JP6716673B2 - Communication game system, communication game device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a communication game system including a host terminal device used by a host player and a plurality of guest terminal devices used by a plurality of guest players.

Conventionally, an online game in which a plurality of players can play the game in the same virtual space has been provided by connecting a plurality of game devices via a communication network. In addition, the mobile game device has an ad hoc communication function of directly transmitting and receiving information to and from another mobile game device in a close proximity, and by using this ad hoc communication function, a plurality of players can play the same virtual game. You can play games in space.

For example, in an online game system in which a plurality of game devices are connected to a server device on the Internet and a plurality of players can play a game in the same virtual space under the control of the server device, There is one in which players are matched in a lobby space opened in the device, and the matched players play the game in the same virtual space (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Further, in a system in which a portable game device is connected to a stationary game device so that a plurality of players can play the game in the same virtual space, a lobby image for a plurality of players to exchange information is displayed. There is one that is displayed on a portable game device to allow a player to enter a room and start the game when the number of participants in the room reaches a predetermined number or more (for example, see Patent Document 3).

JP, 2010-167251, A JP, 2011-92623, A JP, 2010-92304, A

However, in the methods of Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above, since players who have once been matched or players who have entered the same room are required to always play together until the end of the game, more players cooperate. And then could not realize to play the game. In addition, in an ad hoc communication system in which a plurality of mobile game devices are directly connected to each other, it is possible to play together only by acquaintances.

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication game system and the like in which a host player can proceed with a game in cooperation with more guest players.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication game system according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a host terminal device used by a host player and at least one guest terminal device used by at least one guest player. A communication game system that includes the host terminal device and the at least one guest terminal device in communication to allow the at least one guest player to participate in a game played by the host player, wherein the game is performed by the host player. By operating, a plurality of host characters set as characters of the host player are caused to move and progress, including at least one character that operates according to an instruction from the host player, wherein the host terminal device comprises: Host instruction input means for inputting an instruction of the host player for advancing the game, wherein each of the at least one guest terminal device is operated by a guest player using the guest terminal device. Guest instruction input means for inputting a guest player's instruction for advancing the game by operating a guest character that operates according to an instruction from, and the guest character temporarily participating in the game by the host terminal device. The communication game system advances the game by operating the plurality of host characters in accordance with an instruction from the host instruction inputting means, and participates in the game by the game joining means. When a guest character to be played is generated, the guest character participates in place of any of the plurality of host characters, and the guest character is operated according to an instruction from the guest instruction input means to advance the game. A communication game system characterized by comprising:

In the above communication game system, one of the guest players participates in a game (particularly a specific game) played by the host player by communicatively connecting the host terminal device and a plurality of guest terminal devices, and is set as a character of the host player in this game. There will be a plurality of host characters to be played. The host player will play the game by operating the plurality of host characters. If a specific game is being played during the progress of the game, one or more of the plurality of host characters will be played. May become inoperable.

The guest player causes his or her guest character to participate in place of one of the plurality of host characters from the guest terminal device when one or more of the plurality of host characters are inoperable, etc. You can proceed with a specific game. As described above, the predetermined player does not advance the game together, but the cooperative play of the host player and the guest player is generated each time the game becomes a specific game, so that the cooperative play by more players can be easily realized. Will be able to.

In the above communication game system, the specific game can be a battle between a plurality of host characters and an enemy character (not a guest character). The plurality of host characters may be selected by the host player from a larger number of selectable characters. Further, if at least one of the plurality of host characters operates in accordance with an instruction from the host player, it follows the host character operating in accordance with the instruction from the host player, but the actual operation is determined by the AI routine. It may include the ones that have been set. However, all the host characters may be operated according to an instruction from the host player.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication game system according to a first aspect of the present invention is capable of communication connection with a host intermediary device used by a host player and the host intermediary device, and the host player operates the game. A host terminal device for performing, a plurality of guest intermediary devices each used by at least one guest player, and a guest terminal device capable of communication connection with each guest intermediary device and operated by each guest player to play a game. Including any one of the plurality of guest players in a game played by the host player by communicatively connecting the host terminal device and the guest terminal device via the host intermediary device and the at least one guest intermediary device. In the communication game system, the game operates a plurality of host characters set as characters of the host player, including at least one character that operates according to an instruction from the host player, by an operation of the host player. Wherein the host terminal device includes host instruction input means for inputting an instruction of the host player for advancing the game, and the at least one guest terminal device is the guest terminal device. Guest instruction input means for inputting a guest player's instruction for operating a guest character operating according to an instruction from the guest player to advance the game by operating the guest player using the terminal device; and the host terminal. A game participation means for temporarily allowing the guest character to participate in the game by the device, and the communication game system advances the game by operating the plurality of host characters in accordance with an instruction from the host instruction input means. When there is a guest character who is allowed to participate in the game by the game participation means, the guest character is allowed to participate in place of any of the plurality of host characters, and the guest instruction input means A game advancing means for advancing the game by operating the guest character according to an instruction may be provided.

In the above communication game system, a host terminal device (portable video game device) and a plurality of guest terminal devices (portable video game device) are connected to a host intermediary device (stationary video game device) and a plurality of guest intermediary devices (stationary type). A guest game player is allowed to participate in a game (particularly a specific game) played by the host player by communication connection via a video game device). The guest player causes his or her guest character to participate in place of one of the plurality of host characters from the guest terminal device when one or more of the plurality of host characters are inoperable, etc. You can proceed with a specific game.

As described above, the predetermined player does not advance the game together, but each time the game becomes a specific game, a cooperative play between the host player and the guest player in different places is generated, so that the cooperative play by more players can be performed. It can be easily realized.

In the above communication game system, the game is such that one or more of the plurality of host characters may become inoperable by advancing the game, and the host terminal device is advancing the game, When any one of the plurality of host characters becomes inoperable, a rescue request unit that requests any one or more of the plurality of guest terminal devices to be rescued by the guest character in the game is further provided. The game participation means may cause the guest character to participate in the game in place of the inoperable host character when the rescue request from the rescue request means is received.

If any of the plurality of host characters becomes inoperable in the specific game, it is disadvantageous for the host player to advance the specific game. In such a case, an inoperable host character is generated by requesting rescue to any one or more of the plurality of guest terminal devices and allowing the guest character to participate in the specific game. It will be able to compensate the disadvantages caused by. Further, even if the guest player receives such a request for rescue, the guest character can easily participate in the specific game played by the host player.

In the above communication game system, the plurality of host characters include an automatic action character that operates without an instruction from the host instruction input means, and the host terminal device replaces the automatic action character in the game with the automatic action character. The game participation means further comprises a participation mode setting means for setting a guest participation mode in which a guest player can participate, wherein the game participation means is configured to set the automatic operation character when the guest participation mode is set in the host terminal device. Alternatively, the guest character may participate in the game.

Here, the host character includes an automatic action character that operates without an instruction from the host player. However, if the host player sets the guest participation mode, the automatic action character cannot operate. Regardless of whether or not there is a guest character, a guest character can participate in the game in place of the automatic action character. This increases the chances that the guest character participates in the game played by the host player, and thus the cooperative play by more players can be realized more easily. On the other hand, the guest player is replaced by only the automatically-moving character among the host characters, so that the host player does not become unrelated to the specific game.

In the communication game system, the participation time in which the guest character can participate in the game is variable according to the operation result of the guest character in the game after participating in the game. Is preferred.

Here, it may be assumed that a task to be achieved by the guest character participating in the game is set for each time from the start of participation in the game, and the participation time of the guest character is the time. It can be extended each time the task set for each is achieved.

In this way, by varying the participation time of the guest character according to the operation result of the guest character in the game, the guest character useful for the host player is allowed to participate in the game for a long time, and the guest character not useful for the host player. It is possible to have the character leave the game immediately. As a result, the host player can advance the game more favorably by the participation of the guest character.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication game device according to a second aspect of the present invention is a game played by a host player by communication connection with at least one guest terminal device used by at least one guest player. A communication game device in which any one of the at least one guest player participates, wherein the game includes at least one character that operates according to an instruction from the host player by an operation of the host player. And a game advancing means for advancing a plurality of host characters set as the characters, and advancing the game by operating the plurality of host characters according to an instruction from the host player; A game participation means for accepting a temporary participation of a guest character operating according to an instruction from a guest player, to the game being executed by the means, wherein the game progression means is caused to participate in the game by the game participation means. When a guest character is present, the participation of the guest character is accepted instead of any of the plurality of host characters, and the game is advanced by operating the guest character according to an instruction from the guest terminal device. It is a feature.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication game device according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises at least one guest intermediary device each used by at least one guest player, and a host intermediary device used by the host player. At least one guest player can be connected to the game played by the host player by communication connection with each guest intermediary device through the communication connection, and by communication connection with the guest terminal device operated by each guest player and playing the game. And a plurality of characters set as characters of the host player, wherein the game includes at least one character that operates according to an instruction from the host player by an operation of the host player. A game progressing means for advancing the game by operating the plurality of host characters according to an instruction from the host player, and a game being progressed by the game advancing means. And a game participation means for accepting a temporary participation of a guest character operating according to an instruction from a guest player, wherein the game progression means includes a guest character to be allowed to participate in the game by the game participation means. In addition, the game may be progressed by accepting participation of the guest character in place of any of the plurality of host characters and operating the guest character according to an instruction from the guest terminal device.

In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a third aspect of the present invention relates to a game played by a host player at least by a communication connection with at least one guest terminal device used by at least one guest player. A program for executing a communication game in which any one guest player participates, the game including at least one character that operates according to an instruction from the host player by an operation of the host player. A program for operating a plurality of host characters set as characters of the host player to advance, wherein the program causes a computer device to operate the plurality of host characters according to an instruction from the host player. The game advancing means for advancing the game, and the game advancing by the game advancing means to function as a game joining means for accepting a temporary participation of a guest character operating according to an instruction from a guest player. When there is a guest character who is allowed to participate in the game by the game participation means, the guest character is allowed to participate in place of any one of the plurality of host characters, and the guest is instructed from the guest terminal device. The game is characterized by moving the character.

In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a third aspect of the present invention provides a communication connection between at least one guest intermediary device used by at least one guest player and a host intermediary device used by a host player. A communication connection is possible with each guest intermediary device via the, and each guest player operates to communicate with a guest terminal device for playing a game, so that any one of the at least one guest player can be included in the game played by the host player. A program for executing a communication game for participating in the game, wherein the game is set as a character of the host player, including at least one character that operates according to an instruction from the host player by an operation of the host player. A game progressing means for causing a computer device to move the plurality of host characters according to an instruction from the host player to move the game. And causing the game being progressed by the game advancing means to function as a game participation means for accepting a temporary participation of a guest character operating according to an instruction from a guest player. When a guest character is allowed to participate in the game, the participation of the guest character is accepted instead of one of the plurality of host characters, and the guest character is operated according to an instruction from the guest terminal device. It may be characterized by proceeding with.

The program according to the third aspect can be provided by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be a recording medium that is detachably attached to the computer device and is provided separately from the computer device. The computer-readable recording medium may be a recording medium such as a fixed disk device provided in the computer device and provided with the computer device. The program according to the third aspect can be distributed from the server device existing on the network to the computer device via the network by superimposing the data signal on the carrier wave.

In addition, the host terminal device and the guest terminal device that form the communication game system according to the first aspect are included in the scope of the present invention by themselves. In a communication game system in which a plurality of terminal devices are communicatively connected, the host terminal device and the guest terminal device are not fixed, but the terminal device that functions as the host terminal device in one scene is the guest terminal in another scene. It can function as a device.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the communication game system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the stationary video game apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable video game device of FIG. It is a figure which shows various data managed by the server apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed by the server device which comprises the communication game system concerning embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication game system according to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, this communication game system includes a plurality (here, only three are shown) of stationary video game devices 100, a portable video game device 500, and a server device 200. The stationary video game device 100 is connected to the server device 200 via a network 151. Further, the portable video game device 500 can be connected to the stationary video game device 100 by wireless communication. One portable video game device 500 is prepared for each stationary video game device 100 so as to form a pair.

In the game applied to this communication game system, each player using the portable video game device 500 moves his or her player character on a field formed in a virtual space (game space) common to all players. The game progresses as you go along. The player character includes an operation character that operates according to an instruction input by each player, and an AI character that operates following the motion of the operation character but has a specific motion determined by an AI (artificial intelligence) routine.

The game in this communication game system is basically performed by each player moving his or her own player character alone on the field and conducting battles with enemy characters encountered everywhere on the field. Be seen. However, instead of the player character (the operation character or the AI character) who is incapacitated in the battle, or in place of the AI character regardless of whether or not the player is incapable of combat depending on the setting of the player character, the player character (operation Character) can participate in the battle.

Each character who has performed the battle can obtain an experience value by defeating the enemy character in the battle. As a result, the player can strengthen his own player character and defeat more powerful enemy characters. Characters who have participated in battles performed by other players can also obtain experience values according to the results of the battles. The details of the game in the communication game system will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the stationary video game device 100 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the stationary video game device 100 is built around the device main body 101. The apparatus main body 101 includes a control unit 103, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 105, a hard disk drive (HDD) 107, a sound processing unit 109, a graphic processing unit 111, a DVD/CD-ROM drive connected to the internal bus 119. 113, a communication interface 115, and an interface unit 117 are included.

The sound processing unit 109 of the device body 101 is connected to a sound output device 125 which is a speaker, and the graphic processing unit 111 is connected to a display device 121 having a display screen 122. A recording medium (DVD-ROM or CD-ROM in the present embodiment) 131 can be mounted on the DVD/CD-ROM drive 113. The communication interface 115 is connected to the network 151. The light emitting unit 160, the receiving unit 161, and the memory card 162 are connected to the interface unit 117.

The control unit 103 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), etc., and executes a program stored in the HDD 107 or the recording medium 131 to control the apparatus main body 101. The control unit 103 includes an internal timer that measures the current time. The RAM 105 is a work area of the control unit 103. The HDD 107 is a storage area for storing programs and data. When the program executed by the control unit 103 gives an instruction to output sound, the sound processing unit 109 interprets the instruction and outputs a sound signal to the sound output device 125.

The graphic processing unit 111 follows a drawing command output from the control unit 103 to draw a frame memory (frame buffer) 112 (in the figure, it is drawn outside the graphic processing unit 111. The image is expanded in a RAM provided therein) and a video signal for displaying the image on the display screen 122 of the display device 121 is output. One frame time of an image included in the video signal output from the graphic processing unit 111 is, for example, 1/30 second.

The DVD/CD-ROM drive 113 reads programs and data from the recording medium 131. The communication interface 115 is connected to the network 151 and communicates with other computers.

The input device 163 includes a light receiving unit 163a, an acceleration sensor 163b, and a transmitting unit 163c. The light receiving unit 163a receives the light emitted from each LED included in the light emitting unit 160. Depending on the orientation of the input device 163, the number and position of the LEDs at which the light receiving unit 163a can receive light differ. The acceleration sensor 163b includes a multi-axis acceleration sensor having three or more axes, and detects the tilt and the three-dimensional movement of the input device 163. The input device 163 also includes direction keys and a plurality of operation buttons. By entering the lobby, entering the room, creating a room, etc. by operating the operation buttons and the direction keys provided in the input device 163 of the stationary video game device 100, or by tilting and three-dimensionally moving the input device 163. The operation instruction is given.

The transmitting unit 163c receives an infrared signal according to the situation of the input device 163, more specifically, the light receiving state of the light receiving unit 163a, the inclination of the input device 163 detected by the acceleration sensor 163b, and the moving direction and speed of the input device 163. An infrared signal corresponding to the input from the direction keys and the operation button is transmitted. The infrared signal transmitted from the transmitter 163c is received by the receiver 161 as input data from the input device 163.

The interface unit 117 outputs the input data received by the receiving unit 161 to the RAM 105, and the control unit 103 interprets the input data to perform arithmetic processing. The interface unit 117 also causes the memory card 162 to store data indicating the progress status of the game stored in the RAM 105 based on an instruction from the control unit 103, and the game at the time of interruption stored in the memory card 162. Data is read out and transferred to the RAM 105.

A program and data for playing a game on the stationary video game device 100 are initially stored in, for example, the recording medium 131. The data stored in the recording medium 131 includes all graphic data for configuring objects existing in the game space (fields formed in the game space, player characters of oneself and others, enemy characters). ..

The program and data stored in the recording medium 131 are read by the DVD/CD-ROM drive 113 at the time of execution and loaded into the RAM 105. The control unit 103 processes the program and data loaded in the RAM 105, outputs a drawing command to the graphic processing unit 111, and outputs a sound output instruction to the sound processing unit 109. Intermediate data during the processing of the control unit 103 is stored in the RAM 105.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server device 200 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the server device 200 is built around the device body 201. The device main body 201 includes a control unit 203, a RAM 205, a hard disk drive (HDD) 207, a DVD/CD-ROM drive 213, and a communication interface 215 connected to the internal bus 219. A recording medium (DVD-ROM or CD-ROM) 231 can be attached to the DVD/CD-ROM drive 213.

The control unit 203 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like, executes a program stored in the HDD 207 or the recording medium 231, and controls the server device 200. The control unit 203 includes an internal timer that measures the current time. The RAM 205 is a work area of the control unit 203. The HDD 207 is a storage area for storing programs and data. The communication interface 215 is connected to the network 151 and communicates with each of the stationary video game device 100 and the server device 200.

A program and data for playing a communication game on the server device 200 are initially stored in, for example, the recording medium 231, and installed in the HDD 207 from here. Then, this program and data are read from the HDD 207 at the time of execution and loaded into the RAM 205. The control unit 203 processes the program and data loaded in the RAM 205, and advances the communication game based on messages sent from each of the stationary video game apparatuses 100. Intermediate data during the processing of the control unit 203 is stored in the RAM 205.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable video game device 500 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the portable video game device 500 is built around the device main body 501. The apparatus main body 501 includes a control unit 503 connected to the internal bus 519, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 505, a hard disk drive (HDD) 507, a sound processing unit 509, a graphic processing unit 511, a DVD/CD-ROM drive. 513, a communication interface 515, and an interface unit 517.

The sound processing unit 509 of the device main body 501 is connected to the sound output device 525, which is a speaker, and the graphic processing unit 511 is connected to the display device 521 having the display screen 522. A recording medium (DVD-ROM or CD-ROM in the present embodiment) 531 can be mounted on the DVD/CD-ROM drive 513. The communication interface 515 can be wirelessly connected to the stationary video game device 100 for communication.

The control unit 503 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like, and executes a program stored in the HDD 507 or the recording medium 531 to control the apparatus main body 501. The control unit 503 includes an internal timer that measures the current time. The RAM 505 is a work area of the control unit 503. The HDD 507 is a storage area for storing programs and data. When the program executed by the control unit 503 gives an instruction to output sound, the sound processing unit 509 interprets the instruction and outputs a sound signal to the sound output device 525.

The graphic processing unit 511, in accordance with the drawing command output from the control unit 503, includes a frame memory (frame buffer) 512 (in the figure, it is drawn outside the graphic processing unit 511, The image is expanded in a RAM provided therein, and a video signal for displaying the image on the display screen 522 of the display device 521 is output. One frame time of an image included in the video signal output from the graphic processing unit 511 is, for example, 1/30 second.

The DVD/CD-ROM drive 513 reads programs and data from the recording medium 531. The communication interface 515 is connected to the network 151 and communicates with other computers.

The input device 563 includes direction keys and a plurality of operation buttons. The operation of the player character operated by the player using the portable video game device 500 is instructed by operating the operation buttons or the direction keys provided in the input device 563.

The interface unit 517 outputs the input data received by the receiving unit 561 to the RAM 505, and the control unit 503 interprets the input data to perform arithmetic processing. The interface unit 517 also causes the memory card 562 to store data indicating the progress status of the game stored in the RAM 505 based on an instruction from the control unit 503, and the game at the time of interruption stored in the memory card 562. Data is read out and transferred to the RAM 505.

A program and data for playing a game on the portable video game device 500 are initially stored in, for example, the recording medium 531. The data stored in the recording medium 531 includes all graphic data for forming objects existing in the game space (fields formed in the game space, player characters of oneself and others, enemy characters). ..

The program and data stored in the recording medium 531 are read by the DVD/CD-ROM drive 513 at the time of execution and loaded into the RAM 505. The control unit 503 processes the program and data loaded in the RAM 505, outputs a drawing command to the graphic processing unit 511, and outputs a sound output instruction to the sound processing unit 509. Intermediate data while the control unit 503 is performing processing is stored in the RAM 505.

Hereinafter, the game played in this communication game system will be described in more detail. In the communication game system of the present invention, a plurality of players can access the server device 200 from the stationary video game device 100 and log in to the community site. Within the community site, there are multiple "worlds", and each world is composed of multiple "lobbies". The server device 200 manages the player IDs of the players who are entering each lobby, and the players using the stationary video game device 100 are in a crowded state of the world and the lobby (entering one lobby is possible. It is possible to confirm on the display screen 122 the ratio of the number of people actually entering the venue to the maximum limit. It is possible to display the congestion level according to the color of the icon indicating the lobby. For example, if the lobby icon is displayed in blue, the inside of the lobby is empty, and if it is displayed in red, the inside of the lobby is crowded. The player can select which lobby of which world to enter by inputting on the input device 163 while confirming the congestion levels.

When the player enters the lobby, the lobby ID for identifying the lobby and the player ID for identifying the player entering the lobby are stored in association with each other in the lobby management table set in the server device 200. Upon entering the lobby, the player can confirm the state of the lobby space on the display screen 122. An avatar corresponding to each player is preset, and the display screen 122 displays the avatar and the player name set for the player entering the same lobby. The server device 200 notifies the player ID of the player who has newly entered the lobby to the stationary video game device 100 of another player who has already entered the lobby. On the stationary video game device 100 of the other player who has received the notification, the player name and the avatar of the player who newly enters the lobby are displayed. When the player leaves the lobby, the player ID of the leaving player is deleted from the lobby management table, and the avatar set for the leaving player is no longer displayed on the display screen 122.

The player who has entered the lobby can also open a new room in the lobby. The server device 200 stores the new room name notified from the stationary video game device 100, and also notifies the other stationary video game device 100. In addition, it is possible to set a comment for each room. For example, the purpose of a room can be set to a comment. For example, for the purpose of displaying a room opened for a player who plays a game of a specific genre or a specific title, or achieving a specific quest of a certain game title. It is possible to display that it is a room to This comment is set by the player who opened the room.

In order to start the game, the player who has entered the room starts the game program in his/her own portable video game device 500. When the wireless communication connection between the portable video game device 500 owned by the player and the stationary video game device 100 is established, another portable video game device is transmitted from the portable video game device 500 via the server device 200. A connection request requesting a connection with 500 is sent. The other stationary video game device 100, to which the connection request is transmitted, transmits the connection request to the portable video game device 500 wirelessly connected to the stationary video game device 100. .. A virtual network is formed between the portable video game devices 500 by performing this series of connection processing between the plurality of portable video game devices 500 used by the player who has entered the same room. ..

By forming such a virtual network, it is possible for a plurality of players to play simultaneously in a virtual space created when a game is played on the portable video game device 500 of the host player. Become. In this case, the game program recorded on the recording medium 531 loaded in the portable video game device 500 is executed.

According to the present invention, when the host player makes a reinforcement request, the reinforcement request is notified to the stationary video game device 100 or the portable video game device 500 belonging to the same room and capable of being a guest. When the stationary video game device 100 or the portable video game device 500 of a player who can be a guest receives a request for reinforcements, other players receive the request for reinforcements and participate in the game played by the host player. Make a choice.

As described above, the player character of the player using each portable video game device 500 includes the operation character and the AI character, but one operation character for each player from the start to the end of the game. It is fixed. The player can select any two AI characters from the 10 types of candidates. The AI character moves on the field following the movement of the operating character of the same player, and a total of three player characters, the operating character and the AI character, form a party to advance the game for each player. It has become something to do.

When the party of the player character including the operation character and the AI character reaches any of the battle points set at a plurality of positions on the field, one or more enemy characters set at the battle point will appear, and the party of the player character And the battle with the enemy character will be started. A leader may be set for the enemy character that fights against the player character's party, or may be a boss character that is a very strong enemy character of only one.

In the battle, each character (player character and enemy character) reduces HP (hit points: a value indicating the physical strength of the player character) according to the attack received from the opponent, and the character whose HP value becomes 0 is , Incapacitated in the battle (the enemy character is sent out of the battle when HP becomes 0). During the battle, in addition to simply attacking the enemy character and defending against the attack from the enemy character, open the treasure box in the battle field to acquire items and steal items possessed by the enemy character. You can also

If the HP of all the enemy characters is set to 0 and all the enemy characters are destroyed, the player character's party wins and each player character participating in the battle receives an experience value (a value indicating the player character's experience in the game. Each character is strengthened by the increase), and an item is given to the player character depending on the type of the defeated enemy character.

In the game in this communication game system, basically, the player characters of different players do not form a party, but each player moves his or her own player character to proceed the game. There is a chat function to do. For example, by using the chat function, the players can teach each other information about dangerous places on the field and teach where to obtain items useful for advancing the game.

However, the chat function in this communication game system does not stop merely for exchanging information between players. When a player makes a predetermined input from the input device 163 or the input device 563 when a player character incapacitated in a battle occurs, another player's stationary video game device 100 or portable video game device 500 is A rescue request message is transmitted via the server device 200. This rescue request message is transmitted to, for example, the stationary video game device 100 of another player in the same room as the player requesting the rescue, but the player is not in the same room as the host player. Alternatively, it may be transmitted to the stationary video game device 100 of another player whose player character is located relatively close to the field. In addition, the rescue request message is received not only when the other player who is a guest is waiting on the portable video game device 500 without playing the game but also when playing the game. It is possible. When another player who is a guest joins the game of the host player in response to a request for rescue while playing the game of the other player, the game in progress of the other player is interrupted.

The other player receiving the relief request message causes his or her operating character to participate in the battle being performed by the player character of the other player, instead of the inoperable player character of the player who sent the relief request. Will be possible. However, the number of operation characters of other players who can participate in the battle is up to the number of inoperable player characters, and even if another player wants to send his/her operation character to the rescue, the battle character is first sent. Until the operation characters of the other players participating in the battle are withdrawn from the battle as described later, participation in the battle is kept waiting.

In addition, each player can set in advance a guest participation mode in which the operating characters of other players can participate in the battle without requesting the rescue, and the guest participation mode can be set from the input device 163. When the server device 200 is notified by instructing the setting of the above, the server device 200 sets the guest participation mode for the battle performed by the party of the player character of the player. When a party of player characters set in the guest participation mode is in a battle, a display indicating that fact is displayed on the stationary video game device 100 of another player.

In the battle of the party of the player character for which the guest participation mode is set, the other player replaces the AI character of the party in the battle performed by the player character of the other player. You will be able to participate. The number of operation characters of other players who can participate in the battle here is up to the number of AI characters in the party (two), and even if another player wants to send his/her operation character to rescue. Until the operation character of the other player who has participated in the battle first is exited from the battle as described later, the participation in the battle is kept waiting.

Experience characters and items will also be given to operating characters that have participated in battles performed by a player character party of another player, if they continue to participate until the battle ends with a victory. Is done. In addition, the operation character who participated in the battle performed by the player character party of another player has no limitation on the action itself, and opens the treasure box during the battle to acquire an item or is possessed by the enemy character. You can steal items.

Regardless of whether it is due to the above-mentioned rescue request or the setting in the guest participation mode, the operating character that participates in the battle being performed by the player character party of another player is subject to the time limit for participating in the battle. Has been done. That is, even if the operating character participates in the battle performed by the player character party of another player, if the elapsed time from the start of the operating character reaches the time limit, the operating character is withdrawn from the battle. Becomes

However, if the operation character participating in the battle conducted by the player character party of another player achieves a predetermined condition before the time limit is reached, the time limit during which the operation character can participate in the battle is extended. It has become one. The conditions for extending the time limit during which the operating character can participate in the battle are to defeat the enemy characters (the number of enemy characters required to be defeated is added each time the extension is extended), and items are acquired from the treasure chest. This includes stealing items from enemy characters and defeating leaders of enemy characters.

For example, the initial time limit is set to 30 seconds, but if at least one enemy character is defeated by the time 30 seconds has elapsed, the time limit will be extended by 30 seconds from the start of participation in the battle. The operated character can continue to participate in the battle for up to 60 seconds. If you have defeated 5 or more enemy characters before the extended 60-second time limit elapses, the time limit will be further extended by 30 seconds and the operating character will continue to battle for 90 seconds from the start of the battle. You can let them participate. If you have acquired items from the treasure box before the extended 90-second time limit has elapsed, the time limit will be further extended by 30 seconds, and the operating character will continue to battle for 120 seconds from the start of the battle. You can keep participating.

In the following description, when a guest character is referred to, it means an operation character participating in a battle performed by a player character party of another player, and when a standby character is mentioned, It refers to an operating character that is waiting to participate in a battle held by a party of player characters of another player. The player character of the party who originally performed the battle in which the guest character participated is referred to as a host character. In addition, when it is called a host game device, it means a portable video game device 500 used by a player who has a party of his own player character fighting with an enemy character, and when it is called a guest game device. Indicates a portable video game device 500 used by a guest character player or a standby character player. When the term host intermediary device is used, it is used by a player who operates the host game device, and is a stationary type that mediates a communication connection with the guest game device by wirelessly communicating with the host game device. Refers to the video game device 100. The term "guest mediation device" is used by a player who operates a guest game device, and is a stationary video game that mediates wireless communication with the guest game device and mediates communication connection with the host game device. Refers to device 100.

Hereinafter, the game played in this communication game system will be described in more detail.

Hereinafter, in the communication game system according to this embodiment, data required for each player to have his or her own player character battle with an enemy character and to perform the battle with the operating characters of other players participating. Will be described.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing various data managed by the host game device, FIG. 5A shows a player-specific character management table, and FIG. 5B shows a battle-specific character management table.

The player-specific character management table 300 of FIG. 5A includes a player ID 301 that uniquely identifies each player. Further, in the player-based character management table 300, operation character information 310 and AI character information 311 to 320 are registered.

Both the operation character information 310 and the AI character information 311 to 320 include character IDs 310I to 320I that uniquely identify each player character, and parameter information 310P to 320P indicating parameters such as HP set for each player character. Is included. The AI character information 311 to 320 further includes selection flags 311S to 320S, and the selection flags 311S to 320S for the AI character selected by the player among the 10 types of AI characters are set.

The battle-based character management table 400 of FIG. 5B is generated each time a battle between the player character's party of any player and the enemy character is started, and is deleted when the battle ends. It is what is done. The battle-based character management table 400 includes a battle ID 401 that uniquely identifies the battle, a participation mode flag 402 that indicates whether or not the player corresponding to the party that caused the battle is set to the guest participation mode, A rescue request flag 403 indicating whether or not one of the player characters in the party is incapable of performing a rescue request to another player.

Further, in the battle-based character management table 400, operation character information 410, AI character information 411, 412, guest character information 413, 414, standby character information 415,... Can be registered. At the start of the battle, only the operation character information 410 and the AI character information 411, 412 are registered in the battle-based character management table 400.

The operation character information 410 and the AI character information 411 and 412 are generated by copying the operation character information 310 and the AI character information 311 to 320 with the selection flags 311S to 320S set from the player-specific character management table 300 at the start of the battle. The parameter information 410P to 412P is included. Also, the character IDs 410I to 412I for uniquely identifying the player character are included, and the participation flag 410J to indicates that the player character is participating in the battle (not incapacitated and not replaced by the guest character). 412J is also included.

The guest character information 413, 414 includes the character IDs 413I, 414I and the parameter information 413P, 414P, the participation time timers 413T, 414T indicating the elapsed time after participating in the battle, and the time limits 413L, 414L that can participate in the battle , Achievement flags 413Fa..., 414Fa... Of extension conditions of participation time are included. When the time indicated by the participation time timers 413T and 414T reaches the time limits 413L and 414L, the achievement flags 413Fa... 414Fa... are referred to, and the time limits 413L and 414L are extended or the guest character of the guest character Exit from the battle.

The standby character information 415... Includes a character ID 415I... And parameter information 415P... And standby order information 415O... When the operation character of another player tries to participate in the battle, the information regarding the operation character is once registered in the battle-based character management table 400 as the standby character information 415... If there is a request or in the guest participation mode, if the guest character who has participated first is not filled, and the waiting order is the earliest, the operation character is set as the guest character in the guest character information 413, 414. sign up.

The processing executed in the communication game system according to this embodiment will be described below. Further, although the processing relating to the characteristic portion of the present invention is the processing in the battle, the explanation of the processing in the conventional battle such as the attack of the player character and the enemy character against the opponent is omitted, and the flowchart relating to the characteristic portion of the present invention is omitted. Will be shown and explained.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing executed in the portable video game device 500 (host game device) of the host player. When the party of the player character of any player reaches the battle point on the field, a battle occurs at the battle point, and the execution of the process according to the present invention is started. The player character included in the party that reached the battle point becomes the host character.

The information about the operation instruction input to the input device 563 of the guest game device, the information about the status of the player character such as HP, and other predetermined game information are the guest intermediary device, the host intermediary device, and the server device 200. Via the host game device. Further, the control unit 503 of the host game device executes the game program based on the received game information and information regarding the operation instruction input to the input device 563 of the host game device. As a result, the character status information, position information, and other predetermined game information obtained by the calculation of the processing of the game program are stored in the guest game device via the host mediation device, the guest mediation device, and the server device 200. Then, the host game device and the guest game device are synchronized.

When the processing is started, the control unit 503 of the portable video game device 500 of the host player creates the battle-based character management table 400 for the battle (step S101). The battle-based character management table 400 in the initial state is created by the operation character information 310 registered in the player-specific character management table 300 of the player and the AI character information 311 of the AI character for which the selection flags 311S to 320S are set. To 320 are copied and registered as operation character information 410 and AI character information 411 and 412, respectively. When the player has set the guest participation mode, the participation mode flag 402 is set.

Next, the control unit 503 determines whether a rescue request has been input from the input device 163 or the input device 563 (step S102). If the rescue request has not been input, the process proceeds to step S104. If the rescue request is input, the rescue request flag 403 of the battle-based character management table 400 is set (step S103), and the process proceeds to step S104.

In step S104, the control unit 503 determines whether or not an instruction to allow the operation character to participate in the battle has been received from any guest game device. If the instruction to allow the operating character to participate is not received from the guest game device, the process proceeds to step S107.

When the instruction to allow the operating character to participate is received from the guest game device, the control unit 503 sets either the participation mode flag 402 or the rescue request flag 403 in the battle-based character management table 400. It is determined whether or not (step S105). If neither the participation mode flag 402 nor the relief request flag 403 is set, the process proceeds to step S107.

If either the participation mode flag 402 or the relief request flag 403 is set, the control unit 503 sets the operation character information 310 of the operation character to be allowed to participate in the player-specific character management table 300 (described in step S101). Of the player different from that), and this is registered in the battle-based character management table 400 as standby character information 415. Further, the next order of the standby characters registered so far (the order is 1 if there is no registered standby character) is registered as the standby order information 415O (step S106). Then, the process proceeds to step S107.

In step S107, the control unit 503 has a condition that allows the operating characters of other players whose standby character information 415... Is registered to participate in the battle (a rescue request or a guest participation mode is set). , It is determined whether or not the waiting order that is not filled with the guest character who participated first and is the earliest is in order. If the conditions for allowing participation are not satisfied, the process proceeds to step S109.

If the conditions for allowing the player to participate in the battle are satisfied, the control unit 503 moves the standby character information 415... Which can participate in the battle to the guest character information 413, 414. Here, when the guest character is to participate in the battle instead of the host character (whether it is the operation character or the AI character), the participation flags 410J to 412J for the host character which is replaced by the guest character are reset. In addition, the initial values of the time limits 413L and 414L are set, and the participation time timers 413T and 414T start counting (step S108). Then, the process proceeds to step S109.

In step S109, the control unit 503 determines whether the guest characters participating in the battle have achieved the extension conditions of the time limits 413L and 414L in the action in the battle. If the extension conditions of the time limits 413L and 414L have not been achieved, the process proceeds to step S111. If the extension conditions of the time limits 413L and 414L are achieved, the control unit 503 sets the achievement flags 413Fa... 414Fa... for the guest character according to the achieved extension conditions (step S110). Then, the process proceeds to step S111.

In step S111, the control unit 503 determines whether or not there is a guest character whose elapsed time after the participation time timers 413T and 414T start participating in the timed battle reaches the time limits 413L and 414L. When there is no guest character whose elapsed time from the start of participation in the battle timed by the participation time timers 413T and 414T reaches the time limits 413L and 414L, the control unit 503 proceeds to the process of step S115.

When there is a guest character whose elapsed time from the start of participation in the battle timed by the participation time timers 413T and 414T reaches the time limit 413L, 414L, the control unit 503 determines the time limit 413L for the guest character, It is determined whether or not the achievement flags 413Fa... 414Fa... That satisfy the condition necessary to extend 414L are set (step S112).

When the achievement flags 413Fa... 414Fa... That satisfy the condition required to extend the time limits 413L and 414L are not set, the control unit 503 sets the guest character information 413 and 414 about the guest character by battle. It is deleted from the character management table 400 (step S113), and the process proceeds to step S115. When the achievement flags 413Fa... 414Fa... That satisfy the conditions required to extend the time limits 413L and 414L are set, the control unit 503 extends and registers the time limits 413L and 414L for the guest character. (Step S114), the process proceeds to step S115.

In step S115, the control unit 503 determines whether or not the ending condition of the battle is satisfied. If the ending condition of the battle is not satisfied, the process returns to step S102. If the battle ending condition is satisfied, the process of this flowchart is ended.

As described above, in the communication game system according to the present embodiment, each player plays the game while moving the party of his own player character on the field, not in the group action with the player characters of other players. However, when the player character's party reaches the battle point set on the field, the battle with the enemy character is started there.

The player character party is made up of a total of three characters including an operation character that operates according to the operation of the input device 563 and two AI characters that move following the operation character but whose specific operations are determined by the AI routine. However, during the battle, the HP of any one of the three player characters may become 0, and the action may become impossible.

If any of the three player characters becomes unable to act in the battle, the subsequent development of the battle will be disadvantageous to the player. In such a case, the chat function provided in the communication game system according to the present embodiment is used to request rescue from another player, and the operation character of the other player is used instead of the incapacitated player character. By allowing the player character to participate in the battle, it is possible to compensate for the disadvantage caused by the incapacitated player character.

Also, for such other players, such a relief request allows the player's own operating character to easily participate in the battle started for the party of the player character which is not his or her own. Even for a player who has his or her operating character participate in a battle of another player, if he or she wins the battle, he or she can obtain experience values and items, and thus can enjoy the merits of this.

In addition, in the communication game system according to this embodiment, the predetermined players do not always advance the game together, but each time the battle with the enemy character is performed, the battle is advanced with the cooperation of other players. By doing so, it becomes possible to easily realize cooperative play by more players.

Although each player can set the guest participation mode in advance, when the player participation mode is set, the AI character can be set regardless of whether or not the AI character is incapable of acting. The guest character can participate in the battle instead of the character. This increases the opportunities for the guest character to participate in the battle that has occurred at the party of the other players, so that the cooperative play by more players can be more easily realized. On the other hand, even if the guest character is not incapacitated, only the AI character is replaced by the guest character and does not include the operation character. Therefore, the player who caused the battle to the party of his own player character is not involved in the battle. There is no chance that it will end up.

Further, although a time limit is set for the time when the guest character can participate in the battle, this time limit is extended each time the guest character achieves a certain condition in the battle. There is. That is, the guest characters who are active in the battle can continue to participate in the battle for a long time, but the guest characters who are not active are promptly exited from the battle. This allows each player to advance the battle with the participation of the guest character.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications and applications are possible. Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment applicable to the present invention will be described.

In the above embodiment, the three characters forming a party for each player are composed of one fixed operation character and two AI characters selected by the player from 10 types. .. On the other hand, the operating character is not fixed from the start to the end of the game, but one of the plurality of types of characters that can be selected as the player character is used by the player as the operating character, and the other two are AI. It may be specified as a character.

Further, the plurality of player characters forming the party may not include the AI character that is automatically operated by the AI routine, and may all operate according to the instruction input from the input device 563 by the player. In this case, the type of the player character that operates in response to the instruction from the input device 563 is changed by the operation of the player, or the player character that operates in response to the instruction from the input device 563 automatically operates in a predetermined order. It may be replaced.

In the above-described embodiment, the time in which the guest character can participate in the battle is extended by achieving a certain condition when the time counted by the participation time timers 413T and 414T reaches the time limits 413L and 414L. The length was made variable by doing. However, the method of varying the time in which the guest character can participate in the battle is not limited to this, and for example, the participation time timers 413T and 414T constantly advance each time the guest character achieves a certain task. It may be realized by temporarily stopping for a certain period of time.

In the above-described embodiment, the guest character can participate in the battle only when the player of the party who started the battle requests the rescue or when the guest participation mode is set in advance. However, the guest character may participate in the battle without setting the rescue request or the guest participation mode (however, the operating character that is not incapable of acting cannot be replaced). Further, even when the guest participation mode is set in advance, the player may be able to issue a rescue request.

In the above embodiment, the guest character is allowed to participate under certain conditions in the battle between the player character party of each player and the enemy character. However, the game in which the guest character is allowed to participate by the method of the present invention is not limited to the battle with the enemy character, but may be another game event, for example, searching for items scattered on the field.

In the above-described embodiment, the message of the rescue request from the portable video game device 500 of the player who is in a battle is the portable video game of another player who has the player character relatively close to the field. The device 500 may be selected and sent. However, simply being close on the field may not be useful for the operating characters of other players in the battle, so the operating characters of other players suitable for rescue are extracted by a certain matching process. The rescue request message may be sent only to the stationary video game device 100 or the portable video game device 500 corresponding to the extracted operation character.

In the above-described embodiment, the server device 200, the plurality of stationary video game devices 100 connected to the server device 200 via the network 151, and the stationary video game device 100 are connected by wireless communication. The communication game system of the present invention has been described by taking the communication game system configured with the portable video game device 500 as an example. However, the communication game system capable of executing the present invention is not limited to such a system configuration. Instead of the stationary video game device 100, a mobile game machine, a mobile phone, a PDA, a general-purpose personal computer, or the like may be used, or a system in which these are mixed may be used.

The present invention can also be realized by a communication game system including a stationary game device and a plurality of portable game devices that communicate with the stationary game device by infrared rays or Bluetooth (registered trademark). In the communication game system having such a system configuration, the stationary game device can serve as the function of the server device 200 in the above-described embodiment.

In a system including a stationary game device and a plurality of portable game devices, a player (host player) of one portable game device accesses the stationary game device to create a room in advance, and another game is created in the room. After registering the participation request of the player (guest player) of the game machine, the host player can proceed with the game (including the same battle as in the above-described embodiment) on his/her own portable game machine. .. Then, the guest player accesses the stationary game device from his/her own portable game machine, selects and enters the room created by the host player, and participates in the game (battle) played by the host player halfway. Can be

When a guest player wants to participate in a game (battle) that the host player is playing, first, the guest player's portable game machine is notified of the rescue request, and the request is accepted, the game (battle) is entered. It may be possible to participate. Alternatively, it is possible to allow the guest player to participate in the game (battle) while the host player is playing the game (battle) in a state of rescue OK.

Furthermore, even if there is no device corresponding to the server device 200, a communication game system in which a plurality of stationary video game devices 100 are connected peer-to-peer, or a communication game system in which a plurality of portable game devices are connected by ad hoc communication, The game of the invention can be realized. In this case, the stationary video game device 100 or the portable game device of the player who has caused the party of his own player character to start the battle can serve as the function of the server device 200 in the above-described embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the program and data of the server device 200 are stored in the recording medium 231 and distributed. On the other hand, these programs and data may be stored in a fixed disk device included in another server device existing on the network and delivered to the device main body 201 via the network. In the server device 200, the program and data received by the communication interface 215 from the server device can be stored in the HDD 207 and loaded into the RAM 205 at the time of execution.

In the above-described embodiment, the host game device and the guest game device are configured to transmit and receive predetermined data via the host intermediary device, the guest game device, and the server device, and execute the game program on the host game device. However, all the data for the progress of the game may be concentrated in the server device 200, and the game may be advanced under the control of the server device 200. In this case, the RAM 205 or the HDD 207 of the server device 200 manages game data such as the player-specific character management table and the battle-specific character management table of FIG.

Each player inputs an operation instruction for his/her operated character from the input device 563 of his/her portable video game device 500. The processing of the player character based on the instruction input from the input device 563 is not performed by the portable video game device 500, but is concentrated on the server device 200 via the stationary video game device 100. The server device 200 processes the motion of the player character (operation character and AI character) of each player, and returns the processing result to each portable video game device 500. In this case, a series of processes in steps S101 to S115 shown in FIG. 6 from the generation of the battle-based character management table to the end of the battle is executed by the control unit 203 of the server device 200.

Further, in the above embodiment, the host player and the guest player operate the portable video game device 500, and the stationary video game device 100 connected to the communication network is used by the host player and the guest player, respectively. Although a network game is executed by connecting the video game device 100 and the server device 200 through communication, the video game device operated by the host player and the guest player without using a device for mediation. However, the present invention can also be applied to the case where the server device 200 is communicatively connected by the communication network. In this case, the RAM 205 or the HDD 207 of the server device 200 manages game data such as the player-specific character management table and the battle-specific character management table of FIG. A series of processes in steps S101 to S115 shown in FIG. 6 is executed by the control unit 203 of the server device 200.

100 stationary video game device 101 device main body 103 control unit 105 RAM
107 HDD
109 sound processing unit 111 graphic processing unit 112 frame memory 113 DVD/CD-ROM drive 115 communication interface 117 interface unit 119 internal bus 121 display device 122 display screen 125 sound output device 131 recording medium 151 network 161 receiving unit 162 memory card 200 server Device 201 Device main body 203 Control unit 205 RAM
207 HDD
213 DVD/CD-ROM drive 215 Communication interface 231 Recording medium 500 Portable video game device 501 Device body 503 Control unit 505 RAM
507 HDD
509 sound processing unit 511 graphic processing unit 512 frame memory 513 DVD/CD-ROM drive 515 communication interface 517 interface unit 519 internal bus 521 display device 522 display screen 525 sound output device 531 recording medium 551 network 561 receiving unit 562 memory card

Claims (5)

A first terminal device used by the first player and a second terminal device used by the second player; A communication game system for allowing two players to participate,
The game is a game in which a plurality of first characters set as characters of the first player, including at least one player character that operates according to an operation instruction of the first player, are allowed to move and progress.
The first terminal device is
A first instruction input means for inputting an instruction by an operation of the first player,
The second terminal device is
A game participation means for causing a second character different from the first character, which operates in response to an operation instruction from a second player, to participate in the game by the first terminal device, instead of the plurality of first characters A communication game system including. The communication game system according to claim 1, wherein the game participation means causes a character that operates according to an operation instruction of a second player to participate in response to a rescue request by an operation of the first player. A first terminal device used by the first player and a second terminal device used by the second player; A game processing method for a game in which two players participate, comprising:
In the game, a plurality of first characters set as characters of the first player, including at least one player character that operates according to an operation instruction of the first player, are operated to progress.
In the second terminal device,
A game process in which, in place of any of the plurality of first characters, a second character different from the first character, which operates in response to an operation instruction from a second player, is allowed to participate in the game by the first terminal device Method. A first terminal device used by the first player, a second terminal device used by the second player, and a server device capable of connecting the first terminal device and the second terminal device by communication, A communication game system in which a first terminal device and a second terminal device are communicatively connected via a server device to allow a second player to participate in a game played by a first player,
The game is a game in which a plurality of first characters set as characters of the first player, including at least one player character that operates according to an operation instruction of the first player, are allowed to move and progress.
The first terminal device is
A first instruction input means for inputting an instruction by an operation of the first player,
The second terminal device is
A game participation means for causing a second character different from the first character, which operates in response to an operation instruction from a second player, to participate in the game by the first terminal device, instead of the plurality of first characters A communication game system including. A first terminal device used by the first player and a second terminal device used by the second player, and a server device capable of connecting the first terminal device and the second terminal device by communication, A game processing method for a game, in which one terminal device and a second terminal device are communicatively connected via a server device to allow a second player to participate in a game played by a first player,
In the game, a plurality of first characters set as characters of the first player, including at least one player character that operates according to an operation instruction of the first player, are operated to progress.
In the second terminal device,
A game process in which, in place of any of the plurality of first characters, a second character different from the first character, which operates in response to an operation instruction from a second player, is allowed to participate in the game by the first terminal device Method.

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