JP3400793B2 - GAME SYSTEM AND GAME PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system for executing a game adopting a turn system and its program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A game system is known in which three or more game machines are connected to each other and a large number of players can play one game. In such a game machine, a game of a type that a large number of players play at the same time, such as a racing game, is mainly executed. On the other hand, some games belonging to genres, such as role-playing games and simulation games, employ a so-called turn system in which players alternate turns. In such a turn-based game, at the time of a particular player's turn, other players are only watching the game, and it is not possible to instruct the action of the character or the like in that turn.

[0003]

When the above turn-based game is played by a large number of people, the waiting time until the player's own turn is long and the player may get tired of the game. Further, particularly when a game in which a plurality of players form a team and a game is played for each team, it is desirable to realize on the game system the way of playing only when the team is formed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game system and a program therefor, which enables a novel play utilizing the feature that many players participate while adopting a turn system.

[0005]

The present invention will be described below. In addition, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are added in parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the illustrated forms.

In the game system of the present invention, the players participating in the game are two or more players who belong to the first side and a player who belongs to the second side set as an opponent of the first side. In addition to distinguishing from the above players, the turns of the game are sequentially moved between these players, and in each turn, the process of letting the player specify the game element that he owns and determine its action is executed. In the game system (1) using the computer (10) in which the progress of the game changes according to the action in, the information for identifying the game element owned by each player and the progress of the game are specified. Storage means for storing information (1
3 and / or 23), and during the turn of one player belonging to the first side,
An attack content determination means (11) that gives, as a kind of the action, an opportunity to determine a game element to be used for an attack and an opportunity to determine a game element of the second side player who is an attack target of the game element. When an attack is instructed by the player on the first side, it is determined whether or not a predetermined simultaneous attack condition is satisfied in association with the content of the attack, and the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied. Is given an opportunity to instruct another player belonging to the first side to attack the second side in the same turn, and if the simultaneous attack condition is not satisfied, the other player Attack control means (11) that does not give an opportunity to instruct an attack in the same turn
If, when the attack from the player in the turn is instructed, before Symbol a game element that is used to attack the game element of the attack target to calculate the result of the attack by referring to the specific information, respectively, the Progress management means (1) for updating information for identifying the progress of the game according to the calculation result.
1) and, with respect to the same turn,
If an attack is directed by another player,
Games used by the other player in the attack
Calculate the result of the attack by also referring to the information that identifies the element
The above-mentioned problems are solved by a game system including a progress management means .

Further, the game program of the present invention allows a player participating in the game to have two or more players belonging to the first side and a second side set as an opponent of the first side. One or more players that belong to, and the game turns are sequentially moved between those players, and at each turn, the player designates the game element that he or she owns and decides its action, In a game program for causing a computer (10) to execute a game that changes the progress of the game in accordance with an action, the computer is configured to display information specifying game elements owned by each player, and the progress of the game. Storage means (13 and / or 23) for respectively storing information for specifying
And, at the turn of one player belonging to the first side, an opportunity for that player to decide a game element to be used for an attack as a kind of the action, and an attack target of the game element. An attack content determination means (11) that gives the player of the second side an opportunity to determine the game element, and when an attack is instructed by the player of the first side, a predetermined attack content is associated with the attack content. It is determined whether or not the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied, and when the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied, an attack on the second side in the same turn is made against another player belonging to the first side. Give the opportunity to direct,
If the simultaneous attack conditions are not met, an opportunity to instruct the other player to attack in the same turn is given .
Simultaneous attack control means (11) which does not Kumishi, if an attack from the player in the turn is instructed to refer to the previous SL each information identifying a game element of the game elements of attack used to attack Te calculates the result of an attack, a progress management means for updating the information for identifying the progress status of the game in accordance with the calculation result (11), wherein
Attack is instructed by the other player on the same turn
If it has been
See also information that identifies the game element used in the attack
The above- described problems are solved by a game program configured to function as a game machine including a progress management unit that calculates the result of the attack .

According to the present invention, when one player belonging to the first side instructs an attack, if a predetermined simultaneous attack condition defined in association with the content of the attack is satisfied, the first side is attacked. The other players who belong will also be given the opportunity to direct the attack. As a result, the attack pattern becomes complicated and the monotonicity of the game is eliminated, as compared with the case where the action instruction by the player outside the turn is uniformly prohibited. By enabling simultaneous attacks from multiple players on the same side in one turn, it is possible to realize the feeling that the players cooperate with each other in an attack on a computer game, and enhance the interest of turn-based games. You can

In the present invention, the information for identifying the game element includes information for determining whether or not each game element can simultaneously attack, and the simultaneous attack control means can The player on the turn determines whether or not an attack using the game element capable of simultaneous attack is decided, and based on the result of the determination, the simultaneous attack is possible.
Unless an attack using a competent game element is determined,
The success or failure of the simultaneous attack condition may be determined by not satisfying the simultaneous attack condition. In this case, the simultaneous attack condition can be set so that the simultaneous attack becomes possible when the player belonging to the first side decides the attack using the game element capable of simultaneous attack, and the simultaneous attack is performed. Whether or not it will be up to the player's will during the turn. That is, a player outside the turn cannot participate in the simultaneous attack unless the player during the turn indicates the intention of simultaneous attack. This makes it possible to diversify attack patterns while maintaining the characteristics of the turn system.

The simultaneous attack control means further determines whether or not the other player can use the game element capable of simultaneous attack in the same turn , and based on the determination result.
And use the game elements that can be attacked simultaneously in the same turn.
The above simultaneous attack conditions will not be met unless it is available.
Then, the success or failure of the simultaneous attack condition may be determined. In this case, even if one player on the first side instructs an attack using a game element that can simultaneously attack during the turn, the game element that can simultaneously attack on another player on the first side is used. If not possible, it can be processed as if the simultaneous attack condition is not satisfied. In this way, the success or failure of the simultaneous attack condition is determined in consideration of not only the player during the turn but also the condition of the player outside the turn, so that the simultaneous attack condition can be complicated,
As a result, the content of the game can be enhanced and the interest of the game can be increased.

In the process of the player determining the game element, the attack content determining means identifies information identifying the game element owned by the player during the turn and the game element owned by the other player. If it is determined that the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied with reference to information, and if the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied, the game element used by the player during the turn to attack Before confirming, information for urging the player to use a game element that can simultaneously attack may be presented.

In this case, if the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied, the player is prompted to select a game element that satisfies the condition. As a result, the player can clearly determine the possibility of simultaneous attack, and can utilize this without missing the opportunity of simultaneous attack.

The attack content determination means gives the player an opportunity to determine the game element in at least two stages, a stage of selecting a game element to be used for the attack and a stage of confirming the selection. In the step of assigning and selecting the game element, when the player selects a game element that can simultaneously attack from his own game elements, the attack content determination means specifies the game element owned by the other player. When it is determined that the other player can use the simultaneous attackable game element in the same turn by referring to the information In the above, information for urging the player in the turn to use a game element that can simultaneously attack may be presented.

In this case, when the player in the turn selects a game element that can simultaneously attack, it is determined whether or not another player can use the game element that can simultaneously attack in the same turn, and the player can use the game element. If so, the player on turn is prompted to use the game element that triggers a simultaneous attack. As a result, it is possible to utilize this without missing the opportunity for simultaneous attacks.

When the attack is instructed by the other player, the progress management means compares the attack result with an advantageous result to the attack side as compared with the case where the simultaneous attack is not instructed. May be calculated. This gives the player motivation for simultaneous attacks.

The game system of the present invention includes a plurality of game machines (10) that can communicate with each other, and each game machine has the storage means, the attack content determination means, the simultaneous attack control means, and the progress management means. May be configured as a computer including. Further, the program of the present invention functions as a game machine (10) provided with the storage means, the attack content determination means, the simultaneous attack control means, and the progress management means for each of a plurality of computers that can communicate with each other. It may be configured to execute the game.

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

In the present invention, the game element may be expressed in various forms. For example, the game element may be displayed as a card on a predetermined display device. The game element may be displayed on the display device in the form of a character, a piece, or the like. The use of the game element can be expressed on the game screen in various forms, for example, an action of putting the game element on a predetermined place, an action of causing a character appearing in the game to use the game element, and the like.

[0021]

1 shows an embodiment of a game system of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the game system 1 according to the present embodiment includes four portable game machines 10.
... 10 are connected to each other by a communication cable 2.
Each game machine 10 is provided with a monitor 19 and an input device 22. For the monitor 19, for example, a liquid crystal display device is used. The input device 22 includes, for example, a cross key 22a that can be operated vertically and horizontally and operation buttons 22b and 22b. You may change these structures suitably. Although the game machines 10 are the same in FIG. 1, the present invention may be configured by connecting different game machines to each other.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the portable game machine 10. The portable game machine 10 is configured as a computer that executes a predetermined game according to a game program recorded in an external storage device (for example, a cassette-type storage device having a built-in semiconductor memory) 23. The game machine 10 includes a CPU 11 mainly composed of a microprocessor, a ROM 12 and a RAM 13 as a main storage device for the CPU 11, and a CPU 1.
1. An image processing device 14 and a sound processing device 16 that perform processing suitable for image processing and audio processing based on an instruction from
And have. An operating system as a program necessary for controlling the overall operation of the game machine 10 is written in the ROM 12. The program and data for the game read from the external storage device 23 are written in the RAM 13 as needed. The image processing device 14 is a CPU
According to an instruction from 11, a predetermined image is rendered on the video memory 15, or the data of the rendered image is converted into a predetermined video reproduction signal and output to the monitor 19 at a predetermined timing.

Depending on the game machine, the image processing device 14 may be equipped with a graphics accelerator function for executing high-level image processing calculations, and what kind of processing is to be carried out by the CPU 11 and the image processing device 14 respectively? It changes variously depending on the hardware configuration.
Note that the video memory 15 is shown as an example provided as a drawing-only memory in the image processing apparatus 14, but a video memory may be secured on the RAM 13 as a main memory. The sound processing device 16 reproduces data such as voice and musical sound read from the external storage device 23 and sound source data, and outputs the reproduced data from the speaker 20.

Further, an input device 22 and a communication control device 24 are connected to the CPU 11 via a bus 24, respectively. The input device 22 is, for example, a cross key 22 as an operation unit.
It includes a and operation buttons 22b and 22c. The above-mentioned communication cable 2 is connected to the communication control device 24 via the communication interface 25. The above configuration is merely an example, and the configuration of the game machine to which the present invention is applied may be appropriately changed.

The game program recorded in the external storage device 23 includes modules for causing the game machine 10 to function as each means constituting the game system of the present invention. The game data recorded in the external storage device 23 is, for example, image data for causing a character or various objects as elements operable by the character to appear on the game screen, data specifying the content of the game story. , Data of sound effects used in the game, etc. are included. In addition, the game data stored in the RAM 13 is automatically stored by the user according to the operation of the player or according to a predetermined condition (for example, when the game is not operated for a certain period of time or when the game is separated by a predetermined period). It is saved in the external storage device 23 as saved data.

In the above game system 1, a card battle game can be executed among four game machines 10 ... 10 in accordance with a game program. FIG. 3 shows an outline of the card battle game. Figure 3
As is clear from (a), in the game executed in accordance with the game program, among the players A1, A2, B1, B2 operating the four game machines 10, respectively.
Players A1 and A2 form one tag team A,
Players B1 and B2 form another Tag Team B. Each player has a certain number of card combinations called decks. In other words, Tag Team A
Is on one side and Tag Team B is on the other side.

At the start of the game, each player holds a predetermined number (for example, 5) of cards from his or her deck as a hand. After the game starts, as shown in FIG. 3B, the turns move among the four players in a fixed order. At its turn, the player flips a card from the deck and puts it into his or her hand, and puts one or more cards from the hand into play to determine his or her action. There are various actions, but as an example, it is possible to specify an attack on a specific card that the opponent puts on the field, or to preset the defense against the attack. Each card is set with parameters such as offensive power and defensive power that affect the battle situation between cards, and when an attack is made, the attacking card and the attacked card Win / lose is determined by referring to the parameters set in. Other factors, such as the influence of other cards put into play, may be reflected in the outcome.

In each of the above games, in principle, one player who has the turn determines the action content, and the other players cannot take action. However, in order to take advantage of the feature that two players form a team, in the game system of this embodiment, "simultaneous dispatch" and "support" are prepared as methods for other players who are not their turn to participate in the game. Has been done. "Simultaneous release" is when one player puts out a specific card and attacks another player,
When certain conditions are met, other players of the same team (hereinafter, this is called a partner) can put cards into play that turn, and a combination of those cards will trigger a special move. That is. On the other hand, "assistance" makes it possible to transfer an attack on a player's card to an attack on a partner's card when certain conditions are met in one player's turn, so to speak, the partner acts as a substitute. It is about being attacked.
Details of simultaneous sending and support will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game data in the external storage device 23 includes card information describing the characteristics of each card. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the card information is data in which the ID of each card is recorded in association with the card name and the initial values of parameters such as attack power and defense power. The card information includes information for determining the success or failure of conditions for simultaneous delivery and support.
These pieces of information may be appropriately set according to the content of the game, but in this embodiment, they are set as follows.

First, regarding simultaneous dispensing, a combination of cards that can be simultaneously dispensed (hereinafter sometimes referred to as simultaneous dispensing card) is determined in advance, and in the information of the simultaneous dispensing card, they are combined by simultaneous dispensing. Specify the ID of the card that should be played at the same time. In the example of FIG. 4, the cards α and β are designated as cards to be simultaneously issued. For cards that cannot be issued at the same time, specify a nonexistent ID (“0” in FIG. 4),
It can be distinguished from a simultaneous card. Although not shown in the figure, for cards that can be played at the same time, information that specifies the effect (the attack power increases by a predetermined value, you always win, etc.) is added to the card information. .

On the other hand, regarding support, an attack avoidance card that can always receive the support of the partner, a support request card that can request the support of the partner, and can receive the support when it is permitted, and the partner A support application card for which support can be offered is determined in advance. Then, the information of each card includes information for discriminating whether or not they correspond to those three cards. In the example of FIG. 4, if the attack avoidance card, the support request card, or the support offer card is applicable, “1” is specified, and if not, “0” is specified. It should be noted that FIG. 4 is merely an example, and whether or not simultaneous delivery is possible,
The decision as to whether or not to receive support may be made based on various information.

During execution of the game, the RAM 13 stores at least deck information, hand information, place information and life information as information for specifying the progress of the game. The deck information is information that identifies the content of the deck held by the player (the types of cards included in the deck and the order in which those cards are arranged), and the hand information is information that identifies the content of the hand held by the player. . The field information is information that specifies the status of cards currently on the field (number of cards, placement, offensive power and defensive power of each card, etc.). The life information is information that identifies the life of the player. A predetermined life value is given to each player at the start of the game, and the life value is updated according to the progress of the game. For example, if you are defeated in a card battle, your life value may be reduced. When the life value of any player decreases to a predetermined value, the team including that player loses. Deck information of each game console 10,
The hand information and the life information are related to the deck and the hand of the player who operates the game machine 10, and the place information is common to each game machine 10.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 5 to 13, among the processes executed by each game machine 10 in accordance with the game program, the part particularly concerned with simultaneous dispatch and support will be described. In the game machine 10 of this embodiment, when it is necessary to exchange information with another game machine 10, one game machine 10
Sends information to all the other game machines 10 and each game machine 10 receiving the information judges whether or not the information is necessary by its own processing, and stores the necessary information in the RAM 13. The corresponding processing is performed and unnecessary information is discarded. Such processing may be appropriately determined according to the communication protocol between the game machines 10.

FIG. 5 shows a procedure of turn control processing executed by each game machine 10 for managing the progress of the entire game. As a premise of the processing of FIG. 5, it is assumed that the RAM 13 of each game machine 10 currently stores information that identifies which player's turn.

In this process, first, referring to the information regarding the turn of the RAM 13, whether or not it is the own turn (that is,
It is determined whether or not it is the turn of the user of the game machine 10 as the determination subject (step S1), and if it is his or her turn, processing for determining the action in that turn is executed (step S2). If it is not the player's own turn, it is judged whether or not it is the player's turn on the same side (team) (step S2), and if it is the same side turn, action monitoring processing is executed (step S4). Step S3
Alternatively, after the processing of S4 is completed, or when a negative determination is made in step S2, the game situation is updated by reflecting the results of the action determination processing and the behavior monitoring processing in this turn (step S5). The result of the action determination process and the action monitoring process in this turn may be generated by the own game machine 10 or may be notified by another game machine 10. RAM to be updated in step S5
It includes the above-mentioned 13 deck information, hand information, place information, and life information.

Thereafter, it is judged whether or not the game is over based on the life information of each game machine 10 (step S6),
If not ended, a process of moving the turn to the next player is performed according to the order shown in FIG. 3B (step S7), and then the process is returned to step S1.

As is clear from the above, each game machine 10
Monitors the turn, and when it is his turn, input device 2
Determine the action on the turn by referring to the player's operation for 2. Even if it is not your turn, the action monitoring process is executed when the player of the same side is in the turn, and neither process is executed when it is the turn of the player on the other side. The action monitoring process is a process for simultaneously issuing or providing support. By providing this action monitoring process, there is an opportunity to perform an input operation and participate in the game other than one's own turn, and as a result, the interest of the game is increased. Will increase.

6 and 7 are flow charts showing details of the action determining process executed in step S3 of FIG. The contents of the processing will be described below. Note that in these processes, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the hand 100 is displayed on the screen of the monitor 19 of the game machine 10 (however, the game machine of the player who owns the turn is limited).
100 is displayed, and the player operates the cross key 22a to move the cursor (in FIG. 10, a box type matching the outline of the card) 101 to select the target, and the operation button 22b or 22c. It shall be possible to carry out a decision operation for confirming the selection target.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the action determination process, first, one card is replenished from the player's own deck to the hand (step S11). For example, in the deck information, a process of incorporating the card specified as the topmost one into the hand is performed, and an animation showing that the card is incorporated into the hand is displayed on the monitor 19.

Next, it is determined whether or not the player has performed an operation of selecting a specific card from his hand on the input device 22 (steps S12 to S16). The specific card referred to here is either a simultaneous issuing card, a support offer card, an attack avoidance card, or a support request card. If these cards are used, they may be simultaneously issued or supported, so it is determined whether or not such cards are selected from the hand in steps S12 to S.
It is judged at 16, and the processing corresponding to those cards is performed.

That is, when the simultaneous dispensing card is selected, step S13 is affirmed. In this case, a process of obtaining hand information from the partner game machine 10 is performed (step S21), and it is determined whether simultaneous handing is possible based on the hand information (step S22). That is, it is determined whether or not the player's hand includes a simultaneous-out card that can be combined with the simultaneous-out card owned by the player. Note that this determination may be performed by the partner game machine 10.

If it is determined in step S22 that simultaneous dispensing is possible, the monitor 19 is displayed with an advice notifying the player that simultaneous dispensing is possible using the currently selected card (step S23). . For example, in FIG. 10A, the card α is in a state in which it can be simultaneously dispensed, and the advice “You can use the special move if you now dispense α!” Is displayed on the monitor 19.

After the process of step S23, or step S
If it is determined in step 22 that simultaneous output is not possible, step S
The process proceeds to 25 and it is determined whether or not the above determination operation is performed on the input device 22. The decision operation at this stage is to confirm the selection of the current card, that is, to determine the currently selected card as the card to be put into play and used this turn.

If the decision operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S12. On the other hand, steps S14 to S
If any of the 16 conditions is affirmed, step S
The advice is displayed at 24, and then step S25
The process proceeds to. The advice displayed in step S24 is a support offer card, an attack avoidance card,
Alternatively, the support request card is used to support the partner or inform the player that support from the partner can be received. For example, in FIG. 11A, when the support offer card A is selected, “A
"You can use your card to support your partner" is displayed. In Fig. 11 (b), when the attack avoidance card B is selected, the advice is "Use the card of B to have your partner substitute. 11c is displayed, and in FIG. 11 (c), when the support request card C is selected, the advice “You can use your C card to request support from your partner” is displayed. .

If it is determined in step S25 that the determination operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S31 in FIG. In step S31, the player is asked through the monitor 19 whether to attack or defend using the selected and confirmed card, and whether or not the player has selected the attack based on the operation content of the input device 22 for the attack. Is judged. When the attack is selected, a process of causing the player to specify which card in the field to be attacked by the input device 22 is performed (step S32). When the attack is not selected, step S32 is performed. Is skipped. After that, the action content in this turn is confirmed, and the confirmed action content is notified to the other game machine 10 (step S33). With this, the action determination process is completed.

8 and 9 are flow charts showing the details of the action monitoring process executed in step S4 of FIG. The contents of the processing will be described below. As described with reference to FIG. 5, the action monitoring process is performed during the turn of the other player in the same team as the player of the player's own machine. Please note that you are a player of another aircraft that you have.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the action monitoring process, it is first determined whether or not the partner game machine 10 has requested the transmission of hand information (step S41). This step is a process corresponding to step S21 in FIG. When requested, hand information is transmitted (step S4
2) Then, the process proceeds to step S43. If it is not requested to transmit the hand information, step S42 is skipped.

In step S43, it is determined whether or not the action content has been notified from the game machine 10 of the current turn (see step S33 in FIG. 7). If not notified, the process returns to step S41.

When the action content is notified, step S
The process proceeds to 44, and it is determined whether or not the partner of the current turn decides the attack using the simultaneous card as the action content. When the condition of step S44 is satisfied, it is subsequently determined whether or not the player holds a card that can be simultaneously played in his or her hand (step S45). When this is satisfied, a process of displaying a predetermined advice on the monitor 19 of the own device is performed (step S46). For example, as shown in FIG. 10B, the monitor 19 displays an advice indicating that the card β can be used in the present turn in combination with the simultaneous-out card α used by the partner. At this time, it is desirable that the player can easily specify which cards can be simultaneously taken out by specifying the cards which can be taken out simultaneously with the cursor 101.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the player has performed an operation to approve the simultaneous output to the input device 22 (step S47). When the player approves the simultaneous output, the player instructs the opponent side to issue the simultaneous output. The attack is instructed, and the content that the simultaneous withdrawal is approved (in the example of FIG. 10B, the card β has been ejected) is notified to the other game machine 10 (step S48). On the other hand, if the simultaneous delivery is not approved, the other game machine 10 is notified that the simultaneous delivery has not been performed (step S4).
9). Even when the requirement in step S45 is denied, the process proceeds to step S49. Step S48 or S
When 49 is executed, the action monitoring process ends.

On the other hand, if the requirement in step S44 in FIG. 8 is denied, the process proceeds to step S51 in FIG. In step S51, it is determined whether or not the partner has put out the support request card on the spot, based on the action content notified in step S33 of FIG. When the support request card is used, the information notifying that the support request is received from the partner is displayed on the monitor 19 of the own device, for example, as shown in FIG. 12A (step S52).

Thereafter, by referring to the operation on the input device 22, it is judged whether or not the player of the own machine has accepted the support request from the partner (step S53), and when the support is approved, the player of the own machine is accepted. A process for determining the support content using the input device 22 is performed (step S54). For example, as shown in FIG. 12B, the hand 100 or the card 100 in play is displayed on the monitor 19 and the player who is attacked as a substitute for the partner is selected from the player. After the support content is determined, the determined support content is notified to the other game machine 10 (step S55). On the other hand, when the player's own device refuses the support in step S543, the other game device 10 is notified of the support refusal (step S5).
6).

After step S55 or S56 is executed, or when the condition of step S51 is denied, the action monitoring process ends.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the process of step S5 of FIG. 5 in order to determine the effect of the attack when an attack on another card is selected in the action determination process (step S3 of FIG. 5). The procedure of the attack result determination process performed as a part is shown.

In the attack result determination process, first, information about the attack source, that is, the card used for the attack is acquired (step S61). For example, the parameters that affect the attack result such as the identification of the card to be attacked and the attack power and defense power of the card are recorded in the external storage device 23, or R
It is acquired based on the card information transferred to the AM 13. Then, it is determined whether or not the partner of the attacking team has designated simultaneous delivery (step S62). When simultaneous dispensing is designated, the effect of simultaneous dispensing is specified based on the card information (step S6).
3). If simultaneous output is not specified, step S6
3 is skipped.

In the next step S64, the attack target is specified according to the action content determined by the player of the current turn. Then, it is judged whether or not the support setting is made by the partner of the attack target player (step S65). In other words, in the attacking team, the support offer card is put into play from the attacking partner, the attack avoidance card is put into play from the attack target player, or the attack target player is in play. When the support request card is put on the market and the partner specifies one of the support cards, it is determined that the support setting is made. When it is determined that there is support setting, the attack target is changed according to the support content (step S66). If there is no support setting, step S66 is skipped. Continued Step S6
In 7, information about the attack target card is acquired.
For example, parameters that affect the attack result, such as the attack power and defense power of the attack target card, are acquired based on the card information recorded in the external storage device 23 or transferred to the RAM 13.

After that, the attack result is calculated with reference to the acquired parameter relating to the attack source card and the acquired attack target parameter (step S68). However, when information other than the attack source and attack target cards, for example, the information of other simultaneously issued cards affects the attack result, that information is also referred to. The effect of simultaneous play is determined so as to increase the attack power of the card as compared to the case of playing the card alone. Therefore, when simultaneous sending is performed, an advantageous result can be introduced to the attacking side.

With the above, the attack result determination process is completed.
Based on the attack result calculated in this way, the life information stored in the RAM 13 of the game machine 10 of the losing player is subtracted.

The process of FIG. 13 may be executed in parallel by each game machine 10 that has received the action result. The processing of FIG. 13 may be executed by any one of the game machines, for example, the game machine 10 that has designated the attack, and the result may be notified to the other game machines 10. In any case, the action content for each turn is shared in each game machine 10, and the game progresses equally in each game machine 10 by reflecting the action content.

In the above embodiment, the game element is expressed as a card, and the use of the card is specified as the act of putting the card on the field. Simultaneous issuing of cards is equivalent to simultaneous attack. The simultaneous attack condition is specified by steps S44 and S45 of FIG. That is, when both of the fact that the player on the turn puts a card that can be played simultaneously into play and chooses an attack, and that a partner outside the turn has a card that can be played at the same time in hand, is satisfied. The simultaneous attack conditions will be met.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and may be implemented in various forms. For example, in the above example, the decision of the action such as the content of the attack and whether or not to ask for support is all decided by the turn of each player, but when an attack is taken, what is the turn to the attacked player? Alternatively, an opportunity to determine the defense content may be given, and in that case, whether or not to ask for support may be selected.

The present invention is not limited to the example in which the game is played two to two, and it is sufficient that a plurality of players exist on either side. The other side may be a single player. In that case, simultaneous delivery and support will be provided only on one side. Correspondence between players and game machines is not limited to one-to-one, and a plurality of players may use one game machine jointly. Some of the players who participate in the game may not be real players but virtual players by a computer. When the game system of the present invention is configured by connecting a plurality of game machines, the game machines may be connected by wire or wirelessly. The connection form between the game machines may be a so-called peer-to-peer system or a server-client system.

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As described above, according to the present invention, when one player instructs an attack, the first simultaneous attack condition established in association with the content of the attack is satisfied. Other players on the side of will be given the opportunity to direct the attack. As a result, the attack pattern becomes complicated and the monotonicity of the game is eliminated, as compared with the case where the action instruction by the player outside the turn is uniformly prohibited. By enabling simultaneous attacks from multiple players on the same side in one turn, it is possible to realize the feeling that the players cooperate with each other in an attack on a computer game, and enhance the interest of turn-based games. You can

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the game machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a card battle game played using the game system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of card information.

5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of turn control processing executed by the game machine of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of action determination processing executed by the game machine of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart following FIG. 6;

8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of behavior monitoring processing executed by the game machine of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart following FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen information displayed on a monitor in association with simultaneous output.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of screen information displayed on a monitor in association with assistance.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of screen information displayed on the monitor in association with assistance.

13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of attack result determination processing executed by the game machine of FIG. 2 when an attack is instructed.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game system 2 communication cable 10 Portable game console 11 CPU 19 Monitor (display device) 22 Input device 22a Four-way controller 22b, 22c operation buttons 23 External storage device (storage medium) 100 cards

Claims (14)

(57) [Claims] 1. A player participating in a game is divided into two or more players belonging to a first side and one or more players belonging to a second side set as an opponent of the first side. In addition to distinguishing and sequentially moving the game turn between those players, in each turn, the process of letting the player specify the game element owned by himself and determining the action is executed, and according to the action in each turn In a game system using a computer, in which the progress of the game changes, information for identifying a game element owned by each player, and storage means for storing information for identifying the progress of the game, respectively. At the turn of one player belonging to the 1st side, as a kind of the action for that player,
Attack content determination means that gives an opportunity to determine a game element to be used for an attack and an opportunity to determine a game element of the player of the second side that is an attack target of the game element, and a player of the first side If an attack is instructed by, it is determined whether or not a predetermined simultaneous attack condition is satisfied in association with the content of the attack, and if the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied, it belongs to the first side. grant opportunity to direct the attack on the second side in the same turn against other players, instructions opportunities attacks in the same turn of the other player when the simultaneous attack condition is not satisfied and a simultaneous attack control means you do not grant, in the case of attack from a player in the turn has been instructed, before Symbol game elements as the attack target gate that is used to attack By referring to the information specifying the beam elements each calculates the results of the attack, met progress management means updates the information for identifying the progress status of the game in accordance with the calculation result
The other player on the same turn.
If an attack is instructed, the other player
Information that identifies the game elements used in the attack.
A game system, comprising: a progress management unit that refers to the result of the attack and calculates the result of the attack . 2. The information for identifying the game element includes information for determining whether or not each game element is a game element capable of simultaneously attacking, and the simultaneous attack control means is provided during the turn. Player determines whether or not he / she has decided to attack using the above-mentioned simultaneous attackable game element.
Based on the determination result of the
Unless the attack using is decided,
The game system according to claim 1 , wherein whether or not the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied is determined not to be satisfied . 3. The simultaneous attack control means further determines whether or not the other player can use the game element capable of simultaneous attack in the same turn , and based on the determination result.
And the game elements that can be attacked at the same time in the same turn
Unless it can be used, the simultaneous attack conditions will not be met
The game system according to claim 2 , wherein the success or failure of the simultaneous attack condition is determined in this way. 4. The attack content determination means, in the process in which the player determines the game element, information identifying a game element owned by the player during the turn and a game element owned by the other player. If it is determined that the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied with reference to the information to be specified, and the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied, the player during the turn uses the attack. 4. The game system according to claim 3, wherein before the game element is determined, information that prompts the player to use the game element that can simultaneously attack is presented. 5. The attack content determination means determines the game element in at least two stages, a step of selecting a game element used for the attack and a step of finalizing the selection for the player. In the step of giving an opportunity and selecting the game element, when the player selects a game element that can simultaneously attack from its own game elements, the attack content determination unit is a game element owned by the other player. Refer to the information identifying the above to determine whether or not the other player can use the game elements that can be simultaneously attacked in the same turn,
4. When it is determined that the game elements that can be attacked at the same time can be used in the same turn, information that prompts the player in the turn to use the game elements that can be attacked at the same time is presented. The described game system. 6. The progress management means, when an attack is instructed by the other player, as compared with a case where the simultaneous attack is not instructed, the progress management means is configured to guide an advantageous result to the attacking side. The game system according to claim 1, wherein an attack result is calculated. 7. The game system includes a plurality of game machines that can communicate with each other, and each game machine includes the storage means, the attack content determination means, the simultaneous attack control means, and the progress management means. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which is configured as a computer. 8. A player participating in the game is divided into two or more players belonging to the first side and one or more players belonging to the second side set as opponents of the first side. In each turn, the game turn is sequentially moved among those players, and in each turn, the player specifies the game element owned by the player to determine the action, and the progress of the game according to the action in each turn. In a game program for causing a computer to execute a game that changes a game, the computer stores storage information for identifying a game element owned by each player and information for identifying a progress status of the game. And during the turn of one player belonging to the first side, As a kind of the action,
Attack content determination means that gives an opportunity to determine a game element to be used for an attack and an opportunity to determine a game element of the player of the second side that is an attack target of the game element, and a player of the first side If an attack is instructed by, it is determined whether or not a predetermined simultaneous attack condition is satisfied in association with the content of the attack, and if the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied, it belongs to the first side. grant opportunity to direct the attack on the second side in the same turn against other players, instructions opportunities attacks in the same turn of the other player when the simultaneous attack condition is not satisfied and a simultaneous attack control means you do not grant, in the case of attack from a player in the turn has been instructed, before Symbol game elements as the attack target gate that is used to attack By referring to the information specifying the beam elements each calculates the results of the attack, met progress management means updates the information for identifying the progress status of the game in accordance with the calculation result
The other player on the same turn.
If an attack is instructed, the other player
Information that identifies the game elements used in the attack.
A game program, which is configured to function as a game machine including: a progress management unit that refers to the result of the attack and calculates the result of the attack . 9. The information for identifying the game element includes information for determining whether or not each game element is a game element capable of simultaneous attack, and the simultaneous attack control means is configured to perform the same during the turn. Player determines whether or not he / she has decided to attack using the above-mentioned simultaneous attackable game element ,
Based on the determination result, the game requirement that the simultaneous attack is possible
Unless the attack using the element is decided, the simultaneous attack condition
9. The game program according to claim 8 , wherein whether or not the simultaneous attack condition is satisfied is determined by satisfying the above condition. 10. The simultaneous attack control means further determines whether or not the other player can use the game element capable of simultaneous attack in the same turn , and based on the determination result.
Based on the same game elements that can be attacked simultaneously,
The simultaneous attack conditions are not met unless
The game program according to claim 9 , wherein the success or failure of the simultaneous attack condition is determined in this way. 11. The attack content determination means, in the process of the player determining the game element, information identifying a game element owned by the player during the turn and a game element owned by the other player. If it is determined that the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied with reference to the information to be specified, and the simultaneous attack condition may be satisfied, the player during the turn uses the attack. 11. The game program according to claim 10, wherein information for urging the player to use a game element that can simultaneously attack is presented before the game element is determined. 12. The attack content determination means determines the game element in at least two steps, a step of selecting a game element used for the attack and a step of finalizing the selection for the player. In the step of giving an opportunity and selecting the game element, when the player selects a game element that can simultaneously attack from its own game elements, the attack content determination unit is a game element owned by the other player. Refer to the information identifying the above to determine whether or not the other player can use the game elements that can be simultaneously attacked in the same turn,
11. When it is determined that the game elements that can be attacked at the same time can be used in the same turn, information that prompts the player in the turn to use the game elements that can be attacked at the same time is presented. The described game program. 13. The progress management means, when an attack is instructed by the other player, as compared with a case in which the simultaneous attack is not instructed, the progress management means guides an advantageous result to the attacking side. The game program according to any one of claims 8 to 12, which calculates an attack result. 14. The storage means, the attack content determination means, each of a plurality of computers that can communicate with each other.
14. The game program according to claim 8, wherein the program is configured to function as a game machine including the simultaneous attack control means and the progress management means to execute the game.