JP6688261B2 - Game device and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device and a program, and more particularly to a game device that provides game play based on information acquired from an article.

  There is a game device that provides a user with a game experience related to a game in which a character or an item corresponding to the article appears by acquiring information attached to the article such as a card or a toy body. In such a game device, the characters and items that have appeared are changed according to the play content of the game, and it is possible to play the game in which the changed characters and items have appeared after the next time. There are also those that eject new items with information.

  In the game device of Patent Document 1, a card on which a two-dimensional code capable of acquiring parameters (characteristic data) related to the change is printed in order to enable the changed character (the changed character) to be used in the game play after the next time. Is output to the printer.

JP, 2002-065936, A

  The card obtained in the game device described in Patent Document 1 depends on the character registered during the game play, and it is not easy for the user to obtain the desired changed character card. That is, in the game device described in Patent Document 1, the user needs to have the card of the character required for the change for the changed character for which it is desired to output the card after the game. This can be time consuming, such as repeating gameplay until the required cards are available, which can diminish the user's interest in the game.

  By the way, in recent years, for one work (content), for example, a plurality of types of games (game titles) having different contents that can be played on different hardware (game devices), toys configured to be usable in such games, Business is being developed to provide goods such as goods. On the other hand, in such a business development, the use of the articles available in one game title is limited to the same title, and therefore, for example, the same content having the same appearing character is different by the user. It is necessary to obtain an article for making a desired character appear in each of the types of games. Therefore, even if the user obtains the article relating to the desired character, the article cannot be used in the specific game of the same content, and thus the game in which the desired character appears cannot be played. , There was a possibility of spoiling the interest.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game device and a program that provide a suitable game experience in which the usage of the article acquired by the user is expanded.

A game device of the present invention is a game device that executes a game based on product information acquired from a product, and has a first type product having first product information and a second product information. Based on the article information obtained by the obtaining unit that obtains the article information corresponding to any game element of the game from at least one of the articles of the second type different from the article of the type comprising generating means for generating a new article 1 of the type, a second article information about the game element corresponding to the second item information, the new articles of the game progress and the first type of It includes attribute information indicating attribute referenced in at least one of generating, generating means, when the object article information is obtained from the article of the second type, corresponding to the second item information at least acquired Ge Given the first article information indicating the beam element, the article of the first type is newly generated, the article information is obtained from the article of the article and a second type of the first type, and was obtained When the first item information and the second item information correspond to the same game element, based on the acquired first item information including the attribute information included in the second item information An article of the first type is newly generated to which the first article information indicating the game element corresponding to the play content of the game to be executed is added .

  According to the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to provide a suitable game experience in which the use of the article acquired by the user is expanded.

Block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention The figure which showed the external appearance of the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The figure for demonstrating the various game articles which concern on embodiment and modification of this invention. The figure which showed the data structural example of various information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the play provision process performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. Flowchart illustrating a registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention Flowchart illustrating the generation process according to the embodiment of the present invention

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that an embodiment described below describes an example in which the present invention is applied to a game device capable of providing a game play based on information acquired from a plurality of types of articles, which is an example of a game device. However, the present invention can be applied to any device capable of executing a game based on information acquired from an article.

  In the present embodiment, the description will be made assuming that the first type of article according to the present invention, which is ejected from the game device and can be used in the game, is a card. The second type of article according to the present invention that can be used in the game will be described as a medal. However, the first type of article and the second type of article are cards or medals if they are different types of articles that are configured to be able to obtain the first article information or the second article information described later. It is not limited. Here, the items generated and discharged in the game device are only the first type of items (cards), and the second type of items (medals) can be used in the game, but are not discharged in the game device. And The medal will be described as being provided as a toy or a game item that can be used in another game title provided for the same content, for example. At least one of these items may include a modeled object such as a figure having the appearance of a game element (character or item), for example. In this case, the article information may be obtainable from a code attached to the bottom surface or a predetermined surface of the modeled object in a visible state such as a seal or printing, or from a recording medium inside the modeled object. The article is not limited to a figure, and may be any article such as a toy or a sticker.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the card usable in the game is converted (encoded) into the one-dimensional or multidimensional pattern (code) by applying a predetermined conversion operation to the first article information, and the card surface In the following description, the code image is formed (printed). The code image of the card will be described as being configured so that the first article information can be acquired by being read by a first reader described later. On the other hand, in a medal that can be used in the game, the second item information is coded in a format different from that of the first item information, and a tag for near field communication (NFC: Near Field Communication) included in the medal is included. (Hereinafter, it will be described as being attached to a medal in a form recorded in an NFC tag. The NFC tag of the medal will be described as being configured so that the second article information can be acquired by being read by the second reader described later.

  However, the mode of attaching the first item information and the second item information to the card or the medal is not limited to such a mode, and printing using an invisible ink and forming a predetermined identification pattern on the intermediate layer Alternatively, the present invention is not limited to the NFC tag, and may be recorded in a recording medium such as an IC chip included in a card or a medal, and may be stored as data. Good. From the viewpoint of interest, it is preferable that the method of attaching the second item information to the medal is a method in which the information can be rewritten arbitrarily after its generation.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the game executed by the game device, the game element that can be made to appear by using a card or a medal is a character, and the character (character) corresponding to the card or the medal is used. (Image) will be described. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and the card for the purpose of specifying the game element of the game to be executed is not limited to the one that can specify the character related to the game, and the item, the effect, etc. It goes without saying that the other game elements may be specified.

<< Game device 100 >>
Here, the functional configuration of the game device 100 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game device 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by reading out the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, loading the program in the memory 103 and executing the program.

  The recording medium 102 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can hold data permanently. The recording medium 102 stores, in addition to the operation program of each block included in the game device 100, information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block and various graphics data used in the game executed by the game device 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage, such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing the data output in the operation of each block.

  The payment detection unit 104 detects that the payment has been made in the game device 100. The payment of consideration is made, for example, by detecting that a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins have been inserted into the coin insertion slot, or detection of completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip related to predetermined electronic money. It may be done. Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting the provision of a service accompanied by the ejection of a card to the user based on the payment of the consideration, the payment of the consideration is not an indispensable requirement but a predetermined start instruction. The provision of the service may be started based on this.

  When playing a game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 105 acquires information about a character used in the game as article information (first article information or second article information). The item information is acquired from a card or a medal that is a game item through the first reader 120 and the second reader 130 that are detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100. . A predetermined data conversion process or the like may be performed in order to convert the article information acquired from the card or the medal into a format suitable for use in the process related to the game. The first reader 120 and the second reader 130 detect that a card or medal is placed on a predetermined part and recognize the article during a period in which the information can be acquired from the card or medal. Alternatively, information acquisition from the article is performed using, for example, an image pickup device and predetermined image processing. In this embodiment, the first reader 120 obtains the first item information from the code attached to the card, and the second reader 130 obtains the second item information from the NFC tag of the medal.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the first reader 120 and the second reader 130 are provided at different positions on the operation panel, and information is acquired by different methods at the respective positions. . When the product for which the product information is acquired is a card, the information is acquired by the first reader 120, but when the product for which the product information is acquired is a medal having an NFC tag, The information acquisition is performed by the second reader 130 instead of the first reader 120. That is, when receiving a game experience in which information is read from an article during game play, the user places a card on the first reader 120 or a medal on the second reader 130. I'll do it.

  The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each character that is predetermined as a character that appears in the game. In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, for each of cards and medals, which are game articles provided for different game titles related to the same content, a character corresponding to the character image attached to the article is displayed. The play experience that was made to appear is provided. Therefore, the character whose character image is attached to the medal is at least included in the character group whose character image can be attached to the card, and the character DB 106 has identification information for each character whose character image can be attached to the card. The associated character information is managed. For the sake of simplicity in the present embodiment, when the character corresponding to the card and the character corresponding to the medal are the same character, at least the same identification information (character ID) for identifying the character is provided for both articles. Therefore, regardless of which item is used, the character information associated with the same character ID can be referred to in the game.

  The presentation control unit 107 controls the presentation of various kinds of information to the user in the game device 100. The game device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described as having a display unit 140 that displays an image (game screen, menu screen, etc.) and a voice output unit 150 that outputs a voice, as a means for presenting various information to the user. Needless to say, the means for presenting information is not limited to these, and alternatives or additions are possible.

  The presentation control unit 107 includes a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs a predetermined drawing process when generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 140. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 is suitable for a necessary drawing object based on a process or a command performed by the control unit 101 while the game apparatus 100 is operating (during game play or in a standby state). Perform arithmetic processing to draw the screen. The generated screen is output to the display unit 140, which is a display device that is detachably connected in the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100, and is displayed in a predetermined display area so that the user can see it. Presented.

  Further, the presentation control unit 107 includes a circuit that outputs / amplifies a sound signal such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs a predetermined process when generating a sound to be output from the sound output unit 150. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 determines the audio data to be output simultaneously based on the audio data recorded in advance in the recording medium 102, and converts the audio data into an electric audio signal (D / A conversion). And outputs the audio to the audio output unit 150. The audio output unit 150 may be a predetermined speaker or the like, and outputs a sound wave based on the input audio signal.

  When a card generation instruction is issued, the print control unit 108 generates print data of a card to be printed out, including a code image corresponding to article information included in the card and other images forming a printing surface of the card. To do. When the print data is generated, the print control unit 108 transmits the print data together with the print command to the printing unit 160 to instruct the printing of the corresponding card and eject the card. The printing unit 160 is a printing device such as a printer that is configured to be able to send and receive information to and from the print control unit 108, which is detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100. When the printing unit 160 receives the print data related to the card and the print command related to the data from the print control unit 108, the printing unit 160 performs the print operation of the print data. When the printing unit 160 is built in the same housing as the game device 100, the card discharged by printing is guided to the discharge port (201 in FIG. 2) accessible from the outside of the game device 100 to the user. May be provided. That is, the card ejected in the game device 100 is provided for the first time when printing is performed on a predetermined printing paper that is not printed in response to the print data being transmitted to the printing unit 160. This is a so-called on-demand printing card in which all the items described in the card for printing are formed.

  The operation input unit 109 is a user interface included in the game device 100, such as an operation member for inputting a direction, an operation member for inputting a decision, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the game device 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects a touch input made on the screen of the display unit 140. Good.

  The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 100. The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a communication medium such as a communication network such as the Internet or a cable (not shown) such as a cable or the like, and can transmit / receive data. The communication unit 110 converts, for example, the information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format and transmits the data to an external device such as a server via a network. Further, when the communication unit 110 receives information from an external device via, for example, a network, the communication unit 110 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103. Further, the game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to receive program data, which is a packaged program of a process related to a game, from an external device via the communication unit 110. When the program data is received by the communication unit 110 together with the program update request, the control unit 101 uses the received program data to execute the game processing program currently stored in the recording medium 102 according to the update request. Can be updated. In addition, the program update process of the game process is automatically executed when the program data recorded in the recording medium is inserted into an optical drive or the like (not shown) included in the game device, or after the program data is inserted. It can also be executed by the administrator issuing a start command.

<Card, medal, article information>
Next, the card, the medal, and the item information attached to each of these items that can be used in the game in the game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that each article of the present embodiment is illustrated as being associated with any of the characters that can appear in the game and having a pattern (character image) of the character. It does not exclude the possibility of being associated with any item in the game or other game elements.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a front side of a card that can be used for a game in the game device 100 of the present embodiment and that can be generated, printed, and ejected in the game device 100. As shown in the figure, when a character image 301 of a character corresponding to the card, a character name 302 of the character, a user name 303 set to identify the owner of the card, and a character appear on the card. It is composed of various parameters 304 in the game, a slot image 305, and a code image 306 capable of acquiring the first item information attached to the card.

  The slot image 305 is an image in which a predetermined number (three in the present embodiment) of frames are provided as shown in the figure, and when the character corresponding to the card continues to be used after growth, that is, as described later. This is provided for the purpose of providing an additional play element when a character is introduced into the game using a card and the character is generated as a new card in a state where the play content is reflected. Each frame of the slot image is sequentially described by overlapping the game play for the character (image in the frame. Corresponding to the outcome of the slot, hereinafter referred to as a roll or roll image as necessary. ) Is confirmed and it becomes visible. FIG. 3B shows an example of a state in which the cards of FIG. 3A are changed in the rolls. In the manner of so-called “silver peeling”, the cards are sequentially displayed in accordance with the progress of the game play and the growth stage of the character. The results in the frame of the slot image 305 are determined (released). The code image 306 is, for example, a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional pattern as shown in the drawing, which is obtained by converting the first item information corresponding to the card using a predetermined conversion operation. The first article information can be acquired by being read.

  The first item information attached to such a card in the form of the code image 306 may have the data structure shown in FIG. 4A, for example. In the example of FIG. 4A, the first item information attached to the card is associated with the card ID 401 that uniquely identifies (identifies) the card, the user name 402 indicating the owner of the card, the card A character ID 403 that identifies the character corresponding to the card, rank information 404 indicating the growth state of the character corresponding to the card, and slot information 405 indicating the configuration of the slot image.

  In the present embodiment, the rank information is simply described as the character level (value indicating the growth stage) in the game, but the present invention is not limited to this in the implementation of the present invention. For example, for various parameters such as physical strength, offensive power, possessive skill, and skill, there is a stage in the game that indicates an increase (growth) from the reference value, and the rank information 404 includes information that specifies this. It may be information.

  On the other hand, FIG. 3C shows medals that can be used for a game in the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, and is a front side of medals that are not generated in the game device 100 but are distributed through another route. It is a figure. As shown in the figure, the medal is provided with a character image 311 of the character corresponding to the medal, like the card, and in addition to this, the character name 312 of the character is configured.

  The second item information attached to such a medal by being encoded in a format different from that of the card and written to the NFC tag may have a data structure shown in FIG. 4B, for example. In the example of FIG. 4B, the second item information attached to the medal includes a character ID 412 that identifies the character corresponding to the medal in association with the medal ID 411 that identifies the medal.

<< Structure of character information >>
On the other hand, the character information managed in the character DB 106 described above may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 4C, for example. In the example of FIG. 4C, the character information managed as one record of the character DB 106 for one character is associated with a character ID 421 that uniquely identifies the character in the game, and identifies various parameters of the character in the battle sequence. Initial values of character-specific ability parameters such as physical strength, offensive power, possessive skill, skills, etc., which have been determined in advance for the state in which the growth state is not taken into consideration (reference value: value of various parameters in level 1 state, for example) Parameter 422 indicating that the increase / decrease amount according to the growth (level, number of plays, play content) of various parameters from the basic parameter, and a change-at-growth information 423 indicating a technique or skill that can be additionally given. , And when registering the character or Managing presentation information 424 indicating the character image and audio data to be presented when caused to appear in the beam. The character image may be used not only for the configuration of the game screen at the time of playing the game but also for the print data configuration of the newly generated card.

《Game outline》
Here, an outline of a game executed by the game device 100 of this embodiment will be described. The one-time game play on the game device 100 is started to be triggered by the payment of the consideration. When the provision of the game play is started, a character operated by the user (operation character) or a character to accompany the operation character of the user (hereinafter, referred to as a used character without distinction) is determined, and then the used character is changed. The game process to appear is executed.

  The character to be used can register the character corresponding to each item by causing the first reader 120 or the second reader 130 to read the item information of the card or the medal. Alternatively, when the user does not own any item, the registration based on the item information may be skipped, and the predetermined character assigned by the lottery process or the like may be registered as the used character. In the present embodiment, for simplicity, it is assumed that the number of characters used is one.

  The game provided by the game processing includes a battle sequence for executing a battle game between a used character and an opponent character, and a predetermined effect (special skill) during or after the battle sequence for generating a battle game or a card. A roulette sequence for playing a roulette (lottery) game capable of generating effects, character growth bonuses, character rank changes, etc.).

  In the battle sequence, the user can play a battle game in which the opponent character determined as a result of a predetermined process is used as an opponent by performing an operation input. In the present embodiment, for simplification, the number of opponent characters is set to one in association with the used character, and the lottery is performed, for example, based on the mode selection by the user or when the occurrence of the event related to the competitive game in the predetermined game is confirmed. It may be determined by processing or the like.

  In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in the battle sequence, the user can use the registered use character as a character that performs actions related to the battle in the battle game with the opponent character. For each of the used characters, various parameters (play-time parameters) that reflect the growth state determined by the item information of the card or medal used for registration, which may affect the progress (or loss) of the competitive game, are set. It The progress of the game in the battle sequence is determined based on the play-time parameters, and the more the growth status of the same character progresses (for example, the higher the character level related to the rank information), the more advantageous the progress proceeds. . Further, the state of the slot information 405 may be referred to for the progress of the game. For example, when three outcomes correspond to a predetermined hand, or an outcome is in a reach state (by determining the remaining one outcome). , Which may correspond to a predetermined winning combination), a control may be performed to generate a corresponding special effect to make the progress of the game advantageous. The growth state of the used character can change from the time of registration depending on the play content of the competitive game, and the user responds to the grown character by issuing a card generation instruction for the used character after growth. You can get a card that does.

<Play provision processing>
With regard to the play providing process executed in one game play in the game apparatus 100 of this embodiment having such a configuration, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The process corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding process program stored in the recording medium 102, loading the program in the memory 103, and executing the program. It should be noted that the present play providing process will be described as being started when the payment detection unit 104 detects that a payment for one game play has been made, for example. During the execution of the present play providing process, unless otherwise specified, the presentation control unit 107 appropriately generates a screen corresponding to the progress and displays the screen on the display unit 140 based on the process and the command performed by the control unit 101. The audio output unit 150 outputs audio based on the corresponding audio data.

  In step S501, the control unit 101 executes a registration process of registering a used character for the current game play. The registration process may be performed by the user causing the first reader 120 to obtain the first item information included in the card, causing the second reader 130 to obtain the second item information included in the medal, or appearing in the game. This is performed by the control unit 101 selecting a possible character by a lottery process or the like.

<registration process>
Here, the registration process executed in S501 of the play providing process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S <b> 601, the control unit 101 starts the acquisition processing of the item information related to the registration of the used character, and waits for the reading of the card or the medal. Specifically, the control unit 101 operates the acquisition unit 105, the first reader 120, and the second reader 130 so that the item information related to the registration of the used character can be acquired. At this time, the presentation control unit 107, under the control of the control unit 101, generates a screen indicating that the character or character is currently in a standby state for reading a card or medal, and reproduces a voice. The audio output unit 150 is caused to present it.

  In step S <b> 602, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the article information has been read from one of the articles (target article) of the card and the medal. The control unit 101 makes a determination in this step depending on whether the acquisition unit 105 has acquired the product information (target product information) via the first reader 120 or the second reader 130. If the control unit 101 determines that the target article information has been read, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S603, and if it determines that the target article information has not been read, the processing of this step is repeated. In addition, when an operation (skip) to shift to the battle sequence without performing information acquisition from the article is performed, the control unit 101, for example, selects one of the characters selected as the initial character based on the lottery process. The character information about the character may be acquired from the character DB 106, the used character information and the user name, which will be described later, may be set, and the process may be moved to S608.

  In S603, the control unit 101 determines whether the acquired target article information is acquired from a medal. The determination in this step may be made by determining from which reader the acquisition unit 105 has acquired the information, but may be made by, for example, analyzing the data structure of the acquired target article information. When the control unit 101 determines that the target article information is obtained from a medal, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S604, and determines that the target article information is not obtained from a medal, that is, obtained from a card. Moves the process to S606.

  In step S604, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 412 included in the target article information, and acquires the character information regarding the target article (medal) from the character DB 106. Then, the control unit 101 stores, in the memory 103, the used character information referred to during the game for the used character based on the acquired character information. Specifically, the control unit 101 acquires the character information in which the character ID 421 is the character ID 412 included in the target article information among the character information managed by the character DB 106. The stored used character information is associated with the character ID 431 of the used character, for example, as shown in FIG. 4D, and is referred to in determining the progress during the execution of the game processing. It may be configured to have presentation information 433 used for presenting, a medal registration flag 434 (for example, logical type) indicating whether or not a medal was used for registration, and current rank information 435 of the used character. When the character information corresponding to the medal is acquired, the control unit 101 uses the character ID 421, the basic parameter 422, and the presentation information 424 of the acquired character information as the character ID 431, the playing parameter 432, and the presentation information 433. Character information is configured and stored in the memory 103. Further, since the target article is a medal, the control unit 101 sets the medal registration flag 434 to true and sets the rank information 435 to information indicating the initial level. As described above, the medal is not configured as a game article that is mainly used in the game device 100, and the second article information does not have the rank information indicating the growth state. Therefore, the medal is used in this embodiment. The characters registered as will be described as those registered as initial level characters. However, it goes without saying that the method of determining the play-time parameter 432 and the rank information 435 of the used character registered using medals in the implementation of the present invention may be different. For example, when the character is registered as a character at a predetermined level higher than the initial level, the user who owns the medal is more preferably guided to play the game provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment. be able to.

  In step S605, the control unit 101 sets a user name for a user who plays the game this time. For the user name, for example, a character string input by the user may be set, or a default user name may be set when no input is made. The set user name is stored in the memory 103, for example, and is used in the game and in the generation of print data of a card to be newly ejected.

  In step S606, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 403 included in the target article information, and acquires the character information regarding the target article (card) from the character DB 106. Then, the control unit 101 stores the used character information in the memory 103 based on the acquired character information. Specifically, the control unit 101 acquires the character information in which the character ID 421 is the character ID 403 included in the target article information among the character information managed by the character DB 106. Then, the control unit 101 configures the used character information including the character ID 421 and the presentation information 424 of the acquired character information as the character ID 431 and the presentation information 433, and stores the character information in the memory 103. Since the target article is a card, the control unit 101 sets the medal registration flag 434 to false. Further, for the play time parameter 432, the control unit 101 sets a value obtained by changing the basic parameter 422 based on the rank information 404 of the target article information in accordance with the growth time change information 423 of the acquired character information. Further, the rank information 435 is set to the rank information 404 of the target article information. By doing so, when the used character is registered using the card, it is possible to provide the user with a continuous play element that allows the play to be resumed from the growth state indicated by the card.

  In S607, the control unit 101 stores the user name 402 of the target article information in the memory 103 as the user name of the user who plays the game this time.

  In S608, the presentation control unit 107 presents the registered use character based on the use character information under the control of the control unit 101. The presentation is, for example, a display on a display unit 140 of a screen including a corresponding character image and play-time parameters according to the growth state of the character, a voice reading out a character name, a dialogue voice peculiar to the character, and a voice output unit 150 of a theme song. It is performed by the voice output from.

  When the registration process is completed in this way, the control unit 101 determines the opponent character (opponent) relating to the battle sequence and executes the game process relating to the battle sequence in S502 of the play providing process. The control unit 101 moves the process to S <b> 503 when the game process related to the battle sequence is completed, that is, when the win / loss of the battle game related to one game play is determined.

  In S503, the control unit 101 executes a game process related to the roulette sequence. For the sake of simplicity in the present embodiment, the roulette sequence occurs after the end of the game process related to the battle sequence, and the play content in the roulette sequence affects a change in the growth state in the subsequent generation of a new card (predetermined effect). Whether or not it is generated is determined by the roulette lottery result), but the present invention is not limited to this. The roulette sequence may be generated in the middle of the game process related to the battle sequence as described above, and in this case, the progress of the battle game is not limited to the occurrence of a predetermined effect related to the generation of a new card. It may have an influence. The result of the play content in the roulette sequence is, for example, the increase rate of the character level of the card to be generated (if the play parameter is a basic parameter, change to a character level other than the initial level), the increase rate of the play parameter, etc. It may be changed.

  In step S <b> 504, the control unit 101, regarding the character that causes the printing unit 160 to print / generate / discharge a new card (hereinafter referred to as a card) in the current game play, the first item information (output item information) attached to the card. Execute the generation process to generate.

<Generation processing>
Here, the generation process executed in this step will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

  In S701, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the used character is registered using a medal. Specifically, the control unit 101 may make the determination in this step by referring to the medal registration flag 434 of the used character information. If the control unit 101 determines that the used character is registered using medals, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S702, and if it determines that the character is not registered using medals, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S703.

  In step S <b> 702, the control unit 101 selects the used character as the character to be carded. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, when a character used is registered using a medal, it is determined that the user desires to generate a card of the character, and regardless of the play content of the game. The used character shall be selected as the character to be carded.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S701 that the used character is not registered using medals, the control unit 101 determines in S703 a character that is a candidate for cardification (candidate character) based on the play content of the game process related to the battle sequence. To decide. The candidate characters include at least the used character, and increase or decrease based on the play content of the competitive game. For the sake of simplicity, the present embodiment will be described assuming that if the result of the competitive game is a win, the opponent character is included in the candidate character in addition to the used character, and if the result is defeat, only the used character is included in the candidate character. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and may be determined in consideration of a plurality of characters used, whether the competition game is an NPC (Non-Player Character) competition or an interpersonal competition, or the like. Needless to say, it can be changed. When the control unit 101 determines the information of the candidate character, the control unit 101 stores the information in the memory 103, for example.

  In step S704, the control unit 101 accepts selection of a character to be carded from the candidate characters determined in step S703. The selection of the character to be carded is performed based on the operation input detected by the operation input unit 109 based on the screen by displaying a screen for presenting the candidate character on the display unit 140. The number of cards can be increased, for example, by paying an additional consideration, and is not limited to one. Further, in the present embodiment, it is described that the selection of the character is performed based on the operation input by the user, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a plurality of characters have been registered as used characters and there is a used character that has grown according to the content of the play, it may be controlled to preferentially select this as a cardification target.

  In step S705, the control unit 101 generates output article information for the selected character to be cardized. Specifically, the control unit 101 obtains a new card ID, determines a parameter (new rank information 404) based on the play content of the battle sequence and the roulette sequence, and determines the character of the user name cardification character of the play user. The ID and the slot information 405 of the target article information are combined with these pieces of information to generate output article information. The parameter determined based on the play content may be, for example, an absolute value after increase / decrease, or a relative value from the basic parameter. In the latter case, for example, if the cardification target character is not a used character registered based on the card, it may indicate that there is no increase or decrease from the basic parameter, or the basic parameter may be changed according to the result of the competitive game. It may indicate the difference between the parameter added with and the basic parameter. Further, the parameter determination may be dynamically determined in consideration of, for example, the result of the competitive game, the number of times the same character is carded, and the like. In the present embodiment, when the use character registered using a medal and the use character registered without using an article are selected as cards to be carded, the card is carded with the basic parameters of the character, It is assumed that the new rank information 404 is set to a value indicating the initial state. Further, for example, when the new rank information 404 satisfies a predetermined condition, the control unit 101 changes the slot information to a state different from the slot information 405 of the target article information and generates the output article information.

  When the generation process is completed, the print control unit 108 generates the print data for the new card to be ejected in S505 of the play providing process, and gives the print unit 160 a print instruction. More specifically, under the control of the control unit 101, the print control unit 108 arranges the code image based on the output article information generated in the generation process and the character image of the cardification target character, and further changes various parameters and the like. Generate print data including. The print data is transmitted to the print unit 160 together with the print command, and the print unit 160 prints and ejects the card based on the print data. When the discharge is completed, or when a predetermined time required for the discharge has passed after the print instruction is issued, the control unit 101 completes the play providing process.

  Note that it is difficult to obtain the use character registered using the medal for generation of a new card a plurality of times, for example, it is difficult to obtain when using only the card in the game device 100. It may be possible to easily obtain the card corresponding to the character. Therefore, for a medal once used for game play, a character corresponding to the game play is forcibly selected as a cardification target to generate a card, and the fact that the card has already been generated is associated, The game may be controlled so that the medal cannot be used. The association that the card has been generated may be performed, for example, by recording a medal ID that uniquely identifies the medal on an external server or the like, or the information indicating that the medal has already been generated is used. It may be performed by writing in the NFC tag. In the latter case, the second reader 130 may be configured to have not only the information acquisition (read) function from the NFC tag of the card but also the information rewrite (write) function of the NFC tag.

  In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, it has been described that there are only one character and one partner character that can be registered as used characters, but there may be multiple used characters and partner characters. In this case, the character to be converted into a card may be configured so that one of the plurality of characters can be selected. Further, as described above, when there is a character registered using a medal among the plurality of used characters, the character may be forcibly selected as a cardification target.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when a used character is registered using a medal, there is an advantage that a card of a desired character (a character corresponding to a medal) can be ejected. Although it has been described that the basic parameters are used, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The fact that the user owns the game article (medal) related to the related content, which is not the game article (card) provided for the game executed on the game device 100, means that the user has the content. It shows that there is a high level of interest in and that they are investing that much. Therefore, for example, when the used character is registered using a medal, the game may be controlled to proceed more advantageously than when the used character is registered using only the card. In the control, for example, the playing parameter is set higher than the basic parameter, the winning probability in the roulette is increased, and the parameter is adjusted so that the progress of the game is advantageous in at least one of the competitive game sequence and the roulette sequence. May be performed.

  As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, it is possible to realize the use of a favorite character while securing the number of characters that can change the state, and provide a suitable game experience to the user. be able to.

[Modification 1]
In the above-described first embodiment, when the used character is registered using the medal, the card corresponding to the used character is printed and ejected after the battle game sequence and the roulette sequence are finished. On the other hand, in recent years, there is also a game device that performs an operation related to the game by moving and rotating an actual item of a card placed on the operation panel. In order to provide such a playing experience, the user needs to It is preferable that the card is obtained before the game process related to the game sequence is executed. Therefore, in the mode in which the used character is registered using the medal and the card corresponding to the character is ejected, the character of the card is fixed regardless of the play content of the game, so that the user operates the card using the game Therefore, the card may be ejected first without making the game play related to the game processing a requirement.

  Further, with such a configuration, even in a mode in which only cards are ejected without playing a game (card selling mode), the second item information is read from the medal, so that the user can obtain a desired character. It becomes possible to obtain the corresponding card.

[Embodiment 2]
In Embodiment 1 and Modification 1 described above, the second item information included in the medal has the character ID, and when used for registering the used character, the character related to the character image attached to the medal is displayed. Described as something that can appear in the game. However, in the practice of the present invention, the game element corresponding to the second item information included in the medal is not limited to the character.

  As described above, when a card and a medal are provided as game items (or ejected items) for different game titles provided for one content, the medal is played in a device different from the game device 100. It is also conceivable for the embodiment to be used for. In such an aspect, particularly when a game article such as a medal having a rewritable recording medium (NFC tag) is used for game play in the different device, the second article information attached to the article. Can be changed according to the content of play. Therefore, for example, the game element indicated by the second item information attached to the medal is not only the character to appear in the game, but also special effects and skills given to the character in the game, or game effects such as parameter increase / decrease. , May include various attributes in the game such as addition of items and equipment.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the second item information included in the medal has a data structure as shown in FIG. More specifically, in addition to the character ID 442, attribute information 443 indicating such various attributes is included in association with the medal ID 441. The attribute information 443 may be stored in the form of attribute information when a predetermined attribute is added and significant, and may be configured as blank information when it is unsigned and not added.

  In the present embodiment, the second item information is configured in this way, and in the game executed on the game device 100, the medal is not limited to the registration of the used character, but the attribute information 443 is reflected on the used character ( It can be used for adding game effects, item equipment, etc.). In other words, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, a medal may be used for designating a used character, or a medal may be used for designating the used character. , May be used to reflect the attribute information 443 included in the second item information.

  In the latter case, the registration process may be configured to obtain the first item information from the card and then obtain the second item information from the medal associated with the addition of the attribute information 443. That is, the attribute information 443 attached to the medal may be configured to be attached to the used character that is not the character registered using the medal. In other words, the attribute information 443 may be reflected in the play-time parameters of the used character and may be able to influence the progress of the game. In the former case, the attribute information 443 may be reflected on the used character registered using medals without the need to acquire additional information.

  Further, when the attribute information 443 is reflected for the used character in this way, the reflected attribute information is reflected (included in the output article information when a new card is ejected for the used character. ). In the present embodiment, when a game effect is added based on the attribute information 443 possessed by the medal, not only the output article information but also the character image so that the user can visually recognize that the attribute information is attached. Shall be configured to be made. For example, when the card used to register the used character is as shown in FIG. 3A, or when the attribute information 443 is not included in the second item information included in the medal, the card is normally ejected corresponding to the medal. 3A, the used character to which the attribute information is reflected has a character image 321 to which an effect corresponding to the attribute information is attached (a different pattern). A card such as (d) may be newly ejected.

  By doing so, it is possible to provide a game and a game article (card) having higher playability while expanding the use of the article acquired by the user.

  In the present embodiment, the mode in which the attribute information 443 is reflected when the used character is registered, affects the progress of the game sequence to be executed thereafter, and can be attached to a newly ejected card has been described. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The acquisition of the attribute information 443 from the medal for ejecting the new card to which the attribute information is added may be performed when the output article information is generated. That is, the play experience that reflects the attribute information 443 may not be provided in the game play related to the ejection of the new card, but may be provided in the game play after the next time when the new card is used. In this case, for example, if the character to be carded includes an opponent character, the opponent character may be changed to a state in which the attribute information 443 is reflected and can be carded.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it has been described that any character can eject a new card in a state in which the attribute information 443 is reflected. However, in consideration of the story related to the game content, or between the users. In order to ensure fairness, the reflection of the attribute information 443 may be permitted only when the character corresponding to the medal and the character registered using the card to be reflected are the same.

[Modification 2]
In Embodiment 2 described above, the attribute information 443 included in the second item information has been described as indicating a game element, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, game items may include items that are distributed at events, or that are limitedly provided as an appendix to related or collaborative items, and such items may be distributed in the normal way when used in games. It is customary for it to be configured to exert a beneficial additional effect over existing articles. Alternatively, a so-called highly rare game item for which the number of circulations is set to be small may be configured to exhibit an advantageous effect which is more advantageous than other rare items.

  In this modification, by expanding the additional effect generated based on the second item information as described above, not only to the one appearing in the game (game element appearing in the game) when the game item is used, A method for further enhancing the fun of the game provided on the game device 100 will be described. More specifically, in this modification, in addition to the game elements such as the game effect and the equipment item, the attribute information 443 included in the medal is updated regardless of the content of the game play performed using the new information related to the predetermined character. A mode in which the trigger information for releasing the card ejection condition is included to cause an additional effect when the medal is used in the game device 100 will be described.

  The medal in the state having the attribute information 443 including the trigger information can be obtained by writing the second article information including the trigger information in the NFC tag in the manufacturing process of the limited medal provided as described above. It may be configured, or may be configured by rewriting the second item information when a predetermined condition is satisfied in another game device, for example.

  Then, when the second item information acquired from the medal at the time of registration of the used character includes the trigger information, the generation process does not select the used character as the character to be carded as in the first embodiment. It suffices that the used character and a predetermined character that can be carded by the trigger information are presented as candidate characters, and the selection of the character to be carded is accepted. Alternatively, a predetermined character that can be carded by the trigger information may be forcibly selected as the carding target character.

  By doing so, in the present modified example, in the game play performed using the medal having the trigger information, not the character determined depending on the play content such as the opponent character or the used character that has appeared in the competitive game, Even if the character does not appear in the game, the character specified by the trigger information can be made into a card. Note that the character specified by the trigger information may be configured as a character that cannot appear in the game when, for example, a card is used to register the used character. In this case, for example, a user of a related game title using a medal can be more favorably led to the game title provided by the game device 100.

  Further, in the present modification, when the second item information included in one medal includes trigger information for releasing a new card ejection condition related to a predetermined character, the character is selected as a cardification target. Although possible configurations have been described, the invention is not limited to this implementation. For example, the condition that the character can be selected as a card target is that the trigger information attached to one medal is not acquired but the trigger information is obtained from a plurality of medals. May be. Further, when the combination of the attribute information 443 acquired from a plurality of medals in one game play is a predetermined combination, instead of the configuration in which specific information such as trigger information is included in the second item information, The condition may be satisfied. In addition, since the condition to be satisfied for obtaining a card of such a character is set to be difficult, a character registered using the card includes a character registered without using a medal or includes trigger information. It may be controlled so that the game can proceed more favorably than the character registered using the medal having the second item information that does not accumulate.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium or through an electric communication line.

  100: game device, 101: control unit, 102: recording medium, 103: memory, 104: payment detection unit, 105: acquisition unit, 106: character DB, 107: presentation control unit, 108: print control unit, 109: operation Input unit, 110: communication unit, 120: first reader, 130: second reader, 140: display unit, 150: voice output unit, 160: printing unit

Claims (11)

A game device that executes a game based on item information acquired from an item,
Any one of the games from at least one of a first type of article having first article information and a second type of article having second article information different from the first type of article Acquisition means for acquiring article information corresponding to the game element of ,
Based on the obtained item information by the acquisition unit, and a generating means for generating a new article of the first type,
The second item information is attribute information indicating, with respect to a game element corresponding to the second item information, an attribute referred to in at least one of progress of the game and new generation of the first type of item. Including,
The generating means is
When the object product information is obtained from the article of the second type, denoted by the first article information indicating a game element that corresponds to the acquired second article information, the first type Create a new item ,
In the case where the item information is acquired from the item of the first type and the item of the second type, and the acquired first item information and the acquired second item information correspond to the same game element. In the first item information indicating the game element according to the play content of the game executed based on the acquired first item information in a state including the attribute information included in the second item information. A game device for newly generating the item of the first type, to which the item information is attached .   The game device according to claim 1, wherein when the article information is acquired from the second type of article, the generation unit newly generates the first type of article without requiring play of the game. . The game includes at least a first game and a second game of different types,
When the item information is acquired from the item of the second type, the game device performs at least one of the first game and the second game based on only the acquired first item information. the game device according to claim 1 or 2 further Ru comprising means for controlling so as to proceed advantageously than when executed. The generating means may add the attribute information to the first type of article newly generated by adding the first article information including the attribute information. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game device is generated so as to be visible in a portion. When the attribute information included in the acquired second item information is predetermined attribute information, or the combination of the attribute information included in the plurality of acquired second item information is In the case of a predetermined combination, a game element corresponding to the play content of the game executed based on the acquired first item information, and a game element corresponding to the acquired second item information. The first item information indicating the game element that does not correspond to the play content of the game is added instead of the new generation of the item of the first type to which the first item information indicating is added. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein a new type of article is newly generated. The game device according to claim 5 , wherein the game element that does not correspond to the play content of the game is a game element that has not appeared in the executed game. Game element without depending on the content of play of the game, the game device according to claim 5 or 6 which is a game element that does not appear in the game executed without acquiring article information from an article of the second type . The game element that does not correspond to the play content of the game is a game corresponding to the first type item newly generated in association with the game executed without acquiring the item information from the second type item. The game device according to any one of claims 5 to 7 , which is a game element that favorably progresses the game to be executed rather than an element. Wherein the first article information and the second item information, encoded in each different format of claims 1 to 8 are subjected respectively to the first article of the type or the article of the second type The game device according to any one of items. The acquisition means is different in acquisition of the first item information from the item of the first type and acquisition of the second item information from the item of the second type in each of the game devices. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , which is performed in a part. Program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 1 0.

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