JP6735331B2 - Program, terminal and server - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a program, a terminal and a server.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, terminals such as smartphones have a notification function that allows information to be displayed on a screen and confirmed by a user. For example, in the related art, there is a notification that the preparation for a call is completed or a request that a call application is activated is issued (see 0091 and 0092 of Patent Document 1).

JP, 2014-168186, A

In addition, conventionally, there is a method in which an event is generated based on a game program (game application) installed in a terminal and the event information is notified at the notification timing of the event.

For example, it is assumed that there is an event in which a given item is an item that can be acquired by the player on the condition that a predetermined period has elapsed based on the input information of the player while the game is running. Then, when the game is not started at the time when the predetermined period has elapsed, the information indicating that the item can be acquired is displayed on the display unit of the terminal as the event information, with the time when the predetermined period has elapsed as the notification timing. Notice.

However, such notification control notifies the terminal of event information one after another even when there are many events or when the player has not played the game for a long time, which may make the player feel annoyed. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is a program capable of efficiently performing notification of event information without unnecessarily notifying game event information. , A terminal and a server are provided.

(1) The present invention is
A program that performs processing for notifying event information related to games,
An event generation control unit that generates an event,
A notification unit for notifying information of the event at a notification timing corresponding to the event generated by the event generation control unit,
When the game is not started, the computer functions as a determination unit that determines whether or not there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing,
The notification unit,
When the determination unit determines that the other notification timing is within the predetermined period and the game is not started, the event corresponding to the one notification timing is output at the other notification timing. The present invention relates to a program that performs a process of collectively notifying information and information of an event corresponding to the other notification timing.

The present invention also relates to a computer-readable information storage medium, which stores a program for causing a computer to function as each of the above units.

Further, the present invention is a terminal that performs a process of notifying event information regarding a game,
An event generation control unit that generates an event,
A notification unit for notifying information of the event at a notification timing corresponding to the event generated by the event generation control unit,
A determination unit that determines whether or not there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing when the game is not running,
The notification unit,
When the determination unit determines that the other notification timing is within the predetermined period and the game is not started, the event corresponding to the one notification timing is output at the other notification timing. The present invention relates to a terminal that performs a process of collectively notifying information and event information corresponding to the other notification timing.

In addition, the present invention is a server that performs a process of notifying event information regarding a game,
An event generation control unit that generates an event,
A notification unit for notifying information of the event at a notification timing corresponding to the event generated by the event generation control unit,
A determination unit that determines whether or not there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing when the game is not running,
The notification unit,
When the determination unit determines that the other notification timing is within the predetermined period and the game is not started, the event corresponding to the one notification timing is output at the other notification timing. The present invention relates to a server, which performs a process of collectively notifying information and event information corresponding to the other notification timing.

According to the present invention, at the other notification timing, a process of collectively notifying the event information corresponding to one notification timing and the event information corresponding to another notification timing is performed. It is possible to efficiently perform the processing of notifying the event information without giving unnecessary notification.

In the present invention, “the game has not started” means that the game program (game application) has not started. For example, a period from the time when the player inputs to end the game program to the time when the player inputs to start the game program is a period in which the game is not started.

Further, “the game has not started” may mean that the game has not started in the foreground. For example, the period from when the player inputs the game program to the background state to when the player inputs the game program to the foreground state may be the period when the game is not activated.

Further, the "notification" means not only the control of displaying information on the display unit using the notification function of the terminal, but also the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and HTTP (Hypertext) for establishing a connection via the network (for example, the Internet). It also includes notification control that sends and receives data using various network protocols such as Transfer Protocol. Further, the “notification” is not limited to the notification to be displayed, and may be a notification by voice or vibration.

Further, the “predetermined period” is a period for determining whether or not a collective notification is to be made, and is a period in which the length of the period can be adjusted.

An "event" is a program command for advancing a game and a program command for changing the game progress. For example, in the case of a game in which items owned by the player are increased or parameters are increased, the “event” is a command to make the item owned by the player, a command to increase the parameter, or the like.

(2) Further, the program, the information storage medium, the terminal and the server of the present invention are
For each event, make the computer further function as a priority setting unit that sets the priority of the event,
The notification unit,
When a high-priority event is set by the priority setting unit, at least a process of notifying information of the high-priority event is performed at a notification timing corresponding to the high-priority event. Good.

According to the present invention, it is possible to notify at least the information of an event of high priority, which is considered to be important information to the player, at the notification timing corresponding to the event of high priority.

(3) Further, the program, information storage medium, terminal and server of the present invention are
For each event, make the computer further function as a priority setting unit that sets the priority of the event,
The notification unit,
When the one notification timing is a notification timing corresponding to a low priority event and the other notification timing is a notification timing corresponding to a high priority event, the one notification timing corresponds to the high priority event At the notification timing, a process of collectively notifying the information of the low-priority event and the information of the high-priority event may be performed.

According to the present invention, the information of the low priority event and the information of the high priority event are collectively notified at the notification timing corresponding to the high priority event. Unnecessary notification can be avoided. Further, it is possible to notify the information of the event of high priority at the notification timing corresponding to the event of high priority.

(4) Further, the program, information storage medium, terminal and server of the present invention are
For each event, a priority setting part that sets the priority of the event,
The computer may further function as a predetermined period control unit that adjusts the length of the predetermined period based on the priority of each event.

According to the present invention, since the length of the predetermined period is adjusted based on the priority of each event, it is possible to adjust the timing of batch notification based on the priority of each event. For example, even if the predetermined period is set in advance, if there is a high priority event within the predetermined period, the length of the predetermined period is set so that the end of the predetermined period becomes the notification timing of the high priority event. It is possible to control so as to notify the information of the event having the high priority as early as possible, for example, by adjusting the length to be short.

(5) Further, the program, the information storage medium, the terminal and the server of the present invention are
The priority setting unit,
The priority of the event may be set based on the number of events that occur based on the player's input information.

For example, it is considered that the more the number of times an event occurs, the more the event the player likes. According to the present invention, for example, when the priority of an event is set higher as the number of times the event has occurred is increased, it is possible to control so that the information of the event that the player likes can be notified earlier. ..

(6) Further, the program, information storage medium, terminal and server of the present invention are
The notification unit,
Set the end time of the event period associated with the event that occurred based on the input information of the player as the notification timing of the event,
The priority setting unit,
You may make it set the priority of the said event based on the said event period.

For example, when the event period is a long period of 1 hour or more, it is preferable to notify the player early that the event period has ended. According to the present invention, for example, when the priority is set to be higher as the event period is longer, the information of the event having the longer event period can be notified earlier.

(7) Further, the program, information storage medium, terminal and server of the present invention are
The notification unit,
When multiple events with notification timing are related within a predetermined period, the notification timing of the event with the last notification timing among the related events is You may make it perform the process which notifies information collectively.

According to the present invention, a plurality of related events can be collectively notified, so that the player can efficiently know information about a plurality of related events.

(8) Further, the program, the information storage medium, the terminal and the server of the present invention are
The computer may further function as a predetermined period control unit that adjusts the length of the predetermined period when a plurality of events having notification timing within a predetermined period are related to each other.

According to the present invention, the length of the predetermined period can be adjusted when the plurality of events having the notification timing within the predetermined period are related to each other. For example, even if the predetermined period is set in advance, if multiple events are related to each other within the predetermined period, the end of the predetermined period is set to the last relevant notification timing of the predetermined period. It is possible to control to notify information of a plurality of related events as early as possible, for example, by adjusting to shorten the length.

(9) Further, the program, information storage medium, terminal and server of the present invention are
The notification unit,
When the determination unit determines that there are a plurality of the other notification timings within the predetermined period, the event information corresponding to the one notification timing and a plurality of the other notification timings at the last other notification timings. You may make it perform the process which notifies collectively the information of several events corresponding to the notification timing of.

According to the present invention, the event information corresponding to one notification timing and the event information corresponding to a plurality of other notification timings are collectively notified at the last other notification timing within a predetermined period. Thus, it is possible to efficiently perform the process of notifying the event information without unnecessarily notifying the game event information.

(10) Further, the program, information storage medium, terminal and server of the present invention are
The determination unit,
It is determined whether or not there is an event notification timing within the notification disapproval period set based on at least one of the player game play history information and the player input information,
The notification unit,
If it is determined that there is an event notification timing in the notification disapproval period, and the game is not started, the notification timing is in the notification disapproval period at the end of the notification disapproval period. You may make it perform the process which notifies the information of an event.

For example, if there is no history information of the game play of the player in the midnight time zone, or if the notification in the midnight time zone is set to be avoided based on the input information of the player, the time zone is Is considered to be a time zone during which the user does not want to be notified of game event information. According to the present invention, as described above, it is possible to prevent the player from notifying the event information in a time period (for example, a midnight time period) in which the player does not want to notify the game event information.

(11) Further, the program, the information storage medium, the terminal and the server of the present invention are
The notification unit,
In the case of collectively notifying information on a plurality of events, one piece of information summarizing information on a plurality of events may be generated based on a predetermined notification information generating program, and the information may be notified. According to the present invention, it is possible to make one piece of information that is a collection of information on a plurality of events appropriate information that is easy for the player to understand.

The figure which shows the game system of this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the terminal of this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the server of this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the game screen of this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the game screen of this embodiment. FIGS. 6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams regarding an event (event of item generation). The figure for demonstrating notification timing. The figure which shows an example of the display part of a terminal when the information of an event was notified. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of collective notification. The figure which shows an example of the display part of a terminal when the event information is collectively notified. The figure which shows an example of the display part of a terminal when the event information is collectively notified. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of collective notification. The figure which shows an example of the display part of a terminal when the information of an event was notified. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of collective notification. The figure which shows an example of the display part of a terminal when the information of an event was notified. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of collective notification. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of collective notification. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of the notification when the notification disapproval period is set. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of the notification when the notification disapproval period is set. Explanatory drawing regarding the process of the notification when the notification disapproval period is set. The flowchart figure which shows the flow of a process of this embodiment.

The present embodiment will be described below. The present embodiment described below does not unreasonably limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are the necessary configuration requirements of the present invention.

1. Game System FIG. 1 shows a game system (network system, social network system) of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, it is composed of a plurality of terminals 10 and a server 20 (server system). That is, as shown in FIG. 1, in the game system of this embodiment, the server 20 that provides the service and the terminal 10 are configured to be connectable to a network (for example, the Internet).

The server 20 is an information processing device that provides a service capable of providing communication between a plurality of users (players), and provides a community-type service called SNS (social networking service) in this embodiment. It is a server that does. In other words, the server 20 transmits the user information (user name, diary, bulletin information, game field status, etc.) not only to the logged-in user but also to other users who have a friendship relationship with the user, and the information is transmitted between the users. I try to communicate. The server 20 may provide services only to users who have registered as members. The server 20 may be composed of one or more servers (authentication server, game processing server, communication server, billing server, database server, etc.).

Further, the server 20 of the present embodiment provides an online game service (social game) in response to a request from the terminal 10. In the present embodiment, a game program is executed in the terminal 10, and in the server 20, the account information of the player, the game result of the game executed in the terminal 10, the game medium (character, item, etc.) usable in the game, Information such as in-game currency that can be used in the game and information regarding the stages that make up the game are managed.

The terminal 10 is an information processing device such as a mobile terminal (smart phone, mobile phone, portable game machine, etc.), personal computer (PC), game device, image generation device, etc., and is connected via a network such as the Internet (WAN) or LAN. Device that can be connected to the server 20. The communication line between the terminal 10 and the server 20 may be wired or wireless.

2. Configuration 2.1 Configuration of Terminal FIG. 2 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the terminal 10 (game device) of the present embodiment. Note that the terminal of this embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the components (sections) of FIG. 2 are omitted.

The input unit 160 is a device for inputting (detecting) input information from the player, and outputs the input information (operation input) of the player to the processing unit 100. The function of the input unit 160 can be realized by an input device such as a touch panel, a touch pad, a mouse, direction keys and buttons, and a keyboard. The detection unit 162 detects a contact operation (touch operation) by the player from the contact detection area (touch panel).

The storage unit 170 stores programs and various data for causing a computer to function as each unit of the processing unit 100, and also functions as a work area of the processing unit 100, and the function can be realized by a hard disk, a RAM, or the like. The storage unit 170 also stores various data such as character information (parameters, attributes, levels, etc.) owned by the player, item information owned by the player, and the like.

The information storage medium 180 (computer-readable medium) stores programs and data, and its function is an optical disk (CD, DVD), magneto-optical disk (MO), magnetic disk, hard disk, magnetic tape. Alternatively, it can be realized by a memory (ROM) or the like. That is, the information storage medium 180 stores a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of this embodiment (a program for causing a computer to execute the process of each unit).

The display unit 190 outputs the game image generated by the processing unit 100, and the function thereof can be realized by a display such as a touch panel display, LCD or CRT.

The sound output unit 192 outputs the sound generated by the processing unit 100, and the function thereof can be realized by a speaker, headphones, or the like.

The communication unit 196 performs various controls for performing communication with the server 20, and its function can be realized by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs, programs, and the like.

The programs and various data stored in the information storage medium and the storage unit of the server 20 may be received via the network, and the received programs and data may be stored in the storage unit 170. Such a case where the computer functions as each unit of the processing unit 100 of the terminal by receiving the program and various data is also included in the scope of the present invention.

The processing unit 100 (processor) is based on input information (operation input) from the input unit 160, programs and data stored in the storage unit 170 or the information storage medium 180, data received via the communication unit 196, and the like. Processing such as game processing, image generation processing, and sound generation processing is performed. The functions of the processing unit 100 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs.

The processing unit 100 includes an event occurrence control unit 111, a notification unit 112, a determination unit 113, a priority setting unit 114, a predetermined period control unit 115, a reception unit 116, a display control unit 117, a communication control unit 118, an image generation unit 120, and The sound generation unit 130 is included.

The event generation control unit 111 controls to generate an event. For example, based on the input information (operation input) of the player, an event for generating an item (an event for making the item owned by the player) occurs. Further, the event generation control unit 111 may generate an event in the game of the player based on the input information (operation input) of another player. The event generation control unit 111 may generate a predetermined event based on the program of the server or the terminal. Regarding the event generated in the server, the server transmits the information of the generated event to the terminal, and the terminal receives the information of the event.

The notification unit 112 notifies the information of the event at the notification timing corresponding to the event generated by the event generation control unit 111. For example, the notification unit 112 sets the end time of the event period associated with the event that has occurred based on the input information of the player, as the notification timing of the event.

In addition, the notification unit 112 responds to one notification timing at another notification timing when the determination unit 113 determines that there is another notification timing within a predetermined period and the game is not started. A process of collectively notifying the information of the event to be performed and the information of the event corresponding to another notification timing is performed.

In addition, when the priority setting unit 114 sets a high priority event, the notification unit 112 notifies at least the information of the high priority event at the notification timing corresponding to the high priority event. The processing may be performed.

Further, the notification unit 112 has a high priority when one notification timing is a notification timing corresponding to an event having a low priority and the other notification timing is a notification timing corresponding to an event having a high priority. At a notification timing corresponding to the event, a process of collectively notifying the information of the low priority event and the information of the high priority event may be performed.

In addition, the notification unit 112, when a plurality of events having a notification timing within a predetermined period are related, at the notification timing of the event having the last notification timing among the plurality of related events, the notification unit 112 determines the relevance. It is also possible to perform a process of collectively notifying the information of the plurality of certain events.

In addition, when the determination unit 113 determines that there are a plurality of other notification timings within a predetermined period, the notification unit 112 determines the event information corresponding to one notification timing and a plurality of other notification timings at the last other notification timing. You may make it perform the process which notifies collectively the information of the some event corresponding to the other notification timing.

In addition, the notification unit 112 notifies the notification disapproval period at the end of the notification disapproval period when it is determined that there is an event notification timing in the notification disapproval period and the game is not started. You may make it perform the process which notifies the information of the said event with the timing.

In addition, when notifying information of a plurality of events in a batch, the notification unit 112 generates one piece of information that is a collection of information of a plurality of events based on a predetermined notification information generation program, and notifies the information. You may The notification information generation program is stored in the storage unit of the terminal or the server.

The determination unit 113 determines whether or not there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing when the game is not activated.

Further, the determination unit 113 may determine whether or not there is an event notification timing within the notification disapproval period that is set based on at least one of the player's game play history information and the player's input information. Good.

The priority setting unit 114 sets the priority of the event for each event. For example, the priority setting unit 114 may set the priority of the event based on the number of events that occur based on the player's input information.

Further, the priority setting unit 114 may set the priority of the event based on the event period.

The predetermined period control unit 115 controls to adjust (lengthen or shorten) the length of the predetermined period. For example, the predetermined period control unit 115 adjusts the length of the predetermined period based on the priority of each event. In addition, the predetermined period control unit 115 may adjust the length of the predetermined period when a plurality of events having notification timings within a predetermined period are related to each other.

The accepting unit 116 performs a process of accepting input information from the input unit 160. For example, the reception unit 116 performs a process of receiving input information for generating an event.

The display control unit 117 also controls the display unit 190 to display a game screen. For example, the display control unit 117 controls the display of objects (objects such as characters, houses, trees).

The communication control unit 118 performs a process of transmitting/receiving data to/from the server 20 or another terminal 10 via a network. For example, when the game is started, the communication control unit 118 transmits information for notifying that the game is started to the server 20, and when the game is ended, the game related to the game result and various game parameters. The result information may be transmitted to the server 20.

In addition, the communication control unit 118 may transmit to the server 20, the information about the character owned by the player, the information about the item owned by the player, the in-game currency, and the like stored in the storage unit 170.

Further, the communication control unit 118 may transmit the changed information to the server 20 when the information regarding the character owned by the player, the information regarding the item owned by the player, the information such as the in-game currency, is changed. ..

The image generation unit 120 performs drawing processing based on the results of various processing performed by the processing unit 100, thereby generating a game image and outputting the game image to the display unit 190. The image generation unit 120 may generate an image (so-called three-dimensional image) viewed from a virtual camera (given viewpoint) in the object space (game space).

The sound generation unit 130 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 100, generates a game sound such as BGM, a sound effect, or a sound, and outputs the game sound to the sound output unit 192.

In addition, the processing unit 100 performs various operations based on the progress of the game (for example, the number of logins, the number of times the game has been played, the time from the previous login to the next login, the number of stages of the cleared game, and the elapsed time). Processing may be performed.

2.2 Server Configuration FIG. 3 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the server 20 of the present embodiment. The server 20 of the present embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the constituent elements (respective parts) of FIG. 3 are omitted.

The storage unit 270 serves as a work area for the processing unit 200 and the communication unit 296, and the function thereof can be realized by a RAM (VRAM) or the like. The storage unit 270 includes a main storage unit 272 and a storage unit 260 (for example, a database).

The storage unit 260 is associated with the terminal identification information of the terminal managed by the server 20 or the player identification information (user account, user identification information) in association with the password required when the player logs in, and the player's mail address (destination). , Billing information, etc. may be stored.

The information storage medium 280 (computer-readable medium) stores programs and data, and its function is an optical disk (CD, DVD), magneto-optical disk (MO), magnetic disk, hard disk, magnetic tape. Alternatively, it can be realized by a memory (ROM) or the like. The processing unit 200 performs various processes of this embodiment based on a program (data) stored in the information storage medium 280. That is, the information storage medium 280 stores a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of this embodiment (a program for causing a computer to execute the process of each unit).

The communication unit 296 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (for example, terminals, other servers, and other game systems), and its function is hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs. It can be realized by a program or the like.

The processing unit 200 (processor) performs processing based on programs and data stored in the storage unit 270 and the information storage medium 280, data received via the communication unit 296, and the like. Specifically, the service is provided in response to a request from the terminal.

Further, the processing unit 200 performs various processes using the main storage unit 272 in the storage unit 270 as a work area. The function of the processing unit 200 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), or a program.

In particular, the processing unit 200 of the server of this embodiment includes a network setting unit 210, a communication control unit 211, and a game control unit 214. It should be noted that a part of these may be omitted.

The network setting unit 210 receives the player identification information or the terminal identification information from the terminal 10, and stores the player network information in the storage unit 260 in association with the received player identification information or the terminal identification information.

The communication control unit 211 performs a process of transmitting/receiving data to/from the terminal 10 via the network. That is, the communication control unit 211 transmits information corresponding to the request to the terminal 10 based on the request from the terminal 10 of the player.

The game control unit 214 performs various controls regarding the game. For example, the game control unit 214 receives the game result information transmitted from the game device (terminal 10), and updates various data associated with each player based on the game result information.

The processing unit 200 of the server 20 of the present embodiment may perform some or all of the processing of the processing unit 100 of the terminal 10.

The server 20 receives the information about the character owned by the player, the information about the item owned by the player, the information such as the in-game currency from the terminal 10 as the player information, and stores the information in the storage unit 270 (storage unit 260) of the server. Performs a process of storing information. That is, the server 20 performs a process of storing, for each player, in association with player identification information, information about a character owned by the player, information about an item owned by the player, player information such as in-game currency.

In addition, when the server 20 receives information about the character owned by the player, information about the item owned by the player, information about in-game currency, etc., when the changed information is received from the terminal 10. , Perform the process of updating to the changed contents.

3. Method 3.1 of this Embodiment 3.1 Overview A game of this embodiment relates to a simulation game of growing crops and livestock on a ranch in a virtual space and acquiring food and the like. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen (game image) of the present embodiment. The game screen W is displayed on the display unit 190 (display having a touch panel) of the terminal 10, and the player can perform an operation input by performing a contact operation (touch operation) of bringing a fingertip, a touch pen, or the like into contact with the touch panel. it can.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the game of the present embodiment, processing for executing an event for generating an item or an event for making an item acquirable is performed based on the input information of the player. For example, by placing objects such as cows and wheat fields in the virtual space, the player can give water to the wheat fields to obtain wheat, or give cows to wheat to obtain milk. Executes an event to make it an item owned by the player (make the player get the item).

More specifically, on the condition that a wheat field is selected (for example, the image area of the wheat field is touch-input) and water is consumed (the number of water, which is an example of the item owned by the player, is subtracted by 1). When the input information for generating the wheat a is received, the wheat a is generated after the event period (for example, 30 seconds) associated with the wheat a has elapsed from the reception time. That is, when the event period associated with the wheat a has elapsed, the wheat a can be acquired, and when the input information for acquiring the wheat a is received, the generated wheat a is processed as the player's possession item. That is, the process of storing the information of wheat a in the storage unit as the owned item in association with the player's identification information is performed.

Milk b is selected on the condition that cow c is selected (for example, the image area of cow c is touch-input) and wheat a is consumed (the number of wheat a, which is an example of an item owned by the player, is subtracted by 1). When the input information for generating is received, the milk b is generated after the event period (for example, 45 minutes) associated with the milk b has elapsed from the time of reception. That is, the milk b can be acquired when the event period associated with the milk b has elapsed, and when the input information for acquiring the milk b is accepted, the generated milk b is processed as the player's possession item.

Further, wheat flour e is selected on the condition that the factory d is selected (for example, the image area of the factory d is touch-input) and the wheat a is consumed (the number of wheat a, which is an example of the item owned by the player, is subtracted by 3). When the input information for making is received, the flour e is generated after the event period (for example, 40 minutes) associated with the flour e has elapsed from the time of reception. That is, when the event period associated with the flour e elapses, the flour e can be acquired, and when the input information for acquiring the flour e is accepted, the generated flour e is processed as the player's possession item.

Further, the oven f is selected (for example, the image area of the oven f is touch-input), and the flour e and the milk b are consumed (the numbers of the flour e and the milk b, which are examples of items owned by the player, are subtracted by one. When the input information for making the biscuit g is accepted on the condition that the biscuit g is to be performed, the biscuit g is generated after the event period (for example, 15 minutes) associated with the biscuit g has elapsed from the time of acceptance. That is, when the event period associated with the biscuit g elapses, the biscuit g can be acquired, and when the input information for acquiring the biscuit g is accepted, the generated biscuit g is processed as the player's possession item.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the game screen W when creating an item. For example, when the player selects a stove, the game screen W displays information indicating that one flour and one milk are consumed and one biscuit is produced in 15 minutes. For example, when the player touch-inputs an image i of “make a biscuit”, an event for generating a biscuit is started.

FIG. 6A shows a correspondence relationship between an event for a player to obtain an item, a consumption item, an event period indicating a time required to obtain the item, and a priority for each item to be generated. FIG. For example, for wheat items, this means that water is consumed and wheat is produced in 30 seconds.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the player can perform input information for performing work in a predetermined area of the virtual space, and there is an item that can be acquired based on the input information for performing the work. FIG. 6B shows the correspondence between the content of work, the event period indicating the time required to make an item obtainable, and the priority for each item for which the player obtains an item. Show the relationship. For example, when the input information for performing work on a vacant lot is received, the herb can be acquired (possible to be owned by the player) after the event period (for example, 2 hours) corresponding to the item to be acquired from the time of reception. Become. That is, when the event period corresponding to the item to be acquired has passed, the herb can be acquired, and when the input information for acquiring the herb is received, the herb is processed as the player's own item.

As described above, the present embodiment provides a game in which an event for acquiring an item is generated according to the input information of the player, the items owned by the player are increased, and the farm management and the like in the virtual space can be enjoyed. ..

3.2 Display of event information In the present embodiment, control is performed to display event information on the game screen when the event is completed while the game is running. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the event period of the biscuit g ends and the biscuit g is generated, the image of the biscuit g is specially displayed (effect display), and the biscuit can be acquired. Display that on the screen.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the information during the event period may be displayed while the game is running. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the wheat flour e is in the process of being generated, control is performed to display a gauge G indicating the elapsed time from the start point of the event.

3.3 Notification of event information In the present embodiment, a process of notifying event information is performed when the game is not activated. For example, in the case of an event that generates an item, the end time of the event period associated with the event is set as the notification timing of the event, and the notification timing indicates that the item has been generated on the screen of the terminal 10. A process of notifying by displaying information is performed. Here, the case where the game is not started is not limited to the case where the operation for ending the game is performed, but the case where the game is started in the background but another game is running, or the last operation is performed. Even if there is no operation for a certain period of time after the game is performed, or if the terminal has been inactive for a certain period of time and is in a sleep state, it is determined that the game is not running and the process of notifying the event information is performed. May be.

More specifically, referring to FIG. 7, for example, while the player is starting the game, based on the player's input information, event A (for example, an event that produces flour) at timing T1 and event B at timing T2 (for example, Milk producing event), event C (eg, strawberry producing event) at timing T3, event D (eg, egg producing event) at timing T4, and event E (eg, sugar producing event) at timing T5. ) Is generated and the game ends at timing T6.

In the present embodiment, when the game is not activated, control is performed to notify the event information during the period when the game is not activated. Specifically, the notification time of an event that occurs while the game is running may be stored in advance, and the notification may be controlled inside the terminal according to the notification time, or the terminal may generate the event. The time may be transmitted to the server, the server may manage the end time of the event, and when the event ends, the server may transmit (notify) the notification information to the terminal.

For example, in the present embodiment, when the event period of each of the events A, B, C, D, and E (at the end of the event period), the notification timing T7, T8, T9 of each of the events A, B, C, D, and E, Let them be T10 and T11.

Then, in the present embodiment, when the game is not activated, the event information is notified one after another as shown in FIG. That is, the information 56 of event A (for example, information indicating that flour has been produced) is notified at timing T7, and the information 55 of event B (for example, information indicating that milk has been produced) is notified at timing T8, Information 54 of event E (for example, information indicating that sugar has been produced) is notified at timing T9, information 53 of event D (for example, information indicating that eggs have been produced) is notified at timing T10, and timing T11. Then, the information 52 of the event C (for example, information indicating that strawberry has been formed) is notified. That is, in the present embodiment, when an event occurs, an event notification time point (event notification time) is set, and when the event notification time point is reached by the notification function of the terminal, the event information is controlled to be notified on the screen. To do.

3.4 Collective notification However, as shown in FIG. 8, if the event information is notified one after another, the player may feel annoyed by the notification information. Therefore, in this embodiment, a process of collectively notifying information of a plurality of events is performed under a predetermined condition. By doing so, the number of notifications can be reduced even when there are many events, and the complexity of the notifications can be reduced.

For example, when the game is not running, if there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from the one notification timing, at another notification timing, the event information corresponding to the one notification timing and the other notification timing Performs a process of collectively notifying event information corresponding to.

Note that, in the processing examples 1, 2, and 3 of the following collective notification, for example, when the player is starting the game, based on the input information of the player, an event A (for example, an event that produces flour) is generated at timing T1, and a timing T2 is generated. Event B (for example, an event that produces milk), event C (for example, an event that produces strawberries) at timing T3, event D (for example, an event that produces eggs) at timing T4, and event E (for example, an event that produces eggs) at timing T5. The event that generates sugar) is generated, the game is ended at timing T6, and the event period of each event A, B, C, D, E (at the end of the event period) is set to each event A, B, C, D. , E notification timings T7, T8, T9, T10, T11 will be described as an example.

(1) Batch notification processing example 1
First, a processing example 1 of batch notification will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when there are other notification timings T8, T9, T10, T11 within a predetermined period from the notification timing T7 of the event A, of the other notification timings T8, T9, T10, T11. At the final notification timing T11, a process of collectively reporting the information of the events A, B, C, D, and E corresponding to the respective notification timings T7, T8, T9, T10, and T11 is performed. That is, each event A, B, C, D, E is not notified individually at each preset notification timing, but each event A, B, C, D, E is collectively notified at one notification timing. Perform the notification process.

Then, for example, the information notified at the notification timing T11 is, as shown in FIG. 10, using the word “food” related to the events A, B, C, D, and E, “food has been prepared”. The event information 61 is notified. In addition, information on an event such as “Five kinds of foods are prepared” may be notified in more detail.

Further, as the information notified at the notification timing T11, as shown in FIG. 11, information of each event A, B, C, D, E and event information 62 in which the elapsed time of each event is shown in parentheses are notified. May be.

(2) Batch notification processing example 2
In this embodiment, information on a plurality of events may be collectively notified based on the priority of each event.

Specifically, with reference to FIG. 12, for example, when there are other notification timings T8, T9, T10, and T11 within a predetermined period from the notification timing T7 of the event A, the priority is 1 within the predetermined period. If there is the notification timing of the rank, the notification timing T9 having the first priority is given, and the processing of collectively reporting the information of the events A, B, and E corresponding to the notification timings T7, T8, and T9 is performed. By doing this, it is possible to quickly notify the information of high priority.

Then, after the timing T9 when the information of the events A, B, and E is collectively notified, a new predetermined period is set based on the next notification timing T10. Since the priority of the event at the timing T10 is the first, the process of immediately notifying the information of the event D is performed at the timing T10. Then, after the timing T10 at which the information of the event D is notified, a new predetermined period is set based on the next notification timing T11 (notification timing T11 of the event C having the second highest priority).

For example, at the notification timing T9, as shown in FIG. 13, the information on the events A, B, and E is “food prepared” by using the word “food” related to the events A, B, and E. The event information 73 is notified.

Further, at the notification timing T10, the information 72 of the event D (for example, information indicating that an egg is formed) is notified, and at the notification timing T10, the information 71 of the event C (for example, information indicating that a strawberry is formed) is transmitted. Notice.

At the notification timing T9 of the event E having the first priority, only the event E having a high priority is notified, and at the notification timing T10 of the event D having the first priority, the priority of the event E is changed. Only the event D, which is a high event, is notified, and the notification timing of the event C is obtained by collecting the events A, B, and C that have the notification timing within a predetermined period from the notification timing T7 of the event A and that have the first priority. You may perform the process which notifies in batch at T11. By doing so, when the notification timing of the high-priority event arrives, the notification can be made immediately and independently, so that the player can easily perform the high-priority notification and the low-priority notification. It becomes possible to distinguish them.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the priority of the event is the first place, the information of the event is notified at a predetermined notification timing, but even when the priority of the event is the second place, the event The information may be notified at a predetermined notification timing. The player may be allowed to set the relationship between the high priority and the timing of event notification, or the player may be allowed to set the event priority.

(3) Batch notification processing example 3
Further, in this embodiment, information on a plurality of events may be collectively notified based on the relevance of the plurality of events.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 14, for example, when there are other notification timings T8, T9, T10, and T11 within a predetermined period from the notification timing T7 of the event A, the event A and the event B are associated with each other. In some cases, at the last relevant notification timing T8, the processing of collectively reporting the information of the events A and B corresponding to the notification timings T7 and T8 is performed. By doing so, it is possible to promptly notify relevant information.

For example, event A (an event that produces flour) and event B (an event that produces milk) are related in the sense that they are ingredients for biscuits. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the event information 82 such as “the biscuit material is completed” is notified by using the word “biscuit material” related to the events A and B.

Then, after the timing T8 at which the information of the events A and B is collectively notified, a new predetermined period is set based on the next notification timing T9, and other notification timings T10 and T11 are present within the predetermined period. If there is a possibility, at the last notification timing T11, a process of collectively notifying the information of the events C, D, and E corresponding to the notification timings T9, T10, and T11 is performed.

For example, the event C (event that produces strawberries), the event D (event that produces eggs), and the event E (event that produces sugar) are related in the sense that they become the ingredients of strawberry custard. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, event information 81 such as “Ichigo custard ingredients have been created” using the words “Ingredients for strawberry custard” related to events C, D, and E. To notify.

In the present embodiment, the relevance of each event is stored in the storage unit in advance, and it is determined whether or not there is a relevance in a plurality of events.

(4) Control of predetermined period In the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a predetermined period for determining whether or not collective notification is performed based on the notification timing T7 of the first event A after the game ends. To set. The start timing of the predetermined period is the first notification timing after the end of the game. The predetermined period is, for example, 2 hours.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the notification timing T7 of the first event A after the end of the game is set as the start timing of the predetermined period, and it is determined whether or not there is another notification timing within the predetermined period. For example, in the processing example 1 of the collective notification, as shown in FIG. 9, the processing of collectively reporting the information of the events A, B, C, D, and E is performed at the notification timing T11. If there is, the notification timing after T11 is set again as the start timing of the predetermined period, and the predetermined period is set. That is, the first notification timing after notification of event information (collective notification) is set as the start timing of the predetermined period, and the predetermined period is reset.

Further, in this embodiment, the length of the predetermined period may be adjusted based on the priority of each event. In the batch notification processing example 2, as shown in FIG. 12, the predetermined period is set based on the notification timing T7 of the first event A after the game ends, but the priority is set to 1 before the predetermined period ends. If there is the notification timing T9 of the rank, since the processing of collectively notifying the information of the events A, B, and E is performed at the notification timing T9, the end of the predetermined period is adjusted to the notification timing T9. Good. That is, the predetermined period is adjusted to be shorter so that the notification timing with the first priority is the end of the predetermined period.

Then, as shown in FIG. 12, at the notification timing T9, a process of collectively notifying the information of the events A, B, and E is performed, and when there is the notification timing T10 after the time T9, the time T10 is used as a reference ( A predetermined period is set (start timing is at T10). That is, after the event information is collectively notified, the predetermined period is set again based on the notification timing T10 after the collective notification. Since the priority of the event D corresponding to the notification timing T10 is the first place, the length of the predetermined period (at the end) is set to T10, and after the event D is notified at T10, the next A predetermined period with the notification timing T11 as the start timing is set.

In addition, in the present embodiment, when the priority of the event at the first notification timing of the predetermined period is first, the length of the predetermined period is substantially 0, and the priority is first. Although the event information is notified immediately, the length of the predetermined period may be set to be as short as 10 minutes. That is, in this embodiment, when the priority of the event at the first notification timing of the predetermined period is first, the length of the predetermined period is set to 10 minutes and the notification of other events is given within 10 minutes. When there is a timing, the information of the event having the first priority and the information of other events may be collectively notified. In addition, when the priority of the event at the first notification timing of the predetermined period is second, the length of the predetermined period may be set to 30 minutes. That is, if the priority of the event of the first notification timing of the predetermined period is 1st, the length of the predetermined period is set to 10 minutes, and if the priority of the event of the first notification timing of the predetermined period is 2nd Set the length of the predetermined period to 30 minutes, and set the length of the predetermined period to 2 hours if the priority of the event at the first notification timing of the predetermined period is 3rd. The predetermined period may be set according to the priority of the timing event.

Further, in the present embodiment, the length of the predetermined period may be adjusted when a plurality of events having the notification timing within the predetermined period are related to each other.

For example, in the batch notification processing example 3, as shown in FIG. 14, a predetermined period for setting whether or not to execute the batch notification is set based on the notification timing T7 of the first event A after the game ends. However, when a plurality of events A and B having notification timing within a predetermined period are related to each other, the processing of collectively reporting the information of events A and B at the notification timing T8 of event B is performed. The end of the predetermined period may be adjusted to the notification timing T8. That is, the predetermined period is shortened so that the last notification timing associated with the event is the end of the predetermined period.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14, when there is a notification timing T9 after the notification timing T8, a predetermined period having the start timing at T9 is set. That is, after the event information is collectively notified, the predetermined period is set again based on the notification timing T9 after the collective notification.

(5) Description of Event Occurrence In the present embodiment, the process of generating an event for generating an item or an event for acquiring an item based on the input information of the player has been described, but it occurs in the game. The event may be an event that occurs regardless of the player's input information.

For example, an event may be generated in the game of the player P1 based on the input information of another player P2 having a friend relationship with the player P1. For example, when the terminal of the player P2 accepts the information to attach the item (eg, egg) from the player P2 to the player P1 as the information of the event, the terminal of the player P2 selects the item from the items owned by the player P2. The information is deleted and "information for giving an item to the player P1 from the player P2" is transmitted to the server. When the server receives the “information for giving an item from the player P2 to the player P1” from the terminal of the player P2, the server transmits the “information for giving an item from the player P2 to the player P1” to the terminal of the player P1. The terminal of the player P1 receives "information for giving an item from the player P2 to the player P1" from the server and stores the item as an item owned by the player P1. In addition, when the game is not activated on the terminal of the player P1, control is performed to notify the terminal of the information of the event (information for giving the item (eg, egg) from the player P2 to the player P1).

Further, in the present embodiment, when the terminal of the player P1 receives from the server that an event has occurred due to the input of another player P2, the event period associated with the event is not particularly set (that is, , The event period is 0). That is, the terminal of the player P1 immediately notifies the event information when the event information is received from the server.

In addition, in the present embodiment, an event that occurs at a predetermined timing (for example, an event that adds a New Year's card item to a New Year's event that occurs at 8:00 on January 1) may be controlled. For example, when an event occurs at a predetermined timing when the game is not running, the terminal does not particularly set an event period associated with the event (that is, the event period is 0). Therefore, the terminal immediately notifies the event information.

(6) Description of Process for Determining Whether to Notify Information of Multiple Events in Batch In the present embodiment, it is determined whether to notify information of multiple events in batch at the start timing of a predetermined period. .. Further, in the present embodiment, it may be determined whether or not to collectively notify the information of a plurality of events, based on whether or not the generated event is a predictable event.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the start timing (notification timing of the first event after the game end time T6) T7 of the predetermined period is the notification timing of the event A generated based on the input information of the player, and the notification timing T7. After that, when an unpredictable event F (for example, an event F generated by another player's input) occurs, the event F cannot be predicted at the notification timing T7 of the event A, so that the information of the event A is concerned. The notification is made at the event notification timing T7.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, the start timing (notification timing of the first event after the game end time T6) T7 of the predetermined period is an unpredictable event F (for example, an event F generated by another player's input). This is the notification timing, and if there is the notification timing T8 of the event A generated based on the input information of the player after the notification timing T7, the information of the event A and the event F is collectively notified at the notification timing T8 of the event A. .. That is, since the notification timing T8 of the event A that has occurred can be predicted, a process of collectively reporting the information of the events A and F is performed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when another notification timing is set in advance by the start timing of the predetermined period (notification timing of the first event after the end of the game), information on the first event, It is possible to determine whether or not to collectively notify other event information than the first event information. In short, for events (events that generate items such as milk and flour) that occur due to player input, the time of event notification is set when the event occurs, and it is possible to determine whether or not to make a batch notification after the event occurs. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, the timing for determining whether or not to perform the batch notification is not limited to the start timing of the predetermined period, but from the end of the game to the start timing of the predetermined period (for example, T6 in FIGS. 16 and 17). ~T7 period). In such a case, it is determined whether or not the notification timing that can be predicted in advance is collectively notified.

3.6 Setting of Priority In this embodiment, the priority of each event is set based on various information. In particular, in the present embodiment, any one of the first, second, and third priorities is set for the event.

For example, in the present embodiment, the priority of the event is set based on the number of times the event occurs based on the player's input information.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the number of occurrences of each event is counted for each event that occurs based on the input information of the player, and when the number of occurrences of the event is 0 or more and less than 10 times, the priority is “ If the number of occurrences of the event is 10 or more and less than 20, the priority is set to "2", and if the number of occurrences of the event is 20 or more, the priority is set to "1". .. For example, when the number of occurrences of an event that generates a "biscuit" is 12, the priority is set to "2".

Further, in the present embodiment, the priority of the event may be set based on the event period associated with the event.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, if the event period associated with the event is one hour or more, the priority of the event may be set to the first place.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the player adjusts the event period to be short by charging, the priority of the event may be controlled to be high (first rank).

3.7 Notification disapproval period In the present embodiment, the notification disapproval period (time zone) is set based on at least one of the player's game play history information and the player's input information. For example, in the past week, if there is no game play history (game activation history) from 22:00 to 7:00 the next morning, the notification non-permission period is set from 22:00 to 7:00 the next morning. Further, the notification disapproval period may be set based on the input information of the player.

Then, when it is determined that there is an event notification timing in the set notification disapproval period, and the game is not started, at the end of the notification disapproval period, during the notification disapproval period. A process of notifying information of one or more events having a notification timing and a batch notification timing is performed. When notifying the information of a plurality of events at the end of the notification disapproval period, the information of a plurality of events may be collectively notified.

For example, in the case of the batch notification processing example 1, when the notification disallowed period is not set, the information of the events A, B, C, D, and E is collectively notified at the last notification timing T11. When the disapproval period is set, as shown in FIG. 18, at the end time T16 of the notification disapproval period, the information of the events A, B, C, D, and E is collectively notified.

Further, for example, in the case of the batch notification processing example 2, when the notification disapproval period is not set, the information of the event D is notified at the notification timing T10, and the information of the event E is notified at the notification timing T11. However, when the notification disapproval period is set, the information of the event D and the information of the event C are notified at the end time T16 of the notification disapproval period as shown in FIG. At the end of the notification disapproval period T16, the information on the event D and the information on the event C may be collectively notified.

Further, for example, in the case of the batch notification processing example 3, when the notification disapproval period is not set, the notification of the events C, D, and E is collectively notified at the notification timing T11. When set, as shown in FIG. 20, at the end T16 of the notification disapproval period, the information of the events C, D, and E is collectively notified.

The player's game play history information is stored in the storage unit of the terminal or the server. Specifically, the date and time when the game is started (logged in) and the date and time when the game is ended (logged out) are accumulated in the storage unit of the terminal or the server and stored in the storage unit.

3.8 Notification In the present embodiment, in the case of collectively notifying the information of a plurality of events, one piece of information (event information) that is a collection of information of a plurality of events is generated based on a predetermined notification information generation program. , Notify the relevant information. By doing this, it is possible to generate notification information that is easy for the player to understand. In addition, when the number of characters of the notification is limited, the information of the notification can be efficiently generated within the limited number of characters.

In the present embodiment, the type (type information) and the relevance (relevance information) are set (stored in the storage unit) for each event in advance, and based on at least one of the type and the relevance of the information of a plurality of events, one Generate information and notify the information. The type is information indicating the characteristics of the event, and is, for example, "food". The relevance is information relating to a plurality of events, and is, for example, "strawberry custard ingredient" or "biscuit ingredient".

For example, it is assumed that “food” is set in advance for the types of events A, B, C, D, and E. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, when the events A, B, C, D, and E are collectively notified, “food”, which is a common type of the events A, B, C, D, and E, is used. , Information 61 of an event such as "food is ready" is notified.

In addition, for example, it is assumed that the “material for biscuit” is set in advance as the relationship between the events A and B. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, when the events A and B are collectively notified, "the biscuit material is produced" by using the "biscuit material" which is the common relevance information of the events A and B. The event information 82 such as "" is notified.

In addition, for example, it is assumed that “material of strawberry custard” is set in advance in the relevance of events C, D, and E. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, when the events C, D, and E are collectively notified, “strawberry custard ingredients”, which is the common relevance information of the events C, D, and E, is used. Information 81 of the event such as "Custard material is ready" is notified.

Further, in the present embodiment, when notifying information of a plurality of events in a lump, it is also possible to notify together with the elapsed time from the individual notification timing of the event.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, information 62 including an item generated in each event A, B, C, D, and E and an elapsed time from the notification timing of each event is generated, and the information 62 is notified. ..

For example, the elapsed time from the notification timing of the event A for producing flour to the current time (the timing at which the player receives an operation input for viewing the notification information) is 1 hour or more, and the notification timing of the event B for producing milk is From the notification timing of the event E that produces sugar to the present time is 30 minutes, and the elapsed time from the notification timing of the event D that produces eggs to the present time If it is 15 minutes and the elapsed time from the notification timing of the event C that produces strawberries to the present time is 5 minutes, as shown in FIG. 11, “strawberry (5 minutes ago), egg (15 minutes ago), sugar Event information 62 such as (30 minutes ago), milk (1 hour ago), and flour (1 hour ago) was created. By doing so, the player can confirm the time when the generation of each event is completed even in the case of collective notification.

When the elapsed time from the notification timing set in the event is shown, it is displayed in minutes when the elapsed time is less than 1 hour, and in hours when the elapsed time is 1 hour or more. indicate.

Further, in the present embodiment, the elapsed time may be measured based on the timing of collective notification. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the elapsed time of each event from the collective notification timing T11 is measured and the elapsed time of each event is notified. That is, the elapsed time from the notification timing T7 of the event A for producing flour to the collective notification timing T11 is 1 hour or more, and the elapsed time from the notification timing T8 of the event B for producing milk to the collective notification timing T11 is 1 hour. That is, the elapsed time from the notification timing T9 of the event E that produces sugar to the batch notification timing T11 is 25 minutes, and the elapsed time from the notification timing T10 of the event D that produces eggs to the batch notification timing T11 is 10 minutes. If the elapsed time from the notification timing T11 of the event C that generates strawberries to the collective notification timing T11 is 0 minutes, then “strawberry (0 minutes), egg (10 minutes before), sugar (25 minutes before), Event information such as "milk (1 hour ago), flour (1 hour ago)" was posted.

3.9 Flowchart Next, the flow of processing of this embodiment will be described using FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the game is running (step S1). Then, it is determined whether or not there is one notification timing (step S2). When it is determined that there is one notification timing (Y in step S2), it is determined whether there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing (step S3).

Then, when it is determined that there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from the one notification timing (Y in step S3), the event information corresponding to the one notification timing and the other notification are notified at the other notification timing. A process of collectively notifying the event information corresponding to the timing is performed (step S4).

On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no other notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing (N in step S3), a process of notifying the event information corresponding to the one notification timing at one notification timing is performed. Perform (step S5).

Then, it is determined whether or not the game has been started (step S6). If the game has not been started (N in step S6), the process returns to step S2 to continue the processing. On the other hand, when the game is started, the process ends.

3.10 Others In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, when the game is started after the timing T6 when the game ends and before the collective notification timing T11 of the information of events A to E arrives, After the game is started, the event information to be notified to the player is displayed on the game screen. For example, if the game is started at timing T10, the information of events A, B, C, and D is displayed on the game screen, and the information of event E is notified at timing T11.

4. Application Example of Game System In the present embodiment, an example in which notification control is performed by the notification function of the terminal has been described, but a server may perform notification control.

For example, when the server performs the process of notifying the event information related to the game, the server performs a part of the process of the processing unit 100 of the terminal 10 (for example, the event occurrence control unit 111, the notification unit 112, the determination unit 113). Processing of the priority setting unit 114 and the control unit 115 for a predetermined period). That is, the server controls the information received from the terminal 10 or an event to occur at a predetermined timing, and to notify the information of the event at a notification timing corresponding to the occurred event. Then, when the game is not started, the server determines whether or not there is another notification timing within a predetermined period from one notification timing, and it is determined that there is another notification timing within the predetermined period. In the case where the game is not started, a process of collectively notifying the event information corresponding to the one notification timing and the event information corresponding to the other notification timing at the other notification timing. Control to do.

The server authenticates the player (user) who has made a login request from the terminal, and when the login is permitted, controls the game based on the information of the player who has permitted the login. The game is running (in game) during login, and the game ends when logging out. The period from the time of logging out to the time of logging in again is a period in which the game is not activated.

Further, while the game is running, data is transmitted and received between the server and the terminal. The server generates an event at the information received from the terminal 10 or at a predetermined timing. When an event occurs, the server sets the end time of the event period associated with the event as the notification timing of the event.

Then, the server determines, for each player, whether or not the game is running. If the game of the player is not running, if there is an event notification timing for the player, the server notifies the event. Notification control of the event is performed at a timing.

The server may post event information based on a given protocol (SMTP, HTTP, or other network protocol).

For example, the server may send an e-mail including information about the event to the e-mail address (destination) of the player at the event notification timing based on the mail server function. That is, the player can know the event information based on the mail receiving program (mail application) of the terminal.

Further, the server may notify the information including the event information as a web page of the player (for example, posted information of the SNS player) at the event notification timing based on the web server function. That is, the player can know the event information based on the SNS program (SNS application) of the terminal.

Further, the terminal may receive event information from the server that manages the SNS, and notify the received event information based on the program of the SNS installed in the terminal.

The game system according to the present embodiment may be configured such that the server 20 realizes almost all the functions of the processing unit 100 of the terminal.

For example, the game system may be a system realized by cloud computing. That is, in cloud computing, information (player information, etc.) for each player is stored and managed on the server and processed. That is, the terminal 10 transmits various input information input from the input unit 160 to the server 20. Then, the server 20 performs processing of each unit of the processing unit 100 to generate image generation data for generating an image, and transmits the generated image generation data to each terminal. Here, the image generation data is data for displaying an image generated by the method of the present embodiment on each terminal, and may be the image data itself or various data used by each terminal to generate an image. It may be data (object data, game processing result data, etc.). Further, the game system may be configured such that the processing of each unit of the processing unit 100 is distributed and executed by the server and the terminal.

5. Application Example The present invention is not limited to that described in the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, terms referred to as broad or synonymous terms in the description or drawings can be replaced with broad or synonymous terms in other descriptions in the specification or drawings.

5.1 Application Example of Event Occurrence In the present embodiment, the player terminal may control the server to generate an event by confirming the event occurrence with the server every predetermined period (for example, every hour).

For example, the terminal transmits player identification information and an event occurrence confirmation request to the server at predetermined time intervals. Then, when the server receives the player's identification information and the event occurrence confirmation request from the terminal, the server determines whether or not the event occurrence information stored in association with the player's identification information is present, and the player's identification information is stored. If there is event occurrence information stored in association with the identification information, the event information, the event start time, and the event period are transmitted to the player's terminal, and if there is no event occurrence information, it is said that there is no event occurrence information. Send information.

The terminal receives information according to the event occurrence confirmation request. When receiving the event information, the event start time point, and the event period, the terminal generates an event based on the event start time point, and sets the event period end time as the event information notification timing.

In the present embodiment, the player terminal may control the server to generate an event in real time (for example, every 1/60th of a second) by confirming that the event has occurred in the server.

5.2 Application Example of Event In the present embodiment, an example of an event that generates an item such as flour has been described, but an event that combines a plurality of items, an event that recovers (increases) physical strength (an example of parameters), It may be applied to various events such as a friend application event.

5.3 Application Example of Notification In this embodiment, event information may be notified by voice, vibration, or the like. For example, the terminal may be controlled to output predetermined audio data by the sound output unit of the terminal for a predetermined period (for example, 5 seconds) from the event notification timing and the multiple event collective notification timing. The voice data may be music data or voice data obtained by converting the sentence of the event information displayed on the screen into voice.

In addition, when the terminal includes a vibrating unit that controls to vibrate based on the vibration signal, a predetermined vibration is performed for a predetermined period (for example, 5 seconds) from the event notification timing and the collective notification timing of a plurality of events It may be controlled to vibrate based on the signal.

10 terminals, 20 servers, 100 processing unit, 111 event generation control unit, 112 notification unit, 113 determination unit, 114 priority setting unit, 115 predetermined period control unit, 116 reception unit, 117 display control unit, 118 communication control unit, 120 image generation unit, 130 sound generation unit, 160 input unit, 162 detection unit, 170 storage unit, 172 main storage unit, 173 player information, 180 information storage medium, 190 display unit, 192 sound output unit, 196 communication unit, 200 Processing unit, 210 network setting unit, 211 communication control unit, 214 game control unit, 270 storage unit, 272 main storage unit, 260 storage unit, 280 information storage medium, 296 communication unit

Claims (15)

A program that controls the notification timing of event information related to games,
A notification timing control unit that determines a collective notification timing for collectively notifying the information of the plurality of events, based on the notification timing of each of the plurality of events,
A computer functions as a determination unit that determines whether or not there is a notification timing of another event within a predetermined period from the notification timing of one event,
The notification timing control unit,
When the determination unit determines that the notification timing of the other event is within a predetermined period from the notification timing of the one event, any one of the other specific events of the notification timing of the other event The program is characterized in that the notification timing of is determined as a collective notification timing for collectively notifying information of a plurality of events including information of the one event and information of the other specific event . In claim 1,
The determination unit,
Whether the notification timing of another event is within a predetermined period from the notification timing of one event during the game ending or in the background state,
The notification timing control unit,
When the determination unit determines that there is a notification timing of another event within a predetermined period from the notification timing of one event during the game ending or in the background state, among the notification timing of the other event, Determining the notification timing of any one of the specific other events as the collective notification timing of collectively reporting the information of a plurality of events including the information of the specific event and the information of the specific other event. A program characterized by. In claim 1 or 2,
For each event, make the computer further function as a priority setting unit that sets the priority of the event,
The notification timing control unit,
Among the notification timings of the other event, a notification timing of a first other event having a higher priority than the one event is determined as the collective notification timing. In any one of Claims 1-3,
For each event, make the computer further function as a priority setting unit that sets the priority of the event,
The notification timing control unit,
If the priority within the predetermined time period is present notification timing of higher event than a predetermined value, as priority information higher event than a predetermined value is notified alone priority than the predetermined value A program that controls the notification timing of high events. In any one of Claims 1-4,
For each event, a priority setting part that sets the priority of the event,
A program that causes a computer to further function as a predetermined period control unit that adjusts the length of the predetermined period based on the priority of each event. In any one of Claims 3-5,
The priority setting unit,
A program for setting the priority of an event based on the number of events that occur based on player input information. In any one of Claims 3-6,
The notification timing control unit,
Set the end time of the event period associated with the event that occurred based on the input information of the player as the notification timing of the event,
The priority setting unit,
A program for setting the priority of the event based on the event period. In claim 1 or 2,
The notification timing control unit,
When the other event related to the one event exists within the predetermined period, the notification timing of the last other event related to the one event is set as the information of the one event. And the information of the other event related to the one event are collectively determined as the collective notification timing. In Claim 1, 2 or 8,
A program for causing a computer to further function as a predetermined period control unit that adjusts the length of the predetermined period when a plurality of events having notification timing within a predetermined period are related to each other. In any one of Claims 1-9,
The length of the predetermined period is adjusted so that the collective notification timing comes to the end time of the predetermined period, and the notification timing of the event that occurs after the collective notification timing is set to the start time point of the next predetermined period. A program that further causes a computer to function as a period control unit. In claim 1 or 2,
The notification timing control unit,
When the determination unit determines that there are notification timings of the plurality of other events within the predetermined period, the notification timing of the last other event is determined as the collective notification timing. program. In any one of claims 1 to 11,
The determination unit,
It is determined whether or not there is the collective notification timing in the notification non-permission period set based on at least one of the player game play history information and the player input information,
The notification timing control unit,
The notification wherein when it is determined that there is collective notification timing in the non-permission period, a program and changes the bulk notification timing at the end the notification disallowed periods. In any one of claims 1 to 12,
Based on a predetermined notification information generation program, a computer is further provided as a notification information control unit that generates, as information to be notified at the collective notification timing, one piece of information in which information of each event to be collectively notified at the collective notification timing is collected. A program characterized by making it function. A terminal that controls the notification timing of event information related to games,
A notification timing control unit that determines a collective notification timing for collectively notifying the information of the plurality of events, based on the notification timing of each of the plurality of events,
A determination unit that determines whether or not there is a notification timing of another event within a predetermined period from the notification timing of one event,
The notification timing control unit,
When the determination unit determines that the notification timing of the other event is within a predetermined period from the notification timing of the one event, any one of the other specific events of the notification timing of the other event The terminal which determines the notification timing of (1) as the collective notification timing of collectively notifying the information of a plurality of events including the information of the one event and the information of the other specific event . A server that controls the notification timing of event information related to games,
A notification timing control unit that determines a collective notification timing for collectively notifying the information of the plurality of events, based on the notification timing of each of the plurality of events,
A determination unit that determines whether or not there is a notification timing of another event within a predetermined period from the notification timing of one event,
The notification timing control unit,
When the determination unit determines that the notification timing of the other event is within a predetermined period from the notification timing of the one event, any one of the other specific events of the notification timing of the other event Server is determined as a collective notification timing for collectively notifying information of a plurality of events including information of the one event and information of the other specific event .

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