JP2020073154A - Game program and game device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game program for causing a game medium to perform a desired consumption behavior, without performing an operation that is bothersome by a user.SOLUTION: A game program causes a computer to function as: instruction acquisition means for acquiring a consumption instruction of a game medium on a game; consumption executing means capable of executing a consumption process for consuming the game medium so that the game medium is not owned by a user, based on the consumption instruction; lock means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior by which the game medium is consumed, to the game medium before the consumption process is executed; and setting means for setting consumption availability information indicating whether execution of the consumption process is prohibited or not for each type of consumption behavior of the game medium, according to characteristics of two types of the game media.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a game program and a game device having a function of locking a game medium.

  Some online games such as digital card games and role-playing games download game media such as characters and items and use them for the games. In Patent Documents 1 to 4, by combining a material character or the like (game medium) with a base character (game medium), various parameters (attack power, defense power, etc.) set for the base character are displayed. Variables are disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 5777781 JP, 2016-22377, A JP, 2015-112365, A JP, 2017-124180, A

  Usually, the downloaded game contents are locked as described in Patent Documents 1 to 4. This is to prevent the game contents from being erased by mistake due to consumption behavior such as composition and sale.

  However, there are cases in which the user desires to avoid "sale" of the game content but uses it for "composite". However, in Patent Literatures 1 to 4, all the consumption behaviors are uniformly limited by the lock processing. Therefore, when using the game contents for "composite", the user needs to input an instruction to execute the process of unlocking the game contents to the game device each time "composite" is performed. Therefore, the user feels troublesome.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a game program and a game device that allow a user to perform a desired consumption behavior on a game medium without the user having to perform a troublesome operation.

A first invention is a computer,
Instruction acquisition means for acquiring an instruction to consume the game content relating to the game,
Consumption executing means capable of executing a consumption process for consuming the game content so that the game content is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction;
Locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, with respect to the game medium before the consumption process is executed,
Setting means for setting consumption propriety information indicating whether or not to prohibit the execution of the consumption processing for each type of the consumption behavior of the game content according to the two types of characteristics of the game content;
Function as
The lock means is a game program that performs the protection registration process based on the consumption information.

Further, in the first invention, the computer is
Classification means for classifying the game contents after the protection registration processing is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration processing;
Function further as
When the instruction acquisition unit acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution unit performs the consumption process on the game content for which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted, out of the classification result by the classification unit. Can be executed.

Further, in the first invention, the computer is
Receiving means capable of receiving the game content,
Function further as
The setting means can set the consumption propriety information based on an operation by the user when the receiving means receives the game content.

A second invention is a computer,
Instruction acquisition means for acquiring an instruction to consume the game content relating to the game,
Consumption executing means capable of executing a consumption process for consuming the game content so that the game content is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction;
Locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, with respect to the game medium before the consumption process is executed,
Classifying means for classifying the game contents after the protection registration processing is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration processing;
Function as
When the instruction acquisition unit acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution unit, for the plurality of game contents, among the classification results by the classification unit, for which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted. A game program, characterized in that the consumption process is executed collectively.

Further, in the second invention, the computer is
Receiving means capable of receiving the game content,
When the receiving unit receives the game content, whether or not to prohibit the execution of the consumption process for each type of the consumption behavior of the game content according to at least one of the type and the rarity of the game content is displayed. Setting means for setting the consumption possibility information based on the operation of the user,
Can be further functioned as.

The fourth invention is
A game apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores the game program of the first to third inventions; and a computer that executes the game program.

  According to the present invention, execution of the consumption process is permitted or prohibited according to the type of consumption behavior of the game content. Therefore, when the consumption instruction is issued, if the consumption behavior in the consumption instruction is permitted, the game content is not required to be released by the user even if the user does not unlock the lock (prohibited state) of the game content each time. Consumption processing is performed. Therefore, the comfort of game operation is improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions and functional constitution of each of a server apparatus and a game device in the game system of this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which conceptually represented the consumption propriety information in this embodiment. It is a flow chart showing the flow of operation of the game device in this embodiment. It is an example of a screen of a display in the protection registration processing of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of the data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part by step S18 of FIG. 4 is a screen example of a display in the consumption process of FIG. 3. 4 is a screen example of a display in the classification / sorting process of FIG. 3.

[Embodiment]
A game system 1 including a game device 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Explanation of the game>
In the game system 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the server device 2 and the game device 5 are communicably connected to each other via a communication network 6.

  The game described in this embodiment is an online game executed by the game system 1. In the game, the user of the game apparatus 5 causes one or a plurality of player characters to act in the virtual game space, or causes the player character to compete with an enemy character.

  In particular, in the game, the user can acquire a game content from the server device 2 or take an action of consuming the game content owned by the user (hereinafter referred to as a consumption action).

  Here, the game content is electronic data representing elements related to the game. The game medium includes a player character, items used by the player character in the virtual game space (weapons, armor, etc.), materials for strengthening characteristic parameters (attack power, defense power, etc.) of the player character and items, etc. Is included.

  The user of the game apparatus 5 acquires the game content by a method using a mechanism called gacha, for example. The gacha is a mechanism in which the server device 2 performs a lottery on a plurality of game contents based on a predetermined lottery probability, and an arbitrary game medium selected by the lottery is given to the user's game device 5.

  The consumption behavior of the game content is to make the game content not owned by the user. Specifically, the behavior of consuming the game content includes “sale” (the operation of exchanging the game content for local currency or points in the game), “exchange” (the operation of exchanging the game content with another game content), "Composite" (the operation of compositing game media of the same type to generate a new game media), "Strengthen" (composite the main game media with the sub game media, and enhance the characteristic parameters of the main game media) Action) is included.

  As the behavior of consuming the game content, the user can place, for example, two or more objects (game content) indicating the player character at the composition location in the game, and “composite” the objects at the composition location. Further, as a consumption behavior of the game content, the user can “sell” an object (game content) indicating a material unnecessary for composition or reinforcement at a virtual store in the game.

  Particularly, in the game according to the present embodiment, a process of locking the game content is performed in order to prevent the game content from being accidentally consumed when the game content is consumed. In this processing, any consumption behavior is not prohibited, but the processing is performed according to the type of consumption behavior. This will be described in detail in "<Game content locking and consumption processing>".

  Such a game is executed using the game device 5 such as a smartphone, a tablet, and a personal computer.

<Outline of game system 1>
As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes a server device 2 and a plurality of game devices 5. In this embodiment, the case where the game system 1 is a so-called native application is illustrated.

  The server device 2 stores a game program and game data, and manages the game data of each game device 5 (for each account information below).

  The game device 5 executes a predetermined game based on a user's operation. Therefore, the game device 5 receives (specifically, downloads and installs) the game program and the game data from the server device 2 via the communication network 6. The game device 5 also receives (specifically, downloads and installs) the update game program and the game data from the server device 2.

  Note that the game apparatus 5 first logs in to the server apparatus 2 when proceeding with the game. Different account information is assigned to each user, and the account information includes identification information (user ID) and password for each user. This account information is transmitted from the game apparatus 5 to the server apparatus 2 via the communication network 6 when logging in.

  The server device 2 authenticates the user with respect to the accessed game device 5 based on the transmitted account information.

  After the user authentication is completed, the game device 5 can communicate with the server device 2, and the data necessary for the game progress (data about the game progress status) is sent from the server device 2. When the game device 5 receives the data, the game device 5 advances the game while outputting the game image and the sound to the display 61 and the speaker 62 based on the user's operation.

  The data regarding the game progress status is transmitted from the game device 5 to the server device 2 at the time of logging in to the game device 5 and at a predetermined timing of the game progress (when updating data such as item consumption and game task clear).

  Thus, in the game system 1, the server device 2 and the game device 5 communicate with each other via the communication network 6 at a predetermined timing. As a result, the game proceeds while the server device 2 and the game device 5 are synchronized.

<Hardware configuration>
Hereinafter, the hardware configuration of the server device 2 and the hardware configuration of the game device 5 will be described.

<Configuration of server device 2>
The server device 2 has a network interface 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The network interface 21 and the storage unit 22 are electrically connected to the control unit 23 via the bus 29.

  The network interface 21 is communicatively connected to each game device 5 via a communication network 6 such as the Internet and a LAN. Through the network interface 21, game data, game programs and the like are transmitted to the game apparatus 5, and account information and the like are received from the game apparatus 5.

  The storage unit 22 includes an HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM, and the like. Specifically, the storage unit 22 stores account information for collating each user, a login history of each user, a game program, game data, various programs other than the game program, and the like. The game data includes information on the game progress status for each account information, and the game medium (item or the like) that can be newly used when the user charges.

  The control unit 23 is composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory, and controls the operation of the server device 2 itself.

<Functional configuration of control unit 23 of server device 2>
The control unit 23 functions as the information processing unit 231, the collation unit 232, the lottery selection unit 233, and the distribution unit 234 by executing various programs.

  The information processing unit 231 transmits / receives data required for distribution of the game program to / from each game device 5. Examples of the data received by the information processing unit 231 include download request information and account information. Examples of the data transmitted by the information processing unit 231 include information for confirming whether the game device 5 has received the game program.

  Examples of the download request information include a game program download request and a game medium download request.

  The matching unit 232 uses the account information received from the game device 5 to perform the user authentication process.

  When the information processing means 231 receives the download request for the game content, the lottery selection means 233 selects an arbitrary game content from a plurality of game content related to the game by lottery based on a predetermined lottery probability.

  After the information processing unit 231 receives the download request information of the game program and the account information of the user, the distribution unit 234 distributes (transmits) the game program and the game data corresponding to the received account information to the game apparatus 5. In addition, the distribution unit 234 distributes (transmits) an arbitrary game medium selected by lottery by the lottery selection unit 233 to the game device 5.

<Structure of game device 5>
A display 61, a speaker 62, and a touch pad 63 are externally connected to or built in the game apparatus 5. In the game device 5, the game progresses based on the game program and the game data received from the server device 2. The game devices 5 can also perform data communication with each other using the communication network 6 or the short-range wireless communication device (not shown).

  The game device 5 includes a network interface 51, a graphic processing unit 52, an audio processing unit 53, an operation unit 54, a storage unit 55, and a control unit 56. The network interface 51, the graphic processing unit 52, the audio processing unit 53, the operation unit 54, and the storage unit 55 are electrically connected to the control unit 56 via the bus 59.

  The network interface 51 is communicatively connected to the communication network 6 for transmitting and receiving various data between each game apparatus 5 and the server apparatus 2.

  The graphic processing unit 52 draws a game image including a player character and various objects related to the game space in a moving image format according to the game image information output from the control unit 56. The graphic processing unit 52 is connected to a display 61 which is, for example, a liquid crystal type, and a game image drawn in a moving image format is displayed on the display 61 as a game screen.

  The audio processing unit 53 reproduces and synthesizes a digital game sound according to an instruction from the control unit 56. The audio processing unit 53 is connected to the speaker 62, and the reproduced and synthesized game sound is output from the speaker 62.

  The operation unit 54 is connected to the touch pad 63, and transmits / receives data regarding an operation input to / from the touch pad 63. For example, the user touches the touch pad 63 to input an operation signal to the game apparatus 5.

  The storage unit 55 includes an HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM, and the like. The storage unit 55 can store the game program and the game data downloaded from the server device 2. The storage unit 55 also stores account information of the own device 5 and the other game device 5 to be transmitted to the other game device 5, information about friends, and the like. In particular, the storage unit 55 also stores the game content received from the server device 2.

  The control unit 56 is composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory, and controls the operation of the own device 5.

<Functional Configuration of Control Unit 56 of Game Device 5>
By executing the game program, the control unit 56 functions as a communication unit 561, a game progress unit 562, an instruction acquisition unit 563, a consumption execution unit 564, a lock unit 565, a setting unit 566, and a classification unit 567.

  The communication unit 561 has a function of communicating with the server device 2 via the network interface 51. The communication unit 561 transmits the account information and the download request information for new game data based on the user's operation to the server device 2. The communication means 561 receives new game data sent from the server device 2 in accordance with the download request information, game contents selected by lottery in the server device 2, and the like.

  The game contents are sequentially stored in the storage unit 55 each time the communication means 561 receives them. As a result, one or more game contents are stored in the storage unit 55.

  The game progression means 562 reads out data such as game space objects and textures included in the game data and executes the game program to generate two-dimensional or three-dimensional game image information. By processing the game image information by the graphic processing unit 52, the processed game image is displayed on the display 61.

  For example, the game progression means 562 arranges the player character on the game image. The game advancing means 562 controls the player character to move according to an operation signal indicating the content of the operation of the touch pad 63 by the user under the progress of the game.

  The instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires various instructions input by the user via the touch pad 63. For example, when the user inputs a game content lottery instruction, the instruction acquisition unit 563 generates a game content download request to be transmitted to the server device 2 in response to the input. Further, the instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires the consumption instruction of the game content and the sort execution instruction input by the user.

  When the instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires the consumption instruction of the game content, the consumption execution unit 564 consumes the game content so that the corresponding game content is not owned by the user (sale, combination, etc.). Can be executed. In particular, the consumption process according to the present embodiment may or may not be executed according to the execution result of the protection registration process by the lock unit 565 described below.

  The lock unit 565 performs a protection registration process for locking the game content before the consumption process is performed so as to prevent the specific consumption process from being performed. In particular, the lock unit 565 according to the present embodiment refers to the consumption propriety information described below and performs protection registration processing that permits or prohibits execution of the consumption processing for each type of consumption behavior in which the game content is consumed. ..

  The setting unit 566 sets the consumption propriety information used in the protection registration process according to the user's operation. The consumability information is information that defines what type of consumption process is permitted to be executed and what type of consumption process is prohibited to be performed.

  The classifying unit 567 performs a process of classifying the plurality of game contents after the protection registration process is executed according to the execution result (whether or not locked) of the protection registration process. For example, when the user desires to collectively sell a plurality of game contents, this classification process is executed by the input operation of the user as a trigger. If the game contents in the execution-permitted state (unlocked state) for the specific consumption process are classified into the same folder, the user does not have to perform an instruction to sell the game contents, All you have to do is once for all the game contents in that folder.

<Regarding game content protection registration processing (lock processing) and consumption processing>
Mainly, the game medium protection registration process (lock process) and the consumption process performed by the consumption executing unit 564, the locking unit 565, and the setting unit 566 will be described in detail.

  In the process of progressing the game, the user may input a consumption instruction (sale, composition, etc.) of the owned game content via the touch pad 63. On the other hand, there are game contents that the user strongly desires to own, such as characters having high rarity. Therefore, the protection registration process for locking the game content is performed. As a result, even if the consumption instruction is erroneously input, the consumption process of the game content is prohibited, and the consumption action is not performed.

  However, the consumption behavior of the game content includes various types such as “composite” and “sale” as described above. If all types of consumption behaviors are locked regardless of the types (concrete contents) of these consumption behaviors, for example, when "I do not want to sell" of the game content is "I want to synthesize", the user uses it for the synthesis. You have to perform an operation to unlock the game contents once. This makes it difficult to say that the operability of the game is simple, and the user finds it troublesome to unlock.

  Therefore, the lock unit 565 according to the present embodiment, based on the consumption propriety information 570a to 570c preset by the setting unit 566, determines the type of consumption action of the game medium with respect to the game medium before the consumption process is executed. The protection registration process is performed to allow or prohibit the execution of the consumption process every time.

  FIG. 2 shows the concept of the consumability information 570a to 570c. As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, individual consumption allowance information 570a, 570b, 570c is set for each of the game medium types “character”, “equipment / weapon”, and “strengthening material”.

  In each of the consumption allowance information 570a to 570c in FIG. 2, when the consumption behavior is prohibited (locked state) for each of the consumption behavior types “sale”, “exchange (or modification)”, “composite”, and “strengthen”, “x” is set. When the consumption behavior is permitted (unlocked state), it is indicated by "○". In each of the consumption propriety information 570a, 570b, and 570c, whether the consumption behavior is prohibited or allowed is different for each type of consumption behavior depending on not only the type of game content but also the rarity.

  Specifically, among the types of game media, “character”, “equipment / weapon”, and “strengthening material”, the “character” game medium has the highest difficulty level (rareness), and the “strengthening material” game medium has difficulty (Rarity) is the lowest. In the consumption propriety information 570a to 570c corresponding to each type of game content, the type of game content having a higher degree of difficulty (rareness) has a larger number of cases (locked state “x”) in which the consumption behavior is prohibited.

  Even if the types of game contents are the same, there are differences in the rarity of individual game contents. The more rare a game medium is, the more kinds of prohibited consumption behaviors are. For example, paying attention to the consumption propriety information 570c corresponding to the type “strengthening material”, the consumption behaviors “sale” and “strengthen” are prohibited in the game medium of the rarity “□ 3”. In the rarity "□ 1" game medium, there are no prohibited consumption behaviors, and all consumption behaviors including "sale" and "enhancement" are permitted.

  The consumption allowance information 570a to 570c is basically set as default, but can be freely changed (input) by the user from the game option screen through the touch pad 63, for example. The setting unit 566 generates and updates the consumability information 570a to 570c according to the user's input and stores the consumability information 570a to 570c in the storage unit 55.

  When the lock means 565 determines the type of the game content, the lock means 565 refers to the consumption possibility information 570a to 570c corresponding to the type, and prohibits execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior for the game content (locked state). Alternatively, a protection registration process for permitting (unlocked state) is performed. As a result, the game content is in the state of being protected and registered (see FIG. 5) and stored in the storage unit 55.

  The protection registration process is automatically performed when the communication unit 561 receives the game content from the server device 2. This is because an instruction to consume the game content may be input immediately.

  When the user inputs a consumption instruction, the consumption executing means 564 refers to the execution result of the protection registration processing of the game content to be consumed, and the consumption processing is not executed for the type (content) of the consumption behavior indicated by the consumption instruction. Determine whether it is allowed. The consumption executing means 564 executes or prohibits the consumption processing based on the determination result. Therefore, the consumption process is not necessarily executed even if the user inputs the consumption instruction.

<Regarding the flow of processing performed by the game device 5>
The flow of processing performed by the game device 5 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

  It is assumed that the consumability information 570a to 570c is set by the default setting or the setting means 566.

-Protection registration processing (lock processing)-
It is assumed that the user inputs “to draw gacha” via the touch pad 63 of the game apparatus 5. Then, the instruction acquisition unit 563 generates a game medium download request, and the communication unit 561 transmits this to the server device 2 (Yes in step S11). In this case, the lottery selection means 233 of the server device 2 performs the lottery of the game content, and the game device 5 performs the protection registration processing (lock processing) for the game content (steps S12 to S18).

  Specifically, when the communication unit 561 receives the game content (step S12), the screen sc1 of FIG. 4A is displayed on the display 61. On the screen sc1, the received game content is depicted, and the OK button b1a and the lock individual setting button b1b are displayed in a selectable manner.

  When the lock individual setting button b1b is selected and pressed by the user (Yes in step S13), the lock unit 565 consumes the game content according to the user's input operation on the received game content regardless of the consumption allowance information 570a to 570c. A protection registration process is executed for each type of (step S14).

  For example, immediately after pressing the lock individual setting button b1b, the screen sc2 of FIG. 4B is displayed on the display 61. From this screen sc2, the user can freely set the type of consumption behavior (sale, remodeling, etc.) to the locked state or the unlocked state for the target game content. The lock unit 565 executes the protection registration process according to this setting.

  On the other hand, when the OK button b1a is selected and pressed in FIG. 4A (No in step S13), the lock unit 565 determines the type of the received game content (step S15), and the determined game content The consumption propriety information 570a to 570c corresponding to the type is selected (step S16). The lock means 565 refers to the selected consumption propriety information 570a to 570c and performs protection registration processing for each type of consumption behavior for the target game content (step S17).

  The game content after the protection registration processing is executed in steps S14 and S17 is stored in the storage unit 55 (step S18). FIG. 5 shows the concept of the data stored in the storage unit 55 as an example. In the data of FIG. 5, together with the name, type, and rarity of each game content, the protection registration information that is the result of the protection registration processing in steps S14 and S17 (information in which whether or not a lock state is set for each type of consumption behavior) Is stored as one record.

-Consumption processing-
When the user desires a consumption behavior such as selling or combining game contents, the display 61 displays the screen sc3 shown in FIG. 6A. On the screen sc3, an example is shown in which unconsumed game contents currently stored in the storage unit 55 (that is, owned by the user) are displayed in a selectable manner. From this screen sc3, the user performs an operation of selecting (inputting) the game content to be consumed and how the game content is desired to be consumed (sale, etc.).

  When the instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires an instruction to consume the game content based on the user's operation (Yes in step S21), the consumption execution unit 564 refers to the protection registration information in FIG. It is determined whether or not the consumption behavior indicated by is permitted (step S22).

  In step S22, when the determination result is the “locked state” (Yes in step S23), the consumption executing means 564 suspends the execution of the consumption process indicated by the consumption instruction (step S24). In this case, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, a screen sc4 indicating that the consumption behavior is not executed is pop-up displayed on the display 61.

  In step S22, when the determination result is the “unlocked state” (No in step S23), the consumption executing means 564 executes the consumption process indicated by the consumption instruction (step S25).

-Classification / sorting-
When the user desires to collectively consume a plurality of game contents (collective sale of game contents, etc.), the display 61 displays the screen sc5 shown in FIG. 7A. The screen sc5 is a screen for inputting a sort execution instruction and sort conditions (for example, sorting by a desired consumption behavior “sale”).

  When the instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires a sort execution instruction based on the screen sc5 (Yes in step S31), the classification unit 567 inputs all the unconsumed game contents stored in the storage unit 55. Classification and sorting are performed based on the sorted conditions and the protection registration information of FIG. 5 (step S32).

  The sorting result is displayed on the display 61 (step S33). The screen sc6 in FIG. 7B is a display example of the sorting result. For example, if the desired consumption behavior is “sale”, the game media whose sale is in the “unlocked state” and the game media whose sale is in the “locked state” are displayed in a list in descending order of rarity. After confirming the screen sc6, the user can input a desired consumption behavior execution instruction (consumption instruction).

  When the instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires the consumption instruction (Yes in step S34), the consumption execution unit 564 collectively executes the consumption processing for all the game contents whose consumption behavior is in the “unlocked state”. Yes (step S35).

  On the other hand, when the instruction acquisition unit 563 does not acquire the consumption instruction, for example, within a certain time or when the “return button” is selected from the screen sc6 by the user (No in step S34), the screen displayed on the display 61. Shifts from screen sc6 to another screen. At this time, the sorting result of step S32 is erased (step S36).

  To summarize the above, the game program of the present embodiment causes the control unit 56 (computer) of the game apparatus 5 to obtain an instruction to obtain an instruction (sale, composition, etc.) to consume a game medium (player character, item, etc.) related to the game. Means 563, consumption executing means 564 capable of executing a consumption process for consuming the game content so that the game content is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction, and a game content before the consumption process is executed. On the other hand, the lock function 565 performs a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game content is consumed (for example, for each sale or combination).

<Effect of the invention>
According to the game program of this embodiment, execution of the consumption process is permitted or prohibited according to the type of consumption behavior of the game content. Therefore, when a consumption instruction is issued, if the consumption behavior in the consumption instruction is permitted, the game content does not have to be released each time the user releases the lock (prohibited state) on the game content. Consumption processing is performed. Therefore, the comfort of game operation is improved.

  The protection registration process is performed when the game content is acquired. Therefore, even if the instruction acquisition unit 563 acquires the consumption instruction at a relatively early stage after the acquisition of the game content, it is possible to prevent the consumption processing from being erroneously executed.

  Further, the consumption propriety information 570a to 570c used in the protection registration process is preset by the setting means 566. Therefore, as shown in steps S15 to S17 of FIG. 3, the lock unit 565 can automatically execute the protection registration process according to the type and rarity of the game content.

  Further, as shown in steps S13 to S14 of FIG. 3, the user can also perform the protection registration process for each game content regardless of the consumption information 570a to 570c. In this case, the user can freely set the protection registration information (locked state or unlocked state) for each game content according to the type of consumption behavior.

  Further, as shown in step S35 of FIG. 3, the consumption executing means 564 selects the game content whose instructed consumption behavior is the unlocked state among the game content classified and sorted based on the protection registration information of FIG. On the other hand, the consumption process is executed. Accordingly, the user can collectively execute the consumption processing of a plurality of game contents by inputting the consumption instruction once, without inputting the same consumption instruction for each game content. Therefore, the comfort of game operation is further improved.

[Other Embodiments]
The various control means and processing procedures described in the above embodiment are examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, its application, or its application. Various control means and processing procedures can be appropriately changed in design without changing the gist of the present invention.

  The type of game device 5 is not limited to smartphones, tablets, and personal computers. For example, the game device 5 may be a PlayStation (registered trademark), a Nintendo DS (registered trademark), or the like.

  The game can be applied to various types of games such as role playing games, simulation games, board games, and puzzle games.

  The game medium may include a player character, an item, a reinforcement material, and the like, as well as a card, an avatar, and the like.

  The consumption action of the game medium may be an action in which the user uses the game medium according to the progress of the game. Therefore, the types of consumption behavior of the game contents may include “discard”, “gift”, “use”, etc. in addition to “sale”, “exchange”, “composite”, and “strengthen”.

  The number of game devices 5 may be one. In addition, a plurality of server devices 2 may be provided and cooperate to perform the same processing.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the protection registration process is performed at the time of acquisition of the game content is illustrated. However, the protection registration process may be performed before the consumption process is executed, and the timing is not limited to the above timing.

  In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a case has been exemplified in which the consumability information 570a to 570c is set according to both the game content and the rarity. However, the consumption propriety information may be set according to one of the game content and the rarity.

  In the above-described embodiment, as shown in steps S13 to S17 of FIG. 3, the protection registration process is automatically executed according to preset consumption allowance information 570a to 570c (steps S15 to S17), or It has been described that the process is performed for each game content regardless of the consumption propriety information 570a to 570c (steps S13 to S14). However, the protection registration process may be performed only in steps S15 to S17 or only steps S13 to S14.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the classification / sorting process is executed is illustrated as shown in steps S31 to S36 of FIG. However, this processing is not essential. Further, in this process, only the classification process is performed according to the execution result of the protection registration process, and the sorting process may not be performed.

  The communication unit 561 of the game device 5 can receive the same game content from the server device 2 multiple times. In that case, the lock means 565 determines the content of the protection registration process (which consumption process is permitted to be executed and which consumption process is prohibited to be performed) when the game content is received for the first time and when the game content is received for the second time and thereafter. Can be changed). For example, the lock means 565 performs a protection registration process that prohibits execution of any consumption process if the game medium is received for the first time, and protects according to the consumption possibility information if the game medium is received for the second time or later. The registration process can be performed.

  In step S12 of FIG. 3, when the communication means 561 receives the game content, the screen sc1 of FIG. 4A is automatically displayed on the display 61 by way of example. However, the display itself of the screen sc1 of FIG. 4A, in particular, whether or not to display the lock individual setting button b1 may be selectable by the user.

  The setting timing of lock / unlock for each game content shown in steps S13 to S14 of FIG. 3 is not limited to the reception of the game content as in the above embodiment. For example, before the game device 5 actually receives the game contents, a list of the game contents available to the user is displayed on the display 61, and the user can freely select the contents of the protection registration process of each game contents from the screen. Can be set to.

  Even when these other embodiments are adopted, the effects of the present invention are exhibited. It is also possible to appropriately combine this embodiment with other embodiments, and other embodiments.

5 Game device 56 Control unit (computer)
561 communication means (game content acquisition means)
563 Instruction acquisition means 564 Consumption execution means 565 Lock means 566 Setting means 567 Sorting means 570a, 570b, 570c Consumability information

Claims (6)

Computer,
Instruction acquisition means for acquiring an instruction to consume the game content relating to the game,
Consumption executing means capable of executing a consumption process for consuming the game content so that the game content is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction;
Locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, with respect to the game medium before the consumption process is executed,
Setting means for setting consumption propriety information indicating whether or not to prohibit the execution of the consumption processing for each type of the consumption behavior of the game content according to the two types of characteristics of the game content;
Function as
The game program, wherein the lock means performs the protection registration process based on the consumption information. Computer,
Classification means for classifying the game contents after the protection registration processing is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration processing;
Function further as
When the instruction acquisition unit acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution unit performs the consumption process on the game content for which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted, out of the classification result by the classification unit. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the game program is executed. Computer,
Receiving means capable of receiving the game content,
Function further as
3. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit sets the consumability information based on an operation of the user when the receiving unit receives the game content. Computer,
Instruction acquisition means for acquiring an instruction to consume the game content relating to the game,
Consumption executing means capable of executing a consumption process for consuming the game content so that the game content is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction;
Locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, with respect to the game medium before the consumption process is executed,
Classification means for classifying the game contents after the protection registration processing is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration processing;
Function as
When the instruction acquisition unit acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution unit, for the plurality of game contents for which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted, out of the classification results by the classification unit. A game program that collectively executes the consumption processing. Computer,
Receiving means capable of receiving the game content,
When the receiving unit receives the game content, whether or not to prohibit the execution of the consumption process for each type of the consumption behavior of the game content according to at least one of the type and the rarity of the game content is displayed. Setting means for setting the consumption possibility information based on the operation of the user,
The game program according to claim 4, further functioning as. A storage unit that stores the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 5;
A computer that executes the game program;
A game device provided with.

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