JP4989580B2 - Video game processing apparatus and video game processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling the progress of a video game by displaying a plurality of player characters operated by a player.

  Conventionally, RPG (role-playing game: a game in which a player plays a role of a character in the game world and achieves a predetermined purpose while enjoying the process of growing through various experiences. Various video games called) are provided. In this RPG, in general, a player character acting in response to a player's operation wins a battle with an enemy character that impedes achievement of a predetermined purpose, whereby various benefits such as experience values and items are given to the player character. Is given.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that in a battle field in RPG, each character belonging to a party of player characters is given a motion command by selecting a command, and a motion according to the motion command is executed. .

JP 2002-248271 A (paragraph 0048 and the like)

  In the conventional game system described above, since it is necessary to give an action command to each character, especially when the number of characters belonging to the party increases, the player is forced to perform troublesome operations continuously. There was a problem. On the other hand, it is conceivable that the player only gives a rough instruction, but in order to make each character act according to the player's intention, it is necessary to select one of many kinds of instructions. Also, there is a problem that the player is forced to perform troublesome operations.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention can determine an action according to the player's intention for each of a plurality of characters belonging to the party based on a simple instruction operation by the player. An object is to allow each of a plurality of characters to be executed by a simple instruction operation.

The video game processing apparatus of the present invention is a video game processing apparatus that controls the progress of a video game by displaying a plurality of player characters operated by a player, and a strategy in which a plurality of strategy candidate information including a strategy candidate is registered. A strategy candidate information table storage means for storing a candidate information table and a predetermined number to be presented to the player with reference to the strategy candidate information table when the operation instruction timing of the union to which the plurality of player characters belong is reached. a strategy candidate selecting means for selecting a strategy candidate, and Hisage Shimesuru strategy candidate presenting means to the player a predetermined number of operations candidates the acting against candidate selection means selects, executed from within the presented predetermined number of operations candidate And a plurality of player characters belonging to the union according to the received strategy. Action content determining means for determining the content of actions such as attack, defense, recovery, etc. to be executed, and action content executing means for executing the contents of the determined actions for each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union. It is characterized by including.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to determine an action according to the player's intention for each of a plurality of characters based on a simple instruction operation by the player, and to perform a plurality of actions according to the player's intention by a simple instruction operation. Each character can be executed.

  The strategy candidate information is a strategy that can be executed when the strategy candidate and the enemy character are located at a long distance, or a strategy that can be executed when the enemy character is located at a short distance, or is related to the distance. Information that is associated with a distance type that can identify whether or not the operation is executable, and the operation candidate selection means presents an operation to be presented to the player in accordance with the position of the enemy character with respect to the union. It may be configured to select a candidate.

  The strategy candidate information is information in which a strategy candidate is associated with an area type that can identify whether or not the strategy can be executed when an enemy character is located in a specific area. The candidate selection means may be configured to select a strategy candidate to be presented to the player according to the area where the enemy character is located.

  The strategy candidate information is information in which a strategy candidate is associated with a union status type that can identify whether or not the strategy is executable when the union status is in a predetermined state. The selection means may be configured to select a strategy candidate to be presented to the player according to the status of the union.

Furthermore, the video game processing program of the present invention is a video game processing program that displays a plurality of player characters operated by the player and controls the progress of the video game, and stores a plurality of operation candidate information including operation candidates. When the operation instruction timing of the union to which the plurality of player characters belong to the computer provided with the operation candidate information table storage means for storing the operation candidate information table , the operation candidate information table is referred to the player. An operation candidate selection process for selecting a predetermined number of operation candidates to be presented to the operator,
And Hisage Shimesuru strategy candidate presentation process for the player a predetermined number of operations candidate selected in the acting against the candidate selection process, and the strategy acceptance processing for accepting a strategy to be executed from within the presentation to a predetermined number of operations candidate, accepted In accordance with the strategy, action content determination processing for determining the content of actions such as attack, defense, and recovery to be executed by each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union, and the action determined for each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union This is for executing an action content execution process for executing the content.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to determine an action according to the player's intention for each of the plurality of characters based on a simple instruction operation by the player, and to perform an action according to the player's intention by a simple instruction operation. To be able to run.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a video game processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The video game processing apparatus 100 is managed by the user A, receives the operation of the user A, and advances the video game in accordance with this operation. The video game processing device 100 has a function for performing wireless communication with other video game processing devices having the same configuration. Various information processing apparatuses such as a portable game device, a stationary game device, a computer device, and a mobile phone terminal can be applied to the video game processing device 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the video game processing apparatus 100 includes a game program reading unit 10, a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an infrared transmission / reception unit 13, a display unit 14, an audio output unit 15, and a player operation reception unit 16. .

  The game program reading unit 10 removably receives a game cartridge 20 containing a storage medium storing a game program. The game program reading unit 10 reads a necessary game program from the storage medium of the inserted game cartridge 20. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the video game program classified as RPG is stored in the storage medium built in the game cartridge 20.

  The control unit 10 executes the game program read by the game program reading device 10 and advances the video game according to the operation of the player. In this embodiment, the user A is a player.

  The storage unit 12 is a storage medium that stores a game program and various data necessary for a video game to proceed. The storage unit 12 is configured by a nonvolatile memory such as a RAM, for example. The storage unit 12 stores various types of information registered / updated according to communication with other video game processing devices and the progress of the game, and a strategy candidate information table to be described later read from a storage medium built in the game cartridge 20. Various information used in a game such as is stored.

  The infrared transmission / reception unit 13 transmits and receives infrared rays for communication with other video game processing devices. The display unit 14 is a display device that displays a game screen according to the progress of the game or the player operation in accordance with the control of the control unit 11. The display unit 14 is configured by a liquid crystal display device, for example.

  The sound output unit 15 outputs sound in accordance with the progress of the game and the player operation in accordance with the control of the control unit 11. The player operation reception unit 16 includes a plurality of buttons and the like, receives the operation of the user A, and notifies the control unit 11 of the result.

  In the video game processing apparatus 100 of this example, a method of reading a game program from the game cartridge 20 is adopted. However, the video game processing apparatus 100 may be configured to download a game program wirelessly or by wire from a game server that distributes the game, for example.

  Here, an outline of a video game executed by the video game processing apparatus 100 of this example will be described. In this example, the user A who is a player commands a party in which a plurality of platoons consisting of a small number of player characters called “unions” are gathered as a commander, and proceeds while defeating enemy characters that hinder the party's behavior in battle. Suppose that the video game achieves a predetermined purpose. Specifically, for example, each union is composed of five (body) player characters, and a party of 20 people is composed of four unions. In the battle, the user A instructs each player character to perform an intended action (attack, defense, recovery, etc.) by instructing a strategy for each union.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a storage state of strategy candidate information in the strategy candidate information table. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation candidate information uses an operation candidate number assigned to uniquely identify each operation candidate information, an operation candidate content indicating the operation content of the operation candidate, and the corresponding operation. The value of the action point (AP) consumed in the case and the distance type of the corresponding operation are included.

  The action point is a point that can be acquired by each union as the game progresses. For example, the action point can be acquired by defeating a specific enemy character or discovering a predetermined item.

  In the present example, two types of “distance type” are prepared: long distance and short distance. A strategy candidate associated with “long distance” is a strategy candidate that can be selected when attacking a long-distance enemy character (an enemy character located in an area more than a predetermined distance) as viewed from the battle target union. Means that. Similarly, a strategy candidate associated with “short distance” is a strategy candidate that can be selected when attacking an enemy character at a short distance (enemy character located in an area less than a predetermined distance) as viewed from the union to be battled. It means that.

  In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, various operation candidates whose operation candidate contents are “attack with attack!”, “Attack with XX!”, “Attack with XX!”, “Aim for state abnormality”, etc. Is prepared in advance.

Next, the operation of the video game processing apparatus 100 of this example will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of battle processing executed by the video game processing apparatus 100. Here, in the battle field in the video game, a strategy for each union is received from the user A who operates the video game processing apparatus 100, and each player character belonging to each union executes the action determined according to the accepted strategy. A case will be described as an example. Note that the contents of processing not related to the present invention may be omitted.

  The battle process is started, for example, when a party commanded by the user A encounters an enemy character. In this example, the battle between the party commanded by the user A and the enemy character is executed in the battle field displayed on the battle screen.

  In the battle process, the control unit 11 first determines whether or not the operation instruction timing of any union constituting the party that the user A is conducting is reached (step S101). This operation instruction timing is, for example, when a battle starts or when all characters belonging to the union are in a state in which they can newly act (when the previous action of all characters belonging to the union has ended) , Etc., when a predetermined time has elapsed after the previous action of all the characters belonging to the union has been completed, and the like.

  When the operation instruction timing of any union comes, the control unit 11 refers to the operation candidate information table and determines, for example, a predetermined number of operation candidates according to the position of the enemy character to be attacked (step S102). ). That is, the control unit 11 determines that the distance from the corresponding union position (for example, the center position of each character belonging to the union, the position of the character closest to the enemy character among the characters belonging to the union) to the enemy character is a long distance. Or a short distance, and select a predetermined number of strategy candidates from the strategy candidate information table for the strategy candidate contents associated with the distance type indicated by the judgment result and the blank distance type. It is assumed that a strategy candidate whose distance type item in the strategy candidate information table is blank is a strategy candidate that can be selected at either a long distance or a short distance.

  The enemy character to be attacked may be automatically selected by the control unit 11 or may be selected by the user A. Further, the enemy character to be attacked may be one or a group.

  In this example, in step S102, the control unit 11 determines that the distance from the corresponding union position to the enemy character is a long distance, and is selected from the strategy candidates whose distance type is a long distance or blank. Are selected from the strategy candidate information table and determined as a strategy candidate that can be selected by the user A. In addition, priority may be given to each strategy candidate, and you may make it select from a strategy candidate with a high priority. Moreover, you may make it provide the strategy candidate always selected.

  When the strategy candidate is determined, the control unit 11 displays a plurality of determined strategy candidates in a selectable manner on the battle screen displayed on the display unit 14 as shown in FIG. 4 (step S103). The battle screen shown in FIG. 4 includes a strategy candidate display area 101 for displaying strategy candidates, a cursor 102 operated by the user A, and an action content display area 103 for displaying the action contents of each character belonging to the corresponding union. And a union information display area 104 for displaying the name of the corresponding union, total HP (hit points), AP and the like. Although not explicitly shown in FIG. 4, each character or enemy character belonging to the corresponding union is also displayed on the battle screen.

  In this example, in step S103, as a strategy candidate, “attack!” For instructing to attack by physical attack, and “attack with ○○!” For instructing to attack by a specific tool or technique of XX. ", Attack with XX!" To instruct you to attack with a specific tool or technique of XX, and "tap to beat!" To instruct you to attack with each character's best method! Assume that two strategies are displayed in the strategy candidate display area 101. At this time, the action content display field of each character in the action content display area 103 is blank.

  In the battle screen shown in FIG. 4, the user A operates the cursor 102 using a controller connected to the video game processing apparatus 100, and executes from a plurality of strategy candidates displayed in the strategy candidate display area 101. Decide which strategy to do. Specifically, for example, the user A determines the strategy to be executed by moving the cursor 102 to a position indicating the strategy candidate to be selected and pressing the determination button of the controller.

  When the control unit 11 receives the operation selected by the user A (step S104), the control unit 11 automatically determines the action content of each character belonging to the corresponding union according to the received operation (step S105). That is, the control unit 11 automatically determines the action content of each character that matches the strategy selected by the user A. For example, a table in which a strategy designated for each character is associated with the action content to be executed may be prepared in advance, and the action content may be determined with reference to the table. In this case, a plurality of action contents matching each strategy may be associated with each other, and the action contents to be executed at random may be determined from the plurality of action contents corresponding to the designated strategy.

  When the action content of each character belonging to the union is determined, the control unit 11 displays the determined action content in the action content display field of each character in the action content display area 103, and executes the determined action content for each character. (Step S106).

  For example, when the “attack!” Strategy is selected on the battle screen shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 accepts the strategy selected by the user A in step S104 and each character belonging to the union in step S105. The action content of each character is determined so as to match the designated strategy. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the action content of each character determined in the action content display field of each character in the action content display area 103 is “attack”. "Is displayed respectively.

  In the case where the strategy “Tap” is selected in the battle screen shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 accepts the strategy selected by the user A in step S104, and unions in step S105. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the action content of each character determined in the action content display field in the action content display area 103 is determined to match the action content of each character belonging to the designated strategy. Display each.

  Then, in step S106, the control unit 11 performs a process of displaying on the battle screen how each character executes an action such as “attack (physical attack)” or “magic A” that is the determined action content. Then, various parameters (HP etc.) changed by the action are updated.

  When the action matching the strategy designated for each character belonging to the union is executed, the control unit 11 confirms whether or not the battle has ended (step S107). The battle ends when all characters belonging to the party operated by the user A or all enemy characters are in a battle impossible state (when HP becomes 0), when a predetermined battle time elapses, or the like. . If the battle has not ended, the control unit 11 proceeds to the process of step S101. When the battle ends, the control unit 11 ends the battle process here.

  With the above operation, candidate operations that can be instructed to each union are extracted and presented when the operation instruction timing is reached, the action of each character is determined according to the selected operation, and the determined action is determined. The process to be executed is executed.

  As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the video game processing apparatus 100 that displays a plurality of player characters operated by the player and controls the progress of the video game is a strategy for a union to which the plurality of player characters belong. When the instruction timing is reached, a plurality of strategy candidates are presented to the player, a strategy to be executed is accepted from among the presented strategy candidates, and each of the player characters belonging to the union is executed according to the accepted strategy. The content of the action such as attack, defense, and recovery to be determined is determined, and the content of the determined action is executed by each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union, so that the plurality of characters are based on a simple instruction operation by the player. Decide actions for each player according to the player's intention. It can be, it is possible to be executed by the plurality of characters a motion along the player's intention by a simple instruction operation.

  That is, when accepting an operation instruction for a union to which a plurality of player characters belong, a plurality of operation candidates are presented, and further, the contents of actions of each character are automatically determined and executed according to the accepted operation. Since it is configured, the player commands the actions of a plurality of player characters belonging to a union simply by performing an operation of selecting a strategy to be executed from a plurality of strategy candidates presented at the timing of the strategy instruction. It becomes possible to determine the movement according to the player's intention for each of the plurality of characters based on the simple instruction operation, and the movement according to the player's intention can be determined for each of the plurality of characters by the simple instruction operation. It will be able to be executed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the video game processing apparatus 100 includes the storage unit 12 that stores a strategy candidate information table in which a plurality of strategy candidate information including strategy candidates is registered, and when the strategy instruction timing is reached. Since a predetermined number of strategy candidates to be presented to the player are selected with reference to the strategy candidate information table and the selected predetermined number of strategy candidates are presented, the strategy presented to the player with a simple configuration Candidates can be selected.

  In the above-described embodiment, the strategy candidate information registered in the strategy candidate information table is a strategy that can be executed when the strategy candidate and the enemy character are located at a long distance, or located at a short distance. It is assumed that the information is associated with a distance type that can be identified as an operation that can be executed at the time of execution or an operation that can be executed regardless of the distance. Since the strategy candidate to be presented to the player is selected according to the distance of the enemy character with respect to the enemy character, it is possible to select and present an appropriate strategy candidate according to the distance of the enemy character. The player can select an appropriate strategy according to the response.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation candidate information includes the operation candidate and the distance type. However, the operation candidate information includes an area type that can identify the area where the enemy character is located. When the area where the character is located is a specific area such as in the air, on the water, in the water, in the desert, or on the ice, the area type may be associated with an executable strategy. In this case, the strategy candidate information registered in the strategy candidate information table includes a strategy candidate and an area type that can identify whether or not the strategy can be executed when the enemy character is located in a specific area. The video game processing apparatus 100 may select the strategy candidate to be presented to the player according to the area where the enemy character is located. When configured in this manner, for example, when an enemy character is located in the air, the player selects an appropriate strategy candidate that causes the enemy character located in the air to execute an effective attack such as lightning or a bow. Can be presented to the player, and the player can select an appropriate strategy according to the battle situation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation candidate information includes the operation candidate and the distance type. However, the operation character information includes an enemy character type that can identify the type of the enemy character. The enemy character type may be associated with an operation that can be executed in the case of this type. In this case, the strategy candidate information registered in the strategy candidate information table can identify whether the strategy candidate and the strategy that can be executed when the enemy character is of a specific type, for example, as shown in FIG. The video game processing apparatus 100 may select a strategy candidate to be presented to the player according to the type of the enemy character. When configured in this way, for example, when the enemy character type is type B, which is vulnerable to a state abnormality attack, an appropriate strategy candidate (for example, “state abnormality”) that causes a type B enemy character to execute an effective attack. Can be presented to the player, and the player can select an appropriate strategy according to the battle situation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation candidate information includes the operation candidate and the distance type. However, the operation candidate information includes the union status type indicating the status of the status of the corresponding union that is the operation instruction target. The union status type may be associated with an operation that can be executed when the status of the corresponding union is in a specific state. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, the strategy candidate information registered in the strategy candidate information table indicates whether the strategy candidate and the strategy that can be executed when the status of the corresponding union is in a specific state. The video game processing apparatus 100 may select a strategy candidate to be presented to the player in accordance with the status of the corresponding union. In such a configuration, for example, when the state of HP (union total HP) is 90% or more in the status of the corresponding union to be the operation instruction target, the remaining HP has a sufficient margin. It is possible to present an appropriate strategy candidate (for example, “Assault with your special skill!”) That allows an effective attack to be performed at a certain time to the player, and to allow the player to select an appropriate strategy according to the battle situation. Will be able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation candidate information includes the operation candidate and the distance type. However, the operation candidate information includes the operation state type indicating the operation situation, and the operation situation is dominant or inferior. In this case, a strategy type that can be executed may be associated with a strategy that can be executed. In this case, the strategy candidate information registered in the strategy candidate information table is the strategy candidate and the strategy that can be executed when the battle situation is dominant, or the strategy that can be executed when the battle situation is inferior, This is information associated with a battle situation type that can be identified as a strategy that can be executed when the battle situation is neither dominant nor inferior, and the video game processing device 100 gives the player a response according to the battle situation in the battle. The strategy candidate to be presented may be selected. Whether the battle situation is dominant or inferior may be identified based on the remaining number of enemy characters, the remaining number of friendly characters, the filling ratio of HP and MP (union total magic points), and the like. When configured in this way, for example, an appropriate strategy candidate (for example, “folding!”) Or an ally who can execute an effective attack when the number of enemy characters is small and the battle situation is dominant. It is possible to present to the player an appropriate strategy candidate (for example, “attack with caution!”) That allows an effective attack to be executed when the number of characters remains and the battle situation is inferior. It becomes possible for the player to select an appropriate strategy according to the situation.

  It should be noted that any two or more of the distance type, area type, enemy character type, union status type, and battle situation type described above are associated with the strategy candidate, and the enemy character's distance, position, type, and status status of the corresponding union Appropriate strategy candidates corresponding to at least two of them may be presented to the player. If comprised in this way, it will become possible to make a player select the more exact strategy according to the battle condition. Further, priority may be given to each type, and when there is a thing corresponding to a type with a high priority, the corresponding strategy may be preferentially selected as a strategy candidate.

  In the above-described embodiment, the RPG has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to video games other than the RPG as long as battle processing is executed.

  Although not specifically mentioned in the above-described embodiment, the video game processing apparatus 100 executes the various processes described above according to a control program (video game processing program) stored in a storage device included in the video game processing apparatus 100. .

  According to the present invention, an action according to the player's intention is determined for each of the plurality of characters based on a simple instruction operation by the player, and an action according to the player's intention is executed by each of the plurality of characters by a simple instruction operation. Useful for.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the video game processing apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the storage state of the strategy candidate information in a strategy candidate information table. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a battle process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a battle screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a battle screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a battle screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the storage state of the strategy candidate information in a strategy candidate information table. It is explanatory drawing which shows the further another example of the storage state of the strategy candidate information in a strategy candidate information table.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game program reading part 11 Control part 12 Storage part 13 Infrared transmission / reception part 14 Display part 15 Audio | voice output part 16 Player operation reception part 100 Video game processing apparatus

Claims (5)

A video game processing apparatus for controlling a progress of a video game by displaying a plurality of player characters operated by a player,
A strategy candidate information table storage means for storing a strategy candidate information table in which a plurality of strategy candidate information including a strategy candidate is registered;
Operation candidate selection means for selecting a predetermined number of operation candidates to be presented to the player with reference to the operation candidate information table when the operation instruction timing of the union to which the plurality of player characters belong is reached;
And Hisage Shimesuru strategy candidate presentation means for the player a predetermined number of operations candidates the acting against the candidate selection means has selected,
A strategy acceptance means for accepting a strategy to be executed from among the predetermined number of strategy candidates presented;
Action content determining means for determining the contents of actions such as attack, defense, recovery, etc. to be executed by each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union according to the accepted strategy;
A video game processing apparatus comprising: action content execution means for causing each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union to execute the content of each action determined. The strategy candidate information is a strategy that can be executed when the strategy candidate and the enemy character are located at a long distance, or a strategy that can be executed when the enemy character is located at a short distance, or is related to the distance. It is information that is associated with a distance type that can identify whether it is a viable strategy without
The strategy candidate selecting means, according to the position of the enemy character with respect to the union, the video game processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein selecting a strategy candidate to be presented to the player. The strategy candidate information is information in which a strategy candidate is associated with an area type that can identify whether or not the enemy character is located in a specific area.
The strategy candidate selecting means, the enemy character according to the area which is located, the video game processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein selecting a strategy candidate to be presented to the player. The strategy candidate information is information in which a strategy candidate is associated with a union status type that can identify whether the strategy is executable when the union status is in a predetermined state.
The video game processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the strategy candidate selection unit selects a strategy candidate to be presented to a player according to the status of the union. A video game processing program for displaying a plurality of player characters operated by a player and controlling the progress of the video game,
In a computer equipped with a strategy candidate information table storage means for storing a strategy candidate information table in which a plurality of strategy candidate information including strategy candidates are registered ,
A strategy candidate selection process for selecting a predetermined number of strategy candidates to be presented to the player with reference to the strategy candidate information table when the strategy instruction timing of the union to which the plurality of player characters belong is;
And Hisage Shimesuru strategy candidate presentation process for the player a predetermined number of operations candidate selected in the acting against the candidate selection process,
A strategy acceptance process for accepting a strategy to be executed from among the predetermined number of strategy candidates presented;
An action content determination process for determining an action content such as an attack, defense, and recovery to be executed by each of the plurality of player characters belonging to the union according to the accepted strategy;
A video game processing program for executing an action content execution process for causing each of a plurality of player characters belonging to the union to execute the determined action content.

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