal device, and a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, in a game in which a plurality of users can participate, the strategicity of the game is improved while the convenience of the user is ensured.

It is a block diagram of a game system concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows progress of a game part. It is a figure which shows the information regarding a user. It is a figure which shows the information regarding a game medium (ticket). It is a figure which shows the information regarding a game medium (character). It is a figure which shows the information regarding a game part. It is an example of the screen of a game part. It is another example of the screen of a game part. It is another example of the screen of a game part. It is another example of the screen of a game part. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a terminal device.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of game system)
An outline of a game system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The game system 1 includes a server device 10 and one or more terminal devices 20. Although three terminal devices 20A, B and C are illustrated in FIG. 1 for the sake of simplicity, the number of terminal devices 20 may be determined arbitrarily.

  The server device 10 is an information processing device such as a server managed by a game operator, for example. The terminal device 20 is an information processing device used by a user, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PC (Personal Computer), or a game device. The terminal device 20 can execute an application of the game according to the present embodiment. For example, a game application may be transmitted from a predetermined application distribution server to the terminal device 20 via the network 30 such as the Internet, or a storage device provided in the terminal device 20 or a memory card readable by the terminal device 20. Etc. may be stored in advance in a storage medium such as The server device 10 and the terminal device 20 are communicably connected via the network 30.

  The server device 10 and the terminal device 20 cooperatively execute a plurality of processes related to the game. For example, the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 may share and execute a series of processes. Also, for example, each of the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 may execute the same process. In the case where the processing result matches between the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 for the same processing, the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 may complete the processing. On the other hand, when the processing result does not match between the server device 10 and the terminal device 20, the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 may complete the same processing, for example, with the processing result of the server device 10 as a positive. Alternatively, the process may be rewound before execution of the process. According to this configuration, for example, even when the communication quality between the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 temporarily decreases, the probability that the process is interrupted immediately decreases. In addition, even if the terminal device 20 performs unauthorized processing such as rewriting of a parameter, for example, the probability that the unauthorized processing can be eliminated is improved.

(Overview of the game)
An outline of the game according to the present embodiment will be described. The game according to the present embodiment includes one or more game parts. At least one game part of the game parts may be executed using a game medium described later.

  The game medium is electronic data used for the game, and for example, cards, items, virtual currency, tickets, characters, avatars, level information, status information, parameter information (physical strength, aggression, etc.), and ability information (skills) , Including abilities, spells, jobs, etc., and any medium. Also, the game medium is electronic data that can be acquired, owned, used, managed, exchanged, combined, enhanced, sold, discarded, or gifted by the user in the game, but the usage mode of the game medium is herein It is not limited to what is explicitly stated.

  Hereinafter, “a game medium owned by a user” refers to a game medium associated with a user ID that can uniquely identify the user as an owned game medium, unless otherwise specified. Also, “providing game content to the user” indicates associating the game content with the user ID as the owned game content. Also, “discarding game media owned by the user” indicates disassociation between the user ID and the owned game media. Also, "consuming game media owned by the user" indicates that some effect or influence may be generated in the game according to the disassociation of the user ID and the owned game media. Also, “sale of game media owned by the user” means that the association between the user ID and the owned game media is dissolved, and the game is owned by the user ID with another game media (eg, virtual currency or item etc.) Indicates to associate as a medium. In addition, “transfer the game media owned by user A to user B” means that the association between the user ID of user A and the owned game media is cancelled, and the game owned by user B's user game has the game media owned Indicates to associate as a medium. Also, "to create a game medium" indicates to define or determine at least a part of information on the game medium.

  The game part may include any content playable by the user in the game. The game parts may be, for example, quests, missions, mini games, acquisition of game media, development, reinforcement, and composition, search of virtual space, and with opponents (for example, other users and artificial intelligence (AI)). It may include content such as a match. One or more predetermined game tasks may be set for each game part. When it is determined that the achievement of one or more game tasks set in the game part played by the user is successful, for example, a game medium or the like may be awarded as a reward to the user. The game task includes, for example, a task of winning a battle with an enemy character, a task of reaching a goal point in a virtual space, and a predetermined state of the user character (for example, strength is zero) until a predetermined time has elapsed. Any task depending on the contents of the game part, such as a task not to be in the state) can be adopted. In addition, among the one or more game tasks set in the game part, the achievement of a specific game task (clear task) is also referred to as clearing of the game part. When the user who plays the game part succeeds in achieving the clear task, it is determined that the game part is cleared, and the game part may end.

  The one or more game parts may include a single play game part and a multi play game part. The game part for single play is a game part (for example, a game part for one person) executed based on a user operation on one terminal device 20 used by one user. One terminal device 20 runs alone, or one terminal device 20 and the server device 10 cooperate to execute a game part for single play. On the other hand, the game part for multiplay is a game part (for example, a game part for plural persons) in which two or more users can participate at the maximum. The game part for multiplay may be executed based on user operations on a plurality of terminal devices 20 used by each of a plurality of users. The game part for multiplay may have a configuration in which participation and progression are synchronized between terminals, or may be a configuration in which participation and progression are not synchronized between terminals. The game part common to two or more users includes at least a part of the progress processing of the game part and at least a part of the processing result commonly include game parts commonly applied to the two or more users. May be. Two or more terminal devices 20 cooperate, or two or more terminal devices 20 and the server device 10 cooperate to execute a multi-play game part.

  The game parts according to the present embodiment include game parts in which participation and progression of a plurality of asynchronous users are possible. The game part which can participate and progress a plurality of users asynchronously is that the game task set in the game part is shared by a plurality of participating users, but the user participates in the game part and the progress of the game part Is a multiplay game part played for each terminal device used by each user.

  For example, as an example of the game part according to the present embodiment, there is a game part in which a plurality of users compete against a common opponent until their respective game times (for example, 10 minutes) have expired. As shown in FIG. 2, the first user newly starts a game part in his / her terminal device. Then, on the terminal device of the first user, the game time has started to elapse, and the game part is advanced until the game time is over. The first user can request another user to participate in the game part. For example, when the second user receives a request for participation in a game part from the first user, the second user joins the game part in his / her terminal device. In the terminal device of the second user, the passage of the game time starts when the second user joins, and the game part is advanced until the game time expires. Therefore, for example, even if the progress of the game part is interrupted at the terminal device of the first user by the pause operation, the progression of the game part is not interrupted at the terminal device of the second user. When a user operation causing a game effect relating to the game part is detected in any of the terminal devices of the user participating in the game part, the game is progressed without interruption even in the other terminal devices, the game An effect is exhibited.

(Configuration of server device)
The configuration of the server device 10 will be specifically described. The server device 10 includes a server communication unit 11, a server storage unit 12, and a server control unit 13.

  The server communication unit 11 includes an interface that communicates with an external device wirelessly or by wire and transmits and receives information. The server communication unit 11 may include, for example, a wireless local area network (LAN) communication module or a wired LAN communication module. The server communication unit 11 can transmit and receive information to and from the terminal device 20 via the network 30.

  The server storage unit 12 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, or an optical memory. The server storage unit 12 may function as, for example, a primary storage device or a secondary storage device. The server storage unit 12 may be a volatile storage device or a non-volatile storage device. Furthermore, the server storage unit 12 may be a cache memory or the like of a processor included in the server control unit 13 described later. The server storage unit 12 stores information and programs used to execute the game. At least a part of the information and program stored in the server storage unit 12 may be shared and synchronized with the terminal device 20. Hereinafter, an example of information stored in the server storage unit 12 will be described.

(Information about the user)
The server storage unit 12 stores information on a plurality of users. Information on the user will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows information about each of the two users. The information on the user may include any information specific to the user used in the game. The information on the user is information for the user to operate the game, and may be created for each user. For example, the information on the user includes the user ID, the user name, the user rank, the remaining start count, the point, the information on the game medium, and the friend user information.

  The user ID is information that can uniquely identify the user. Hereinafter, the user ID is simply referred to as a user. The user ID may be managed in association with information that can uniquely identify the terminal device. Thus, the server device can identify the terminal device used by the user using the user ID.

  The user name is information indicating the name of the user. Unlike the user ID, the user name may not uniquely identify the user. The username may be arbitrarily determined and changed according to the user operation on the terminal device 20.

  The user rank is information indicating the skill level of the user regarding the game. For example, the higher the rank, the higher the skill level of the user regarding the game. In the present embodiment, the value of the user rank may be increased according to the game play by the user.

  The points are parameters consumed for the user to start the game part or join the game part. More specifically, points are consumed when the user starts a new game part and causes the user to participate in the game part, or when the user participates in the already started game part. In the present embodiment, when the user starts the game part or participates in the game part, the game part may be advanced in the terminal device used by the user. As described later, in the present embodiment, “point consumption amount” is set for each game part, and the user can start the game part by consuming (decreasing) points by the point consumption amount. Can, or participate in the game part. If the amount of points does not reach the point consumption amount, the game part may be controlled so as not to start or join. Also, points may be recovered (increased) up to a predetermined maximum value, for example, in response to the passage of time or the use of a predetermined game medium. The maximum value of points is determined according to, for example, the user rank, and the maximum value of points may increase as the user rank increases.

  The startable remaining number is the number of times the user can start a game part anew. In the present embodiment, for example, the startable remaining number of times per day may be decreased by one when the game part is newly started by the user. If the startable remaining number is zero, control may be made so that the game part can not be started. Further, the startable remaining number may be restored (increased) up to a predetermined maximum value, for example, according to the passage of time or the use of a predetermined game medium.

  The information on the game content includes any information on the game content owned by the user in the game. For example, the information on the game content may include information on the game content of the ticket set as the start condition of the game part as described later. Furthermore, the information on the game content may include information on the game content of the character used to play the game part.

  The friend user information is information used when transmitting a request for participation in the game part. For example, when two users set each other as a friend user in a game, each other's user ID may be set as friend user information. In the game part, the user can limit the transmission target of the participation request to the game part to the user set in the friend user information by setting in advance.

(Information about game media)
In the present embodiment, the information on the game medium of the ticket may include, for example, a game medium ID and a ticket type, as shown in FIG.

  The game media ID is information that can uniquely identify the game media. Hereinafter, the game medium ID is also referred to simply as a game medium.

  The ticket type is information indicating the type of game medium of the ticket. As described later, in the present embodiment, a “start condition” is set for each game part, and when the user owns a game medium of the ticket type set in the start condition, the game part by that user The start of may be made possible.

  In the present embodiment, the information regarding the game medium of the character may include, for example, a game medium ID, a character name, a level, a cost, an HP, an aggression, a resilience, and a skill, as shown in FIG.

  The game media ID is information that can uniquely identify the game media. Hereinafter, the game medium ID is also referred to simply as a game medium.

  The character name is information indicating the name of the game medium of the character. The character name, unlike the game medium ID, may not uniquely identify the game medium. The character name may change according to the play of the game by the user who owns the game medium.

  The level is information indicating the growth degree of the game medium. For example, the greater the level value, the greater the growth of the game media. In the present embodiment, the value of the level may increase according to the game play by the user who owns the game medium.

  The cost is a parameter used when the user determines the character used in the game part. In the present embodiment, the character to be used may be selectable as long as the total value of the cost of each character does not exceed a predetermined upper limit value. The upper limit value may be increased, for example, according to information on the user (for example, user rank).

  The HP is a parameter used to execute the game part. For example, when the total HP of characters used by the user in the game part (hereinafter, also referred to as total HP) decreases to a predetermined value (for example, zero), it may be determined that the user is defeated. The total HP may be reduced, for example, by the amount of damage received from the enemy character.

  The attack power is a parameter used to execute the game part. For example, the greater the offensive power, the greater the amount of damage that the character used by the user during the execution of the game part may cause to the enemy character.

  The resiliency is a parameter used to execute the game part. For example, as the total of the resiliency of the character used by the user in the game part (hereinafter, also referred to as the total resiliency) is larger, a predetermined event (e.g., recovery) restores (increases) the total HP during the execution of the game part. The amount of recovery (increase) when item acquisition occurs may increase.

  The skill is a function (ability) that generates a predetermined game effect during the execution of the game part. For example, the skill includes a skill that generates game effects that increase or decrease the parameters of characters used by the user in the game part, a skill that generates game effects that increase or decrease the parameters of enemy characters, or a game effect that damages enemy characters. May include skills to generate The game effects generated by the skills are not limited to those described above, and may include various effects. Further, the skills may include passive skills that are automatically exhibited and active skills that are exhibited in response to user operations. An effective period may be set for the game effect. The game effect may be invalidated after the validity period has expired after being exhibited.

(Information about the game part)
The server storage unit 12 stores information on the game part. The information on the game part includes any information specific to the game part. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the information on the game part includes game part ID, game part name, start user information, participating user information, difficulty level, point consumption amount, start condition, game task, reward information, participation period, and , Shared game data may be included.

  The game part ID is information that can uniquely identify the game part. Hereinafter, the game part ID is also simply referred to as a game part.

  The game part name is information indicating the name of the game part. Unlike the game part ID, the game part name may not uniquely identify the game part.

  The start user information is information that can uniquely identify the user who has started the game part. For example, the above-described user ID is set in the start user information.

  The participating user information is information that can uniquely identify the user participating in the game part. For example, the above-described user ID is set in the participating user information. An upper limit may be set for the number of users who can participate in the game part. A plurality of user IDs may be set in the participating user information within a range not exceeding the upper limit value. There may be a game part such as a game part that has not been started yet, for which the user ID is not set in the participating user information. For example, in the present embodiment, the upper limit of the number of users is 20. Once the user set in the participating user information may play the game part any number of times until the participation period of the game part described later expires.

  The degree of difficulty is a parameter indicating the degree of difficulty of the game part. Information on the game part such as the point consumption amount, the start condition, the game task, and the reward information, which will be described later, may be set in association with the difficulty level of the game part. For example, in the present embodiment, the degree of difficulty is managed in three stages of high, medium, and low.

  The point consumption amount is a parameter indicating the amount of points required to start or join a game part. As described above, the user can start the game part or participate in the game part by consuming (subtracting) the user's points by the point consumption amount. Here, the value of the point consumption may be set arbitrarily for each game part. For example, the point consumption amount may be set according to the degree of difficulty of the game part described above. Also, for example, the point consumption amount may be used to newly start a game part and to consume the user to participate in the game part and to cause the user to participate in the already started game part. The point consumption amount may be different. In the following description, each is also referred to as start point consumption amount and participation point consumption amount.

  The start condition is one or more conditions for the game part to be started. The start condition may be set arbitrarily for each game part. For example, the start condition may be that the user owns the game media of the ticket having a predetermined ticket type among the game media of the tickets described above. Game media of a plurality of tickets may be set as the start condition. Furthermore, the start condition may include that the points of the information on the user described above are equal to or more than the point consumption amount of the game part, or that the remaining start count of the information on the user described above is 1 or more. Good. The start condition may be set according to the degree of difficulty of the game part described above. In addition, there may be game parts for which the start condition is not set. The start conditions may include conditions other than the conditions described above.

  The game task is a task set for the game part. As described above, any game task may be set to each game part according to the content of the game part. In the present embodiment, the game task includes, for example, a task of winning the battle with the enemy character, a task of acquiring an item displayed on the game screen, and a request for other users to participate in the game part. The subject etc. of making it transmit are included. A plurality of game tasks may be set for the game part. Also, different difficulty levels may be set for each game task. The game task may include a specific game task (clear task) for clearing the game part. As the difficulty level of the clear task, the difficulty level of the game part associated with the game task may be set. When the game task is achieved, the achieved user may be given a predetermined score. The score is a parameter that quantifies the degree of achievement of the game task, and may be used to rank the participating users after the game part ends.

  The reward information includes any information on a reward given to the user when a predetermined condition is achieved in the game part. For example, a reward given by starting a game part (starting reward) and a reward given by achieving the above-mentioned clear task set for the game part are given to a reward for which a predetermined condition is set. Remuneration), or a reward (rank reward) given when the above-mentioned score is in a predetermined rank among the users participating in the game part may be included. In the present embodiment, the reward information may include, for example, the type and amount of the reward, and information indicating the probability that a reward will be given when a predetermined condition is achieved. The type of reward may include, for example, game media such as characters or tickets, and increase of parameters such as user rank. The reward is given by changing (updating) the corresponding information or parameter among the information on the user. For example, in the present embodiment, a game medium of a ticket for starting a game part having a higher degree of difficulty than the game part may be given as a clear reward for the game part to the participating user.

  The participation period includes information of a period in which it is possible to participate in the game part. The user who satisfies the condition to participate in the game part can participate in the game part within the participation period. The participation period may be defined in any manner. For example, the participation period may be set by the start date and time and the end date and time. In addition, the participation period may be set by the start date and time and the duration period. When the participation period has expired, it may not be possible to participate in the game part.

  The shared game data includes game data shared among the plurality of terminal devices as the game part progresses in the plurality of terminal devices by the plurality of users. For example, information on an enemy character as an opponent, the achievement status of the game task, information on the game effect exhibited in the game part, a score of a user participating in the game part, and the like are included. When the information on the shared game data is updated, the server device may transmit an update instruction of the information to each terminal device used by the participating users. For example, when a user operation that causes a game effect is detected in a terminal device used by a certain user participating in the game part, the user participates in the game part by adding information on the game effect to the information of the shared game data A game effect may be exhibited in each terminal device used by the user. The shared game effect may include an effect of increasing or decreasing the parameter of the character used by the user in the game part, a game effect of increasing or decreasing the parameter of the enemy character, or a game effect of damaging the enemy character. The game effects are not limited to those illustrated, but may include various effects.

  The server control unit 13 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes one or more processors. The processor may include a general-purpose processor and a dedicated processor specialized for a specific process. The server control unit 13 controls the overall operation of the server device 10. Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the server control unit 13 will be specifically described.

  The server control unit 13 stores various information and programs used for processing of the game in the server storage unit 12. The information used to process the game may include the information on the user described above, the information on the game medium, and the like.

  The server control unit 13 transmits and receives information via the server communication unit 11. For example, the server control unit 13 may transmit at least a part of the information stored in the server storage unit 12 to the terminal device 20. Thus, the information stored in the server storage unit 12 and the information stored in the terminal device 20 are shared and synchronized. The timing for sharing and synchronizing information may include, for example, the timing when new information is stored in server storage unit 12 and the timing when the information stored in server storage unit 12 is updated, but is arbitrarily determined. It is also good. Also, for example, the server control unit 13 may receive, via the server communication unit 11, any information input or determined in the terminal device 20. The information may include, for example, information input by a user operation.

  The server control unit 13 transmits and receives information between the plurality of terminal devices 20 via the server communication unit 11. For example, when an instruction to transmit arbitrary information to the terminal device 20B is received from the terminal device 20A, the server control unit 13 transmits the arbitrary information to the terminal device 20B via the server communication unit 11. Further, when receiving an instruction to acquire arbitrary information from the terminal device 20B from the terminal device 20A, the server control unit 13 acquires the arbitrary information from the terminal device 20B via the server communication unit 11, and the terminal device Send to 20A. One instruction may include an instruction to transmit or obtain information to a plurality of terminal devices.

  The server control unit 13 cooperates with the terminal device 20 to execute the game. For example, the server control unit 13 cooperates with one or more terminal devices 20 to execute a game part. Details of the operations of the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 that execute the game part will be described later.

(Configuration of terminal device)
The configuration of the terminal device 20 will be specifically described. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 20 includes a terminal communication unit 21, a terminal storage unit 22, a display unit 23, an input unit 24, and a terminal control unit 25.

  The terminal communication unit 21 includes an interface that communicates with an external device wirelessly or by wire and transmits and receives information. The terminal communication unit 21 may include, for example, a wireless communication module, a wireless LAN communication module, a wired LAN communication module, or the like compatible with a mobile communication standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) (registered trademark). The terminal communication unit 21 can transmit and receive information to and from the server device 10 via the network 30.

  The terminal storage unit 22 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, or an optical memory. The terminal storage unit 22 may function as, for example, a primary storage device or a secondary storage device. The terminal storage unit 22 may be incorporated in the terminal device 20 or may be connected to the terminal device 20 via an arbitrary interface. The terminal storage unit 22 may be a volatile storage device or a non-volatile storage device. Furthermore, the terminal storage unit 22 may be a cache memory or the like of a processor included in the terminal control unit 25 described later. The terminal storage unit 22 stores information and a program used for game processing. For example, the terminal storage unit 22 may store an application program of a game acquired from a predetermined application distribution server. Hereinafter, the application program is also simply referred to as an application. The terminal storage unit 22 may store part or all of the information on the user, the information on the game medium, and the information on the group of game medium, which are acquired from the server device 10.

  The display unit 23 includes, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display. The display unit 23 can display various screens.

  The input unit 24 includes an arbitrary input interface that receives a user's operation. The input interface may include, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse, a physical key, a touch panel integrally provided with the display unit 23, and the like.

  The terminal control unit 25 includes one or more processors. The terminal control unit 25 controls the overall operation of the terminal device 20. Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the terminal control unit 25 will be specifically described.

  The terminal control unit 25 transmits and receives information via the terminal communication unit 21. For example, the terminal control unit 25 acquires information and a program used for processing a game. Specifically, the terminal control unit 25 may acquire a game application from a predetermined application distribution server. The terminal control unit 25 may acquire part or all of the information on the game medium from the server device 10.

  The terminal control unit 25 activates the game application according to the user operation. The terminal control unit 25 cooperates with the server device 10 to execute the game. For example, the terminal control unit 25 causes the display unit 23 to display a screen used for the game. For example, a plurality of GUIs (Graphic User Interfaces) for detecting a user operation may be displayed on the screen. The terminal control unit 25 can detect a user operation on the screen via the input unit 24.

(Processing of the game part)
The operations of the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 that cooperatively execute the game part will be specifically described.

  The terminal control unit 25 stores the point of the user who uses the terminal device 20 in the terminal storage unit 22. The terminal control unit 25 may start the process at an arbitrary timing. For example, the terminal control unit 25 may start this processing at the start of the game. Here, the terminal control unit 25 may store, in the terminal storage unit 22, the information related to the user described above, the information related to the game medium, and the information related to the game part, in addition to the point of the user. When the point of the user is stored, the terminal control unit 25 causes the point to be consumed according to the start of the game part described later or the participation of the user in the game part, or the time lapse or the use of a predetermined game medium If it is recovered according to, the points may be updated and updated.

  When the game medium associated with the user satisfies the start condition associated with the game part, the terminal control unit 25 causes the server device 10 to start the game part newly and cause the user to participate in the game part. It may be transmittable. The terminal control unit 25 may compare the user's game content with the start condition of the game part, and determine whether the user's game content satisfies the start condition of the game part. The terminal control unit 25 specifies a game part in which the game medium associated with the user satisfies the start condition. The terminal control unit 25 allows the server device 10 to transmit a first instruction to newly start the game part and cause the user to participate in the game part. Here, “make the instruction transmittable to the server device” means that the terminal control unit 25 can execute an instruction to transmit the instruction to the server device 10. When start conditions other than game media associated with the user are also set in the game part, the terminal control unit 25 causes the server apparatus to execute the first instruction of the game part when all the start conditions are satisfied. It may be possible to transmit to 10. The terminal control unit 25 may transmit the first instruction to the server device 10 when the first instruction of the game part can be transmitted to the server device 10. Alternatively, as described later, the terminal control unit 25 transmits the first instruction to the server device 10 when the user instruction is accepted after the first instruction of the game part can be transmitted to the server device 10. It is also good.

  When the terminal control unit 25 receives a request for participation in a game part that has already been started, the terminal control unit 25 may transmit, to the server device 10, a second instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part. Participation conditions for the user to participate may be set in the game part. The participation conditions may include, for example, that the points of the information related to the user described above are equal to or more than the point consumption amount of the game part, or that the participation period of the game part has not expired. When the participation condition is set for the game part, the terminal control unit 25 may transmit the second instruction of the game part to the server device 10 when the participation condition is satisfied. The terminal control unit 25 may transmit the second instruction to the server device 10 when the second instruction of the game part can be transmitted to the server device 10. Alternatively, as described later, the terminal control unit 25 transmits the second instruction to the server device 10 when the user instruction is accepted after the second instruction of the game part can be transmitted to the server device 10. It is also good.

  The terminal control unit 25 causes the amount of points of the user to start the game part anew, and causes the user to participate in the amount of points consumed to cause the user to participate in the game part or the game part that has already been started. If it is equal to or more than the amount of points to be consumed, the information on the game part may be displayed on the game screen. For example, the terminal control unit 25 compares the point of the user with the point consumption associated with each of the game parts described above. The terminal control unit 25 may display information on the game part on the game screen when the amount of points of the user is equal to or more than the point consumption amount associated with each game part. The terminal control unit 25 may display the information of the game part on the game screen by any method. For example, the terminal control unit 25 may display only the information on the game part on the game screen. The game screen may be displayed on the display unit 23. The details of the game screen displayed on the display unit 23 will be described later using a specific example.

  The terminal control unit 25 causes the user to newly start the game part and consume the points to join the user to the game part, or the point to consume the points and join the user to the game part already started. The instruction is transmitted to the server device 10. The terminal control unit 25 detects a user operation of selecting a game part for transmitting the first instruction or the second instruction on the game screen described above among the game parts for which the first instruction or the second instruction can be transmitted. In the case, the process may be performed. The terminal control unit 25 consumes points from the user's point by the point consumption amount associated with the game part when a user operation to select the game part to transmit the first instruction or the second instruction is detected. It is also good.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, starting a new game part and joining the user to the game part and joining the user to the already started game part consumes common points. To be implemented. Furthermore, an upper limit value for each user may be provided to the number of times the start or participation of these game parts can be performed. By doing this, the user can spend points and choose to start a new game part by himself or wait to receive participation requests from other users, thereby enhancing the strategicity of the game part be able to.

  Here, the amount of points consumed to cause the game part to newly start and to cause the user to participate in the game part, and the amount of points consumed to cause the user to participate in the already started game part are It may be different depending on the degree of difficulty of the game part.

  When the first instruction is transmitted to the server device 10, the server device 10 newly starts the game part by associating the user ID with the start user information and the participating user information of the information regarding the game part, and starts the user by playing the game. You may participate in the part. Further, when the second instruction is transmitted to the server device 10, the server device 10 causes the user to participate in the game part by associating the user ID with the participating user information of the information on the game part already started. It is also good. When the processing in the server device is completed, the game part may be advanced in the terminal device 20.

  The terminal control unit 25 displays a game screen for advancing the game part. The terminal control unit 25 displays the game screen on the display unit 23. The game screen may display any information including the information on the user described above, the information on the game medium used by the user, the information on the game part, and a button for inputting a user operation. The details of the game screen displayed on the display unit 23 will be described later using a specific example. The user plays the game part based on the information displayed on the game screen.

  The terminal control unit 25 advances the game part based on the user operation. The terminal control unit 25 may advance the game part based on the user operation detected by the own terminal device 20A asynchronously with the progress of the game part in the other terminal devices 20B and 20C used by other users. For example, even if the progress of the game part is interrupted due to a pause operation or a communication failure at other terminal devices 20B and 20C, the terminal control unit 25 causes the game part in the own terminal device 20A to proceed. May be Even when the progress of the game part is interrupted, the terminal control unit 25 may display the progress state of the game part and the participation states of other users in the game part on the game screen. Thereby, even if it is a game part in which a plurality of users participate, the game part can progress according to the user's operation of each user without being influenced by the game play of other users, and the user's Improve convenience.

  When the terminal control unit 25 detects a user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part to be detected in the other terminal devices 20B and 20C, the terminal control unit 25 is a server in the progress of the game part not synchronized with the other terminal devices 20B and 20C. Based on the instruction to cause the first game effect from the device 10, the first game effect is exhibited in the own terminal device 20A. For example, in the game parts in which the terminal devices 20A, B, and C participate, the game parts are advanced in the terminal devices 20A, B, and C, and the game times of 1 minute, 3 minutes, and 7 minutes have elapsed. Assume a point in time. At that time, when a user operation causing the first game effect to be exhibited is detected in the terminal device 20B, the first game effect is exhibited in the terminal devices 20A, B, and C. As a result, for the user using the terminal devices 20A, B, and C, the first game effect is exhibited at different points of 1 minute, 3 minutes, and 7 minutes from the start of the game part, respectively. Among the game effects described above, the first game effect includes, for example, a game effect that increases or decreases the parameter of the enemy character, or a game effect that reduces the HP of the enemy character.

  The server device 10 participates in the game part on the basis of an instruction to cause the first game effect in one terminal device participating in the game part by updating the shared game data associated with the information on the game part described above. The first game effect may be exhibited in all the terminal devices. Specifically, the server device 10 receives, from the terminal device 20, an instruction to exert the first game effect. The server device 10 registers and updates information on the first game effect in the shared game data associated with the information on the game part. The server device 10 transmits the information on the updated shared game data to the terminal device 20 used by the user of the user ID registered in the participating user information of the game part. Thus, the server device 10 may transmit an instruction to cause each terminal device to exhibit the first game effect. The terminal control unit 25 exerts the first game effect in the own terminal device based on an instruction to exert the first game effect from the server device 10 in the progress of the game part not synchronized with other terminal devices.

  The terminal control unit 25 may transmit, to the server device 10, an instruction to transmit another user's request for participation in the game part. The terminal control unit 25 may transmit an instruction to transmit the participation request to the server device 10 when detecting the user operation of the participation request to the game part for another user. The terminal control unit 25 may transmit an instruction to transmit the participation request to the server device 10 at an arbitrary timing in the progress of the game part. For example, when transmitting an instruction to start a game part, the terminal control unit 25 may transmit an instruction to transmit a participation request to the server device 10. Also, for example, the terminal control unit 25 may transmit, to the server device 10, an instruction to transmit a participation request while the game part is in progress or when the game part is ended in the own terminal device. The terminal control unit 25 may specify a user to be transmitted in an instruction to transmit a request for participation in a game part. The terminal control unit 25 may specify, for example, the user to be transmitted by the user ID, or even specify the range of the user to be transmitted by the range of the user included in the friend user information associated with the user. Good. If the amount of points of the user is equal to or greater than the amount of points consumed to participate in the game part and the terminal control unit 25 can participate in the game part, the terminal control unit 25 extracts the user as the user to be transmitted. Good. The terminal control unit 25 may specify a user to be transmitted based on a user operation. The terminal control unit 25 may display information on users who can participate in the above-described game part on the game screen so as to allow specification. In addition, an upper limit value may be set for the number of times that one user requests participation in one game part. If the number of users participating in the game part has already reached the upper limit value, the terminal control unit 25 disables transmission of an instruction to the other user to transmit a request for participation in the game part to the server device 10. May be

  When receiving an instruction to transmit another user's request for participation in the game part, the server device 10 transmits a request for participation in the game part to the terminal device 20 used by the corresponding user. The server apparatus 10 may select the user to which the participation request for the game part is transmitted by any method in one instruction. For example, the server device 10 may randomly select twenty users out of all the users as a user to which a request for participation in a game part is to be transmitted, by one instruction. When the user to be transmitted is designated, the server device 10 selects the user from the designated users by any method, and requests the terminal device 20 used by the user to participate in the game part. It may be sent. In addition, the server device 10 may set the number of users to be transmitted to any number. For example, when the upper limit of the number of possible participants in the game part is 20, and 10 persons have already participated in the game part, the server device 10 can increase the number of users who can participate in the game to 20 users, which is the upper limit A request for participation may be sent, or a request for participation may be sent to 10 users who can additionally participate.

  When an instruction to transmit a request for participation in the game part is transmitted to the server device, the terminal control unit 25 may exert a second game effect different from the first game effect on the game part in the own terminal device. The second game effect includes an effect of making it easy to activate the skill of the user's character, an effect of raising a parameter of the user's character such as aggressivity and resilience, or an effect of recovering the HP of the user's character. When the second game effect relating to the game part is exhibited, the terminal control unit 25 instructs the server device 10 to cause the terminal device 20 used by another user participating in the game part to perform the second game effect. Do not send The server device 10 and the terminal device 20 share the game data of the information related to the above-described game part with the first game effect exhibited also in other terminal devices and the second game effect exhibited only in the own terminal device. It may be determined depending on whether or not it is stored.

  When another user newly joins the game part, the terminal control unit 25 displays information of the other user on the game screen based on the notification that the other user from the server device 10 has joined the game part. May be When the user newly participates in the game part, a second instruction is transmitted from the terminal device 20 used by the user to the server device 10. The server device 10 sets the user ID in the participating user information of the information on the game part based on the second instruction. Thereafter, the server device 10 transmits information on the user who has newly joined the game part to the terminal device 20 used by each user who has already joined the game part. When receiving the notification that another user from the server device 10 has joined the game part, the terminal control unit 25 displays information of the other user on the game screen based on the notification.

  When the game task associated with the game part is achieved, the terminal control unit 25 may associate different game media with the user according to the degree of difficulty of the game task. The terminal control unit 25 may associate the game medium with the user at any timing. For example, the terminal control unit 25 may associate the game medium with the user when the game task is achieved or when the game part is cleared. The game medium associated with the user may be set to the start condition associated with another game part. In addition, as the difficulty level of the game task, for example, as in the example of the clear task to clear the game part described above, the difficulty level of the game part associated with the game task may be set. The terminal control unit 25 may associate, with the user, the game medium set as the start condition of the game part with the degree of difficulty one level higher after the clear task is achieved and the game part ends. For example, referring to FIG. 6, the difficulty level of the game part A is low, and the start condition is not set. Therefore, anyone can start the game part A. When the game part A is cleared, the game medium T01 of the ticket is given to the user as a clear reward. Then, the user can start the game part B in which the difficulty level for which T01 is set as the start condition is medium. Furthermore, the ticket T02 set as the clear reward of the medium difficulty game part B is set as the start condition of the high difficulty game part C.

  An example of the operation of the terminal device 20 in the present embodiment will be described. First, an example of the operation of the terminal device when the user starts a game part will be described. For example, when the user A shown in FIG. 3 uses the terminal device 20A, the terminal device 20A stores the point of the user A. When the game medium associated with the user A satisfies the start condition associated with the game part, the terminal device 20A causes the server device 10 to start the game part newly and cause the user to participate in the game part. Enable sending. Since the game medium T01 of the ticket is associated with the user A, the start condition regarding the game medium associated with the user is set among the game parts A, B and C in which the user A is set in the start user information The first instruction of the game part A not being played and the game part B whose T01 is set as the start condition can be transmitted. On the other hand, the first instruction of the game part C in which T02 is set as the start condition is not made transmittable. Next, when the amount of points of the user is equal to or more than the amount of points consumed for causing the user to newly start the game part and cause the user to participate in the game part, the terminal device 20A plays the game part information Display on the screen. An example of the game screen displayed at that time is shown in FIG. 3 and 6, the user A's point is 5, so only the game part A in which 3 is set for the point consumption of the first instruction is displayed in a selectable manner, and the point consumption of the first instruction is displayed. The game part B for which 6 is set is displayed in gray. After that, when the points of the user A increase and the points of the user A become 6 or more, the game part B is displayed in a selectable manner. When a user operation to select the game part A is detected on the game screen shown in FIG. 7, the terminal device 20A consumes only three points of the user A. The terminal device 20A newly starts the game part A, and transmits, to the server device 10, a first instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part A. The server device 10 sets U01, which is the user ID of the user A, to the start user information of the game part A and the participating user information based on the first instruction. When the process in the server device 10 is completed, the control terminal 20A starts the progress of the game part A.

  Next, an example of the operation of the terminal device when the user joins a game part that has already been started will be described. The terminal device 20A stores the point of the user A shown in FIG. 6, terminal device 20A can transmit a second instruction to cause user A to participate in game part D to server device 10 when receiving a request to participate in game part D which has already been started. Do. Furthermore, when the terminal device 20A receives the participation request for the already started game part E, the terminal device 20A can transmit, to the server device 10, a second instruction to cause the user A to participate in the game part E. Next, when the amount of points of the user A is equal to or more than the amount of points consumed for causing the user to participate in the already started game part, the terminal device 20A displays the information of the game part as shown in FIG. Display on the game screen as shown in. Since the point of the user B is 10, both the game part D in which 5 is set to the point consumption of the second instruction and the game part E in which 1 is set to the point consumption of the second instruction are both on the game screen. Is displayed. In addition to the point consumption amount for participating in each game part, information on the participation period may be displayed on the game screen. The game part information is deleted from the game screen when the participation period has expired. In addition, the game screen may also display information on game parts in which the user is already participating. The user can play the game part that has already participated many times consuming points during the participation period of the game part. When a user operation to select the game part D is detected on the screen of FIG. 8, the terminal device 20A consumes 5 points. The terminal device 20A transmits, to the server device 10, a second instruction to cause the user A to participate in the already started game part D. The server device 10 sets U01, which is the user ID of the user A, to the participating user information of the game part D based on the second instruction. When the process in the server device 10 is completed, the control terminal 20A starts the progress of the game part D. After that, when the game screen is displayed, the information on the game part D is displayed not on the “participable game part list” but on the “participating game part list”.

  Next, an example of the progress of the game part in which the user A and the user B participate will be described using FIG. When the user A starts the game part, the game time starts in the terminal device 20A used by the user A, and the game part advances. The terminal device 20A displays a game screen for advancing the game part as shown in FIG. On the game screen, game time, the number of participants, information of characters used by the user, information of enemy characters, and the like are displayed. In the terminal device 20A, when the “pause” button is pressed, the progress of the game part is interrupted, and a pause screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. When a user operation to press the “participation request” button is performed on the pause screen, the terminal device 20A transmits, to the server device 10, an instruction to transmit a participation request for the game part to another user. For example, when friend user information is designated as a transmission target of participation request, the server device 10 transmits a game part to the terminal device 20B used by the user B whose user ID is U02 set in the friend user information of the user A. Send a request for participation in When an instruction to transmit a request for participation in a game part is transmitted to the server device, the terminal device 20A exerts the second game effect relating to the game part in its own terminal device. The second game effect is exhibited, for example, when a user operation of pressing the “resume” button is performed on the pause screen and the terminal device 20A displays a screen for advancing the game part as shown in FIG. It is also good. When the second game effect is exhibited in the terminal device 20A, the second game effect is not exhibited in the terminal device 20B. On the pause screen, a list of exhibited game effects or a list of participating users and scores acquired by each user is displayed. Based on these pieces of information, the user may press the "resume" button when the user can advantageously advance the game part. In the terminal device 20A, when the "resume" button is pressed, the progress of the game part of the terminal device 20A is resumed. While the pause screen is displayed and the progress of the game part is interrupted, there may be elements of the game part interrupted as the game part progresses and elements of the game part not interrupted. For example, the elements of the game part to be interrupted may include the action of the enemy character and the remaining time until the enemy character takes action. In addition, elements of the game part that are not interrupted may include the game time elapsed and the remaining time until the effective period of the played game effect expires.

  Thereafter, when the user B participates in the game part based on the participation request from the user A to the user B, the game time starts and the game part advances in the terminal device 20B. As described above, the progress of the game part in the terminal device 20A and the terminal device 20B proceeds asynchronously. When the user B newly participates in the game part, the terminal device 20A displays the information of the user B on the game screen based on the notification that the user B from the server device 10 has participated in the game part. The terminal device 20A may increase the number of participants by one on the game screen of FIG. 9, and may display a message indicating that the user B has joined. The user B who has joined the game part based on the request for participation of the user A may also transmit a request for participation to other users. When a new user joins the game part in response to a request for participation by user B, the terminal device 20A increases the number of participants by the newly joined user on the game screen of FIG. 9, and a message indicating that the user has joined May be displayed.

  In the terminal device 20B, when a user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part is detected, the first game effect is exhibited in the terminal device 20A based on an instruction from the server device 10 to cause the first game effect. Ru. When the first game effect is exhibited, effects, messages and the like associated with the first game effect are displayed on the game screen of FIG. 9. The terminal devices 20A and 20B end the game parts when their respective game times have expired. When the game task associated with the game part is achieved, the terminal devices 20A and 20B associate different game media with the user according to the degree of difficulty of the game task.

(Operation Example of Terminal Device 20)
An example of the operation of the terminal device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  Step S101: The terminal control unit 25 stores the point of the first user.

  Step S102: When the game medium owned by the user satisfies the start condition of the game part, the terminal control unit 25 transmits the first instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part to the server apparatus 10, starting the game part. to enable.

  Step S103: When the terminal control unit 25 receives a request for participation in a game part, the terminal control unit 25 can transmit, to the server device 10, a second instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part.

  Step S104: The terminal control unit 25 causes the amount of points of the user to start the game part anew, and the amount of points consumed to cause the user to participate in the game part, or the user who has already started the game part If it is equal to or more than the amount of points consumed to make the player participate, the game part information is displayed on the game screen.

  Step S105: The terminal control unit 25 transmits the first instruction or the second instruction to the server device.

  Step S106: The terminal control unit 25 displays a game screen for advancing the game part.

  Step S107: The terminal control unit 25 advances the game part based on the user operation.

  Step S108: The terminal control unit 25 exerts the first game effect in the own terminal device based on the instruction to cause the server device 10 to exert the first game effect.

  Step S109: The terminal control unit 25 transmits, to the server device 10, an instruction to transmit another user's request for participation in the game part. The terminal control unit 25 exerts the second game effect on the game part in the own terminal device.

  Step S110: The terminal control unit 25 displays the information of the other user on the game screen based on the notification that the other user from the server device has joined the game part.

  Step S111: The terminal control unit 25 determines whether or not the game task associated with the game part has been achieved. If the game task associated with the game part is achieved (No at Step S111), the terminal control unit 25 executes the process at Step S107.

  Step S112: When the game task associated with the game part is achieved (Yes at Step S111), the terminal control unit 25 associates different game media with the user according to the degree of difficulty of the game task.

  As described above, the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment communicates with the server device 10 to execute a game. The terminal device 20 stores the point of the user. The terminal device 20 starts the game part which can newly participate and advance a plurality of users asynchronously and consumes the point to cause the user to join the user to the game part or the point to start the game. A second instruction for causing the user to participate in the current game part is transmitted to the server device 10. The terminal device 20 displays a game screen for advancing the game part. The terminal device 20 advances the game part based on the user operation. In the terminal device 20, when a user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part is detected in the other terminal device 20, the terminal device 20 receives the first command from the server device 10 in the progress of the game part not synchronized with the other terminal device 20. The first game effect is exhibited in the own terminal device 20 based on the instruction to cause 1 game effect. In this way, the progress of the game is asynchronously executed by the terminal device used by each user, and the game effect is shared, thereby increasing the amount of arithmetic processing in each terminal device, delaying the response time, etc. It can prevent and improve the strategy of the game in which a plurality of users participate. For this reason, in the game in which a plurality of users can participate, the convenience of the user is ensured and the strategicity of the game is improved. In particular, in a game part in which the weight of processing in each terminal device is larger than that of the server device, the game part is asynchronously advanced in each terminal device, and synchronization is limited to a part of the game part. It is possible to achieve both improvement in user experience and realization of comfortable multiplayer.

  The terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment transmits, to the server device 10, an instruction to transmit another user's request for participation in the game part. Thereby, the strategic nature of the game in which a plurality of users participate is improved, and the user's desire to continue the game is improved.

  In the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment, when an instruction to transmit a request for participation in the game part is transmitted to the server device 10, the second game effect different from the first game effect regarding the game part is transmitted to the terminal device 20. Demonstrate. This motivates the user to request participation from other users, and the number of users participating in the game increases. Further, by restricting the target of causing the second game effect to the own terminal device 20 at the timing when the increase of the communication amount is foreseen by the participation of the user to the game part, the further increase of the communication amount is suppressed. Can.

  When another user newly joins the game part, the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment plays the game of the information of the other user based on the notification that the other user from the server device 10 has joined the game part. Display on the screen. As a result, in the game in which the progress of the game is asynchronously executed on the terminal device used by each user, the game experience unique to the game advanced in cooperation with other users is provided to the user.

  In this embodiment, the amount of points consumed to cause the game part to start anew and to cause the user to participate in the game part, and the amount of points consumed to cause the user to participate in the game part already started. Depends on the degree of difficulty of the game part. As a result, the strategicity of the game in which a plurality of users participate is improved, and the user's desire to continue the game is improved.

  When the game task associated with the game part is achieved, the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment associates different game media with the user according to the degree of difficulty of the game task. As a result, the strategicity of the game in which a plurality of users participate is improved, and the user's desire to continue the game is improved.

  The terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment enables transmission of the first instruction to the server device 10 when the game medium associated with the user satisfies the start condition associated with the game part. This improves the user's desire to continue the game.

  When the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment receives a request for participation in a game part that has already been started, the terminal device 20 can transmit the second instruction to the server device 10. As a result, the strategicity of the game in which a plurality of users participate is improved, and the user's desire to continue the game is improved.

  In the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment, the amount of points of the user causes the amount of points consumed to newly start the game part and cause the user to participate in the game part, or the game part that has already been started. If it is equal to or more than the amount of points consumed for causing the user to participate, the game part information is displayed on the game screen. Thereby, since the user is notified of the game part which can be started or participated by the user, the convenience of the user is improved.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and embodiments, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various changes and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, each means, functions included in each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, and it is possible to combine or divide a plurality of means, steps, etc. into one. .

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the server device 10 may execute part or all of the operations and processes performed by the terminal device 20. Similarly, the terminal device 20 may execute a part of the operation performed by the server device 10. For example, processing such as display control of various screens displayed on the terminal device 20 and control of various GUIs may be executed by either the server device 10 or the terminal device 20, and the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 It may cooperate and carry out. Alternatively, the game system 1 may not include the server device 10. In such a case, the terminal device 20 may store in advance information received from the server device 10 in the above-described embodiment.

  Further, in the embodiment described above, an example of the operation of the terminal device 20 has been described with reference to FIG. However, some steps included in the operation or some operations included in one step may be omitted. The order of the plurality of steps may be switched within a range that is not logically contradictory.

  Further, in the embodiment described above, the game screen for advancing the game part according to the present embodiment has been described by taking a plurality of examples. However, some items, images, etc. displayed on these game screens may be omitted. In addition, addition, replacement, and the like of information displayed on each game screen may be performed within a range not logically contradictory. For example, on the game screen shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 for displaying a list of game parts that can be started or participated by the user, the game medium of the ticket set to the start condition or participation condition of the game part, points A transition link to a game screen providing a game part or the like for acquiring or recovering the startable remaining number or the like may be provided. Thereby, the convenience of the user is improved, and the user's desire to continue the game is improved. Further, information displayed on the game screen shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 may be displayed on one game screen. Thereby, the visibility of the user is improved, and the convenience of the user is improved.

  Further, in the embodiment described above, when the terminal control unit 25 detects a user operation of selecting a game part to which the first instruction or the second instruction is transmitted, a point associated with the game part from the user's point is detected. The consumption amount has been described using an example of consuming points. However, the terminal control unit 25 may consume points at any timing. For example, when transmitting the first instruction or the second instruction to the server device 10, the terminal control unit 25 may consume the point of the user.

  In the embodiment described above, when an instruction to transmit a request for participation in a game part is transmitted to the server device, about the step of exerting a second game effect different from the first game effect on the game part in the own terminal device ,explained. However, the second game effect is not limited to the case where the instruction to transmit the participation request to the game part is transmitted to the server device. For example, when an instruction to change shared game data of a game part is transmitted to another user, such as an attack request, a skill display request, or an item use request, the terminal device is not synchronized with the other terminal device. Two game effects may be exhibited in the own terminal device. As described above, it is possible to suppress a further increase in the amount of communication by keeping the target of the second game effect on the own terminal device at a timing when an increase in the amount of communication regarding the game part is foreseen.

  In the embodiment described above, an example in which the server device newly starts the game part by associating the user ID with the start user information and the participating user information of the information on the game part based on the first instruction from the terminal device. I gave an explanation. However, the timing at which the first instruction is transmitted from the terminal device to the server device is not limited to the above-described example. The terminal device may start the game part as a game part for single play without transmitting the first instruction to the server device. Thereafter, when the terminal device requests participation to another user, the first instruction may be transmitted from the terminal device to the server device. Based on the first instruction from the terminal device, the server device may associate the user ID with the start user information and the participating user information of the information regarding the game part, whereby the game part may be started as the game part for multiplay. When managed as a multi-play game part by the server device, the game part may allow participation by the user who has received the participation request. Thus, by controlling the game part, an increase in the amount of communication between the terminal device and the server device can be suppressed.

  In the above-described embodiment, at least a part of the screen displayed on the terminal device 20 is a web display to be displayed on the terminal device 20 based on the data generated by the server device 10, and at least a part of the screen is a terminal It may be a native display to be displayed by a native application installed in the device 20. Thus, the game according to the above-described embodiment can be a hybrid game in which each of the server device 10 and the terminal device 20 takes part of processing.

  In addition, in order to function as the server device 10 or the terminal device 20 according to the embodiment described above, an information processing device such as a computer or a mobile phone can be suitably used. Such an information processing apparatus stores, in the storage unit of the information processing apparatus, a program describing processing contents for realizing the functions of the server apparatus 10 or the terminal apparatus 20 according to the embodiment, and the CPU of the information processing apparatus It can be realized by reading and executing a program.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 game system 10 server apparatus 11 server communication part 12 server storage part 13 server control part 20 terminal device 21 terminal communication part 22 terminal storage part 23 display part 24 input part 25 terminal control part 30 network

Claims (11)

A terminal device that communicates with the server device and executes the game;
Storing the user's points;
The game part that allows participation and progress of a plurality of users asynchronously is newly started, and the point is consumed to first cause the user to participate in the game part, or the point is already started and consumed. Transmitting to the server apparatus a second instruction to cause the user to participate in the game part being played;
Displaying a game screen for advancing the game part;
Advancing the game part based on a user operation;
In another terminal device, the first game effect from the server device in the progress of the game part not synchronized with the other terminal device when a user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part is detected A step of exerting the first game effect in the own terminal device based on an instruction to exert
To run the program. The program according to claim 1, wherein
In the terminal device,
Sending to the server apparatus an instruction to send another user a request for participation in the game part;
A program that will make it run further. A program according to claim 1 or 2,
In the terminal device,
When the instruction to transmit the participation request to the game part is transmitted to the server device, a second game effect different from the first game effect on the game part is exerted on the own terminal device,
A program that will make it run further. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein
In the terminal device,
Displaying information of the other user on the game screen based on a notification that the other user from the server device has joined the game part when the other user newly participates in the game part ,
A program that will make it run further. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein
The amount of points consumed to cause the game part to start anew and to cause the user to participate in the game part, and the points consumed to cause the user to participate in the game part that has already been started The amount of program varies, depending on the degree of difficulty of the game part. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
A game task is associated with the game part,
In the terminal device,
Associating different game media with the user according to the level of difficulty of the game task when the game task associated with the game part is achieved;
A program that will make it run further. The program according to claim 6, wherein
A start condition is further associated with the game part,
In the terminal device,
Enabling transmission of the first instruction to the server device if the game medium associated with the user satisfies the start condition;
A program that will make it run further. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein
In the terminal device,
Enabling transmission of the second instruction to the server device when receiving a request to join the game part that has already been started;
A program that will make it run further. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein
In the terminal device,
The amount of points of the user causes the game part to start anew and the amount of points consumed to cause the user to participate in the game part or the user to the game part already started Displaying information of the game part on the game screen if the amount is greater than or equal to the amount of points consumed for participation;
A program that will make it run further. A terminal device comprising a control unit that communicates with a server device to execute a game,
The control unit
Remember the user's point,
The game part that allows participation and progress of a plurality of users asynchronously is newly started, and the point is consumed to first cause the user to participate in the game part, or the point is already started and consumed. Transmitting a second instruction to cause the user to join the game part to the server apparatus;
Displaying a game screen for advancing the game part;
Advance the game part based on a user operation;
In another terminal device, the first game effect from the server device in the progress of the game part not synchronized with the other terminal device when a user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part is detected A terminal device that exerts the first game effect in the own terminal device based on an instruction to cause A control method of a terminal device that communicates with a server device and executes a game,
Storing the user's points;
A first instruction to newly start a game part capable of participating and advancing a plurality of users asynchronously and consuming the points to cause the user to participate in the game part, or the game part already started. Transmitting to the server apparatus a second instruction for causing the user to participate;
Displaying a game screen for advancing the game part;
Advancing the game part based on a user operation;
In another terminal device, the first game effect from the server device in the progress of the game part not synchronized with the other terminal device when a user operation causing the first game effect relating to the game part is detected A step of exerting the first game effect in the own terminal device based on an instruction to exert
Control methods, including:

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