JP6740395B2 - Game device, program and game system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game device , a program, and a game system , and more particularly to a game device that enables a user to have a game experience based on information acquired from an article.

A game in which a character corresponding to the card is registered using a card and a character group including the character is made to appear, and then a card on which a character selected as a print target from the character group is printed can be output. There is a device (Patent Document 1).

In the game device of Patent Document 1, the character selected as the print target can be strengthened by attaching an item that makes the progress of the game advantageous. Therefore, by repeating the selection of the character registered using the card as the print target, the user can obtain the card in which the corresponding character is further strengthened for each game play.

JP, 2005-116268, A

On the other hand, in the game device as disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user can generate a plurality of cards in which a desired character is strengthened. For this reason, unnecessary strengthened cards or cards that have been strengthened compared to the initial state can be illicitly distributed through online auctions, etc., and as a result, users who have obtained these cards can place higher rankings in the game score ranking. Occurrence of the game balance may occur, such as occupation, a user who obtains it occupies the competitive game, and the like. Such a collapse of the game balance can detract from the interest of the user who is playing the game while generating a card that is legally strengthened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game device , a program, and a game system that provide a user with a suitable game experience.

A game device of the present invention is a game device that executes a game based on information acquired from an article, and a first acquisition unit that acquires the item information from the item and the item information that is acquired by the first acquisition unit. A second acquisition unit that acquires the item generation information indicating an item generated in relation to the generated item, an executing unit that executes the game, and an item related to the in-game element set in the game. And a control unit configured to control the execution unit and the generation unit, wherein the article generation information includes information on the number of articles generated in relation to the article for which the article information is acquired, The means generates the generation of the article relating to the in-game element corresponding to the relevant article information, based on the information on the number of articles generated in association with the article generation information acquired by the second acquisition means. Controls whether or not the means is performed.
A game device according to another aspect of the present invention is a game device that executes a game based on information acquired from an item, and includes a first acquisition unit that acquires the item information from the item, and a first acquisition unit. Second acquisition means for acquiring article generation information indicating an article generated in association with the article for which the article information has been acquired by the execution means for executing the game, and the in-game set in the game. The production means for producing the article relating to the element, and the control means for controlling the execution means and the production means are provided, and the control means is based on the article production information obtained by the second obtaining means, and the corresponding article It controls whether or not the generation unit is caused to generate an item relating to the in-game element corresponding to the information, and the item generation information is included in the item information.

According to the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to provide the user with a suitable game experience.

Block diagram showing the functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. The figure which illustrated the card which can be used with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the game process performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The figure which illustrated the data structure of various information which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention.

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

In the game device according to the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user is provided with the game content in which the user can play the predetermined game in which the character wearing the predetermined costume appears. Further, it is assumed that the user can eject a card with an image of at least one of the plurality of characters that appeared in the game per game play.

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

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

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

The payment detection unit 104 detects that the payment has been made in the game device 100. The payment of consideration is determined by detecting, for example, that a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins have been inserted into the coin insertion slot, or detection of completion of settlement of accounts based on communication with chips related to predetermined electronic money. It may be done. Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting to provide the game play to the user based on the payment of the consideration, the payment of the consideration is not an essential requirement, and the game play is performed based on a predetermined start instruction. May be started.

The acquisition unit 105 acquires information on a character or an item used in the game when playing the game content provided by the game apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. The acquisition is performed in the same housing as the game device 100 or via the reader 120 detachably connected to the outside of the game device 100, and is converted into a format suitable for use in the game process through a predetermined data conversion process or the like. And is acquired. The reader 120 detects that a game article is placed on a predetermined part, recognizes the article, or obtains information from the article using, for example, an imaging device and predetermined image processing.

Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity, it will be described that the game device 100 of the present embodiment uses a card configured as a game article to acquire information (card information) attached to the card. The game item is not limited to the card, and may be any print medium that can be printed and ejected by the printing unit 140 described later. When the printing unit 140 is a device capable of generating a three-dimensional model such as a so-called 3D printer, the article may be a model such as a figure related to the character, and the printing unit 140 corresponds to the card information. The data may be recorded and output. Further, for example, when the printing unit 140 has a sorter for a plurality of types of toys and is replaced by a device configured to be able to selectively output toys relating to a predetermined character, the article may be the toys, Similarly, the data corresponding to the card information may be recorded on this and output.

Further, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, each of the cards provided for use in the game is associated with one of the characters provided in advance as an in-game element for the game. In addition, the card is further associated with one of the costumes provided in advance as in-game elements for the game. That is, one card is associated with both one character and one costume, and on the surface of the card, as shown in FIG. 2A, the corresponding character pattern (image) 201, It is assumed that the corresponding pattern (image) 202 of the costume is printed. Here, it is assumed that the costume image 202 is in a mode showing the costume in a state where the character is not worn, in order to clearly distinguish which costume is corresponding.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the card provided so as to be usable in the game device 100 will be described as being associated with the character and the item among the in-game elements, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something that can be done. It goes without saying that the card may be at least one of the in-game elements, and may be associated with only the character, only the costume, or another in-game element.

In the present embodiment, the card information will be described as being converted into a one-dimensional or multidimensional pattern image (code 203) as shown in FIG. 2A and attached to the card by printing. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the reader 120 can acquire both the information for identifying the associated character and the information for identifying the associated item from one code 203 included in the card. To do. However, the card information is not limited to that which is attached to the card in such a visible state, but is attached by printing with invisible ink, or is recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in the card as data. It may be retained.

The card information of this embodiment may basically have a data structure as shown in FIG. 4A, for example. As shown in the figure, the card information is associated with a card ID 401 that uniquely identifies the card, and is referred to in determining a character ID 402 for identifying the character associated with the card, and determining the progress of the game using the character. The character parameter 403, the costume ID 404 for identifying the costume associated with the card, and the costume parameter 405 referred to in determining the progress of the game using the costume are included.

The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each of the characters that are predetermined as those that appear in the game content provided by the game device 100. The character information managed for one character may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 4B, for example. In the example of FIG. 4B, a unique parameter 412 that is predetermined for the character, such as a character name or costume compatibility, is used in association with the character ID 411 that identifies the character, and is used for drawing when the character appears in the game. Reference appearance information 413 that specifies drawing data and the like, and sound information 414 that specifies sound effect (SE) data and the like used when the character appears in the game are managed. In the standard appearance information 413, for example, in addition to the information that specifies the three-dimensional model data of the character, a costume ID that specifies the default costume that is attached to each part when the costume to be attached to the character is not selected is determined. Has been. Further, the unique parameter 412 includes various parameters referred to for determining the progress of the game in which the character has appeared. The various parameters included in the unique parameter 412 are, for example, basic parameters preset as initial values or default values.

On the other hand, the costume DB 107 is a database that manages costume information for each costume that can be attached to a character appearing in the game content provided by the game device 100. The costume information managed for one costume may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 4C, for example. In the example of FIG. 4C, a unique parameter 422 that is predetermined for the costume, such as a costume name and a generation effect, is associated with the costume ID 421 that identifies the costume, and is used for drawing when the costume is attached to the character. Appearance information 423 that specifies drawing data and the like is managed. In the present embodiment, for simplicity, the costume provided as a character that can be worn by the character will be described assuming that the costume ID 421 is configured so that the costume can be uniquely identified without discriminating the wearing site. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the costume ID may be classified into predetermined categories such as tops, bottoms, shoes, and accessories, and the costume ID can be uniquely identified in each classification. Further, like the character information, the unique parameter 422 included in the costume information includes various parameters referred to for determining the progress of the game when the character wears the costume in the game. The various parameters included in the unique parameter 422 are assumed to be basic parameters preset as initial values or default values, for example.

The display control unit 108 is, for example, a drawing device that performs a drawing process of a GPU or the like and generates a screen related to the game. The display control unit 108 draws a game screen related to the game content. Specifically, the display control unit 108 reads out a necessary drawing object in accordance with information such as an in-game parameter according to the progress of the game and executes an appropriate arithmetic process during the execution of the game process described later to perform the drawing. To do. The generated game screen is output to the display unit 130, which is a display device that is detachably connected to the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100, and is displayed in a predetermined display area so that the user can display the game screen. Presented to.

The print control unit 109 generates print data for a card to be printed out, including a card information code, a corresponding character image, and a costume image for a character for which a card conversion instruction has been given. When the print control unit 109 generates print data, the print control unit 109 transmits the print data together with a print command to the print unit 140 to instruct the printing of the corresponding card and discharge the card. The printing unit 140 is a printing device such as a printer configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the print control unit 109, which is detachably connected in the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100. When the print unit 140 receives the print data related to the card and the print command related to the data from the print control unit 109, the print unit 140 performs the print operation of the print data. When the printing unit 140 is built in the same housing as the game device 100, the card discharged by printing is provided to the user by being guided to a discharge port (not shown) accessible from the outside of the game device 100. Good.

In the present embodiment, a card that can be used in a game in the game device 100 will be described as being printed and discharged by the printing unit 140 so as to have an appearance formed in consideration of the play content of the game. However, the implementation of is not limited to this. That is, the card usable for the game does not need to be generated by printing in the game device 100, and a ready-made card having a predetermined design is held in the stocker in the game device 100, for example, once. It may be configured such that one piece is discharged per game play.

The operation input unit 110 is a user interface included in the game device 100, such as an operation member for inputting a direction, an operation member for inputting a decision, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 110 detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member, the operation input unit 110 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the game device 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor for detecting a touch input made on the screen of the display unit 130. Good.

《Card type》
The types of cards that can be used in the game in the game device 100 of this embodiment will be described below. As described above, in the game content provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment for the game play, the user can register the character to appear in the game using the card, and at least a part of the game play. After the game is over, any of the characters that have appeared can be generated and discharged as a new card. Here, the characters that appear in the game per game play include not only the characters registered based on the card but also the characters registered based on the card, for example, by a lottery process. Therefore, the cards that can be used in the game in the game device 100 according to the present embodiment are the “basic card” that is generated based on the registered character that is not based on any card and the character that is registered based on the card. It can be categorized into two types: a "derivative card" that is generated according to the relationship. The basic card and the derivative card will be described in detail below.

<Basic card>
As described above, the basic card is a card generated when the characters that have appeared in the game except the characters that have appeared by registration based on the acquisition of information from the card are selected as the card generation target (card conversion target). Is. As the character parameter 403 and the costume parameter 405 of the card information attached to the basic card, basic parameters managed by the character DB 106 or the costume DB 107 for the corresponding character or costume are assigned.

In the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, a card corresponding to a character is used, so that the character can surely appear in the game, compared to a user who does not own the card, he/she owns the card. Gives the user an edge. However, differentiation based on whether or not a card is owned is not limited to this, and the parameter attached to the basic card is changed to a state that allows the game to proceed more favorably than the basic parameter, or it is not based on the card. A difference in character ability may be provided, for example, by changing the parameter of the character appearing in the game to a state in which the game is more disadvantageous than the basic parameter.

<Derived card>
On the other hand, the derivative card is a card generated when a character that appears in the game by registration based on information acquisition from the card is selected as a cardification target. At this time, the card (basic card) used for registration corresponds to the “card that was the basis of generation” for the derived card. That is, since the derived card is a card generated based on the character that appears by using the basic card, it is a card generated based on the basic card.

The derivative card is generated by performing at least a game play related to the generation of the related basic card and another game play using the basic card, and therefore, the user who owns the card cannot play the game. It's a repeater. Therefore, in order to improve the interest of such a user, at least one of the character parameter 403 and the costume parameter 405 of the card information attached to the derived card is a parameter in a state in which the game progress is more advantageous than the basic parameter. It is said that

However, if the generation of a further derivative card based on a card, such as a derivative card, which allows the game to proceed favorably, the circulation of cards that lead to the collapse of the game balance as described above may occur as a problem. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, this is reduced by controlling such that a new derivative card based on the derivative card cannot be generated. Although the details will be described later, by removing the character that appears by using the derivative card from the cardification target, generation of a further derivative card based on the derivative card is suppressed.

Therefore, unlike the card information attached to the basic card, the card information attached to the derived card indicates the existence of the basic card that is the basis of the generation, as shown in FIG. 4D, for example. The basic information 431 shown is included. The basic information 431 may be configured by information that can identify the card that is the base, such as the card ID of the basic card, or simply indicates that it is a derivative card, or the card that is the base It may be information of a logical type indicating the existence of. Further, in order to inform the user that the derivative card cannot be generated even when used in the game, the derivative card may be configured so that the derivative card can be visually recognized as an external feature. Such an appearance feature may be one that informs that it is impossible to directly generate a derivative card in a form such as a note, or by adding a predetermined design, Alternatively, it may be indirectly informed by information such as a grade (class) expressed on the card. Alternatively, a part of the code 203 may be configured to be discriminable.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, a description will be given assuming that a parameter that makes the progress of the game different is added so that there is a difference in handling in the game between the basic card and the derivative card, but this is not essential in the implementation of the present invention. .. For example, even if the basic information is included in the card information and the parameter of the character or item related to the card is changed to a state in which the game can be advantageously progressed and registration is performed, The effect is realized.

《Game processing》
Specific processing of the game processing executed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, expanding the processing program in the memory 103, and executing the program. It should be noted that the present game process will be described as being started when, for example, the payment detection unit 104 detects that payment of the consideration has been made.

In S301, the control unit 101 starts an appearance character determination sequence that determines a character to appear in one game play based on payment of consideration. With the game content of this embodiment, the user can make one character appear in the game for each game play. The registration of the character may be performed by obtaining card information from the card, or may be performed without being based on the card information when the user does not have the card, for example. Good.

In S302, the control unit 101 determines whether or not information has been acquired from the card. When determining that the card information has been acquired, the control unit 101 moves the process to S303, and when determining that the card information has not been acquired, the process of this step is repeated. As described above, the registration of the appearing character may be performed without being based on the card information, and the process of this step ends when, for example, it is detected that the operation input related to the registration end by the user is made. You can In this case, the control unit 101 performs, for example, a lottery process to determine a character ID related to one character, acquires character information related to the character ID from the character DB 106, and information on one character to appear (appearing character information). ) May be stored in the memory 103. Further, the control unit 101 identifies the costume ID related to the default costume of the character based on the reference appearance information 413 of the character information, acquires the costume information related to the costume ID from the costume DB 107, and adds it to the appearance character information. .. That is, the appearing character information is composed of character information and costume information.

In step S303, the control unit 101 stores appearance character information in the memory 103 based on the acquired card information. Specifically, the control unit 101 first acquires the character information relating to the character ID 402 of the card information from the character DB 106, changes the unique parameter 412 of the character information based on the character parameter 403 of the card information, and registers the registered character information. Store as. The control unit 101 also acquires costume information related to the costume ID (default) specified based on the reference appearance information 413 of the stored character information from the costume DB 107 and adds it to the appearing character information. Further, the control unit 101 acquires the costume information related to the costume ID 404 in the card information from the costume DB 107, changes the unique parameter 422 of the costume information based on the costume parameter 405, and then adds the costume information added to the appearance character information. It is added to the appearance character information by replacing it with the costume information of the corresponding part. The control unit 101 also adds the card ID 401 to the appearance character information in order to indicate that the appearance character information is a character registered based on the card. When the card information includes the basic information 431, the control unit 101 also adds the basic information 431 to the appearance character information.

In this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the number of cards for which the user can obtain information on one game play is one. Therefore, when the information is obtained from the card, the game has the costume corresponding to the card attached to the corresponding part, and the default costume related to the character is attached to the other parts in the game. A character corresponding to appears. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that after one character is determined, a plurality of cards may be used to set a costume for each part of the character. ..

In S304, the control unit 101 determines a character to appear in the game in addition to the above, and stores other appearance character information. The character may be, for example, an opponent character of a predetermined game provided in a game sequence, a cooperating character, a main character that appears in the selected scenario, and the number thereof is not particularly limited. Further, the character is included in a candidate for becoming a card in a card generation sequence described later.

When the character registration in the appearance character determination sequence is completed, the control unit 101 starts a game sequence for executing a predetermined game related to the game play in S305. The game sequence executes a predetermined game based on the stored appearance character information, and provides the user with a game experience related to the game in which the character related to the appearance character information appears. The progress of the game may be controlled based on various parameters of the character and costume stored in the appearing character information, and may be controlled in consideration of the operation input made by the other user.

In S306, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the game sequence has reached the card generation sequence. As described above, in the game content related to the game device 100 according to the present embodiment, when the user finishes a part of the games related to one game play, the user acquires the card related to the game play. You can Here, the fact that the cards can be acquired at the end of some games is based on the consideration of the possibility of using the cards acquired during the game play during the game play. It does not exclude the mode in which the card can be obtained at the end of the game. When determining that the game sequence has reached the card generation sequence, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S307, and when determining that the game sequence has not reached the card generation sequence, repeats the processing of this step.

In step S<b>307, the control unit 101 presents a candidate for cardification as a game screen to the user based on the stored appearance character information, and accepts selection of a cardification target. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the carding target candidates include the characters corresponding to each of the stored appearance character information. The control unit 101 waits for the process in this step until accepting the selection of the carding target, and when accepting the selection, moves the process to S308.

In step S308, the control unit 101 determines whether the selected cardization target is a character registered based on the card. For example, the control unit 101 may make the determination in this step based on whether or not the card ID is included in the appearance character information corresponding to the selected cardization target. If the control unit 101 determines that the selected cardification target is a character registered based on the card, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S309, and if it is determined that the selected character is not a character registered based on the card, the control unit 101 shifts the processing to S312. Transfer.

In S309, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the cardification target character is registered based on the derived card. For example, the control unit 101 may make the determination in this step depending on whether or not the basic information is included in the appearing character information corresponding to the selected cardization target. The control unit 101 moves the process to S310 when determining that the cardification target character is registered based on the derived card, and moves the process to S311 when determining that the character to be carded is registered based on the basic card.

In S310, under the control of the control unit 101, the display control unit 108 generates a screen notifying that the character is based on the derived card and cannot be selected as a cardification target, and displays the screen on the display unit 130. The process proceeds to S307. return. In this embodiment, even a character based on a derivative card is displayed as a candidate for cardification, and when it is selected as a cardification object, it is notified that the character cannot be selected. The method of limiting the generation of the further derivative card is not limited to this. For example, it may be accompanied by a display indicating that selection is not possible when it is displayed as a cardification target candidate, or may be configured so that it is not selectable when displayed as a cardification target candidate. May be. Alternatively, it may be excluded from the candidates for cardization and may not be displayed in the first place, so that generation of further derivative cards may be restricted.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S309 that the character to be carded is registered based on the basic card, the control unit 101 configures the card information of the newly generated card in S311. The configuration of the card information may be performed based on the appearance character information corresponding to the character to be carded. Since the card information configured in this step is related to the derived card, the control unit 101 changes at least one of the character parameter and the costume parameter included in the corresponding appearance character information to a state in which the game can be advantageously advanced. However, it shall be included in this. For the sake of simplicity in the present embodiment, the derived card corresponds to the same combination of character and costume as the basic card as the base, and only the parameters thereof will be described as different, but for example, the usefulness in the game was set higher. It may include changes to the costume. For example, the control unit 101 obtains the card ID of the card to be generated, and then associates the character ID, the costume ID, the changed character parameter and the costume parameter included in the corresponding appearance character information with the card ID to derive the card ID. Configure card information for a card. Since the card is a derivative card, basic information is included in the card information.

If it is determined that the cardification target is not the character registered based on the card in S308, the control unit 101 configures the card information of the newly generated card in S312. Since the card information configured in this step is related to the basic card, the character ID and the character parameter may be based on the appearing character information, but the costume needs to be determined by lottery processing or the like in this step, for example. is there. The control unit 101 acquires, for example, the card ID of the card to be generated, and then the character ID included in the corresponding character information, the character parameter (basic parameter), the costume ID determined by the lottery process, and the costume parameter corresponding to this. Is associated with the card ID to form card information for a basic card. Since it is a basic card, basic information is not included in the card information.

In step S313, the control unit 101 transmits the configured card information to the print control unit 109, and causes the card with the corresponding character image and costume image to be generated and ejected.

In S314, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the game sequence ends. The control unit 101 completes the present game processing when it is determined that the game sequence ends, and repeats the processing of this step when it determines that the game sequence is not yet finished.

By doing so, according to the game processing of the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress the generation of further derivative cards based on the derivative card, so that a powerful card (which has an advantage in game progress) that disrupts the game balance. Can be reduced.

In addition, in the present embodiment, in the handling of the basic card and the derivative card, the aspect in which the restriction is set from the viewpoint of the possibility of creating a new card based on the card is described, but in order to improve the game play with the basic card, The following differences may be provided in handling. For example, in the registration character determination sequence, when a basic card is used for registration, a character and costume can be simultaneously registered with one basic card, and when a derivative card is used for registration, one derivative card is used. May be configured so that it can only be registered with either a character or a costume.

Further, although the embodiment has been described in which only the characters that have appeared in the game are considered as candidates for cardization, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, for game play where the tutorial element was the main one at the time of the first play, the number of characters that appeared was reduced to make the game easier to understand, but for the candidates for cardization, it is possible to include characters that did not appear. Good.

[Modification 1]
In the above-described first embodiment, the configuration in which the generation of a further derivative card based on the derivative card is suppressed has been described, but the significance of use of the derivative card may be diminished in this configuration. In other words, the use of derivative cards allows the game to proceed more favorably than the basic card as the base, but the user cannot obtain additional derivative cards in a state in which they can proceed more favorably. Use of special derivative cards may not be expected.

On the other hand, in this modified example, the play content of the game play performed up to the card generation sequence is evaluated, and when the play content satisfies a predetermined condition, for example, a card design as shown in FIG. The configuration will allow different cards (special cards) to be ejected. As shown in the figure, the special card may not have a costume image, but may be composed of an image 211 mainly composed of a character. As a result, the user's willingness to collect can be satisfied from the high designability and the rarity degree related to the limited discharge condition (the derived card of the specific character is generated and the play content satisfies the condition).

It should be noted that the special card also has a code 212 as shown in FIG. 2B so that it can be used in the game device 100, but the associated character parameters and item parameters are set so as not to cause a collapse of the game balance. It is assumed to be the same as the base derivative card or a state in which the game is more disadvantageous than the derivative card.

[Embodiment 2]
Although the above-described Embodiment 1 and Modification 1 are described as limiting the generation of further derivative cards that enable advantageous progress of the game, such a limitation is a factor of growth of the user. The interest can be reduced. In the present embodiment, a mode will be described in which the generation of a derivative card is further restricted while the generation of a further derivative card based on the derivative card is permitted.

For example, in a game content in which a card-based costume can be attached to a plurality of parts of a character, if only one part of the costume is associated with one card, all parts You will need multiple cards to attach the costume to. However, this condition cannot be satisfied for a user who has just started to use the game and has a small number of cards, and as a result, the fun of the game provided with the costumes attached to all parts It was difficult for the user to properly experience. On the other hand, for example, it is preferable that the card owned by a friend can be borrowed from the viewpoint of making the user understand the interest.

On the other hand, even for costumes registered based on borrowed cards, the configuration that allows the generation of derivative cards after game play can lead to the collapse of the game balance and must be excluded. Therefore, the conventional card is provided with user information (user name), and only when the user name used by the user playing the game and the user name attached to the used card are the same. , Some game devices allow the generation of derivative cards.

However, in the mode in which the user name is used to determine the same user information, if the users have the same name or nickname, it is possible to generate a derivative card based on the card of another user, resulting in the game balance. There was a possibility that we couldn't prevent the use of derivative cards that could destroy the card, and further derivative cards based on this.

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, by setting an upper limit on the number of derivative cards to be generated, it is possible to reduce a situation in which the game balance is destroyed due to the use of such derivative cards. The limit on the number of derivative cards to be generated may be, for example, the number of derivative cards generated for one card on the basis of the card. In addition, for example, the number of derivation cards may be limited based on how many derivation cards are generated from the first basic card (derivation count). Also, for example, the total number of card groups generated by the derivation based on both of these aspects, that is, one basic card (for example, a basic card is a parent card, a derivation generated by one derivation from a basic card). The total number of all cards (parent, child, grandchild, ...) when the card is a child card and the derived card generated by one derivation from the child card is a grandchild card...) May be restricted.

Therefore, for example, in S310 of the game process of the first embodiment, since the character or costume is based on the derivative card, it is not treated as a cardification target, but is a derivative card used as another medium for user identification at the start of the game play, for example. When it is determined that the user information included in and the generated derivative cards are equal to each other and the number of generated derivative cards is not the upper limit, the generation of additional derivative cards is not prohibited. You can move to. Whether or not the number of generated cards has reached the upper limit may be determined by configuring the basic information of the card information to include information on the number of derivations. In addition, for example, regarding the basic card of the original or the basic card, information on the total number of derived cards of a predetermined condition related to the card is managed in an external server or the like in association with the card ID of the card, and The control unit 101 may acquire the information on the total number of derived cards through a communication unit (not shown) and make a determination based on a card ID that is included in the information and that identifies the base card or the like.

Further, the limit of the number of sheets to be generated may be configured to be variable according to the usefulness in the game, which is set for the character, the costume, and the like. For example, for a character determined to be highly useful in the game, the total number of derivative cards that can be generated is limited to three cards, while a character determined to be low in the game can be generated. The total number of derivative cards may be 30 cards or the like. This is because if the usefulness in the game is low, even if the derivative card is generated, it is considered that the influence on the game balance is small.

Further, in the present embodiment, the limitation on the generation of the derivative card has been described as being determined based on the number of derivative cards generated so far, but, for example, after the related derivative card is first generated. It may be configured to judge whether or not the derivative card can be generated based on the elapsed time of the above.

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

100: game device, 101: control unit, 102: recording medium, 103: memory, 104: payment detection unit, 105: acquisition unit, 106: character DB, 107: costume DB, 108: display control unit, 109: print control Section, 110: operation input section, 111: communication section, 120: reader, 130: display section, 140: printing section

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A game device that executes a game based on information obtained from an article,
First acquisition means for acquiring article information from the article,
Second acquisition means for acquiring, for the article for which the article information has been acquired by the first acquisition means, article generation information indicating an article generated in association with the article;
Executing means for executing the game;
Generating means for generating an article relating to an in-game element set in the game;
Control means for controlling the execution means and the generation means,
Equipped with
The article generation information includes information on the number of articles generated in association with the article from which the article information is acquired,
The control means determines the in-game element corresponding to the relevant article information, based on the information on the number of the articles generated in association with the article included in the article generation information obtained by the second obtaining means. A game device for controlling whether or not to cause the generation means to generate the article. Before SL control means, when the number of the relevant article generated in included in the article generation information has led to several defined as to prohibit the production of a new article, the article information of the corresponding The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is controlled so that the generation unit does not generate an item related to the in-game element corresponding to. The game device according to claim 2 , wherein the number determined as prohibiting the generation of the new item differs depending on the in-game element. The article generated in association with the article from which the article information has been acquired is at least one of the article generated based on the one article and the basic article generated until one of the articles is generated. The game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , including any one of them. The article generation information, the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 contained in the article information. Said second acquisition means, the article generating information about the article to the article information is acquired, in any one of claims 1 to 5 obtained from an external device which is configured to be capable of communicating with the game apparatus The game device described. Selecting means for selecting an in-game element for which an article is generated by the generating means, the selectable in-game element being further determined by the control means,
The control means controls whether or not the in-game element corresponding to the relevant article information is included in the selectable in-game element based on the article generation information acquired by the second acquisition means. the game apparatus according to an article according to the game element in any one of claims 1 to 6 for controlling whether to generate the generation unit corresponding to the article information. A game device that executes a game based on information obtained from an article,
First acquisition means for acquiring article information from the article,
Second acquisition means for acquiring, for the article for which the article information has been acquired by the first acquisition means, article generation information indicating an article generated in association with the article;
Executing means for executing the game;
Generating means for generating an article relating to an in-game element set in the game;
Control means for controlling the execution means and the generation means,
Equipped with
Based on the article generation information acquired by the second acquisition section, the control section determines whether or not to cause the generation section to generate an article related to an in-game element corresponding to the corresponding article information. Control and
A game device in which the article generation information is included in the article information . A program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 . A game system including a game article and a game device that executes a game based on information acquired from the game article,
The game device is
First acquisition means for acquiring article information from the game article,
Second acquisition means for acquiring, for the game article for which the article information has been acquired by the first acquisition means, article generation information indicating a game article generated in association with the game article;
Executing means for executing the game;
Generating means for generating a game article relating to the in-game element set in the game;
Control means for controlling the execution means and the generation means,
Equipped with
The article generation information includes information on the number of articles generated in association with the article from which the article information is acquired,
The control means determines the in-game element corresponding to the relevant article information, based on the information on the number of the articles generated in association with the article included in the article generation information obtained by the second obtaining means. A game system that controls whether or not the generation means is caused to generate the game article. A game system including a game article and a game device that executes a game based on information acquired from the game article,
The game device is
First acquisition means for acquiring article information from the game article,
Second acquisition means for acquiring, for the game article for which the article information has been acquired by the first acquisition means, article generation information indicating a game article generated in association with the game article;
Executing means for executing the game;
Generating means for generating a game article relating to the in-game element set in the game;
Control means for controlling the execution means and the generation means,
Equipped with
Whether the control unit causes the generation unit to generate the game item related to the in-game element corresponding to the corresponding item information based on the item generation information acquired by the second acquisition unit Control
A game system in which the article generation information is included in the article information.

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