JP5574599B2 - GAME SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USED FOR THE SAME - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system capable of executing a common game among a plurality of user terminals connected via a network.

  Various game systems are provided in which a plurality of user terminals are connected to each other via a network, and a common game can be executed among the user terminals. For example, a battle-type game such as a car racing game in which a user controls a racing vehicle assigned to himself / herself at each of a plurality of user terminals and competes for speed and the like can be played using this type of game system. Has been. Note that, in the field of stand-alone game machines, game machines equipped with a function that allows a user and a computer to have a pseudo conversation are already known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). There has also been proposed a system that allows a user of a terminal and a computer to communicate in a pseudo manner through a network (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-167244 A JP 2004-178299 A

  When a competitive game or the like is executed via a network, the user of each game terminal is busy operating an object assigned to the game terminal, and it is difficult to have a conversation between users even if the game situation changes. In particular, in order to display dialogue on the game screen and establish a conversation, it is necessary for the user to input dialogue for a purpose other than the operation of the object. It is practically impossible to input dialogue from a keyboard or the like during a game. To convert a user's voice into text and display it on the game screen, such as hardware such as a microphone and voice conversion software, etc. Special equipment is required.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a game system and a computer program used therefor that can display dialogues according to game situations in association with objects on the game screen without the user inputting dialogues. Objective.

The game system (1) of the present invention has a plurality of game terminals (4) connected to each other via a network (3), and each game terminal is operated between the game terminals via the network. Game control means (20) for executing a common game while transmitting / receiving information is provided, and each game control means is configured to execute a game object (101) assigned to a user of each game terminal when the common game is executed. ) On the game screen (100) according to the user's operation on the game terminal, and the game situation is changed according to the operation of those objects, when the common game is executed, A plurality of dialogues that are expected to be exchanged between users according to the game situation are set in accordance with the game situation. Dialogue data storage means (21) for storing each of them in association with the display conditions, game situation determination means (20, S101) for determining the common game situation using the control result of the game control means, Display condition determining means (20, S102) for determining whether or not at least one of the plurality of display conditions is satisfied based on the determination result of the game situation; if the display condition is satisfied, the condition is satisfied the speech stored in the speech data storage means in association with the display condition, the speech display means for displaying in association with the object on the game screen (20, S103, S104, S201~S205 ) provided with, a, Each of the game control means of the plurality of game terminals is based on an object assigned to the user of the game terminal. The display of the game screen is controlled so that other objects located within the fixed range are displayed and objects outside the predetermined range are not displayed, and the dialogue display means displays dialogue corresponding to the established display condition in the game. Dialog decision means (26) for deciding as a candidate for dialogue to be displayed on the screen, and the decided dialogue should be associated with either the object displayed on the game screen or the object not displayed on the game screen And a line display control means (27) for determining only lines that should be associated with objects displayed on the game screen and displaying them on the game screen .

The computer program of the present invention has a plurality of game terminals (4) connected to each other via a network (3), and each game terminal includes operation information between the game terminals via the network. Game control means (20) is provided as a computer that executes a common game while transmitting and receiving messages, and each game terminal is exchanged between users according to the game situation when the common game is executed. Is applied to a game system (1) provided with a dialogue data storage means (21) for storing a plurality of dialogues expected to be associated with a plurality of display conditions set in accordance with the game situation. A computer program for determining whether or not the common game situation is determined by using the control result of the game control means. Situation discriminating means (20, S101), display condition discriminating means (20, S102) for discriminating whether or not at least one of the plurality of display conditions is satisfied based on the discrimination result of the game situation, and the display When the condition is established, a dialogue display means (20, S103, S104, which displays the dialogue stored in the dialogue data storage means in association with the established display condition in association with the object on the game screen. S201 to S205), and the computer displays other objects located within a predetermined range on the basis of the object assigned to the user of the game terminal, and objects outside the predetermined range The display of the game screen is controlled so as not to be displayed, and the dialogue display means is configured to display the established display condition. A line determining means (26) for determining a line corresponding to the line as a line candidate to be displayed on the game screen, and the determined line is not displayed on the object displayed on the game screen or on the game screen And a line display control means (27) for determining which of the objects should be associated and displaying only lines that should be associated with the object displayed on the game screen on the game screen. A configured computer program.

  According to the present invention, the game control means of each user terminal moves objects according to user operations, and the game situation changes according to the movements of those objects. The game status is determined by the game status determination means, and according to the determination result, whether or not any dialogue display condition is satisfied is determined by the display condition determination means, and the display condition is satisfied. If it is, the dialogue that is expected to be exchanged between the users under the game situation is selected by the dialogue display means and displayed on the game screen in association with the object. Thereby, even if the user does not input a dialogue, it becomes possible to display dialogue corresponding to the game situation in association with the object on the game screen, and the user is having a pseudo conversation through the dialogue display. It is possible to enhance the interest of the game by directing the game.

In particular , according to the present invention , when a line candidate is determined by the line determining means and an object to be associated with the line is displayed on the game screen, the line is displayed on the game screen by the line display control means. Is done. On the other hand, when the object to be associated with the candidate dialogue is not displayed on the game screen, the dialogue display control means omits the display of the candidate dialogue on the game screen. Accordingly, it is possible to change the necessity of display of the dialogue according to the object displayed on the game screen of each game terminal. Thereby, in each of the plurality of game terminals, it is possible to display an appropriate line according to the displayed game screen.

  In one form of the present invention, each of the plurality of game terminals is provided with the dialogue data storage means, the game situation discrimination means, the display condition discrimination means, and the dialogue display means, and when the common game is executed. One of the plurality of game terminals is selected as a parent device, and the display condition determination means of the parent device is based on the determination result of the game situation determination means of the parent device, whether or not the display condition is satisfied And when the display condition is satisfied, the line determination means of the base unit determines the line, transmits the determined line to each game terminal, and each line display control of the plurality of game terminals The means may determine whether or not to display the line determined as the candidate by the line determination means of the master unit. According to this, since the game situation is common among the game terminals, all the games related to the common game are determined by determining the line candidates by the line determining means of the game terminal serving as the parent machine. Dialogue candidates to be displayed between terminals can be unified. On the other hand, in each game terminal, only the objects within a predetermined range are displayed on the game screen with reference to the object assigned to the user of the own device, so that the game screen differs between the game terminals. Therefore, the dialogue display control means of each game terminal controls whether or not dialogue candidates can be displayed according to the display range of the game screen of its own device, thereby displaying an appropriate dialogue according to the game screen of each game terminal. It becomes possible to make it.

  In one form of the present invention, the dialogue data storage means is provided with a plurality of dialogues for one display condition, and the dialogue determination means is based on a plurality of dialogues associated with the established display conditions. One dialogue may be determined as the dialogue candidate. According to this, it becomes possible to change the content of dialogue displayed when one display condition is satisfied, and the interest of the game is further enhanced. On the other hand, even if the game screens differ between game terminals, if the same object is displayed on those game screens, the same dialogue can be displayed in association with the object. Thereby, inconsistency does not arise in the display content of the dialog between game terminals.

  In one form of the present invention, the game control means may be capable of executing a race game in which each object moves in accordance with a user operation and competes as the common game. According to this, by displaying a dialogue in association with an object displayed on the game screen of the race game, an appropriate dialogue corresponding to the development of the race, such as overtaking between objects, is displayed on the game screen. It is possible to produce a pseudo conversation between the two.

  In addition, in the above description, in order to make an understanding of this invention easy, the reference sign of the accompanying drawing was attached in parenthesis, but this invention is not limited to the form of illustration by it.

  As described above, according to the present invention, even if the user does not input dialogue, the dialogue corresponding to the game situation is displayed in association with the object on the game screen, so that the user can simulate the dialogue through the dialogue display. It is possible to enhance the interest of the game by giving the game an effect as if they were talking.

  FIG. 1 shows a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game system 1 includes a center server 2 and a plurality of game machines (game terminals) 4 connected to the center server 2 via a network 3. The game system 1 is configured as a network-type game system capable of executing a common game among the game machines 4 under the management of the center server 2. Although three game machines 4 are shown in FIG. 1, the number of game machines 4 is arbitrary. In the figure, in order to distinguish the game machines 4 from each other, game machines A, B.

  The center server 2 is provided to execute processing necessary for managing user information associated with a game user (player) or processing necessary for executing a predetermined game between the game machines 4. Yes. The game machine 4 is a terminal device for a user to play a game. As an example, the game machine 4 is installed in a commercial facility such as a store, and is configured as a commercial game machine that permits game play in exchange for consumption of a predetermined amount of game value. One or a plurality of game machines 4 may be installed for one facility. The game value is symbolized by coins, medals, electronic points, and the like. The network 3 is the Internet as an example. A user terminal 5 may be further connected to the center server 2 via the network 3. The user terminal 5 is connected to the center server 2 in order to register user information in the center server 2 or update the user information. The user terminal 5 is a general-purpose terminal device having a network connection function such as a mobile phone or a personal computer as an example.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the center server 2. The center server 2 includes a control unit 10, a storage device 11, and a communication device 12. The control unit 10 is configured as a computer unit including a microprocessor and peripheral devices such as a RAM necessary for its operation. The storage device 11 includes a server program storage unit 11 a for storing various programs to be executed by the control unit 10, a user information storage unit 11 b for storing game user information, and the like. When the control unit 10 executes the program stored in the server program storage unit 11a, the center server 2 is formed with an entry processing unit 14, a matching processing unit 15, an authentication processing unit 16, and a data registration processing unit 17. The These are all logical devices realized by a combination of computer hardware and software.

  The entry processing unit 14 processes a user entry request from the game machine 4. The entry request is a user participation request for a game that is executed in common between the game machines 4. The matching processing unit 15 determines matching between a plurality of users who have requested entry, that is, a combination of users who should compete in the same game. The authentication processing unit 16 processes authentication of a user who accesses from the user terminal 5. The data registration processing unit 17 processes registration or update of user information using the user terminal 5.

  The communication device 12 transmits and receives data via the network 3 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 10. In addition to the logical devices 14 to 17 shown in the figure, the control unit 10 is configured with appropriate logical devices for the center server 2 to provide various services, but these are not shown. Also for the storage device 11, a storage unit for various data necessary for realizing the service provided by the center server 2 is configured, but the illustration thereof is also omitted.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the game machine 4. The game machine 4 includes a control unit 20, a storage device 21, an operation input device 22, a display device 23, and a communication device 24. The control unit 20 is configured as a computer unit including a microprocessor and peripheral devices such as a RAM necessary for its operation. The storage device 21 stores various terminal programs 21a to be executed by the control unit 20 and various game data 21b used by the programs 21a. In order to realize the dialogue display function that is a feature of the present invention, the game data 21b includes character image data 21c and dialogue data 21d. Details will be described later.

  The operation input device 22 has a plurality of operation members operated by a user of the game, and provides the control unit 20 with information for determining the operation content of these operation members. The operation input device 22 is provided with a steering or lever-like operation member operated by a user's hand and one or a plurality of pedal-like operation members operated by the user's foot. The display device 23 is provided for displaying a game screen or the like.

  When the control unit 20 executes the terminal program 21a, logical devices such as a game control unit 25, a line determination unit 26, and a line display control unit 27 are formed in the game machine 4. The game control unit 25 performs various processes necessary for the progress of the game according to the terminal program 21a, for example, the game control unit 25 controls the progress of the game according to the operation input information provided from the operation input device 22, Processing such as computation necessary to draw a game screen according to the progress of the game is executed. The line determination unit 26 determines a line to be displayed on the game screen in order to realize a pseudo conversation between users. The line display control unit 27 executes control for displaying the line determined by the line determination unit 26 on the game screen.

  The communication device 24 transmits and receives data via the network 3 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 20. In addition to the logical devices 25 to 27 shown in the figure, the control unit 20 includes an appropriate logical device for executing a game on the game machine 4, but the illustration thereof is omitted. The storage device 21 also records various data necessary for executing the game, but the illustration thereof is also omitted.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the user terminal 5. The user terminal 5 includes a control unit 30, a storage device 31, an input device 32, a display device 33, and a communication device 34. The control unit 30 is configured as a computer unit including a microprocessor and peripheral devices such as a RAM necessary for its operation. The storage device 31 stores various terminal programs 31a to be executed by the control unit 30, and various registration data 31b used by the program 31a. In relation to the dialogue display function that is a feature of the present invention, the registration data 31b includes user image data 31c and dialogue data 31d. Details will be described later.

  When the control unit 30 executes the terminal program 31a, various logical devices for realizing the function of the terminal 5 are formed in the user terminal 5. In this embodiment, the center by the user terminal 5 is formed. An authentication processing unit 35 and a data generation unit 36 are formed as logical devices for enabling access to the server 2 and registration and update of user information. The authentication processing unit 35 processes authentication when accessing the center server 2 from the user terminal 5 in cooperation with the authentication processing unit 16 of the center server 2. The data generation unit 36 executes processing for generating user image data 31c and dialogue data 31d. The input device 32 includes, for example, a text input unit for inputting character information and an image input unit for inputting image data. The display device 33 is provided to display appropriate information to the user of the user terminal 5.

  In the game realized by the game system 1 of this embodiment, when each user of the plurality of game machines 4 operates an object assigned to the user, the object on the game screen operates according to the operation, and the operation The content of the game is not limited as long as the game situation changes depending on the game, but the following description will be made with a game on the theme of car racing as an example. FIG. 5 shows an example of a race game screen executed between the game machines 4. On the screen 100, a vehicle image 101 indicating a race vehicle that is an object operated by the user of the game machine 4 is displayed so as to be superimposed on the course image 102. On the course image 102, windows such as a course map 103a and a room mirror 103b are appropriately displayed. When a game common to the game machines 4 is executed, a different race vehicle is assigned to each user of each game machine 4. The course image 102 displayed on the display device 23 of each game machine 4 is controlled so that a certain range is drawn with reference to the race vehicle assigned to the user of the game machine 4 of the game machine 4. Images of other race vehicles included in the drawing range are also displayed in the course image 102. The control of the racing vehicle in the car racing game may be the same as that in the well-known car racing game.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a character image 104 and a dialogue image 105 are further displayed on the game screen 100. The game screen 100 of FIG. 6 is displayed on the display device 23 of one game machine (hereinafter, this may be referred to as a specific game machine). Note that alphabets A to D attached to reference numerals 101, 104, and 105 in FIG. 6 are used to distinguish the corresponding game machines 4. In the following description, the subscripts A to D are used when it is necessary to distinguish the game machines 4, and the subscripts A to D may be omitted when it is not necessary to distinguish the game machines 4.

  In FIG. 6, the image 101 </ b> B, 101 </ b> C showing the race vehicle assigned to another game machine 4, in addition to the image 101 </ b> A showing the race vehicle assigned to the specific game machine 4, at the substantially central position of the game screen 100. 101D is displayed. As for the rear race vehicle, as long as the race vehicle exists in the field of view of the room mirror 103b, the vehicle image 101D is displayed in the room mirror 103b. On the game screen 100 of FIG. 6, a character image 104B and a dialogue image 105B are displayed corresponding to the vehicle image 101B, and a character image 104C and a dialogue image 105C are displayed corresponding to the vehicle image 101C. Further, a dialogue image 105D is displayed corresponding to the vehicle image 101D in the room mirror 103b. The character image 104 is displayed as an image symbolizing the user of each game machine 4. In the example of FIG. 6, an image symbolizing the driver of the race vehicle is displayed in the character image 104 by being color-coded for each game machine 4. The character image data 21c recorded in the storage device 21 of the game machine 4 is data in which a plurality of character images 104 are recorded with unique IDs (identification numbers) for each image.

  The dialogue image 105 is an image showing a conversation that is artificially exchanged between users. The dialogue image 105B in FIG. 6 is an example of conversation when the race vehicle corresponding to the vehicle image 101B overtakes the race vehicle corresponding to the vehicle image 104A, and is attached below the character image 104B corresponding to the vehicle image 101B. A character string “Ye ~ i” is displayed as a dialogue image 105B. With respect to the character image 104C corresponding to the vehicle image 101C, a character string “(anger)” is displayed as a dialogue image 105C attached below the character image 104C. Further, a character string “Wait” is displayed as a dialogue image 105D above the vehicle image 101D in the room mirror 103b. These dialogue images 105B, 105C, and 105D are not input by the user at that time, but are appropriately selected and displayed according to the race situation by the processing of the control unit 20 of the game machine 4.

  The character string of the dialogue to be displayed by the dialogue image 105 is held in the dialogue data 21 d of the storage device 21 of the game machine 4 described above. FIG. 7 shows an example of the contents of the dialogue data 21d. The dialogue data 21d is configured as table data in which display conditions, dialogues, and IDs (identification numbers) are recorded in association with each other. The display conditions are set in association with the race situation. For example, conditions such as “when the vehicle is overtaken by a certain speed difference” and “when the vehicle is overtaken by a certain speed difference” are defined. The dialogue is a character string expected to be exchanged between users according to the game situation. Multiple lines are prepared for one display condition. For example, in one of the display conditions “when the vehicle is overtaken at a constant speed difference”, the lines “first” and “yes” are prepared. The ID is for designating a dialogue, and a unique code is set for each dialogue. The “own vehicle” means a race vehicle that is a user's operation target associated with the game machine 4. In the example of FIG. 6, the vehicle image 101A corresponding to the specific game machine 4 corresponds to the own vehicle. With respect to the vehicle image 101B corresponding to the race vehicle “passed the vehicle at a speed difference of a certain level or higher”, the line “yes to i” is selected, and the line image 105B indicating the character string is displayed. Further, since the race vehicle corresponding to the vehicle image 101D stays immediately after a certain time with respect to the own vehicle, the “waiting” line is selected for the vehicle image 101D in the room mirror 103b, and the character string A dialogue image 105D is displayed.

  Next, a game execution procedure by the game system 1 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processes executed by the control unit 10 of the center server 2 and the control unit 20 of the game machine 4 in association with each other when starting the game. Although only two game machines 4 (game machines A and B) are shown, the processing in each game machine 4 is the same even when the third and subsequent game machines 4 are added.

  First, when a user performs a predetermined entry operation on the operation input device 22 of the game machine 4, an entry request process is executed by the control unit 20 of the game machine 4 (step S 21). An entry is requested. In the entry request, the center server 2 is provided with a user ID for identifying the user who made the request, a game machine ID for identifying the game machine 4 operated by the user, and the like. The control unit 10 of the center server 2 executes an entry acceptance process in response to the entry request (step S11). In the entry acceptance process, the user who requested the entry is identified.

  After completing the entry acceptance process, the center server 2 executes a matching process (step S12). In the matching process, a combination of users who have received entries is determined. For example, in the user information storage unit 11b of the center server 2, the results of games played by the user in the past, the number of times of play, etc. are stored in association with the user ID, and games with relatively similar levels are shared among users. Matching is determined to play. When matching is determined, the center server 2 notifies the matching result to all the game machines 4 that have requested entry. When notifying the matching result, information for specifying the game machine 4 as an opponent for each game machine 4 and information for specifying the character image 104 to be assigned to the own vehicle of each game machine 4 (character image) ID). In the matching process, the game machine 4 to be a parent machine is determined between the game machines 4 playing the same game, and information specifying the parent machine is also notified. In this embodiment, after the matching is determined, communication is performed between the matched game machines 4 and the game proceeds. The parent machine is a game machine 4 that should function as a host computer when executing a common game among the game machines 4.

  When the game machine 4 receives the matching notification, the control unit 20 of each game machine 4 generates game data necessary for executing a common game according to the matching result, and transmits / receives the game data to / from each other. (Step S22). The game data includes information specifying the vehicle image 101 corresponding to the race vehicle assigned to the user of each game machine 4 or selected by the user, and the character image 104 to be associated with the race vehicle. ing. Therefore, by transmitting and receiving game data, each game machine 4 corresponds to a race vehicle (own vehicle) corresponding to the game machine 4 and a race vehicle (other vehicle) assigned to another game machine 4. 101 and the character image 104 can be grasped.

  Subsequently, the control unit 20 executes a preparation process necessary for starting the game based on the game data (step S23), and then starts the game process (step S24). In the game processing, information for specifying the operation content of the operation input device 22 of the child device is transmitted as self-operation data from the game device 4 serving as the child device to the game device 4 of the parent device. From the game machine 4 serving as the parent machine, information for specifying the operation content of the operation input device 22 of the game machine 4 of the parent machine and the other game machine 4 is provided for each of the game machines 4 of the child machines. Sent as opponent operation data. The control unit 20 of each game machine 4 repeatedly calculates parameter values such as the position, speed, acceleration, and traveling direction of all the racing vehicles participating in the game with reference to the self-operation data and the opponent operation data. Then, the image of the display device 23 of the own device is updated according to the calculation result. By these calculations and image updates, a racing game is realized in which an object (race vehicle) competes while moving on the course in accordance with a user operation. That is, according to the above processing, a network game is realized in which an object operates on a game screen in accordance with a user operation, and a game situation changes in accordance with the operation. The above processing may be the same as that of a known race game system capable of competition through a network.

  Next, a process for displaying the dialogue image 105 during the game will be described. FIG. 9 shows a dialogue determination routine that is repeatedly executed by the dialogue determination unit 26 of the control unit 20 of the game machine 4 serving as the parent machine at a predetermined cycle during the game process of step S24 described above. When the dialogue determination routine is started, the control unit 20 first acquires the game situation (game state) in step S101. For example, the parameters calculated by the game control unit 25 of the control unit 20 in order to determine the running state of the race vehicle such as the position, speed, acceleration, and running direction of all the racing vehicles participating in the car race. The value is obtained here as the game situation. In step S101, the states of all matched race vehicles are acquired. In addition to the race vehicles that are operated by each user, a race vehicle (computer-operated vehicle) operated by a computer may participate in the race. In this case, the position of the computer-operated vehicle is also acquired. The

  In subsequent step S102, the control unit 20 determines whether any of the display conditions defined in the dialogue data 21d is satisfied based on the game situation acquired in the current routine. If the display condition is not satisfied, the current routine is terminated. On the other hand, if the display condition is satisfied, the control unit 20 proceeds to step S103, and any one of the plurality of lines corresponding to the established display condition is displayed as a line candidate to be displayed on the game screen 100. select. When a plurality of display conditions are satisfied, a dialogue candidate is selected for each display condition. After the dialogue candidate is selected, the control unit 20 proceeds to step S104, and transmits the selected dialogue ID to each game machine 4 in association with the information specifying the race vehicle on which the dialogue is to be displayed. For example, in the example of FIGS. 6 and 7, the dialogue IDs “fd_A02”, “fd_I05”, and “fd_D01” are associated with information specifying race vehicles corresponding to the vehicle images 101B, 101C, and 101D, respectively. It is transmitted to each game machine 4. Thus, one dialogue determination routine is completed. Note that the transmission range of step S104 includes the game machine 4 that is the parent machine.

  FIG. 10 shows a dialogue display routine that the dialogue display control unit 27 of the control unit 20 repeatedly executes at a predetermined cycle in order to control the display of dialogues determined by the dialogue determination routine described above. The dialogue display routine is executed by the dialogue display control unit 27 of all the game machines 4 regardless of whether the dialogue display routine is a parent machine or a child machine. When the dialogue display routine is started, the control unit 20 first determines whether or not the dialogue ID is designated from the parent device in step S201, that is, whether or not the dialogue ID is transmitted to each game machine 4 in step S104 of FIG. To do. If no dialogue ID is specified, the current routine is terminated. On the other hand, if the dialogue ID is designated, the control unit 20 proceeds to step S202, and acquires the position of each race vehicle participating in the game.

  In subsequent step S203, the control unit 20 determines whether or not the designated dialogue ID is a dialogue corresponding to the race vehicle to be displayed on the game screen, based on the position of each race vehicle acquired in step S202. To do. In the example of FIG. 6, when a dialogue ID corresponding to any of the vehicle images 101A, 101B, 101C, and 101D drawn on the game screen 100 is designated, an affirmative determination is made in step S203. On the other hand, if a dialogue ID corresponding to a race vehicle not drawn on the game screen 100 is designated, a negative determination is made in step S203. That is, in the line determination routine of FIG. 9, as long as the display condition is satisfied, the line ID is selected in association with the race vehicle and transmitted to each game machine 4 regardless of the position of the race vehicle on the course. . However, since the game screen 100 of each game machine 4 only draws the image 101 of the race vehicle located within a predetermined range based on the own vehicle, the dialogue image is not displayed for the race vehicle that is not drawn on the screen 100. Display of 105 becomes unnecessary. Therefore, in step S203, the necessity of displaying the dialogue image 105 corresponding to the designated dialogue ID is determined for each race vehicle based on the positions of the own vehicle and the other vehicle.

  If the determination in step S203 is affirmative, the control unit 20 reads the data of the dialogue image 105 corresponding to the dialogue ID from the dialogue data 21d and displays it on the game screen 100. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the character image 104 corresponding to the race vehicle is read from the character image data 21 c and displayed together with the dialogue image 105. If a negative determination is made in step S203, step S204 is skipped. In subsequent step S205, the control unit 20 determines whether or not the processing so far has been completed for all the specified dialogue IDs. If there is an unprocessed line ID, the process returns to step S203 to continue the process related to the unprocessed line ID. If there is no unprocessed dialogue ID, this dialogue display routine is terminated.

  In the above-described processing, the character image 104 and the dialogue image 105 are read from the game data 21b prepared in advance in the storage device 21 of the game machine 4 and displayed. However, the character image 104 and the dialogue image 105 are displayed by the user. It is also possible to replace the terminal 5 with one registered by the user. FIG. 11 shows a registration process of the character image 104 and the dialogue image 105 using the user terminal 5.

  The process of FIG. 11 is started when the user operates the user terminal 5 to cause the control unit 30 to execute a registration program included in the terminal program 31a. When the process is started, the control unit 30 of the user terminal 5 first executes an access process to the game site (step S41), and an access request is sent from the user terminal 5 to the center server 2. In the access request, the user ID and the like are sent. Upon receiving the access request, the center server 2 executes a process for authenticating access from the user terminal 5 (step S31), and notifies the user terminal 5 of access permission. Upon receiving the access permission notification, the control unit 30 of the user terminal 5 executes self data registration request processing (step S42). Here, the self data is user image data 31c and dialogue data 31d held as a part of the registration data 31b in the storage device 31 of the user terminal 5. By using the input device 32 of the user terminal 5, the user records an image desired to be displayed as the character image 104 as user image data 31c, and records a character string of the speech desired to be displayed as the dialogue image 105 as dialogue data 31d. Can be kept. The process of step S42 is a process of requesting the center server 2 to register the self data registered in the user terminal 5 in the user information storage unit 11b of the center server 2 in association with the user ID. The center server 2 that has received the self-data registration request processing stores the user image data 31c and the dialogue data 31d of the self-data sent from the user terminal 5 in association with the user ID as part of the user information and stores the user information. Register in the unit 11b (step S32). When the registration is completed, the center server 2 notifies the user terminal 5 of the completion of registration.

  When the user performs an operation on the game machine 4 to request the use of the self data accompanying the entry operation, user image data 31c and dialogue data 31d stored in the user information corresponding to the user ID are shown in FIG. 8, the data 31 c and 31 d are provided to each game machine 4 together with the matching notification. Each game machine 4 stores the data 31c and 31d as part of the game data 21b, uses the user image data 31c as the character image 104, and the dialog data 31d stored in the dialog data 21d. Used as part of When registering the dialogue data 31d in the user information storage unit 11b, it is necessary for the user to specify which display condition the dialogue data 31d corresponds to in advance in the dialogue data 21d.

  In the above embodiment, the control unit 20 functions as a game control unit, and the line determination unit 26 of the control unit 20 executes step S101 in FIG. By executing step S102 of FIG. 9, the display condition determining means is realized, the line determination unit 26 of the control unit 20 executes steps S103 and S104 of FIG. 9, and the line display control unit 27 is step S201 of FIG. The dialogue display means is realized by executing S205. Further, the dialogue determination unit 26 functions as a dialogue determination unit, and the dialogue display control unit 27 functions as a dialogue display control unit.

  The present invention is not limited to the form described above, and can be implemented in an appropriate form. For example, in the dialogue data, only one dialogue may be prepared for one display condition. In this case, each game terminal is used to determine whether or not the display condition is satisfied, determine the line when the display condition is satisfied, determine whether or not to display the determined line, and display the line determined to be displayed. Even when the control units are separately executed, appropriate dialogues according to the game situation can be displayed on the game screen without causing inconsistency between the game terminals. When a game in which all objects are displayed on a game screen is commonly executed among a plurality of game terminals, it is necessary to determine whether or not to display a dialogue according to the display range of the game screen of each game terminal Instead, the determined dialogue may be displayed as it is associated with the object. In this embodiment, the dialogue is displayed in the vicinity of the object (vehicle image) on the game screen, but the display position and display mode of the dialogue can be appropriately changed as long as the association with the object is clear. The present invention is not limited to a game system that executes a common racing game among a plurality of game terminals, and the content of the game can be changed as appropriate. The present invention can also be applied to a game system that does not have a center server and performs network control by peer-to-peer between a plurality of game terminals.

The figure which shows the game system which concerns on one form of this invention. The functional block diagram of a center server. The functional block diagram of a game machine. The functional block diagram of a user terminal. The figure which shows an example of the game screen displayed on a game machine. The figure which shows an example of a game screen when a dialog is displayed. The figure which shows an example of dialog data. The flowchart which showed the process of the center server and game machine at the time of starting a game mutually linked | related. The flowchart which shows the line determination routine which the line determination part of the game machine used as the main | base machine repeatedly performs with a predetermined period at the time of execution of a common game. The flowchart which shows the dialog display routine which the dialog display control part of a control unit repeatedly performs with a predetermined period in order to control the display of the dialog determined in the dialog determination routine. The flowchart which shows the registration process of the character image and dialog image using a user terminal.

Explanation of symbols

1 game system 2 center server 3 network 4 game machine (game terminal)
5 User terminal 20 Control unit (game control means, game situation determination means, display condition determination means, dialogue display means)
21 Storage device (line data storage means)
21a terminal program 21b game data 21c character image data 21d dialogue data 22 operation input device 23 display device 24 communication device 25 game control unit 26 dialogue decision unit (dialogue decision means)
27 Dialogue display control unit (dialog display control means)
100 game screen 101A, 101B, 101C, 101D Vehicle image (object)
102 Course image 104A, 104B, 104C Character image 105B, 105C, 105D Dialogue image

Claims (5)

A plurality of game terminals are connected to each other via a network, and each game terminal is provided with a game control means for executing a common game while transmitting / receiving operation information between the game terminals via the network. And each game control means causes the game objects assigned to the users of the game terminals to operate on the game screen according to the user's operations on the game terminals when the common game is executed. In the game system that changes the game situation according to the movement of
When executing the common game, a plurality of dialogues expected to be exchanged between users according to the game situation are associated with a plurality of display conditions set according to the game situation, respectively. Dialogue data storage means,
Game situation determination means for determining a situation of the common game using a control result of the game control means;
Display condition determining means for determining whether or not at least one of the plurality of display conditions is satisfied based on a determination result of the game situation;
When the display condition is established, a dialogue display means for displaying the dialogue stored in the dialogue data storage means in association with the established display condition in association with the object on the game screen;
Equipped with a,
The game control means of each of the plurality of game terminals displays other objects located within a predetermined range with reference to the object assigned to the user of the game terminal, and does not display objects outside the predetermined range. To control the display of the game screen and
The line display means includes line determination means for determining a line corresponding to the established display condition as a line candidate to be displayed on the game screen, and an object in which the determined line is displayed on the game screen. Or a dialogue display control means for determining which of the objects not displayed on the game screen should be associated with and displaying only the dialogue to be associated with the object displayed on the game screen on the game screen; A game system characterized by comprising: Each of the plurality of game terminals is provided with the dialogue data storage means, the game situation discrimination means, the display condition discrimination means, and the dialogue display means,
At the time of executing the common game, one of the plurality of game terminals is selected as a parent device, and the display condition determining means of the parent device is based on the determination result of the game situation determining means of the parent device. It is determined whether or not the display condition is satisfied, and when the display condition is satisfied, the line determination unit of the base unit determines the line and transmits the determined line to each game terminal,
Each speech display control means of said plurality of gaming terminals, according to claim 1, wherein at the master unit of speech determining means for determining the necessity of display lines that is determined as the candidate, characterized in that Game system. In the dialogue data storage means, a plurality of dialogues are prepared for one display condition, and the dialogue determination means assigns one dialogue from a plurality of dialogues associated with the established display condition. The game system according to claim 2 , wherein the game system is determined as a candidate. The game control means, wherein a common game, any one of the same term in the the course claims are can execute the racing game each object compete while moving according to a user operation 1-3 The game system as described in. Game control as a computer having a plurality of game terminals connected to each other via a network, each game terminal transmitting and receiving operation information between the game terminals via the network and executing a common game Means are provided, and each game control means operates an object on the game assigned to the user of each game terminal on the game screen according to the user's operation on the game terminal, when executing the common game, It is configured to change the game situation according to the movement of those objects, and each game terminal is expected to be exchanged between users according to the game situation when the common game is executed. A table that stores a plurality of dialogues in association with a plurality of display conditions set according to the game situation. A computer program data storing means is applied to a game system provided, the computer,
Game situation determination means for determining a situation of the common game using a control result of the game control means;
Display condition determining means for determining whether or not at least one of the plurality of display conditions is satisfied based on a determination result of the game situation, and when the display condition is satisfied, the display condition is associated with the satisfied display condition Dialogue display means for displaying dialogue stored in the dialogue data storage means in association with the object on the game screen;
To function as, further,
Let the computer control the display of the game screen so that other objects located within a predetermined range are displayed and objects outside the predetermined range are not displayed with reference to the object assigned to the user of the game terminal of the computer. ,
The line display means includes line determination means for determining a line corresponding to the established display condition as a line candidate to be displayed on the game screen, and an object in which the determined line is displayed on the game screen. Or a dialogue display control means for determining which of the objects not displayed on the game screen should be associated with and displaying only the dialogue to be associated with the object displayed on the game screen on the game screen; , game computer programs for system characterized in that it is configured with.

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