JP6935235B2 - Computer systems and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a computer system or the like for executing a game to be operated and enjoyed while listening to music.

Conventionally, as a kind of game genre, games of genres called "music game", "rhythm game", and "timing game" in which operation input is performed according to the rhythm of the output music are known. For example, there is known a game in which an instruction sign that is moved and displayed according to the reproduction of a task song is operated and input at a timing when it reaches a predetermined position.

JP-A-2002-66129

However, most of the conventional music games and the like described above require a sense of rhythm and reflexes. Therefore, the present invention has been devised for the purpose of providing a technique for realizing a completely new game that has never existed before, as a game that can be operated and enjoyed while listening to music.

In the first mode for solving the above problems, an operation medium (for example, virtual cards 3 (3A, 3B, 3C, ...) Shown in FIG. 1) is arranged in the arrangement area while listening to the output music. In a computer system (for example, the user terminal 50 shown in FIG. 1 and the commercial game device 90 shown in FIG. 24) for executing a game to be enjoyed, the arrangement area portion has a size capable of arranging a plurality of the operation media side by side. Then, a given acquisition period in which the given activation process is executed and controlled based on the parameter value can be acquired, and a given in the arrangement area portion where the acquisition is possible. The time length between the presentation control means for presenting the acquireable position to the player (for example, the presentation control unit 534 shown in FIG. 15) and the operation medium being arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. Based on the acquisition control means (for example, the acquisition control unit 535 shown in FIG. 15) that acquires and changes the parameter value, and the activation control means that controls the execution of the activation process based on the parameter value (for example, FIG. It is a computer system including the activation control unit 536) shown in 15.

Alternatively, as another form, it is a program (for example, the game program 590 shown in FIG. 15) for causing a computer to execute a game in which an operation medium is arranged in an arrangement area portion and enjoyed while listening to output music. The arrangement area portion has a size capable of arranging a plurality of the operation media side by side, and a given acquireable period during which it is possible to acquire the parameter value in which a given activation process is executed and controlled based on the parameter value. And the presentation control means that presents to the player a given acquireable position in the arrangement area portion where the acquisition is possible, while the operation medium is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. A program for operating the computer is configured as an acquisition control means for acquiring and changing the parameter value based on the time length of the above, and an activation control means for controlling the execution of the activation process based on the parameter value. You may.

According to the first embodiment or the like, the user can acquire the parameter value by arranging the operation medium in the arrangement area portion in response to the presentation of the acquireable period and the acquireable position, and can activate a given activation process. It is possible to realize a game that becomes. The parameter value that can be acquired is changed according to the time length (hereinafter, referred to as “arrangement time length”) while the operation medium is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. Then, the execution of the activation process is controlled based on the parameter value. According to this, as a game to be enjoyed by operating while listening to music, it is possible to realize a new game different from a game that requires a sense of rhythm and reflexes such as a music game.

Further, as a second embodiment, the presentation control means may configure a computer system of the first embodiment in which the acquireable position is continuously presented at least during the acquireable period.

According to the second embodiment, by continuously presenting the acquireable position during the acquireable period, it is directly presented that the operation medium should be continuously arranged at the acquireable position at that time. be able to.

Further, as a third embodiment, the presentation control means may configure a computer system of the second embodiment that presents a sign that the acquireable period has come just before the acquireable period has come.

According to the third form, the sign of the arrival can be presented immediately before the arrival of the acquisition period.

Further, as a fourth embodiment, the presentation control means constitutes a computer system of the second or third embodiment that presents a sign that the acquireable period ends immediately before the end of the acquireable period. May be good.

According to the fourth aspect, the sign of the end can be presented immediately before the end of the acquireable period.

Further, as a fifth embodiment, the reproducible output control means (for example, the reproducible output control unit 532 of FIG. 15) for reproducing and outputting the music with or without the video is provided, and the acquireable period is provided. Is defined in association with the playback location of the music, and the presentation control means acquires the music when the playback portion of the music reproduced and output by the reproduction output control means approaches the acquisition period. By presenting the possible position, any one of the first to fourth computer systems that presents the acquireable period and the acquireable position may be configured.

According to the fifth embodiment, it is possible to present the acquireable position in the acquireable period associated with the reproduction portion of the music in synchronization with the reproduction of the music or the reproduction of the music and the video.

Further, as a sixth embodiment, the presentation control means is provided with music selection means (for example, selection reception control unit 531 in FIG. 15) for selecting music to be reproduced and output by the reproduction output control means from a plurality of music. Is a computer system of a fifth embodiment that presents the acquireable position when the reproduction portion of the acquireable period determined in association with the music selected by the music selection means is reproduced and output. It may be configured.

According to the sixth embodiment, the acquireable position can be presented in the acquireable period associated with the reproduction portion of the music according to the selection of the music to be reproduced and output.

Further, as a seventh embodiment, the acquireable position may constitute a computer system of the fifth or sixth embodiment, which is defined together with the acquireable period in association with the playback location of the music. ..

According to the seventh aspect, it is possible to present the acquireable position defined together with the acquireable period at the reproduction portion to which the acquireable period is associated.

Further, as an eighth form, the acquireable period (hereinafter referred to as "basic acquireable period") and the acquireable position (hereinafter referred to as "basic acquireable position") predetermined in association with the playback location of the music. A special setting means (hereinafter referred to as "special acquireable period") and the acquireable position (hereinafter referred to as "special acquireable position"), which are different from the above, are set in association with the playback location of the music. For example, a computer system of the seventh form including the game management unit 530) of FIG. 15 may be configured.

According to the eighth embodiment, it is possible to add the acquireable period (special acquireable period) and the acquireable position (special acquireable position) separately from the preset.

Further, as a ninth embodiment, the special setting means sets the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position to the music when the player's level and / or the play situation satisfies a given condition. A computer system of the eighth form may be configured, which is set in association with the reproduction location of.

According to the ninth aspect, when the player's level and / or the playing situation satisfies a given condition, the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position can be added.

Further, as a tenth embodiment, the operation medium includes a plurality of types of operation media, and when the presentation control means is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period, the parameter value with respect to the time length is set. The type of the operation medium whose acquisition efficiency satisfies a predetermined high efficiency condition (hereinafter referred to as "high efficiency medium type") is presented, and the acquisition control means is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. One of the first to ninth computer systems may be configured in which the parameter value with respect to the time length is changed based on the type of the operating medium and the type of the high-efficiency medium.

According to the tenth embodiment, for example, when the type of the operating medium matches the type of the high-efficiency medium, the high efficiency condition is satisfied, and the parameter value for the arrangement time length can be changed more than when the type does not match. It becomes. The player can acquire more parameter values by arranging the operation medium in consideration of the high-efficiency medium type according to the presentation of the acquireable period and the acquireable position.

Further, as an eleventh embodiment, the presentation control means presents the acquireable position and the high-efficiency medium type by presenting the acquireable position in a display form in which the high-efficiency medium type can be identified. , A tenth form of computer system may be configured.

According to the eleventh form, the high-efficiency medium can be identifiablely presented by the display form of the acquireable position.

Further, as a twelfth embodiment, the arrangement region portion has at least a size capable of arranging three or more operation media in the vertical direction and three or more in the horizontal direction side by side. A computer system may be configured.

Further, as a thirteenth embodiment, the parameter value of the operation medium is associated with each of the operation media, and the acquisition control means is the operation medium arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. The parameter value of is changed based on the time length.
Any of the first to twelfth computer systems may be configured.

According to the thirteenth embodiment, it is possible to acquire the parameter value for the operation medium arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period.

Further, as a fourteenth embodiment, the acquisition control means has a given relative positional relationship condition with the operation medium (hereinafter referred to as “designated position arrangement medium”) arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. When another operation medium (hereinafter referred to as "spillover position placement medium") is arranged at a position satisfying the above conditions, the parameter value of the designated position placement medium and the parameter value of the ripple position placement medium are changed. The computer system of the thirteenth form may be configured.

According to the fourteenth aspect, when another operation medium is arranged at a ripple position where the positional relationship with the designated position arrangement medium satisfies a given relative positional relationship condition in the acquireable period, the ripple position is set to the ripple position. The parameter values of other arranged operation media can also be changed.

Further, as the fifteenth form, the computer system of the fourteenth form in which the relative positional relationship condition is set for each operation medium may be configured.

According to the fifteenth aspect, the relative positional relationship condition can be set for each operation medium.

In addition, as the sixteenth embodiment, the activation control means controls the execution of the activation process associated with the operation medium based on the parameter value of the operation medium designated by the player, thirteenth to thirteenth. Any of the fifteenth computer systems may be configured.

According to the 16th embodiment, it is possible to control the execution of the activation process associated with the operation medium based on the parameter value of the operation medium specified by the player.

Further, as a seventeenth embodiment, the activation control means is based on the activation instruction operation of the player when the parameter value of the operation medium designated by the player satisfies the executable condition of the activation process. Any of the thirteenth to fifteenth computer systems that execute the activation process associated with the designated operation medium may be configured.

According to the seventeenth aspect, when the parameter value of the operation medium satisfies the executable condition of the activation process, the activation process associated with the operation medium is performed in response to the activation instruction operation of the player who specified the operation medium. Can be executed.

The figure which shows the whole configuration example of a game system. The figure which shows the device configuration example of a user terminal. The figure which shows an example of a game screen. The figure explaining the acquireable period, the acquireable position, and the attribute corresponding to a high efficiency condition. The figure which shows the transition example of the state change of the presentation display body. The figure which shows the modification of the presentation display body. The figure explaining the card arrangement operation. The figure explaining the ripple position indicated by one link mark. The figure explaining the ripple position indicated by other link marks. The figure explaining the ripple position indicated by other link marks. The figure which shows the modification which concerns on the display of a ripple position. The figure which shows the display example of the skill point. The figure explaining the activation instruction operation. The figure explaining the activation process. A block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a user terminal. The figure which shows the data composition example of a card setting data. The figure which shows the data structure example of music data. The figure which shows the data structure example of the video data for each character. The figure which shows the data structure example of the presentation display body data. The figure which shows the data structure example of the link mark data. The figure which shows the data composition example of the activation processing setting. The figure which shows the data structure example of the player management data. A flowchart for explaining the flow of game processing. The perspective external view which shows the device configuration example of the arcade game machine.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below do not limit the present invention, and the embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the following embodiments. Further, in the description of the drawings, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of the game system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes a server system 10 that can be connected to a communication line N, and a user terminal 50 owned by a user who is a player 4 of the game of the present embodiment.

Here, the server system 10 performs a process for operating the game. For example, registering a user ID (account), managing data (play data) related to game play of the registered user (player), distributing data necessary for executing a game on the user terminal 50, and the like. Can be done. Further, the communication line N means a communication path capable of data communication. That is, the communication line N includes a telephone communication network, a cable network, a communication network such as the Internet, as well as a LAN by a dedicated line (dedicated cable) for direct connection and Ethernet (registered trademark), and the communication method is wired. / Regardless of wireless.

The user terminal 50 is a computer system capable of executing a game program, and can be connected to a communication line N via a mobile phone base station, a wireless communication base station, or the like to perform data communication with the server system 10. .. The user terminal 50 may take the form of, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a portable game device, a stationary home-use game device, a business-use game device, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a controller of a stationary home-use game device, or the like. ..

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a device configuration of a smartphone, which is an example of the user terminal 50. As shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 50 includes a direction input key 5501, a home key 5503, a touch panel 5505 that functions as an image display device and a contact position input device, a speaker 5511, a microphone 5513, and a rechargeable built-in type. It includes a battery 5520, a control board 5530, and a memory card reader 5540 that can read and write data to and from a memory card 5550, which is a computer-readable storage medium. In addition, the user terminal 50 is provided with a power button, a volume control button, and the like (not shown).

The control board 5530 is used for wireless communication with a CPU 5531, various microprocessors such as GPU and DSP, various IC memories 5533 such as VRAM, RAM and ROM, and a mobile phone base station and a wireless LAN base station connected to the communication line N. The wireless communication module 5535 and the like are installed. Further, the control board 5530 has a so-called I / F circuit (interface) such as a circuit for receiving signals from the direction input key 5501 and the home key 5503, a driver circuit for the touch panel 5505, and a signal input / output circuit for the memory card reader 5540. Circuit) etc. are installed. Each element mounted on the control board 5530 is electrically connected via a bus circuit or the like, and is connected so as to be able to read / write data and send / receive signals.

In the control board 5530, the IC memory 5533 stores a game program, various setting data necessary for executing the game program, and the like. The game program and the like are downloaded from the server system 10 at appropriate timings. It should be noted that the configuration may be such that it is read from a storage medium such as a separately obtained memory card 5550. Then, the CPU 5531 or the like executes a game program to execute arithmetic processing, and controls each part of the user terminal 50 in response to operation inputs to the direction input key 5501, the home key 5503, and the touch panel 5505, thereby playing the game of the player 4. To enable.

[Game overview]
In the game of the present embodiment, a virtual game card (virtual card) 3 (3A, 3B, 3C, ...) Is used as the operation medium (see FIG. 1). The virtual card 3 is prepared for each of a plurality of types of characters designed in advance as characters appearing in the game, and a pattern of the corresponding character is displayed on the display surface thereof. Further, an attribute mark 33 (33A, 33B, 33C, ...) Indicates a card attribute and a link mark 35 (35A, 35B, 35C, ...) For presenting a ripple position are predetermined on the display surface. Attached to the position. The minimum number of virtual cards 3 required for game play is given at the time of account registration, and can be obtained in the process of game play, by purchase as a billing item, or by lottery called gacha. can. In the drawings referred to below, the display of the attribute mark 33 and the link mark 35 attached to the virtual card 3 is appropriately omitted.

Here, in the present embodiment, the card attributes of the virtual card 3 are the "attribute A" indicated by the attribute mark 33A of FIG. 1, the "attribute B" indicated by the attribute mark 33B, and the "attribute C" indicated by the attribute mark 33C. There are three types. The identification display of the card attribute type in the virtual card 3 is not limited to the configuration performed by the illustrated attribute mark 33, and an attribute mark of a different color may be attached to each card attribute type, or the background color of the virtual card 3 may be used as the card. It may be identified and displayed by color-coding according to the attribute type. The details of the link mark 35 will be described later.

Prior to the start of the game, the player 4 selects a play song from the music (songs) that can be selected, and also has a virtual card (possessed card) 3 to be used in this game. Use card) Select 3. The number of cards 3 that can be used in one game may be one or a plurality. In the following, a case where three sheets are selected and used will be illustrated. In addition, when selecting the card 3 to be used here, one of the three cards is specified and the character is assigned to the "center position". The character assigned to the "center position" is in the so-called leader position.

After completing the above pre-selection, the video to be played on the game screen during the game (hereinafter referred to as "main video") is selected according to the character type assigned to the center position (designated main character type) to play the game. Start playing. The main image is prepared, for example, as an image in which characters including the character dance with music for each character type.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen. As shown in FIG. 3, the game screen is divided into upper and lower screens W11 for playing the main video and a lower screen W13 for displaying the arrangement area 2 and accepting the game operation. NS.

On the upper screen W11, the main image determined before the start of the game as described above is reproduced (displayed) in accordance with the reproduction of the play song.

On the other hand, the lower screen W13 includes an arrangement area portion 2 that imitates a stage in which the characters appearing on the upper screen W11 dance, and uses a plurality of areas (15 in FIG. 3) divided by broken lines. Card placement position) Shown as P. Although the division is not always necessary, in the present embodiment, an example of division will be described for the sake of clarity. One card 3 to be used can be arranged at one card arrangement position P. In the present embodiment, one card 3 is arranged at each of the three card arrangement positions P according to the card arrangement operation of the player 4 which is accepted as one of the game operations during the game. The display of the card arrangement position P in the arrangement area portion 2 is not limited to the aspect shown in FIG. 3, and for example, instead of the display of the division by the broken line, the display of the card arrangement position P corresponding to each division This may be done by displaying the center point. Further, the number of card arrangement positions P is not limited to 15, and can be appropriately set according to the maximum number of cards used 3 that can be used in the game. It is preferable that the arrangement area portion 2 has a size capable of arranging at least three virtual cards 3 in the vertical direction and three or more in the horizontal direction side by side.

Then, the user terminal 50 executes a game in which the player 4 arranges the virtual card 3 in the arrangement area portion 2 (see FIG. 3) while listening to music and enjoys the game. For example, it can be realized as a training game in which the character of the virtual card 3 is grown by using it in a game.

[principle]
In the game of the present embodiment, according to the presentation step (1) of presenting the acquireable period and the acquireable position in synchronization with the playback of the play song, and the placement operation performed by the player 4 in response to the presentation, every card 3 used is used. Skills that are accumulated for each card 3 used by repeating the acquisition control step (2) that acquires and updates the parameter value "skill points" and the steps (1) and (2) during the game. Based on the points, the game process including the activation control step (3) for controlling the execution of the given activation process is performed.

(1) Presentation step The acquireable period and the acquireable position are set in advance in association with the playback location of the play song. FIG. 4 shows the acquireable period Ta (Ta-1, 5) set for a certain play song on the time axis of the playback time from the start to the end of the playback of the play song, and two of them, the acquireable period Ta (Ta-1, 5). It is a schematic diagram which pulled out and showed the acquireable position Pa (Pa-1, 5) corresponding to).

The acquireable period Ta is setting information for a period during which skill points can be acquired during the game, and is set at one or a plurality of playback points in the play song. Specifically, the acquireable period Ta is defined as a time range (reproduction time range) of the reproduction time, and the length thereof is relatively long (Ta-7) or medium (Ta-1, Ta). -3 to 6) and short ones (Ta-2) are mixed and included.

The acquireable position Pa is the setting information of the card arrangement position P in which skill points can be acquired in the corresponding acquireable period Ta, and one or a plurality of card arrangement positions P out of the 15 card arrangement positions P. It is determined by the identification information (placement position number) of. In the example of FIG. 4, the acquireable position Pa-1 in the acquireable period Ta-1 is the card arrangement position P8 in the center of the middle stage with hatching. Similarly, the acquireable positions Pa-5 in the acquireable period Ta-5 are the three card placement positions P3, P11, and P15 at the center of the upper row and the left and right ends of the lower row with hatching.

More specifically, the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition is further set at the card arrangement position P, which is the acquireable position Pa. Any one of the card attribute types of the virtual card 3 (in this embodiment, "attribute A", "attribute B", and "attribute C") is set for the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition. For example, of the three card placement positions P3, P11, and P15 that are set as the obtainable position Pa-5 in the acquireable period Ta-5, the "attribute B" of the attribute mark 33B is placed at the card placement position P3. At the arrangement positions P11 and P15, "attribute A" of the attribute mark 33A is set as an attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition, respectively. This attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition is used to determine the high efficiency condition when acquiring skill points in the acquisition control step.

Then, in the presentation step, the presentable display body is displayed at the card arrangement position P to present the acquireable period and the acquireable position to the player 4, and also present the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition. In the present embodiment, the presentation display body is continuously displayed at the acquireable position during the playback time range (presentation period) of the play song obtained by adding the start sign presentation period to the acquireable period. Moreover, the presentation display body is displayed while changing its state according to the passage of time from the start of the display. For example, the presentation display body has a form based on the attribute mark 33, and its state is changed by using the display size, display color, shading, transparency, line type, etc. within the acquireable position.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a transition example of the state change of the presentation display body 71 (71A, 71B, 71C) related to the presentation of the acquireable position in one acquireable period, and the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition is “attribute A”. The state change of the presentation display body 71A at the acquireable position (start sign presentation display body 711A → period presentation display body 713A → end sign presentation display body 715A) is shown in FIG. 5 (a) as “attribute B”. The state change (711B → 713B → 715B) of the presentation display body 71B at the acquireable position is shown in FIG. 5 (b), and the state change (711C → 713C) of the presentation display body 71C at the acquireable position which is “attribute C”. → 715C) is shown in (c) of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the state of the presentation display body 71 changes in each period in which the presentation period is divided into three. Specifically, the presentation period excludes the start sign presentation period, which is a predetermined period immediately before the acquisition period arrives, the end sign presentation period, which is a predetermined period immediately before the end of the acquireable period, and the end sign presentation period. It is divided into three periods that can be acquired. In this way, the presentation display body presents the arrival of each of the three periods to the player 4 in addition to the above-mentioned obtainable period and the like, and identifies and displays each period. In the present embodiment, the start sign presentation period and the end sign presentation period are set in advance for each acquireable period, but the fixed length may be set for all the acquireable periods, or the fixed length may be used as a reference. It may be adjusted to be longer or shorter depending on the level of the player 4 (player level), the play situation described later, the play difficulty level, the play history, and the like.

The display of the presentation display body is not limited to the aspect shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a modified example in which the spotlight display 73 imitating the irradiation of the spotlight is displayed as the presentation display body is also conceivable. In this modification, the pin spot 731 is displayed at the acquireable position during the start sign presentation period, and when the acquireable period is approached, the thick spotlight display 733 illuminates the entire area of the acquireable position. Then, in the end sign presentation period, the display changes to 735 as if the spotlight was faintly disappearing. In this case, the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition is presented by changing the shape of the spotlight for each card attribute type (for example, a cylindrical spotlight display and a prismatic spotlight display such as a triangular prism or a square prism). Can be realized with. Alternatively, when the card attribute is identified and displayed by color in the virtual card 3, the display color of the spotlight display may be a display color corresponding to the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition.

(2) Acquisition control step During game play, the player 4 who has been presented with the above-mentioned acquireable period, acquireable position, and attributes corresponding to the high efficiency condition performs a card placement operation for each card 3 used. Accumulate skill points.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the card arrangement operation, and is a display example of the lower screen W13 when the start sign presentation display body 711B of FIG. 5A is displayed at one card arrangement position P13 (a). Shown in. At the stage shown in FIG. 7A, the player 4 has soon reached the acquireable period, the acquireable position is the card placement position P13, and the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition is "attribute B". Can be grasped. Further, after that, as shown in FIG. 7B, the arrival of the acquireable period can be grasped at the timing when the display of the start sign presentation display body 711B is changed to the period presentation display body 713B. Then, the player 4 who receives these presentations performs an operation (card arrangement operation) of touching the card 31B to be used, for example, and sliding the card 31B to the card arrangement position P13.

Here, the player 4 is free to decide which used card 31 (used cards 31A, 31B, 31C in FIG. 7) is moved to the acquireable position (card arrangement position P13 in FIG. 7) at what timing. However, instead of the used card 31 (used card 31A, 31C in FIG. 7) whose card attribute does not match the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition, the used card 31 (used card 31B in FIG. 7) that matches it is placed at the acquireable position. By doing so, you can get more skill points. In addition, the player 4 is free to decide when to move the used card 31 to an acquireable position. It may be placed before the acquisition period has come, or it may be placed in the middle of the acquisition period. If you know the acquisition period and acquisition position according to the part where the music is playing (playing), such as when selecting music that you have played in the past and playing it again, you can acquire it. Before the position is presented, the used card 3 can be placed at the acquireable position. Alternatively, after arranging the used card 3 at the acquireable position, the used card 3 may be rearranged and another used card 3 may be arranged at the acquireable position. However, the skill points that can be acquired for the card 3 used vary depending on the time length (arrangement time length) that is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. When the same card 3 is placed in the same obtainable position, the longer the placement time, the more skill points can be obtained. If the rearrangement is performed within the acquisitionable period, skill points can be acquired for each used card 3 according to the arrangement time length.

Therefore, in the acquisition control step, as the acquisition control process, first, the skill points of the used card 3 are acquired based on the arrangement time length of the used card 3 arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. Perform the process to change. As a specific procedure, for example, during the acquireable period, it is determined whether or not the card arrangement position P in which each used card 3 is placed is the acquireable position, and the skill of the used card 3 when it is the acquireable position. The point is updated repeatedly every unit time (for example, 1/60 second). The skill points are updated by adding the addition value per unit time (designated position unit addition value) to the skill points of the card 3 used. At that time, it is determined that "the card attribute of the card used at the acquireable position matches the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition" as the high efficiency condition, and when the high efficiency condition is satisfied, it is determined as the specified position unit addition value. Add a value to adjust the specified position unit addition value.

The designated position unit addition value can be adjusted in consideration of the number of times the activation process is activated in the game play, the player level, the play situation, the play difficulty level, the play history, and the like. For example, using the number of activations of the activation process that has already been activated in this gameplay, the designated position unit addition value with a large number of activations can be increased, or the designated position unit addition value can be set for the player 4 who is playing a lot of games. It is possible to increase it and adjust it so that skill points can be easily accumulated. Further, the compatibility between the card attributes may be set in advance, and the designated position unit addition value may be adjusted stepwise according to the compatibility between the card attribute of the designated position card 3 and the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition. For example, it is assumed that "attribute B" is set as "attribute B", "attribute C", and "attribute A" in order of compatibility with it. In this case, when the card attribute of the designated position card 3 is "attribute B", the value to be added to the designated position unit addition value is set to the largest value, and when it is "attribute C", the value is set to be smaller. On the other hand, in the case of "attribute A", the designated position unit addition value is used as it is without adjustment.

Returning to the description of the acquisition control process, subsequently, the ripple position indicated by the link mark 35 is specified according to the link mark 35 attached to the use card 3 at the acquireable position. Then, if another used card 3 is placed at the ripple position, skill points are also acquired and changed for the used card (spillover position card) 3 at the ripple position. The procedure is the same as the process relating to the used card 3 in the acquireable position. For example, during the acquireable period, it is determined whether or not the card arrangement position P in which each used card 3 is placed is a ripple position, and the ripple is present. The skill points of the card 3 used in the case of the position are updated repeatedly every unit time. The skill points are updated by adding the addition value per unit time (spillover position unit addition value) to the skill points of the card 3 used. The ripple position unit addition value may be the same value as the designated position unit addition value, or may be a different (for example, smaller) value. Further, as in the case of the designated position unit addition value, the adjustment may be performed in consideration of the number of times the activation process is activated in the game play and the like.

8, 9, and 10 are diagrams for explaining the ripple positions indicated by the link marks 35 (35A, 35B, 35C) shown in (a), respectively, and in (b) of each figure, the card is used as an acquireable position. Assuming that the placement position P8 is presented and the card 3 (3A, 3B, 3C) used is placed at the card placement position P8 during the acquireable period, the corresponding link mark 35 (35A, 35B, 35C) is used. The indicated ripple position is illustrated.

Here, the link mark 35 indicates the relative positional relationship between the designated position card and the ripple position card, and the black square indicates the ripple position card. The black circles of the link marks 35A and 35B indicate the designated position cards. For example, when the designated position card 3 has the link mark 35B of FIG. 9 (a), as shown in FIG. 9 (b), the card arrangement positions of the designated position card 3 are above, at the lower right, and at the lower left. P3, P12, and P14 are the ripple positions. In the present embodiment, the number of used cards 3 is three, so if the remaining two used cards 3 are placed in two of the card placement positions P3, P12, and P14, these two used cards 3 can be obtained. Each is regarded as a ripple position card 3, and skill points are added.

On the other hand, the white square indicated by the link mark 35C in FIG. 10A indicates a candidate for the ripple position card. When the link mark 35C is attached to the designated position card 3, as shown in FIG. 10B, one of the card placement positions near the card placement position P8 surrounding the designated position card 3 (for example, the card placement position). P7) are sequentially selected in time division, and the selected card placement position P7 becomes the ripple position. In this case, if any of the remaining cards used 3 is placed at the selected card placement position P7, it is regarded as the ripple position card 3 and skill points are added.

As shown in FIG. 11, at the card arrangement positions P7 and P9 that are the ripple positions, the mark MK indicating that the card arrangement positions P7 and P9 are the ripple positions may be displayed.

As described above, the player 4 of the game of the present embodiment advances the game by performing a card placement operation of arranging the used card 3 at the acquireable position during the presented acquireable period during the game play. If the used card 3 is left in the acquireable position during the acquireable period, skill points will be accumulated for the used card 3 over time. In addition, if the card attribute of the designated position card 3 is combined with the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition, skill points can be accumulated more efficiently. Furthermore, if the used cards 3 other than the designated position card 3 are placed at the ripple position with the link mark 35 in mind, those skill points will also increase. Therefore, the player 4 does not simply move the used card 3 to the presented acquireable position, but arranges which used card 3 in which acquireable position and in which ripple position during the acquireable period. Or, you can enjoy various strategies such as which attribute mark 33 and which link mark 35 is attached to the possession card 3. If the music is the same, a fixed acquisition period and a fixed acquisition position are presented at a fixed playback location, so it is possible to formulate a strategy in advance. It is very different from the conventional music rhythm game that requires reflexes. Further, in this game, the player 4 consumes the skill points accumulated for each used card 3 in the activation step in the subsequent stage to execute the activation process associated with the used card, so that the character of the used card 3 is executed. We will improve various ability values (cultivation parameter values) of. Therefore, one of the strategies is to preferentially accumulate the skill points of which card 3 is used.

Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the skill points accumulated for each used card 3 are meter-displayed by the skill gauge 8 in the vicinity of each used card 3 (used card 3B in FIG. 12). The skill gauge 8 shows the skill points accumulated by the white area. Then, the skill gauge 8 indicates that the skill points (first specified number of points) required for activating the normal activation process, which will be described later, have been accumulated by the scale 81 on the circumference, and the gauge value of the skill gauge 8 is the scale 81. When it reaches, the normal activation process can be executed for the card 3 (3B) used. In addition, it shows that the skill points (the number of the second specified points) necessary for activating the high skill activation process have been accumulated because the skill gauge 8 is full, and the high skill activation process for the card 3 (3B) used. Becomes feasible. By displaying the skill gauge 8, the player 4 can grasp how much skill points are accumulated on which card 3 is used. Then, when the gauge value reaches the scale 81, it is judged for each card 3 whether to activate the normal activation process or to accumulate skill points until the tank is full, and input the activation instruction operation described below as appropriate. It becomes. In the existing drawings such as FIG. 3, the display of the skill gauge 8 is omitted.

(3) Activation step In the activation step, the activation instruction operation of the player 4 is received and the execution of the activation process (normal activation process or high skill activation process) is controlled. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an activation instruction operation. In the present embodiment, the case where the card 3 used is in the vertical direction is the steady direction, the case where the card 3 is in the horizontal direction is the activation direction, and as shown in FIG. 13, an operation in which the direction of the card 3 used is the activation direction is defined as the activation instruction operation. accept. Then, based on the skill points of the card used (activation operation card) 3 when this activation instruction operation is received, "the skill points must be equal to or greater than the first specified number of points" is set as an executable condition of the normal activation process. , "The skill points are equal to or more than the second specified number of points" is determined as an executable condition of the high skill activation process. Then, when the executable condition of the normal activation process is satisfied, the normal activation process associated with the activation operation card 3 is executed. On the other hand, when the executable condition of the high skill activation process is satisfied, the high skill activation process associated with the activation operation card 3 is executed. In the example of FIG. 13, since the gauge value of the skill gauge 8 reaches the scale 81 and satisfies the executable condition of the normal activation process, the normal activation process is activated.

The activation process is performed by displaying the cut-in screen W111 on the upper screen W11 playing the main video and playing (displaying) the cut-in video, for example, as shown in FIG. For example, in the normal activation process, a cut-in image prepared for the character of the activation operation card 3 and for the normal activation process (normal use) is displayed, and in the high skill activation process, the character is displayed. Display the cut-in video for high skill activation processing (for high skill) prepared for. Then, as an effect of activating the activation process in this way, for example, various ability values of the character of the activation operation card 3 increase.

Specifically, the effect is set, for example, with different contents for each type of activation processing (normal use / high skill use). That is, for example, one or a plurality of ability values of the character can be increased by the increase value. For example, if the same one ability value increase value is set for the effect α related to the normal activation process and the effect β related to the high skill activation process, the effect β is set to be larger than the effect α. .. Alternatively, the effect α may be set with an increase value of one ability value, while the effect β may be set with an increase value of a plurality of ability values. In any case, each content is preset so that the character grows larger when the effect β is reflected than when the effect α is reflected.

The activation instruction operation may be changed between the normal activation process and the high skill activation process. That is, the operation in which the direction of the card 3 used may be the activation direction may be the activation instruction operation of the normal activation process, and the activation instruction operation of the high skill activation process may be another operation. For example, the activation button may be displayed in the lower screen W13, and the touch operation may be accepted as the activation instruction operation of the high skill activation process. In this way, when the skill gauge 8 is full, the player can activate the normal activation process that consumes a part of the first specified points and the high skill activation process that consumes the second specified points. 4 can be selected. When the skill gauge 8 is full in FIG. 13, in addition to the selection to activate the high skill activation processing for the card 3B used, the selection to activate the normal activation processing once or the activation twice in a row. You can also choose to do it.

Further, the activation process is not limited to the two steps illustrated, and different activation processes of three or more steps may be performed. In this case, the larger the specified number of points defined as the executable condition, the greater the effect (increased value reflected in the ability value).

Further, it is possible to set different effects for each character and change the contents of the effects to be reflected according to the character of the activation operation card 3.

[Functional configuration]
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a main functional configuration example of the user terminal 50. As shown in FIG. 15, the user terminal 50 includes an operation input unit 510, a processing unit 520, an image display unit 550, a sound output unit 560, a communication unit 570, and a storage unit 580.

The operation input unit 510 is for the player 4 to input various operations related to game play. For example, an acceleration sensor as well as an element directly operated by the player 4 with a finger such as a button switch, a joystick, a touch pad, and a trackball. It can also be realized by elements that detect motion and posture, such as an angular velocity sensor, an inclination sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor. In FIG. 2, the direction input key 5501, the home key 5503, and the touch panel 5505 correspond to this.

The processing unit 520 is realized by, for example, a microprocessor such as a CPU or GPU, or an electronic component such as an ASIC, FPGA, or IC memory, and controls data input / output between the processing unit 520 and each unit including the operation input unit 510 and the storage unit 580. conduct. Then, various arithmetic processes are performed based on a predetermined program and data, an operation input signal from the operation input unit 510, data received from the server system 10, and the like to control the operation of the user terminal 50. In FIG. 2, the CPU 5531 of the control board 5530 corresponds to this.

The processing unit 520 includes a game management unit 530, an image generation unit 541, a sound generation unit 543, and a communication control unit 545.

The game management unit 530 performs various processes related to game execution management. In the present embodiment, the game management unit 530 includes a selection reception control unit 531, a reproduction output control unit 532, a card arrangement processing unit 533, a presentation control unit 534, an acquisition control unit 535, and an activation control unit 536. include.

The selection reception control unit 531 controls to accept the selection operation (pre-selection) of the play song, the play difficulty level, and the card 3 to be used before the player 4 starts playing.

The reproduction output control unit 532 controls to reproduce and output the play song (music) selected by the player 4 together with the main video.

The card placement processing unit 533 detects the card placement operation and the activation instruction operation of the player 4, arranges each used card 3 at any of the card placement positions P in the steady direction or the activation direction, and displays the placement area 2. Performs the process of updating (card placement process).

The presentation control unit 534 continuously displays the presentation display body during the presentation time during the game play, and presents the acquireable period, the acquireable position, and the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition to the player 4. At that time, by displaying while changing the state of the presentation display body, the arrival of the start sign presentation period, the arrival of the acquireable period, and the arrival of the end sign presentation period are presented to the player 4 to identify each period. indicate.

The acquisition control unit 535 acquires and changes skill points for each card used 3 according to the card arrangement operation of the player 4 during the acquisition period.

The activation control unit 536 controls the execution of the activation process (normal activation process / high skill activation process) in response to the activation instruction operation in which the arrangement direction of the card 3 used is the activation direction.

The image generation unit 541 generates a game screen based on the processing result of the game management unit 530, and outputs the generated image signal of the game screen to the image display unit 550. For example, it can be realized by a processor such as a GPU or a digital signal processor (DSP), a program such as a video signal IC or a video codec, an IC memory for a drawing frame such as a frame buffer, an IC memory used for expanding texture data, or the like.

The sound generation unit 543 is realized by, for example, a processor such as a DSP or a voice synthesis IC, an audio codec capable of reproducing an audio file, and various BGMs of a game such as a play song or a sound effect based on the processing result by the game management unit 530. A sound signal of the operation sound is generated and output to the sound output unit 560.

The communication control unit 545 performs communication connection and data processing for data communication with an external device (mainly the server system 10) via the communication unit 570, and realizes data exchange with the external device.

The image display unit 550 displays various game images based on the image signal input from the image generation unit 541. For example, it can be realized by a display device such as a flat panel display, a cathode ray tube, a projector, or a head-mounted display. In FIG. 2, the touch panel 5505 corresponds to this.

The sound output unit 560 is for outputting the BGM of the game or the like based on the sound signal input from the sound generation unit 543. In FIG. 2, the speaker 5511 corresponds to this.

The communication unit 570 connects to the communication line N to realize communication. For example, it can be realized by a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA, a jack of a wired communication cable, a control circuit, or the like. In FIG. 2, the wireless communication module 5535 corresponds to this.

The storage unit 580 is stored in advance in a program for operating the user terminal 50 and realizing various functions included in the user terminal 50, data used during the execution of this program, or is temporarily stored each time the processing is performed. Stored in. For example, it can be realized by an IC memory such as RAM or ROM, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or DVD, or the like. In FIG. 2, the IC memory 5533 mounted on the control board 5530 and the memory card 5550 correspond to this.

The storage unit 580 contains a game program 590, card setting data 600, music list 610, music data 620, character-specific video data 640, presentation display data 650, link mark data 660, and activation processing. The setting 670, the player management data 680, and the play data 690 are stored.

The game program 590 is a program for causing the processing unit 520 to function as the game management unit 530. A program for functioning as an image generation unit 541, a sound generation unit 543, and a communication control unit 545 can also be included as appropriate.

The card setting data 600 is prepared for each type of virtual card 3 (in this embodiment, for each character type) that can be obtained by the player 4. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of one card setting data 600. As shown in FIG. 16, the card setting data 600 includes a card number 601 assigned to the corresponding virtual card 3, a unique character type 602, character display data 603 of the corresponding character, and a card attribute type 604. Includes link mark type 605. In addition, for example, initial values of various ability values of the character are set.

The music list 610 stores a list of music (songs) that the player 4 can select as a play song.

The music data 620 stores data related to the music for each music. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of one music data 620. As shown in FIG. 17, the music data 620 includes a unique music name 621, music audio data 622, and presentation data 623 prepared for each play difficulty level.

The music audio data 622 is music data for reproducing the corresponding music as a play music.

The presentation data 623 is data for displaying the presentation display body in the arrangement area 2, the applicable play difficulty level 624 indicating which play difficulty level the presentation data 623 is prepared for, and the presentation period data 630. And include.

The presentation period data 630 is prepared for each obtainable period set for the play song. Specifically, one presentation period data 630 is acquired with a presentation period number 631 for identifying the presentation period data 630, an acquireable period 632, a start sign presentation period 633, and an end sign presentation period 634. Includes possible location list 635.

The acquireable period 632, the start sign presentation period 633, and the end sign presentation period 634 are defined as the playback time ranges of the play songs in the corresponding periods.

The acquireable position list 635 associates the arrangement position number 636 of one or more card arrangement positions 635 set as the acquireable position together with the acquireable position with the high efficiency condition corresponding attribute 637 of the acquireable position. And remember.

The character-specific video data 640 stores video data of the main video and the cut-in video for each character. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of the character-specific video data 640. As shown in FIG. 18, the character-specific video data 640 is associated with the character type 641, the video type (main / cut-in) 642, the activation processing type (normal / high skill) 643, and the video data (for normal / high skill). Main video data / cut-in video data) 644 is set.

The activation processing type 643 is set for a record whose corresponding video type is cut-in, and is "normal" for those that perform playback of the corresponding cut-in video as normal activation processing, and for those that perform high skill activation processing. "For high skill" is set.

The presentation display body data 650 is display data of the presentation display body, and is prepared for each card attribute. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of one presentation display data 650. As shown in FIG. 19, the presentation display data 650 includes an applicable card attribute 651 indicating which card attribute the presentation display data 650 is prepared for, a period presentation display data 652, and a start sign presentation display. Body data 653 and end sign presentation display body data 654 are included.

The link mark data 660 is prepared for each link mark type. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of one link mark data 660. As shown in FIG. 20, the link mark data 660 includes a unique link mark type 661, link mark display data 663 of the corresponding link mark, and ripple position setting data 665.

The ripple position setting data 665 stores the relative positional relationship between the designated position card and the ripple position card indicated by the corresponding link mark for each ripple position.

The activation process setting 670 stores setting information for associating the activation process with the activation operation card 3 based on the skill points of the used card (activation operation card) 3 for which the activation instruction is operated. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of the activation processing setting 670. As shown in FIG. 21, the activation process setting 670 has a specified number of points (first specified number of points / second specified number of points) required for activating the activation process (normal activation process or high skill activation process in this embodiment). It is a data table in which the activation processing type (normal / high skill) 673 and the effect (effect α / effect β) 675 of the corresponding activation processing are associated with 671.

The player management data 680 stores information about the player 4. The player management data 680 may be managed by the server system 10, downloaded from the server system during game play of the player 4, and stored in the storage unit 580. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of player management data 680. As shown in FIG. 22, the player management data 680 includes the account 681 of the corresponding user, the possessed card list 682, the character training data 683 for each possessed card, the player level 684, the play date and time, the play time, the number of plays, and the like. Includes play history 685 and.

The possessed card list 682 stores a list of virtual cards possessed by the player 4 and can be selected as the used card 3.

In the character training data 683 for each possessed card, various ability values of the character are stored for each possessed card 3.

The play data 690 stores various data describing the progress of the game. For example, the play song name, the play difficulty level, the card number 601 of the card 3 used, the designated main character type, the presentation data to be referred to (reference presentation data) 623, and the placement that holds the current placement position number and placement orientation of each card 3 used. It includes status data, the current skill points of each card used 3, the number of times the activation process is activated during the game play, the gauge value of the skill gauge 8, and the like. Of course, data other than these can be included as appropriate.

[Processing flow]
FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of game processing in the user terminal 50 of the present embodiment. The process described here is realized by the processing unit 520 reading and executing the game program 590.

In the game processing, first, the selection reception control unit 531 receives each selection operation of the play song, the play difficulty level, and the card 3 used (step S1). The card 3 to be used is determined by prompting the selection of a predetermined number of cards from the possessed cards 3. In the present embodiment, the three possessed cards 3 selected by the player 4 are used as the used cards 3. The result of the selection reception is held in the play data 690.

After the pre-selection is completed, according to the designated main character type specified when selecting the card 3 to be used, for example, the character type 641 is associated with the video data 644, and the video type 642 is the "main". One video data 644 is selected to determine the main video (step S3).

In addition, the card placement processing unit 533 starts the used card placement processing (step S5). In this used card arranging process, first, in the arranging area portion 2, three used cards 3 are arranged in a steady direction at a card arranging position P predetermined as their initial position, and control is performed to display them. Further, during the game play, the touch operation of the player 4 with respect to the arrangement area portion 2 during the game play is detected, and the card arrangement operation or the activation instruction operation is accepted. Then, when the card placement operation is accepted, the used card 3 to be operated is moved to rewrite the placement status data of the play data 690, and when the activation instruction operation is received, the direction of the activation operation card 3 is rotated to display the placement status data. Controls to rewrite and update the display.

When the used card arrangement process is started, the reproduction output control unit 532 reads the music audio data 622 from the music data 620 of the play music selected and operated in step S1. Then, the play song is reproduced and output from the sound output unit 560, and the main video determined in step S1 is reproduced and output to the image display unit 550 (step S7), and the game play is started (step S9).

Then, when the game play is started, the presentation control unit 534 selects the presentation data 623, which is the play difficulty level for which the applied play difficulty level 624 is selected and operated, from the music data 620 of the play song selected and operated in step S1. Read as reference presentation data. Then, the presentation control process is started using the reference presentation data 623 (step S11). By the presentation control process started here, the acquireable period, the acquireable position, and the attribute corresponding to the high efficiency condition are presented to the player 4 in synchronization with the reproduction of the play song. Further, depending on the state of the presentation display body that presents them, the arrival of each period of the start sign presentation period, the acquireable period, and the end sign presentation period is identified and displayed and presented to the player 4.

Further, the acquisition control unit 535 starts the acquisition control process (step S13). By the acquisition control process started here, skill points are accumulated for the designated position card 3 placed at the acquireable position by the player 4 during the acquireable period, and if there is a ripple position card 3 placed at the ripple position, there is The skill points will also be accumulated.

After that, the activation control unit 536 monitors the presence or absence of the activation instruction operation. Then, when the activation instruction operation is received in the used card placement process started in step S5 (step S15: YES), the current skill points of the activation operation card 3 are read from the play data 690, and the executable condition is determined. do. Specifically, the activation control unit 536 determines that the high skill activation process can be executed if the skill points reach the second specified number of points according to the activation process setting 670 (step S17: YES). Then, in this case, the high skill activation process is executed (step S19). Specifically, according to the character type 602 of the activation operation card 3, the video data 644 of the character type 641 that matches the character type 602, the video type 642 is "cut-in", and the activation processing type 643 is "for high skill". The video data 644 of a certain cut-in video is selected and reproduced and output to the image display unit 550.

On the other hand, when the skill points have not reached the second specified number of points but have reached the first specified points, it is determined that the normal activation process can be executed (step S21: YES). Then, in this case, the normal activation process is executed (step S23). Specifically, according to the character type 602 of the activation operation card 3, the video data 644 of the character type 641 that matches the character type 602, the video type 642 is "cut-in", and the activation processing type 643 is "normal use". The video data 644 of the cut-in video is selected and reproduced and output to the image display unit 550.

After that, according to the effect 675 corresponding to the activation processing type executed in step S19 or step S23, the ability value of the character of the activation operation card 3 is increased to update the character development data 683 for each possessed card (step S25).

When the playback of the play song is completed (step S27: YES), the game result is displayed and the present process is completed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize a new game different from a game that requires a sense of rhythm and reflexes, such as a music game, as a game that is operated and enjoyed while listening to music.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and components can be added, omitted, or changed as appropriate.

[Modification 1]
For example, in the above embodiment, the play song is reproduced based on the acquireable period (basic acquireable period) and the acquireable position (basic acquireable position) set in advance in association with the play location of the play song. The configuration presented in synchronization is illustrated. On the other hand, the game management unit 530 sets, as a special setting means, an acquireable period (special acquireable period) and an acquireable position (special acquireable position) different from the basic acquireable period and the basic acquireable position. Processing may be performed.

For example, first, the player level 684 is determined before the start of game play. Then, when the player level 684 is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, a process of adding and setting a special acquisition period and a special acquisition position is performed.

The addition can be performed by adding the presentation period data for presenting another acquireable period and its special acquireable position to the reference presentation data 623. The presentation period data to be added may be generated each time, or may be randomly selected from a plurality of special presentation period data prepared for addition in advance.

Further, instead of adding the presentation period data, the acquireable position may be added to one or more of the existing presentation period data (basic presentation period data) 630 of the basic presentation period data 630. In this case, although the acquisition period does not increase, the special acquisition position will be added in one or more of the acquisition periods. Specifically, for example, one or a plurality of card placement positions P other than the basic acquireable positions related to the acquireable period of the addition target are randomly selected. Then, the selected card arrangement position P is added to the acquireable position list 635 as a special acquireable position.

Further, the addition may be performed step by step according to the player level 684. For example, when the player level 684 is the first level or higher and less than the second level, the special acquireable position is added to the existing basic acquireable period as described above, while the player level 684 is the second level or higher. In the case of, the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position may be added as described above.

According to this, the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position are additionally presented to the player 4 who is playing a lot of games and is considered to have remembered the acquisition period and the acquisition position to some extent. can do. For player 4, the more games he plays, the more opportunities he has for acquiring skill points, and the more efficiently he can accumulate skill points.

Further, the player level is not limited to 684, and the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position may be added according to the play situation. For example, when the number of executions of the activation process during the current gameplay reaches a predetermined number, the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position are as described above from that point until the end of the current gameplay. May be added. The number of executions of the activation process may be counted separately for the normal activation process and the high skill activation process, or the total number of times thereof may be used. In addition, when counting separately, additional contents may be changed depending on whether the normal activation process is activated three times or the high skill activation process is activated three times. For example, when the high skill activation process is activated three times, a larger special acquisition period and the special acquisition position can be added than when the normal activation process is activated three times. In addition, if it is activated twice, the special acquireable position will be added to the basic acquireable position, and if it is activated 5 times or more, the special acquireable period and the special acquireable position will be added, etc. You may go to.

According to this, the player 4 can enjoy yet another strategy such as aiming to activate the activation process more than a predetermined number of times by advancing the game, thereby aiming to acquire skill points with higher efficiency. Become.

[Modification 2]
Further, in the above embodiment, a virtual game card is illustrated as an operation medium, but a real game card having a substance such as a trading card, a toy such as a figure or a ring, or the like can also be used.

Further, the computer system of the present invention can be realized not only by the user terminal 50 possessed by the player 4 but also by an arcade game machine. FIG. 24 is a perspective external view showing a device configuration example of the arcade game machine 90. The arcade game machine 90 includes a display panel 910 in which a display 911 for displaying an upper screen, a speaker 913, and the like are arranged, and an operation panel 930 in which a touch panel 931 for displaying a lower screen is arranged on the panel surface. A control unit 950 that integrally controls the arcade game machine 90 by arithmetic processing to execute a game is provided, and a realistic game card 30a is arranged and used on the board surface (upper surface) of the operation panel 930 as an operation medium. .. The game card 30a has, for example, the identification information of the game card 30a and the identifier for the card printed on the back surface, and is used to read the back surface of the game card 30a arranged on the board surface under the operation panel 930. A mechanism such as an image sensor will be built in. Then, the game card 30a arranged on the operation panel 930, its arrangement position, and the arrangement direction are configured to be identifiable. The operation panel 930 constitutes an arrangement area portion for actually moving the game card 30a and inputting a card arrangement operation and an activation instruction operation. Further, instead of reading the game card 30a from below the operation panel 930, a camera overlooking the operation panel 930 may be arranged to read the game cart 30a from above. Further, the arcade game machine 90 has a push button 933 arranged near the board surface, and can be used, for example, for inputting an activation instruction operation.

[Modification 3]
Further, the computer system of the present invention can also be realized by the server system 10 instead of the user terminal 50. In that case, assuming that the user terminal 50 has only a so-called man-machine interface function, the server system 10 has the function of the game management unit 530 of the user terminal 50, and the server system 10 controls and executes it via communication. It should be done. In that case, the game system 1 including the server system 10 and the user terminal 50 can be said to be a computer system.

2 ... Arrangement area unit 50 ... User terminal 510 ... Operation input unit 520 ... Processing unit 530 ... Game management unit 531 ... Selection reception control unit 532 ... Playback output control unit 533 ... Card arrangement processing unit 534 ... Presentation control unit 535 ... Acquisition control Unit 536 ... Activation control unit 541 ... Image generation unit 543 ... Sound generation unit 545 ... Communication control unit 550 ... Image display unit 560 ... Sound output unit 570 ... Communication unit 580 ... Storage unit 590 ... Game program 600 ... Setting data 610 ... Music List 620 ... Music data 623 ... Presentation data 630 ... Presentation period data 640 ... Character-specific video data 650 ... Presentation display data 660 ... Link mark data 670 ... Activation processing setting 680 ... Player management data 690 ... Play data 3 ... Virtual card 33 … Attribute mark 35… Link mark 4… Player 10… Server system N… Communication line

Claims (6)

It is a computer system that executes a game to be enjoyed by arranging an operation medium in an arrangement area while listening to the output music.
The arrangement area portion has a size capable of arranging a plurality of the operation media side by side.
And given a given acquisition period capable of acquiring a parameter value, a presentation control means for presenting a given acquisition positionable in said placement area portion in which the acquisition is made possible player,
Acquisition control means for updating the possessed parameter value by fluctuating and acquiring the parameter value to be acquired based on the time length while the operation medium is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. When,
An activation control means that controls the execution of a given activation process based on the possessed parameter value, and
A reproduction output control means for reproducing and outputting the music with or without an image.
Equipped with a,
The acquireable period is determined in association with the playback location of the music.
The presentation control means presents the acquireable position when the reproduction portion of the music reproduced and output by the reproduction output control means approaches the acquireable period, whereby the acquireable period and the acquireable are possible. Present the position and
Computer system. A music selection means for selecting music to be played back and output by the playback output control means from a plurality of music.
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The presentation control means presents the acquireable position when the reproduction portion of the acquireable period determined in association with the music selected by the music selection means is reproduced and output.
The computer system according to claim 1. The acquireable position is determined together with the acquireable period in association with the playback location of the music.
The computer system according to claim 1 or 2. The acquireable period (hereinafter referred to as "basic acquireable period") and the acquireable position (hereinafter referred to as "basic acquireable position"), which are predetermined in association with the playback location of the music, are different from the acquireable period. A special setting means for setting the (hereinafter referred to as "special acquireable period") and the acquireable position (hereinafter referred to as "special acquireable position") in association with the playback location of the music.
The computer system according to claim 3. The special setting means sets the special acquisition period and the special acquisition position in association with the music playback location when the player's level and / or the play situation satisfies a given condition. do,
The computer system according to claim 4. It is a program for letting the computer execute a game to be enjoyed by arranging the operation medium in the arrangement area while listening to the output music.
The arrangement area portion has a size capable of arranging a plurality of the operation media side by side.
Presentation control means for presenting a given a given acquisition period which can acquire the parameter value, and a given acquisition positionable in said placement area portion in which the acquisition is made possible player,
Acquisition control means for updating the possessed parameter value by fluctuating and acquiring the parameter value to be acquired based on the time length while the operation medium is arranged at the acquireable position during the acquireable period. ,
An activation control means that controls the execution of a given activation process based on the possessed parameter value.
A playback output control means for playing and outputting the music with or without video.
It makes the computer function as,
The acquireable period is determined in association with the playback location of the music.
The presentation control means presents the acquireable position when the reproduction portion of the music reproduced and output by the reproduction output control means approaches the acquireable period, whereby the acquireable period and the acquireable are possible. Present the position and
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