JP2020110459A - Game processing program, information processing device, method, and system - Google Patents

Abstract

To secure visibility of virtual field display and a user's convenience in a game using a display with a touch panel.SOLUTION: A computer equipped with a display with a touch panel executes: game processing based on an instruction content according to a touch operation; drawing of a virtual field of a game; drawing of one or a plurality of operators including a character moving operator for a player character's moving operation; display of a field drawing result to an upper area of a vertically long display area of the display with a touch panel; and display of an operator drawing result to a lower area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present disclosure relates to a technique for displaying a game screen.

Conventionally, there has been proposed a technique in which, in a state in which a virtual field image for a game is displayed on almost the entire area of a display with a touch panel, operators such as a menu button and a moving stick are displayed so as to be superimposed on the virtual field image ( See Non-Patent Document 1).

lastline, “Immediately take first impression of smartphone version of Dragon Quest 8”, final defense line 3, December 15, 2013, http://lastline.hatenablog.com/entry/20131215/1387048750

Conventionally, when a display with a touch panel of an information processing device is used as a display and controller of a game screen in a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field, an operator is overlaid on the display area of the virtual field in order to widely display the virtual field. A technique is adopted in which the operation element is displayed, or the operation element is not displayed when a touch operation is not performed. However, in such a conventional technique, the finger of the user always covers the display area of the virtual field during the game operation, and the visibility of the virtual field is sacrificed.

In addition, in the case where the virtual field and the manipulator are displayed in different regions without overlapping the manipulator in the display region of the virtual field, in order to secure a large display region of the virtual field, the touch panel of the information processing device is provided. It is usual to use the attached display in a horizontal orientation. In this case, the user holds the information processing device with both hands, and convenience is sacrificed.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present disclosure to ensure the visibility of a virtual field display and the convenience of a user in a game using a display with a touch panel.

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a computer including a display with a touch panel having a vertically long display area as a whole, and a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to an instruction content according to a user's touch operation on the display with the touch panel. A game processing means for processing, an object of the player character arranged in the field and a field drawing means for drawing the field, and one or a plurality of controls for notifying the user of instruction content corresponding to a touch operation. Operator drawing means for drawing, and an operator drawing means for drawing the one or more operators including a character moving operator for causing the user to perform an operation for moving the player character in the field. A display unit for displaying the field drawing result by the field drawing unit and the operator drawing result by the operator drawing unit on the touch panel display, and the display unit is a vertically long display included in the touch panel display. A game processing program for displaying the field drawing result in an upper area of the display area and displaying the manipulator drawing result in a lower area of the display area.

The present disclosure can be understood as an information processing device, an information processing system, a method executed by a computer, or a program executed by the computer. Further, the present disclosure can be grasped as such a program recorded on a recording medium readable by a computer or other device, machine, or the like. Here, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium that stores information such as data and programs by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action, and can be read by a computer or the like. Say.

According to the present disclosure, in a game using a display with a touch panel, it is possible to ensure the visibility of the virtual field display and the convenience of the user.

It is a figure which shows the outline of a structure of the information processing system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of a functional structure of the information processing apparatus 1 which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the game screen displayed on the display with a touch panel in embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a positional relationship between a user's finger and a display with a touch panel when the information processing apparatus is held by the user with one hand in the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the game screen in the state in which the character movement operation element is operated by the user in an embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of display processing concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the game screen in the state where the predetermined event is performed in embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows the flow of the game processing concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the game screen in the state where the event conditions are satisfy|filled in embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are merely examples for implementing the present disclosure, and the present disclosure is not limited to the specific configurations described below. In implementing the present disclosure, a specific configuration according to the embodiment may be appropriately adopted.

<Device configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of an information processing system 9 according to this embodiment. The information processing system 9 according to the present embodiment has an information processing device 1 connected to a network such as the Internet, and the information processing device 1 is a game device or the like used by a user. As the game device, various types of devices can be used, and examples thereof include a smartphone, a mobile game device, a stationary game device, and a wearable electronic device, but the type is not limited. The user can play the game by causing the information processing apparatus 1 to execute the game processing based on the game processing program.

The information processing device 1 performs communication with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an auxiliary storage device 14, and the outside via a network. The network interface 15, the input device 16, and the output device 17 are information processing devices electrically connected to each other. Regarding the specific hardware configuration of the information processing device 1, the components may be omitted, replaced, or added as appropriate according to the embodiment.

The CPU 11 is a central processing unit, and controls the components provided in the information processing apparatus 1 such as the RAM 13 and the auxiliary storage device 14 by processing the instructions and data expanded in the ROM 12 and the RAM 13. The RAM 13 is a main storage device, which is controlled by the CPU 11 and in which various commands and data are written and read. That is, the CPU 11, the ROM 12, and the RAM 13 configure the control unit 10 of the information processing device 1.

The auxiliary storage device 14 is a non-volatile storage device, and is mainly information to be retained even when the information processing device 1 is powered off, for example, the OS (Operating System) of the information processing device 1 loaded in the RAM 13, and In addition to various programs for executing the processing, various data used by the information processing device 1 are written and read. As the auxiliary storage device 14, for example, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or the like can be used. Further, as the auxiliary storage device 14, a portable medium detachably attached to the information processing device 1 may be used. Examples of the portable medium include a card/cartridge type medium including a ROM, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and a BD (Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc). The auxiliary storage device 14 using a portable medium and the non-portable auxiliary storage device 14 can be used in combination.

As the input device 16, various devices such as a button, a stick, a keyboard, an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, or a touch sensor can be adopted. In the information processing device 1 according to the present embodiment, the display 30 with a touch panel (see FIG. 3) is used as a main input device. The touch panel display 30 is one of the input devices 16 of the information processing apparatus 1 as well as the output device 17 for displaying an image. The user can perform an input operation by touching the surface of the display with touch panel 30 with the user's finger or a predetermined device (stylus, etc.). The touch panel display 30 may be, for example, a capacitance type touch panel or a resistive film type touch panel. In addition, the touch panel display 30 may be a touch panel of any type. The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment accepts input of drawing, handwritten characters, gestures, etc. via the display 30 with a touch panel, but an input device (for example, tablet, etc.) connected via a network etc. It is also possible to accept an input via.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a functional configuration of the information processing device 1 according to the present embodiment. In the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the CPU 11 interprets and executes various programs expanded in the RAM 13, and thereby the game processing unit 21, the field drawing unit 22, the manipulator drawing unit 23, the map drawing unit 24, and It functions as an information processing device including the display unit 25. In the present embodiment, an example in which all of these functions are executed by the general-purpose CPU 11 will be described, but some or all of these functions may be realized by one or more dedicated processors. Further, each functional unit included in the information processing device 1 may be mounted on the cloud, the server 3, or the like, for example. Further, these functional units may be realized by a plurality of software modules instead of a single software module.

The game processing unit 21 processes the game including the movement of the player character in the virtual field according to the instruction content corresponding to the user operation via the input device 16 including the user's touch operation on the touch panel display 30.

The field drawing unit 22 draws a character object of a character including a player character arranged in the field and other objects arranged in the field from a viewpoint of a virtual camera arranged in a three-dimensional virtual space including a virtual field. To do. However, the game to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied is not limited to a game that moves in a three-dimensional virtual space. For example, the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied even to a game that moves in a two-dimensional virtual world.

The manipulator drawing unit 23 draws one or a plurality of manipulators for notifying the user of the content of an instruction that can be given by a touch operation. The present embodiment includes a character movement operator 34a for allowing the user to perform an operation for moving the player character in the field, and a camera operator 34b for operating the virtual camera used by the field drawing unit 22. Multiple controls are drawn. However, the number and types of operators to be drawn are not limited to the examples in the present disclosure.

The map drawing unit 24 draws a map showing the outline of the virtual field and the position of the player character in the field.

The display unit 25 displays the field drawing result by the field drawing unit 22, the manipulator drawing result by the manipulator drawing unit 23, and the map drawing result by the map drawing unit 24 on the touch panel display 30. Here, the display unit 25 displays the field drawing result in the upper area 31, the manipulator drawing result in the lower area 33, and the upper area 31 and the lower area in the vertically long display area of the touch panel display 30. The map drawing result is displayed in the intermediate area 32 sandwiched by 33.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of the game screen displayed on the touch panel display 30 in the present embodiment. In the upper area 31 of the vertically long display area, a virtual field image that is a stage of the game is displayed as a field drawing result by the field drawing unit 22. Virtual field images include images of character objects and images of other objects in the field.

A map image is displayed in the intermediate area 32 of the vertically long display area as a map drawing result by the map drawing unit 24. The map image includes an image for showing the outline of the field shape, the current position of the character, the direction in which the character is facing, various objects arranged on the map, and the like.

In the lower area 33 of the vertically long display area, various operators are displayed as the operator drawing result by the operator drawing unit 23. In the present embodiment, the display unit 25 displays the manipulator drawing result with the region included in the range reached by the user's thumb 8 in the state where the user holds the information processing device 1 as the lower region 33.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of the positional relationship between the user's finger and the touch panel display 30 when the information processing apparatus 1 is held by the user with one hand in the present embodiment. The display with a touch panel 30 included in the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has a vertically long display area as a whole when the user holds the information processing apparatus 1 including the display with a touch panel 30 with one hand. Then, the display unit 25 displays the manipulator drawing result, with the region included in the range reached by the user's thumb 8 in the state where the user holds the information processing device 1 as the lower region 33. However, the display on the touch panel display 30 may be switchable between a portrait display and a landscape (horizontal) display depending on the direction in which the user holds the display.

In the present embodiment, the lower area 33 displays a plurality of manipulators such as a character moving manipulator 34a, a camera manipulator 34b, and a plurality of buttons 34c to 34g as manipulators (see FIG. 3). In the present embodiment, the character movement operator 34a is arranged substantially in the center of the lower region 33, and the camera operator 34b and the plurality of buttons 34c to 34g are arranged so as to surround the character movement operator 34a. By arranging in this way, the user can easily access other controls while moving the character in the field.

Here, the character movement manipulator 34a is a manipulator displayed to receive an instruction of the movement direction of the player character in the virtual field, and the user touches the display position of the character movement manipulator 34a of the display 30 with a touch panel. You can move the player character on the field in any direction by sliding your finger in any direction.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of the game screen in a state where the character movement operation element 34a is operated by the user in the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5, when the user slides a finger in any direction while touching the display position of the character movement operation member 34a of the touch panel display 30, the lever portion of the character movement operation member 34a is slid by the user. It is understood that the content input by the user is fed back to the game screen by being displayed so as to move in the direction.

The camera manipulator 34b is a manipulator that is displayed to receive an instruction of the direction of the virtual camera that is the viewpoint when drawing the virtual field, and the user touches the display position of the camera manipulator 34b of the display 30 with a touch panel. The virtual camera can be directed in any direction by sliding the finger in any direction in this state.

Also, the plurality of buttons 34c to 34g are, for example, a menu button for transitioning to a menu screen, a party change button for transitioning to a battle party change screen, a special skill button for executing a special skill in the game, and a field. Auto-run button for automatically moving the player character, a far-field move button for immediately moving the player character to a place away from the current position (for example, an area/field/map different from the current position), etc. It may be customized by the user, and may be replaced or increased or decreased depending on the progress of the game.

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Next, the flow of processing executed in this embodiment will be described. Note that the specific contents and processing order of the processing shown in the flowchart according to the present embodiment are examples for implementing the present disclosure. Specific processing contents and processing order may be appropriately selected according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the display process according to this embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is repeatedly executed in parallel with the game processing to be described later when the information processing apparatus 1 is instructed to start the game processing.

In step S101, a virtual field is drawn. The field drawing unit 22 draws a character object of a character including a player character placed in the field and other objects placed in the field. Thereafter, the processing proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, it is determined whether or not a predetermined event is being executed. The control unit 10 determines by the game processing unit 21 whether or not a predetermined event for which event information (for example, content of conversation between characters or an event movie) needs to be displayed is being executed. Here, if it is determined that the predetermined event is not being executed, the process proceeds to step S103. On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined event is being executed, the process proceeds to step S106.

In steps S103 and S104, the manipulator and the map are drawn. The manipulator drawing unit 23 draws one or a plurality of manipulators for notifying the user of the instruction content corresponding to the touch operation (step S103). Further, the map drawing unit 24 draws a map showing the outline of the virtual field and the position of the player character in the field (step S104). Then, a process progresses to step S105.

In step S105, the display on the touch panel display 30 is performed. The display unit 25 displays the drawing result in step S101 in the upper region 31 of the touch panel display 30, displays the drawing result in step S103 in the lower region 33 of the touch panel display 30, and displays the drawing result in step S104. It is displayed in the intermediate area 32 of the display 30 with a touch panel. By confirming the displayed contents, the user can know the state of the player character, the current position, the state around the player character in the virtual field, the feedback to the input operation by the user, and the like. After that, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

In step S106, the event information is drawn. The control unit 10 draws information (for example, content of conversation) related to a predetermined event being executed. After that, the process proceeds to step S107.

In step S107, the display on the touch panel display 30 is performed. The display unit 25 displays the drawing result in step S101 in the upper area 31 of the display 30 with a touch panel. However, in step S107, unlike step S105, the display unit 25 displays the drawing result in step S106 in the intermediate area 32 and the lower area 33 of the display 30 with a touch panel. After that, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of the game screen in a state where a predetermined event is being executed in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7, in the present embodiment, the display of the manipulator drawing result and the map drawing result in the lower area 33 and the intermediate area 32 is interrupted while the game processing unit 21 is executing a predetermined in-game event. It can be seen that information (event contents in the example of FIG. 7) related to the event being executed by the game processing unit 21 is displayed in the lower area 33 and the intermediate area 32. In the present embodiment, an example in which the event information is displayed using the lower area 33 and the intermediate area 32 has been described, but the area in which the event information is displayed is either the lower area 33 or the intermediate area 32. May be.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the game processing according to this embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is repeatedly executed in parallel with the above-described display processing, triggered by the instruction to start the game processing in the information processing device 1.

In step S201, the game proceeds. The game processing unit 21 of the information processing device 1 causes the RAM 13 to execute a game process based on a game processing program desired by the user by a method such as reading from the auxiliary storage device 14 or downloading via the network. You can play.
Load and run this to progress the game. Here, the game progresses in accordance with a user operation received via the input device 16 such as the touch panel display 30. The state of the progress of the game or the like can be played by executing the game processing based on the game processing program.
It is managed using internal data (flags, parameters, etc.). Then, a process progresses to step S202.

In step S202, it is determined whether or not a predetermined event condition is satisfied. The game processing unit 21 determines whether or not an event condition for starting a predetermined in-game event associated with the object on the field is satisfied. If it is determined that the event condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S203. On the other hand, when it is determined that the event condition is not satisfied, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

In steps S203 and S204, the display contents of the field and the operator are changed. In the present embodiment, when it is determined in step S202 that the event condition is satisfied, the field drawing unit 22 can start the event at the display position of the object related to the event or in the vicinity of the object. The field-side notification object 35 that indicates is drawn (step S203). In addition, when it is determined in step S202 that the event condition is satisfied, the manipulator drawing unit 23 changes the manipulator image to an image indicating that an event can be started and draws it (step S204). Then, a process progresses to step S205.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an outline of the game screen in a state where the event condition is satisfied in the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 9, in the present embodiment, in the upper area 31 of the display 30 with a touch panel on which the field is displayed, the object related to the event (the object of the player character in the example of FIG. 9) is displayed in the vicinity/position. It can be seen that the field-side notification object 35 indicating that the event can be started is drawn. In addition, in the present embodiment, in the lower area 33 of the touch panel display 30 on which the operating elements are displayed, the image of the character moving operating element 34a is changed to an image indicating that the event can be started. You can see that it is drawn. With such a display, the user can understand that an executable event has occurred from both the field display area and the operator display area.

In the present embodiment, the field-side notification object 35 is displayed at the display position/near the object related to the event, but the display position of the field-side notification object 35 is not limited to the example in the present embodiment. The field-side notification object 35 may be displayed at other positions such as a fixed position in the upper area 31. The image displayed as the field-side notification object 35 may differ depending on the type of event. In the example shown in FIG. 9, an icon imitating a human face is displayed as the field-side notification object 35 in order to notify the user that the event is a conversation event with an NPC (non-player character). When notifying the user of an item or an operable object, a “!” icon can be displayed as the field-side notification object 35.

In steps S205 and S206, the touch operation is accepted and the event is executed. The game processing unit 21 determines whether or not a touch operation on the character movement operator 34a or a touch operation on the field-side notification object 35 has been performed (step S205). If no touch operation is detected, the process shown in this flowchart ends. On the other hand, when any touch operation is detected, the game processing unit 21 starts execution of the corresponding event (step S206). After that, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

That is, in the present embodiment, when the event condition is satisfied, the character movement operator 34a and the field-side notification object 35 are set in an area in which a touch operation for instructing event execution can be accepted. With such settings, the user can perform not only a touch operation on the field in the upper area 31 of the display 30 with a touch panel far from the thumb 8 while holding the information processing apparatus 1 with one hand but also a character moving operation. The execution of the event can also be instructed by a touch operation on the character movement operator 34a in the lower area 33 of the display 30 with a touch panel that the thumb 8 can easily reach.

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Claims (13)

A computer equipped with a touch panel display having a vertically long display area as a whole,
Game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to instruction contents in response to a user's touch operation on the touch panel display;
An object of the player character arranged in the field and a field drawing means for drawing the field,
An operating element drawing means for drawing one or a plurality of operating elements for notifying the user of the instruction content corresponding to the touch operation, for allowing the user to perform an operation for moving the player character in the field. Operating element drawing means for drawing the one or more operating elements including a character moving operating element,
Display means for displaying the field drawing result by the field drawing means and the operator drawing result by the operator drawing means on the touch panel display,
The display means displays the field drawing result in an upper area and displays the manipulator drawing result in a lower area of a vertically long display area of the display with a touch panel.
Game processing program. The touch panel display has a vertically long display area as a whole when an information processing apparatus including the touch panel display is held by the user with one hand,
The display means displays the manipulator drawing result, with the region included in the range reached by the thumb of the user holding the information processing device in one hand as the lower region,
The game processing program according to claim 1. The game processing means determines whether or not a condition for starting a predetermined in-game event is satisfied,
The field drawing means draws a field side notification object indicating that the event can be started when the game processing means determines that the condition is satisfied,
The game processing means starts the event in response to a touch operation performed on the operator.
The program for game processing according to claim 1. The game processing means determines whether or not a condition for starting the event associated with the object on the field is satisfied,
The field drawing means draws the field-side notification object at a display position of an object related to the event or in the vicinity of the object when the game processing means determines that the condition is satisfied,
The program for game processing according to claim 3. When the game processing means determines that the condition is satisfied, the manipulator drawing means changes the image of the manipulator to an image indicating that the event can be started, and draws the image. ,
The game processing program according to claim 3. The game processing means starts the event even when a touch operation is performed on the field-side notification object,
The game processing program according to any one of claims 3 to 5. The display means interrupts the display of the operation element drawing result in the lower area while the game processing means is executing a predetermined in-game event, and displays the operation result in the lower area during execution by the game processing means. Display information related to the event,
The game processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 6. Further comprising map drawing means for drawing a map showing an outline of the virtual field and a position of the player character in the field,
The display means displays a map drawing result by the map drawing means in an intermediate area sandwiched between the upper area and the lower area,
The game processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The display means suspends the display of the map drawing result in the intermediate area while the game processing means is executing a predetermined in-game event, and displays the map drawing result in the intermediate area, which is being executed by the game processing means. Display information related to the event,
The game processing program according to claim 8. The manipulator drawing means further draws a camera manipulator for operating the virtual camera used by the field drawing means,
The game processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 9. A display with a touch panel having a vertically long display area as a whole,
Game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to instruction contents in response to a user's touch operation on the touch panel display;
Field drawing means for drawing the field and the object of the player character arranged in the field,
An operating element drawing means for drawing one or a plurality of operating elements for notifying the user of the instruction content corresponding to the touch operation, for allowing the user to perform an operation for moving the player character in the field. Operating element drawing means for drawing the one or more operating elements including a character moving operating element,
Display means for displaying the field drawing result by the field drawing means and the operator drawing result by the operator drawing means on the display with a touch panel,
The display means displays the field drawing result in an upper area and displays the manipulator drawing result in a lower area of a vertically long display area of the touch panel display.
Information processing device. A computer equipped with a touch panel display having a vertically long display area as a whole,
A game processing step of processing a game including movement of the player character in the virtual field according to the instruction content according to the touch operation of the user on the touch panel display;
A field drawing step of drawing the field and the object of the player character arranged in the field;
An operating element drawing step of drawing one or a plurality of operating elements for notifying the user of the instruction content corresponding to the touch operation, for allowing the user to perform an operation for moving the player character in the field. An operator drawing step of drawing the one or more operators including a character moving operator,
A display step of displaying the field drawing result by the field drawing step and the operator drawing result by the operator drawing step on the touch panel display,
In the display step, of the vertically long display area of the display with a touch panel, the field drawing result is displayed in an upper area, and the manipulator drawing result is displayed in a lower area.
Information processing method. A display with a touch panel having a vertically long display area as a whole,
Game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to instruction contents in response to a user's touch operation on the touch panel display;
Field drawing means for drawing the field and the object of the player character arranged in the field,
An operating element drawing means for drawing one or a plurality of operating elements for notifying the user of the instruction content corresponding to the touch operation, for allowing the user to perform an operation for moving the player character in the field. Operating element drawing means for drawing the one or more operating elements including a character moving operating element,
Display means for displaying on the touch panel display the field drawing result by the field drawing means and the operator drawing result by the operator drawing means,
The display means displays the field drawing result in an upper area and displays the manipulator drawing result in a lower area of a vertically long display area of the display with a touch panel.
Information processing system.

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