JP2021133127A - Program and computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

To add new amusement to speculation itself of selection game element in a scene in which the selection game element is selected from a plurality of game elements by lottery processing.SOLUTION: In a black jack in which a player encounters a dealer controlled by a computer, lottery processing first selects cards to be distributed to the dealer and the player from a set of playing cards. On a mini game screen W3 by which the player selects a hit or a stand, a suggestion 20 for the player is displayed using a combination of a hint 22 indicating whether a hole card of the dealer or a card to be drawn next by the player is right or wrong and a hint character 24 indicating whether the hint 22 is true or false.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a computer system or the like that selects a game element by a lottery process.

In a game, a mechanism (lottery game) in which a lottery is performed based on a winning probability set for each item and the winning item is given to a player is well known. In particular, lottery games that require the consumption of some kind of consideration such as in-game currency and billing items tend to be shunned because they require consideration, but they are elected for the purpose of making it easy for players to execute. There is known a technique for disclosing a part of information about a winning item before giving the winning item to a player (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-88463

By the way, the selection of game elements by the lottery process is not limited to the above-mentioned lottery game, and is used in various scenes in the game. For example, characters and drop items that appear, cards dealt in card games, selection of rolls in roulette, and the like. In such a situation, it is conceivable to apply the technique of Patent Document 1 and disclose to the player some information about the selected game element selected in the lottery process as a hint. However, while useful for the player to guess what the selected game element is, the guess itself was not interesting.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to guess the selected game element itself in a scene where a selected game element is selected from a plurality of game elements by a lottery process. It is to have an interest.

The first invention for solving the above problems is
Computer system,
A game element selection means (for example, a game element selection unit 222 in FIG. 7) that executes a lottery process and selects a selection game element from a plurality of game elements.
A first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect (presentation or suggestion is referred to as "suggestion"; the same shall apply hereinafter) and a second suggestion indicating whether or not the first suggestion is true or not. Suggestion control means (for example, suggestion control unit 224 in FIG. 7) that controls the suggestion to the player by the combination,
It is a program to function as.

As another invention
A game element selection means that executes a lottery process and selects a selected game element from a plurality of game elements,
A suggestion control means for controlling a suggestion to a player by a combination of a first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect and a second suggestion indicating whether or not the first suggestion is true.
A computer system including the above may be configured.

According to the first invention or the like, in a scene where a selected game element is selected from a plurality of game elements by a lottery process, it is possible to give a new interest to the guessing of the selected game element itself. That is, the suggestion is indicated by the combination of the first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect and the second suggestion indicating whether or not the first suggestion is true. This provides a new interest in guessing the selected game element, such as guessing the selected game element after determining whether the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion is correct or incorrect from the second suggestion. can do.

The second invention is the first invention.
The suggestion control means controls to indicate the first suggestion and the second suggestion at a timing that can be confirmed by the player at the same time.
It is a program.

According to the second invention, the first suggestion and the second suggestion can be shown at a timing that can be confirmed by the player at the same time.

The third invention is the first or second invention.
The suggestion control means determines whether the first suggestion is a suggestion indicating the selected game element as correct or incorrect, based on a given tendency value whose value changes depending on which tendency is correct or incorrect.
It is a program.

According to the third invention, since the correctness of the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion is stochastically determined by the given tendency value, the selection game element is estimated by using the tendency value as a clue. It is possible to improve the interest of the above.

The fourth invention is the third invention.
A first tendency value setting means (for example, the tendency value setting unit 226 of FIG. 7) that sets the tendency value based on a given game parameter value.
It is a program for further functioning the computer system.

According to the fourth invention, the tendency of whether the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion is correct or incorrect may differ depending on the game parameter value, and therefore the selected game element is inferred using the game parameter value as a clue. It is possible to improve the interest in guessing the selected game elements.

The fifth invention is the third or fourth invention.
A second tendency value setting means for setting the tendency value based on the selected game element (for example, the tendency value setting unit 226 in FIG. 7).
It is a program for further functioning the computer system.

According to the fifth invention, the tendency of whether the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion is correct or incorrect may differ depending on the selected game element, and therefore the selected game element is inferred using the selected game element as a clue. It is possible to provide a new interest related to the estimation of selected game elements. For example, the lottery processing method is a so-called box method in which the types and numbers of a plurality of game elements to be drawn are determined, and the game elements selected by the lottery are excluded from the next and subsequent lottery targets. Consider the case of a lottery game. In this case, the player can infer the selected game element this time from the number and types of selected game elements selected by the lottery process up to the previous time. Therefore, it is possible to make a final guess of the selected game element this time after determining from the estimation result whether the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion is correct or incorrect.

The sixth invention is the third to fifth invention.
A third tendency value setting means (for example, the tendency value setting unit 226 of FIG. 7) that sets the tendency value based on the progress of the game.
It is a program for further functioning the computer system.

According to the sixth invention, the tendency of whether the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion is correct or incorrect may differ depending on the progress of the game. Therefore, the selected game element is selected by using the progress of the game as a clue. It is possible to improve the interest in guessing the selected game element, such as guessing.

The seventh invention is the third to sixth invention.
A fourth tendency value setting means (for example, the tendency value setting unit 226 of FIG. 7), which selects the tendency value from a plurality of tendency value candidates by lottery.
It is a program for further functioning the computer system.

According to the seventh invention, the tendency value can be selected by lottery from a plurality of tendency value candidates.

The eighth invention is the invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects.
The first suggestion is a hint,
The suggestion control means controls the correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or the incorrect answer hint indicating the selected game element incorrectly as the first suggestion to the player.
It is a program.

According to the eighth invention, as the first suggestion, a correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or an incorrect answer hint indicating the wrong answer hint is shown. As a result, after determining whether the hint shown as the first suggestion from the second suggestion is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint, the selected game element is inferred from the hint, and the selected game element is inferred. It is possible to further improve the interest of the above.

The ninth invention is the eighth invention.
The second suggestion is a display control of a game character that issues a hint, which is the first suggestion.
The suggestion control means controls the second suggestion by variably displaying and controlling at least one of the type of the game character that issues the hint, the state of the game character, and the action of the game character. do,
It is a program.

According to the ninth invention, as the second suggestion, at least one of the type, state, and action of the game character that issues the hint, which is the first suggestion, is variably displayed. As a result, the interest in guessing the selected game element, such as determining whether the hint shown as the first suggestion is a correct hint or an incorrect hint from the type, state, and action of the game character that issues the hint. Can be improved.

The tenth invention is the invention of any one of the third to seventh aspects.
The first suggestion is a hint,
The second suggestion is a display control of a game character that issues a hint, which is the first suggestion.
The suggestion control means controls the correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or the incorrect answer hint indicating the selected game element incorrectly as the first suggestion to the player, and issues the hint. The second suggestion is controlled by variably displaying and controlling at least one of the character type, the state of the game character, and the action of the game character.
A fifth tendency value setting means (for example, the tendency value setting unit 226 of FIG. 7) that sets the tendency value based on the game character whose display is controlled by the suggestion control means.
It is a program for further functioning the computer system.

According to the tenth invention, as the first suggestion, a correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or an incorrect answer hint indicating the wrong answer hint is shown, and as the second suggestion, the game character issuing the hint which is the first suggestion. At least one of the types, states and actions of is variably displayed. In this way, after determining whether the hint shown as the first suggestion is a correct hint or an incorrect hint from the type, state, and action of the game character that issues the hint, the selected game element is inferred from the hint. It is possible to further improve the interest in guessing the selected game elements.

The eleventh invention is the invention according to any one of the first to tenth aspects.
A selected game element display control means (for example, the selected game element display control unit 228 in FIG. 7) that controls the display of the selected game element after the suggestion is controlled by the suggestion control means.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 10 for further functioning the computer system.

According to the eleventh invention, the selected game element is displayed after the suggestion is shown to the player, so that the player knows whether or not the guess was correct after making the guess based on the suggestion. Therefore, since there is time to feel the excitement of whether or not the guess result is correct, the interest is further improved.

Game system configuration example. An example of a game screen. An example of a mini game screen. Specific examples of suggestions. An example of the correct answer rate table. An example of the correct answer rate table, which is a continuation of FIG. Functional configuration diagram of the server system. An example of player management data. An example of lottery result data. An example of suggestion data. An example of a hint table. An example of game initialization data. Functional configuration diagram of the user terminal. Flowchart of mini game processing. Other examples of game systems. Other examples of game systems. Functional configuration diagram of another example of the game system.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below do not limit the present invention, and the embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the following embodiments. Further, in the description of the drawings, the same elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

[Game system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the game system of the present embodiment. According to FIG. 1, the game system 1 of the present embodiment can access the server system 1000 that can be connected to the communication network N and the server system 1000 via the communication network N, and can communicate with the server system 1000. It is equipped with a plurality of player terminals 1500 (1500a, 1500b, ...).

The communication network N means a communication path capable of data communication. That is, the communication network N includes a telephone communication network, a cable network, a communication network such as the Internet, as well as a LAN (Local Area Network) using a dedicated line (dedicated cable) for direct connection and Ethernet (registered trademark). It is meaningful, and the communication method may be wired or wireless.

The server system 1000 is a computer system having a main body device 1010, a keyboard 1002, a display 1004, and a storage 1030, and a control board 1020 is mounted on the main body device 1010.

The control board 1020 is equipped with various processors such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1021, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), various IC memories 1022 such as VRAM, RAM, and ROM, and a communication device 1023. ing. A part or all of the control board 1020 may be realized by an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or a SoC (System on a Chip). These arithmetic circuits can also be called processors. Then, the server system 1000 realizes various services for operating the game of the present embodiment by performing arithmetic processing on the control board 1020 based on a predetermined program and data. For example, a player management function related to player registration and a game management function for managing game execution control on the player terminal 1500 are realized. That is, the game in this embodiment is realized as a kind of client-server type online game.

The server system 1000 is not limited to the single configuration shown in FIG. 1, and may be configured such that a plurality of blade servers sharing each function are mounted and connected to each other via an internal bus so that data communication is possible. .. Alternatively, a configuration may be configured in which a plurality of independent servers installed at remote locations perform data communication via a communication line to function as the server system 1000 as a whole.

The player terminal 1500 (1500a, 1500b, ...) Is a computer system individually used by the player 3 (3a, 3b, ...) For game play, and is a server system 1000 via the communication network N. It is an electronic device (electronic device) that can access. The player terminal 1500 of the present embodiment will be described as a device called a so-called smartphone as hardware, but a portable game device, a game controller, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a wearable computer, a home game device, and a business game device. And so on. Further, the device is not limited to the single device shown in FIG. 1, and a plurality of devices may be configured to cooperate and function integrally.

[Game overview]
The game implemented in the game system 1 is a single-player role-playing game. FIG. 2 is an example of a game screen displayed on the player terminal 1500. In the role-playing game of the present embodiment, the player character 5 forms a party with a companion character which is a computer-controlled non-playable character, and advances the game. The type and number of characters that become fellow characters increase or decrease as the game progresses. There is an upper limit to the number of characters in the party, and the player 3 selects a predetermined number of fellow characters (three in the example of FIG. 2) from the fellow characters at that time to organize the party. Companion characters that are not organized into a party are not involved in the progress of the game.

Further, in the role-playing game of the present embodiment, a mini game is played at an arbitrary timing. A mini game is blackjack, which is a type of card game that uses playing cards. In the mini-game, player 3 plays against a computer-controlled dealer. In the mini-game, there are mainly two types of operations performed by the player 3: an operation of determining the bet amount, an operation of selecting a command that is a "hit" that adds one card or a "stand" that does not add a card. At the start of the mini-game, the distribution order of all the cards dealt to each of the dealer and the player 3 up to the time when the victory or defeat is decided (which can be said to be the arrangement order of the cards constituting the deck) is determined by the lottery process. That is, by executing the lottery process, the cards to be dealt to each of the dealer and the player 3, which are the selected game elements, are selected from the 52 cards constituting one set of playing cards, which are the game elements, in the order in which they are dealt. It is determined. The mini-game progresses by dealing the determined cards in the determined order.

The lottery method for card distribution may be another method. For example, each time one card is distributed, a lottery may be performed to determine what kind of card to distribute. In the case of this method, the cards that have already been distributed are excluded, and a lottery is performed to select one of the remaining cards to determine the cards to be distributed.

FIG. 3 is an example of a mini game screen. FIG. 3 shows a state in which two cards are dealt to each of the dealer and the player 3. On the mini-game screen, the dealer's hand 12 is displayed on the upper side, and the player 3's hand 14 is displayed on the lower side. The dealer's second card is face down (called a "hole card") and cannot be grasped by player 3. In addition, an icon 16 for the player 3 to select either a hit command or a stand command is displayed.

Further, as one of the features of the present embodiment, a suggestion 20 useful for selecting a command is displayed to the player 3. The suggestion 20 is a combination of the hint 22 which is the first suggestion and the hint character 24 which is the second suggestion, and is displayed by the hint character 24 uttering the hint 22 as a dialogue. Although the hint 22 and the hint character 24 are displayed at the same time, they may be displayed at different times.

The hint 22 of the suggestion 20 is a content that presents or implies the selected game element selected by the lottery process. The selected game element selected by the lottery process is the dealer's hole card (the second face down card), which is a card that the player 3 cannot grasp at that time, or when the player 3 selects a hit. This is the next card to be dealt. Further, the hint 22 of the suggestion 20 is either a correct hint that correctly indicates the card that is the selected game element, or an incorrect hint that indicates the wrong answer. Incorrect hints are hints that do not correctly indicate the card that is the element of the selected game, and the opposite content always indicates the correct thing. Whether it is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint is determined according to the hint character 24.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of the suggestion 20. The situation of the mini-game in FIG. 4 is a situation in which two cards are dealt to each of the dealer and the player 3, and the player 3 should select a hit or stand command. In FIG. 4, for the sake of explanation, the dealer's hole card (the second card face down: the diamond queen in FIG. 4) and the player 3, which are cards that the player 3 cannot grasp at this point, hit. The contents of the third card dealt when selected (5 of the heart in FIG. 4) are also shown.

There are three types of hint 22 of the suggestion 20: a hint about the dealer's hole card, a hint of the card that the player 3 draws next, and a hint of the command that the player 3 should select. Of these three types of hints, the hints about the card are hints that suggest the card rather than identifying the card, such as whether the number is large or small, or whether it is a picture card or a letter card. ..

FIG. 4 shows an example of a correct answer hint and an incorrect answer hint for each of the three types of hints. More specifically, as a hint regarding the hole card of the first dealer, a hint regarding whether the number on the card is a picture card or a character card is illustrated. Further, as a hint regarding the next card of the second player 3, a hint of the content regarding the range of numbers on the card is illustrated. In addition, as a hint regarding the third command, a hint of contents that suggests whether to select a hit or a stand is illustrated. The command hint is a hint based on the state when the player 3 draws the next card, and implies, for example, whether or not the hand bursts (the total number exceeds 21).

The hint character 24 of the suggestion 20 is a character selected by lottery from fellow characters that are game characters organized in a party together with the player character 5 in the game. This lottery may be a random lottery in which the winning probabilities of each character are equal, or a lottery in which the winning probabilities are set to be different for each character. The winning probability may be fixed or may be changed according to the progress of the game. The suggestion 20 is directed as if it were the advice of a fellow character to the player 3.

Whether the hint 22 of the suggestion 20 is a correct hint or an incorrect hint is determined by the hint character 24. That is, the correct answer rate is determined for each fellow character that becomes the hint character 24, and whether the hint 22 is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint according to the correct answer rate determined for the fellow character that becomes the hint character 24. Is decided. The “correct answer rate” is an example of a tendency value whose value changes depending on whether the hint 22 tends to be correct or incorrect, and is a value indicating the probability of giving a correct answer hint. The tendency value may be a "wrong answer rate" which is a value indicating the probability of giving an incorrect answer hint.

5 and 6 show an example of the correct answer rate table 343 in which the correct answer rate for each of the fellow characters is determined. FIG. 6 is a continuation of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the correct answer rate table 343, a correct answer rate or a method for determining the correct answer rate is associated with each type of character that can be a fellow character appearing in the game. A character to be the hint character 24 is selected by lottery from the fellow characters organized in the party, and the correct answer rate is determined based on the correct answer rate associated with the hint character 24 or the method of determining the correct answer rate. do. Since the player 3 can select the fellow characters to be organized in the party, the player 3 selects what kind of correct answer rate can be obtained by organizing the party (the player 3 selects the correct answer rate candidate). That), it can be said.

For example, if the "character H" is organized into a party, the hint 22 will surely be the correct hint when the "character H" is selected as the hint character 24. Also, if "Character E" is organized into a party, when "Character E" is selected as the hint character 24, hint 22 is the correct hint in the morning, depending on the time zone in the game at that time. At night, hint 22 is an incorrect hint. Further, if "character B" is organized into a party and "character B" is selected as the hint character 24 when the bet amount is low, the hint 22 is likely to be an incorrect hint. become. In this way, organizing a party after the player 3 recognizes the correct answer rate associated with the fellow character or the method of determining the correct answer rate is advantageous in the progress of the game, and the party organization It also leads to fun.

There are several methods for determining the correct answer rate. For example, there are a method of determining the correct answer rate based on the game parameter value, a method of determining the correct answer rate based on the card which is a selected game element, and a method of determining the correct answer rate based on the progress of the game.

The game parameter value is a parameter value related to the game or mini game at that time. For example, the level of the player 3, the HP (hit point) amount and level of the player character 5, the remaining number of fellow characters, the HP amount and level of the fellow character, the compatibility and friendship between the player character and the fellow character, and the game. Time zone, amount of in-game currency consumed, amount charged for the game, amount of bet in the mini-game, etc. The method of determining the correct answer rate based on the game parameter value may be changed (increase or decrease) gradually or stepwise according to the game parameter value, and whether or not the game parameter value exceeds the threshold value. It may be decided to be either "0%" or "100%" depending on the situation. In the examples of FIGS. 5 and 6, the HP amount of the character associated with "character A", the bet amount in the mini game associated with "character B", and the "character E" are associated with each other. In-game time zone, which is applicable.

The selected game elements are the cards that are the target of Suggestion 20 (the dealer's hole card or the card next to player 3), for example, the numbers of cards such as picture cards and letter cards, the marks of cards such as hearts and spades, and the cards. The numbers themselves, etc. In the examples of FIGS. 5 and 6, the method of determining the correct answer rate based on the selected game element is associated with the correct answer rate based on the card mark associated with "character C" or with "character D". The correct answer rate based on the number on the card is applicable.

The progress of the game is the history of the game or the mini-game up to that point. For example, regarding the game, the player 3 has cleared the stage, the battle result with the enemy character, the cumulative play time, etc., and the mini-game. The number of mini-games played, the number of wins, the number of defeats, the total bet amount, etc. The method of determining the correct answer rate based on the progress of the game may be changed (increase or decrease) gradually or gradually according to the progress of the game, or the progress of the game reaches the threshold value. It may be decided to be either "0%" or "100%" depending on whether or not it has been done. In the examples of FIGS. 5 and 6, the match result in the game associated with "character F" and the number of times the mini game associated with "character G" is played correspond to each other.

As described above, as the suggestion 20 useful for selecting the command (hit or stand) of the player 3, the hint 22 is the correct answer hint together with the hint 22 indicating the dealer's hole card which is the selected game element or the next card of the player 3. It is shown together with the hint character 24 that determines whether the hint is an incorrect answer. As a result, the player 3 is given a new interest in guessing the card, such as guessing the card after determining whether the hint 22 is a correct hint or an incorrect hint using the hint character 24 as a clue. Can be provided. Further, by associating the character with the correct answer rate in the correct answer rate table 343 according to, for example, the character in the game set for the character, the hint 22 is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint. It is possible to make it easier to guess. For example, if the character has a clear mind, the correct answer rate may be set to 100%.

[Functional configuration]
(A) Server system 1000
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the server system 1000. According to FIG. 7, the server system 1000 includes an operation input unit 102, an image display unit 104, a sound output unit 106, a communication unit 108, a server processing unit 200, and a server storage unit 300.

The operation input unit 102 outputs an operation input signal to the server processing unit 200 in response to various operation inputs for managing the server system 1000. The keyboard 1002 of FIG. 1 corresponds to this.

The server processing unit 200 is realized by, for example, a processor such as a CPU or GPU, or an electronic component such as an ASIC or IC memory, and inputs / outputs data to / from each functional unit including an operation input unit 102 or a server storage unit 300. Take control. Then, various arithmetic processes are executed based on a predetermined program and data, an operation input signal from the operation input unit 102, received data from the player terminal 1500, and the like, and the operation of the server system 1000 is controlled in an integrated manner. The control board 1020 of FIG. 1 corresponds to this. Further, the server processing unit 200 includes a player management unit 202, a game management unit 210, a timekeeping unit 230, an image generation unit 234, a sound generation unit 236, and a communication control unit 238. Of course, functions other than these can be included as appropriate.

The player management unit 202 performs various processes related to player registration management. The present embodiment has functions of assigning a unique player account to a registered player, managing registration information for registering and managing personal information for each player account, and managing game data. Of course, the data management function associated with accounts other than these can be included as appropriate. The player management unit 202 manages data related to each player 3 by assigning a unique account (player ID) to the player 3 that has undergone the player registration procedure and generating player management data 310.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of player management data 310. According to FIG. 8, the player management data 310 is generated for each registered player, the player account 311 assigned to the player, the player terminal ID 312 of the player terminal 1500 of the player, the play history data 320, and the game save. Includes data 330.

The player account 311 includes a unique player ID assigned to the player, as well as a player name and password arbitrarily set by the player.

The play history data 320 is generated for each game play from login to log out, and includes a play date and time 321 at which the game play was performed and mini game history data 322 related to the mini game performed in the game play. .. The mini-game history data 322 is generated for each mini-game, and includes lottery result data 323, bet amount 324, win / loss 325, and suggestion data 326. The lottery result data 323 is a selected game element selected by the game element selection unit 222, and as shown in FIG. 9, the dealer selected and determined by the lottery process up to the time when the victory or defeat of the mini game is determined. And the data of the cards dealt to each of the players 3.

The suggestion data 326 is data related to the suggestion 20 displayed by the suggestion control unit 224 in the mini-game, and as shown in FIG. 10, the display timing, the type and content of the hint 22, and the hint 22 are shown for each suggestion. And the hint character 24 and the correctness of the hint indicating whether the hint 22 is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint are stored in association with each other. In the present embodiment, the suggestion 20 in the mini-game is displayed at the timing when the player 3 should select the command of hit or stand. That is, each time player 3 selects a hit and the next card is dealt, until player 3 selects a stand as a command or satisfies the winning / losing condition (burst or blackjack establishment) that determines the outcome of the mini-game. , A new suggestion 20 will be displayed.

The game save data 330 is data that stores the game result up to the previous game play and the state of the game progress, and is updated at the timing of the end of the game play. The game save data 330 includes player character data, fellow character data, and party organization data.

The game management unit 210 performs various processes related to game execution management. Since the game of the present embodiment is a client-server type online game, the game management unit 210 controls to provide data necessary for game play while communicating with the player terminal 1500. Further, the game management unit 210 has a mini game control unit 220 that controls execution of the mini game in the game. The mini-game control unit 220 includes a game element selection unit 222, a suggestion control unit 224, a tendency value setting unit 226, and a selection game element display control unit 228.

The game element selection unit 222 executes a lottery process to select a selected game element from a plurality of game elements. Specifically, when the mini-game is started, the lottery process is executed to select the card that is the selected game element from the 52 cards that make up one set of playing cards that are the game elements, and the victory or defeat is decided. Determine all the cards dealt to each of the dealer and player 3 up to that point. The mini-game progresses by dealing cards that are selected game elements selected by the game element selection unit 222 in a determined order. The selected game element selected by the game element selection unit 222 is stored as the lottery result data 323 of the mini-game history data 322.

The suggestion control unit 224 controls the suggestion to the player 3 by the combination of the first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect and the second suggestion indicating whether the first suggestion is true or not. The suggestion control unit 224 controls to indicate the first suggestion and the second suggestion at a timing that can be confirmed by the player at the same time. In addition, whether the first suggestion is a suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect is determined based on a given tendency value whose value changes depending on which tendency is correct or incorrect. Further, the first suggestion is a hint, and a correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or an incorrect answer hint indicating the selected game element incorrectly is controlled to be shown to the player 3 as the first suggestion. The second suggestion is a display control of the game character that issues a hint, which is the first suggestion, and is one of the type of the game character that issues the hint, the state of the game character, and the action of the game character. The second suggestion is controlled by variably controlling the display of at least one.

Specifically, the suggestion control unit 224 displays the suggestion 20 on the mini-game screen at the timing when the player 3 should select a command of hit or stand. That is, the hint character 24, which is the second suggestion, is selected by lottery from the fellow characters currently organized in the party of the player 3. Next, based on the correct answer rate, which is the tendency value set by the tendency value setting unit 226, it is determined whether the hint 22 is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint. Then, the hint 22 is selected / determined from the prepared correct answer hints and incorrect answer hints with reference to the hint table 344. After that, the determined combination of the hint 22 and the hint character 24 is displayed as a suggestion 20 on the mini-game screen (see FIG. 3). The suggestion 20 may be displayed for a predetermined time of about several seconds, or may be continuously displayed until a command is selected by the player.

The hint table 344 is a table in which hints 22 are defined, and as shown by an example in FIG. 11, correct answer hints and incorrect answer hints are stored in association with each combination of hint types and contents. In the example of FIG. 11, the correct answer hint corresponding to each card which is the selected game element is defined, and the incorrect answer hint is selected other than the correct answer hint. Since the hint 22 of the suggestion 20 is displayed as the dialogue of the hint character 24, a hint table 344 in which hints of the dialogue according to the character and the like of the fellow character are set is prepared for each fellow character.

The tendency value setting unit 226 sets a tendency value (correct answer rate) based on a given game parameter value, selected game elements, or the progress of the game. In addition, a tendency value is selected by lottery from a plurality of tendency value candidates. Further, the tendency value is set based on the game character whose display is controlled by the suggestion control unit 224.

Specifically, in the correct answer rate table 343, the correct answer rate associated with the fellow character selected as the hint character by the suggestion control unit 224 is set as the tendency value. In the correct answer rate table 343, the correct answer rate associated with each of the plurality of characters includes the correct answer rate determined based on the game parameters, which are the parameter values related to the current game or mini game, and the cards subject to the suggestion 20 (suggestion 20). There is a correct answer rate determined based on the selected game element, which is the hole card of the dealer or the next card of the player 3, and a correct answer rate determined based on the progress of the game, which is the history of the game or mini-game (Figs. 5 and 5). 6).

The selected game element display control unit 228 controls to display the selected game element after the suggestion control unit 224 controls the suggestion. Specifically, after the suggestion 20 is displayed and the hit or stand command is selected by the player 3, the card is dealt according to the lottery result data 323 which is a selection card element. That is, if a hit is selected as a command, the player 3 is dealt the next card. In addition, if a stand is selected, the dealer's hole card will be disclosed and the third and subsequent cards will be dealt in sequence.

The timekeeping unit 230 uses the system clock to time the current date and time.

The image generation unit 234 generates an image related to the system management of the server system 1000, an image to be displayed on the player terminal 1500, and the like. Then, the image signal related to the system management is output to the image display unit 104. The image display unit 104 displays various images for system management based on the image signals input from the image generation unit 234. For example, it can be realized by an image display device such as a flat panel display or a projector. The display 1006 of FIG. 1 corresponds to this.

The sound generation unit 236 is realized by executing IC or software that generates and decodes voice data, and generates or decodes voice data such as operation sounds and BGM related to system management and game play of the server system 1000. Then, the audio signal related to the system management is output to the sound output unit 106. The sound output unit 106 emits a sound based on the sound signal. A speaker (not shown) included in the main body device 1010 and the display 1006 of FIG. 1 corresponds to this.

The communication control unit 238 executes data processing related to data communication, and realizes data exchange with an external device via the communication unit 108. The communication unit 108 connects to the communication network N to realize communication. For example, it is realized by a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), a jack of a wired communication cable, a control circuit, and the like. The communication device 1016 of FIG. 1 corresponds to this.

The server storage unit 300 stores programs, various data, and the like for realizing various functions for causing the server processing unit 200 to control the server system 1000 in an integrated manner. Further, it is used as a work area of the server processing unit 200, and temporarily stores the calculation results and the like executed by the server processing unit 200 according to various programs. For example, it is realized by an IC memory such as RAM or ROM, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or DVD, or online storage. The server storage unit 300 stores a server program 302 for realizing various functional units of the server system 1000, a distribution client program 304, player management data 310, and game initial setting data 340.

The game initial setting data 340 is various initial setting data necessary for game execution control, and includes character initial setting data 341 and mini game setting data 342 as shown in FIG. The character initial setting data 341 stores object data and various initial parameter values related to various characters such as a player character 5, a fellow character, and an enemy character appearing in the game. The mini-game setting data 342 includes a correct answer rate table 343 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) and a hint table 344 (see FIG. 11).

(B) Player terminal FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the player terminal 1500. According to FIG. 13, the player terminal 1500 includes an operation input unit 502, an image display unit 504, a sound output unit 506, a communication unit 508, a terminal processing unit 600, and a terminal storage unit 700.

The operation input unit 502 outputs an operation input signal to the terminal processing unit 600 in response to various operation inputs by the player 3. For example, it can be realized by a push switch, a joystick, a touch pad, a trackball, an acceleration sensor, a gyro, a CCD module, or the like.

The terminal processing unit 600 is realized by, for example, an electronic component such as a processor or an IC memory, and performs input / output control of data with each functional unit including an operation input unit 502 and a terminal storage unit 700. The processor includes, for example, a centralized arithmetic unit such as a CPU and a GPU, as well as an arithmetic circuit such as an ASIC and an FPGA. Then, various arithmetic processes are executed based on a predetermined program and data, an operation signal from the operation input unit 502, received data from the server system 1000, and the like to control the operation of the player terminal 1500. Further, the terminal processing unit 600 includes a terminal calculation unit 610, a timekeeping unit 620, and a communication control unit 628.

The terminal calculation unit 610 includes an operation signal transmission control unit 612, a game screen display control unit 614, and a voice reproduction control unit 616.

The operation signal transmission control unit 612 executes a process for transmitting various data and requests to the server system 1000 in response to the operation performed by the operation input unit 502.

The game screen display control unit 614 controls to display the game screen based on various image data received from the server system 1000. For example, it is realized by a CPU, a processor such as a digital signal processor (DSP), a program such as a video signal IC and a video cordic, an IC memory for a drawing frame such as a frame buffer, and based on various data received from the server system 1000. An image of one game screen is generated in one frame time (for example, 1/60 second), and the generated image signal of the game screen is output to the image display unit 504. In the present embodiment, the image of the game screen is generated by the server system 1000, but the image can be generated by the player terminal 1500.

The image display unit 504 displays various game images based on the image signals input from the game screen display control unit 614. For example, it can be realized by an image display device such as a flat panel display, a projector, or a head-mounted display.

The voice reproduction control unit 616 controls to emit a game sound (for example, sound effect, BGM, reading aloud by a voice actor, etc.) based on various voice data received from the server system 1000. For example, it is realized by a digital signal processor (DSP), a processor such as a voice synthesis IC, an audio cordic for playing a voice file, etc., and various sounds such as sound effects related to a game, BGM, various operation sounds, and dialogue reading voices. The sound signal of is generated and output to the sound output unit 506.

The sound output unit 506 outputs sound effects, BGM, and the like based on the sound signal input from the voice reproduction control unit 616.

The communication control unit 628 executes data processing related to data communication, and realizes data exchange with an external device via the communication unit 508. For example, it is realized by a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), a jack of a wired communication cable, a control circuit, and the like.

The timekeeping unit 620 uses the system clock to time the current date and time.

The terminal storage unit 700 stores a system program for realizing various functions for causing the terminal processing unit 600 to control the player terminal 1500 in an integrated manner, a program necessary for game play, various data, and the like. Further, it is used as a work area of the terminal processing unit 600, and temporarily stores the calculation result executed by the terminal processing unit 600 according to various programs, the input data from the operation input unit 502, and the like. For example, it is realized by an IC memory such as RAM or ROM, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or DVD, or the like. In this embodiment, the terminal storage unit 700 stores the game client program 702.

The game client program 702 is application software for realizing the function as the terminal calculation unit 610 by reading and executing the game client program 702 by the terminal processing unit 600. In the present embodiment, it is a copy of the distribution client program 304 (see FIG. 7) provided by the server system 1000. The game client program 702 may be a dedicated client program depending on the technical method for realizing the game, or may be configured by a web browser program, a plug-in that realizes an interactive image display, or the like.

[Processing flow]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of mini-game processing. This process is a process for executing a mini game performed in the game, and the progress is controlled by the mini game control unit 220.

First, the game element selection unit 222 performs a card lottery process for determining the cards to be dealt to each of the dealer and the player 3 until the victory or defeat of the mini game is determined (step S1). The result of the lottery process is stored as lottery result data 323. Next, the mini-game control unit 220 directs the dealer and the player 3 to deal two cards according to the result of the lottery process (step S3). Then, if the blackjack of the player 3 is established at that time (step S5: YES), the player 3 wins (step S7), the game result is displayed (step S35), and the mini game ends. ..

If the blackjack of the player 3 is not established (step S5: NO), the suggestion 20 is displayed to the player. That is, the suggestion control unit 224 determines whether or not to display the suggestion 20 by lottery (step S9). If the suggestion 20 is not displayed (step S11: NO), the process proceeds to step S21. If the suggestion 20 is displayed (step S11: YES), the combination of the type and content of the hint 22 is determined by lottery (step S13). In addition, the hint character 24 is selected from the fellow characters organized as the party of the player 3 by lottery (step S15). Next, the tendency value setting unit 226 sets the correct answer rate corresponding to the character selected as the hint character 24 according to the correct answer rate table 343. Subsequently, the suggestion control unit 224 determines the correctness of whether the hint is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint based on the set correct answer rate, and the type and content of the determined hint 22 are determined according to the hint table 344. The hint 22 corresponding to the combination is determined (step S17). Then, the determined combination of the hint 22 and the hint character 24 is displayed as a suggestion 20 for the player 3 (step S19).

After that, the player 3 waits for the selection of the command, and if a hit is selected as the command (step S21: hit), the next card of the player 3 is dealt according to the result of the lottery process (step S23). As a result, if the player 3 bursts (step S25: YES), the player 3 is defeated (step S27), the game result is displayed (step S35), and the mini-game ends. On the other hand, if the player 3 is not bursting (step S25: NO), the process returns to step S5, and the same process of determining whether blackjack has been established and displaying the suggestion 20 is repeated.

Further, if the stand is selected as a command by the player 3 (step S29: stand), the procedure of the dealer is followed, and it is decided whether or not to deal the card to the dealer according to a predetermined control algorithm (step S29), and then the victory or defeat is determined. Determine (step S31). Then, after displaying the game result (step S35), the mini game ends.

[Action effect]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the scene where the selected game element is selected from the plurality of game elements by the lottery process, the guessing of the selected game element itself can have a new interest. That is, the suggestion 20 is indicated by the combination of the hint 22 which is the first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect and the hint character 24 which is the second suggestion indicating whether the first suggestion is true or not. Is done. As a result, the selected game element is guessed after determining whether the selected game element indicated by the first suggestion hint 22 is correct or incorrect from the hint character 24 which is the second suggestion. It is possible to provide a new interest in guessing.

[Modification example]
It should be noted that the applicable embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and of course, they can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

(A) Tendency value In the above-described embodiment, the tendency value is set as the correct answer rate indicating the tendency to give correct answer hints, but it may be set as the incorrect answer rate showing the tendency to give incorrect answer hints.

(B) Hint character 24
As the second suggestion, the hint character 24 is displayed, that is, the character type is displayed variably, but it may be shown by another method. For example, the second suggestion may be indicated by variably displaying the state of the character or the action of the character. Specifically, the hint character 24 is a fixed character (one type of character) that serves as a companion, and as the state of the character, the complexion, facial expression, costume, belongings, etc. of the character are associated with the tendency value (correct answer rate). Then, the second suggestion is made by displaying the character in the state corresponding to the selected tendency value. In addition, as a character's action, the gesture of the character, the movement of the mouth, etc. are associated with the tendency value (correct answer rate), and the character is displayed as a moving image (including frame-by-frame display) by the action corresponding to the selected tendency value. Let's call it the second suggestion. Of course, the character type, the character state, and the character action may be combined to form the second suggestion. For example, a character with a clear mind is selected as the hint character 24, but if the character is drunk, the correct answer rate is zero or decreases.

(C) Correct / Incorrect Answer of Hint 22 After the mini-game is completed, the player 3 depends on the combination of the result of the mini-game and whether the hint 22 shown as the suggestion 20 is a correct answer hint or an incorrect answer hint. May be given a privilege. For example, if the hint 22 is an incorrect hint but the player wins the mini-game, the player 3 can consider that the hint 22 is an incorrect hint and correctly guess the card that is the selected game element. In such a case, the privilege is given to the player 3.

(D) Game type In the above-described embodiment, the game is blackjack, which is a kind of card game, but it can also be applied to other games. For example, for other card games that use playing cards, such as poker and old maid, the cards are used as game elements, and the cards dealt to the players and the hand of the non-playable player (computer-controlled player) who is the opponent of the game are selected. It is also applicable as a game element. The same applies to Hanafuda and Mahjong, which are games similar to card games. Also, the roulette game can be similarly applied by using the outcome as a selection game element.

In addition, after selecting a selected game element from a plurality of game elements such as enemy characters, drop items, and game objects such as the contents of a treasure box encountered in the game by lottery processing, it is necessary for the player to operate the selected game element. Similarly, in the scene, a suggestion indicating the selected game element can be displayed.

Further, it can be similarly applied to a lottery game in which a winning item, which is a selected game element, is selected by a lottery process according to a winning probability determined for each item from a plurality of game items which are game elements.

(E) Selection of game elements by lottery process When selecting a selected game element from a plurality of game elements multiple times, there are mainly the following two patterns for selecting the selected game element each time. .. The first is a pattern in which the selected selected game element is subject to lottery from the next time onward, and the second is a pattern in which the selected selected game element is excluded from the lottery target from the next time onward, which is a so-called box method. Which pattern is adopted can be appropriately determined according to the type of game. For example, in a card game that uses playing cards such as blackjack and poker according to the above-described embodiment and in which cards are dealt from the deck, the latter box-type pattern can be used. Hanafuda, mahjong, etc. can also be the latter box-type pattern. However, in a type of game in which the cards discarded in the field after being dealt are returned to the deck, the former pattern can be used. The former pattern can be used for roulette games. In addition, for game objects such as enemy characters, drop items, and treasure chest contents that are encountered, either pattern can be adopted depending on the settings of the game world. Both patterns can be adopted for the lottery game. Further, for both patterns, the number of selected game elements selected by one lottery process may be one or a plurality.

Then, when selecting a plurality of selected game elements at once by one lottery process, or when selecting a plurality of selected game elements at once as a result of performing a plurality of lottery in succession, As suggestions for selected game elements, suggestions may be given for each of these plurality of selected game elements, or suggestions may be given only for some selected game elements. Some of the selected game elements to be suggested may be, for example, random or may be determined according to the parameters of the game elements such as high rarity. The suggestion may be a suggestion that specifies the target selected game element, or may be a suggestion that does not specify the target selected game element, such as including such a selected game element. Of course, the suggestions are for selected game elements that are not disclosed to the player at that time. The case where a plurality of selected game elements are selected at one time is, for example, a case where a so-called 10-series Gasha, a group of a plurality of enemy characters is encountered, a case where a plurality of treasure chests are arranged, and the like.

(F) Player terminal 1500
In the above-described embodiment, the player terminal 1500 is a smartphone, but other electronic devices (electronic devices) may be used. For example, a stationary home-use game device as shown in FIG. 15 may be a player terminal 1500A. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, for example, the home-use game device is a player terminal 1500B, and as shown in FIG. 17, the player terminal 1500B also has the functions of the game management unit 210 of the server system 1000, various data, and the like. It may be a so-called stand-alone game system 1B that controls the progress of the game. FIG. 17 shows an example of a block diagram of the player terminal 1500B. Of course, instead of a home-use game device, a smartphone, a portable game device, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a wearable computer, a business game device, or the like may be used as the player terminal 1500B. In this case, the player terminal 1500B is a computer system, and is a game system 1B by itself. Further, the player terminal 1500 may have a part of the functions of the server system 1000, and may be a computer system having a configuration in which the player terminal 1500 and the server system 1000 cooperate to control the progress of the game. For example, the player terminal 1500 has a suggestion control unit 224 and a tendency value setting unit 226 of the server system 1000, the server system 1000 controls the progress of the mini game, and the player terminal 1500 controls the suggestion. Is.

1 ... Game system 1000 ... Server system 200 ... Server processing unit 202 ... Player management unit 210 ... Game management unit 220 ... Mini game control unit
222 ... Game element selection section
224 ... Suggestion control unit
226 ... Trend value setting unit
228 ... Selected game element display control unit 300 ... Server storage unit 302 ... Server program 304 ... Client program for distribution 310 ... Player management data 340 ... Game initial setting data 1500 ... Player terminal 3 ... Player 20 ... Suggestion 22 ... Hint 24 ... Hint charactor

Claims (12)

Computer system,
A game element selection means that executes a lottery process and selects a selected game element from a plurality of game elements.
A first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect (presentation or suggestion is referred to as "suggestion"; the same shall apply hereinafter) and a second suggestion indicating whether or not the first suggestion is true or not. Suggestion control means that controls suggestions for players by combination,
A program to function as. The suggestion control means controls to indicate the first suggestion and the second suggestion at a timing that can be confirmed by the player at the same time.
The program according to claim 1. The suggestion control means determines whether the first suggestion is a suggestion indicating the selected game element as correct or incorrect, based on a given tendency value whose value changes depending on which tendency is correct or incorrect.
The program according to claim 1 or 2. A first tendency value setting means for setting the tendency value based on a given game parameter value,
The program according to claim 3 for further functioning the computer system. A second tendency value setting means for setting the tendency value based on the selected game element,
The program according to claim 3 or 4, for further functioning the computer system. A third tendency value setting means for setting the tendency value based on the progress of the game,
The program according to any one of claims 3 to 5, for further functioning the computer system. A fourth tendency value setting means for selecting the tendency value from a plurality of tendency value candidates by lottery.
The program according to any one of claims 3 to 6, for further functioning the computer system. The first suggestion is a hint,
The suggestion control means controls the correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or the incorrect answer hint indicating the selected game element incorrectly as the first suggestion to the player.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The second suggestion is a display control of a game character that issues a hint, which is the first suggestion.
The suggestion control means controls the second suggestion by variably displaying and controlling at least one of the type of the game character that issues the hint, the state of the game character, and the action of the game character. do,
The program according to claim 8. The first suggestion is a hint,
The second suggestion is a display control of a game character that issues a hint, which is the first suggestion.
The suggestion control means controls the correct answer hint indicating the selected game element correctly or the incorrect answer hint indicating the selected game element incorrectly as the first suggestion to the player, and issues the hint. The second suggestion is controlled by variably displaying and controlling at least one of the character type, the state of the game character, and the action of the game character.
A fifth tendency value setting means for setting the tendency value based on the game character whose display is controlled by the suggestion control means.
The program according to any one of claims 3 to 7, for further functioning the computer system. A selected game element display control means that controls the display of the selected game element after the suggestion is controlled by the suggestion control means.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 10 for further functioning the computer system. A game element selection means that executes a lottery process and selects a selected game element from a plurality of game elements,
A first suggestion indicating whether the selected game element is correct or incorrect (presentation or suggestion is referred to as "suggestion"; the same shall apply hereinafter) and a second suggestion indicating whether or not the first suggestion is true or not. Suggestion control means that controls suggestions to the player depending on the combination,
Computer system with.

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