JP6700229B2 - Game device, game system and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game device , a game system, 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 an article appears by acquiring information attached to the article such as a card or a toy body. In such a game device, a new article with corresponding information is added so that a character or item that has appeared depending on the play content of the game can be made to appear in subsequent game play. There is something to generate.

  In the game device of Patent Document 1, for a game played, a character registered using an article (card) and a number of opponent characters corresponding to the play content of the competitive game (for example, the level of the competitive team) generate cards. One or more cards are generated from the candidates, which are selected as candidates and are paid in consideration.

JP, 2005-116268, A

  However, in the configuration in which an element (game element) in the game that can generate an article is extracted as a candidate according to the content of play of the game as in Patent Document 1, the user does not know about the game element that has leaked from the candidate. Unable to get goods. For example, a character that tends to be set to a high rarity, a character that advances the game favorably, has few opportunities to appear, cannot easily win the competitive game, or escapes during the competitive game. , Is set so as not to be a candidate character for generating an article. Therefore, even if such a character appears in the game, it is difficult to obtain the article of the character in one game play, and the user needs to repeat the game play until the character appears again. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain an article related to a desired game element, which can reduce the user's interest in the game.

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 game system, and a program that make it easy to obtain an article related to a desired game element.

A game device of the present invention is a game device that acquires product information from a product, executes a game based on the acquired product information, and creates a product with product information indicating a game element. The executed game includes a first stage that is performed for each game play and a second stage that is performed subsequent to the first stage according to the play content of the executed game. For each of the game elements that have appeared, a determination means for determining whether or not to generate an article for the first stage according to the play content of the game, and a game element for accepting the generation of the article based on the determination of the determination means Determining means for determining, a selecting means for selecting a game element for generating an article from the game elements determined by the determining means based on a user operation, and article information indicating the game element selected by the selecting means. Generating means for generating an attached article, and the second step is, after the first step, if there is a game element for which the determining means determines not to generate the article in the first step. The determination means is provided for different games to be executed in response to payment of the consideration, and the determination means sets the first game element determined to generate the article for the first step by the first step. Is determined as a game element for accepting the generation of an article, and the second game element determined by the determination means not to generate an article for the first step is determined as a game element for accepting the generation of an article for the second step. .

  According to the present invention having such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily obtain an article related to a desired game element.

Block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention The figure for demonstrating various game goods which concerns 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 The flowchart which illustrated the generation process of the 1st step which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure showing the example of composition of the screen presented concerning the card generation of the 2nd step concerning Embodiment 1 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 the 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 article information acquired from an article, which is an example of a game apparatus. 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, it is assumed that the article ejected by the game device and usable in the game (having article information) is a card. However, the article is not limited to the card, and may include, for example, a figure having the appearance of a game element (character or item). 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 print, 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 article information, and a code image is displayed on the surface of the card. Will be described as being attached (printed). The code image of the card will be described as being configured so that the article information can be acquired by being read by a reader described later.

  However, the mode of attaching the article information to the card is not limited to such a mode, and printing using invisible ink, forming a predetermined identification pattern on the intermediate layer, or performing near field communication (NFC: Near Field Communication) is possible. ) Tag or IC chip or the like, which is recorded in a recording medium included in a card and is retained as data, as long as information can be acquired by various acquisition methods, any form may be used.

  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 is a character, and the card is provided with a corresponding character design (character 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 configured to 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, for example, reading the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, expanding 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, which 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 determined by detecting, for example, that a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins have been inserted into the coin insertion slot, or completion of settlement of accounts 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 the above.

  When playing a game provided by the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 105 acquires information about a character used in the game as article information. The item information is acquired from a card, which is an item for a game, in the same housing as the game device 100 or via a reader 120 detachably connected to the outside of 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 into a format suitable for use in a game-related process. The reader 120 detects, for example, that the card is placed on a predetermined site and recognizes the card or acquires information from the card during a period in which the information is acquired from the card, for example, by imaging. This is performed using the device and predetermined image processing. In the present embodiment, the reader 120 acquires the product information from the code attached to the card.

  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 character DB 106, character information associated with identification information (character ID) is managed for each character that can have a character image attached to the card. For the sake of simplicity in the present embodiment, the code attached to the card includes a character ID for identifying the character corresponding to the card, and the code is associated with the character ID by acquiring the article information from the card. It is assumed that the character information can be referred to.

  The presentation control unit 107 controls the presentation of various information to the user in the game device 100. The game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as having a display unit 130 for displaying an image (game screen, menu screen, etc.) and a voice output unit 140 for outputting 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 130. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 is suitable for a necessary drawing object based on the processing and the command performed by the control unit 101 while the game apparatus 100 is operating (during game play or in the standby state). The arithmetic processing is executed to draw the screen. The generated screen is output to the display unit 130, which is a display device that is detachably connected to the inside of 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 the screen. Presented.

  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 140. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 determines, for example, audio data to be output simultaneously based on the audio data recorded in advance in the recording medium 102, and converts this into an electric audio signal (D/A conversion). And outputs the audio to the audio output unit 140. The audio output unit 140 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 control unit 108 generates the print data, the print control unit 108 transmits the print data to the print unit 150 together with the print command to instruct the print of the corresponding card and eject the print data. The printing unit 150 is a printing device such as a printer configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the print control unit 108, which is detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or externally of the game device 100. When the print unit 150 receives the print data related to the card and the print command related to the data from the print control unit 108, the print unit 150 performs the print operation of the print data. When the printing unit 150 is built in the same housing as the game device 100, the card discharged by printing is provided to the user by being guided to a discharge port (not shown) accessible from the outside of the game device 100. You may. That is, the card ejected in the game device 100 is provided only when printing is performed on a predetermined printing paper which is not printed in response to the print data being transmitted to the printing unit 150. 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. 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 130. 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, 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. Note that, in addition to this, the program update process of the game is automatically executed when, for example, the program data recorded in the recording medium is inserted into an optical drive (not shown) included in the game device, or after the insertion. It can also be executed by the administrator issuing a start command.

《Card, article information》
Next, the card that can be used in the game in the game device 100 of the present embodiment and the item information attached to the card will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It is to 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. 2 is a view showing a front side of a card that can be used for a game in the game device 100 of the present embodiment and can be generated, printed, and ejected in the game device 100. As shown in the figure, the card has a character image 201 of a character corresponding to the card, a character name 202 of the character, various parameters 203 in the game when the character appears, and article information attached to the card. Is composed of a code image 204 capable of acquiring The code image 204 is, for example, a one-dimensional or multidimensional pattern as illustrated, which is obtained by converting the item information corresponding to the card using a predetermined conversion operation, and is read by the reader 120. It is configured so that information can be acquired.

  The article information attached to such a card in the form of the code image 204 may have the data structure shown in FIG. 3A, for example. In the example of FIG. 3A, the item information attached to the card corresponds to the card ID 301 that uniquely identifies (identifies) the card, the user ID 302 that identifies the owner of the card, and the card. It includes a character ID 303 that identifies the character and rank information 304 that indicates the growth state of the character corresponding to the card.

  In the present embodiment, the rank information is simply described as the character level (value indicating the growth stage) in the game, but is not limited to this in the implementation of the present invention. For example, for various parameters such as physical strength, offensive power, skill, skill, etc., there is a stage in the game showing an increase (growth) from the reference value, and the rank information 304 includes information such as information for specifying this. It may be information. In the rank information, basically, the number of times the game has been played is stacked to determine the rank to be transitioned to the higher rank. The higher the rank, the more the parameter that makes the progress of the game more advantageous is derived. .. Further, the user ID is a user used to identify the user during one game play and to easily identify the card-owning user if the individual server does not manage individual game play records. It may be a name or the like, and it is not necessary to be able to uniquely identify one user among all the play users of the game.

<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. 3B, for example. In the example of FIG. 3B, the character information managed as one record of the character DB 106 for one character is associated with the character ID 311 that uniquely identifies the character in the game, and identifies various parameters of the character in the competitive game. Initial values of character-specific ability parameters such as physical strength, offensive power, possessive skill, and skill that are predetermined for the state that does not consider the growth state (reference value: values of various parameters in the state of level 1) The basic parameter 312 indicating the change, and the increase/decrease range according to the growth (level, number of plays, play content) of various parameters from the basic parameter, and the change information 313 during growth indicating the technique, skill, etc. that can be additionally given. , And the presentation information 314 indicating the character image and voice data presented when the character is registered or when the character appears in the game. Note that 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.

  By using the reader 120 to read the item information attached to the card, the used character can register the character corresponding to each item. Alternatively, when the user does not own any item, the registration based on the item information may be skipped and a predetermined character assigned by the lottery process or the like may be registered as the use character. In the game executed on the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user can use the card to register up to three characters as the characters to be used. If the number of characters is less than this, the lottery process or the like is performed. Insufficient number of characters are registered by. In the present embodiment, the description will be made assuming that the number of used characters is three, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a predetermined number of used characters may be usable during game play.

  The game provided by the game process in the present embodiment includes a competitive game played between the used character and the opponent character. The description will be made assuming that the opponent characters of the opponent game of the battle game are basically the same number of three characters as the used characters, but the number is not limited to the same number as the used characters, such as one character in a special event. The user can play a battle game in which an opponent character determined as a result of a predetermined process is used as an opponent by performing an operation input. For example, based on the mode selection by the user or in a predetermined game, the battle game is performed. It may be determined by a lottery process or the like when the occurrence of the event is confirmed.

  In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user can use the registered use character as a character that performs an action related to a battle in a battle game with the opponent character. Various parameters (play-time parameters) reflecting the growth state determined by the item information of the card used for registration, which can influence the progress (or win/loss) of the competitive game, are set for each of the used characters. The progress of the game in the competitive game is determined based on the play-time parameters, and the growth state is progressing for the same character (for example, the character level according to the rank information is high, and the rank is high). The better, the better. 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.

  The game device 100 of the present embodiment is basically configured to generate and eject one card for one character per game play (hereinafter, referred to as card formation), but once. The cardization related to the game play is not limited to the character registered by the user using the card. The character (candidate character) that is a candidate for carding may include at least the used character. That is, for example, when the number of possessed cards or the number of carried cards is less than the number required to register the three used characters, the used characters include the characters registered by the lottery process as described above. The character selected from the candidate characters to be converted cannot necessarily be the character registered using the card. In addition, the number of candidate characters may be increased or decreased based on the play content of the competitive game.

  For the sake of simplicity in the present embodiment, if the result of the competitive game is victory (ends when a predetermined victory condition is satisfied), the opponent character is included in the candidate character in addition to the used character, and the result is defeated (predetermined victory condition. If it is not satisfied, or ends in a state where a predetermined defeat condition is satisfied), only the used character will be included in the candidate character. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and whether the competition game is an NPC (Non-Player Character) competition or an interpersonal competition (for example, since it is easy to make a desired character into a card, Needless to say, the opponent character may not be included in the candidate character if it is a battle) and the like.

  By the way, conventionally, in a game, a rare character, for example, in which a high degree of rarity is set, which can progress the game in an advantageous manner or whose acquisition opportunity and conditions are limited, is provided. Various parameters are set for such a rare character so that the game can be advantageously progressed when used as a character used in a battle game, the user's desire to own is appropriately stimulated, and the interest in the game content is maintained. Contribute to that. Therefore, the rare character is set to be less likely to appear as an opponent character in the battle game than the other characters, and the corresponding card is not easily available.

  On the other hand, such a rare character can increase the difficulty level of the battle game when it appears as the opponent character, and therefore the character to be used must be in a state of being grown to some extent, for example, the character level is higher than a predetermined value. , The result of the competitive game cannot be won, and as a result, there is no opportunity to convert the other character into a card, which may lead to a decrease in the user's interest in the game content. Therefore, in the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, especially when a rare character appears in a battle game as described above, the rare character escapes (exits) during the battle game to capture the game. Control is performed to change it to be easier. As a result, even if the rare character appears as the opponent character, the difficulty level of the battle game can decrease after the character exits, so that the opponent character has the opportunity to become a card except the rare character. Can be made easier. It should be noted that, for characters that have appeared in the game in this way, but exited during play, even if the result of the competitive game is victory, it is thought that the result is due to the difficulty level of the capture being reduced. Therefore, it cannot be included in the candidate characters.

  On the other hand, in a configuration in which the rare character is assigned a lower appearance frequency than the other characters, when the rare character appears as an opponent character, the user cannot leave the card during play and then the card cannot be converted into a card again. It is necessary to repeat the game play until a rare character appears. This can discourage the user's interest in the game content. Further, the configuration in which some of the appearing characters leave during the competitive game can be introduced not only to the rare characters but also to the game content from the viewpoint of playability. Even in such a case, the character desired by the user is Although it appeared in, there may be a situation where it cannot be made into a card.

  Therefore, in the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, one of the candidate characters determined for one game play is appropriately provided so that the playability is assured and the characterization of the character desired by the user is appropriately realized. In addition to the generation of one card relating to the body character, the user is given an opportunity to turn into a card for a character that has not appeared as a candidate character even though the character appeared in the battle game executed for the game play. Although details will be described later, the game device 100 of the present embodiment determines whether or not the card can be converted into a card once according to the play content of the executed competitive game, and the character determined to be cardable (included in the candidate character). It is configured that the two cards can be discharged in one game play by the carding of No. 2 and the carding of the character which is determined not to be cardable (not included in the candidate character).

<Play provision processing>
With respect to the play providing process executed in one game play in the game device 100 of the present 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 this 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 130 based on the process and the command performed by the control unit 101. The audio output unit 140 outputs audio based on the corresponding audio data.

  In S401, the control unit 101 executes a registration process for registering a character to be used for the current game play. The registration process is performed by the user causing the game device 100 to acquire the item information of the card via the reader 120, or by the control unit 101 selecting a character that can appear in the game by a lottery process or the like. Be seen.

<registration process>
Here, the registration process executed in S401 of the play providing process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S501, the control unit 101 starts the acquisition processing of the item information related to the registration of the used character, and waits for reading the item information from the card. Specifically, the control unit 101 operates the acquisition unit 105 and the reader 120 so that the product 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 used character is currently waiting to read the card and reproduces the voice, and outputs the display unit 130 and the voice output. The section 140 is presented.

  In S502, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the article information is read from the card (target card). The control unit 101 makes the determination in this step depending on whether the acquisition unit 105 has acquired the product information (target product information) via the reader 120. If it is determined that the target article information has been read, the control unit 101 moves the process to S503, and if it is determined that the target article information has not been read, the process of this step is repeated. When an operation (skip) to shift to the competitive game is performed without acquiring information from the card, the control unit 101 determines, for example, among the three characters selected as the initial character based on the lottery process. It suffices to obtain the character information about the character from the character DB 106, register the information of each used character (used character information) based on each character as a record in the used character management table described later, and move the process to S504. When the number of used character information registered in the used character management table at the end of registration has not reached the upper limit, such as when the information is acquired from the card but the number of used characters is less than 3, Similarly, the control unit 101 may acquire the character information about the insufficient number of characters from the character DB 106 based on the lottery process, register the used character information in the used character management table, and move the process to S504.

  In step S503, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 303 included in the target article information, and acquires the character information related to the target article (card) from the character DB 106. Then, the control unit 101 registers the used character information in the used character management table based on the acquired character information. Specifically, the control unit 101 acquires the character information in which the character ID 311 is the character ID 303 included in the target article information among the character information managed by the character DB 106. The used character information registered in the used character management table is associated with the character ID 321 of the used character, for example, as shown in FIG. 3C, and is referenced in connection with the determination of the progress during the execution of the game process. The configuration may include a parameter 322, presentation information 323 used to present the used character, and current rank information 324 of the used character. When the character information corresponding to the target card is acquired, the control unit 101 configures the used character information by using the character ID 311 and the presentation information 314 of the character information as the character ID 321 and the presentation information 323. Further, as for the play time parameter 322, the control unit 101 substitutes the value obtained by changing the basic parameter 312 based on the rank information 304 of the target article information according to the acquired growth time change information 313. Further, the rank information 304 of the target article information is substituted into the rank information 324. Then, the control unit 101 registers the configured used character information as one record in the used character management table stored in the memory 103, for example. By doing so, 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.

  Note that the used character management table is initialized for each game play, and in this embodiment, the control unit 101 obtains the target article acquired when the character is first registered in the used character management table in game play. The user ID 302 of the information is stored in the memory 103 as the user ID of the user who plays this game.

  In step S<b>504, the presentation control unit 107 presents the registered use character based on the use character information newly registered in the use character management table under the control of the control unit 101. The presentation is, for example, a display on a display unit 130 of a screen including a corresponding character image and a play time parameter according to the growth state of the character, a voice reading out a character name, a voice voice peculiar to the character, and a voice output unit 140 of a theme song. It is performed by voice output from.

  In S505, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the registration of the used character is completed. Completion of registration of the used character is determined based on detection of an operation input by the user regarding termination of registration and completion of registration of the upper limit number (three characters) of the used character. You may. When the control unit 101 determines that the registration of the used character is completed, it ends the article information acquisition process and completes the main registration process. If the control unit 101 determines that the registration of the used character is not completed yet, the process returns to S502.

  When the registration process is completed in this way, the control unit 101 determines the opponent character (opponent) of the competitive game and executes the game process of the competitive game in S402 of the play providing process. Information on the determined opponent character (other character information) is registered as one record for each character in the opponent character management table stored in the memory 103, for example. The opponent character information registered in the opponent character management table has a play time parameter 332, presentation information 333, and rank information 334 in association with a character ID 331 of the opponent character, as shown in FIG. In addition to this, the exit flag 335 may be provided to indicate whether or not the player has exited during the competitive game. The exit flag 335 may be, for example, logical type information, and may be set as false at the start of the game process. Further, the rank information 334 may be such that the rank information 334 is determined by, for example, setting a play difficulty level, the rarity of an event that causes a competitive game, and lottery processing. In this case, the play-time parameter 332 is set in accordance with the rank information 334 based on the basic parameter 312 of the character information acquired from the character DB 106 and the change-at-growth information 313 similarly to the used character information. Good.

  After that, the control unit 101 moves the process to S403 when the game process related to the competitive game is completed, that is, when the win/loss of the competitive game related to one game play is determined. Although not described in detail, when the control unit 101 determines that the opponent character is to be exited during the progress of the competitive game related to the game process, the opponent character registered in the opponent character management table It is assumed that the exit flag 335 of the record related to is changed to true.

  In step S403, the control unit 101 generates the first stage of generating the item information (output item information) attached to the card for which a new card is to be printed/generated/discharged by the printing unit 150 according to the current game play. Execute the process. The first-stage generation process relates to one-time card conversion that is secured against the payment of the consideration associated with the start of the play providing process, and is surely independent of the play content of the executed game process. Done.

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

  In S601, the control unit 101 determines whether the result of the executed battle game is a victory or a defeat. The control unit 101 moves the process to S602 when it is determined that the result of the competitive game is a win, and moves the process to S605 when it is determined that the match game is lost.

  In S602, the control unit 101 determines whether or not there is an opponent character who has exited in the executed battle game. Specifically, the control unit 101 makes the determination in this step by determining whether or not the partner character information managed by the partner character management table includes partner character information for which the exit flag 335 is true. .. The control unit 101 moves the process to S603 when determining that the exiting partner character exists, and moves the process to S604 when determining that the leaving character does not exist.

  In step S<b>603, the control unit 101 sets the used character managed in the used character management table and the partner character who has not exited among the partner characters managed in the partner character management table as carded candidate characters (carded). Possible characters). Information on the determined candidate character is stored in, for example, the memory 103.

  On the other hand, when the result of the competitive game is a win and it is determined that there is no opponent character who exited in S602, the control unit 101 manages the used character managed in the used character table and the used character management table in S604. All the opponent characters to be used as cards are determined as candidate characters.

  When it is determined in S601 that the result of the competitive game is defeat, the control unit 101 determines the used character managed in the used character table as a card conversion candidate character in S605.

  As described above, in the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, whether or not the opponent character is included in the candidate character and the candidate character is included in the candidate character depending on the result (win or loss) of the competitive game and whether or not the opponent character exits during the game. The opponent character is specified. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the determination as to which character the candidate character is, that is, the determination as to whether or not a card can be generated for each character that has appeared in the executed game processing is Any criterion may be used as long as it is determined according to the play content of the executed game process.

  In S606, the control unit 101 accepts the selection of a character to be carded from the candidate characters determined in S603, S604, or S605. The selection of the character to be made into a card is performed based on the operation input detected by the operation input unit 109 based on the screen by displaying the screen for presenting the candidate character on the display unit 130.

  In S607, the control unit 101 generates output article information for the selected character to be carded. Specifically, the control unit 101 obtains a new card ID 301, determines new rank information 304 based on a parameter change according to the play content of the competitive game, and determines the user ID 302 of the play user and the cardification target character. It is combined with the character ID 303 to generate output article information. In this embodiment, when the registered used character is selected as a carding target without using a card, the new rank information 304 indicates the initial state so that the card is carded with the basic parameter of the character. When the opponent character is set to a value and is selected as a card target, the rank information 334 defined in the opponent character management table is set for the opponent character, which will be described in the embodiment of the present invention. It is not limited.

  When the generation process of the first stage is completed, the print control unit 108 generates the print data of a new card to be ejected in the first stage in S404 of the play providing process, and issues a print instruction to the printing unit 150. 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 150 together with the print command, and the print unit 150 prints and ejects the card based on the print data.

  When the discharge is completed, or when a predetermined time has elapsed after the print instruction is issued, the control unit 101 determines in step S405 that the character that is determined to be uncardable without being included in the candidate characters in the first generation processing (cardization It is determined whether or not to give a card-making opportunity of (unavailable character). The game device 100 according to the present embodiment is configured so that the opponent character can be turned into a card when the result of the executed battle game is a victory. Therefore, from the viewpoint of fairness, when the result of the competitive game is a win and there is a non-cardizable character that is not included in the candidate characters in the first generation process, the control unit 101 causes the card to It is judged that it gives an opportunity to turn the non-incarnable character into a card. When the control unit 101 determines that a cardification opportunity for the non-cardable character is given, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S406. Further, when the control unit 101 determines that the card creation opportunity is not given, after issuing the printing instruction in S404, the control unit 101 waits for the elapse of a predetermined time required for discharging or for the completion of discharging, and then the main play. Complete the provision process.

  In S406, the presentation control unit 107 displays a plurality of characters including the non-cardizable character on the display unit 130 under the control of the control unit 101 in a mode different from the character image used for presenting each character during a competitive game or the like. To do. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the presentation mode different from that during the game may be performed using an object 701 that is different from the object determined by the presentation information of each character and that cannot distinguish a plurality of characters. It should be noted that the presentation mode of the plurality of characters in this step may be at least a mode in which it is impossible to identify which of the non-cardizable characters is, and as shown in FIG. 7, all the characters are the same. The present invention is not limited to the mode in which the character 701 is presented as the object 701, and may be any mode in which each character is presented as an object different from the presentation information set for the character. The plurality of characters used at this time may be characters that have appeared in the executed game or may include other characters. When the control unit 101 receives a selection based on a user operation for one of the characters, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S407.

  In step S407, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the non-cardizable character is selected from the plurality of characters. If the control unit 101 determines that the non-cardable character has been selected (the user operation has succeeded), if the consideration is additionally paid, the control unit 101 presents a notification that the character can be additionally carded. The processing is performed by the unit 107, and the process proceeds to S408. When the control unit 101 determines that the non-cardable character is not selected, that is, the other character is selected, the control unit 101 issues a print instruction in S404, and then a predetermined time elapses as required for ejection, Alternatively, after the completion of the discharge, the play providing process is completed. When the user operation of selecting one character from the plurality of characters is performed, the presentation control unit 107 displays the display of the character corresponding to the selected object in the object determined by the presentation information of the character. The display is changed to inform the user whether or not the operation of selecting the exiting opponent character has been successful. At this time, the object not selected may be changed in the same manner.

  In step S<b>408, the control unit 101 determines whether or not payment for the cardization of the non-cardable character has been paid. The control unit 101 moves the process to S409 when it is determined that the payment has been made, and repeats the process of this step when it is determined that the payment has not been made. It should be noted that a time limit may be set during the acceptance period for payment of the consideration in this step, and after the time limit has passed, the control unit 101 may complete the present play providing process without converting into a card.

  In step S409, the control unit 101 executes a second-stage generation process of generating output article information related to the card non-cardable character. Unlike the first-stage generation process, the second-stage generation process is performed only when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the provision of one game play as described above.

  In the second-stage generation process, the character to be cardified is determined by the selection in S406, so the control unit 101 selects a non-cardizable character from a plurality of characters, and for example, the first-stage generation process for the character. The output article information may be generated in the same manner as in S607. At this time, the rank information 304 is the rank information defined in the opponent character management table in order to win the competitive game even if the character does not leave the game and to make a difference with the user who obtained the card related to the character. It may be controlled to indicate a rank lower than 334.

  When the second generation process is completed, the print control unit 108 generates the print data of the card to be ejected in the second stage in S410, and instructs the printing unit 150 to print. Similar to the first step, the print data is transmitted to the printing unit 150 together with the print command, and the printing unit 150 prints and ejects the card based on this. Then, 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.

  As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, in the game played based on the item information, even if the game element cannot be created, the item related to the game element It can be easily obtained by the user.

[Modification 1]
In the above-described first embodiment, the opponent character that exited in the battle game was described as the target of the second-stage card generation, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the character leaving the battle game may be a used character, and in this case, the used character is not included in the candidate characters for the first-stage card generation and may be the target for the second-stage card generation. Good.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, it is assumed that various processes relating to the second-stage card generation are executed on the assumption that the result of the competitive game is victory and that there is a character who has exited during the competitive game. As described above, the execution of various processes related to the second-stage card generation need not be limited to the precondition.

  For example, in the first-stage card generation, the opponent characters included in the candidate characters other than the used characters and the number thereof are selected in consideration of the play content of the competitive game (the number of rounds that is dominant in the round-based competitive game, If the winning probability of the opponent character changes in consideration of the play time, the incapacitated character, etc.), the opponent character that is not included in the candidate character in the lottery process is a two-stage cardable character. It may be handled as an object for generating an eye card. That is, in this case, it may be determined whether or not the card of the first stage can be generated regardless of whether or not the character exits during the competitive game.

  Further, for example, when it is estimated from the play content of the competitive game, user information, etc. that the playing user is a child or a user who is not good at the game, it is determined that the result of the competitive game is defeat. Also, various processes related to the second-stage card generation may be executed for the character that is determined to be impossible to generate in the first-stage card generation. In this case, the operation is performed so that the user can obtain the card of the character that advances the game advantageously, so that the user's interest in the game content can be increased and the game device 100 can be further used.

[Modification 2]
In the above-described first embodiment, the second-stage card generation is performed when the operation of selecting the non-cardizable character from the plurality of characters displayed in the presentation mode different from the game is performed. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the condition to be satisfied in order to perform the second stage card generation need not be limited to the one related to the success or failure of the user operation performed after the first stage card generation.

  For example, in a plurality of game plays by the user, when the number of times when it is determined that the same character cannot be converted into a card reaches a predetermined number, a second-stage card generation may be performed for the character.

  Further, for example, the rank indicated by the rank information 334 set in the opponent character management table for the opponent character determined not to be carded, or all characters appearing in the game provided by the game device 100 are ranked by rarity or the like. If the classified rank of the non-cardible character in the case of playing is equal to a predetermined condition such as a predetermined rank or the like that the collapse of the game balance cannot occur, a second stage card generation is performed for the character. May be performed.

  Further, for example, the rank information 324 of the character registered by the user using the card during the game play is equal to or higher than the rank at which the interest in the game content is estimated to be high (the higher the rank, the higher the number of times of game play). The second stage card generation may be performed for the character determined to be uncardable when the predetermined condition is met.

  Further, these exemplified conditions may be considered in a composite manner, and the card generation in the second stage may be performed when at least one of the conditions is satisfied.

[Embodiment 2]
In the above-described first embodiment, when it is determined that a cardification opportunity for a cardification-disabled character is given, various processes relating to the second-stage card generation are executed, and as a result, the cardification-disabled character is selected from a plurality of characters. It has been described that the card is made by requesting a consideration when the operation of selecting is performed.

  On the other hand, the process of giving such a carding opportunity relates to the provision of one game play after the completion of the competitive game or the first-stage card generation, and extends the period in which the user occupies the game apparatus 100. It is a thing. In other words, if the non-cardable character is not selected and the desired result is not obtained for the user, the payment is not made, which may be unsuitable from the viewpoint of running cost and profit rate of the game device 100.

  Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, payment of a consideration is a requirement at the time of determining whether to give a card-ized opportunity to a card-non-cardable character, and a play experience of a game with higher playability is additionally provided. As a result, a card is generated according to the play content. At this time, the card generation that is performed according to the content of the play is performed as a result of the additionally provided game, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the non-cardable character is targeted, and when it is not satisfied, the card is converted Characters other than non-impossible characters are targeted. That is, at least one of the characters' cards is ejected with respect to the consideration paid for the additional game. Here, a character other than the non-cardable character is, for example, a character that appears in the executed battle game, that is, among the characters registered in the used character management table and the opponent character management table, excluding the non-cardable character. It may be either. In addition, when a character to be converted into a card is selected in the card generation in the first stage, rank information indicating a higher rank than that attached to the card generated in the first stage is in two stages. It may be configured to be included in the product information of the card generated by eyes.

[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: reader, 130: display unit, 140: voice output unit, 150: printing unit

Claims (7)

A game device that acquires article information from an article, executes a game based on the obtained article information, and creates an article with article information indicating a game element,
The generation of the article includes a first step that is performed for each game play, and a second step that is performed subsequent to the first step according to the play content of the executed game. ,
For each of the game elements that have appeared in the executed game, determination means for determining whether or not to generate an article for the first stage, according to the play content of the game,
Determination means for determining a game element that accepts the generation of an item based on the determination by the determination means,
Selecting means for selecting a game element for generating an article from among the game elements determined by the determining means based on a user operation;
Generating means for generating an article with article information indicating the game element selected by the selecting means;
Equipped with
In the second step, if there is a game element judged by the judging means not to generate an article in the first step, in response to payment of the consideration after the first step. Provided for different games to be run,
The determining means is
The first game element determined by the determination means to generate an article for the first step is determined as a game element for accepting the generation of the article for the first step,
A game device that determines a second game element determined by the determination means not to generate an article for the first step as a game element that accepts the generation of the article for the second step. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein the generation unit generates an article to which article information indicating the second game element is attached when the play content of the different game satisfies a predetermined condition. The said production|generation means produces|generates the article which attached the article information which shows the game element different from the said 2nd game element, when the play content of the said different game does not satisfy|fill the said predetermined condition. Game device. For each of the game elements, the rank in the game, and the rank that transitions to a higher rank depending on the game play are defined,
In the case of generating an article in the second stage for the first game element in which the article was generated in the first stage, the generating means uses the product information attached to the product generated in the first stage. The game device according to claim 3 , wherein the item information including a higher rank is also attached. The determination means of the game element that appeared in the first stage relates executed game, determines that the game element was sent off while playing 該Ge over arm, does not produce an article for the first stage The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . A game article having article information; and a game device that acquires the article information from the game article, executes a game based on the acquired article information, and generates a game article with article information indicating a game element. A game system having
  The generation of the game item includes a first step that is performed for each game play, and a second step that follows the first step according to the play content of the executed game. Including,
  The game device is
    For each of the game elements that have appeared in the executed game, determination means for determining whether or not to generate an article for the first stage according to the play content of the game,
    Determination means for determining a game element for accepting generation of a game article based on the determination by the determination means,
    Selecting means for selecting a game element for generating a game article from among the game elements determined by the determining means based on a user operation;
    Generating means for generating a game article with article information indicating the game element selected by the selecting means;
Equipped with
  In the second step, if there is a game element determined by the determination means not to generate a game article in the first step, the payment of the consideration is made after the first step. Provided for different games to be executed accordingly,
  The determining means is
    The first game element determined by the determination means to generate a game article for the first step is determined as a game element that accepts generation of the game article for the first step,
    A game system in which the second game element determined by the determination means not to generate a game article for the first step is determined as a game element for accepting the generation of the game article for the second step. Program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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