JP6358684B2 - Program, control method, and server apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, a control method, and a server device.

  In recent years, games provided from a server device to a mobile terminal operated by a player via a communication network have gained popularity, and many game titles have been released from a plurality of platforms. There are a wide variety of types and categories of these games, and among them, so-called social games that allow a plurality of players to participate in the same game are booming. It can be said that this social game uses a community-type network service called a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”).

  As a social game utilizing such SNS characteristics, for example, a battle event such as a battle (battle) in which characters (player characters) operated by a plurality of players attack one or a plurality of enemy characters is developed. It has been known. In this case, each player becomes a member of a specific group such as a guild, a party, a team, and a community, which will be described later, and by defeating an enemy character, not only the player but also a group to which those players belong. Various rewards such as points and items that can be used in the game can be given.

  A battle event aimed at defeating an enemy character by a plurality of player characters is conventionally called a “raid battle” in the social game field, or a group or guild is an initial in English. An enemy character represented by (G) and appearing in a raid battle is represented as a raid character by its English initial (R), and “GvR” (“v” means Versus English notation; The same shall apply hereinafter).

  In addition, social games in which individual battle events in which player characters fight one-on-one or group battle events in which battles between groups are performed (including not only battles but also sports such as team sports) are also widely known. Yes. As an example of the latter, for example, in Patent Document 1, when a match between a plurality of parties to which a player character belongs is established in a coliseum hall, which is a predetermined virtual space in the game, a group battle (battle) by those parties is performed. Online games to be played are listed. In the social game field, such direct battles between groups are conventionally called “guild battles” or, as described above, a group or guild is expressed by its initial acronym (G). Sometimes referred to as “GvG”.

JP2013-66524A

  By the way, in the above-mentioned social game, when a new group is launched, after the new group is launched, the player who has launched the group is called for participation (affiliation) by other players, and a predetermined number of players are After joining the group, actions such as participation in battle events are possible.

  For this reason, when a new group is set up, it cannot act as a group until a predetermined number of players join the group. That is, the player who started the group and the player who decided to participate in the group could not advance the game until the predetermined number of players was reached. In this way, when a loss time that prevents the game from proceeding occurs, the player hesitates to start a new group, so it becomes difficult to create a new group and enjoy the game with a different player than before. It was a situation that could not fully demonstrate the interest and fun of

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a program, a control method, and a server device that provide a social game that allows a group to smoothly advance a game when the group is newly established. It aims to be realized.

  The control method according to the present invention is a game control method for a computer capable of executing a game in which a plurality of players join and play a group, and information on a first group that is a group in which a certain player is currently participating, A first storage step of storing information on a second group, which is a group that a certain player is scheduled to participate in, in a storage unit; and when the certain player invites another player to the second group, the other player A display step of displaying information on the group in which the player is currently participating on the terminal device of the certain player, a determination step of determining whether or not a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate in the second group, When it is determined that the predetermined number has been reached, the group in which the certain player participates is designated as the first group. A second storage step of storing in the storage unit is changed to et the second group, and has a.

  The server device according to the present invention is a server device that provides a game played by a plurality of players participating in a group to a terminal device via a communication line, and is a group in which a player is currently participating. A storage unit that stores information on a first group and information on a second group that is a group that the certain player is scheduled to participate in, and a control unit that controls a game provided to the terminal device. The unit determines whether or not a predetermined number of players who are scheduled to participate in the second group have reached the predetermined number of people, and determines that the predetermined number of players has been reached, A button for changing from the first group to the second group is displayed on the terminal device of the certain player, and the certain player participates in response to an input to the button. The groups are, and stores in the storage unit and change from the first group to the second group.

  The server device according to the present invention is a server device that provides a game played by a plurality of players participating in a group to a terminal device via a communication line, and is a group in which a player is currently participating. A storage unit that stores information on a first group and information on a second group that is a group that the certain player is scheduled to participate in, and a control unit that controls a game provided to the terminal device. When the certain player invites another player to the second group, the unit displays information regarding the group in which the other player is currently participating on the terminal device of the certain player, It is determined whether or not a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate, and if it is determined that the predetermined number of players has been reached, The group that is intended to be stored in the storage unit and change from the first group to the second group.

  Further, the program according to the present invention is provided by a player who is currently participating in the first group in a computer that controls a game that is provided by the server device and that is played by a plurality of players participating in the group. When soliciting other players to the second group, which is a group that the player is scheduled to participate in, a step of displaying on the display monitor information relating to the group in which the other players are currently participating, and joining the second group An instruction to change a group in which a certain player is participating from the first group to the second group based on an instruction received from the server device when it is determined that the predetermined number of players has reached the predetermined number of servers. Transmitting to the device.

  A control method according to the present invention is a game control method for a computer that controls a game provided by a server device and that is played by a plurality of players participating in a group, and is currently participating in the first group. Displaying information on a group in which another player is currently participating on a display monitor when soliciting another player to a second group, which is a group in which the player is scheduled to participate, Based on an instruction received from the server device when it is determined that a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate in the second group, a group in which a certain player participates is changed from the first group to the second group. Transmitting an instruction to change to the server device.

  According to the program, the control method, and the server device of the present invention, when a group is newly set up, the group can smoothly advance the game.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system block diagram) illustrating a preferred embodiment of a server device according to the present invention. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system configuration diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of a game system according to the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the time table of the game implemented in the server apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the game screen in the game shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a guild independent member recruitment process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a guild formation process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the screen of a guild determination process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the screen of a guild determination process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the screen of a guild determination process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the screen of a guild determination process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the screen of a guild determination process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a change of affiliation at the time of guild formation.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. The following embodiments are examples for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention only to the embodiments. The present invention can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. Furthermore, those skilled in the art can employ embodiments in which the elements described below are replaced with equivalent ones, and such embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, positional relationships such as up, down, left, and right shown as needed are based on the display shown unless otherwise specified. Furthermore, various dimensional ratios in the drawings are not limited to the illustrated ratios. In the following, for ease of understanding, an embodiment in which the present invention is implemented using a game information processing apparatus will be described as an example. However, as described above, the present invention is not limited thereto.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system block diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of a server device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram (system configuration diagram) showing a preferred embodiment of the game system according to the present invention. As shown in these drawings, the server apparatus 100 is a server computer connected to a network 200, and a server function is developed by a predetermined server program running on the server computer. In addition, the server system 100 and the terminal device 2 such as the client computer 21 and the portable terminal 22 that are also wired and / or wirelessly connected to the network 200 are set to be communicable with each other, whereby the game system 1 is configured. Is done.

  The network 200 is a communication line or communication network related to information processing including the Internet, for example, and its specific configuration is configured so that data can be transmitted and received between the server device 100 and the terminal device 2. If there is no particular limitation, for example, a base station wirelessly connected to the terminal device 2, a mobile communication network connected to the base station, the Internet connected to the server device, a gateway connecting the mobile communication network and the Internet The thing provided with an apparatus is mentioned.

  The server device 100 includes an arithmetic processing unit 101 such as a CPU and an MPU, a ROM 102 and a RAM 103 as storage devices, an external interface 104 to which an input unit 105 and an external memory 106 are connected, an image processing unit 107 to which a display monitor 111 is connected, a disk Alternatively, the slot drive 108 in which a memory device or the like is accommodated or connected, the audio processing unit 109 to which the speaker device 112 is connected, and the network interface 110, for example, a system bus including an internal bus, an external bus, and an expansion bus They are connected to each other via a path 120. Note that the device units responsible for input / output, such as the input unit 105, the external memory 106, the display monitor 111, and the speaker device 112, may be omitted as appropriate, and even if they are provided, It is not always necessary to connect to the transmission line 120 at all times.

  The arithmetic processing unit 101 controls the overall operation of the server apparatus 100, transmits and receives control signals and information signals (data) to and from other components described above, and performs various arithmetic processes necessary for game execution. I do. Therefore, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs arithmetic operations such as addition / subtraction / multiplication / division using a numerical operation unit, logical operations such as logical sum, logical product, logical negation, bit, etc. for a storage area such as a so-called register that can be accessed at high speed. Bit operations such as sum, bit product, bit inversion, bit shift, bit rotation, etc., and further, saturation operation, trigonometric function operation, vector operation, etc. can be performed as necessary.

  The ROM 102 generally stores an IPL (Initial Program Loader) that is executed first after the power is turned on. By executing this, the disk 102 or the memory device accommodated in or connected to the slot drive 108 is recorded. The recorded server program or game program is once read into the RAM 103 by the arithmetic processing unit 101, and the program is executed by the arithmetic processing unit 101. Furthermore, the ROM 102 stores an operating system program and other various data necessary for operation control of the entire server apparatus 100.

  Further, the RAM 103 is for temporarily storing a server program, a game program, and various data. As described above, the read server program and game program, other game progresses, and a plurality of data are stored. Data necessary for communication between the terminal devices 2 is held in the RAM 103. Further, the arithmetic processing unit 101 sets a variable area in the RAM 103 and directly performs a calculation using a numerical arithmetic unit for the value stored in the variable area, or registers the value stored in the RAM 103 as a register. The data is temporarily copied or moved and stored, and the calculation is directly performed on the register, and further, the calculation result is written back to the RAM 103.

  The input unit 105 connected via the external interface 104 receives various operation inputs performed by the user (game provider) of the server device 100. The input unit 105 includes a keyboard, a touchpad, In addition to the touch panel, for example, a voice input device can be employed, and the type of device is not particularly limited as long as various operation inputs, determination operations, cancellation operations, menu display, and the like can be input.

  Furthermore, in the RAM 103 and the external memory 106 detachably connected via the external interface 104, the operating status of the server device 100, the access status of each terminal device 2, the game play status and the progress status of each terminal device 2 Data indicating (past results and the like), data of a log (record) of communication between the terminal devices 2 and the like are stored in a rewritable manner.

  Further, the image processing unit 107 processes various data read from the slot drive 108 by the arithmetic processing unit 101 or the image processing unit 107 itself, and then stores the processed image information in a frame memory or the like. Record. The image information recorded in the frame memory is converted into a video signal at a predetermined synchronization timing, and is output to the display monitor 111 connected to the image processing unit 107. Thereby, various image displays are possible. Further, the image information related to the game is transmitted from the image processing unit 107 and / or the arithmetic processing unit 101 to each terminal device 2 through a cooperative process with the arithmetic processing unit 101 or the like.

  Furthermore, the audio processing unit 109 converts various data read from the slot drive 108 into audio signals, and outputs the audio signals from the speaker device 112 connected to the audio processing unit 109. Also, sound information (sound effect and music information) related to the game is sent from the sound processing unit 109 and / or the calculation processing unit 101 to each terminal device 2 through a cooperative process with the calculation processing unit 101 or the like.

  Furthermore, the network interface 110 is for connecting the server apparatus 100 to the network 200. For example, the network interface 110 conforms to various standards used for constructing a LAN, an analog modem, an ISDN modem, an ADSL modem, and a cable television. A cable modem or the like for connecting to the Internet or the like using a John line, and an interface for connecting these to the arithmetic processing unit 101 via the transmission path 120.

  A preferred embodiment of a game (social game) executed according to the game program according to the present invention in the game system 1 and the server device 100 configured as described above will be described below. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a time table of a game executed in the server device 100. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a game screen in the social game shown in FIG.

  Note that various processes (image and screen display, determination, calculation, and the like) in the following procedure are executed based on control commands from the arithmetic processing unit 101 of the server apparatus 100. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101 functions as a “control unit” in the present invention. In addition to the ROM 102 and RAM 103 and the external memory 106 described above, various storage media on which information related to the game is recorded correspond to an “information storage unit” in the present invention.

  This game is configured to include different battle events Ba1 and Ba2, and in this embodiment, as shown by the time axis Yt in FIG. 3, these battle events Ba1 and Ba2 are interrupted from 0:00 to 24:00. It is carried out continuously. The server device 100 is in a state in which these battle events Ba1 and Ba2 can be distributed to the player's terminal device 2 in accordance with a preset schedule and time series algorithm.

  The player operates the terminal device 2 (client computer 21 or mobile terminal 22; tablet terminal, smart phone or the like), and connects the terminal device 2 to the server device 100 via the network 200 such as the Internet. Then, by operating the terminal device 2, the player selects this game provided from the server device 100, or inputs login information such as an ID number and a password on the platform screen before selecting the game. When the arithmetic processing unit 101 of the server device 100 recognizes the log-in information, it displays on the terminal device 2 a my page screen or my home screen unique to the player associated with the ID number. Depending on the type of game, a banner listing a plurality of scenes (for example, location, dungeon, quest, etc.) set as game scenes is displayed on the My Page screen. These locations, dungeons, quests, etc. may or may not be hierarchized with each other or as individual structures.

  Further, in this game, the arithmetic processing unit 101 of the server device 100 displays a menu screen related to the above-described “guild” that is a group to which each player belongs on the My Page screen or the My Home screen. A player who has played this game or participated in this game basically belongs to one predetermined guild, and the information is stored in the information storage unit such as the ROM 102 such as the player's ID information. It is recorded in association with specific information. Based on the information, the arithmetic processing unit 101 further displays on the terminal device 2 information on the guild to which the player belongs and, if necessary, an edit menu related to the guild.

  On the other hand, since the player who plays the game for the first time or the player who participates in the game for the first time does not basically belong to a specific guild, the arithmetic processing unit 101 assigns the terminal device 2 to a player who does not belong to the guild. A menu screen for searching (searching) a guild or creating (establishing) a new guild is displayed. The player can determine or create a guild in which he / she participates by operating the terminal device 2 in accordance with an instruction in a pull-down menu or the like sequentially displayed from the menu screen.

  After the player's guild is determined or selected, a plurality of game lists and event lists are displayed on the terminal device 2 as necessary, and when the player chooses to participate in the game, the player's terminal device 2 is displayed. Displays the screen of the game event being executed at that time. Thereby, the player can participate freely in the game event currently held at that time. At this time, a preparation screen or introduction screen for various game events may be displayed on the terminal device 2 of the player, which may be a still image or a moving image (flash or the like).

  As described above, in the example illustrated in FIG. 3, one of the battle events Ba <b> 1 and Ba <b> 2 is continuously executed by the server device 100. For example, the login time for this game is 0:00 am to 6:00 am, 9 am to 12 am, 1 pm to 6 pm, 8 pm to 10 pm, and 11 pm to 12 pm (the next day 0 o'clock), a battle event Ba1 is held in this game community. Similarly, if the login time for this game is any of 6am to 9am, 12am to 1pm, 6pm to 8pm, and 10pm to 11am, the battle event Ba2 Is held. As described above, the arithmetic processing unit 101 is configured to execute the processing of the battle events Ba1 and Ba2 to be held based on a predetermined schedule.

  Among these battle events Ba1 and Ba2, the battle event Ba1 is a raid battle, that is, a battle between a guild G1 (group) to which the player belongs and a raid that is an enemy player character (battle corresponding to the above-mentioned GvR). It is. On the other hand, the battle event Ba2 is a guild battle, that is, a battle between guilds G1 and G2 (both groups) to which the player belongs (a battle corresponding to GvG described above).

  Here, with reference to FIG. 4, an example of the state at the time of starting execution of battle | competition event Ba2 (GvG; guild battle) displayed on the terminal device 2 of each player is demonstrated. As a processing procedure in this battle event Ba2 (sometimes called a quest or a turn depending on the game title; the same applies to the battle event Ba1), first, an event is displayed on the screen 2a of the terminal device 2 as a game image display area. A field F and a palette P are demarcated, and respective components are displayed in their display areas.

  Specifically, in the event field F, player characters A1 to A6 belonging to the guild G1 (first group) and player characters B1 to B6 belonging to the guild G2 (first group) are part of the constituent elements. Is displayed. That is, here, in the event field F, the area where the player characters A1 to A6 of the guild G1 are mainly displayed (main field of the guild G1) and the area where the player characters B1 to B6 of the guild G2 are displayed (guild) G2 main field) is defined. Then, the player characters A1 to A6 belonging to the guild G1 and the player characters B1 to B6 belonging to the guild G2 are united to perform a direct battle with the opponent player character of the opponent guild.

  In both of the above guilds G1 and G2, only the avant-garde player character is damaged by the attack from the opponent player character, and both the avant-garde and the rear-guard player characters can participate in the attack. It is said that.

  Further, as a mode of battle in the battle event Ba2, a palette P is displayed on the screen 2a of each terminal device 2 of the player characters A1 to A6 of the guild G1. This pallet P can be used when the player characters A1 to A6 and B1 to B6 of the guilds G1 and G2 make an attack on the opponent player characters B1 to B6 and A1 to A6, respectively. "It is a place to decide (ordinary technique and deadly technique) by lottery. In the palette P, a deck D that is a bundle of virtual cards and a plurality of cards (game media) selected from the deck D are displayed.

  Each card is drawn or described with the type of “technique” or a player character, a specific item related to the technique, an illustration, a character, or the like representing it. Also, each card has the above-mentioned technique, attack value (point of the technique or action to be activated; action point (AP) or technique point (technique P)), defense value (may be physical strength or life power (HP)) attribute (red , Green, blue, colors such as fire, water, wood, light, etc.), rarity (rare), etc. are set. Then, when all of the types, attributes, rarity, etc. of the three cards 31, 32, 33 displayed sequentially by the player from the deck D are prepared, or when a specific combination (combination) is made, the player An effect of increasing the attack power and defense power of the characters A1 to A6 is activated. Furthermore, the technique triggered by the selection or combination of the cards 31, 32, 33 or the running items 401, 402 related thereto are displayed below the player characters A1-A6, B1-B6 in the event field F, respectively. .

  In the state where the three cards 31, 32, and 33 are displayed on the palette P, when the player further picks up a card from the deck D, one of the cards 31, 32, and 33 (for example, as shown in the figure). The leftmost card 31) is deleted from the screen 2a, and another newly selected card is displayed. At this time, for example, the card 31 to be deleted slides out of the palette P, for example, the remaining cards 32 and 33 slide to the left, and a new card slides in the vacant space. Also good.

  Then, each player character A1 to A6 of the guild G1 sequentially selects (crawls) the cards from the deck D in the pallet P, whereby the technique, attack value, and specific item set for each card 31, 32, 33 are selected. The player character B1 to B6 of the opponent's guild G2 is attacked in accordance with the combination of the defense value, etc., and their attributes and rarity, and the damage given to the opponent and the damage that he / she receives is calculated. On the other hand, the same display is made on the screen 2a of each terminal device 2 of the player characters B1 to B6 of the guild G2, and attacks the player characters A1 to A6 of the opponent guild G1.

  In addition, HP gauges 61 and 62 for the respective guilds G1 and G2 are displayed above the main fields of the guilds G1 and G2. Further, in the vicinity of the HP gauges 61 and 62, player characters A1 to A1 are displayed. Before A6, B1 to B6 are attacked by the opponent player characters B1 to B6 and A1 to A6, the number of times the opponent player character has continuously attacked (so-called combo times) is displayed as combo gauges Cm1 and Cm2. The When the number of combos displayed on the combo gauges Cm1 and Cm2 exceeds a predetermined value, the power of the technique that the player characters A1 to A6 and B1 to B6 put on the opponent player characters B1 to B6 and A1 to A6 is enhanced. As a result, damage to the opponent player character is amplified. Then, based on the values of the HP gauges 61 and 62 at the battle end time, the winning or losing of both is determined.

  As described above, for example, the player belongs to the guilds G1 and G2, and executes the battle events Ba1 and Ba2. Hereinafter, a case where the player starts a new guild will be described. By creating a new guild and having other player characters participate in the game, it is possible to newly perform battle events Ba1, Ba2, etc. with other player characters (that is, by replacing guild members). Become. A process in which a predetermined player newly starts (determines) a guild in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 7 to 10.

  FIG. 5 shows that a new guild G3 “Clan alliance” (second group) is established independently of the guild to which the predetermined player currently belongs, and recruits members (players) to participate in the guild G3 “Clan alliance”. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process.

  First, for example, when a guild independent member recruitment start button 51 (see FIG. 7) displayed on the display screen 2b of the terminal device 2 is input to the player, the arithmetic processing unit 101 starts the guild independent member recruitment process ( ST501).

  First, the arithmetic processing unit 101 displays a new independent guild status screen on the display screen 2 of the terminal device 2 (ST502). The guild status includes the name of the newly created guild, status, minimum number of guild formations, members scheduled to participate, and a search button and process for starting the process of searching for participating members. An exit button is displayed to exit. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of display of the guild status screen 2c. Referring to FIG. 8, the guild name is “Clan Alliance”, the status is “Preparation for Rise”, the minimum number of guild formation is “Minimum number of guild formation is 4”, and the members who are scheduled to participate are “Master: This "Ichi", "Submaster: TBD", "Members: Yaskawa Alessandro, Dandan", search button "Find member" 52, and end button 53 are displayed. In FIG. 8, the minimum number of guild formations is 4, whereas there are 3 members scheduled to participate, so the status is “Preparation” and the guild cannot be formed. ing. At this stage, “Koichi” belongs to guild G4, “Yaskawa Alessandro” belongs to guild G5, “Dandadan” belongs to guild G6, and will belong to guild G3. It has become. In this embodiment, the formation of the guild formation is described with a minimum of four players. However, the minimum number of guild formations may be determined as appropriate depending on the scale and contents of the game.

  Next, arithmetic processing section 101 determines whether or not search button 52 has been input (ST503). When it is determined that the search button 52 is not input and the end button 53 is input (ST503: NO), the arithmetic processing unit 101 ends the guild independent member recruiting process. On the other hand, if it is determined that search button 52 has been input (ST503: YES), arithmetic processing section 101 executes member search processing (ST504). For example, a player character that matches a predetermined condition is searched for as a member candidate from information on the player stored in the information storage unit such as the ROM 102 or the RAM 103. Here, the predetermined conditions are, for example, the level and name of the player character, the guild to which the player character belongs, and the like can be specified and searched.

  When a member candidate player character is searched, arithmetic processing section 101 causes terminal device 2 to display a search result (ST505). When a plurality of members are searched as a search result, the player can sequentially browse the profiles of the player characters by a predetermined operation. As the profile, for example, the name and level of the player character, the name of the guild currently belonging, and the like are displayed. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the player character profile display screen 2d. Referring to FIG. 9, “Maradona”, level “Lv.49”, guild G7 “shadow alliance”, and player character image 54 are displayed as names of player characters. FIG. 9 also shows an invitation button “Invite to a clan alliance” 55 for giving an instruction to invite the player displayed in the profile to the member.

  Next, arithmetic processing section 101 determines whether or not to solicit a player character displayed based on the search result (ST506). For example, when it is determined that the player is not invited to the member based on the return button (not shown) being input to the player (ST506: NO), the process returns to the process of step S502, and the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines that the terminal device 2 The guild status screen is displayed on the display screen (ST502). On the other hand, when it is determined that the player character is invited to the member based on the input of the invitation button 55 to the player (ST506: YES), the arithmetic processing unit 101 displays an invitation screen on the terminal device 2 (ST507). .

  On the solicitation screen, a first solicitation button for soliciting the searched player character as a submaster and a second solicitation button for soliciting as a member are displayed. The submaster is a position having the management authority of the guild next to the master. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the solicitation screen 2e. Referring to FIG. 10, the solicitation screen 2 e displays a first solicitation button “solicitation as a submaster” 56 and a second solicitation button “solicitation as a member” 57.

  Next, based on the player's operation, arithmetic processing section 101 determines whether the input is for soliciting the player character as a submaster or soliciting as a member (ST508). When the first solicitation button 56 is input, the player character is solicited as a submaster (ST509), and when the second solicitation button 57 is input, the player character is solicited as a member (ST510). And it returns to the process which displays the guild status screen 2c of step S502. Here, for the solicitation, for example, an e-mail describing the contents of the solicitation to the guild is transmitted to the terminal device 2 of the player who operates the player character, and the participation is approved based on the display of the e-mail. When transmitted from the terminal device 2, the arithmetic processing unit 101 stores the player character in, for example, the RAM 103 as a player character scheduled to participate in the guild G <b> 3 “clan alliance”. In addition, when the player consents to solicitation for participation from a plurality of new guilds, each can accept the participation, but since the player character can belong to only one guild, Based on the notification of acceptance of participation, a guild that the player plans to participate is set. Thereby, it is possible to avoid belonging to a plurality of guilds in duplicate. The reason that only one guild can belong is because, for example, the battle events Ba1 and Ba2 are configured so that all player characters participate at the same time.

  Next, an example of processing at the time of guild formation will be described with reference to FIGS. The process at the time of guild formation is executed based on an instruction from the player after the player who is scheduled to participate reaches the minimum number of guild formation.

  After the arithmetic processing unit 101 receives a notification of consent for participation in the guild G3 (to the second group) from the terminal device 2 and determines that the minimum number of guild formations has been reached based on the notification, the recruitment of the above-mentioned guild independent members When start button 51 (see FIG. 7) is input (ST601), arithmetic processing section 101 causes terminal device 2 to display a guild status screen (ST602). FIG. 11 shows that, after the player character “Maradona” described with reference to FIG. 9 is added to the guild G3 “blood alliance” described with reference to FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the guild status screen 2f displayed based on this instruction | indication. As the sub-master “Maradona” has joined and the minimum number of guild formations has exceeded four, and the number of formation guild formations has been achieved, unlike the guild display screen 2c in FIG. 8, a guild formation button 58 is newly displayed. ing.

  Next, arithmetic processing section 101 determines what the player's input is (ST603). If it is determined that the input is for member search button 52, arithmetic processing section 101 searches for a member (ST604). Since the process for searching for members is the same as the process in steps ST504 to ST510 described above, detailed description thereof is omitted. If the end button 53 is input, this process ends.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the input is for the guild formation button 58, the arithmetic processing unit 101 newly adds “Koichi”, “Maradona”, “Yaskawa Alessandro”, and “Dandadan” to which guild G3 is scheduled to participate. A “clan alliance” is created and stored in the information storage unit such as the RAM 103 as a normal guild. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the arithmetic processing unit 101 assigns the guilds belonging to the player characters “Koichi”, “Yaskawa Alessandro”, “Dandadan”, and “Maradona” to the guilds G4, G5, G6, respectively. , G7 is changed to guild G3 “Clan alliance” (ST605).

  According to the server device 100 configured as described above, the control method thereof, the game program, and the game system 1, after the player characters scheduled to participate in the guild G3 reach the minimum number of guild formations, the instructions of the master player Since the guild G3 (second group) ready for decision (that is scheduled to participate) is stored in the information storage unit such as the RAM 103 as a normal guild (first group), immediately after the guild is formed The game can be advanced as the guild G3. That is, when a new guild G3 is launched, there is no loss time such as a player who is scheduled to participate in the guild G3 cannot advance the game until the predetermined number of players is reached, and the game can be smoothly advanced.

  In the above embodiment, the guild G3 is formed based on the instructions of the master player after the guild G3 has reached the minimum number of guild formations. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, after reaching the minimum number of guild formations, a guild may be automatically formed when a predetermined time is reached. In such a configuration, since the members of the guild are changed at a predetermined time, it is possible to attract the player's interest at that time, and to cause the player to participate in the game.

  In the above embodiment, when a new guild G3 is formed, the guilds belonging to the player characters “Koichi”, “Yaskawa Alessandro”, “Dandadan”, and “Maradona” are assigned to the guild G4, respectively. Although the case of changing from G5, G6, G7 to the guild G3 “Clevis Alliance” has been described, it is also possible to belong to the guild G3 from the beginning without changing the affiliation. In other words, since the player who plays the game for the first time or the player who participates in the game for the first time does not belong to a specific guild, the player accepts an invitation to participate in the guild G3, and the guild G3 is formed. In this case, the player belongs to the guild G3 from the non-affiliation state. In addition, when a new guild is created in a state where the player does not belong to any guild, and the guild is formed, the player belongs to the guild from the non-affiliation state. Become.

  In addition, as above-mentioned, this invention is not limited to said embodiment and the modification already described, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the limit which does not change the summary. For example, the configuration of the server device 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 is applicable to the client computer 21 and the mobile terminal 22 that are the terminal devices 2 although there are differences in processing capability and the like. In other words, the client computer 21 and the mobile terminal 22 can be used as the server device 100. That is, any computer device connected via the network 200 can function as a server device.

  Further, the server device 100 is configured to perform the same function as a memory device loaded in the ROM 102, the RAM 103, the external memory 106, the slot drive 108 using a mass storage device such as a hard disk or an SSD. These storage devices may or may not be redundant by RAID or the like, and may not be connected to the arithmetic processing unit 101 via the transmission path 120. As part of the networking, it may be connected to another external device or the like via the network 200.

  Furthermore, the network interface in the server device 100 and the terminal device 2 may be either a wireless LAN device or a wired LAN device, and may be either installed inside or of an external device type such as a LAN card. . Furthermore, as the terminal device 2, a game machine that can be connected to the network 200 may be used. In addition, for example, a communication karaoke device may be used.

  As described above, the program, the control method, and the server device of the present invention can remarkably enhance the fun, interest and interest of the battle event itself, and promote the activation of the battle event and the entire game. Since it becomes possible to improve the player's consciousness to participate in the game and the willingness to continue, the game in general is distributed, provided, and executed especially in the server-client type network configuration (in particular, including elements of social games). It can be widely and effectively used for software and hardware-related technologies in general, distribution, provision, and implementation of the game, and for activities such as design, manufacture, and sales thereof.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of application of the original application of the present application will be appended below.
[1]
A game in which a plurality of players can participate, is connected to a terminal device operated by the players via a communication line, and the players participate as part of information related to the games. A computer accessible to an information storage unit having group information and information of a second group that the player is scheduled to join;
Accessing the information, performing a calculation relating to the game, and displaying an image of the game on the terminal device;
When the terminal device receives a notification of acceptance of participation in the second group and, based on the notification, determines that the number of players participating in the second group has reached a predetermined number, the second group is assigned a new second group. Storing in the information storage unit as one group;
A program for running
[2]
In the step of storing the second group in the information storage unit as a new first group, causing the computer to change the affiliation of the players participating in the second group so as to belong to the new first group.
The program according to [1] above.
[3]
When the player consents to solicitation from a plurality of players who have created the second group, the computer is caused to set the second group to which the player is scheduled to participate based on the latest notification of acceptance of participation. Let the step run further,
The program according to [1] or [2] above.
[4]
When the player who created the second group gives an instruction after reaching the predetermined number of people, the computer stores the second group as the first group in the information storage unit.
The program according to any one of [1] to [3].
[5]
When reaching a predetermined time after reaching the predetermined number of people, the computer stores the second group as the first group in the information storage unit.
The program according to any one of [1] to [3].
[6]
An information storage unit that provides a game in which a plurality of players can participate and is connected to a terminal device operated by the players via a communication line, stores information related to the game, and accesses the information A control method for a server device, comprising: a control unit that executes a calculation related to the game and displays an image of the game on the terminal device,
The information storage unit stores, as part of information related to the game, information on a first group in which the player participates and information on a second group in which the player is scheduled to participate,
When the control unit receives a notification of consent to participate in the second group from the terminal device and determines that the number of players participating in the second group has reached a predetermined number based on the notification, the second Storing the group in the information storage unit as a new first group;
A method for controlling a server device.
[7]
A server device that provides a game in which a plurality of players can participate, and is connected to a terminal device operated by the players via a communication line,
An information storage unit for storing information related to the game;
A control unit that accesses the information, executes a calculation related to the game, and displays an image of the game on the terminal device;
With
The information storage unit includes, as part of information related to the game, information on a first group in which the player participates and information on a second group in which the player is scheduled to participate,
When the control unit receives a notification of acceptance of participation in the second group from the terminal device and determines that the number of players participating in the second group has reached a predetermined number based on the notification, the second unit Storing the group in the information storage unit as a new first group;
Server device.
[8]
A server device that provides a game in which a plurality of players can participate, is connected to a terminal device operated by the players via a communication line, and a game system including the terminal device.
An information storage unit for storing information related to the game;
A control unit that accesses the information, executes a calculation related to the game, and displays an image of the game on the terminal device;
With
The information storage unit includes, as part of information related to the game, information on a first group in which the player participates and information on a second group in which the player is scheduled to participate,
When the control unit receives a notification of acceptance of participation in the second group from the terminal device and determines that the number of players participating in the second group has reached a predetermined number based on the notification, the second unit Storing the group in the information storage unit as a new first group;
Game system.

1: Game system 2: Terminal devices 2a to 2f: Screen 21: Client computer (terminal device)
22: Mobile terminal (terminal device)
31, 32, 33: Card 51: Guild independent member recruitment start button 55: Solicitation button 58: Guild formation button 61, 62: HP gauge 100: Server device 101: Arithmetic processing unit (control unit)
102: ROM (information storage unit)
103: RAM (information storage unit)
104: External interface 105: Input unit 106: External memory 107: Image processing unit 108: Slot drive 109: Audio processing unit 110: Network interface 111: Display monitor 112: Speaker device 120: Transmission path 200: Network (communication line)
401, 402: Active item 641, 642: Contribution ratio Ba1: Battle event Ba2: Battle event A1 to A6: Guild G1 player character B1 to B6: Guild G2 player character Cm1, Cm2: Combo gauge D: Deck F: Event fields G1, G2: Guild (group)
P: Pallet Yt: Time axis

Claims (10)

A computer capable of executing a game in which a plurality of players join and play a group,
A first storage step of storing in a storage unit information on a first group that is a group in which a certain player is currently participating, and information on a second group that is a group in which the certain player is scheduled to participate;
A display step of displaying information on a group in which the other player is currently participating on a terminal device of the certain player when the certain player invites the other player to the second group;
A determination step of determining whether or not a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate in the second group;
A second storing step of changing the group in which the certain player is participating from the first group to the second group and storing it in the storage unit when it is determined that the predetermined number has been reached;
A program for running   The program according to claim 1, further comprising a step of causing the terminal device to display a status screen including at least one of the players who are scheduled to participate in the second group and the predetermined number of people.   The program according to claim 2, wherein the status screen includes a button for instructing search processing for searching for a player to be invited to the second group.   The program according to claim 3, further comprising a step of designating a predetermined condition for searching for a player in the search process.   The program according to claim 3, further comprising a step of displaying a search result screen for displaying a player searched in the search process.   The program according to claim 5, wherein the search result screen includes a button for giving an instruction to invite the searched player to the second group. A computer game control method capable of executing a game in which a plurality of players join and play a group,
A first storage step of storing in a storage unit information on a first group that is a group in which a certain player is currently participating, and information on a second group that is a group in which the certain player is scheduled to participate;
A display step of displaying information on a group in which the other player is currently participating on a terminal device of the certain player when the certain player invites the other player to the second group;
A determination step of determining whether or not a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate in the second group;
A second storing step of changing the group in which the certain player is participating from the first group to the second group and storing it in the storage unit when it is determined that the predetermined number has been reached;
A game control method. A server device that provides a game played by a plurality of players joining a group to a terminal device via a communication line,
A storage unit that stores information on a first group that is a group in which a player is currently participating, and information on a second group that is a group that the player is scheduled to join;
A control unit for controlling a game provided to the terminal device;
With
When the certain player invites another player to the second group, the control unit causes the terminal device of the certain player to display information regarding the group in which the other player is currently participating, and the second player It is determined whether or not the predetermined number of players who are scheduled to participate in the group has been reached, and if it is determined that the predetermined number has been reached, the group in which the certain player is participating is changed from the first group to the first group. Change to 2 groups and store in the storage unit,
Server device. A computer that controls a game provided by a server device and that is played by a plurality of players participating in a group,
Information relating to a group in which the other player is currently participating when a player who is currently participating in the first group invites another player to the second group, which is a group in which the player is scheduled to participate. Displaying on a display monitor;
Based on an instruction received from the server device when it is determined that a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate in the second group, the group in which the certain player is participating is selected from the first group. Transmitting an instruction to change to the second group to the server device;
A program for running A computer game control method for controlling a game provided by a server device and controlling a game in which a plurality of players join and play a group,
Information relating to a group in which the other player is currently participating when a player who is currently participating in the first group invites another player to the second group, which is a group in which the player is scheduled to participate. Displaying on a display monitor;
Based on an instruction received from the server device when it is determined that a predetermined number of players are scheduled to participate in the second group, the group in which the certain player is participating is selected from the first group. Transmitting an instruction to change to the second group to the server device;
A game control method.

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