JP2020192351A - Information generator, and information providing system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information generation device capable of generating information for providing game media more effectively.SOLUTION: An information generator 101 includes an adjustment part 131 for adjusting an appearance probability of a game medium on the basis of an occurrence situation of a provision lottery event of a game medium displayed in a game, and an information generation part 111 for generating suggestion information for suggesting an appearance probability of a game medium in a provision lottery event according to an appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment part. The adjustment part adjusts an appearance probability of a rare game medium for a second player when a position of a first player and a position of the second player are in a predetermined positional relationship.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to an information generator, an information providing system and a program.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-129258 describes a game information distribution system in a network-type game system in which an appearance probability is set for each card and cards are provided according to the appearance probability. The publication also describes that a specific card is provided when a predetermined condition such as a predetermined progress of the game is satisfied.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-129258

However, since the method of the above publication has a fixed probability of appearance of rare cards, etc. in the provided lottery event, the effect of increasing the motivation of the player to play the game is not sufficient, and the player obtains rare cards, etc. The effect of improving the strategy of the game, such as making a strategy for the game, was not sufficient. Further, since the method of the above publication does not notify the player whether the provided lottery event can occur, the timing of providing the game medium and the timing of the player playing the game may not match, and the game medium is effective. Was not enough to provide to.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information generation device, an information providing system, and a program capable of generating information for providing a game medium more effectively.

The information generator, which is one of the aspects of the present invention, is
Further, the information providing system, which is one of the aspects of the present invention, includes an adjusting unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium based on the occurrence status of the game medium providing lottery event displayed in the game.
An information generation unit that generates suggestion information suggesting the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit.
It is characterized by including.

Further, the information providing system, which is one of the aspects of the present invention, is an information providing system that provides suggestive information suggesting the appearance probability of the game medium in the game medium providing lottery event displayed in the game.
An adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability based on the occurrence status of the provided lottery event, and
An information generation unit that generates the suggestion information according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and
It is characterized by including.

A program, which is one of the aspects of the present invention, is a computer.
Provision of game media displayed in the game An adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game media based on the occurrence status of lottery events, and
It is characterized in that it functions as an information generation unit that generates suggestive information suggesting the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit.

According to the present invention, the information generation device or the like can generate information for providing the game medium more effectively by generating information suggesting the appearance probability of the game medium.

Further, the occurrence status of the provided lottery event is among the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event, the occurrence order of the provided lottery event, the occurrence date and time of the provided lottery event, and the provision history of the game medium due to the occurrence of the provided lottery event. It may be at least one of.

According to this, the information generation device or the like can give the player an incentive to generate the provided lottery event by adjusting the appearance probability according to the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event or the like.

Further, the occurrence status of the provided lottery event is a provision history regarding the attributes of the game medium due to the occurrence of the provided lottery event.
The adjusting unit adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium of the unprovided attribute to be higher than the appearance probability of the game medium of the provided attribute, or the game medium having a lower probability of being provided than other attributes. Alternatively, adjustments are made to increase the appearance probability of the game medium, which is provided in a smaller number than other attributes.
The information generation unit may generate the suggestion information suggesting that the appearance probability of the game medium having the attribute for which the appearance probability has been increased has increased.

According to this, the information generator or the like gives the player an incentive to generate the provided lottery event by generating suggestive information suggesting that the appearance probability of the game medium or the like having an unprovided attribute is increasing. Can be done.

Further, after adjusting the appearance probability of the game medium, the adjusting unit maintains the appearance probability until the provided lottery event is executed a predetermined number of times or a predetermined time elapses, and the provided lottery is performed. When the event is executed a predetermined number of times or a predetermined time elapses, the appearance probability may be returned to the value before adjustment.

According to this, the information generator or the like can suppress excessive adjustment by adjusting the appearance probability and then returning the appearance probability to the value before the adjustment.

Further, the information generation device may include a communication unit that transmits the suggestion information to the terminal device that executes the game.

According to this, since the information generation device or the like can transmit the suggestion information to the terminal device, it is possible to generate and provide the information for more effectively providing the game medium.

Further, the information providing system, which is one of the aspects of the present invention, includes the information generator and the information generating device.
With the terminal device
It is characterized by including.

According to the present invention, since the information providing system can transmit the suggestion information to the terminal device, it is possible to generate information for providing the game medium more effectively.

Further, the terminal device includes an image generation unit and a display unit.
The information generation unit generates image information as the suggestion information, and the image generation unit generates an image suggesting the appearance probability based on the image information from the information generation device.
The display unit may display the image.

According to this, since the information providing system can display an image showing the appearance probability on the terminal device, it is possible to generate and provide information for more effectively providing the game medium.

Further, the communication unit transmits the image information to the terminal device when the terminal device is connected to the game network, when the provided lottery event can occur, or when the provided lottery event occurs in the terminal device. You may.

According to this, the information generation device or the like can easily make the player determine the timing when the provided lottery should be executed by transmitting the suggestive information to the terminal device before the provided lottery.

Further, the terminal device includes an image generation unit and a display unit.
The information generation unit generates an e-mail as the suggestion information.
The image generation unit generates an image suggesting the appearance probability based on the e-mail from the information generation device.
The display unit may display the image.

According to this, since the information providing system can display the image of the e-mail showing the appearance probability on the terminal device, it is possible to make it easy for the player to determine the timing when the provided lottery should be executed.

It is a figure which shows the information providing system in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the information generation apparatus in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the smartphone in 1st Example. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure in the information generation apparatus in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery image in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the card acquisition image in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the information providing system in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the information generation apparatus in the 2nd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure in the information generation apparatus in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the registered image in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the information providing system in 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the information generation apparatus in 3rd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure in the information generation apparatus in 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the e-mail image in 3rd Example.

Hereinafter, examples in which the present invention is applied to an information generator or the like will be described with reference to the drawings. The examples shown below do not limit the content of the invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all of the configurations shown in the following examples are indispensable as a means for solving the invention described in the claims.

(First Example)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information providing system according to the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the information providing system includes an information generation device 100 and a smartphone 200, and it is assumed that m smartphones 200 transmit and receive information to and from the information generation device 100 via the Internet 300. Further, in this embodiment, the information generation device 100 transmits image information for a game based on the operation information from the smartphone 200 to the smartphone 200, and the smartphone 200 displays the game image based on the image information to display the game. Shall be carried out.

More specifically, in this embodiment, the offer lottery event in the game occurs when the physical strength value of the player's character, which is a kind of execution parameter value for executing the card offer lottery event, is 50% or more. , The card for the game (game medium) is displayed as a part of the game image by the provided lottery event, and is assigned to the character.

Further, in this embodiment, when the winning rate of the player in the game, which is a kind of variable element parameter value that is a variable element of the card appearance probability in the provided lottery event, is 60% or more, the higher the winning rate, the higher the rare card appearance probability. Go up. The rare card is a card whose appearance probability in the provided lottery event is lower than that of the normal card, for example, a card whose appearance probability is larger than 0% and smaller than 50%.

Further, in this embodiment, the smartphone 200 displays an image suggesting the appearance probability when the provided lottery event can occur. Next, the functional blocks of the information generator 100 having these functions will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional block of the information generation device 100 in the first embodiment. The information generation device 100 includes an information generation unit 110 that generates image information and the like, a storage unit 120, an adjustment unit 130 that adjusts the appearance probability, a determination unit 140, and a communication unit 190 that transmits and receives information to and from the smartphone 200. It is configured to include.

The image information may be, for example, an image itself such as a still image or a moving image, or information obtained by compressing, dividing (packetizing, etc.), encrypting, or the like of the image. , The identification information of the image data to be applied may be used. Further, the communication unit 190 may directly transmit (directly transmit) image information or the like to the smartphone 200, or may transmit (indirectly transmit) to the smartphone 200 via another communication device. ..

In addition, the storage unit 120 stores card data 150 indicating the default appearance probability for each card, user data 160 indicating the physical strength value of the character for each player, winning percentage, etc., game data 170 for executing the game, and the like. ing.

The information generation device 100 is actually composed of a plurality of servers (for example, an application server, a web server, a search server, a database server, etc.). Of course, if the scale of the information providing system is small, it may be a single server. Further, the following hardware configurations may be adopted for the information generation device 100. For example, the information generation unit 110, the adjustment unit 130, the determination unit 140 may be a CPU or the like, the storage unit 120 may be a hard disk or the like, and the communication unit 190 may be a LAN card or the like.

Further, the information generation device 100 may function as an information generation unit 110 or the like by reading a program directly or indirectly (for example, via a network) from an information storage medium. That is, for example, the single server having the storage unit 120 and controlling the communication unit 190 may function as the information generation unit 110 or the like by reading the program.

Next, the functional block of the smartphone 200 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional block of the smartphone 200 in the first embodiment. The smartphone 200 includes an image generation unit 210 that generates an image based on image information and the like from the information generation device 100, a storage unit 220 that stores image information and the like from the information generation device 100, an operation unit 230 that accepts player operations, and an image. The display unit 280 for displaying the above, the information generation device 100, and the communication unit 290 for transmitting and receiving information are included.

The following hardware configurations may be adopted for the smartphone 200. For example, the image generation unit 210 may be an image processing circuit or the like, the storage unit 220 may be a RAM or the like, the operation unit 230, the display unit 280 may be a touch panel or the like, and the communication unit 290 may be a wireless communication unit or the like.

Next, a processing procedure for providing image information suggesting the appearance probability of a rare card will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the information generator in the first embodiment. For example, the player operating the smartphone 200-1 operates the operation unit 230 to request the display of the lottery image. The communication unit 290 transmits the operation information indicating the request to the information generation device 100. The determination unit 140 determines whether or not there is a request to display the lottery image by determining whether or not the communication unit 190 has received the operation information (step S1).

When there is a request to display the lottery image, the determination unit 140 determines that the winning rate in the game of the player who made the display request increases the appearance probability based on the user data 160 (in this embodiment, the winning rate is It is determined whether or not the condition (60% or more) is satisfied (step S2).

When it is determined that the physical strength value of the character satisfies the above conditions, the information generation unit 110 generates image information for a lottery image including an image indicating that the appearance probability of the rare card is increasing, and the communication unit 190 generates image information for the lottery image. , The image information is transmitted to the smartphone 200-1 (step S3).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the physical strength value of the character does not satisfy the above conditions, the information generation unit 110 generates image information for a normal lottery image, and the communication unit 190 transfers the image information to the smartphone 200-1. Transmit (step S4).

The communication unit 290 of the smartphone 200-1 receives the image information from the information generation device 100 and stores it in the storage unit 120, the image generation unit 210 generates a lottery image based on the image information, and the display unit 280 , Display the lottery image.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the lottery image 400 in the first embodiment. For example, the lottery image 400 when the above conditions are satisfied is a suggestion image 440 showing the character string "rare card appearance probability is increasing", a device image 410 imitating a device for lottery, and a selection image for obtaining a rare card. 420, selection image 422 for obtaining a normal card, selection image 424 for returning to the previous image, selection image 430 for performing a lottery, selection image 432 for playing a game, collected cards, etc. Includes selected images 434 for viewing, selected images 436 for purchasing items and the like. On the other hand, the suggestion image 440 is not displayed in the lottery image when the above conditions are not satisfied.

The player makes a lottery request by selecting the selected image 420. Judgment unit 140
Determines whether or not there has been a lottery request by determining whether or not the operation information indicating the lottery request from the smartphone 200-1 has been received by the communication unit 190 (step S5). When a lottery request is made, the determination unit 140 determines whether or not the physical strength value of the character operated by the player is 50% or more (for example, 50 or more if the maximum value of the physical strength value is 100) based on the user data 160. By determining, it is determined whether or not the lottery is possible (step S6).

When the lottery is possible, the determination unit 140 determines the card to be provided based on the user data 160 indicating the winning percentage and the card data 150 determined by the adjustment unit 130 (step S7).

More specifically, for example, it is assumed that the appearance probability of a rare card is 10% when the winning rate is less than 60%, 20% when the winning rate is 60%, and 50% when the winning rate is 100%. For example, if the winning percentage is 60%, 2 out of 10 lottery will be rare cards and the remaining 8 will be normal cards. The card data 150 includes a plurality of types of data in which the appearance probability for each card is set according to the winning percentage, and the adjusting unit 130 determines the data to be applied from the plurality of types of data according to the winning percentage. As a result, even for the same rare card, the appearance probability of the rare card is adjusted by changing the applied data. In addition, the determination unit 140 reduces the physical strength value of the character of the player by 10% when the card provision lottery event for the player occurs.

The information generation unit 110 generates image information indicating the card based on the card data 150 indicating the card determined by the determination unit 140, and the communication unit 190 transmits the image information to the smartphone 200-1. The display unit 280 of the smartphone 200-1 displays an image showing the acquired card based on the image information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the card acquisition image 500 in the first embodiment. The card acquisition image 500 includes a card image 510 showing the acquired card. The card image 510 shows the name, attributes, and the like of the card.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information generation device 100 can adjust the appearance probability of the game medium based on the variable element parameter value, and also suggests the appearance probability of the adjusted game medium. By generating the above, it is possible to generate information for providing the game medium more effectively.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the information generation device 100 can generate the provided lottery event according to the physical strength value which is the parameter value related to the character, and also makes adjustments based on the winning percentage which is the parameter value related to the player. Therefore, it is possible to generate information for providing the game medium more effectively.

In particular, according to the present embodiment, the information generation device 100 should generate the provided lottery event now by transmitting the suggestive information to the player, or should generate the provided lottery event after increasing the winning percentage. It is easy for the player to make a selection decision as to whether or not, and the strategy of the game can be improved.

(Second Example)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an information providing system in the second embodiment. The information providing system of the second embodiment includes n mobile phones 206-1 to 206-n and an information generator 101. Each mobile phone 206 transmits / receives information to / from the information generator 101 via the mobile phone network 310. In this embodiment, a social network is formed, and the appearance probability of rare items increases when the game situation of a friend satisfies the conditions. Next, the functional block of the information generation device 101 having such a function will be described.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a functional block of the information generator 101 in the second embodiment. The information generation device 101 includes an information generation unit 111 that generates image information and the like, a storage unit 121, an adjustment unit 131 that adjusts the appearance probability, a determination unit 141, and a communication unit 191 that transmits and receives information to and from the mobile phone 206. It is configured to include. In addition, the storage unit 121 stores item data 152 indicating the appearance probability of each item, user data 161 similar to user data 160, game data 171 similar to game data 170, and the like. Since the functional block of the mobile phone 206, the information generation device 101, and the hardware configuration of the mobile phone 206 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the processing procedure from the connection request to the provision of the item image will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the information generator 101 in the second embodiment. The player who operates the mobile phone 206-1 operates the mobile phone 206-1 to make a connection request. The determination unit 141 determines whether or not there is a connection request based on the information from the communication unit 191 (step S11).

When a connection request is made, the determination unit 141 determines another player (first player, one or more people) who has a friendship with the player (second player) of the mobile phone 206-1 based on the user data 161. ) Satisfy the condition for increasing the appearance probability of the rare item (here, the highest score in the game of at least one first player is within the top 100) (step S12).

When it is determined that the game situation of the friend satisfies the above conditions, the information generation unit 111 generates image information for the registered image indicating that the appearance probability of the rare item is increasing, and the communication unit 191 generates image information for the registered image. The image information is transmitted to the mobile phone 206-1 (step S13).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the game situation of the friend does not satisfy the above conditions, the information generation unit 111 generates image information for a normal registered image, and the communication unit 191 uses the image information on the mobile phone 206-. It is transmitted to 1 (step S14).

The mobile phone 206-1 displays the registered image based on the image information. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the registered image 450 in the second embodiment. The registered image 450 showing that the appearance probability is increasing has an input field 452 for inputting a user ID, an input field 454 for inputting a password, and a rare item appearance probability due to a friend satisfying the conditions. It includes a suggestion image 442 showing that it is doubled, a newly registered image 456 for new registration, and the like. On the other hand, the suggestion image 442 is not displayed in the registered image when the above conditions are not satisfied.

The player makes a registration request by selecting the newly registered image 456. The determination unit 141 determines whether or not the registration request has been made by determining whether or not the operation information indicating the registration request from the mobile phone 206-1 has been received by the communication unit 191 (step S15). When there is a registration request, the adjustment unit 131 updates the user data 161 so that the appearance probability of the rare item is adjusted based on the user data 161 (step S16). More specifically, for example, the adjustment unit 131 writes the new registration date and time in the user data 161 and turns on the flag indicating that the appearance probability of the rare item is doubled for one week after the new registration. Turn off the flag after a week has passed.

The player makes a lottery request by performing a lottery selection operation. The determination unit 141 determines whether or not the lottery request has been made by determining whether or not the operation information indicating the lottery request from the mobile phone 206-1 has been received by the communication unit 191 (step S17). When there is a lottery request, the determination unit 141 determines the item to be provided based on the user data 161 and the item data 152 (step S18). More specifically, for example, the determination unit 141 determines the item to be provided by doubling the appearance probability of the rare item if the above flag is turned on.

The information generation unit 111 generates image information indicating the item based on the item data 152 indicating the item determined by the determination unit 141, and the communication unit 191 transmits the image information to the mobile phone 206-1. The mobile phone 206-1 displays an image showing the acquired item based on the image information.

As described above, even in this embodiment, the information generation device 101 can exert the same effects as those in the first embodiment. In particular, according to the present embodiment, the relationship between the two can be enhanced by adjusting the appearance probability of the game medium for the second player based on the game situation of the first player.

(Third Example)
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an information providing system according to the third embodiment. The information providing system of the third embodiment includes m smartphones 201-1 to 201-m and an information generating device 102. Each smartphone 201 transmits / receives information to / from the information generator 102 via the Internet 300. In this embodiment, when a character (image) is provided in the provided lottery event and the occurrence history of the provided lottery event satisfies the condition, the appearance probability of the rare character in the provided lottery event increases. Next, the functional block of the information generation device 102 having such a function will be described.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a functional block of the information generation device 102 in the third embodiment. The information generation device 102 includes an information generation unit 112 that generates image information and the like, a storage unit 122, an adjustment unit 132 that adjusts the appearance probability, a determination unit 142, and a communication unit 192 that transmits and receives information to and from the smartphone 201. It is composed of. In addition, the storage unit 122 stores character data 154 indicating the appearance probability of each character, user data 162 similar to user data 160, game data 172 similar to game data 170, and the like. Since the functional block of the smartphone 201, the information generation device 102, and the hardware configuration of the smartphone 201 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the processing procedure from sending an e-mail to providing an image showing a character will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the information generation device 102 in the third embodiment. The determination unit 142 determines whether or not an event for sending an e-mail to a specific player has occurred based on the user data 162 (step S21). When the event occurs, the determination unit 142 determines whether the occurrence history of the lottery event provided by the player (the number of lottery in this embodiment) satisfies the condition for increasing the appearance probability of the rare character based on the user data 162. It is determined whether or not (step S22).

When it is determined that the occurrence history of the provided lottery event satisfies the above conditions, the information generation unit 112 generates an e-mail indicating that the appearance probability of the rare character is increasing, and the communication unit 192 generates the e-mail. The email is sent to the smartphone 2011-1 (step S23).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the player's game history does not satisfy the above conditions, the information generation unit 112 generates a normal e-mail, and the communication unit 192 transmits the e-mail to the smartphone 2011-1 ( Step S24).

The smartphone 2011-1 displays an e-mail image indicating the e-mail. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the e-mail image 600 in the third embodiment. For example, in the e-mail image 600 that satisfies the above conditions, the appearance probability of a rare character such as "Commemorating the achievement of 500 lottery! The appearance probability of a rare character will be tripled from 14:00 to 18:00 tomorrow." Includes images suggesting a triple. On the other hand, the e-mail image when the above conditions are not satisfied does not include such an image.

The determination unit 142 determines whether or not the player has requested to participate in the game based on the information from the communication unit 192 (step S25). After requesting participation in the game, the determination unit 142 determines whether or not a provided lottery event has occurred in the game (step S26). The coordinating unit 132 updates a numerical value or the like indicating the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event in the user data 162 in response to the occurrence of the provided lottery event in the game (step S27). For example, when the provided lottery event occurs 500 times or more and the game is executed at the specified date and time, the user data 162 is updated so as to triple the appearance probability of the rare character (for example, the above-mentioned flag). (Update, etc.), and when the specified date and time has passed, the above appearance probability in the user data 162 is restored.

When the offer lottery event occurs, the determination unit 142 determines the character to be provided based on the user data 162 and the character data 154 (step S28). For example, the determination unit 142 provides a character that triples the appearance probability of the rare character shown in the character data 154 and provides the character if the flag for triple the appearance probability of the rare character in the user data 162 is turned on. decide.

The information generation unit 112 generates image information indicating the character based on the character data 154 indicating the character determined by the determination unit 142, and the communication unit 192 transmits the image information to the smartphone 2011-1. The smartphone 2011-1 displays an image showing the provided character based on the image information.

As described above, also in this embodiment, the information generation device 102 has the same effects as those in the above-described embodiment. Further, according to the present embodiment, by adjusting the appearance probability according to the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event, it is possible to give the player an incentive to generate the provided lottery event.

(Other Examples)
The application of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications can be made. For example, in the first embodiment, the variable element parameter value is not essential. For example, the information generator can generate a provided lottery event by a determination unit that determines whether or not the provided lottery event can occur based on the execution parameter value for executing the provided lottery event of the game medium, and a determination unit that determines whether the provided lottery event can be generated. If it is determined to be present, it may be configured to include an information generation unit that generates information suggesting that the provided lottery event can occur.

Even with such a configuration, the information generator can suggest that the provided lottery event can occur.

Further, in the first embodiment, the variable element parameter value and the execution parameter value are different, but they may be the same. For example, when the variable element parameter value and the execution parameter value are physical strength values, the information generator generates a provided lottery event when the physical strength value is 50% or more, and the larger the physical strength value, the higher the probability of appearance of the rare card. Good.

Further, in the first embodiment, it is described that the physical strength value of the character of the player is reduced by 10% when the provided lottery event occurs, but the physical strength value is when the character is damaged (for example, attacked by an enemy). It may decrease when it receives, touches an obstacle, etc.), and may increase when the character recovers (for example, when a predetermined time has passed, when a recovery item is used, etc.). Also, for example, the physical strength value recovers only up to the predetermined limit value (for example, 100%) after the lapse of the predetermined time, but when the method of using the recovery item by the player's operation is used, the physical strength value exceeds the above limit value. (For example, 200% or more) may be recovered. According to this, the information generator can change the appearance probability of the rare card without the operation of the player, while the appearance probability of the rare card is further increased by the player performing a specific operation. Because it can be done, it can be more strategic.

Further, in this case, for example, the appearance probability of the rare card A may be as follows. For example, the physical strength value is 50% and the appearance probability is 1%, the physical strength value is 100% and the appearance probability is 5%, the physical strength value is 200% and the appearance probability is 10%, the physical strength value is 300% and the appearance probability is 20%, etc. It may be. Further, in this case, as the appearance probability of the rare card increases, the decrease value of the physical strength value due to the execution of the provided lottery event may increase. For example, when the appearance probability of the rare card is 1%, the reduction value may be 50%, and when the appearance probability of the rare card is 20%, the reduction value may be 80%. In addition, when the physical strength value exceeds the above limit value, the physical strength value may decrease to the above limit value with the passage of time.

Further, in each embodiment, these parameter values are, for example, parameter values related to a character or the like (operated target, non-operated target) in a game, and parameter values related to a player (real player, computer player) (for example, a player's operation target). At least one of the ability value, the attribute value of the operation target, the game achievement value of the operation target, the number of times the provided lottery event can occur, etc. given to the player), the game currency value paid by the player ( For example, cash, electronic money, game coins, etc.), game currency values owned by the player, and the like may be used.

Further, in the first embodiment, the adjusting unit 130 determines the data to be applied from a plurality of types of data in which the appearance probability for each card is set according to the winning rate, and adjusts the appearance probability to perform arithmetic processing and the like. Although reduced, the method of adjusting the appearance probability in each embodiment is not limited to the method of changing the game medium data to be used, for example, a method of multiplying the default value of the appearance probability by a coefficient corresponding to a valid flag. It may be a method of changing the function applied to the calculation of the appearance probability in the state where a plurality of types of functions are provided.

Further, in the second embodiment, the adjusting unit has a predetermined positional relationship between the position of the first player and the position of the second player (for example, within a radius of 10 m, in the same town, in the same building, in a different town, first. If the position of the second player is in the west with respect to the position of the player in the above), the appearance probability of the rare game medium for the second player may be adjusted. According to this, since the information generation device can adjust the appearance probability according to the positional relationship of each player, it is possible to give an incentive to the related players to have a predetermined positional relationship.

Further, in the second embodiment, there may be a plurality of first players, and the larger the number of first players satisfying the condition that the adjustment unit adjusts the appearance probability, the rarer the second player. You may increase the appearance probability of the game medium. According to this, the information generator secondly induces an increase in the number of the first player by increasing the appearance probability of the rare game medium for the second player as the number of the first player increases. Can be given to the player.

Further, in the second embodiment, the adjusting unit determines the appearance probability of the second player according to the attributes of the first player (for example, address, age, gender, occupation, owned item, etc.) that satisfy the conditions for adjusting the appearance probability. You may adjust the appearance probability of the game medium with respect to. According to this, since the information generation device can adjust the appearance probability according to the attribute of the first player, it is possible to generate information for providing the game medium more effectively. More specifically, for example, when the gender of the first player is different from the gender of the second player, the adjustment unit makes adjustments to increase the appearance probability of rare items as compared with the case where the gender is the same. May be good.

Further, the condition in the second embodiment is not limited to the condition that the highest score in the friend's game is within the top 100, for example, the condition that the friend is participating in the game network, and the friend's game history. It may be at least one of the conditions that the predetermined condition is satisfied and that the occurrence history of the provided lottery event in the first player satisfies the predetermined condition.

Further, the relationship between the first player and the second player in the second embodiment is not limited to the friendship, and may be, for example, a family, the same school, the same company, the same area, or the like.

Further, in the third embodiment, the occurrence status of the provided lottery event is not limited to the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event, for example, the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event, the order of occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the occurrence date and time of the provided lottery event. , It may be at least one of the provision history of the game medium due to the occurrence of the offer lottery event. More specifically, for example, when the second provided lottery event occurs within 5 minutes from the occurrence date and time of the first provided lottery event, the coordinating unit may make adjustments to increase the appearance probability.

Further, in the third embodiment, the user data 162 may include user-specific data (for example, birthday, etc.), and the coordinating unit 132 matches the occurrence date and time of the provided lottery event with the data (for example,). If the date of occurrence of the provided lottery event matches the birthday, etc.), adjustments may be made to increase the appearance probability.

Further, in the third embodiment, there are character data 154 of a plurality of types (for example, event A, event B, event C) set so that the appearance probability of the rare character is different, and the adjustment unit 132 has the above event. When the events occur in a predetermined order (for example, the order of event A, event B, event C, the order of event C, event B, event A, etc.), adjustments may be made to increase the appearance probability.

Further, for example, the occurrence status of the provided lottery event is the provision history regarding the attribute of the game medium due to the occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the coordinating unit determines the appearance probability of the game medium of the unprovided attribute of the provided attribute. Adjustment to increase the appearance probability of the game medium, or to increase the appearance probability of the game medium or the game medium provided with a small number of provisions compared to other attributes, and the information generation unit May generate suggestive information suggesting that the appearance probability of the game medium of the attribute whose appearance probability has been increased has increased. For example, if the ratio of cards with fire attributes is lower than that of cards with other attributes, or if the number of cards with fire attributes provided is smaller than that of cards with other attributes, or if cards with fire attributes are provided. If not provided, the adjustment unit turns on the flag that doubles the appearance probability for the fire card in the user data, and the judgment unit doubles the appearance probability for the fire card according to the flag. You may decide which card to offer. According to this, the information generation device provides suggestion information to the player by generating suggestive information suggesting that the appearance probability of the game medium of the unprovided, low-provided attribute or low-provided attribute is increasing. Since it is possible to give an incentive to generate an event, it is possible to generate information for providing a game medium more effectively.

In addition, the contents of each of the above-described examples can be appropriately combined. For example, in the second embodiment, the information generation unit may generate an e-mail as suggestive information as in the third embodiment, and the mobile phone 206 generates an image showing the e-mail. It may be displayed. Further, the suggestion information is not limited to image information, and may be, for example, voice information, control information (control of generation of vibration, light, scent, etc.) and the like.

Further, the suggestion method is not limited to the direct method (for example, the display that the appearance probability is tripled), but may be an indirect method (for example, emphasis, change, etc.). For example, as a method of changing, in the first embodiment, when the data with a winning rate of less than 60% and a low probability of appearance of a rare card is used, the information generation unit names the provided lottery event as "normal-Gashapon". When the image information to be displayed is generated and the winning rate is 60% and the rare card appearance probability is normal data is used, the image information that displays the name of the provided lottery event as "Rare-Gashapon" is generated and the winning rate is When data with a high appearance probability of a rare card at 100% is used, image information may be generated in which the name of the provided lottery event is displayed as "Ultra-rare-Gashapon". Further, as a method of emphasizing, the information generation unit may generate image information such as blinking or enlarging the device image 410 shown in FIG. 5 or adding an image of a star to the surroundings. According to these, the information generator can visually suggest to the player that the data for which the appearance probability of the rare card is changed has been applied.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the adjusting unit maintains the appearance probability until the provided lottery event is executed a predetermined number of times or a predetermined time elapses after adjusting the appearance probability of the game medium. When the provided lottery event is executed a predetermined number of times or a predetermined time elapses, the appearance probability may be returned to the value before adjustment.

According to this, the information generator can suppress excessive adjustment by returning the appearance probability to the value before adjustment after adjusting the appearance probability, so that the game medium can be provided more effectively. Information can be generated.

Further, the game medium in each embodiment is not limited to cards, items, and characters, and may be, for example, coins, vehicles such as racing cars, characters forming a team, and the like. Further, the suggestion information in each embodiment is not limited to image information, but may be voice information, control information (control of generation of vibration, light, scent, etc.) and the like. That is, the suggestion method is not limited to the method of the above-described embodiment, and may be, for example, a method of indicating the appearance probability numerically, a method of emphasizing the appearance probability as compared with the normal case, or the like. Good.

In addition, the lottery event provided is not limited to lottery such as Gashapon (registered trademark), for example, distribution of cards in card games, determination of members forming a team in soccer games, racing cars in racing games, etc. It may be the determination of the weapons that can be used by the character, and the like.

Further, when the variable element parameter value in each embodiment is the parameter value of the operation target of the player, the parameter value is, for example, the ability value of the operation target (for example, physical strength value, level, attack power, defense power, magic). Power, etc.), attribute values of the operation target (for example, owned items, address, age, gender, occupation, type, etc.), game achievement values of the operation target (number of consecutive wins, number of consecutive losses, total number of wins, total number of defeats, points, etc. It may be at least one value of (time, presence / absence of event clear, etc.).

Further, in each embodiment, the adjusting unit may adjust the appearance probability so that the appearance probability after adjustment is greater than 0% and less than 100%, and is higher than the appearance probability before adjustment. Good. According to this, the information generator can appropriately provide a rare game medium.

Further, in each embodiment, the terminal device is not limited to the smartphone 200, 201, and the mobile phone 206, and may be, for example, a game device, a PC (Personal Computer), or the like. Further, the operation in the terminal device is not limited to the button operation and the touch operation, and may be a voice input operation or the like.

Further, in each embodiment, even when the request information from the terminal device is not received, the information generation device may deliver the suggestion information to the terminal device at regular intervals, for example.

Further, the configurations of the information generation device and the information providing system are not limited to the configurations of the above-described embodiments, and for example, the terminal device may have a part of the functions of the information generation devices 100 to 102. A single game device may have the functions of the information generation devices 100 to 102, or at least one of two portable game devices capable of communicating with each other in a peer-to-peer manner has the functions of the information generation devices 100 to 102. You may have. Further, the information generation device and the information providing system do not have to communicate with the terminal device, and are configured as a single game device, a PC, or the like provided to the player by displaying the above-mentioned suggestion information or the like on the screen. May be good.

100 to 102 Information generator, 110 to 112 Information generation unit, 120 to 122 storage unit, 130 to 132 adjustment unit, 140 to 142 judgment unit, 190 to 192 communication unit, 150 card data, 152 item data, 154 character data, 160-162 user data, 170-172 game data, 200, 201 smartphone (terminal device), 206 mobile phone (terminal device), 210 image generator, 220 storage unit, 230 operation unit, 280 display unit, 290 communication unit, 300 internet, 310
Mobile phone network, 400 lottery images, 410 device images, 420-436 selected images, 440, 442 suggested images, 450 registered images. 452, 454 input fields, 456
Newly registered image, 500 card acquisition image, 510 card image, 600 e-mail image

Claims (7)

An appearance probability is set for each game medium displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, a variable element of the game. Based on the adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium,
A generation unit that generates the provided lottery event that causes the game medium to appear according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and a generation unit.
An information generator that generates a given image and provides it to the player's terminal device,
Including
The adjusting part
The appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event is set as the variable element in the real space between the position of the player who requests the execution of the provided lottery event and the position of another player different from the player. An information generator, characterized in that it is adjusted. An appearance probability is set for each game medium displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, a variable element of the game. Based on the adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium,
A generation unit that generates the provided lottery event that causes the game medium to appear according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and a generation unit.
An information generator that generates a given image and provides it to the player's terminal device,
Including
The adjusting part
Adjusting the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event by using the number of players different from the player requesting the execution of the provided lottery event and satisfying a specific condition as the variable factor. An information generation device as a feature. An appearance probability is set for each game medium displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, a variable element of the game. Based on the adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium,
A generation unit that generates the provided lottery event that causes the game medium to appear according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and a generation unit.
An information generator that generates a given image and provides it to the player's terminal device,
Including
The adjusting part
Both the real-space positional relationship between the position of the player requesting the execution of the provided lottery event and the position of another player different from the player, and the number of the other players satisfying specific conditions. An information generation device, characterized in that the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event is adjusted as the variable element. The information generator according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and
The terminal device that executes the game and
Information provision system including. An appearance probability is set for each game medium displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, a variable element of the game. The adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium based on
The generation unit that generates the provided lottery event that causes the game medium to appear according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and the generation unit.
An information generator that generates a given image and provides it to the player's terminal device.
Make your computer work as
The adjusting part
The appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event is set as the variable element in the real space between the position of the player who requests the execution of the provided lottery event and the position of another player different from the player. A program characterized by adjustment. An appearance probability is set for each game medium displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, a variable element of the game. The adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium based on
The generation unit that generates the provided lottery event that causes the game medium to appear according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and the generation unit.
An information generator that generates a given image and provides it to the player's terminal device.
Make your computer work as
The adjusting part
Adjusting the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event by using the number of players different from the player requesting the execution of the provided lottery event and satisfying a specific condition as the variable factor. A featured program. An appearance probability is set for each game medium displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, a variable element of the game. The adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game medium based on
The generation unit that generates the provided lottery event that causes the game medium to appear according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and the generation unit.
An information generator that generates a given image and provides it to the player's terminal device.
Make your computer work as
The adjusting part
Both the real-space positional relationship between the position of the player requesting the execution of the provided lottery event and the position of another player different from the player, and the number of the other players satisfying specific conditions. As the variable element, a program characterized in that the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event is adjusted.