JP7098811B1 - Information processing equipment, game programs, information processing methods - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 An information processing apparatus and the like capable of providing a novel mechanism that motivates a player to continuously participate in a group play while reducing the burden required for the player to continuously belong to the group. An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention acquires log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs into the group and plays a game; Determining whether log information matches status maintenance conditions defined for each of a plurality of belonging statuses of a group; a player/group information management unit (affiliation status management unit) 114 configured to perform updating based on the membership status obtained; [Selection drawing] Fig. 2

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a game program, and an information processing method.

Conventionally, in a game provided by a smartphone or the like, a game in which a plurality of players form a group called a "guild", a "team", a "party", etc. and can be played in a group unit has been known. ing. The process of joining / withdrawing from such a group is executed automatically in the game system or by input operation in the game system by the administrator of the group.

Patent Document 1 discloses a game system having a function of setting a play norm to be observed by a player belonging to a guild and excluding a player who violates the play norm from the guild to which the guild belongs.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2021-53463

Patent Document 1 discloses that when a player belonging to a set play norm violates a player and the violation point given exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the player is automatically removed from the guild to which the player belongs. ing.

According to the mechanism disclosed in Patent Document 1, the player's affiliation status to a group called a guild or the like is limited to two, "affiliation" or "non-affiliation". Therefore, once a player belongs to a group, he / she is required to continue to participate in the gameplay of the group in compliance with the play norms of the group, or he / she cannot continue to belong to the group.

Therefore, in the mechanism disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, before a player officially belongs to a certain group, whether or not the group suits its own game play style (play time zone, play frequency, etc.) is determined. I don't have the opportunity to consider it. Alternatively, if a player officially belongs to a group and then temporarily becomes unable to continue active activities in that group due to hospitalization, business trips, etc., he or she will be immediately expelled due to a violation of the play norms. It is unavoidable to be forced to do so.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information processing device or the like capable of providing a new mechanism that motivates a player to continuously participate in a group play while reducing the burden required for the player to continuously belong to the group. That is one purpose.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game is acquired, and the acquired log information is a plurality of groups. Judging whether or not the status maintenance conditions specified for each of the affiliation statuses are met, and updating the affiliation status in the player group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance conditions. And, an information processing device having an affiliation status management unit configured to execute is obtained.

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing device or the like capable of providing a new mechanism that motivates a player to continuously participate in a group play while reducing the burden required for the player to continuously belong to the group. be able to.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system by embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the server device of FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structure example about the player information by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the belonging status management information stored in the player information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the data composition example about the possession character by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the group information table stored in the group information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the privilege information stored in the privilege information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the table which is stored in the privilege information storage part of FIG. 2 by associating the affiliation status with the privilege grant rate. It is a functional block diagram of the player terminal of FIG. It is a figure which shows the flowchart example of the affiliation status update processing method of a player by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart example of the privilege grant processing method by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen of the player terminal by embodiment of this invention.

The contents of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in a list. The present invention has the following configurations.
[Item 1]
Obtaining log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
To determine whether the acquired log information meets the status maintenance conditions set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group.
To update the affiliation status of the player in the group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance condition.
An information processing device that has an affiliation status management unit configured to execute.
[Item 2]
The information processing apparatus according to item 1, wherein the plurality of belonging statuses are ordered in the weighting of the status maintenance conditions.
[Item 3]
A group information management unit that manages the values of one or more parameters associated with a group consisting of multiple players, and
A privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege in the game to a predetermined player in the group associated with the parameter when the value of the parameter satisfies a predetermined condition.
Have more
For each of the plurality of affiliation statuses, a privilege grant rate is determined according to the weighting of the status maintenance conditions.
The information processing device according to item 2, wherein the privilege granting unit grants the predetermined privilege to the player according to the privilege granting rate defined in the affiliation status of the player.
[Item 4]
The affiliation status management unit changes the affiliation status of the player in the group to the current affiliation status of the player according to the affiliation status for which the log information is determined to meet the status maintenance condition. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3, which is updated to the affiliation status of the rank one above the rank or the affiliation status one below the rank.
[Item 5]
The item according to any one of items 1 to 3, wherein the affiliation status management unit updates the affiliation status of the player in the group to the affiliation status for which the log information is determined to meet the status maintenance condition. Information processing device.
[Item 6]
On the computer
Obtaining log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
To determine whether the acquired log information meets the status maintenance conditions set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group.
To update the affiliation status of the player in the group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance condition.
A game program that runs.
[Item 7]
A step to acquire log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
A step of determining whether or not the acquired log information meets the status maintenance conditions set for each of the plurality of belonging statuses of the group, and
A step of updating the affiliation status of the player in the group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance condition.
Information processing methods by computer, including.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Structure>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this game system provides various services related to a game to a player via a network 3 (for example, the Internet or the like), and is a server device 1 (game server) and a plurality of player terminals 2. Consists of.

<Configuration of server device 1>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the server device 1 shown in FIG. The server device 1 is an information processing device (computer) used by a system administrator or the like to operate and manage various services, and may be, for example, a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or a cloud. It may be logically realized by computing technology.

The server device 1 has a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an input unit 13, a display unit 14, and a communication unit 15. When the server device 1 receives various commands (requests) from the player terminal 2 via the communication unit 15, the control unit 11 executes processing by the game program, and the processing result of the game program (for example, a game image or a game sound) is executed. Etc.) is transmitted to the player terminal 2. A part of the game program may be transmitted to the player terminal 2 and executed on the player terminal 2.

The control unit 11 transfers data between each unit and controls the entire server device 1, and a program in which a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is stored in a predetermined memory. It is realized by executing. The control unit 11 of the present embodiment includes at least a game execution unit 111, an operation information receiving unit 112, a processing result generation unit 113, a player group information management unit (affiliation status management unit) 114, and a privilege granting unit 115.

The game execution unit 111 has a function of executing a process of advancing the game according to the game program. The game by the game system in the present embodiment may be any kind of game, for example, a battle game, a puzzle game, an action game, a baseball game, a soccer game, another sports game, a quiz game, a pinball game, a card game, and the like. It may be a rhythm game, an RPG, an adventure game, a casino game, a simulation game, a strategy game, a board game, a racing game, or the like.

In these games, multiple players form groups called "guilds", "teams", "party", etc., and the players in those groups cooperate to capture the enemies in the game. Group play is possible to fight or compete with other groups.

The operation information receiving unit 112 receives the operation information transmitted from the player terminal 2. The received operation information is used as instruction information for the game program to be processed by the game execution unit 111.

The processing result generation unit 113 has a function of executing a process of generating a processing result of the game program executed by the game execution unit 111. The generated processing result is transmitted to the player terminal 2 by the processing result generation unit 113, and is output by the output unit 24 described later. Further, the processing result generation unit 113 has changed in the generated processing result with respect to the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 or the game media information stored in the game medium information storage unit 123, which will be described later. In some cases, it has a function of executing a process of updating the player information or the game medium information stored in those storage units 122 and 123.

The player group information management unit 114 appropriately updates the player information (see FIG. 3) of each player stored in the player information storage unit 122 in association with the ID of each player, and each of one or more groups. When there is an update in the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 in association with each player ID of a plurality of players belonging to each group, the group information stored in the group information storage unit 124 is updated. Perform the processing. The details of the processing by the player group information management unit 114, and the details of the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 and the group information stored in the group information storage unit 124 will be described later. A group is composed of units called "teams", "guilds", "party", etc., which are composed of a plurality of players in, for example, sports games, battle games, quest games, and the like.

In particular, the player group information management unit 114 in the present embodiment has the affiliation status management information stored in the player information storage unit 122 (see FIG. 4) when the player parameters associated with the group satisfy a predetermined condition. ) Also has a function as an affiliation status management unit that performs a process of updating the affiliation status of the player to the group (for example, provisional enrollment 1, provisional enrollment 2, main enrollment, etc.) according to a predetermined setting. When adding the affiliation status to the player information at the time of new joining to the group and updating the affiliation status, the affiliation status is stored in the player information storage unit 122 together with the added / updated date / time information. In addition, the history of addition / update of affiliation status is recorded. Predetermined conditions for each affiliation status can be set step by step in the affiliation status management information for each of joining and withdrawing from the group, and in the player group information management unit 114, the player's parameters are set at those stages. Every time the setting conditions are satisfied, the affiliation status update process is executed in stages according to those setting conditions. The details of the affiliation status management information and the affiliation status update process executed based on the information will be described later.

When each group satisfies a predetermined condition of the parameter, the privilege granting unit 115 performs a process of granting the privilege associated with the parameter according to a predetermined setting in the privilege information of the privilege information storage unit 125. The privilege granting unit 115 is the top number of the group in which only one player in the group who created the factor satisfying the predetermined condition as the target person for granting the privilege has a high degree of contribution to the factor satisfying the predetermined condition. It is possible to set a player with a name, all players in the group, and the like.

Predetermined conditions are, for example,
(1) The total value of the parameters of each player belonging to the group reaches a predetermined threshold value.
(2) The value of the parameter of each group reaches a predetermined threshold value.
And so on.

Here, as the parameters of each player belonging to the group, for example, the level of each player, the number of owned characters, the number of owned items, the number of acquired items, the number of consumed items, the amount of paid or free in-game currency possession, paid or Free in-game currency consumption, points owned, points earned, billing amount, number of lottery executions, total play time, number of defeated enemies, items / points / paid or free games for players in the same group It may include, but is not limited to, the number of transfers of domestic currency, etc., affiliation status information, etc. The parameters of each group may include, but are not limited to, for example, the number of items owned by the group, the number of acquired items, the number of battles with other groups, the number of wins, and the like.

The privilege granting unit 115 may be further configured to grant the privilege according to the privilege granting rate associated with the affiliation status of the player to whom the privilege is granted. For example, if the affiliation statuses "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", and "main enrollment" are associated with "0.5", "0.8", and "1" as privilege grant rates, respectively, the player. As a result of playing as a player belonging to a certain group, in the case where 1000 points in the game are originally given as a privilege, if the player's belonging status is provisional enrollment 1, the privilege grant rate is 0.5 and 500 points, provisional. In the case of enrollment 2, 800 points are awarded at a privilege grant rate of 0.8, and in the case of main membership, 1000 points are awarded at a privilege grant rate of 1.

The storage unit 12 includes a non-volatile storage device which is a read-only storage area in which a system program is stored, and a volatile storage device which is a rewritable storage area used as a work area for arithmetic processing by the control unit 11. Have. The non-volatile storage device is realized by, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, a hard disk, or the like, and the volatile storage device is realized by a RAM (Random Access Memory), a VRAM (Video Random Access Memory), or the like. The storage unit 12 in the present embodiment has at least various storage units such as a game information storage unit 121, a player information storage unit 122, a game medium information storage unit 123, a group information storage unit 124, and a privilege information storage unit 125. .. In particular, the storage unit 12 of the present embodiment stores a program for causing the control unit 11 to execute the processing described later performed by the server device 1.

The game information storage unit 121 stores information about the game. The game information is appropriately configured according to the type of the game. For example, in the case of a game including a quest game, the stage name, enemy character information, consumption stamina information, etc. are included in association with the stage ID.

The player information storage unit 122 stores information about the player. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of player information stored in the player information storage unit 122. The player information includes the player name, level, number of owned characters, number of owned items, number of acquired items, number of consumable items, amount of paid or free in-game currency possession, paid or free in-game, linked to the player ID. It can include the amount of currency consumed, the number of points owned, the number of points earned, the amount charged, the number of lottery executions, the total play time, the number of times the enemy has been defeated, the group information to which the player belongs, and the like. The possessed character information can include the current values of various parameters such as level, attack power, defense power, and physical strength in association with the ID of the possessed character. The play stage information is information about a stage that the player has played so far among a plurality of set stages, and can include the number of plays, clear information, and the like. The owned item information includes information on the possession status of one or more paid items and free items, and can include information such as the number of possessed items in association with the ID of each owned item. The affiliation group information is log information to the affiliation group (login time and total play time of each login time when logging in to the group and total play time, etc.), affiliation status information, and within the same group for each ID of the group to which the affiliation belongs. Includes items, points, paid or free in-game currency, etc. transferred to the player. Based on the log information, for example, it is possible to acquire the number of times the user has logged in to the affiliated group within a predetermined period, the total play time while logged in to the affiliated group within the predetermined period, and the like. The affiliation status information is information on the affiliation status of the player determined based on the play status information of the player in the group, and is, for example, the status of "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", "main enrollment" and the like. Consists of. The player information storage unit 122 may include other information about the player.

The player information storage unit 122 further stores the affiliation status management information that defines the criteria for updating the affiliation status of the player to the group (for example, provisional enrollment 1, provisional enrollment 2, main enrollment, etc.). FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of affiliation status management information stored in the player information storage unit 122. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the affiliation status management information is one of the conditions for maintaining and updating the affiliation of the player to the group (maintenance update condition 1), and for the provisional membership 1, "group login within the last 0 days". It is stipulated that "the number of times is 2 or more", "the number of group logins within the last 0 days is 3 or more" for provisional enrollment 2, and "the number of group logins within the last 0 days is 5 or more" for this enrollment. The time constraint of "within the last 0 days" can be set as appropriate, such as "within 3 days" and "within 12 hours". In this way, the weighting of the status maintenance conditions can be ordered for the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group. The player group information management unit (affiliation status management unit) 114 follows the setting defined in the affiliation status management information stored in the player information storage unit 122, and the affiliation status of the player information also stored in the player information storage unit 122. To update.

The game media information storage unit 123 stores game media information such as characters and items owned by the player. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of information regarding the owned character in the game medium information storage unit 123. The possessed character information is associated with the ID of each owned character, and the acquisition date and time, character name, level, rarity, HP (current value / maximum value), attributes, skills, attack power (current value / maximum value), and defense power. It can include values of various parameters such as (current value / maximum value) and frequency of use. The acquisition date and time is information regarding the date and time when the character is given to the player by the progress of the game or the execution of the lottery. Rarity is information regarding the winning probability of the character, for example, in a lottery game. The HP, attack power, and defense power can include the value of the "maximum value" when the character is raised to the maximum level, in addition to the "current value" which is the current value. Attributes are settings related to other character classifications, such as classifications that indicate the strengths of characters such as fire attributes, water attributes, or wind attributes in battle-type games, and classifications that indicate the teams and positions to which they belong in sports games. Information. Skills are information such as feats that can be used by a character. The frequency of use is information on how often the player has selected or used the character in the past. The frequency of use may be calculated for the entire period since the player started the game, or may be calculated for any period such as the last few months. Further, the game medium information may include information about the owned item in addition to the owned character. The owned item information can include information such as the number of possessed items in association with the ID of the owned item.

The group information storage unit 124 stores information about each group. Information about each group includes, for example, the player IDs of all players belonging to each group, the affiliation status of the player associated with each player ID, the total number of parameters of each player belonging to each group, and each parameter of each group. Including the total number. As the parameters of the players belonging to each group, for example, as described above, each player's level, number of owned characters, number of owned items, number of acquired items, number of consumed items, amount of paid or free in-game currency possession, paid Or the amount of free in-game currency consumed, the number of points owned, the number of points earned, the amount charged, the number of lottery executions, the total play time, the number of defeated enemies, items, points, paid or free to players in the same group There are the number of transfers of in-game currency, etc. Further, as the parameters of each group, for example, as described above, there are the number of items owned by the group, the number of acquired items, the number of battles with other groups, the number of wins, and the like.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of information stored in the group information storage unit 124.

As an example, as shown in FIG. 6, the group information regarding the status of each group stored in the group information storage unit 124 is
(1) Group ID
(2) The ID of each player belonging to the group and the affiliation status of the player associated with each player ID (for example, provisional enrollment 1, provisional enrollment 2, main enrollment, etc.)
(3) Total number of first parameters (for example, the number of characters owned by each player) of each player belonging to the group and its log information (4) Second parameters of each player belonging to the group (for example, each player) Total number of owned items) and its log information (5) Total number of nth parameters (for example, consumption of in-game currency of each player) of each player belonging to the group and its log information (6) First of the group Total number of parameters (for example, the number of items owned by the group) and its log information (7) Total number of the second parameter of the group (for example, the number of items acquired by the group) and its log information (8) The nth of the group It can include the total number of parameters (eg, the number of wins to other groups as a group) and its log information.

It is preferable that the log information regarding the total number of parameters of each player belonging to the group includes, for example, the added parameter value, the player ID thereof, and the addition time (time stamp). Thereby, when the total number of parameters (total value) reaches a predetermined grant condition, it is possible to identify the player who provided the parameter value that reaches the predetermined grant condition (the player who performed the operation satisfying the predetermined grant condition). become. Alternatively, it is possible to search and identify the top few players who contributed more to satisfying the predetermined grant condition by searching from the log information in descending order of the parameter values provided.

Further, the log information regarding the total number of parameters of the group may include, for example, the added parameter value and the addition time (time stamp).

Further, the group information shown in FIG. 6 includes information for specifying the maintenance / update condition to be followed by each group among the maintenance / update conditions in the affiliation status management information shown in FIG. For example, each group ID of the group information shown in FIG. 6 is associated with the ID of the maintenance / update condition (for example, “maintenance / update condition 1”) that the group follows.

Generally, a group is composed of players who join the group after approval by the leader of the group called "guild master" or the like. Players may belong to two or more different groups at the same time, unless there are particular restrictions or inconsistencies in the game. For example, one player may belong to a specific team (group 1) while also belonging to another team (group 2).

The number of parameters (1 to n) related to the total number of parameters of each player belonging to the group and the number of parameters (1 to n) of the group, which are stored and managed in the group information storage unit 124, can be appropriately set.

Of the above information, the total number (total value) of each of the first to nth parameters of each player belonging to the group is stored in the player ID belonging to the group information table by the player group information management unit 114. A game in which the player information of each player stored in the player information storage unit 122 is referred to based on the ID of each player, and further, the game is stored in the game medium information storage unit 123 in association with each player ID. It can be obtained by referring to the medium information and summing the values of the target parameters of each player.

The privilege information storage unit 125 determines the grant condition, the content of the privilege granted when the grant condition is satisfied, and the person to whom the privilege is granted for each parameter stored in the group information storage unit 124. Associate and memorize. In the privilege information storage unit 125, a grant condition, a privilege content, and a grant target person are set for each of a plurality of parameters in which the total value is stored in the group information storage unit 124. The grant conditions, privilege contents, and grant target person settings associated with each parameter are initially determined in this game system, for example, and each parameter is not individually set by the operation manager of this game system on the server device 1. It is possible to change.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125. Explaining with reference to the example shown in FIG. 7,
(1) Regarding the first parameter, when the total number reaches N1, the privilege "A" is given only to the player who has achieved the total number N1.
(2) Regarding the second parameter, when the total number reaches N2, the first player has a privilege "B1" and the second player has a privilege for the top three players in the group related to that parameter. "B2" and the third-ranked player will be given the privilege "B3" respectively.
(3) Regarding the third parameter, when the total number reaches N3, any one of the benefits "C1" to "C5" is randomly given to all the players in the group. There is.

In this example, for example, the first parameter (# 1) is the first parameter (for example, the number of owned characters) of each player belonging to the group, and the second parameter (# 2) is each belonging to the group. The second parameter of the player (for example, the number of owned items) may be the total number of the first parameters of the group (for example, the number of items owned by the group).

It should be noted that the grant conditions, privilege contents, and modes of grant recipients associated with each parameter are not limited to the above examples. In addition to the above aspects, for example, in the example of the second parameter described above, the number of grant target persons can be set to an arbitrary number such as the top 10 persons, and each of those target persons can be set. Different benefits may be given to them, or the same benefits may be given uniformly. Further, the total number of grant conditions may be a random number within a certain numerical range. Grant conditions, privilege contents, and grantees associated with the parameters can be set individually for each parameter.

Further, the privilege information storage unit 125 stores information relating the affiliation status and the privilege grant rate. As an example, the privilege information storage unit 125 sets the affiliation status "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", "main enrollment" and the privilege grant rate "0.5", "0.8", "1". The table as shown in FIG. 8 is associated and stored. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table in which the affiliation status and the privilege grant rate are associated and stored in the privilege information storage unit 125.

The server device 1 may have the game information, the player information, the information included in the game medium information, the group information, the privilege information, and the like as a storage unit in a predetermined structure, and is not necessarily as described above. It is not necessary to hold the information as each storage unit 121 to 125.

The input unit 13 is for the system administrator to input various data (for example, game information) related to the game service, and is realized by, for example, a keyboard or a mouse.

The display unit 14 is for displaying an operation screen for a system administrator based on a command from the control unit 11, and is realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display) or the like.

The communication unit 15 is for communicating with the player terminal 2, has a function as a receiving unit for receiving various data and signals transmitted from the player terminal 2, and responds to a command from the control unit 11. It has a function as a transmission unit that transmits various data and signals to the player terminal 2. The communication unit 15 communicates with the player terminal 2 by, for example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), HTTPS, WebSocket, P2P (Peer To Peer), or the like.

<Player terminal 2>
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the player terminal 2 shown in FIG. The player terminal 2 is an information processing device (for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone terminal, a tablet terminal) that the player can possess and use. The player terminal 2 can output the processing result of the game program transmitted from the server device 1 via the game application or the Web browser (for example, game screen display, game voice output, etc.). The player terminal 2 outputs a control unit 21 that controls the entire player terminal 2, a storage unit 22 that stores various data programs, an input unit 23 for the player to input operations, a game screen, an operation screen, and the like. It has a communication unit 25 for performing information communication with the output unit 24 and the server device 1.

The control unit 21 controls the entire operation of the player terminal 2 by executing the program stored in the storage unit 22, and is composed of a CPU, a GPU, and the like. The control unit 22 of the present embodiment is configured to operate so as to realize the processing performed by the player terminal 2 as described with reference to FIG. 7 and its functions.

The storage unit 22 stores programs for executing various control processes and functions in the control unit 21, input data, etc., and is one of RAM, ROM, flash memory, HDD, SSD, other storage, and the like. Consists of one or any combination thereof. Further, the storage unit 22 temporarily stores the communication content of the server device 1. In particular, the storage unit 22 of the present embodiment stores a program that causes the control unit 22 to execute the processing described later performed by the player terminal 2.

The control unit 21 of the present embodiment includes at least an operation information receiving unit 211, a game operation unit 212, and a processing result receiving unit 213. Further, the storage unit 22 includes at least a game operation information storage unit 221. Each functional unit of the control unit 21 can be realized by the CPU executing a program stored in the memory or the game operation information storage unit 221.

The operation information receiving unit 211 of the player terminal 2 receives an operation related to the game from the player. The operation information receiving unit 211 receives an operation related to the game by the player using the input unit 23. Then, the operation information receiving unit 211 outputs the received operation content to the game operation unit 212 or the server device 1.

The game operation unit 212 executes a process for operating the game. The game operation unit 212 operates the game based on the game software included in the game operation information stored in the game operation information storage unit 221 and the operation content of the player input from the input unit 23. The game operation unit 212 generates an image for a game from the image data included in the game operation information along with the operation of the game, and performs a control process for outputting the generated image to the output unit 24. Similarly, the game operation unit 212 generates music and voice for the game from the music data and voice data included in the game operation information along with the operation of the game, and outputs the generated music and voice from the output unit 24. Perform control processing for this. Although the configuration in which the native application partially executes the functions of the Web application, that is, the game operation unit 212 of the player terminal 2 partially executes the functions of the server device 1, the game operation unit 212 is described here. The server device 1 may be configured to generate all game images and sounds as a processing result, or the game operation unit 212 may be configured to generate all game images and sounds. You may be.

When the game operation unit 212 is provided, predetermined parameters in the game operated by the game operation unit 212 can be managed by the server device 1. For example, parameters such as stamina and paid points in the game are managed by the server device 1. Therefore, when a process involving a change in these predetermined parameters occurs in the game, the game operation unit 212 updates the parameters managed by the server device 1 by communicating with the server device 1. Then, the game operation unit 212 receives the updated parameter from the server device 1, and continues the operation of the game based on the updated parameter.

When the server device 1 has the processing result generation unit 113, the processing result receiving unit 213 receives the processing result generated and transmitted by the processing result generation unit 113 and outputs the processing result to the player via the output unit 24. Works with.

In the game system of the present embodiment, the server device 1 manages the play status of each player belonging to each group composed of a plurality of players in the group, and updates the affiliation status in the group according to the play status. Regarding the mechanism to do. Hereinafter, an example of basic operation of the game system in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 10 and the like.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating a basic operation example of the system according to the present embodiment.

The server device 1 accepts a group membership application by a player's input operation via the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2, and executes the membership registration process of the player to the application target group (step S1).

As an example, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 is referred to as an in-game group (“guild”, “team”, “party”, etc., depending on the input operation of the player via the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2. A list of) may be presented to the output unit 24 of the player terminal 2. The player selects a group desired to join from the group list presented to the output unit 24 of the player terminal 2 by the input unit 23. The player terminal 2 transmits the selection information to the server device 1, and the server device 1 executes a process of associating the player ID for which the membership application is made on the player terminal 2 with the selected group ID based on the selection information. .. In this example, the player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 assigns the ID of the player to be a member to the group ID to be a member in the group information shown in FIG. 6 stored in the group information storage unit 124. Performs the process of adding to the ID.

If the group you want to join is already full and you cannot join a new player, the selection button for that group displayed on the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2 may be deactivated so that you cannot select it. The group to which a new player cannot join may not be included in the list presented to the output unit 24 of the player terminal 2.

If the membership of a group requires approval by the group's administrator (called a "guild master" in the case of a guild), the server device 1 will use the group membership selection result information (membership application information). Is received, a process of requesting the player ID, which is the administrator of the group, to determine whether or not to approve the membership of the player ID who has applied for membership is executed. When the group administrator inputs an answer that allows the approval in the input unit 23 of his / her player terminal 2, and the input is received by the server device 1, the server device 1 applies for membership in the player terminal 2. The process of associating the player ID with the selected group ID is executed.

In this embodiment, as an example, "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", and "main enrollment" are set as affiliation statuses as defined in the affiliation status management information shown in FIG. The conditions for maintaining and updating the status are becoming stricter in that order. The affiliation status to which the player newly joins the group can be determined in advance in the server device 1 or can be determined when the group manager performs the membership approval process. As an example, when a player newly joins a group, the player may have a status with the loosest maintenance / renewal conditions (“temporary membership 1” in the above example).

Subsequently, the player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 is a player information storage unit while the game system is operating (that is, while processing related to the game is being executed between the server device 1 and the player terminal 2). The value of each parameter stored in the player information illustrated in FIG. 3 stored in 122 is updated, and in this example, in particular, the log information when the player logs in to the group and plays the game is acquired and updated. (Step S2).

As an example, the player group information management unit 114 acquires a login time and a logout time each time a player logs in to a group to which the player belongs and plays while the game system is operating. Then, the player group information management unit 114 specifies the login time, the total play time, and the like of the login times from the login time and the logout time. In this way, the player group information management unit 114 similarly specifies the login time, the total play time, and the like each time the player logs in to the group to which the player belongs and plays. The player group information management unit 114 sequentially stores the login time and the total play time of each login time acquired in this way in the player information storage unit 122 as log information.

Next, the player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 determines whether or not the player's affiliation status needs to be updated, and determines the affiliation status when updating (step S3).

In step S3, the player group information management unit 114 refers to the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 and the affiliation status management information also stored in the player information storage unit 122, and logs the player information. Determine which affiliation status condition the information meets in the maintenance / update condition of the affiliation status management information. Here, whether the player / group information management unit 114 meets the affiliation status condition based on the maintenance / update condition associated with each group in the group information among the maintenance / update conditions of the affiliation status management information. Make a decision.

For example, under the maintenance and renewal conditions, "the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 2 or more" for temporary enrollment 1, "the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 3 or more" for temporary enrollment 2, and "3 or more group logins within the last 3 days". In the case where it is stipulated that "the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 5 or more", the following scenario of affiliation status update may be possible.
(1) If the player of "Temporary Enrollment 1" has logged in to the group 3 times within the last 3 days, the player will be updated to "Temporary Enrollment 2". (2) The player of "Temporary Enrollment 1" will be in the group. If the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 5 times, it will be updated to "Temporary enrollment 2" (it meets the conditions of "main enrollment", but it will be promoted to the next higher affiliation stage than the current one. )
(3) If the player of "Temporary Enrollment 2" has logged in to the group 5 times within the last 3 days, the player will be updated to "Main Enrollment". (4) The player of "Main Enrollment" will be in the group. If the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 5 times, "main enrollment" is maintained (no renewal required)
(5) If the player of "main enrollment" has logged in to the group 3 times within the last 3 days, it will be updated to "temporary enrollment 2". (6) The player of "main enrollment" will be in the group. If the number of group logins is 2 within the last 3 days, it will be updated to "Temporary Enrollment 2". )
(7) If the player of "Temporary Enrollment 2" has logged in to the group twice within the last 3 days, the player will be updated to "Temporary Enrollment 1". (8) The player of "Temporary Enrollment 1" will be in the group. If the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 1 in, you will be removed from the group.

As shown in the above scenario, the player group information management unit 114 has a affiliation status in which the affiliation status in which the log information of the player information matches the conditions is one higher or one lower than the current affiliation status. If, it is updated to the affiliation status (1, 3, 7, 8 in the above scenario), and even if the affiliation status that matches the conditions exceeds that, the affiliation status is higher than the current affiliation status. Update to the next higher or lower affiliation status (2, 7 in the above scenario).

Alternatively, the player group information management unit 114 may be configured to directly update the log information of the player information to the affiliation status that matches the condition (beyond the affiliation status in the meantime). For example, in the case of the above scenario 2, "temporary enrollment 1" may be directly updated to "main enrollment", or in the case of the above scenario 6, "main enrollment" may be directly updated to "main enrollment 1". Direct updates that exceed the affiliation status such as skipping grades are configured so that they can be selectively set only when the affiliation status is promoted, only when the affiliation status is demoted, and for both cases of promotion and demotion. You may.

The update setting as described above can be set by the group administrator on the server device 1 via its own player terminal 2.

Here, regarding the expulsion process of (8) above, if it is configured to only gradually update to the affiliation status one level higher or one level lower, the player with the higher affiliation status , You can enjoy the advantage that the process leading to expulsion is provided for a long time. In the example described above, the player with "Temporary Enrollment 1" has a maximum of 3 days to be expelled, while the player with "Temporary Enrollment 2" has been demoted to "Temporary Enrollment 1" for 3 days. It has a total of 6 days of grace with the next 3 days, and the "main enrollment" player also has a total of 9 days of grace. On the other hand, if it is configured to directly update to the affiliation status that matches the conditions, the expulsion process will be performed immediately from any status, so it is possible to encourage the selection of players who do not actively participate in group play. can.

If it is determined in step S3 that the update of the affiliation status is "necessary (Y)", the process proceeds to the next step S4. If it is determined that the update of the affiliation status is "No (N)", the process returns to step S2.

Finally, the player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 updates the affiliation status of the player based on the update determination result of the affiliation status in step S3 (step S4).

The player group information management unit 114 associates the player information (see FIG. 3) stored in the player information storage unit 122 with the player ID of the player whose affiliation status is to be updated, according to the result of the update determination of the affiliation status in step S3. The affiliation status associated with the group ID of the affiliation status update target of the added player information is updated. The player group information management unit 114 further updates the affiliation status of the update target player ID associated with the group ID of the affiliation status update target among the group information (see FIG. 6) stored in the player information storage unit 122. do.

The player group information management unit 114 is a player when the update of the affiliation status is a change from one status of "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", and "main enrollment" to another status. The "affiliation status" of the player information and the group information stored in the information management unit 122 and the group information storage unit 124, respectively, is updated to a new status. On the other hand, when the player is removed from the group as in the scenario (6) described above, the player group information management unit 114 belongs to, for example, among the player information (see FIG. 3) stored in the player information storage unit 122. The group ID of the player information associated with the player ID of the player whose status is to be updated is deleted, and the group information of the group information (see FIG. 6) stored in the player information storage unit 122 is deleted. The player ID to be updated associated with the group ID to be updated is deleted.

As described above, according to the game system in the present embodiment, as the status of belonging to the group, in addition to "not enrolled (excluded)" and "main enrollment", "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", etc. Status is provided.

Therefore, when a player newly joins a group, for example, the group first joins with the status "Temporary Enrollment 1", which has the loosest affiliation maintenance conditions, and the group joins the group through gameplay. You will have the opportunity to consider whether it suits your gameplay style (play time zone, play frequency, etc.). If it matches your gameplay style, the number of logins to the group and the total play time in the group may increase, and as a result, you will meet the conditions for maintaining and renewing higher affiliation status, and eventually you will join the main membership. You can move to status. On the other hand, after first joining with "Temporary Enrollment 1", the group does not match its own gameplay style, and the number of logins to the group and the total play time in the group maintain the "Temporary Enrollment 1" status. If the renewal condition is not met, the player is removed from the group.

Through gameplay, the player can decide whether or not to reach the affiliation status of "main enrollment" and formally join the group. Further, when the player group information management unit 114 is configured to update to the status one level higher or lower than that, even if the player / group information management unit 114 meets the condition of the higher or lower affiliation status. Will be immediately expelled if a player with the status of full enrollment or provisional enrollment 2 temporarily cannot continue active activities in the group due to reasons such as hospitalization or business trip. It can be avoided. On the other hand, if the player himself wants to withdraw from the group because the group does not suit his or her gameplay style, by reducing the play frequency, it is automatically done without going through the withdrawal procedure in the game system. It also has the advantage of being able to withdraw from the group. If the player wants to voluntarily withdraw from the group instead of waiting for the player to automatically withdraw from the group in this way, the player terminal 2 accesses the server device 1 and the input unit of the player terminal 2 is used. It is also possible to quickly withdraw from the group by executing the withdrawal procedure in the game system by the input operation via 23.

On the other hand, as a group manager, players who actively participate in the group can be selected and officially enrolled in the group as the main enrollment, so it is necessary to activate the gameplay in the group and improve the level of the entire group. There is an advantage that can be done. Also, players who play infrequently are automatically removed from the group according to the criteria set by the game system, so there is no need to perform in-system procedures to remove such players, which in turn is removed. It is possible to reduce the possibility of trouble through the player and the in-game communication tool or the like.

In this game system, the group administrator may be given various authority to change the affiliation status of the players belonging to the group. For example, when a player belonging to a group performs an inappropriate action, the group administrator forcibly removes the player from the group, or the affiliation status of the lowest rank (in the above example, "temporary enrollment 1"). It may be configured so that it can be forcibly demoted to "). Further, it may be configured so that the affiliation status of a specific player is not demoted or the affiliation status of a specific player can be promoted by the authority of the group administrator. These settings may be configured to allow the player to provide a given amount of in-game points or items to the group, or to contribute more than a certain amount to the group in group play. good. The group administrator accesses the server device 1 with his / her own player terminal 2, and executes the setting based on the above-mentioned authority in the server device 1 by the input operation via the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2.

In the above embodiment, as the maintenance / update condition 1 of the affiliation status management information shown with reference to FIG. 4, an example of updating the affiliation status based on the number of group logins within a predetermined period is shown. The update criteria for is not limited to this. For example, as in the maintenance / update condition 2 of the affiliation status management information shown with reference to FIG. 4, in addition to the number of group logins within the predetermined period described above, the predetermined total play time in the group login state within the predetermined period. May be a condition. Alternatively, as in the maintenance / update condition 3 of the affiliation status management information, in addition to the number of group logins within the predetermined period described above, the predetermined number of operations in each login time may be a condition. The number of operations is, for example, the number of times that the player performs an input operation (character selection, movement / attack operation, etc.) in the input unit 23 after logging in to the group on the player terminal 2 and starting the game. By setting conditions for the specified total play time and the specified number of operations in addition to the number of group logins within the specified period, such as maintenance update conditions 2 and 3, you can log in to the group and log out immediately, or play the game after logging in. It is possible to prevent the maintenance and renewal conditions from being satisfied to a certain extent even when the player does not substantially participate in the game play in the group by leaving the game without playing.

Further, as in the case of the maintenance / update condition 4 of the affiliation status management information, weighting may be given so that the condition becomes looser as the affiliation status rises, contrary to the case of the maintenance / update condition 1. In this case, once the player has been promoted to the main membership, it becomes easy to stay in the main membership. It can be said that the player who has become a member is a player who actively participates in the group play and has been promoted by achieving the conditions of each affiliation status, and therefore wants to continue to belong to the group. On the other hand, under conditions such as maintenance and renewal conditions 1 to 3, it is required to continue to participate at a high frequency level to maintain the affiliation status of this membership, so even once after becoming a main membership. If the conditions are not met, the player will be demoted to provisional membership 2 or less, which may cause an unpleasant situation for the player himself / herself and other players in the group. According to the maintenance and renewal condition 4, while the promotion conditions at the initial stage when promoting from provisional membership 1 are strict, it is relatively easy to maintain the affiliation status after being promoted to the main membership. It will be easier to maintain the affiliation of the player who belongs to this membership to the group.

Alternatively, the conditions for updating promotion / demotion from each affiliation status may not be weighted as in the maintenance / update condition 5 of the affiliation status management information, and the same conditions may be used for any affiliation status.

Furthermore, the conditions may be different between when the affiliation status is promoted and when the affiliation status is maintained and demoted. For example, when the affiliation status is promoted, the update is performed based on the maintenance update condition 1, and when the affiliation status is demoted, the update is performed based on the maintenance update condition 4, or when the affiliation status is promoted or demoted. It is also possible not to provide weighting as in the maintenance update condition 5. Furthermore, when the affiliation status is promoted, the update is performed based on the maintenance renewal condition 1, and when the affiliation status is demoted, the weighting condition is different from the maintenance renewal condition 1 (for example, the number of logins of the temporary enrollment 1 is 1 or more, and the temporary enrollment 2 The update may be performed based on the number of logins of 2 or more, the number of logins of this membership 4 or more, etc.). Further, although the above-mentioned maintenance and renewal conditions show an example in which the predetermined period is constant under the conditions of any affiliation status, the predetermined period may be set differently under the conditions of each affiliation status.

Further, in the game system of the present embodiment, when the server device 1 manages the value of one or two or more parameters of each group composed of a plurality of players, and the value of the parameter reaches a predetermined threshold value. It is configured to give a predetermined privilege to a predetermined player in the group according to the affiliation status of the player. Hereinafter, an operation example of granting a privilege by the game system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 11 and the like.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating an operation example of granting a privilege by the game system in the present embodiment.

The player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 stores in the group information storage unit 124 during the operation of the game system (that is, while the processing related to the game is being executed between the server device 1 and the player terminal 2). The value of each parameter associated with each group stored in the group information table illustrated in FIG. 6 is updated (step S11).

The value of the parameter associated with each group updated by the player group information management unit 114 includes the total number (total value) of the parameters of each player belonging to the group and the value of the parameter managed as a group.

First, a case where the player group information management unit 114 updates the total number (total value) of the parameters of each player belonging to the group will be described.

As described with reference to FIG. 6, the group information storage unit 124 stores the player IDs of the players belonging to the group in association with each group ID. The player group information management unit 114 refers to the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 in association with each player ID based on each player ID associated with a certain group ID, and further, each player. The game medium information stored in the game medium information storage unit 123 in association with the ID is referred to.

The player group information management unit 114 acquires the value of the parameter (for example, the number of owned items) for which the value is managed in the group information storage unit 124 from the game medium information and the player information of each player referred to in this way. Then, the total value obtained by summing the values acquired for each player is stored in the corresponding column of the group information table shown in FIG. 4 stored in the group information storage unit 124. When the parameter is "player parameter # 1" in the group information table shown in FIG. 4, the total value is stored in the column associated with the parameter.

The player group information management unit 114 executes the above-mentioned update process for each of the first to nth parameters of each player in each group. As described above, in the group information table shown in FIG. 4 of the player group information management unit 114, as log information regarding the total number of parameters of each player belonging to the group, for example, the added parameter value and its player ID are added. , The addition time (time stamp) and is included. This makes it possible to specify the player who is the target of the specific grant in the process described later.

The value of each parameter of each player may change from moment to moment as the game progresses. For example, when the level of a certain player rises as the game progresses, the value of the parameter increases, or when the item is acquired, the parameter value of the number of owned items and the parameter value of the number of acquired items increase. As described above, when there is a change in the processing result generated by the processing result generation unit 113 with respect to the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 or the game media information stored in the game medium information storage unit 123. The processing result generation unit 113 updates the player information or the game medium information stored in the storage units 122 and 123. Therefore, when the value of the player's parameter changes, the player of the player The value of the parameter in the player information or game medium information associated with the ID is updated.

In this way, the value of the parameter in the player information or the game medium information associated with the player ID of the player is updated at any time by the processing result generation unit 113. Therefore, the player group information management unit 114 updates the total value of the parameter values of each player in the group, and the processing result generation unit 113 stores some player information or game medium stored in the storage units 122 and 123. When timely execution is performed for the group at the timing when the information is updated, the update processing of the total value of the parameter values of each player is executed in a state where the change of each parameter value of each player is reflected in substantially real time. Is possible. Alternatively, from the viewpoint of reducing the processing load of the player group information management unit 114, the player group information management unit 114 updates the total value of the parameter values of each player in the group at a fixed time interval (for example, for example). It may be executed at intervals of several seconds, intervals of minutes, intervals of several hours, etc.).

Next, a case where the player group information management unit 114 updates the values of the parameters managed as a group will be described.

As described with reference to FIG. 6, the group information storage unit 124 stores the values of one or more parameters managed as the group in association with each group ID. One or two or more parameters managed as a group are, for example, as described above, the number of items owned as a group, the number of acquired items, the number of battles with other groups, the number of wins, and the like.

In the processing result generated by the processing result generation unit 113, for example, when a certain group newly acquires an item as a group, the player group information management unit 114 tells the group information storage unit 124. In the stored group information table shown in FIG. 6, the value of the group parameter regarding the number of acquired items of the group is updated to be increased.

The player group information management unit 114 executes the above-mentioned update process for each of the first to nth group parameters of each group.

Subsequently, the privilege granting unit 115 of the server device 1 determines the predetermined conditions set in the respective parameters of each group based on the group information table shown in FIG. 6 stored in the group information storage unit 124. (Step S12), it is determined whether or not the above condition is satisfied (whether a predetermined threshold value has been reached).

As described above with reference to FIG. 7, the privilege information storage unit 125 has a grant condition and a privilege granted when the grant condition is satisfied for each parameter stored in the group information storage unit 124. The privilege information associated with the content and the person to whom the privilege is granted is stored. The privilege granting unit 115 gives the total value of the parameters to be determined stored in the group information table of the group information storage unit 124 and the granting condition regarding the parameter to be determined in the privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125. It is determined whether or not the total value of the parameters to be determined satisfies the grant condition by comparing with reference to and.

For example, the parameter to be determined is the first player parameter (number of owned items) shown in FIG. 4, and the total value is 10 at the time of determination, and the first player parameter (number of owned items) shown in FIG. 7. Assuming that the granting condition is set to "total 10 or more", the privilege granting unit 115 sets the total value "10" of the first player parameter and the threshold value "10" of the granting condition associated with the parameter. It is compared and it is determined that the total value of the parameters satisfies the grant condition.

The privilege giving unit 115 executes the determination process of step S12 for each parameter stored in the group information storage unit 124. This determination process may be executed at the timing when the update process is performed for the parameter whose value is updated in step S11 described above, or for each parameter at a fixed time interval (for example, a few seconds interval or a few minutes interval). , Every few hours, etc.).

When the privilege granting unit 115 determines that the total value of the parameters for which the privilege granting target person is limited satisfies the granting condition (Y), the player group information management unit 114 grants the privilege for the parameter. Identify the player ID of the target person.

For example, when the total value of the first parameter of the privilege information shown in FIG. 7 satisfies the granting condition, the target person for granting the privilege is only the player who has achieved the total number, so that the player group information management unit 114 has the group information. With reference to the log information of the total value related to the parameter stored in the storage unit 124, the player ID of the player who has achieved the total number as the target person for granting the privilege is specified.

Further, when the total value of the second parameter of the privilege information shown in FIG. 7 satisfies the granting condition, the target of the privilege grant is only the top three players, so that the player group information management unit 114 is a group. With reference to the log information of the total value of the parameter stored in the information storage unit 124, the player IDs of the three players are specified in descending order of the value of the parameter.

If it is determined in step S12 that the total value of the parameters satisfies the granting condition (Y), the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, if it is determined that the total value of the parameters does not satisfy the granting condition (N), the process returns to step S11.

When it is determined in step S12 that the total value of the parameters satisfies the granting condition (Y), the privilege granting unit 115 refers to the privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125 to a predetermined target person. A process of granting a predetermined privilege is executed (step S13).

As an example, in the above-mentioned example, when it is determined that the total value of the first player parameters (number of owned characters) shown in FIG. 6 satisfies the granting condition, the determination target parameter is shown in the figure with respect to the first player parameter. The predetermined privilege "A" is given to the top one player in the group who is the grant target set in the privilege information shown in 7, and the total value of the second player parameters (number of owned items) is the grant condition. If it is determined that the above conditions are satisfied, the predetermined benefits "B1 to B3" are given to the top three players in the group who are the grantees set in the privilege information shown in FIG. 7 regarding the first player parameter. Is given, and when it is determined that the total value of the third player parameter (the number of items owned by the group) satisfies the grant condition, it is set in the privilege information shown in FIG. 7 regarding the third player parameter. Predetermined benefits "C1 to C5" are randomly granted to all the players in the group who are the grantees.

At this time, the privilege granting unit 115 executes the privilege granting at the privilege granting rate described with reference to FIG. 8 based on the affiliation status associated with the affiliation player ID of the group information shown in FIG. For example, if the affiliation statuses "temporary enrollment 1", "temporary enrollment 2", and "main enrollment" are associated with "0.5", "0.8", and "1" as privilege grant rates, respectively, the player. As a result of playing as a player belonging to a certain group, in the case where 1000 points in the game are originally given as a privilege, if the player's belonging status is provisional enrollment 1, the privilege grant rate is 0.5 and 500 points, provisional. In the case of enrollment 2, 800 points are awarded at a privilege grant rate of 0.8, and in the case of main membership, 1000 points are awarded at a privilege grant rate of 1. The in-game points given as benefits are, for example, the player's experience value, number of items granted, grade level, in-game currency, and buffs given to all players in the group when the level of the group increases (player's character's). Ability enhancement points, such as "attack power + 10 points"), and are not limited to these.

Finally, the player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 exemplifies a part of the parameters for which the privilege grant is executed by the privilege granting unit 115 in step S13 in FIG. 4 stored in the group information storage unit 124. Initialize the value of the parameter in the group information table (step S14).

As a result, the value of the parameter to which the privilege has been granted once is reset, and when the grant condition is satisfied again by the process of steps S11 to S13 described above, the privilege associated with the parameter is granted again. Become. For example, it is possible to initialize the values of parameters that can be repeatedly counted after being reset, such as the number of acquired items, the number of consumed items, the amount of paid or free in-game currency consumed, the number of points earned, and the number of lottery executions. It is possible.

By the above processing, the privilege is given to a predetermined player in the group under a predetermined condition.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a certain condition is achieved as a result of aggregating the activities of each player in a certain group, the predetermined player is in-game according to the affiliation status of the player. A mechanism for granting benefits is provided to the game system.

In order to obtain such a privilege, the player belongs to some group in the game and plays the game as a member thereof to contribute to the increase of one or two or more parameters (number of owned items, etc.) of the group. Is required. In addition, since the chances of acquiring benefits increase by belonging to multiple groups and playing the game, the player is motivated to belong to multiple groups and continuously play the game as a member of each group. be able to.

In addition, in order to increase the rate of granting benefits, it is necessary to actively participate in gameplay within the group to promote and maintain higher affiliation status, so in the group that joined It is possible to give the player a motivation to increase the number of participations in the game play and the total play time.

Further, in the privilege granting mechanism provided by the present embodiment, whether or not the privilege granting condition is satisfied depends not only on the parameter value of the player itself but also on the parameter values of other players in the group. .. Therefore, since there is no predictability as to when and which player satisfies the condition for granting the privilege and the privilege is granted, it is possible to give each player the expectation that "the privilege may be granted to him / herself". From this point of view as well, it is possible to motivate the player to continuously play the game.

Next, various examples of this embodiment will be described.
<Example 1>
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the privilege is granted at the privilege grant rate according to the affiliation status is shown, but in this embodiment, in addition to this, the privilege is corresponding to the promotion of the affiliation status of the player in the group. A mechanism given to the player is provided.

In this embodiment, when the affiliation status in the player information of the player information recording unit 122 is promoted and updated from provisional enrollment 1 to provisional enrollment 2, or from provisional enrollment 2 to main enrollment, the privilege granting unit 115 is promoted to each promotion stage. The player is given a privilege according to the above. The benefits may be, for example, in-game points as exemplified above, and are not limited thereto. Benefits according to the promotion stage are predetermined, for example, 300 points for promotion renewal from provisional enrollment 1 to provisional enrollment 2, and 1000 points for promotion renewal from provisional enrollment 2 to main enrollment. It is stored in the information storage unit 125.

As a result, the player can be motivated to increase the number of times the gameplay is participated in the group and the total play time with the aim of promotion to a higher affiliation status.

<Example 2>
In the above-described embodiment, the player group information management unit 114 updates the player's affiliation status according to the necessity of updating the player's affiliation status determined by the player group information management unit 114 and the affiliation status when updating. An example is shown. This embodiment provides a means for maintaining a player's affiliation status under predetermined conditions when a determination is made to demote the affiliation status.

As an example, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 in this embodiment notifies the player terminal 2 operated by the player ID of the player to notify that the affiliation status is demoted. Upon receiving the notification, the player operates the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2 to instruct the server device 1 to provide the in-game currency (points), items, and the like owned by the player to the group to which the player belongs. Upon receiving the instruction, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 executes a process of including the provided in-game currency, items, etc. in the possession of the group to which the player belongs, and the player group information management unit 114 changes the status update notified to the player. Perform the processing.

Alternatively, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 in the present embodiment notifies the player terminal 2 operated by the player ID of the player and the player terminal 2 operated by the group administrator to notify that the affiliation status is demoted. do. The group administrator operates the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2, inputs an instruction to change the status update process for the player, transmits the instruction to the server device 1, and sends the instruction to the control unit 11 of the server device 1. It is possible to execute the process of changing the status update process.

In each of the above examples, the change of the status update process is, for example, cancellation of the status update process (maintenance of the current status), change of the demotion status, or the like. The change in the demotion status is, for example, to change the demotion from "main enrollment" to "temporary enrollment 1" to "temporary enrollment 2" according to the maintenance and renewal conditions. Applicable. How to execute such a status update process can be appropriately determined according to the in-game currency (points) provided by the player, the quantity of items, the grade of items, etc., or the group manager. Can be determined at the discretion of.

<Example 3>
In the above-described embodiment, even if the player does not reach the main membership after joining the group with the status of provisional membership, or even if the player does not reach the main membership again after being demoted from the status of provisional membership to the status of provisional membership. The player can continue to belong to the group with the status of temporary enrollment. However, in order to bring activation to the group and improve the level of the group, it is preferable that players who more actively participate in the game play in the group join. The present embodiment provides a mechanism that makes it possible to encourage players belonging to a group to be replaced with players who participate more actively.

In this embodiment, the player group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 could not shift to the "main enrollment" status within a predetermined period from the time when the player first enrolled in a certain group with the "temporary enrollment" status. In this case, or if the player cannot be re-assigned to the "main enrollment" status within the specified period from the time when the "main enrollment" status is demoted to the "temporary enrollment" status, the player is configured to be removed from the group. ing. In this embodiment, the player group information management unit 114 "books" within a predetermined period from the time of first joining, based on the history of the affiliation status and the additional update date / time information stored in the player information storage unit 122. It is determined whether or not the status has changed to the "enrollment" status, and whether or not the status has changed to the "main enrollment" status within the specified period from the time when the "main enrollment" status was demoted to the "temporary enrollment" status. When it is determined, the process of excluding the player from the group is executed.

The above "predetermined period" can be set as appropriate. As an example, the prescribed period from enrollment to transition to "main enrollment" status is one month, and the prescribed period from the time of demotion to "provisional enrollment" status to the return to "main enrollment" status is two weeks. Can be.

This can prevent players from continuing to join the group for a long period of time with provisional enrollment status and encourage the joining of other, more actively able to join players.

<Example 4>
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a screen of a player terminal in this embodiment.
In this embodiment, the privilege is granted on the output unit (display screen) 24 of the player terminal 2 operated by the player to which the privilege is granted by the privilege granting unit 115 according to step S13 shown in FIG. The message screen 24a for displaying a message is displayed.

When the privilege granting process is executed by the privilege granting unit 115 (step S13 in FIG. 11), the processing result generation unit 113 determines which parameter with respect to the player ID of the player to which the privilege is granted as a result of the privilege granting process. Performs an action that meets the target total number of, and generates a message informing what benefits have been granted as a result. When the privilege granting process is executed by the privilege granting unit 115, the operation that satisfies the target total number of which parameter is performed for which player ID, and what privilege is granted as a result is specified. The processing result generation unit 113 generates a message based on the specified information, and transmits the message information to the player terminal 2 which is the notification target and is operated by the player ID of the player.

The player terminal 2 that has received the message information displays the message screen 24a for displaying the message on the output unit 24. The message shown in FIG. 8 is an example, and the content can be different depending on the grant target and the grant conditions. For example, when the privilege is given to the top few players, "the privilege B2 was given to you who has the second highest contribution to the achievement of the target point" or "the contribution to the achievement of the target point". The top three players, Mr. X, Mr. Y, and Mr. Z, were given privilege B1, privilege B2, and privilege B3, respectively. "

If the affiliation status of the person to whom the award is granted is "Temporary Enrollment 1" or "Temporary Enrollment 2" other than "Main Enrollment", the benefits granted in the case of the main enrollment status will be according to those statuses. Benefits are granted at the reduced benefit grant rate (see Figure 8). Therefore, in addition to the above contents, the message information sent to the player terminal 2 of the player whose affiliation status is "temporary enrollment 1" or "temporary enrollment 2" includes, as an example, "(player ID)'s (player ID)'s ( Since the affiliation status of the group ID) is "temporary enrollment 1", 50% of the original quantity (privilege # 1) has been granted. "

In the above, the example in which the message is notified only to the target person to whom the privilege is granted is shown, but the message may be notified to all the players in the group after the privilege grant processing is performed. ..

In this way, by notifying the player to whom the privilege has been granted or the players of all the groups of the message to the effect that the privilege has been granted, those players have the parameters associated with the privilege (for example, the owned item). It is possible to know that the privilege grant regarding the number) has been completed.

<Example 5>
In this embodiment, when the total value of a certain parameter of the group approaches the grant condition, for example, a means for notifying each player in the group of a notice message "There are XX points left until the privilege of the number of acquired items is granted". offer.

As described with respect to step S12 of FIG. 11, when the privilege granting unit 115 determines whether or not the predetermined conditions set for the respective parameters of each group satisfy the conditions (whether or not the predetermined threshold is reached). , The privilege granting unit 115 assigns the total value of the parameters to be determined stored in the group information table of the group information storage unit 124 and the parameters to be determined in the privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125. Compare with reference to the conditions. At this time, if the privilege granting unit 115 determines that the total value of the parameters to be determined does not satisfy the granting condition, the privilege granting unit 115 determines the difference between the total value of the parameters to be determined and the value of the granting condition. By calculating, it is possible to generate information indicating how much the total value should be increased to satisfy the grant condition.

Therefore, for example, in the privilege information shown in FIG. 5, by setting in advance for each parameter the value at which the difference between the total value and the grant condition is to notify the notice message, the privilege granting unit 115 described above. When the difference value calculated as described above reaches the above set value, the processing result generation unit 113 can send a notice message to, for example, the player terminals 2 of all the players in the group.

As an example, a player who receives such a notification may increase the total value of the parameters of the group by increasing the parameter value of the player regarding the number of acquired items, and as a result, the privilege may be given to himself / herself. You can know that is increasing, so you can continue the action of increasing your own parameter value to acquire the item. In this way, the player may be motivated to continue playing the game.

<Example 6>
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the total number of parameters (total value) exceeds a certain threshold value as set in the privilege information of FIG. 5 is disclosed as a condition for granting the privilege, but the condition for granting the privilege is Not limited to this.

As a condition for granting the privilege, in addition to "when the total number (total value) of the parameters exceeds a certain value" as described above, "all the players in the group each set a value at least a predetermined value or more for the parameter". You may stipulate that you have it.

As a result, it is required to prevent the players who contribute to the achievement of the granting condition regarding the parameter from being biased to some players in the group, and to make a certain contribution to all the players in the group. Therefore, the activity of each player in the group in the game becomes active, and as a result, the play time of each player's game can be lengthened.

In the embodiments and modifications described above, with respect to the processing of the software function unit included in the server device 1 and the player terminal 2, a part or all the functions of the server device 1 may be provided to the player terminal 2 within the range in which the gist of the present invention can be realized. May be prepared.

Further, the processes described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 11 show an example of the processes by the information processing system of the present embodiment, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Each step included in the processes of FIGS. 10 to 11 may be executed in an order different from the order shown in the figure, or some processes may be executed in parallel. The process of the part may be omitted, or another process may be added.

The embodiments described above are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the interpretation of the present invention. It goes without saying that the present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention includes its equivalents.

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Claims (7)

Obtaining log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
Comparing the acquired log information with the status maintenance conditions defined for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group, and
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses.
The affiliation status of the player in the group is updated to the affiliation status having one or more ranks lower than the current affiliation status of the player according to the comparison result between the log information and the status maintenance condition. When,
An information processing device that has an affiliation status management unit configured to perform. Obtaining log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
To determine whether the acquired log information meets the status maintenance conditions set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group.
To update the affiliation status of the player in the group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance condition.
And the affiliation status management unit configured to run
A group information management unit that manages the values of one or more parameters associated with the group, and
A privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege in the game to a predetermined player in the group associated with the parameter when the value of the parameter satisfies a predetermined condition.
Have ,
For each of the plurality of affiliation statuses, the privilege grant rate is determined according to the order of the affiliation status.
The privilege granting unit is an information processing device that grants the predetermined privilege to the player according to the privilege granting rate defined in the affiliation status of the player . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the status maintenance condition is weighted according to the plurality of belonging statuses . On the computer
Obtaining log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
Comparing the acquired log information with the status maintenance conditions defined for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group, and
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses.
The affiliation status of the player in the group is updated to the affiliation status having one or more ranks lower than the current affiliation status of the player according to the comparison result between the log information and the status maintenance condition. When,
A game program that runs. On the computer
Obtaining log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
To determine whether the acquired log information meets the status maintenance conditions set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group.
To update the affiliation status of the player in the group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance condition.
Managing the values of one or more parameters associated with the group
When the value of the parameter satisfies a predetermined condition, the predetermined privilege in the game is given to the predetermined player in the group associated with the parameter.
Is a game program that runs
For each of the plurality of affiliation statuses, the privilege grant rate is determined according to the order of the affiliation status.
Granting the privilege includes granting the predetermined privilege to the player according to the privilege grant rate defined in the affiliation status of the player.
Game program. A step to acquire log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
A step of comparing the acquired log information with the status maintenance conditions defined for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses of the group, and
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses.
A step of updating the affiliation status of the player in the group to the affiliation status having one or more ranks lower than the current affiliation status of the player according to the comparison result between the log information and the status maintenance condition. When,
Information processing methods by computer, including. A step to acquire log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of multiple players logs in to the group and plays a game, and
A step of determining whether or not the acquired log information meets the status maintenance conditions set for each of the plurality of belonging statuses of the group, and
A step of updating the affiliation status of the player in the group based on the affiliation status determined that the log information meets the status maintenance condition.
A step of managing the values of one or more parameters associated with the group,
A step of granting a predetermined in-game privilege to a predetermined player in the group associated with the parameter when the value of the parameter satisfies a predetermined condition.
Including
For each of the plurality of affiliation statuses, the privilege grant rate is determined according to the order of the affiliation status.
The step of granting the privilege includes a step of granting the predetermined privilege to the player according to the privilege grant rate defined in the affiliation status of the player.
Information processing method by computer.

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