JP2024117826A - Information processing system, server device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To suppress excessive execution of effects based on the operations of other players. [Solution] A performance instruction receiving unit receives, from a first information processing device operated by a first player, an instruction to execute a predetermined effect in response to the operation of the first player, and a performance processing unit executes the predetermined effect in a second information processing device operated by a second player based on the execution instruction, and the performance processing unit executes processing to suppress execution of the predetermined effect based on the number of execution instructions within a predetermined time. [Selected Figure] Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system, a server device, and a program.

Online games are known in which multiple players operate their own terminals to play against each other in a match. In these online games, in addition to effects that are directly related to the content of the game, effects are also provided to liven up the game.

For example, Patent Document 1 describes how buttons with phrases such as "Nice!" are displayed on the screen of a terminal, and by operating these buttons, players can input text chat messages between each other during a game.

JP 2018-42632 A

Using button operations to cause messages to be displayed on other players' devices or to be output as audio can be an effective way to liven up the game, but performing such operations more than necessary can hinder other players' smooth gameplay.

The present invention aims to prevent excessive execution of effects based on the operations of other players.

The information processing system according to the present invention includes a performance instruction receiving unit that receives, from a first information processing device operated by a first player, an instruction to execute a predetermined performance in response to an operation of the first player, and a performance processing unit that executes the predetermined performance in a second information processing device operated by a second player based on the execution instruction, and the performance processing unit executes processing to suppress the execution of the predetermined performance based on the number of times the execution instruction is received within a predetermined time period.

The server device according to the present invention is a server device that executes play in cooperation with a first information processing device operated by a first player and a second information processing device operated by a second player, and includes a performance instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction from the first information processing device to execute a predetermined performance in response to the operation of the first player, and a performance processing unit that executes the predetermined performance in the second information processing device based on the execution instruction, and the performance processing unit executes processing to suppress the execution of the predetermined performance based on the number of times the execution instruction is received within a predetermined time.

The program of the present invention causes a computer to function as a performance instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined performance in response to an operation of a first player from a first information processing device operated by the first player, and a performance processing unit that executes the predetermined performance on a second information processing device operated by a second player based on the execution instruction, and the performance processing unit executes processing to suppress the execution of the predetermined performance based on the number of execution instructions within a predetermined time period.

The present invention makes it possible to prevent excessive execution of effects based on the operations of other players.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of a game played by the game system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display devices 23 of the user terminals 20 and 30 during a game according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10A-10C are diagrams illustrating a method for inhibiting an instruction to perform a sound effect production according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10A-10C are diagrams illustrating a method for inhibiting an instruction to perform a sound effect production according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Embodiment Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game system (information processing system) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the game system 1 includes a game server (server device) 10, a user terminal (first information processing device) 20, and a user terminal (second information processing device) 30. The game server 10, the user terminal 20, and the user terminal 30 are connected via a communication network.

The communication network may be, for example, the Internet, a LAN, a dedicated line, a telephone line, an in-house network, a mobile communication network, Bluetooth (registered trademark), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), other communication lines, or a combination of these, regardless of whether it is wired or wireless.

The game server 10 is configured with a general-purpose computer, and realizes server functions by running a specific server program on that computer. The game server 10 is equipped with a control device 11 and an external storage device 12. The control device 11 is equipped with a CPU, memories such as ROM and RAM, an input interface, an output interface, a communication interface, and a bus connecting these, etc.

The control device 11 realizes various functions by the CPU executing programs stored in the ROM or the like. The external storage device 12 is a hard disk drive or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the functional modules executed by the CPU of the control device 11 include a performance instruction receiving unit 101 and a performance processing unit 102.

The user terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 are terminals through which the first player and the second player, respectively, play a game in cooperation with the game server 10. The user terminals 20 and 30 are terminals capable of communicating with the game server 10 via a communication network, such as smartphones, mobile phones, tablet terminals, notebook PCs (personal computers), personal digital assistants (PDAs), wearable devices, and game consoles.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user terminals 20 and 30 include a processor 21, an input device 22 such as a keyboard, a mouse, various operation buttons, or a touch panel, a display device 23 such as an LCD display, a communication interface 24 for connecting to a communication network, a storage resource 25 such as a disk drive or semiconductor memory (ROM, RAM, etc.), and a speaker 26. The storage resource 25 stores a computer program executed by the processor 21.

Next, the flow of a game played by game system 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of a game played by game system 1. In this embodiment, an example will be described in which player 1 (first player) and player 2 (second player) play a competitive game using user terminals 20 and 30, respectively. Note that the game system to which the present invention is applied is not limited to competitive games, and can be applied to any type of game in which multiple players participate in play by operating their respective terminals.

When the competitive game starts (step S101), a sound effect (hereinafter, SE) button (operation object) B is displayed on the display device 23 of the user terminal 20, 30 along with the game contents (step S102). The SE button B is an operation button for executing a sound effect performance (predetermined performance) during the game. Here, it is assumed that the player activates it when the game develops in the player's favor. For example, each time the SE button B is touched once, a sound effect (e.g., a call such as "Nice!") is output once on the opponent's terminal (or on the player's terminal and the opponent's terminal). Also, when the sound effect of the sound effect performance is output, a performance image may be displayed on the terminal.

Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display device 23 of the user terminal 20, 30 during a game. As shown in Figure 3, an SE button B is displayed on a screen that displays the characters C1, C2 operated by each player and the background. The SE button B is usually displayed in a fixed position on the screen (for example, the bottom right).

During the game, when the player 1 touches the SE button B displayed on the display device 23 of the user terminal 20 (step S103: YES), an instruction to execute a sound effect is sent to the game server 10 (step S104).

When the game server 10 receives the execution instruction, it determines whether or not it is necessary to suppress the sound effect presentation (step S105). Specifically, for example, if the SE button B on the same player's terminal is touched more than a predetermined number of times (e.g., 10 times) within a predetermined time period (e.g., 3 seconds), it is determined that suppression of the presentation is necessary because executing the presentation as instructed would result in excessive presentation. Note that the timing of the above-mentioned predetermined time period may start from the first operation of the SE button B. Here, the "first operation of the SE button B" refers to, for example, the first operation of the SE button B in a state where the SE button B has not been operated for a certain period of time.

If it is determined that suppression of the sound effect presentation is not necessary (step S105: NO), the game server 10 causes the user terminal 30 to execute the sound effect presentation without suppression based on the received instruction (step S106). Specifically, a predetermined sound effect is output from the speaker 26 of the user terminal 30 according to the number of times the SE button B is operated on the user terminal 20 (for example, a sound effect is output three times when the button is tapped three times). Note that a similar sound effect may also be output from the speaker 26 of the user terminal 20.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the sound effect needs to be suppressed (step S105: YES), the game server 10 executes a process to suppress the sound effect. Here, the process to suppress the sound effect includes suppressing the execution of the sound effect itself and its effect, and suppressing the occurrence of the sound effect by making it difficult to perform continuous operations to execute the sound effect. In this embodiment, if it is determined that the sound effect needs to be suppressed (step S105: YES), the game server 10 executes a process to suppress the execution of the sound effect (step S107). Specifically, for example, the number of times the sound effect is output on the user terminal 30 (the other party's terminal) may be thinned (for example, a sound effect is output once for two taps). In addition, the volume of the sound effect output on the user terminal 30 may be lowered below normal. In addition, both the number of times it is output and the volume may be suppressed. Note that, when the user terminal (user terminal 20) also outputs a sound effect, the user terminal may output the sound effect normally without suppressing it.

Furthermore, if it is determined that suppression of sound effect presentation is necessary, processing is performed to prevent (make it difficult for) player 1 to give an instruction to execute sound effect presentation (step S108).

Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating a method for blocking an instruction to execute a sound effect production. As shown in Figure 4, for example, the display size of SE button B may be reduced on the screen of the user terminal 20. Furthermore, if the player 1 does not perform a touch operation on SE button B for a certain period of time or more after the display size of SE button B is reduced, the display size may be returned to its original size (or a size not exceeding the original size).

In the example of FIG. 5, the display position of SE button B is moved on the screen of the user terminal 20. Specifically, the display position of SE button B is moved from its usual position at the bottom right of the screen to the top left. If the player 1 does not touch SE button B for a certain period of time after the position of SE button B is moved, the display position may be returned to its original position. Furthermore, the display position of SE button B may be changed each time SE button B is operated.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when player 1 performs an instruction operation to execute a sound effect effect on the user terminal 20, the game server 10 causes the user terminal 30 of player 2 to execute a sound effect effect. Furthermore, if the execution instruction operation on the user terminal 20 exceeds a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time, the execution of the sound effect effect on the user terminal 30 is suppressed. This makes it possible to suppress excessive execution of sound effect effects based on the opponent's operation. Since sound effect effects are effects that output sound effects on the opponent's terminal, it is possible to prevent them from being used as an act of provoking the opponent by excessive execution.

Methods for suppressing the execution of sound effect production include, for example, reducing the number of times sound effects are output on the other party's device (thinning them out) and lowering the volume of sound effects.

The sound effect production may be executed not only on the terminals of other players but also on the player's own terminal. In that case, if the number of execution instructions within a certain period of time exceeds a certain number, the number of times the sound effect is output may be reduced or the volume may be lowered only on the terminals of other players, and the sound effect may be executed without suppression on the player's own terminal.

In addition, an instruction to execute a sound effect production may be given by touching SE button B, and if the number of times SE button B is touched exceeds a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time on the user terminal 20, the display size of SE button B may be reduced on the screen of the user terminal 20. In this way, by making the SE button B smaller, it becomes more difficult for player 1 to touch SE button B, and execution instructions can be suppressed. Also, by making the SE button B smaller, there is an effect of warning player 1 against excessive execution instructions.

In addition, if the player 1 does not touch the SE button B for a certain period of time after reducing the display size of the SE button B, the display size may be returned to its original size (or a size not exceeding the original size).

In addition, when the number of times that SE button B is touched in a predetermined time period exceeds a predetermined number on the user terminal 20, the display position of SE button B may be moved on the screen of the user terminal 20. This can hinder touch operation of SE button B by player 1 and reduce the number of execution instructions. Note that the movement of the display position of SE button B may be performed continuously or intermittently (always, or every predetermined time) once the predetermined number of touches is exceeded. Furthermore, if the player 1 does not touch SE button B for a certain period of time or more after the start of the movement of the display position, the display position may be returned to the normal position.

In addition, in this embodiment, an example is given of suppressing excessive sound effect production (output of sound effects) during a game, but the effects to be suppressed are not limited to sound effects. For example, it can also be applied to effects that display specific objects or messages on the opponent's terminal.

In the above embodiment, an example is described in which player 1 operating the user terminal 20 issues an instruction to execute a sound effect production, and the production is executed on the user terminal 30 of player 2, but the same applies when player 2 issues an instruction to execute the production on the user terminal 30 and the production is executed on the user terminal 20. Similarly, when there are three or more players participating in the game (three or more terminals), when one player issues an instruction to execute a production, the production is executed on the terminals of the other players.

In this embodiment, the game is executed by the game server 10, but the game is not limited to being executed by a server device, and may also be executed by, for example, a terminal device such as a personal computer or a mobile information terminal, or a dedicated game machine.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For this reason, the above-described embodiment is merely illustrative in every respect, and should not be interpreted in a restrictive manner. For example, the above-described processing steps can be arbitrarily changed in order or executed in parallel as long as no inconsistency occurs in the processing content. Other steps may be added between each processing step. A step described as one step may be divided into multiple steps and executed, and something described as being divided into multiple steps can be understood as one step.

1... Game system 10... Game server 12... Control device 12... External storage device 20, 30... User terminal 21... Processor 22... Input device 23... Display device 24... Communication interface 25... Storage resource 26... Speaker 101... Performance instruction receiving unit 102... Performance processing unit

Claims (8)

a performance instruction receiving unit that receives, from a first information processing device operated by a first player, an instruction to execute a predetermined performance in response to an operation of the first player;
a performance processing unit that executes the predetermined performance in a second information processing device operated by a second player based on the execution instruction;
The performance processing unit includes:
An information processing system that executes processing for suppressing the execution of the specified effect based on the number of times the execution instruction is issued within a specified time period. The performance processing unit includes:
The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the number of times of the execution instruction within a predetermined time period exceeds a predetermined threshold, the second information processing device suppresses the execution of the predetermined performance. The predetermined effect is a sound effect output,
The performance processing unit includes:
3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the number of times the sound effect is output and the volume of the sound is suppressed based on the number of times the execution instruction is given within a predetermined time. the operation is a touch operation of an operation object displayed on a screen of the first information processing device,
The performance processing unit includes:
The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a control unit configured to control a control object to be operated by the user, the control object being displayed on a display screen of the first information processing device ... The performance processing unit includes:
The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein if the execution instruction is not accepted for a certain period of time after the operation object is reduced on the screen, the operation object is enlarged to a size equal to or smaller than its original size on the screen of the first information processing device. the operation is a touch operation of an operation object displayed on a screen of the first information processing device,
The performance processing unit includes:
The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a display position of the operation object on a screen of the first information processing device being moved based on the number of times the execution instruction is issued within a predetermined time period. A server device that executes a play in cooperation with a first information processing device operated by a first player and a second information processing device operated by a second player,
a performance instruction receiving unit that receives, from the first information processing device, an instruction to execute a predetermined performance in response to an operation by the first player;
a performance processing unit that executes the predetermined performance in the second information processing device based on the execution instruction,
The performance processing unit includes:
A server device that executes a process for suppressing the execution of the predetermined effect based on the number of times the execution instruction is issued within a predetermined time period. Computer,
a performance instruction receiving unit that receives, from a first information processing device operated by a first player, an instruction to execute a predetermined performance in response to an operation of the first player;
causing a second information processing device operated by a second player to function as a performance processing unit that executes the predetermined performance based on the execution instruction;
The performance processing unit includes:
A program that executes a process for suppressing the execution of the specified effect based on the number of times the execution instruction is issued within a specified time period.

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