JP7157228B1 - Program, information processing method, and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide information processing technology capable of appropriately protecting the interests of players participating in a game. A creating unit that creates a group including one or more players, and a game that is associated with the group based on input from at least some of the one or more players. A first determination unit that determines a medium, a second determination unit that determines a game medium without depending on input from one or more players when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a first determination unit and a second determination unit. It functions as a granting unit that grants the determined game content to at least some of the one or more players included in the group. [Selection drawing] Fig. 1

Description

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

Patent Literature 1 describes a game information processing device that efficiently guides game players to build relationships. The game information processing apparatus comprises means for registering the first player and the second player in association with each other. The game information processing device is registered with a second player who is not involved in the acquisition process in association with the first player when the first privilege is granted to the first player who has participated in the acquisition process of the first privilege. means for giving the first additional privilege on the condition that

Patent No. 6836080

A conventional game information processing device such as that described in Patent Document 1 is capable of executing a complex lottery in which 2 to 4 players registered in a group cooperate to challenge. In this composite lottery, the result of each player's single challenge to the lottery is shared with other players belonging to the same group. However, if some players out of the plurality of players belonging to the same group do not play the gacha, the benefits that other players should receive as a result of the challenge are not determined. In that case, there is a risk that the interests of the players participating in the game cannot be protected.

Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention have been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide information processing technology capable of appropriately protecting the interests of players participating in a game.

A program according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a computer that executes a game, a creation unit that creates a group including one or more players, and based on input from at least some of the one or more players, A first determination unit that determines a game content associated with a group, a second determination unit that determines a game content regardless of input from one or more players when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a first determination unit. and a program functioning as an imparting unit that imparts the game content determined by the second determining unit to at least some of the one or more players included in the group.

An information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing method executed by a computer that executes a game, comprising: creating a group including one or more players; a first determination step of determining a game content associated with a group based on an input from one or more players; 2 determining step; and giving the game content determined in the first determining step and the second determining step to at least some of the one or more players included in the group.

An information processing system according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing system that executes a game, and includes a creation unit that creates a group including one or more players, and at least some of the one or more players. A first determination unit that determines game content associated with a group based on the input of a second determination unit that determines game content regardless of input from one or more players if a predetermined condition is met. and an imparting unit that imparts the game content determined by the first determining unit and the second determining unit to at least some of the one or more players included in the group.

A "player" is a user who operates a terminal device, and is a concept that corresponds to a client of a so-called client-server system. Also, a 'player' refers to a user who uses a game service and can participate in a specific game. Furthermore, a "player" can generally participate in a specific game through a so-called player character (game media) that acts, behaves, etc. in a virtual game space instead of himself/herself.

"Game" means an electronic game that can be played online. A game is, for example, a game in which a player character owned by a player is trained. A "game" may include a rhythm game played by one or a plurality of player characters, a battle game in which player characters form a party and fight against enemy characters, and the like. A "game" may include a game in which a player character and items possessed by the player character are trained. "Games" may include various games such as pinball games, dance games, action games, quiz games, or card games.

A "game content" is registered in association with a player who participates in a game. Game media include, for example, characters, items (for example, weapon items, recovery items, or material items), in-game currency, or other objects.

A “parameter” is information managed in association with a player or player character. For example, the "parameter" includes information regarding the progress of the game, such as stamina, which indicates the physical strength of the player character. A "parameter" may be determined by gameplay content. A "parameter" may be determined, for example, based on the difficulty or importance of gameplay. A "parameter" is an effect in which a specific player character is relatively superior or inferior to other player characters in the game in which the player participates, for example, in advancing the game. , and its type is not particularly limited.

In the present invention, the term "unit" does not simply mean physical means, but also includes the case where the functions of the "unit" are implemented by software. In addition, even if the function of one "section" or device is realized by two or more physical means or devices, the functions of two or more "sections" or devices are realized by one physical means or device. can be

According to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately protect the interests of players participating in the game.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram (system configuration diagram) of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram (block diagram) of an information processing server and player terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram (block diagram) showing an example of functional configurations of an information processing server and a player terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first example of game content provision processing according to one embodiment of the present invention; 4 is a flowchart showing a first example of group creation processing according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the output section of the player terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the output section of the player terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; 9 is a flowchart showing a second example of game content provision processing according to one embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a flowchart showing a second example of group creation processing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are examples for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention only to the embodiments. Also, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. Furthermore, in each drawing, the same reference numerals are given to the same constituent elements as much as possible, and redundant explanations are omitted.

<Overview>
A game (hereinafter referred to as "this game") in one embodiment of the present invention is, for example, a pinball game. In a virtual game space corresponding to a pinball game, for example, a flipper placed on a game field hits one or a plurality of player objects or player characters while hitting them against a plurality of enemy objects. You can enjoy the game. Note that the virtual game space may include a virtual game space related to other games in addition to the virtual game space related to the pinball game.

In this game, for example, in a pinball game, an event is held for a predetermined period. In an event, game media may be awarded to a player unconditionally or by consuming certain parameters (eg, stamina) or certain items.

In the game content provision process according to one embodiment of the present invention, a group including one or more players is created. The game content determined by the process of determining the game content that can be given to the players, which will be described later, is given to at least some of the one or more players included in the created group. For example, when three game media are determined in a group including a maximum of three players, the three game media may be given to the three players, or may be given to some of the three players. may

The process of determining the game content that can be given to the player is, for example, based on one or more player inputs (for example, the player selecting a specific game content from a plurality of game media). method (manual decision process). Further, the game content determination method includes a method (automatic determination processing) in which the information processing system or computer automatically determines the game content regardless of the player's input when a "predetermined condition" is satisfied. "Predetermined condition" will be described later.

The automatic determination process of the game content is arbitrary, but for example, the game content is determined by a lottery (gacha), determined based on a predetermined parameter that cannot be changed by the player, or is otherwise intervened by the player's operation. This includes processing that automatically determines whether to

As will be described later, the play at the event includes a “choose together” play (first example of game medium provision processing) in which each of the three players included in the group is scheduled to select one game medium. . Note that the first example of the game content provision process includes a case where some players included in the group do not select the game content and the game content is automatically determined.

In the play at the event, one player actually selects one game content, and the remaining two game media are automatically played by an information processing system or computer (hereinafter referred to as "CPU player") as so-called CPU play. This includes “choose by yourself” play (second example of game content provision processing) that is determined explicitly. In addition, in the second example of the game content provision process, in addition to the "choose by one player" play, for example, in the case of a group of up to three players, two players, which are less than the maximum number of players, each give game media. It may also include an example in which the information processing system or computer automatically determines the one remaining game content after selection.

In the game content provision processing according to one embodiment of the present invention, the players are in a group relationship in order to efficiently determine the game content. Then, one player belonging to the group can acquire the game content determined by the manual determination process or the automatic determination process by the other player on the condition of belonging to the group. That is, the game content determined by each player (including the CPU player) is shared with other players belonging to the same group.

Here, the conventional game information processing device described in Patent Document 1 cannot deal with the following troubles. For example, the game information processing apparatus does not determine game content to be received by other players unless some of the players belonging to the same group play gacha. As a result, some players will not receive the game content, and there is a risk that the interests of the players participating in the game cannot be protected.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the information processing system creates a group including one or more players, and based on the input of at least some of the one or more players, the game content associated with the group is played. decide. The information processing device determines a game content regardless of input from one or more players when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The information processing device provides the determined game content to at least some of the one or more players included in the group.

Therefore, since the game content that the player should receive is appropriately determined, the interests of the players participating in the game can be appropriately protected.

Note that in the present embodiment, the number of game media determined for each player as a user or CPU player by manual determination processing or automatic determination processing may be one, or may be plural. good.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an information processing system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, an information processing system 100 illustratively includes an information processing server 1, n player terminals 3 (where n is an arbitrary integer value equal to or greater than 1), and a network N. be done.

The information processing system 100 is a so-called client-server system. The information processing system 100 is implemented by mutual communication via a network N between n player terminals 3 as clients and an information processing server 1 .

The information processing server 1 is realized by, for example, a server device. Also, the player terminal 3 is realized by, for example, a smartphone, a game machine, or a personal computer. Furthermore, the network N is realized by, for example, a network such as the Internet, a mobile phone network, a LAN ( Local Area Network), or a network combining these. In addition, in the drawing, as the n player terminals 3, a player terminal 3a and a player terminal 3n are illustrated. However, in the following description, when these n player terminals 3 are to be described without distinction, some of the reference numerals will be omitted and they will simply be referred to as "player terminals 3".

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the information processing server 1 and the hardware configuration of the player terminal 3 according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, the reference numerals corresponding to the hardware of the information processing server 1 are written without parentheses, and the reference numerals corresponding to the hardware of the player terminal 3 are written with parentheses.

The information processing server 1 illustratively includes a CPU ( Central Processing Unit ) 11, a memory 13 including a ROM (Read Only Memory ), a RAM ( Random Access Memory ), etc., and a bus 14. , an input/output interface 15 , an input unit 16 , an output unit 17 , a recording unit 18 , and a communication unit 19 .

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to programs recorded in the memory 13 or programs loaded from the storage unit 18 to the memory 13 .

The memory 13 also stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes. The CPU 11 and memory 13 are interconnected via a bus 14 . An input/output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14 . An input unit 16 , an output unit 17 , a recording unit 18 and a communication unit 19 are connected to the input/output interface 15 .

The input unit 16 is composed of various buttons, a touch panel, a microphone, or the like, and inputs various kinds of information according to instruction operations of the administrator of the information processing server 1 or the like. Note that the input unit 16 may be realized by an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse that is independent of the main body that accommodates other units of the information processing server 1 .

The output unit 17 is composed of a display, a speaker, etc., and outputs image data and music data. The image data and music data output by the output unit 17 are output from a display, a speaker, or the like so that the player can recognize them as images or music.

The recording unit 18 is composed of a semiconductor memory such as a DRAM ( Dynamic Random Access Memory) and stores various data.

The communication unit 19 implements communication with another device. For example, the communication unit 19 communicates with the player terminal 3 via the network N. FIG.

The information processing server 1 is appropriately provided with a drive (not shown) as necessary. Removable media such as magnetic disks, optical disks, magneto-optical disks, or semiconductor memories are installed in the drives as appropriate. The removable media stores a program for executing the game and various data such as image data. Programs and various data such as image data read from the removable media by the drive are installed in the recording unit 18 as necessary.

Next, the hardware configuration of the player terminal 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the player terminal 3 includes, for example, a CPU 31, a memory 33, a bus 34, an input/output interface 35, an input section 36, an output section 37, a recording section 38, and a communication section. 39 and . These units have the same functions as those of the units of the information processing server 1 having the same names but with different symbols. Therefore, redundant description is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the information processing server 1 and the functional configuration of the player terminal 3 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The information processing server 1 illustratively includes an information processing section 40 that executes information processing for providing game media, and a recording section 18 that records various information related to information processing for managing the game. Configured.

The information processing unit 40 functionally includes a game management unit 41, a group creation unit 42 (creation unit), a manual determination unit 43 (first determination unit), an automatic determination unit 44 (second determination unit), It includes a notification section 45 and a game content provision section 46 (provision section). The information processing section 40 can be realized by the CPU 11 executing programs stored in the memory 13 and the recording section 18 shown in FIG. 2, for example.

The game management unit 41 is means for managing the progress of a game including events, and includes information necessary for managing the game operated by the game operation unit 52 of the player terminal 3, such as player management information PMI, group It manages management information GMI and condition information CI. When the game is played on the player terminal 3, the game management unit 41 provides the player terminal 3 with information necessary for the progress of the game, etc., and updates the information based on the progress of the game executed on the player terminal 3. Information is acquired from the player terminal 3 at arbitrary timing and managed.

The group creating unit 42 creates a group including one or more players. In this embodiment, the group creating unit 42 creates a group including, for example, three players at maximum. Note that the maximum number of players included in the group is arbitrary and is not limited to three, and may be set to two, four, ten, or the like.

The manual determination unit 43 determines the game content associated with the group created by the group creation unit 42 based on the input of at least some of the one or more players. For example, the player selects a specific game content from a plurality of game content presented on the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3 shown in FIG. 2 operated by the player. More specifically, when the input unit 36 of the player terminal 3 has a touch panel, the player selects a specific game medium by touching a position on the touch panel corresponding to the position where the specific game medium is displayed. do.

Further, as described below, the manual determination unit 43 may determine game media from among a specific group of game media based on the player's input. For example, the manual determination unit 43 determines a specific game content group associated with one or more players included in the group from a plurality of game content groups each including a plurality of game media. The manual determination unit 43 determines game media associated with the group from the determined specific game content group based on the input of at least some of the one or more players.

Specifically, when there are a plurality of game media sets A, B, and C (game media groups) each including a plurality of game media, the manual determination unit 43 determines a specific game media set by a predetermined method. . The predetermined method is optional, but includes, for example, a first lottery scheme that is randomly determined and overlaps at least a portion of a particular set of game media associated with the three players. In the first lottery method, for example, player A is assigned game media set A, player B is assigned game media set B, and player C is assigned game media set A.

The predetermined method includes, for example, a second lottery scheme in which different sets of game media are determined for each of the three players. In the second lottery method, for example, player A is assigned game media set A, player B is assigned game media set B, and player C is assigned game media set C. The predetermined method may include a manual selection method by the player in addition to the automatic determination method of the first lottery method and the second lottery method.

The automatic determination unit 44 determines the game content regardless of the input of one or more players when the “predetermined condition” is satisfied. Unlike the manual determination unit 43, the automatic determination unit 44 automatically determines the game content by the information processing system or the computer without the player's operation of selecting the game content. For example, the automatic determination unit 44 determines the game contents so that the number of determined game contents is the set number when the set number of game contents is not determined and the "predetermined condition" is satisfied. The "set number" is arbitrary, but may be determined according to the number of players included in the group. For example, in the case of a three-person group, the set number is set to "3".

"Predetermined conditions" include conditions regarding the number of game players. The predetermined condition includes, for example, that the number of one or more players included in the group created by the group creating unit 42 is smaller than the set number related to the number of players associated with the group. This condition corresponds to a second example of game content provision processing, which will be described later. Specifically, the second example of the game content provision process is an example in which the automatically determined "choose by yourself" play is selected in the event. A second example of the game content provision process is that when there is a set number of players (for example, three) associated with the group, there is one player who actually participates in the event, and the remaining two are CPU players. Including examples such as being a player.

"Predetermined conditions" include conditions related to time. At least one of the fact that the game time reaches a predetermined timing, and the situation that a set number (for example, "3") of game contents has not been determined continues for a predetermined period from the reference timing after the group creation timing. include. The “predetermined timing” includes, for example, a predetermined deadline for determining game content, or an approaching predetermined deadline for determining game content. The "predetermined timing" includes, for example, a specific date and time, or a timing when a certain period of time (eg, one week) has elapsed after the end of the event period.

The "reference timing after the group creation timing" is, for example, the timing at which the group is created by the group creating unit 42, or the timing at which at least one game content is selected by the player after the group creation timing. including. The "predetermined period" is an arbitrary period, but includes, for example, periods such as several days and one week.

The notification unit 45 executes a predetermined notification to the player terminal 3 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. For example, when a set number (for example, “3”) of game contents has not been determined for a predetermined period of time, the notification unit 45 selects one or more players included in the group for determination of game contents. A player other than the player who made the input is notified to prompt the input for determining the game content.

According to this configuration, the information processing device can timely send a reminder notification to the player who has not decided on the game content so as to select the game content. Note that the "predetermined period" is arbitrary and includes, for example, a period of several days, one week, or the like. Further, the start time of the "predetermined period" includes the above-described "reference timing after the group creation timing".

The game content provision unit 46 provides the game content determined by the manual determination unit 43 and the automatic determination unit 44 to at least some of the one or more players included in the group. For example, when three players are included in a group, the group medium provision unit 46 may provide the determined game medium to all three players. The group medium provision unit 46 may, for example, provide the determined game media to one or two players selected from among the three players by a method such as a lottery. Also, "providing" a game content to a player includes, for example, recording information about the game content in the information processing system 100 in association with information about the player.

The game content provision unit 46 further provides one or a plurality of game media different from the game content to at least some of the one or a plurality of players included in the group based on the determined parameters of the game content. The game content granting unit 46 can, for example, grant a plurality of game media to a single player. The plurality of game media includes, for example, characters and material items for training the characters. The material item includes, for example, a material item necessary for releasing the first mana board as the determined character training material element.

The recording unit 18 records, for example, player management information PMI, group management information GMI, and condition information CI.

The player management information PMI includes information for managing the group to which the player belongs for each of one or more players. The player management information PMI is recorded, for example, in association with the ID of the group to which the player belongs, for each identification information (ID) for identifying the player.

Group management information GMI includes information for managing players belonging to one or more groups. The group management information GMI includes, for example, the ID of a host player who recruits one or more other players (applicants) and the ID of a guest player who is one or more applicants for each group ID. are recorded in association with each other.

The group management information GMI includes status information in which group statuses are associated with one or more groups. For example, for each group ID, the status information is associated with one or a plurality of game media that can be given to the player and the status of the group (for example, whether the group is valid or invalid).

The condition information CI includes information on at least one of the above-described "predetermined conditions", for example, conditions related to time and conditions related to the number of game players.

The player terminal 3 illustratively includes an information processing unit 50 that executes information processing for managing game operations including events, and a recording unit 38 that records information necessary for game operations. be done.

The information processing section 50 functionally includes a game operation section 52 . Note that the game operation section 52 of the information processing section 50 can be realized, for example, by causing the CPU 31 to execute a program stored in the memory 33 or the recording section 38 shown in FIG.

The game operation unit 52 executes processing for operating the game. The game operation unit 52 operates the game based on the game software included in the game operation information OI stored in the recording unit 38 and the player's operation input from the input unit 36 shown in FIG.

The game operation unit 52 generates a game image from the image data included in the game operation information OI and performs control processing for causing the output unit 37 to output the generated image in accordance with the game operation. Similarly, the game operation unit 52 generates game music and sounds from the music data and sound data included in the game operation information OI in accordance with the game operation, and outputs the generated music and sounds from the output unit 37. Perform control processing to allow

As described above, the information processing server 1 manages various types of information in the game operated by the game operating unit 52, such as the player management information PMI, the group management information GMI, and the condition information CI. Therefore, in the game, the game operation unit 52 performs a process that involves changes in these various types of information (for example, a process that involves a change in the content of a player, an item, a character, or a parameter), the information processing server 1 By communicating with the information processing server 1, the above various information managed by the information processing server 1 is updated. Then, the game operation unit 52 receives the updated various information and the like from the information processing server 1, and continues the game operation based on the updated various information and the like.

<Game medium provision processing>
(first example)
A first example of game content provision processing according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. FIG. In a first example of game content provision processing, for example, in an event in a game, it is planned that three players, which is the set number of players, belong to a group, and each of the three players belonging to the group selects one game content. I will explain an example. As will be described later, in the first example of the game content provision process, when game media are selected and determined by all three players belonging to the group, or when some of the three players belonging to the group The game content is selected and determined by , and the remaining game media are automatically determined.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first example of game content award processing according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a first example of group creation processing according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the output section of the player terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the output section of the player terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the information processing server 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 creates a group including, for example, three players (step S1). The group creation process will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, the host player selects the "choose together" button B1 on the home screen G1 shown in FIG. 6, which is output from the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3a (step S21). The player terminal 3a, upon receiving the selection operation of the host player, instructs the information processing server 1 to recruit guest players (step S23).

When the information processing server 1 receives a recruitment instruction from the player terminal 3a (step S25), the information processing server 1 notifies the other player terminals 3b . . . 3n of recruitment (step S27). In this case, the information processing server 1 outputs output information for outputting a "recruiting" screen G3 indicating that two players are "recruiting" shown in FIG. Output to the player terminal 3a. On the "recruiting" screen G3, there are an "accepted" icon I1 indicating that the host player has been decided, and two "recruiting" icons I3 and I5 indicating that the guest player is "recruiting". Is displayed.

Returning to FIG. 5, a player who wants to apply as a guest player notifies the information processing server 1 of the application based on the recruitment notification received by the player terminals (player terminals 3b and 3n in the example of FIG. 5) operated by him/herself ( Steps S29, S31, S33, S35).

When the information processing server 1 receives application notifications from the player terminals 3b and 3n (step S37), it notifies the player terminal 3a of the recruitment results (step S39). For example, the information processing server 1 may notify the player terminal 3a of the recruitment result each time it receives an application notification from the player terminal 3 operated by a player who can be a guest player. Further, when the information processing server 1 receives an application notification from the player terminals 3 operated by two players who can be guest players (three players included in the group are present), the information processing server 1 sends Recruitment results may be collectively notified.

The information processing server 1 outputs output information for outputting a "recruitment complete" screen G5, shown in FIG. 3a. On the "recruitment complete" screen G5, in addition to the "entered" icon I1 indicating that the host player has been determined, "entered" icons I3 and I5 indicating that two guest players have been determined are displayed. be.

Returning to FIG. 5, when the player terminal 3a receives the recruitment result from the information processing server 1 (step S41), it transmits an instruction to the information processing server 1 to create a group including one host player and two guest players. (Step S43). The information processing server 1 creates a group based on the group creation instruction transmitted from the player terminal 3a (step S45).

As described above, the timing at which the group is created in the information processing server 1 may be after the group creation instruction is transmitted from the player terminal 3a (step S43), but is not limited to this. The timing at which the group is created may be, for example, the timing at which the information processing server 1 receives application notifications from the player terminals 3b and 3n (step S37). That is, the information processing server 1 may create a group at the timing when three players (set number of players) who can belong to the group are present, regardless of the group creation instruction from the player terminal 3a.

Returning to FIG. 4, the information processing server 1 determines the game content associated with the group based on the input of at least some of the one or more players (step S3). As a premise of step S3, the host player presses the "start" button B5 on the "recruitment complete" screen G5 output on the player terminal 3a shown in FIG.

In this case, the information processing server 1 selects from a plurality of game content groups (for example, A ticket, B ticket, C ticket, etc.) each including a plurality of game media to select a specific player associated with one or more players included in the group. Determine the game media group. For example, in the example of the "ticket confirmation" screen G7 in FIG. 7 output on the player terminal 3a of the host player, an A ticket (a specific game content group) containing, for example, four game media C is determined in association with the host player. It is

The number of game content groups is arbitrary and may be fixed or changed as appropriate. Also, the number of game media included in one game content group is arbitrary and may be fixed or changed as appropriate.

The "recruitment completion" screen G5 shown in FIG. 6 is output not only to the host player's player terminal 3a but also to each of the guest players' player terminals 3b and 3n. That is, the guest player can also press the "Start" button B5.

When the "Ticket Confirmation" button B7 is pressed on the "Ticket Confirmation" screen G7 output from at least one of the player terminals 3a, 3b, and 3n, game content is determined for each player who presses the button B7. be done. The game content screen G9 in FIG. 7 is, for example, a screen for presenting the game content C1 included in the ticket A determined in association with the host player. Similarly, when the guest player presses the "confirm ticket" button B7 on the "confirm ticket" screen G7 output on the player terminal 3b or the player terminal 3n operated by the guest player, the game content is presented for each guest player who pressed the button B7. be done.

For example, when the host player presses the "exchange" button B9 on the game content screen G9 output on the player terminal 3a, the ticket A and the game content C1 are exchanged. That is, the game content C1 determined in association with the host player is determined (determined) as the game content to be given to the host player and the guest players belonging to the common group. The game content determined in association with one guest player can be given to other players belonging to a common group (for example, the host player and other guest players) in addition to the one guest player. .

As described above, the game content C1 determined in association with the host player is also given to the guest player. Here, even if the host player presses the "exchange" button B9 on the game medium screen G9 to execute the game medium provision process, the guest player cannot confirm whether the process is being executed or has been executed. Have difficulty.

Therefore, the game content C1 of the host player is displayed as a result of provision on the game content receipt screen G11 output on the player terminal 3 operated by the guest player. When the guest player executes a predetermined receiving operation (for example, pressing a receiving button) on the game content receiving screen G11, the game content C1 is determined as the game content to be given to the guest player. According to this configuration, other players can easily grasp the status of game content provision processing based on the input of one player.

On the other hand, when the guest player presses the "exchange" button B9 on the game content screen G9 output to the player terminal 3b or the player terminal 3n operated by the guest player to execute the game content provision process, the host player performs the operation. On the game content receiving screen of the player terminal 3a, the game content determined in association with the guest player is displayed as the game content giving result.

Returning to FIG. 4, the information processing server 1 determines whether or not a set number (for example, "3") of game contents has been determined (step S5). If three game media have been determined (Yes), the process proceeds to step S11. If three game media have not been determined (for example, if only one or two game media have been selected by the host player or guest player) (No), the process proceeds to step S7.

The information processing server 1 determines whether or not a "predetermined condition" regarding time is satisfied (step S7). For example, if a certain period of time (for example, one week) has passed since the timing when one game content was selected by the host player after the timing when the group was created (Yes), the process proceeds to step S9. On the other hand, if a certain period of time has not elapsed since the timing at which one game content was selected by the host player after the timing at which the group was created (No), the process returns to step S3.

The information processing server 1 determines the game content regardless of the player's input as automatic determination processing (step S9). For example, when only one game content has been decided at this time, the information processing server 1 automatically decides the remaining two game contents. The information processing server 1 provides the game contents determined by the manual determination process and the automatic determination process to at least some of the one or more players included in the group (step S11).

In the first example of the game content granting process, for example, the host player can acquire three game media: one game media selected by the host player and two game media selected by two guest players. Similarly, each of the two guest players can also acquire a total of three game media: one game media selected by each guest player and one game media selected by one host player. Note that the number of game contents selected and determined by each of the host player and the guest player does not have to be one, and may be plural.

As described above, according to one embodiment, the information processing server 1 creates a group including one or more players, and based on the input of at least some of the one or more players, is associated with the group Decide on a game medium. The information processing server 1 determines a game content regardless of input from one or more players when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The information processing server 1 provides the determined game content to at least some of the one or more players included in the group. Therefore, the game content to be received by the players belonging to the group is appropriately determined, so that the interests of the players participating in the game can be appropriately protected.

According to the first example of the game content provision process, for example, when three players belonging to a group are scheduled to select one game content, some players select a game content. The game content is appropriately determined even when no player input is performed. It is possible to appropriately protect the interests of players participating in the game.

(Second example)
A second example of the game content provision process according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 8 and 9. FIG. A second example of the game content provision process is, for example, in the case of a group with a maximum number of people (set number of people) of three, one or two players, which are less than three, each select a game medium, and the remaining players including an example in which an information processing system or computer automatically determines one game content of In the following, points that differ from the first example of the game content provision process will be particularly described.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a second example of game content provision processing according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a second example of group creation processing according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, the information processing server 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 creates a group including, for example, three players (step S51). The group creation process will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9, the host player selects, for example, the "choose by yourself" button B1 on the home screen G1 shown in FIG. Upon receiving the selection operation of the host player, the player terminal 3a instructs the information processing server 1 to recruit (automatically select) guest players (for example, two CPU players) (step S63).

When the information processing server 1 receives a recruitment instruction from the player terminal 3a (step S65), it automatically determines two CPU players (step S67).

The information processing server 1 sends output information to the player terminal 3a for outputting a "recruitment complete" screen G5 indicating that the determination of the two CPU players has been completed from the output unit 37 of the player terminal 3a shown in FIG. Output. On the "recruitment complete" screen G5, in addition to the "entered" icon I1 indicating that the host player has been determined, "entered" icons I3 and I5 indicating that two CPU players have been determined are displayed. be.

Returning to FIG. 9, when the player terminal 3a receives the recruiting result (automatic determination result) from the information processing server 1 (step S71), the player terminal 3a instructs the information processing server 1 to create a group including one host player and two CPU players. (step S73). The information processing server 1 creates a group based on the group creation instruction transmitted from the player terminal 3a (step S75).

As described above, the timing at which the group is created in the information processing server 1 may be after the group creation instruction is transmitted from the player terminal 3a (step S73), but is not limited to this. The timing at which the group is created may be, for example, the timing at which the information processing server 1 determines the CPU player (step S67). That is, the information processing server 1 may create a group at the timing when three players (set number of players) who can belong to the group are present, regardless of the group creation instruction from the player terminal 3a. The three players include one player as a user and two CPU players.

The information processing server 1, for example, determines the game content based on the input of a single host player (step S53). The information processing server 1 determines the game content without depending on the player's input as automatic determination processing (step 55). The information processing server 1 automatically determines the remaining two game contents, for example. The information processing server 1 provides the game content determined by the manual determination process and the automatic determination process to at least some of the one or more players included in the group (step S57).

In the second example of the game content provision process, for example, the host player can acquire three game media, one game content selected by the host player and two game media selected by the CPU player. Note that the number of game contents selected and determined by the host player does not have to be one, and may be plural. Also, the number of game contents automatically determined is not limited to one, and may be plural.

According to the second example of the game content provision process, even if the number of one or more players included in the group is smaller than the set number related to the number of players associated with the group, the game content is Since it is determined automatically, the game content is appropriately determined. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately protect the interests of the players participating in the game.

Here, according to one embodiment of the present invention, by concentrating each function on the information processing server 1, a player can perform an illegal act such as falsification of various game media or various parameters on the player terminal 3. can be prevented.

<Other embodiments>
It should be noted that each of the above-described embodiments is for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit and interpret the present invention. The present invention may be modified/improved without departing from its spirit, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

Functions provided in the information processing server 1 shown in FIG. 3, for example, at least one function of the game management unit 41, the group creation unit 42, the manual determination unit 43, the automatic determination unit 44, the notification unit 45, and the game content provision unit 46 may be provided in the player terminal 3. If the information processing server 1 executes most of the information processing, the processing load on the information processing server 1 increases. In order to reduce this processing load, it is effective to distribute each process to the information processing server 1 and the player terminal 3 .

If the functions provided by the information processing server 1 are centralized in the player terminal 3, the possibility of the player committing fraudulent acts such as falsification of various game media and various parameters on the player terminal 3 increases. . However, since the latest updated information is managed by the information processing server 1, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is any fraudulent activity by comparing it with the information managed by the information processing server 1 at any time. Therefore, it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts.

Reference Signs List 1 information processing server 3 player terminal 11 (31) CPU 13 (33) memory 14 (34) bus 15 (35) input/output interface 16 (36) input unit 17 (37) output unit 18 (38) recording unit 19 (39) communication unit 40, 50 information processing unit 41 game management unit 42 group creation unit 43 manual determination unit 44 ... automatic determination section, 45 ... notification section, 46 ... game medium provision section, 52 ... game operation section

Claims (9)

the computer that runs the game
a creation unit for creating a group containing a plurality of players;
a first determination unit that determines game media associated with the group based on an input from at least some of the plurality of players;
a second determination unit that determines the game content without depending on the input of the plurality of players when a predetermined condition is satisfied when the set number of game media has not been determined;
a granting unit that grants the game content determined by the first determining unit and the second determining unit to at least some of the plurality of players included in the group;
A program that works as The predetermined condition includes that the number of the plurality of players included in the group is smaller than a set number of players associated with the group.
A program according to claim 1. The predetermined condition is that the time for the game reaches a predetermined timing when the set number of game contents has not been determined, and when the set number of game contents has not been determined, the group creation timing. Including at least one of continuing for a predetermined period from the subsequent reference timing,
A program according to claim 1. When the predetermined condition is satisfied , the second determination unit determines the game media such that the determined number of the game media is equal to the set number.
A program according to any one of claims 1-3. said computer,
When the situation in which the set number of game contents has not been determined continues for a predetermined period of time, a player other than the player who has input for determining the game contents, among the plurality of players, is provided with the game contents. a notification unit that provides notification prompting input for decisions, and further functions;
A program according to any one of claims 1-4. The first determination unit determines a specific game content group associated with the plurality of players included in the group from a plurality of game content groups each including a plurality of game media; From a group of game media, determining game media associated with the group based on input from at least some of the plurality of players;
A program according to any one of claims 1-5. The granting unit further grants one or a plurality of game media different from the game media to at least some of the plurality of players included in the group based on the determined parameters of the game media. ,
A program according to any one of claims 1-6. An information processing method executed by a computer that executes a game,
creating a group containing a plurality of players;
a first determining step of determining game content associated with the group based on input from at least some of the plurality of players;
a second determination step of determining the game content without depending on the input of the plurality of players when a predetermined condition is satisfied when the set number of game media has not been determined;
giving the game content determined in the first determining step and the second determining step to at least some of the plurality of players included in the group;
A method of processing information, comprising: An information processing system for executing a game,
a creation unit for creating a group containing a plurality of players;
a first determination unit that determines game media associated with the group based on an input from at least some of the plurality of players;
a second determination unit that determines the game content without depending on the input of the plurality of players when a predetermined condition is satisfied when the set number of game media has not been determined;
a granting unit that grants the game content determined by the first determining unit and the second determining unit to at least some of the plurality of players included in the group;
An information processing system comprising

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