JP2020198992A - Game program and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game program capable of maintaining a user's interest in an event even before the event is held.SOLUTION: Lottery execution means executes lottery processing in response to an operation of a user having a lottery right. Game execution means executes a game by using a game medium. Notification control means causes a display to notify of the holding of an event on the game. Information processing means executes advance reception processing for receiving a request for participation in the event in response to an operation of the user during an advance reception period before the event is held. When the information processing means executes the advance reception processing, imparting means imparts a lottery right as a result of the advance reception processing to a user who has executed the operation of the participation request.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

The present invention relates to game programs and game systems.

In the game, game media such as characters and items may be used in order to advance the game in an advantageous manner. As shown in Patent Document 1, this game medium is given to a user by a lottery process (so-called gacha) based on a lottery request from the user.

In addition, various events such as gacha events may be held in the game. The fact that the event will be held will be announced in advance along with the scheduled date and time. Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a function in which a user sets a notification based on this notification to notify the user when a desired event is actually held.

Japanese Patent No. 5657848

Mixi Co., Ltd., "Monster Strike Gacha Reservation", [Search on May 7, 1st year of Reiwa], Internet <URL: https://www.monster-strike.com/news/20170420_2.html>

In Non-Patent Document 1, the user can know that the event has been held by the notification after the event has been held. If the user actually participates in the event, the user needs to access the event through the game device. Then, although they were interested at the stage of advance notice, they lost their interest before the event was actually held, and as a result, it is possible that the user does not participate in the event.

Further, in Non-Patent Document 1, since the participation of the user is not guaranteed, it is difficult for the event management side to grasp the participation status of the user unless the event is actually held.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game program and a game system capable of sustaining a user's interest in an event even before the event is held.

The first invention is a computer.
A lottery execution means for performing a lottery process of selecting one or more of the game media from a plurality of game media by lottery according to an operation of a user having a lottery right.
A game execution means capable of executing a game using the game medium, and
A notification control means for notifying the notification unit of an event related to the game, and
During the pre-reception period before the event is held, a reception means capable of pre-reception processing for receiving a request for participation in the event in response to the operation of the user,
When the reception means performs the advance reception process, the user who has performed the participation request operation is made to function as a granting means for granting the lottery right as a result of the advance reception process. It is a game program.

Further, in the first invention, when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed, the granting means grants the lottery right as a result of the pre-acceptance process, or as a result of the pre-acceptance process. The grant of the lottery right can be assured.

Further, in the first invention, when the reception means performs the advance reception process, the granting means gives the user who has performed the participation request operation the advance in addition to the lottery right. Further benefits can be given as a benefit to the reception process.

Further, in the first invention, the granting means can grant the privilege or promise to grant the privilege when the execution of the advance reception process is completed.

Further, in the first invention, the privilege relates to the game medium (hereinafter referred to as a predetermined game medium) selected as a result of performing the lottery process based on the lottery right granted by the advance reception process. Information that shows the processing content that changes the parameters.
Computer,
A parameter changing means for changing the parameter of the predetermined game medium based on the privilege.
Can be further functioned as.

Further, in the first invention, the privilege is an effect of notifying the notification unit when the advance reception process is executed.
The notification control means can notify the notification unit of the effect when or after the privilege is granted.

Further, in the first invention, a computer is used.
Grant target changing means that changes the content of the lottery right and / or the privilege according to the number of executions of the pre-acceptance process.
Can be further functioned as.

Further, in the first invention, a computer is used.
A strengthening means for strengthening the content of the privilege as the reception time of the participation request by the reception means is closer to the start time of the advance reception period.
Can be further functioned as.

Further, in the first invention, the granting means can erase the privilege after a certain period of time has elapsed from the granting of the privilege.

Further, in the first invention, the lottery right can be a right for the lottery execution means to execute the lottery process in the event corresponding to the participation request received by the reception means.

The second invention is a game system including a storage unit that stores the game program described in the first invention and a computer that executes the game program.

According to the present invention, if the pre-reception process based on the participation request to the event according to the user's operation is performed during the pre-reception period, the user is granted a lottery right as a result of the pre-reception process. To. As a result, the user's participation in the event is guaranteed. By ensuring that the lottery right is granted to the user, the user's interest in the event continues. As a result, the user participation rate in the event is improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware configuration and the functional configuration of the game system in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram of a user DB. It is a conceptual diagram of a lottery list. It is a conceptual diagram of a schedule DB. It is a conceptual diagram which shows before and after the parameter of a predetermined game medium changes. It is explanatory drawing of the operation that the content of a lottery right changes according to the execution number of executions of a pre-acceptance process. It is a conceptual diagram showing the degree of strengthening of benefits with respect to the time when the participation request was made. This is an example of a display screen on a display. This is an example of a display screen on a display. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation of a server device.

[Embodiment]
The game system 1 and the game program according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Game description>
In the game system 1 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the server device 2 and the plurality of game devices 5 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via the communication network 6.

The game described in this embodiment is an online game executed by the game system 1. In the game, the user of the game device 5 activates one or more characters (player character or non-player character) in the virtual game space, or makes the character play against an enemy character. At that time, the game is advanced by appropriately using the game medium and clearing, for example, the presented task (quest).

The game medium is electronic data representing elements related to the game, and includes characters, items (weapons, armor, tools) used by the characters in the virtual game space. The user can obtain the game medium by direct purchase by charge, clearing a quest, or a method using a mechanism called gacha. The obtained game medium is stored and managed in the user DB 221 (described later) in association with the identification information of the user who owns the game medium.

Here, the gacha is a method in which the server device 2 selects a game medium from the lottery list 222 (described later) by lottery based on a predetermined selection probability. The selected game medium is given to the user. The user can draw a gacha by giving an instruction to consume the consumption medium and an instruction to use the right to draw the gacha.

The consumption medium is a currency or points that can be used in the game, and is a medium that is consumed in the game as the game progresses. The consumption medium is given to the user as a reward for clearing the quest and by charging in the real world.

Note that "giving the game medium selected by the gacha to the user / owned by the user" is synonymous with "associating / associating the game medium selected in the lottery process with the user's identification information". Is.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned "right to draw gacha" is referred to as "lottery right". The lottery right is displayed on the display 61 of the game device 5 so that the user can confirm the possession state, for example, in the form of the game medium "Gacha Ticket". The user who owns the lottery right can perform the operation of drawing the gacha by himself / herself.

In addition, in the game, information on events (holding period, event contents, etc.) where various events related to the game are held, such as gacha events, tournament competition events, and program updates, is provided to the user before the event is held. Will be announced in advance.

However, there is a certain period between the advance notice and the actual event. Then, the interest initially held in the event gradually diminishes, and the user may not participate in the held event. In addition, if the number of events scheduled to be held is large, the user may find it troublesome to participate in each event via the game device 5 each time an individual event is held, and the chances of participating in the event may decrease. is there. In such a situation, it is difficult for the event management side to grasp how effective the event is in enhancing the interest in the game without actually holding the event.

On the other hand, the game system 1 and the game program of the present embodiment accept in advance a request for participation in the event according to the operation performed by the user on the game device 5 in response to the advance notification (holding notice) of the event. In that case, it has a function of granting a lottery right to the user who performed the operation. This feature ensures that the user participates in the event and keeps the user interested in the event. Further, the game system 1 and the game program also have a function of granting a privilege to the user who performed the operation that is the source of the participation request before the event is held, in addition to the lottery right.

Such a game is executed using a home-use game machine such as a PlayStation (registered trademark), a portable game machine such as PlayStation Vita (registered trademark), and a game device 5 such as a smartphone, a tablet, and a personal computer. In the following, a case where the game device 5 is a smartphone will be illustrated.

<Overview of Game System 1>
The game system 1 is composed of a server device 2 and a plurality of game devices 5.

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

The game device 5 executes a predetermined game based on the operation of the user. For that purpose, the game device 5 receives (specifically, downloads and installs) a game program and game data from the server device 2 via the communication network 6.

The game device 5 first logs in to the server device 2 as the game progresses. Each user is assigned account information including identification information (user ID) and password for each user in association with the game device 5. This account information is transmitted from the game device 5 to the server device 2 at the time of login, and is used for user authentication in the server device 2.

After user authentication, mutual communication between the server device 2 and the game device 5 becomes possible. After logging in, when the game device 5 receives the data necessary for the game progress (data related to the game progress status) from the server device 2, the game device 5 outputs the game image and sound to the display 61 and the speaker 62 based on the user's operation. Advance the game.

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

<Configuration of server device 2>
As shown in FIG. 1, the server device 2 has a network interface 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The network interface 21 and the storage unit 22 are electrically connected to the control unit 23 via the bus 29.

The network interface 21 is communicably connected to a plurality of game devices 5 via a communication network 6 such as the Internet and a LAN.

The storage unit 22 is composed of an HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM, and the like. The storage unit 22 stores various programs including account information and login history of each user who plays the game, and a part of the game program according to the present embodiment. Further, the storage unit 22 stores the user DB 221 and the lottery list 222 and the schedule DB 223.

-User DB-
As shown in FIG. 2, in the user DB 221 for each identification number of the user who plays the game, the current amount of consumption medium (number of coins), the name of the game medium owned, the current status, information on benefits, and reservation Information and the number of reservations are stored in association with each other. Information on status and benefits is associated as one record for each game medium owned.

The stats have combat parameters that directly affect the game strategy, such as attack power, defense power, MP, HP, skill, and level, and the friendship level, communication power, etc. that directly affect the game strategy. Includes non-combat parameters that are difficult to give. That is, the status is a parameter related to the game possessed by the corresponding game medium.

The information about the privilege is information including the name and contents of the privilege given to the user separately from the lottery right when the event is pre-registered. For example, for information on benefits, temporarily strengthen combat or non-combat parameters (combat / non-combat status UP), screens and voices (line) that cannot be confirmed without prior reception of the event. Information on the production including, etc. are included.

The reservation information is information representing the name of an event in which the corresponding user has made a participation request in advance and has been pre-registered, that is, an event in which the corresponding user has reserved participation. Of the events included in the reservation information, the events that have been held are deleted from the reservation information.

The number of reservations is the number of times that the corresponding user has made a pre-registration by making a participation request in advance.

-Lottery list-
The lottery list 222 is used by the lottery execution means 233 (described later) when performing a lottery process, and includes a plurality of information regarding the game medium to be selected. In the lottery list 222, as shown in FIG. 3, information (name, etc.) regarding the game medium and the selection probability of the game medium by lottery are associated with each other as one record.

Basically, the higher the rarity and the initial value of the status, the lower the selection probability is set.

There are a plurality of such lottery lists 222 for each purpose. The plurality of lottery lists 222 includes a list for each event and a list for normal gachas that are not related to the event. For each lottery list 222, the game media included in the lottery list 222 and the selection probability thereof are different.

-Schedule DB-
As shown in FIG. 4, the schedule DB 223 is information representing the schedules of various events on a monthly basis, for example. In the schedule DB 223, the holding period and the advance reception period in which the participation request from the user can be received before the holding are stored in association with each event. The advance reception period is appropriately set by the person in charge on the event management side for each event.

In FIG. 4, the holding period of the gacha event A is set to "4 / 10-4 / 14" and the advance reception period is set to "4/3 to 4/9". For gacha event B, the holding period is set to "4/11 to 4/18" and the advance reception period is set to "4/8 to 4/10". After the end of Gacha Event A, there will be a program update event with a holding period of "4/19 (midnight) to 22" and a pre-registration period of "4/17 to 4/19". After that, "Tournament Battle Event B" with a holding period of "4 / 26-4 / 30" and a pre-registration period of "4 / 23-4 / 25" is coming up.

The user can input via the game device 5 that he / she will participate in the corresponding event within each advance reception period.

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

<Functional configuration of the control unit 23 in the server device 2>
By executing various programs, the control unit 23 executes the information processing means 231, the collation means 232, the lottery execution means 233, the schedule management means 234, the granting means 235, the parameter changing means 236, and the granting target, as shown in FIG. It functions as a changing means 237.

-Information processing means-
The information processing means 231 transmits and receives various data to and from each game device 5.

Examples of the data received by the information processing means 231 include game program download request information, gacha lottery request according to user operation, quest execution request, account information, and the like.

Examples of the data transmitted by the information processing means 231 include information for confirming that the game device 5 has received the game program, information on the game medium, event announcement information including the advance reception period, and the like.

The information about the game medium includes the name of the game medium acquired by the user by the gacha, the current status, and the like.

In particular, the information processing means 231 functions as a reception means, and when a request for participation in an event is made from the game device 5 in response to a user's operation during the pre-reception period of the event, the pre-reception process for accepting the request is performed. Do. The pre-acceptance process is a process of recognizing a user based on the user ID added to the reception request for participation in the event and writing to the user DB 221 that the user will participate in the event at a later date. By this pre-registration process, the user is in a state of being reserved for participation in the event.

After the pre-acceptance process, the information processing means 231 transmits the information regarding the lottery right and the information regarding the privilege given to the user in the pre-acceptance process to the game device 5 of the user.

Here, the data "Gacha lottery request" received by the information processing means 231 will be described. When a user participates in an event and draws a gacha, if the pre-acceptance process is performed, the information processing means 231 receives a gacha lottery request based on the lottery right granted in connection with the pre-acceptance process. If the pre-registration process is not performed, the information processing means 231 receives the gacha lottery request in a state of directly participating in the event being held without making a reservation. In addition to the event, the information processing means 231 can also receive a normal gacha lottery request.

-Collation means-
The collation means 232 performs a user authentication process using the account information received from the game device 5.

-Lottery execution means-
When the information processing means 231 receives the gacha lottery request, the lottery execution means 233 draws one or more game media from the lottery list 222 based on the selection probability for each game medium according to the user's operation. Select by. The lottery execution means 233 associates the information about the selected game medium with the identification information of the user who has performed the operation that is the source of the transmission of the lottery request in the user DB 221. This series of processes is called a lottery process. As a result, the user is given the winning game medium as a result of drawing the gacha.

In executing the lottery process, the lottery execution means 233 first determines whether or not the received gacha lottery request is related to an event, and if it is related to an event, which event. Depending on the determination result, the lottery execution means 233 selects the corresponding lottery list 222 and performs the lottery process using the selected lottery list 222.

In particular, when the lottery request for the gacha is a request based on the lottery right given in connection with the pre-acceptance process of the event, the lottery execution means 233 performs the lottery process according to the operation of the user having the lottery right.

-Schedule management method-
The schedule management means 234 manages the schedule DB 223.

When the person in charge of the event management side inputs the information of the event to be held, the schedule management means 234 writes the information (holding period, advance reception period) regarding the input event in the schedule DB 223.

The schedule management means 234 starts pre-registration of the event when there is an event whose current date and time is within the pre-registration period, and holds the event when there is an event within the holding period. ..

-Giving means-
When the information processing means 231 performs the pre-acceptance process, the granting means 235 grants the lottery right to the user who has performed the participation request operation (input) from the game device 5 as a result of the pre-acceptance process. That is, the granting means 235 grants a lottery right to the user who has made a reservation for participation in the event before the event in order to assure the participation in the event. Therefore, the lottery right can be said to be the right for the lottery execution means 231 to execute the lottery process in an event such as a gacha event corresponding to the participation request input from the game device 5. As a result, if the user who has the lottery right performs an operation of drawing a gacha within the holding period of the event, the game medium won by the gacha is given to the user.

In the present embodiment, the operation of granting the lottery right as a result of the pre-acceptance process is performed when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed.

Further, when the information processing means 231 performs the pre-acceptance process, the granting means 235 further grants a privilege to the user who operates (inputs) the participation request from the game device 5 in addition to the above lottery right. To do. The privilege is given to the user as a benefit of performing the pre-registration process.

Specifically, the granting means 235 searches for the same ID as the ID of the user who has performed the participation request operation (input) from the user ID in the user DB 221 of FIG. 2, and "related to the privilege" in the record of that ID. In the "Information" column, add the name of the privilege to be granted.

Benefits include those that cannot be obtained without making a reservation during the advance reception period. The benefits are illustrated below.
(I) Describe the contents of the process of changing the combat parameters and / or the non-combat parameters for the game medium (hereinafter referred to as the predetermined game medium) selected in the lottery process based on the lottery right granted by the advance reception process. Information.
(Ii) An effect including the screen displayed on the display 61 of the game device 5 and the voice of the character output from the speaker 62 due to the execution of the pre-acceptance process.

The benefits of (i) above include temporarily increasing (strengthening) the HP and MP of combat parameters, and temporarily increasing the effectiveness and communication skills of non-combat parameters. Is done.

The privilege of (ii) above is that when the user draws a gacha based on the lottery right granted by the pre-registration process, special videos, lines, etc. that can only be experienced by the reservation person appear on the game device 5. included. Further, in the above-mentioned privilege (ii), an effect that a predetermined non-player character is present near the player character operated by the user is displayed on the display 61 from the time when the participation request is made until the event is actually held. That is included.

In the present embodiment, the operation of granting the privilege as a result of the pre-acceptance process is performed when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed.

The effect of the privilege is limited to a certain period after it is granted. The granting means 235 erases the privilege after a certain period of time has passed from the granting of the privilege. If the benefits such as (i) and (ii) above continue forever, you will have to make a reservation for participation before the event is held in order to advance the game in an advantageous manner, or you can enjoy the game if you do not make a reservation for participation. It will disappear. In order to prevent the game balance from being lost in this way, the benefits are deleted after a certain period of time has passed since the grant.

The above "fixed period" refers to a period elapsed according to the time axis in the real world, not the time axis in the game. The "fixed period" is set as appropriate.

-Parameter change means-
When the granted privilege is the above (i), the parameter changing means 236 changes the parameter of the predetermined game medium based on the privilege and writes it in the user DB 221 of FIG. The timing at which the operation of changing the parameters is performed includes when the predetermined game medium and the privilege are given to the user at the same time, when the user performs an operation for "using the privilege" on the game device 5, and the like. Be done. That is, the operation of changing the parameters is automatically performed in the former case, and is performed triggered by the user's operation in the latter case.

Specifically, the parameter changing means 236 temporarily and uniformly doubles the attack power and defense power of the combat parameters in the predetermined game medium, and imparts new skills (FIG. 5 (a)). )), The effectiveness and communication skills of non-combat parameters are temporarily doubled (Fig. 5 (b)).

It should be noted that which parameter is changed and how is determined in advance.

-Means for changing the grant target-
The grant target changing means 237 changes the content of the lottery right and / or the privilege according to the number of executions of the pre-acceptance process.

The number of executions of the pre-acceptance process corresponds to the "number of reservations" in the user DB 221 of FIG. The number of reservations is incremented each time the information processing means 231 performs the pre-acceptance process.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the level of the lottery right changes. In FIG. 6, when the number of reservations is “1 time”, the grant target changing means 237 does not change the level of the lottery right (LV1). When the number of reservations is either "2 times" or "3 times", the grant target changing means 237 raises the level of the lottery right from "LV1" to "LV2". Every time the number of reservations reaches any of "4 times" and "6 times", the grant target changing means 237 changes the degree of increase in the level of the lottery right to "LV3" and "LV4".

The content of the privilege given when the number of reservations is from "1 time" to "9 times" is the same as any of the above (i) and (ii).

When the number of reservations reaches the upper limit of "10 times", the level of the lottery right is raised to the maximum value of "LV5", and a special game medium is given. That is, in FIG. 6, when the number of reservations reaches the upper limit, the content of the privilege changes in addition to the change in the level of the lottery right. In this way, after the privilege content is changed, the grant target changing means 237 writes in the corresponding portion in the user DB 221 of FIG. 2 and grants the changed privilege.

Here, the "lottery right level" represents the degree of expectation that a game medium having a relatively high rarity will be won as a predetermined game medium when the lottery process based on the lottery right is performed. is there. The higher the level of the lottery right, the easier it is to win a game medium with a relatively high rarity. That is, the higher the level of the lottery right, the higher the selection probability of the rare game medium in the lottery list 222 used in the lottery process based on the lottery right, and the lottery process. I do.

In this way, by changing the content of the lottery right and / or the privilege according to the number of times the pre-registration process is executed (the number of reservations), the user can change the lottery right and the privilege as one of the purposes. You will be actively requesting participation even before the event is held. In addition, due to changes in lottery rights and benefits, the user can advance the game more advantageously and feel more familiar with the game. Therefore, the user's interest in the game is further improved.

When the number of reservations reaches the upper limit of "10 times", the grant target changing means 237 resets the number of reservations.

Further, FIG. 7 shows another example in which the content of the privilege changes. As shown in FIG. 7, as the time when the information processing means 231 receives the participation request for a certain event is closer to the start time of the pre-acceptance period of the event, the grant target changing means 237 responds to the participation request. Strengthen the content of the benefits to be given. The grant target changing means 237 writes the content of the enhanced privilege in the corresponding part of the "information about the privilege" in the user DB 221 of FIG.

Examples of "strengthening the content of benefits" include the following.
(A) When the privilege is the above (i), the increase range of the parameter is increased, and the skill to be granted is increased or strengthened as compared with before the privilege is strengthened so that the game can proceed more advantageously.
(B) When the privilege is the above (ii), the content of the production is deepened or lengthened more than before the privilege was strengthened so as to make the game more interesting.
(C) If the privilege is only the above (i) or only the above (ii) before the enhancement, the privilege is increased so that the privilege is both the above (i) and the above (ii).

As a result, the user will input the participation request as soon as possible when the pre-registration period of the event is started, with one of the purposes of strengthening the content of the privilege.

In the present embodiment, the process of changing the contents of the lottery right and / or the privilege is performed on the lottery right and / or the privilege to be granted immediately before the lottery right and / or the privilege is given to the user. Illustrate the case.

<Configuration of game device 5>
Each of the plurality of game devices 5 has a similar configuration.

A display 61, a speaker 62, and a touch pad 63 are externally connected or built in the game device 5. Further, the game device 5 has a network interface 51, a graphic processing unit 52, an audio processing unit 53, an operation unit 54, a storage unit 55, and a control unit 56. The network interface 51, the graphic processing unit 52, the audio processing unit 53, the operation unit 54, and the storage unit 55 are electrically connected to the control unit 56 via the bus 59.

The network interface 51 is communicably connected to the communication network 6 in order to transmit and receive various data between the game device 5 and the server device 2.

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

The audio processing unit 53 is connected to the speaker 62, and when the game sound is reproduced and synthesized according to the instruction of the control unit 56, this is output from the speaker 62.

The operation unit 54 is connected to the touch pad 63 and transmits / receives data related to the operation input to / from the touch pad 63. The user inputs an operation signal to the game device 5 by touching the touch pad 63.

The storage unit 55 is composed of an HDD, an SSD, a RAM, a ROM, and the like. The storage unit 55 stores game data downloaded from the server device 2, various programs including a part of the game program, account information of the own device 5, and the like.

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

<Functional configuration of the control unit 56 in the game device 5>
The control unit 56 functions as a communication means 561, a game execution means 562, and a notification control means 563 by executing various programs.

-Communication means-
The communication means 561 is a function of communicating with the server device 2 via the network interface 51.

The communication means 561 generates and transmits information that can be grasped by the server device 2 in response to various operation signals received from the touch pad 63 by the operation unit 54. For example, the communication means 561 transmits account information, game data download request information, quest execution request, gacha lottery request, event participation request, and the like to the server device 2.

The communication means 561 provides the server device 2 with game data sent from the server device 2 in response to the download request information, information on the game medium, event announcement information, information on the granted lottery right, information on benefits, and the like. Receive from.

-Game execution method-
The game executing means 562 reads data such as virtual game space objects and textures included in the game data from the storage unit 55 or uses the data received from the server device 2 according to the operation of the touch pad 63 by the user of the own device 5. Then, while executing the game program, two-dimensional or three-dimensional game image information is generated. By processing the game image information by the graphic processing unit 52, the processed game images are sequentially displayed on the display 61.

Then, the game execution means 562 arranges the character on the game image according to the operation of the user of the own device 5, and controls the behavior of the character in the virtual game space according to the operation of the user and the progress of the game.

The game execution means 562 executes a game by appropriately using a game medium (including a predetermined game medium) owned by the user.

-Notification control means-
When executing the game, the notification control means 563 controls the display of the display 61 and the voice output of the speaker 62 according to the operation of the user of the own device 5. For example, the notification control means 563 includes an event holding notification screen sc1 in FIG. 8A, an execution screen sc2 for the lottery process in FIG. 8B, a lottery result notification screen sc3 in FIG. 9C, and FIG. 9D. The privilege production screen sc4 of is displayed on the display 61.

The event holding notification screen sc1 is a screen for displaying the pre-registration period and the holding period for each event to be held in the future. For events that are currently being accepted in advance, the reservation button b1 is displayed so that it can be selected. The user can input a participation request for the event by selecting the reservation button b1 of the event to be attended. The input participation request is transmitted to the server device 2 via the communication means 561 with the input user ID added.

Further, on the event holding notification screen sc1, when the user selects the reservation button b1, a line saying "Event A is fun" is output from the speaker 62. The output of this line is one of the benefits given to the user because the pre-acceptance process is completed by selecting the reservation button b1.

The lottery process execution screen sc2 is displayed on the game device 5 in order to accept an operation of drawing a gacha by the user during the lottery process. When the lottery process is performed for an event being held, the event name b2 is displayed on the execution screen sc2, and a button b3 for drawing a gacha in the event is displayed so as to be selectable. When this button b3 is selected, the communication means 561 transmits a gacha lottery request corresponding to the event to the server device 2.

In particular, when the pre-acceptance process is performed for the event, a message b4 indicating that the event is reserved for participation in advance is further displayed on the execution screen sc2.

The notification screen sc3 is a screen for displaying information b5 regarding the game medium (predetermined game medium) won in the lottery process after the lottery process is performed via the execution screen sc2 of FIG. 8B. On the notification screen sc3, it is also displayed that the parameter of the predetermined game medium has increased as the information b6 regarding the privilege.

The privilege effect screen sc4 is a screen displayed on the display 61 from the time when the privilege means 235 performs the process of granting the privilege to the user to the start of the event when the privilege is the above (ii).

<Flow of operation of game system 1>
Mainly, the operation flow of the game system 1 including the above-mentioned pre-acceptance process will be described with reference to FIG.

The schedule management means 234 of the server device 2 generates event announcement information based on the schedule DB 223 (step st1). The start notification information includes the content of the event, the pre-registration period, and the holding period for each event. The information processing means 231 broadcasts the event announcement information to a plurality of game devices 5.

The notification control means 563 of the game device 5 that has received the event holding notification information generates screen data of the event holding notification screen sc1 and displays it on the display 61 as shown in FIG. 8A (step st2). On the event holding notification screen sc1, the reservation button b1 is selectably displayed so as to correspond to the event that is already in the pre-registration period.

When the user selects the reservation button b1 via the game device 5 (step st3), the communication means 561 sends a request for participation in the event corresponding to the selected reservation button b1 to a state in which the user's ID is added. And sends it to the server device 2.

When the information processing means 231 of the server device 2 receives the participation request for the event (step st4), the information processing means 231 performs the pre-acceptance process and increments the number of reservations in the user DB 221 (step st5). The information processing means 231 transmits information regarding the lottery right to the game device 5 which is the transmission source of the participation request in order to grant the lottery right to the user as a result of the pre-acceptance process.

When the communication means 561 of the game device 5 receives the information regarding the lottery right (step st6), it stores this in the storage unit 55.

Although not shown in FIG. 10, at step st5, the grant target changing means 237 changes the level of the lottery right according to the number of reservations after the increment, that is, the number of executions of the pre-acceptance process so far. In this case, in step st6, the user is given a lottery right after the level changes as needed.

The display 61 of the game device 5 shows that the lottery right granted has changed in level. As a result, the user can have the expectation that if the lottery right after the level is changed is used in the corresponding event, a game medium having a relatively high rare value may be acquired.

On the other hand, the granting means 235 of the server device 2 determines and grants the content of the privilege. The grant target changing means 237 receives a privilege as necessary according to when the participation request (step st4) is received during the pre-registration period and the number of reservations (the number of executions of the pre-registration process so far). Change the content. (Step st7).

If the granted privilege is the production-type privilege described in (ii) above (Yes in step st8) and is valid during the advance reception period, the information processing means 231 is the privilege. Information about the above is transmitted to the game device 5 which is the source of the participation request (step st9). In this case, the notification control means 563 of the game device 5 displays the privilege effect screen sc4 of FIG. 9D on the display 61 (step st10).

Although not shown in FIG. 10, when the number of reservations (the number of times the pre-acceptance process has been executed so far) has reached the upper limit, the number of reservations is reset after step st7 and the counting is restarted.

On the other hand, the granting means 235 of the server device 2 causes the game device 5 to erase the effect displayed on the game device 5 when a certain period of time has passed from the privilege granting process of step st7 (Yes in step st11). Step st12).

Note that step st9, step st10, step st11, and step st12 are not performed when the granted privilege is not the effect-type privilege described in (ii) above (No in step st8).

When the event is held (Yes in step st13), the notification control means 563 of the game device 5 causes the execution screen sc2 of FIG. 8B to be displayed on the display 61 through the operation of the user. When the "draw gacha" button b3 is selected from the execution screen sc2 during the event by the operation of the user to whom the lottery right is granted (step st14), the communication means 561 responds to the lottery request of the user. An ID is added and transmitted to the server device 2.

When the information processing means 231 of the server device 2 receives the lottery request for the gacha (step st15), the lottery execution means 233 executes the lottery process based on the lottery list 222 corresponding to the event (step st16). The lottery execution means 233 uses the game medium won in the lottery process as a predetermined game medium and associates it with the ID of the user who has performed the operation that is the source of the lottery request for the gacha. As a result, the user is given a predetermined game medium.

When the privilege given to the user in step st7 is the privilege related to the parameter described in (i) above (Yes in st17), the parameter changing means 236 is a parameter of the predetermined game medium (battle system parameter and / or). A parameter change process for increasing the non-combat parameter) is performed (step st18). This parameter change processing is performed according to the time when the participation request is made, as described in step st7.

When the information regarding the predetermined game medium on which the parameter change processing has been performed is sent from the server device 2 to the game device 5, the notification control means 563 of the game device 5 is shown in the notification screen sc3 of FIG. 9 (c). The information b6 to the effect that the parameters of the predetermined game medium have increased and the predetermined game medium are displayed on the display 61 (step st19).

The effect of the parameter change processing is valid only for a certain period of time. After a lapse of a certain period of time, the parameters of the predetermined game medium are returned to the state before the parameter change processing is performed.

If the privilege given to the user in step st7 is not the privilege related to the parameter described in (i) above (No of st17), the parameter change processing is not performed and the information regarding the winning predetermined game medium as it is is transmitted to the game device 5. It is transmitted (step st20). In this case, the notification control means 563 of the game device 5 omits the information b6 indicating that the parameter of the predetermined game medium has increased from the notification screen sc3 of FIG. 9C (a screen that notifies only the predetermined game medium). ) Is displayed on the display 61 (step st19).

Summarizing the above, in the game program of the present embodiment, the control unit 23 (computer) of the server device 2 draws one or more game media from a plurality of game media according to the operation of the user having the lottery right. The control unit 56 (computer) of the game device 5 is made to function as the lottery execution means 233 for performing the lottery process selected by, and the game execution means 562 capable of executing the game using the game medium and holding an event related to the game. It functions as a notification control means 563 that notifies the display 61 (notification unit) of the notification. Then, the game program allows the control unit 23 (computer) of the server device 2 to perform pre-acceptance processing for accepting a request for participation in the event according to the user's operation during the pre-acceptance period before the event is held. When the processing means 231 (reception means) and the information processing means 231 (reception means) perform the pre-reception process, the granting means for granting the lottery right to the user who has performed the participation request operation as a result of the pre-reception process. It functions as 235.

<Effect of invention>
In the present embodiment, if the pre-acceptance process based on the participation request to the event according to the user's operation is performed during the pre-acceptance period of the event, the pre-acceptance process is performed for the user when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed. As a result, the lottery right is granted or guaranteed. This lottery right is a right that allows the user to draw a gacha at an event corresponding to a participation request.

In this way, since the lottery right is surely given to the user, the user's participation in the event is guaranteed, and the user's interest in the event continues. As a result, the user is more likely to participate in the event. In addition, the event management side can grasp the reaction and participation status of the user even before the event is actually held.

Further, in the present embodiment, a privilege as a benefit is given to the user who operates the participation request after the pre-registration process is performed, in addition to the lottery right. Benefits will be granted or guaranteed upon completion of pre-registration completion. As a result, the participation request will be actively operated during the pre-registration period of the event for the purpose of obtaining benefits. Therefore, participation in the event becomes more active.

Specifically, the privilege can be information indicating the processing content for changing the parameters of the predetermined game medium. As a result, the user can advance the game more advantageously or enjoy the game more by using the predetermined game medium after the parameter change.

Further, the privilege can be an effect of notifying the display 61 and the speaker 62 by executing the pre-acceptance process. By notifying the effect at the time of granting the privilege or after granting the privilege, the user's interest in the game is further improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the content of the lottery right and / or the privilege changes according to the number of executions of the advance reception process. As a result, the user will request participation during the pre-registration period of various events for one of the purposes of changing the lottery right and / or the privilege. As a result, users will be more active in participating in various events. In addition, due to changes in lottery rights and privilege contents, the user can advance the game more advantageously and feel more familiar with the game. Therefore, the user's interest in the game is further improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the closer the acceptance time of the participation request is to the start time of the advance acceptance period, the stronger the privilege content. As a result, the user will request participation in the event at a relatively early stage of the pre-registration period, with one of the purposes of strengthening the privilege content.

Further, in the present embodiment, the privilege is deleted after a certain period of time has passed from the grant of the privilege. As a result, it is possible to prevent the game balance from being lost due to the effect of the privilege lasting forever.

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

The game may be of a type that uses a game medium, and the type is not limited.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the lottery right is granted when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed has been mainly described. However, the timing at which the lottery right is granted does not have to be when the execution of the advance reception process is completed. When the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed, the grant is only guaranteed, and the actual grant may be after that.

In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the privilege is given to the user separately from the lottery right. However, granting benefits is not mandatory.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the privilege is given when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed has been mainly described. However, the timing at which the privilege is granted does not have to be when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed. When the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed, the grant is only guaranteed, and the actual grant may be after that.

Further, the timing of granting the lottery right and the timing of granting the privilege may be the same or different.

In the above embodiment, the case where the privilege is the above (i) and (ii) is illustrated. However, the content of the privilege may be other than the above (i) and (ii).

Further, in the above-mentioned (i) in the above-described embodiment, the predetermined game medium to be granted to the user who holds the lottery right is the target for changing the parameters. However, the parameter change target may be a game medium that has already been given to the user.

Further, the target for changing the parameter may be the game medium of the opponent. For example, the privilege may act on the parameters of the opponent's game medium rather than its own game medium, which temporarily weakens the parameters of the opponent's game medium.

In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the contents of the lottery right and / or the privilege change depending on the number of times the pre-acceptance process is executed, but this is not essential. Further, the change of the lottery right and / or the privilege may be determined by, for example, a random lottery whether or not to change.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the process of changing the content of the lottery right and / or the privilege is performed on the lottery right and / or the privilege to be granted immediately before the lottery right and / or the privilege is given to the user. I explained. However, the change processing may be performed on the lottery right and / or privilege already granted to the user. Further, the timing at which the change processing is performed is not limited to immediately before granting the lottery right and / or privilege to the user, and may be appropriately performed at a predetermined timing.

In the above-described embodiment, it has been explained that the closer the reception time of the participation request is to the start time of the advance reception time, the stronger the content of the privilege is, but this is not essential. The content of the privilege does not have to be strengthened, and conversely it may be weak. For example, even during the pre-registration period, the privilege content may be strengthened or weakened depending on the date and time when the participation request is received.

In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the privilege is deleted after a certain period of time has passed since the privilege was granted, but this is not essential. The perks may exist forever. In addition, the privilege may have an upper limit for the number of times of use, and the privilege may be deleted when the upper limit is exceeded.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the selection probability for each game medium may be determined by a calculation formula each time without using the lottery list.

Further, the lottery list for the event and the normal gacha lottery list may be the same. In addition, a lottery list may be prepared for each level of lottery right.

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

1 Game system 23 Control unit (computer)
231 Information processing means (reception means)
233 Lottery execution means 235 Granting means 236 Parameter changing means 237 Granting target changing means (granting target changing means, strengthening means)
56 Control unit (computer)
562 Game execution means 563 Notification control means

Claims (11)

Computer,
A lottery execution means for performing a lottery process of selecting one or more of the game media from a plurality of game media by lottery according to an operation of a user having a lottery right.
A game execution means capable of executing a game using the game medium, and
A notification control means for notifying the notification unit of an event related to the game, and
During the pre-reception period before the event is held, a reception means capable of pre-reception processing for receiving a request for participation in the event in response to the operation of the user,
When the reception means performs the advance reception process, the user who has performed the participation request operation is made to function as a granting means for granting the lottery right as a result of the advance reception process. The game program. When the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed, the granting means grants the lottery right as a result of the pre-acceptance process, or promises to grant the lottery right as a result of the pre-acceptance process. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the game program is characterized by the above. When the reception means performs the pre-reception process, the granting means benefits the user who has performed the participation request operation by performing the pre-reception process separately from the lottery right. To give more benefits as
The game program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game program is characterized in that. The game program according to claim 3, wherein the granting means grants the privilege or promises to grant the privilege when the execution of the pre-acceptance process is completed. The privilege indicates a processing content for changing parameters relating to the game medium (hereinafter, predetermined game medium) selected as a result of performing the lottery process based on the lottery right granted by the advance reception process. Information
Computer,
A parameter changing means for changing the parameter of the predetermined game medium based on the privilege.
It is characterized by further functioning as
The game program according to claim 3 or 4. The privilege is an effect of notifying the notification unit when the advance reception process is executed.
The game program according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the notification control means notifies the notification unit of the effect when or after the privilege is granted. Computer,
Grant target changing means that changes the content of the lottery right and / or the privilege according to the number of executions of the pre-acceptance process.
The game program according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the game program is further functionalized. Computer,
A strengthening means for strengthening the content of the privilege as the reception time of the participation request by the reception means is closer to the start time of the advance reception period.
The game program according to any one of claims 3 to 7, which further functions as a game program. The game program according to any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein the granting means erases the privilege after a lapse of a certain period of time from the granting of the privilege. Claims 1 to 9 are characterized in that the lottery right is a right for the lottery execution means to execute the lottery process in the event corresponding to the participation request received by the reception means. The game program according to any one of the above. A game system including a storage unit that stores the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 10 and a computer that executes the game program.

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