JP6665987B1 - Network game system, network game program, and network game method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network game system, a network game program and a network game method capable of logging in to a game which has been logged off and returning to the game again. A game executing means of a server 1 advances a plurality of games in which a plurality of players participate. The game connecting means logs the user terminal 2 into the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal 2, and logs off the user terminal 2 from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal 2. The player storage means stores the user terminal 2 and the game that the user terminal 2 logged off the last time in association with each other. When the game connection means receives the login signal from the user terminal 2 stored in the player storage means, the game connection means logs the user terminal 2 into the game corresponding to the user terminal 2 stored in the player storage means. The input means of each user terminal 2 transmits a login signal and a logoff signal to the server 1 via the network. [Selection diagram] FIG.

Description

  The present invention relates to a network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals, a network game program, and a network game method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a network game in which a plurality of players participate via a network and compete with each other is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2017-64082 A

  However, in the network game system of Patent Literature 1, there is a problem that if the user logs off from the game, it is not possible to return to the original game.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a network game system, a network game program, and a network game method that allow a user to log in and return to a logged-off game. .

In order to achieve the above object, a network game system according to the present invention is a competitive network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals, wherein the server executes a plurality of games in which a plurality of players participate. Game execution means for proceeding, and game connection means for logging the user terminal into the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal, and logging off the user terminal from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal. A player storage unit that stores the user terminal and the game in which the user terminal logged off in association with the last time, and, for the user terminal of each game, game progress information of another user terminal that is logged in to the corresponding game. Transmission status transmission means and user terminals logged in to each game And a game progress setting means for reflecting a game progress status of a user terminal having a shorter login elapsed time measured by the timer means to a game progress status of a longer user terminal. A configuration in which the game execution means receives a command signal from each user terminal, advances each game based on each command signal for each user terminal logged in to each game, and stops the game of the logged-off user terminal. The game connection means, when receiving a login signal from the user terminal stored in the player storage means, causes the user terminal to log in to a game corresponding to the user terminal stored in the player storage means And each user terminal transmits the login signal and the logoff signal to a network. Input means for transmitting the command signal to the server via a network, the input means transmitting the command signal to the server via a network. And transmitting a progress change signal for selectively matching a logged-in game to a past or future game progress status of another logged-in user terminal to the server via a network by a user operation. The display means has a configuration to receive and display the game progress information, and when the server receives the progress change signal from each user terminal, the server sends the progress change signal to the received user terminal. It is characterized by having a progress changing means for progressing the game of another corresponding user terminal.

A network game program according to the present invention is a computer-readable network game program for realizing a competitive network game in a network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals, wherein a plurality of players each participate in the server. A game executing means for executing a plurality of games, wherein the user terminal logs in to the game when a login signal is received from each user terminal, and the user terminal is logged off from the game when a logoff signal is received from each user terminal. A game connection means, a player storage means for storing the user terminal and the game that the user terminal has previously logged off in association with, and a game of another user terminal logging in to the corresponding game for the user terminal of each game Progress information Status transmitting means, a timer means for measuring an elapsed login time for each user terminal logged in to each game, and a user having a longer game progress status of a user terminal having a shorter login elapsed time measured by the timer means. Functioning as game progress setting means for reflecting the game progress status of the terminal, the game execution means receives a command signal from each user terminal, and executes each game based on each command signal for each user terminal logged in to each game. The game connection means has a function of stopping the game of the user terminal during log-off, and when the game connection means receives a login signal from the user terminal stored in the player storage means, the game connection means stores the user terminal in the player storage means Has a function of logging in to a game corresponding to the user terminal stored in the Causing the terminal to function as input means for transmitting the log-in signal and the log-off signal to the server via a network, and display means for displaying a logged-in game progressing in the game executing means, wherein the input means A function of transmitting a signal to the server via a network, and a progress change signal for selectively adjusting a logged-in game to a past or future game progress status of another logged-in user terminal through a user operation. And a function of transmitting the game progress information to the server, and the display means has a function of receiving and displaying the game progress information.When the server receives the progress change signal from each user terminal, A progress change for progressing the game of another user terminal corresponding to the progress change signal to the received user terminal. This is a network game program for functioning as further means.

A network game method according to the present invention is a competitive network game method using a network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals, wherein a game in which a plurality of players participate in the server is performed in the server. An execution step, a game connection step of causing the user terminal to log in to the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal, and logging off the user terminal from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal; Performing a player storage step of storing a terminal and a game in which the user terminal has logged off last time in association with each other, and for each user terminal of the game, game progress information of another user terminal that is logged in to the corresponding game. Submit and log in to each game. The elapsed login time is measured for each terminal, and the game progress status of the user terminal whose login elapsed time is shorter is reflected in the game progress status of the longer user terminal, and the game step includes a command signal from each user terminal. Receiving, proceeding each game based on each command signal for each user terminal logged in to each game, stopping the game of the user terminal being logged off, wherein the game connection step is performed by the user stored in the player storage step When receiving a login signal from a terminal, the user terminal logs in a game corresponding to the user terminal stored in the player storage step, and each user terminal transmits the login signal and the logoff signal via a network. Sending and receiving the game to the server; Perform a display step of displaying the game in the login proceeds in up, the transceiver step the command signal via the network and sends to the server, the past game logged other user logged-in devices Or, a progress change signal for selectively adjusting to a future game progress is transmitted to the server via a network by a user operation , and the display step receives and displays the game progress information, and in the server, A network game method for, when receiving the progress change signal from each user terminal, progressing a game of another user terminal corresponding to the progress change signal to the received user terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the network game system, the network game program, and the network game method which concern on this invention, it is possible to log in and return to the game which logged off.

The game executing means has a configuration in which a command signal is received from each user terminal, each game is progressed based on each command signal for each user terminal logged in to each game, and the game of the user terminal logged off is stopped. Receiving a command signal from each user terminal, and proceeding each game based on each command signal for each user terminal that is logged in to each game, wherein the server responds to the user terminal of each game. A status transmitting unit that transmits game progress status information of another user terminal that is logged in to the game to be executed, the input unit has a configuration of transmitting the command signal to the server via a network, and the display unit that is having a structure for receiving and displaying the game progress status information.
For this reason , the progress of the game is different for each user terminal, and the game progress status information of the other user terminals can be displayed on the display means to be known.

In addition, the server includes a timer for measuring the elapsed login time for each user terminal that is logging in to each game, and a user terminal that indicates the game progress status of the user terminal whose login elapsed time measured by the timer is shorter. that having a game progress setting means to be reflected in the game progress.

For this reason , when the player logs off, logs in again, and returns to the game, there is a difference in game progress between the players due to the elapsed login time. The game progress status of a user terminal with a longer interruption time and a shorter login elapsed time corresponds to the past when viewed from the game progress status of a longer user terminal. By reflecting the game progress status of the longer user terminal, a sense of unity of the game progress status among the user terminals can be obtained.

Further, the input means has a configuration for transmitting a progress change signal for matching a logged-in game to a game progress state of another logged-in user terminal to the server via a network, wherein the server upon receiving the progress change signal from the terminal, the user terminal that has received, that have a progress changing means for advancing the other user terminal of a game corresponding to the progress change signal.

For this reason , the game progress status of the user terminal whose login elapsed time is shorter corresponds to the past when viewed from the game progress status of the longer user terminal, and the game progress status of the user terminal whose login elapsed time is longer is shorter. The game progress status of the user terminal corresponds to the future, so that the player can move in the past or the future in the game by reflecting the game progress status.

  The server is configured to measure an interruption time measuring unit that measures an interruption time from when a logoff signal is received from the user terminal stored in the player storage unit to when a login signal is received, and the interruption time is measured by the interruption time measurement unit. Interruption time storage means for storing the interruption time together with the corresponding user terminal; point giving means for giving an action point corresponding to the interruption time stored in the interruption time storage means to the user terminal corresponding to the interruption time; Point development means for providing a predetermined development to the user terminal in accordance with the command signal in accordance with the action point provided by the point provision means, based on the command signal, wherein the display means is provided by the point provision means. Having a configuration for displaying the set action points, wherein the input means is the point providing means. Depending on more granted action point, it is preferred to have a possible transmission configuration the command signal to the point developing means.

  In this case, the player can acquire an action point according to the suspension time. The player can transmit a command signal according to the action point, and bring a predetermined development to the logged-in game. Examples of the predetermined development include an increase in vitality, acquisition of weapons, acquisition of movement power, and the like.

The server preferably has communication control means for making each user terminal communicate with another logged-in user terminal, and the user terminal preferably has communication means for communicating with another logged-in user terminal.
In this case, it is possible to urge another player to transmit a progress change signal so that the progress of the game is synchronized with each other.

The server progresses the game in which the user terminal corresponding to the logoff signal is logged in when receiving the logoff signal by automatic control, and when the user terminal corresponding to the login signal is logged in when the login signal is received. It is preferable to have automatic control means for stopping automatic control of the game.
In this case, the game being logged off can be advanced by automatic control, and the influence of the logoff on other players can be suppressed.

It is preferable that the server has a game changing means for causing a user terminal logged in to the ended game to log in to another game when the game progressed by the game executing means ends.
In this case, when the game is over, the player can automatically participate in another game.

The server includes a story storage unit that stores a plurality of story elements, a story assembly unit that creates a story by combining each story element stored in the story storage unit, and a story created by the story assembly unit. It is preferable that the game device further comprises a synthesizing means for synthesizing the game progressed by the game executing means.
In this case, since a variety of stories are created by the composition, the game can be enjoyed without getting tired.

In the present invention, the user terminal includes, for example, a personal computer or a smartphone.
The game is a competitive game, and is preferably a competitive adventure game.
The story element is composed of, for example, a subject, a predicate, an object, a modifier, a sentence, a sentence, a still image or a moving image. The story is composed of, for example, a sentence, a plurality of still images or moving images.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a network game system, a network game program, and a network game method that can log in to a game that has logged off and return to the game.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a server that configures the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a user terminal included in the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating the server of FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart of a part of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart of a part of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart of a part of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart of a part of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart of a part of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a database configuration diagram of the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a new way of playing in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a panel interface in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a scene (scene) storage table of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a table showing locations in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the effect of the situation in the network game method using the network game system of FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a story development in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a trend of a player every time viewed from a place on a map in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a scene in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1 and an example of options available to a player on the spot. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example sentence and a screen sample for creating a scene that does not exist in a scene storage table in a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart showing an overall flow of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart simulating the development of a network game method using the network game system of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a difference between a network game method using the network game system of FIG. 1 and a conventional novel game.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 22 show a network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network game method according to the embodiment of the present invention is a method executed by the network game system, and is executed by a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a CD-ROM, or a flexible disk recording the network game program. It can be run on a computer.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the network game system has a server 1 and a plurality of user terminals 2. The server 1 and the user terminal 2 are mutually connected via the Internet 3 (communication network). As shown in FIG. 2, the server 1 is a computer, which is a control unit 11 constituted by a CPU, a hard disk memory 12 storing programs, memories 13 and 14 storing various files, an input unit 15 such as a keyboard, An interface with the input unit 15, a display unit 16 such as a monitor, a speaker 17, and a communication unit 18 are provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 2 is a computer, like the server 1, a control unit 21 configured by a CPU, a hard disk memory 22 storing programs, memories 23 and 24 storing various files, It has input means 25 such as a keyboard, display means 26 such as a monitor, speaker 27 and communication means 28. The control units 11 and 21 perform control of each unit, data transfer, various calculations, and the like.

  The user terminal 2 is composed of a smartphone, and receives an operation by a player. The hard disk memory 22 of the user terminal 2 stores a game program or the like for causing a game to proceed as an application program and displaying the result. The server 1 controls the progress of a game in which a plurality of players are playing on their user terminals 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 of the server 1 includes a game execution unit 31, a game connection unit 32, a status transmission unit 33, a timer unit 34, a game progress setting unit 35, a progress change unit 36, and an interruption time measurement unit 37. It has a function of a point providing means 38, a point expanding means 39, a communication control means 40, an automatic control means 41, a game changing means 42, a story assembling means 43, and a synthesizing means 44. Further, the memory of the server 1 includes a player storage unit 45, a suspension time storage unit 46, and a story storage unit 47.

  The game executing means 31 advances a plurality of games in which a plurality of players respectively participate. The game executing means 31 receives a command signal from each user terminal 2, advances each game based on each command signal for each user terminal 2 logging in to each game, and executes a game of the user terminal 2 logging off. Stop.

The game connection unit 32 causes the user terminal 2 to log in to the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal 2 and logs off the user terminal 2 from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal 2.
The player storage unit 45 stores the user terminal 2 and the game in which the user terminal 2 has logged off last time in association with each other.

When receiving the login signal from the user terminal 2 stored in the player storage unit 45, the game connection unit 32 causes the user terminal 2 to log in to a game corresponding to the user terminal 2 stored in the player storage unit 45.
The status transmitting unit 33 transmits, to the user terminal 2 of each game, game progress information of another user terminal 2 currently logged in to the corresponding game.
The timer 34 measures the elapsed login time for each user terminal 2 currently logged in to each game.

The game progress setting means 35 reflects the game progress status of the user terminal 2 with the shorter login elapsed time measured by the timer means 34 on the game progress status of the longer user terminal 2.
When the progress change signal is received from each user terminal 2, the progress change means 36 causes the received user terminal 2 to progress the game of another user terminal 2 corresponding to the progress change signal.

The interruption time measuring unit 37 measures an interruption time from when the log-off signal is received from the user terminal 2 stored in the player storage unit 45 to when the login signal is received.
The interruption time storage means 46 stores the interruption time measured by the interruption time measuring means 37 together with the corresponding user terminal 2.
The point giving means 38 gives an action point corresponding to the interruption time stored in the interruption time storage means 46 to the user terminal 2 corresponding to the interruption time.
The point development unit 39 provides a predetermined development to the logged-in game based on the command signal in accordance with the action points provided to the user terminal 2 by the point provision unit 38.

The communication control means 40 causes each user terminal 2 to communicate with another logged-in user terminal 2.
The automatic control means 41 automatically progresses the game in which the user terminal 2 corresponding to the logoff signal is logged in when the logoff signal is received, and the user terminal 2 corresponding to the login signal is logged in when the login signal is received. Stop automatic game control.

When the game executed by the game executing means 31 ends, the game changing means 42 causes the user terminal 2 currently logged in to the ended game to log in to another game.
The story storage means 47 stores a plurality of story elements.
The story assembling means 43 creates a story by combining the story elements stored in the story storage means 47.
The synthesizing unit 44 synthesizes the story created by the story assembling unit 43 with the game played by the game executing unit 31.

The input unit 25 of each user terminal 2 transmits a login signal and a logoff signal to the server 1 via a network. The display means 26 of each user terminal 2 displays the logged-in game progressed by the game execution means 31.
The input unit 25 transmits a command signal to the server 1 via a network. Also, the input unit 25 transmits a progress change signal to the server 1 via the network to match the progress of the game of the other user terminal 2 logged in to the logged-in game. The input unit 25 can transmit a command signal to the point expanding unit 39 according to the action point given by the point giving unit 38.
The display means 26 receives and displays the game progress information. The display unit 26 displays the action points given by the point giving unit 38.
The communication unit 18 communicates with another user terminal 2 currently logged in.

According to the network game system described above, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, it is possible to log in to the log-off game and return to the game.
Also, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the progress of the game is different for each user terminal 2, and the player can display the game progress information of the other user terminals 2 on the display means 26 to know it.

  Also, when the player logs off and logs in again to return to the game, there is a difference between the players in the game progress depending on the elapsed login time. The game progress status of the user terminal 2 having a longer interruption time and a shorter login elapsed time corresponds to the past when viewed from the game progress status of the longer user terminal 2, and therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. By reflecting the game progress status of the user terminal 2 having a shorter time on the game progress status of the longer user terminal 2, a sense of unity of the game progress status among the user terminals 2 can be obtained.

  Also, the game progress status of the user terminal 2 having a shorter login elapsed time corresponds to the past when viewed from the game progress status of the longer user terminal 2, and the game progress status of the user terminal 2 having a longer login elapsed time is: The game progress status of the shorter user terminal 2 corresponds to the future, so that the player can move to the past or the future in the game by reflecting the game progress status.

Also, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, the player can acquire action points according to the interruption time. The player can transmit a command signal according to the action point, and bring a predetermined development to the logged-in game.
Further, it is possible to urge another player to transmit a progress change signal so that the progress of the game is synchronized with each other.

In addition, the game being logged off can be advanced by automatic control, and the effect of the logoff on other players can be suppressed.
When the game is over, the player can automatically participate in another game.
Also, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, a variety of stories are created by synthesis, so that the game can be enjoyed without getting tired.

Hereinafter, a specific example of the network game method will be described.
At the time of filing, there is no pure visual novel game without a so-called "game part" such as a battle scene in a game called a social game. Also, while the conventional visual novel game only converged to a few standard stories in the form of "〇〇 route", in the present invention, since it takes the form of a social game, it is possible to create a story by multiple players. Direct interference between the two and at the same time various decisions are made in a role-playing game, so that "exactly the same development" provides a narrative experience that can only occur with astronomical probability.

  The so-called social game is divided into a game section, a story presenting section, a gacha section, a game setting section (party setting section), and an environment setting section (speed-up of production, etc.). By incorporating the calculation of attack / defense into the story presentation section, the game section (special operation section), which is the uniqueness of the game, is eliminated. give.

By providing an item of “game table number” in the game member database, a game place on a network that is completed only within the game table (about several to several hundred people) is provided.
As shown in the database configuration diagram of FIG. 10, by assigning a game console number to each customer ID, tagging that "only customers of the same game console can interfere with each other" is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the participants belong to a fixed-time (several to several hundred) group with a time limit, and participate in a game only to fulfill their “role” within the group. In this network game method, there are various rules for "game in a group" for each game provided, and the rules are not limited.

It is important to divide the participants into "game consoles" and receive evaluations based on how they fulfill the roles (games that have only one role) prepared in the game console.
Unlike existing game console games (generally referred to as instances), it takes at least several days to several weeks for the game to be finalized, so login / logoff during play is optional for the player. . In existing instance-type games, the principle is that you must remain logged in, and the play time is significantly different in that the play time is as short as about 5 minutes to as long as about 1 hour. In addition, a new game console number is randomly issued for a player who has finished playing for some reason or a new participant, and competes for victory with a new face.

  Divide the players into groups (game consoles) and provide games in game console units. Players of the same game console must meet each other in order to achieve the victory condition of the game (reaching the goal (destination / destination item), gaining a score or prize more than a predetermined amount, or losing or dropping all other players). May cooperate or conflict.

  After the end of the game at each game console, a new game console number is assigned to the player who has finished the game, and a new game having the same rule for each game title is enjoyed. Although FIG. 11 shows a body in which all the game consoles switch players all at once, a situation such as "a certain game console is still playing, and another game console has ended the game" may well occur.

In this case, a new game console number is set between the game consoles who have completed the game, and the players who have completed the game are randomly assigned to the new game consoles again.
As a result of the re-lottery, if a `` desk with insufficient number of people '' occurs, basically the NPC (non-player character) operates the missing player by the game management unit, or only the role that is important in the game configuration Is given to the player to construct a “suddenly climax” situation. In the latter case, in the case of "one player" or the like, there is a problem that the game is not established. Therefore, such an adjustment such as the former format is performed by the game management unit. Note that the game management unit is a function of the control unit 11.

The "story" developed in the game is developed for each player. For example, the story of a police officer playing a role as a police officer, working as a police officer, protecting citizens, and cracking down on criminals.
These stories are not shared by other players in principle. However, if the information becomes well-known, such as coverage by the mass media, the content of the coverage will be shared.

Players can interfere only with players sharing the same game console number. Also, unlike existing instance games, the game requires several days to several weeks (existing games are assumed to remain logged in, and it takes about one hour at most), so login and logoff are optional. If you log in again, you will return to the game console with the recorded game console number.
A setting unit for a countermeasure according to a situation for automatically responding to an opponent is provided in case an opponent is encountered during logoff.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the player can set the correspondence to the player during the logoff so as not to “win by taking advantage of the gap during the logoff of the player”. When each player contacts another player during log-off, each player performs his or her action according to the situation according to the setting.

  Also, in FIG. 12, only the action guideline at a short distance is depicted, but this table may be changed according to some conditions, such as when a player set to have a good eye recognizes the opponent player from a long distance. There may be players who need to set a plurality.

Each player is given an "action point (also referred to as stamina in a social game)" so that "a player with a long login time is not advantageous", and the action point of the player must be consumed.
Each time an action point is consumed, the time of the consumed player advances forward. If one action point is spent for one hour in the game, the player who used 12 points at a time will be in the world 12 hours ahead of the player who does not use it. The date, month, day, and time of each player in the game is recorded on the server 1.

  The action points are recovered in principle at every prescribed time for each game, but can be recovered using paid items. However, if the action points can be recovered using the paid items, the player who does not recover the action points with the paid items is overwhelmingly advantageous. Before the game starts, the player can select the game table "No recovery of action points by paid item". At this time, in the game table with “recovery”, the privilege at the time of victory is made more luxurious than the game table with “no recovery” to differentiate.

  A scene storage table with a scene (scene) ID for presenting a story to a player is set up. One scene is composed of a sentence describing the situation, an image graphic ID serving as a background (a plurality of images may be switched for production), and a list of options available to the player.

  As in an example of a scene (scene) storage table shown in FIG. 31, each player selects an action under the situation placed in these scenes. Each scene is composed of a situation description text shown in the game, designation of a background graphic, and a set of options available to the player.

  If the number of players does not reach the minimum number of players, or as an excitement for the story, a non-player character (hereinafter, NPC) is appropriately placed and managed by the game management unit.

The roles of the NPC and the game management department are to provide a situation in which all players are in a state of antagonism or lethargy, "If you do not solve this, all will fall down", forcing the story to evolve To act.
In order to prevent failure even in a scene that does not correspond to a scene ID, a "place table" is prepared in advance in the game, and the name, role, and background graphic ID of the place are recorded there.

  If a scene that does not correspond to the scene ID occurs, the game management unit generates a temporary scene by filling words in fixed phrases such as the role set in the place table, and executes the game so that the game does not collapse. Let go.

  As shown in the “place table” of FIG. 14, the situation not prepared in the scene storage table of FIG. 13 is replaced with the place prepared in this table, the basic behavior, the background graphic ID, and the same place at the same time. The character is drawn so that the player can decide the action. Mainly, a scene DB describes an incident, and a place table records information of each place on the game map.

Games under the present invention generally have a "deadline to end". In the embodiment for carrying out the present invention, a few days to a few weeks are generally assumed, but the processing may end more smoothly.
As long as the player participates in the "participable story game", there is a sudden break in the story or a start and stop of the story. The game management unit also has a function of observing and judging the situation of the game console and performing an appropriate scene change. It controls items, gimmicks, and NPCs in the story as props for that.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the situation of the players is managed by the game management unit, and the situation is designed to be “as exciting as possible”. For example, if the in-game distance of the player feeling is short, an encounter is made, or if he or she is partnered with an NPC (a person other than the player operated by the game management unit), he (she) talks about a topic. Various algorithms (flowcharts) are conceivable for implementing this, but an example of a game with a murderer will be described.

As a premise,
1. Each player has items (such as smartphones, writing utensils, cosmetics, and 300ml plastic bottle tea for OL) that correspond to the role, physical strength, energy, aggression, defense, foot speed and role as initial conditions.
2. In addition to the players, there are NPCs operated by the game management unit having the same initial conditions as the players and the friendliness of the players (the initial value is neutral).
3. In the game, there is a major goal that is a victory condition, and the player who satisfies it or the player who became the last player is the winner. In this case, the arrest and death of the murderer is a major goal.

4. The structure of the map shall be such that the game management section creates points on the map for each game (home, station, dojo, gym, police box, downtown, shopping street, park, etc.) and connects each point .
5. The initial position of each player differs depending on the set time at the start of the game (such as at 7:00 am on Monday). For example, a police officer patrols downtown after the night shift.

6. If any of the players undergo significant changes (such as hospitalization, death, murder, or arrest of a murderer due to serious injury), all surviving players will be notified by mass media, gossip, and the like.
7. When the setting that the players know each other is not given, each player is another person who has no contact at all. Therefore, the game is started without being informed unless the roles of the players are close relationships.

As shown in FIG. 16, when an important turning point occurs in the game, such as when a player has dropped out or the game period is less than 5 days, the game management unit causes interference with the story.
As shown in FIG. 17, according to the movement of the player from time to time from the location A on the map (assuming that it is a lobby of a business hotel), if the players do not match the location at the same time, direct contact between the players will occur. Does not occur, but an example in which contact occurs is shown here.

As shown in FIG. 18, in an example of a scene in a situation where neither the player nor the NPC is in contact, options that the player can take on the spot are shown.
As shown in FIG. 19, a scene that does not exist in the scene storage table indicates the position of the player on the place table (the position on the game map) and the subjectivity of the player. The person is visually sparse (eg, if you know someone in the game by your name, otherwise it's a person who doesn't do it, or a face you don't see) Be composed.

Possible options are:
1. 1. Basic actions set in the place table 2. Acting to greet one of each acquaintance (if there is one). It is presented in a fixed form in the form of an action of leaving each acquaintance (if there is an acquaintance) without being noticed.
As a general rule, dramatic scenes are set on the scene storage table, so scenes that do not exist in the scene storage table are used only for scenes in which no particular incident occurs.

  Each player is given a role at the beginning of the play. A player is awarded a score by satisfying a scoring condition set for each role, and a player having the highest score when the game is settled is determined as a “winner”. For example, in a 10-day game with a theme of a murderer lurking in the city for 10 days, a murderer role gets +1 point for each kill, a police officer gets +10 points if a murderer is caught, and a citizen role player Is +1 for every day surviving, and +1 for every day a martial arts player teaches martial arts to a citizen, plus in-game rewards.

  Items that need to be determined, such as battles, are performed in a role-playing game (RPG) according to the parameters of the player and the NPC. That is, an amateur fighting player is disadvantaged compared to an armed player, or a careful player is more likely to notice a scream in the distance. And so on.

  After the game is over, the player can individually apply for a friend to the players who are at the same game console. Then, players who have mutually requested a friend are registered in the server 1 as "friends", and in the subsequent games, friendship is set as "friends of each other" from the start of the game.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 20, the details often vary depending on the game to be implemented, but the game generally proceeds in such a flow.
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21, a game console number is initially allocated, a game proceeds for each game console number, and a new game console number is given to each player (customer) by defeat or victory. Further, the player's evaluation is given according to the role in the game regardless of victory / loss. Basically, the evaluation is added by performing the role given at the start of the game.

The following effects can be obtained by the above network game method.
(1) By dividing the players into game tables, a multi-player game experience that can be grasped by the players in the "closed virtual space" is provided.
(2) With the assistance of the game management unit, various ideas are provided for the game development so that the game development for several days to several weeks does not become slack, so that the game development is not tired at all times.

(3) As described above, one game requires several days to several weeks. Therefore, unlike an existing multi-play type game having a purpose, login / logoff of a player is optional. In order to avoid a game over due to an unexpected hit during logoff, it is premised to set an action during logoff as described above.
(4) By giving the story development by the game management unit, the story is always developed during the game within the range where the scenario writer has prepared “the story for the player”. Even if the result is defeat, it provides the player with the excitement of reading a novel.

(5) Depending on the development of the story, there may be a story in which the players cooperate with each other to aim for a solution.
(6) When two players are present at the same place at the same time, the player who has acted later in real time can strike the player who has acted in advance unexpectedly. Can be used to check the later players and take a range of strategic interests by "how to use time".

(7) In addition, when logging in, the player may be asked, "I can know what happened to me or to a public place in the game while I was logged off. The game is not necessarily over during logoff. When the game is over during logoff, the situation that led to the game over can be known.
(8) As long as it takes the form of "game," it is accompanied by "end of game." Various conditions such as occurrence of a player who has reached the victory condition, defeat of all players, and end of the holding period can be considered as conditions for ending the game, but the present invention does not distinguish between them. The important thing is that there are "winners (at the moment)" and "losers lost" even in the middle of the game. As for the player who has become the "loser", as soon as the game is over, a new game table number is assigned in the order in which the game was determined to be defeated, and a game different from the previous game is played. Game losers can occur regardless of the end of the game console, so that new participants from the middle can be added to create a Swiss draw-like lottery method, so that people who are as good as possible can play the game. .

  However, depending on the victory timing of the victor, there is also a possibility that the influential person will slip into the horde of amateurs, but in that case, by publishing a parameter indicating the winning percentage of the player, coping with the lost players For example, the player's own existence also functions so as to function as an element of the story.

(9) This network game method is a "semi-automatic story game whose development changes depending on the actions of the players". There is no exception in the story of the murderer illustrated in the solution of the problem. Narrowing down the culprits to prevent them, and if you are a citizen player, how to deal with the murderer that exists as a rumor, the accumulation of choices is the core of the game and the accumulation of stories.
As shown in FIG. 22, this network game method is a novel game method that is significantly different from the conventional novel game.

1 server 2 user terminal 3 Internet 11, 21 control means 12, 22 hard disk memory 13, 14, 23, 24 memory 15, 25 input means 16, 26 display means 17, 27 speakers 18, 28 communication means 31 game execution means 32 game Connection means 33 status transmission means 34 time measurement means 35 game progress setting means 36 progress change means 37 interruption time measurement means 38 point giving means 39 point development means 40 communication control means 41 automatic control means 42 game change means 43 story assembling means 44 synthesizing means 45 player storage means 46 interruption time storage means 47 story storage means

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A competitive network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals,
The server is
Game execution means for executing a plurality of games each of which includes a plurality of players,
Game connection means for causing the user terminal to log in to the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal, and for logging off the user terminal from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal,
Player storage means for storing the user terminal and the game in which the user terminal logged off last time in association with each other;
Status transmission means for transmitting, to the user terminal of each game, game progress information of another user terminal that is logged in to the corresponding game;
A timer for measuring the elapsed login time for each user terminal logged in to each game;
Game progress setting means for reflecting the game progress status of the user terminal having a shorter login elapsed time measured by the timer means to the game progress status of a longer user terminal,
The game executing means has a configuration in which a command signal is received from each user terminal, each game is progressed based on each command signal for each user terminal logged in to each game, and the game of the user terminal logged off is stopped. And
The game connection means, when receiving a login signal from the user terminal stored in the player storage means, has a configuration in which the user terminal logs in to a game corresponding to the user terminal stored in the player storage means. ,
Each user terminal
Input means for transmitting the login signal and the logoff signal to the server via a network,
Display means for displaying a logged-in game progressing in the game execution means,
The input means transmits the command signal to the server via a network, and a progress change signal for selectively adjusting a logged-in game to a past or future game progress status of another logged-in user terminal. Transmitting to the server via a network by a user operation ,
The display means has a configuration for receiving and displaying the game progress information,
The server is
When receiving the progress change signal from each user terminal, for the received user terminal, having a progress change means to progress the game of another user terminal corresponding to the progress change signal,
Characteristic network game system. The server is
An interruption time measuring means for measuring an interruption time from when a logoff signal is received from the user terminal stored in the player storage means to when a login signal is received,
Interruption time storage means for storing the interruption time measured by the interruption time measurement means together with the corresponding user terminal,
Point providing means for providing an action point corresponding to the interruption time stored in the interruption time storage means to a user terminal corresponding to the interruption time,
Point development means for performing a predetermined development based on the command signal in the game being logged in, in accordance with the action point provided by the point provision means to the user terminal,
The display means has a configuration for displaying the action points given by the point giving means,
The input means has a configuration capable of transmitting the command signal to the point developing means in accordance with the action point given by the point giving means,
The server is
Having communication control means for causing each user terminal to communicate with another logged-in user terminal,
The user terminal,
Having communication means for communicating with other user terminals during login,
The network game system according to claim 1, wherein: The server is
When the log-off signal is received, the user terminal corresponding to the log-off signal progresses through a game in which the user terminal is logged in by automatic control, and when the login signal is received, the user terminal corresponding to the login signal automatically controls a game in which the user terminal is logged in. Having automatic control means for stopping
3. The network game system according to claim 1, wherein: The server is
When a game progressed by the game executing means is ended, the game terminal further includes a game changing means for causing a user terminal logged in to the ended game to log in to another game.
The network game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The server is
Story storage means for storing a plurality of story elements;
Story assembling means for creating a story by combining each story element stored in the story storage means,
Synthesizing means for synthesizing the story created by the story assembling means with the game progressed by the game executing means,
The network game system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: A computer-readable network game program for realizing a competitive network game in a network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals,
Said server,
Game execution means for executing a plurality of games each of which includes a plurality of players,
Game connection means for causing the user terminal to log in to the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal, and for logging off the user terminal from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal,
Player storage means for storing the user terminal and the game in which the user terminal logged off last time in association with each other;
Status transmission means for transmitting, to the user terminal of each game, game progress information of another user terminal that is logged in to the corresponding game;
A timer for measuring the elapsed login time for each user terminal logged in to each game;
Functioning as a game progress setting means for reflecting the game progress status of the user terminal having a shorter login elapsed time measured by the timer means to the game progress status of a longer user terminal;
The game executing means has a function of receiving a command signal from each user terminal, progressing each game based on each command signal for each user terminal logging in to each game, and stopping the game of the user terminal logging off. And
The game connection unit has a function of, when receiving a login signal from the user terminal stored in the player storage unit, logging in the user terminal to a game corresponding to the user terminal stored in the player storage unit. ,
Each user terminal
Input means for transmitting the login signal and the logoff signal to the server via a network,
Functioning as display means for displaying a logged-in game progressed by the game execution means,
The input means has a function of transmitting the command signal to the server via a network, and a progress change signal for selectively adjusting a logged-in game to a past or future game progress status of another logged-in user terminal. And a function of transmitting to the server via a network by a user operation ,
The display means has a function of receiving and displaying the game progress information,
Said server,
A network game program for, when receiving the progress change signal from each user terminal, causing the received user terminal to function as progress change means for progressing a game of another user terminal corresponding to the progress change signal. A competitive network game method using a network game system having a server and a plurality of user terminals,
In the server,
A game execution step of progressing a plurality of games, each of which includes a plurality of players,
A game connection step of causing the user terminal to log in to the game when receiving a login signal from each user terminal, and logging off the user terminal from the game when receiving a logoff signal from each user terminal;
Executing a player storage step of storing the user terminal and the game in which the user terminal logged off last time in association with each other,
To the user terminal of each game, transmitting game progress information of other user terminals that are logged in to the corresponding game,
Measure the elapsed login time for each user terminal logged in to each game,
The game progress of the user terminal whose login elapsed time is shorter is reflected in the game progress of the longer user terminal,
The game step receives a command signal from each user terminal, progresses each game based on each command signal for each user terminal logged in to each game, stops the game of the user terminal being logged off,
The game connection step, when receiving a login signal from the user terminal stored in the player storage step, the user terminal to log in the game corresponding to the user terminal stored in the player storage step,
Each user terminal
Transmitting and receiving the login signal and the logoff signal to the server via a network,
Executing a display step of displaying a logged-in game progressing in the game execution step,
The transceiver step transmits the command signal to the server via the network, the user progress change signal for selectively combining the past or future game progress of other user terminals in the login game logged Transmitting to the server via the network by the operation ,
The displaying step receives and displays the game progress information;
In the server,
A network game method, wherein, upon receiving the progress change signal from each user terminal, a game of another user terminal corresponding to the progress change signal is advanced to the received user terminal.

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