JP5795113B1 - GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND GAME CONTROL DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

A game control program, a game control method, and a game control apparatus capable of improving the operability of input to a touch panel. A game control program detects a contact to a predetermined area of a touch panel to a game control device and accepts it as a specific operation input in a game, and contact continues after receiving a specific operation input. In this case, a control process including a continuation step of continuing to accept a specific operation input regardless of whether or not contact with the predetermined area is detected is executed. [Selection] Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a game control program, a game control method, and a game control apparatus that control execution of a game.

  Conventionally, in game control, touch input to a pseudo controller (software key) displayed on a screen is sometimes used as an operation input means using a touch panel (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-45965 A

  By the way, when an operation is accepted by touch input, it is required to accurately touch a predetermined area provided in advance. However, compared with a controller such as an uneven physical keypad, a touch operation on the touch panel makes it difficult for the player to obtain an operational feeling. Therefore, it is difficult for the player to perform the intended operation accurately, and the operability may be reduced.

  An object of this invention is to provide the game control program which can improve the operativity of the input with respect to a touchscreen, a game control method, and a game control apparatus.

  The game control program according to the present invention detects a contact to a predetermined area of the touch panel to a computer that controls the execution of the game, and receives a specific operation input in the game, and after receiving the specific operation input Then, when the contact is continued, a control process is executed including a continuation step of continuing to accept the specific operation input regardless of whether or not contact with the predetermined area is detected.

  The control process may display an image indicating that the operation input is being accepted at a predetermined relative position with respect to the contact position.

  The operation input may be a movement instruction for the game character, and the image may be selected from a plurality of images indicating that a specific movement instruction is being received.

  The game control method according to the present invention is a game control method in which a computer controls the execution of a game, and detects a touch on a predetermined area of a touch panel and receives it as a specific operation input in the game; A control step including a step of continuing to accept the specific operation input regardless of whether or not contact with the predetermined area is detected when the contact is continued after receiving the operation input. To do.

  A game control device according to the present invention is a game control device that controls the execution of a game, and an operation input determination unit that determines and accepts a touch panel and a touch on a predetermined area of the touch panel as a specific operation input in the game. And an operation continuation unit that continues to accept the specific operation input regardless of whether or not contact with the predetermined region is determined when the contact continues after determining the specific operation input, Is provided.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operativity of the input with respect to a touchscreen can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the game control apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display at the time of the operation input start which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display during operation input which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The game control device 1 according to the present invention is a device that controls the execution of a game that accepts an operation input through a touch panel. For example, in addition to a portable device such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a portable game machine, a PC or a game dedicated device, The stationary apparatus may be used.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game control apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
The game control device 1 includes a touch panel 10, a storage unit 20, and a control unit 30.

The touch panel 10 is an input / output device in a game, and detects an operation input from a player and displays a game execution screen. The touch panel 10 includes a touch sensor 11 that detects that a player's finger or the like has touched or approached, and a display 12 that is disposed so as to overlap the area of the touch sensor.
Hereinafter, when simply referred to as “contact” or “touch”, this indicates a touch operation that can be detected by the touch sensor 11 including contact or proximity.

  The storage unit 20 is a storage area for various programs and various data for causing the hardware group to function as the game control device 1. Specifically, the storage unit 20 stores a program (game control program) to be executed by the control unit 30 in order to realize various functions of the present embodiment.

  The control unit 30 is a part that controls the entire game control device 1, and appropriately reads and executes various programs stored in the storage unit 20, thereby cooperating with the hardware described above and various types in the present embodiment. The function is realized. The control unit 30 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  The control unit 30 includes a detection unit 31, an operation reception area setting unit 32, an operation input determination unit 33, an image display unit 34, and an operation continuation unit 35.

  When the touch sensor 11 detects contact, the detection unit 31 detects the contact position. In the present embodiment, since the touch sensor 11 and the display 12 are superposed, the contact position with the touch sensor 11 and the contact position with the display 12 coincide on a plane.

  The operation reception area setting unit 32 sets an area for receiving a contact detected by the touch sensor 11 as a predetermined operation input. In this embodiment, a plurality of areas are set. The predetermined operation input is, for example, a character moving direction or an action instruction.

  The operation input determination unit 33 determines whether or not the contact position detected by the detection unit 31 is within the region set by the operation reception region setting unit 32, and in which region it is located. An operation input of an instruction content corresponding to the area where contact is determined is received. In addition, the area | region where a contact is detected by the touch sensor 11 corresponding to each instruction | indication content corresponds to the display area | region on the display 12 of the image which shows instruction | indication content, or is an area | region including this.

  The image display unit 34 displays various images on the display 12. Specifically, the image display unit 34 displays an image indicating a game character, a touch area for each instruction content to the character, or the like in accordance with an operation input received by the operation input determination unit 33 or an operation continuation unit 35 described later. In addition, an image indicating that an operation input is being received and the content of the instruction is displayed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example on the touch panel 10 according to the present embodiment.
On the display 12, the character 41 that is the operation target of the player is displayed by the image display unit 34, and an image 42 that instructs the left movement, an image 43 that instructs the right movement, and a jump instruction are given to the character 41. An image 44 and an image 45 instructing an attack operation are displayed. Each of the images 42 to 45 represents various buttons on the hardware game controller with images (software).

Corresponding to the images 42 to 45 instructing each action, areas 42 a to 45 a are provided in which operation input can be received by the operation receiving area setting unit 32. Since the areas 42a to 45a are larger than the images so as to include the images 42 to 45 and do not overlap with each other, if the player tries to touch any of the images 42 to 45, the areas 42a to 45a naturally The areas 42a to 45a are touched.
In the present embodiment, the regions 42a to 45a occupy a larger range than the images 42 to 45. However, the size of the range does not necessarily need to be larger than each image. Any region that occupies at least a part of the image may be used.
Further, in the present embodiment, the regions 42a to 45a are set to be quadrangular, but they are not necessarily rectangular, and in the present invention, they may be circular, elliptical, or polygons other than the rectangular. .
In the present embodiment, the regions 42a to 45a are set as invisible regions, but in the present invention, visible regions may be set. When set as a visible region, the image display unit 34 displays each region as an image.

  The area 42a accepts the left movement of the character 41, the area 43a accepts the right movement of the character 41, the area 44a accepts the jump of the character 41, and the area 45a accepts the attack action of the character 41.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example at the start of operation input on the touch panel 10 according to the present embodiment.
In response to the touch sensor 11 detecting that the player has touched the area 43a with the finger 50, the detection unit 31 detects the contact position, and the operation input determination unit 33 determines the contact position, and the right movement operation is performed. Accept input. Accordingly, the control unit 30 starts control for moving the character 41 in the right direction.

  When the operation input determination unit 33 receives an operation input corresponding to the area 43a (that is, right movement), the image display unit 34 displays an image 46 indicating that right movement is received on the display 12. In general, it is desirable to select an image showing the right direction as the image 46 displayed while accepting the right movement. Further, since the image 46 is displayed at a position away from the contact position detected by the detecting unit 31 by a predetermined distance, for example, even if the touch panel 10 is touched with a certain width such as a finger, the player Can visually recognize the image 46.

  Further, the type of the image 46 is switched depending on the type of operation input accepted. That is, the image 46 corresponding to the reception in the area 42a is selected as an image showing the left direction, and the image 46 corresponding to the reception in the area 43a is selected as an image indicating the right direction. However, switching of the image 46 according to the type of operation input is one form for carrying out the present invention, and a single image indicating only that an operation is being accepted may be selected.

  The operation continuation unit 35 moves after the operation input determination unit 33 receives a specific operation input, while the contact related to the operation input continues, and the contact detected by the detection unit 31 moves. Continue to accept the same operation input even if the position changes. That is, while the detection of contact by the touch sensor 11 is continued without interruption, reception of a specific operation input is continued even when the contact position is out of the range of the region 43a.

While the operation continuation unit 35 continues to accept the operation input, the determination in the operation input determination unit 33 may be stopped. When canceling, the player can continue the instruction to the character 41 without worrying about the touch position while continuing to touch the touch panel 10.
On the other hand, when the determination by the operation input determination unit 33 is continued while the operation continuation unit 35 continues to accept the operation input, the player continues to the character 41 while continuing to touch the touch panel 10. It becomes possible to change the contents of the instruction.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example during operation input continuing on the touch panel 10 according to the present embodiment.
In this example, after the state of FIG. 3 in which the contact of the finger 50 with the area 43a is detected and the instruction to move the character 41 to the right is accepted, the touch position moves on the touch panel 10 while the finger 50 is in contact. ing.
At this time, the reception of the movement instruction to the character 41 is continued, and the character 41 continues to move in the right direction.

  Further, the display position of the image 46 indicating that the operation input for the right movement has been received moves following the movement of the touch position. The display 12 displays an image indicating that the operation input is being received at a predetermined relative position with respect to the touch position, thereby presenting that the operation input is being continuously received to the player.

Since the areas 42a and 43a set by the operation reception area setting unit 32 include the images 42 and 43, respectively, the player touches the images 42 and 43 at the beginning and the images 42 and 43. While touching, it can be easily recognized that he is instructing to move to the character 41. However, in the present invention, once the operation input for moving the character 41 is accepted, the operation continuation unit 35 continues to accept the movement operation input even if the player does not touch the images 42 and 43. In this case, it may be difficult for the player to recognize that the movement operation is correctly received.
However, while the operation continuation unit 35 continues to accept operation inputs, the image display unit 34 follows the movement of the contact position and displays the image 46 at a position away from the contact position by a predetermined distance. In order to continue, the player can recognize that the operation input is correctly received even if the player touches a position away from the images 42 and 43.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control process by the game control apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  In step S1, the control unit 30 determines whether to end the control process, that is, whether to end the execution of the game. If this determination is YES, the process ends. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S2.

  In step S <b> 2, the operation input determination unit 33 determines whether or not a predetermined area (for example, the area 43 a instructing right movement) has been touched. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S3, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S1.

  In step S <b> 3, the operation input determination unit 33 receives an operation input (for example, a right movement instruction) corresponding to a predetermined area, and updates the internal state of the game and the display 12.

  In step S4, the operation continuation unit 35 determines whether or not the touch of the predetermined area detected in step S2 is continued. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S5, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S5, the operation continuation unit 35 continues to accept the operation input received by the operation input determination unit 33 in step S3, and updates the internal state of the game and the display 12 on the display 12.

  In step S6, the operation continuation unit 35 ends the reception of the operation input received by the operation input determination unit 33 in step S3. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S1, and the control unit 30 waits for the next operation input.

According to the present embodiment, the game control device 1 uses a touch operation detection area for accepting a specific instruction to the character 41 on the touch panel 10 as an initial state, an image for each instruction content, and a limited area around it. And Thereby, the game control apparatus 1 clearly distinguishes the types of instructions.
Furthermore, after receiving an input by a touch operation in a limited area, the game control device 1 determines that the same instruction input is continued while the touch state of the touch operation continues. Thereby, even if a touch position leaves | separates from the predetermined | prescribed area | region, the player can continue the same instruction | indication. Therefore, for example, the player does not stop the operation input even when the finger is unintentionally moved or when the hand is intentionally moved when the hand is hiding the screen display. The operability of input to the touch panel is improved.

In addition, the game control apparatus 1 displays the image 46 at a predetermined position relative to the touch position with the type of operation input received from the player following the movement of the touch position. Thereby, even when the touch position moves, the user can easily grasp that the input is surely accepted and which operation input is being continued.
Further, even when such a type of operation input is displayed on the display 12 as the image 46 and interferes with other images, and the visibility of the game screen is reduced, the player can continue touching the instruction while touching. By moving the position, it is possible to visually recognize the game screen while avoiding interference between the image 46 and other images.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. Further, the effects described in the present embodiment are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the left / right movement instruction to the character 41 is exemplified, but the movement direction is not limited to the left / right direction. For example, the movement of the character 41 up / down and the left / right / up / down movement are combined. The present invention can also be applied to a movement instruction that is automatically determined.

  In the present embodiment, a game character movement instruction has been described as an example of an operation input, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to, for example, a specification that allows continuous instruction of an action such as a jump or an attack on a character.

  The game control method by the game control device 1 is realized by software. When realized by software, a program constituting the software is installed in the information processing apparatus (game control apparatus 1). Also, these programs may be recorded on a removable medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed to the user, or may be distributed by being downloaded to the user's computer via a network.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game control apparatus 10 Touch panel 11 Touch sensor 12 Display 20 Memory | storage part 30 Control part 31 Detection part 32 Operation reception area | region setting part 33 Operation input determination part 34 Image display part 35 Operation continuation part

Claims (5)

On the computer that controls the execution of the game,
Accepting step of detecting a touch on any one area of the fixedly displayed multiple regions on the touch panel, and accepts the contact as a moving instruction to a specific direction corresponding to the one region with respect to the game character When,
After receiving the movement instruction of said specific direction, when the contact is continued without interruption, even the contact likened deviates from the one region on the touch panel, the specific direction A continuation step to continue accepting movement instructions;
A game control program for executing a control process including:   The game control program according to claim 1, wherein the control process includes a display step of displaying an image indicating that the movement instruction is being received at a predetermined relative position with respect to the contact position.   The game control program according to claim 2, wherein the image is selected from a plurality of images indicating that an instruction to move in a specific direction is being received. A game control method in which a computer controls execution of a game,
Accepting step of detecting a touch on any one area of the fixedly displayed multiple regions on the touch panel, and accepts the contact as a moving instruction to a specific direction corresponding to the one region with respect to the game character When,
After receiving the movement instruction of said specific direction, when the contact is continued without interruption, even the contact likened deviates from the one region on the touch panel, the specific direction A continuation step to continue accepting movement instructions;
A game control method for executing a control process including: A game control device for controlling execution of a game,
A touch panel;
Fixedly displayed contact against any one of the regions of multiple regions, determining to accept the operation input determination as a movement instruction to a specific direction corresponding to the one region with respect to the game character on the touch panel And
After determining the movement instructions of the specific direction, when the contact is continued without interruption, even the contact likened deviates from the one region on the touch panel, the specific direction An operation continuation unit that continues to accept movement instructions;
A game control device comprising:

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