JP2023092898A - Game program, recording medium, and game processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game program capable of increasing interest, a recording medium and a game processing method.SOLUTION: A game program makes an information processing device 3 function as an advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 for generating an advantageous effect related to a time during a battle if a player character 17 operated by a player beats down an enemy character by an attack, and an advantageous effect variation processing unit 29 for varying the degree of the advantageous effect on the basis of the number of enemy characters beaten down by an attack at a time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Applied for the application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act On March 24, 2021, the video "'Samurai Warriors 5' 2nd Official Program" was distributed on the website. On April 23, 2021, the video "'Samurai Warriors 5' 3rd Official Program" was distributed on the website. On April 28, 2021, an article introducing the game “Samurai Warriors 5” was posted on the website. On April 30, 2021, the video “Koei Tecmo New 4 Titles Super Game Introduction Special Number @ Nico Nico Net Super Conference 2021 [4/30]” will be distributed on the website. On May 27, 2021, the video "[EXILE SHOKICHI / Sekai / Mandy Sekiguchi starring] Game 'Samurai Warriors 5' 4th Official Program" will be distributed on the website. On June 3, 2021, an article introducing the game “Samurai Warriors 5” was posted on the website. On June 17, 2021, the trial version of the game “Samurai Warriors 5” was distributed on the website On June 24, 2020, Weekly Famitsu No. 1699, pages 10-37 include an article introducing the game "Samurai Warriors 5". On June 24, 2021, the game “Samurai Warriors 5” (for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One) was sold. On July 27, 2021, the video "'Samurai Warriors 5' Steam R version release commemorative trailer" will be distributed on the website. On July 27, 2021, the game “Samurai Warriors 5” (for PC) was released.

The present invention relates to a game program, a recording medium on which the game program is recorded, and a game processing method.

Conventionally, games are known that cause a player object to perform an action. As such a game, for example, Patent Literature 1 describes a game system in which a special effect occurs in the game when a player object executes a plurality of actions in a predetermined execution order.

JP 2018-68827 A

There is a problem that simply generating a special effect when a predetermined condition is satisfied lacks interest.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a game program, a recording medium, and a game processing method that can increase the enjoyment of the game.

In order to achieve the above object, a game program of the present invention causes an information processing device to generate an advantageous effect related to time during battle when a player object operated by a player defeats an enemy object by attacking. It functions as an effect generation processing unit and an advantageous effect variation processing unit that varies the degree of the advantageous effect based on the number of the enemy objects defeated by one attack.

In order to achieve the above object, a recording medium of the present invention is a recording medium that records the above game program and is readable by an information processing device.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, a game processing method of the present invention is a game processing method executed by an information processing device, wherein when a player object operated by a player defeats an enemy object by attacking, a battle is performed. generating a beneficial effect over time; and varying the degree of the beneficial effect based on the number of the enemy objects defeated by one of the attacks.

According to the game program or the like of the present invention, it is possible to increase the interest.

It is a figure showing an example of the whole game system composition concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the battle screen of a game. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of an information processing device; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of setting of advantageous enemy characters by an advantageous object setting processing unit; FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of setting of advantageous enemy characters by the advantageous object setting processing section; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of how to change the degree of advantageous effect by the advantageous effect change processing unit; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of gauges displayed on the game screen by the gauge display processing unit; It is the figure which extracted and expanded the skill display part of a game screen. It is a figure showing an example of the notice display by a notice display processing part. It is a figure showing an example of the equipment selection screen displayed by the equipment selection process part. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a map screen displayed by a map display processing unit; FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed by an information processing device; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing section in a modification in which advantageous enemy characters are displayed on the map in a identifiable manner. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing section in a modification of displaying the types of enemy characters on the map; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing unit in a modification example in which, when an advantageous enemy character is defeated, another enemy character with an advantageous attack is identifiably displayed on the map. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a gauge displayed by the gauge display processing unit in a modified example in which the cooldown reduction effect is identifiably displayed with a gauge. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of setting the number of arrows on a gauge in a modified example in which the cooldown time reduction effect is identifiably displayed by a gauge. It is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware constitutions of an information processing apparatus.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<1. Overall Configuration of Game System>
An example of the overall configuration of the game system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 , the game system 1 has an information processing device 3 , a game controller 5 and a display device 7 . The game controller 5 and the display device 7 are communicably connected to the information processing device 3 by wire or wirelessly.

The information processing device 3 is, for example, a stationary game machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a portable game machine integrally including an input section, a display section, and the like may be used. In addition to game machines, for example, computer equipment such as server computers, desktop computers, notebook computers, and tablet computers, and equipment with telephone functions such as smart phones, mobile phones, and phablets may be used.

The player uses the game controller 5 to perform various operational inputs. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the game controller 5 has, for example, a cross key 9, a plurality of operation buttons 11, a joystick 13, a touch pad 15, a right button R, a left button L, and the like.

<2. Overview of the game>
Next, an example of the outline contents of the game according to the present embodiment, that is, the game provided by executing the game program and the game processing method of the present invention by the information processing device 3 will be described.

The game according to the present embodiment is a so-called action role-playing game in which a friend character and an enemy character fight while progressing the story, and during the battle, the player operates the player character in real time to perform actions. Although the types of characters that appear in the game are not particularly limited, they are typically male or female human characters. The game character may be an animal character, a virtual creature character, a robot, an object character, or the like.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the battle screen of the game. As shown in FIG. 2, a friendly character (shown in white) and an enemy character (shown in hatching) fight on the game field GF. A teammate character includes a player character 17 (an example of a player object) operated by a player. Enemy characters include, for example, an enemy military commander 19 (an example of an enemy object) and an enemy soldier 21 (an example of an enemy object). A battle takes place directly on the game field GF when the player character 17 encounters an enemy character. The player character 17 moves in real time in conjunction with the player's operation, moves on the game field GF, and attacks enemy characters. Enemy characters are automatically controlled by a predetermined algorithm (so-called game AI) defined by the game program, move on the game field GF, and attack allied characters.

Note that the teammate characters may include non-player characters that are automatically controlled by a predetermined algorithm defined by the game program. In that case, the player character that the player can operate may be switchable among a plurality of teammate characters.

A map screen 23 representing the topography of the game field GF is displayed in the peripheral portion of the battle screen. The player can refer to the map screen 23 and advance the battle while confirming the current positions of allied characters and enemy characters. Note that the map screen 23 may always be displayed superimposed on the game field GF, or may be displayed only on the game field GF normally and displayed when a predetermined operation input is made by the player. Further, the game field GF may be switched to the full-screen display of the map screen 23 when the player performs a predetermined operation input.

In the game according to the present embodiment, when the player character 17 defeats a predetermined enemy character by attacking, an advantageous effect related to the time during the battle is produced according to the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack. This content will be described in detail below.

<3. Functional Configuration of Information Processing Device>
Next, an example of the functional configuration of the information processing device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 to 11. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the information processing device 3 includes an advantageous object setting processing unit 25, an advantageous effect generation processing unit 27, an advantageous effect variation processing unit 29, a gauge display processing unit 31, and an advance notice display processing unit 33. , an equipment selection processing unit 35 and a map display processing unit 36 .

The advantageous object setting processing unit 25 sets, for each type of attack, the types of advantageous enemy characters capable of inflicting greater damage than normal damage. The "attack type" includes, for example, the types of skills, weapons, items, etc. used by the player character 17 in attack. The "type of enemy character" includes, for example, attributes of the enemy character, types of equipment and skills, types of creatures, and other types of status (eg, parameters such as level, physical strength, attack power, defense power, and special effects). Including various types.

4 and 5 show an example of advantageous enemy character setting by the advantageous object setting processing unit 25. FIG. FIG. 4 is an example in which, for example, advantageous enemy character classes (types of soldiers) are set for each type of skill. In the example shown in FIG. 4, for example, skill A has a special effect that can deal more damage than normal damage to archers, skill B to spearmen, skill C to cavalrymen, and skill D to artillerymen. FIG. 5 is an example in which, for example, advantageous enemy character classes are set for each type of weapon. In the example shown in FIG. 5, for example, spears are effective against cavalry, swords against archers, and bows against spearmen. It should be noted that the advantageous enemy character may be set not only in one type but also in a plurality of types.

Returning to FIG. 3, when the player character 17 operated by the player defeats an enemy character by an attack, the advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 generates an advantageous effect related to time during the battle. The "advantageous effect related to time during battle" is, for example, an effect that shortens the time required (hereinafter also referred to as "cool time" as appropriate) until an attack that has been executed once can be executed again. The advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 generates an effect of shortening the cool time when the player character 17 defeats the advantageous enemy character set by the advantageous object setting processing unit 25 by attacking.

It should be noted that the "advantageous effect related to time during battle" is not limited to shortening the cooldown time. For example, it may be an effect that shortens the time required to activate a skill or technique (casting a spell, etc.), or an extension of a time limit imposed on a mission or the like.

The advantageous effect variation processing section 29 varies the degree of the advantageous effect generated by the advantageous effect generation processing section 27 based on the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack. For example, the advantageous effect variation processing unit 29 varies the degree of cooldown reduction based on the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack.

FIG. 6 shows an example of how the advantageous effect variation processing unit 29 varies the degree of the advantageous effect. In the example shown in FIG. 6, for example, the cooldown time is shortened by -5% for each defeated enemy character. That is, as the number of defeated enemy characters increases, the reduction rate is added in the order of -5%, -10%, -15%, and so on. The upper limit of the shortening ratio is set to -80%, for example. In other words, when the number of defeated enemy characters reaches 16 or more, the cooldown reduction rate is fixed at -80% regardless of how many enemy characters are defeated. As an example, in the case of a skill with a cooldown time of 20 seconds, the cooldown time is reduced by 1 second for each person who defeats an enemy character of an advantageous class with the skill, up to a maximum of 4 seconds. The numerical values of 5% of the reduction rate and 80% of the upper limit can be changed as external parameters, making it possible to easily adjust the game balance.

Returning to FIG. 3, the gauge display processing unit 31 displays the cooldown time as the time until the gauge recovers from empty to full. The type of gauge is not particularly limited, and various types such as rod-shaped gauges, circular gauges, container-shaped gauges, and scale gauges can be applied.

7 and 8 show examples of gauges displayed by the gauge display processing unit 31. FIG. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of an extracted skill display portion of the game screen of FIG. In the examples shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the player character 17 can be equipped with, for example, four skills. In this example, skill A, skill B, skill C, and skill D are equipped. For example, when the right button R of the game controller is operated, the skill display section 37 is displayed on the game screen as shown in FIG. In the skill display section 37 , four skills are arranged above, below, left and right of the R button display 39 . For example, skill A is arranged on the upper side, skill C on the left side, skill D on the right side, and skill B on the lower side, together with icons 40A to 40D representing each skill type. Then, for example, when either the operation button 11 or the up, down, left, or right direction of the cross key 9 is operated, the skill in the corresponding direction is activated.

Once each skill is activated, it cannot be activated again until the specified cooldown time set for each skill has passed. The cooldown time of each skill is displayed by the gauge display processing unit 31 as the time until the gauge recovers from empty to full. As shown in FIG. 8, for example, the cooldown time of skill A is indicated by a gauge 41, the cooldown time of skill C is indicated by a gauge 43, the cooldown time of skill D is indicated by a gauge 45, and the cooldown time of skill B is indicated by a gauge 47. be done. If the gauge is operated before it is full, the skill will not be activated, and if it is operated after the gauge is full, the skill will be activated.

When the cooldown time is shortened by the advantageous effect change processor 29, the gauge display processor 31 increases the recovery speed of the gauge according to the degree of shortening. For example, if a skill with a cooldown of 20 seconds kills 16 or more enemy characters with an advantageous class as mentioned above, the cooldown will be reduced to 4 seconds, but in this case the gauge will recover 5 times faster. become.

Returning to FIG. 3, before the battle between the player character 17 and the enemy character begins, the preview display processing unit 33 displays at least a part of the types of enemy characters that are scheduled to appear in the battle. The advance notice is displayed, for example, on a preparation screen or an information screen before the battle stage starts.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the notice display by the notice display processing unit 33. As shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is an example of a battle preparation screen displayed before a battle starts. The battle preparation screen displays, for example, a victory condition 49, a map screen 23 showing the topography of the battlefield, main enemy troop types 51, a "select equipment" button 57, a "start battle" button 52, and the like. The victory condition is defeating the enemy character Z, for example. The position of the enemy character Z and the position of the player character 17 are displayed on the map screen 23 . The main enemy class 51 displays the types of main enemy characters that are scheduled to appear in the battle. In the example shown in FIG. 9, for example, an icon 53 representing an archer and an icon 55 representing an artillery soldier are displayed. Information other than the above may be displayed on the battle preparation screen.

Returning to FIG. 3, the equipment selection processing unit 35 accepts selection of the attack means to be equipped by the player character 17 before the battle begins. The "attack means" may be anything that can be equipped by the player character 17 to attack the enemy character, such as skills, weapons, and items. In addition, special effects that can be given to items (for example, enchantment effects, attribute effects, skills, etc. are itemized), characters that can be played in cooperation, for example, forming a party (including character cards) ) etc. may be included. The selection of the means of attack is performed, for example, on a preparation screen, an information screen, or the like before the battle stage begins.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the equipment selection screen displayed by the equipment selection processing unit 35. As shown in FIG. The equipment selection screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, for example, when the "equipment selection" button 57 is operated on the battle preparation screen of FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the equipment selection screen displays, for example, a status display portion 59 of the player character 17, an equipment selection portion 61, a possessed skill list display portion 63, a detailed display portion 65, and the like. The status display portion 59 displays, for example, the character name of the player character 17, the face image, and various status information (for example, physical strength, attack, defense, etc.). The equipment selection section 61 selects a skill to be equipped by the player character 17 . For example, by moving the cursor 67 to any one of the top, bottom, left, and right positions and selecting one of the skills by operating the check box 69 in the possessed skill list display section 63, the four skills can be displayed up, down, left, or right. can be installed in any position. The detail display portion 65 displays detailed contents of the selected skill. Information other than the above may be displayed on the equipment selection screen.

As described above, by referring to the battle preparation screen, the player can grasp in advance the types of enemy characters that are scheduled to appear in the battle before the battle starts. In addition, on the equipment selection screen, the player character 17 can be equipped with skills that are advantageous to the enemy characters that appear. Therefore, it is possible to advance the battle advantageously.

Returning to FIG. 3, the map display processing unit 36 displays the current positions of the player character 17 and the enemy character on the map screen 23 representing the topography of the battlefield during the battle between the player character 17 and the enemy character.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing section 36. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, on the map screen 23, an icon 71 indicating the current position of a friendly military commander (including the player character 17), an icon 73 indicating the current position of a friendly soldier, and an icon 73 indicating the current position of an enemy military commander. An icon 75 and an icon 77 indicating the current position of the enemy soldier are displayed. For the icon 71 of the player character 17, for example, an arrow 79 is displayed so that the icon 71 can be identified as the player character.

In addition, the processing and the like in each processing unit described above are not limited to these examples of sharing the processing, for example, processing may be performed by a smaller number of processing units (for example, one processing unit), Moreover, it may be processed by a further subdivided processing unit. The functions of each processing unit described above are implemented by a game program executed by the CPU 101 (see FIG. 18, which will be described later). may be implemented by an actual device such as an electrical circuit of

<4. Processing Procedure Executed by Information Processing Apparatus>
Next, an example of a processing procedure executed by the information processing device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 12 . The advantageous enemy character setting (advantageous class setting) for each attack is set in advance by the above-described advantageous object setting processing section 25 .

In step S10, the information processing apparatus 3 causes the advance notice display processing unit 33 to display a battle preparation screen, and advance notice display of at least part of the types of enemy characters scheduled to appear in the battle.

In step S<b>20 , the information processing device 3 causes the equipment selection processing unit 35 to display an equipment selection screen, and receives an input for selecting equipment (skills, etc.) for the player character 17 from the player.

In step S30, the information processing device 3 determines whether or not battle preparations have been completed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the "battle start" button 52 has been operated on the battle preparation screen. If the "battle start" button 52 has not been operated, it is determined that battle preparations have not been completed (step S30: NO), and the process returns to step S10. On the other hand, if the "battle start" button 52 has been operated, it is determined that battle preparations have been completed (step S30: YES), and the process proceeds to the next step S40.

In step S40, the information processing device 3 displays a battle screen including the map screen 23, and executes a battle between the ally character and the enemy character. Specifically, the player character 17 acts in real time according to the player's operation, moves on the game field GF, and attacks enemy characters. Allied characters and enemy characters other than the player character 17 are automatically controlled by a predetermined algorithm defined by the game program, and move on the game field GF to attack the opponent character.

In step S<b>50 , the information processing device 3 determines whether or not the player character 17 operated by the player defeats an advantageous enemy character by attacking, using the advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 . If the advantageous enemy character is defeated (step S50: YES), the process proceeds to the next step S60. On the other hand, if an advantageous enemy character has not been defeated (step S50: NO), the process proceeds to step S70, which will be described later.

In step S<b>60 , the information processing device 3 uses the advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 and the advantageous effect change processing unit 29 to shorten the cooldown time at a rate corresponding to the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack. As a result, the same attack that defeated the enemy character can be executed again in a shorter period of time.

In step S70, the information processing device 3 determines whether or not to end the battle. For example, the battle ends when either the victory condition or the defeat condition is met, and continues the battle when not met. If the battle is to be continued (step S70: NO), the process returns to step S40 and repeats the same steps. On the other hand, if the battle is to end (step S70: YES), this flow ends.

Note that the above-described processing procedure is an example, and at least part of the above procedure may be deleted or changed, or procedures other than the above may be added. Also, the order of at least part of the above procedures may be changed, a plurality of procedures may be combined into a single procedure, or executed in parallel.

<5. Effect of Embodiment>
As described above, the game program of the present embodiment causes the information processing device 3 to generate an advantageous effect related to time during battle when the player character 17 operated by the player defeats an enemy character by attacking. It functions as an advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 and an advantageous effect variation processing unit 29 that varies the degree of advantageous effect based on the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack.

In this embodiment, when the player character 17 defeats an enemy character by attacking, an advantageous effect related to time during the battle is generated, and the degree of the effect is determined based on the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack. to vary. As a result, the more enemy characters you defeat with a single attack, the more advantageous the battle will be in terms of time. You can add tactics to battles, such as moving to a place where different enemies exist. Therefore, it is possible to increase the interest of the game.

In this embodiment, the advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 may generate an effect that shortens the cooldown time until the next attack that defeated the enemy character can be executed. The advantageous effect variation processing unit 29 may vary the degree of cooldown reduction based on the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack.

In this embodiment, once an attack is executed, the same attack cannot be executed until the cooldown time elapses. Then, when the player character 17 defeats the enemy character by attacking, an effect of shortening the cool time until the same attack as the attack that defeated the enemy character can be executed is generated. At this time, the greater the number of enemy characters defeated by one attack, the higher the degree of reduction in the cooldown time, so that the same attack can be used more quickly. This makes it possible to add tacticality to the battle, thereby making the game more interesting.

Further, in this embodiment, the game program sets the information processing device 3 to the type of advantageous enemy character (e.g., enemy of the advantageous military class) capable of inflicting greater damage than normal damage for each type of attack. In this case, the advantageous effect generation processing unit 27 shortens the cooldown time when the player character 17 defeats an advantageous enemy character by attacking. may produce an effect.

In this embodiment, advantageous types of enemy characters capable of inflicting greater damage than normal damage are set for each type of attack. Then, when the player character 17 defeats an advantageous enemy character by an attack, an effect of shortening the cool time until the same attack as the attack that defeated the enemy character can be executed is generated. By doing so, in addition to being able to defeat a large number of enemy characters by inflicting great damage on advantageous enemy characters, it is possible to additionally generate the effect of shortening the cool time. Therefore, it is possible to increase the interest of the game.

Further, in the present embodiment, the game program causes the information processing device 3 to perform advance notice display of at least part of the types of enemy characters scheduled to appear in the battle before the battle between the player character 17 and the enemy character begins. The display processing unit 33 may further function as an equipment selection processing unit 35 that receives the selection of the attack means to be equipped by the player character 17 before the battle begins.

In this case, since the player can grasp in advance the types of enemy characters that are scheduled to appear in the battle before starting the battle, the weapons and skills that the player character 17 is equipped with can be used to advantage the enemy characters that appear. Weapons, skills, etc. can be selected. Therefore, it is possible to advance the battle advantageously.

<6. Modifications, etc.>
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist and technical idea of the present invention.

(6-1. When cool time is set to 0)
In the above embodiment, an upper limit is set for the reduction rate of the cooldown time so that the cooldown can be reduced only up to -80%, but the cooldown may be set to 0 in a predetermined case. For example, the cool time may be set to 0 when the enemy characters defeated by the attack include a predetermined type of enemy character. The predetermined types of enemy characters are, for example, important enemy characters such as mission targets, powerful enemy characters (for example, enemy military commanders), and the like.

In this case, when the player character 17 defeats an important enemy character or a powerful enemy character by attacking, the cool time becomes 0 and the same attack can be executed consecutively. As a result, the player can be rewarded for defeating the enemy character. Also, after defeating an important enemy character or a powerful enemy character, it is highly likely that the player character 17 has also received a large amount of damage. becomes possible.

In the above description, the cooldown time is set to 0 when a predetermined type of enemy character is defeated, but the cooldown time may be set to 0 by, for example, eliminating the setting of the upper limit. For example, when 20 or more enemy characters are defeated, the cooldown time reduction rate may be set to 100% and the cooldown time may be set to 0.

(6-2. Displaying Identifiable Enemy Characters Advantageous on Map)
For example, on the map screen 23, enemy characters that are advantageous to the attack means (skills, weapons, etc.) currently equipped by the player character 17 may be displayed in an identifiable manner.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing section 36 (an example of the first map display processing section) of this modified example. As shown in FIG. 13, on the map screen 23, among the enemy characters, icons 81 indicating the current positions of enemy military commanders for whom the means of attack (skills, weapons, etc.) currently equipped by the player character 17 are advantageous; An icon 83 indicating the current position of the enemy soldier is also displayed on the map screen 23 . For example, if the player character 17 is equipped with four skills, skill A, skill B, skill C, and skill D, the map screen 23 shows the advantageous military classes of archers, spearmen, cavalry, and artillerymen. enemy characters are displayed by the icons 81 and 83 . The icons 81 and 83 can be distinguished from the icons 75 and 77 of the enemy characters that are not of the advantageous class by, for example, making them different in color. , characters or figures (such as a star mark) may be added to make it identifiable by other display modes.

According to this modified example, the player can grasp the current position of the enemy character for which the skill or the like equipped by the player character 17 is advantageous during the battle. As a result, by moving to that location and fighting, the synergistic effect of increasing damage and shortening the cooldown time makes it possible to advance the battle more advantageously. Therefore, it is possible to improve tactical performance and convenience.

(6-3. Displaying enemy character types on the map)
For example, in addition to the current position of the enemy character, the type of the enemy character may also be displayed on the map screen 23 in an identifiable manner.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing section 36 of this modified example. As shown in FIG. 14, on the map screen 23, an icon representing the type of soldier is displayed for each icon 77 indicating the current position of the enemy soldier. In the example shown in FIG. 14, icons representing types of soldiers include, for example, an icon 85 representing a cavalryman, an icon 87 representing a spearman, an icon 89 representing a shieldman, an icon 91 representing a swordsman, an icon 93 representing an archer, An icon 95 representing an artillery soldier is displayed. It should be noted that an icon representing the type of the enemy military commander may also be displayed.

According to this modification, by referring to the map screen 23, the player can grasp not only the current position of the enemy character but also its type. As a result, the player character 17 moves to the position of the enemy character where the currently equipped skill or the like is advantageous and fights, and the synergistic effect of increasing the damage and shortening the cool time makes the battle more advantageous. be able to.

In addition, in the above modification, when the player character 17 defeats an advantageous enemy character (an enemy of an advantageous class) by attacking, the other enemy character advantageous in attacking is displayed for a predetermined period of time so that it can be identified. may The "predetermined time" is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, a preset fixed time (10 seconds, etc.), or may be extended in inverse proportion to the degree of cooldown reduction. It is good also as time linked with.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a map screen displayed by the map display processing section 36 (an example of the second map display processing section) of this modified example. FIG. 15 shows an example in which the player character 17 defeats an archer (an enemy with an advantage) by skill A, and another archer's icon 77 on the map screen 23 blinks for a predetermined period of time. ing. In addition to blinking, other display modes such as changing the color, varying the size, adding characters or graphics (such as a star mark), etc., may be used to enable identification.

According to this modification, when the player defeats an enemy character advantageous in attack during battle, the player can grasp the current position of the other enemy character advantageous in attack. As a result, by moving to that location and fighting, the synergistic effect of increasing damage and shortening the cooldown time makes it possible to advance the battle more advantageously. Therefore, it is possible to improve tactical performance and convenience.

(6-4. When displaying the effect of shortening the cooldown time with a gauge)
For example, in the skill display section 37 that displays the cooldown time with a gauge, the degree of reduction of the cooldown time may be identifiably displayed with a gauge.

FIG. 16 shows an example of gauges displayed by the gauge display processing unit 31 of this modified example. As shown in FIG. 16, the skill display section 37 displays a normal gauge (for example, skill C) when the cool time has not been shortened. On the other hand, when the effect of shortening the cool time occurs, the gauge is displayed as an arrow 97 extending in the recovery direction (for example, skill A, skill B, skill D). The number of arrows 97 increases according to the degree of reduction in cool time (degree of increase in gauge recovery speed).

FIG. 17 shows an example of setting the number of arrows. In the example shown in FIG. 17, the number of arrows 97 is, for example, 1 in the range of -5% to -25%, 2 in the range of -30% to -50%, and 2 in the range of -55% to -55%. It is set to 3 in the range of -80%. The correlation between the rate of cooldown reduction and the number of defeated enemy characters is the same as in FIG. 6 described above. Note that the above setting of the number of arrows is an example, and a different setting method may be used.

It may be difficult for the player to feel the effect of shortening the cool time simply by increasing the recovery speed of the gauge. Therefore, in this modified example, the gauge is displayed so that the effect of shortening the cooldown time can be identified. That is, when the cool time is shortened, the gauge is displayed with arrows 97, and the number of arrows 97 is increased as the degree of cool time shortening increases (as the recovery speed of the gauge increases), thereby increasing the sense of speed. It becomes possible to put out, and the player can easily feel the effect of shortening the cool time.

(6-5. Others)
In the above description, the rate of reduction of the cooldown time per defeated enemy character is set to a fixed value (-5%). good too. In this case, the method of shortening the cooldown time can be finely set according to the attack, the type of character, and the like.

Also, in the above, when the number of enemy characters defeated is 16 or more, the cooldown reduction rate reaches the upper limit (-80%), and the effect obtained does not change even when 17 or more characters are defeated. By adding the number of people over 16 to the count of the number of defeated people in the next attack, it may be carried over. In this case, it is possible to prevent waste when the number of defeated enemy characters exceeds the upper limit.

Further, for example, a predetermined bonus effect may be generated when the effect of shortening the cool time by defeating advantageous enemy characters occurs consecutively a predetermined number of times. In this case, the player can be rewarded for successively defeating advantageous enemy characters.

In the above description, the case where the present invention is applied to an action role-playing game has been described, but the game genre to which the present invention can be applied is not limited to the above. For example, it can be applied to a wide variety of genres of games such as simulation games, role-playing games, adventure games, action games, and fighting games.

In addition to the methods already described above, the methods according to the above-described embodiments and modifications may be appropriately combined and used. In addition, although not exemplified one by one, the above-described embodiment and each modified example can be implemented with various modifications within the scope not departing from the spirit thereof.

The problems and effects to be solved by the embodiments, modifications, and the like described above are not limited to the contents described above. Depending on the embodiments, modifications, etc., problems not described above can be solved, effects not described above can be achieved, only part of the problems described can be solved, and one of the effects described can be obtained. Sometimes only the part is played.

<7. Hardware Configuration of Information Processing Device>
Next, with reference to FIG. 18, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing device 3 that realizes each processing unit implemented by the program executed by the CPU 101 and the like described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 18, the information processing device 3 includes, for example, a CPU 101, a ROM 103, a RAM 105, a GPU 106, a dedicated integrated circuit 107 such as an ASIC or FPGA built for a specific application, and an input device 113. , an output device 115 , a recording device 117 , a drive 119 , a connection port 121 and a communication device 123 . These components are connected via a bus 109, an input/output interface 111, etc. so as to be able to transmit signals to each other.

The game program can be recorded in, for example, the ROM 103, the RAM 105, the recording device 117 such as a hard disk, or the like.

In addition, the game program is temporarily or permanently (non-temporarily) recorded on a removable recording medium 125 such as a magnetic disk such as a flexible disk, an optical disk such as various CDs, MO disks, and DVDs, and a semiconductor memory. You can also keep it. Such a recording medium 125 can also be provided as so-called package software. In this case, the game programs recorded on these recording media 125 may be read by the drive 119 and recorded on the recording device 117 via the input/output interface 111, the bus 109, or the like.

Also, the game program can be recorded in, for example, a download site, another computer, another recording device, or the like (not shown). In this case, the game program is transferred via a network NW such as LAN or Internet, and the communication device 123 receives this program. The program received by the communication device 123 may be recorded in the recording device 117 via the input/output interface 111, the bus 109, or the like.

Also, the game program can be recorded in an appropriate externally connected device 127, for example. In this case, the game program may be transferred via an appropriate connection port 121 and recorded in the recording device 117 via the input/output interface 111, bus 109, or the like.

Then, the CPU 101 executes various processes in accordance with the programs recorded in the recording device 117 to perform the advantageous object setting processing section 25, the advantageous effect generation processing section 27, the advantageous effect variation processing section 29, and the gauge display processing. Processing by the unit 31, the advance notice display processing unit 33, the equipment selection processing unit 35, the map display processing unit 36, and the like is realized. At this time, the CPU 101 may, for example, directly read out the program from the recording device 117 and execute it, or may execute it after temporarily loading it into the RAM 105 . Further, when the CPU 101 receives a program via the communication device 123 , the drive 119 or the connection port 121 , for example, the received program may be directly executed without being recorded in the recording device 117 .

In addition, the CPU 101 may perform various processing based on signals and information input from an input device 113 such as a microphone, mouse, keyboard, etc. (not shown) including the game controller 5 as necessary. good.

The GPU 106 performs processing for image display such as rendering processing in accordance with instructions from the CPU 101 .

Then, the CPU 101 and the GPU 106 output the result of executing the above processing from the output device 115 including the aforementioned display device 7, for example. Furthermore, the CPU 101 and GPU 106 may transmit this processing result via the communication device 123 or the connection port 121 as necessary, or record it in the recording device 117 or recording medium 125 .

1 game system 3 information processing device 5 game controller 7 display device 17 player character (player object)
19 Enemy military commander (enemy object)
21 Enemy soldier (enemy object)
23 Map screen 25 Advantageous object setting processing unit 27 Advantageous effect generation processing unit 29 Advantageous effect change processing unit 31 Gauge display processing unit 33 Advance notice display processing unit 35 Equipment selection processing unit 36 Map display processing unit (first map display processing unit, first 2 map display processing unit)
37 skill display unit 125 recording medium

Claims (10)

information processing equipment,
an advantageous effect generation processing unit that generates advantageous effects related to time during battle when a player object operated by a player defeats an enemy object by attacking;
an advantageous effect variation processing unit that varies the degree of the advantageous effect based on the number of the enemy objects defeated by one attack;
A game program to function as The advantageous effect generation processing unit
Generates the effect of shortening the required time until an attack that has been executed once can be executed again,
The advantageous effect variation processing unit
varying the degree of reduction of the required time based on the number of enemy objects defeated by one attack;
The game program according to claim 1. the information processing device,
Advantageous object setting processing unit for setting, for each type of attack, the type of the advantageous enemy object capable of inflicting greater damage than normal damage;
further function as
The advantageous effect generation processing unit
generating an effect of shortening the required time when the player object defeats the enemy object advantageous to the attack;
3. A game program according to claim 2. the information processing device,
an advance notice display processing unit for making an advance notice display of at least part of the types of the enemy objects scheduled to appear in the battle before the battle between the player object and the enemy object begins;
an equipment selection processing unit that receives a selection of means of attack to be equipped by the player object before the battle begins;
4. The game program according to claim 3, further functioning as a game program. The advantageous effect variation processing unit
setting the required time to 0 when the enemy object defeated by the attack includes an object of a predetermined type;
5. A game program according to claim 4. the information processing device,
a first map display processing unit for displaying the current positions of the player object and the enemy object on a map screen showing the topography of the battlefield during the battle between the player object and the enemy object;
further function as
The first map display processing unit
displaying in an identifiable manner the enemy object that is advantageous to the attack means equipped by the player object;
6. A game program according to claim 4 or 5. the information processing device,
a second map display processing unit for displaying the current positions of the player object and the enemy object on a map screen showing the topography of the battlefield during the battle between the player object and the enemy object;
further function as
The second map display processing unit
When the player object defeats the enemy object advantageous to the attack, the other enemy object advantageous to the attack is displayed in an identifiable manner for a predetermined period of time.
6. A game program according to claim 4 or 5. the information processing device,
a gauge display processing unit that displays the required time as the time required for the gauge to recover from empty to full;
further function as
The gauge display processing unit
When the effect of shortening the required time occurs, displaying the gauge so that the degree of reduction of the required time can be identified.
A game program according to any one of claims 4 to 7. A recording medium readable by an information processing apparatus, on which the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is recorded. A game processing method executed by an information processing device, comprising:
a step of generating advantageous effects related to time during battle when a player object operated by a player defeats an enemy object by attacking;
varying the degree of the advantageous effect based on the number of the enemy objects defeated by one attack;
A game processing method comprising:

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