JP6092918B2 - GAME DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device and a program, and more particularly to a technique related to an electronic game using an article to which player information is attached.

  There is a game device that uses a bar code or the like to attach various information readable by an information processing device to an article such as a card and provides game content using the information. In Patent Literature 1, in a game in which player attribute information is input, a game in which player attribute information is attached to a card is output so that the same player does not need to input player attribute information in a plurality of plays. An apparatus is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-285208

  In recent years, there is a game in which a plurality of cards are used during one game play and a game using characters corresponding to each card is executed. However, when each card has player attribute information as in Patent Document 1, for example, when the cards of a plurality of players are used in a game, the player side reads the player attribute information of the current player from any card. There was a problem that could not be identified as information. In addition, configuring a card having attribute information of another player to be usable may cause inconveniences such as a game balance collapse due to a game play using an illegally distributed card.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game device and a program that suitably provide a player with game play using an article having player information.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a game device of the present invention is a game device connected to an acquisition unit that acquires information attached to an item from the item, and is acquired for one item by the acquisition unit. All of the plurality of player information acquired for the plurality of articles managed by the management means when the management means for managing the character information and player information of the article and the predetermined condition relating to the start of the game play are satisfied. And an execution means for executing a game using the characters indicated by the plurality of character information acquired for the plurality of articles when they match.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to suitably provide a player with game play using an article having player information.

The block diagram which showed the function structure of the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the game start time process performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the judgment processing concerning Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The flowchart which illustrated the judgment processing concerning Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that in the embodiment described below, a card as an article is read as an example of a game device, a game using a character corresponding to the card is executed, and a card with player information attached after the game ends. An example in which the present invention is applied to a game device capable of output will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to a card, and can be applied to any device that is connected to an acquisition device that acquires information attached to an arbitrary article from the article and can process the information.

<< Configuration of Game Device 100 >>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  For example, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block included in the game apparatus 100 such as a CPU and performs processing related to the game content to be provided. For example, the control unit 101 reads out an operation program or a game program of each block recorded on the recording medium 102, develops it in the memory 103, and executes it, thereby performing an operation related to the operation control of each block or an operation related to the provision of game content Do.

  The recording medium 102 is, for example, a recording device such as a non-volatile ROM built in the game apparatus 100, an HDD detachably connected to the game apparatus 100, or a recording medium that can be read by being inserted into an optical drive. . The recording medium 102 is not limited to the operation program or game program of each block included in the game apparatus 100, but is used for drawing various parameters necessary for the operation of each block, a character image (character image) that can be used in the game, and the like. Records various necessary GUI data.

  Note that the recording medium 102 holds various information such as character names, parameters, appearance frequency, and character images that can be used in the game as a character DB associated with a character ID for character identification, for example. . In the game content of the present embodiment, the characters that can be used in the game are based on, for example, the appearance frequency in the game, the progress advantage in the game play, the rarity on the story, the behavioral system attribute, the growth stage, the popularity, etc. Thus, it is classified in advance into one of classes (or ranks) configured to have a plurality of stages. In the following description, for the sake of simplicity, each character is classified into S, A, B, C, D, and E (S is the most dominant, and the advantage decreases in the following order) according to the progress advantage in the game. Shall. In the character DB, the classified class information (class information) is managed in association with each character ID.

  The memory 103 is a volatile memory, for example. The memory 103 is used not only for development of the operation program and game program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing intermediate data output in the operation of each block and various information defined in the execution of the game program. It is done.

  The drawing unit 104 is a drawing device that generates a game screen to be displayed on an external display device that is a final output and various calculations related to drawing, such as a GPU. The drawing unit 104 reads, for example, necessary drawing object data from the recording medium 102 and develops it in the memory 103, performs drawing while applying necessary calculations, and generates a game screen for each frame.

  The acquisition unit 105 is integrated with the card reader connected to the game apparatus 100 (here, “the card reader connected to the game apparatus 100”) as an internal configuration of the game apparatus 100 (electrically. Including a card reader (internally connected) and having dedicated hardware for acquiring information attached to the card in a predetermined manner. That is, the acquisition unit 105 may be configured integrally with the game apparatus 100, or may be provided outside or on the casing of the game apparatus 100 and connected by wire or wirelessly. Good. After the acquisition unit 105 is controlled by the control unit 101 so that information can be acquired, the acquisition unit 105 acquires information and outputs the information to the control unit 101, for example, when a corresponding card is placed in a recognition area.

  In this embodiment, the player can recognize the card as being used for game play, and can register the corresponding character for game play. Each of the cards has player information indicating a player used for game play when the card is printed, and character information indicating a character printed on the card. In the present embodiment, the player information includes at least a player name set by the player. The character information includes at least a character ID or a character name for identifying the character. In addition, for example, a parameter indicating a character status or information such as an action that can be used in a game may be added. Further, the cards that can be used in the game content provided by the game apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment are not limited to those printed by the game apparatus 100 as described above, and for example, cards that can be obtained for promotional purposes or benefits. (Hereinafter simply referred to as a promotion card) may also be configured to be usable. The promotion card does not have player information so that it can be used by any player, and is attached with information indicating that it is a promotion card. Whether it is a promotion card may be determined by adding a dedicated code different from the player information and character information, for example, or may be determined by using character information as information predetermined for the promotion card. You may comprise.

  The display output unit 106 is a display output interface that the game apparatus 100 has, and outputs a game screen generated by the drawing unit 104 to a connected display device (not shown) at a predetermined timing, so that the game content is displayed to the player. Provision can be made. The display device may exist outside game device 100 and may be connected to game device 100 by wire or wirelessly, or may be provided integrally within the case of game device 100.

  The operation input unit 107 is a user interface that the game apparatus 100 has, such as an operation button and an operation lever. The operation input unit 107 analyzes the operation input by the player received through these various user interfaces, and transmits a corresponding control signal to the control unit 101. Alternatively, the operation input unit 107 notifies the control unit 101 of the occurrence of an event corresponding to the analyzed operation input.

  The printing unit 108 is a printing device such as a printer. In the game content of the present embodiment, at the end of the game, the player can select any character that appeared during game play and print it as a new card. The printing unit 108 prints and outputs the card of the character with the character information related to the selected character and the player information related to the player who was playing the game.

《Process at game start》
With respect to the game start process executed to determine the character used by the player in game play in the game apparatus 100 of this embodiment having such a configuration, specific processing will be described using the flowchart of FIG. To do. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it.

  Note that the process at the start of the game will be described as being started when, for example, it is detected that a value related to game play has been inserted into a coin insertion slot (not shown) of the game apparatus 100. Further, it is assumed that the control unit 101 can acquire the elapsed time from the start of the game start process using the timer function.

  In step S <b> 201, the control unit 101 determines whether the acquisition unit 105 has acquired card information. The control unit 101 determines this step based on whether or not information (card information) newly acquired from the acquisition unit 105 has been received. If it is determined that the card information has been acquired, the control unit 101 moves the process to S202. If it determines that the card information has not been acquired, the control unit 101 moves the process to S204.

  In step S <b> 202, the control unit 101 stores the card information received from the acquisition unit 105 in the memory 103. In the game content of this embodiment, the player can use (recognize) three characters, that is, three cards, for one game play. The control unit 101 stores the received card information in the memory 103 as card information of “Nth card (N ≦ 3)”, for example.

  In step S <b> 203, the control unit 101 determines whether or not card information related to three cards, which is the upper limit number that can be used, is stored in the memory 103. If the control unit 101 determines that the card information related to three cards has been stored, the process proceeds to S205. If the control unit 101 determines that only card information less than three is stored, the process proceeds to S204.

  In S204, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the conditions for starting the game are satisfied. The conditions relating to the start of the game are, for example, that an elapsed time from the start of the game start process has reached a predetermined time limit, an operation input that intentionally speeds up the remaining time until the time limit is made, or a game is started An operation input related to the determination may be made. The control unit 101 moves the process to S205 when it is determined that the condition for starting the game is satisfied, and returns the process to S201 when it is determined that the condition is not satisfied.

  In S205, the control unit 101 executes a determination process for determining whether or not the card information stored as used for the game play can be used.

<Determination process>
Hereinafter, the card information determination process executed in this step will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In S301, the control unit 101 refers to the card information stored in the memory 103, refers to the player information of the card information other than the card information indicating the promotion card, and determines whether all the player information matches. When it is determined that the player information included in the card information related to the cards other than the promotion card matches, the control unit 101 moves the process to S304, and if not matched, moves the process to S302. Note that the control unit 101 also moves the process to S304 when there is no card information having player information in the stored card information.

  In step S <b> 302, the control unit 101 sets the player information included in the card information acquired first except for the promotion card as a “reference player” in the order stored in the memory 103.

  In S303, the control unit 101 refers to the character information of the card information having player information different from the reference player, and determines whether the character class indicated by the character information is a predetermined class. In the game content of the present embodiment, as described above, the character class is determined by the progressive superiority in the game play. Therefore, when the character class is not a class that can affect the game balance (class D or lower). Even if the card relating to the character belongs to another player, processing is performed so that the game can be played exceptionally. In this step, the control unit 101 determines that the character is a predetermined class when the character's class is D or less (D, E). When the control unit 101 determines that the character class indicated by the character information of the card information having player information different from the reference player is a predetermined class, the process proceeds to S304, and when the control unit 101 determines that the character class is not the predetermined class Moves the process to S305. The process of this step is executed for all card information having player information different from the reference player, and the control unit 101 performs the process when the character corresponding to the character information of at least one card information is not a predetermined class. Move to.

  The determination in this step using the class information may be performed by using the class information included in the character information of the card information, or in the character DB corresponding to the character ID of the character information. It may be performed by referring to the class information. Further, in this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the description will be made assuming that the availability is determined based on the class information. However, the class information is a standard for the determination. For example, the character information of a predetermined character without the concept of class is used. It may be performed based on the classification.

  In S304, the control unit 101 stores in the memory 103 the determination result that the card information stored as used for the game play is usable, and the determination process is completed. On the other hand, in S305, the control unit 101 stores in the memory 103 a determination result that the card information stored as being used for game play is unusable, and the determination process is completed.

  Thus, after the determination result by the determination process is stored in the memory 103, the control unit 101 proceeds to S206 of the game start process.

  In step S206, the control unit 101 determines whether a determination result indicating that the stored card information can be used by the determination process is obtained. The control unit 101 moves the process to S210 when it is determined that the determination result that it is usable is obtained, and moves the process to S207 when it is determined that the determination result that it is unusable is obtained.

  In step S207, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the determination result is the second time for the current game play. In the game content of this embodiment, when a card used for game play is registered including cards having player information of different players and having a class of C or more, the players include cards of different players. Notifying that the registration has been made, allowing the re-registration of the used card only once and prompting the player to register the card again. Therefore, if the control unit 101 determines that the determination result is the second time, the process proceeds to S208. If the control unit 101 determines that the determination result is the first time, the card information stored in the memory 103 is released or deleted. To S201.

  In S208, the control unit 101 selects three characters by lottery from the characters that can be used in the game, and changes the character information of the card information used for the game play in the memory 103 with the corresponding character information. The selection of characters by lottery is set for game play in a manner equivalent to so-called “loan” provided so that even a player with less than a prescribed number of cards can play the game. However, it is not necessary for the characters in the loaned state to be separated in the game play. For example, as in the case where the card of the character having the initial value parameters is used, the game is assumed to be a character owned by the current player. Play may be performed. By doing so, it is possible to provide a game experience comparable to other players without giving a negative impression to the player. If a promotion card is included at this time, the character information of the other card information may be changed to the character information of the character selected by lottery.

  In step S209, the control unit 101 sets player information to be used for game play. In the game content of the present embodiment, player information is required for card printing after game play, so it is necessary to set player information used for game play. For example, when the card information stored in the memory 103 exists, the player information used in connection with the game play may be set by causing the player to select one of the player information, or the stored player information may be stored. The player information newly input by the player may be set regardless of the presence or absence of the card information.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S206 that a determination result indicating that the card can be used is obtained, the control unit 101 determines in S210 whether the card information used for the game play includes information on three cards. . If the control unit 101 determines that information for three cards is included, the process proceeds to S213, and if it is determined that only information for a card that is less than three is included, the process proceeds to S211. .

  In S211, the control unit 101 adds the character information of the character selected by lottery from the characters that can be used in the game, as the card information used for the game play, for the number of cards that are insufficient from three.

  In S212, the control unit 101 sets player information to be used for game play. The player information used in connection with the game play set in this step is the player information when the player information of the reference player is set in the determination process, and in the determination process without the card information having the player information. When the player information of the reference player is not set, the player information is newly input by the player.

  In step S213, the control unit 101 sets the player information of the reference player set in the determination process as player information to be used in connection with the game play.

  In S <b> 214, the control unit 101 sets to start game play using the player information used for game play and the character information of the card information used for game play stored in the memory 103. The process at the start of the game is completed.

  By doing in this way, in the game device 100 of this embodiment, even if a player mistakenly registers another player's card for game play, suitable player information is set while allowing re-registration. The played game can be provided to the player.

  In the present embodiment, the condition related to the game start in S204 has been described as including the condition whether the elapsed time from the start of the game start process has reached the time limit. However, when the card is to be re-registered. The control unit 101 may extend the time limit or reset the elapsed time measurement.

  As described above, in the game device of this embodiment, game play using an article having player information can be suitably provided to the player. Specifically, the game device manages character information and player information of the article acquired for one article. When a plurality of player information acquired for a plurality of managed items match when a predetermined condition for starting game play is satisfied, the plurality of items acquired for the plurality of items are matched. A game using the character indicated by the character information is executed.

[Embodiment 2]
Hereinafter, the determination processing of this embodiment different from that of Embodiment 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the description of the determination process of the present embodiment, the same reference numerals are assigned to the steps for performing the same process as in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  After the reference player is set in S302, the control unit 101 sets card information other than the card information in which the player information is set as the reference player in S401, and sets card information indicating other than the promotion card as determination target card information. To do.

  In S402, the control unit 101 refers to the character information of all the determination target card information, and determines whether or not the character classes indicated by the character information are all equal to or lower than the class D. When the control unit 101 determines that all the characters indicated by the character information of all the determination target card information are class D or less, the process proceeds to S304, and when it is determined that at least one of the characters is class C or more Moves the process to S403.

  In step S403, the control unit 101 determines whether all the character classes indicated by the character information of all the determination target card information are class C or higher. When the control unit 101 determines that all the characters indicated by the character information of all the determination target card information are higher than the class C, the process proceeds to S305, and when it is determined that at least one of the characters is lower than the class D Moves the process to S404.

  In S404, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the player information of all the determination target card information is the same player information. The control unit 101 moves the process to S305 when determining that the player information of all the determination target card information is the same player information, and moves the process to S405 when determining that at least one of the player information is different. Move.

  In step S405, the control unit 101 refers to all card information in which the player information in the determination target card information is the same as the player information of the reference player, and all the character classes corresponding to the character information in the card information are classified into classes. It is determined whether or not it is C or more. If the control unit 101 determines that all the character classes corresponding to all card information having the same player information as the reference player are class C or higher, the process proceeds to step S304. If it is determined that the card information having the character information indicating the character is other player information, the process proceeds to S305.

  By doing in this way, like Embodiment 1, the case where the card of other players was mistakenly registered for game play can be suitably excluded from the situation where game play is possible. .

  In the game content of the present embodiment, it has been described that three cards can be registered as cards used for game play as the upper limit number, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when four or more cards are set as the upper limit number of cards, the flowchart of the determination process in FIG. 4 can be dealt with by changing S405. Specifically, in step S405, the control unit 101 determines that all pieces of determination target card information having character information corresponding to characters of class C or higher in the determination target card information are the same as the player information of the reference player. It is determined whether or not it has. If the control unit 101 determines that all pieces of determination target card information having character information corresponding to characters of class C or higher have the same player information as the player information of the reference player, the process proceeds to S304. If it is determined that the determination target card information having character information corresponding to a character of class C or higher includes card information having other player information, the process proceeds to S305. Thereby, the same effect can be acquired.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100: Game device 101: Control part 102: Recording medium 103: Memory 104: Drawing part 105: Acquisition part 106: Display output part 107: Operation input part 108: Printing part

Claims (13)

A game device connected to an acquisition means for acquiring information attached to an article from the article,
Management means for managing character information and player information of the article acquired by the acquisition means for one article;
Acquired for a plurality of articles when all of the plurality of player information acquired for the plurality of articles managed by the management means match when a predetermined condition for starting game play is satisfied. Execution means for executing a game using a character indicated by a plurality of character information;
A game apparatus comprising:   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling the acquisition means so that the information attached to the article is re-acquired when the plurality of player information includes player information different from the others. The game device described in 1.   The execution means is acquired by the acquisition means when new player information is not re-acquired during a predetermined time or when player information different from the others is included in a plurality of re-acquired player information. The game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a game using a character indicated by character information selected without being based on the information to be executed is executed.   The game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the character information includes information for specifying a classification of the character indicated by the character information.   5. The game apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information specifying the character classification is information indicating a class set for each character usable in the game.   The control means includes a case where player information different from the others is included in the plurality of player information, and character information acquired from an article corresponding to the player information different from the other includes information specifying a predetermined classification The game apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the acquisition unit performs re-acquisition.   When the new player information is not re-acquired for a predetermined time, or the player information different from the others is included in the re-acquired player information and the execution means is different from the other player information. When the character information acquired from the corresponding article includes information specifying a predetermined classification, a game is executed that uses the character indicated by the selected character information without being based on the information acquired by the acquisition means. The game device according to claim 4, wherein:   8. The management unit according to claim 2, wherein when the information attached to the article is re-acquired by the acquisition unit, player information and character information that are already managed are excluded from management. The game device according to claim 1.   The execution means, when a predetermined condition related to the start of the game play is satisfied, and character information or player information corresponding to a number of articles less than a predetermined number is managed by the management means, The game device according to claim 1, wherein a game using a character indicated by at least one character information selected without being based on information acquired by the acquisition unit is executed.   The character shown by the character information selected without being based on the information acquired by the acquisition means is selected by lottery from characters usable in the game. Game device.   In the case where player information different from the others is included in the plurality of player information, there is further provided setting means for setting one player information of the plurality of player information as player information used in connection with game play. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is a game device.   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for acquiring new player information and setting it as player information used in connection with game play when the plurality of player information includes player information different from others. The game device according to any one of 1 to 10.   A program that causes a computer connected to an acquisition unit that acquires information attached to an article from the article to function as each unit of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

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