JP7001938B2 - Game programs and game equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game program and a game device having a function of locking a game medium.

Some online games such as digital card games and role-playing games download game media such as characters and items and use them in the games. In Patent Documents 1 to 4, various parameters (attack power, defense power, etc.) set for the base character are described by synthesizing the material character and the like (game medium) with the base character (game medium). What changes is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 5777781 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-22377 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-11265 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-124180

Usually, the downloaded game medium is subjected to a locking process as shown in Patent Documents 1 to 4. This is to prevent the game medium from being accidentally erased due to consumption behavior such as synthesis or sale.

However, there are cases where the user wants to use the game medium for "synthesis" although he / she wants to avoid "selling", for example. However, in Patent Documents 1 to 4, all consumption behaviors are uniformly restricted by the lock process. Therefore, when the game medium is used for "synthesis", the user needs to input an execution instruction of the process of unlocking the game medium to the game device each time the "synthesis" is performed. Therefore, the user is annoyed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game program and a game device capable of causing a game medium to perform a desired consumption behavior without performing an operation that causes troublesome operations.

The first invention is a computer.
Instruction acquisition means for acquiring consumption instructions for game media related to games,
A consumption execution means capable of executing a consumption process that consumes the game medium so that the game medium is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction.
A locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting the execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, for the game medium before the consumption process is executed.
A setting means for setting consumption possibility information indicating whether or not execution of the consumption process is prohibited for each type of the consumption behavior of the game medium according to the two types of characteristics of the game medium.
To function as
The locking means is a game program characterized in that the protection registration process is performed based on the consumption availability information.

Further, in the first invention, the computer is used.
A classification means for classifying the game medium after the protection registration process is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration process.
To further function as
When the instruction acquisition means acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution means performs the consumption process for the game medium in which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted among the classification results by the classification means. Can be executed.

Further, in the first invention, the computer is used.
A receiving means capable of receiving the game medium,
To further function as
The setting means can set the consumption availability information based on the operation of the user when the receiving means receives the game medium.

The second invention is a computer.
Instruction acquisition means for acquiring consumption instructions for game media related to games,
A consumption execution means capable of executing a consumption process that consumes the game medium so that the game medium is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction.
A locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting the execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, for the game medium before the consumption process is executed.
A classification means for classifying the game medium after the protection registration process is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration process, and
To function as
When the instruction acquisition means acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution means refers to a plurality of the game media in which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted among the classification results by the classification means. It is a game program characterized by collectively executing the consumption processing.

Further, in the second invention, the computer is used.
A receiving means capable of receiving the game medium and
When the receiving means receives the game medium, it is shown whether or not the execution of the consumption process is prohibited for each type of the consumption behavior of the game medium according to at least one of the type and rarity of the game medium. A setting means for setting the consumption availability information based on the user's operation, and
Can be further functioned as.

The fourth invention is
It is a game device including a storage unit for storing the game program of the first to third inventions and a computer for executing the game program.

According to the present invention, execution of consumption processing is permitted or prohibited depending on the type of consumption behavior of the game medium. Therefore, when a consumption instruction is given, if the consumption behavior in the consumption instruction is permitted, the game medium does not require the user to release the lock (prohibited state) applied to the game medium each time. Consumption processing is performed. Therefore, the comfort of the game operation is improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware configuration and the functional configuration of each of the server device and the game device in the game system of this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram conceptually showing the consumption possibility information in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation of the game apparatus in this embodiment. It is a screen example of the display in the protection registration process of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of the data stored in the storage unit in step S18 of FIG. It is a screen example of the display in the consumption processing of FIG. It is a screen example of the display in the classification / sorting process of FIG.

[Embodiment]
The game system 1 provided with the game device 5 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Game description>
In the game system 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the server device 2 and the game device 5 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via the communication network 6.

The game described in this embodiment is an online game executed by the game system 1. In the game, the user of the game device 5 activates one or more player characters in the virtual game space, or causes the player characters to play against an enemy character.

In particular, in the game, the user can acquire the game medium from the server device 2 or take an action of consuming the game medium owned by the user (hereinafter referred to as a consumption action).

Here, the game medium is electronic data representing elements related to the game. The game medium includes a player character, an item (weapon, armor, etc.) used by the player character in the virtual game space, a material for strengthening the characteristic parameter (attack power, defense power, etc.) of the player character and the item. Is included.

The user of the game device 5 acquires the game medium by a method using, for example, a mechanism called a gacha. The gacha is a mechanism in which a lottery is performed on a plurality of game media on the server device 2 based on a predetermined lottery probability, and any game medium selected by the lottery is given to the user's game device 5.

The consumption behavior of the game medium is to make the game medium not owned by the user. Specifically, the consumption behavior of the game medium includes "sale" (the action of exchanging the game medium for local currency or points in the game), "exchange" (the action of exchanging the game medium for another game medium), and "the action of exchanging the game medium for another game medium". "Synthesis" (the operation of synthesizing the same type of game media to generate a new game medium), "enhancement" (combining the main game medium with the sub game medium to strengthen the characteristic parameters of the main game medium) Actions to be performed) etc. are included.

As a consumption behavior of the game medium, the user can arrange, for example, two or more objects (game media) indicating the player character in the synthesis place in the game, and "synthesize" the objects at the synthesis place. Further, as a consumption behavior of the game medium, the user can "sell" an object (game medium) indicating a material unnecessary for synthesis or enhancement at a virtual store in the game.

In particular, in the game according to the present embodiment, a process of locking the game medium is performed in order to prevent the game medium from being accidentally consumed during the consumption behavior of the game medium. In this process, any consumption behavior is not prohibited, but the processing is performed according to the type of consumption behavior. This will be described in detail in "<Game media locking and consumption processing>".

Such a game is executed using a game device 5 such as a smartphone, a tablet, or a personal computer.

<Overview of Game System 1>
As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 is composed of a server device 2 and a plurality of game devices 5. In this embodiment, the case where the game system 1 is a so-called native application is illustrated.

The server device 2 stores the game program and the game data, and manages the game data of each game device 5 (for each of the following account information).

The game device 5 executes a predetermined game based on the operation of the user. Therefore, the game device 5 receives (specifically, downloads and installs) a game program and game data from the server device 2 via the communication network 6. Further, the game device 5 receives (specifically, downloads and installs) a game program and game data for updating from the server device 2.

The game device 5 first logs in to the server device 2 as the game progresses. Different account information is assigned to each user, and the account information includes identification information (user ID) and password for each user. This account information is transmitted from the game device 5 to the server device 2 via the communication network 6 at the time of login.

The server device 2 authenticates the user of the accessed game device 5 based on the transmitted account information.

The game device 5 for which user authentication has been completed can communicate with the server device 2, and data necessary for the progress of the game (data related to the progress of the game) is sent from the server device 2. Upon receiving the data, the game device 5 advances the game while outputting the game image and sound to the display 61 and the speaker 62 based on the user's operation.

The data regarding the game progress status is transmitted from the game device 5 to the server device 2 at the time of logging in to the game device 5 and at a predetermined timing of the game progress (when the data is updated such as item consumption and game task clearing).

As described above, in the game system 1, the server device 2 and the game device 5 communicate with each other via the communication network 6 at a predetermined timing. As a result, the game progresses while synchronizing between the server device 2 and the game device 5.

<Hardware configuration>
Hereinafter, the hardware configuration of the server device 2 and the hardware configuration of the game device 5 will be described.

<Configuration of server device 2>
The server device 2 has a network interface 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The network interface 21 and the storage unit 22 are electrically connected to the control unit 23 via the bus 29.

The network interface 21 is communicably connected to each game device 5 via a communication network 6 such as the Internet and a LAN. The game data, the game program, and the like are transmitted to the game device 5 and the account information and the like are received from the game device 5 via the network interface 21.

The storage unit 22 is composed of an HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM, and the like. Specifically, the storage unit 22 stores account information for collating each user, login history of each user, a game program, game data, various programs other than the game program, and the like. The game data includes information on the progress of the game for each account information, as well as the game medium (items, etc.) that can be newly used when the user charges.

The control unit 23 is composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory, and controls the operation of the server device 2 itself.

<Functional configuration of the control unit 23 of the server device 2>
The control unit 23 functions as an information processing means 231, a collation means 232, a lottery selection means 233, and a distribution means 234 by executing various programs.

The information processing means 231 transmits / receives data necessary for distribution of the game program to / from each game device 5. Examples of the data received by the information processing means 231 include download request information and account information. Examples of the data transmitted by the information processing means 231 include information for confirming whether or not the game device 5 has received the game program.

Examples of the download request information include a download request for a game program and a download request for the game medium.

The collation means 232 uses the account information received from the game device 5 to perform user authentication processing.

When the information processing means 231 receives the download request for the game medium, the lottery selection means 233 selects any game medium from the plurality of game media related to the game by lottery based on a predetermined lottery probability.

After the information processing means 231 receives the download request information of the game program and the account information of the user, the distribution means 234 distributes (transmits) the game data corresponding to the game program and the received account information to the game device 5. Further, the distribution means 234 distributes (transmits) to the game device 5 any game medium selected by lottery by the lottery selection means 233.

<Configuration of game device 5>
The game device 5 has a display 61, a speaker 62, and a touch pad 63 externally connected or built-in. In the game device 5, the game progresses based on the game program and game data received from the server device 2. The game devices 5 can also perform data communication with each other by using the communication network 6 or the short-range wireless communication device (not shown).

The game device 5 includes a network interface 51, a graphic processing unit 52, an audio processing unit 53, an operation unit 54, a storage unit 55, and a control unit 56. The network interface 51, the graphic processing unit 52, the audio processing unit 53, the operation unit 54, and the storage unit 55 are electrically connected to the control unit 56 via the bus 59.

The network interface 51 is communicably connected to the communication network 6 in order to transmit and receive various data between each game device 5 and the server device 2.

The graphic processing unit 52 draws a game image including various objects related to the player character and the game space in a moving image format according to the game image information output from the control unit 56. The graphic processing unit 52 is connected to, for example, a liquid crystal display 61, and a game image drawn in a moving image format is displayed on the display 61 as a game screen.

The audio processing unit 53 reproduces and synthesizes digital game sounds according to the instructions of the control unit 56. The audio processing unit 53 is connected to the speaker 62, and the reproduced and synthesized game voice is output from the speaker 62.

The operation unit 54 is connected to the touch pad 63 and transmits / receives data related to the operation input to / from the touch pad 63. For example, the user touches the touch pad 63 to input an operation signal to the game device 5.

The storage unit 55 is composed of an HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM, and the like. The storage unit 55 can store the game program and game data downloaded from the server device 2. The storage unit 55 also stores account information of the own device 5 and the other game device 5 for transmission to the other game device 5, information about friends, and the like. In particular, the storage unit 55 also stores the game medium received from the server device 2.

The control unit 56 is composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory, and controls the operation of the own device 5.

<Functional configuration of the control unit 56 of the game device 5>
By executing the game program, the control unit 56 functions as a communication means 561, a game progress means 562, an instruction acquisition means 563, a consumption execution means 564, a lock means 565, a setting means 566, and a classification means 567.

The communication means 561 is a function of communicating with the server device 2 via the network interface 51. The communication means 561 transmits the account information and the download request information of new game data based on the user's operation to the server device 2. The communication means 561 receives new game data sent from the server device 2 in response to the download request information, a game medium selected by lottery by the server device 2, and the like.

The game medium is sequentially stored in the storage unit 55 each time the communication means 561 receives the game medium. As a result, one or more game media are stored in the storage unit 55.

The game progress means 562 reads data such as game space objects and textures included in the game data and executes a game program to generate two-dimensional or three-dimensional game image information. By processing the game image information by the graphic processing unit 52, the processed game image is displayed on the display 61.

For example, the game progress means 562 arranges a player character on the game image. The game progress means 562 controls to move the player character in response to an operation signal indicating the content of the operation of the user's touch pad 63 under the progress of the game.

The instruction acquisition means 563 acquires various instructions input by the user via the touch pad 63. For example, when a lottery instruction for a game medium is input by a user, the instruction acquisition means 563 generates a download request for the game medium to be transmitted to the server device 2 in response to the input. Further, the instruction acquisition means 563 acquires the consumption instruction and the sort execution instruction of the game medium input by the user.

When the instruction acquisition means 563 acquires the consumption instruction of the game medium, the consumption execution means 564 consumes the game medium so that the corresponding game medium is not owned by the user (sale, synthesis, etc.). Can be executed. In particular, the consumption process according to the present embodiment may or may not be executed according to the execution result of the protection registration process by the following locking means 565.

The locking means 565 performs a protection registration process for locking the game medium in advance so that the specific consumption process is not executed on the game medium before the consumption process is executed. In particular, the locking means 565 according to the present embodiment performs a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting the execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, with reference to the consumption availability information described below. ..

The setting means 566 sets the consumption availability information used in the protection registration process according to the user's operation. The consumption availability information is information that defines what kind of consumption processing is permitted to be executed and what kind of consumption processing is prohibited from being executed.

The classification means 567 performs a process of classifying a plurality of game media after the protection registration process is executed according to the execution result (whether or not the lock is applied) of the protection registration process. This classification process is executed, for example, when the user desires to sell a plurality of game media at once, using the input operation of the user as a trigger. If the game media in the state where execution is permitted (unlocked state) for a specific consumption process are classified into the same folder, the user does not have to perform the operation for instructing the sale to the individual game media. You only have to do it once for all the game media in that folder.

<Regarding game media protection registration processing (lock processing) and consumption processing>
Mainly, the protection registration process (lock process) and the consumption process of the game medium performed by the consumption execution means 564, the lock means 565, and the setting means 566 will be described in detail.

In the process of progressing the game, the user may input a consumption instruction (sale, composition, etc.) of the game medium owned by the user via the touch pad 63. On the other hand, there are some game media, such as a character having a high rarity, which the user strongly desires to own. Therefore, the protection registration process for locking the game medium is performed. As a result, even if the consumption instruction is erroneously input, the consumption processing of the game medium is prohibited, so that the consumption behavior is not performed.

However, as already mentioned, the consumption behavior of the game medium includes various types such as "synthesis" and "sale". If all types of consumption behavior are locked regardless of the type (specific content) of these consumption behaviors, for example, if the game medium "does not want to sell" but "wants to synthesize", the user uses it for synthesis. The operation to unlock the game medium must be performed once. With this, it is hard to say that the operability of the game is simple, and the user feels that the trouble of unlocking is troublesome.

Therefore, the lock means 565 according to the present embodiment is based on the consumption availability information 570a to 570c preset by the setting means 566, and is a type of consumption behavior of the game medium with respect to the game medium before the consumption process is executed. Performs protection registration processing that permits or prohibits the execution of consumption processing each time.

FIG. 2 shows the concept of consumer availability information 570a to 570c. As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, individual consumption availability information 570a, 570b, and 570c are set for each of the game medium types "character", "equipment / weapon", and "reinforced material".

In each consumption availability information 570a to 570c in FIG. 2, the case where the consumption behavior is prohibited (locked state) is indicated by "x" for each type of consumption behavior "sale", "exchange (or modification)", "synthesis", and "strengthening". , The case of permitting the consumption behavior (unlocked state) is indicated by "○". In each of the consumption availability information 570a, 570b, and 570c, whether or not the consumption behavior is prohibited or permitted differs depending on not only the type of the game medium but also the rarity.

Specifically, among the types of game media "character", "equipment / weapon", and "strengthening material", the game medium of "character" has the highest difficulty in obtaining (rareness), and the game medium of "strengthening material" has the highest difficulty in obtaining. (Rarity) is the lowest. In the consumption availability information 570a to 570c corresponding to each type of game medium, the number of cases (locked state "x") in which consumption behavior is prohibited increases as the type of game medium having a higher degree of difficulty (rareness) is obtained.

Even if the types of game media are the same, there are differences in the rarity of each game medium. The higher the rarity of the game medium, the more types of prohibited consumption behavior. For example, focusing on the consumption availability information 570c corresponding to the type "strengthening material", the consumption behavior "sale" and "strengthening" are prohibited in the game medium having the rarity "□ 3". In the game medium of rarity "□ 1", there is no prohibited consumption behavior, and all consumption behavior including "sale" and "strengthening" is permitted.

The consumption availability information 570a to 570c are basically set by default, but can be freely changed (input) by the user from, for example, the option screen of the game via the touch pad 63. The setting means 566 generates and updates the consumption availability information 570a to 570c according to the input of the user, and stores the information in the storage unit 55.

When the locking means 565 determines the type of the game medium, the locking means 565 prohibits the execution of consumption processing for each type of consumption behavior for the game medium by referring to the consumption availability information 570a to 570c according to the type (locked state). Alternatively, perform the protection registration process to allow (unlocked state). As a result, the game medium is in a state of being protected and registered (see FIG. 5), and is stored in the storage unit 55.

The protection registration process is automatically performed when the communication means 561 receives the game medium from the server device 2. This is because the consumption instruction of the game medium may be input immediately.

When the user inputs a consumption instruction, the consumption execution means 564 refers to the execution result of the protection registration process of the game medium to be consumed, and executes the consumption process for the type (content) of the consumption action indicated by the consumption instruction. Determine if it is allowed. The consumption execution means 564 executes or prohibits the execution of the consumption process based on the determination result. Therefore, even if the user inputs the consumption instruction, the consumption process is not necessarily executed.

<About the flow of processing performed by the game device 5>
The flow of processing performed by the game device 5 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

It is assumed that the consumption availability information 570a to 570c is set by the default setting or the setting means 566.

-Protection registration process (lock process)-
It is assumed that the user inputs "drawing a gacha" via the touch pad 63 of the game device 5. Then, the instruction acquisition means 563 generates a download request for the game medium, and the communication means 561 transmits this to the server device 2 (Yes in step S11). In this case, the lottery selection means 233 of the server device 2 draws a game medium, and the game device 5 performs a protection registration process (lock process) for the game medium (steps S12 to S18).

Specifically, when the communication means 561 receives the game medium (step S12), the screen sc1 of FIG. 4A is displayed on the display 61. On this screen sc1, the received game medium is depicted, and the OK button b1a and the lock individual setting button b1b are displayed so as to be selectable.

When the lock individual setting button b1b is selected and pressed by the user (Yes in step S13), the lock means 565 consumes the received game medium according to the user's input operation regardless of the consumption availability information 570a to 570c. The protection registration process is executed for each type of (step S14).

For example, immediately after pressing the lock individual setting button b1b, the screen sc2 of FIG. 4B is displayed on the display 61. From this screen sc2, the user can freely set the target game medium to be in the locked state or the unlocked state for each type of consumption behavior (sale, modification, etc.). The locking means 565 executes the protection registration process according to this setting.

On the other hand, when the OK button b1a is selected and pressed in FIG. 4A (No in step S13), the locking means 565 determines the type of the received game medium (step S15), and determines the type of the received game medium (step S15). Select the consumption availability information 570a to 570c corresponding to the type (step S16). The locking means 565 refers to the selected consumption availability information 570a to 570c, and performs protection registration processing for each type of consumption behavior on the target game medium (step S17).

The game medium after the protection registration process is executed in steps S14 and S17 is stored in the storage unit 55 (step S18). FIG. 5 shows the concept of data stored in the storage unit 55 as an example. In the data of FIG. 5, the name, type, and rarity of each game medium, as well as the protection registration information that is the result of the protection registration processing in steps S14 and S17 (information in which whether or not the lock state is set for each type of consumption behavior). Is stored as one record.

-Consumption processing-
When the user desires consumption behavior such as selling or synthesizing a game medium, the display 61 displays the screen sc3 shown in FIG. 6A. The screen sc3 illustrates a case where the unconsumed game media currently stored in the storage unit 55 (that is, owned by the user) are displayed in a selectable list. From this screen sc3, the user performs an operation of selecting (inputting) the game medium to be consumed and how the game medium is to be consumed (sale or the like).

When the instruction acquisition means 563 acquires the consumption instruction of the game medium based on the user's operation (Yes in step S21), the consumption execution means 564 refers to the protection registration information of FIG. 5, and the consumption instruction is given in the game medium. It is determined whether or not the consumption behavior indicated by is permitted (step S22).

In step S22, when the determination result is the "locked state" (Yes in step S23), the consumption execution means 564 cancels the execution of the consumption process indicated by the consumption instruction (step S24). In this case, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, a screen sc4 indicating that the consumption behavior is not executed is popped up on the display 61.

In step S22, when the determination result is the "unlocked state" (No in step S23), the consumption execution means 564 executes the consumption process indicated by the consumption instruction (step S25).

-Classification / sorting-
When the user wishes to consume the plurality of game media in a batch (such as selling the game media in a batch), the display 61 displays the screen sc5 shown in FIG. 7A. The screen sc5 is a screen for inputting a sort execution instruction and a sort condition (for example, sorting by a desired consumption behavior "sale").

When the instruction acquisition means 563 acquires the sort execution instruction or the like based on the screen sc5 (Yes in step S31), the classification means 567 inputs all the unconsumed game media stored in the storage unit 55. Sorting and sorting are performed based on the sorted conditions and the protection registration information of FIG. 5 (step S32).

The sort result is displayed on the display 61 (step S33). The screen sc6 of FIG. 7B is a display example of the sort result. For example, if the desired consumption behavior is "sale", the game media whose sale is "unlocked" and the game media whose sale is "locked" are listed in descending order of rarity. After confirming the screen sc6, the user can input an execution instruction (consumption instruction) of a desired consumption action.

When the instruction acquisition means 563 acquires the consumption instruction (Yes in step S34), the consumption execution means 564 collectively executes the consumption process for all the game media whose instructed consumption action is in the "unlocked state". (Step S35).

On the other hand, when the instruction acquisition means 563 does not acquire the consumption instruction within a certain period of time, or when the "back button" is selected by the user from the screen sc6 (No in step S34), the screen displayed on the display 61. Transitions from the screen sc6 to another screen. At this time, the sort result in step S32 is deleted (step S36).

Summarizing the above, in the game program of the present embodiment, the control unit 56 (computer) of the game device 5 is instructed to acquire consumption instructions (sale, synthesis, etc.) of game media (player characters, items, etc.) related to the game. The means 563, the consumption execution means 564 capable of executing the consumption process of consuming the game medium so that the game medium is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction, and the game medium before the consumption process is executed. On the other hand, it functions as a locking means 565 that performs a protection registration process that permits or prohibits the execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior (for example, for each sale or synthesis) in which the game medium is consumed.

<Effect of invention>
According to the game program of the present embodiment, execution of consumption processing is permitted or prohibited depending on the type of consumption behavior of the game medium. Therefore, when a consumption instruction is given, if the consumption behavior in the consumption instruction is permitted, the game medium does not require the user to release the lock (prohibited state) applied to the game medium each time. Consumption processing is performed. Therefore, the comfort of the game operation is improved.

In addition, the protection registration process is performed when the game medium is acquired. Therefore, even if the instruction acquisition means 563 acquires the consumption instruction at a relatively early stage after the acquisition of the game medium, it is possible to avoid erroneously executing the consumption process.

Further, the consumption availability information 570a to 570c used in the protection registration process are preset by the setting means 566. Therefore, as shown in steps S15 to S17 of FIG. 3, the locking means 565 can automatically execute the protection registration process according to the type and rarity of the game medium.

Further, as shown in steps S13 to S14 of FIG. 3, the user can also perform protection registration processing on each game medium regardless of the consumption availability information 570a to 570c. In this case, the user can freely set the protection registration information (locked state or unlocked state) for each game medium according to the type of consumption behavior.

Further, as shown in step S35 of FIG. 3, the consumption execution means 564 is a game medium in which the instructed consumption action is in the unlocked state among the game media classified and sorted based on the protection registration information of FIG. On the other hand, the consumption process is executed. As a result, the user can execute the consumption processing of a plurality of game media at once by inputting the consumption instruction once without inputting the same consumption instruction for each game medium. Therefore, the comfort of the game operation is further improved.

[Other embodiments]
The various control means and processing procedures described in the above embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, its application, or its use. Various control means and processing procedures can be appropriately redesigned without changing the gist of the present invention.

The type of the game device 5 is not limited to smartphones, tablets, and personal computers. For example, the game device 5 may be a PlayStation (registered trademark), Nintendo DS (registered trademark), or the like.

The game can be applied to various types of games such as role-playing games, simulation games, board games, and puzzle games.

The game medium may include a player character, an item, a reinforcing material, a card, an avatar, and the like.

The consumption behavior of the game medium may be any behavior in which the user uses the game medium according to the progress of the game. Therefore, the types of consumption behavior of the game medium may include "disposal", "gift", "use", etc., in addition to "sale", "exchange", "synthesis", and "strengthening".

The number of game devices 5 may be one. Further, a plurality of server devices 2 may be provided, and the same processing may be performed in cooperation with each other.

In the above embodiment, the case where the protection registration process is performed at the time of acquisition of the game medium is illustrated. However, the protection registration process may be performed before the execution of the consumption process, and may not be limited to the above timing.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the case where the consumption availability information 570a to 570c is set according to both the game medium and the rarity is illustrated. However, the consumption availability information may be set according to either the game medium or the rarity.

In the above embodiment, as shown in steps S13 to S17 of FIG. 3, the protection registration process is automatically executed according to the preset consumption availability information 570a to 570c (steps S15 to S17), or It has been described that the game is performed for each game medium regardless of the consumption availability information 570a to 570c (steps S13 to S14). However, the protection registration process may be performed only in steps S15 to S17 or only in steps S13 to S14.

In the above embodiment, as shown in steps S31 to S36 of FIG. 3, a case where the classification / sorting process is executed is exemplified. However, this process is not essential. Further, in the process, only the classification process is performed according to the execution result of the protection registration process, and the sort process may not be performed.

The communication means 561 of the game device 5 can receive the same game medium a plurality of times from the server device 2. In that case, the locking means 565 permits the execution of the protection registration process (which consumption process is permitted to be executed, and which consumption process is prohibited to be executed) when the game medium is received for the first time and when it is received after the second time. Can be changed. For example, the lock means 565 performs a protection registration process for prohibiting execution of any consumption process if the game medium is received for the first time, and protects according to consumption availability information if the game medium is received for the second time or later. Registration processing can be performed.

In step S12 of FIG. 3, when the communication means 561 receives the game medium, the screen sc1 of FIG. 4A is automatically displayed on the display 61. However, the user may be able to select whether or not to display the display itself of the screen sc1 of FIG. 4A, particularly the lock individual setting button b1.

The lock / unlock setting timing for each game medium shown in steps S13 to S14 of FIG. 3 is not limited to the time when the game medium is received as in the above embodiment. For example, before the game device 5 actually receives the game medium, the game media available to the user are listed on the display 61, and the user can freely change the content of the protection registration process of each game medium from the screen. Can be set to.

Even when these other embodiments are adopted, the effects of the present invention are exhibited. Further, it is also possible to appropriately combine this embodiment with other embodiments and other embodiments.

5 Game device 56 Control unit (computer)
561 Communication means (game medium acquisition means)
563 Instruction acquisition means 564 Consumption execution means 565 Locking means 566 Setting means 567 Classification means 570a, 570b, 570c Consumption availability information

Claims (4)

Computer,
An instruction acquisition means for acquiring a consumption instruction of a game medium related to a game from a user ,
A consumption execution means capable of executing a consumption process that consumes the game medium so that the game medium is not owned by the user based on the consumption instruction.
A locking means for performing a protection registration process for permitting or prohibiting the execution of the consumption process for each type of consumption behavior in which the game medium is consumed, for the game medium before the consumption process is executed.
A setting means for setting consumption possibility information indicating whether or not execution of the consumption process is prohibited for each type of the consumption behavior of the game medium according to the two types of characteristics of the game medium.
To function as
The lock means is a game program characterized in that the protection registration process is performed based on the consumption availability information. Computer,
A classification means for classifying the game medium after the protection registration process is executed according to the execution result of the protection registration process.
To further function as
When the instruction acquisition means acquires the consumption instruction, the consumption execution means performs the consumption process for the game medium in which the consumption behavior corresponding to the consumption instruction is permitted among the classification results by the classification means. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the game program is executed. Computer,
A receiving means capable of receiving the game medium,
To further function as
The game program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the setting means sets the consumption availability information based on the operation of the user when the receiving means receives the game medium. A storage unit that stores the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .
A computer that executes the game program and
A game device equipped with.

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