JP5926329B2 - Program, communication system, server control method, and server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program for providing a game, a communication system, a server control method, and a server.

  Conventionally, in a battle game server, the user's deck is composed of a plurality of battle cards or the like stored for each user, and based on the total value of the attack power and defense power of the deck, winning or losing is achieved among a plurality of users. There is a competitive game server that competes (for example, Patent Document 1). In such a battle game server, when a user acquires a battle card, the user acquires the battle card by purchasing the battle card or acquiring the battle card by winning the battle against the opponent.

JP 2008-220984 A

  However, the conventional battle game server has a limited method for acquiring game media such as battle cards.

  For example, in a method of providing game media by lottery from a package including a prescribed number of game media, the acquisition probability of each game media included in the package is “1 / (individual included in the package) regardless of the value of the game media. The number of game media (hereinafter referred to as the package population)) ”. At this time, if a plurality of, for example, two game media of the same type are included in the package, the acquisition probability of the game media is equal to “2 // (parameter of the package)”. Also increases the acquisition probability. However, in this case, the combination of game media constituting the package cannot be changed for each user. Depending on the user, especially for game media with a high rarity value or the like, the acquisition probability of the game media may be too low and the acquisition of the game media may be too difficult to reduce interest in the game.

  On the other hand, if the number of packages is simply reduced and the acquisition probability of the game media is increased uniformly in response to the needs, the substantial value of the game media with the highest value will be reduced. Some users will be reduced. In other words, in order to respond to the needs of each user, it is effective to enable the selection by presenting a variation of the game medium acquisition method to the user, for example, a variation of the acquisition method with different game medium acquisition probabilities. is there.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention made in view of the above-described problems is to increase a variation of the game medium acquisition method and improve the interest in the game, a communication system, a server control method, and a server. Is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, a program according to the present invention
To a computer functioning as a server that provides a game using game media played by a plurality of users to the communication terminal of the user via a network,
Associating information for identifying a game medium and information for identifying a group to which the game medium belongs in a storage unit;
Game media belonging to a group designated based on the game media acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game media acquisition request including information relating to the group selected by the user from the communication terminal Providing game media extracted from the above to the user's communication terminal;
Counting the number of game media belonging to the group for each group;
Transmitting to the user's communication terminal information for causing the user's communication terminal to display the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group;
There are two or more groups to which the game media belong, and at least one group of the two or more groups belongs to a part of the game media belonging to a group other than the group,
The transmitting step updates the number of game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided. And transmitting the information for display to the user's communication terminal.

The program according to the present invention is
At least one group among the two or more groups provided as an inclusion group to which all game media belonging to groups other than the group belong ,
The computer further includes a step of transmitting information for displaying a plurality of groups including the inclusion group as a group that can be designated by one user to the communication terminal of the one user .

  The program according to the present invention is characterized in that the designated group is a group designated by the user.

The program according to the present invention is
Of the two or more groups provided, the first group includes a first game medium and a second game medium that is less rare than the first game medium ,
Wherein the second group of two or more provided is a group do not belong is the first game content, it belongs before Symbol second game medium,
Of the game media belonging to the first group, the number of game media having a lower rarity than the second game media is less than the second game media belonging to the second group. More than the number of low game media.

The program according to the present invention is
Causing the computer to further execute a step of associating information indicating whether or not a game medium is provided with information specifying the game medium ;
In the step of providing, said one of the game medium belonging to the group specified on the basis of the game content acquisition request, associated information indicating that the game medium to the information identifying the game medium has not been provided The game media is extracted from the game media that exist.

  The program according to the present invention is characterized in that the game medium having the highest value among the plurality of types of game media belongs to a group to which the most game media belong among the plurality of groups.

Moreover, the communication system according to the present invention includes:
A communication terminal;
A communication system comprising a server that provides a game using a game medium played by a plurality of users to the communication terminal of the user via a network,
The communication terminal transmits a game medium acquisition request to the server,
The server
Information that identifies the game media and information that identifies the group to which the game media belongs are stored in the storage unit in association with each other,
Game media belonging to a group designated based on the game media acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game media acquisition request including information relating to the group selected by the user from the communication terminal Providing game media extracted from the above to the user's communication terminal;
Count the number of game media belonging to the group for each group,
Sending information for displaying on the user communication terminal the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group to the user communication terminal;
There are two or more groups to which the game media belong, and at least one group of the two or more groups belongs to a part of the game media belonging to a group other than the group,
The server updates the number of game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided. Information to be displayed is transmitted to the communication terminal of the user.

The server control method according to the present invention includes:
A server control method for providing a game using a game medium played by a plurality of users to a communication terminal of the user via a network,
A server associating information for identifying a game medium with information for identifying a group to which the game medium belongs in a storage unit;
In response to a game medium acquisition request including information related to the group selected by the user from the communication terminal, the server is assigned to a group designated based on the game medium acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media. Providing the user with the game media extracted from the game media to which the user belongs,
A server counting the number of game media belonging to the group for each group;
A server transmitting to the user communication terminal information for displaying the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group on the user communication terminal;
There are two or more groups to which the game content belongs, and at least one of the two or more provided groups belongs to a part of the game content belonging to a group other than the group,
In the transmitting step, when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided, the game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged And transmitting the information for updating and displaying the number to the communication terminal of the user.

The server according to the present invention is
Providing a game using a game medium played by a plurality of users to the communication terminal of the user via a network;
Information that identifies the game media and information that identifies the group to which the game media belongs are stored in the storage unit in association with each other,
Game media belonging to a group designated based on the game media acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game media acquisition request including information relating to the group selected by the user from the communication terminal Providing game media extracted from the above to the user's communication terminal;
Count the number of game media belonging to the group for each group,
Sending information for displaying on the user communication terminal the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group to the user communication terminal;
There are two or more groups to which the game content belongs, and at least one of the two or more provided groups belongs to a part of the game content belonging to a group other than the group,
To update and display the number of game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided Is transmitted to the communication terminal of the user.

  According to the program, the communication system, the server control method, and the server of the present invention, it is possible to increase the variation of the game media acquisition method and improve the interest in the game.

1 is a block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of item data. Shows the package structure. It is an example of the screen for item acquisition. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the communication system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a modification of the inclusion relationship and overlap relationship between groups.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a server 11 (game server 11) and a communication terminal 12. The server 11 provides a game played by a plurality of users using a game medium to the user's communication terminal 12 via a network.

  The server 11 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 111, and a control unit 112.

  The communication unit 110 communicates with the communication terminal 12 by at least one of wireless or wired.

  The storage unit 111 stores information related to the game medium provided to the communication terminal 12. The game medium is electronic data used for the game, and includes, for example, a card, an item, a character, an avatar, and the like. The game medium is electronic data that can be acquired, held, used, managed, exchanged, combined, strengthened, sold, discarded, and / or gifted, etc. by the user as the game progresses. The usage mode of the game media is not limited to those specified in this specification. The parameters inherent to the game media are: combat power such as attack power and defense power of the game media; combat media such as game media attack and defense; skills information to be described later of the game media; information on the game media avatar; These are attributes to be described later of the game media, indices indicating the rarity of the game media, and the like. The index indicating the rarity level of the game medium may be represented by a hierarchy such as normal, rare, super rare, and ultra rare.

  In this specification, it demonstrates below that a game media is an item. Items are various items used in the game, such as battle cards, characters, weapons, equipment, ornaments, plants, food, etc. that make up the user's deck. Good. The item type is a numerical value representing the height of a rare value of the item, a numerical value representing an item category, or the like. Therefore, the memory | storage part 111 memorize | stores the information which concerns on the item provided to the communication terminal 12, and item kind.

  Specifically, item data 1111 is stored in the storage unit 111. The item data 1111 is associated with user identification information that uniquely identifies the user. In the item data 1111, data such as an image related to an item provided to the user is stored for each item. That is, the item data 1111 includes a plurality of types of items.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of item data 1111. For example, the item data includes item identification information “ITM001”, item name “item A”, item image “item A image”, item type “6”, item group “as shown in the first line of the data shown in FIG. A- ", including item provided flag not provided. The data is not limited to these, and may include other parameters relating to the game, for example. Item identification information is a parameter that uniquely identifies an item. The item image is image data of the item, and may have any image format such as JPEG, GIF, or PNG. The item type is data indicating a classification based on the rare value of the item.

  The item group is data that defines a group to which the item belongs. It is assumed that two or more groups are provided in the item data, and in this embodiment, two groups of A group and B group are provided as groups to which the item belongs. For example, if the item group associated with one item is “A-”, the item is determined to belong only to the A group. If the item group associated with one item is “AB”, the item is determined to belong to both the A group and the B group.

  The item provided flag is data indicating whether an item has not been provided or has been provided. That is, if the item provided flag associated with one item is not provided, the item is not provided, and if provided, the item is provided. That is, it is possible to manage whether the item has not been provided or has been provided by the item provided flag.

  A plurality of types of items can be defined by appropriately setting various parameters included in the item data 1111.

  In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a plurality of types of items included in the item data 1111 are collectively referred to as a package. Therefore, the package is associated with the user identification information, and the group is provided in the package. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the package. A plurality of types of items included in the package 301 belong to a group. Each item may belong to only one of the A group 302 and the B group 303, or may belong to both the A group 302 and the B group 303. There may be a group to which all of the items included in the package 301 belong, while there may be a group to which only one item belongs. In other words, at least a part of items belonging to a group other than the group may belong to at least one of the two or more groups. In addition, all items belonging to groups other than the group may belong to at least one group.

  The control unit 112 performs various controls related to the server 11. For example, the control unit 112 receives a request for an item acquisition screen (hereinafter, an item acquisition screen request) from the communication terminal 12. The item acquisition screen is a user interface for the communication terminal 12 to transmit an item acquisition request to the server 11. Preferably, the item acquisition screen request includes user identification information of the communication terminal 12. When receiving the item acquisition screen request, the control unit 112 transmits data related to the item acquisition screen to the communication terminal 12 via the communication unit 110. Preferably, the data relating to the item acquisition screen includes information relating to a group provided in the package 301 associated with the received user identification information. More preferably, information on items included in the package is included.

  In addition, when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal 12, the control unit 112 extracts items to be provided and provides the items. Specifically, the control unit 112 includes lottery means 1121. In response to an item acquisition request from the communication terminal 12, the control unit 112 extracts items to be provided by the lottery means 1121. Preferably, the item acquisition request includes user identification information, and the lottery means 1121 extracts an item from a package associated with the user identification information. In addition, preferably, the lottery means 1121 provides the user with an item extracted from items belonging to a group designated based on the item acquisition request (hereinafter referred to as an extraction target). Further, the item acquisition request may include information specifying the number of items to be acquired, and the lottery means 1121 extracts the specified number of items.

  When the group specified based on the item acquisition request is to be extracted, the lottery means 1121 extracts the items belonging to the group that has been extracted. For example, when A group is targeted for extraction based on the item acquisition request, the lottery means 1121 refers to the item data 1111 associated with the user identification information, and the communication terminal 12 from among the items belonging to the A group. Extract items to provide. Preferably, items to be provided to the communication terminal 12 are extracted from items managed as unprovided among items belonging to the A group, that is, items whose item provided flag is not provided. Then, the control unit 112 provides the extracted item to the communication terminal 12. Specifically, the lottery means 1121 transmits an item image corresponding to the item identification information related to the provided item to the communication terminal 12 via the communication unit 110 based on the item data 1111. When the control unit 112 provides the item to the communication terminal 12, the control unit 112 updates the item provided flag relating to the item in the item data 1111 to be provided. That is, the control unit 112 can manage whether the item is not provided or has been provided by the item provided flag. This management may be performed for the entire package or for each group. Although the case where the A group is the extraction target has been described here, the same applies to the case where the B group is specified as the extraction target and the case where both the A group and the B group are specified as the extraction target.

  Further, the control unit 112 may manage the remaining number of unprovided items (hereinafter referred to as the remaining item count) by counting the unprovided items. Here, the control unit 112 manages the remaining number of items for the entire package. The control unit 112 may manage the number of remaining items for each group. Further, the control unit 112 may manage the number of remaining items for each item type. Further, the control unit 112 may update the remaining item number each time the item provided flag is updated. The control unit 112 may manage the remaining number of game media for each type of game media. Here, the control unit 112 may manage the remaining number of some or all items for the entire package, for each group, and for each item type. For example, the control unit 112 may count the remaining number of items of a predetermined rarity or higher in the entire package.

  Furthermore, the control unit 112 may count all items included in the package. In this way, the control unit 112 can manage the number of items that are included in the package and can be provided in the initial state (hereinafter referred to as the initial item remaining number). The initial number of remaining items can be managed for each group, for each item type, and for each game media type. Further, a part or all of the managed item remaining number or initial item remaining number may be displayed to the user.

  Here, the configuration of the server 11 will be summarized. First, in response to an item acquisition request (game content acquisition request), the server 11 is a group designated based on an item acquisition request (game content acquisition request) among a plurality of types of items (game content). Items (game media) extracted from items (game media) belonging to are provided to the user. In addition, two or more groups to which items (game media) belong are provided. Note that the method of extraction by the lottery means 1121 may be random or extraction based on a predetermined algorithm.

  A package is associated with user identification information, but may be associated with a plurality of user identification information. That is, one package may be assigned to a plurality of users. In that case, all items included in the package may be assigned to all users who own the package as extraction targets. On the other hand, there may be a group or item that is assigned as an extraction target to only some of the users who own the package. In other words, all users who own the package may be able to acquire items included in the package, or set items that can be acquired only by some of the users who own the package You can also. Moreover, when the item allocated as extraction object for every user differs, it can count for every user and can manage the item remaining number or an initial remaining number.

  The communication terminal 12 includes a communication unit 120, a display unit 121, an operation unit 122, and a control unit 123.

  The communication unit 120 communicates with the server 11 by at least one of wireless or wired. Specifically, the communication unit 120 transmits an item acquisition screen request to the server 11 based on the operation of the operation unit 122 by the user. Further, the communication unit 120 receives data of an item acquisition screen for the request from the server 11. Further, the communication unit 120 transmits an item acquisition request to the server 11 based on the operation of the operation unit 122 by the user. Further, the communication unit 120 receives provision of an item for the item acquisition request from the server 11.

  The display unit 121 is configured by a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like, and performs display output related to a game provided by the server 11. For example, the display unit 121 displays an item image relating to an item provided from the server 11. The display unit 121 displays an item acquisition screen.

  The operation unit 122 includes buttons, a touch panel, and the like, and receives an input signal from a user in the game. Then, the operation unit 122 sends an input signal received from the user to the control unit 123.

  The control unit 123 performs various controls related to the communication terminal 12. For example, the control unit 123 transmits an item acquisition screen request or an item acquisition request to the server 11 via the communication unit 120 based on the operation of the operation unit 122 by the user.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the item acquisition screen. The item acquisition screen is displayed on the display unit 121 based on the data related to the item acquisition screen transmitted from the control unit 112 of the server 11. The item acquisition screen according to this embodiment includes the remaining number information 401 indicating the remaining number of items belonging to the A group and the B group, that is, the remaining number of items belonging to the entire package for each item type, and the number of items belonging to the B group. Is included for each item type. Further, the remaining number information 401 includes a button 403 for requesting one item from the lottery means 1121 for extracting both the A group and the B group, that is, the entire package, and a button 404 for requesting 11 items. including. Similarly, the remaining number information 402 includes a button 405 for requesting one item from the lottery means 1121 for extracting the B group and a button 406 for requesting 11 items. Although the number of item acquisition requests associated with the buttons 403 to 406 is 1 or 11, the number is not limited to this, and any number can be set.

  Based on the remaining number information 401 and 402, the user can select the buttons 403 to 406 and transmit an item acquisition request for the purpose of acquiring a desired item. That is, information related to a group selected by the user can be included in the item acquisition request, and a group to be extracted can be determined based on the item acquisition request.

  Preferably, the remaining number information 401 and 402 display information indicating which items are likely to be available, or a link (the portion indicated as “detail” in FIG. 4) so that the information can be easily accessed. ). By doing in this way, a judgment material can be provided to a user.

  Preferably, the remaining number information 401 and 402 may display an initial item remaining number for each item type belonging to each group. In addition, the item acquisition probability for each item type belonging to each group may be displayed, or the number of remaining items and the initial number of remaining items for the entire group may be displayed. By doing in this way, a user can grasp | ascertain the provision condition of an item more intuitively.

  More preferably, when the lottery means 1121 extracts from items managed as unprovided, that is, items whose item provided flag is not provided, the remaining number information 401 and 402 are not provided. Indicates the remaining number of items that are managed as being. The control unit 112 of the server 11 calculates the remaining number of items that can be provided to the user in each group based on the item provided flag of the item data 1111, and generates remaining number information 401 and 402. In the display of the remaining number information in FIG. 4, items of item data 1111 whose item types are 4, 5, and 6 are designated as general (N: Normal), rare (R: Rare), and super rare (SR: Super Rare), respectively. The remaining number is displayed by type. By viewing the remaining number information 401, the user can grasp the remaining number obtained by adding the items belonging to the A group and the B group to be extracted by type when the button 403 or 404 is pressed. According to FIG. 4, there are generally 326, 3 rares, and 1 super rare. Similarly, by looking at the remaining number information 402, it is possible to grasp the remaining number of items belonging to the group B to be extracted by type when the button 405 or 406 is pressed. According to FIG. 4, there are 107 in general, 3 rares, and 0 super rares. That is, a super rare item with a high rare value (hereinafter referred to as a super rare item) belongs to a group with a large parameter so that the acquisition probability of a super rare item with a high rare value is lowered.

  Here, in order to acquire the super rare item, the user needs to press the button 403 or 404, but the acquisition probability of the super rare item is 1/330. On the other hand, when the user presses the button 403 or 404 to acquire a rare item (hereinafter referred to as a rare item), the acquisition probability of the rare item is 3/330 = 1/110. On the other hand, the user may press the button 405 or 406 in order to acquire a rare item, in which case the acquisition probability of the rare item is 3/110, and the acquisition probability of the super rare item is 0 as a price. That is, the user can discard the possibility of acquiring a super rare item and can send an item acquisition request that increases the probability of acquiring a rare item. By viewing the remaining number information 401 and 402, the user can determine which button of the buttons 403 to 406 is pressed to transmit the item acquisition request in consideration of the item desired to be acquired and its acquisition probability. .

  That is, according to the present embodiment, an item acquisition method desirable for a user who desires acquisition of a rare item can be provided. That is, according to this embodiment, the interest of a wide range of users in games can be improved in response to the needs of each user. More preferably, the item having the highest value in the package belongs to the group to which the most items among the groups provided in the package belong. Thereby, the height of the scarcity value and the like and the low acquisition probability (difficulty in acquisition) can be matched. Thereby, it is possible to maintain the substantial value of the item having the highest value and not to reduce the user's interest.

  Next, the operation of the server 11 and the accompanying operation of the communication terminal 12 when the server 11 is caused to execute the program according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the control unit 123 of the communication terminal 12 transmits an item acquisition screen request to the server 11 via the communication unit 120 based on the operation of the operation unit 122 by the user (step S1).

  Next, when the control unit 112 of the server 11 receives an item acquisition screen request from the communication terminal 12, based on the user identification information included in the item acquisition screen request, the item data 1111 associated with the user identification information, That is, a package related to the user is acquired. Then, the control unit 112 transmits, to the communication terminal 12 via the communication unit 110, data related to the item acquisition screen, that is, information indicating a group that can be specified as an extraction target among groups provided in the package related to the user. (Step S2).

  Next, the control unit 123 of the communication terminal 12 receives information indicating a group that can be specified as an extraction target, and displays an item acquisition screen on the display unit 121 of the communication terminal 12 based on the information. Then, the control unit 123 causes the user to specify a group to be extracted through the operation unit 122. Furthermore, the control unit 123 transmits an item acquisition request to the server 11 via the communication unit 120 (step S3). The item acquisition request may include information specifying a group to be extracted.

  Subsequently, the control unit 112 of the server 11 receives an item acquisition request from the communication terminal 12. Based on the item acquisition request, the lottery means 1121 extracts items from items belonging to the group designated as the extraction target (step S4).

  Furthermore, the control part 112 transmits the extracted item to the communication terminal 12, and updates the item provided flag which concerns on the said item to provided (step S5). This allows the server 11 to manage whether or not an item has not been provided.

  Finally, the communication terminal 12 receives the item from the server 11 (step S6), and the process ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 112 of the server 11 includes the lottery unit 1121 and can select a group to be extracted from the package, thereby increasing variations in the item acquisition method. And can improve interest in the game. In addition, since items with high rarity value, such as rare items and super rare items, belong to different groups and can be selected as extraction targets, the item acquisition probability is set for each item within the same package. Can be set to Thereby, when the scarce value or the like of an item that the user desires to acquire is relatively low, a setting that increases the acquisition probability of the item accordingly can be made.

  Preferably, the server 11 may further include a reset unit so that a reset request can be received from the communication terminal 12 at an arbitrary timing. “Reset” refers to changing the item provided flag relating to the item data 1111 to “unprovided”. When receiving the reset request from the communication terminal 12, the control unit 112 of the server 11 changes the item provided flag relating to the item included in the item data corresponding to the user identification information of the communication terminal 12 to “unprovided”. Preferably, a reset request can be made by designating a group. By doing so, for example, when there are no more items in the group to which the rare item belongs, the item provided flag relating to the item belonging to the group can be reset in order to meet the desire to acquire the rare item again. Thereby, the interest with respect to the game of the user who wants to enjoy a game further can be maintained.

  In the present embodiment, two groups of the A group and the B group are provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and three or more groups may be provided. For example, when three groups are provided, the control unit 112 of the server 11 transmits three groups that can be designated as extraction targets in step S402. Note that the control unit 112 does not necessarily need to be able to designate all three groups, and may arbitrarily determine the group that can be designated based on other conditions. For example, it is conceivable to provide a group that can be extracted only when certain conditions are satisfied. Further, different items such as rare values may belong to each group. By doing in this way, since the variation of the acquisition method of an item can be increased and it can select according to the acquisition probability of items with high scarcity value etc., the interest with respect to a game can be improved.

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Below, the modification of this embodiment is demonstrated.

  Looking at FIG. 3 of the present embodiment, the A group and the B group are neither inclusive nor overlapping. However, as described above, there may be items that belong to both the A group and the B group, and therefore the relationship between the groups may take several other forms. FIG. 6 is a modification of the inclusion relationship and the overlap relationship between groups. FIG. 6A shows a relationship in which the A group includes the B group and the B group includes the C group. FIG. 6B shows a relationship in which the A group includes the B group and the C group, and the B group and the C group partially overlap each other. FIG. 6C shows a relationship in which there is no inclusion relationship between the A group and the B group, and some of them overlap each other.

  In the case of FIG. 6A, the acquisition probability of the super rare item 601 can be lowered by making the super rare item 601 belong only to the A group. Further, by making the rare item 602 belong to the B group or the C group, the acquisition probability of the rare item 602 can be made relatively high. The user can select a group to be extracted based on an item desired to be acquired and its acquisition probability.

  Similarly in the case of FIG. 6B, the acquisition probability of the super rare item 601 can be lowered by making the super rare item 601 belong to the A group. Similarly, the acquisition probability of the rare item 602 can be made relatively high by making the rare item 602 belong to the B group or the C group. By allocating a plurality of rare items 602 to the B group and the C group, the user can select to acquire a specific item.

  Similarly in the case of FIG. 6C, the acquisition probability of the super rare item 601 can be lowered by making the super rare item 601 belong to the A group. In this case, since there are items that belong only to the B group, it is possible to give an incentive to select the B group for reasons other than increasing the acquisition probability of the rare item 602.

  Here, in order to function as the server 11 or the communication terminal 12, a computer can be suitably used. Such a computer can store a program describing processing contents for realizing each function of the server 11 or the communication terminal 12. It can be realized by storing the program in a storage unit of the computer and reading out and executing the program by a central processing unit (CPU) of the computer.

  Note that the package may be divided and two or more new packages may be generated. The unit of division may be for each group provided in the package or for each item. As described above, the correspondence between the package and the user is managed by associating the package with the user identification information. A package newly generated by division may be associated with a user associated with the package immediately before the division, or may be associated with another user. Preferably, the parameter associated with the item included in the newly generated package inherits the state immediately before the division. By doing this, for example, in a state where some items other than the super rare item are acquired from the group to which the super rare item belongs, that is, in a state where the acquisition probability of the super rare item is higher than the initial state, the group is added to the new package. Can be divided and transferred to other users, and the interest in the game can be improved.

  The specific embodiments of the server, the communication system, the server control method, and the program according to the present invention have been described above. According to one embodiment, it is possible to increase the number of item acquisition methods and set the acquisition probability of items such as cards with high scarcity value for each item. As a result, even if a user gives up acquiring an item with a low acquisition probability, the possibility of aiming to acquire an item with a relatively low scarcity value or the like but a relatively high acquisition probability is opened. The interest in the game can be improved in response to the needs.

  In addition, according to the embodiment, the lottery means 1121 refers to the item provided flag, so that provided items are not redundantly provided even when there are a plurality of extraction target groups. As a result, even if a user who originally aimed for an item with a relatively low rarity value changes the extraction target group to target an item with a relatively high rarity value or the like from the middle, the item already acquired by the user You can avoid providing duplicates.

  In addition, according to an embodiment, when the user requests an item to be managed as being duplicated by having the reset unit, it is possible to give the user an opportunity to provide it again. Accordingly, the user can execute the resetting unit according to his / her request and replenish items.

  In addition, according to an embodiment, the item having the highest value in the package belongs to the group to which the most items among the groups provided in the package belong, so The height and the low acquisition probability (acquisition difficulty) can be matched. Thereby, it is possible to maintain the substantial value of the item having the highest value and not to reduce the user's interest.

  In the foregoing, a configuration has been described in which a game program that can provide a user with a game using a plurality of moving objects is mainly executed on a server. On the other hand, a configuration in which part or all of the game program is executed in the user's communication terminal and the result of the executed process is returned to the server may be employed. For example, a configuration is conceivable in which a list of items is provided to the user's communication terminal, the step of extracting the item from the extraction target is executed in the user's communication terminal, and the result is transmitted to the server. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the game progress is also performed at the user's communication terminal.

  When the server of the present invention functions as a server connected to the user's communication terminal via the network, the game progress screen is displayed on the user's communication terminal based on the data generated by the server. A hybrid game in which each of the server device and the user's communication terminal is responsible for part of the processing, such as a display and other menu screens or the like that are displayed natively by a native application installed in the user's communication terminal You can also

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so that there is no logical contradiction, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. can be combined or divided into one. .

11 server (game server)
110 communication unit 111 storage unit 1111 item data 112 control unit 1121 lottery means 12 communication terminal 120 communication unit 121 display unit 122 operation unit 123 control unit 301 package 302, 303 group 401, 402 remaining number information 403, 404, 405, 406 button 601 Super rare item 602 Rare item

Claims (9)

To a computer functioning as a server that provides a game using game media played by a plurality of users to the communication terminal of the user via a network,
Associating information for identifying a game medium and information for identifying a group to which the game medium belongs in a storage unit;
A game belonging to a group specified based on the game medium acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game medium acquisition request including information specifying the group specified by the user from the communication terminal Providing a game medium extracted from the medium to the communication terminal of the user;
Counting the number of game media belonging to the group for each group;
Transmitting to the user's communication terminal information for causing the user's communication terminal to display the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group;
There are two or more groups to which the game media belong, and at least one group of the two or more groups belongs to a part of the game media belonging to a group other than the group,
In the transmitting step, when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided are provided, the number of game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged is determined. A program comprising the step of transmitting information for updating and displaying to the communication terminal of the user. At least one group among the two or more groups provided as an inclusion group to which all game media belonging to groups other than the group belong,
The step of causing the computer to further transmit information for displaying a plurality of groups including the inclusion group as a group that can be specified by one user to the communication terminal of the one user, The program according to claim 1.   The program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the specified group is a group specified by the user. Of the two or more groups provided, the first group includes a first game medium and a second game medium that is less rare than the first game medium,
Of the two or more groups provided, the first game content does not belong to the second group, and the second game content belongs,
Of the game media belonging to the first group, the number of game media having a lower rarity than the second game media is less than the second game media belonging to the second group. 4. The program according to claim 1, wherein the number of game media is greater than the number of low game media. Causing the computer to further execute a step of associating information indicating whether or not a game medium is provided with information specifying the game medium;
In the providing step, information indicating that the game medium is not provided is associated with information specifying the game medium among the game media belonging to the group designated based on the game medium acquisition request. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a game medium is extracted from existing game media.   The game media having the highest value among the plurality of types of game media belong to a group to which the most game media belong among the plurality of groups. program. A communication terminal;
A communication system comprising a server that provides a game using a game medium played by a plurality of users to the communication terminal of the user via a network,
The communication terminal transmits a game medium acquisition request to the server,
The server
Information that identifies the game media and information that identifies the group to which the game media belongs are stored in the storage unit in association with each other,
A game belonging to a group specified based on the game medium acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game medium acquisition request including information specifying the group specified by the user from the communication terminal Providing game media extracted from the media to the user's communication terminal;
Count the number of game media belonging to the group for each group,
Sending information for displaying on the user communication terminal the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group to the user communication terminal;
There are two or more groups to which the game content belongs, and at least one of the two or more provided groups belongs to a part of the game content belonging to a group other than the group,
The server updates the number of game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided. And transmitting information to be displayed to the user's communication terminal. A server control method for providing a game using a game medium played by a plurality of users to a communication terminal of the user via a network,
A server associating information for identifying a game medium with information for identifying a group to which the game medium belongs in a storage unit;
A group specified based on the game medium acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game medium acquisition request including information specifying a group specified by the user from the communication terminal. Providing game media extracted from game media belonging to the user's communication terminal;
A server counting the number of game media belonging to the group for each group;
A server transmitting to the user communication terminal information for displaying the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group on the user communication terminal;
There are two or more groups to which the game content belongs, and at least one of the two or more provided groups belongs to a part of the game content belonging to a group other than the group,
In the transmitting step, when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided, the game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged The server control method characterized by including the step which transmits the information for updating and displaying the number of to the said user's communication terminal. Providing a game using a game medium played by a plurality of users to the communication terminal of the user via a network;
Information that identifies the game media and information that identifies the group to which the game media belongs are stored in the storage unit in association with each other,
A game belonging to a group specified based on the game medium acquisition request among a plurality of types of game media in response to a game medium acquisition request including information specifying the group specified by the user from the communication terminal Providing game media extracted from the media to the user's communication terminal;
Count the number of game media belonging to the group for each group,
Sending information for displaying on the user communication terminal the number of game media belonging to the group counted for each group to the user communication terminal;
There are two or more groups to which the game content belongs, and at least one of the two or more provided groups belongs to a part of the game content belonging to a group other than the group,
To update and display the number of game media belonging to each of the plurality of groups to which the provided game media belonged when the game media belonging to a plurality of groups of the two or more groups provided is provided The information is transmitted to the communication terminal of the user.

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