JP2020099714A - Game device, game system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

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

Description

The present invention relates to a game device, a game system, and a program, and more particularly to a technique of providing game play and game articles for payment of consideration.

There is a game device that executes a game in which a card associated with a card is provided by providing a card with a code attached to the card during a game playing experience and reading the card attached with the code. Reference 1).

JP, 06-154421, A

The card provided by the game device as disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a ready-made card that is printed and manufactured in advance, and a unique design is determined for each character that can be used in the game, and the player's desire to collect cards is determined. Has the effect of promoting.

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

It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device, a game system, and a program that keep the player's interest in the game and increase the use of the game device.

A game device of the present invention is a game device that provides a playing experience of a game and a game actual item in which game elements of the game are associated with each other, on condition that payment of the consideration is required, and detecting means for detecting payment of the consideration. A first execution means for executing a game process relating to the first game play when the payment of the first consideration relating to the start of providing the play experience once is detected; and the first game play. With respect to the first providing means for providing any one of the finite kinds of game real articles and the first game play is started, and the first providing means provides the game real article, Second execution means for executing a game process relating to a second game play following the first game play when the payment of the second consideration is detected during the provision period of one play experience; , Second providing means for providing a virtual game item associated with a game element for the second game play.

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

A system diagram showing a configuration of a game system according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. Block diagram showing the functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. Block diagram showing a functional configuration of a mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention The figure for demonstrating the game card which concerns on Embodiment 1 and modification of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the provision process performed in the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 1 and modification of this invention. Block diagram showing the functional configuration of a server 600 according to the second embodiment and a modification of the present invention The flowchart which illustrated the provision process performed in the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 2 and modification of this invention. The figure which illustrated the data structure of various information used in the game system which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that one embodiment described below includes a game device that can provide a real game card and a virtual game card as an example of a game system, and a mobile terminal that is configured to be able to acquire the virtual game card. An example in which the present invention is applied to a configured game system will be described. However, the present invention can be applied to any device that can provide two or more different types of articles. In addition, in the present specification, “one-time play experience” means that when a payment for a service use is paid once, a predetermined (one-time) payment is given to the player who paid the payment. It will be described as referring to the entire experience provided by recognizing the exclusive use of the game device during the period. Further, “game play” will be described as indicating that the player plays a predetermined game (game) provided during a part of one play experience.

In the game device of this embodiment, it is assumed that there are the following two types of items for which information can be acquired during the playing experience. One type is a real game card as a first game real article according to the present invention, and information acquisition is performed to cause a game element (for example, a character) associated with the real game card to appear. The game can be executed on the game device. The other type is a virtual game card as a virtual game item according to the present invention, which is associated with the virtual game card in a mobile terminal in a state in which information can be acquired, like the real game card. A game in which a game element (for example, a character) is introduced can be executed on the game device. Further, it is assumed that the game device is configured to be able to provide the real game card and the virtual game card that can acquire the information.

Here, the real game card and the virtual game card are different types of articles, and as described later, both are configured to be able to obtain information as game articles, but the provision modes of the two are different. A real game card (real game item) refers to an object that has a physical entity (or volume) in the real world, and a virtual game card (game virtual item) is a physical entity (or volume) in the real world. It refers to an electronic object (electronic information: data) that is treated as being equivalent to a real object in the program although it is not included, and these items are treated as different types in the present invention. Further, in the following description, an article or a game card referred to by adding “real” indicates the former, and an article or a game card referred by adding “virtual” indicates the latter. Further, when referring to both, or when referring to either, they are simply referred to as an article or a game card.

In the present embodiment, in order to simplify the configuration of the game device 100, when the real game card and the virtual game card are in a state where information can be obtained, information can be obtained by similar processing or means. As described above, it is assumed that information is added. It is assumed that the addition of information to an article is converted (coded) into a code in a predetermined format, and when the article is in a state where information can be acquired, it appears in the appearance in a visually recognizable state.

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

Although the game element associated with the game card is described as a character in the present embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and the game element associated with the game card is an item or an activation item. It goes without saying that other factors such as the effect of doing so may be used.

Further, in the present embodiment, the game article provided by the game device is described as being a real game card and a virtual game card, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the game item provided by the game device does not have to be a game card as long as there are a plurality of types and the types include real items and virtual items. For example, the game article may be a paper medium other than a game card, a sticker, or the like, as long as it is an article configured to identify a game element associated with the article, or a figure having the appearance of the game element, It may be a shaped object such as a toy or a key chain. When the game article is a molded article, the information attached to the article can be obtained from a recording medium inside the molded article or a part of the appearance such as painting, sticker, or printing attached to the molded article. You can

《Game system configuration》
Here, the system configuration of the game system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, in the game system of the present embodiment, the game device 100 is configured to be able to communicate with the mobile terminal 200. In the example of FIG. 1A, one mobile terminal 200 is shown as a device capable of communicating with one game device 100, but the game device 100 is capable of communicating with the mobile terminal 200 used by the player, and has a plurality of types. The mobile terminal 200 of FIG. Further, the game device 100 may be able to communicate with an external device such as a server via a network (not shown). In the following description, constituent elements that realize similar functions in game device 100 and mobile terminal 200 will be distinguished by adding the prefix “mobile” to the latter.

<Structure of game device 100>
First, the functional configuration of the game device 100 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game device 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, expanding the program in the memory 103, and executing the program.

The recording medium 102 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can hold data permanently. The recording medium 102 stores, in addition to the operation program of each block included in the game device 100, information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block and various graphics data used in the game executed by the game device 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage, such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing the data output in the operation of each block.

The payment detection unit 104 detects that the payment has been made in the game device 100. The payment of consideration is determined by detecting, for example, that a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins have been inserted into the coin insertion slot, or that the settlement process based on communication with a chip related to predetermined electronic money has been completed. It may be done. Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting a service that involves providing a game card to a player based on payment of consideration, payment of consideration is not an essential requirement but is based on a predetermined start instruction. The service may be started.

The acquisition unit 105 acquires information from the game card via the reader 120 when playing a game provided by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment. The reader 120 is provided so as to be incorporated in the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or detachably connected to the outside of the game apparatus 100. The reader 120 is configured to be able to obtain information from a game card, that is, a real game card, and a virtual game card that is displayed on the mobile terminal 200 and is in a state of presenting an appearance similar to that of the real game card. When the corresponding articles are placed, the information (card information) obtained from the articles is output to the acquisition unit 105. At this time, in order to convert the card information acquired from the game card into a format suitable for use in each process in the game device 100, a predetermined data conversion process or the like may be performed. The reader 120 detects the placement of the article at a predetermined site and recognizes the article or obtains information from the article during the period in which the information is obtained from the corresponding article. For example, it is performed by applying predetermined image processing to the image obtained by imaging. In other words, the reader 120 acquires the card information by detecting and converting the code image appearing on the placed game card, and outputs the card information to the acquisition unit 105.

Further, as described above, the card information relating to the real game card and the virtual game card is associated with the game card by being associated with the card ID 801 that uniquely identifies the game card, as shown in FIG. 8A. It may be configured to include a character ID 802 for identifying a character and a virtual article flag 803 (logical type, true virtual game card) indicating whether or not the game card is a virtual game card.

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

The character DB 106 is a database that manages information (character information) about each of the characters that is provided in advance as a character that appears in the game executed on the game device 100. In the game provided by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, a plurality of characters may appear during the game related to one game play, and thus a plurality of character information is managed by the character DB 106.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8B, the character information managed for one character is associated with a character ID 811, which uniquely identifies the character, and is used for screen generation when the character appears in the game. Drawing information 812 including data and the like, voice data 813 similarly used for voice presentation, and character names, attributes, and the like, as well as predetermined physical strength (endurance), attack power, defense power, activation technique, special It includes a progress parameter 814 that describes various parameters such as skills and other element-specific abilities. The progress parameter 814 is information (game information) referred to in the game in which the character appears, and the progress control of the game provided by using the information is performed. Further, in the game of the present embodiment, even if the same character, whether the game card whose information has been acquired to cause the character to appear is a real game card or a virtual game card (the virtual article flag 803 indicates If so, different progress parameters 814 are assigned. Therefore, the progress parameter 814 is a real article parameter 821 used for controlling the progress of the game when information is acquired from the real game card, and a virtual article parameter used for controlling the progress of the game when information is acquired from the virtual game card. And 822. Here, as will be described in detail later, in order to obtain the virtual game card, the player pays a further consideration during at least one play experience period to provide the subsequent play experience on the game device 100. Need to receive. Therefore, in the game system of the present embodiment, the virtual game card is defined as having a higher rarity than the real game card, and the virtual article parameter 822 makes the game progress more advantageous than the real article parameter 821. , Is assumed to be set.

Further, the difference between the real game card and the virtual game card is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B for the same character, it appears when information can be acquired. The different patterns may be configured to enhance the value of the virtual game card and the player's motivation to collect. In other words, the symbol attached to the virtual game card may be a symbol that is not adopted in the real game card to further increase the rarity value of the virtual game card. The character information may include such pattern information as the drawing information 812.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, it is described that the character DB 106 stores graphics data and voice data, and the character information includes these data, but the present invention is not limited to this. The character information may include information indicating the storage location of the corresponding data. Further, the character ID will be described as uniquely identifying any one of the characters defined to appear in the game. However, for one character, for example, a rank defined in the game (level defined in the game, character There is no denying the possibility that there are a plurality of types having different classes, classes classified by various ability values included in the game parameters, rarity (rareness), and symbols. These different types of characters may be configured so that, for example, different character IDs are set for each and uniquely identifiable, or by uniquely combining rank information indicating the rank and the character ID. It may be configured to be identifiable.

Further, in the present embodiment, a character ID is associated with the character information managed for each character in the character DB 106, and is associated with the card based on the character ID of the card information acquired from the game card by the acquisition unit 105. It is described that the information of the character to appear in the game can be registered by acquiring from the character DB 106 various game information necessary for controlling the progress of the game related to the character. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something that can be done. That is, the card information attached to the game card does not have to include only the information for identifying the game information such as the character ID, but may include the game information itself. Good.

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

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

The presentation control unit 107 includes a circuit that outputs/amplifies a sound signal such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs a predetermined process when generating a sound to be output from the sound output unit 140. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 determines the voice data to be output simultaneously based on the voice data recorded in advance in the recording medium 102, and converts the voice data into an electric voice signal (D/A conversion). And outputs the audio to the audio output unit 140. The audio output unit 140 may be a predetermined speaker or the like, and outputs a sound wave based on the input audio signal.

The provision control unit 108 controls the provision of a game card for one play experience started based on payment of consideration. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the provision control unit 108 controls so that the game card to be provided is different depending on the conditions under which the payment of the consideration has been made.

Specifically, when the game device 100 does not provide the playing experience, that is, when the player does not allocate the occupied time to the player, that is, when the consideration is paid in the standby state, the provision control is performed. The unit 108 controls the card providing unit 150 so as to provide an actual game card. The card providing unit 150 is, for example, a card dispenser, has a stocker (not shown) that stacks real game cards in the vertical direction, and is held at the bottom of the stocker according to a providing command issued by the providing control unit 108. It may be configured to have a mechanism for providing one game card. When the card providing unit 150 is built in the same housing as the game device 100, the actual game card is guided to the outlet 151 (see FIG. 1A) accessible from the outside of the game device 100, whereby the player Provided to. The real game card provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment is a ready-made card that has been printed and manufactured in advance, and the real game cards associated with the same character are the same except for the card ID included in the card information. Become. Further, as described above, since the game cards are provided in the order held in the stocker, the actual game card to be provided next in the standby state is fixed. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the provision of the real game card does not include a dynamic element that changes the provided card according to the play content of the game, and the actual game card is provided, for example, in a game related to a predetermined game (competition game). It is performed before the play is provided.

In the present embodiment, the real game card is described as a ready-made card, but the provided real game card may be dynamically changeable in design by so-called on-demand printing. In this case, the card providing unit 150 is a printing device that prints on a predetermined paper medium, and card information having the character ID of the character selected by the player or by the lottery process is configured in accordance with the progress of the game, for example. The actual game card may be printed and provided with the code image obtained by converting the code image.

On the other hand, when the game device 100 pays a further consideration during the provision period of the play experience, that is, when the occupied time is allocated to any player, the provision control unit 108 sets one unit. The communication unit 110 is controlled to provide the mobile terminal 200 with the data of the virtual game card related to the character. In the present embodiment, the communication with the mobile terminal 200 performed via the communication unit 110 will be described as being performed by close proximity wireless communication, but the communication method with the mobile terminal 200 is not limited to close proximity wireless communication. Needless to say, alternatives are possible.

The operation input unit 109 is a user interface included in the game device 100, such as an operation member for inputting a direction, an operation member for inputting a decision, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with the external device included in the game device 100. The communication unit 110 realizes inter-device communication between the game device 100 and the mobile terminal 200 as described above. The communication unit 110 is configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving data by being connected to an external device via a network (whether wired or wireless) which may be a cable for connecting devices such as the Internet or a communication network. May be. The communication unit 110 may convert, for example, the information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format and transmit the data.

<Configuration of mobile terminal 200>
Next, the functional configuration of the mobile terminal 200 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The mobile control unit 201 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the mobile terminal 200. Specifically, the mobile control unit 201 controls the operation of each block by reading out the operation program of each block recorded in the mobile recording medium 202, loading it in the mobile memory 203 and executing it.

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

The mobile display control unit 207 includes a drawing device such as a drawing chip, for example, and performs a predetermined drawing process when generating a screen to be displayed on the mobile display unit 230. In the game system of this embodiment, the mobile display control unit 207 mainly performs display control for bringing the card information of the virtual game card into an obtainable state. The mobile display control unit 207 has an operation input for selecting a virtual game card to be used from the list of virtual game cards acquired by executing an application (related application) related to the game of the game apparatus 100 on the mobile terminal 200, for example. If the game is performed, the image of the virtual game card including the code image 402 is generated using the data of the card. The mobile display unit 230 is a display device included in the mobile terminal 200, and will be described as a part of the appearance of the mobile terminal 200 for convenience sake.

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

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

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the mobile terminal 200 has a display device and displays the virtual game card based on the data of the virtual game card received from the game device 100 to bring the card into a state in which information can be acquired. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, any device or article configured to be capable of receiving the data of the virtual game card and causing the game device 100 to acquire the data or the corresponding card information can be used without being limited to the mobile terminal 200. However, from the viewpoint of interest and the convenience of the player, it is preferable that the player can confirm the character associated with the received data on the device or the article. Therefore, the device or article that receives the data of the virtual game card may be configured to be able to confirm the character associated with the virtual game card that received the data, using a method other than the data display.

<Provision process>
With regard to the providing process executed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration in connection with providing the play experience, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, expanding the processing program in the memory 103, and executing the program. It should be noted that the present providing process is performed, for example, when the game apparatus 100 is in a standby state (when the game apparatus 100 has been activated or one play experience has been provided and a play experience start instruction can be accepted). It will be described as being started.

In S501, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the payment has been made as the payment of the first consideration of the present invention related to the start of providing the play experience once. This step is to detect the payment of the consideration made when the game device 100 is in the standby state, and is used to determine whether or not to start providing the new player with the first playing experience. .. Here, the “first-time play experience” refers to the play experience that is initially provided to the player when the player is in the standby state and no occupied time is allocated to any player. This is different from the provision of the playing experience of. The control unit 101 moves the processing to S502 when it is determined that the payment for the start of providing the play experience once has been made, and repeats the processing of this step when it is determined that the payment has not been made.

In S502, the control unit 101 starts a process related to providing a play experience, allocates a price, and allocates an occupied time to a player who uses the game device 100. The occupancy time does not have to be fixedly determined as the allocable time, and may change dynamically according to the play content of the game. For example, the progress to a predetermined status is secured and the predetermined time is maintained. The remaining occupation time may be determined based on the status.

In step S<b>503, the provision control unit 108 controls the card providing unit 150 to provide one real game card under the control of the control unit 101. Since the provision of the game card performed in this step is related to the first playing experience started in response to the payment of the consideration made in the standby state, the card providing unit 150 causes the real game card to be played by the player. Provided to.

In step S<b>504, the control unit 101 executes various processes related to preparation of a competitive game (predetermined game) for the game play provided for the current play experience. Various processes related to the preparation of the competitive game include a process of registering an opponent character (opposite character), a process of registering a character used by the player (used character), and the like. Here, the process of registering the used character is a process of registering the character associated with the game card based on the card information acquired from the real game card or the virtual game card via the reader 120. The player can use a desired character as a use character for game play by using a game card associated with a character that the player wants to appear in the competitive game from the real game card and the virtual game card that he owns. In addition, when the number of characters used is less than the specified number set for the competitive game, the control unit 101 may temporarily determine and register a character to be used by the player from a predetermined character group. Further, the management of the used character and the opponent character registered in the preparation process is performed by reading the corresponding character information from the character DB 106 based on the character ID of each character and managing the character (used character management table and opponent character management). It may be performed by storing necessary information in a table). At this time, the progress parameter 814 registered for the used character includes the virtual article parameter 822 (true) or the actual article parameter 821 (false) in the table according to the virtual article flag 803 of the acquired card information.

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

In S506, the control unit 101 executes various processes such as result display and scenario display related to the end of the competitive game. In addition, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to present a display for confirming the necessity of providing the subsequent play experience subsequent to the current play experience, and starts measuring the acceptance period of the necessity of provision. Here, the provision of the subsequent play experience refers to extending the occupied time of the game device 100 assigned to the player and further providing a different one-time play experience, which is the same without going through the standby state. It is provided to the player. In the present embodiment, it is described that the selection of the necessity of providing the subsequent play experience is accepted in the sequence in which the game play of the competitive game is thus finished, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. .. That is, the necessity of providing the subsequent play experience may be accepted when it is possible to determine that the current one play experience has been provided without any problem, and after the start of the provision of the one play experience. During the provision period of 1), it may be accepted at any time between the start of the game play in the one play experience and the end of the provision period.

In step S507, the control unit 101 determines whether to provide a subsequent play experience. Specifically, the control unit 101 determines whether or not it is requested to provide the subsequent play experience, and whether or not the additional consideration is paid as the second consideration payment of the present invention during the acceptance period of the necessity of providing. Judge based on whether or not it was done. Therefore, the control unit 101 determines that the provision of the subsequent play experience is requested when the additional consideration is paid, and determines that the next play experience is provided. Further, the control unit 101 not only does not pay the additional consideration by the time the acceptance period of the necessity of providing elapses, but also by the operation input indicating that the subsequent play experience is not provided. , It may be determined that the subsequent play experience is not provided. The control unit 101 moves the process to S509 when determining that the subsequent play experience is provided, and moves the process to S508 when determining that the subsequent play experience is not provided.

In S508, the control unit 101 executes the process of shifting the game device 100 to the standby state, and completes the present providing process.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S507 that the subsequent play experience is provided, the control unit 101 starts the process related to the provision of the subsequent play experience in S509, and newly occupies the player who additionally paid the consideration. Allocate time.

In step S510, the control unit 101 determines a predetermined number of characters that are candidates for providing a virtual game card. The character to be provided may be one determined according to the play content of the game that appeared in the immediately preceding battle game, or one extracted by a lottery process or the like. It may be. When the control unit 101 determines a character that is a candidate for provision of a virtual game card, the control unit 101 transmits the information to the provision control unit 108 and causes the display unit 130 to present the information, and provides a virtual game card from these characters that are candidates for provision. An instruction input relating to character selection is accepted. As described above, for the subsequent play experience, since the virtual game card (data of) for one character is provided, one character is selected from the one or more offer candidate characters. .. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, description is made assuming that the character providing the virtual game card is selected based on the operation input by the player, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the control unit 101 performs a lottery. It may be selected in accordance with processing or a predetermined providing order.

In S511, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a character (provided character) providing a virtual game card has been selected. The control unit 101 moves the process to S512 when it is determined that the provided character is selected, and repeats the process of this step when it is determined that the provided character is not selected.

In S512, the presentation control unit 107 presents, to the display unit 130 and the audio output unit 140, under the control of the control unit 101, information for instructing the player to bring the mobile terminal 200 closer to a predetermined position in order to provide the virtual game card. Let At this time, in the mobile terminal 200, for example, it is assumed that the virtual game card receiving function is selected in the related application and the data can be received from the game device 100. After that, when the game device 100 and the mobile terminal 200 are in a communicable state via the communication unit 110, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S513.

In S513, under the control of the control unit 101, the provision control unit 108 transmits the data of the virtual game card related to the provision character to the communication unit 110 and causes the mobile terminal 200 to transmit the data. By doing so, the virtual game card can be provided for the subsequent play experience performed after the first play experience. When the data transmission of the virtual game card to the mobile terminal 200 is completed, the control unit 101 returns the process to S504.

By doing so, in the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, the game device 100 to be assigned to the player in response to the payment for the subsequent play experience being provided during the provision of the play experience. It is possible to extend the occupancy time and provide a more satisfying playing experience. Further, regarding the subsequent play experience, if the user has the mobile terminal 200 instead of the actual game card, it can be used for game play in the game device 100, that is, to provide a virtual game card having excellent portability, so that the article collection is performed. It is possible to widen the interest element related to.

In the provision processing of the present embodiment, it has been described that the provision of the subsequent play experience can be started by paying an additional consideration during the provision of the subsequent play experience, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. It is not limited. For example, in order to ensure fairness among the players, the maximum number of play experiences that each player can receive at one time may be set, including the first play experience.

Further, in the present embodiment, the virtual game card is provided on the assumption that the player has the portable terminal 200, and when the data of the virtual game card is acquired, the corresponding character can be registered as the used character. Although the embodiments have been described, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. That is, the method for providing the virtual game card to the player so that it does not have to be premised on that the player has a communication terminal such as the portable terminal 200, and is configured to be able to communicate with the game device 100, for example. It may be performed by managing the information of the virtual game card to be provided in association with the identification information of the player attached to the real game card, the player card, or the like in the external server or the game device 100 itself. In this case, based on the fact that the information is obtained from the real game card or the player card at the time of playing the game again, the player can use the virtual game card that is managed in association with the player's identification information. It is sufficient that the desired virtual game card can be selected.

As described above, in the game device of this embodiment, the player's interest in the game can be maintained, and the use of the game device can be increased. More specifically, the game device is a game device that provides a playing experience of the game on the condition that payment of the consideration is required, and if the payment of the first consideration related to the start of providing the playing experience once is detected, When the payment of the second consideration is detected during the provision period of one play experience after executing the process of the game related to the first game play and starting the first game play, the first game play The game process relating to the second game play subsequent to is executed. At this time, for the second game play, the above-described effect is realized by providing the virtual game item associated with the game element.

[Modification 1]
In the first embodiment described above, a predetermined number of characters that are candidates for providing virtual game cards are determined according to the play content of the immediately preceding competitive game. On the other hand, a player who pays an additional consideration to receive a subsequent play experience is originally interested in the game, and providing such an attractive item to the player is a game. This will lead to more interest in, and eventually lead to longer service provision.

Therefore, for example, a character that is a candidate for providing a virtual game card may be dynamically adjusted according to the number of times of providing a subsequent play experience to enhance the interest. The number of times the subsequent play experience is provided, which is the basis for adjustment, is the number of subsequent play experiences (the number of consecutive experiences) provided after the first play experience by extending the occupied time from the first play experience. However, in a mode in which, for example, the information for identifying the player is configured to be obtainable from a predetermined article, the mobile terminal 200, or the like, and the usage history is managed for each player, the subsequent information provided to the player so far can be used. It may be the number of play experiences (total number of experiences), or may be determined in consideration of both of these.

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

In addition, by presenting the characters that can be included in the provision candidate in the sequence for confirming the necessity of providing the subsequent play experience, the player who wants to acquire the virtual game card related to the specific character can be set as the subsequent play experience. It can be suitably induced. Alternatively, when the subsequent play experience is already being provided, when transitioning to the subsequent play experience, the fact that the character to be provided changes will be presented in the sequence for confirming the necessity of provision. You may

Further, as described above, in the mode in which the usage history is managed for each player, the virtual game card provided to the player can be grasped. In such an aspect, the character associated with the already provided virtual game card may be controlled not to be included in the provision candidate. Alternatively, in such an aspect, when the player dares to duplicately acquire the virtual game cards associated with the same character, for example, when the player requests the provision, this may be confirmed and control may be performed so that the provision candidate is included. Good.

[Modification 2]
Although the game card provided for the subsequent play experience is described as the virtual game card in the above-described Embodiment 1 and Modification 1, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game device 100 may be configured to further provide an actual item when a predetermined condition is satisfied by a subsequent play experience. An actual item provided by satisfying the predetermined condition may be different from an actual game card provided for a normal first-time play experience, and will be referred to as an actual special card in the following description. However, the actual article provided by satisfying the predetermined condition does not need to be a card, and may be a different article. Further, the real special card is configured such that the character associated with the competitive game can be made to appear by the information being acquired similarly to the real game card, as shown in FIG. 4C, for example. Alternatively, it may be configured as a different item that is related to the game content but does not have card information and cannot be used in the competitive game. In any case, the real special card is set to have a higher rarity than the real game card, and when it can be used in the battle game, it is more likely that the same character will appear using the real game card. , A progress parameter 814 that favorably progresses the game may be assigned.

The predetermined condition may be defined for the usage status of the game device 100 related to the subsequent play experience. For example, the predetermined condition is satisfied each time the number of subsequent play experiences provided to the player exceeds a predetermined number, that is, the number of virtual game cards provided to the player is It may be satisfied every time a predetermined number is exceeded. Alternatively, the condition may be similarly set according to the number of subsequent play experiences that are successively performed after one first play experience. Further, for example, the virtual game card provided to the player may be satisfied when the associated character combination matches the combination defined for providing the actual special card. By doing so, it is easier to guide the player to use the subsequent play experience, and as a result, sales of the game device 100 can be expected to increase.

In addition, the predetermined condition is set to be satisfied when each virtual game card manages the number of times it has been used for game play, not limited to the subsequent play experience, and exceeds the predetermined number of times. It may be one that is available.

The real special card can be provided by, for example, providing a stocker containing the real game card provided by the card providing unit 150 for a normal first-time play experience, and a stocker containing the real special card separately. It may be one. Further, when the card providing unit 150 has an on-demand printing function, an actual special card may be generated and provided based on print data configured to include a symbol for the actual special card. .. Alternatively, when the card providing unit 150 has a card dispenser and an on-demand printing function, the providers of the real game card and the real special card may be different. Further, in such a mode having the on-demand printing function, the actual special card may be configured to have a design corresponding to the virtual game card used for the game play.

[Embodiment 2]
Although the virtual game card that can be used in the battle game executed in the game device 100 is provided in the subsequent play experience in the above-described first embodiment and modification, the present invention is not limited to this. However, the character (game element) associated with the virtual game card may be a game element of a game different from the competitive game of the game device 100.

Conventionally, multiple types of game titles with different compatible hardware, game rules, game genres, etc. have been released for the same content. The game elements of have appeared in common. In addition, among game titles having different contents, there are also those in which game elements of mutual contents have been made to appear by carrying out so-called collaboration planning. As described above, between game titles in which some game elements are common, for example, conditions for allowing the player to use the game element, conditions for appearing in the game, and the like are different. It may be necessary to achieve difficult prerequisites for the game elements to appear.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the subsequent play experience is provided in the game device 100, the present invention is different from the competitive game provided in the game device 100 as the first game according to the present invention. In a mobile game as a second game, a virtual ticket is provided as a virtual article that enables the use of the associated game element. The virtual ticket is an article that, when used in a mobile game, enables the use of the associated game element related to the mobile game. In the present embodiment, some of the game elements that appear in the hand-held game are common to the characters that are provided so that they can appear in the competitive game executed on the game device 100, and the corresponding game element (character) is used ( There are two types of methods that can be used: to achieve the condition in the mobile game and to experience the subsequent play in the game device 100 to obtain the virtual ticket associated with the game element. It is assumed that

Further, in the present embodiment, the mobile game is a game that is configured to be executable on the mobile terminal 200, and is configured to be able to progress by communicating with an external server and transmitting/receiving data during execution. Such a portable game providing mode can be executed even if the computing performance of the portable terminal 200 is low, facilitates realization of multiplayer, enables game balance control and progress control, or tampering with game data. It is effective in avoiding such problems and has been widely adopted in recent years.

《Game system configuration》
Therefore, in the game system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1B, the game device 100 and the mobile terminal 200 have a server 600 communicably connected via a network 700. Similar to the system of Embodiment 1 described above, the game device 100 may be configured to be capable of directly communicating with a plurality of types of portable terminals 200 via the network 700 or without the network 700. Similarly, the server 600 may be configured to be communicable with the plurality of game devices 100 and the plurality of types of mobile terminals 200 via the network 700. The server 600 is a game server for a mobile game that can be executed on the mobile terminal 200, and when the mobile game is being executed on the mobile terminal 200, the server 600 communicates with the network 700 at a predetermined timing determined during the game. To send and receive information. In the present embodiment, the server 600 and the game device 100 also perform information communication, but the information communication is not essential for playing a competitive game on the game device 100, but is performed for the purpose of providing a virtual ticket. ..

In the game system of the present embodiment, the game device 100 and the mobile terminal 200 have the same configuration as that of the embodiment, and the configuration of the server 600 will be described below. Further, in the description of the configuration of the server 600, the components that realize the same functions as those of the game device 100 will be distinguished by adding the prefix “server”.

<Structure of server 600>
Next, the functional configuration of the server 600 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The server 600 according to the present embodiment manages information about each player who uses the mobile game, play history of the mobile game of each player, usable game elements, game data including the acquired virtual article information, and the like. It may be one.

The server control unit 601 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block included in the server 600. Specifically, the server control unit 601 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading the operation program of each block recorded in the server recording medium 602, loading the program in the server memory 603, and executing the program.

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

The game DB 604 is a database that manages various types of information (player information) for each player regarding a mobile game. In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the server 600 will be described as managing the player information related to the portable game, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, manages various information about the player related to the competitive game. It may be configured as possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 8C, the player information is associated with a player ID 831 that identifies the player of the mobile game, and progress status information 832 for managing the play history of the mobile game, the scenario progress status, etc. The available element information 833 indicating the characters and items that can be used (obtained) by the player in the use, and the owned virtual article information 834 indicating the virtual article provided by the use of the subsequent play experience in the game device 100 are managed. To do. Although details are omitted, in the portable game of the present embodiment, when the corresponding application program is executed on the portable terminal 200, the portable control unit 201 makes a player information reception request based on the program, and after the reception is completed, Based on the player information, the progress of the mobile game is controlled.

The server communication unit 610 is a communication interface with an external device included in the server 600. The server communication unit 610 is connected to an external device via a network 700 (whether wired or wireless) that may be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable connecting devices to enable data transmission and reception. You can The server communication unit 610 converts, for example, the information input as a transmission target into data of a predetermined format, and transmits the data to an external device such as the game device 100 and the mobile terminal 200 via the network 700. Further, when the server communication unit 610 receives information from an external device via the network 700, for example, the server communication unit 610 decrypts the information and stores it in the server memory 603.

<Provision process>
Hereinafter, a specific process of the providing process executed by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment for providing a playing experience will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, expanding the processing program in the memory 103, and executing the program. It should be noted that the present providing process is performed, for example, when the game apparatus 100 is in a standby state (when the game apparatus 100 has been activated or one play experience has been provided and a play experience start instruction can be accepted). It will be described as being started. Further, in the providing process of the present embodiment, steps that perform the same processes as those of the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and hereinafter, a characteristic operation of the present embodiment will be performed. I will only explain the steps.

In step S<b>509, after the control unit 101 starts the process related to providing the subsequent play experience, the control unit 101 determines the predetermined number of characters that are candidates for providing the virtual ticket in step S<b>701. Specifically, the predetermined number of characters that are candidates for providing the virtual ticket are candidates for the character to be associated with the virtual ticket, and select which character is to be used when the virtual ticket is used in the mobile game. It is a candidate. As shown in the first embodiment and the modified example, the character to be provided may be determined according to the play content of the immediately preceding battle game, but it is possible to appear in the mobile game. It is assumed to be a composed character. Whether or not the character can appear in the mobile game can be determined, for example, by adding information indicating whether or not the character can appear in the mobile game to the character information managed by the character DB 106. It may be one. When the control unit 101 determines a character that is a candidate for provision of a virtual ticket, the control unit 101 transmits the information to the provision control unit 108 and causes the display unit 130 to present the information. An instruction input related to selection is accepted. That is, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the article (virtual ticket) provided for the subsequent play experience cannot be used in the competitive game executed in the game device 100, but is different from the game device 100. It is configured to be usable for a mobile game executed on the device (mobile terminal 200).

After that, when it is determined that the provided character is selected in S511, the presentation control unit 107, in S702, under the control of the control unit 101, identification information regarding the player's mobile game for providing the virtual ticket (player of the mobile game). The display unit 130 and the voice output unit 140 are caused to present information for instructing the player to input (ID). The player ID related to the mobile game is transmitted from the mobile terminal 200 to the game apparatus 100 by selecting the function for outputting the player ID in the mobile terminal 200 in which the application program related to the mobile game is installed, for example. May be used, or may be done by a player's text input or the like. Alternatively, in a competitive game on the game device 100, continuous game play (load function) that inherits past game play situations is possible, and a given player ID is used to manage the play situations. In the aspect that the acquisition unit 105 acquires from the recording medium, the player ID of the competitive game and the player ID of the portable game of the same player are previously associated with each other, or the player ID common to both games can be used. Therefore, it is not necessary to dare to input information in this step.

When the player ID of the mobile game is input, the control unit 101 transmits the virtual ticket data of the provided character and the player ID of the mobile game to the communication unit 110 in S703, and causes the server 600 to transmit the data together with the grant request. .. Based on the grant request, the server control unit 601 updates the owned virtual article information 834 of the corresponding player information stored in the game DB 604, and in the mobile game, the virtual ticket associated with the provided character is given to the player. It is in the assigned state.

By doing so, according to the game device of the present embodiment, the player can be provided with the actual article associated with the game element that can be used for the game play of the game device in the first play experience. On the other hand, in the subsequent play experience, the virtual item associated with the game element, which cannot be used for the game play of the game device but can be used for the game play of another external device, is provided to the player. Here, the game provided by the game device and the game provided by the external device are different, and the subsequent use of the play experience on the game device leads to the enhancement of the interest of the game play on the external device. It is possible to guide the player to repeated game play while increasing the interest of the player.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, by transmitting the information together with the request for granting the virtual ticket to the server 600 that manages the player information necessary for the game play of the mobile game, the state in which the virtual ticket is owned within the mobile game is confirmed. Although described as realized, implementation of the present invention is not limited thereto. The information on the virtual ticket may be provided from the game device 100 to the mobile terminal 200, as in the virtual game card according to the first embodiment and the first and second modified examples. In this case, the information of the virtual ticket transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 is stored in the recording medium 102 or the like and reflected by being referred to when the application program of the mobile game is executed, and the virtual ticket is owned in the game. It is also possible to realize a state in which it is operating.

Further, in the present embodiment, as an example of a mode in which a game element associated with a virtual article can be made to appear based on a virtual article in a mobile game, a virtual ticket is issued in the game device 100, and the virtual ticket is displayed. It has been described as being associated with the player information. However, the articles provided for each of the two types of play experiences (the play experience based on the payment of the first consideration and the play experience based on the payment of the second consideration) in game device 100 are physical entities in the real world. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, when the article is provided from the game device 100, the article may take any form of a real game article and a virtual game article. For example, game data such as a virtual ticket provided from the game apparatus 100 as in the present embodiment constitutes a virtual game item at the time of provision, but is also a virtual item for game in the portable game after the provision thereof. Alternatively, it is not necessary that the possession of the game virtual article explicitly appears, and it may appear as a game element associated with the game virtual article.

[Modification 3]
In the above-described embodiments and modified examples, the real game card is provided for the first playing experience, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a player who collects all types of real game cards prepared by repeated use of the game device 100 may not want any more real game cards, and as a result, the player may be interested in the game device 100. You can lose. Therefore, a sequence for confirming which item is desired to be provided for the first playing experience is provided, and based on the selection operation by the player, the exceptional provision of the game virtual item such as the virtual game card is permitted. Good.

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

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

Claims (16)

A game device which provides a game playing experience and a game actual item in which game elements of the game are associated with each other, on the condition that payment of consideration is required,
Detection means for detecting payment of consideration,
First execution means for executing the process of the game relating to the first game play when the payment of the first consideration relating to the start of providing the play experience once is detected;
A first providing means for providing any one of a limited number of actual game objects for the first game play;
After the first game play is started and the actual game article is provided by the first providing means, a second consideration payment is detected during the provision period of the one play experience. Second execution means for executing processing of the game according to a second game play subsequent to the first game play,
Second providing means for providing a virtual game article associated with game elements for the second game play;
A game device having. A first presenting means for presenting a plurality of game elements as selection candidates in providing the game virtual article;
First selecting means for selecting one of the selection candidate game elements;
Further has
The game device according to claim 1, wherein the second providing unit provides the virtual game item associated with the game element selected by the first selecting unit. In the first presenting means, the number of times the second game play is performed during the provision period of the one play experience, and the second game play is performed in the provision of a plurality of play experiences. The game device according to claim 2, wherein the number of game elements to be the selection candidates is increased according to at least one of the total number. Further comprising first acquisition means for acquiring management information for managing a game element associated with the game virtual article provided to the player,
The game according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the first presenting unit does not include, in the selection candidate, a provided game element that is managed by the management information of the player as having already provided the game virtual article. apparatus. For the provided game element, further has a reception means for receiving a request to provide a new game virtual article,
The game device according to claim 4, wherein the first presenting unit includes at least a part of the provided game elements in the selection candidate when the providing request is accepted by the accepting unit. Based on at least one of the number of times the second game play is performed during the provision period of the one play experience and the total number of the second game play performed in the provision of the plurality of play experiences. The game device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the probability of including each game element in the selection candidate is changed. To change the probability of inclusion in the selection candidates, the more the number of times the second game play, which is the basis for the change, is performed, the more the game elements belonging to a predetermined category are classified as the selection candidates. The game device according to claim 6, which is performed so as to facilitate inclusion. During the period for accepting the payment of the second consideration during the period of providing the one-time play experience, the game element associated with the virtual game article may be changed by performing the second game play. The game device according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising a notification unit for notifying. Presenting at least a part of the game elements associated with the virtual game article by performing the second game play during the period for accepting the payment of the second consideration during the provision period of the one-time play experience. 9. The game device according to claim 2, further comprising a second presenting unit for performing. The game element associated with the game virtual article is a game element provided for the game,
The game apparatus further includes second acquisition means for acquiring, from the game virtual article and the game real article, game information related to a game element associated with the article,
Each of the first execution means and the second execution means controls the progress of the game using the game information acquired by the second acquisition means for game play,
The game information acquired for the same game element associated with the real game article and the virtual game article is from the virtual game article rather than the game information obtained from the actual game article. 10. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the acquired game information is in a state in which the game is advantageously advanced. The second acquisition unit includes an imaging unit that images an article, acquires the game information based on an image of the article obtained by imaging,
The game real article has a visible pattern showing the game information on at least a part of its appearance,
The game virtual article is display image data, and by being displayed on an information communication terminal having a display unit, a pattern indicating the game information can be visually recognized in a manner that the second acquisition unit can acquire. The game device according to claim 10, which is displayed on the screen. The game virtual article and the game real article, at least images of associated game elements are attached,
An image of the game element included in the virtual game article for the same game element associated with the actual game article and the virtual game article is an image of the game element attached to the actual game article. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, which is different from. The game element associated with the game virtual article is a game element provided for a game different from the game,
The provision of the virtual game article causes the game element associated with the virtual game article to appear in the game play of the different game on the information communication terminal different from the game device. The game device according to any one of 1. The said 2nd provision means provides the said virtual article for games by transmitting to a server or an information communication terminal which has a recording medium, and making it record, The statement in any one of Claim 1 thru|or 13. Game device. A game device that provides a playing experience of the first game and an actual game article in which game elements of the first game are associated with each other, and a second game different from the first game. A game system including an information communication terminal for providing a game playing experience,
The game device is
Detection means for detecting payment of consideration,
First execution means for executing processing of the first game relating to first game play when payment of a first consideration relating to start of provision of one play experience is detected,
A first providing means for providing any one of a limited number of actual game objects for the first game play;
After the first game play is started and the actual game article is provided by the first providing means, a second consideration payment is detected during the provision period of the one play experience. Second execution means for executing processing of the first game relating to a second game play subsequent to the first game play,
Second providing means for providing a virtual game item associated with game elements of the second game for the second game play;
Have
The information communication terminal,
Third executing means for executing the processing of the second game,
When there is the game virtual article provided by the second providing means, control means for controlling the third executing means so as to present a game element associated with the game virtual article,
A game system having. A program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

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