JP2022020746A - Game device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify an operation of selecting among a plurality of candidates.

SOLUTION: A game device includes: an operation detection part 231 for detecting location information of an input operation to an input device such as a touch panel, from the start to the end of the operation; an operation target selection part 251 for selecting an operation target object from among first candidate objects, based on location information in the start of the detected input operation; an instruction content determination part 252 for determining an instruction content for the operation target object, based on a movement locus from the start to the end of the detected input operation; an attack target selection part 253 for selecting a recipient target object from among second candidate objects, based on location information at the end of the detected input operation; and an execution part 254 for giving an influence to the recipient target object, based on the instruction content.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a game device and a program.

Conventionally, there has been known a game device that provides a game in which a plurality of objects owned by a certain user, for example, a ally character, are played against an opponent character owned by another user (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such a game, in order to determine one instruction, the user may perform an operation of selecting from a plurality of candidates. For example, when an attack of the instruction content indicated by the command type by a certain character among allies is applied to a certain character among the opponents, the character (operation target) to be used and the type of command (instruction) are given to the user. The user operates an input device such as a touch panel to select three items, that is, a character (content) and a character that gives an attack (receiver target).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-000498

By the way, as shown in (a) of FIG. 24, for example, the display screen of such a game is generally arranged so that the ally characters m1 to m5 and the opponent characters n1 to n4 face each other. It is a target. In such a display screen, the operation for selecting the operation target is an operation of selecting from the displayed characters m1 to m5, and the operation for selecting the recipient target is an operation for selecting the recipient target from the displayed characters n1 to n4. It can be said that the operation to select is intuitively easy to understand.

However, since the area where the characters m1 to m5 are arranged and the area where the characters n1 to n4 are arranged are separated from each other, the user can use the character m1 by a finger or the like as shown by (b) in the figure. It is necessary to separately execute the operation P for designating any of the characters n1 to n4 (m4 in the figure) and the operation Q for specifying any of the characters n1 to n4 (n3 in the figure). Further, when selecting the command type, it is necessary to separately specify the attack type to be used from one or more attack types.

As described above, in order to determine one instruction in the above game, it is necessary to repeat the operation specified from the plurality of candidates a plurality of times, which causes a problem that the operation is troublesome for the user. rice field.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and one of the objects thereof is to provide a technique capable of easily performing an operation designated from a plurality of candidates.

In order to achieve the above object, the game device according to one aspect of the present invention is a game device that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of designating a position on a display screen, and is included in a display area. A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for operation in the first area and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for recipients in the second area. The operation detection unit that detects the position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and the operation target object among the first candidate objects are the inputs detected by the operation detection unit. A part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit for the operation target selection unit that selects based on the position information at the start of the operation and the instruction content for the operation target object. The recipient target selection that selects the instruction content determination unit to be determined based on the above and the recipient target object among the second candidate objects based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. It has a unit and an execution unit that influences the recipient target object based on the instruction content.

The game system according to another aspect of the present invention is a game system that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of designating a position on a display screen, and an operation target is set in the first area of the display area. A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient in the second area, and inputs to the input device. The operation detection unit that detects the operated position information from the start to the end of the operation, and the operation target object among the first candidate objects, the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The operation target selection unit to be selected based on the above, and the instruction content to determine the instruction content for the operation target object based on a part or all of the movement locus from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The determination unit, the receiver target selection unit that selects the recipient target object among the second candidate objects based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit, and the receiver target. It has an execution unit that influences the object based on the instruction content.

The computer according to still another aspect of the present invention is a game device that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of designating a position on a display screen, and an operation target is set in the first area of the display area. A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient in the second area, and inputs to the input device. The operation detection unit that detects the operated position information from the start to the end of the operation, and the operation target object among the first candidate objects, the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The operation target selection unit to be selected based on the above, and the instruction content to determine the instruction content for the operation target object based on a part or all of the movement locus from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The determination unit, the receiver target selection unit that selects the recipient target object among the second candidate objects based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit, and the receiver target. It has an execution unit that influences the object based on the instruction content.

The computer control method according to another aspect of the present invention is a computer control method for accepting an input operation to an input device capable of designating a position on a display screen, and is a first area of the display area. In addition to displaying two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target, and displaying two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver target in the second area, and the input device. The step of detecting the position information input and operated from the start to the end of the operation and the operation target object among the first candidate objects are selected based on the position information at the start of the input operation. The content of the instruction to the operation target object is determined based on a part or all of the movement locus from the start to the end of the input operation, and the receiver target object among the second candidate objects is determined at the end of the input operation. It has a step of selecting based on the position information in the above, and a step of influencing the recipient target object based on the instruction content.

In the program according to still another aspect of the present invention, a computer that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of designating a position on a display screen is set as a candidate for an operation target in the first area of the display area. Display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for receiving, and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for recipients in the second area. The operation detection unit that detects information from the start to the end of the operation, and the operation target object among the first candidate objects are selected based on the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The second operation target selection unit, the instruction content determination unit that determines the instruction content for the operation target object based on a part or all of the movement locus from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The receiver target selection unit that selects the recipient target object among the candidate objects based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit, and the instruction to the recipient target object. It functions as an execution unit that has an influence based on the content.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system including the terminal apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game server in this system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal apparatus in this system. It is a functional block diagram in the system. It is a schematic diagram of the user information in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the battle process in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the attack decision processing in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a schematic diagram of the user information in the 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal apparatus which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal apparatus which concerns on an application example. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal apparatus which concerns on an application example. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal apparatus which concerns on an application example. It is a functional block diagram in the system which concerns on an application example. It is a figure which shows the example of the operation with respect to the display screen of the conventional battle game.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a system including a terminal device according to the first embodiment. As shown in this figure, the system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices (game devices) 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, ..., And a game server 10, and a plurality of terminal devices 20-1. , 20-2, 20-3, ... Are connected to the game server 10 via the mobile communication network Nb, the gateway 15, and the Internet Na.
In the following, the terminal devices 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, ... Will be generally described without specifying the terminal device, so that "-(hyphen)" and below in the reference numerals are omitted. Simply set it to "20".

In the present embodiment, the game is provided to the user who owns the terminal device 20 via the terminal device 20. The game server 10 manages the game provided by the terminal device 20. Therefore, the game server 10 provides necessary information to the terminal device 20 and manages various kinds of information. The contents of the game and various managed information will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the game server 10. As shown in this figure, the game server 10 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that controls the entire device, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 that functions as the main memory of the CPU 101, and a ROM that stores a boot program and the like. (Read Only Memory) 103, a communication unit 104 for communicating via a network, and a storage unit 108 for storing various programs and data. In the storage unit 108, a storage unit, which will be described later, is constructed by the CPU 101 to manage various types of information.

Although the game server 10 is constructed by one unit in FIG. 1, it may be distributed to two or more units and may be configured to appear as if it is virtually one unit when viewed from the outside. On the other hand, some functions of the game server 10 may be constructed on a server that provides other services. Further, the game server 10 may be configured to connect to the terminal device 20 via the relay server.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the terminal device 20. As shown in this figure, the terminal device 20 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a communication unit 204, a storage unit 208, a display panel 210, and a touch panel 220.
The terminal device 20 is, for example, a mobile phone operated by a user, has a touch panel 220 superimposed on the display panel 210, and is required by the user to perform a touch operation or the like on a screen displayed on the display panel 210. It is configured to input various information and give various instructions.

In the figure, the CPU 201 controls the entire terminal device 20, and the memory 202 stores a basic program, an application program (game application) for providing a game, various data, and the like. The game application referred to here is one that causes the terminal device 20 to function as a game device by its execution, is downloaded from a specific site, and is installed in the terminal device 20. The communication unit 204 communicates with the game server 10 via the Internet Na, the mobile communication network Nb, and the like.

The display panel 210 is a flat display such as a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) device. Although detailed description is omitted, the touch panel 220 detects the touch position (two-dimensional coordinate value) of the screen displayed by the display panel 210, and supplies the position information indicating the detected touch position to the CPU 201. The CPU 201 detects the moving direction of the touch position, the moving speed, the type of touch operation, and the like based on the position information from the touch panel 220, and specifies the operation content given to the touch panel 220.
Here, the types of touch operations that can be detected include, for example, tapping, flicking, dragging, pinching, and the like. Of these, tapping is an operation of tapping the display screen with a finger. Flicking is an operation of lightly swiping an object displayed on the screen with a finger. Dragging is an operation of moving an object displayed on the screen while touching it with a finger. Pinch is an operation of expanding or narrowing the display screen with two fingers in contact with each other. In addition to the above types of touch operations, touch-on at the moment of touching the display panel 210 (touch panel 220) with a finger or the like and touch-off for separating the touched fingers or the like are included.

The terminal device 20 is not limited to the mobile communication network Nb, and may be configured to be connected to a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). When connected to a wireless LAN, the terminal device 20 is connected to the game server 10 via a wireless base station (access point) and Internet Na. Further, the terminal device 20 is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be a tablet computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like.

The game provided by the terminal device 20 is an SNS (Social Networking Service) game in which a user who owns the terminal device 20 participates and interacts with a user other than the user. , A team composed of characters owned by the user (for example, an object such as a monster) is played against a team composed of characters owned by other users, and rewards such as virtual game value are given according to the victory or defeat. Is the content.
In the following, for convenience of explanation, the user who leads the start of the game will be referred to as "one user", and the opponent of the game will be referred to as "another user".

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional block constructed by the terminal device 20 and the game server 10 when a game is provided by the terminal device 20 by focusing on one terminal device 20.
This functional block is constructed by executing a predetermined program in the game server 10 and by executing the game application in the terminal device 20.
Note that the Internet Na in FIG. 1, the gateway 15, the mobile communication network Nb, the communication unit 104 in FIG. 2, the communication unit 204 in FIG. 3, and the like are merely transmission paths for data, information, and the like. Is omitted in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the side of the game server 10, a plurality of functional units for providing a game to each terminal device 20 by executing the predetermined program, that is, a receiving unit 135 and a storage unit 140. , Transmission unit 137 and control unit 150 are constructed.
Of these, the receiving unit 135 receives information such as a game start instruction and a result from the terminal device 20. The control unit 150 manages and controls the progress of the game according to the information received by the reception unit 135, and also manages the user information Q stored in the storage unit 140. The storage unit 140 stores user information Q as a master for each user of each terminal device 20. The details of the user information Q will be described later.
The transmission unit 137 transmits the user information Q corresponding to one user, the user information Q (Qc) corresponding to another user, and the like to the terminal device 20 under the control of the control unit 150.

The game server 10 also transmits information about the terminal device 20 other than the terminal device 20 of interest, while receiving information or the like from the terminal device 20 other than the terminal device 20 of interest. In FIG. 4, the arrow directed from the transmission unit 137 toward the terminal device 20 other than the terminal device 20 of interest indicates that the information is transmitted to the terminal device 20 other than the terminal device 20 of interest, and the terminal device of interest is also transmitted. An arrow pointing from a device other than 20 toward the receiving unit 135 indicates that information from another terminal device 20 is received.

On the other hand, on the side of the terminal device 20, the operation detection unit 231, the storage unit 240, the display control unit 241, the transmission unit 235, the reception unit 237, and the management unit 250 are constructed by the CPU 201 executing the game application. Of these, the management unit 250, which will be described in detail later, is constructed with an operation target selection unit 251, an instruction content determination unit 252, an attack target selection unit 253, and an execution unit 254, and controls each unit of the terminal device 20. It is composed.
A work area W is allocated to a part of the storage unit 240. One user information Q supplied from the game server 10, user information Q (Qc) corresponding to another user, and the like are temporarily stored in the work area W when the game is provided.

The display control unit 241 controls the display content of the display area 205 according to the information and the instruction content supplied from the management unit 250.
The display area 205 is an area to be displayed on the display panel 210. The operation detection unit 231 detects an operation on the touch panel 220 performed by the user and outputs information about the operation. Specifically, when the touch panel 220 is operated, the operation detection unit 231 detects the position information of the touch operation, the type of the touch operation, and the like, and the operation content given to the touch panel 220. Information indicating the above is supplied to the management unit 250.
The transmission unit 235 transmits various information such as instructions and results supplied from the management unit 250 to the game server 10. On the other hand, the receiving unit 237 receives the user information Q and the like from the game server.

Next, the user information Q will be described.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of user information Q. As shown in the figure, the user information Q corresponding to a certain user is configured to include user identification information, owned character information, and team information.
Of these, the user identification information is information that uniquely identifies the user.
The possessed character information is a collection of unit data corresponding to one or more characters owned by the user (hereinafter referred to as "owned character"), and each of the unit data includes character identification information, command information, and game information Y, respectively. Including.

Here, attention is paid to a certain unit data, and the character identification information, the command information, and the game information Y in the focused unit data will be described in relation to the possessed character defined by the focused unit data.
First, the character identification information is information for uniquely identifying the owned character. Although not particularly shown, the character is accompanied by name information of the character, image information for display, and the like. These name information and image information are stored, for example, in the storage unit 140 in association with the character identification information.
Next, the command information is information for specifying the type of attack (command) peculiar to the possessed character, such as the name (type) of the command and the trajectory pattern to be given to the touch panel 220 when the command is given. Information indicating the content of the command is included.
For example, in the figure, the command information in the unit data of interest is an example in which three types whose names are "barking", "biting", and "beam" are defined.
The command information is different for each character (it may be the same). Further, the unit data may or may not have a plurality of types as command information. When the unit data does not have command information, the possessed character corresponding to the unit data is a "normal attack", that is, a general command type that is not unique to the character, specifically, a game of the owned character. Only the attack specified by the information Y (attack power information) will be given.

The game information Y is information that specifies the ability of the possessed character, and specifically, is configured to include physical strength information, attack power information, and defense power information. Of these, the physical strength information is an index showing the physical strength value (durability) of the possessed character. The attack power information is an index showing the attack ability of the possessed character, and the defense power information is an index showing the defense ability of the possessed character. Such game information Y (physical strength information, defense power information, attack power information) is appropriately updated by a battle or the like.

Here, in the present embodiment, the relationship between the battle in the game and the game information Y will be briefly described. For example, when one character (operation target character) attacks another character (attack target character), the amount of attack applied to the attack target character is the attack ability of the operation target character and the command used for the attack. It will be decided. That is, if an appropriate command is used for the operation target character, a larger attack amount can be generated, and conversely, if an inappropriate command is used, the attack amount is reduced.
On the other hand, when the attack target character receives an attack indicated by the attack amount, it will not be damaged unless the attack amount exceeds its own defense ability, but if the attack amount exceeds the defense ability, it will be exceeded. It is updated so that it takes damage by the amount of damage, that is, the health value decreases by the amount of damage received.
Therefore, for one user on the attacking side, (1) which character on the side, (2) which command is used, and (3) which character on the other side is attacked is extremely difficult in this game. It will be an important strategy.

It is also possible to specify only the character identification information of the possessed character in each unit data, and store and manage the game information Y of each character as data separate from the user information Q in association with the character identification information.
Regarding the game information Y, for example, physical strength and attack ability may be increased by a predetermined value depending on the experience of the game, and physical strength may be restored by the effect of a predetermined item or for each game. May be.

Further, the team information included in the user information Q is information indicating which character among the characters owned by the user corresponding to the user information Q is used to play against another user.
That is, in the present embodiment, a user forms a team with the possessed characters indicated by the team information among the characters owned by the user, and plays against the opponent's team.
It should be noted that, among the owned characters, which character constitutes the team may be configured to be selected in advance by the user, may be randomly selected by the management unit 250, or possessed, for example, according to a predetermined rule. Among the characters, a predetermined number of characters located at the top in descending order of attack power information and defense power information may be selected.

Next, an outline of the game provided in the present embodiment will be described.
The game is to play a team composed of characters owned by one user and a team composed of characters owned by another user, and it is a turn system in which the attacking side and the defending side alternate. ing.
Here, when the attacking side's turn arrives at one user and the other user becomes the defending side, the one user performs the following operations to specify the content of the attack. Specifically, when a turn arrives for one user, that one user
(A) Designate one character (operation target character) from the remaining characters in your team by touch-on, and specify it.
(B) From the touch-on position, move to one character (attack target character) that gives an attack to the opponent team while drawing the trajectory of the command corresponding to the operation target character (trajectory drawing).
(C) Touch off at the position of the attack target character.
The operations from the touch-on of (A) to the touch-off of (C) through the locus drawing of (B) are actually continuous operations without being separated, but this description is for convenience. I will explain by dividing it into.
Further, although the description that the locus of the command is drawn is used here, the locus may be drawn in the display area 205, or it may be merely a movement of the touched portion and may not be drawn.

Of these continuous operations, the operation target selection unit 251 in the management unit 250 determines (selects) the operation target character by the touch-on of (A). Further, it is the instruction content determination unit 252 in the management unit 250 that determines the attack content (instruction content) by the operation target character from the locus drawing of (B). It is the attack target selection unit 253 in the management unit 250 that determines (selects) the attack target character by the touch-off of (C).
Further, when the continuous operation from (A) to (C) is performed by the one user, the "operation target character" adds the attack indicated by the "instruction content" to the "attack target character". The execution unit 254 in the management unit 250 executes a process such as updating the physical strength information of the attack target character, which is executed in the game.

On the other hand, when the attacking side's turn arrives at another user and one user becomes the defending side, the operations (A) to (C) by the other user, that is, which is the operation target character. The content of the instruction to be added to which attack target character is determined by the management unit 250 of the terminal device 20 owned by one user. Therefore, the game in the present embodiment appears to be playing against another user from the viewpoint of one user, but in reality, the terminal device 20 borrows the character of the other user. The content is that the game progresses regardless of the will of other users.

In the game of the present embodiment, when the turn arrives, the operation target character of (1), the instruction content of (2), and (3) the operation target character are separated by the operations from (A) to (C). When the attack content is selected and the attack content is determined, the attack target character is inflicted with damage according to the attack content, and the physical strength value (physical strength information) of the character is reduced by the amount corresponding to the damage. When the physical strength value of a character becomes zero or less due to an attack, the character is extinguished from the team. When the number of remaining characters in any team of one user or another user becomes zero (when they are wiped out), the one who is wiped out becomes the loser, and the remaining user is the winner. Will be.

The result (win / loss) of the game is notified to one user who has led the start of the game, as will be described later. If one user becomes the winner, a predetermined item, virtual game value, etc. are given as rewards.
On the other hand, for other users, the request from the terminal device 20 owned by the other user may or may not be notified. In any case, the other users are unaware that the game against them was run under the initiative of one user.
Therefore, it can be said that the game provided in the present embodiment is an asynchronous game in which one user and another user do not need to execute the game at the same time. Therefore, there is an advantage that a large number of users can easily participate in the competitive game, as compared with the synchronous game in which a plurality of users are required to participate in the game at the same time.

As described above, the game provided in the present embodiment is asynchronous, and in the game led by one user, the terminal device 20 owned by the one user is the other regardless of the intention of the other user. Borrow the character of the user and proceed with the game. Therefore, when the game is started by one user, in the terminal device 20 of the one user, the user information Q corresponding to the one user and the user information Q corresponding to the other user are obtained from the game server 10. It is transferred and stored in the work area W of the storage unit 240, and the user information Q (game information Y) is updated as the game progresses. After the game ends, the user information Q corresponding to one user is transmitted to the game server 10 and reflected in the stored contents in the storage unit 140, but the user information Q corresponding to the other user is discarded.
As a result, from the perspective of other users, even if the game is started regardless of their own will, the user information Q of the other user stored in the storage unit 140 is not changed.
The game provided in the embodiment is an asynchronous game here, but it is of course possible that the game is a synchronous game.

<System operation>
Next, the operation of the terminal device 20 will be described.

6 and 7 are flowcharts showing the battle processing in the game when the start of the game is led by one user.
First, when one user performs a predetermined operation on the terminal device 20, for example, when an operation of tapping a software button or the like indicating the start of a match is performed on the main menu screen (not shown) of the game, the operation detection unit. The 231 supplies the operation information indicating the operation to the management unit 250. The management unit 250 transmits information identifying the one user and a game start instruction to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235.

When these information and instructions are received from the terminal device 20 by the receiving unit 135 in the game server 10, the control unit 150 can use the terminal device 20 of the one user, for example, a user who can play against the one user. Send information (nickname, skill level, possessed items, etc.).
When the information is received by the receiving unit 237 in the terminal device 20, the management unit 250 transfers the information to the display control unit 241 and displays the opponent selection screen (not shown) in the display area 205. To instruct.
The opponent selection screen is, for example, a screen for listing opponents that one user can play against, and is a screen that prompts the one user to select one opponent from the list. be. Further, as an example of an opponent that one user can play against, for example, a person who has a mutual relationship (friendship) with the one user can be mentioned.

The one user selects one opponent according to the opponent selection screen. When the one user selects the other party, the other party is determined as another user (step Sa11). When the operation detection unit 231 receives an operation for selecting another user, the operation detection unit 231 supplies information for identifying the selected user to the management unit 250. The management unit 250 transmits the information to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235.
The opponent may be determined by a method other than the selection by one user. For example, a partner close to the skill level of one user may be randomly determined, or a partner close to the conditions requested by one user may be searched for and determined.

On the other hand, when the start of the game is instructed by one user and the other user is determined, the game server 10 and the terminal device 20 initialize the game against the other user from the viewpoint of the one user. (Preparatory processing) is executed as follows (step Sa12).
First, on the side of the game server 10, the control unit 150 reads the user information Q corresponding to one user and the other user from the storage unit 140, and sends the transmission unit 137 to the terminal device 20 of the one user. Send via. At this time, the control unit 150 acquires the character name information and the image information associated with the character identification information in the user information of both users and transmits them to the terminal device 20 of the one user. Strictly speaking, only the characters shown in the team information among the owned characters are used in the battle. Therefore, it is not necessary to supply the user information Q (all the information of the characters owned by the user), and it is sufficient to transmit the unit data (and the name information and the image information) of the characters constituting the team to the terminal device 20. However, for convenience of explanation, here, it is assumed that the user information Q corresponding to one user and the other user is transmitted to the terminal device 20 as described above.
Further, although the game provided in the present embodiment is a turn-based game, for convenience of explanation, the rule is that the first turn arrives at one user. Of course, which one the first turn will come to may be randomly determined or let one user choose.

On the side of the terminal device 20, when the above information is received from the game server 10, the management unit 250 stores the user information Q corresponding to one user and the user information Q corresponding to another user, respectively. It is stored in the work area W in 240. The user information Q corresponding to another user stored in the work area W will be described with a reference numeral Qc in order to distinguish it from the user information Q corresponding to one user.
Further, when the above information is received, the management unit 250 instructs the display control unit 241 to create a battle screen based on the information. According to this instruction, the display control unit 241 creates a battle screen and displays it in the display area 205.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a battle screen displayed in the display area 205 in the terminal device 20.
As shown in the figure, in the display area 205, the lower first area A1 and the upper second area A2 are provided so as to sandwich the third area A3, and the second area A2 is above the second area A2. Four areas A4 are provided.

Of these, in the first area A1, one user, that is, a character constituting his / her own team is displayed. Specifically, the management unit 250 supplies the image information of the character indicated by the team information among the user information Q stored in the work area W corresponding to one received user to the display control unit 241 to control the display. By displaying the image of the supplied character in the first area A1, the unit 241 displays the characters constituting the team of one user as the first candidate object as a candidate for the operation target. At this time, the order of the characters to be arranged in the first region A1 may be random, or may be a predetermined rule, for example, the order of abilities indicated by the game information Y.
In the display example shown in FIG. 8, the characters displayed in the first region A1 are five characters M1 to M5. Further, in the figure, the physical strength gauges of the corresponding characters are displayed on the lower side of the characters M1 to M5. This physical fitness gauge is a normalized display of how much the physical fitness value (physical fitness information) at the present time remains compared to when the tank is full (100%). The more to the right in the figure, the more the physical strength value remains.

In the second area A2, another user, that is, a character constituting the opponent's team is displayed as a second candidate object as a candidate for the recipient. Specifically, the management unit 250 supplies the image information of the character indicated by the team information among the user information Qc corresponding to other users to the display control unit 241 and the display control unit 241 supplies the supplied character. By displaying the image in the second area A2, the characters constituting the team of other users are displayed.
At this time, the order of the characters to be arranged in the second area A2 may be random as in the first area A1, or may follow a predetermined rule.
In the display example of FIG. 8, four characters N1 to N4 are displayed in the second region A2. Further, in the figure, the physical strength gauges of the corresponding characters are displayed on the lower side of the characters N1 to N4.

The third area A3 is an area for drawing the locus of the command in the above (B).

In the fourth area A4, a message from the game provider side (system side) is displayed for one user. Specifically, the management unit 250 supplies the display control unit 241 with message data according to the progress of the game, and the display control unit 241 causes the fourth area A4 to display the message indicated by the supplied data. ..
In the example of FIG. 8, the message displayed in the fourth area A4 indicates that a turn has arrived for one user.

Now, when the battle screen is displayed in the display area 205 of the terminal device 20, the management unit 250 determines whether or not the turn has reached one user (step Sa13).
If the turn has arrived for one user (if the determination result in step Sa13 is "Yes"), the attack determination process corresponding to one user is executed (step Sa14). On the other hand, if the turn has arrived for another user (if the determination result in step Sa13 is "No"), the attack determination process corresponding to the other user is executed (step Sa15).
As described above, since the first turn arrives at one user side, the details of the attack determination process corresponding to one user, that is, step Sa14 will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

When a turn arrives at one user, as described above, the one user continuously goes from (A) to (B) to (C) in order to specify the attack content in the turn. Operate.
Therefore, first, it is determined whether or not the touch-on, which is the start of this continuous operation, has been performed (step Sb11). Specifically, when touch-on occurs, the operation detection unit 231 supplies the touch-on position information to the management unit 250, and the management unit 250 owns the position information in the first area A1 of the battle screen. It is determined whether or not the display area is one of the characters constituting the team (abbreviated as "ally character" in FIG. 7).
If it is not touched on, or even if it is touched on, if the touched-on part is not the display area of the characters constituting its own team (if the determination result in step Sb11 is "No"), the management unit 250 , The processing procedure is returned to step Sb11. Therefore, the processing procedure waits in step Sb11 until the characters constituting the own team are touched on.

On the other hand, when any of the characters constituting the own team is touched on (when the determination result in step Sb11 becomes "Yes"), the operation target selection unit 251 of the management unit 250 selects the touched-on character. do. The management unit 250 supplies the name information and unit data of the character to the display control unit 241 so as to display a message including the name information and the command information (command name and trajectory pattern) in the fourth area A4. (Step Sb12).
As a result, for example, in the battle screen displayed when one user has a turn as shown in FIG. 8, when one user touches on the character M4 with the finger of the left hand as shown in FIG. In the fourth area A4, the following message is displayed. That is, in the fourth region A4, the character M4's name "Great Pumpkin" is included, and the command names "barking", "biting", and "beam" are associated with each locus pattern. A message is displayed.

When the touch-on position information starts to move, the operation detection unit 231 supplies the position information to the management unit 250, and the management unit 250 stores the position information in the storage unit 240 in order to determine the movement locus. Sequentially store (step Sb13).
Then, the operation detection unit 231 determines whether or not the touch-off has occurred (step Sb14). If the touch-off does not occur and the touch-on continues (if the determination result in step Sb14 is "No"), the operation detection unit 231 returns the processing procedure to step Sb13. Therefore, the processing procedure circulates in steps Sb13 and Sb14 until it is touched off.
On the other hand, if touch-off occurs (if the determination result in step Sb14 is "Yes"), the operation detection unit 231 supplies information to the effect that the touch-off has occurred to the management unit 250. The attack target selection unit 253 of the management unit 250 determines whether or not the last position information in time among the position information stored sequentially is the display position of the opponent character (step Sb15). Here, the position information stored immediately before the touch-off is treated as the position information of the touch-off, that is, the position information at the end of the input operation.
Even if the touch-off occurs, if the touch-off is performed at a point other than the display position of the opponent character (if the determination result in step Sb15 is "No"), the management unit 250 returns the processing procedure to step Sb11. Therefore, the touch operation from the touch-on to the touch-off is invalidated.

If touch-off occurs at the display position of the opponent character (if the determination result in step Sb15 is "Yes"), the attack target selection unit 253 of the management unit 250 selects the opponent character corresponding to the touch-off display position. .. Then, the management unit 250 reads the position information from the touch-on to the touch-off from the storage unit 240 and executes the processing of the next steps Sb16 to Sb19.
First, the operation target selection unit 251 in the management unit 250 determines the touch-on ally character as the operation target character (step Sb16).

The instruction content determination unit 252 in the management unit 250 determines the instruction content for the operation target character as follows (step Sb17).
That is, first, the instruction content determination unit 252 determines the movement locus in the third region A3 and the locus pattern of the command information in the command information corresponding to the operation target character among the movement loci from the touch-on to the touch-off. Compare and identify if there are similarities, and if so, which locus pattern is most similar to the movement locus. Secondly, if there is a locus pattern similar to the movement locus as the instruction content for the operation target character, the instruction content determination unit 252 determines the command corresponding to the most similar locus pattern. At this time, if there is no locus pattern similar to the movement locus, it is determined as "normal attack".
Here, the degree to which the physical strength of the attack target character is reduced is determined based on the instruction content. At this time, the instruction content (degree of reducing the physical strength) may be changed depending on the speed at which the movement locus is drawn. Further, the instruction content may be changed depending on the relationship between the operation character and the attack target character, as will be described later.

Next, the attack target selection unit 253 in the management unit 250 determines the opponent character at the time of the touch-off position information as the attack target character (step Sb18). When the operation target character, the instruction content, and the attack target character are determined in this way, the execution unit 254 in the management unit 250 gives the operation target character an attack indicated by the instruction content to the attack target character. The game process is executed (step Sb19).
Here, the game process is specifically a process of updating the game information (physical strength information) of the attack target character based on the determined instruction content.
In the present embodiment, the operation target character determination process, the instruction content determination process, and the attack target character determination process are performed in this order, but the order of these processes is arbitrary, for example, the operation target character determination process and the attack target. The character determination process and the instruction content determination process may be executed in this order.
After this, the processing procedure shifts to step Sa16 in FIG.

Subsequently, a specific content when instructing an attack and an example of a screen will be described with reference to FIG. 10.
In FIG. 10, one user touches on the character M4 in the first region A1 and draws a locus including a counterclockwise circle in the third region A3 as shown by a solid line in the second region A2. This is an example of a touch operation when the opponent character N3 touches off. Further, in this case, the command information associated with the character M4 shall include "barking" as shown in FIG.
Further, in the screen shown in FIG. 10, in the fourth area A4, the name of the operation target character M4 is "Great Pumpkin", the command name is "barking", and the name of the attack target character N3 is "". A message containing "Tatsu" is displayed.

When the operation as shown in FIG. 10 is performed, the operation target character is determined to be the touch-on character M4, the command is determined to be "barking", and the attack target character is determined to be the character N3 at the time of touch-off. Therefore, the execution unit 254 executes a game process in which the ally character M4 attacks the opponent character N3 using the command "barking".

By the way, in FIG. 6, when the turn has arrived to another user (if the determination result in step Sa13 is "No"), the attack determination process of the other user is executed (step Sa15). As described above, this embodiment does not actually participate in the game by another user, and behaves as if another user is playing from the viewpoint of one user. Therefore, when a turn arrives at another user, the management unit 250 of the terminal device 20 determines a character used for the attack, a command used by the character, and a character giving the attack on behalf of the other user. According to the rules of, or randomly selected, the instruction content determined by these selections is determined, and the game processing is executed.
At this time, the instruction content selected on behalf of another user may be presented to one user.
After this, the processing procedure shifts to step Sa16.

In this way, if the turn has arrived at one user, the instruction content of the attack is determined by the terminal device 20, while the turn has arrived at another user. The content of the attack instruction is also determined by the terminal device 20.
Therefore, in any case, the content of the attack instruction is grasped by the terminal device 20. Therefore, next, the execution unit 254 of the management unit 250 in the terminal device 20 reflects the instruction content in the game information (physical strength information) of the character targeted for the attack, that is, the attack target character stored in the work area W. The game information (physical strength information) of is updated according to the instruction content. After the update, the management unit 250 determines whether or not the physical strength value (physical strength information) of the character targeted for the attack is larger than zero (step Sa16).

If the physical strength value of the character targeted for attack is greater than zero (if the determination result of step Sa16 is "Yes"), the management unit 250 immediately switches turns (step Sa17). As a result, after the turns are exchanged, the processing procedure returns to step Sa13.
On the other hand, if the physical strength value of the character targeted for attack is zero or less (if the determination result in step Sa16 is "No"), the management unit 250 deletes the character from the battle screen in the display area 205. Is instructed to the display control unit 241 (step Sa18).
As a result, in the terminal device 20 of one user, the effect that the characters displayed up to that point disappears is performed.

For example, when a turn arrives at one user, the one user touches on the character M4 on the battle screen of FIG. 10, and then touches off with the opponent character N3 while drawing a locus pattern of the command "barking". Then, when the attack content is reflected and the physical strength value of the character N3 becomes zero or less, as shown in FIG. 11, the effect that the character N3 displayed up to that point disappears is performed. To. Further, at this time, as shown in the figure, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
In this example, the character of another user disappears, but the character of one user may disappear depending on the attack content when the turn arrives at another user. In addition, when the content of the attack is reflected, it may be produced as if the attack was added.

Next, the management unit 250 determines whether or not the character of one or another user has been completely destroyed as a result of erasing the character (step Sa19).
If it is not completely destroyed (if the determination result of step Sa19 is "No"), the management unit 250 switches the turns (step Sa17) in order to continue the game, and then returns the processing procedure to step Sa13.
On the other hand, if it is annihilated (if the determination result of step Sa19 is "Yes"), the management unit 250 determines the user who has been annihilated as the loser and the user who has the remaining character as the winner. , The process according to the victory or defeat is executed (step Sa20). As the process according to the victory or defeat, for example, a process of giving a reward such as a predetermined item or a virtual game value to the winning user can be considered.

After executing the processing according to the victory or defeat, the management unit 250 reads the user information Q corresponding to one user stored in the work area W and transmits it to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235, while the other The user information Qc corresponding to the user is discarded (step Sa21).
When the user information Q corresponding to one user is received by the receiving unit 135 in the game server 10, the control unit 150 receives the user information Q corresponding to the one user stored in the storage unit 140. Replace with user information Q. As a result, the battle result in one user is reflected in the master in the game server 10. On the other hand, since the user information Qc corresponding to the other user information is discarded, it is not reflected in the master in the game server 10.
After step Sa21, this battle process ends, and the screen returns to the main menu screen of the game described above.

As described above, in the present embodiment, one user whose turn has arrived touches on the operation target character used for the attack among the ally characters displayed in the first area A1, and the locus of the command for the operation target character. While drawing the pattern, it is sufficient to touch off at the attack target character to which the attack is applied among the opponent characters. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, one user instructs which character to use, which command to attack which character, by one operation from touch-on to touch-off. Can be done. In addition, various commands can be specified by drawing a locus pattern. For this reason, it is possible to give a kind of variety to the game operations that tend to be monotonous. Since the type of the command is changed depending on how the locus pattern is drawn, it becomes an incentive for the user to improve the operation skill and can improve the taste.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In this second embodiment, the characters are compatible with each other, that is, whether the other character is advantageous, disadvantageous, or equal to a certain character. Then, in the second embodiment, the instruction content is changed based on the relationship.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the user information Q in the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the user information Q is the same as the first embodiment in that it includes the user identification information, the owned character information, and the team information, but the unit data constituting the owned character information includes the attribute information. It differs from the first embodiment in that it includes.
Here, the attribute information is information indicating the attribute of the character associated with the corresponding unit data. In the present embodiment, for example, any one of "fire", "water", and "tree" is associated with the attribute, and the compatibility between the characters is determined by referring to and comparing this attribute information.
Specifically, a character whose attribute information is "fire" is strong against a character whose attribute information is "tree" and is advantageous in an attack (good compatibility), whereas the attribute information is "water". It is weak against the character that is, and is disadvantageous in attack (incompatible). Similarly, a character whose attribute information is "water" is compatible with a character whose attribute information is "fire", whereas it is not compatible with a character whose attribute information is "tree". , A character whose attribute information is "tree" is compatible with a character whose attribute information is "water", while it is not compatible with a character whose attribute information is "fire". be. Characters with the same attribute information have no advantages / disadvantages and are on an equal footing.

In the second embodiment, the compatibility between certain characters is specifically reflected in the battle as follows. For example, when a certain character (operation target character) attacks another character (attack target character), the instruction content determination unit 252 has an attack ability that the operation target character has an attack amount to be applied to the attack target character. Based on the amount determined by the command used for the attack and "1.2" times when the compatibility is good, "0.8" times when the compatibility is bad, and "1. It is multiplied by "0". In addition, the instruction content determination unit 252 may be changed so that the instruction content is canceled depending on the compatibility.

Further, in the second embodiment, the battle process when the start of the game is led by one user is almost the same as the flowchart of FIG. 6 in the first embodiment except that the attribute information is referred to in various places.

First, in the second embodiment, on the battle screen, the ally characters M1 to M5 in the first area A1 and the opponent characters N1 to N4 in the second area have the attributes shown by the attribute information together with the physical strength gauge. It is displayed in parentheses. For example, in FIG. 13, the attribute of the character M4 is shown to be "tree".
Regarding the display of attributes, for example, if it is a "tree", the character may be displayed in a green-based color, but here, for convenience of explanation, the attributes are shown in parentheses as shown in FIG. It is displayed in writing.

In the second embodiment, when a friendly character is touched on in step Sb11 (when the discrimination result of step Sb11 becomes "Yes"), in step Sb12, a message is displayed and the following identification mark is displayed. Will be done.
Specifically, the management unit 250 identifies the attribute information (of unit data) corresponding to the touched-on character, and puts an identification mark displayed in the second area A2 indicating compatibility with the other party's character. The display control unit 241 is instructed to display each character.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, when the character M4 among the ally characters M1 to M5 is touched on, the opponent characters N1 to N4 are opposed to the "tree" which is the attribute of the character M4. Of these, an upward triangular identification mark p indicating that effect is displayed in the vicinity of the character N3 having a water attribute that is compatible with the water attribute, and a downward triangular identification mark indicating that effect is displayed in the vicinity of the character N1 that has an incompatible fire attribute. n is displayed. No identification mark is attached in the vicinity of the characters N2 and N4 which are on an equal footing.

When the identification marks p and n are displayed in association with the opponent's character in this way, the identification mark p is incompatible with the opponent's character that is compatible with the touch-on character (prone to damage). The identification mark n is displayed for each of the opponent's characters (which is difficult to damage).
For this reason, one user decides which of the opponent's characters should be effectively damaged for the touched-on character before performing an operation for selecting the attack target character. That is, it is possible to know before performing an operation of moving to a character to be attacked while drawing a trajectory of a command corresponding to the operation target character.
Then, if it is determined that the touch-on character cannot effectively damage the character, one user may touch off at a point other than the display position of the opponent character to invalidate the touch operation (for example, the touch operation may be invalidated. The determination result in step Sb15 is "No"). This allows one user to touch on another ally character on the turn to reconsider the character used for the attack.

Further, good or bad compatibility may be displayed by other than the identification marks p and n. For example, a good (bad) character may be displayed in a different manner from the others, such as a specific color or a shading pattern, so that the user can identify it.

In the second embodiment using the attribute information, the following application examples are also possible.
For example, the touch-on character may not attack a character that is incompatible with the character (cannot be selected as an attack target character).
Although the flowchart in this configuration is not particularly shown, in step Sb18 before the game processing (step Sb19) is executed by the execution unit 254, the attack target selection unit 253 uses the attribute information of the operation target character and the attributes of the attack target character. As a result of comparison with the information, if the operation target character is compatible with the attack target character or is equal, the instruction content determination unit 252 is informed that the instruction content determined in step Sb17 does not need to be changed. On the other hand, if the compatibility is bad, the instruction content determination unit 252 is notified that the instruction content already determined in step Sb17 should be discarded.
The instruction content determination unit 252 maintains or discards the instruction content determined in step Sb17 in accordance with the notification from the attack target selection unit 253.

If the compatibility is poor, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, one user touches on the character M4, which is an attribute of the "tree", and draws the locus pattern of the command "barking" as shown by the solid line. , When the character M4 touches off with the opponent's character N1 which is an attribute of "fire" and performs an operation to give the character N1 an attack of "barking", the character M4 is shown by a broken line in the figure. , The operation may be invalidated by displaying an effect of returning to the original position without reaching the character N1 (without attacking). Further, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
In the screen shown in FIG. 14, in the fourth area A4, the name of the operation target character M4 is "Great Pumpkin", the command name is "barking", and the name of the attack target character N1 is "". A message is displayed stating that the "bee" cannot be attacked, including "bee".

Further, the instruction content determination unit 252 may change or maintain the instruction content determined in step Sb17 in consideration of not only the compatibility but also the combination with the command specified by the locus pattern.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
When the character to be operated is touched on, what kind of command is associated with the character and what kind of locus pattern is shown in FIG. 9 in the first embodiment. In the two embodiments, only a simple message is displayed in FIG. 13 as a message in the fourth region A4, respectively.
Therefore, in this third embodiment, in order to support the user, a function of displaying the locus pattern of the command associated with the touch-on character as a guide is provided.

In the third embodiment, when the ally character is touched on in step Sb11 (when the determination result of step Sb11 becomes "Yes"), the management unit 250 corresponds to the touched-on character (of unit data). The command information is specified, and the command information is read from the work area W.
A plurality of types of commands may be associated with the command information (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the management unit 250 determines which opponent character can be most damaged when the touched-on character uses each command.
Then, the management unit 250 instructs the display control unit 241 to display the locus pattern of the command as a guide from the touch-on character to the opponent character that can give the most damage.

FIG. 15 is an example of a battle screen in the third embodiment. In this figure, for example, when the character M4 is touched on, among the commands associated with the character M4, the "barking" command can cause the most damage. , This is an example in which the locus pattern of the command is displayed by a broken line as a guide when the character is N3.
Further, on this screen, a message indicating that the locus pattern is a guide is displayed in the fourth area A4 to guide the user. Further, the locus pattern serving as a guide may be displayed only for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) immediately after the touch-on, or may be continuously displayed until the touch-off is actually performed.

According to this third embodiment, it is not necessary to memorize the locus pattern of the command for each character, and on the other hand, it is possible to know which opponent character should be the attack target.

In addition, instead of displaying the trajectory pattern of the command from the touch-on character to the opponent character that can give the most damage, the trajectory pattern of the command associated with the touch-on character is simply displayed in order. You may display it. As a mode for displaying the command trajectory patterns in order, a configuration may be used in which the commands are automatically switched at predetermined time intervals (for example, 5 seconds), or a software key such as a cursor is displayed separately and switched by a feed operation by the user. It may be configured. In addition, the order of display may be the order of damage given to the opponent team, the order of registration in the command information, or the like. Further, the movement locus from the start of the input operation may be sequentially compared with the locus pattern of the command to display a similar locus pattern.

In the third embodiment in which the locus pattern is displayed as a guide, the following application examples are also possible. The amount of attack given to the other party may be changed according to the degree of similarity between the locus pattern displayed as a guide and the locus pattern actually drawn by one user.
Although the flowchart in this configuration is not particularly shown, the instruction content determination unit 252 actually draws the trajectory pattern displayed as a guide and one user before the execution unit 254 executes the game process (step Sb19). The attack amount (attack power) may be changed according to the similarity with the locus pattern.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16, when the locus pattern of the command displayed as a guide is shown by a broken line and the locus of the command drawn by the user is shown by a solid line, the instruction content determination unit 252 determines the degree of similarity. When it is determined to be high, the attack amount defined by the game information Y (attack amount information) of the character M4 and the command "barking" is increased. In this case, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
Although not particularly shown, when the similarity of the command locus drawn by the user to the guide-displayed command locus pattern is low, the instruction content determination unit 252 reduces the attack amount.

By the way, for example, in a configuration in which the attack power is changed according to the degree of similarity, the degree of similarity increases as the proficiency level of the user increases, and it becomes easier to defeat the opponent team. Therefore, when the state of high similarity continues for a predetermined number of times (predetermined time), for example, as shown in FIG. 17, the size in the vertical direction in the third region A3 is narrowed, and the locus of the command is given to the user. It may be configured to make it difficult to draw a pattern (to prevent the degree of similarity from becoming high).
The size of the third region A3 may be changed in the left-right direction or in both the vertical and horizontal directions in the figure.
In addition, various other examples can be considered as conditions for changing the size of the third region. For example, the number of days (hours) from the start of the game (at the time of installation), the number of owned characters, the number of characters constituting the team, and the like can be mentioned.

On the other hand, increasing the attack power can be said to be a kind of reward for the progress of the game.
Therefore, the size of the third area may be widened when the conditions such as the improvement of the user's proficiency level and the improvement of the level of the owned character are satisfied.

Further, the similarity of the command locus drawn by the user to the guide-displayed command locus pattern is displayed to the user by displaying the color change of the third area A3 in addition to the message in the fourth area A4. You may let me know. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the background of the display screen is white, the third area A3 may be displayed in a darker color with respect to the white background as the degree of similarity is higher. good. Alternatively, the blinking cycle may be shortened (or conversely lengthened) according to the degree of similarity.

<Fourth Embodiment>
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the first, second, and third embodiments described above, the character to be operated is touched on, and the locus pattern associated with the character (that is, the locus included in the command information as shown in FIG. 5) is touched on. By drawing a pattern), the command used by the character was specified.
In the fourth embodiment, the designation of the command used by the character is changed.

In the fourth embodiment, the command information does not have a locus pattern as shown in FIG. Therefore, first, in the fourth embodiment, when the ally character is touched on in step Sb11, the management unit 250 inputs the command information (of unit data) corresponding to the touched-on character when displaying the message in step Sb12. It is specified and read from the work area W, and the display control unit 241 displays the name of the command included in the command information in the third area A3 in a predetermined shape.

FIG. 19 is an example of a battle screen in the fourth embodiment. In this figure, for example, when the user touches on the character M4, the command names "barking", "biting", and "beam" associated with the character M4 are not associated with the character M4. The (non-unique) "normal attack" is an example of being surrounded by an ellipse in the third region A3, respectively.

Next, in the fourth embodiment, the user specifies the command as follows. That is, the user touches on the character to be the operation target among the ally characters, and touches off the character to be the attack target among the opponent characters, the display portion of the desired command is displayed. Specify the command by drawing a trajectory that passes through.
On the other hand, the instruction content determination unit 252 specifies the instruction content, that is, the touch-on by specifying which portion of the display portion of the command displayed in the third area A3 the movement locus from the touch-on to the touch-off has passed. The command used by the attacked character for the attack is determined (step Sb17 in FIG. 7).
For example, in the example of FIG. 19, when the user draws a locus as shown by a solid line from touch-on to touch-off, the instruction content determination unit 252 determines the instruction content that the character M4 uses the command “barking”. To. In this case, the attack target is the character N3.
The other processes are the same as those in the first embodiment, for example.

According to the fourth embodiment, the user does not need to remember or draw a complicated locus pattern associated with the character to be operated, as in the first embodiment. That is, the user simply draws a trajectory that passes through the display portion of the command. Therefore, since the user is not required to have the skill to draw the locus pattern corresponding to the command, the psychological barrier to play the game can be lowered.

<Application / modification example>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various applications and modifications as described below are possible, for example. It should be noted that the following application / modification modes may be appropriately combined with one or more arbitrarily selected.

<Avant-garde / rearguard>
In each embodiment, the ally character is arranged in the first area A1 and the opponent character is arranged in the second area A2 in a horizontal row, but they may be arranged in a plurality of rows. For example, as shown in FIG. 20, the opponent character in the second area A2 is located on the front side (lower side in the screen) and the back side (upper side in the screen) when viewed from the first area A1 in which the ally character is arranged. It may be arranged in two rows. That is, the avant-garde 320F and the rearguard 320B may be arranged in two rows. By arranging them in this way, the number of characters constituting the team can be increased.

In such a two-row arrangement, the character of the rearguard 320B is protected by the character of the avant-garde 320F. Therefore, for the character of the rearguard 320B, the game rule may be such that the character of the rearguard 320F cannot be selected as the attack target character unless all the characters of the avant-garde 320F are defeated. For example, when one user touches on the character M4, draws a locus pattern of a certain command, and touches off with any character of the rearguard 320B, if the character of the avant-garde 320F exists, the second embodiment. As in the case of incompatibility, the attack target selection unit 253 makes it impossible to select the character of the rearguard 320B as the attack target character, and the instruction content determination unit 252 changes the instruction content to invalidate the operation. May be.
The arrangement is not limited to two rows, and may be arranged in three rows such as avant-garde, middle guard, and rearguard, or may be arranged in four or more rows.

<Two-body attack, etc.>
In each embodiment, since the operation with one finger is assumed, one operation target character attacks one attack target character with a certain command. Not limited to this, for example, the content may be such that an attack is made by an independent operation with one finger of each of the left and right hands. That is, it may support multi-touch.

For example, as shown in FIG. 21, the ally character M2 is touched on with the finger of the left hand, a locus L is drawn, and the ally character M4 is touched on with the finger of the right hand while maintaining the touch-on state with the opponent character N1. Is touched on, a locus R is drawn, the character is moved to the opponent character N3, and an operation is performed in which the fingers of the left hand and the fingers of the right hand are touched off almost at the same time.

In this case, the operation detection unit 231 and the management unit 250 (operation target selection unit 251, instruction content determination unit 252, attack target selection unit 253) execute processing according to each operation information. Specifically, the operation detection unit 231 determines whether or not it is multi-touch, and if it is multi-touch, supplies individual operation information to the management unit 250. For example, when two points of the friendly characters M2 and M4 are touched on, the operation detection unit 231 sequentially supplies the position information of the two points to the management unit 250, and the management unit 250 supplies each of the position information. It is sequentially stored in the storage unit 240. The operation detection unit 231 determines for each touch whether or not the touch-off has occurred at the display position of the other character when the touch-off is performed, and the operation target selection unit 251 controls the touch-on character as an operation target. The process of selecting as a character is executed for each touch. The instruction content determination unit 252 executes a process of determining the instruction content for the operation target character in the locus pattern from touch-on to touch-off for each touch. The attack target selection unit 253 executes a process of selecting the opponent character at the touch-off position as the attack target character for each touch.
The execution unit 254 executes a game process in which the operation target character gives an attack indicated by the instruction content to the attack target character in a chain (so-called combo) for each touch.
When instructing a plurality of operation target characters to attack the same attack target character, the instruction content determination unit 252 moves to the plurality of operation target characters as a cooperative attack by the plurality of operation target characters. The instruction content determined by the locus may be changed. At this time, whether or not the instruction to attack the same attack target character is determined is determined by whether or not a plurality of operation target characters are instructed to attack the same attack target character within a predetermined time. Just do it.

By supporting multi-touch in this way, the user can input even more sophisticated and complicated instruction contents with a simple operation.
The following message may be displayed in the fourth region A4 of FIG. 21. That is, in the fourth region A4, the name of the character M2 is "sweets", the name of the command is "normal attack", the name of the character M4 is "great pumpkin", and the name of the command is "barking". However, you may display a message.

In this way, when supporting multi-touch, the characters to be attacked may be concentrated. For example, as shown in FIG. 22, the ally character M2 is touched on with the finger of the left hand, a locus L is drawn, and the ally character M4 is touched on with the finger of the right hand while maintaining the touch-on state with the opponent character N3. May be touched on, a locus R is drawn, the character N3 is moved, and the left hand finger and the right hand finger are touched off almost at the same time to concentrate the attack on the same character N3.
In such a configuration, the trajectories (commands) drawn by the two fingers may be different, but as shown in the figure, for example, the locus R by the fingers of the right hand is set to follow the locus pattern, and the hand When the locus L by the finger is symmetrical with respect to the locus pattern, the instruction content determination unit 252 may determine that the same command is specified.
By concentrating the characters that attack in this way, it is possible to give a kind of fun to the game.
Further, although two bodies have been described here, three or more bodies may be used.

<Browser type>
Further, in the embodiment and the application / modification example, the so-called native application type in which the terminal device 20 provides the game by executing the dedicated game application has been described, but the game server 10 creates the battle screen on the web screen. It may be a so-called browser type configuration in which the web screen is transmitted to the terminal device 20 and the terminal device 20 displays the web screen on the browser.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a functional block constructed by the system 1 in the case of such a browser type.
As shown in this figure, in the browser type, the display control unit 160 in the game server 10 creates a battle screen as described on the web screen, and sends the language information describing the web screen to the transmission unit 137. It is supplied to the terminal device 20 via the terminal device 20. On the other hand, when the receiving unit 237 receives the language information in the terminal device 20, the management unit 250 transfers the information to the browser 261 and the browser 261 interprets the language information to display the web screen. It is configured to be displayed on 205.
Further, in this configuration, information indicating the operation content detected by the operation detection unit 231 in the terminal device 20 is supplied to the game server 10. In the control unit 150 of the game server 10, the operation target selection unit 151 for selecting the operation target character, the instruction content determination unit 152 for determining the instruction content by the operation target character, and the attack target selection for selecting the attack target character. A unit 153 and an execution unit 154 executed in the game are constructed so that the "operation target character" adds the attack indicated by the "instruction content" to the "attack target character".

In this browser type, the terminal device 20 only displays the web screen created by the game server 10 in terms of display, and the processing load is reduced.

Considering such a browser-type configuration, in the system 1, the game server 10 is provided for the control unit 150, the storage unit 140 (240), the management unit 250, and the display control unit 241 (160) in FIG. 4 (FIG. 23). It is arbitrary whether it is built on the side of the terminal device 20 or on the side of the terminal device 20. That is, either the game server 10 or the terminal device 20 may be provided with these functional blocks. Further, the storage unit 140 (240) may be managed by a configuration other than the game server 10, that is, cloud computing.

<Others>
In each embodiment, the object is described by taking a character appearing in the game as an example, but the object is not limited to these depending on the content of the game.
For example, the object to be operated and the object to be received may be something like a "marble" displayed in the display area 205. In this case, the display control unit 241 displays the candidate for the operation target and a plurality of "marbles" to be the recipients in the display area 205, while the instruction content determination unit 252 receives the recipients from the "marbles" to be operated. The content of the instruction (playing) for the "marble" of the operation target is determined by the movement trajectory to the target "marble", and the execution unit 254 determines the instruction content (playing) from the "marble" of the operation target to the "marble" of the recipient. (For example, the process of changing the display position of the recipient's "marble" by flipping it) is executed. The operation target selection unit 251 selects the "marble" corresponding to the start position of the movement locus as the operation target "marble", and the attack target selection unit 253 selects the "marble" corresponding to the end position of the movement locus. Select as the recipient's "marble".
Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the object (friend character) that is a candidate for the operation target does not need to be stopped at the same position in the first region A1, and the arrangement may be appropriately changed or a predetermined movement (motion). ) May be given. Similarly, the object that is the candidate for the recipient (the character of the other party) does not have to be stopped at the same position in the second area A2, and may be appropriately rearranged or given a predetermined motion (motion). May be.
It can be applied to any application other than games, for example, when moving a mail document to a folder, one mail document selected as the operation target object, one folder selected as the recipient target object, and the movement trajectory. It may be something like deciding whether to move as a read document or as an unread document based on.

Further, in the embodiment, the command used by the operation target character is determined by the locus drawn in the third region A3, that is, by a part of the locus from touch-on to touch-off, but the locus from touch-on to touch-off is determined. The configuration may be determined by all.

<Summary>
As described above, the terminal device 20 that accepts an input operation to a game device according to an embodiment or an application / modification, for example, an input device (for example, a touch panel 220) capable of designating a position on a display screen is a display area. Of the 205, two or more first candidate objects (for example, ally characters) that are candidates for operation are displayed in the first area A1, and two or more candidates that are candidates for recipients are displayed in the second area A2. A display control unit 241 that displays a second candidate object (for example, a character of the other party), an operation detection unit 231 that detects position information input to an input device from the start to the end of the operation, and a first candidate. The operation target selection unit 251 that selects the operation target object (for example, the operation target character) among the objects based on the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 and the instruction content for the operation target object. , The instruction content determination unit 252 that determines based on the movement locus of a part or all of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 from the start to the end, and the recipient target object (for example, attack) among the second candidate objects. The target character) is selected based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 (for example, the attack target selection unit 253) and the instruction content to the recipient target object. It is a configuration having an execution unit 254 that gives an influence based on the above.
According to this configuration, the operation target object is selected by the start of the operation, the instruction content is determined by the movement locus from the start to the end of the operation, and the receiver target object is selected by the end of the operation. Therefore, the instruction content that affects the receiver target object from the operation target object based on the instruction content can be completed by a series of operations from the start to the end of the operation by the input device.

When the operation target object has a predetermined relationship with the receiver target object, the instruction content determination unit 252 may determine the instruction content in consideration of the relationship. The relationship is, for example, the compatibility (advantage, disadvantage, equality) of the receiver target object with the operation target object.

When the operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit 251, the display control unit 241 may display the second candidate object so that the relationship between the operation target objects can be identified. Since the second candidate object is displayed so that the relationship with the selected operation target object can be identified, it is known which of the second candidate objects should be selected as the recipient target object. be able to.

For each object of the first candidate object, one or more instruction contents and a locus pattern of the instruction contents are associated with each other in advance, and when the operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit 251 the display control unit 241 sets the display control unit 241. The locus pattern of the instruction content associated with the operation target object may be displayed in the display area 205. Since the locus pattern is displayed as a guide, the user does not need to remember the locus pattern of the instruction content for each object.

The display control unit 241 may select and display the locus pattern of the instruction content associated with the operation target object based on a predetermined criterion. The predetermined criteria are, for example, a preset order, a randomly selected one, one that is considered to be the most appropriate in the progress of the game, and the like.

One or more instruction contents and a locus pattern corresponding to the instruction contents are set in advance, and the instruction content determination unit 252 sets the movement locus from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 and the instruction. The instruction content may be changed according to the degree of similarity with one locus pattern of the content. Since the instruction content is changed according to the degree of similarity, the game is given a kind of fun and also motivates the user to learn the correct trajectory pattern.

The instruction content determination unit 252 may determine the instruction content based on the movement locus in the third area A3 in the display area 205 among the movement loci from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. ..
Here, the display control unit 241 may change the size of the third region A3 based on a predetermined condition. Since the instruction content is determined by the movement locus in the third area A3, the difficulty level of the game can be changed when the size of the third area A3 changes. Predetermined criteria include the user's proficiency level and the number of days and hours from the start of the game (at the time of installation). The size of the third region is a vertical size, a horizontal size, a vertical / horizontal size (area), and the like.

The recipient target selection unit (for example, the attack target selection unit 253) may limit the selection of the second candidate object having a predetermined relationship with the operation target object. Predetermined relationships include compatibility and game rules (for example, the rearguard cannot attack unless the avant-garde is defeated).

Game information is associated with each object of the first candidate object, and the instruction content determination unit 252 responds to the game information of the operation target object when the operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit 251. You may change the instruction contents. As a result, the game information is reflected according to the progress of the game, the result, and the like.

The operation detection unit 231 determines whether or not there are a plurality of input operations for the input device, and when the operation detection unit 231 determines that there are a plurality of input operations, the operation target selection unit 251 may perform a plurality of operation targets. An object is selected based on each of the position information at the start of the plurality of input operations, and the instruction content determination unit 252 sets the instruction content for each of the plurality of operation target objects as a movement locus based on the plurality of input operations. The recipient target selection unit may be configured to select one or more recipient target objects based on each of the position information at the end of the plurality of input operations. According to this configuration, more complicated and advanced instruction contents can be given.

When it is determined that there are a plurality of input operations and the same recipient target object (for example, an attack target character) is selected based on each of the plurality of input operations, the instruction content determination unit 252 is selected. The instruction content for each operation target object may be changed. This can give the game a kind of fun.

Further, a game system (system 1) including a game server 10 and a game device (for example, a terminal device 20) and accepting an input operation to an input device (for example, a touch panel 220) capable of designating a position on a display screen may be used. Of the display area 205, the first area A1 displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target, and the second area A2 displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver target. The display control unit 241 for displaying the above, the operation detection unit 231 for detecting the position information input to the input device from the start to the end, and the operation target object among the first candidate objects are operated. From the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 the operation target selection unit 251 that selects based on the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the detection unit 231 and the instruction content for the operation target object. The instruction content determination unit 252, which determines based on the movement locus of a part or all of the object, and the receiver target object among the second candidate objects are used as the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. It has a receiver target selection unit (for example, attack target selection unit 253) that is selected based on the target object, and an execution unit 254 that exerts an influence on the recipient target object based on the instruction content.

On the other hand, a computer (for example, a game device, specifically, a terminal device 20) is a computer that accepts an input operation to an input device (for example, a touch panel 220) capable of designating a position on a display screen. Among them, two or more first candidate objects (for example, ally characters) that are candidates for operation are displayed in the first area A1, and two or more first candidates that are candidates for recipients are displayed in the second area A2. The display control unit 241 that displays two candidate objects (for example, the other character), the operation detection unit 231 that detects the position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and the first candidate object. The operation target selection unit 251 that selects the operation target object (for example, the operation target character) based on the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 and the instruction content for the operation target object. The instruction content determination unit 252, which is determined based on the movement locus of a part or all of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 from the start to the end, and the recipient target object (for example, the attack target) among the second candidate objects. The character) is selected based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 (for example, the attack target selection unit 253) and the instruction content to the recipient target object. It is a configuration having an execution unit 254 that gives an influence based on the above.
The computer referred to here is not limited to the game device described in the embodiment, but is a general term for devices that execute information processing according to a program.

Further, the control method of the computer (for example, a game device, specifically, the terminal device 20) is a terminal device 20 that accepts an input operation to an input device (for example, a touch panel 220) capable of designating a position on a display screen. The control method is to display two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for operation in the first area of the display area 205, and to display two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver in the second area. 2 The step of displaying the candidate object, the step of detecting the position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and the start of the input operation of the operation target object of the first candidate object. The selection is made based on the position information at the time, the instruction content for the operation target object is determined based on the movement locus of a part or all from the start to the end of the input operation, and the receiver target of the second candidate object is determined. It has a step of selecting an object based on the position information at the end of the input operation, and a step of influencing the recipient target object based on the instruction content.

Further, as a program to be operated by a computer (for example, a game device, specifically, a terminal device 20), for example, a computer that accepts an input operation to an input device (for example, a touch panel 220) capable of designating a position on a display screen. (For example, the terminal device 20) displays two or more first candidate objects (for example, ally characters) that are candidates for operation in the first area A1 of the display area 205, and displays (for example, a ally character) in the second area A2. The display control unit 241 that displays two or more second candidate objects (for example, the character of the other party) that are candidates for the recipient, detects the position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation. Operation target selection unit 251 that selects the operation target object among the operation detection unit 231 and the first candidate object based on the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. Instruction content for the operation target object. The instruction content determination unit 252, which determines based on the movement locus of a part or all of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 from the start to the end, operates the receiver target object among the second candidate objects. A receiver target selection unit (for example, attack target selection unit 253) that selects based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the detection unit 231 and an execution unit that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content. It functions as 254.
The above program may be recorded on a recording medium. Using this recording medium, for example, the program can be installed on the computer. Here, the recording medium in which the above program is stored may be a non-transient recording medium such as a CD-ROM.
A program (game application) that causes a computer to function as a game device (for example, a terminal device 20) also includes an internal or external recording medium that can be accessed from a distribution server to distribute the program. The code of the above program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program in a format that can be executed by the game device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server does not matter as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the game device. It should be noted that the configuration in which the above program is divided into a plurality of parts and downloaded at different timings and then combined by the game device, or the distribution server for distributing each of the divided programs may be different.

1 ... system, 10 ... game server, 20 ... terminal device, 101, 201 ... CPU, 205 ... display area, 231 ... operation detection unit, 241 ... display control unit, 250 ... management unit, 251 ... operation target selection unit, 252. ... Instruction content determination unit, 253 ... Attack target selection unit (receiver target selection unit), 254 ... Execution unit, A1 ... 1st area, A2 ... 2nd area, A3 ... 3rd area.

Claims (5)

A game device with a touch panel type display screen.
A display control unit that displays a plurality of candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient on the display screen,
A receiver target selection unit that selects the recipient target object to be the recipient target from the plurality of candidate objects based on the position of the touch-off on the display screen.
An instruction content determination unit that determines an instruction content based on a part or all of the movement trajectory from the touch-on to the display screen to the touch-off.
An execution unit that affects the recipient target object based on the instruction content determined by the instruction content determination unit, and an execution unit.
A game device characterized by having.
The recipient target selection unit is
When the touch-off position is a position other than the display position of the plurality of candidate objects,
The game device according to claim 1, wherein the recipient target object is not selected.
The display control unit
A part of the plurality of candidate objects is displayed in the first area of the display screen.
A second area different from the first area is characterized in that a part or all of the candidate objects other than the part of the candidate objects displayed in the first area among the plurality of candidate objects are displayed. The game device according to claim 1 or 2 .
The execution unit
The game information associated with the recipient target object is reduced according to the influence based on the instruction content, and the game information is reduced.
The display control unit
The recipient target object whose game information is equal to or less than a predetermined value is deleted from the display screen.
The recipient target selection unit is
When one or more of the candidate objects are displayed in the first area and the touch-off position is the display position of the candidate object displayed in the second area.
The game device according to claim 3 , wherein the recipient target object is not selected.
A computer with a touch panel display screen,
A display control unit that displays a plurality of candidate objects that are candidates for recipients on the display screen.
A recipient target selection unit that selects the recipient target object to be the recipient target from the plurality of candidate objects based on the position of the touch-off on the display screen.
An instruction content determination unit that determines an instruction content based on a part or all of the movement trajectory from the touch-on to the display screen to the touch-off, and
An execution unit that affects the recipient target object based on the instruction content determined by the instruction content determination unit.
A program that functions as.

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