JP6182784B2 - GAME DEVICE, GAME SYSTEM, COMPUTER, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device, a game system, a computer, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a game device that provides a game in which a plurality of objects owned by a certain user, for example, a friend's character, is played against an opponent character owned by another user (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such a game, in order to determine one instruction, the user may perform an operation of selecting from a plurality of candidates. For example, when an attack of the instruction content indicated by the command type is applied to a certain character among the opponents by a certain character among the allies, the character to be used (operation target), the command type (instruction) The user selects three items, that is, an attacking character (receiving object) by operating an input device such as a touch panel.

JP 2013-000498 A

  By the way, an example in which such a game display screen is arranged so that the characters m1 to m5 of the teammate and the characters n1 to n4 of the opponent face each other as shown in FIG. Is. In such a display screen, the operation for selecting the operation target is an operation for selecting from among the displayed characters m1 to m5, and the operation for selecting the receiver target is from among the displayed characters n1 to n4. It can be said that the selection operation is intuitive.

  However, since the area where the characters m1 to m5 are arranged and the area where the characters n1 to n4 are arranged are separated from each other, as shown in FIG. It is necessary to individually execute an operation P for designating any one of -m5 (m4 in the drawing) and an operation Q for designating any of the characters n1 to n4 (n3 in the drawing). Further, when selecting a command type, an operation of separately specifying the type of attack to be used from one or more types of attacks is required.

As described above, in order to determine one instruction in the game, it is necessary to repeat an operation specified from a plurality of candidates a plurality of times, which causes a problem that the operation is troublesome for the user. It was.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and one of its purposes is to provide a technique capable of easily performing an operation of designating from a plurality of candidates.

  In order to achieve the above object, a game apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a game apparatus that receives an input operation to an input device that can specify a position on a display screen, A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target in the first region, and that displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver in the second region; An operation detection unit that detects position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and an operation target object among the first candidate objects that is detected by the operation detection unit An operation target selection unit that is selected based on position information at the start of the operation, and an instruction content for the operation target object are detected by the operation detection unit. An instruction content determination unit that determines based on a part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end of the input operation that has been performed, and a receiver target object among the second candidate objects is detected by the operation detection unit A receiver target selection unit that selects based on position information at the end of the input operation; and an execution unit that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content.

  A game system according to another aspect of the present invention is a game system that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of specifying a position on a display screen, and includes an operation target in a first area of the display area. A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the reception, and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient in the second area, and an input to the input device An operation detection unit that detects the operated position information from the start to the end of the operation, and an operation target object among the first candidate objects, the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit An operation target selection unit that selects an operation based on the input operation detected by the operation detection unit At the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit, the instruction content determination unit that determines based on a part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end, and the receiver target object among the second candidate objects A receiver target selection unit that selects based on the position information, and an execution unit that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content.

  A computer according to still another aspect of the present invention is a game device that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of specifying a position on a display screen, and the operation target is displayed in the first area of the display area. A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the reception, and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient in the second area, and an input to the input device An operation detection unit that detects the operated position information from the start to the end of the operation, and an operation target object among the first candidate objects, the position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit An operation target selection unit that selects an operation based on the input operation detected by the operation detection unit At the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit, the instruction content determination unit that determines based on a part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end, and the receiver target object among the second candidate objects A receiver target selection unit that selects based on the position information, and an execution unit that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content.

  A computer control method according to another aspect of the present invention is a computer control method for accepting an input operation to an input device capable of designating a position on a display screen, and includes a first area of a display area. Displaying two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target, and displaying two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the recipient in the second area; Detecting the position information input by the operation from the start to the end of the operation, and selecting the operation target object of the first candidate objects based on the position information at the start of the input operation, Instruction contents for the operation target object are determined based on a part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end of the input operation. Selecting a receiver target object among the second candidate objects based on position information at the end of the input operation; and affecting the receiver target object based on the instruction content. Have.

  A program according to still another aspect of the present invention provides a computer that receives an input operation to an input device that can specify a position on a display screen as a candidate for an operation target in a first area of the display area. A display control unit that displays two or more first candidate objects that are displayed, and displays two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for recipients in the second region, a position that is input to the input device An operation detection unit that detects information from the start to the end of the operation, and an operation target object among the first candidate objects is selected based on position information at the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. The operation target selection unit and the instruction content for the operation target object are changed from the start of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit. An instruction content determination unit that is determined based on a part or all of the movement trajectory until the receiver target object among the second candidate objects is used as position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit A receiver target selection unit that performs selection based on the target content, and an execution unit that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system containing the terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game server in the system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal device in the system. It is a functional block diagram in the system. It is a schematic diagram of the user information in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the battle | competition process in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the attack determination process in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a schematic diagram of user information in the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal device which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in a terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal device which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal device which concerns on an application example. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal device which concerns on an application example. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal device which concerns on an application example. It is a functional block diagram in the system concerning an application example. It is a figure which shows the example of operation with respect to the display screen of the conventional competitive game.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system including a terminal device according to the first embodiment. As shown in this figure, the system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices (game devices) 20-1, 20-2, 20-3,... And a game server 10, and includes a plurality of terminal devices 20-1. , 20-2, 20-3,... Are connected to the game server 10 via the mobile communication network Nb, the gateway 15, and the Internet Na.
In the following, since the terminal devices 20-1, 20-2, 20-3,... Are generally described without specifying the terminal devices, “− (hyphen)” in the reference numerals are omitted. It is simply “20”.

  In the present embodiment, a game is provided to a user who owns the terminal device 20 via the terminal device 20. The game server 10 manages a game provided by the terminal device 20. Therefore, the game server 10 provides necessary information to the terminal device 20 and manages various types of information. The contents of the game and various information to be managed will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the game server 10. As shown in this figure, the game server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that controls the entire apparatus, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 that functions as a main memory of the CPU 101, and a ROM that stores a boot program and the like. (Read Only Memory) 103, a communication unit 104 for communicating via a network, and a storage unit 108 for storing various programs and data. In the storage unit 108, a storage unit described later is constructed by the CPU 101 and various information is managed.

  Although the game server 10 is constructed as a single unit in FIG. 1, it may be configured so that it is distributed to two or more units and virtually viewed as one unit when viewed from the outside. On the other hand, some functions of the game server 10 may be constructed by a server that provides other services. Moreover, you may comprise so that the game server 10 may connect with the terminal device 20 via a relay server.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal device 20. As shown in this figure, the terminal device 20 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a communication unit 204, a storage unit 208, a display panel 210, and a touch panel 220.
The terminal device 20 is, for example, a mobile phone operated by a user, and includes a touch panel 220 superimposed on the display panel 210. The terminal device 20 is necessary when the user performs a touch operation on the screen displayed on the display panel 210. It is configured to input various information and various instructions.

  In the figure, a CPU 201 controls the entire terminal device 20, and a memory 202 stores a basic program, an application program (game application) for providing a game, various data, and the like. The game application here causes the terminal device 20 to function as a game device by execution thereof, and is downloaded from a specific site and installed in the terminal device 20. The communication unit 204 communicates with the game server 10 via the Internet Na or the mobile communication network Nb.

The display panel 210 is a flat display such as a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) device. Although not described in detail, the touch panel 220 detects the touch position (two-dimensional coordinate value) of the screen displayed by the display panel 210 and supplies the CPU 201 with position information indicating the detected touch position. Based on the position information from the touch panel 220, the CPU 201 detects the moving direction of the touch position, the moving speed, the type of touch operation, and the like, and specifies the operation content given to the touch panel 220.
Here, the types of touch operations that can be detected include, for example, tap, flick, drag, pinch and the like. Of these, tapping is an operation of tapping the display screen with a finger. Flicking is an operation in which the object displayed on the screen is gently touched with a finger. Dragging is an operation of moving an object displayed on the screen in contact with a finger. Pinch is an operation of expanding or narrowing a display screen with two fingers in contact with each other. In addition to the above-described types of touch operations, touch-on at the moment of touching the display panel 210 (touch panel 220) with a finger or the like and touch-off for separating the touched finger or the like are included.

  The terminal device 20 is not limited to the mobile communication network Nb, and may be configured to be connected to a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). When connected to a wireless LAN, the terminal device 20 is connected to the game server 10 via a wireless base station (access point) and the Internet Na. The terminal device 20 is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be a tablet computer or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

The game provided by the terminal device 20 is an SNS (Social Networking Service) game in which a user who owns the terminal device 20 participates and interacts with a user other than the user. A team composed of characters owned by users (for example, objects such as monsters) is played against a team composed of characters owned by other users, and rewards such as virtual game value according to the victory or defeat. It is the content to get.
In the following, for convenience of explanation, the user who leads the game start is referred to as “one user”, and the opponent of the game is referred to as “other user”.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing functional blocks constructed by the terminal device 20 and the game server 10 when a game is provided by the terminal device 20 by focusing on one terminal device 20.
This functional block is constructed by executing a predetermined program in the game server 10, and by executing the game application in the terminal device 20, respectively.
Note that the Internet Na, the gateway 15, the mobile communication network Nb in FIG. 1, the communication unit 104 in FIG. 2, the communication unit 204 in FIG. 3, and the like are only transmission paths for data and information. In FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the game server 10 side, a plurality of functional units for providing a game to each terminal device 20 by executing the predetermined program, that is, a receiving unit 135 and a storage unit 140. The transmission unit 137 and the control unit 150 are constructed.
Among these, the receiving unit 135 receives a game start instruction, information indicating a result, and the like from the terminal device 20. The control unit 150 manages and controls the progress of the game according to the information received by the receiving unit 135, and manages the user information Q stored in the storage unit 140. The storage unit 140 stores user information Q as a master for each user of each terminal device 20. Details of the user information Q will be described later.
The transmission unit 137 transmits user information Q corresponding to one user, user information Q (Qc) corresponding to another user, and the like to the terminal device 20 according to control by the control unit 150.

  Note that the game server 10 transmits information also to the terminal devices 20 other than the focused terminal device 20, while receiving information and the like from the terminal devices 20 other than the focused terminal device 20. In FIG. 4, an arrow heading from the transmitting unit 137 to a terminal device 20 other than the terminal device 20 of interest indicates that information is transmitted to the terminal devices 20 other than the terminal device 20 of interest, and the terminal device of interest An arrow from other than 20 toward the receiving unit 135 indicates that information from another terminal device 20 is accepted.

On the other hand, the operation detection unit 231, the storage unit 240, the display control unit 241, the transmission unit 235, the reception unit 237, and the management unit 250 are constructed by the CPU 201 executing the game application on the terminal device 20 side. Among these, the management unit 250 constructs an operation target selection unit 251, an instruction content determination unit 252, an attack target selection unit 253, and an execution unit 254 to control each unit of the terminal device 20, although details will be described later. It has a configuration.
A work area W is allocated to a part of the storage unit 240. In the work area W, one user information Q supplied from the game server 10 and user information Q (Qc) corresponding to another user are temporarily stored when the game is provided.

The display control unit 241 controls the display contents of the display area 205 according to the information and instruction contents supplied from the management unit 250.
The display area 205 is an area that is displayed on the display panel 210. The operation detection unit 231 detects an operation on the touch panel 220 performed by the user, and outputs information about the operation. Specifically, the operation detection unit 231 detects the position information of the touch operation, the type of the touch operation, and the like and the operation content given to the touch panel 220 when the touch panel 220 is operated. Is supplied to the management unit 250.
The transmission unit 235 transmits various information such as instructions and results supplied from the management unit 250 to the game server 10. On the other hand, the receiving unit 237 receives user information Q and the like from the game server.

Next, the user information Q will be described.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the user information Q. As shown in the figure, the user information Q corresponding to a certain user includes user identification information, possessed character information, and team information.
Among these, the user identification information is information that uniquely identifies the user.
The owned character information is a collection of unit data corresponding to one or more characters (hereinafter referred to as “owned characters”) owned by the user, and each of the unit data includes character identification information, command information, and game information Y, respectively. Including.

Here, paying attention to certain unit data, the character identification information, command information, and game information Y in the focused unit data will be described in relation to the possessed character defined by the focused unit data.
First, the character identification information is information for uniquely identifying the possessed character. Although not particularly illustrated, the character is accompanied by name information of the character and image information for display. These name information and image information are stored in the storage unit 140 in association with the character identification information, for example.
Next, the command information is information for identifying the type of attack (command) specific to the possessed character, and the command name (type), the trajectory pattern to be given to the touch panel 220 when the command is given, Information indicating the contents of the command is included.
For example, in the figure, the command information in the unit data of interest is an example in which three types of names “barking”, “biting”, and “beam” are defined.
The command information is different for each character (it may be the same). The unit data may or may not have a plurality of types as command information. If the unit data does not have command information, the possessed character corresponding to the unit data is “normal attack”, that is, a general command type not specific to the character, specifically, the game of the owned character. Only attacks specified by information Y (attack power information) are given.

  The game information Y is information that specifies the ability of the possessed character, and specifically includes physical strength information, attack power information, and defense power information. Among these, the physical strength information is an index indicating the physical strength value (durability) of the possessed character. The attack power information is an index indicating the attack capability of the possessed character, and the defense capability information is an index indicating the defense capability of the owned character. Such game information Y (physical strength information, defense strength information, attack strength information) is appropriately updated by a battle or the like.

Here, in this embodiment, the relationship between the battle in the game and the game information Y will be briefly described. For example, when a character (operation target character) attacks another character (attack target character), the attack amount applied to the attack target character is determined by the attack ability of the operation target character and the command used for the attack. Determined. That is, if an appropriate command is used for the operation target character, a larger attack amount can be generated. Conversely, if an inappropriate command is used, the attack amount is reduced.
On the other hand, if the attack target character receives an attack indicated by the attack amount, the attack character does not take damage unless the attack amount exceeds the self-defense ability, but exceeds if the attack amount exceeds the defense ability. It will be updated so that it takes only the amount of damage, that is, the health value decreases by the amount of damage received.
Therefore, for one user on the side of the attack, (1) which character of the ally, (2) which command is used, and (3) which character of the opponent is attacked are extremely different in this game. It is an important strategy.

In each unit data, only the character identification information of the owned character can be specified, and the game information Y of each character can be stored and managed in association with the character identification information as data separate from the user information Q.
Further, for the game information Y, for example, the physical strength and the attacking ability may be increased by a predetermined value depending on the experience of the game, and the physical strength may be recovered by the effectiveness of a predetermined item or for each game. May be.

The team information included in the user information Q is information indicating which character of the user's owned characters corresponding to the user information Q is used to play against other users.
That is, in this embodiment, a certain user forms a team with the owned characters indicated by the team information among the characters owned by the user, and plays against the opponent team.
It should be noted that among the owned characters, which character constitutes the team may be selected in advance by the user, may be selected randomly by the management unit 250, or may be owned according to a predetermined rule, for example. A configuration may be adopted in which a predetermined number of characters positioned higher in the descending order of attack power information and defense power information is selected.

Next, an outline of the game provided in the present embodiment will be described.
The game involves a team consisting of one user's own character and a team consisting of another user's own character, and is a turn system in which the attacking side and the defending side are alternately switched. ing.
Here, when an attacker's turn arrives at one user and another user becomes the defender, the one user designates the content of the attack by performing the following operation. Specifically, when a turn arrives for one user, the one user
(A) One character (operation target character) is designated by touch-on from the remaining characters in the team,
(B) While drawing a trajectory of a command corresponding to the operation target character (trajectory drawing) from the touch-on position, the command is moved to one character (attack target character) that attacks the opponent team,
(C) Touch off at the position of the attack target character.
Note that the operations from the touch-on in (A) to the touch-off in (C) through the trajectory drawing in (B) are actually continuous operations without being divided, but this description is for convenience. The explanation will be divided into two.
Here, the description of drawing the locus of the command is used. However, the locus may be drawn in the display area 205 or may be simply a movement of the touched portion and may not be drawn.

Among the continuous operations, the operation target selection unit 251 in the management unit 250 determines (selects) the operation target character by touch-on in (A). Also, the instruction content determination unit 252 in the management unit 250 determines the attack content (instruction content) by the operation target character from the locus drawing of (B). The attack target selection unit 253 in the management unit 250 determines (selects) the attack target character by the touch-off of (C).
In addition, when a continuous operation from (A) to (C) is performed by the one user, the “operation target character” adds an attack indicated by “instruction content” to the “attack target character”. The execution unit 254 in the management unit 250 executes processing such as updating the physical strength information of the attack target character.

  On the other hand, when the attack side turns to another user and one user becomes the defender side, the operations from (A) to (C) by the other user, that is, which is the operation target character The instruction content and the attack target character to be added are determined by the management unit 250 of the terminal device 20 owned by one user. For this reason, the game in this embodiment looks as if it is playing against another user from the viewpoint of one user, but actually, the terminal device 20 borrows the character of the other user, The content is that the game is advanced regardless of the will of other users.

  In the game of the present embodiment, when the turn arrives and the operations from (A) to (C), the operation target character of (1), the instruction content of (2), and (3) the operation target character are When the attack content is selected and the attack content is determined, the attack target character is given damage according to the attack content, and the physical strength value (physical strength information) of the character is reduced by an amount corresponding to the damage. When the character's health value is less than or equal to zero, the character is eliminated from the team. When the remaining number of characters that make up any team of one user or another user becomes zero (when they are annihilated), the user who is annihilated becomes the loser and the remaining user is the winner It becomes.

The game result (win / lose) is notified to one user who led the game start as will be described later. If one user wins, a predetermined item, virtual game value, etc. are given as a reward.
On the other hand, other users may be notified of a request from the terminal device 20 owned by the other user or may not be notified. In any case, other users are unaware that the game for which the user is the opponent was executed by the initiative of one user.
For this reason, it can be said that the game provided in the present embodiment is an asynchronous game in which one user and another user do not need to execute the game at the same time. For this reason, compared with the synchronous game in which a plurality of users are required to participate in the game at the same time, there is an advantage that a large number of users can easily participate in the battle game.

As described above, the game provided in the present embodiment is an asynchronous type, and the game led by one user has the terminal device 20 owned by the one user regardless of the will of the other user. Borrow the user's character to advance the game. For this reason, when a game is started by one user, the user information Q corresponding to the one user and the user information Q corresponding to another user are received from the game server 10 in the terminal device 20 of the one user. The information is transferred and stored in the work area W of the storage unit 240, and the user information Q (game information Y) is updated as the game progresses. After the game ends, the user information Q corresponding to one user is transmitted to the game server 10 and reflected in the storage content in the storage unit 140, but the user information Q corresponding to other users is discarded.
Thereby, from the viewpoint of other users, even if the game is started regardless of one's will, the user information Q of the other users stored in the storage unit 140 is not changed.
The game provided in the embodiment is an asynchronous game here, but it is needless to say that it may be a synchronous game.

<System operation>
Next, the operation of the terminal device 20 will be described.

6 and 7 are flowcharts showing a battle process in the game when the start of the game is led by one user.
First, when one user performs a predetermined operation on the terminal device 20, for example, when an operation of tapping a software button or the like indicating the start of a battle is performed on the main menu screen (not shown) of the game, the operation detection unit 231 supplies operation information indicating the operation to the management unit 250. The management unit 250 transmits information specifying the one user and a game start instruction to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235.

When the game server 10 receives such information and instructions from the terminal device 20 by the receiving unit 135, the control unit 150 causes the terminal device 20 of the one user to, for example, a user who can compete with the one user. Send information (nickname, skill level, possession items, etc.).
In the terminal device 20, when the information is received by the receiving unit 237, the management unit 250 transfers the information to the display control unit 241 and displays an opponent selection screen (not shown) in the display area 205. Instruct.
Note that the opponent selection screen is, for example, a list screen of opponents with which one user can compete, and is a screen that prompts the one user to select one opponent as an opponent from the list. is there. Moreover, as an opponent with whom one user can fight, the person who has the relationship (friend relationship) mutually linked | related with the said one user is mentioned as an example, for example.

According to the opponent selection screen, the one user selects one opponent. When the one user selects a partner, the partner is determined as another user (step Sa11). When the operation detection unit 231 receives an operation for selecting another user, the operation detection unit 231 supplies information specifying the selected user to the management unit 250. The management unit 250 transmits the information to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235.
Note that the opponent may be determined by a method other than selection by one user. For example, a partner close to the skill level of one user may be determined at random, or a partner close to the condition requested by one user may be searched and determined.

On the other hand, when the start of the game is instructed by one user and another user is determined, the game server 10 and the terminal device 20 initialize the game to play against the other user as viewed from the one user. (Preparatory processing) is executed as follows (step Sa12).
First, on the game server 10 side, the control unit 150 reads out user information Q corresponding to each of one user and another user from the storage unit 140, and sends the transmission unit 137 to the terminal device 20 of the one user. Send through. At this time, the control unit 150 acquires character name information and image information associated with the character identification information in the user information of both users, and transmits them to the terminal device 20 of the one user. Strictly speaking, only the characters indicated by the team information among the owned characters are used for the battle. For this reason, it is not necessary to supply the user information Q (all information on the characters owned by the user), and it is only necessary to transmit the unit data (and name information and image information) of the characters constituting the team to the terminal device 20. However, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed here that user information Q corresponding to one user and another user is transmitted to the terminal device 20 as described above.
Further, although the game provided in this embodiment is a turn system, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the first turn arrives at one user. Of course, it may be determined at random as to which of the first turn will come, or one user may be selected.

On the terminal device 20 side, when the above information is received from the game server 10, the management unit 250 stores the user information Q corresponding to one user and the user information Q corresponding to another user respectively. It is stored in the work area W at 240. Note that the user information Q corresponding to other users stored in the work area W will be described with the symbol Qc in order to distinguish it from the user information Q corresponding to one user.
When the information is received, the management unit 250 instructs the display control unit 241 to create a battle screen based on the information. In accordance with this instruction, the display control unit 241 creates a battle screen and displays it in the display area 205.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a battle screen displayed in the display area 205 in the terminal device 20.
As shown in the figure, in the display area 205, the lower first area A1 and the upper second area A2 are provided so as to sandwich the third area A3, and the second area A2 is located above the second area A2. Four areas A4 are provided.

Among these, the 1st area | region A1 displays the character which comprises one user, ie, his own team. Specifically, the management unit 250 supplies the image information of the character indicated by the team information among the user information Q stored in the work area W corresponding to the received one user to the display control unit 241 for display control. The unit 241 displays the supplied character image in the first area A1, so that the characters constituting one user's team are displayed as first candidate objects that are candidates for operation. At this time, the order of the characters arranged in the first area A1 may be random, or may be a predetermined rule, for example, an order of ability indicated by the game information Y.
In the display example shown in FIG. 8, there are five characters M1 to M5 displayed in the first area A1. In the figure, the physical strength gauges of the corresponding characters are displayed below the characters M1 to M5. This physical strength gauge is a normalized display of how much physical strength value (physical strength information) remains compared to when it is full (100%). Indicates that the health value remains as it goes to the right in the figure.

In the second area A2, other users, that is, characters constituting the opponent team are displayed as second candidate objects that are candidates for receiving. Specifically, the management unit 250 supplies the image information of the character indicated by the team information among the user information Qc corresponding to other users to the display control unit 241, and the display control unit 241 supplies the character information of the supplied character. By displaying the image in the second area A2, the characters constituting the teams of other users are displayed.
At this time, the order of the characters arranged in the second area A2 may be random as in the first area A1, or may follow a predetermined rule.
In the display example of FIG. 8, the four characters N1 to N4 are displayed in the second area A2. In the figure, the character's corresponding physical strength gauge is displayed below the characters N1 to N4.

  The third area A3 is an area for drawing a command locus in (B) above.

In the fourth area A4, a message from the game providing side (system side) is displayed for one user. Specifically, the management unit 250 supplies message data corresponding to the progress of the game to the display control unit 241, and the display control unit 241 displays the message indicated by the supplied data in the fourth area A4. .
In the example of FIG. 8, the message displayed in the fourth area A4 indicates that a turn has arrived for one user.

Now, when a battle | competition screen is displayed on the display area 205 of the terminal device 20, the management part 250 discriminate | determines whether the turn has arrived at one user (step Sa13).
If a turn has arrived for one user (if the determination result in step Sa13 is “Yes”), an attack determination process corresponding to the one user is executed (step Sa14). On the other hand, if the turn has arrived at another user (if the determination result at step Sa13 is “No”), an attack determination process corresponding to the other user is executed (step Sa15).
As described above, since the first turn comes to one user side, here, the attack determination process corresponding to one user, that is, the details of step Sa14 will be described with reference to FIG.

When a turn has arrived at one user, as described above, the one user is continuously connected from (A) to (B) to (C) in order to specify the attack contents in that turn. Operate.
Therefore, first, it is determined whether or not a touch-on, which is the start of this continuous operation, has been performed (step Sb11). Specifically, when a touch-on occurs, the operation detection unit 231 supplies the touched position information to the management unit 250, and the management unit 250 determines that the position information is in its first area A1 on the battle screen. It is determined whether or not the display area is one of the characters constituting the team (abbreviated as “friend character” in FIG. 7).
If the touch-on is not performed or if the touch-on portion is not the display area of the character constituting the team (if the determination result in step Sb11 is “No”), the management unit 250 Then, the processing procedure returns to step Sb11. For this reason, the processing procedure waits in step Sb11 until the characters constituting the team are touched on.

On the other hand, when any of the characters constituting the team is touched on (when the determination result in step Sb11 is “Yes”), the operation target selection unit 251 of the management unit 250 selects the touched character. To do. The management unit 250 supplies the name information and unit data of the character to the display control unit 241, and causes the fourth area A4 to display a message including the name information and the command information (command name and locus pattern). (Step Sb12).
Thus, for example, when one user touches on the character M4 with the finger of the left hand as shown in FIG. 9 on the battle screen displayed when a turn arrives for one user as shown in FIG. 8, In the fourth area A4, the following message is displayed. That is, in the fourth area A4, the name of the character M4 “Great Pumpkin” is included, and the names of the commands “barking”, “biting”, and “beam” are associated with the respective trace patterns. A message is displayed.

When the touch-on position information starts to move, the operation detection unit 231 supplies the position information to the management unit 250, and the management unit 250 stores the position information in the storage unit 240 in order to determine the movement locus. Store sequentially (step Sb13).
Then, the operation detection unit 231 determines whether or not a touch-off has occurred (step Sb14). If touch-off does not occur and touch-on continues (if the determination result in step Sb14 is “No”), the operation detection unit 231 returns the processing procedure to step Sb13. For this reason, the processing procedure circulates in steps Sb13 and Sb14 until the touch-off is performed.
On the other hand, if a touch-off occurs (if the determination result in step Sb14 is “Yes”), the operation detection unit 231 supplies information indicating that the touch-off has occurred to the management unit 250. The attack target selection unit 253 of the management unit 250 determines whether or not the last position information in time among the sequentially stored position information is the display position of the opponent character (step Sb15). Here, the position information stored immediately before the touch-off is handled as the position information of the touch-off, that is, position information at the end of the input operation.
Even if the touch-off occurs, if the touch-off occurs at a point other than the display position of the opponent character (if the determination result in step Sb15 is “No”), the management unit 250 returns the processing procedure to step Sb11. For this reason, the touch operation from the touch-on to the touch-off is invalidated.

If the touch-off occurs at the display position of the opponent character (if the determination result of step Sb15 is “Yes”), the attack target selection unit 253 of the management unit 250 selects the opponent character corresponding to the touch-off display position. . And the management part 250 reads the positional information from the said touch-on to the said touch-off from the memory | storage part 240, and performs the process of following step Sb16-Sb19.
First, the operation target selection unit 251 in the management unit 250 determines the ally touched character as the operation target character (step Sb16).

The instruction content determination unit 252 in the management unit 250 determines the instruction content for the operation target character as follows (step Sb17).
That is, first, the instruction content determination unit 252 calculates a movement locus in the third area A3 and a locus pattern of command information in the command information corresponding to the operation target character among the movement locus from touch-on to touch-off. Comparison is made to determine whether there is something similar, and if there is something similar, specify which locus pattern is most similar to the movement locus. Second, if there is a trajectory pattern similar to the movement trajectory as the instruction content for the operation target character, the instruction content determination unit 252 determines a command corresponding to the most similar trajectory pattern. At this time, if there is no trajectory pattern similar to the movement trajectory, “normal attack” is determined.
Here, the degree to which the physical strength of the attack target character is reduced is determined based on the instruction content. At this time, the instruction content (degree of decrease in physical strength) may be changed according to the speed at which the movement trajectory is drawn. Further, the instruction content may be changed depending on the relationship between the operation character and the attack target character, as will be described later.

Next, the attack target selection unit 253 in the management unit 250 determines the opponent character at the time of the touched position information as an attack target character (step Sb18). When the operation target character, the instruction content, and the attack target character are determined in this way, the execution unit 254 in the management unit 250 gives the attack target character the attack indicated by the instruction content. Is executed (step Sb19).
Here, the game process is specifically a process of updating the game information (physical strength information) of the attack target character based on the determined instruction content.
In this embodiment, the operation target character determination process, the instruction content determination process, and the attack target character determination process are performed in this order, but the order of this process is arbitrary, for example, the operation target character determination process, the attack target The character determination process and the instruction content determination process may be executed in this order.
Thereafter, the processing procedure shifts to step Sa16 in FIG.

Next, specific contents when an attack is instructed and an example of a screen will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 10 shows that one user touches on the character M4 in the first area A1 and draws a trajectory including a counterclockwise circle in the third area A3 as indicated by a solid line. It is an example of the touch operation when the touch-off is performed with the opponent character N3. In this case, the command information associated with the character M4 includes “barking” as shown in FIG.
In the screen shown in FIG. 10, in the fourth area A4, “Great Pumpkin” that is the name of the operation target character M4, “Barking” that is the name of the command, and “Name” that is the name of the attack target character N3. A message containing “辰” is displayed.

  When an operation as shown in FIG. 10 is performed, the operation target character is determined to be the touch-on character M4, the command is determined to be “bare”, and the attack target character is determined to be the character N3 at the time of touch-off. Therefore, the execution unit 254 executes a game process in which the ally character M4 attacks the opponent character N3 using the command “barking”.

By the way, in FIG. 6, when the turn has arrived at another user (if the determination result of step Sa13 is “No”), the attack determination process of the other user is executed (step Sa15). As described above, this embodiment does not mean that other users are actually participating in the game, but behaves as if other users are playing as viewed from one user. For this reason, when a turn arrives at another user, the management unit 250 of the terminal device 20 determines a character used for an attack, a command used by the character, and a character that gives an attack on behalf of the other user. In accordance with the above-mentioned rules or at random, the contents of instructions determined by these selections are determined, and the game process is executed.
At this time, the instruction content selected on behalf of another user may be presented to one user.
Thereafter, the processing procedure proceeds to step Sa16.

Thus, if the turn has arrived at one user, the instruction content of the attack is determined by the terminal device 20, while if the turn has arrived at another user, The terminal device 20 also determines the content of the attack instruction.
Therefore, in any case, the instruction content of the attack is grasped on the terminal device 20 side. Therefore, next, the execution unit 254 of the management unit 250 in the terminal device 20 reflects the instruction content on the game information (physical strength information) of the character targeted for attack, that is, the attack target character stored in the work area W. Game information (physical fitness information) is updated according to the instruction content. After the update, the management unit 250 determines whether the physical strength value (physical strength information) of the character that is the attack target is greater than zero (step Sa16).

If the physical strength value of the attacked character is greater than zero (if the determination result in step Sa16 is “Yes”), the management unit 250 immediately changes the turn (step Sa17). Thereby, after the turn is changed, the processing procedure returns to Step Sa13.
On the other hand, if the physical strength value of the attacked character is zero or less (if the determination result in step Sa16 is “No”), the management unit 250 deletes the character from the battle screen in the display area 205. Is instructed to the display control unit 241 (step Sa18).
Thereby, in one user's terminal device 20, the effect which the character currently displayed until it lose | disappears is made | formed.

For example, when a turn arrives at one user and the one user touches on the character M4 on the battle screen of FIG. 10, the user touches off at the opponent character N3 while drawing a trajectory pattern of the command “barking”. When the attack content is reflected and the stamina value of the character N3 is less than or equal to zero, as shown in FIG. 11, an effect is made such that the character N3 displayed so far disappears. The At this time, as shown in the figure, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
In this example, another user's character disappears, but a turn may arrive at another user, and one user's character may disappear depending on the content of the attack. Further, when the attack content is reflected, an effect as if the attack was added may be performed.

Next, the management unit 250 determines whether or not one or another user's character has been annihilated as a result of erasing the character (step Sa19).
If it is not completely destroyed (if the determination result in step Sa19 is “No”), the management unit 250 switches the turn (step Sa17) and then returns the processing procedure to step Sa13 in order to continue the game.
On the other hand, if it is completely annihilated (if the determination result in step Sa19 is “Yes”), the management unit 250 determines the annihilated user as the loser and the character-remaining user as the winner. Then, a process corresponding to the win / loss is executed (step Sa20). In addition, as a process according to victory or defeat, the process etc. which give rewards, such as a predetermined item and virtual game value, to the user of a winner, for example are considered.

After executing the process according to the win / loss, the management unit 250 reads the user information Q corresponding to one user stored in the work area W and transmits the user information Q to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235, while The user information Qc corresponding to the user is discarded (step Sa21).
In the game server 10, when the user information Q corresponding to one user is received by the receiving unit 135, the control unit 150 receives the user information Q corresponding to the one user stored in the storage unit 140. Replace with user information Q. Thereby, the battle result of one user is reflected in the master in the game server 10. On the other hand, the user information Qc corresponding to other user information is discarded and is not reflected in the master in the game server 10.
After step Sa21, the battle process ends, and the game returns to the game main menu screen described above.

  As described above, in this embodiment, one user who has made a turn touches on the operation target character used for the attack among the teammate characters displayed in the first area A1, and the trajectory of the command for the operation target character. While drawing the pattern, it is only necessary to touch off at the attack target character to be attacked among the opponent characters. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, one user can instruct which character is used, which command is used, and which character is attacked by a single operation from touch-on to touch-off. Can do. Various commands can also be designated by drawing a trace pattern. Therefore, it is possible to give a kind of diversity to the game operation that tends to be monotonous. Since the type of command is changed depending on how the trace pattern is drawn, it is an incentive for the user to improve the operation skill, and the preference can be improved.

Second Embodiment
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, the characters are compatible with each other, that is, whether a certain character is advantageous, disadvantageous, or equivalent to a certain character. In the second embodiment, the instruction content is changed based on the relationship.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of user information Q in the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the user information Q is the same as in the first embodiment in that it includes user identification information, owned character information, and team information. However, the attribute information is included in the unit data constituting the owned character information. Is different from the first embodiment in that
Here, the attribute information is information indicating the attribute of the character associated with the corresponding unit data. In the present embodiment, for example, any one of “fire”, “water”, and “tree” is associated with the attribute, and the compatibility of the characters is determined by comparing with reference to the attribute information.
Specifically, a character whose attribute information is “fire” is stronger than a character whose attribute information is “tree”, and is advantageous in attack (good compatibility), while the attribute information is “water”. It is weak against a character, and is disadvantageous in attack (not compatible). Similarly, a character whose attribute information is “water” has a good compatibility with a character whose attribute information is “fire”, whereas a character whose attribute information is “tree” is not compatible. A character whose attribute information is “tree” is compatible with a character whose attribute information is “water”, whereas it is not compatible with a character whose attribute information is “fire”. is there. Characters having the same attribute information do not have an advantage / disadvantage and have an equal relationship.

  In the second embodiment, the compatibility between certain characters is specifically reflected in the battle as follows. For example, when a certain character (operation target character) attacks another character (attack target character), the instruction content determination unit 252 has an attack capability that the operation target character has an attack amount applied to the attack target character. And the command used for the attack, when the compatibility is good, it is “1.2” times, when the compatibility is bad, it is “0.8” times, and when it is equal, “1. 0 ”times. In addition, the instruction content determination unit 252 may be changed so that the instruction content is canceled according to the compatibility.

  In the second embodiment, the battle process when the start of the game is led by one user is substantially the same as the flowchart of FIG. 6 in the first embodiment, except that the attribute information is referred to at various places.

First, in the second embodiment, on the battle screen, the teammate characters M1 to M5 in the first area A1 and the opponent characters N1 to N4 in the second area have attributes indicated by the attribute information together with the physical strength gauge. Displayed in parentheses. For example, in FIG. 13, it is indicated that the attribute of the character M4 is “tree”.
As for the display of the attribute, for example, there is a method of displaying the character in a green-based color if it is “tree”, but here, for convenience of explanation, the attribute is shown in parentheses as shown in FIG. Displayed in writing.

In the second embodiment, when an ally character is touched on in step Sb11 (when the determination result in step Sb11 is “Yes”), in step Sb12, a message is displayed and the following identification mark is displayed. Is done.
Specifically, the management unit 250 identifies attribute information (unit data) corresponding to the touch-on character, and displays an identification mark indicating compatibility with the opponent character displayed in the second area A2. The display control unit 241 is instructed to display for each character.
Thus, for example, as shown in FIG. 13, when the character M4 is touched on among the teammate characters M1 to M5, the opponent characters N1 to N4 are set against the “tree” that is the attribute of the character M4. Among them, an upward triangular identification mark p indicating that it is in the vicinity of the compatible water attribute character N3 is displayed, and a downward triangular identification mark indicating that in the vicinity of the incompatible fire attribute character N1 n is displayed. Note that no identification mark is attached in the vicinity of the characters N2 and N4 that are in an equal relationship.

In this way, when the identification marks p and n are displayed in association with the opponent character, the identification mark p is incompatible with the opponent character that is compatible with the touch-on character (easy to damage) ( An identification mark n is displayed for the opponent character (which is difficult to damage).
For this reason, before the user performs an operation for selecting the attack target character, which one of the opponent characters is selected to effectively damage the touched-on character, That is, it is possible to know the command trajectory corresponding to the operation target character before performing the operation of moving to the character to be attacked.
Then, if one user determines that, for example, a touch-on character cannot be effectively damaged, the user may touch off at a point other than the display position of the opponent character to invalidate the touch operation ( The determination result in step Sb15 is set to “No”). Thereby, one user can revisit the character used for an attack by touching on another friend character in a turn.

  In addition, the compatibility may be displayed other than the identification marks p and n. For example, a compatible (bad) character may be displayed in a different manner from others, such as a specific color or a shading pattern, so that the user can identify it.

In the second embodiment using attribute information, the following application examples are also possible.
For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a touch-on character does not attack an incompatible character (cannot be selected as an attack target character).
Although the flowchart in this configuration is not particularly illustrated, in step Sb18 before the game process (step Sb19) is executed by the execution unit 254, the attack target selection unit 253 includes the attribute information of the operation target character and the attribute of the attack target character. As a result of the comparison with the information, if the operation target character is compatible with or equivalent to the attack target character, the instruction content determination unit 252 is informed that the instruction content determined in step Sb17 may not be changed. On the other hand, if the compatibility is bad, the instruction content determination unit 252 is notified that the instruction content already determined in step Sb17 should be discarded.
The instruction content determination unit 252 maintains or discards the instruction content determined in step Sb17 in accordance with the notification from the attack target selection unit 253.

When the compatibility is bad, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, one user touches on the character M4 having the attribute of “tree” and draws the trajectory pattern of the command “barking” as indicated by the solid line. When the character N4 touches off with the opponent character N1 having the “fire” attribute and the character M4 performs an operation of giving a “barking” attack to the character N1, the character M4 is indicated by a broken line in the figure. The operation may be invalidated by performing an effect display that returns to the original position without reaching the character N1 (without attacking). In addition, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
In the screen shown in FIG. 14, in the fourth area A4, “Great Pumpkin” that is the name of the operation target character M4, “Barking” that is the name of the command, and “Name” that is the name of the attack target character N1. A message indicating that the “bee” cannot be attacked is displayed.

  The instruction content determination unit 252 may change or maintain the instruction content determined in step Sb17 in consideration of not only the compatibility but also the combination with the command specified by the trajectory pattern.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
When a character to be operated is touched on, what command is associated with the character and what kind of trajectory pattern is shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, each message is simply displayed as a message in the fourth area A4 in FIG.
Therefore, in the third embodiment, for the user's assistance, a function of guiding and displaying a command trajectory pattern associated with a touch-on character is provided.

In the third embodiment, when the ally character is touched on in step Sb11 (when the determination result in step Sb11 is “Yes”), the management unit 250 corresponds to the touch-on character (unit data). The command information is specified, and the command information is read from the work area W.
A plurality of types of commands may be associated with the command information (see FIG. 5). For this reason, the management unit 250 determines which opponent character can be most damaged when the touch-on character uses each command.
Then, the management unit 250 instructs the display control unit 241 for each command so that the trajectory pattern of the command is guided and displayed from the touch-on character to the opponent character that can be most damaged.

FIG. 15 is an example of a battle screen in the third embodiment. In this figure, for example, when the character M4 is touched on, and the “barking” command among the commands associated with the character M4 is used, the most damage can be done. In this example, when the character is N3, the trajectory pattern of the command is displayed as a broken line as a guide.
In this screen, a message indicating that the locus pattern is a guide is displayed in the fourth area A4 to guide the user. Further, the trajectory pattern serving as the guide may be displayed only for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) immediately after the touch-on, or may be continuously displayed until the touch-off is actually performed.

  According to the third embodiment, it is not necessary to memorize the trajectory pattern of the command for each character, and on the other hand, it is possible to know which opponent character should be attacked.

  Instead of displaying the trajectory pattern of the command from the touch-on character to the opponent character that can do the most damage, the command trajectory pattern associated with the touch-on character is simply displayed in order. It may be displayed. As a mode of displaying the command trace pattern in order, it may be configured to automatically switch every predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds), or a software key such as a cursor is separately displayed and switched by a sending operation by the user. It is good also as a structure. The order of display may be the order of damage given to the opponent team, the order of registration in the command information, or the like. Alternatively, a similar locus pattern may be displayed by sequentially comparing the movement locus from the start of the input operation with the locus pattern of the command.

Note that the following application example is also possible in the third embodiment in which the locus pattern is guide-displayed. The attack amount applied to the opponent may be changed according to the degree of similarity between the trajectory pattern displayed as a guide and the trajectory pattern actually drawn by one user.
The flowchart in this configuration is not particularly illustrated, but before the execution unit 254 executes the game process (step Sb19), the instruction content determination unit 252 actually draws the trajectory pattern displayed by the guide and one user. It is also possible to obtain a similarity with the trajectory pattern and change the attack amount (attack power) according to the similarity.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16, when the command trace pattern displayed as a guide is indicated by a broken line and the command trace drawn by the user is indicated by a solid line, the instruction content determination unit 252 indicates that the similarity is When it is determined that the amount is high, the attack amount defined by the game information Y (attack amount information) of the character M4 and the command “barking” is increased. In this case, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
Although not particularly illustrated, if the similarity of the command trace drawn by the user with respect to the command trace pattern displayed by the guide is low, the instruction content determination unit 252 reduces the attack amount.

By the way, in the structure which changes attack power according to similarity, for example, as a user's proficiency increases, similarity increases and it becomes easy to defeat an opponent team easily. Therefore, when the state of high similarity continues for a predetermined number of times (predetermined time), for example, as shown in FIG. It is good also as a structure which makes it difficult to draw a pattern (a degree of similarity is not made high).
Note that the size of the third region A3 may be changed in the horizontal direction in the drawing or in both the vertical and horizontal directions.
Various other examples can be considered as conditions for changing the size of the third region. For example, the number of days (time) from the start of the game (at the time of installation), the number of owned characters, the number of characters constituting the team, and the like can be mentioned.

On the other hand, increasing the attack power can be said to be a kind of reward for the progress of the game.
For this reason, the size of the third region may be increased when conditions such as improvement of the user's proficiency level or improvement in the level of the owned character are satisfied.

  In addition to the message in the fourth area A4, the similarity of the command trace drawn by the user with respect to the command-displayed command trace pattern is displayed by the color change in the third area A3 to the user. You may let me know. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the background of the display screen is white, the third area A3 may be a display in which the darker the display is, the higher the similarity is, the white background is blinked. good. Alternatively, the blinking cycle may be shortened (or conversely increased) according to the degree of similarity.

<Fourth embodiment>
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the first, second, and third embodiments described above, a character to be operated is touched on, and a locus pattern associated with the character (that is, a locus included in command information as shown in FIG. 5). A command used by the character is designated by drawing a pattern.
In the fourth embodiment, the designation of the command used by the character is changed.

  In the fourth embodiment, the command information does not have a trajectory pattern as shown in FIG. Therefore, first, in the fourth embodiment, when an ally character is touched on in step Sb11, the management unit 250 displays command information (unit data) corresponding to the touched character when the message is displayed in step Sb12. Specifically, the information is read from the work area W, and the name of the command included in the command information is displayed in a predetermined shape in the third area A3 on the display control unit 241.

  FIG. 19 is an example of a battle screen in the fourth embodiment. In this figure, for example, when the user touches on the character M4, the command names “barking”, “biting”, and “beam” associated with the character M4 are not associated with the character M4. “Normal attack” (not unique) is an example in which each is displayed surrounded by an ellipse in the third area A3.

Next, in the fourth embodiment, the user designates the command as follows. That is, the user can display a desired command display portion after touching on a character to be manipulated among allied characters until touching off a character to be attacked among opponent characters. Draw a trajectory that passes and specify the command.
On the other hand, the instruction content determination unit 252 identifies the instruction content, that is, the touch-on state by specifying which part of the display portion of the command displayed in the third area A3 the movement locus from touch-on to touch-off has passed. The command used for the attack of the character that has been determined is determined (step Sb17 in FIG. 7).
For example, in the example of FIG. 19, when the user draws a trajectory as indicated by a solid line from touch-on to touch-off, the instruction content determining unit 252 determines that the character M4 uses the command “barking”. The In this case, the attack target is the character N3.
Other processes are the same as those in the first embodiment, for example.

  According to the fourth embodiment, for example, as in the first embodiment, the user does not need to learn or draw a complicated trajectory pattern associated with the character to be operated. That is, the user simply draws a trajectory that passes through the display portion of the command. For this reason, since the skill which draws the trace pattern corresponding to a command to a user is not requested | required, the psychological barrier in playing a game can be made low.

<Application and modification>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various applications and modifications as described below are possible, for example. Note that one or a plurality of arbitrarily selected aspects of application / deformation described below can be appropriately combined.

<Avant-garde / Avant-garde>
In each embodiment, the friendly characters are arranged in the first area A1 and the opponent characters are arranged in the horizontal line in the second area A2, but they may be arranged in a plurality of lines. For example, as shown in FIG. 20, the opponent character in the second area A2 is viewed on the near side (lower side on the screen) and the far side (upper side on the screen) when viewed from the first area A1 arranged by the ally character. It may be arranged in two rows. That is, a two-row arrangement of the front guard 320F and the rear guard 320B may be employed. In this way, the number of characters constituting the team can be increased by arranging them.

In such a two-row arrangement, the rear guard 320B character is protected by the front guard 320F character. For this reason, it is good also as a game rule that the character of the rear guard 320B cannot be selected as an attack target character unless all the characters of the front guard 320F are defeated. For example, when one user touches on the character M4 and draws a trajectory pattern of a certain command and touches off with any one of the rear guards 320B, if the front guard 320F character is present, the second embodiment As in the case where the compatibility is poor, the attack target selection unit 253 prevents the character of the rear guard 320B from being selected as the attack target character, and the instruction content determination unit 252 changes the instruction content to invalidate the operation. May be.
Note that the arrangement is not limited to the two-row arrangement. For example, a three-row arrangement such as an avant-garde, a middle guard, and a rear guard may be used, or an arrangement of four or more rows may be used.

<Two body attacks, etc.>
In each embodiment, since an operation with one finger is assumed, the content is that one operation target character attacks one attack target character with a certain command. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the attack may be performed by an independent operation using one finger of each of the left and right hands. In other words, multi-touch may be supported.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 21, the ally character M2 is touched on with the finger of the left hand, the locus L is drawn, and the touched on state with the opponent character N1 is maintained, while the ally character M4 is touched with the finger of the right hand. Is touched on, followed by drawing a trajectory R, moving to the opponent character N3, and performing an operation in which the finger of the left hand and the finger of the right hand are touched off almost simultaneously.

In this case, the operation detection unit 231 and the management unit 250 (the operation target selection unit 251, the instruction content determination unit 252, and the attack target selection unit 253) execute processing corresponding to each operation information. Specifically, the operation detection unit 231 determines whether or not multi-touch, and supplies individual operation information to the management unit 250 if multi-touch. For example, when two points of the teammate characters M2 and M4 are touched on, the operation detection unit 231 sequentially supplies the position information of the two points to the management unit 250, and the management unit 250 receives each of the position information. The data is sequentially stored in the storage unit 240. The operation detection unit 231 determines, for each touch, whether or not the touch-off occurred at the display position of the opponent character when the touch-off is performed, and the operation target selection unit 251 selects the touch-on character as the operation target. The process of selecting as a character is executed for each touch. The instruction content determination unit 252 executes a process for determining the instruction content for the operation target character with respect to the trajectory pattern from touch-on to touch-off for each touch. The attack target selection unit 253 performs a process of selecting the opponent character at the touched-off position as the attack target character for each touch.
The execution unit 254 executes a game process in which the attack target character gives an attack indicated by the instruction content to the attack target character in a chain (so-called combo) for the touch.
When a plurality of operation target characters are instructed to attack the same attack target character, the instruction content determination unit 252 moves to the plurality of operation target characters as a cooperative attack by the plurality of operation target characters. The instruction content determined by the locus may be changed. At this time, whether or not it is instructed to attack the same attack target character is determined by whether or not a plurality of operation target characters are instructed to attack the same attack target character within a predetermined time. Just do it.

As described above, when multi-touch is supported, the user can input even more sophisticated and complicated instruction content with a simple operation.
Note that the following message may be displayed in the fourth area A4 of FIG. That is, in the fourth area A4, the character M2 name “sweets”, the command name “normal attack”, the character M4 name “Great Pumpkin”, and the command name “barking” are included. You may display a message.

In this way, in the case of dealing with multi-touch, characters that make an attack may be concentrated. For example, as shown in FIG. 22, the friend character M2 is touched on with the finger of the left hand, the locus L is drawn, and the touch of the opponent character N3 is maintained, and the friend character M4 is touched with the finger of the right hand. May be focused on the same character N3 by performing an operation of touching on, drawing a trajectory R, moving to the character N3, and touching off the finger of the left hand and the finger of the right hand almost simultaneously.
In such a configuration, the trajectory (command) drawn by the two fingers may be different, but as shown in the figure, for example, the trajectory R by the finger of the right hand is assumed to follow the trajectory pattern, and the hand When the locus L by the finger is symmetric with respect to the locus pattern, the instruction content determination unit 252 may determine that the same command is designated.
By concentrating the characters that make attacks in this way, it is possible to give a kind of fun to the game.
Moreover, although 2 bodies were demonstrated here, 3 bodies or more may be sufficient.

<Browser type>
In the embodiment, application, and modification, the terminal device 20 has been described as a so-called native application type that provides a game by executing a dedicated game application. However, the game server 10 creates a battle screen on a web screen. It is good also as what is called a browser type structure which transmits to the terminal device 20, and the said terminal device 20 displays the said web screen with a browser.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing functional blocks constructed by the system 1 in the case of such a browser type.
As shown in this figure, in the browser type, the display control unit 160 in the game server 10 creates a battle screen as described above on the web screen, and transmits the language information describing the web screen to the transmission unit 137. To the terminal device 20. On the other hand, when the receiving unit 237 receives the language information in the terminal device 20, the management unit 250 transfers the information to the browser 261, and the browser 261 interprets the language information to display the web screen as a display area. 205 is configured to be displayed.
Further, in this configuration, information indicating the operation content detected by the operation detection unit 231 in the terminal device 20 is supplied to the game server 10. In the control unit 150 of the game server 10, an operation target selection unit 151 that selects an operation target character, an instruction content determination unit 152 that determines an instruction content by the operation target character, and an attack target selection that selects an attack target character A unit 153 and an execution unit 154 that is executed in the game are constructed such that an attack indicated by “instruction content” for “operation target character” is added to the “attack target character”.

  In this browser type, the terminal device 20 only displays the web screen created by the game server 10 in terms of display, and the processing load is reduced.

  Considering such a browser type configuration, in the system 1, the control unit 150, the storage unit 140 (240), the management unit 250, and the display control unit 241 (160) in FIG. It is arbitrary whether it is constructed on the side of the terminal device 20 or on the terminal device 20 side. That is, these function blocks may be provided in either the game server 10 or the terminal device 20. The storage unit 140 (240) may be managed by a configuration managed by a server other than the game server 10, that is, by cloud computing.

<Others>
In each of the embodiments, the object is described by taking a character that appears in the game as an example. However, the object is not limited to this depending on the content of the game.
For example, the operation target object and the receiver target object may be “Ohajiki” displayed in the display area 205. In this case, the display control unit 241 displays a candidate for operation target and a plurality of “Ohashiki” to be received in the display area 205, while the instruction content determination unit 252 starts receiving the “Ohakiki” from the operation target. Based on the movement trajectory of the target “Ohajiki”, the instruction content (playing) for the “Ohajiki” of the operation target is determined, and the execution unit 254 determines the “Ohajiki” of the receiver from the “Ohajiki” of the operation target. (For example, a process of changing the display position of “Ohajiki” to be received by playing). The operation target selection unit 251 selects “Ohajiki” corresponding to the start position of the movement trajectory as “Ohajiki” as the operation target, and the attack target selection unit 253 selects “Ohajiki” corresponding to the end position of the movement trajectory. Select “Ohajiki” for the recipient.
In addition, as in the above-described embodiment, the object (friend character) that is a candidate for the operation target does not need to be stopped at the same position in the first area A1, and can be appropriately rearranged or a predetermined motion (motion ) May be given. Similarly, the object (partner character) that is a candidate for the receiver does not need to stop at the same position in the second area A2, and may be appropriately rearranged or given a predetermined motion (motion). May be.
Applicable to any application other than games, for example, when moving a mail document to a folder, one mail document selected as the operation target object, one folder selected as the receiver target object, movement trajectory It is also possible to determine whether to move as a read document or as an unread document based on the above.

  In the embodiment, the command used by the operation target character is determined based on the locus drawn in the third area A3, that is, a part of the locus from touch-on to touch-off. It is good also as a structure determined by all.

<Summary>
As described above, the terminal device 20 that receives an input operation to the game device according to the embodiment, application, or modification, for example, an input device (for example, the touch panel 220) that can specify a position on the display screen, In 205, two or more first candidate objects (for example, ally characters) that are candidates for operation are displayed in the first area A1, and two or more candidates that are candidates for receiving are displayed in the second area A2. A display control unit 241 for displaying a second candidate object (for example, a partner character), an operation detection unit 231 for detecting position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and a first candidate An input operation in which an operation detection object 231 detects an operation target object (for example, an operation target character) among the objects. The operation target selection unit 251 that selects based on the position information at the start time, and the instruction content for the operation target object are based on part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. The instruction content determination unit 252 to be determined and the receiver target object (for example, attack target character) of the second candidate objects are selected based on the position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. This configuration includes a receiver target selection unit (for example, an attack target selection unit 253) and an execution unit 254 that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content.
According to this configuration, the operation target object is selected by the start of the operation, the instruction content is determined by the movement trajectory from the start to the end of the operation, and the receiver target object is selected by the end of the operation. For this reason, the instruction content that influences the operation target object on the receiver target object based on the instruction content can be completed by a series of operations from the start to the end of the operation by the input device.

  When the operation target object has a predetermined relationship with the receiver target object, the instruction content determination unit 252 may determine the instruction content in consideration of the relationship. The relationship is, for example, the compatibility (advantage, disadvantage, equality) of the receiver target object with respect to the operation target object.

  When the operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit 251, the display control unit 241 may display the second candidate object so that the relationship between the operation target objects can be identified. Since the second candidate object is displayed so that the relationship with the selected operation target object can be identified, it is known which of the second candidate objects should be selected as the receiver target object. be able to.

  For each object of the first candidate object, one or more instruction contents and a trace pattern of the instruction contents are associated in advance, and when the operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit 251, the display control unit 241 A trajectory pattern of the instruction content associated with the operation target object may be displayed in the display area 205. Since the trajectory pattern is displayed as a guide, the user does not need to memorize the trajectory pattern of the instruction content for each object.

  The display control unit 241 may select and display the trajectory pattern of the instruction content associated with the operation target object based on a predetermined reference. Examples of the predetermined standard include a preset order, one randomly selected, and one that is considered most appropriate in the progress of the game.

  One or more instruction contents and a locus pattern corresponding to the instruction contents are set in advance, and the instruction content determination unit 252 includes a movement locus from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231, and an instruction The instruction content may be changed according to the degree of similarity of the content with one trajectory pattern. Since the instruction content is changed according to the degree of similarity, the game is given a kind of fun and also motivates the user to learn the correct trajectory pattern.

The instruction content determination unit 252 may determine the instruction content based on the movement trajectory in the third area A3 in the display area 205 among the movement trajectories from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. .
Here, the display control unit 241 may change the size of the third region A3 based on a predetermined condition. Since the instruction content is determined by the movement locus in the third area A3, the difficulty level of the game can be changed when the size of the third area A3 varies. Examples of the predetermined standard include a user's proficiency level and the number of days from the start of the game (at the time of installation). Further, the size of the third region includes a vertical size, a horizontal size, a vertical size and a horizontal size (area), and the like.

  The receiver target selection unit (for example, the attack target selection unit 253) may limit the selection of the second candidate object that has a predetermined relationship with the operation target object. The predetermined relationship includes compatibility and game rules (for example, the rear guard cannot attack unless the front guard is defeated).

  Game information is associated with each object of the first candidate object, and when the operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit 251, the instruction content determination unit 252 responds to the game information of the operation target object. The instruction content may be changed. Thereby, the game information is reflected according to the progress of the game, the result, and the like.

  The operation detection unit 231 determines whether or not there are a plurality of input operations for the input device. When the operation detection unit 231 determines that there are a plurality of input operations, the operation target selection unit 251 The object is selected based on each of the position information at the start of the plurality of input operations, and the instruction content determination unit 252 selects the instruction content for each of the plurality of operation target objects based on the movement trajectory based on the plurality of input operations. The receiver target selection unit may select one or more receiver target objects based on each of the position information at the end of the plurality of input operations. According to this configuration, more complicated and advanced instruction contents can be given.

  When it is determined that there are a plurality of input operations, when the same receiver target object (for example, attack target character) is selected based on each of the plurality of input operations, the instruction content determination unit 252 is selected. The instruction content for each operation target object may be changed. Thereby, a kind of interest can be given to the game.

  In addition, a game system (system 1) that includes the game server 10 and a game device (for example, the terminal device 20) and receives an input operation to an input device (for example, the touch panel 220) that can specify a position on the display screen, Among the display areas 205, two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for operation are displayed in the first area A1, and two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for receivers are displayed in the second area A2. A display control unit 241 for displaying the operation information, an operation detection unit 231 for detecting position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and an operation target object among the first candidate objects. An operation target selection unit 251 that selects based on position information at the start of the input operation detected by the detection unit 231; An instruction content determination unit 252 that determines the instruction content for the operation target object based on part or all of the movement trajectory from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231; A receiver target selection unit (for example, an attack target selection unit 253) that selects a receiver target object based on position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231, and an instruction to the receiver target object And an execution unit 254 that affects the contents.

On the other hand, a computer (for example, a game device, specifically, the terminal device 20) receives, for example, an input operation to an input device (for example, the touch panel 220) that can specify a position on the display screen. Among these, two or more first candidate objects (for example, ally characters) that are candidates for operation are displayed in the first area A1, and two or more second candidates that are candidates for recipients are displayed in the second area A2. A display control unit 241 that displays two candidate objects (for example, a partner character), an operation detection unit 231 that detects position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and a first candidate object The operation detection object 231 (for example, the operation target character) is detected by the operation detection unit 231. A part or all of the movement from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 with respect to the operation target selection unit 251 that selects based on the position information at the start of the force operation and the operation target object Based on the position information at the time of the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231, the instruction content determination unit 252 determined based on the trajectory and the receiver target object (for example, the attack target character) of the second candidate objects. A receiver target selection unit (for example, an attack target selection unit 253) to be selected, and an execution unit 254 that affects the receiver target object based on the instruction content.
The computer here is not limited to the game device described in the embodiment, but is a general term for devices that execute information processing according to a program.

  Further, the control method of the computer (for example, the game device, specifically the terminal device 20) is, for example, the terminal device 20 that accepts an input operation to an input device (for example, the touch panel 220) that can specify a position on the display screen. In the display method 205, two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target are displayed in the first area of the display area 205, and two or more second candidates that are candidates for the receiver are displayed in the second area. (2) a step of displaying a candidate object, a step of detecting position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation, and an operation target object of the first candidate objects to start the input operation The instruction content for the operation target object is selected from the start to the end of the input operation. Selecting a receiver target object from among the second candidate objects based on position information at the end of the input operation, and Influencing based on the content of the instruction.

In addition, as a program to be operated on a computer (for example, a game device, specifically, the terminal device 20), for example, a computer that accepts an input operation to an input device (for example, a touch panel 220) that can specify a position on a display screen. (For example, the terminal device 20) displays two or more first candidate objects (for example, ally characters) that are candidates for the operation target in the first area A1 in the display area 205, and displays the second area A2 in the second area A2. A display control unit 241 that displays two or more second candidate objects (for example, opponent characters) that are candidates for the receiver, and detects position information input to the input device from the start to the end of the operation. The operation detection unit 231 selects an operation target object among the first candidate objects as the operation detection unit 231. Therefore, the operation target selection unit 251 that selects based on the position information at the start of the input operation detected, the instruction content for the operation target object, a part from the start to the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231 or An instruction content determination unit 252 that determines based on the entire movement trajectory, and a receiver target object among the second candidate objects is selected based on position information at the end of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit 231. It functions as a hand target selection unit (for example, an attack target selection unit 253) and an execution unit 254 that exerts an influence on the receiver target object based on the instruction content.
The program may be recorded on a recording medium. If this recording medium is used, the program can be installed in the computer, for example. Here, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM.
A program (game application) that causes a computer to function as a game device (for example, the terminal device 20) includes a recording medium provided inside or outside that can be accessed from a distribution server in order to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program that can be executed by the game device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server is not limited as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the game device. It should be noted that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and combined in the game device, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System, 10 ... Game server, 20 ... Terminal device, 101, 201 ... CPU, 205 ... Display area, 231 ... Operation detection part, 241 ... Display control part, 250 ... Management part, 251 ... Operation object selection part, 252 ... instruction content determination section, 253 ... attack target selection section (reception target selection section), 254 ... execution section, A1 ... first area, A2 ... second area, A3 ... third area.

Claims (15)

A game device that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of specifying a position on a display screen,
Among the display areas, two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target are displayed in the first area, and two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver are displayed in the second area. A display control unit;
An operation detection unit that continuously detects position information input to the input device from touch-on to touch- off of the input operation;
An operation target selection unit that selects, based on the operation object of the first candidate object position information at the time of touch of the detected input operation by the operation detection unit,
The instruction contents for the operation target object, the instruction content determination unit that determines based on the locus of movement of a part or all of the touch of the detected input operation to touch-off by the operation detection unit,
A receiver target selection unit that selects a receiver target object of the second candidate objects based on position information at the time of touch- off of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit;
An execution unit that influences the receiver object based on the instruction content;
A game apparatus comprising: The instruction content determination unit
When the operation target object has a predetermined relationship with the receiver target object,
The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction content is determined in consideration of the relationship. When an operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit,
The display control unit
The game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second candidate object is displayed so that the relationship between the operation target objects can be identified. For each object of the first candidate object, one or more instruction contents are associated with a trajectory pattern of the instruction contents in advance.
When an operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit,
The display control unit
The game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a trajectory pattern of the instruction content associated with the operation target object is displayed in the display area. The display control unit
The game apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a trajectory pattern of the instruction content associated with the operation target object is selected and displayed based on a predetermined criterion. One or more instruction contents and a trajectory pattern corresponding to the instruction contents are set in advance,
The instruction content determination unit
Claim 1, characterized in that the movement trajectory to the touch-off from the touch of the detected input operation by the operation detection unit, in accordance with the degree of similarity between one trajectory pattern of the instruction content, changing the instruction content The game device according to any one of claims 5 to 5. The instruction content determination section, of the movement locus of the touch of the detected input operation by the operation detection portion to touch-off, characterized by determining the instruction content based on the movement trajectory in the third region in the display region A game device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The display control unit
The game device according to claim 7, wherein the size of the third region is changed based on a predetermined condition. The receiver target selection unit
The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein selection of the second candidate object having a predetermined relationship with the operation target object is limited. Game information is associated with each object of the first candidate object,
The instruction content determination unit, when an operation target object is selected by the operation target selection unit, changes the instruction content according to game information of the operation target object. The game device according to any one of the above. The operation detection unit determines whether or not there are a plurality of input operations for the input device,
If the operation detection unit determines that there are multiple input operations,
The operation target selection unit selects based on the plurality of operation target object on each position information when touch of the plurality of input operations,
The instruction content determination unit determines the instruction content for each of the plurality of operation target objects based on each of the movement trajectories based on the plurality of input operations,
The said receiver target selection part selects one or more receiver target objects based on each of the positional information at the time of the touch-off of the said some input operation. The game device described in 1. When it is determined that there are a plurality of input operations, when the same receiver target object is selected based on each of the plurality of input operations,
The instruction content determination unit
The game apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the instruction content for each of the selected operation target objects is changed. A game system that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of specifying a position on a display screen,
Among the display areas, two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target are displayed in the first area, and two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver are displayed in the second area. A display control unit;
An operation detection unit that continuously detects position information input to the input device from touch-on to touch- off of the input operation;
An operation target selection unit that selects, based on the operation object of the first candidate object position information at the time of touch of the detected input operation by the operation detection unit,
The instruction contents for the operation target object, the instruction content determination unit that determines based on the locus of movement of a part or all of the touch of the detected input operation to touch-off by the operation detection unit,
A receiver target selection unit that selects a receiver target object of the second candidate objects based on position information at the time of touch- off of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit;
An execution unit that influences the receiver object based on the instruction content;
A game system comprising: A computer that accepts an input operation to an input device capable of specifying a position on a display screen,
Among the display areas, two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target are displayed in the first area, and two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver are displayed in the second area. A display control unit;
An operation detection unit that continuously detects position information input to the input device from touch-on to touch- off of the input operation;
An operation target selection unit that selects, based on the operation object of the first candidate object position information at the time of touch of the detected input operation by the operation detection unit,
The instruction contents for the operation target object, the instruction content determination unit that determines based on the locus of movement of a part or all of the touch of the detected input operation to touch-off by the operation detection unit,
A receiver target selection unit that selects a receiver target object of the second candidate objects based on position information at the time of touch- off of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit;
An execution unit that influences the receiver object based on the instruction content;
A computer comprising: A computer that accepts an input operation to an input device that can specify a position on the display screen,
Among the display areas, two or more first candidate objects that are candidates for the operation target are displayed in the first area, and two or more second candidate objects that are candidates for the receiver are displayed in the second area. Display controller,
An operation detection unit that continuously detects position information input to the input device from touch-on to touch- off of the input operation;
The operation target object, the operation target selection unit that selects based on position information at the time of touch of the detected input operation by the operation detection unit of the first candidate object,
The operation instruction contents to the target object, the instruction content determination unit that determines based on the locus of movement of a part or all of the touch of the detected input operation to touch-off by the operation detection unit,
A receiver target selection unit that selects a receiver target object among the second candidate objects based on position information at the time of touch- off of the input operation detected by the operation detection unit; and
An execution unit that influences the receiver object based on the instruction content;
Program to function as.

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