JP6302524B1 - Program creation system, game execution system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a system and a program capable of more easily creating a player program for a board game. A player program management system 10 receives an input of tactical information D1 for associating a pattern representing a characteristic of a reversible aspect with an evaluation value of the pattern, and creates a player program P1. The player program P1 causes the computer to function as a virtual player. The virtual athlete strikes each of the plurality of hands based on the function of determining the points of each hand by evaluating the situation after hitting the hands according to the tactic information D1 and the points of each hand. And a function for selecting a power. [Selection] Figure 11

Description

  The present invention relates to a program creation system, a game execution system, and a program.

  Competitions such as tournaments are frequently held for board games such as Othello (registered trademark), shogi, and go. In such competitions, it is normal for humans to participate as competitors. However, even if you want to participate in a competition, there are many athletes who are hesitant to participate. There are various factors, for example: (1) I have to demonstrate my ability on the spot, so I feel pressure and stress, (2) I am exhausted because I play many matches, (3) It is restricted for a long time due to the time to move to the venue and the waiting time of the battle, (4) It is difficult to match the competition schedule, (5) The ability is low and there is no prospect of winning the top prize, etc. It is done.

  Many board games have been developed that allow computers to function as virtual players. Examples of such a program creation method are disclosed in Patent Document 1, Non-Patent Document 1, and the like. If the method of using such a program is devised, some of the above factors may be reduced.

JP 2005-339137 A

Daiki Sanno, “How to create a reversi program”, [online], [Search July 5, 2016], Internet <URL: http://www.es-cube.net/es-cube/reversi/sample/html /6_7.html>

  However, in order to create such a virtual athlete program, specialized knowledge about the programming language and considerable work time were required, which was very difficult for general athletes. .

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system and a program that can more easily create a player program for a board game.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a program creation system according to the present invention includes:
A program creation system for creating a board game player program,
The athlete program is to cause a computer to function as a virtual athlete of the board game,
The board game is a game that progresses when a plurality of players including the virtual player hit a hand that changes the situation represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board,
The program creation system includes an aspect evaluation rule input function that accepts an input of an aspect evaluation rule, associating a pattern representing a feature of an aspect with an evaluation value of the pattern,
The program creation system has a function of outputting a rule input screen for receiving input of the situation evaluation rule,
The rule input screen includes a board image representing a board game board and a piece image representing a piece situation, and the pattern can be input via an operation on the board image or the piece image.
The competitor program is:
-For each of a plurality of hands, an evaluation value determination function for determining an evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to the aspect evaluation rule;
-Based on the evaluation value of each hand, a selection function that selects the hand to strike, and
By making the computer realize the above, the computer is caused to function as the virtual player.
Moreover, the program creation system according to the present invention includes:
A program creation system for creating a board game player program,
The athlete program is to cause a computer to function as a virtual athlete of the board game,
The board game is a game that progresses when a plurality of players including the virtual player hit a hand that changes the situation represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board,
The program creation system includes an aspect evaluation rule input function that accepts an input of an aspect evaluation rule, associating a pattern representing a feature of an aspect with an evaluation value of the pattern,
The competitor program is:
-For each of a plurality of hands, an evaluation value determination function for determining an evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to the aspect evaluation rule;
-Based on the evaluation value of each hand, a selection function that selects the hand to strike, and
, By causing the computer to function as the virtual player,
The program creation system has a function of outputting a rule verification screen for verifying the situation evaluation rule,
The rule verification screen includes a board image representing a board game board,
The program creation system displays an evaluation value of the hand at a position on the board image corresponding to the hand for each of the plurality of hands on the rule verification screen,
The program creation system displays information representing an association between the hand and the situation evaluation rule for any one of the plurality of hands on the rule verification screen.
According to a specific embodiment, the pattern includes a set of information representing a position in a two-dimensional coordinate system and information representing a piece status with respect to the position .
Also, the game execution system of the board game according to the present invention,
The board game is a game in which a plurality of players progress by sequentially hitting a hand that changes the aspect represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board,
The game execution system includes:
-A situation evaluation rule receiving function for receiving a situation evaluation rule, which associates a pattern representing a feature of a situation and an evaluation value of the pattern, from a plurality of competition participating computers via a communication network;
-For each of a plurality of hands, determine a first evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to a first situation evaluation rule relating to the first competition participation computer; A first evaluation value determination function;
-A first selection function for selecting a hand to hit based on the first evaluation value of each hand;
-For each of the plurality of hands, determine a second evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to a second situation evaluation rule relating to the second competition computer; A second evaluation value determination function;
-A second selection function for selecting a hand to hit based on the second evaluation value of each hand;
-A function of executing a game of the board game using the first evaluation value determination function, the second evaluation value determination function, the first selection function, and the second selection function; ,
-A function for outputting a rule verification screen for verifying the situation evaluation rules;
-For each hand evaluated by the first evaluation value determination function and each hand evaluated by the second evaluation value determination function, the hand and the aspect evaluation rule are displayed on the rule verification screen. A function to display information representing the relationship with
Is provided.
The program according to the present invention causes a computer to function as the above-described program creation system or game execution system.

  According to the system and the program according to the present invention, a virtual player can be realized by inputting a pattern representing the characteristics of the situation, so that knowledge of a programming language is not necessary, and even a general player can easily use a virtual player. Can create a perfect contestant.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the utilization example of this invention when a user uses this invention personally. It is a figure which shows the outline of the utilization example of this invention when a tournament is held. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the player program management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the tactics information of FIG. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the pattern contained in tactics information. It is the figure which expressed the pattern of FIG. 5 visually. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the various patterns contained in tactics information. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the pattern which is parts. It is the figure which expressed the pattern of FIG. 8 visually. It is a figure which shows the condition where the pattern of FIG. 8 hits. It is an example of a tactics registration screen. It is an example of the flowchart which evaluates an aspect. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the evaluation content of a situation. It is an example of a tactics evaluation screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the information used for the display of the tactics evaluation screen of FIG. It is an example of a tactics verification screen. It is an example of a replay screen. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the tournament execution system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[Outline of Example of Use of Invention]
1 and 2 show an outline of an application example of the present invention. These use examples are for simply explaining the significance of the present invention from the viewpoint of the user, and do not strictly explain the system configuration and operation, but are described in specific embodiments described later. May not always match. Moreover, these figures show an example to the last and do not limit the specific aspect for implementing this invention. Further, the effects described in connection with these figures include those not essential to the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows an example in which a user personally uses the present invention. The present invention is used in connection with a board game such as reversi. First, the user creates a virtual athlete composed of a computer. This is performed, for example, by registering tactic information (changing it if it is already registered). The tactic information is information for evaluating a situation, for example, and can express how desirable a certain aspect of the board game is. Based on this tactical information, the virtual player acts to hit the most desirable aspect. Thus, tactics information can be assembled based on the situation, and a virtual player can be easily created.

  Next, the user evaluates a virtual competitor. For example, repeating a number of matches focusing on specific tactical information as an object to be evaluated (for example, between virtual players), and a distribution diagram showing how the tactical information affected the game results , And display a comment indicating the evaluation result of the tactic. In this way, the tactics can be evaluated visually.

  Also, for example, a user can enter a specific aspect, extract all tactics that affect hand selection in that aspect, and verify each tactic by displaying a comprehensive evaluation of all tactics for each possible hand. To do. According to this result, the user can change the tactic information, and can repeat the verification based on the changed tactic information. In this way, the tactics can be improved and made more versatile.

  After completing the tactical information in this way, the game is executed with the tactical information of the opponent (for example, tactical information created in the same manner by others). At this time, if the user has created a plurality of virtual players, one of them can be selected. The game result is displayed and recorded in the game result database.

  After the match, you can analyze the match. For example, a game to be analyzed is selected, a specific situation is selected (for example, Nth hand), all hands that can be executed in that situation are displayed, and tactics that affect the evaluation of each hand are displayed. In this way, analysis such as identifying the tactic that caused the loss is possible.

  FIG. 2 shows an example where a tournament is held. The tournament website provides tournament guidance for the Internet and the like. Each user who sees this creates tactics information using the competitor program creation system and executes the entry. The tournament website accepts entries, creates and publishes a tournament table, and conducts a match.

  Since the game is automatically performed according to the tactical information of each user accepted at the time of entry, there is no mental or time burden on the user. In addition, the user can further improve the tactics by analyzing the game results.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the player program management system 10 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The player program management system 10 is a system for managing by creating and executing a board program player program.

  Board games include, for example, Othello games or reversi, Go, Gomoku or Renju, Shogi, chess, checkers, and the like. The meaning of the word “board game” can be defined as appropriate by those skilled in the art. For example, a plurality of players proceed by changing the aspect represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board. It can be said that it is a game. The athlete may be a human or a virtual athlete realized using a computer or the like (note that in the practice of the present invention, at least one athlete is a virtual athlete). Need to be a person). A piece includes a stone, a piece, a card, a peg, and the like. “Strike a hand” means performing an action to change the situation of the situation, for example, placing a piece on the game board, changing the posture or orientation of the piece on the game board (turning over, etc.), game board It includes actions such as moving a piece arranged at a specific position above to another position, removing a piece arranged on the game board from the game board, changing the owner of the piece, and the like. Also, it is not necessary for all hands to change the situation of the situation, for example, a hand that does not affect the game board may be defined (pass your turn, make a specific declaration, etc.) ).

  In the first embodiment, the player program management system 10 can constitute the program management system according to the present invention alone. The player program management system 10 has a configuration as a known computer, and includes a calculation means 11 that performs calculation, a storage means 12 that stores information, an input device 13 that receives input of information, and outputs information to the outside. And an output device 14. The computing means 11 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), the storage means 12 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, etc., the input device 13 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, etc. For example, a liquid crystal display, a speaker, a printer, etc. are included. In addition, the athlete program management system 10 may include communication means for inputting / outputting information to / from the communication network.

  The storage means 12 stores a player program P1, a program creation program P2, a game execution program P3, tactic information D1, and game information D2. The player program P1 causes a computer (for example, the player program management system 10) to function as a virtual player of a board game. For example, the player program P1 causes a computer to realize a function of evaluating each possible hand for a certain aspect and a function of determining a hand to be actually hit based on the result of the evaluation. (More specifically, it will be described later with reference to FIG. 12 and the like.)

  The program creation program P2 causes a computer (for example, the athlete program management system 10) to function as a “system for creating an athlete program” (an athlete program creation system). For example, the program creation program P2 causes a computer to realize the function of creating the athlete program P1.

  The game execution program P3 causes a computer (for example, the player program management system 10) to function as a game execution system. For example, the game execution program P3 has a function of sequentially receiving information representing hands from a plurality of players (some or all of them may be virtual players) and the information or The function of outputting the results (phases, etc.) is realized on a computer, and thereby the game is advanced. In addition, when the game ends, the computer is provided with a function of outputting a result including winning and losing.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of the tactic information D1. This example corresponds to reversi. Each record of the tactic information D1 represents one tactic unit. A tactic associates a tactic number that identifies the tactic, a tactic name that represents the name of the tactic, a point of the tactic, and a pattern that represents the characteristics of the aspect corresponding to the tactic. Further, as shown in the figure, the effective period of the tactic according to the progress of the game may be further associated.

  A specific example of the pattern will be described with reference to FIGS. This example is an example of a pattern included in the tactic number “1” in FIG. 4, that is, the tactic named “Sumi Reach”. The pattern includes a set of information representing the position on the game board ("coordinate" in FIG. 5) and information representing the situation of the piece at that position ("situation" in FIG. 5).

  The coordinates are information representing a position in a one-dimensional or higher coordinate system representing the game board. For example, in the case of reversi, as shown in FIG. 6, each square of the game board can be expressed by a two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system (row, column). In this example, when the position of each square is expressed in the absolute coordinate system, the upper left corner is (1,1), the upper right corner is (1,8), the lower left corner is (8,1), and the lower right corner is (8,8). ) Further, when a relative coordinate system with a specific square (for example, (4, 4)) as a reference (origin) is defined and the position of each square is expressed in this relative coordinate system, the upper left corner is (−3, −3). It becomes.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and the like, each pattern includes information indicating whether the coordinates are absolute designation or relative designation. In the example of FIG. 5, absolute coordinates are specified. In this case, all the coordinates of the pattern must match the coordinates of the game board. On the other hand, when relative coordinates are designated, the coordinates of the translated pattern may coincide with the coordinates of the game board. Each pattern includes information (section) indicating whether it is an independent pattern (that is, no connection) or a part connected to another pattern. FIG. 5 is an example of an independent pattern.

  Each pattern includes one or more coordinates and associates a situation with each coordinate. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, importance may be further associated. A visual representation of this is shown in FIG.

  The “situation” represents the situation of the piece based on the position. In the example of FIG. 5, the situation “the cell is blank” is designated as the situation of the coordinates (1, 1), that is, the upper left corner. In FIG. 6, this is indicated by a “Δ” symbol. In the example of FIG. 5, the situation that “the opponent's stone exists” or “your stone exists in the square” is specified for some squares. “○” symbol and your stone by “●” symbol. A situation other than these may be designated, and for example, a situation that “one or the other party, either stone exists” may be designated. In addition, various situations can be defined according to the board game rules. For example, the posture or orientation of the piece, the owner, the type, etc. may be defined.

  In this example, the piece status refers to only one square for each coordinate. However, this may be an expression that designates a wider range of squares (for example, as described later, “upward from the square” The opponent ’s stones are continuous toward “ In addition, about the coordinate where the condition is not limited, in FIG. 6, the symbol is not arrange | positioned but it has shown as the blank. The situation of these coordinates does not affect the pattern.

  “Importance” represents how essential the situation is to the pattern. The importance may be defined using, for example, one main pattern and zero or more small hit patterns (sub patterns). The main pattern specifies whether each situation is mandatory for that pattern ("required" in FIG. 5) or selectively ignored depending on other situations ("selected" in FIG. 5). In FIG. 6, “Mandatory” cells have a white background, and “Selected” cells have a diagonal background.

  In this embodiment, in order to determine that a certain pattern hits (applies) to a certain aspect, the situation of each coordinate matches the situation of the aspect of the game board for all of the coordinates designated as “essential”. It is necessary.

  In the present embodiment, the coordinates designated as “selection” must selectively match any one of the small hit patterns that define a combination of situations. In the example of FIG. 5, three small hit patterns are defined. For example, when the user's stone exists at the coordinates (3, 3), the small hit pattern 1 is matched. In this case, the situation of coordinates (4, 4) and coordinates (5, 5) is arbitrary, and the coordinates may be their own stone, the opponent's stone, or blank. May be.

  For example, small hit pattern 1, small hit pattern 2,..., Small hit pattern n..., Small hit pattern N (where N is the maximum number of small hit patterns, 1 ≦ n ≦ N). If the small hit pattern n is not defined for a certain n, the process may be terminated at that point.

  The designation of small hit patterns may be omitted (in other words, the number of small hit patterns may be zero). In this case, the importance is “required” for all situations designated as the main pattern. And it is sufficient.

  Here, the hit level of the pattern can be expressed as “big hit” or “small hit” according to the hit situation of the coordinates designated by “selection” in the main pattern. For example, if all the coordinates including the coordinates designated as “selected” have been hit, it can be said that the pattern “has a big hit”. On the other hand, if all of the coordinates designated as “required” have been hit, but the coordinates (partial or all) designated as “selection” have not been hit, it can be said that the pattern is “small hit”. The state of “big hit” described here may be simply referred to as “hit”.

  In this embodiment, when determining whether or not a pattern hits a situation, hit determination that does not depend on the direction of the pattern is performed. “Pattern orientation” means the pattern placement angle and the inverted state. For example, for a game board of a two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system, “0 ° rotation, no inversion”, “90 ° rotation, no inversion”, “180 ° rotation” , “No reversal”, “270 ° rotation, no reversal”, “0 ° rotation, with reversal”, “90 ° rotation, with reversal”, “180 ° rotation, with reversal”, “270 ° rotation, with reversal” are defined. The

These orientations can be obtained, for example, by expanding the coordinates as follows. Eight types of operations for expansion are defined according to the orientation, and thus eight sets of coordinates after expansion are obtained. If the coordinates (row, column) of the original position are (R0, C0), the coordinates of the position after expansion are (Rk, Ck), where 1 ≦ k ≦ 8, and the absolute value is represented by the symbol ||
(R1, C1) = (R0, C0)
(R2, C2) = (R0, | C0-9 |)
(R3, C3) = (| R0-9 |, | C0-9 |)
(R4, C4) = (| R0-9 |, C0)
(R5, C5) = (C0, R0)
(R6, C6) = (C0, | R0-9 |)
(R7, C7) = (| C0-9 |, | R0-9 |)
(R8, C8) = (| C0-9 |, R0)
... (Formula 1)

  For example, by developing the pattern of FIG. 6 in this way, patterns corresponding to all four corners are generated. (In the example of FIG. 6, there are four types of different patterns because a plurality of patterns overlap.) In the case of reversal, it is preferable to use all eight types of coordinates after development. In the case of a board game, some of these may be omitted, and other orientations may be defined.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the valid period and points will be described. The valid period is a range of values representing the progress of the game, and is represented by, for example, the number of hands (how many hands are). The “Corner Reach” tactic is a hit determination target for the first to 58th aspects, but it is not targeted for the 59th and subsequent hands, and there is no possibility of a hit (for example, the 59th hand). Even if the pattern hits a phase, the tactic is not determined to have hit the phase).

  A point represents the evaluation value of the pattern. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a higher point indicates a more advantageous aspect (or a feature thereof). Thus, the point of the whole situation is determined based on the point designated for every pattern. For example, for a certain aspect, the points of each aspect may be calculated by taking the sum of the points of the hit tactics. Here, since points can be specified for each tactic, a weight between tactics when evaluating a situation can be arbitrarily specified.

  The definition of the point with respect to the pattern may be a specific numerical value or a numerical value range. For example, in the “corner reach” tactic, “500” is designated as a fixed point value, and in the “increase opponent's stone” tactic, “1 to 62” is designated as a point range.

  FIG. 7 shows a specific example of another pattern of FIG. Here, an example of a method for determining a specific point value when a range of points is designated will be described using an example of the “Increase opponent's stone” tactic pattern in FIG. 7. In this tactic, a range of 1 to 62 is specified for the points. When the designated point range has a width, a reference for determining a specific value within the range is provided according to the actual situation. This criterion may be, for example, a hit situation at coordinates (hatched cells in FIGS. 6 and 7) whose importance is designated as “selected” during a tactic. In that case, the maximum value in the range is given if the situation hits for all “selected” coordinates, and the minimum value in the range if the situation does not hit for any “selected” coordinates Is given, and in the middle case, the middle value is given. The calculation method of the intermediate value can be designed as appropriate. For example, it may be defined as a function of the number of hit coordinates, and can be calculated linearly with respect to the number of hit coordinates.

  In the example of the strategy of increasing the stone of the opponent in FIG. 7, the point range is 1 to 62, and 36 coordinates (mass) are designated in the hatched range. For this reason, for example, when the opponent's stone exists in 10 squares, the point of this pattern can be determined as 1+ (62-1) × (10/36) ≈18.

  Another specific example of the pattern will be described with reference to FIGS. (In the example of FIG. 8, the small hit pattern is not defined, but it may be defined in the same manner as in FIG. 5.) As in this example, the pattern is defined as a part that can be connected to other patterns. Also good. The examples of FIGS. 8 and 9 are examples of patterns included in the tactic number “7” in FIG. 4, that is, the strategy named “intermediate” and the tactic number “8”, that is, the strategy that is also named “intermediate”. It is. (As can be seen from FIG. 9 and the following description, the tactic number 7 corresponds to the diagonal pattern, and the tactic number 8 corresponds to the vertical and horizontal patterns.) It is designated and the reference position (0, 0) may hit any position on the game board. That is, the coordinates of the translated pattern may coincide with the coordinates on the game. In FIG. 9, the “●” symbol is shown at the position (4, 4) for convenience, but this is not limited to the position (4, 4), and the hit is possible.

  Further, the pattern which is a part as shown in FIG. 8 includes designation of the minimum number of connected parts. The minimum number of connected parts represents the minimum number of connected parts required to determine that the part hits an aspect. In one aspect, if the tactic and the tactics that can be connected to the tactic are combined and the number of hits exceeds the minimum number of connected parts, the part (or a set of connected parts) is in that aspect. It is determined that hit. (Note that the criterion for determining whether or not a plurality of parts can be connected to each other can be designed as appropriate, but a specific example will be described later with reference to FIG. 10).

  In other words, if the total number of hits of connected parts exceeds the minimum number of connected parts, the points of those parts will affect the evaluation of the situation, as will the points of other hit tactics. When the total number of hits of connected parts becomes less than the minimum number of connected parts, the points of those parts do not affect the evaluation of the situation.

In the pattern of tactic number 7 for tactic “intermediate”, the coordinate (−1, −1) has “one or more opponent stones continuous from the square to the upper left, and the square immediately after that is blank” The situation is specified. First, considering the case where the relative reference coordinates (0, 0) of this pattern correspond to the absolute coordinates (4, 4) on the game board, this tactic will hit all situations that fall under one of the following: Become.
(I) (4, 4) has his own stone, (3, 3) has his opponent's stone, and (2, 2) is blank.
(Ii) Your own stone is in (4, 4), your opponent's stone is in (3, 3) and (2, 2), and (1, 1) is blank.

Next, consider a case where the relative reference coordinates (0, 0) of this part is rotated 90 ° clockwise in a state corresponding to the absolute coordinates (4, 4) on the game board. This corresponds to (R8, C8) = (| C0-9 |, R0) in the above (Formula 1). In this case, absolute coordinates (R0, C0) = (4, 4) correspond to absolute coordinates (R8, C8) = (5, 4). Accordingly, the relative reference coordinates (0, 0) correspond to the absolute coordinates (5, 4) after rotation. In this case, hit determination is performed toward the lower left, and all the situations corresponding to the following are hit.
(I) (5, 4) has his own stone, (6, 3) has his opponent's stone, and (7, 2) is blank.
(Ii) Your own stone is in (5, 4), your opponent's stone is in (6, 3) and (7, 2), and (8, 1) is blank.

Similarly, when the relative reference coordinate (0,0) of this part is rotated 180 ° clockwise in a state corresponding to the absolute coordinate (4,4) on the game board, the relative reference coordinate (0,0) is absolute. It corresponds to the coordinates (5, 5). In this case, hit determination is performed toward the lower right, and all the situations corresponding to any of the following are hit.
(I) (5, 5) has his own stone, (6, 6) has his opponent's stone, and (7, 7) is blank.
(Ii) Your own stone is in (5, 5), your opponent's stone is in (6, 6) and (7, 7), and (8, 8) is blank.

Similarly, when the relative reference coordinate (0,0) of this part is rotated 270 ° clockwise in a state corresponding to the absolute coordinate (4,4) on the game board, the relative reference coordinate (0,0) is absolute. It corresponds to the coordinates (4, 5). In this case, hit determination is performed toward the upper right, and all the situations corresponding to any of the following are hit.
Hit all situations that fall into one of the following:
(I) (4, 5) has his own stone, (3, 6) has his opponent's stone, and (2, 7) is blank.
(Ii) (4,5) has his own stone, (3,6) and (2,7) have the opponent's stone, and (1,8) is blank.

Next, considering the case where the relative reference coordinate (0, 0) of the “intermediate” tactic of tactic number 7 corresponds to the absolute coordinate (5, 5) on the game board, this part is one of the following: You will hit all applicable aspects.
(I) (5, 5) has his own stone, (4, 4) has his opponent's stone, and (3, 3) is blank.
(Ii) Your own stone is in (5, 5), your opponent's stone is in (4, 4) and (3, 3), and (2, 2) is blank.
(Iii) (5,5) has his own stone, (4,4), (3,3) and (2,2) have the opponent's stone, (1,1) is blank.

When the relative reference coordinate (0,0) of this part is rotated by 180 ° clockwise corresponding to the absolute coordinate (5,5) on the game board, the relative reference coordinate (0,0) becomes the absolute coordinate (4 , 4). In this case, hit determination is performed toward the lower right, and all the situations corresponding to any of the following are hit.
(I) (4, 4) has his own stone, (5, 5) has his opponent's stone, and (6, 6) is blank.
(Ii) (4, 4) has his own stone, (5, 5) and (6, 6) have the opponent's stone, and (7, 7) is blank.
(Iii) (4, 4) has his own stone, (5, 5), (6, 6) and (7, 7) have the opponent's stone, and (8, 8) is blank.
In this case, individual descriptions of those rotated 90 ° clockwise and those rotated 270 ° are omitted.

  The hit determination is similarly performed for the “intermediate” tactic of the tactic number 8. FIG. 10 shows the hit determination of the “intermediate” tactics of tactic numbers 7 and 8 in this way. 10 (a) to 10 (c) all represent the same situation, FIG. 10 (a) shows a hit situation based on (4, 4), and FIG. 10 (b) shows (4, 5) as a reference. FIG. 10C shows hit situations based on (6, 3) with arrows.

  The criterion for determining whether or not a plurality of parts can be connected to each other can be arbitrarily defined, but in this embodiment, parts having the same tactic name and relative reference coordinates in a predetermined positional relationship are Assume that they can be connected to each other. As the predetermined positional relationship, for example, the same or adjacent positional relationship can be used. According to this definition, for example, a part with tactic number 7 hits with absolute coordinates (4, 4) as relative reference coordinates, and a part with the same tactic number 7 hits with absolute coordinates (4, 5) as relative reference coordinates. Furthermore, if the part with tactic number 8 hits the absolute coordinates (4, 5) as relative reference coordinates, these parts can all be connected. If this criterion is used, in the example of FIG. 10, the hit part as shown in (a) and the hit part as shown in (b) can be connected, but these are shown in (c). Thus, it is determined that the hit part is not connectable.

  Note that “adjacent” means consecutively located vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, that is, the absolute value of the difference between coordinate rows is 1 or less and the absolute value of the difference between coordinate columns is also 1 or less. Say that. Alternatively, “adjacent” may refer to being continuously located vertically or horizontally. That is, the coordinate rows match and the absolute value of the difference between the coordinate columns is 1 or less, or the absolute value of the difference between the coordinate rows is 1 or less and the coordinate columns match. Also good.

  In FIG. 10A, “intermediate” tactics (tactic numbers 7 and 8) are hit in a total of six directions. In FIG. 10B, the “intermediate” tactics are hit in a total of six directions. Since these parts can be connected to each other, a total of 12 connected parts are hit. Since this number is equal to or greater than the minimum number of connected parts for the “intermediate” tactic, these connected parts will be determined to hit this phase.

  Furthermore, in FIG. 10 (c), the “intermediate” tactics are hit in a total of four directions, but as described above, this is not connectable with those shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and (b). In the situation of FIG. 10, only four connected parts are hit in total. Since this number is less than the minimum number of connected parts for the “intermediate” tactic, it is determined that these connected parts do not hit this aspect.

  As described above, it can be said that the tactic information D1 includes a situation evaluation rule that associates one or more patterns representing characteristics of the situation with points (evaluation values) of the pattern.

  The player program management system 10 has a function of receiving an input of a situation evaluation rule included in the tactic information D1 (a situation evaluation rule input function). For example, the program creation program P2 causes a computer to realize such functions. This function can be realized, for example, via a screen (rule input screen) having a predetermined configuration.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of the configuration of the rule input screen. In the present embodiment, as an example of the rule input screen, a tactic registration screen 20 that can input other information included in the tactics in addition to the relationship between the pattern and the points is used. The example of FIG. 11 corresponds to the “corner reach” tactic. The tactics registration screen 20 includes a board image 21 representing a board game board and a piece image 22 representing a piece situation. The board image 21 may be any image as long as the coordinates on the game board can be identified. For example, it may be an actual game board or an imitation of this, a simplified actual game board, or an abstract representation.

  There may be a plurality of board images 21. FIG. 11 shows a main board surface image displayed on the upper side of the paper and three sub board images displayed on the lower side of the paper. For example, the main board image may correspond to the main pattern, and the sub board images may be displayed as corresponding to the small hit patterns. The number of small hit patterns to be defined (or how many sub-board images are displayed) may be appropriately changed according to the user's input.

  The piece image 22 is displayed, for example, on one of the coordinates (mass) of the board image 21 so as to overlap the board image 21. In the case of reversi, the piece image 22 represents a white stone or a black stone. In this example, one's own stone is represented by a “●” symbol, and the opponent's stone is represented by a “◯” symbol. In this example, the background of each square is shown in white. However, if color display is possible, the background can be expressed in green so that it can be expressed close to an actual game board.

  An image other than the piece image 22 may be displayed on the board image 21. For example, an image representing the status of pieces included in the pattern may be displayed. In the example of FIG. 11, the image of “Δ” symbol represents “the cell is blank”, that is, no stone exists. Although not shown in FIG. 11, the image of the “?” Symbol may represent a situation where “there is either me or the other party,” and the image of the arrow symbol is “a specific direction from the square. May be a situation in which one or more opponent stones are continuous and the next square is blank.

  The board image 21 may display an image representing the importance of the situation of each coordinate. In the example of the main board image of FIG. 11, a square with a symbol and a blank background indicates that the importance of the situation of the square is “required”, and a square with a diagonal line displayed on the background is This indicates that the importance of the status of the cell is “selection”. In this example, the background of each square is hatched to indicate that the importance is “selected”. However, if the color display is possible, the background is a color different from other squares of the game board (for example, You may show by making it white. In the example of the sub-board image of FIG. 11, a square displayed with an “X” symbol indicates that the importance of the situation of the square is “arbitrary” in the small hit pattern.

  A user of the player program management system 10 can input the tactic information D <b> 1 through an input operation on the tactic registration screen 20. For example, a pattern included in a certain tactic can be input through an operation on the board image 21 or the piece image 22. As a specific example, when a specific square on the board image 21 is clicked and the “1” key is pressed, a “●” symbol is displayed on the square, and the stone is present on the square. Can be entered. This operation is described by the notation “1: computer” in the example of FIG. Similarly, the “2” key corresponds to the situation that the opponent's stone exists, the “3” key corresponds to the situation that either the opponent's stone or the opponent's stone exists, and the “4” key has its cell blank. Corresponds to the situation.

  In addition, in the sub-board image, in addition to these, the “X” key corresponds to the importance of the cell being “arbitrary”. Here, for a cell for which the importance level is “arbitrary” in any of the sub-board surface images, the background is shaded in the main board surface image, and the importance level in the main pattern is “selected”. In any of the sub-board images, a cell whose importance is not designated as “arbitrary” has “essential” importance in the main pattern.

  As described above, the player program management system 10 can accept the input of the pattern through the operation of designating a specific square on the board image 21 and the operation of designating the piece status in the square. When a plurality of board surface images 21 are displayed as shown in FIG. 11, synchronization processing of each board surface image may be performed as necessary. For example, when a “2” key is input to a certain square in the main board image, a “◯” symbol may be displayed on the square in the main board image and all the sub board images. .

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, other information may be input on the tactics registration screen 20. In this example, the tactics registration screen 20 has a field in which a tactic name can be input, a check box in which the pattern classification can be an independent pattern or a part, and a field in which a tactical validity period can be input. And a field where a tactical point or its range can be entered. Further, although not shown in FIG. 11, it may include a field in which information indicating whether the coordinates of the pattern are absolute designation or relative designation may be input, and when the pattern is a part, the minimum number of connected parts May be included. Further, the tactic registration screen 20 may include an operation component (such as a clickable button image) that instructs to store the tactic in the tactic information D1.

  The output of the tactics registration screen 20 can be executed, for example, by displaying it on the display of the player program management system 10 or the like, but also by transmitting screen data to the communication network (image, HTML format, XML format, etc.). It is feasible. When the screen data is transmitted, another computer that has received the screen data may display the tactic registration screen 20 and accept an operation on the tactic registration screen 20.

  In this way, the player program management system 10 receives the input of the tactic information D1 by executing the program creation program P2. Further, the athlete program management system 10 creates the athlete program P1 based on the tactic information D1 by executing the program creation program P2. Hereinafter, the player program P1 will be described.

  The player program P1 is a program that causes a computer (for example, the player program management system 10) to function as a virtual player of a board game. Based on the points of each tactic included in the tactic information D1, the virtual player can determine the hand to be struck in that aspect for various aspects. For example, a virtual athlete evaluates the situation after hitting a hand for each of a plurality of hands according to a tactic (aspect evaluation rules) An evaluation value determination function for determining the points (evaluation values) of each hand, a selection function for selecting a hand to be hit based on the points (evaluation values) of each hand, and a function for outputting information representing the selected hand . The player program P1 can be configured as a program that causes a computer to realize such an evaluation value determination function and a selection function.

A specific method and procedure for evaluating the aspect can be arbitrarily designed, and a known method may be used. For example, it can be performed as follows.
An example of a method for evaluating a situation will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG. 12 is an example of a flowchart showing an example of a flow of processing executed by a virtual player in order to evaluate a situation, and FIG. 13 is a specific example of evaluation contents.

  First, the virtual player receives input of information representing a specific situation (step S1). The expression of the aspect may be in any form. For example, it may be represented by a turn (how many hands) and a combination of the coordinates on the game board and the situation of the pieces. Other known formats may be followed. The situation may be acquired as an output from a computer (hereinafter referred to as “game execution device”) that executes the game execution program P3.

  The virtual player searches for all possible hands in the input situation (step S2). Other information (board game rules, etc.) necessary for hand search may be stored in advance in a virtual player's storage means (for example, the storage means 12). FIG. 13 shows an example in which it is determined as a result of step S2 that it is possible to hit three kinds of hands (your hands A, B and C represented by black stones) from the current situation.

  Next, the virtual player searches all possible opponent hands for each possible own hand (step S3). That is, from the situation acquired in step S1, all possible opponents' hands in that situation are searched for based on the situation immediately after hitting their own hand. In FIG. 13, as a result of step S3, it is possible to hit three hands (opposite hands A1, A2 and A3 represented by white stones) against one's hand A. It is possible to hit four hands (the opponent's hands B1, B2, B3 and B4), and two hands (the opponent's hands C1 and C2) can be hit against one's hand C. An example in which it is determined to be possible is shown.

  Next, the virtual athlete calculates points for each possible opponent's hand (step S4). For example, as described above, the points of the phase are calculated by applying the tactical information D1 in eight different directions for the phase immediately after hitting the opponent's hand.

  Here, the usage method of the tactic information D1 when designing a specific program can be arbitrarily determined. For example, if your stone is represented by the letter “S” and the opponent's stone is represented by the letter “A”, the tactic information D1 can be handled by text data processing. Moreover, the point of each situation is computable as a function of the 1st point calculated on the basis of oneself about the situation, and the 2nd point computed on the other party about the situation, for example. The specific function may be simple subtraction, for example, and a value obtained by subtracting the second point from the first point may be used as the point of the aspect. At this time, when a small hit occurs, points are calculated according to the number of coordinates hit as shown in FIG.

  Here, “calculating points based on oneself” means using a pattern as it is in calculating points. In other words, the “my stone” defined in the pattern corresponds to the “my stone” in the phase, and the “other stone” defined in the pattern corresponds to the “other stone” in the phase. Means applying a pattern. By summing the points of all the hit patterns (excluding those that were hit with less than the minimum number of connected parts as described above), it is possible to calculate the points based on yourself .

  Further, “calculating points based on the opponent” means that the stone of the opponent and the opponent's stone are exchanged in calculating the points. In other words, the “my stone” defined in the pattern corresponds to the “other stone” in the phase, and the “other stone” defined in the pattern corresponds to the “my stone” in the phase. Means applying a pattern. In this case, contrary to the above, if the stone is expressed by the letter “A” and the opponent's stone is expressed by the letter “S”, the process of calculating the points based on the self can be applied as it is. it can. By summing the points of all hit patterns (excluding those that were hit with less than the minimum number of connected parts as described above), points can be calculated based on the opponent. .

  Therefore, for example, if the point of each tactic is adjusted so that the point becomes large for a pattern that is advantageous to me, the point of that aspect becomes large for an aspect that is advantageous to me.

  Next, the virtual player selects the hand of the opponent that is optimal for each of his / her hands searched in step S2 (step S5). “Optimal when viewed from the other party” means, for example, a hand corresponding to the most advantageous situation as viewed from the other party. This is a hand corresponding to the most unfavorable aspect, that is, an aspect with a small point when viewed from oneself. In the example of FIG. 13, the hand that gives the smallest point among the opponent's hands with respect to its own hand A is A3, and therefore this hand is selected. Similarly, the partner's hand B1 is selected for his / her hand B, and the partner's hand C1 is selected for his / her hand C.

  Next, based on the selected opponent's hand, the virtual player selects his / her best hand from the viewpoint of himself / herself (step S6). “Optimal from the viewpoint of yourself” means, for example, a hand corresponding to the most advantageous aspect from the viewpoint of the user, that is, the aspect having a large point. In the example of FIG. 13, the opponent's hand point selected for his hand B is 10, which is greater than the opponent's hand point selected for his hands A and C. Hand B is selected. At this time, the point of the opponent's hand selected for his / her hand may be represented as the point of his / her hand (in the example of FIG. 13, the point of his / her hand A is −10, The point of hand B is 10, and the point of own hand C can be expressed as -30).

  If you choose your own hand in this way, you can minimize the disadvantage to your opponent's hand, assuming that the opponent will also hit the best hand, so as a board game tactic It can be said that this is a reasonable way to choose a hand. However, the method of selecting one's hand is not limited to this, and various modifications are possible. For example, criteria other than points may be used depending on the situation.

  As a standard other than points, the number of hit tactics and the number of opponent's hands (how many opponents can hit in that phase) can be used. For example, if there is no one that has a tactic hit among the opponent's hands, the user's hand that minimizes the number of opponent's hands (your hand C in the example of FIG. 13) may be selected. In addition, for example, even if one of the opponent's hands does not hit the tactic and the points of his / her hand are all less than 0, Hands may be selected.

  Furthermore, the hand may be selected based on other criteria. For example, you may select your hand based on a random number. In this case, a predetermined number of hands may be selected in order from the one with the largest point and may be selected at random. Further, a non-optimal hand may be selected. Such a selection method may also be useful in applications where strength as a player is not required, such as an introductory partner.

  In this embodiment, when determining the points of each hand, only the situation at the time when the opponent advances one hand is considered as the situation after hitting that hand, but further consideration is given to the previous situation. May be. For example, when the performance of the computer allows, when determining the points of each hand, the situation after hitting that hand is a predetermined number (two or more moves) ahead from the current situation. You may search all aspects and select your hand based on the point of the earliest aspect.

  After selecting his / her hand in this manner, the virtual player outputs information representing the selected hand (step S7). The information representing the selected hand may be expressed in any format. In the case of reversi, it can be expressed by the coordinates on which the stone should be placed on the game board. Moreover, this output may be performed with respect to a game execution apparatus.

  In this way, the virtual player can proceed with the match. A specific configuration of the player program P1 that realizes such a virtual player can be appropriately designed by those skilled in the art based on the description of the present specification and known techniques. In addition, the specific configuration of the program creation program P2 corresponding to the specific configuration of such a player program P1 can be appropriately designed by those skilled in the art based on the description of the present specification and known techniques.

  As described above, according to the player program management system 10 and the program creation program P2 according to the present embodiment, a pattern representing a feature of a situation is input while being visually recognized on the tactics registration screen 20. Since the athlete can be realized, knowledge of the programming language is not necessary, and it can be easily realized by a general athlete.

  In actual game progress, for example, two virtual players may execute a game according to the game execution device, and a human player inputs his / her hand into the game execution device, and the virtual player The result of a typical player's hand may be output from the game execution device and the next hand of the human player may be requested.

The game execution device advances the game in this way and creates or updates the game information D2.
The game information D2 is information used for reproducing (replaying) the progress of the game. For example, the progress of the game can be reproduced by displaying the game information D2 via the replay screen 40 (FIG. 17) described later.
The game information D2 stores information related to the game in association with the content of each game. The information regarding a game contains the following, for example.
-The classification of the competitors with whom they are opponents (whether they are human or virtual players)
-Name of each competitor (name, virtual competitor identification, etc.)
-The date and time of the game (eg the date and time at the start)
-Situation of winning or losing the game (information indicating how advantageous I was at the end of the match, and in the case of reversi, it can be expressed by the number of stones at the end of the match)
-A situation for each hand and information indicating the result of the evaluation value determination function and the selection function for each aspect

Here, the information representing the results of the evaluation value determination function and the selection function includes, for example, the following contents.
-A list of possible hands in the situation (search result of step S2)
-Points for each hand in the list (calculated in step S6)
-A list of possible opponent hands for each of the possible hands in that phase (ie a list of hands at the second hand, search result of step S3)
-Points of each opponent's hand included in the list (calculated in step S5)
-A list of tactics that were hit in the situation where the opponent's hand was hit (the situation at the 2nd hand) (what was hit in step S4)
-Tactical name of each tactic included in the list-Hit category of each tactic included in the list (whether it was hit based on me or hit against opponent)
-Hit level of each tactic included in the list (small hit or big hit)

  In this embodiment, the game execution device creates or updates the game information D2 as the game progresses or ends, but the game information D2 can be created at an arbitrary timing. For example, if there is tactic information D1 used in a game and a game record of the game, the game information D2 can be created.

  The competitor program management system 10 may be able to realize further functions by executing the program creation program P2. For example, a function of automatically executing a plurality of matches and evaluating each tactic based on the match result may be realized. This function may be realized in the form of so-called batch processing. For example, the player program management system 10 includes tactic information D1 used for a game, information for identifying one or more tactics included in the tactic information D1 as an evaluation target, and the number of games to be executed. Accept as input, run the game as many times as possible, and evaluate the tactic based on the results. At this time, the output of the image representing the game score and the situation may be omitted.

  Although the action of the opponent can be arbitrarily designed, for example, the tactics information D1 may be copied and the tactics to be evaluated may be deleted. In this way, the influence of other tactics can be ignored or kept small, and only the influence of the evaluation target tactic on the battle can be appropriately extracted and evaluated.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of a tactic evaluation screen (an evaluation screen for a situation evaluation rule) related to such a function. In this example, the tactics evaluation screen displays the tactic name, the number of games, the breakdown of those games, the number of hits per game (average number of hits in each game), and the hit points per game (each Average of hit points in the game).

  FIG. 15 shows an example of the configuration of information used for displaying such a tactical evaluation screen. This information associates for each tactic the hit status of that tactic in each match. For example, the hit situation is created for each game in which a situation where the tactic hits appears. The hit situation includes, for example, a game number, win / loss situation, hit count, and hit point total. The game number is identification information that identifies the game. As described above, the winning / losing situation is information indicating how advantageous the player is at the end of the game. In the case of reversi, the win / loss situation can be expressed by the number of stones at the end of the game. The number of hits is the number of times that the tactic was hit in the game (or may be the total number of times the tactic was hit in the game). The hit point total is the total number of points when the tactic is hit in the game. Such information does not need to be stored for a long time (for example, it is stored only in the semiconductor memory and not in the hard disk drive).

  The tactic evaluation screen includes an image showing a correlation between the winning / losing situation of each game and the situation where the tactic was hit in the game. The example of FIG. 14 includes two types of such images. Each of the images is a scatter diagram in which points corresponding to each game are plotted with the winning / losing situation of each game as a horizontal axis and the situation where the tactic was hit in that game as the vertical axis. In the example of FIG. 14, the image on the left represents the hit situation by the number of hits, and the image on the right represents the hit situation by the total hit points. If there are many points on the right side of the coordinate system, it means that the strategy was a good hit in the game that won the game. If there are many points on the upper side of the coordinate system, the strategy will select a hand in each game. It means that the contribution in doing was great. That is, it can be said that a tactic in which many points gather at the upper right of the coordinate system is a good tactic (a tactic for realizing a strong player).

  The tactic evaluation screen includes an evaluation comment for the tactic. In the example of FIG. 14, a character string “This tactic is a fairly effective hand!” Is displayed as an evaluation comment. The evaluation comment represents the effectiveness of the tactic, and changes based on the winning / losing situation of each game and the situation where the tactic is hit in each game, for example, as shown in the above scatter diagram. A person skilled in the art can appropriately design a criterion (such as a statistical function) for determining or selecting a character string to be displayed based on a win / loss situation and a hit situation.

  In the example of FIG. 14, the horizontal axis of the image is the winning / losing situation at the end of the game, but the relative width of the hand during the game may be the horizontal axis. The relative hand width is represented by, for example, a value obtained by subtracting the number of hands that the opponent can strike in the aspect from the number of hands that can be struck in the aspect of the Nth hand.

  Further, the athlete program management system 10 may be able to realize further functions by executing the athlete program P1 or the program creation program P2. For example, you may implement | achieve the function which verifies the hit condition of each tactic which assumed the specific situation.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a tactic verification screen 30 relating to such a function. The tactic verification screen 30 is an example of a rule verification screen for verifying the tactic information D1 (phase evaluation rule), and is a screen that is output based on the input phase. The player program management system 10 has a function of outputting a tactic verification screen 30. Similar to the tactics registration screen 20, the tactic verification screen 30 includes a board image 21 representing the board game board and a piece image 22 representing the piece status.

  A user of the player program management system 10 can input a specific aspect via an input operation on the tactics verification screen 30. For example, after a specific square on the board image 21 is clicked, the “1” key is pressed to display the “●” symbol on the square and input the situation that the stone is present on the square. be able to. This operation is described by the notation “1: first hand ●” in the example of FIG. Similarly, the “2” key can input the situation that the opponent's stone exists. As described above, the player program management system 10 can accept an input of a situation through an operation for designating a specific square on the board image 21 and an operation for designating the state of a piece in the square.

  The tactic verification screen 30 includes a point display 23. The point display 23 is displayed at specific coordinates on the board image 21. The player program management system 10 displays a point display 23 of each hand in the tactics verification screen 30 at a position on the board image 21 corresponding to each hand. In the example of this figure, a point display 23 is displayed on each of the squares on which stones can be placed for a specific turn (first move in this example) for the displayed situation. The point display 23 of each square shows a point (evaluation value) calculated by placing the stone on the square and assuming the situation where the opponent has made the best response and applying the tactical information D1 for that situation. Is. For example, the player program management system 10 executes steps S3 to S5 in FIG. 12 for each square of the possible hand, and displays the points relating to the best opponent's hand as the point display 23 of the square.

  In this embodiment, the board game is reversi, and there is only one type of action “put your own stone on the square” for a specific square, but multiple hands are possible for the same coordinates. In the case of a simple board game, a plurality of points corresponding to each hand may be displayed for a single coordinate.

  Athlete program management system 10 specifies whether to evaluate the situation by interpreting it as its own turn (FIG. 16 is an example of this) or whether to interpret the situation as the opponent's turn It may be possible to accept an input. In the example of FIG. 16, such an input can be performed by selecting one of the radio buttons “first hand” or “second hand” and clicking the button “verify”. In the example of FIG. 16, when the first hand hits the square displaying the numerical value “47” (that is, when a black stone is placed), it is indicated that the point of the aspect is 47 when viewed from the first hand. Has been.

  The point display 23 may be automatically displayed based on the state of the board image 21 at that time in response to the click of the “verify” button. The point display 23 displays, for example, points obtained as a result of evaluating a situation in which one's stone is placed on each square from the inputted situation according to the tactic information D1.

  Furthermore, the player program management system 10 responds to a click on a position (for example, a square) where the point display 23 is made, and a hand corresponding to the point display 23 (for example, a hand placing a stone on the square). And a function of displaying information indicating the relationship with the tactic information D1. FIG. 16 shows a state where the square (3, 5) on which the point display 23 of “47” is made is clicked. In this example, the background of the clicked square is displayed with a diagonal line, but if the color display is possible, the background is set to a color (for example, white) different from other squares of the game board. May be shown.

  In the example of FIG. 16, a breakdown of the calculation of points is displayed as information representing the relationship between the hand and the tactic information D1. The breakdown is displayed, for example, as “<< clicked cell tactics >>”, and all the tactics that hit the situation at the time when the best opponent's hand for that hand was hit are displayed. In the example of FIG. 16, when a black stone is placed on the corresponding square (3, 5) and a white stone is placed on (2, 3) as the opponent's hand, the strategy of “increasing the opponent's stone” is It is shown that it is a small hit that is 7 points when viewed from the opponent (that is, −7 points for point evaluation) and a small hit that is 20 points when viewed from the opponent. In this example, the square that hits the tactic shows the background as a diagonal line (if the color display is possible, the background may be a special color). It is also shown that other tactics ("Intermediate") are also hit (in this example, only a part is displayed for the convenience of the screen size, and the whole is displayed according to the scrolling operation etc. Can be displayed).

  In the example of FIG. 16, only the currently selected hand is associated with the tactic information D1, but the association between the hand selected in the past and the tactic information D1 may also be displayed as a history. . In addition, a button for instructing transition to another screen may be displayed. For example, when the tactics verification screen 30 is displayed after transition from a replay screen 40 described later, a button “go to replay” may be displayed as shown in the figure. In that case, in response to a click on the “go to replay” button, the screen may be re-transitioned to a replay screen 40 described later while maintaining the current situation.

  By using such a tactic verification screen 30, a point display 23 is displayed for each hand to be hit in a specific situation, so that the creator of the tactic information D1 compares the size of the points of each hand. It is possible to verify whether or not the tactic information D1 is appropriately configured (for example, whether or not the hand point considered to be the most advantageous is the maximum). In addition, if it is determined to be inappropriate (such as when the point of the hand considered to be the most advantageous is not the maximum), display the breakdown of points for each tactic and adjust the point designation with reference to this. be able to.

  Also, by selecting a specific hand and clicking on the square, you can list the tactics that affected the evaluation of the situation with points, so by comparing the size of each tactical point, the tactical information D1 is appropriate It is possible to verify whether it is configured (for example, whether the basis for choosing the hand is consistent with your thoughts).

  The athlete program management system 10 may be able to realize further functions by executing the athlete program P1 or the program creation program P2. For example, you may implement | achieve the function which verifies the hit condition of each tactic according to a specific game record.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of the replay screen 40 relating to such a function. The replay screen 40 is another example of a rule verification screen for verifying the tactic information D1 (phase evaluation rule), and is a screen that is output based on the game information D2. The player program management system 10 has a function of outputting a replay screen 40. Similar to the tactic registration screen 20 and the tactic verification screen 30, the replay screen 40 includes a board image 21 representing a board game board and a piece image 22 representing a piece situation.

  The user of the player program management system 10 can specify a situation in a specific turn of a specific game through an input operation on the replay screen 40 and can display it using the board image 21 and the piece image 22. .

  The screen of FIG. 17 is an example of a game record of a game between a player named “Pochi” and a player named “Gon”. The player program management system 10 uses the board image 21 and the piece image 22 to display a situation corresponding to an arbitrary turn in the game record. The replay screen 40 includes a progress button (“>”) for moving the number and a rewind button (“<”) for returning the number. The player program management system 10 advances or rewinds the displayed phase according to the game record in response to clicking of these buttons. In the example of FIG. 17, the 13th hand aspect is displayed.

  The replay screen 40 includes a point display 23 as with the tactic verification screen 30. The point display 23 is displayed at specific coordinates on the board image 21. The player program management system 10 displays a point display 23 for each of a plurality of hands at a position on the board image 21 corresponding to the hands on the replay screen 40. In the example of this figure, a point display 23 (evaluation value) is displayed on each of the squares on which stones can be placed for a specific turn (first move in this example) for the displayed situation. In addition, a display showing the square where the stone is actually placed in the turn is made. In this example, the background is shown by a color (for example, black) different from other squares of the game board.

  Similar to the tactic verification screen 30, in this embodiment, the board game is reversi, and the only possible action for a specific square is "put your stone on that square", but the same coordinates In the case of a board game in which a plurality of hands are possible, a plurality of points corresponding to each hand may be displayed for a single coordinate.

  Further, in the same way as the tactics verification screen 30, the player program management system 10 responds to a click on a position (for example, a square) where the point display 23 is made (for example, the hand corresponding to the point display 23) A function of displaying information indicating a relation between the tactic information D1 and a hand placing a stone on the square) may be provided. FIG. 17 shows a state in which a square on which the point display 23 of “7” is made is clicked. Information representing the relationship between the hand and the tactic information D1 is displayed in the same manner as the tactic verification screen 30, for example.

  In addition, a button for instructing transition to another screen may be displayed. For example, when the button “go to tactic verification” is clicked, the screen may transition to the tactic verification screen 30 described above while maintaining the current situation.

  By using such a replay screen 40, it is possible to verify whether or not the tactic information D1 is appropriately configured, as in the case of using the tactic verification screen 30 as described above.

  The points displayed on the replay screen 40 are calculated based on the tactic information D1 actually used in the specific game. On the other hand, the points displayed on the tactic verification screen 30 are calculated based on the tactic information D1 at that time. For this reason, if the contents of tactics are different, the value may be different even for the same hand in the same situation.

  The creator of the tactical information D1 can easily analyze the cause of loss and improve the tactics by alternately displaying the replay screen 40 and the tactical verification screen 30 for comparison. For example, the evaluation of each hand based on the tactics at the time of the game (replay screen 40) is compared with the evaluation of each hand based on the changed tactics (tactic verification screen 30), and the evaluation of each hand changes as intended. It can be confirmed whether or not. By repeating the change and confirmation in this manner, more desirable tactic information D1 can be easily created.

  As described above, according to the player program management system 10, the player program P1, and the program creation program P2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the tactic information D1 including the pattern representing the features of the aspect is input. By this, a virtual player can be realized. For this reason, knowledge of a programming language is not required to realize a virtual athlete, and even a general athlete can easily do so.

  Furthermore, since the tactics information D1 can be input via the tactics registration screen 20, the interface is visually easy to understand, and even a player who is not familiar with the computer can easily input. Further, since the tactics information D1 can be verified using the tactics verification screen 30 and the replay screen 40, the interface is visually easy to understand, and even a player who is not familiar with the computer can easily verify.

[Embodiment 2]
The player program management system 10 according to the first embodiment can create the tactic information D1 alone and can execute a match using the tactic information D1. In the second embodiment, these functions are distributed to a plurality of computers and cooperate via a communication network. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 18 shows an example of the configuration of a board game tournament execution system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The tournament execution system includes a board player plural game program management system 110 (competition participation computer) and a board game match execution system 120.

  The athlete program management system 110 is, for example, a computer owned by each participant of the competition, and the game execution system 120 is, for example, a computer prepared by the competition organizer. Athlete program management system 110 and game execution system 120 are communicably connected via a communication network (for example, the Internet).

  The player program management system 110 has a configuration as a known computer, and includes a calculation unit 111, a storage unit 112, an input device 113, and an output device 114, similar to the player program management system 10 of the first embodiment. . The athlete program management system 110 also includes communication means 115 that inputs and outputs information to and from the communication network. The storage means 112 of the player program management system 110 stores the player program P1, the program creation program P2, the tactic information D1, and the game information D2. Unlike the first embodiment, the game execution program P3 can be omitted.

  The game execution system 120 also has a configuration as a known computer, and includes a calculation unit 121, a storage unit 122, and a communication unit 125. The storage means 122 of the game execution system 120 stores a player program P1, a game execution program P3, tactic information D1, and game information D2. The storage unit 122 may further store a program creation program P2.

The operation of the tournament execution system according to Embodiment 2 will be described below.
The player program management system 110 operates in the same manner as the player program management system 10 of the first embodiment. However, when the player program management system 110 does not store the game execution program P3, the operation of executing the game execution program P3 can be omitted. In addition, the player program management system 110 has a function of transmitting tactic information D1 to the game execution system 120 via a communication network as a game participation computer.

  The game execution system 120 receives the tactic information D1 from each player program management system 110. In other words, the game execution system 120 has a function of receiving tactic information D1 from a plurality of competition participation computers via a communication network (a situation evaluation rule reception function). The tactic information D1 is a situation evaluation rule that associates a pattern representing a situation feature with an evaluation value of the pattern, as in the first embodiment.

  Next, the game execution system 120 executes a game between virtual players configured based on each tactic information D1 by executing the player program P1 and the game execution program P3. The combination of matches can be designed arbitrarily, for example, it may be a tournament match or a league match. Each game is received by the virtual player of the number of board game participants (two in the case of reversi) tactic information D1 (received from each player program management system 110) corresponding to the virtual player. Based on the above).

The game proceeds as each virtual player strikes the hand according to the turn of the board game. The virtual player evaluates and selects the hand in the same manner as the player program management system 10 of the first embodiment. That is, the game execution system 120 is at least
-For each of a plurality of hands, determine the first evaluation value of each hand by evaluating the situation after the hand is hit according to the first situation evaluation rule pertaining to the first competition participation computer, 1 evaluation value determination function;
-A first selection function for selecting a hand to hit based on the first evaluation value of each hand;
-Determining the second evaluation value of each hand by evaluating the situation after hitting the hand for each of the plurality of hands according to the second situation evaluation rule relating to the second competition participation computer; 2 evaluation value determination functions;
-A second selection function for selecting a hand to hit based on the second evaluation value of each hand;
-A function for executing a game of a board game using a first evaluation value determination function, a second evaluation value determination function, a first selection function, and a second selection function;
It can be said that it is equipped with. In this way, the game execution system 120 advances the game of the board game.

  By executing a number of matches in the same manner, the match execution system 120 can realize a board game tournament. When the tournament is realized, the game execution system 120 may accept entry information in addition to the tactical information D1 from each player program management system 110, and may transmit or publish tournament information (tournament table) and the like. . Management of entry information, creation of a tournament table, etc. can be appropriately performed by the organizer of the tournament.

  As described above, as in the first embodiment, by inputting the tactic information D1 including the pattern representing the characteristics of the situation, a virtual player who participates in the tournament can be realized. For this reason, knowledge of a programming language is not required to realize a virtual athlete, and even a general athlete can easily participate.

  Furthermore, according to the second embodiment, (1) it is only necessary to create tactics information D1 in advance, so there is no need to demonstrate the ability on the spot, and pressure and stress are reduced. (2) Matches are tactics Since it is automatically performed based on the information D1, it is not necessary to play a number of matches by itself, and fatigue is reduced. (4) It will be easier to match the competition schedule. (5) Regardless of the ability of the board game, if you make good use of ideas and flashes, the tactics information D1 will be superior. There is a possibility that such effects as winning a prize can be obtained.

  Furthermore, since it is not necessary for the tournament organizer to prepare a tournament venue, labor and costs can be saved. For this reason, it is possible to easily cope with, for example, an increase in the demand for entries.

  The game execution system 120 may create the game information D2 for each game. The game execution system 120 may have a function of transmitting each game information D2 to the related player program management system 110 via a communication network. For example, the results of a game played between two virtual athletes are respectively transmitted to the athlete program management system 110 that is the transmission source of the tactic information D1 related to these virtual athletes. Also good.

  The player program management system 110 may receive the game information D2 and store it in the storage means 112. In this way, it is possible to analyze the result of the tournament using the tactic verification screen 30 and the replay screen 40 according to the first embodiment, and the tactic information D1 can be improved more easily.

[Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiments, the following modifications can be made.
In each of the above-described embodiments, the pattern is defined only for coordinates on the game board, but may be modified so that it can be defined including the situation outside the game board. For example, situations such as a shogi piece, a game of Go, and a card game hand may be defined.

  Further, for example, the position or range of relative reference coordinates to be connected may be specified, and it may be determined not to connect parts based on other coordinates.

  In each embodiment, the development (rotation or inversion) of the pattern direction according to the above (Equation 1) is always the center of the game board (a position that can be referred to as (4.5, 4.5) if expressed in coordinates). However, it may be performed using another position as a reference. For example, for each pattern, it may be specified whether rotation or reversal is allowed, or coordinates that serve as a reference for rotation or reversal may be designated. For example, each “intermediate” tactic pattern may be determined while rotating around relative reference coordinates (0, 0).

  In each embodiment, the pattern is defined using a two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system, but it is not necessary to use an orthogonal coordinate system. For board games other than reversi, a one-dimensional coordinate system may be used or a three-dimensional or higher coordinate system may be used depending on the shape of the game board.

  In the second embodiment, a plurality of player program management systems 110 are provided, but the player program management system 110 may be omitted. In that case, the tactic information D1 may be created by other methods. For example, if the tactics information D1 is configured as a text file and the specifications are made public, the tournament participants directly describe the tactics information D1 using a text editor or the like, and communicate in any format such as e-mail. Can be transmitted to the game execution system 120.

  10 Competitor program management system (computer, program creation system, game execution system), 20 tactics registration screen (rule input screen), 21 board image, 22 piece image, 23 point display (evaluation value), 30 tactics verification screen (rule) Verification screen), 40 replay screen (rule verification screen), 110 player program management system (computer, program creation system), 120 game execution system (computer), D1 tactic information, D2 game information, P1 player program, P2 program Creation program, P3 game execution program.

Claims (5)

A program creation system for creating a board game player program,
The athlete program is to cause a computer to function as a virtual athlete of the board game,
The board game is a game that progresses when a plurality of players including the virtual player hit a hand that changes the situation represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board,
The program creation system includes an aspect evaluation rule input function that accepts an input of an aspect evaluation rule, associating a pattern representing a feature of an aspect with an evaluation value of the pattern,
The program creation system has a function of outputting a rule input screen for receiving input of the situation evaluation rule,
The rule input screen includes a board image representing a board game board and a piece image representing a piece situation, and the pattern can be input via an operation on the board image or the piece image.
The competitor program is:
-For each of a plurality of hands, an evaluation value determination function for determining an evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to the aspect evaluation rule;
-Based on the evaluation value of each hand, a selection function that selects the hand to strike, and
By causing the computer to realize the function, the computer functions as the virtual player.
Program creation system. A program creation system for creating a board game player program,
The athlete program is to cause a computer to function as a virtual athlete of the board game,
The board game is a game that progresses when a plurality of players including the virtual player hit a hand that changes the situation represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board,
The program creation system includes an aspect evaluation rule input function that accepts an input of an aspect evaluation rule, associating a pattern representing a feature of an aspect with an evaluation value of the pattern,
The competitor program is:
-For each of a plurality of hands, an evaluation value determination function for determining an evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to the aspect evaluation rule;
-Based on the evaluation value of each hand, a selection function that selects the hand to strike, and
By implementing the computer state, and are not causes the computer to function as the virtual athlete,
The program creation system has a function of outputting a rule verification screen for verifying the situation evaluation rule,
The rule verification screen includes a board image representing a board game board,
The program creation system displays an evaluation value of the hand at a position on the board image corresponding to the hand for each of the plurality of hands on the rule verification screen,
The program creation system displays, on the rule verification screen, information representing an association between the hand and the situation evaluation rule for any of the plurality of hands.
Program creation system. 3. The program creation system according to claim 1, wherein the pattern includes a set of information representing a position in a two-dimensional coordinate system and information representing a piece status based on the position. A board game match execution system,
The board game is a game in which a plurality of players progress by sequentially hitting a hand that changes the aspect represented by the situation of the pieces on the game board,
The game execution system includes:
-A situation evaluation rule receiving function for receiving a situation evaluation rule, which associates a pattern representing a feature of a situation and an evaluation value of the pattern, from a plurality of competition participating computers via a communication network;
-For each of a plurality of hands, determine a first evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to a first situation evaluation rule relating to the first competition participation computer; A first evaluation value determination function;
-A first selection function for selecting a hand to hit based on the first evaluation value of each hand;
-For each of the plurality of hands, determine a second evaluation value of each hand by evaluating a situation after the hand is hit according to a second situation evaluation rule relating to the second competition computer; A second evaluation value determination function;
-A second selection function for selecting a hand to hit based on the second evaluation value of each hand;
-A function of executing a game of the board game using the first evaluation value determination function, the second evaluation value determination function, the first selection function, and the second selection function; ,
-A function for outputting a rule verification screen for verifying the situation evaluation rules;
-For each hand evaluated by the first evaluation value determination function and each hand evaluated by the second evaluation value determination function, the hand and the aspect evaluation rule are displayed on the rule verification screen. A function to display information representing the relationship with
A game execution system comprising: The program which makes a computer function as a program creation system as described in any one of Claims 1-3 , or a game execution system as described in Claim 4 .

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