JP6347555B2 - Game device, program - Google Patents

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a game apparatus that provides a game in which a plurality of characters owned by a certain user (user) are played against a plurality of characters owned by other users (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In a game in which a battle is performed using characters as described above, there is a game that allows a user to select a plurality of items in order to determine one instruction. For example, it is possible to select one of the characters used for the attack, select the type of attack to be used, and determine the attack content to be given to the opponent character by the selected character and the type of attack, There is a configuration that selects a type, selects a character that gives an attack from a plurality of opponent characters, and determines an attack content to be given to the selected opponent character.

  On the other hand, for example, as shown in FIG. 28A, the display screen of the battle game is generally a screen arranged so that the characters m1 to m5 of the teammates and the opponent characters n1 to n4 face each other. is there.

JP 2013-000498 A

In such a display screen, when deciding the attack content to be given to the opponent by the user, at least the character used for the attack is selected from the allied characters m1 to m5, and the attack among the opponent characters n1 to n4 is selected. It is necessary to select the character to add.
For example, when the user selects the character m4 to be used for the attack and the character n3 to be attacked, the user selects the character m4 by the operation P with a finger or the like as shown in FIG. It is necessary to select the character n3.
For this reason, it is necessary for the user to move a finger or the like over a relatively long distance from the base where the ally characters m1 to m5 are arranged to the base where the opponent characters n1 to n4 are arranged, and the operation is troublesome. There was a problem such as.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and one of its purposes is to complete the instruction with a simple operation in a game in which the instruction is determined by selecting a plurality of items (for example, a battle game). It is to provide the technology that can.

  In order to achieve the above object, a game device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display control unit that displays a predetermined item in a display area, a reception unit that receives an operation from the user on the display area, and the reception unit A determination unit that determines an instruction content for a predetermined process according to an operation received by the display unit, wherein the display control unit displays two or more first candidate items in the first region of the display region. In addition, when two or more second candidate items are displayed in the second region, and the selection of one first candidate item among the first candidate items displayed in the first region is received by the receiving unit, The area where the second candidate item is displayed is changed from the second area to the first area, and the determination unit changes the at least one selected first candidate item and the selected second candidate item. Based on before To determine the instruction content.

  A game system according to another aspect of the present invention includes a display control unit that displays a predetermined item in a display area, a reception unit that receives an operation from a user on the display area, and an operation received by the reception unit. And a determination unit that determines the content of an instruction for a predetermined process. The display control unit displays two or more first candidate items in the first area of the display area and 2 in the second area. The above second candidate items are displayed, and when the selection unit accepts the selection of one of the first candidate items displayed in the first area, the second candidate item is displayed. The area is changed from the second area to the first area, and the determination unit determines the instruction content based on at least the selected first candidate item and the selected second candidate item. And Serial display control unit causes the display according to the determined instruction contents to the display area.

  A computer according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a display control unit that displays a predetermined item in a display area, a reception unit that receives an operation from the user with respect to the display area, and an operation received by the reception unit And a determination unit that determines the content of an instruction for a predetermined process. The display control unit displays two or more first candidate items in the first area of the display area and 2 in the second area. The above second candidate items are displayed, and when the selection unit accepts the selection of one of the first candidate items displayed in the first area, the second candidate item is displayed. The area is changed from the second area to the first area, and the determination unit determines the instruction content based on at least the selected first candidate item and the selected second candidate item. That.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer control method for displaying two or more first candidate items in a first region of a display region and displaying two or more second candidate items in a second region. When one first candidate item is selected from the first candidate items displayed in the first area, the area for displaying the second candidate item is changed from the second area to the first area. And determining an instruction content for a predetermined process based on at least the selected first candidate item and the selected second candidate item.

  A program according to still another aspect of the present invention is received by a display control unit that causes a computer to display a predetermined item in a display region, a reception unit that receives an operation from the user with respect to the display region, and the reception unit. A program that functions as a determination unit that determines an instruction content for a predetermined process according to an operation, wherein the display control unit displays two or more first candidate items in a first region of the display region. When two or more second candidate items are displayed in the second area and selection of one first candidate item among the first candidate items displayed in the first area is received by the receiving unit, The region for displaying two candidate items is changed from the second region to the first region, and the determining unit selects at least the one selected first candidate item and the one selected Determining the instruction contents based on the second candidate item.

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal device 20. As shown in this figure, the terminal device 20 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a communication unit 204, an RTC 206, a storage unit 208, a display panel 210, and a touch panel 220.
The terminal device 20 is, for example, a mobile phone operated by a user, and includes a touch panel 220 superimposed on the display panel 210. The terminal device 20 is necessary when the user performs a touch operation on the screen displayed on the display panel 210. It is configured to input various information and various instructions.

In the figure, a CPU 201 controls the entire terminal device 20, and a memory 202 stores a basic program, an application program (game application) for receiving a game from the game server 10, and various data. The game application here causes the terminal device 20 to function as a game device by execution thereof, and is downloaded from a specific site and installed in the terminal device 20.
The communication unit 204 communicates with the game server 10 via the Internet Na or the mobile communication network Nb. The RTC 206 outputs time information of the current time.

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

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

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

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

As shown in FIG. 4, on the game server 10 side, a plurality of functional units for providing a game to each terminal device 20 by executing the predetermined program, that is, a receiving unit 135 and a control unit 133. The storage unit 140 and the transmission unit 137 are constructed.
Among these, the receiving unit 135 receives game instruction content and the like from the terminal device 20. The control unit 133 manages user information Q stored in the storage unit 140. The control unit 133 manages or controls the progress of the game in accordance with the instruction content received by the receiving unit 135. The storage unit 140 stores user information Q as a master for each user of each terminal device 20. Details of the user information Q will be described later.
The transmission unit 137 transmits user information Q corresponding to one user or another user to the terminal device 20 according to control by the control unit 133.

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

On the other hand, on the terminal device 20 side, when the CPU 201 executes the game application, a reception unit 231, a management unit (determination unit) 233, a storage unit 240, a display control unit 241, a transmission unit 235, and a reception unit 237 are constructed. .
The management unit (determination unit) 233 controls each unit of the terminal device 20 as described in detail later. A work area W is allocated to a part of the storage unit 240. In the work area W, one user information Q supplied from the game server 10 and user information Q (Qc) corresponding to another user are temporarily stored when the game is provided.
The display control unit 241 controls the display contents of the display area 205 according to the information and instruction contents supplied from the management unit 233.
The display area 205 is an area that is displayed on the display panel 210.
The accepting unit 231 accepts an operation performed by the user for the display in the display area 205. Specifically, the reception unit 231 specifies the content of the operation performed on the touch panel 220 from the position information output from the touch panel 220 and supplies the operation information indicating the content of the operation to the management unit 233.
The transmission unit 235 transmits various information such as instruction contents supplied from the management unit 233 to the game server 10. The receiving unit 237 receives user information Q and the like from the game server.

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

Here, paying attention to certain unit data, the character identification information, command information, and game information Y in the focused unit data will be described in relation to the possessed character defined by the focused unit data.
First, the character identification information is information for uniquely identifying the possessed character. Although not particularly illustrated, the character is accompanied by name information of the character and image information for display. These name information and image information are stored in the storage unit 140 in association with the character identification information, for example.
Next, the command information is information for specifying the type of attack (command) possessed by the possessed character, and includes information for specifying the title of the command and the content of the command. In the present embodiment, the character may have a plurality of commands, and the command information is different for each character.
The game information Y is information that specifies the ability of the possessed character, and specifically includes physical strength information, attack power information, and defense power information. Among these, the physical strength information is an index indicating the physical strength value (durability) of the possessed character. The attack power information is an index indicating the attack capability of the possessed character, and the defense capability information is an index indicating the defense capability of the owned character. Such game information Y (physical strength information, defense strength information, attack strength information) is appropriately updated by a battle or the like.

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

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

The team information included in the user information Q is information indicating which character of the user's owned characters corresponding to the user information Q is used to play against other users.
That is, in this embodiment, a certain user forms a team with the owned characters indicated by the team information among the characters owned by the user, and plays against the opponent team.
In addition, about the character which comprises a team among the possessed characters, it is good also as a structure which a user selects previously, and it is good also as a structure chosen at random by the management part 233, for example, according to a predetermined rule, it owns A configuration may be adopted in which a predetermined number of characters positioned higher in the descending order of attack power information and defense power information is selected.

Next, an outline of the game provided in the present embodiment will be described.
The game involves a team consisting of one user's own character and a team consisting of another user's own character, and is a turn system in which the attacking side and the defending side are alternately switched. ing.
Here, when an attacker's turn arrives at one user and another user becomes the defender, the one user makes the following selection. Specifically, when a turn arrives for one user, the one user
(1) Select one character (operation target) from the remaining characters in his team,
(2) Select one command for attack from a plurality of commands associated with one character,
(3) From the remaining characters in the opponent team, select one character (attack target) that gives an attack.
When (1) to (3) are selected by the one user, the attack content that “operation target” is given as “command” to “attack target” is determined.

  On the other hand, when the attack side turns to another user and one user becomes the defending side, the selection of the above (1) to (3) by the other user is, for example, a terminal owned by one user The content of the attack is determined automatically by the management unit 233 of the device 20. That is, the game in this embodiment looks as if it is playing against another user from the viewpoint of one user, but in reality, the terminal device 20 borrows the character of the other user, The game is progressed regardless of the user's will.

  In the game of the present embodiment, when a turn arrives and the attack contents are determined by selecting (1) to (3), the attack target character is damaged according to the attack contents. Thus, the physical strength value (physical strength information) of the character is decreased by an amount corresponding to the damage. When the character's health value is less than or equal to zero, the character is eliminated from the team. When the remaining number of characters that make up any team of one user or another user becomes zero (when they are annihilated), the user who is annihilated becomes the loser and the remaining user is the winner It becomes.

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

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

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

6 and 7 are flowcharts showing a battle process in the game when the start of the game is led by one user.
First, when one user performs a predetermined operation on the terminal device 20, for example, when an operation of tapping a software button indicating the start of a match is performed on the main menu screen (not shown) of the game, the reception unit 231. Supplies operation information indicating the operation to the management unit 233. The management unit 233 transmits information specifying the one user and a game start instruction to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235.

When the game server 10 receives such information and instructions from the terminal device 20 by the receiving unit 135, the control unit 133 causes the terminal device 20 of the one user to, for example, a user who can compete with the one user. Send information (nickname, skill level, possession items, etc.).
In the terminal device 20, when the information is received by the receiving unit 237, the management unit 233 transfers the information to the display control unit 241 and displays an opponent selection screen (not shown) in the display area 205. Instruct.
Note that the opponent selection screen is, for example, a list screen of opponents with which one user can compete, and is a screen that prompts the one user to select one opponent as an opponent from the list. is there. Moreover, as an opponent with whom one user can fight, the person who has the relationship (friend relationship) mutually linked | related with the said one user is mentioned as an example, for example.

According to the opponent selection screen, the one user selects one opponent. When the one user selects a partner, the partner is determined as another user (step Sa11). When the reception unit 231 receives an operation for selecting another user, the reception unit 231 supplies information specifying the selected user to the management unit 233. The management unit 233 transmits the information to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235.
Note that the opponent may be determined by a method other than selection by one user. For example, a partner close to the skill level of one user may be determined at random, or a partner close to the condition requested by one user may be searched and determined.

On the other hand, when the start of the game is instructed by one user and another user is determined, the game server 10 and the terminal device 20 initialize the game to play against the other user as viewed from the one user. (Preparatory processing) is executed as follows (step Sa12).
First, on the game server 10 side, the control unit 133 reads out user information Q corresponding to one user and another user from the storage unit 140, and sends the transmission unit 137 to the terminal device 20 of the one user. Send through. At this time, the control unit 133 acquires character name information and image information associated with the character identification information in the user information of both users, and transmits them to the terminal device 20 of the one user. Strictly speaking, only the characters indicated by the team information among the owned characters are used for the battle. For this reason, it is not necessary to supply the user information Q (all information on the characters owned by the user), and it is only necessary to transmit the unit data (and name information and image information) of the characters constituting the team to the terminal device 20. However, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed here that user information Q corresponding to one user and another user is transmitted to the terminal device 20 as described above.
Further, although the game provided in this embodiment is a turn system, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the first turn arrives at one user. Of course, it may be determined at random as to which of the first turn will come, or one user may be selected.

  On the terminal device 20 side, when the above information is received from the game server 10, the management unit 233 sets the user information Q corresponding to one user and the user information Q corresponding to another user as Qc. Each is stored in the work area W in the storage unit 240 and instructs the display control unit 241 to create a battle screen based on the received information. In accordance with this instruction, the display control unit 241 creates a battle screen and displays it in the display area 205.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a battle screen displayed in the display area 205 in the terminal device 20.
As shown in the figure, the display area 205 is divided into a first area A1, a second area A2, a third area A3, and a fourth area A4 in order from the bottom in the figure.

In the first area A1, one user, that is, characters constituting his / her team are displayed. Specifically, the management unit 233 supplies the image information of the character indicated by the team information among the user information Q stored in the work area W corresponding to the received one user to the display control unit 241 for display control. The unit 241 displays the supplied character image in the first area A1. At this time, the order of the characters arranged in the first area A1 may be random, or may be a predetermined rule, for example, an order of ability indicated by the game information Y.
In the display example shown in FIG. 8, there are five characters M1 to M5 displayed in the first area A1. In the figure, the physical strength gauges of the corresponding characters are displayed below the characters M1 to M5. This physical strength gauge is a normalized display of how much physical strength value (physical strength information) remains compared to when the tank is full. In detail, a black bar is shown on the right side of the figure. It shows that the physical strength value remains as it goes to.
The first candidate item 310 is a generic term for the characters M1 to M5 displayed in the first area A1.

In the second area A2, one or more commands (its titles) corresponding to any of the characters displayed in the first area A1 are displayed in a circle. Specifically, the management unit 233 supplies the command title specified by the command information of the unit data corresponding to one of the characters displayed in the first area A1 to the display control unit 241 for display control. The unit 241 displays the title of the supplied command in the second area A2.
FIG. 8 is an example in which commands C1 to C3 associated with the character M1 among the characters M1 to M5 displayed in the first area A1 are displayed in the second area A2.
In the example of the figure, the character M1 in the first area A1 is the other characters M2 to M5 so that it can be seen whether the commands C1 to C3 displayed in the second area A2 are associated with the character M1. It is displayed in a raised position compared to. The second candidate item 320 is a generic term for the commands C1 to C3 displayed in the second area A2.

In the third area A3, other users, that is, characters constituting the opponent team are displayed. Specifically, the management unit 233 supplies the image information of the character indicated by the team information among the user information Qc corresponding to other users to the display control unit 241, and the display control unit 241 The image is displayed in the third area A3. At this time, the order of the characters arranged in the third area A3 may be random as in the first area A1, or may follow a predetermined rule.
In the display example of FIG. 8, four characters N1 to N4 are displayed in the third area A3. In the figure, the character's corresponding physical strength gauge is displayed below the characters N1 to N4.
The third candidate item 330 is a generic term for the characters N1 to N4 displayed in the third area A3.

In the fourth area A4, a message from the game providing side (system side) is displayed for one user. Specifically, the management unit 233 supplies a message corresponding to the status and message data to the display control unit 241, and the display control unit 241 displays the message indicated by the supplied data in the fourth area A4. .
In the example of FIG. 8, the message displayed in the fourth area A4 indicates that a turn has arrived for one user.

When the battle screen is displayed in the display area 205 of the terminal device 20, the management unit 233 determines whether or not the turn has arrived at one user (step Sa13).
If a turn has arrived for one user (if the determination result in step Sa13 is “Yes”), an attack determination process corresponding to the one user is executed (step Sa14). On the other hand, if the turn has arrived at another user (if the determination result at step Sa13 is “No”), an attack determination process corresponding to the other user is executed (step Sa15).
As described above, since the first turn comes to one user side, here, the attack determination process corresponding to one user, that is, the details of step Sa14 will be described with reference to FIG.

When a turn arrives for one user, as described above, the one user selects (1) to (3).
First, the management unit 233 determines whether or not (1) has been selected, that is, among the characters that make up the team in the first area A1 of the battle screen, the operation target character (friend character) used for the attack is Whether or not it has been selected is determined based on the operation information of the receiving unit 231 (step Sb11).
In this embodiment, selection of a character etc. shall be decided, for example, when predetermined time (for example, 2 second) or more passes after touch-on of the target character etc. is touched. That is, the selection is not confirmed only by touching on a target character or the like.
Of the characters displayed in the first area A1, the management unit 233 determines that the operation target character has not been selected (if the determination result in step Sb11 is “No”), the process proceeds to step Sb11. return. For this reason, the processing procedure waits in step Sb11 until the selection of the character to be operated is confirmed.

However, even if the selection of the operation target character is not confirmed, when the operation target character is touched on, the management unit 233 specifies the unit data corresponding to the touch-on character, and the unit data The command title indicated by the command information is supplied to the display control unit 241, and the display control unit 241 is instructed to display the command title in the second area A2. In addition, the management unit 233 supplies the name information of the touch-on character to the display control unit 241, and sends a message including the name of the touch-on character to the display control unit 241 in the fourth area A4. Instruct to display.
For example, when one user touches on the character M4 with the thumb of the left hand as shown in FIG. 9 on the battle screen displayed when a turn arrives at one user as shown in FIG. In the area A2, the commands C11, C12, and C3 (titles) corresponding to the character M4 are changed, and a message including the name of the character M4 is displayed in the fourth area A4.

Thus, when any character is touched on, the title of the command associated with the touched-on character is displayed. Therefore, if one user determines that the displayed command is not appropriate, the user can select another character again without touching the selected character by touching off before the predetermined time elapses. It can be done.
Also, since a message including the name of the character that was touched on is displayed, for example, even when the next character is touched on by mistake, it is immediately known from the displayed message that it is not the character that was being selected. be able to.

On the other hand, when the selection of the character to be operated is confirmed (when the determination result in step Sb11 is “Yes”), that is, from the operation information by the receiving unit 231, the touch-off is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed since one character was touched on. When the management unit 233 determines that the display area has been changed, the management unit 233 lowers the entire display contents of the third area A3, the second area A2, and the first area A1 other than the fourth area A4 in the figure. Is instructed to move at a predetermined speed (step Sb12). For example, in the battle screen shown in FIG. 9, when the selection of the character M4 is confirmed, the management unit 233 changes the characters N1 to N4 (enemy characters) displayed in the third area A3 to the second area A2. The commands C11, C12, and C3 displayed in the second area A2 are set to A1 in the first area, and the characters M1 to M5 displayed in the first area A1 are outside the display area below the first area. The display control unit 241 is instructed to scroll each.
By this instruction, the screen displayed in the display area 205 changes from FIG. 9 to the screen shown in FIG. In the configuration in which the display content is immediately switched from FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, there is a concern that it is difficult for one user to quickly grasp which part has moved to which location. Thus, such a concern can be wiped off by smoothly moving at a predetermined speed.
In the screen shown in FIG. 11, in the fourth area A4, a message to be performed by the next user is displayed including “Great Pumpkin” which is the name of the selected character M4.

  In this way, in the first area A1, when an operation target character used for an attack is selected from among characters constituting one user's team, the characters constituting the team that have been displayed so far are displayed. While being driven out of the area, the command moves from the second area A2 to the first area A1 at a predetermined speed. Therefore, from the point of view of one user, it is only necessary to continue to select a command to be selected next in the first area A1 where an operation for selecting a character is performed.

Next, the management unit 233 receives whether or not the selection of (2) has been made, that is, whether or not the command corresponding to the character selected in (1) has been selected in the first area A1 of the battle screen. It discriminate | determines from the operation information of the part 231 (step Sb13).
If the selection of the command indicating the type of attack to be used among the commands displayed in the first area A1 is not confirmed (if the determination result in step Sb13 is “No”), the management unit 233 performs the processing procedure. It returns to step Sb13. For this reason, the processing procedure waits in step Sb13 until selection of a command indicating the type of attack to be used is confirmed.

However, even if the selection of the command is not confirmed, when one command is touched on, the management unit 233 instructs the display control unit 241 to name the touched command and the name of the character already selected. Is displayed in the fourth area A4.
For example, on the battle screen (see FIG. 11) displayed after selecting the character M4 to be operated, one user uses the thumb of his left hand to issue a command C11 corresponding to the character M4 as shown in FIG. When the touch-on is performed, a message including “Great Pumpkin” that is the name of the character M4 and “Kitsuke” that is the name of the command C11 is displayed in the fourth area A4.

On the other hand, when the selection of the command is confirmed (when the determination result of step Sb13 is “Yes”), that is, it is determined from the operation information by the receiving unit 231 that the touch-off is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed since one command was touched on. Then, the management unit 233 causes the display control unit 241 to scroll the entire display contents of the second area A2 and the first area A1 other than the fourth area A4 downward at a predetermined speed in the drawing. An instruction is given (step Sb14).
For example, when one user touches on the command C11 with the thumb of the left hand as shown in FIG. 12 and touches off after a predetermined time has passed as shown in FIG. 12, the screen displayed in the display area 205 is as shown in FIG. 12 changes to the screen shown in FIG. 14 through FIG. 13 in the middle.
For this reason, in FIG. 14, the characters N1 to N4 constituting the teams of other users are displayed in the first area A1.
In the screen shown in FIG. 14, a message to be performed by the next user is displayed in the fourth area A4.

  As described above, when a command is selected in the first area A1, the command that has been displayed until then is driven out of the display area, and the characters N1 to N4 constituting the teams of other users are displayed in the second area. It moves at a predetermined speed from A2 to the first area. Therefore, from the viewpoint of one user, in the first area A1 operated for selecting a command, it is only necessary to perform an operation for selecting the opponent character to be selected next, that is, the character to be attacked. Become.

Subsequently, the management unit 233 determines whether or not the selection of (3) has been made, that is, whether or not the opponent character to be attacked has been selected based on the operation information of the reception unit 231 (step Sb15).
If the selection of the character to be attacked is not confirmed from the opponent characters displayed in the first area A1, the management unit 233 performs the processing procedure (if the determination result in step Sb15 is “No”). To step Sb15. For this reason, the processing procedure waits in step Sb15 until the selection of the opponent character to be attacked is confirmed.

However, even if the selection of the opponent's character to be attacked is not confirmed, when one character is touched on, the management unit 233 tells the display control unit 241 the name of the opponent's character that has been touched on. Instructed to display in the fourth area A4 a message including the name of the command already selected and the name of the character to be operated.
Thus, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, when one user touches on the opponent character N3 with the thumb of his left hand, the name of the opponent character that has been touched on is displayed in the fourth area A4. A message including “辰”, “biting” which is the name of the command that has already been selected, and “Great Pumpkin” which is the name of the character to be operated is displayed in the fourth area A4.

On the other hand, when the selection of the character to be attacked is confirmed (when the determination result in step Sb15 is “Yes”), that is, from the operation information by the receiving unit 231, the touch-off is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed since one character was touched on. When it is determined that the management unit 233
The character selected in (1) uses the command selected in (2) to determine an instruction content for attacking the opponent character selected in (3) (step Sb16). For example, in the operation examples on the battle screens from FIG. 9 to FIG. 15, the instruction contents indicate that the character M4 attacks the opponent character N3 using the command C11.
Thereafter, in preparation for the turn change, the management unit 233 stores the first candidate item 310 in the first area A1, the second candidate item 320 in the second area A2, and the third candidate item 330 in the third area A3. However, depending on the result of the attack content, an effect as described later is made.

By the way, in FIG. 6, when the turn has arrived at another user (if the determination result of step Sa13 is “No”), the attack determination process of the other user is executed (step Sa15). As described above, this embodiment does not mean that other users are actually participating in the game, but behaves as if other users are playing as viewed from one user. For this reason, when a turn arrives at another user, the management unit 233 of the terminal device 20 determines a character used for an attack, a command used by the character, and a character that gives an attack on behalf of the other user. The instruction content determined by these selections is determined by selecting according to the above rules or randomly. Thereafter, the processing procedure proceeds to step Sa16.
At this time, the management unit 233 may present the instruction content selected on behalf of another user to one user.

Thus, if the turn has arrived at one user, the instruction content of the attack is determined by the terminal device 20, while if the turn has arrived at another user, The terminal device 20 also determines the content of the attack instruction.
Therefore, in any case, the instruction content of the attack is grasped on the terminal device 20 side. Therefore, next, the management unit 233 of the terminal device 20 reflects the attack instruction content in the game information of the character that is the attack target, that is, the game information of the attack target character that is stored in the work area W. Update according to attack instructions. After the update, the management unit 233 determines whether or not the physical strength value (physical strength information) of the character targeted for attack is larger than zero (step Sa16).

If the physical strength value of the attacked character is greater than zero (if the determination result in step Sa16 is “Yes”), the management unit 233 switches the turn (step Sa17). Thereby, after the turn is changed, the processing procedure returns to Step Sa13.
On the other hand, if the physical strength value of the character targeted for attack is zero or less (if the determination result in step Sa16 is “No”), the management unit 233 deletes the character from the battle screen in the display area 205. Is instructed to the display control unit 241 (step Sa18).
Thereby, in one user's terminal device 20, the effect which the character currently displayed until it lose | disappears is made | formed.

For example, when a turn arrives at one user, the one user touches on the opponent character N3 (see FIG. 15), and the character N3 is determined as an attack target, the contents of the attack are reflected. As a result, when the physical strength value of the character N3 becomes equal to or less than zero, as shown in FIG. 16, there is an effect that the character N3 that has been displayed until then disappears. At this time, as shown in the figure, a message to that effect may be displayed in the fourth area A4.
In this example, another user's character disappears, but a turn may arrive at another user, and one user's character may disappear depending on the content of the attack. Further, when the attack content is reflected, an effect as if the attack was added may be performed.

Next, the management unit 233 determines whether one or another user's character has been annihilated as a result of deleting the character (step Sa19).
If it is not completely extinguished (if the determination result in step Sa19 is “No”), the management unit 233 continues the game, and after changing the turn (step Sa17), the processing procedure returns to step Sa13.
On the other hand, if it is annihilated (if the determination result in step Sa19 is “Yes”), the management unit 233 determines that the annihilated user is the loser and the character-remaining user is the winner. Then, a process corresponding to the win / loss is executed (step Sa20). In addition, as a process according to victory or defeat, the process etc. which give rewards, such as a predetermined item and virtual game value, to the user of a winner, for example are considered.

After executing the process according to the win / loss, the management unit 233 reads the user information Q corresponding to one user stored in the work area W and transmits it to the game server 10 via the transmission unit 235, while The user information Qc corresponding to the user is discarded (step Sa21).
In the game server 10, when the user information Q corresponding to one user is received by the receiving unit 135, the control unit 133 receives the user information Q corresponding to the one user stored in the storage unit 140. Replace with user information Q. Thereby, the battle result of one user is reflected in the master in the game server 10. On the other hand, the user information Qc corresponding to other user information is discarded and is not reflected in the master in the game server 10.
After step Sa21, the battle process ends, and the game returns to the game main menu screen described above.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when an operation for selecting a character to be attacked among the characters displayed in the first area A1 is performed by one user, the command to be selected next is the second area A2. Move to one area A1. Therefore, from the viewpoint of one user, the movement area of a finger or the like required for selection can be narrower than a configuration in which the command display position is not changed, and can be specified by a simpler operation.
The fact that the moving area of a finger or the like is narrow in selection means that another finger or the like can be used for gripping the terminal device 20. For this reason, in this embodiment, for one user, a necessary operation can be performed on the terminal device 20 with one hand without changing the finger to be held.

  When the character (or command) displayed in the first area A1 is selected, the command (or character) displayed in the second area A2 moves to the first area. For this reason, if the character (or command) displayed in the first area A1 is left as it is, the display overlaps and it is difficult to see, but in this embodiment, the command (in the second area A2) As the character (or character) moves to the first area, the character (or command) that has been displayed in the first area A1 until then moves outside the display area. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the display from becoming difficult to see.

  On the other hand, when one of the characters displayed in the first area A1 is selected, the opponent character moves from the third area A3 to the second area A2. Next, when an operation for selecting the command displayed in the first area A1 is performed, the opponent character to be selected next moves from the second area A2 to the first area A1, so that the attack target character also Can be selected in the same first region.

Second Embodiment
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, the characters are compatible with each other, that is, whether a certain character is advantageous, disadvantageous, or equal to a certain character. In the first embodiment, the selection of (1) and the selection of (2) are performed separately. In the second embodiment, the selection of (1) and the selection of (2) are performed. Are executed at the same time.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of user information Q in the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the user information Q is the same as in the first embodiment in that it includes user identification information, owned character information, and team information. However, the attribute information is included in the unit data constituting the owned character information. Is different from the first embodiment.
Here, the attribute information is information indicating the attribute of the character associated with the corresponding unit data. In the present embodiment, for example, any one of “fire”, “water”, and “tree” is associated with the attribute, and the compatibility of the characters is determined by comparing with reference to the attribute information.
Specifically, a character whose attribute information is “fire” is stronger than a character whose attribute information is “tree”, and is advantageous in attack (good compatibility), while the attribute information is “water”. It is weak against a character, and is disadvantageous in attack (not compatible). Similarly, a character whose attribute information is “water” has a good compatibility with a character whose attribute information is “fire”, whereas a character whose attribute information is “tree” is not compatible. A character whose attribute information is “tree” is compatible with a character whose attribute information is “water”, whereas it is not compatible with a character whose attribute information is “fire”. is there. Characters having the same attribute information do not have an advantage / disadvantage and have an equal relationship.

  In the second embodiment, the compatibility between certain characters is specifically reflected in the battle as follows. For example, when a character (operation target character) attacks another character (attack target character), the attack amount applied to the attack target character is determined by the attack ability of the operation target character and the command used for the attack. On the basis of the fixed amount, it is “1.2” times when compatibility is good, “0.8” times when compatibility is bad, and “1.0” times when it is equal.

  In the second embodiment, the battle process when the start of the game is led by one user is the same as the flowchart of FIG. 6 in the first embodiment. However, since the selection of (1) and the selection of (2) are performed at the same time in the attack determination process on one user side as described above, details are not particularly shown, but the steps in FIG. The contents are such that both Sb11 and Sb13 are discriminated.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display area 205 in the second embodiment, and is a diagram illustrating a battle screen before selection of (1) and (2) when a turn comes to one user. .
As shown in this figure, the second embodiment is divided into a first area A1, a second area A2, and a fourth area A4.
However, the first area A1 in the second embodiment is an area expanded so as to combine the first area A1 and the second area A2 in the first embodiment (see FIG. 8), and the first area A1 in the second embodiment. The second area A2 is the third area A3 in the first embodiment. For this reason, in 2nd Embodiment, the characters N1-N4 which comprise an opponent team are displayed on 2nd area | region A2.
For this reason, in the second embodiment, the first candidate item is a friend character, but the second candidate item is not a command but a partner character.

In the second embodiment, in the first area A1, a command group C50 is displayed in addition to the characters M1 to M5 constituting one user's team. Here, the command group C50 is displayed in a layer that is different from the characters M1 to M5 displayed in the first area A1 and the characters N1 to N4 displayed in the second area A2, so that it can be dragged by one user. The
The command group C50 includes, for example, a plurality of types of commands to be applied. In the example shown in the figure, the “normal” command C51, the “special skill” command C52, and the “item” command C53 are vertically arranged in the figure.
For example, the “normal” indicated by the command C51 is a command that uses the attacking ability of the selected character, and the “special skill” indicated by the command C52 is a special character that the selected character has uniquely. The command “uses a special attack ability”, and the “item” indicated by the command C53 is a command that uses a separately prepared weapon, recovery medicine, or the like.

In addition, the attributes indicated by the attribute information are displayed in parentheses along with the physical strength gauges on the friendly characters M1 to M5 in the first area A1 and the opponent characters N1 to N4 in the second area. For example, FIG. 18 shows that the attribute of the character M4 is “tree”.
As for the display of the attribute, there is a method of displaying the character in a green-based color, for example, if it is “tree”, but here, for convenience of explanation, the attribute is shown in parentheses as shown in FIG. Displayed in writing.

  In the second embodiment, the selection of (1) and the selection of (2) are executed as follows. That is, when one user drags the command group C50 and overlays a command to be applied on a character to be selected as an operation target, and continues the overlapped state for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds) or more, and touches off. To do.

However, when the overlapped state occurs, the management unit 233 specifies the attribute information (unit data) corresponding to the overlapped character (even if the predetermined time has not elapsed), and stores it in the second area A2. The display control unit 241 is instructed to display an identification mark indicating compatibility with the displayed opponent character for each opponent character.
Thus, for example, as shown in FIG. 19, when the command C51 is superimposed on the character M4, among the opponent characters N1 to N4, the “tree” that is the attribute of the superimposed character M4 is compatible. An upward triangular identification mark p indicating the fact is displayed in the vicinity of the character N3 having a good water attribute, and a downward triangular identification mark n indicating that is displayed in the vicinity of the character N1 having an incompatible fire attribute. . Note that no identification mark is attached in the vicinity of the characters N2 and N4 that are in an equal relationship.

In this way, when the identification marks p and n are displayed in association with the opponent character, if the combination of the superimposed character and the command is appropriate, many identification marks p indicating good compatibility are displayed. However, if the combination is inappropriate, a large number of identification marks n indicating that the compatibility is bad are displayed.
For this reason, one user can decide whether or not the combination is appropriate, or which of the opponent characters in the combination should be effectively damaged before making a selection. You can know.
Then, if one user determines that the superimposed command and character are appropriate, the user may touch off after a predetermined time has elapsed. If the user determines that the command and character are not appropriate, the user may perform a touch-off (or overlapped) before the predetermined time elapses. By canceling the state, another combination can be operated again without confirming the selection.

  In the second embodiment, when the selection of (1) and the selection of (2) are confirmed, the characters N1 to N4 displayed in the second area A2 move to the first area A1 at a predetermined speed. For this reason, the battle screen after the movement is the same as that in FIG. 14 in the first embodiment, and the subsequent operations, that is, operations such as selection of the opponent's character to be attacked and determination of the attack content are the first. This is the same as in the first embodiment.

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

<Display of first candidate item>
In the first embodiment, when one ally character displayed in the first area A1 is selected, all the ally characters are moved out of the display area, but moved to an area other than the first area A1. If this is done, the point that becomes difficult to see can be eliminated, and as shown in FIG. 20, it may be moved to the third region A3. When moving to the third area A3 in this way, the selected character M4 may be displayed larger than the unselected character so that the already selected character M4 can be identified, or only the selected character M4 is confirmed. It may be displayed. Also, as will be described in the next example, in order to cancel the confirmation of selection in the first area A1, it is necessary to indicate which one should have been selected, so other characters not selected are displayed. May be.
That is, when one character displayed in the first area A1 is selected, at least one of the selected character or the character not selected can be displayed in a different area from the first area A1. It ’s fine.

<Deselect first candidate item>
In the embodiment, when a character (or command) is touched on by a single user and touched off after a predetermined time has elapsed, the selection of the character (or command) is confirmed. May be released by In the embodiment, since the display content other than the fourth area A4 scrolls downward when the selection is confirmed, for example, an operation for returning the scrolling, for example, an operation for returning the scrolling is performed. A flick operation is possible. That is, as an operation for designating release, as shown in FIG. 21, one user may perform a flick operation from a state indicated by a broken line to a state indicated by a solid line.
With regard to such processing, for example, the management unit 233 determines whether or not an operation for designating cancellation has been performed before step Sb13 (Sb15), and the operation is performed. If so, the processing procedure may be shifted to step Sb11 (Sb13) after returning the display state.

<Display mode in the first area>
The display control unit 241 may display the ally characters and commands in the first area A1 so as to be movable.
For example, as shown in FIG. 22, when one user performs a flick operation on the first area A1 from the state shown by the broken line to the right side as shown by the solid line, the first area A1 The ally character displayed in A1 may be scrolled to the right according to the flick operation.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 23, when one user performs a flick operation, commands displayed in the first area A1 may be scroll-displayed according to the flick operation.
In this way, when the characters and commands displayed in the first area A1 are displayed so as to be movable according to one user, even if there are many characters and commands that do not fit in the first area A1, It is possible to search for and select them.

<Display control according to tilt>
In the screen examples of FIGS. 8 to 16 and 18 to 23, the display area 205 is vertically long. However, when the terminal device 20 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees, the first area A1, that is, one user selects it. The display screen on the display area 205 may be rotated so that the area to be operated does not change relatively.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 24, the orientation of the terminal device 20 is detected by, for example, a three-axis angle sensor based on rotation angles of the X, Y, and Z axes, and of these, the normal direction of the display panel 210 If the Z-axis is rotated approximately 90 degrees, the display control unit 241 may be configured to rotate the screen in the direction opposite to the rotation.
For example, when the terminal device 20 is rotated 90 degrees clockwise in the Z-axis direction from the state where the battle screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, the display control unit 241 displays the battle as shown in FIG. Rotate the screen 90 degrees counterclockwise. Even when the terminal device 20 rotates in this way, the first area A1 is located on the lower end side of the display area 205, so that, from the viewpoint of one user, the terminal apparatus 20 is continuously held with the left hand. The first area A1 can be operated for selection with the left hand, for example, the thumb.

<Time limit>
In the embodiment, the character or the command is on standby until it is selected. For example, in selecting the ally character in the first area A1, step Sb11 circulates until the selection is confirmed. For this reason, if one user intentionally does nothing for selection, for example, the efficiency of other processes executed in the background in the terminal device 20 is reduced.
Therefore, if one user does not perform any operation for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) for selection, the reception unit 231 (or the management unit 233) displays a plurality of characters (or commands) to be selected. ) May be selected in place of one user at random or according to a predetermined rule.
According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the efficiency of other processes executed in the background in the terminal device 20.

<Transfer of data between game server and terminal device>
In the embodiment, when one user leads the game start and another user is determined as an opponent, the user information Q corresponding to the one user and the user information Q corresponding to the other user are displayed on the terminal. The game information is transferred to the work area W in the device 20, the user information of both is updated as the game progresses, and when the game ends, one user information Q at the end time is transmitted to the game server 10, and the game Although the result is reflected in the master user information Q, for example, the following structure may be used. That is, every time the turn ends, the management unit 233 transmits the determined attack content to the game server 10, and the control unit 133 updates the one user information Q according to the attack content. good.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing functional blocks constructed in the system 1 in this configuration.
In this configuration, every time the turn ends, the control unit 133 updates the user information Q corresponding to the one user in accordance with the attack content. Therefore, every time the terminal device 20 determines the attack content. Furthermore, there is little need to update the user information Q corresponding to one user and the user information Qc corresponding to another user.
Therefore, as shown in the figure, the work area W provided in the storage unit 140 of the terminal device 20 is moved to the storage unit 140 of the game server 10, and the control unit 133 is transferred to the work area W. The user information Q corresponding to one user is copied as the user information Qc and updated according to the progress of the game, while the user information Q corresponding to one user is directly updated according to the progress of the game. good.
Further, in this configuration, the control unit 133 in the game server 10 also executes the determination of step Sa16 after reflecting the attack contents and the processing of step Sa15 when another user has a turn, It is good also as a structure which transmits a result to the terminal device 20 and outputs the display screen according to the said result.

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

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing functional blocks constructed by the system 1 in the case of such a browser type.
As shown in this figure, in the browser type, the display control unit 151 in the game server 10 creates a battle screen as described above on the web screen, and transmits language information describing the web screen to the transmission unit 137. To the terminal device 20. On the other hand, when the receiving unit 237 receives the language information in the terminal device 20, the management unit 233 transfers the information to the browser 251, and the browser 251 interprets the language information to display a web screen. 205 is configured to be displayed.
In this browser type, the terminal device 20 only displays a web screen created by the game server 10 in terms of display. For this reason, in the first embodiment, for example, when the selection of (1) is confirmed, the character displayed in the third area A3 is displayed in the second area A2 and the command displayed in the second area A2. Embed control codes in the description language of the web screen to scroll the character displayed in the first area A1 and the character displayed in the first area A1 outside the display area below the first area, or When the selections (1) to (3) are made, the management unit 233 transmits the selection contents to the game server 10 each time, and the display control unit 151 creates a web screen in the game server 10. The terminal device 20 may be transmitted.

Considering such a browser type configuration, in the system 1, the control unit 133, the storage unit 140 (240), the management unit 233, and the display control unit 241 (151) in FIG. It is arbitrary whether it is constructed on the side of the terminal device 20 or on the terminal device 20 side. That is, these function blocks may be provided in either the game server 10 or the terminal device 20. The storage unit 140 (240) may be managed by a configuration managed by a server other than the game server 10, that is, by cloud computing.
In each embodiment described above, the predetermined storage unit 140 is managed by the game server 10, but all functions may be provided in the terminal device 20. In this case, the game can be executed only by the processing in the terminal device.

<Others>
In the first embodiment, the first candidate item is an ally character, the second candidate item is a command, and the third candidate item is an opponent character. In the second embodiment, the first candidate item is Although the second candidate item has been described as an opponent character as a friend character, it is not limited to these depending on the content of the game. For example, in a quiz game or the like, there may be a case where an answer to the quiz is made by selecting the first candidate item and the second candidate item.
Moreover, it is possible to apply to arbitrary applications other than a game, for example, by selecting a 1st candidate item and a 2nd candidate item as a cooking ingredient with a cooking application, the said selected ingredient It can also be used for applications that present dishes using the.

<Summary>
As described above, according to the embodiments, applications, and modifications, the game device, for example, the terminal device 20 performs a display control unit 241 that displays a predetermined item in the display area 205 and a user operation on the display area 205. The display control unit 241 includes a reception unit 231 that accepts and a determination unit, for example, a management unit 233, that determines an instruction content for a predetermined process in accordance with an operation received by the reception unit 231. Two or more first candidate items (for example, teammate characters M1 to M5) are displayed in the first region A1, and two or more second candidate items (for example, the command C3) are displayed in the second region A2. When selection of one first candidate item (for example, teammate character M4) among the first candidate items displayed in A1 is received by the receiving unit 231, The area for displaying the candidate item is changed from the second area A2 to the first area A1, and the management unit 233 displays the instruction content based on at least the selected first candidate item and the selected first candidate item. To decide.
When the user selects the first candidate item (for example, the friend characters M1 to M5) displayed in the first area A1 with, for example, a finger, the second candidate item (for example, command) to be selected next is the first. Move from the second area to the first area. Therefore, from the viewpoint of the user, the second candidate item to be selected next can be selected by an operation in the first area A1 in which the first candidate item has been selected first. Therefore, the distance required for the movement of the finger or the like for the selection operation can be shorter compared to the configuration in which the area for displaying the second candidate item is not changed, so that the user holds at least the terminal device 20 while holding the terminal device 20. It becomes easy to specify an instruction or the like determined by a combination of two different candidate items.
In this example, the first candidate item is an ally character and the second candidate item is a command. However, other combinations may be used. For example, the first candidate item is a command, and the second candidate item is a second candidate item. May be a partner character, the first candidate item may be a friend character, and the second candidate item may be a partner character.
In the present invention, the display positions in the display area 205 such as the first area A1, the second area A2, and the third area A3 are arbitrary, and the first area A1, the second area A2, and the third area A3 are not necessarily aligned. You don't have to. In addition, according to the present invention, when the user selects a candidate item, the position of the second candidate item or the like may be changed to the first area A1, and in the previous stage, the second candidate item is changed to the second area A2. May be scattered.

When the display control unit 241 changes the area where the second candidate item is displayed to the first area A1, the first candidate item (for example, the characters M1 to M5) that has been displayed so far is different from the first area A1. It is good also as a structure moved to an area | region.
Since the first candidate item that has been selected is moved to a different area from the first area A1, it is difficult to see the second candidate item that has been moved from the second area A2 with respect to the content displayed in the first area A1. Can be avoided. The “area different from the first area” may be an area other than the first area, and includes an area outside the display area.

When the display control unit 241 changes the area for displaying the second candidate item (for example, the command C3) to the first area A1, the selected first candidate item (for example, the character M4) or not selected Alternatively, at least one of the other first candidate items (for example, characters M1 to M3, M5) may be displayed in a region different from the first region A1.
Of the first candidate items (for example, characters M1 to M5) displayed in the first area A1, one first candidate item (for example, the character M4) is selected, and the second item displayed in the second area A2 When candidate items (for example, commands C11, C12, and C3) move to the first area A1, the first candidate items (commands M1 to M5) are overlapped with the second candidate items (command C11 and the like) as they are. From the viewpoint of the user, it is difficult to confirm the second candidate item to be subsequently selected. Therefore, when at least one of the selected first candidate item or the other first candidate item that has not been selected is displayed in a region different from the first region A1, the above confirmation is easy. Become.

  The display control unit 241 displays the second candidate item (here, for example, the opponent characters N1 to N4) so that the relationship with the selected first candidate item (for example, the character M4) can be identified. It is good also as a structure. Since the second candidate item is displayed so that the relationship with the selected one first candidate item can be identified, the user can assist in selecting any second candidate item. it can. The relationship is, for example, compatibility (advantage, disadvantage, equality) of the second candidate item with respect to the first candidate item.

The display control unit 241 displays two or more first candidate items (for example, characters M1 to M5) in the first region A1, and displays two or more second candidate items (for example, command C3) in the second region A2. In this case, two or more third candidate items (for example, opponent characters N1 to N4) are displayed in the third area A3 of the display area 205, and the character N4 displayed in the first area A1 is selected. When accepted by the accepting unit, the area for displaying the third candidate item is changed from the third area A3 to the second area A2, and one second candidate item among the second candidate items displayed in the first area A1. When selection of (for example, command C11) is received by the receiving unit 231, the area for displaying the third candidate item is changed from the second area A2 to the first area A1, and the determining unit, for example, the managing unit 233 is selected. The instruction content is added to one selected first candidate item (for example, character N4) and one selected second candidate item (for example, command C11), and at least one selected third candidate item (for example, command C11). A configuration may be adopted in which it is determined based on the opponent character N3).
Since the third candidate item is added to the first candidate item and the second candidate item as a factor for determining the instruction content, the determined instruction content can be diversified. Also in this configuration, an operation for selecting the opponent character as the third candidate item can be performed in the first area.

  After the area for displaying the second candidate item (for example, command C3) is changed to the first area A1, when a predetermined operation is received by the receiving unit 231, the display control unit 241 displays the area for displaying the command. It is good also as a structure which returns to 2nd area | region A2. With this configuration, the user can return to the state before selecting the first candidate item by a predetermined operation. That is, the selection of the first candidate item can be canceled. Since the display area of the second candidate item moves from the second area to the first area when the first candidate item is selected, the predetermined operation is an operation that cancels the movement, for example, the first A flick operation in a direction from the area A1 to the second area A2 can be considered.

  For each first candidate item (for example, characters M1 to M5), a second candidate item (for example, command) is associated in advance, and the display control unit 241 selects one selected first candidate item (for example, character M4). It is good also as a structure which displays the 2nd candidate item (for example, command C11, C12, C3) matched with this. According to this configuration, for example, the second candidate item can be hierarchized with respect to the first candidate item.

  When one first candidate item (for example, character M4) is selected, the display control unit 241 moves the second candidate item (for example, command) from the second region A2 to the first region A1 at a predetermined speed. It is good also as a structure. According to this configuration, the user can confirm a change in the display screen. Further, the predetermined speed may be a constant speed or may be accompanied by a speed change.

  The display control unit 241 may be configured to change the position of the first area A1 in the display area 205 according to the inclination of the own apparatus. In that case, instead of the angular velocity sensor described above, an acceleration sensor may be used to capture the tilt of the terminal and rotate the display screen on the display area 205. Even if the display area 205 viewed from the user rotates, the item displayed in the first area A1 can be moved to a point that is easy for the user to select (for example, the point closest to the thumb), so that the user can easily select the item. be able to.

  The display control unit 241 may be configured to display two or more first candidate items (for example, characters) or second candidate items (for example, commands) so as to be movable in the first area A1. According to this configuration, even if the first area A1 is narrow or there are many items that can be selected in the first area, the item can be easily selected by the user (for example, the point closest to the thumb) ).

  When a predetermined time has elapsed since the first candidate item (for example, a character) or the second candidate item (for example, a command) has been displayed in the first area A1, the reception unit 231 uses any one of the predetermined rules according to a predetermined rule. It is good also as a structure which selects. In other words, since the item is automatically selected without any operation by the user, the process can proceed. As the predetermined rule, among the two or more items, for example, the one positioned at the left end (right end), the specific parameter (physical strength, attack power, defense power, etc.) is high, the team leader, etc. .

  The system 1 including the game server 10 and the game device (terminal device 20) includes a display control unit 241 that displays predetermined items in the display area 205, a reception unit 231 that receives an operation from the user on the display area 205, The display control unit 241 includes a determination unit (management unit 233) that determines an instruction content for a predetermined process according to an operation received by the reception unit 231. The display control unit 241 includes two or more in the first area A1 of the display area 205. While displaying a 1st candidate item, two or more 2nd candidate items are displayed on 2nd area | region A2, and selection of one 1st candidate item is received among the 1st candidate items displayed on 1st area | region A1. When received by the unit 231, the region for displaying the second candidate item is changed from the second region A 2 to the first region A 1, and the determination unit (management unit 233) at least selects the second candidate item. And the instruction content is determined based on the one first candidate items and second candidate items one selected of the display control unit 241 causes the display according to the determined instruction contents to the display area 205.

On the other hand, the computer (terminal device 20) performs a display control unit 241 that displays predetermined items in the display area 205, a reception unit 231 that receives a user operation on the display area 205, and an operation that is received by the reception unit 231. In response, the display control unit 241 includes a determination unit that determines instruction content for a predetermined process, for example, a management unit 233, and the display control unit 241 includes two or more first candidate items (for example, allies) Characters M1 to M5) and two or more second candidate items (for example, command C3) are displayed in the second area A2, and one of the first candidate items displayed in the first area A1 is displayed. When selection of one candidate item (for example, teammate character M4) is accepted by the accepting unit 231, an area for displaying the second candidate item is changed from the second area A2 to the second area A2. Change in the region A1, the management unit 233 determines the instruction content based on the first candidate item selected as one first candidate item which is at least selected.
The computer here is not limited to the game device described in the embodiment, but is a general term for devices that execute information processing according to a program.

  The control method of the computer (terminal device 20) displays two or more first candidate items in the first area A1 of the display area 205 and displays two or more second candidate items in the second area A2. And when one first candidate item is selected from the first candidate items displayed in the first region A1, the region in which the second candidate item is displayed is changed from the second region A2 to the first region A1. And a step of determining an instruction content for a predetermined process based on at least one selected first candidate item and one selected second candidate item.

In addition, as a program to be operated on the terminal device 20, a computer (terminal device 20) displays a predetermined item in the display area 205, a display control unit 241 that receives a user operation on the display area 205, and The display control unit 241 is a program that functions as a determination unit (management unit 233) that determines an instruction content for a predetermined process according to an operation received by the reception unit 231. Two or more first candidate items are displayed in the region A1, and two or more second candidate items are displayed in the second region A2. Among the first candidate items displayed in the first region A1, one first item is displayed. When the selection of the one candidate item is received by the receiving unit 231, the area for displaying the second candidate item is changed from the second area A 2 to the first area A 1. Determination unit (management unit 233) determines the instruction content based on the one second candidate item selected at least selected one first candidate items were.
The program may be recorded on a recording medium. If this recording medium is used, the program can be installed in the computer, for example. Here, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM.
A program (game application) that causes a computer to function as a game device (for example, the terminal device 20) includes a recording medium provided inside or outside that can be accessed from a distribution server in order to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program that can be executed by the game device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server is not limited as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the game device. It should be noted that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and combined in the game device, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System, 10 ... Game server, 20 ... Terminal device, 101, 201 ... CPU, 205 ... Display area, 231 ... Operation detection part (reception part), 233 ... Management part (determination part), 241 ... Display control part, 310 ... 1st candidate item, 320 ... 2nd candidate item, 330 ... 3rd candidate item, A1 ... 1st area | region, A2 ... 2nd area | region, A3 ... 3rd area | region.

Claims (4)

A display control unit for displaying a predetermined item in the display area;
An accepting unit that accepts an operation from the user for the display area;
A determination unit that determines the content of an instruction for a predetermined process in accordance with an operation received by the reception unit;
With
The display control unit
Two or more first candidate items are displayed in a first area of the display area,
Of the first candidate items displayed in the first area, when the selection of one first candidate item is accepted by the accepting unit, the second candidate item displayed in the display area is changed to other than the first area. The first candidate item displayed in the first region is changed to the second candidate item by moving from the region to the first region at a predetermined speed,
The determining unit determines the instruction content based on at least the selected first candidate item and the selected second candidate item.
A game device characterized by that. The display control unit
When moving the second candidate item to the first region at a predetermined speed, the first candidate item is moved to a region different from the first region;
The game device according to claim 1. The display control unit
Information related to the first candidate item displayed in the first area is displayed in the display area together with the first candidate item;
The game device according to claim 1.   The program for functioning a computer as a game device as described in any one of Claims 1-3.

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