JP6608155B2 - Program and server system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a program or the like for causing a computer to execute a game that links character actions.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as one form of game, a mechanism called a combo is known in which a plurality of predetermined actions are linked and regarded as one action. When a player achieves a combo, a specific process advantageous to the player, such as giving a bonus, is often executed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-230236 A

  However, such a combo is merely a combination of predetermined actions, and occurs only once, and is not very interesting.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is not limited to a predetermined combination, and it is more interesting that the actions of characters are linked one after another. It is to provide an enhanced game.

The first invention for solving the above-described problems is
A program for causing a computer to control the progress of a game in which actions of characters selected in sequence are linked,
Action associating means for associating and setting an action that the character can pay out for each of the characters;
During the game progress control, when the action is in a linked state, there is a relationship between the setting information of the character selected this time and the setting information of the character previously selected in the linked state. Relevance determining means for determining whether or not a predetermined relevance condition indicating that there is,
Cooperation control means for performing control to continue the cooperation state even in the character selected this time when the affirmative determination is made by the relevance determination means, and to end the cooperation state when a negative determination is made,
As a program for causing the computer to function.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the character action information is in a coordinated state and the setting information of the character selected this time and the setting information of the previously selected character satisfy the related condition, The state continues. Thereby, it is possible to realize a game with enhanced interest such that not only a combination of specific actions but also related actions are linked one after another.

As a second invention, a program of the first invention,
The action association means sets an action associated with the character in accordance with a user operation input.
A program may be configured.

  According to the second invention, an action is associated with a character in accordance with a user operation input. As a result, the user can enjoy the strategy of associating actions with characters so that the linked state is continued by predicting the order in which the characters are selected.

Of course, conversely, as the third invention, the program of the first invention,
The action association means automatically sets an action associated with the character.
A program may be configured.

As a fourth invention, there is provided a program according to any one of the first to third inventions,
A program for further functioning the computer as an action selection unit for selecting an action to be activated by a given lottery calculation from among actions set in association with the character selected this time may be configured.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the action activated by the character selected this time is selected stochastically by a lottery calculation.

As a fifth invention, there is provided a program according to any one of the first to fourth inventions,
The setting information includes at least attribute information of the character (hereinafter referred to as “character attribute information”),
The relevance determining means determines the related condition between the character attribute information included in the setting information of the character selected this time and the character attribute information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the cooperation state. Determine whether to meet,
A program may be configured.

  According to the fifth aspect, the linkage state is continued when there is a relationship between the attribute information of the character selected this time and the attribute information of the character selected previously.

As a sixth invention, a program of the fifth invention,
The character attribute information includes character grade information indicating the grade of the character,
The relevance determining means confirms that the character grade information included in the setting information of the character selected this time is the same as or higher than the character grade information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the linked state. Judging by including in the related condition,
A program may be configured.

  According to the sixth aspect, the linkage state is continued when the grade information of the character selected this time is the same as or higher than the grade information of the character previously selected.

As a seventh invention, there is provided a program according to any one of the first to sixth inventions,
The setting information includes at least attribute information of an action set in association with the character (hereinafter referred to as “action attribute information”),
The relevance determining means determines the related condition between the action attribute information included in the setting information of the character selected this time and the action attribute information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the cooperation state. Determine whether to meet,
A program may be configured.

  According to the seventh aspect, the linkage state is continued when there is a relationship between the action attribute information of the character selected this time and the action attribute information of the character previously selected.

As an eighth invention, a program of the seventh invention,
The action attribute information includes action grade information indicating the grade of the action,
The relevance determining means indicates that the action grade information included in the setting information of the character selected this time is the same as or higher than the action grade information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the linked state. Judging by including in the related condition,
A program may be configured.

  According to the eighth aspect, when the action grade information of the character selected this time is the same as or higher than the action grade information of the character selected previously, the linkage state is continued.

As a ninth invention, there is provided a program according to the seventh or eighth invention,
From the actions set in association with the character selected this time, the computer is further functioned as an action action selection means for selecting an action to be activated by a given lottery calculation,
The relevance determining unit determines whether the relevance condition is satisfied between action attribute information of the action selected by the action action selecting unit and action attribute information of the action previously selected in the cooperation state. ,
A program may be configured.

  According to the ninth aspect, an action to be activated is selected from a plurality of actions associated with the character by a given lottery calculation. That is, the action that the character selected this time is activated is selected stochastically by lottery calculation.

As a tenth invention, a program of the ninth invention,
The relevance determining means is between the action attribute information of the action selected by the invoking action selecting means for the currently selected character and the action attribute of the action selected by the invoking action selecting means for the previously selected character. Determining whether the relevant condition is satisfied;
An action (hereinafter referred to as “immediate action”) selected for the immediately preceding character (hereinafter referred to as “immediate action”) and an action (hereinafter referred to as “immediate character”) selected immediately after the linked state. The computer is further functioned as a cooperative action registration means for registering a combination with “immediate action”),
The invoking action selecting means selects the immediately following action when the previously selected character and the action of the character are the immediately preceding character and the immediately preceding action, and the character selected this time is the immediately following character. Performing the lottery calculation with improved probability,
A program may be configured.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the combination of the character and the action in which the linkage state is continued is registered, and registered when the combination of the immediately preceding and immediately following characters and the immediately preceding action is selected. Immediately after, the action selection probability is improved, and the action to be activated is selected. Thereby, for example, it is possible to easily generate a combination of a character and an action whose cooperation state has been continued in the past, and to easily continue the cooperation state.

The eleventh invention is the program of the tenth invention,
Registered content display control means for performing control to display the combination registered by the cooperative action registration means;
A program for further functioning the computer may be configured.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to show the player a combination of characters and actions that may have been linked in the past and can cause a linked status.

As a twelfth invention, there is provided a program according to the seventh or eighth invention,
Among the plurality of actions set in association with the character selected this time, when there is an action that satisfies the related condition with the action attribute information of the action previously selected in the cooperation state, Increasing the action selection priority, further causing the computer to function as an action action selection means for selecting an action to be activated from among the plurality of actions,
The relevance determining unit determines whether the relevance condition is satisfied between action attribute information of the action selected by the action action selecting unit and action attribute information of the action previously selected in the cooperation state. ,
A program may be configured.

According to the twelfth aspect, among the plurality of actions associated with the character selected this time, the selection priority of the action that satisfies the relation condition with the attribute information of the action of the character selected previously And a lottery operation for selecting an action to be performed is performed.
Thereby, it can be made easy to continue a cooperation state.

As a thirteenth invention, the program according to any one of the first to twelfth inventions,
The relevance determining means determines whether the related condition is satisfied between the setting information of the character selected this time and the setting information of the character selected last time.
The described program may be configured.

  According to the thirteenth aspect, the linkage state is continued when the relationship is recognized between the setting information of the two characters performing actions in succession.

As a fourteenth invention, there is provided a program according to any one of the first to thirteenth inventions,
Related condition setting means for variably setting the related condition;
A program for further functioning the computer may be configured.

  According to the fourteenth aspect, the related information can be variably set.

Specifically, like the fifteenth invention,
The related condition setting means sets the related condition variably according to the degree of continuation of the linkage state.
A program may be configured.

  According to the fifteenth aspect, the related condition is variably set according to the degree of continuation of the cooperation state. For example, when the number of continuations of the cooperation state is large, the related condition can be changed to be “relaxed” so that the cooperation state continues for a longer time.

Also, as in the sixteenth invention,
The related condition setting means variably sets the related condition according to the progress of the game.
A program may be configured.

  According to the sixteenth aspect, the related condition can be variably set according to the game progress status. For example, at the end of the game, the related condition may be changed to be “relaxed” so that the linked state can be easily maintained.

As in the seventeenth invention,
The related condition setting means changes the related condition when an operation input using a related condition change item for changing the related condition is made.
A program may be configured.

  According to the seventeenth aspect, the related condition is changed when an operation input using the related condition change item is made. For example, by selling related condition change items, the user can be prompted to be charged so that the game can be advantageously advanced.

As an eighteenth invention, there is provided a program according to any one of the first to seventeenth inventions,
The cooperation control means subtracts a given consideration according to an action to be activated in the cooperation state from a given point of the user, and when the remaining number of points becomes less than the given consideration Terminates the linkage state,
A program may be configured.

  According to the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, when the given consideration according to the action to be activated in the cooperation state is subtracted from the given point of the user and the point becomes less than the given consideration, The state can be terminated. Thereby, it is possible to limit the continuation of the cooperation state.

As a nineteenth invention, there is provided a program according to any one of the first to eighteenth inventions,
A privilege grant processing means for executing a privilege grant process for granting a given privilege according to the number of times of cooperation,
A program for causing the computer to function may be configured.

  According to the nineteenth aspect of the present invention, it is advantageous to advance the game by giving a privilege according to the number of times of cooperation. For this reason, it is possible to increase the importance of cooperation of actions in the game and to prompt the player to perform a game operation such as selection of a character so that the cooperation state continues.

As a twentieth invention,
A server system that performs control to execute a game that links actions of characters selected in order in accordance with an operation input of the user terminal by communicating with a user terminal,
Action associating means for associating and setting actions that the character can pay out for each of the characters;
During the execution control of the game, when the action is in a linked state, there is a relationship between the setting information of the character selected this time and the setting information of the character previously selected in the linked state. Relevance determining means for determining whether a predetermined relevance condition indicating that there is a condition,
Cooperation control means for performing control to continue the cooperation state even in the character selected this time when an affirmative determination is made by the relevance determination means, and to end the cooperation state when a negative determination is made;
A server system (server system 1300 in FIG. 1) may be configured.

  According to the twentieth invention, a server system having effects similar to those of the first invention can be realized.

2 is a configuration example of a player terminal. An example of a battle screen. Explanatory drawing of activating the attack technique of a player character. Explanatory drawing of continuation of cooperation of the action of a player character. A battle screen in which the player character performs an action. An example of a team organization screen. An example of a technique setting screen. Functional configuration diagram of the player terminal, Data structure example of possessed character data, Data configuration example of possessed skill data. Data structure example of organization team data. The data structural example of a related condition table. The data structural example of action history data. The flowchart of a game process.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described. The game according to the present embodiment is a game in which a deck serving as a player team is configured using a plurality of characters set with a plurality of actions, and a battle (battle) with an enemy team is performed. In configuring the deck, each character and action is a card. That is, a deck is formed by combining a plurality of character cards associated with action cards. The action will be described as “skill”. For this reason, there are two types of cards: character cards and technique cards.

  In addition, the card can be used as a virtual card in the game when the player purchases and registers what is sold as an actual so-called trading card. Any registration method can be adopted. For example, a card ID (serial number, barcode, etc.) is written on the trading card, and this card ID is input to the player terminal (it may be input by photographing or numerical input by manual input). Thus, it is possible to adopt a method of registering as a player-owned card.

  Note that the card may be a virtual card, and the player may obtain a lottery process (for example, a lottery called gacha) or purchase processing such as online sales. In this case, the card acquired by the player becomes the card owned by the player as it is.

  Of course, other shaped objects such as figures, medals, and rings may be used instead of cards.

[Device configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a front external view showing a configuration example of an entire game system and a player terminal 1000 used by a player to play a game. The player terminal 1000 is a computer that can execute an application program for executing a game and can be connected to the communication line N. The player terminal 1000 according to the present embodiment is a device classified as a so-called smartphone, but is a portable game device, a stationary home game device, a game controller for a stationary home game device, an arcade game device, a personal computer, and a tablet. It may be a device classified as a type computer, a wearable computer, or the like. The player terminal 1000 is configured to be able to communicate with the server system 1300 via the communication line N.

  The server system 1300 can be configured by a single device or a plurality of devices. When configured by a plurality of devices, the server system 1300 functions as one server system 1300 that is connected to each other by communication. The player terminal 1000 downloads and installs the game program 302, the card DB 308, the related condition table 314 (see FIG. 8) from the server system 1300, and executes the game. For the sake of simplicity, the following description will be made assuming that the game can be executed by the player terminal 1000 alone. However, the account information and save data information are stored in the server system 1300, and the game is executed through a login process as appropriate. The game may be executed with a so-called server-client type function.

  The player terminal 1000 according to the present embodiment is a direction input key 1002, a home key 1004, a touch panel 1006, a speaker 1008, a microphone 1010, a built-in battery 1012, a control board 1014, and a computer-readable storage medium. A memory card reader 1018 that can read and write data from the memory card 1016. In addition, a power button, a volume control button, etc., not shown, are provided.

  The control board 1014 is wirelessly connected to various microprocessors such as a CPU 1020, a GPU, and a DSP, various IC memories 1022 such as an ASIC, a VRAM, a RAM, and a ROM, and a mobile phone base station and a wireless LAN base station connected to the communication line N. A wireless communication module 1024 for communication is mounted. In addition, a driver circuit of the touch panel 1006, a circuit that receives signals from the direction input key 1002 and the home key 1004, an output amplifier circuit that outputs an audio signal to the speaker 1008, and an input signal that generates an audio signal collected by the microphone 1010 A generation circuit, a so-called I / F circuit (interface circuit) 1026 such as a signal input / output circuit for the memory card reader 1018 is mounted. Each element mounted on the control board 1014 is electrically connected via a bus circuit or the like, and is connected so as to be able to read / write data and transmit / receive signals.

  The control board 1014 temporarily stores a game program and data in the IC memory 1022. Then, the program is executed to execute arithmetic processing, and game play is enabled by controlling each part of the player terminal 1000 in accordance with operation signals from the direction input key 1002, the home key 1004, and the touch panel 1006.

  The communication line N means a communication path capable of data communication. That is, the communication line N includes a dedicated line (dedicated cable) for direct connection, a LAN (Local Area Network) such as Ethernet (registered trademark), and a communication network such as a telephone communication network, a cable network, and the Internet. This means that the communication method may be wired or wireless.

[Game Overview]
The game of the present embodiment is a game in which a team is formed by a plurality of player characters and battles (battles) with an enemy team.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a game screen. The game screen in FIG. 2 is a battle screen W1, and an enemy team composed of a player team composed of a plurality of player characters 3 and one or a plurality of enemy characters 5 (one enemy character 5 in FIG. 2). It shows how the team battles. On the battle screen W1, a physical strength gauge 7 and a speed gauge 9 are additionally displayed for each of the player character 3 and the enemy character 5. Further, the skill gauge 11 of each player character 3 is displayed at the top of the battle screen W1.

  The physical strength gauge 7 represents a physical strength value (HP) of the character. The physical strength value decreases when attacked by the character of the opponent team, and when the physical strength value becomes zero, the character becomes unable to battle.

  The speed gauge 9 indicates whether or not the character's action can be executed. That is, the gauge value of the speed gauge 9 increases with time, and when the gauge value becomes full, the corresponding character is ready to execute an action. The degree of increase in the gauge value of the speed gauge 9 is determined by quickness, which is one of the parameters set for the corresponding character. When the action is executed, the gauge value of the speed gauge 9 is set to zero (empty) or a value decreased by a predetermined amount.

  The player character 3 is associated with a plurality of attack techniques that can be activated as the execution of the action, and the technique gauge 11 indicates whether or not each of these attack techniques can be activated. The gauge value of the technique gauge 11 increases with time, and when the gauge value becomes full, the corresponding attack technique can be activated. The degree of increase in the gauge value of the technique gauge 11 is determined according to the rank (difficulty level) of the corresponding attack technique. When an attack technique is activated, the gauge value of the corresponding technique gauge 11 is set to zero (empty) or a value decreased by a predetermined amount.

  The battle in the present embodiment proceeds automatically without requiring an operation input from the player 1. Specifically, each of the attack characters associated with the player character 3 and the enemy character 5 as an action in the order in which the speed gauge 9 is full and the action can be executed. Activate. And when all the characters of one team become impossible to battle, the battle ends as the victory of the other team.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the execution of the action of the player character 3 (invoking attack technique). As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of (four in FIG. 3) attack techniques are associated with the player character 3, and a technique gauge 11 is assigned to each of these attack techniques. When the speed gauge 9 of the player character 3 is full and the action can be executed, the attack technique is associated with the player character 3 and the gauge value of the technique gauge 11 is full. One attack technique is selected from the attack techniques by a predetermined probability calculation. Then, an action is executed so that the player character 3 delivers the selected attack technique. The skill gauge 11 of the executed attack technique and the speed gauge 9 of the player character 3 that has executed the action are set to zero (empty) or a value reduced by a predetermined amount.

  As described above, a plurality of player characters 3 execute actions (activate attack techniques) in the order in which the speed gauges 9 are full, but each player character 3 that has continuously executed actions has a predetermined relationship. If the condition is met, cooperation occurs between these consecutive actions. Here, “continuous action” means that the action of the enemy character 5 is not sandwiched between them.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the cooperation of actions. FIG. 4 shows the execution order of actions by the player character 3 with the downward direction being time elapsed. First, the player character 3A activates the attack technique α as an action, and then the player character 3B activates the attack technique θ as an action. Then, it is determined whether or not the player character 3A and the player character 3B that have successively executed actions as the contexts satisfy a predetermined related condition, and if the related condition is satisfied, a cooperation occurs. When the player character 3C further activates the attack technique β as an action in the cooperation state in which the cooperation is occurring, the player character 3B and the player character 3C that have continuously executed the action as a context are in a predetermined condition. If the relation condition is satisfied, the linkage state is continued.

  Here, the relation condition is a condition indicating that there is a relation between setting information of two player characters or setting information of two actions. The player character setting information includes, for example, attributes and levels. The attack technique setting information includes, for example, attributes and ranks. FIG. 4 shows an example where the related condition is “the attack technique of the immediately preceding player character matches the attribute”.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a game screen when the player character 3 executes an action. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are examples of screens when the player character 3 activates an attack technique. FIG. 5 (a) shows a state where no cooperation occurs, and FIG. 5 (b) shows a cooperation. Is the linkage state in which. As shown in FIG. 5B, when cooperation occurs (in a cooperation state), it is given to the enemy character 5 as compared to the case where the cooperation shown in FIG. 5A does not occur. As the damage increases, a predetermined linkage effect 13 indicating that linkage has occurred is displayed. As the linkage effect 13, a text display, a display of a given effect, or an arbitrary effect display can be set.

  The player team can be organized by the player freely selecting from the player's possessed characters. The formation of the player team is performed by selecting a game card and configuring a deck. FIG. 6 is an example of a player team organization screen. As shown in FIG. 6, the team organization screen W7 includes setting frames 23 for the number of player characters (three in FIG. 6) constituting the player team and a list of character cards 21 held by the player 1. Is displayed. The character card 21 displays an attribute 21c and a level 21d as setting information in addition to the name 21a and the image 21b of the corresponding character. On the team organization screen W7, for example, the characters to be organized as a player team can be selected by moving the displayed character cards 21 to the setting frame 23 by a touch operation.

  Further, the player sets an attack technique for each player character 3 organized as a player team. FIG. 7 is an example of a setting screen for an attack technique for the player character 3. As shown in FIG. 7, the technique setting screen W9 includes a character card 21 of the player character 3 that is a target for setting an attack technique, and setting frames 27 for the number of attack techniques that can be set (four in FIG. 7). A list of technique cards 25 that can be associated with the player character 3 is displayed. In the technique card 25, an attribute 25c and a rank 25d, which are setting information, are displayed in addition to the name 25a of the attack technique and the description 25b. On the technique setting screen W9, for example, by moving the technique card 25 selected from the technique cards 25 displayed in a list to the setting frame 27 by a touch operation, an attack technique can be associated with the player character 3.

[Function configuration]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the player terminal 1000. Referring to FIG. 8, the player terminal 1000 includes an operation input unit 102, an image display unit 104, a sound output unit 106, a communication unit 108, a processing unit 200, and a storage unit 300.

  The operation input unit 102 receives an operation input from the player, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the performed operation to the processing unit 200. This function is an element that detects motion and posture, such as an acceleration sensor, angular velocity sensor, velocity sensor, tilt sensor, geomagnetic sensor, as well as an element directly operated by a player such as a keyboard, button switch, joystick, touch pad, trackball, etc. Etc. In FIG. 1, the direction input key 1002, the home key 1004, and the touch panel 1006 correspond to this.

  The processing unit 200 comprehensively controls the operation of the player terminal 1000 based on programs and data read from the storage unit 300, operation signals from the operation input unit 102, and the like. This function is realized by an electronic component such as a microprocessor such as a CPU or GPU, an ASIC, or an IC memory. In the present embodiment, the processing unit 200 includes an image generation unit 202, a sound generation unit 204, a communication control unit 206, a clock unit 208, and a game calculation unit 210.

  The image generation unit 202 is, for example, a processor such as a graphics processing unit (GPU) or a digital signal processor (DSP), a program such as a video signal IC or a video codec, an IC memory for a drawing frame such as a frame buffer, and for developing texture data It is realized by an IC memory or the like used for The image generation unit 202 generates one game screen in one frame time (for example, 1/60 seconds) based on the processing result of the game calculation unit 210 and outputs the generated game screen image signal to the image display unit 104. To do.

  The image display unit 104 displays various game images based on the image signal input from the image generation unit 202. For example, it can be realized by an image display device such as a flat panel display, a cathode ray tube (CRT), a projector, or a head mounted display. In FIG. 1, the touch panel 1006 corresponds to this.

  The sound generation unit 204 is realized by, for example, a digital signal processor (DSP), a processor such as a voice synthesis IC, an audio codec that can play back an audio file, and the like. Then, sound signals of various operation sounds are generated and output to the sound output unit 106.

  The sound output unit 106 is realized by a device that outputs sound effects, BGM, and the like based on the sound signal input from the sound generation unit 204. In FIG. 1, the speaker 1008 corresponds to this.

  The communication control unit 206 executes data processing related to data communication, and realizes data exchange with an external device via the communication unit 108. The communication unit 108 is connected to the communication line N to realize communication. This function is realized by, for example, a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), a wired communication cable jack, a control circuit, or the like. In FIG. 1, the wireless communication module 1024 corresponds to this.

  The clock unit 208 is an internal clock, and uses the system clock to measure the current date and time and perform various timer processes.

  The game calculation unit 210 includes a card management unit 212, a team organization control unit 214, and a battle control unit 220, and performs various controls related to the execution of the game of the present embodiment.

  The card management unit 212 manages game cards used in the game. Specifically, a game card stored in the card DB 308 and corresponding to the input card ID can be used in the game.

  The card DB 308 is a database that stores card data corresponding to all trading cards sold (provided), and includes a character card DB 310 for character cards and a technique card DB 312 for technique cards. The character card DB 310 stores, for each character card, data such as the character name and model data assigned to the character card, initial values of parameters such as levels and physical strength values, attributes, and the like in association with the card ID. Yes. The technique card DB 312 stores, for each technique card, data such as the name, rank, and attribute of the attack technique assigned to the technique card in association with the card ID.

  If the available game card is a character card, the character assigned to the character card is set as a character held by the player and added to the stored character data 322.

  FIG. 9 is a data configuration example of the retained character data 322. According to FIG. 9, the possessed character data 322 is generated for each character, and the corresponding character card ID 322a, character name 322b, card display 322c, model data 322d, character attribute 322e, level 322f, The physical strength value 322g and the quickness 322h are stored. The card display 322c is image data to be displayed on, for example, the team organization screen W7 or the technique setting screen W9. The initial value of the retained character data 322 is data registered in the character card DB 310 of the card DB 308.

  If the available game card is a technique card, the attack technique assigned to the technique card is set as the attack technique possessed by the player and added to the possession technique data 324.

  FIG. 10 is a data configuration example of the owned skill data 324. According to FIG. 10, the possessed technique data 324 is generated for each attack technique, and the corresponding technique card ID 324a, attack technique name 324b, technique attribute 324c, rank 324d, normal action data 324e, and cooperation effect data. 324f are stored. The normal action data 324e is character action data when the attack technique is activated. The cooperation effect data 324f is data of an effect that is performed when cooperation occurs due to the activation of the attack technique. The initial value of the possessed technique data 324 is data registered in the technique card DB 312 of the card DB 308.

  The team organization control unit 214 includes a technique association unit 216 and performs control related to the formation of the player team. Specifically, the team organization screen W7 displaying a list of the characters (character cards) possessed by the player is displayed, a predetermined number of characters are selected according to the operation instruction of the player 1 via the operation input unit 102, and the player Organize a team.

  The technique associating unit 216 associates and sets an attack technique with each player character constituting the player team. Specifically, a technique setting screen W9 displaying a list of attack techniques that can be associated with the player character among attack techniques (skill cards) possessed by the player is displayed, and the player's via the operation input unit 102 is displayed. According to the operation instruction, a predetermined number of attack techniques are selected and associated with the player character.

  The organized player team is stored as organized team data 326. FIG. 11 is a data configuration example of the formation team data 326. According to FIG. 11, the formation team data 326 stores a player character 326a constituting a player team and an attack technique 326b associated with the player character 326a.

  The battle control unit 220 includes a speed gauge control unit 222, a skill gauge control unit 224, a character selection unit 226, an activated technique selection unit 228, an association determination unit 230, a technique activation control unit 232, and a cooperation effect unit. 234 and the enemy character control unit 236, and performs control related to the battle between the player team and the enemy team. Specifically, the game stage setting based on the stage data 304, the management of the physical strength value of each character accompanying the attack of each character, the determination of victory or defeat, and the like are performed.

  The stage data 304 is prepared for each game stage, and stores data for configuring the game space of the game stage and enemy character data 306 for appearing enemy characters. The enemy character data 306 stores, for each enemy character to appear, the setting value of parameters such as type, physical strength value and quickness, the appearance location, and the like.

  The speed gauge control unit 222 controls the speed gauge 9 of each character. Specifically, the gauge value of the speed gauge 9 is increased with time according to the speed of the corresponding character. Further, when the action of the corresponding character is executed, the gauge value is reset to zero or decreased by an amount corresponding to the executed action.

  The technique gauge control unit 224 controls the technique gauge 11 of each attack technique associated with each player character 3. Specifically, the gauge value of the technique gauge 11 is increased according to the rank of the corresponding attack technique as time passes. Also, when the corresponding attack technique is activated, the gauge value is reset to zero or decreased by an amount corresponding to the attack technique.

  The character selection unit 226 selects a character whose speed gauge 9 is full from the player character 3 and the enemy character 5 as a character to execute an action next.

  The activated technique selecting unit 228 sets the attack technique that the player character 3 selected by the character selecting unit 226 activates, among the plurality of attack techniques associated with the player character 3, the gauge value of the technique gauge 11 is satisfied. Select from the attack techniques that have become tangled by a predetermined lottery calculation. If there is no attack technique in which the gauge value of the technique gauge 11 is full, the attack technique is selected and activated until the tank is full.

  The relevance determination unit 230 determines whether or not a predetermined relevance condition is satisfied when the current character selected by the character selection unit 226 is the player character 3. The player character 3 that is a target for determining the relationship with the current player character 3 and the related condition are determined by the number of times of cooperation at the present time, and are set in the related condition table 314.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the related condition table 314. According to FIG. 12, the related condition table 314 stores the association determination target 314b and the related condition 314c in association with the cooperation count 314a. In the related condition table 314 shown in FIG. 12, it is determined that the related condition becomes “stricter” as the number of times of cooperation increases.

  In the relevance determination target 314b, “immediately before” is the previous player character, and “previous” is any of the past player characters selected while the current linkage state is continuing. . “Previous” is a superordinate concept including “immediately before”. For example, if the current number of times of cooperation is the third time, the second time corresponds to “immediately before”, and the first time and the second time correspond to “previous”. Note that the player character condition in the case of “previous” is not an AND condition but an OR condition. That is, if the current number of times of cooperation is the third time, it may be the first player character or the second player character.

  The related condition 314c is a combination of conditions related to the character and the action. The condition relating to the character is a relation condition between the current player character 3 and the player character 3 that is the target of the relation determination, and is a condition relating to the attribute and the level. “Level ascending order” means that the current level of the player character 3 is the same or higher than the level of the player character for which the relevance is determined. The condition related to the attack technique is a condition related to the attack technique between the current player character and the player character 3 that is the target of relevance determination, and is a condition related to the attribute and rank of the attack technique. “Rank ascending order” means that the rank of the attack technique of the current player character is the same or higher than the rank of the attack technique of the player character 3 that is the target of the related sesei determination.

  The technique activation control unit 232 controls the player character 3 selected by the character selection unit 226 to execute the action by activating the attack technique selected by the activation technique selection unit 228.

  When the relevance determination unit 230 determines that the relevance condition is satisfied, the cooperation effect unit 234 applies the attack technique selected by the actuating technique selection unit 228 to the player character 3 selected by the character selection unit 226. Corresponding production is performed.

  The enemy character control unit 236 controls each enemy character 5 constituting the enemy team. For example, the enemy character 5 selected by the character selection unit 226 is caused to execute a predetermined action.

  The storage unit 300 stores a system program for realizing various functions for causing the processing unit 200 to control the player terminal 1000 in an integrated manner, a program necessary for game play, various data, and the like. Further, it is used as a work area of the processing unit 200, and temporarily stores calculation results executed by the processing unit 200 according to various programs, input data input from the operation input unit 102, and the like. Such a function is realized by, for example, an IC memory such as a RAM or a ROM, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, or an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or DVD. In FIG. 1, an IC memory or a memory card 1016 mounted on the control board 1014 corresponds to this. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 300 stores a game program 302, stage data 304, a card DB 308, and play data 320.

  The play data 320 is data relating to game play by the player, and includes owned character data 322, owned skill data 324, organization team data 326, and action history data 328.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the action history data 328. As illustrated in FIG. According to FIG. 13, the action history data 328 is data that is generated for each battle and stores the actions performed by each character from the start to the end of the battle in chronological order. 328b, the action performed (attack technique activated) 328c, and the presence / absence of cooperation 328d are stored in association with each other.

[Process flow]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the game process. This process is realized by the processing unit 200 executing the game program 302.

  First, the team formation control unit 214 forms a player team (step S1). Then, the battle by control of the battle control part 220 is started. That is, a game stage is set, and an enemy character determined in the game stage, a player character 3 constituting a player team, and the like are arranged (step S3). Then, the speed gauge control unit 222 starts control of the speed gauge 9 of each character, and the skill gauge control unit 224 starts control of the skill gauge 11 of each player character's attack technique (step S5). Further, the number of cooperation is initially set to zero (step S7).

  During the battle, the gauge value of the speed gauge 9 of each character is monitored, and if the speed gauge 9 of any character becomes full, the character selection unit 226 causes the character whose speed gauge 9 is full. Is selected as the character to execute the action this time (step S9).

  If the selected character is a player character (step S11: YES), the attack technique selection unit 228 is an attack technique associated with the player character, and the skill gauge 11 is full. The attack technique that the player character activates is selected from the techniques (step S13). Next, the relevance determination unit 230 determines whether the relevance condition is satisfied. In other words, when the previously selected character is a player character, the related condition table 314 is referred to, and the player character that is the target of the relevance determination and the related condition are determined according to the current number of linkages. Then, with reference to the action history data 328, the setting information of the relevance determination target player character, the setting information of the attack technique activated by the player character, the setting information of the current player character, and the attack to be activated It is determined whether the technique setting information satisfies the determined related condition. In other cases, that is, when the previously selected character is an enemy character, or when the character selected this time is the first character selected in the battle, it is determined that the related condition is not satisfied.

  If the relation condition is satisfied (step S15: YES), it is determined that the cooperation state has continued, and the number of cooperation is changed to a value obtained by adding “1” (step S17). Then, the technique activation control unit 232 activates the selected attack technique to the player character (step S19), and the cooperation effect unit 234 performs a predetermined cooperation effect corresponding to the selected attack technique (step S21). On the other hand, if the related condition is not satisfied (step S15: NO), it is determined that the cooperation state has ended, and the number of times of cooperation is changed to “0” (step S23). Then, the technique activation control unit 232 causes the player character to activate the selected attack technique (step S25).

  If the character selected as the next action is an enemy character (step S11: NO), it is determined that the cooperation state has ended, and the number of times of cooperation is changed to “0” (step S27). Then, the enemy character control unit 236 causes the enemy character to perform a predetermined attack action (step S29).

  Subsequently, the game calculation unit 210 determines whether or not a predetermined battle end condition is satisfied. The battle end condition is that the game has won or lost, that is, all the characters of either team are disabled. If the battle end condition is not satisfied (step S31: NO), the process returns to step S9. If the battle condition is satisfied (step S31: YES), the battle result is displayed, and then the present game process is terminated.

[Function and effect]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the player character 3 of this time and the previous player character 3 satisfy the related condition in a linked state in which actions are linked in a game in which the characters perform actions in order, The linked state continues. The related condition is, for example, “action attributes are the same”. Thereby, a game with enhanced interest is realized in which the actions of the player character 3 are linked one after another and the linked state is continued.

[Modification]
It should be noted that embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can of course be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

(A) Related conditions The related conditions may be as follows.

(A-1) Action In the above-described embodiment, an attack technique is exemplified as an action. However, the present invention can also be applied to other actions such as a defensive technique and magic. In addition, as an example of the related condition of the action, “attributes are the same” is given as an example. For example, a combination of predetermined attributes such as “water” and “wind” can be used as a related condition, And an attribute option that satisfies a condition such as “fire” may be defined as a related condition. Further, as an action-related condition, a condition based on a parameter value set for the action, such as attack power or defense power, may be set.

(A-2) Character In the above-described embodiment, the “required attributes are the same” as the related condition of the player character. However, for example, a combination of predetermined attributes such as “water” and “wind” May be set as a related condition, or an option that satisfies a condition such as “water”, “wind”, or “fire” may be determined as a related condition. Further, as the player character's related conditions, conditions based on parameter values set for the character such as attack power and defense power may be set.

(B) Target for determination of related condition In the above-described embodiment, the current and previous two player characters are set as the target for determination of the related condition, but three or more player characters may be used. For example, when the current number of times of cooperation is the third time, it is possible to define a related condition for the combination of the first player character, the second player character, and the current player character. In the example of FIG. 4, for example, when the current player character is the player character 3C, it is possible to define a related condition for a combination of three player characters 3A, 3B, and 3C.

(C) Selection of Action In the above-described embodiment, the action of the player character, that is, the attack technique to be activated is selected by selecting one of the attack techniques associated with the player character by a lottery calculation. However, in this lottery calculation, the selection probability set for each attack technique may be adjusted to facilitate cooperation.

(C-1) Registration For example, a combination of a past player character and attack technique that satisfies the related conditions is registered (stored) as a combination of the immediately preceding character and the immediately preceding action and the immediately following character and the immediately following action. When the combination of the player character and attack technique selected last time and the player character selected this time matches the combination of the immediately preceding character and the immediately preceding action registered with the immediately following character, If the registered attack technique is associated with the player character selected this time, the attack technique to be activated this time is selected by increasing the selection probability of the attack technique. By doing so, the linked state is easily continued.

  Furthermore, the registered combination of player character and attack technique may be displayed on the game screen. This display can be realized, for example, as an icon corresponding to each player character or attack technique.

(C-2)
Also, from the attack techniques associated with the player character selected this time, an attack technique that satisfies the relevant condition with the attack technique of the player character selected last time is extracted, and the selection probability of the extracted attack technique is increased. Let the attack technique that is activated this time.

(D) Change of related condition In the above-described embodiment, the related condition is changed to be “strict” (the possibility of satisfying the condition is low) as the number of times of cooperation is increased. The possibility that the condition is satisfied is increased). For example, as the related condition table 314, a table in which the conditions are “strict” and a table in which “relaxes” is prepared according to an increase in the number of times of cooperation can be prepared and switched as appropriate.

  In addition, the related condition is changed according to the number of times of cooperation, which is the degree of continuation of the cooperation state, but may be changed by other than this. For example, it is determined whether the player is in a pinch state based on the number of player characters whose physical strength value is below a certain level or the number of player characters whose physical strength value is zero. In such a case, the conditions are changed so as to easily satisfy the related conditions. For example, instead of the column of the number of times of cooperation 314a shown in FIG. 12, the “status” column of the player team is used, and the related condition in the “normal state” is associated with the related condition in the “pinch state”. It may be set and switched according to the “state”.

  Moreover, it is good also as changing a related condition according to the progress of a game. For example, in the case of a time-limited battle, the time is changed when the remaining time of the battle becomes a predetermined time or less. For example, instead of the column of the number of times of cooperation 314a shown in FIG. 12, it is a column of the elapsed time of the battle, a related condition in the case of “early”, a related condition in the case of “mid”, The related conditions can be set in association with each other, and the related conditions can be adopted by switching according to the elapsed time.

  Moreover, it is good also as changing when the physical strength value of an enemy character becomes 20% or less of the maximum value.

  Further, when the player uses a predetermined related condition change item, the related condition may be changed. The related condition change item may be an item sold in an online shop or an item that can be acquired in the middle of a game. It is desirable to change the related condition by using the item so that the condition becomes “relaxed”. For example, a special related condition table is prepared separately when the related condition change item is used, and the special related condition table is used when the related condition change item is used.

(E) Point consumption Alternatively, a predetermined holding point may be set for the player, and when the player character is in a linked state, a predetermined number of consideration points may be consumed according to the attack technique activated by the player character. For example, the higher the attack skill rank, the more points can be consumed. The possession point may adopt a so-called action point form that automatically recovers with time, or may recover to a full tank by using the item. In this case, when the remaining number of possessed points is less than the consideration point, the linked state is forcibly terminated regardless of whether or not the related condition is satisfied.

(F) Player selects player character and attack technique In the above-described embodiment, the battle is automatically advanced. That is, the action (attack technique to be activated) performed by the player character is selected by computer control, but may be selected by the player. Furthermore, the player character that performs the action may be selected each time, or the order of the player character that performs the action may be determined in advance by the player.

(G) Correspondence of attack technique to player character In the above-described embodiment, the player freely selects the attack technique to associate with the player character (see FIG. 7). May be automatically associated with each other. That is, for each player character, for example, randomly selected from attack techniques that can be associated with the player character, or selected by a lottery calculation according to predetermined conditions such as the level of the player character and the degree of progress of the game And associate them with each other.

(H) Bonus grant according to the number of times of cooperation It is good also as giving the privilege according to the frequency | count (number of times of cooperation) that the cooperation state continued. Benefits include temporarily increasing the attack power to increase the amount of damage to the enemy character, adding a bonus score to the player's score, and acquiring (acquiring) items. As the number of times of cooperation increases, it is preferable that the granted privilege is “good”.

(I) Server System In the above-described embodiment, the player terminal 1000 is described as being capable of executing a game alone. However, the game may be realized as an online game that is executed by connecting to the server system 1300. In this case, the server system 1300 functions as the game calculation unit 210 shown in FIG. 8, and the server system 1300 stores and manages each data in the storage unit 300 shown in FIG. This can be realized by replacing the processing subject in the above-described embodiment with the server system 1300. The server system 1300 is communicatively connected to a player terminal 1000 that is a user terminal, and manages execution control of a game that is visually recognized and operated on the player terminal 1000 in accordance with an operation input on the player terminal 1000. The player terminal 1000 is used as a man-machine interface such as player operation input and game screen display.

1000 player terminal 102 operation input unit, 104 image display unit, 106 sound output unit, 108 communication unit 200 processing unit 202 image generation unit, 204 sound generation unit, 206 communication control unit, 208 clock unit 210 game calculation unit 212 card management unit 214 Team formation control unit, 216 technique association unit 220 battle control unit 222 speed gauge control unit, 224 technique gauge control unit 226 character selection unit, 228 activation technique selection unit 230 relevance determination unit, 232 technique activation control unit 234 cooperation effect 236 Enemy character control unit 300 Storage unit 302 Game program 304 Stage data 306 Enemy character data 308 Card DB
310 Character card DB, 312 Technique card DB
314 related condition table 320 play data 322 possessed character data, 324 possessed skill data 326 organization team data, 328 action history data 1 player 3 player character 5, enemy character 7 health gauge, 9 speed gauge, 11 skill gauge, 13 linkage effect W1 , W3, W5 Battle screen W7 Team organization screen 21 Character card, 23 Setting frame W9 Technique setting screen 25 Technique card, 27 Setting frame

Claims (16)

A program for causing a computer to control the progress of a game in which actions of characters selected in sequence are linked,
By associating and setting an action that the character can pay out for each character, attribute information of each action (hereinafter referred to as “action attribute information”) set in association with the character in the setting information of the character. ) At least including action association means,
An automatic action action selecting means for automatically selecting an action to be activated from actions set in association with the selected character during a progress control of the game by a given lottery calculation;
During the progress control of the game, when the action is in a linked state, the action attribute information of the automatically selected action that is activated by the character included in the setting information of the character selected this time, It is determined whether or not a predetermined relation condition indicating that there is a relation with the action attribute information of the automatically selected action activated by the character included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the cooperation state Relevance determination means,
Cooperation control means for performing control to continue the cooperation state even in the character selected this time when the affirmative determination is made by the relevance determination means, and to end the cooperation state when a negative determination is made,
Function the computer as
The action action automatic selection means includes an action that satisfies the related condition with the action attribute information of the action that has been selected in the cooperation state in the action set in association with the character selected this time. In some cases, the automatic selection is performed by increasing the selection probability of the action.
program. The action association means sets an action associated with the character in accordance with a user operation input.
The program according to claim 1. The action association means automatically sets an action associated with the character.
The program according to claim 1. The setting information includes at least attribute information of the character (hereinafter referred to as “character attribute information”),
The relevance determining means determines the related condition between the character attribute information included in the setting information of the character selected this time and the character attribute information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the cooperation state. Determine whether to meet,
The program as described in any one of Claims 1-3 . The character attribute information includes character grade information indicating the grade of the character,
The relevance determining means confirms that the character grade information included in the setting information of the character selected this time is the same as or higher than the character grade information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the linked state. Judging by including in the related condition,
The program according to claim 4 . The action attribute information includes action grade information indicating the grade of the action,
The relevance determining means indicates that the action grade information included in the setting information of the character selected this time is the same as or higher than the action grade information included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the linked state. Judging by including in the related condition,
The program as described in any one of Claims 1-5 . The relationship determination means, and the action attribute information about this selected character action the trigger action automatic selection means selects, for a character that has been previously selected with the action attribute of the actions triggered action automatic selection means selects Whether or not the relevant condition is satisfied,
An action (hereinafter referred to as “immediate action”) selected for the immediately preceding character (hereinafter referred to as “immediate action”) and an action (hereinafter referred to as “immediate character”) selected immediately after the linked state. The computer further functions as a cooperative action registration means for registering a combination with “immediate action”),
The automatic action selecting means selects the immediately following action when the previously selected character and the action of the character are the immediately preceding character and the immediately preceding action, and the currently selected character is the immediately following character. To improve the probability of performing the lottery calculation,
The program as described in any one of Claims 1-6 . Registered content display control means for performing control to display the combination registered by the cooperative action registration means;
The program according to claim 7 for causing the computer to further function as: The relevance determining means determines whether the related condition is satisfied between the setting information of the character selected this time and the setting information of the character selected last time.
The program as described in any one of Claims 1-8 . Related condition setting means for variably setting the related condition;
Claim 1-9 or program according to one of for further causes the computer to function as. The related condition setting means sets the related condition variably according to the degree of continuation of the linkage state.
The program according to claim 10 . The related condition setting means variably sets the related condition according to the progress of the game.
The program according to claim 10 or 11 . The related condition setting means changes the related condition when an operation input using a related condition change item for changing the related condition is made.
The program according to any one of claims 10 to 12 . The cooperation control means subtracts a given consideration according to an action to be activated in the cooperation state from a given point of the user, and when the remaining number of points becomes less than the given consideration Terminates the linkage state,
Program according to any one of claims 1 to 13. A privilege grant processing means for executing a privilege grant process for granting a given privilege according to the number of times of cooperation,
Claim 1-14 or a program according to one of the order causes the computer to function as. A server system that performs control to execute a game that links actions of characters selected in order in accordance with an operation input of the user terminal by communicating with a user terminal,
By associating and setting an action that the character can pay out for each character, attribute information of each action (hereinafter referred to as “action attribute information”) set in association with the character in the setting information of the character. ) At least including action association means;
An automatic action action selecting means for automatically selecting an action to be activated from actions set in association with the selected character during a progress control of the game by a given lottery calculation;
During the execution control of the game, when the action is in a linked state, the action attribute information of the automatically selected action that the character included in the setting information of the character selected this time is activated , It is determined whether or not a predetermined relation condition indicating that there is a relation with the action attribute information of the automatically selected action activated by the character included in the setting information of the character previously selected in the cooperation state Relevance determination means;
Cooperation control means for performing control to continue the cooperation state even in the character selected this time when an affirmative determination is made by the relevance determination means, and to end the cooperation state when a negative determination is made;
Equipped with a,
The action action automatic selection means includes an action that satisfies the related condition with the action attribute information of the action that has been selected in the cooperation state in the action set in association with the character selected this time. In some cases, the automatic selection is performed by increasing the selection probability of the action.
Server system.

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