JP2022111262A - Game provision method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a pace of a game progressing by consuming parameters.

SOLUTION: An information generation device 102 has a constitution including: means for storing parameters related to the game progress by a player; means for performing lowering processing for lowering the parameters according to a given game action by the player; means for performing first recovery processing for recovering the parameters up to a given limit value based on the lapse of time; and means for performing second recovery processing for recovering the parameters over the limit value, when there is a given recovery instruction by the player.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a game providing method.

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

JP-A-2001-129258

However, in the technique of the above-mentioned publication, the appearance probability of rare cards etc. in the provided lottery event itself is fixed. However, the effect of improving the strategic nature of the game, such as setting up a strategy, was not sufficient. In addition, since the technique of the above-mentioned publication does not notify the player whether or not the provided lottery event can occur, there is a possibility that the timing of providing the game content and the timing of the player playing the game may not match, and the game content is not effectively distributed. was not enough to provide for

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

An information generating device, which is one aspect of the present invention,
Further, an information providing system, which is one aspect of the present invention, includes an adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game content based on the occurrence status of a game content providing lottery event displayed in the game;
an information generation unit that generates suggestion information that suggests the appearance probability of the game content in the provided lottery event according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit;
characterized by comprising

Further, an information providing system, which is one aspect of the present invention, is an information providing system that provides suggestive information that suggests the appearance probability of the game media in a game media provision lottery event displayed in a game,
an adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability based on the occurrence status of the provided lottery event;
an information generating unit that generates the suggestive information according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjusting unit;
characterized by comprising

Further, the program, which is one aspect of the present invention, causes a computer to
an adjustment unit that adjusts the appearance probability of the game media based on the occurrence status of the lottery event for providing the game media displayed in the game;
It is characterized by functioning as an information generation section that generates suggestive information suggesting the appearance probability of the game content in the provision lottery event according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment section.

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

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

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

Further, the occurrence status of the provision lottery event is a provision history related to the attributes of the game media due to the occurrence of the provision lottery event,
The adjustment unit adjusts the probability of appearance of the game media having an unprovided attribute to be higher than the probability of appearance of the game media having an attribute that has already been provided, or adjusts the game media having a lower probability of providing the game media than other attributes. Or make an adjustment to increase the appearance probability of the game content that is provided less than other attributes,
The information generating unit may generate the suggestive information suggesting that the appearance probability of the game content having the attribute whose appearance probability is increased is increased.

According to this, the information generation device or the like generates suggestive information suggesting that the appearance probability of game media or the like with unprovided attributes has increased, thereby giving the player an incentive to generate a provision lottery event. can be done.

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

According to this, after adjusting the appearance probability, the information generation device or the like can suppress excessive adjustment by returning the appearance probability to the value before adjustment.

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

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

Further, an information providing system, which is one aspect of the present invention, includes the information generating device,
the terminal device;
characterized by comprising

According to the present invention, the information providing system can transmit suggestive information to the terminal device, and thus can generate information for providing game content more effectively.

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

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

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

According to this, the information generation device or the like can make it easier for the player to determine the timing at which the offer lottery should be executed by transmitting the suggestive information to the terminal device before the offer lottery.

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

According to this, the information providing system can display the image of the e-mail indicating the appearance probability on the terminal device, so that the player can easily determine the timing at which the provision lottery should be executed.

It is a figure which shows the information provision system in a 1st Example. 1 is a diagram showing functional blocks of an information generation device in a first embodiment; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of a smart phone in the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure in the information generation device in the first embodiment; It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery image in a 1st Example. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a card acquisition image in the first embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows the information provision system in a 2nd Example. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing functional blocks of an information generating device in a second embodiment; FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure in the information generation device in the second embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a registered image in the second embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows the information provision system in a 3rd Example. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing functional blocks of an information generating device in a third embodiment; FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure in the information generation device in the third embodiment; FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail image in the third embodiment; FIG.

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

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information providing system in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the information providing system includes the information generating device 100 and the smartphones 200 , and m smartphones 200 transmit and receive information to and from the information generating device 100 via the Internet 300 . Further, in the present embodiment, the information generating apparatus 100 transmits image information for a game based on the operation information from the smartphone 200 to the smartphone 200, and the smartphone 200 displays a game image based on the image information. shall be performed.

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

Further, in the present embodiment, when the player's win rate in the game is 60% or more, which is a type of variable element parameter value that is a variable element of the card appearance probability in the provided lottery event, the higher the win rate, the higher the rare card appearance probability. Go up. A rare card is a card that has a lower appearance probability than a normal card in the provided lottery event, for example, a card that has a probability of appearance greater than 0% and less than 50%.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the smart phone 200 displays an image suggesting the appearance probability when a provision lottery event can occur. Next, functional blocks of the information generation device 100 having these functions will be described.

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

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

The storage unit 120 also stores card data 150 indicating the default probability of appearing for each card, user data 160 indicating the character's physical strength, winning rate, etc. for each player, game data 170 for executing the game, and the like. ing.

Note that the information generation device 100 is actually composed of a plurality of servers (eg, application server, web server, search server, database server, etc.). Of course, if the scale of the information providing system is small, it may be a single server. Also, the hardware configuration of the information generation device 100 may be as follows. For example, the information generation unit 110, the adjustment unit 130, and the determination unit 140 may be a CPU or the like, the storage unit 120 may be a hard disk or the like, and the communication unit 190 may be a LAN card or the like.

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

Next, functional blocks of smartphone 200 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the smartphone 200 in the first embodiment. The smartphone 200 includes an image generation unit 210 that generates images based on image information and the like from the information generation device 100, a storage unit 220 that stores image information and the like from the information generation device 100, an operation unit 230 that receives player operations, an image and a communication unit 290 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the information generating apparatus 100 .

Note that the following may be adopted as the hardware configuration of the smart phone 200 . For example, the image generation unit 210 may be an image processing circuit, the storage unit 220 may be a RAM, the operation unit 230, the display unit 280 may be a touch panel, and the communication unit 290 may be a wireless communication unit.

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

When there is a request to display a lottery image, the determination unit 140, based on the user data 160, sets a condition (in this embodiment, the winning percentage is 60% or more) is determined (step S2).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information generating apparatus 100 can adjust the appearance probability of the game content based on the variable element parameter value, and furthermore, the suggested information indicating the adjusted appearance probability of the game content can generate information for providing game media more effectively.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the information generating device 100 can generate a provision lottery event according to the physical strength value, which is the parameter value related to the character, and can perform adjustment based on the winning percentage, which is the parameter value related to the player. Therefore, it is possible to generate information for providing game media more effectively.

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

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

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

Next, a processing procedure from a connection request to provision of an item image will be described. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure in the information generation device 101 in the second embodiment. A player operating the mobile phone 206-1 operates the mobile phone 206-1 to make a connection request. Based on information from the communication unit 191, the determination unit 141 determines whether or not there is a connection request (step S11).

When there is a connection request, the determination unit 141 determines, based on the user data 161, other players (first player, one or more players) who are friends with the player (second player) of the mobile phone 206-1. ) satisfies a condition for increasing the appearance probability of rare items (here, the highest score of at least one first player in the game is within the top 100) (step S12).

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

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

Mobile phone 206-1 displays the registered image based on the image information. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a registered image 450 in the second example. The registration image 450 indicating that the appearance probability is being increased includes an entry field 452 for entering a user ID, an entry field 454 for entering a password, and an appearance probability of a rare item due to the fact that a friend satisfies the conditions. It includes a suggestive image 442 indicating doubling, a newly registered image 456 for new registration, and the like. On the other hand, the suggestive image 442 is not displayed in the registered image when the above conditions are not satisfied.

The player makes a registration request by selecting a new registration image 456 . Determination unit 141 determines whether a registration request has been received by determining whether operation information indicating a registration request has been received by communication unit 191 from mobile phone 206-1 (step S15). When there is a registration request, the adjusting unit 131 updates the user data 161 based on the user data 161 so that the rare item appearance probability is adjusted (step S16). More specifically, for example, the adjusting unit 131 writes the date and time of new registration into the user data 161, turns on a flag indicating that the probability of rare items appearing is doubled for one week after the new registration, and When the week has passed, the flag is turned off.

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

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

As described above, according to this embodiment, the information generation device 101 can also achieve the same effects as those of the first embodiment. In particular, according to this embodiment, by adjusting the appearance probability of the game content for the second player based on the game situation of the first player, it is possible to enhance the relationship between the two players.

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

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

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

When it is determined that the occurrence history of the provided lottery event satisfies the above conditions, the information generation unit 112 generates an e-mail indicating that the appearance probability of the rare character is being increased, and the communication unit 192 generates the e-mail An email is sent to the smart phone 201-1 (step S23).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the player's game history does not satisfy the above conditions, the information generation unit 112 generates a normal e-mail, and the communication unit 192 transmits the e-mail to the smartphone 201-1 ( step S24).

Smartphone 201-1 displays an e-mail image showing the e-mail. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail image 600 in the third embodiment. For example, the e-mail image 600 that satisfies the above conditions has a rare character appearance probability such as "Commemorating the achievement of 500 lotteries! From 14:00 to 18:00 tomorrow, the appearance probability of rare characters will be tripled." Includes images suggesting tripling. On the other hand, e-mail images that do not satisfy the above conditions do not include such images.

Based on the information from the communication unit 192, the determination unit 142 determines whether or not the player has requested to participate in the game (step S25). After requesting participation in the game, the determination unit 142 determines whether or not a provision lottery event has occurred in the game (step S26). The adjustment unit 132 updates the numerical value indicating the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event in the user data 162 according to the occurrence of the provided lottery event in the game (step S27). For example, if the number of occurrences of the provided lottery event is 500 or more, and the game is being played on the specified date and time, the user data 162 is updated (for example, the above-mentioned flag update, etc.), and when the specified date and time have passed, the above appearance probability in the user data 162 is restored.

Further, when a provision lottery event occurs, the determination unit 142 determines a character to be provided based on the user data 162 and the character data 154 (step S28). For example, if the flag for tripling the probability of appearance of a rare character in the user data 162 is turned on, the determination unit 142 provides a character with the probability of appearance of the rare character indicated by the character data 154 tripled. decide.

Information generation unit 112 generates image information representing the character based on character data 154 representing the character determined by determination unit 142, and communication unit 192 transmits the image information to smartphone 201-1. Smartphone 201-1 displays an image representing the provided character based on the image information.

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

(Other examples)
It should be noted that application of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications are possible. For example, in the first embodiment, variable factor parameter values are not required. For example, the information generating device determines whether or not the provided lottery event can occur based on the execution parameter value for executing the provided lottery event of the game media, and the determination unit determines whether the provided lottery event can occur. It may be configured to include an information generation unit that generates information suggesting that a provision lottery event can occur when it is determined that there is.

With such a configuration as well, the information generating device can suggest that the provision lottery event can occur.

Also, in the first embodiment, the variable factor parameter value and the execution parameter value are different, but they may be the same. For example, when the variable element parameter value and the execution parameter value are physical strength values, the information generation device generates the provided lottery event when the physical strength value is 50% or more, and increases the appearance probability of rare cards as the physical strength value increases. good.

In addition, in the first embodiment, it was described that the physical strength of the player's character is reduced by 10% when the provided lottery event occurs. It may be reduced when the character is hit, hit by an obstacle, etc.) and increased when the character recovers (for example, when a predetermined time has passed, when a recovery item is used, etc.). Also, for example, the physical strength value recovers only up to a predetermined limit value (for example, 100%) after the predetermined time elapses. (eg, 200 percent or more). According to this, the information generating device can change the appearance probability of the rare card without depending on the player's operation, and further increases the appearance probability of the rare card by the player performing a specific operation. Because it is possible, it is possible to enhance the strategic nature.

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

In addition, in each embodiment, these parameter values are, for example, parameter values related to characters (operation targets, non-operation targets) in the game, parameter values related to players (real players, computer players) (for example, player's operation targets). At least one of the ability value, the attribute value of the operation target, the game result value of the operation target, the possible number of occurrences of the provided lottery event given to the player, etc.), the game money value paid by the player ( For example, it may be cash, electronic money, game coins, etc.), a game money value owned by the player, or the like.

Further, in the first embodiment, the adjustment unit 130 determines the data to be applied from a plurality of types of data in which the probability of appearance of each card is set according to the winning rate, and adjusts the probability of appearance to perform arithmetic processing and the like. Although reduced, the method of adjusting the probability of appearance in each embodiment is not limited to the method of changing the game content data to be used. A method of changing the function to be applied to the calculation of the probability of occurrence in a state in which a plurality of types of functions are provided may be used.

In addition, in the second embodiment, the adjustment unit determines that the position of the first player and the position of the second player have a predetermined positional relationship (for example, within a radius of 10 m, in the same town, in the same building, in a different town, in the first If the position of the second player is west of the position of the second player, the probability of rare game media appearing for the second player may be adjusted. According to this, since the information generating device can adjust the appearance probability according to the positional relationship of each player, it is possible to give the related players an incentive to achieve a predetermined positional relationship.

In addition, in the second embodiment, there may be a plurality of first players, and the greater the number of first players who satisfy the condition for adjusting the appearance probability of the adjusting unit, the rarer the second player will be. You may raise the appearance probability of a game medium. According to this, the information generating device increases the probability of appearance of rare game contents for the second player as the number of the first players increases, thereby increasing the incentive to increase the number of the first players. can be given to any player.

Also, in the second embodiment, the adjustment unit adjusts the second player according to the first player's attributes (for example, address, age, gender, occupation, owned items, etc.) that satisfy conditions for adjusting the appearance probability. You may adjust the appearance probability of the game medium with respect to. According to this, the information generation device can adjust the probability of appearance according to the attributes of the first player, and therefore can generate information for providing game content more effectively. More specifically, for example, if the gender of the first player is different from the gender of the second player, the adjustment unit adjusts the appearance probability of rare items to be higher than when the genders are the same. good too.

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

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

In addition, in the third embodiment, the occurrence status of the provided lottery events is not limited to the number of occurrences of the provided lottery events. , history of provision of game content by occurrence of a provision lottery event. More specifically, for example, when the second provided lottery event occurs within 5 minutes from the occurrence date and time of the first provided lottery event, the adjustment unit may perform adjustment to increase the appearance probability.

In addition, in the third embodiment, the user data 162 may include user-specific data (for example, birthday), and the adjustment unit 132 determines that the date and time of occurrence of the provided lottery event matches the data (for example, If the birthday coincides with the month and day when the offer lottery event occurs, etc., adjustment may be made to increase the appearance probability.

In addition, in the third embodiment, there are a plurality of types of character data 154 (for example, event A, event B, and event C) that are set to have different appearance probabilities of rare characters. If events occur in a predetermined order (for example, the order of event A, event B, and event C, or the order of event C, event B, and event A), adjustment may be made to increase the appearance probability.

Further, for example, the occurrence status of the provided lottery event is the provision history related to the attribute of the game media due to the occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the coordinator determines the appearance probability of the game media with the attribute that has not been provided to the provided attribute. Adjusting to increase the probability of appearance of game media, or adjusting the probability of appearance of game media with a lower probability of being provided compared to other attributes or a smaller number of game media to be provided compared to other attributes, and the information generation unit may generate suggestive information suggesting that the probability of appearance of the game content whose appearance probability is increased is increased. For example, if the percentage of fire attribute cards provided is lower than other attribute cards, if the number of fire attribute cards provided is lower than other attribute cards, or if fire attribute cards are If not provided, the adjustment unit turns on a flag that doubles the appearance probability of the fire card in the user data, and the determination unit doubles the appearance probability of the fire card according to the flag. You may decide which cards to offer. According to this, the information generating device generates suggestive information suggesting that the probability of appearance of game media with attributes that are not provided, that are provided at a low rate, or that have attributes that are provided in a small number is increasing, thereby providing the player with a lottery to be provided. Since an incentive to generate an event can be given, it is possible to generate information for providing game content more effectively.

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

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

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

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

Also, the game media in each embodiment are not limited to cards, items, and characters, and may be, for example, coins, vehicles such as racing cars, and characters forming a team. Further, the suggestive information in each embodiment is not limited to image information, and may be voice information, control information (control of generation of vibration, light, scent, etc.), or the like. That is, the method of suggestion is not limited to the method of the above-described embodiment. good.

In addition, the provided lottery event is not limited to a lottery like Gashapon (registered trademark), for example, distribution of cards in card games, determination of team members in soccer games, etc. or determination of a weapon or the like that can be used by the character.

Further, when the variable element parameter value in each embodiment is the parameter value of the player's operation target, the parameter value is, for example, the ability value of the operation target (for example, physical strength, level, attack power, defense power, magic strength, etc.), attribute values of the operation target (for example, owned items, address, age, gender, occupation, type, etc.), game result values of the operation target (number of consecutive wins, number of consecutive losses, total number of wins, number of total losses, score, It may be at least one value of time, whether or not the event is cleared, etc.).

In addition, in each embodiment, the adjustment unit adjusts the appearance probability so that the appearance probability after adjustment is greater than 0% and less than 100%, and is higher than the appearance probability before adjustment. good. According to this, the information generating device can appropriately provide rare game media.

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

Further, in each embodiment, even if request information is not received from the terminal device, the information generating device may, for example, distribute suggestive information to the terminal device at regular intervals.

Further, the configurations of the information generating device and the information providing system are not limited to the configuration of each embodiment described above. For example, the terminal device may have part of the functions of the information generating devices 100 to 102, A single game device may have the functions of the information generating devices 100 to 102, or at least one of two portable game devices capable of communicating with each other in a peer-to-peer fashion may have the functions of the information generating devices 100 to 102. may have. Furthermore, the information generating device and the information providing system do not need to communicate with the terminal device, and can be configured as a single game device, PC, etc. that provides the above-mentioned suggestive information to the player by displaying it on the screen. good too.

100 to 102 information generation device, 110 to 112 information generation unit, 120 to 122 storage unit, 130 to 132 adjustment unit, 140 to 142 determination unit, 190 to 192 communication unit, 150 card data, 152 item data, 154 character data, 160 to 162 user data, 170 to 172 game data, 200, 201 smartphone (terminal device), 206 mobile phone (terminal device), 210 image generation unit, 220 storage unit, 230 operation unit, 280 display unit, 290 communication unit, 300 Internet, 310
Mobile phone network, 400 Lottery image, 410 Device image, 420-436 Selected image, 440, 442 Suggested image, 450 Registered image. 452, 454 input field, 456
New registration image, 500 card acquisition image, 510 card image, 600 e-mail image

Claims (4)

A game providing method for providing information about a game from a server device that executes the game to a terminal device of a player who is interested in the game, comprising:
The server device
Appearance probability is set for each game medium to be displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, the appearance of the game medium is determined. an adjusting unit that adjusts the probability;
a generation unit that generates the provision lottery event that causes the game content to appear in accordance with the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit;
an information generation unit that generates a given image and provides it to the terminal device of the player;
including
For each game medium, a provided attribute indicating that the game medium has been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the game medium that has not been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event. An unprovided attribute indicating that is stored as data in the storage means,
The adjustment unit
individually adjusting the appearance probability of the game media in the provided lottery event based on the presence or absence of the provided attributes and the non-provided attributes;
The information generation unit
When generating information indicating that the appearance probability of the game content in the provision lottery event has been changed in advance according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and providing the information to the terminal device,
receiving the player's operation and transmitting information about the received player's operation to the server device;
receiving information about the game from a server device that executes processing about the game;
A game providing method characterized by: A game providing method for providing information about a game from a server device that executes the game to a terminal device of a player who is interested in the game, comprising:
The server device
Appearance probability is set for each game medium to be displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, the appearance of the game medium is determined. an adjusting unit that adjusts the probability;
a generation unit that generates the provision lottery event that causes the game content to appear in accordance with the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit;
an information generation unit that generates a given image and provides it to the terminal device of the player;
including
For each game medium, a provided attribute indicating that the game medium has been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the game medium that has not been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event. An unprovided attribute indicating that is stored as data in the storage means,
The adjustment unit
Individually adjusting the appearance probability of the game medium in the provided lottery event based on the presence or absence of the provided attribute and the unprovided attribute, and adjusting the game medium according to the type of the provided lottery event When changing the appearance probability of to a different value,
receiving the player's operation and transmitting information about the received player's operation to the server device;
receiving information about the game from a server device that executes processing about the game;
A game providing method characterized by: A game providing method for providing information about a game from a server device that executes the game to a terminal device of a player who is interested in the game, comprising:
The server device
Appearance probability is set for each game medium to be displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, the appearance of the game medium is determined. an adjusting unit that adjusts the probability;
a generation unit that generates the provision lottery event that causes the game content to appear in accordance with the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit;
an information generation unit that generates a given image and provides it to the terminal device of the player;
including
For each game medium, a provided attribute indicating that the game medium has been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the game medium that has not been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event. An unprovided attribute indicating that is stored as data in the storage means,
The adjustment unit
(A) a game medium with an already-provided attribute, (B) a game medium with an unprovided attribute, (C) another game medium with a lower provision probability than the other attributes, or (D) Individually adjusting the probability of appearance of game media with attributes that are provided less than the other attributes,
The information generation unit
When generating information indicating that the appearance probability of the game content in the provision lottery event has been changed in advance according to the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit, and providing the information to the terminal device,
receiving the player's operation and transmitting information about the received player's operation to the server device;
receiving information about the game from a server device that executes processing about the game;
A game providing method characterized by: A game providing method for providing information about a game from a server device that executes the game to a terminal device of a player who is interested in the game, comprising:
The server device
Appearance probability is set for each game medium to be displayed in a game provided to a terminal device owned by a player, and when a lottery event for providing the game medium is executed based on the appearance probability, the appearance of the game medium is determined. an adjusting unit that adjusts the probability;
a generation unit that generates the provision lottery event that causes the game content to appear in accordance with the appearance probability adjusted by the adjustment unit;
an information generation unit that generates a given image and provides it to the terminal device of the player;
including
For each game medium, a provided attribute indicating that the game medium has been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event, and the game medium that has not been provided to the player by the occurrence of the provided lottery event. An unprovided attribute indicating that is stored as data in the storage means,
The adjustment unit
(A) a game medium with an already-provided attribute, (B) a game medium with an unprovided attribute, (C) another game medium with a lower provision probability than the other attributes, or (D) A case where the probability of appearance of game media having an attribute that is provided in fewer numbers than other attributes is individually adjusted, and the probability of appearance of the game media is changed to a different value according to the type of the provided lottery event. in
receiving the player's operation and transmitting information about the received player's operation to the server device;
receiving information about the game from a server device that executes processing about the game;
A game providing method characterized by:

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