JP6700205B2 - Game device, program and game system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game device , a program, and a game system , and more particularly to a technique relating to an electronic game using an article with player information.

  There is a game device that uses a bar code or the like to attach various kinds of information that can be read by an information processing device to an article such as a card, and provides game contents using the information. In Patent Document 1, in a game in which player attribute information is input, a game in which player attribute information is attached to a card and output so that the same player does not need to input player attribute information in multiple plays A device is disclosed.

JP, 06-285208, A

  In recent years, there is a game in which a plurality of cards are used in one game play to execute a game using a character corresponding to each card. However, when each card has player attribute information as in Patent Document 1, for example, when the cards of a plurality of players are used in a game, the device side reads which player attribute information of the current player from which card. There was a problem that it was not possible to determine whether it was information. In addition, configuring a card having attribute information of another player to be usable may cause inconvenience such as disruption of game balance due to game play using an illegally distributed card.

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 , a program, and a game system that suitably provide a player with game play using an article having player information.

A game device according to the present invention is a game device connected to a first acquisition unit that acquires information attached to an item from the item, and is based on the information acquired for one item by the first acquisition unit. A second acquisition unit that acquires the classification information that specifies the classification of the character associated with the article and the player information that indicates the player, and the second acquisition unit when the predetermined condition for starting the game play is satisfied. The player indicated by one of the plurality of player information is set as a reference player, provided that the plurality of player information acquired by the acquisition unit includes the player information indicating different players. Of the plurality of articles for which information has been acquired by the second acquisition means on condition that the setting means for setting and the reference player have been set by the setting means, one used for setting the reference player by the setting means. the article excluding articles player information is attached, and determining means for determining as an article of determination target, depending on whether the classification information obtained for article determination target identifies all predetermined classification, a plurality The determination means determines whether or not the character associated with the article can be used in the game, and the execution means that executes the game based on at least one of the determination results by the determination means.

  According to the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to preferably provide the player with the game play using the article having the player information.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart which illustrated the process at the time of the game start performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the determination processing which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the determination processing which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment described below, as an example of a game device, a card as an article is read, a game using a character corresponding to the card is executed, and a card to which player information is attached after the game ends is displayed. An example in which the present invention is applied to a game device capable of outputting will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to the card, and can be applied to any device capable of processing the information, which is connected to the acquisition device that acquires the information attached to the arbitrary product from the product.

<<Structure of the game device 100>>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 101 controls the operation of each block of the game device 100 such as a CPU, and executes the process related to the provided game content. The control unit 101 reads out an operation program or a game program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, expands the program in the memory 103 and executes the program, thereby performing an operation related to the operation control of each block or the operation of providing the game content. To do.

  The recording medium 102 is, for example, a non-volatile ROM incorporated in the game apparatus 100, an HDD detachably connected to the game apparatus 100, a recording medium that can be read by being inserted into an optical drive, or the like. .. The recording medium 102 is not limited to the operation program and game program of each block included in the game apparatus 100, and is used for drawing various parameters necessary for the operation of each block, an image of a character that can be used in the game (character image), and the like. Records various necessary GUI data and the like.

  The recording medium 102 holds various kinds of information such as names of characters, parameters, appearance frequencies, and character images that can be used in the game for each character, for example, as a character DB associated with a character ID for character identification. .. Further, in the game content of the present embodiment, the characters that can be used in the game are based on, for example, the frequency of appearance in the game, the progress superiority in the game play, the rarity in the story, the action system attribute, the growth stage, the popularity, etc. And is pre-classified into any of the classes (or ranks) configured to have a plurality of stages. For the sake of simplicity in the following description, each character is classified into a rank of S, A, B, C, D, and E (S is the most dominant, and the priority is decreasing in the following order) according to the progressing superiority in the game. I shall. In the character DB, it is assumed that the classified class information (class information) is managed in association with each character ID.

  The memory 103 is, for example, a volatile memory. The memory 103 is not limited to the expansion of the operation program of each block and the game program, but is also used as a storage area for temporarily storing the intermediate data output in the operation of each block and various information defined in the execution of the game program. Be done.

  The drawing unit 104 is a drawing device, such as a GPU, that performs various calculations related to drawing and generates a game screen for presentation to an external display device that is the final output. The drawing unit 104, for example, reads the data of a necessary drawing object from the recording medium 102, expands it in the memory 103, draws while applying necessary calculations, and generates a game screen for each frame.

  The acquisition unit 105 is provided integrally with a card reader connected to the game device 100 (the “card reader connected to the game device 100” here is integrated as an internal configuration of the game device 100 (electrically (Internal connection) (including a card reader), and has dedicated hardware for obtaining information attached to a card in a predetermined manner. That is, the acquisition unit 105 may be configured integrally with the game device 100, or may be provided outside the game device 100 or on the housing and connected by wire or wirelessly. Good. After the control unit 101 controls the acquisition unit 105 to a state in which information can be acquired, the acquisition unit 105 acquires information when the corresponding card is placed in the recognition area and outputs the information to the control unit 101.

  In this embodiment, the player can recognize the card to be used for game play and register the corresponding character for game play. Each of the cards has player information indicating a player who was used for game play when the card was printed, and character information indicating a character printed on the card. In the present embodiment, the player information includes at least the player name set by the player. Further, the character information includes at least a character ID or a character name for identifying the character, and in addition to this, for example, information such as a parameter indicating the status of the character or an action usable in the game may be added. Further, the cards usable in the game content provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment are not limited to those printed by the game device 100 as described above, and for example, cards that can be obtained for sales promotion or as a privilege. (Hereinafter, simply a promotion card) may be configured to be usable. The promotion card has no player information so that it can be used by any player, and has information indicating that it is a promotion card. The promotion card may be configured such that a special code different from the player information or the character information may be attached to the promotion card, or the character information may be determined in advance for the promotion card. It may be configured as possible.

  The display output unit 106 is a display output interface included in the game device 100, outputs the game screen generated by the drawing unit 104 to a connected display device (not shown) at a predetermined timing, and displays the game content to the player. Offers can be made. The display device may be external to the game device 100 and connected to the game device 100 by wire or wirelessly, or may be integrally provided in the housing of the game device 100.

  The operation input unit 107 is a user interface included in the game device 100, such as an operation button and an operation lever. The operation input unit 107 analyzes the operation input by the player accepted by these various user interfaces, and transmits a corresponding control signal to the control unit 101. Alternatively, the operation input unit 107 notifies the control unit 101 of the occurrence of an event corresponding to the analyzed operation input.

  The printing unit 108 is a printing device such as a printer. In the game content of this embodiment, the player can select any character that appeared during the game play and print it as a new card at the end of the game. The printing unit 108 prints and outputs a card of the selected character, which has character information related to the selected character and player information related to the player who was playing the game.

<Game start processing>
With regard to the game start time processing executed to determine the character used by the player involved in the game play in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, specific processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. To do. 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 process at the start of the game will be described as being started when, for example, it is detected that a consideration for game play has been inserted into a coin slot (not shown) of the game apparatus 100. Further, the control unit 101 can acquire the elapsed time from the start of the game start process using the timer function.

  In step S201, the control unit 101 determines whether the acquisition unit 105 has acquired the card information. The control unit 101 determines in this step depending on whether or not the information (card information) newly acquired from the acquisition unit 105 has been received. When determining that the card information has been acquired, the control unit 101 moves the process to S202, and when determining that the card information has not been acquired, moves the process to S204.

  In S202, the control unit 101 stores the card information received from the acquisition unit 105 in the memory 103. In the game content of this embodiment, the player can use (recognize) three characters, that is, three cards, for game play in one game play. The control unit 101 stores the received card information in the memory 103 as, for example, card information of “Nth card (N≦3)”.

  In S203, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the memory 103 has stored the card information about the upper limit number of three cards. If the control unit 101 determines that the card information related to the three cards is stored, the process proceeds to S205, and if the control unit 101 determines that only the card information that is less than three cards is stored, the process proceeds to S204.

  In S204, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the condition for starting the game is satisfied. The condition regarding the game start is, for example, when the elapsed time from the start of the game start process reaches a predetermined time limit, an operation input is made to intentionally accelerate the remaining time until the time limit, or when the game is started. It may be that an operation input relating to the determination of is made, or the like. The control unit 101 moves the process to S205 if it determines that the condition for starting the game is satisfied, and returns the process to S201 if it determines that the condition for starting the game is not satisfied.

  In S205, the control unit 101 executes a determination process of determining whether or not the card information stored for use in game play can be used.

<Determination process>
The details of the card information determination process executed in this step will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In S301, the control unit 101 refers to the card information stored in the memory 103, refers to the player information of the card information other than the card information indicating the promotion card, and determines whether or not all the player information match. The control unit 101 moves the process to S304 when determining that all the player information included in the card information related to the cards other than the promotion card match, and moves the process to S302 when the player information does not match. The control unit 101 moves the process to S304 even when the stored card information does not include the card information having the player information.

  In step S302, the control unit 101 sets the player information included in the card information acquired first except the promotion card in the order of storage in the memory 103, as the “reference player”.

  In S303, the control unit 101 refers to the character information of the card information having player information different from that of the reference player, and determines whether the class of the character indicated by the character information is a predetermined class. In the game content of the present embodiment, the character class is determined by the advancement advantage in the game play as described above, and therefore, when the character class is not a class that can affect the game balance (class D or lower). Even if the card related to the character belongs to another player, the game is exceptionally processed so that the game can be played. In this step, the control unit 101 determines that the character has a predetermined rank when the rank of the character is D or less (D, E). When the control unit 101 determines that the rank of the character indicated by the character information of the card information having player information different from that of the reference player is the predetermined rank, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S304, and determines that the rank is not the predetermined rank. Moves the process to S305. The process of this step is executed for all the card information having player information different from that of the reference player, and the control unit 101 performs the process when the character corresponding to the character information of at least one card information is not in the predetermined rank. Move to.

  The determination in this step using the class information may be performed by using the class information included in the character information of the card information and using the information, or in the character DB corresponding to the character ID of the character information. It may be performed by referring to the class information of. Further, in the present embodiment, for simplicity, description will be made assuming that the availability is determined based on the class information, but the class information is one of the criteria, and for example, a character that is predetermined without having the concept of class is used. It may be performed based on the classification.

  In S304, the control unit 101 stores in the memory 103 the determination result that the card information stored for use in game play is usable, and completes this determination process. On the other hand, in S305, the control unit 101 stores in the memory 103 the determination result that the card information stored for use in game play is unusable, and the present determination process is completed.

  After the determination result of the determination process is stored in the memory 103 in this way, the control unit 101 proceeds to S206 of the game start process.

  In S206, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a determination result indicating that the stored card information can be used is obtained by the determination processing. The control unit 101 moves the process to S210 when determining that the usable result is obtained, and moves the process to S207 when determining that the usable result is obtained.

  In S207, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the result is the second determination result regarding the current game play. In the game content of this embodiment, when a card to be used for game play is registered including cards with player information of different players and a rank of C or higher, the players include cards of different players. The registration is notified, the re-registration of the used card is permitted only once, and the player is prompted to re-register the card. Therefore, the control unit 101 moves the process to S208 when it judges that it is the second judgment result, and releases or deletes the card information stored in the memory 103 when it judges that it is the first judgment result. To S201.

  In S208, the control unit 101 selects three characters from the characters that can be used in the game by lottery, and changes the character information of the card information used for the game play of the memory 103 with the corresponding character information. The selection of characters by lottery is set for game play by a treatment equivalent to so-called “lending”, which is provided so that even a player who has less than a specified number of cards can play the game. However, the character in the loan state does not have to be sorted according to the game play. For example, as in the case of using the card of the character having the initial value parameter, the character is owned by the current player. Play may take place. By doing so, it is possible to provide a game experience comparable to other players without giving a negative impression to the player. At this time, when the promotion card is included, the character information of the other card information may be changed to the character information of the character selected by the lottery.

  In step S209, the control unit 101 sets player information used for game play. In the game content of this embodiment, player information is required for card printing after the game is played, so it is necessary to set player information used for the game play. The player information used for the game play may be set by allowing the player to select any one of the player information stored in the memory 103 when the card information stored in the memory 103 exists, or the stored player information may be stored. The player information newly input by the player may be set regardless of the presence or absence of the card information.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the usable result is obtained in S206, the control unit 101 determines in S210 whether the card information used for the game play includes the information of three cards. . If the control unit 101 determines that the information of three cards is included, the process proceeds to S213, and if it is determined that the information of less than three cards is included, the process proceeds to S211. .

  In S211, the control unit 101 adds the character information of the character selected by lottery among the characters available for the game as the card information used for the game play by the number of the missing cards from the three cards.

  In S212, the control unit 101 sets player information used for game play. The player information used in the game play set in this step becomes the player information when the player information of the reference player is set in the determination process, and the card information having the player information does not exist in the determination process. When the player information of the reference player is not set, the player information newly input by the player is used.

  In S213, the control unit 101 sets the player information of the reference player set in the determination process as the player information to be used in the game play.

  In S214, the control unit 101 sets that the game play is started using the player information used for the game play and the character information of the card information used for the game play stored in the memory 103. The process at the start of the game is completed.

  By doing so, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, even if a player mistakenly registers another player's card for game play, re-registration is permitted and suitable player information is set. The played game play can be provided to the player.

  In the present embodiment, the condition related to the game start in S204 is described as including the condition whether the elapsed time from the start of the game start process reaches the time limit, but in the case of re-registering the card, The control unit 101 may extend the time limit or reset the elapsed time measurement.

  As described above, the game device of the present embodiment can suitably provide the player with the game play using the article having the player information. Specifically, the game device manages the character information and the player information of one item acquired for that item. Then, when all of the plurality of pieces of player information acquired for the plurality of managed items match when a predetermined condition for starting the game play is satisfied, the plurality of items acquired for the plurality of items are matched. A game using the character indicated by the character information is executed.

[Embodiment 2]
Hereinafter, the determination process of the present embodiment, which is different from the first embodiment, will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the description of the determination process of the present embodiment, steps that perform the same processes as in the first embodiment will be assigned the same reference numerals and will not be described.

  After the reference player is set in S302, the control unit 101 sets, in S401, the card information other than the card information set as the reference player and the card information indicating other than the promotion card as the determination target card information in S401. To do.

  In S402, the control unit 101 refers to the character information of all the determination target card information, and determines whether or not the rank of the character indicated by the character information is all the rank D or less. When the control unit 101 determines that all the characters indicated by the character information of all the determination target card information are in the class D or lower, the process proceeds to S304, and at least one of them is determined to be the class C or higher. Moves the process to S403.

  In S403, the control unit 101 determines whether or not all the character classes indicated by the character information of all determination target card information are the class C or higher. When the control unit 101 determines that all the characters indicated by the character information of all the determination target card information are class C or higher, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S305, and determines that at least one of them is class D or lower. Moves the process to S404.

  In S404, the control unit 101 determines whether the player information of all the determination target card information is the same player information. If the control unit 101 determines that the player information of all the determination target card information is the same player information, the control unit 101 shifts the process to S305, and if it determines that at least one of the player information is different, the control unit 101 shifts the process to S405. Transfer.

  In step S405, the control unit 101 refers to all the card information in which the player information of the determination target card information is the same as the player information of the reference player, and the character classes corresponding to the character information of the card information are all the classes. It is determined whether it is C or more. If the control unit 101 determines that the character classes corresponding to all the card information having the same player information as the reference player are all of the class C or higher, the process proceeds to S304, otherwise, that is, the class C or higher. When it is determined that the card information having the character information indicating the character of “4” has other player information, the process proceeds to S305.

  By doing so, as in the case of the first embodiment, a case where a card of another player is mistakenly registered for game play can be suitably excluded from the situation in which the game can be played. ..

  In the game content of the present embodiment, it has been described that the upper limit number of three cards can be registered as cards to be used for game play, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when four or more cards are set as the upper limit number of cards, the flowchart of the determination process of FIG. 4 can be dealt with by changing S405. Specifically, in step S405, the control unit 101 determines that all the determination target card information having the character information corresponding to the character having the rank C or higher in the determination target card information is the same as the player information of the reference player. Or not. When the control unit 101 determines that all the determination target card information having the character information corresponding to the character having the rank C or higher has the same player information as the player information of the reference player, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S304. If not, that is, if it is determined that the determination target card information having the character information corresponding to the character having the rank C or higher includes the card information having the other player information, the process proceeds to S305. Thereby, the same effect can be obtained.

[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: drawing unit, 105: acquisition unit, 106: display output unit, 107: operation input unit, 108: printing unit

Claims (10)

A game device connected to a first acquisition means for acquiring information attached to an article from the article,
Second acquisition means for acquiring, based on the information acquired by the first acquisition means for one article, classification information for identifying the classification of the character associated with the article and player information indicating the player;
On condition that a predetermined condition for starting the game play is satisfied, the player information indicating different players is included in the plurality of player information acquired for the plurality of articles by the second acquisition unit, Setting means for setting, as a reference player, a player indicated by one of the plurality of pieces of player information,
On condition that the reference player is set by the setting means, among the plurality of article information acquired is made by the second acquisition unit, the used by the setting means to set said reference player the 1 Deciding means for deciding the article excluding the article with one player information as the article to be judged,
It is determined whether or not the characters associated with the plurality of articles can be used in the game, depending on whether or not all the classification information acquired for the article to be determined specifies a predetermined category. Judgment means,
Execution means for executing the game based on the judgment result by the judgment means;
A game device having.   When the plurality of player information pieces acquired by the second acquisition means for the plurality of articles all indicate the same player, the determination means can use the character associated with the plurality of articles in the game. The game device according to claim 1, which is determined to be   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the classification information is information indicating a class set for each of the characters that can be used in the game. When the classification information obtained for the item to be judged specifies all classifications of a predetermined class or lower, the judgment means can use characters associated with the plurality of products in the game. The game device according to claim 3, wherein the determination is made. When the classification means specifies a classification of a class in which all the classification information acquired for the judgment target article exceeds the predetermined class, the character associated with the plurality of articles is not used in the game. The game device according to claim 4, wherein it is determined that the game device is possible. Among the articles to be determined, the determination means is configured to set the player information acquired from the articles for all the articles to which the classification information specifying the classification of the class exceeding the predetermined class is attached, as the reference player. 6. The game device according to claim 5, wherein the character associated with the plurality of articles is determined to be usable in the game when the same player as is shown in FIG.   The executing means may perform the first acquisition when the predetermined condition for starting the game play is satisfied and the number of articles for which information is acquired by the first acquiring means is less than a predetermined number. 7. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game is executed so that at least one selected character can be used without being based on the information acquired by the means.   The game device according to claim 7, wherein the character selected without being based on the information acquired by the first acquisition unit is selected by lottery from the characters that can be used in the game.   A computer connected to a first acquisition means for acquiring information attached to an article from the article is caused to function as each means of the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8. program.   A game system including the game apparatus according to claim 1, and a plurality of the articles.

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