JP6261019B2 - GAME CONTROL DEVICE, PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling the progress of a game by a user.

  A card game is known in which a team is constituted by cards selected by a user from among a plurality of owned cards, and this team is used to play against other users' teams (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 4855549

  In a conventional card game, a mechanism called a combo has been introduced in a battle using a card as an object on the game. A combo in a card game means a specific combination of cards that produces an advantageous effect in a battle. When a battle is performed using a group of multiple cards (also referred to as a “deck”) between users, the user adds a card to the group at the time of the battle from among the cards he / she owns. Edit the group by changing the card or removing the card from the group. At this time, by including the card to be a combo in the group, the user can advantageously advance the battle.

  However, in a card game, a user may have a group of tens to hundreds of cards, for example, and the number of card combinations is extremely large. For this reason, it is extremely difficult for the user to find out the combination of cards that are combos among the cards that the user owns and the advantageous effects produced by the combos.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described viewpoints. In a game using an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects, a predetermined game is selected from the objects constituting the object group. An object of the present invention is to provide a game control device, a program, and a game system that can easily specify a combination of two or more objects that exhibit the above effect.

A first aspect of the present invention is a game control device for a game that uses an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects.
This game control device
Association means (51) for associating a combination of two or more objects with effect information indicating the effect on the game corresponding to the combination;
A specifying means (52) for specifying a combination of objects associated with the effect information among the objects included in the object group;
For each object included in the object group, information indicating whether the object is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (52) and the effect information associated with the combination are associated with the object. Display means for displaying on the display screen (53),
Is provided.

In this game control device, the “object” includes, for example, a character or item on the game. The character is, for example, a virtual person or creature on the game, a monster, or the like, and includes characters displayed on a card.
In this game control device, “information indicating whether or not it is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (52)” is information as long as it can be distinguished from the case where it is included in the combination of objects and the case where it is not included. Any display form may be used. For example, such information may be symbols, marks, text, codes, etc.

In the game control device, when a combination of two or more objects associated with effect information exists in the object group, which object combination in the object group is associated with what effect information. Is identified and displayed and presented to the user. Therefore, the user can easily specify a combination of two or more objects that exhibit a predetermined effect in the object group.
The object group to be processed by the specifying means (52) is not limited to the object group of the user to be presented, but in that case, the following effects are further obtained. In other words, in the user's own object group, whether the object is included in the effective object combination or not is specified on an object basis, so that the user can select other objects not included in such a combination, for example. It is possible to obtain useful information for editing the object group, such as changing to an object.

In the game control device, the object is associated with a first parameter,
Limiting means (56) for limiting the total sum of the first parameters of all objects included in the object group to a predetermined value or less may be provided. In this case, when editing the object group, the user considers the restriction that the sum of the first parameters of all objects included in the object group is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Can enhance the interest of the game.

In the game control device, an object included in the user object group is selected from the user input information and the user object group selected from objects associated with the user. A change means (54) for changing to another object associated with and generating an edit object group,
The specifying means (52) specifies a combination of objects associated with the effect information among a combination of two or more objects included in the editing object group,
The display means (53) is associated with information indicating whether each object included in the editing object group is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (52), and the combination. The effect information may be displayed on the display screen in association with the object.
In this configuration, the user can edit an object group by changing an object included in the object group of the user to another object. At this time, the editing object group, which is the object group after the change of the object, is specified on an object-by-object basis as to whether it is included or not included in the combination of objects that exert the effect. While changing the included object, it is possible to find an effective object by incorporating it into the object group from among the objects associated with itself.

In the game control device, the object is associated with a second parameter indicating the ability of the object on the game,
The display means (53) displays the sum of the second parameters of all objects included in the object group and the sum of the second parameters of all objects included in the editing object group on the display screen. Also good.
In this configuration, the user can change to the editing object group during editing because the total of the abilities of all objects in each group can be compared between the current object group and the editing object group. Thus, it can be determined whether or not the execution of the game after the change is more advantageous than before the change.

In the game control device, each of combinations of objects selected from the combination of two or more objects included in the editing object group and associated with the effect information based on the input information of the user You may provide the change restriction means (57) which restrict | limits the change by the said change means (54) of an object.
In this configuration, in the editing object group, the user does not accidentally change each object that constitutes a combination of objects that exhibit the user's desired effect on the game to other objects. It is possible to restrict such object changes by itself.

In the game control device, the object is associated with accompanying information,
The changing means (54) may change the objects included in the object group to objects whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition.
The “accompanying information” may be any information as long as it is information associated with the object. For example, the parameter indicating the ability on the game, the parameter indicating the rare value on the game, the attribute, level, rank, etc. of the object It is. By making it possible to change the objects included in the object group only to objects whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition, it is possible to suppress the situation where many cards to be changed are presented and the user has difficulty selecting. The For example, by limiting the objects to be changed to objects having a predetermined attribute, it becomes easy to find a combination associated with effect information based on the attribute.

  The game control apparatus may further include an updating unit (55) for updating the object group based on the user input information so that the editing object group becomes a new object group of the user. . In this configuration, after editing by the user is completed, the user's object group is replaced with the generated editing object group based on the user's input. Property is improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a game using an object group consisting of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects,
With reference to a storage device (25) that associates and stores a combination of two or more objects and effect information indicating the game effect corresponding to the combination, among the objects included in the object group, A specifying means (52) for specifying a combination of objects associated with the effect information;
For each object included in the object group, information indicating whether the object is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (52) and the effect information associated with the combination are associated with the object. Display means (53) for instructing display on the display screen,
It is a program to make it function as.

  The computer may be a network server, a large computer, or the like, for example. Further, this program may be stored in a computer-readable information storage medium such as a DVD-ROM or a CD-ROM.

A third aspect of the present invention includes a communication terminal (10) and a server (20) that is accessed from the communication terminal (10) and controls execution of a game by the communication terminal (10), and includes a plurality of A game system (1) for a game using an object group composed of two or more objects selected from objects.
This game system (1)
Association means (51) for associating a combination of two or more objects with effect information indicating the effect on the game corresponding to the combination;
A specifying means (52) for specifying a combination of objects associated with the effect information among the objects included in the object group;
For each object included in the object group, information indicating whether the object is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (52) and the effect information associated with the combination are associated with the object. Display means (53) for displaying on the display screen
These means are provided in at least one of the communication terminal (10) and the server (20).

  In the above, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the reference numerals shown in the drawings are appropriately described in parentheses, but this restricts the game control device and the like according to the present invention to the illustrated embodiment. It is not a thing.

The figure which shows the basic composition of the game system of 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal of 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the game server of 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the database server of 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of a user database. The figure which shows the structural example of a card database. The figure which shows the structural example of a combo database. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 1st embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of 1st Embodiment. The sequence chart which shows the edit process of the group of 1st Embodiment. The sequence chart which shows the edit process of the group of 1st Embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus which concerns on the modification of 1st Embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in the modification of a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in the modification of a 1st embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. The sequence chart which shows the edit process of the group of 2nd Embodiment. The sequence chart which shows the edit process of the group of 2nd Embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 2nd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 3rd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 3rd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 3rd embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 3rd embodiment. The functional block diagram of the game control apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. The sequence chart which shows the edit process of the group of 3rd Embodiment. The sequence chart which shows the edit process of the group of 3rd Embodiment. The figure which illustrates the image displayed in a user's communication terminal in a 3rd embodiment.

(1) First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

(1-1) Configuration of Game System FIG. 1 shows a system configuration example of the game system 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes communication terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,... That can be connected to a communication network NW (network) such as the Internet, and a game server 20 connected to the communication network NW. It is constituted by. Each of the communication terminals 10a, 10b, 10c,... Is a terminal operated by an individual user. For example, a mobile terminal, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a television receiver (two-way communication function) Communication terminals such as so-called multifunctional smart TVs). In the following description, when referring to each communication terminal 10a, 10b, 10c,.
In the game system 1, the game server 20 is mounted with a program for generating data for enabling operation on the web browser of the communication terminal 10.
The communication terminal 10 includes a web browser capable of displaying an image provided by the game server 20, and the user operates the communication terminal 10 to execute a game.

(1-2) Configuration of Communication Terminal The communication terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the communication terminal 10.
As shown in FIG. 2, the communication terminal 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an instruction input unit 15, a display unit 16, a communication interface unit 17, A storage 18 is provided, and a bus 19 for transmitting control signals or data signals between the respective units is provided.

  The CPU 11 reads out programs and data stored in the ROM 12 and controls the overall operation in the communication terminal 10 such as control signals and data signal timing processing with each unit in the communication terminal 10. The CPU 11 also reads out the program stored in the storage 18 and various data necessary for executing the program, expands it in the RAM 13, and performs various processes such as data input / output processing, arithmetic processing, and determination processing accompanying the program execution. I do. The RAM 13 temporarily stores data for arithmetic processing, determination processing, and the like by the CPU 11.

  For example, the CPU 11 loads a web browser stored in the storage 18 into the RAM 13 and executes it. And CPU11 is based on designation | designated of URL (Uniform Resource Locator) input to a user by the instruction | indication input part 15 grade | etc., Data for displaying an image from the game server 20 via the communication interface part 17, ie, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) Data of an object such as a document and an image associated with the document (hereinafter collectively referred to as “HTML data” as appropriate) is acquired via the communication interface unit 17, and a web browser is acquired. Run to interpret HTML data.

  The web browser performs communication with the game server 20 in accordance with HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). In the web browser, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) on the image is selected by the operation of the instruction input unit 15 by the user, or a designation target (for example, a software button (hereinafter simply referred to as “button”)) is designated. Then, an HTTP request including the selection result is transmitted to the game server 20 in order to update the image. The web browser acquires HTML data from the game server 20 as an HTTP response, interprets it, and displays an image on the display unit 16.

The display unit 16 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Cristal Display) or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display. In the case of applying an LCD monitor including thin film transistors arranged in pixel units in a matrix, the display unit 16 displays an image on the display screen by driving the thin film transistors.
When the communication terminal 10 is a touch panel input type communication terminal, the instruction input unit 15 mainly accepts touch panel type input by touching the display screen of the display unit 16 with a fingertip or a pen.

  The storage 18 is a storage device configured by, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

(1-3) Configuration of Game Server The configuration of the game server 20 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the game server 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a communication interface unit 24, and a storage 25, and a bus 26 is provided for transmitting control signals or data signals between the units. ing. In addition, the game server 20 can take the same structure as a general-purpose web server regarding hardware.

  The CPU 21 reads out the programs and data stored in the ROM 22 and controls the overall operation in the game server 20 such as control signals for each part in the game server 20 and data signal timing processing. The CPU 21 also reads out a program stored in the storage 25 and various data necessary for executing the program, expands it in the RAM 23, and performs various processes such as data input / output processing, arithmetic processing, and determination processing associated with the execution of the program. I do. The RAM 23 temporarily stores data for arithmetic processing, determination processing, and the like by the CPU 21.

  The storage 25 is a storage device configured by, for example, a flash memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The storage 25 stores a program for providing a web service by performing communication according to HTTP with a web browser of the communication terminal 10 as a client. The CPU 21 expands the program stored in the storage 25 on the RAM 23 and executes the program. Along with the execution of the program, the CPU 21 acquires an HTTP request from the communication terminal 10 via the communication interface unit 24, executes a process according to the HTTP request, and uses the HTML data including the execution result as an HTTP response to the communication terminal. Return to 10.

  The storage 25 includes a database group described later in addition to the above-described program. Each database in the storage 25 is appropriately accessed from the CPU 21 for reading and writing data.

(1-4) Configuration of Storage 25 FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of the storage 25 that is an example of a storage device. As shown in FIG. 4, the storage 25 stores a user database 31 and a game database 32.

  The type of game realized by the game server 20 of the present embodiment is not particularly limited, but a monster card will be used below as an example of a game realized by the game server 20 for convenience of description of the embodiment. A game (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “game of the present embodiment” or simply “game”) will be described. This game includes elements of a battle-type game in which users play a battle using monster cards virtually held on the game (hereinafter simply referred to as “cards” as appropriate).

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the user database 31 applied in the game of the present embodiment. In this example, the user database 31 includes information on each item of a user name, a user image, a progress level, physical fitness points, and possessed card data for each user ID (user identification information). Information included in the user database 31 can be sequentially updated by the CPU 21 of the game server 20.

In the following description, the user ID included in the user database 31 or data for each user name (to be described later) specifying the user is generically referred to as user data. The data of each item constituting the user data is as follows.
-User name A user name is the text displayed in order to identify a user on the communication terminal 10 at the time of execution of a game.
-User image A user image is an image displayed on the communication terminal 10 at the time of execution of a game. The user image may be an avatar image selected in advance by the user, for example.
Progress level The progress level is data indicating the degree of progress in the user's game, and is a value that increases as the game progresses by the user. For example, the progress level is, for example, a level value in a range from Lv1 (level 1) to Lv100 (level 100).
-Physical strength point The physical strength point is a point required when performing the quest mentioned later in the game of this embodiment. The health point is a value that decreases each time a quest is performed and recovers (increases) each time a predetermined time elapses.
・ Holded card data The held card data is data related to the monster card (hereinafter referred to simply as “card” as appropriate) held by the user in the game, and the card ID (C1, C3, etc.), rareness, and attribute of the held card , Parameters such as attack power and defense power, cost, group flag.
The rare degree of the possessed card is a value indicating the rare value of the card, for example, a value in the range of 1 to 5. For example, the higher the rarity value, the larger the value. That is, when the rarity is 5, it indicates that the card has the highest rarity value. The card with the higher scarcity value is more difficult for the user to obtain.
The attribute of the card means an attribute of a monster character corresponding to the card, and is one of α, β, or γ in the example of the present embodiment.
The possession card's attack power and defense power are parameters that are read when determining the victory or defeat of the battle between users.
The cost of the possessed card is a value that is referred to when the retained card is used as a card for use in a battle (hereinafter referred to as a “match card”). The condition of the card group may be that the total cost of the cards used for battle included in the card group used in the battle is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
The group flag is a flag indicating whether or not the card is a battle use card. For example, when the group flag of the possessed card is “1”, this indicates that the card is a battle use card. When the group flag of the possession card is “0”, the card is not a battle use card. It shows that. In the present embodiment, a card group is composed of a plurality of battle use cards.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the game database 32 stores and updates information related to the progress of the game executed by the game server 20 based on the access from the CPU 21 of the game server 20. Information relating to the progress of the game may include various information depending on the nature of the game. Taking the case of the game of this embodiment as an example, the information related to the progress of the game includes the result of a battle between different users. The game database 32 further stores a card database and a combo database as shown in FIG.

In the card database, data about each card prepared in the game of this embodiment is described. FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the card database. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the card database includes, for each card ID, a monster character image displayed on the card, a rarity, an attribute, a range of attack power and defense power parameters, and a cost. For example, when the user executes a quest and obtains a card, the card data in the card database is read and written in the possessed card data item of the user data.
In addition, as the user's progress level increases or the function to combine multiple cards is executed, the attack of the user's possessed card is within the range of attack power and defense power values described in the card database. You may be comprised so that the value of power and defense power may rise. In that case, the value of the attack power and the defense power at the time when the user acquires the card may be the minimum value in the range shown in FIG.

The combo database is data in which a combination of cards is associated with information (effect information) related to an effect that occurs in a battle between users when a card group included in the combination includes a predetermined number or more of cards. is there. The combination of cards associated with effect information is referred to as “combo” as appropriate in the following description.
An example data structure of the combo database is shown in FIG. When a combination of cards (combos) described in the combo database is included in the user's card group, when the user battles with another user, the combo effect may be generated in the battle. it can. For example, when the cards C1, C2, and C5 are included in the user's card group, a combo effect W1 occurs in the battle. The effect W1 is to reduce the attack power of the monster card whose opponent's attribute is α by 10%. Similarly, when the cards C32 and C35 are included in the user's card group, a combo effect W23 is generated in the battle. The effect W23 is that the total attack power of the user's card group is increased by 20%.
The combination of cards (combo) and the effect to be generated are not limited to those described in FIG. 7, and can be appropriately set according to the game scenario.

  In the game of the present embodiment, the battle process between users is started when an operation input to the communication terminal 10 of a user who is logged in to the game is triggered. For example, when the user selects an opponent, the opponent Regardless of whether or not is logged in to the game, the battle is performed. At this time, when the user who is accessing the game executes the battle process, the user is the side that sets up the battle, that is, the side that attacks the opponent using a card group composed of monster cards. On the other hand, the user selected as the opponent is the side receiving the battle, that is, the side defending using a card group composed of monster cards.

(1-5) Game of the Present Embodiment Hereinafter, the game of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9, and 10A to 10D. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the communication terminal 10 when performing a quest process in the game of the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the communication terminal 10 when performing a battle process in the game of the present embodiment. 10A to 10D are diagrams illustrating examples of images displayed on the communication terminal 10 when performing group editing processing in the game of the present embodiment.
Hereinafter, a user whose user name is “XYZ” (hereinafter, user XYZ) will be described as an example.

(1-5-1) Quest processing (FIG. 8)
An image P0 in FIG. 8 is an example of an image of the main menu of the game according to the present embodiment, and is configured according to individual user IDs. In the example of FIG. 8, the main menu image includes display areas 101 to 103.
The display area 101 is an area in which an image of a monster card designated in advance by the user among a plurality of monster cards included in the possessed card of the user XYZ to be processed is displayed.
The display area 102 is an area in which data of each item of “progress level”, “physical strength point”, “monster”, and “friend” of the user XYZ to be processed is displayed. The item “monster” is the total number of cards owned by the user. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 8, when “monster” is described as “40/60”, the user has 40 monster cards, and the maximum number of monster cards that can be held is 60. Indicates that
The display area 103 includes a button b1 (“quest”), a button b2 (“match”), and a button group corresponding to a plurality of functions (quest processing, battle processing, editing processing) provided in the game of the present embodiment, and This is an area where the button b3 ("group edit") is displayed.

When the button b1 (“quest”) is designated by the user on the image P0, the image is updated as indicated by P1. This image P1 includes a button b10 for the user to search for an area by consuming a predetermined amount of physical strength points. Each time the button b10 is designated, the value of the search rate increases by a constant or random increase amount, and when the search rate reaches 100%, the search for the area ends. A plurality of search target areas may be provided. When the user designates the button b10, a monster card is given to the user as illustrated in the image P2 with a predetermined or random probability.
In addition, a quest process cannot be performed when a physical strength point becomes less than the said predetermined amount. In that case, it is necessary to wait until the health points are recovered.

(1-5-2) Battle process (FIG. 9)
When the button b2 (“match”) is designated on the image P0 (main menu image) in FIG. 9, the image is updated as shown in P3. In this image P3, a list of other users who are opponents is displayed. When any user is selected as a defense user from the list, the image is updated as shown in P4. In this example, an example is shown in which a battle is performed between a user XYZ (attack user) and a user ABC (defense user). When the button b30 ("competition start") is designated in the image P4, for example, as shown in P5, after the effect by the combo generated in the battle is displayed, the image P6 displaying the result of the battle is displayed. In this example, the combination of the cards C42, C32, and C15 is a combo among the battle use cards of the user XYZ. In this example, the cards C42, C32, and C15 are displayed so that they can be seen to be a combo by moving slightly upward, but other methods may be used for displaying the combo. For example, the display indicating that the cards C42, C32, and C15 are combos may be performed by highlighting such as changing the luminance and size of these cards. As an example of the image P5, an example in which the effect W23 by combo (the attacking user XYZ's total attack power is 20% UP) is generated is shown, and the image P6 shows a display example when the user XYZ wins the battle.

(1-5-3) Group editing processing (FIGS. 10A to 10D)
When the button b3 (“group edit”) is designated on the image P0 (main menu image) in FIG. 10A, the image is updated as shown in P10. In the image P10, a combination of a display area 201 that displays the current card group of the user XYZ (a card group including five cards C1, C3, C9, C15, and C20) and a card that is a combo within the card group. If included, a display area 202 for displaying the combo is provided. In the display area 202, each card included in the card group is associated with a black square (■) or white square (□) symbol (information) indicating whether or not the card is included in a combo combination. The symbol (2) indicates that the card is included in a combination that is a combo, and the symbol □ indicates that the card is not included in a combination that is a combo. For example, in the example of the image P10, the combination of the card C1 and the card C3 is a combo and the effect W3 is generated, and the combination of the card C9 and the card C20 is a combo and the effect W5 is generated. In the image P10, preferably, the total attack power value (reference numeral 203) of the current card group in consideration of the effect of the combo is displayed.

The image P10 is provided with a button b10 (“edit”) and a button b11 (“quit”). When the button b10 (“edit”) is designated, the image is updated as indicated by P11 in FIG. 10B. In the image P11, the area above the arrow symbol AR is an area for displaying information about the current card group of the user, and the area below the arrow symbol AR is for displaying information about the editing card group. It is an area to do. The editing card group is an editing card group generated by changing any card included in the current card group to another possessed card of the user.
In the image P11, in the current card group, the contents of the display areas 201 and 202 and the value of the total attack power (reference numeral 203) are the same as in the image P10. At the time when the image P11 is displayed, the user has not changed the card for the editing card group, so the contents of the display areas 301 and 302 for the editing card group and the value of the total attack power (code 303) is the same as the current card group.

  An image P12 in FIG. 10C is an example of a display screen when any card is designated in the editing card group displayed in the display area 301 of the image P11. In this example, a card C1 included in the editing card group is designated. Each card in the editing card group has a pull-down menu. For example, when a card C1 is designated, cards that are candidates for change of the card C1 (in the example shown, C2, C11, C35,...) Are displayed in a pull-down format, and one of the cards can be selected. Has been.

For example, when the card C35 is selected in the pull-down menu corresponding to the card C1, as shown in the image P13 in FIG. 10D, the editing card group in the display area 301 has the selected card C35 replaced with the card C1. Is displayed. Here, when the cards constituting the editing card group are changed, the contents of the display area 302 for displaying the combo may be changed according to the change. In the example of the image P13, the combination of the cards C15 and C20 and the card C35 incorporated in the editing card group instead of the card C1 becomes a combo, and an effect W10 (α attribute attack power 40% UP) occurs. It is shown. In the example of the image P13, the value of the total attack power (symbol 303) of the editing card group is the value of the image P2 because the card C35 is incorporated instead of the card C1 and the effect of the combo changes. It has increased from the time (950 → 1100).
By specifying the button b12 (“OK”), the user can confirm the editing card group displayed in the display area 301 as a new card group as shown in the image P14.

As shown in the images P12 and P13, the user changes a card included in the editing card group to another card held by the user, and whether or not a combo is included, and further includes a combo. The effect that occurs in the case is presented. There is no limit to the number of times the card included in the editing card group can be changed, and the user can change the card as many times as possible, and can check the combo generated by the change each time. Therefore, the user can edit the card group so that a desired combo is included based on the card owned by the user. In addition, since the effects of the combo generated in each of the current card group and the editing card group can be compared within a single screen, an appropriate decision is made as to whether or not to confirm the editing card group as a new card group. can do.
Further, in the image P13, the values of the total attack power of the current card group and the editing card group (reference numerals 203 and 303, respectively) are displayed. It becomes a user's judgment material when determining as a card group.

(1-6) Overview of Functions Provided by Game Control Device Next, functions provided by the game control device in order to realize the above-described game of the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, a game control device 50 is configured by the game server 20. Hereinafter, functions implemented by the game control device 50 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 11, taking as an example the case where the game of the above-described embodiment is applied. FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions that play major roles in the game control device 50 of the present embodiment. In the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 11, the changing means 54, the updating means 55, the limiting means 56, and the battle execution means 57 are not necessarily essential components of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a card is an example of an object, a card group is an example of an object group, and an editing card group is an example of an editing object group.

The associating means 51 has a function of associating a combination of two or more cards with effect information indicating an effect on the game based on the combination. In the present embodiment, a combination of two or more cards associated with effect information is a combo.
In order to realize the function of the association means 51, as shown in FIG. 7, the combo database includes a card combination (combo), contents of effects (effect information) generated by the card combination (combo), and effects. Is associated with the name of.

  The specifying unit 52 has a function of specifying a combination of cards associated with effect information among a combination of two or more cards included in the current object group of the user. The specifying unit 52 may also have a function of specifying a combination of cards associated with the effect information among a combination of two or more cards included in the editing card group.

The function of the specifying means 52 can be realized as follows.
When the combination of two or more cards included in the user's current object group is specified as a combination of cards associated with the effect information, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 accesses the user database and performs processing. The data of the user's card group is read out. That is, the CPU 21 reads the identification code of the possessed card whose group flag is “1” in the retained card data. The CPU 21 searches for a combination of cards (combo) described in the combo database (FIG. 7) using the read identification code as a key. When a combination corresponding to the combo exists, the contents of the effect and the effect name related to the combo are read.
Further, when specifying a combination of cards associated with effect information among a combination of two or more cards included in the user's editing card group, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 sends the editing card from the communication terminal 10. When the combo fence request including the data (for example, identification code) of the cards constituting the group is received, the combination of the cards described in the combo database (using the obtained identification code of each card of the editing card group as a key) A search is made as to whether or not a combo is applicable. When a combination corresponding to the combo exists, the contents of the effect and the effect name related to the combo are read.

The display means 53 includes information indicating whether or not each card included in the current card group of the user is included in the combination (combo) of the cards specified by the specifying means 52 and the effect (effect information) of the combo. Is displayed on the display screen in association with the card. Further, the display means 53 includes information indicating whether or not each card included in the editing card group of the user is included in the combination (combo) of the cards specified by the specifying means 52 and the effect (effect) of the combo. Information) may be provided on the display screen in association with the card.
In the present embodiment, “information indicating whether or not to be included in a combo” corresponds to a symbol of ■ (“included”) or □ (“not included”).

The function of the display means 53 is realizable as follows.
If there is a combination corresponding to a combo in the user's current card group, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 reads the content of the effect and the name of the effect related to the combo. Then, the CPU 21 generates, for each combo, HTML data in which a symbol (information) for identifying a card included in the combo and a card not included in the combo is associated with each card, and transmits the HTML data to the user communication terminal 10. . When the communication terminal 10 acquires the HTML data, the communication terminal 10 displays, for example, an image in the format exemplified in P10 of FIG. 10A.
When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 obtains a combo search request including the data of the editing card group from the communication terminal 10 and a combo is specified in a combination of two or more cards included in the editing card group The content of the effect and the name of the effect related to the combo are read out. Then, the CPU 21 generates, for each combo, HTML data in which a symbol (information) for identifying a card included in the combo and a card not included is associated with each card, and returns the HTML data to the user communication terminal 10. . When acquiring the HTML data, the communication terminal 10 displays, for example, an image in the format exemplified in P13 of FIG. 10D.

  The changing unit 54 changes a card included in the user's card group to another card held by the user (another card associated with the user) based on the user input information, and edits the card group for editing. The function to generate.

The function of the change means 54 is realizable as follows, for example. The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 acquires the user's current card group data from the game server 20 at the start of group editing, and an image based on the acquired card group data (for example, FIG. 10B). P11) is displayed. In this image, when any card included in the editing card group (referred to as “first card”) is selected, an HTTP request including the identification code of each card in the editing card group is transmitted to the game server 20. To do. This HTTP request is a data request for a selected card and a user-owned card that can be changed. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 obtains the HTTP request, it reads out from the user data data of a card that can be changed with respect to the card selected by the user (that is, a card that is a candidate for change of the selected card), It transmits to the communication terminal 10.
When the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 acquires card data that can be changed with respect to the selected card, the CPU 11 displays the card in a format that can be selected by the user. For example, as shown in the image P12 (FIG. 10C), the cards may be displayed so as to be selectable in a pull-down format, or the cards may be displayed in a list on a separate screen so as to be selectable in a matrix. When recognizing that one of the changeable cards (referred to as “second card”) has been selected, the CPU 11 changes the first card to the second card, thereby changing the editing card group. Update. The editing card group may be changed any number of times based on the user's current card group, and the editing card group is updated or generated each time.

The updating unit 55 has a function of updating the card group based on the user input information so that the editing card group becomes a new card group of the user.
In order to realize the function of the updating unit 55, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 designates a predetermined designation input (for example, the button b12 (“OK”)) on the image (for example, P13 in FIG. 10D) that is the editing screen. When it is recognized that there has been input for the editing, the data of the editing card group at that time (for example, the identification code of each card) is transmitted to the game server 20. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires the data of the editing card group, the CPU 21 updates the group flag in the possessed card data of the processing target user based on the data. In other words, the flag of the user's possession card included in the editing card group is rewritten from “0” to “1”, and the flag of the possession card of the user not included in the editing card group is changed from “1” to “0”. To "". With this processing, the editing card group is updated to the user's new card group.

The restricting means 56 has a function of restricting the total cost of all cards included in the card group to be a predetermined value or less. As shown in FIG. 5, each card is associated with a cost as the first parameter. It is not essential for the present invention to provide the function of the limiting means 56.
The function of the restricting means 56 can be realized as follows. The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 stores the cost of each card in the editing card group in the RAM 13. When the CPU 11 changes the first card selected from the editing card group to the second card, when the sum of the costs of all the cards in the editing card group after the change is equal to or less than a predetermined value, If the first card is allowed to be changed to the second card and the total cost exceeds a predetermined value, the first card is not allowed to be changed to the second card. Although not shown, when it is not permitted to change the first card to the second card, for example, it is preferable to display a message such as “It is too expensive to change” on the display screen.

The battle execution means 57 has a function of executing a battle process between card groups between users.
In the game of the present embodiment, a battle process between users is started when a user who is logged in to the game designates the button b2 (“battle”) on the image of his / her main menu, and the user is in a card group. Using this, it becomes the side (attacking side user) who attacks the opponent selected by himself. The other user selected as the opponent is the defender (defender user).

  The winning or losing of the battle is determined by the following method, for example. That is, the sum of the attack power values of all cards set in the attacking user's card group (referred to as “total attack power”) and the protection of all cards set in the defending user's card group. Comparing the sum of the values of attack power (referred to as “total defense power”), if the total attack power is greater than or equal to the total defense power, it is determined that the attacking user wins, and the total attack power is less than the total defense power. In some cases, it may be determined that the defending user wins. At this time, the values of the attack power and defense power of the individual cards in the battle may vary depending on the effect (see FIG. 7) generated by the combo with respect to the values stored in the card database. The total attack power and the total defense power are calculated based on the values after the fluctuation of each card.

The function of the battle execution means 57 is realizable as follows, for example.
CPU21 reads each card | curd which comprises a card group from the user data of the user who competes, expand | deploys to RAM23, and performs the following processes. The CPU 21 refers to the combo database (FIG. 7) and determines whether or not there is a combo combination for each card group developed in the RAM 23. When there is a combination to be a combo, a process of changing the total attack power of the attacking user and / or the total defense power of the defending user based on the content of the effect generated by the combo is performed. Note that the effect of the combo may be generated with a predetermined or random probability. The CPU 21 determines the victory or defeat between users based on the comparison result of the changed total attack power and the changed total defense power. That is, the CPU 21 determines that the attacking user wins when the total attack power is greater than or equal to the total defense power, and determines that the defending user wins when the total attack power is less than the total defense power.
When the method for determining the winning or losing of the battle is the method described above, the total attack power of the card group is an important parameter that has a large effect on the win or loss. ) Is a guideline for the user to perform appropriate editing.

(1-7) Card Group Editing Process Flow in the Present Embodiment Next, an example of the card group editing process flow in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence charts of FIGS. 12A and 12B.

  In FIG. 12A, the user's communication terminal 10 transmits an HTTP request including a group editing request to the game server 20 to start card group editing processing (step S10). This HTTP request is transmitted from the communication terminal 10 by designating the button b3 (“group edit”) of the image P0, for example. When the game server 20 receives the HTTP request, the CPU 21 reads out the data of the user's card group (identification code of the possessed card whose group flag is “1”) from the user data of the user to be processed (step S12), and the combo Search processing is executed (step S14). In the combo search process, the CPU 21 searches for a combination of cards (combo) described in the combo database (FIG. 7) using the identification code read in step S12 as a key. When there is a combination corresponding to the combo, the corresponding combo, the content of the effect related to the combo, and the name of the effect are read as a combo search result. Then, CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data containing a user's present card group and a combo search result, and transmits to the communication terminal 10 (step S16). The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 interprets the received HTML data and displays an image on the display screen (step S18). As illustrated in P10 of FIG. 10A, the image displayed in step S18 is a combo included in the user's current card group, its effect, and information indicating whether each card is included in the combo (■ Or □).

  As illustrated in P11 of FIG. 10B, the editing card group at the start of editing is the same as the current card group of the user. When recognizing that any card (first card) in the editing card group is selected (step S20: YES), the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 determines the identification code of each card in the editing card group. The HTTP request including it is transmitted to the game server 20 (step S22). This HTTP request is a data request for a selected card and a user-owned card that can be changed. Upon receiving the data request, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 reads out the identification code of the possessed card that does not overlap with each card of the editing card group from the user data (step S24), and the card data that can be changed with respect to the first card To the communication terminal 10 (step S26). When the data is acquired, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 displays a card changeable with respect to the selected card (first card) in a format selectable by the user (step S28). For example, as shown in the image P12 (FIG. 10C), the card may be displayed in a pull-down format so that the card can be selected.

When recognizing that any card (second card) is selected from the cards displayed in a selectable format in step S28 (step S30: YES), the CPU 11 changes the first card to the second card. By changing, the editing card group is updated (step S32).
Since the editing card group has been updated in step S32, the CPU 11 makes a combo search request to the game server 20 (step S34). The combo search request includes the identification code of each card of the editing card group updated in step S32. When receiving the combo search request, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 executes a combo search process (step S36).
In the combo search process, the CPU 21 uses the identification code of each card of the editing card group received in step S34 as a key to determine whether or not the card combination (combo) is described in the combo database (FIG. 7). Search for. When there is a combination corresponding to the combo, the corresponding combo, the content of the effect related to the combo, and the name of the effect are read as a combo search result. Then, CPU21 produces | generates the HTML data containing a combo search result, and transmits to the communication terminal 10 (step S38). The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 interprets the received HTML data and displays an image on the display screen (step S40). Thereby, for example, as illustrated in P13 of FIG. 10D, the contents of the display areas 301 and 302 and the value of the total attack power (reference numeral 303) are updated.

  When there is no predetermined designation input (for example, an input for designating the button b12 (“decision”)) on the image for editing (for example, P13 in FIG. 10D), the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10, that is, at the end of editing If it is determined that there is not, the process returns to step S42: NO, and a new card selection input to the user editing card group is awaited. On the other hand, if there is the predetermined designation input, that is, if it is determined that the editing has been completed (step S42: YES), the editing card group data (for example, the identification code of each card) at that time is stored. It transmits to the game server 20 (step S44). When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires the data of the editing card group, the CPU 21 updates the group flag in the possessed card data of the processing target user based on the data. In other words, the flag of the user's possession card included in the editing card group is rewritten from “0” to “1”, and the flag of the possession card of the user not included in the editing card group is changed from “1” to “0”. To "". By this process, the editing card group is updated to the user's new card group (step S46).

  As described above, in the game control device according to the present embodiment, as illustrated in the image P10 of FIG. 10A, it is specified which combination of cards in the user's card group is associated with what effect information. And presented to the user. That is, since it is specified on a card-by-card basis whether it is included or not included in a combination of cards that exerts an effect in its own card group, a user can select a card that is not included in such a combination, for example, Useful information can be obtained when editing a card group such as changing to a card.

  In the embodiment described above, the changing unit 54 generates an editing card group based on the user's card group based on the user's input information, and the specifying unit 52 includes two or more cards included in the editing card group. Among the combinations of cards, the card combination (combo) associated with the effect information is specified. Further, the display means 53 specifies the card specified by the specifying means 52 for each card included in the editing card group. A case has been described in which information indicating whether or not to be included in a combination (combo) is displayed on the display screen in association with effect information associated with the combination. In this case, the user can edit the card group by changing the card included in his / her card group to another card. At this time, the editing card group, which is the card group after the change of the card, is specified on a card-by-card basis as to whether it is included or not included in the combination (combo) of the cards exhibiting the effect. While changing the card included in the card group, it is possible to find a card that is effective by being incorporated into the card group from among the cards associated with the card group. In the present invention, the point that the user can edit the card group is not essential to the present invention.

  In the embodiment described above, the case has been described in which the limiting unit 56 is provided that restricts the total cost as the first parameter of all cards included in the card group to be equal to or less than a predetermined value. In this case, the user considers the restriction that the total cost of all cards included in the card group is less than or equal to a predetermined value when editing the card group. And can enhance the fun of the game. However, the provision of the limiting means 56 is not essential in the present invention, and the user may be able to edit the card group without being restricted by the total cost.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display unit 53 displays the total attack power as the sum of the second parameters indicating the abilities of the cards included in the card group and the sum of the second parameters of the cards included in the editing card group. The case where the total attack power is displayed on the display screen has been described. In this case, during editing, the user can compare the total card abilities on the game between the current card group and the editing card group, so by changing the editing card group, It becomes possible to judge whether or not the execution is more advantageous than before the change. However, the display of the total attack power at the time of editing is not essential in the present invention. The total attack power of the card group after editing may be displayed not on the editing screen but on the battle execution screen.

  In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the updating unit 55 updates the card group so that the editing card group becomes the user's new card group based on the user input information. In this case, after editing by the user is completed, the user's card group is replaced with the generated editing card group based on the user's input. Is advantageous. However, the provision of the update means 55 is not essential in the present invention. In some cases, the user performs an editing operation to know what kind of card combination is effective in the editing process, and the card group is not always updated.

(1-8) Modification In the embodiment described above, a monster card is given as an example of an object, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, the object may include characters, items, etc. on the game, such as virtual persons, creatures, or monsters on the game, and these are displayed on the card as shown in this embodiment. Including those that are.
In the embodiment described above, the combination of cards to be a combo and the contents of the effects are not limited to the contents shown in FIG. For example, in FIG. 7, the content of the effect generated by the combo is to increase the user's own attack power or to decrease the opponent's defense power, but is not limited to this, the winning or losing set in the battle It may be set as appropriate according to the determination method. For example, what raises a user's own defense power and what reduces the attack power of an opponent may be contained. In addition, the effect of the combo may not always occur when the card group includes a combination of cards to be a combo. As the content of the effect by the combo, the probability that the effect will occur may be defined.
In the embodiment described above, the effect of changing the parameters of the attack power and the defense power is exemplified as the effect by the combo, but the “game effect” of the present invention is not limited to the change of the parameter. The “game effect” may be appropriately set according to the type and characteristics of the game, and may be, for example, a change in the game image, a change in the occurrence probability of the event on the game, or the like.
The above points are the same for the second and third embodiments described later.

(1-8-1) Modification 1
FIG. 13 shows a functional block diagram of the game control apparatus 50A of this modification. Each function of the game control device 50A of the present modification is realized by the game server 20. The functional block diagram of FIG. 13 differs from that shown in FIG. 11 in that a change restriction means 58 is added.
The change restriction unit 58 configures a combination of cards to be selected based on user input information among a combination (combo) of two or more cards included in the editing card group and associated with the effect information. A function for restricting the change by the changing means 54 of each card is provided.

An example of the configuration of the display screen of this modification is shown in FIG. An image P11a in FIG. 14 is an example of a display screen corresponding to the image P11 in FIG. 10B. The image P11a differs from P11 in that check boxes 401 and 402 are provided corresponding to the display areas 301 and 302 for the editing card group. The check boxes 401 and 402 are provided to restrict the change of the combination of cards that become the corresponding combo. In the example of FIG. 14, as a result of designating the check box 401 in the image P11a, the image is updated as shown in P11b. In other words, if the user wants to edit a card group while maintaining the combo effect W3, by specifying the check box 401 corresponding to the combo, the combination of cards that will be the combo that generates the effect W3. Changes to certain cards C1 and C3 are restricted. In the image P11b, the frames of the cards C1 and C3 are displayed in dotted lines so that the change of the cards C1 and C3 is restricted. In addition, the display mode which shows that the change of the cards C1 and C3 was restricted is not restricted to the example of FIG. Any display mode may be used as long as the change-restricted card and the non-restricted card are distinguished from each other. For example, the cards C1 and C3 may be displayed in dark.
In this modification, in the editing card group, for each card constituting a combination (combo) of cards that exerts a user-desired effect on the game, so as not to accidentally change to another card. The user can limit such card changes himself.

  In this modified example, in order to realize the function of the change restriction unit 58, in step S18 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 12A, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 from the game server 20 based on the current card group of the user and the combo search result. When displaying an image, the above check box is displayed corresponding to each combo. When a check box corresponding to any combo is designated on this image, the CPU 11 changes the display mode of the combination of the cards to be the combo, and in step S20, the selection of each card constituting the combination is selected. And accepting selections for cards not included in the combination.

(1-8-2) Modification 2
In this modification, the changing unit 54 has a function of changing a card included in a card group to a card whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition. Here, the accompanying information associated with the card is, for example, a parameter indicating a game ability such as an attack power or a defense power, a rare degree indicating a rarity value in the game, a card attribute, and the like. When the level, rank, etc. are associated with the card, the level, rank, etc. may be used as accompanying information.
By making it possible to change the cards included in the card group only to those whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition, it is possible to suppress the situation where many cards to be changed are presented and the user has difficulty in selecting. The For example, by limiting the cards to be changed to cards having a predetermined attribute, it becomes easy to find a combination associated with effect information based on the attribute.

FIG. 15 shows a configuration example of the display screen of this modification. An image P11c in FIG. 15 is an example of a display screen corresponding to the image P11 in FIG. 10B. Image P11c differs from P11 in that a pull-down menu 400 is provided in association with each card included in the editing card group. Options for each pull-down menu are as follows, for example, but this is merely an example and may be set as appropriate.
“Α”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attribute is α • “β”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attribute is β • “γ”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attribute is γ "Rare 3": Limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the rarity is 3 or more-"Rare 4": Limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the rarity is 4 or more-"Rare 5": The rarity is 5 Limited to cards that satisfy the following conditions: “Attack UP”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attack power increases from the selected card • “Prevention UP”: a condition that the attack power decreases from the selected card Limited to cards that meet

  In the image P11c in FIG. 15, the user selects a desired option from the pull-down menu 400 associated with each card included in the editing card group, and then selects the card, whereby another possession of the user is performed. A card (another card associated with the user) that satisfies the condition corresponding to the selected option is presented to the user as a card to be changed. For example, in the image P11c of FIG. 15, when the option of the pull-down menu is “α”, all the attributes of the card to be changed with respect to the card C20 are α.

  In order to realize this modification, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 determines that the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 from the game server 20 based on the current card group and the combo search result in step S18 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 12A. When displaying an image, a pull-down menu 400 is displayed corresponding to each card included in the editing card group. When any option is selected from the pull-down menu 400 on this image, a data request (step S22) transmitted to the game server 20 when a card corresponding to the selected option is selected. , The selection result of the option is included. Based on the selection result of the options included in the data request, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 limits the changeable cards to only cards that satisfy the conditions indicated by the options, and transmits the card data to the communication terminal 10.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. In addition, it goes without saying that the above-described embodiments may be variously improved and changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. The technical matters described in the above embodiment and each modification may be applied in appropriate combination.

  In the embodiment described above, the predetermined designation input to the communication terminal by the user is an input of a predetermined button pressing operation on the communication terminal of the user or an input of a touch operation on the display screen for the communication terminal having a touch panel function. However, the designated input is not limited to this. The designation input may be an input by shaking a communication terminal provided with an acceleration sensor, or an input by gesture (gesture input). In gesture input, by performing a predetermined gesture on a communication terminal having an imaging function, the communication terminal recognizes an image of the gesture, and recognizes an input associated with the gesture in advance. In the case of a communication terminal capable of executing a voice recognition program, the designation input may be performed by inputting voice.

In the above-described embodiment, the game server 20 on the network is configured to realize the functions provided in each unit illustrated in FIG. 11, for example, but is not limited to this configuration. The communication terminal 10 may be configured to realize at least some of the means shown in FIG. That is, the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20 may share the function of the game control device as necessary.
In the above-described embodiment, communication according to HTTP is performed between the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20, and a game image is displayed by interpreting an HTML document acquired from the game server 20 by the communication terminal 10. Although the case where the present invention is realized by the browser format has been described, the present invention is not limited to this case. This is realized by a so-called native application format in which the communication terminal 10 executes the game program downloaded by the communication terminal 10 to execute the game processing in an active manner and suppresses transmission / reception processing between the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20. May be. In the native application format, image data is generated and displayed in the communication terminal 10 without using a web browser.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the combo search request is sent from the communication terminal 10 to the game server 20, but in the case of the native application format, the combo database is used when the communication terminal 10 starts the game (for example, at the time of login). May be downloaded and recorded in the storage 18 in the communication terminal 10. Then, it is not necessary to make a combo search request when executing card group editing.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, a changeable card data request for the card selected from the editing card group is made from the communication terminal 10 to the game server 20, but in the case of the native application format, The communication terminal 10 may download the data of the user's possessed card and record it in the storage 18 in the communication terminal 10 at the start of the game. Then, it is not necessary to make a data request to the game server 20 every time a card is selected.
That is, when the present invention is realized by the native application format, the communication terminal 10 receives the user database (only the data of the user to be processed), the card database, and the combo database in the above-described embodiment when the game is started. If it is configured to record in the storage 18, the subsequent processing can be executed in the communication terminal 10. At the end of the game (for example, when logging out), for example, the communication terminal 10 transmits the user database in the storage 18 to the game server 20, and the game server 20 uses the user database in the storage 25 based on the received user database. Update the database.

  The scope of application of the present invention is not limited to games using a network. For example, the present invention can be applied to a case where a user executes a game in a stand-alone environment using a stationary or portable home game machine. In that case, the user database, the card database, and the combo database in the above-described embodiment are stored in a recording medium such as a card or a disk inserted into the game machine, and these are executed when the CPU of the game machine executes the game program. You may read from or write to the database.

(2) Second Embodiment Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the content described in relation to FIGS. 1 to 9 in the first embodiment is the same for the present embodiment, the redundant description will be omitted, and the content different from the first embodiment will be described below.

(2-1) Group Edit Processing in the Game of the Present Embodiment Hereinafter, group edit processing in the game of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16A to 16C and FIGS. FIGS. 16A to 11C and FIGS. 17A to 17D are diagrams showing examples of images displayed on the communication terminal 10 when performing group editing processing in the game of the present embodiment.
In the following, as in the first embodiment, a user whose processing target user name is “XYZ” (hereinafter, user XYZ) will be described as an example.

When the button b3 (“group edit”) is designated on the image P0 (main menu image) in FIG. 16A, the image is updated as shown in P20. In the image P20, the current card group of the user XYZ (a card group including five cards C1, C3, C9, C15, and C20) is displayed. By selecting each card constituting the card group displayed in the image P20, the processing target user XYZ performs a card group editing process, that is, a process for setting a monster card group to be used in the battle. Can do.
For example, it is assumed that the card C1 is selected in the image P20. When the card C1 is selected, as shown in an image P21 in FIG. 16B, a card row composed of a plurality of cards that can be changed from the card C1 among the possessed cards of the user XYZ is displayed in a pull-down format. Displaying all the cards on the display screen when the number of cards constituting the card row is large is preferable from the viewpoint of visibility because one card becomes too small considering the size of the display screen of the communication terminal 10. Therefore, a plurality of cards constituting the card train are displayed on the display screen in order for each predetermined number. In the illustrated example, the first to fifth cards (C2, C7, C18, C22, C31) in the card row are displayed. Note that the cards C3, C9, C15, and C20 in the card group not selected by the user are not included in the card row corresponding to the card C1 because they are not changeable cards with the selected card C1.
Although not shown, when a scroll operation is performed in the image P21, for example, when the operation amount is small, the 2nd to 6th possessed cards in the card row are displayed, and when the operation amount is large, for example, the card row The five cards from the 11th to the fifteenth are displayed on the display screen selectively according to the order of the card rows.

  In the image P21, for example, by selecting the card C7, the image is updated as shown in P22 (FIG. 16C). In the image P22, the card group of the user XYZ is displayed in a state where the card C1 is replaced with the newly selected card C7, and a button b30 (“change”) for confirming the change of the card group; A button b31 ("do not change") is displayed to cancel the card group change. Here, when the button b30 (“change”) is designated, the image is updated as shown in P23, and the change of the card group is confirmed. This completes the editing of the card group that changes (replaces) one card.

  In the image P20 (FIG. 16A), it is also possible to select a plurality of cards from the current card group of the user XYZ (a card group consisting of five cards C1, C3, C9, C15, C20). In the image P30 of FIG. 17A, the case where the cards C1, C3, and C9 are selected, and thereby three card rows composed of a plurality of cards that can be changed with each of the cards C1, C3, and C9 are displayed in a pull-down format. Illustrated. Similarly to the image P21, the first to fifth five cards (C2, C7, C18, C22, C31) in each card row are also displayed in the image P30. The cards C15 and C20 in the card group not selected by the user are not changeable cards with the selected cards C1, C3, and C9, and are therefore included in the card row corresponding to the cards C1, C3, and C9. I can't.

  In the image P30, when there is a combination of cards that becomes a combo when a card is selected one by one from the three card columns displayed on the display screen, the combination is displayed so that the combination can be seen. In the example of the image P30, it is displayed that the cards C1, C7, and C18 are combos, and the cards C18, C31, and C22 are combos. In the image P30, as a preferred example, buttons b11 and b12 are displayed in association with each combo. That is, the button b11 is displayed in association with the combo composed of the cards C1, C7, C18, and the button b12 is displayed in association with the combo composed of the cards C18, C31, C22. In the image P30, two sets of combos are displayed in such a manner that the cards are connected to each other. However, different modes (for example, different for each combo) so that each combo and a button corresponding to each combo can be easily recognized. It is preferable to display in a color, a different pattern, or a different luminance.

  When a scroll operation is performed on the image P30, the image is updated as shown in P31 (FIG. 17B). In the image P31, for example, the sixth to tenth cards (C32, C35, C42, C44, C50) of each card row are displayed. Also in the image P31, when there is a combination of cards that becomes a combo when one card is selected from each of the three card columns displayed on the display screen, the combination is displayed so that the combination can be understood. . In the example of the image P31, it is displayed that the cards C32, C44, and C50 are combos, and the cards C42, C35, and C32 are combos. In the image P31, as a preferable example, buttons b13 and b14 are displayed in association with each combo. That is, the button b13 is displayed in association with the combo composed of the cards C32, C44, and C50, and the button b14 is displayed in association with the combo composed of the cards C42, C35, and C32.

For example, when the button b14 is designated in the image P31, the image is updated as shown in P32 (FIG. 17C). In the image P32, the effect of the combo corresponding to the button b14 (a combination of the cards C42, C35, and C32) is displayed. Here, when the button b14 is further designated, the image is updated as shown in P33 (FIG. 17D). Since the card is not changed when the effect is displayed in the image P33, when the user does not want the displayed effect, the user presses another button (in this case, the button b13). It can also be specified.
In the image P33, the card group of the user XYZ is displayed in a state where the cards C1, C3, and C9 selected by the user in P31 are changed to C42, C35, and C32 that are combos corresponding to the button b14, and the card A button b30 (“change”) for confirming the change of the group and a button b31 (“not change”) for stopping the change of the card group are displayed. Here, when the button b30 ("change") is designated, the image is updated as shown in P34, and the change of the card group is confirmed. This completes the editing of the card group into which the combo card is incorporated.

(2-2) Overview of Functions Provided by Game Control Device Next, functions provided by the game control device in order to realize the above-described game of the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the game server 20 constitutes a game control device. Hereinafter, functions implemented by the game control device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 18, taking as an example the case where the game of the above-described embodiment is applied. FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions that play major roles in the game control device 50B of the present embodiment. In the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 18, the changing means 65, the restricting means 66, and the battle execution means 67 are not necessarily essential components in the present invention. In the present embodiment, a card is an example of an object, and a card group is an example of an object group.

The associating unit 61 has a function of associating a combination of two or more cards with effect information indicating an effect on the game based on the combination. In the present embodiment, a combination of two or more cards associated with effect information is a combo.
In order to realize the function of the associating means 61, as shown in FIG. 7, the combo database includes a combination of cards (combo), contents of effects (effect information) generated by the combination of cards (combo), Associated with the name of the effect.

The selection means 62 has a function of selecting one of the cards from the user's card group based on the user input information.
The function of the selection means 62 is realizable as follows. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 accepts a card group editing request (group editing request), the CPU 21 accesses the user database to read the data of the user's possession card to be processed, and transmits the HTML data including the possession card data to the communication terminal. 10 to send. The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 expands the received user card data on the RAM 13 and displays an image including the user card group (for example, P20 in FIG. 16A). In addition, since the group flag is included in the data of the possessed card, the CPU 11 identifies the card group with reference to the group flag. By recognizing the selection of any card included in the card group on the image, the CPU 11 obtains the selection result of the card in the user's card group.

  The display means 63 displays a card row composed of a card selected from the user's possessed cards (cards associated with the user) and other cards that can be changed, on the display screen based on the switching operation of the display screen. It has a function to display each number of cards that can be placed. Further, the display means 63 has a function of displaying information on the combination of cards specified by the specifying means 64 on the display screen. In the example of this embodiment, the number of cards selected by the user and changeable possession cards that can be placed on the display screen is “5”, but this number is the size of the display screen of the user communication terminal 10 and the number of cards May be determined appropriately from the viewpoint of visibility.

The function of the display means 63 is realizable as follows. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 obtains an HTTP request indicating a card group editing request, the CPU 21 reads out the data of the user's possession card to be processed from the user database, and transmits the HTML data including the read possession card data to the communication terminal 10. Send to. The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 expands the user's possessed card data acquired from the game server 20 in the RAM 13 and displays an image including the user's card group (for example, P20 in FIG. 16A). When the CPU 11 obtains a selection result of any card included in the card group, the CPU 11 generates a card train including the selected card and a changeable possessed card. The order of the cards in the card train may be determined according to predetermined rules or randomly. Next, the CPU 11 displays an image configured by associating the first to fifth possessed cards in the generated card row with the selected card. For example, as illustrated in the image P21 (FIG. 16B), the first to fifth possessed cards (C2, C7, C18, C22, C31 in P21) are selected as five cards that can be arranged on the display screen. Displayed in association with the card (C1 in P21).
The user can select a card in the card group for two or more cards. Each time the CPU 11 selects a card included in the card group, the CPU 11 generates a card row corresponding to the selected card.

The CPU 11 targets cards that are included in the card row corresponding to the card selected by the user and that are displayed on the display screen, and cards that are not selected by the user but are included in the card group. Then, a combo search request is made to the game server 20. When acquiring the combo search result from the game server 20, the CPU 11 updates the image based on the combo search result. When there is a combination of cards to be a combo, information on the combination is displayed. In the example of the image P30 in FIG. 17A, “information about combination” corresponds to information indicating that three cards that are combos are connected.
The CPU 11 updates the cards in the card row arranged on the display screen in response to a display screen switching operation (for example, a scroll operation) by the user. When determining that the display screen switching operation has been performed, the CPU 11 makes a combo search request to the game server 20. For example, when the display state in which the first to fifth possessed cards are displayed is changed to the display state in which the second to sixth possessed cards are displayed, the CPU 11 makes a combo search request to the game server 20. . As a result, every time the contents of the card row arranged on the display screen change, the information regarding the combination of cards that become a combo can be updated.

The specifying unit 64 has a function of specifying a combination of cards associated with the effect information among the cards constituting the card group and the cards displayed on the display screen among the card rows.
In order to realize the function of the specifying unit 64, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 executes a combo search process based on a combo search request from the communication terminal 10. The combo search process is as follows. The CPU 21 is a card included in the card row corresponding to the card selected by the user, and information on the card displayed on the display screen and a card that is not selected by the user but is included in the card group Is obtained, the combo database (FIG. 7) is accessed, and the data of the item “card combination” in the combo database is searched using the obtained card information as a key. When there is a combination (combo) of the corresponding card, the CPU 21 transmits the combo, the contents related to the combo, and the name of the effect to the communication terminal 10.

The changing means 65 is a card selected by the selecting means 62 based on the user's operation input, and any of the cards displayed on the display screen in a card row composed of the card and other cards that can be changed. It has a function to change.
In order to realize the function of the changing means 65, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 displays five cards in a card row including a selected card (referred to as “selected card”) and a changeable holding card. When it is recognized that one of the five cards (referred to as “change target card”) is selected, the process of changing the selected card to the change target card is performed. When the editing of the card group is completed, the CPU 11 transmits data about the card group at that time (if the card is changed, the changed card group) to the game server 20. The game server 20 updates the group flag of the possessed card data of the user data of the user to be processed based on the received card group data. As a result, the edited contents of the user's card group are confirmed.

The restricting means 66 has a function of restricting the total cost of all cards included in the card group to be a predetermined value or less. As shown in FIG. 6, each card is associated with a cost as the first parameter. Note that providing the function of the restricting means 66 is not essential to the present invention.
The function of the restricting means 66 can be realized as follows. The data of the user's possession card included in the RAM 13 of the communication terminal 10 includes cost data of each possession card. The CPU 11 determines whether the total cost of all cards in the card group after the change is equal to or less than a predetermined value before performing the process of changing the selected card to the change target card. The CPU 11 permits the process of changing the selected card to the change target card when the total cost is equal to or less than the predetermined value, and changes the selected card to the change target card when the total cost exceeds the predetermined value. Processing is not allowed. Although not shown, when the process of changing the selected card to the card to be changed is not permitted, it is preferable to display a message such as “cannot be changed due to excessive costs” on the display screen.

The battle execution means 67 has a function of executing a battle process between card groups between users.
In the game of the present embodiment, a battle process between users is started when a user who is logged in to the game designates the button b2 (“battle”) on the image of his / her main menu, and the user is in a card group. Using this, it becomes the side (attacking side user) who attacks the opponent selected by himself. The other user selected as the opponent is the defender (defender user).

  The winning or losing of the battle is determined by the following method, for example. That is, the sum of the attack power values of all cards set in the attacking user's card group (referred to as “total attack power”) and the protection of all cards set in the defending user's card group. Comparing the sum of the values of attack power (referred to as “total defense power”), if the total attack power is greater than or equal to the total defense power, it is determined that the attacking user wins, and the total attack power is less than the total defense power. In some cases, it may be determined that the defending user wins. At this time, the values of the attack power and defense power of the individual cards in the battle may vary depending on the effect (see FIG. 7) generated by the combo with respect to the values stored in the card database. The total attack power and the total defense power are calculated based on the values after the fluctuation of each card.

The function of the battle execution means 67 can be realized as follows, for example.
CPU21 reads each card | curd which comprises a card group from the user data of the user who competes, expand | deploys to RAM23, and performs the following processes. The CPU 21 refers to the combo database (FIG. 7) and determines whether or not there is a combo combination for each card group developed in the RAM 23. When there is a combination to be a combo, a process of changing the total attack power of the attacking user and / or the total defense power of the defending user based on the content of the effect generated by the combo is performed. Note that the effect of the combo may be generated with a predetermined or random probability. The CPU 21 determines the victory or defeat between users based on the comparison result of the changed total attack power and the changed total defense power. That is, the CPU 21 determines that the attacking user wins when the total attack power is greater than or equal to the total defense power, and determines that the defending user wins when the total attack power is less than the total defense power.

(2-3) Card Group Editing Process Flow in the Present Embodiment Next, an example of the card group editing process flow in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence charts of FIGS. 19A and 19B.

  In FIG. 19A, the user communication terminal 10 transmits an HTTP request including a group edit request to the game server 20 to start the card group edit process (step S100). This HTTP request is transmitted from the communication terminal 10 by designating the button b3 (“group edit”) of the image P0, for example. When the game server 20 receives the HTTP request, the CPU 21 reads data of the user's possession card from the user data of the user to be processed (step S102), and transmits HTML data including the possession card data to the communication terminal 10. (Step S104).

  When the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 acquires the data of the user's possessed card, the data is expanded in the RAM 13 (step S106), and an image including the user's card group (for example, P20 in FIG. 16A) is displayed (step S106). S108). In addition, since the group flag is included in the data of the possessed card, the CPU 11 identifies the card group with reference to the group flag. When an unselected card (that is, a card for which the corresponding card row is not displayed) is selected in the card group on the image (step S110: YES), the CPU 11 selects a card held by the user. A card train composed of the changed cards and other changeable cards is generated (step S112). When an unselected card is not selected (step S110: NO), no card row is generated.

  When the card sequence is generated, the CPU 11 determines a card to be arranged on the display screen in the card sequence (step S114) and displays it on the display screen (step S116). For example, when the number of cards that can be arranged on the display screen is 5, the first to fifth cards in the card row are determined as cards arranged on the display screen. For example, whenever a display screen switching operation such as a scroll operation is performed (step S118: YES), the process returns to step S114, and the CPU 11 determines five consecutive cards to be arranged on the display screen in the card row. . The card displayed on the display screen varies depending on the degree of switching operation (or scroll amount). In step S112, for example, when the degree of switching operation is small, the 2nd to 6th cards in the card row are determined as cards to be arranged on the display screen, and when the degree of switching operation is large, 15 to 20 of the card row. The second card can be determined as a card to be arranged on the display screen.

  If it is determined that the switching operation has not been performed (step S118: NO), the process proceeds to step S120 in FIG. 19B. In step S <b> 118, the CPU 11 makes a combo search request to the game server 20. In this combo search request, as the card information, data of two or more card rows (five cards each) displayed on the communication terminal 10 at that time, and the card group that has not been selected in step S110 are stored. Data of the card included. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires a combo search request from the communication terminal 10, the CPU 21 performs a combo search process for searching whether data of two or more card strings included in the request includes a combination of cards that become a combo. Execute (Step S122). In the combo search process, the CPU 21 accesses the combo database (FIG. 7), and searches the data of the item “card combination” in the combo database using the acquired card information as a key. When there is a corresponding card combination (combo), the CPU 21 transmits the combo, the content of the related effect, and the name of the effect to the communication terminal 10 as a combo search result (step S124). When acquiring the combo search result from the game server 20, the CPU 11 updates the image based on the combo search result (step S126). In this image, when there is a combination of cards to be a combo, information regarding the combination is displayed. For example, as illustrated in the image P30 of FIG. 17A, a plurality of cards that are combos are displayed in a connected manner.

Next, when a card change operation is performed (step S128: YES), the CPU 11 changes the card (step S130). Specifically, when any card in the card row displayed on the display screen is selected, the CPU 11 replaces the card in the card group corresponding to the card row with the card row. The card is changed so that the selected card becomes a new card group. When the button corresponding to the combo is designated, the CPU 11 changes the cards in the card group so that the combo is incorporated into the card group.
After the card change, the display of the card row targeted for the card change is terminated. When the card group editing is continued (step S132: NO), the process returns to step S108. When the editing of the card group is finished (step S132: YES), the game server 20 is notified of the data of each card constituting the card group at that time as a card editing result (step S134). When acquiring the card editing result, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 accesses the user data and updates the group flag for the user's possessed card based on the card editing result (step S136).

  As described above, in the game control device of the present embodiment, when a user selects one of the cards in the card group when editing his / her card group, the selected card and the changeable card train are displayed. Is displayed. This card row is displayed on the display screen every number that can be arranged on the display screen by the switching operation. That is, the card row may include a very large number of cards, but the many cards are displayed in order, for example, in a predetermined number of units (that is, a part of the card row). And the combination of the card | curd matched with effect information is specified and displayed among the combination with the card | curd contained in a card group, and the card | curd currently displayed on the display screen. Therefore, when the user tries to change the card of his / her card group to another card so as to obtain a game effect, the user selects the card from his / her card group and displays a scroll operation or the like. By performing the screen switching operation, it is possible to efficiently find other cards that can provide a game effect. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently edit the cards constituting the card group by the user. Moreover, since the combination of the card | curd linked | related with the effect information in order is specified by switching operation of a display screen, possibility of overlooking such a combination can be reduced.

  In the embodiment described above, as shown in FIG. 17C, the display means 63 uses the contents of the effect and the name of the effect as the effect information associated with the card combination (combo) specified by the specifying means 64 (FIG. 17). In the example of 17C, the case where “total attack power 20% UP” and “W23”) are displayed on the display screen has been described. In this case, for example, in accordance with the switching operation of the display screen such as a scroll operation, the effect information is displayed together with the combination of cards sequentially associated with the effect information, so that the user has an effect that is desired to be generated on the game. There is an advantage that it becomes easy to find a combination of cards obtained. However, displaying the contents of the combo effect and the effect name at the time of editing the card group is not essential to the present invention. Even if the contents of the combo effect and the name of the effect are not displayed, if the combination of the cards to be the combo is known, the user is motivated to incorporate the combination into his / her card group. If an opportunity for the user to recognize the content of the combo effect (for example, P5 in FIG. 9) is set separately, another opportunity is available even if the effect is not known when the combo is incorporated into its own card group. You can learn the effects of combos.

  In the embodiment described above, the case where the display unit 63 displays each card constituting the combination (combo) of cards specified by the specifying unit 64 on the display screen in a manner in which the cards are associated with each other has been described. In this case, the visibility of the card combination associated with the effect information is improved, and the possibility of overlooking the card combination can be further reduced. In addition, it is not restricted to the case where it displays in the aspect with which cards were linked | related about the combination of the card | curd used as a combo. Since it is only necessary for the user to be able to recognize the combination of cards, for example, a display mode in which the combination of cards to be a combo is displayed surrounded by a frame of the same color, or a display mode with the same identification symbol is displayed. Also good.

  In the above-described embodiment, the changing unit 65 changes the card selected by the user based on any card in the card row corresponding to the card and the user's operation, so that the user can obtain the effect information. The case has been described where the card group is edited so that the new combination associated with is included in the card group. Since this editing can be performed when a combination of cards associated with the effect information is displayed, the editing operability is improved. However, providing the changing means 65 is not essential to the present invention. It is only necessary that the user can recognize the card to be a combo, and an opportunity to change the card to be a combo may be provided separately from the editing of the card group.

  In the embodiment described above, the case has been described in which the restricting unit 66 restricts the total cost as the first parameter of all the cards included in the user's card group to be a predetermined value or less. In this case, the user edits the card group within the constraint that the total cost of all the cards included in the card group is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Can enhance the fun of the game. However, the provision of the limiting means 66 is not essential to the present invention. It may be configured such that the user can edit the card group without being restricted by the cost of the card.

(2-4) Modified Example In the above-described embodiment, data of two or more card strings (five cards each) displayed on the communication terminal 10 and a card group that is not selected in step S110 are included. Although the combo is searched based on the card data, the present invention is not limited to this. A combo search may be performed based only on data of two or more card rows (five cards each) arranged on the display screen. In that case, the user is not selected in the card group, and the card that the user does not want to change can be excluded from the change target.

  In the embodiment described above, for example, as shown in the image P30 of FIG. 17A, the case where the same card is displayed in each column when a plurality of card columns are displayed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this case. For example, the user may select one card in the card group, scroll the card row, and then select another card in the card group. In such a case, the configuration of cards displayed in each column may be different.

In the above-described embodiment, the card row generated when any card is selected from the user's card group includes more cards as the number of cards owned by the user increases. In order to find a desired combo, many display screen switching operations must be performed, which may be complicated. That is, since many combos are presented to the user, it becomes complicated to find a combo desired by the user from among the many combos. Therefore, in order to shorten the generated card train, the possessed cards included in the card train may be restricted based on the accompanying information of the card from among the possessed cards of the user.
The accompanying information of the card may be any information as long as it is information associated with the card. For example, in the example of the present embodiment, parameters of attack power and defense power, rarity, attribute, cost, and the like. The timing at which the user acquires the card may be used as the card accompanying information.
In this modified example, the display means 63 displays a card string composed of cards whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition. A display example of the display means 63 in this case is shown as an image P31a in FIG. The image P31a differs from the image P31 in FIG. 17B in that a pull-down menu b40 is added. By specifying this pull-down menu b40, a condition relating to accompanying information associated with the card can be selected. For example, in the image P31a, the condition “rare degree 3 or higher” is selected, and a card string that satisfies this condition is displayed on the display screen.
In order to realize this modification, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 extracts only cards that satisfy the selected condition when generating a card train (step S112 in FIG. 19A).
In this modification, the contents of the card row displayed for each card constituting the card group can be changed, so that it may be easy for the user to find a desired combo. For example, when there is a combo generated by the same attribute or different attributes, the user can limit the contents of the card row by specifying the attribute.

  The display means 63 may display the card train in the order according to a predetermined rule based on the accompanying information. In this case, the length of the card row is not shortened, but the combo desired by the user can be found with a small number of switching operations. “Order according to a predetermined rule based on accompanying information” is, for example, in order of increasing attack power, order of low attack power, order of high defense power, order of low defense power, order of high cost, order of low cost, order of high rareness, For example, in order of increasing rarity, the order added to the possession card. In this case, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 generates a card sequence by sorting the selected card and the changeable possessed card based on the selected condition.

As described in relation to the first embodiment, also in this embodiment, at least a part of the means shown in FIG. 18 or all means may be realized by the communication terminal 10. That is, the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20 may share the function of the game control device as necessary. Further, the game of the present embodiment may also be realized by a native application format.
Further, the scope of application of the invention related to the present embodiment is not limited to a game using a network, as in the first embodiment. For example, the invention related to this embodiment can be applied even when a user executes a game in a stand-alone environment using a stationary or portable home game machine.

(2-5) Summary of Invention Related to Second Embodiment From the above description, the invention related to the second embodiment is grasped as follows, for example.

A first aspect of the invention related to the present embodiment is a game control device for a game that uses an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects.
This game control device
Association means (61) for associating a combination of two or more objects with effect information indicating the effect on the game based on the combination;
Selection means (62) for selecting any object from the user's object group based on user input information;
A display that displays an object column composed of the selected object and other changeable objects among the objects associated with the user for each number of objects that can be arranged on the display screen based on a display screen switching operation. Means (63);
A specifying means (64) for specifying a combination of objects associated with effect information among the objects constituting the object group and the objects displayed on the display screen among the object columns;
The display means (63) displays information on the combination of objects specified by the specifying means on the display screen.

In this game control device, the “object” includes, for example, a character or item on the game. The character is, for example, a virtual person or creature on the game, a monster, or the like, and includes characters displayed on a card.
In this game control device, the “switching operation” may be any operation as long as it is an operation for switching the display of the object row on the display screen, may be a scrolling operation, or may be an operation for selecting a switching button.
In this game control device, “display for each number of objects that can be arranged on the display screen” means that the number of objects that can be displayed on a display screen with a limited display area is displayed. This means that the objects are displayed in order. The “number of objects that can be arranged on the display screen” may be appropriately set from the viewpoint of the size of the display screen and the visibility of the object.

  In the game control device, when the user selects one of the objects in the object group when editing the object group, the selected object and the changeable object string are displayed. This object sequence is displayed on the display screen for each number that can be arranged on the display screen by the switching operation. That is, the object column may include a very large number of objects, but the many objects are displayed in order, for example, in a predetermined number of units (that is, a part of the object column). Then, a combination of objects associated with the effect information is specified and displayed among the combinations included in the object group and the objects displayed on the display screen. Therefore, when the user tries to change an object in his / her object group to another object so that a game effect can be obtained, the user selects an object from his / her object group and performs a switching operation. Thus, it is possible to efficiently find other objects that can provide a game effect. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently edit the objects constituting the object group by the user. In addition, since the combination of objects sequentially associated with the effect information is specified by switching the display screen, the possibility of overlooking such a combination can be reduced.

  The said game control apparatus WHEREIN: The said display means (63) may display the effect information linked | related with the combination of the object specified by the said specification means (64) on the said display screen. In this case, according to the switching operation of the display screen, the effect information is displayed together with the combination of the objects associated with the effect information in order, so that the user can obtain the effect that the effect desired to be generated on the game is obtained. Makes it easier to find.

  In the game control apparatus, the display means (63) displays each object constituting the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (64) on the display screen in a manner in which the objects are associated with each other. Good. In this case, the visibility of the object combination associated with the effect information is improved, and the possibility of overlooking the object combination can be further reduced.

In the game control device, the object is associated with accompanying information,
The display means (63) may display an object string composed of objects for which the accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition.
The “accompanying information” may be any information as long as it is information associated with the object. For example, the parameter indicating the ability on the game, the parameter indicating the rare value on the game, the attribute, level, rank, etc. of the object It is. By limiting the accompanying information to the objects satisfying the predetermined condition from the object column, the situation that many combinations are displayed according to the switching operation and the editing becomes complicated is suppressed.

  In the game control device, an object selected by the selection means (62) is displayed on the display screen in an object row composed of the object and other objects that can be changed based on an operation input by the user. And changing means (65) for changing the object. By changing the object selected by the user based on one of the objects in the object column corresponding to the object and the user's operation, the user can set the new combination associated with the effect information in the object group. You can edit your own object group to include it. Since this editing can be performed when a combination of objects associated with the effect information is displayed, the editing operability is improved.

In the game control device, the object is associated with a first parameter,
Limiting means (66) for limiting the total sum of the first parameters of all the objects included in the object group to be a predetermined value or less may be provided. In this case, the user edits the object group under the constraint that the sum of the first parameters of all the objects included in the object group is equal to or less than a predetermined value. It can make you think and can enhance the fun of the game.

According to a second aspect of the invention related to the present embodiment, in a game that uses an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects,
Selection means (61) for selecting any object from the object group of the user based on user input information;
The display screen according to the number of objects that can be arranged on the display screen based on the switching operation of the display screen for the object row composed of the selected object and the other objects that can be changed among the objects associated with the user Display means (63) for instructing display on
With reference to a storage device (25) for storing a combination of two or more objects and effect information indicating the effect on the game based on the combination, the objects constituting the object group, and the object sequence Among the objects displayed on the display screen, a specifying means (64) for specifying a combination of objects associated with effect information,
Is a program for functioning as
The display means (63) is a program that instructs the display on the display screen of information relating to the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (64).

  The computer may be a network server, a large computer, or the like, for example. Further, this program may be stored in a computer-readable information storage medium such as a DVD-ROM or a CD-ROM.

A third aspect of the invention related to the present embodiment is a communication terminal (10), a server (20) that is accessed from the communication terminal (10) and controls execution of the game by the communication terminal (10), Is a game system (1) for a game using an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects.
This game system (1)
Association means (61) for associating a combination of two or more objects with effect information indicating an effect on the game based on the combination;
Selection means (62) for selecting any object from the object group of the user based on user input information;
A display that displays an object column composed of the selected object and other changeable objects among the objects associated with the user for each number of objects that can be arranged on the display screen based on a display screen switching operation. Means (63),
A specifying unit (64) for specifying a combination of objects associated with effect information among the objects constituting the object group and the objects displayed on the display screen among the object columns;
Each means is provided in at least one of the communication terminal (10) and the server (20),
The display means (63) displays information on the combination of objects specified by the specifying means on the display screen.

  In the above, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the reference numerals appropriately described in the drawings are described in parentheses, but this allows a game control device or the like according to the invention related to the second embodiment to be described. The embodiment is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

(3) Third Embodiment Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the content described in relation to FIGS. 1 to 9 in the first embodiment is the same for the present embodiment, the redundant description will be omitted, and the content different from the first embodiment will be described below.

(3-1) Group Editing Process in Game of This Embodiment Hereinafter, the group editing process in the game of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 21A to 21B and FIGS. 21A to 21B and FIGS. 22 to 23 are diagrams illustrating examples of images displayed on the communication terminal 10 when performing group editing processing in the game of the present embodiment.
In the following, as in the first embodiment, a user whose processing target user name is “XYZ” (hereinafter, user XYZ) will be described as an example.

  When the button b3 (“group edit”) is designated on the image P0 (main menu image) in FIG. 21A, the image is updated as shown in P40. In the image P40, the current card group of the user XYZ (a card group including five cards C1, C3, C9, C15, and C20) is displayed. In this group editing process, a card that the user does not want to change (that is, wants to remain in the card group) is selected in advance from his / her card group. In the image P40, when the user selects at least one card to be left in the card group and designates the button b10 ("edit"), a list of combos including the selected card is displayed. For example, in the image P40, when the cards C1 and C9 included in the user's card group are selected and the button b10 (“edit”) is designated, the image is updated as shown in P41.

  In the image P41, an editing card group (editing group) is displayed at the top. The editing card group is a card group for editing by changing a card with reference to the current user's card group, and the initial card configuration is the same as the user's current card group. Further, the image P41 displays information about a card that becomes a combo in combination with the card selected by the user (in this example, C1, C9).

  In the example of the image P41, as a combo including at least one of the cards C1 and C9, a combo that generates the special skill W3 (C1, C8, C23) and a combo that generates the special technique W11 (C1, C18, C9, C6). , And a combo (C41, C9) that generates the special skill W9 is displayed. Here, black square (■) or white square (□) symbols correspond to cards included in the user's editing card group displayed in the same column. The symbol (2) means that the corresponding card is included in the combo, and the symbol □ means that the corresponding card is not included in the combo. For example, the special skill W3 is generated by a combo of the selected card C1 and the cards C8 and C23 that are owned by the user but are not included in the editing card group. The special skill W11 is generated by a combo of the selected cards C1 and C9 and the cards C18 and C6 that are owned by the user but are not included in the editing card group. The fact that the card C10 is displayed in a dotted frame means that the combo effect is further enhanced by adding the card C10. The special skill W9 is generated by a combo of the selected card C9 and C41 which is a user's possessed card but is not included in the editing card group. It can be seen that the user who views the image P41 can generate the special skill W3 by, for example, incorporating the card C8 and the card C41 into his / her card group.

  Note that the image of the selected card itself may be displayed instead of the symbol ■ or □, but by displaying the symbol ■ or □, it is a user-owned card for each combo feat. Cards that are not included in the editing card group can be emphasized and presented to the user. Therefore, it becomes easier for the user to recognize cards (in the example of P41, cards C8 and C23 with respect to the special skill W3) to be added to the editing card group in order to establish the combo.

  In the image P41, it is assumed that the card C41 is selected for the purpose of causing the user to generate the special skill W9 by his / her card group. In this case, the image is updated as shown in P42. In the image P42, it is displayed that the card C41 selected in P41 is incorporated in the editing card group in place of the card C3 displayed in the same column as the card C41 in the editing card group. When the button b12 (“OK”) is designated in the image P42, the editing card group displayed at that time is determined as the new card group of the user.

  In FIG. 21B, the case where the card C41 selected in P41 is replaced with the card C3 displayed in the same column as the card C41 in the editing card group has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user can replace the card C41. A card may be selected. For example, in the image P41 in FIG. 22 (same as P41 in FIG. 21B), when an operation (drag and drop) is performed to move the card C41 to the card C20 in the card group, as shown in P42a, the card C20 is replaced. Thus, the card C41 is incorporated into the editing card group.

  21B and 22 illustrate the case where the cards included in the editing card group are changed in units of one card. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of cards may be changed. For example, in the image P41 in FIG. 23 (same as P41 in FIG. 21B), each feat can be selected, and when the user selects one of the feats, a combo that generates the selected feat becomes an editing card group. It may be incorporated. In the example of FIG. 23, when the special skill W3 is selected in the image P41, cards C8 and C23 that are necessary for generating the special technique W3 and are not included in the editing card group are displayed as shown in P42b. Incorporated into the editing card group. Thus, the editing card group includes cards C1, C8, and C23, which are combos for generating the special skill W3.

(3-2) Overview of Functions Provided by Game Control Device Next, functions provided by the game control device in order to realize the above-described game of the present embodiment will be described.
In the present embodiment, the game server 20 constitutes a game control device. Hereinafter, functions implemented by the game control device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 24, taking as an example the case where the game of the above-described embodiment is applied. FIG. 24 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions that play major roles in the game control device 50C of the present embodiment. In the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 24, the second selection means 75, the exchange means 76, the restriction means 77, and the battle execution means 78 are not necessarily essential components in the present invention. In the present embodiment, a card is an example of an object, and a card group is an example of an object group.

The associating means 71 has a function of associating a combination of two or more cards with effect information indicating an effect on the game based on the combination. In the present embodiment, a combination of two or more cards associated with effect information is a combo.
In order to realize the function of the associating means 71, as shown in FIG. 7, the combo database includes a combination of cards (combo), contents of effects (effect information) generated by the combination of cards (combo), Associated with the name of the effect.

The 1st selection means 72 is provided with the function which selects either card | curd from the some card | curd which comprises a user's card group based on a user's input information.
In order to realize the function of the first selection means 72, when the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 receives a selection result of any card from the user's card group, the CPU 11 generates an HTTP request including the selection result to generate a game. Send to server 20. For example, in the image P40 of FIG. 21A, an HTTP request is transmitted by designating the button b10 (“edit”) with at least one card selected from the user's card group. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires an HTTP request from the communication terminal 10 and recognizes the card selection result by the user.

The specifying unit 73 is a card in which a combination with the card selected by the first selecting unit 72 is associated with the effect information, that is, the first card from the user's possessed card (that is, the card associated with the user). A function of specifying a card to be a combo in combination with the card selected by the one selection means 72 is provided.
The function of the specifying means 73 can be realized as follows. When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 recognizes the result of the card selection by the user, the CPU 21 searches for a possessed card in which a combo is established in combination with the card selected by the user among the possessed cards of the user. Specifically, the CPU 21 searches the combo recorded in the combo database using the card selected by the user as a key, and acquires information on all combos including the card selected by the user. Next, for each acquired combo, the CPU 21 determines whether or not a card other than the card selected by the user is included in the user's possessed card. As a result, a card that becomes a combo by a combination of the cards selected by the user is specified for each combo from the user's possessed cards.

The display unit 74 has a function of displaying the card specified by the specifying unit 73 on the display screen.
In order to realize the function of the display means 74, when the CPU 21 of the game server 20 specifies a card to be a combo by a combination of cards selected by the user, the HTML data for images describing the specified card for each combo Is generated. In this case, it is preferable that information that can distinguish the card selected by the user and included in the combo in the user's card group from the card selected by the user but not included in the combo as HTML data for each combo. Preferably it is described. For example, in the example of FIG. 21B, a symbol ■ is displayed in association with a card selected by the user and included in the combo, and a symbol □ is displayed in association with a card selected by the user but not included in the combo. .
The HTML data generated by the game server 20 is transmitted to the user communication terminal 10. The web browser of the communication terminal 10 interprets the received HTML data and displays an image on the display unit 16.

The second selection means 75 has a function of selecting one of the cards specified by the specifying means 73 based on user input information. Note that the selection of the card in the second selection means includes directly selecting a card and indirectly selecting a card included in the combo by selecting the contents of the combo or its special skill.
In order to realize the function of the second selection means 75, for example, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 displays an image (for example, a diagram) in which an editing card group and a list of combos including a card selected by the user are displayed. In P41 of 21B, the selection result of any one of the combinations of two or more cards to be a combo is recognized. Alternatively, the CPU 11 recognizes the selection result of one of the combos or the contents of the effect in the image displaying the editing card group and the list of combos including the card selected by the user.

The replacement means 76 has a function of replacing the card selected by the second selection means 75 with one of a plurality of cards constituting the user's editing card group.
In order to realize the function of the replacement means 76, for example, in the image in which the editing card group and the list of combos including the card selected by the user are displayed, the user's possessed card specified for each combo is displayed. When the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 recognizes that the operation (replacement operation) to replace any of the cards in the editing card group is performed by selecting any one, the card to be replaced in the editing card group is Performs processing to replace the selected card.
When the communication terminal 10 recognizes that the editing has been completed, the communication terminal 10 transmits information on the editing card group at that time to the game server 20. In the game server 20, the group flag of the user's possessed card data is updated based on the editing card group received by the CPU 21. As a result, the editing card group is determined as the user's new card group.

As shown in FIG. 21B, the replacement operation may be an operation of selecting a user's possessed card included in a specific combo. For example, in the image P41 of FIG. 21B, the card C41 is associated with the card C3 in the editing card group arranged in the same row, and the card C41 is replaced in the editing card group by performing an exchange operation. C3 and card C41 are exchanged.
As shown in FIG. 22, the replacement operation may be an operation of moving a user's possessed card included in a specific combo to a desired card in the editing card group to be replaced. For example, in the image P41 of FIG. 22, the card C20 and the card C41 are exchanged in the editing card group by performing an exchange operation for moving the card C41 to the card C20 in the editing card group.
The replacement operation may be an operation for selecting a specific combo or a specific feat as shown in FIG. For example, in the image P41 of FIG. 23, by performing an exchange operation for selecting the special skill W3, the cards C8 and C23 are respectively exchanged with the cards C3 and C15 arranged in the same row in the editing card group.

The limiting unit 77 has a function of limiting the total cost of all the cards included in the card group to be a predetermined value or less. As shown in FIG. 6, each card is associated with a cost as the first parameter. It is not essential for the present invention to provide the function of the limiting means 77.
The function of the restricting unit 77 can be realized as follows. The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 stores the cost of each card of the editing card group and the cost of the card that is not included in the editing card group but is specified by the specifying unit 73 in the RAM 13. Here, it is assumed that any one of a plurality of cards (first card) constituting the editing card group of the user is replaced with a card (second card) selected by the second selection means 75.
When replacing the first card with the second card, the CPU 11 replaces the first card with the second card if the total cost of all cards in the edited card group after replacement is equal to or less than a predetermined value. If it is permitted and the total cost exceeds a predetermined value, it is not permitted to replace the first card with the second card. Although not shown, when it is not permitted to replace the first card with the second card, it is preferable to display a message such as “It is too costly to change” on the display screen.

The battle execution means 78 has a function of executing a battle process between card groups between users.
In the game of the present embodiment, a battle process between users is started when a user who is logged in to the game designates the button b2 (“battle”) on the image of his / her main menu, and the user is in a card group. Using this, it becomes the side (attacking side user) who attacks the opponent selected by himself. The other user selected as the opponent is the defender (defender user).

  The winning or losing of the battle is determined by the following method, for example. That is, the sum of the attack power values of all cards set in the card group of the attacking user (referred to as “total attack power”) and the defense of all cards set in the card group of the defending user. Comparing the sum of power values (referred to as “total defense strength”), if the total attack power is greater than or equal to the total defense power, it is determined that the attacking user wins, and the total attack power is less than the total defense power In this case, it may be determined that the defending user wins. At this time, the values of the attack power and defense power of the individual cards in the battle may vary depending on the effect (see FIG. 7) generated by the combo with respect to the values stored in the card database. The total attack power and the total defense power are calculated based on the values after the fluctuation of each card.

The function of the battle execution means 78 can be realized as follows, for example.
CPU21 reads each card | curd which comprises a card group from the user data of the user who competes, expand | deploys to RAM23, and performs the following processes. The CPU 21 refers to the combo database (FIG. 7) and determines whether or not there is a combo combination for each card group developed in the RAM 23. When there is a combination to be a combo, a process of changing at least one of the total attack power of the attacking user and the total defense power of the defending user based on the content of the effect generated by the combo is performed. Note that the effect of the combo may be generated with a predetermined or random probability. The CPU 21 determines the victory or defeat between users based on the comparison result of the changed total attack power and the changed total defense power. That is, the CPU 21 determines that the attacking user wins when the total attack power is greater than or equal to the total defense power, and determines that the defending user wins when the total attack power is less than the total defense power. Good.
When the method of determining the winning or losing of the battle is the method described above, the total attack power of the card group is an important parameter that has a large effect on the win or loss. , P41 and P42 in FIG. 21B are preferably displayed.

(3-3) Card Group Editing Process Flow in the Present Embodiment Next, an example of the card group editing process flow in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence charts of FIGS. 25A and 25B.

  In FIG. 25A, the user communication terminal 10 transmits an HTTP request including a group editing request to the game server 20 to start the card group editing process (step S210). This HTTP request is transmitted from the communication terminal 10 by designating the button b3 (“group edit”) of the image P0, for example. When the game server 20 receives the HTTP request, the CPU 21 reads out the data of the user's card group (identification code of the possessed card whose group flag is “1”) from the user data of the user to be processed (step S212), and the user HTML data including the current card group is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal 10 (step S214). The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 interprets the received HTML data and displays an image on the display screen (step S216). The image displayed in step S216 includes information on cards constituting the current card group of the user, as illustrated in P40 of FIG. 21A.

When accepting a selection result of one of the card groups of the user on the image displayed in step S216 (step S218: YES), the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 receives an HTTP request (combo search) including the selection result. Request) is generated and transmitted to the game server 20 (step S220). For example, in the image P40 of FIG. 21A, an HTTP request is transmitted by designating the button b10 (“edit”) with at least one card selected from the user's card group. The CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires an HTTP request from the communication terminal 10 and recognizes the card selection result by the user.
When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 recognizes the card selection result by the user, a combo search process, that is, a process of searching for a possessed card in which a combo is established in combination with the card selected by the user among the possessed cards of the user. Is executed (step S222). More specifically, the CPU 21 searches the combo recorded in the combo database using the card selected by the user in step S218 as a key, and information on all combos including the card selected by the user. To get. Next, for each acquired combo, the CPU 21 determines whether or not a card other than the card selected by the user is included in the user's possessed card. As a result, a card that becomes a combo by a combination of the cards selected by the user is specified for each combo from the user's possessed cards.

When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 specifies a card to be a combo by a combination of cards selected by the user, the CPU 21 generates HTML data for an image that describes the specified card (combo search result) for each combo to generate a communication terminal. 10 (step S224). At this time, it is preferable that information that can distinguish the card selected by the user and included in the combo from the card selected by the user but not included in the combo is described in the HTML data for each combo. The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 interprets the received HTML data and displays an image (step S226). For example, in the example of the image of FIG. 21B, a symbol ■ is displayed in association with a card selected by the user and included in the combo, and a symbol □ is associated with a card selected by the user but not included in the combo. Is displayed.
The card group displayed in step S226 is an editing card group that is the basis of the editing process, and is the same as the current card group of the user when first displayed.

  For example, the CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 selects one of the user's possessed cards specified for each combo in the image in which the editing card group and the list of combos including the card selected by the user are displayed. Then, when it is recognized that an operation for replacing any card in the editing card group (replacement operation) has been performed (step S228: YES), the card to be replaced in the editing card group is selected as the selected card. A replacement process is performed (step S230). Based on the result of the replacement process, the CPU 11 updates the displayed image (step S232).

  The CPU 11 of the communication terminal 10 does not end the editing when there is no predetermined designation input (for example, an input for designating the button b12 (“Determination”)) on the image for editing (for example, P42 in FIG. 21B). If it is determined (step S234: NO), the process returns to step S228 and waits for the user to input a new replacement operation for the editing card group. On the other hand, when there is the predetermined designation input, that is, when it is determined that the editing is completed (step S234: YES), the data of the editing card group (for example, the identification code of each card) at that time is stored. It transmits to the game server 20 (step S236). When the CPU 21 of the game server 20 acquires the data of the editing card group, the CPU 21 updates the group flag in the possessed card data of the processing target user based on the data. In other words, the flag of the user's possession card included in the editing card group is rewritten from “0” to “1”, and the flag of the possession card of the user not included in the editing card group is changed from “1” to “0”. To "". By this process, the editing card group is updated to the user's new card group (step S238).

  As described above, in the game control device of the present embodiment, as illustrated in the image P41 of FIG. 21B, the combination with the card selected by the user from the user's card group is associated with the effect information. Card (that is, the card for which the combo is established) is specified, and the specified card is displayed on the display screen. Therefore, the user can know the card which produces the effect on a game in combination with the selected card in his own card by selecting a card from his card group. Therefore, for example, in order to generate a desired effect on the game, the user can determine a card to be left in his / her card group, and can obtain information useful for editing his / her card group.

In the above-described embodiment, the effect information (FIG. 21B) in which the display unit 74 is associated with the card specified by the specifying unit 73 and the combination (combo) with the card selected by the first selecting unit 72 is associated. The case where P41 special skill W3, etc.) is displayed on the display screen has been described. That is, the case where not only the card associated with the effect information is specified and displayed but also the effect information is displayed in association with the specified card has been described. In this case, when a plurality of effect information is displayed, the user can select a combination of cards associated with more advantageous effect information from the plurality of effect information when editing the card group. Can be incorporated into groups. For example, in the example of the image P41 in FIG. 21B, the user can select the special skill to be generated in his / her card group by looking at the contents of the special techniques W3, W11, and W9.
It is not essential for the present invention to present effect information to the user when editing a card group. If it is found that it is associated with some kind of effect information, it becomes a motivation for incorporating the combo associated with the effect information into its own card group. In the case where the effect information is not presented to the user when editing the card group, for example, the effect of the combo may be presented to the user when performing a battle between users.

In the embodiment described above, the display means 74 uses the information indicating whether each card selected by the first selection means 72 is included in the combination (combo) with the card specified by the specifying means 73 as follows: Alternatively, the case where the symbol □ is displayed in association with each selected card has been described. In the above embodiment, “information indicating whether or not to be included in a combination (combo) of cards specified by the specifying means 73” is the information as long as the case where it is included in the combination of cards and the case where it is not included can be distinguished. Any display form may be used. For example, such information may be a mark, text, code, etc. in addition to the symbols of the present embodiment. By displaying such information, the user can easily recognize whether or not each selected card is included in the combination associated with the effect information.
Note that information indicating whether or not the card is included in a combination (combo) with the card specified by the specifying unit 73 is not necessarily displayed. For example, in the present embodiment, a card form including a character image may be displayed instead of ■ (information indicating that it is included in a combo).

In the above-described embodiment, a case where the display unit 74 displays the card specified by the specifying unit 73 in association with a card that is not selected by the first selection unit 72 among a plurality of cards constituting the card group. explained. In this case, when the card group is edited, the correspondence between the objects when the card specified by the specifying means 73 is replaced with the card not selected by the first selecting means 72 becomes clear. Will be better. In this embodiment, since the cards to be exchanged are in the same column on the image, the exchange target is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the user.
The association between the cards is not limited to the case where the cards are in the same row as the cards C3 and C41 in P41 of FIG. 21B. It is only necessary that the user can visually recognize the correspondence. For example, the associated cards may be displayed in the same color, or may be highlighted in the same manner (for example, blinking display).
As described above, the display in which the cards are associated with each other is not necessarily essential to the present invention. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 22, the user may select the card to be replaced in the editing card group by himself / herself.

In the above-described embodiment, the second selection unit 75 that selects one of the cards specified by the specifying unit 73 based on the user input information, and the card selected by the second selection unit 75 is the user's card. The case where the replacement means 76 for replacing with any one of the plurality of cards constituting the group has been described. In this case, based on the user's input, the card specified by the specifying means can be incorporated into the user's card group, and an effect can be generated by combining two or more cards.
It is not essential for the present invention to provide the second selection means 75 and the replacement means 76. Even if you do not replace the cards in the card group, you can build your own card group by knowing your own card that can be combined with the card selected by the user in the user's card group. You can get useful information.

  In the embodiment described above, a case has been described in which the limiting unit 77 is provided to limit the total cost as the first parameter of all cards included in the card group to be equal to or less than a predetermined value. In this case, the user considers the restriction that the sum of the first parameters of all cards included in the card group is equal to or less than a predetermined value when editing the card group. Can enhance the interest of the game. However, the provision of the limiting means 77 is not essential to the present invention, and the user may be able to edit the card group without being restricted by the total cost.

(3-4) Modified Example In the embodiment described above, the specifying unit 73 specifies all the cards that are combos in combination with the card selected by the first selecting unit 72 from the possessed cards of the user to be processed. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. The identification unit 73 may identify a part of the card that is a combination card with the card selected by the first selection unit 72 when the card is a user's possession card. In this case, the combination of cards to be a combo includes a card that the user does not have, but on the image, among the specified cards, the user's possessed card and the user's non-held card You may display so that it can be distinguished (for example, a user's non-holding card is displayed darkly). When displayed in this way, the user is motivated to acquire the user's non-held card for the purpose of establishing a combo.

In the above-described embodiment, the specifying unit 73 specifies all the held cards when specifying a combo card in combination with the card selected by the first selection unit 72 from the user's held cards. Instead, only the card whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition may be specified.
Here, the accompanying information is information associated with the card, for example, a parameter indicating a game ability such as an attack power or a defense power, a rare degree indicating a rarity value in the game, an attribute of the card, and the like. is there. When the level, rank, etc. are associated with the card, the level, rank, etc. may be used as accompanying information. By limiting the cards specified by the specifying means 73 to cards whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition, a situation in which many specified cards are displayed and complicated for the user is suppressed. For example, by limiting the cards to be specified to cards with a predetermined attribute, the user can select a combination associated with effect information based on the attribute (for example, when all the cards constituting the combo have the same attribute). It is easy to find a combination that produces an effect.

A configuration example of the display screen of this modification is shown in FIG. An image P41a in FIG. 26 is an example of a display screen corresponding to the image P41 in FIG. 21B. The image P41a differs from P41 in that a pull-down menu 400 is provided in association with each card included in the editing card group. Options for each pull-down menu are as follows, for example, but this is merely an example and may be set as appropriate.
“Α”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attribute is α • “β”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attribute is β • “γ”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attribute is γ "Rare 3": Limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the rarity is 3 or more-"Rare 4": Limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the rarity is 4 or more-"Rare 5": The rarity is 5 Limited to cards that satisfy the following conditions: “Attack UP”: limited to cards that satisfy the condition that the attack power increases from the selected card • “Prevention UP”: a condition that the attack power decreases from the selected card Limited to cards that meet

  In the image P41a in FIG. 26, the user selects a desired option from the pull-down menu 400 associated with each card included in the editing card group, and then selects the card, thereby allowing other possession of the user. A card (another card associated with the user) that satisfies the condition corresponding to the selected option (that is, a card whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition) is a card selected by the user. It is specified as a combo card and presented to the user. For example, in the image P41a of FIG. 26, when the option of the pull-down menu corresponding to the card C20 that is the fifth card from the left of the editing card group is “α”, the card ( For example, the attribute of the card arranged in the same row as the card C20 is α.

  In order to realize this modification, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 uses the editing card in the image displayed in step S216 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 25A, that is, the image based on the current card group of the user and the combo search result. HTML data is generated so that a pull-down menu 400 is displayed corresponding to each card included in the group. When any option is selected from the pull-down menu 400 on this image, a data request (step) transmitted from the communication terminal 10 to the game server 20 when a card corresponding to the selected option is selected. S222) includes the selection result of the option. Based on the selection result of the options included in the data request, the CPU 21 of the game server 20 identifies the replaceable cards only from those owned by the user that satisfy the conditions indicated by the options, The specified card data is transmitted to the communication terminal 10.

As described in relation to the first embodiment, also in this embodiment, at least a part of the means shown in FIG. 24 or all the means may be realized by the communication terminal 10. That is, the communication terminal 10 and the game server 20 may share the function of the game control device as necessary. Further, the game of the present embodiment may also be realized by a native application format.
Further, the scope of application of the invention related to the present embodiment is not limited to a game using a network, as in the first embodiment. For example, the invention related to this embodiment can be applied even when a user executes a game in a stand-alone environment using a stationary or portable home game machine.

(3-5) Summary of Invention Related to Third Embodiment From the above description, the invention related to the third embodiment is grasped as follows, for example.

A first aspect of the invention related to the present embodiment is a game control device for a game that uses an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects.
This game control device
Association means (71) for associating a combination of two or more objects with effect information indicating an effect on the game based on the combination;
First selecting means (72) for selecting any one of a plurality of objects constituting the object group based on user input information;
A specifying means (73) for specifying an object in which a combination with the object selected by the first selection means (72) is associated with effect information from among the objects associated with the user;
Display means (74) for displaying the object specified by the specifying means (73) on a display screen;
Is provided.

  In this game control apparatus, the “object” includes, for example, a character or item on the game. The character is, for example, a virtual person or creature on the game, a monster, or the like, and includes characters displayed on a card. In this game control device, the “game effect” may be any effect as long as it can affect the progress of the game. For example, the user or the change of the parameter of the object associated with the user, or the user When a game is progressing by playing against other users or in cooperation with other users, it may be a change in parameters of other users, a change in game image, an event on the game It may be a change in the occurrence probability.

In the game control device, an object associated with the effect information is identified with a combination with an object selected by the user from the object group of the user, and the identified object is displayed on the display screen. Therefore, the user can easily specify a combination of two or more objects that exhibit a predetermined effect in the object group.
Here, the object group to be processed is not limited to the user object group to be presented as the specific result, but in this case, the following effects are further obtained. That is, the user can know an object that produces a game effect in combination with the selected object from among the objects associated with the user by selecting an object from his / her object group. it can. Therefore, for example, the user can determine an object to be left in the object group in order to generate a desired effect on the game, and can obtain information useful for editing his / her object group.

  In the game control apparatus, the display means (74) is associated with the object specified by the specifying means (73) and associated with a combination with the object selected by the first selecting means (72). Effect information may be displayed on the display screen. That is, not only the object associated with the effect information is identified and displayed, but the effect information may be displayed in association with the identified object. At this time, when a plurality of pieces of effect information are displayed, when editing the object group, the user selects a combination of objects associated with more advantageous effect information from the plurality of pieces of effect information. Can be incorporated into groups.

In the game control apparatus, the display means (74) determines whether each object selected by the first selection means (72) is included in a combination with the object specified by the specifying means (73). May be displayed in association with each selected object.
In this game control device, “information indicating whether or not it is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means (73)” is the information as long as it can be distinguished from the case where it is included in the combination of objects and the case where it is not included. Any display form may be used. For example, such information may be symbols, marks, text, codes, etc.
By displaying such information, the user can easily recognize whether or not each selected object is included in the combination associated with the effect information.

In the game control device, the display means (74) has selected the object specified by the specifying means (73) by the first selecting means (72) from among a plurality of objects constituting the object group. It may be displayed in association with a non-existing object.
By displaying in this way, when the object group is edited, the correspondence between the objects when the object specified by the specifying means (73) is replaced with the object not selected by the first selecting means (72) is clear. Therefore, the operability during editing is improved.

  In the game control device, based on user input information, a second selection means (75) for selecting one of the objects specified by the specification means (73) and a selection by the second selection means (75) And replacing means (76) for replacing the object that has been used with any one of the plurality of objects constituting the object group of the user. In this configuration, the object specified by the specifying means can be incorporated into the user's object group based on the user's input, and an effect can be generated by combining two or more objects.

In the game control apparatus, the object may be associated with accompanying information, and the specifying unit (73) may specify an object for which the accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition.
The “accompanying information” may be any information as long as it is information associated with the object. For example, the parameter indicating the ability on the game, the parameter indicating the rare value on the game, the attribute, level, rank, etc. of the object It is. By limiting the objects specified by the specifying means (73) to objects whose accompanying information satisfies a predetermined condition, a situation in which many specified objects are displayed and complicated for the user is suppressed. For example, by limiting the specified objects to objects having a predetermined attribute, the user can easily find a combination associated with effect information based on the attribute.

In the game control device, the object is associated with a first parameter,
Limiting means (77) for limiting the sum of the first parameters of all objects included in the object group to be a predetermined value or less may be provided. In this case, when editing the object group, the user considers the restriction that the sum of the first parameters of all objects included in the object group is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Can enhance the interest of the game.

According to a second aspect of the invention related to the present embodiment, in a game that uses an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects,
First selection means (72) for selecting one of a plurality of objects constituting the object group based on user input information;
With reference to the storage device (25) that stores the association of two or more objects and the effect information indicating the effect on the game based on the combination in association with each other, from among the objects associated with the user, Specifying means (73) for specifying an object whose combination with the object selected by the first selecting means (72) is associated with effect information;
Display means (74) for instructing display on the display screen of the object specified by the specifying means (73);
It is a program to make it function as.

  The computer may be a network server, a large computer, or the like, for example. Further, this program may be stored in a computer-readable information storage medium such as a DVD-ROM or a CD-ROM.

A third aspect of the invention related to the present embodiment is a communication terminal (10), a server (20) that is accessed from the communication terminal (10) and controls execution of the game by the communication terminal (10), Is a game system (1) for a game using an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects.
This game system (1)
Association means (71) for associating a combination of two or more objects with effect information indicating an effect on the game based on the combination;
First selection means (72) for selecting one of a plurality of objects constituting the object group based on user input information;
A specifying unit (73) for specifying an object in which a combination with the object selected by the first selection unit (72) is associated with effect information from among the objects associated with the user;
Display means (74) for displaying the object specified by the specifying means (73) on a display screen;
These means are provided in at least one of the communication terminal (10) and the server (20).

  In the above, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the reference numerals appropriately described in the drawings are described in parentheses, but this allows a game control device or the like according to the invention related to the third embodiment to be described. The embodiment is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

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Claims (6)

A game control device for a game using an object group composed of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects,
Association means for associating a combination of two or more objects with information about an effect, which is information that enables a user to identify the effect on the game corresponding to the combination;
Receiving means for receiving selection of an object to be changed from the object group;
Display means for displaying a display screen including an object to be changed and an object that can be changed, the selection being accepted by the accepting means;
A specifying means for specifying a combination of objects associated with the information regarding the effect among the changeable object and the changeable object included in the display screen;
The game control characterized in that the display means displays on the display screen in a display mode that allows the user to identify which object is included in the combination of objects specified by the specifying means. apparatus. The display means displays an object to be changed that has been selected by the accepting means, and a display screen that includes the object to be changed and an object that can be changed.
The specifying unit specifies a combination of an object associated with the information related to the effect among the object to be changed and the object to be changed and the changeable object included in the display screen. The game control device according to claim 1. The game control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays information regarding the effect corresponding to the combination of objects specified by the specifying unit. The display means displays an operator corresponding to the combination of objects specified by the specifying means,
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a changing unit that changes the object group so that a combination of objects corresponding to the operation element is included when the operation element is designated. 5. The game control apparatus described in 1. The program for functioning a computer as each means of the game control apparatus in any one of Claims 1-4 in the game using the object group which consists of two or more objects selected from several objects. A game about a game that uses a group of two or more objects selected from a plurality of objects, including a communication terminal and a server that is accessed from the communication terminal and controls execution of the game by the communication terminal A system,
Each means of the game control device according to claim 1 is provided in at least one of the communication terminal and the server.
Game system.

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