JP4862231B2 - GAME DEVICE, GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game device, a game control program, and a recording medium storing the program, and more particularly to action control of each character in a battle scene of a role playing game.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the battle scene of the role playing game, a player character that can be controlled by the game player and an enemy character that cannot be controlled by the game player are displayed on the display screen, and the player uses a predetermined input device (hereinafter referred to as a controller). The game progresses by inputting a control signal to control the action of the player character. The battle ends when the player character or enemy character is annihilated. Therefore, it is necessary for the player to assemble the attack of the player character so as to quickly deal more damage to the enemy character.
[0003]
Regardless of the player character or enemy character, the amount of damage that a character can give to the opponent by an attack is usually the type of attack, the level of the character, the ability value such as quickness, weapons and items possessed , Standing position at the time of battle, the level of the opponent, ability value, armor and items you have, standing position and so on. That is, generally, the higher the level and ability, and the stronger the attack with a powerful weapon, the greater the damage to the opponent, and the player can predict the magnitude of the damage to some extent.
[0004]
However, in many games, by adding an incidental effect to the effects of such an attack, an unexpected result is produced for the player, and the battle scene is prevented from becoming monotonous. Yes. For example, an attack that normally deals 100 damage may change to an attack that causes 200 damage at a rate of once every several times or depending on the timing of button operation by the player. That is, even if the player intends to perform the same control, the result may be different. The attack from the enemy character is the same, and the player may have received twice or three times as much damage as usual even though he predicted that he would not receive much damage even if attacked.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An unexpected effect is preferable in that the battle scene is not monotonous. In some cases, however, the strategies that have been set up may be wasted due to the unexpected effects.
[0006]
For example, there are cases where the player character has fewer remaining physical strength points, and is forced to choose whether to recover the physical strength points using recovery-type magic, or to continue the attack. At this time, it is assumed that the enemy character is low and the latter is selected with the expectation that there will be little damage even if attacked. Under this circumstance, if the damage caused by the attack of the enemy character is doubled as usual, the player character may be defeated against the player's expectation.
[0007]
Even if an accidental effect occurs favorably for the player character, the player is not always pleased. For example, in a situation where an enemy character can be defeated if another 200 damages are applied, the player causes one player character to attack with about 120 damage and another player character to attack with about 100 damage. Suppose you have made a strategy to defeat enemy characters. At this time, it is assumed that the attack of the player character who has attacked first brings about 1.5 times the effect of the usual attack and has caused 180 damage to the enemy. In this case, although the enemy can be defeated by the attack of the next player character, there is a complaint that the second player character has made a more powerful attack than necessary and wasted stamina points. Remain.
[0008]
Therefore, according to the present invention, when an unusual effect is generated on the character's action, the information is provided to the player in advance, and the player can use the information to make a strategy.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The game device of the present invention displays a player character and an enemy character on a display screen, and controls the action of each character based on a control signal input from the input device, whereby a battle between the player character and the enemy character is performed. A game device that advances a scene,
Accompanying effect generating means for generating a predetermined accompanying effect when controlling the actions of the player character and / or the enemy character;
An accompanying effect determining means for determining an accompanying effect generated by the accompanying effect generating means from a plurality of types of accompanying effects;
Before the incidental effect generating means generates the incidental effect, the content of the incidental effect determined by the incidental effect determining means is associated with the player character and / or enemy character to which the incidental effect is given and displayed in advance on the screen. And an effect notice means.
[0010]
The effect notice means is preferably means for displaying on the screen the action order of each player character and / or enemy character and the correspondence between the action order and the accompanying effects. In addition, action order change means for changing the action order of the player character and / or enemy character is further provided, and the effect notice means corrects and redisplays the content of the notice display according to the change by the action order change means. Is preferred.
[0011]
The accompanying effect determining means can be a means for randomly selecting an accompanying effect generated by the accompanying effect generating means from a plurality of types of accompanying effects. Alternatively, a plurality of types of accompanying effects arranged in a predetermined order may be sequentially assigned to each player character and / or enemy character. Or it is good also as a means which makes the player of a game select the accompanying effect produced | generated by an accompanying effect generation means. Alternatively, as a means for selecting the accompanying effect generated by the accompanying effect generating means based on the characteristic parameter value possessed by the player character and / or the enemy character to which the accompanying effect is given from a plurality of types of accompanying effects. Also good. Furthermore, it can be considered that the accompanying effect generated by the accompanying effect generating means is a means for selecting from a plurality of types of accompanying effects according to the flow of the game.
[0012]
Next, the game control program of the present invention displays the player character and the enemy character on the display screen, and controls the action of each character based on the control signal input from the input device. A game control program for advancing a battle scene with an enemy character,
Incidental effect generation processing for generating a predetermined incidental effect when controlling the actions of the player character and / or enemy character;
An accompanying effect determination process for determining an accompanying effect to be generated in an accompanying effect generation process from a plurality of types of accompanying effects; and
Prior to generating an accompanying effect by the accompanying effect generating process, the content of the accompanying effect determined in the accompanying effect determining process is displayed in advance on the screen in association with the player character and / or enemy character to which the accompanying effect is given. It is characterized by causing a computer to execute an effect notice process.
[0013]
The effect notice process is preferably a process of displaying on the screen the action order of each player character and / or enemy character, the action order, the associated effect, and the association. In addition, the computer further executes an action order changing process for changing the action order of the player character and / or enemy character, and in the effect notice process, the content of the notice display is corrected according to the change by the action order changing process, It is preferable to display.
[0014]
The incidental effect determination process may be a process of randomly selecting an incidental effect to be generated in the incidental effect generation process from a plurality of types of incidental effects. Alternatively, it may be a process of sequentially assigning a plurality of types of accompanying effects arranged in a predetermined order to each player character and / or enemy character. Or it is good also as a process which makes the player of a game select the accompanying effect generated in an accompanying effect generation process. Alternatively, as a process of selecting an accompanying effect to be generated in the accompanying effect generation process based on a characteristic parameter value possessed by a player character and / or an enemy character to which the accompanying effect is given from a plurality of types of accompanying effects. Also good. Furthermore, it can be considered that the accompanying effect generated in the accompanying effect generating process is a process of selecting from a plurality of types of accompanying effects according to the flow of the game.
[0015]
The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which the game control program of the present invention as described above is recorded.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a game apparatus 1 and peripheral devices connected to the game apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. The game apparatus 1 is connected to the display output device 7 by a cable 10. In the present embodiment, the display output device 7 is a home television provided with a display screen 8 for displaying a game screen and a speaker 9 for outputting game sound.
[0017]
The game apparatus 1 is connected to a controller 11 through a cable 25 for inputting a control signal for the player to control the game. The controller 11 used in the present embodiment includes a direction instruction button 14, a SELECT button 12, a START button 13, a Δ button 19, a ○ button 20, a □ button 21, an X button 22, an L1 button 23a, an L2 button 23b, and R1. A button 24a and an R2 button 24b are provided.
[0018]
What operation is possible with each button depends on what control the button is assigned to in each scene by the game control program. For this reason, although not necessarily uniform, the following operations are generally possible.
[0019]
The direction instruction button 14 is a button used for controlling the cursor position on the setting screen and for controlling the moving direction of the player character during the game. The upper part 15 of the direction instruction button 14 is assigned to the upper direction of the screen, the left part 16 is assigned to the left direction of the screen, the lower part 17 is assigned to the lower direction of the screen, and the right part 18 is assigned to the right direction of the screen. The cursor and player character can be controlled.
[0020]
The SELECT button 12 is used when the screen is switched, for example, when a data save screen is called during a game. The START button 13 is mainly used for instructing to start or pause the game. The Δ button 19, the ○ button 20, the □ button 21, the X button 22, the L1 button 23a, the L2 button 23b, the R1 button 24a, and the R2 button 24b are mainly used for controlling the player character during the game. Various controls can be realized by combining the eight buttons.
[0021]
In recent years, various types of controllers such as a controller 11 having a joystick for indicating directions and a sheet type controller have been provided as the controller 11, but the present invention can be realized regardless of the shape of the controller. .
[0022]
In addition to the power button 2, the game apparatus 1 has a disc tray storage unit 3 in which a disc tray for setting a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) or a CD-ROM is stored, and an open for carrying out the disc tray from the disc tray storage unit 3. Button 4, slot 5 for inserting a memory card for saving game progress, results, etc., connection terminal for connecting various controllers (connection terminal 6 a in the figure indicates connection state, connection terminal 6 b indicates connection state) A connection terminal for connecting an output device such as a screen and sound, and a connection terminal for connecting to a network (both not shown).
[0023]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the game apparatus 1. In the game apparatus 1, the CPU 27, ROM 28, RAM 29, VRAM 30, speech synthesis unit 32, input / output control unit 33, input control unit 36, and communication control unit 37 are connected to the system bus 26. It is comprised so that a signal can be exchanged via.
[0024]
When the game apparatus 1 is turned on, the internal circuit and the like are first initialized by the initialization data stored in the ROM 28, and the game control program stored in the DVD 34 and the save data stored in the memory card 35 are stored. And the like are read into the RAM 29 via the input / output control unit 33. On the other hand, a control signal input by the player from the input device 11 is provided to the CPU 27 via the input control unit 36. The CPU 27 sequentially processes the program and data stored in the RAM 29 based on a control signal provided from the input control unit 36. Images output as a result of processing by the CPU 27 are temporarily stored in the VRAM 30 for each screen and sent to the image display unit 8 such as a television display screen via the image control unit 31. Similarly, the sound output by executing the program is sent to the sound output unit 9 such as a television speaker via the sound synthesis unit 32. In addition, when a game is advanced by a plurality of players connected on the network, data exchange with other game devices connected to the network 38 is performed via the communication control unit 37.
[0025]
The hardware configuration and functions in the present embodiment have been described above. In the above description, the game control program stored in the DVD 34 or the like corresponds to the game control program of the present invention, and the recording medium such as the DVD 34 has a recording medium. This corresponds to the recording medium of the present invention. Therefore, next, a game control program in the present embodiment, that is, a program that is read from the storage medium such as the DVD 34 into the game apparatus 1 via the input / output control unit 33 and executed by the CPU 27 of the game apparatus 1 will be described. . However, the following description is directed only to processes related to battle scene control among processes that the program causes the CPU 27 to execute. A battle scene refers to, for example, from when a player character encounters or comes into contact with an enemy character while the game is in progress to when the battle is terminated by annihilating the enemy character. Processing other than battle scenes is not particularly limited.
[0026]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing battle scene control processing of the game control program according to the present embodiment. The incidental effect determination process in step 101 is a process for determining the association between the action order and the incidental effect generated for the action of the character that has acted in the action order. In addition, the effect notice process in step 102 is a process for displaying on the display screen the details of the accompanying effects that occur when each character is acting. The player can specify the action of the player character while examining the content of the notice display. Step S103 is processing for receiving a control signal input from the input device by the player. Step S104 is processing for controlling the action of the character based on the control signal received in step S103. At this time, in addition to the normal behavior control process, a process for generating the accompanying effect determined in step S101 is also executed.
[0027]
Since the feature of the present invention is mainly in the processing of step S101 and step S102, these processing will be described in detail below. In addition, about the process of step S103 and the process of step S104, it can implement | achieve using a well-known processing method.
[0028]
In the incidental effect determination processing in step S101, for example, the following method can be considered as a method for determining the association between the action order and the incidental effect. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of association between an action order and an accompanying effect. FIG. 4A shows a method of assigning randomly selected from the four accompanying effects A, B, C, and D as the accompanying effects corresponding to each action order. That is, this is a method of performing an arithmetic process using a random function and randomly assigning the accompanying effects in the order of each action.
[0029]
FIG. 4B is a diagram in which the four incidental effects A, B, C, and D are repeatedly generated in a fixed order. That is, the accompanying effects A to D are associated with the action orders 1 to 4, respectively, and the accompanying effects A to D are associated with the action orders 5 to 8, and the same association is repeated thereafter. Is.
[0030]
FIG. 4C shows a method in which the player presets accompanying effects that occur in each action order. The incidental effect is set by the player calling a predetermined setting screen before entering the battle scene. On the setting screen, the player can determine the association, for example, effect A for action order 1 and effect C for action order 2. The association determined by the player is stored in the RAM 29 of FIG. 2 as data in a predetermined format, and in step S101 of FIG. 3, the association between the action order and the accompanying effects is determined by reading the data from the RAM 29. Is done.
[0031]
Further, instead of selecting at random as shown in FIG. 4A, there is a method of selecting an accompanying effect based on the value of the characteristic parameter possessed by the character. Here, the characteristic parameters possessed by the character include parameters that are normally displayed as numerical values such as the character level, as well as skills that can be used, types of magic, weapons possessed, items, and the like. For example, an accompanying effect given to a character who is good at magic is selected from the accompanying effects that influence the influence of magic, and an accompanying effect that increases the power of the weapon is excluded from the selection target. Alternatively, a method of assigning a special incidental effect that can be given only to the use of the weapon to a character possessing a special weapon having a high rare value is conceivable.
[0032]
Furthermore, a method of allocating incidental effects according to the game flow is also conceivable. According to the flow of the game, for example, it is assigned depending on the place and time of entry into the battle (time in the game story), the situation at the time of entry into the battle, whether or not a predetermined character was a friend at the time of entry into the battle, etc. It is to make the incidental effect different. For example, when the types of enemy characters that appear differ depending on the location (cave, plain, etc.), a method of selecting and allocating only effects suitable for the battle with enemy characters appearing at that location can be considered. Alternatively, there may be a method of assigning different incidental effects depending on whether the player character is actively fighting or if the player character is caught by an enemy character and enters the battle. Furthermore, the incidental effect to be assigned may be varied depending on whether or not the predetermined problem has been solved at the time of entering the battle. For example, the method of assigning different effects depending on whether or not the player character has a conversation with the character holding the story development key before entering the battle, or whether or not a predetermined switch or button arranged in the game scene is pressed And so on. Since there are various patterns in the flow until entering the battle, it is difficult to list all of them, but it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various other methods are possible.
[0033]
In this embodiment, the character and the accompanying effect are not directly associated with each other, but the action order is associated with the accompanying effect as shown in FIGS. The action order and the character are separately stored in a table as shown in FIG. That is, the association between the character and the accompanying effect is derived from the association between the action order and the accompanying effect shown in FIG. 4 and the association between the action order and the character shown in FIG. However, this is only to make it possible to flexibly cope with a change in the action order of the character. Therefore, when the action order changing function is not provided, it goes without saying that the character and the accompanying effect may be directly associated with each other and stored. In addition, it is clear that any association other than the methods shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C is possible, and all such associations are included in the present invention.
[0034]
Next, the effect notice process in step S102 of FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an output screen of the program of the present invention, showing a battle scene by three player characters 39a, 39b, 39c and four enemy characters 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d. Yes.
[0035]
At the top of the screen, the values of the main parameters possessed by each character are displayed along with the face of each player character. Further, in the lower right of the screen, a map 41 that displays the standing positions of the player character and the enemy character with a △ or ▽ mark, and an action order list 42 that displays the character's face in order of action from the left, are incidentally generated. An effect notice drum 43 for notifying the content of the effect is displayed.
[0036]
The action order list 42 displays characters to be acted in order from the left. When the character finishes the action, the face of the character is deleted from the list, and the face of the character on the right is displayed in the blank area. Is displayed, and the faces of the characters lined up in the list are displayed shifted to the left one by one.
[0037]
The effect notice drum 43 is an image of a rotating drum of a slot machine, and any effect that occurs incidentally is assigned to each eye of the drum. However, the accompanying effects that occur are not necessarily positive effects, but also negative accompanying effects. There are also eyes that are “lost”, that is, those that have no effect. What is displayed on the screen is a drum that rotates in the depth direction of the screen, and four eyes appear on the screen. The eyes of the drums not displayed on the screen appear sequentially as the drum rotates.
[0038]
In the illustrated screen, the action order list 42 displays the faces of the player character 39b, the enemy character 40a, the player character 39a, and the player character 39c in order of action from the left. The following four effects are displayed in order. The effect “+30” displayed at the top of the effect notice drum 43 is an effect of increasing the predetermined parameter value of the character in action by 30 points. The second effect “defense” from the top is an effect in which the magic of the defense system is automatically applied to all characters (including enemy characters) in battle. The third from the top is “losing” (no effect). The lowermost eye “× 1.5” is an effect that the damage caused to the opponent by the attack by the character in action is 150% of the normal.
[0039]
The positions of the eyes displayed on the screen of the effect notice drum 43 correspond to the order of actions. That is, the eye displayed at the bottom shows the effect associated with the action of the character that is going to act next, the second character from the bottom acts next, the third from the bottom further The character that acts next, and the top one shows the effect accompanying the behavior of the character that acts next. When one character finishes the action, the effect notice drum 43 rotates in the front direction of the screen, and each eye is shifted downward one by one.
[0040]
7A to 7D are diagrams showing changes due to the rotation of the effect notice drum 43. FIG. FIG. 7A shows a state before the player character 39b acts. In the state of FIG. 7A, it is foretold that the bottom eye of the notice drum 43 is accompanied by an effect that causes 1.5 times as much damage to the enemy as to the action of the player character 39b. . Accordingly, if the player causes the player character 39b to perform a predetermined attack action, the attack can cause a normal 150% damage to the enemy.
[0041]
When the player character 39b finishes the action, the notice drum 43 rotates and the state shown in FIG. Note that the effect notice drum 43 shown in FIG. 7 is associated so that the same effect shown in FIG. 4B repeatedly occurs in the same order. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7B, an accompanying effect of “× 1.5” is displayed in the uppermost eye of the effect notice drum 43. As described above, since the face of the character that has finished the action is deleted from the action order list 42, the display of the action order list 42 also changes as shown in FIG. In this case, since the enemy character 40a hits “losing”, no accompanying effect occurs and the result is the same as a normal attack.
[0042]
When the action of the enemy character 40a ends, the display changes to a display as shown in FIG. In this case, when the player character 39a attacks, all the characters are protected by the magic of the defense system. Therefore, even if the enemy character is attacked, a large amount of damage cannot be given. Therefore, in such a scene, it is wise to select the use of recovery-type magic, items, etc., rather than attacking poorly and exhausting the physical strength of the player character. Or there may be a choice of doing nothing. In this embodiment, when the player does not perform any operation for a certain period of time, the control target is automatically shifted to the next character.
[0043]
When the action of the player character 39a ends or when a certain time has elapsed without any operation by the player, the display changes as shown in FIG. The player character 39c can increase the parameter value possessed by the player character 39c although the damage to the enemy is the same as usual.
[0044]
In this way, when it is predicted on the screen what accompanying effects will occur during the action of each character, the player can make a strategy in consideration of the accompanying effects. For example, since the player knows that the damage to the opponent by the player character 39a is 150%, the player can select the most powerful enemy character as the attacking opponent of the player character 39a without hesitation. Alternatively, as described above, it is known that the player character 39b cannot damage the enemy character even if attacked, so the attack is not performed. For example, the defense power of the ally is increased or the physical strength is recovered. You can make a wise choice to use magic.
[0045]
Further, the present invention exerts further effects when the action order of the character can be changed. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process when an action order changing function during a battle is added to the battle scene control process shown in FIG. In step S103, when the player designates a change in the action order of the character, the process returns to step S102 to re-notify the contents of the accompanying effect.
[0046]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a notice display when the action order is changed in the control process of FIG. When the player character 39b displayed at the top (leftmost) of the action order list 42 finishes the action in the state of FIG. 9A, the screen display normally changes as shown in FIG. 9B. In this case, no incidental effect is given to the enemy character 40a to be acted next, but when the next is seen, the player character 39a acting next to the enemy character 40a is attacked by the magic of the defense system. It is predicted that the effect will fade. Here, for example, if the player character 39a is the only character that can make an effective attack against an enemy character in battle, the player may want to make full use of the attack of the player character 39a. .
[0047]
In this embodiment, in such a case, a player character that is not displayed in the action order list 42 can be interrupted before the action of any character displayed in the action order list 42. That is, as shown in FIG. 9C, the player interrupts the player character 39c, which has not been displayed in the action order list 42, to act in front of the enemy character 40a. Can be corrected.
[0048]
The interruptable player character is displayed as a gauge 44 and an interruptable number 45 at the top of the screen in FIG. The scale of the gauge 44 increases with the passage of time, and when the scale is full, the numerical value of the number 45 of possible interrupts is increased by one. That is, a player character whose numerical value of the number of possible interruptions 45 is 1 or more and is not displayed in the action order list 42 can cause an interruption action. The interruption is executed by pressing one of the Δ button 19, the ○ button 20, the □ button 21, and the X button 22 while pressing the R2 button 24b of FIG. One of the player characters is assigned to each of the Δ button 19, the ○ button 20, the □ button 21, and the X button 22, and the player character to be interrupted is determined depending on the type of the pressed button. Also, the timing of interruption is next to the character in action when performing the interruption operation. For example, in the case of the above example, if an interrupt operation is performed during the action of the player character 39b, the player character 39c can be interrupted before the enemy character 40a acts.
[0049]
Interrupt control is performed as follows. Each player character has an interrupt action timer and an interrupt counter. When it is detected by the interrupt action timer that a certain time has elapsed, the interrupt counter is incremented by one. That is, the interrupt action timer corresponds to the gauge 44 on the display screen, and the interrupt count counter corresponds to the possible interrupt count 45 on the display screen. An interrupt operation is accepted for a player character whose interrupt counter is 1 or more. An interrupt operation performed on a player character whose interrupt counter is 0 is invalidated. When the player performs an effective interrupt operation, an interrupt signal is sent from the controller 11 to the CPU. When the CPU receives an interrupt signal during the action control process of the player character 39b, the CPU continues the action control and display process of the player character 39b as it is, and when the process ends, the CPU The action control and display of the character 39c are performed, and after the end, the process returns to the original process to control the enemy character 40a.
[0050]
When the action order is changed as a result of the interrupt operation, the action order list 42 is displayed as shown in FIG. In this case, the effect accompanying the action of the player character 39a is an increase of a predetermined parameter value by 30 points, and the attack is not hindered by the magic of the defense system, so the enemy is damaged by the desired attack. It becomes possible. On the other hand, when there is no change in the action order, the action order list 42 is displayed as shown in FIG. In addition to the method of interrupting a player character that is not displayed in the action order list 42 as in the present embodiment, the action order is changed by rearranging the order of the characters displayed in the action order list 42. It is also possible to do this. The present invention can provide the player with the pleasure of making a strategy using the accompanying effect in any case where the association between the accompanying effect and the character can be changed regardless of the action order changing method.
[0051]
Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, there are many other similar processing methods for the incidental effect determination process in step S101 and the effect notice process in step S102 in FIGS. .
[0052]
For example, the types of accompanying effects can be variously arranged in accordance with the types of control parameters defined by the game, the story of the game, and the like. In addition to the example shown in FIG. 4, the association between the action order and the accompanying effects is basically a repetition of effects A, B, C, and D as shown in FIG. 4B, for example. On the other hand, there is a method in which the incidental effect X, which is very valuable for the player, is inserted at a rate of once every 1000 times. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), instead of letting the player set for each action order, a variety of effect notice drums are prepared so that the player can exchange the drums according to his / her preference. Good.
[0053]
In addition to the notice method as in the above embodiment, the effect notice process includes a method of displaying a number indicating the order of action of each character and the accompanying effect around the head of each character. It is done. Or you may display only the mark showing the content of the accompanying effect around the head of each character. That is, any display method may be used as long as the player can know in advance the content of the accompanying effect that occurs during the action of the character.
[0054]
【Effect of the invention】
According to the game device, the game control program of the present invention, and the recording medium on which the program is recorded, the content of the incidental effect that occurs incidentally when controlling the action of the character is displayed on the screen in advance. It is possible to determine the action of each player character after knowing that an accompanying effect occurs. In this case, each player character causes damage to the enemy as expected by the player, or brings benefits as expected to the ally, so the strategy developed by the player is caused by incidental effects that occur accidentally. The player who is not wasted and who is looking forward to the assembly of the strategy can be fully satisfied.
[0055]
In addition, when displaying the accompanying effect in advance, the character's action order is displayed instead of directly associating the character with the accompanying effect, and further, the association between the action order and the accompanying effect is displayed. For example, the player can formulate a strategy taking into account both the order of actions of the character and the accompanying effects, and thus the range of the strategy can be expanded.
[0056]
Further, if a means for changing the action order of the character is provided so as to display a notice in accordance with the changed contents, the player is given a preferable accompanying effect to the player character, and an undesirable accompanying effect is given to the enemy character. The order of actions can be adjusted as given.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal structure of the game device of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing of a game control program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of association between action order and accompanying effects
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an association table of action order and character
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an output screen of a game control program
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a change in a notice display of an accompanying effect.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of a game control program that can change the action order;
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the change in the notice display when the action order is changed
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game device, 2 Power button, 3 Disc tray storage part, 4 Open button, 5 Slot, 6a, 6b Connection terminal, 7 Display output device, 8 Image display part, 9 Sound output part, 10, 25 Cable, 11 Input apparatus (Controller), 12-14, 19-24b Various operation buttons, 26 system bus, 34 storage media, 35 memory card, 39 player character, 40 enemy character, 41 map, 42 action order list, 43 effect notice drum, 44 gauge, 45 possible interrupts.

Claims (17)

A game device for displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display screen, and controlling a behavior of each character based on a control signal input from the input device, thereby advancing a battle scene between the player character and the enemy character Because
Accompanying effect generating means for generating a predetermined accompanying effect when controlling the actions of the player character and / or the enemy character;
An accompanying effect determining means for determining an accompanying effect to be generated by the accompanying effect generating means from a plurality of types of accompanying effects;
Before the accompanying effect generating means generates the accompanying effect, the contents of the accompanying effect determined by the accompanying effect determining means are associated with the player character and / or enemy character to which the accompanying effect is given and displayed. A game apparatus comprising an effect notice means for displaying a notice on a screen. The effect notice means is means for displaying on the display screen the action order of each player character and / or enemy character, and the correspondence between the action order and the accompanying effect. The game device described. Action order changing means for changing the action order of the player character and / or enemy character;
The game device according to claim 1, wherein the effect notice unit corrects and redisplays the content of the notice display according to the change by the action order changing unit. The said incidental effect determination means is a means to select the incidental effect produced | generated by the said incidental effect generation means at random from multiple types of incidental effects. Game device. 4. The accompanying effect determination means is means for sequentially assigning a plurality of types of accompanying effects arranged in a predetermined order to each player character and / or enemy character. Game device. 4. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the accompanying effect determining means is means for causing a game player to select an accompanying effect generated by the accompanying effect generating means. The incidental effect determining means converts the incidental effect generated by the incidental effect generating means to a characteristic parameter value possessed by a player character and / or an enemy character to which the incidental effect is given from a plurality of types of incidental effects. 4. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is a means for selection based on the selection. The said incidental effect determination means is a means to select the incidental effect produced | generated by the said incidental effect generation means from several types of incidental effects according to the flow of a game. A game device according to any one of the above. Game control for displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display screen and advancing a battle scene between the player character and the enemy character by controlling the action of each character based on a control signal input from an input device A program,
Incidental effect generation processing for generating a predetermined incidental effect when controlling the actions of the player character and / or enemy character;
An incidental effect determination process for determining an incidental effect to be generated by the incidental effect generation process from a plurality of types of incidental effects;
Before generating the accompanying effect by the accompanying effect generating process, the contents of the accompanying effect determined in the accompanying effect determining process are associated with the player character and / or enemy character to which the accompanying effect is given, and displayed. A game control program that causes a computer to execute an effect notice process for displaying a notice on a screen. 10. The effect notice process is a process of displaying on the display screen the action order of each player character and / or enemy character, and the correspondence between the action order and the accompanying effect. The game control program described. Causing the computer to further execute an action order changing process for changing the action order of the player character and / or enemy character;
The game control program according to claim 9 or 10, wherein in the effect notice process, the contents of the notice display are corrected and redisplayed according to the change by the action order change process. 12. The process according to claim 9, wherein the incidental effect determination process is a process of randomly selecting an incidental effect to be generated in the incidental effect generation process from a plurality of types of incidental effects. Game control program. 12. The incidental effect determination process is a process of sequentially assigning a plurality of types of incidental effects arranged in a predetermined order to each player character and / or enemy character. Game control program. 12. The game control program according to claim 9, wherein the accompanying effect determination process is a process for causing a game player to select an accompanying effect to be generated in the accompanying effect generation process. In the incidental effect determination process, the incidental effect generated in the incidental effect generation process is set to a characteristic parameter value possessed by a player character and / or an enemy character to which the incidental effect is given from a plurality of types of incidental effects. The game control program according to claim 9, wherein the game control program is a process of selecting based on the process. 12. The process according to claim 9, wherein the incidental effect determination process is a process of selecting an incidental effect to be generated in the incidental effect generation process from a plurality of types of incidental effects according to a game flow. The game control program according to any one of the above. A computer-readable recording medium on which the game control program according to claim 9 is recorded.

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