JP6748170B2 - Video game processing program, video game processing device, and video game processing method - Google Patents

Description

At least one of the embodiments of the present invention is a video game processing program, a video game processing device, and a video for estimating the emotion of a user who plays a video game and causing a computer to perform a game environment control process according to the estimation result. The present invention relates to a game processing method.

Conventionally, lack of familiarity and tension due to uniform control of the game environment for users who play video games has been one factor that reduces the attractiveness of video games. Therefore, a device for avoiding a situation where the user gets tired of the video game has been introduced into the video game.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a game program that allows a player to feel more nervous or dreaded.

JP, 2016-097058, A

In the game program described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the parameter for producing a feeling of tension is visualized, and the user character is pinched when the parameter exceeds the threshold, thereby making the user nervous. Although it is configured to give a feeling, the visualized parameter itself increases or decreases based on a predetermined rule, and the process of estimating the actual emotion of the user and switching the control is not performed. If the emotion of the user playing the game can be estimated and the game environment control according to the estimation result can be realized, it is possible to give the user a sense of tension and fulfillment by making the game environment control of the video game different for each situation. However, there has been no proposal to control the game environment by estimating the emotions of the user.

An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to solve the above problem, to estimate the emotion of a user who plays a video game, and to cause a computer to implement a game environment control process according to the estimation result. A video game processing device and a video game processing method are provided.

According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing program for causing a computer to realize a game environment control process according to a game situation of a video game, Based on a log information acquisition function that acquires log information for each of a plurality of items related to the game situation on a computer and an estimation rule that uses the log information set in advance, as an estimated value of emotion of a user who plays a video game. An emotion parameter estimation function of estimating at least two or more emotion parameter values, and an emotion position of a user in a multidimensional emotion map centered on the two or more emotion parameters based on the estimated values of the two or more emotion parameters. An emotion position specifying function for specifying, a target emotion position determining function for determining a target emotion position that is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotion position of the user based on the emotion position of the user, and A control item determination function for determining control items of the game environment necessary for guiding the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a set predetermined rule, and control of the game environment for the determined control items And a game environment control function for executing.

According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing device for performing a game environment control process according to a game situation of a video game, and relates to the game situation. Based on a log information acquisition unit that acquires log information for each of a plurality of items, and at least two or more emotion parameters as an estimated value of the emotion of the user who plays the video game, based on an estimation rule that uses the preset log information. An emotional parameter estimation unit that estimates a value, and an emotional position identification unit that identifies the emotional position of the user in a multidimensional emotional map centered on the two or more emotional parameters, based on the estimated values of the two or more emotional parameters. Based on the emotional position of the user, a target emotional position determination unit that determines a target emotional position that is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user, and based on a preset predetermined rule A control item determining unit that determines control items of the game environment necessary for guiding the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position, and a game environment control unit that executes control of the game environment for the determined control items. And is provided.

According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing method for performing a game environment control process according to a game situation of a video game, Based on log information acquisition processing for acquiring log information for each of a plurality of items and at least two emotion parameters as an estimated value of emotion of the user who plays the video game, based on the estimation rule using the preset log information. Emotion parameter estimation processing for estimating a value, and emotion position identification processing for identifying a user's emotion position in a multidimensional emotion map centered on the two or more emotion parameters based on the estimated values of the two or more emotion parameters Based on the emotional position of the user, a target emotional position determination process of determining a target emotional position which is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user, and based on a preset predetermined rule A control item determining process for determining a control item of the game environment necessary for guiding the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position, and a game environment control process for executing control of the game environment for the determined control item It is characterized by including and.

Each embodiment of the present application solves one or more deficiencies.

It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a video game processing device corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of game environment control processing corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of the emotion map corresponding to embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of the concept of the game environment control process corresponding to embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing an example at the time of introducing a movement cost with respect to the emotion map corresponding to embodiment of this invention. It is an explanatory view showing an example in the case of adding a plurality of kinds of movement costs and applying it to an emotion map corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the various constituent elements in the examples of the respective embodiments described below can be appropriately combined in a range that does not cause a contradiction or the like. Further, the contents described as an example of a certain embodiment may be omitted in other embodiments. In addition, the contents of operations and processes that are not related to the characteristic parts of each embodiment may be omitted. Furthermore, the order of the various processes that make up the various flows described below is random as long as no contradiction occurs in the process content.

[First Embodiment]
A video game processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a video game processing device according to the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the video game processing device 10 includes a log information acquisition unit 11, an emotion parameter estimation unit 12, an emotion position identification unit 13, a target emotion position determination unit 14, a movement cost reference unit 15, and At least a movement route determination unit 16, a control item determination unit 17, a game environment control unit 18, and a storage unit 19 are provided.

The video game processing device 10 may be realized by one terminal device and used off-line, but the server device may have the functions of the video game processing device 10 integrated. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a server device, and the server device 20 aggregates the functions of the video game processing device 10. Then, each of the terminal devices 301 to 30n (n is an arbitrary integer) used by the user who plays the video game is connected to the server device 20 via the communication network 40 such as the Internet, and functions as the video game processing device 10. It may be a system utilizing. The server device 20 is managed by a system administrator and has various functions for providing information regarding various processes to the plurality of terminal devices 301 to 30n. In this example, the server device 20 is configured by an information processing device such as a WWW server and includes a storage medium that stores various types of information. The server device 20 has a general configuration for performing various processes as a computer, such as a control unit and a communication unit, but the description thereof is omitted here. Note that the system configuration is not limited to the example of FIG. 2, and one terminal device that functions as the video game processing device 10 may be used by a plurality of users, or may be provided with a plurality of server devices. ..

In addition, each of the plurality of terminal devices 301 to 30n is connected to the communication network 40 and communicates with the server device 20 to perform various processes (for example, a browser screen or a game corresponding to coordinates). Display device for displaying a screen) and software. Note that each of the plurality of terminal devices 301 to 30n may be configured to be able to directly communicate with each other without going through the server device 20.

The log information acquisition unit 11 has a function of acquiring log information for each of a plurality of items related to the game situation. Here, the log information is information that records changes in various events in the video game, and items that change as a result of the game environment control can be recorded and acquired as log information. For example, in a video game in which a player character as an operation target of a user and an ally non-player character (hereinafter, referred to as NPC) who is an ally of the player character and who automatically acts by AI, form a party and compete with an enemy NPC. The action selected by the character, the result of the action selected by the player character (for example, the result of whether the attack hits the enemy NPC, or the amount of damage done when hit), the action selected by the ally NPC. , The result of the action selected by the ally NPC, the action selected by the enemy NPC, the result of the action selected by the enemy NPC (e.g., the attack hits the player character and/or the ally NPC, or the damage done when hit) Results such as the amount) can be targets to be acquired as log information. Further, as another example, in a video game in which a game is played against an enemy AI in a puzzle, an input selected by the player, a result of the selection by the player (for example, a change in the difficulty level until an objective puzzle capture), an enemy AI The selected input, the result of the selection of the enemy AI, or the like can be the target to be acquired as the log information. Further, not only the result of the action by the player or the AI but also parameters and the like that change with the passage of time can be targets to be acquired as log information. That is, any information that is an element that influences the determination of control items can be a target to be acquired as log information. The acquired log information is stored in the storage unit 19 described later.

The emotion parameter estimation unit 12 has a function of estimating at least two emotion parameter values as estimated values of the emotion of the user who plays the video game, based on an estimation rule that uses preset log information. Here, the emotion parameter refers to a parameter for estimating the emotion of the user who plays the video game. It can be any parameter as long as it is an emotional parameter. For example, feeling of expectation for victory, anxiety about defeat, tension, panic level (depending on the direction of the parameter, it can be called calmness), anger Feelings can be considered. The emotion value of the user is estimated for at least two emotion parameters. The estimation method is performed based on the contents of the acquired log information, changes from the past log information, and the like. For example, with respect to the emotional parameter of the feeling of expectation for victory, when the player character's attack hits the enemy NPC and causes a large amount of damage, the value is estimated to increase, and the player character is estimated to the enemy NPC. Value is estimated if the player character's possible actions (eg, type of attack, possession item, movement route) increase, such that the value is estimated to decrease in the case where the attack of the player does not hit and cannot cause damage. It is conceivable that the estimation rule is such that the value is estimated to increase and the value decreases when the possible actions of the player character decrease. Regarding the emotional parameter of anxiety about defeat, when the player character receives an attack from the enemy NPC and suffers great damage, the value is estimated to increase, and the player character avoids the attack from the enemy NPC. If the player character is not damaged, the estimation rule is such that the value is estimated to decrease, or if the parameter of the player character changes in an advantageous direction, the value is estimated to increase and the parameter of the player character is disadvantageous. It is conceivable that the estimation rule is such that the value is estimated to decrease in the direction. Further, in a puzzle game or the like, when the success or failure of the puzzle operation can be determined, the emotional parameter of the panic level is estimated to decrease in value when the puzzle operation is successful, and when the puzzle operation fails. It is conceivable that the estimation rule is such that the value is estimated in the direction in which the value increases. Note that whether or not the estimation result of each estimation rule matches the actual emotional transition of the user may be obtained by collecting data from a large number of users in advance in the test stage to improve the accuracy. The preset estimation rule is stored in the storage unit 19 described later.

The emotion position specifying unit 13 has a function of specifying the user's emotion position in the multidimensional emotion map centered on two or more emotion parameters based on the estimated values of two or more emotion parameters. Here, the multidimensional emotion map refers to a map having two or more emotion parameters as axes. The emotional position (including the case of being expressed as EP (Emotion Point)) refers to the coordinate position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map based on the estimated values of two or more emotional parameters. For example, in the case of a two-dimensional emotion map consisting of two kinds of emotion parameters, the user's emotional position in the plane coordinates is specified, and in the case of a three-dimensional emotion map consisting of three kinds of emotion parameters, the user in three-dimensional coordinates. The emotional position of will be specified.

The target emotional position determination unit 14 has a function of determining a target emotional position, which is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user, based on the emotional position of the user. Here, the target emotional position (including the case where it is expressed as a target EP (Emotion Point)) refers to a target position indicating a position where the user's emotional position in the multidimensional emotion map is desired to exist. Any method may be used to determine the target emotional position. For example, a method of deciding a specific emotional position as the target emotional position, a method of deciding a position different from the user's emotional position as the target emotional position so that the user does not stay at the same position, and a goal of keeping the user from getting tired Various methods are conceivable, such as a method of determining the emotional position and a method of sequentially changing the target emotional position in time series in relation to the scenario of the video game. The target emotional position may be maintained until the emotional position of the user reaches the target emotional position that has been determined once, or even if the emotional position of the user has not reached the target emotional position. Alternatively, the new target emotional position may be determined during the period of time or when the predetermined number of times of control has elapsed.

Further, in order to determine the target emotional position, a plurality of candidate points for the target emotional position may be prepared and scored based on a plurality of conditions to determine the optimum one as the target emotional position. As an example of the scoring method, a method of extracting an emotional area preferred by the user on the multidimensional emotional map based on the past action history of the player character and the movement of the EP and scoring the area high, a multidimensional emotional The central region of the map is a region that does not apply to any emotions, so the method of scoring the central region is low, and the region where the degree of excitement is higher is higher because it wants to be raised just before the end of the battle with the enemy NPC. A method for scoring can be considered. In order to determine the optimal target emotional position by scoring based on a plurality of conditions, the same algorithm as that of the existing position retrieval system such as EQS (Environment Query System) or PQS (Point Query System) can be used. Further, the algorithm itself for determining the scoring condition may be switched by another algorithm. For example, it is determined whether or not the user's current emotional position actually changes as expected by the AI with respect to the target emotional position, and the setting of the target emotional position is interrupted or extended depending on the determination result, and the next emotional position is used next. An algorithm for determining the algorithm may be prepared.

The movement cost reference unit 15 has a function of referring to the movement cost when moving the emotional position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map. The concept of travel cost can be introduced for multidimensional emotion maps. Here, the movement cost refers to information for setting a cost required for moving the emotional position of the user on the multidimensional emotion map. Any method may be used to set the movement cost. For example, a multi-dimensional emotion map is divided on a grid of predetermined units, and a movement cost parameter is set for each grid (for example, the larger the number, the more the passage cost. It is possible to set a value that requires a high cost). Further, the entire movement cost set for each grid of the multidimensional emotion map may be held as a movement cost map treated as one data. The movement cost reference unit 15 performs a process of referring to a movement cost set in advance for the multidimensional emotion map.

The movement route determination unit 16 has a function of determining a movement route for moving the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule in consideration of the movement cost. Here, the movement route refers to a route through which the emotional position of the user is moved to the target emotional position. Then, when determining the movement route, the movement cost information referred to by the movement cost reference unit 15 is considered. As a method of determining the moving route, a method of extracting and determining the route that can move at the lowest cost from the current emotional position to the target emotional position can be considered. Existing path search algorithms can be used to extract this lowest cost travel route.

The control item determination unit 17 has a function of determining control items of the game environment necessary for guiding the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position, based on a predetermined rule set in advance. How the emotion parameter should be changed is determined by the positional relationship between the most recent destination and the current emotional position when the emotional position of the user is moved to the target emotional position. The necessary control items of the game environment are determined based on how this emotional parameter needs to be changed. The necessary control items of the game environment can be set in various ways, but as an example, the estimation rule used for estimating the emotional parameter can be directly adopted. That is, since there is log information used for estimation for each emotional parameter, the item of the log information can be adopted as a control item of the game environment necessary for changing the emotional parameter. For example, when it is desired to increase the emotional parameter of the feeling of expectation for winning, a rule is adopted as an estimation rule that the value increases when the player character's attack hits the enemy NPC and causes a large amount of damage. If so, it is conceivable to control the game environment so that the enemy NPC takes a wide action and the attack of the player character is easily hit. That is, the necessary control item of the game environment in this case causes the enemy NPC to take a wide action. In this way, necessary control items for the game environment are determined for each emotional parameter.

The game environment control unit 18 has a function of executing control of the game environment for the determined control items. The determined control items are actually executed in the game environment control process. It should be noted that actually executing control of control items does not always lead to expected transition of emotional parameters. For example, even if the enemy NPC is made to take a wide action so that the player character's attack easily hits the enemy NPC, there is a possibility that the player character's attack is misjudged by the probability. The result of executing such game environment control will be revealed at the time of specifying the emotional position of the next user.

The storage unit 19 has a function of storing information necessary for processing of each unit in the video game processing apparatus 10 and also storing various information generated by the processing of each unit.

Next, the flow of the game environment control process in the video game processing device 10 corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the game environment control processing corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the game environment control process is started by the video game processing device 10 acquiring various log information regarding the game situation (step S101). The video game processing device 10 estimates two or more emotional parameters of the user based on the acquired log information (step S102). Then, the video game processing device 10 identifies the emotional position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map based on the two or more emotional parameters (step S103). Next, the video game processing device 10 refers to the movement cost set in advance for the multidimensional emotion map (step S104). Then, the video game processing device 10 determines a movement route for moving the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule in consideration of the referred movement cost (step S105). Then, the video game processing device 10 determines the control items of the game environment necessary for shifting the emotional position of the user along the determined movement route (step S106). Then, the video game processing apparatus 10 actually executes the game environment control for the determined control items of the game environment (step S107). Then, the video game processing apparatus 10 determines whether or not to end the game environment control processing (step S108). Conditions for ending the control processing of the game environment are set in advance. For example, a case where the enemy NPC is defeated to end the battle, or a case where the player character dies and the battle ends is considered. When continuing the control processing of the game environment (S108-Y), the video game processing apparatus 10 returns to the first step S101 and repeats the processing. When it is determined that the control processing of the game environment is to be ended (S108-N), the video game processing device 10 ends the processing.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an emotion map corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention. The emotion map shown in FIG. 4 is a two-dimensional emotion map in which the abscissa axis is the expectation for victory (H) and the ordinate axis is the anxiety for defeat (F) as emotion parameters. Both H and F have a value in the range of -1.0 to 1.0. In the two-dimensional emotion map shown in FIG. 4, when the user is near the point of (H=-1.0, F=-1.0), the user is supposed to have "depressed, boring" emotions. .. Similarly, if you are near the point of (H=-1.0, F=0), the feeling of "upset, sad", near the point of (H=-1.0, F=1.0) Feeling "nervous, stressed" if you are, "feeling tired or calm" if you are near the point (H=0, F=-1.0), (H=0, F= When it is near the point (0), it is in a state of "not corresponding to any emotion", and when it is near the point (H=0, F=1.0), it is "tensioned, alert", ( If you are near the point (H=1.0, F=-1.0), you will find "calm and relaxed" feeling, and if you are near the point (H=1.0, F=0), you will be "happy". , "Satisfied" feelings, "excited and happy" feelings when the point is near (H=1.0, F=1.0), and so on. Imagine, and decide the target emotional position according to the position to which the user's emotions are to be moved. Note that the emotion parameters used in FIG. 4 and the user's emotions in each area are merely examples, and it is necessary to imagine the user's emotions in each area according to combinations of various emotion parameters.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the concept of the game environment control processing corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention. When AI (artificial intelligence) is used as the processing entity of the game environment control processing, as shown in FIG. 5, changes in items occurring in the game environment are acquired by the AI as log information, and the AI is based on the log information. Estimate the current user's EP. Next, the AI determines (plans) the target EP based on a predetermined rule set in advance. Then, in order to move the user's EP with respect to the target EP, the next EP is calculated, and the control items of the game environment for making the next EP are determined. When control is actually executed for the determined control items of the game environment, the items acquired as log information in the game environment change. Therefore, the flow of acquiring this in the AI is repeated and the EP of the user with respect to the target EP is repeated. Is a concept of the game environment control processing corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of introducing a movement cost into the emotion map according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the emotion map is divided into grids of a predetermined size, and the movement cost is set for each grid. The whole shown in FIG. 6 can be expressed as a movement cost map. From the current EP to the target EP in FIG. 6, the shortest route is to go in the direction of 45 degrees diagonally if the traveling cost is not considered, but if the traveling cost in FIG. 6 is taken into consideration, it is shown in FIG. The route that draws such an arc is the minimum cost travel route. The movement cost map can be set based on various conditions.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a case in which a plurality of types of movement costs are added and applied to the emotion map corresponding to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, (a) is a movement cost map that is evaluated as high (low cost) as it is farther from the current user's EP. Further, (b) is a movement cost map in which the most recent position is evaluated as low (high cost). In addition, in (c), the vicinity of the point (H=−1.0, F=0) in the emotion map shown in FIG. 4, that is, the region of “upset and sad” emotions is evaluated as high (low cost). This is the travel cost map. In this way, the movement cost map can be set based on various conditions, and these may be added to generate the movement cost map to be finally applied. Further, by setting the weighting when adding, it is possible to set which of the movement cost map conditions is to be emphasized. In the example of FIG. 7, (a), (b), and (c) are set to be added with a weight of 1:1:3. As a result of the addition in this way, it is possible to obtain the movement cost map as the final evaluation as shown in (d). 7A to 7C are examples, and movement cost maps under various conditions can be adopted.

As described above, as one aspect of the first embodiment, a user who acquires log information for each of a plurality of items related to a game situation and plays a video game based on an estimation rule using preset log information. Estimating at least two emotion parameter values as the emotion estimation value, and based on the two or more emotion parameter estimation values, the user's emotion position in the multidimensional emotion map centered on two or more emotion parameters is determined. Based on the emotional position of the user, the target emotional position, which is the target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user, is determined, and the emotional position of the user is determined based on a predetermined rule set in advance. Since the control items of the game environment necessary to guide the player to the target emotional position are determined and the control of the game environment is executed for the determined control items, the emotion of the user who plays the video game is estimated and estimated. A game environment control process according to the result can be realized.

That is, by estimating the emotion of the user caused by the change of the game environment, for example, the ideal emotional position of the user determined by the game design is set as the target emotional position, and the emotional position of the user is moved to the target emotional position. In addition, by determining the control items and implementing the game environment control, it is possible to build an environment in which the game environment is automatically controlled so that the user's emotions are in an ideal state.

By implementing the game environment control processing as described above, the following effects can be expected.
(1) An optimal situation can be provided for the user.
The game environment control process of this example can handle various emotions, and can control the game situation based on how to move the emotions. That is, it is possible to control the game situation so that the user who is bored and the user who is nervous at a certain point of time can each feel more interesting.
(2) It becomes possible to reduce the cost of adjusting the difficulty level of the game.
As an example, in a game in which a battle with an enemy NPC is performed, the difficulty level of the battle can be adjusted by the H value and F value of the next EP to be output. That is, by limiting the possible range of the H value and the F value, it is possible to fix the enemy NPC in the strongest state or the weakest state, or to make it slightly stronger or weaker. Further, since many parameters inside the character AI are collectively corrected, the adjustment cost can be expected to be lower than that in the case of the conventional difficulty level adjustment which requires individual parameter adjustment.
(3) Game balance adjustment becomes easy.
Since the difficulty level is adjusted by dynamically changing the H value and the F value according to the play level of the user, it is possible to easily construct a situation that a wide range of users can enjoy comfortably.

In the first embodiment, the game environment control is executed so as to estimate the emotion of the user and move the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position. Other NPCs may be assumed to have emotions, and the game environment control in the first embodiment may be applied to the emotions of the NPCs. In a battle scene in which a plurality of NPCs appear, if behavior control is performed based only on the battle situation, an unnatural character expression may occur such as the behavior of each NPC and the dialogue being inconsistent. On the other hand, in order to apply the game environment control of this example to the NPC, it is assumed that the NPC has an emotion, and the behavior of the enemy NPC is controlled based on the emotion of the NPC, thereby designing the game. This has the effect of making it easier to produce a situation in line with. For example, it becomes easy for an NPC determined to be anxious to perform an action that is scared or to make a speech. Further, for example, when the NPC executes a "run" action, it is possible to more clearly express how the NPC feels by changing the motion depending on whether the person is excited or relaxed. Will be easier.

In the first embodiment, the system independent of each NPC collects all the log information in the game to estimate the emotion of the user, control the environment of the game, and the like. The same function may be provided to all or some of the NPCs existing in the game environment. In a battle scene where a plurality of NPCs appear, if all NPCs are controlled using the same game environment information, the difference in the situation in which each NPC is placed cannot be reflected in the change in behavior. By trying to control the game environment by estimating the emotion of the user by using a part of the game environment information that each NPC can acquire, it becomes easy to produce the natural behavior of each NPC according to the game situation. There is an effect. For example, an enemy NPC that wants to appear to be acting wisely collects logs from a wide range of game environments and changes its behavior, while other enemy NPCs collect logs only from a range close to themselves. It becomes easy to realize a game design that makes it look dull.

As described above, the embodiments of the present application solve one or more shortages. The effects according to the embodiments of the present application are examples of non-limiting effects or effects.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the plurality of terminal devices 301 to 30n and the server device 20 perform the above-described various processes according to various control programs (for example, a video game processing program) stored in a storage device included in the server device 20. Execute.

The configuration of the system is not limited to the configuration described as the example of the above-described embodiment, and for example, the server device 20 may perform a part or all of the process described as the process performed by the video game processing device 10. Alternatively, the server device 20 and the terminal device 30 may share a part or all of the processing described as the processing executed by the video game processing apparatus 10. In addition, a part or all of the storage unit included in the server device 20 may be included in any of the plurality of terminal devices 301 to 30n. That is, a part or all of the functions of one of the server device 20 and the terminal devices 301 to 30n in the system illustrated in FIG. 2 may be included in the other one.

Further, the program may be configured such that some or all of the functions described as examples of the above-described embodiments are realized by a single device that does not include a communication network.

10 video game processing device 11 log information acquisition unit 12 emotion parameter estimation unit 13 emotion position specification unit 14 target emotion position determination unit 15 movement cost reference unit 16 movement route determination unit 17 control item determination unit 18 game environment control unit 19 storage unit 20 Server device 301 to 30n Terminal device 40 Communication network

Claims (6)

A video game processing program for causing a computer to perform a game environment control process according to a game situation of a video game,
On the computer,
A log information acquisition function that acquires log information for each of a plurality of items related to the game situation,
An emotion parameter estimation function of estimating at least two emotion parameter values as an emotion estimation value of a user who plays a video game, based on a preset estimation rule using the log information.
An emotion position specifying function for specifying a user's emotion position in a multidimensional emotion map centered on the two or more emotion parameters based on the estimated values of the two or more emotion parameters;
A target emotional position determination function of determining a target emotional position which is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user based on the emotional position of the user;
A movement cost reference function for referring to a movement cost when moving the emotional position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map,
A movement route determination function for determining a movement route for moving the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule in consideration of the movement cost;
A control item determining function for determining control items of the game environment necessary for guiding the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule set in advance;
The game environment control function for executing the control of the game environment for the determined control items is realized ,
The control item determination function determines control items of the game environment so that the emotional position of the user moves along the determined movement route.
Bi Deogemu processing program. The video game process according to claim 1 , wherein the movement cost reference function refers to a plurality of types of movement costs set based on different conditions after adding the movement costs to determine the added movement cost for the multidimensional emotion map. program. The movement route decision function, the video game processing program according to claim 1 or 2 for determining the route of travel based on the path search algorithm. The target emotion position determination function extracts a plurality of candidates for the target emotion position, calculates a score for each of the plurality of candidates based on a predetermined rule, and selects one of the optimum scores to determine the target emotion position. The video game processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A video game processing device for performing a game environment control process according to a game situation of a video game,
A log information acquisition unit that acquires log information for each of a plurality of items related to the game situation,
An emotion parameter estimation unit that estimates at least two emotion parameter values as an emotion estimation value of the user who plays the video game, based on an estimation rule that uses the preset log information.
An emotional position specifying unit that specifies the emotional position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map centered on the two or more emotion parameters based on the estimated values of the two or more emotion parameters;
A target emotional position determination unit that determines a target emotional position that is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user based on the emotional position of the user;
A movement cost reference unit that refers to a movement cost when moving the emotional position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map,
A movement route determination unit that determines a movement route for moving the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule in consideration of the movement cost;
A control item determination unit that determines control items of the game environment necessary for guiding the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule set in advance;
A game environment control unit that executes control of the game environment for the determined control items ,
The video game processing device, wherein the control item determining unit determines the control items of the game environment so that the emotional position of the user moves along the determined moving route . A video game processing method for performing a game environment control process according to a game situation of a video game,
Log information acquisition processing for acquiring log information for each of a plurality of items related to the game situation,
An emotion parameter estimation process of estimating at least two emotion parameter values as an emotion estimation value of a user who plays a video game, based on a preset estimation rule using the log information;
Emotion position specifying processing for specifying a user's emotion position in a multidimensional emotion map centered on the two or more emotion parameters, based on the estimated values of the two or more emotion parameters;
A target emotional position determination process of determining a target emotional position that is a target position in the multidimensional emotion map when guiding the emotional position of the user based on the emotional position of the user;
A movement cost reference process for referring to a movement cost when moving the emotional position of the user in the multidimensional emotion map,
A movement route determination process for determining a movement route for moving the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position based on a predetermined rule in consideration of the movement cost;
Based on a predetermined rule set in advance, control item determination processing for determining control items of the game environment necessary to guide the emotional position of the user to the target emotional position,
Only contains the game environment control processing to perform the control of the game environment for determined the control matters,
The control item determination process is a video game processing method of determining a control item of a game environment so that a user's emotional position moves along the determined movement route .

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