JP7164741B1 - Program and game device - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to appropriately induce a player to repeat game play.
A program provides a computer capable of providing a game playing experience with a providing process for providing a game element to a player, and a providing process according to a providing condition achieved during the provision of the game playing experience. and a program for executing a control process for controlling the game elements provided in the above, wherein the provision conditions are a first condition that a first game element is provided and a second game element that is different from the first game element and a second condition to be provided, wherein the control process performs the first game during the provision of the play experience when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied during the provision of the game play experience to the player. The element is provided to the player, and the providing process is controlled so as to provide the second game element to the player when the playing experience is provided to the player from the next time onward.
[Selection drawing] Fig. 4

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a program and a game device, and more particularly to an electronic game including providing game elements to a player.

There is an electronic game that provides game content (game elements) to a player according to the result of the game (Patent Document 1). Providing such game elements is effective from the viewpoint of inducing the player to repeatedly play the game, and depending on the electronic game, a plurality of types of provision conditions are provided to increase interest.

JP 2014-057830 A

By the way, in order to induce the player to repeatedly play the game in a commercial game machine such as a so-called arcade machine, that is, to repeatedly use the game machine, the game element provided to the player is changed to the next game machine. It is preferable to be able to use it when using On the other hand, in a mode in which a plurality of types of provision conditions are provided as described above, if a plurality of provision conditions are achieved during one use of the game device, there is an opportunity to induce the player to repeatedly use the game device. will decrease.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a program and a game device that favorably guide a player to repetitive game play.

The program of the present invention provides a computer capable of providing a game playing experience with a providing process of providing game elements to a player, and in the providing process according to the providing conditions achieved during the provision of the game playing experience and a control process for controlling the provided game element, wherein the provision conditions are a first condition that the first game element is provided and a second game element that is different from the first game element is provided. and the control processing includes, when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied during the provision of the game play experience to the player, the first game element during the provision of the play experience. is provided to the player, and the providing process is controlled so as to provide the second game element to the player when the player is provided with the play experience from the next time onward.

According to the present invention, it is possible to favorably guide the player to repetitive game play.

1 is a diagram illustrating the system configuration of a game system according to an embodiment and modifications of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and modifications of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the functional configuration of the server 200 according to the embodiment and modifications of the present invention; 4 is a flowchart illustrating service providing processing executed by the game device 100 according to the embodiment and modifications of the present invention; Flowchart exemplifying the second game element providing process executed by the game device 100 according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the data structure of various information used in the game system according to the embodiment and modifications of the present invention;

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the invention. Two or more of the features described in the embodiments may be combined arbitrarily. Also, the same or similar configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant explanations are omitted.

One embodiment described below describes an example in which the present invention is applied to a game device as an example of a game device that can provide a game element when providing a game playing experience to a player. However, the invention is applicable to any device capable of providing game elements.

<Configuration of game system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration of a game system according to this embodiment. As illustrated, the game system is configured such that server 200 and each of one or more game devices 100 can communicate with each other via network 300 .

In this embodiment, with such a system configuration, it is assumed that a competitive game can be realized between players using a plurality of game devices 100 via the server 200 and the network 300 . In addition, the game for which a play experience is provided on the game device 100 is not limited to a battle game between players, and may include a game configured for one player.

The game device 100 according to this embodiment has an appearance as illustrated. The game device 100 is configured to be able to detect the payment of the price when it is available, and when the payment of the price is detected, the user (player) is provided with at least one game element. Provide services for the game playing experience. Payment of the price is detected, for example, when a predetermined amount of coins is inserted into an insertion port (not shown).

Further, the appearance of the game device 100 is provided with a placing section 130 on which a predetermined card including a player card for identifying a player can be placed. Although the details will be described later, by placing a player card on the placement unit 130 when using the game device 100, the player can play the game in a state in which the player's progress is reflected. The player's progress is managed by the server 200, and when the player is identified when using the game device 100, that is, when the game play experience is provided with the player identified, Information managed for each player is updated.

<Functional configuration of game device>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the game device 100 according to this embodiment.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each functional block included in the game device 100 . Specifically, the control unit 101 reads, for example, an operation program related to each functional block stored in the storage device 102, develops it in the memory 103, and executes it, thereby realizing the operation of each functional block.

The storage device 102 is a device capable of permanently holding data, such as a non-volatile memory or HDD. The storage device 102 stores operation programs related to each functional block of the game device 100, parameter information required for the operation of each functional block, and various graphics data used in the game executed by the game device 100. etc. is stored. The memory 103 is a storage device, such as a volatile memory, used for temporary data storage. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

Payment detection unit 104 detects that payment has been made on game device 100 . The payment of the price is detected, for example, by inserting a coin of a predetermined amount or a corresponding coin into the slot of the game device 100, or by detecting completion of payment processing based on communication with a chip related to predetermined electronic money. It may be determined by The game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described as starting to provide a service including providing a game play experience based on payment of a fee for starting service provision.

Acquisition unit 105 is an interface for acquiring information from a card, provided in game device 100 of the present embodiment. Specifically, the acquisition unit 105 has a reader capable of acquiring information attached to the card placed on the placement unit 130 . Cards that can be used by the game device 100 (information can be obtained by the obtaining unit 105) include a player card for identifying a player in connection with the use of the game device 100 described above. The game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured to save the player's progress of the game, and to restart from the saved progress the next time the game is used. Therefore, the player card is attached with at least identification information (player ID: player identification information) that can uniquely identify the player. By placing the player card on the placement unit 130 and causing the acquisition unit 105 to acquire the information, the player can receive the service in a state in which the progress of past usage is reflected. Here, the progress is, for example, a player's evaluation value related to the game such as experience value, level, rank, etc.; , includes information on interest elements that increases and expands as the game device 100 is used more and more. The progress also includes information on interest elements that are temporarily provided to the player, such as game elements (items and skills) that can be used in subsequent game play.

In this embodiment, the player is identified by acquiring information from the player card, but the player identification method is not limited to this. For example, the acquisition unit 105 may acquire information from an item other than the player card, or may be replaced by player recognition processing via another device.

The provision control unit 106 controls the provision of game elements to the player for use of the game device 100 . Game elements provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment are described as intangible objects that are directly reflected in the progress of the game. The provision control unit 106 performs provision control so that one type of game element is provided to the player each time the game device 100 is used. There are multiple types of game elements provided by the provision control unit 106, and information on each type is managed in the provided element DB 107, which will be described later.

The provided element DB 107 is a database that manages information (element information) on each of a plurality of types of game elements that can be provided to the player. Element information managed for one game element is associated with an element ID 601 that uniquely identifies the game element, rarity 602 indicating the value of the game element, and It includes generated effect information 603 describing effects generated when the game element is used.

Although the details will be described later, in the game system of the present embodiment, when a specific condition is satisfied while using the game device 100, a game in which element information is managed in the provision element DB 107 for the player using the game apparatus 100 is provided. Any of the elements are provided. Which game element is provided is defined differently depending on the conditions met. In this embodiment, two types of conditions are set, and game elements of different rarities 602 are provided for achievement of the respective conditions. Each of the game elements is configured to be usable in a game in which a play experience is provided on the game device 100, and effects generated when using the game elements are described in the generated effect information 603. FIG. Here, the effect that occurs when used differs depending on the rarity 602, and the higher the rarity, that is, the higher the rarity value, the higher the usefulness of the effect is set. That is, the higher the rarity, the higher the use value of the game element in the game.

The presentation control unit 108 controls presentation of various information to the player via the presentation unit 120 of the game device 100 . In the present embodiment, the presentation unit 120 for presenting information is described as a display device capable of presenting visual information, such as a liquid crystal display, which displays images (game screens, menu screens, etc.). However, the information presentation means is not limited to this, and needless to say, alternatives or additions are possible. The presentation unit 120 may include, for example, a speaker that presents information aurally.

In a mode in which the presentation unit 120 is a display device, the presentation control unit 108 includes a rendering device such as a GPU, for example, and performs predetermined rendering processing for generating a screen to be displayed on the presentation unit 120 . Specifically, the presentation control unit 108 generates necessary drawing objects (graphics data) based on the processing and commands performed by the control unit 101 while the game device 100 is running (during service provision or standby state). , and draws the screen. The generated screen is output to the presentation unit 120 and presented to the player by being displayed in a predetermined display area.

The operation input unit 109 is a user interface of the game apparatus 100, such as an operation member for decision input and various sensors. The operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101 when it detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member. Note that in a mode in which the presentation unit 120 is configured to be capable of detecting a touch input made on the display screen, the operation input unit 109 may include a touch input detection sensor or the like.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 100 . The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a communication network such as the Internet or a network 300 (whether wired or wireless), which can be a cable for connecting devices, and can transmit and receive data. can. The communication unit 110 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits the data to an external device such as the server 200 via the network 300 . When receiving information from an external device via the network 300 , for example, the communication unit 110 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103 . In this embodiment, the game device 100 transmits and receives information via the communication unit 110 at least when providing a service reflecting the player's progress.

<Server configuration>
Next, the functional configuration of the server 200 according to this embodiment will be described using the block diagram of FIG. In the description of the functional configuration of the server 200, the configuration that implements the same function as the configuration of the game device 100 is prefixed with "server" in order to distinguish it from the configuration of the game device 100. shall be shown.

The server control unit 201 is a CPU, for example, and controls the operation of each functional block of the server 200 . Specifically, the server control unit 201 reads, for example, an operation program related to each functional block recorded in the server storage device 202, develops it in the server memory 203, and executes it, thereby controlling the operation of each functional block.

The server storage device 202 is a recording device, such as a non-volatile memory or HDD, that can permanently hold data. The server storage device 202 records information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each functional block, in addition to the operation program related to each functional block of the server 200 . The server memory 203 is a storage device, such as volatile memory, used for temporary data storage. The server memory 203 is used not only as a development area for operation programs related to each functional block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each functional block.

The player DB 204 is a database that manages various information (player information) about each user (player) for a game that provides a play experience on the game device 100 of the game system of this embodiment. The player information is referred to when information is acquired from the player card in the game device 100 to provide a game play experience, and can be sequentially changed according to the provided play experience.

The player information is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6B, setting information including individual player settings such as a display name, date of birth, and avatar configuration for the player in association with a player ID 611 that uniquely identifies the player. 612, progress information 613 indicating the progress of the game of the player, usable element information 614 indicating the game elements usable by the player, and accumulated points indicating the accumulated number of points given to the player. 615 may be included. The player information related to one player may be registered when the player uses the game device 100 for the first time using the player card. Information included in the setting information 612 may be input in the game device 100 at the time of use, transmitted to the server 200, and stored.

The server communication unit 205 is a communication interface with an external device that the server 200 has. The server communication unit 205 connects to an external device via a communication network such as the Internet or a network 300 (whether wired or wireless), which may be a cable connecting devices, and enables data transmission/reception. can be done. The server communication unit 205 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits the data to an external device such as the game device 100 via the network 300 . When receiving information from an external device via the network 300 , for example, the server communication unit 205 decodes the information and stores it in the server memory 203 .

<Overview of providing game elements>
In the following, an overview will be given of how the game device 100 of the present embodiment provides a game element in response to the achievement of a predetermined condition during use by the player.

In the game device 100 of this embodiment, in response to the achievement of a predetermined condition during use by the player, a game element that can be used by the player after the next use is provided. The provided game element is an element that enhances the player's enjoyment experience, such as generating an effect that makes the progress of the game advantageous when used, so that the player is encouraged to use the game device 100 from the next time onwards. can be suitably induced. That is, in order to use the provided game elements, the player needs to use the game device 100 again. You can encourage players.

It should be noted that the game in which the player is provided with a play experience in the game device 100 of the present embodiment is a game played by another player using another game device 100 connected via the network 300 and the server 200, or by a predetermined thinking program. The description will be made assuming that this is a battle game played between a virtual player (NPC: Non-Player Character) realized by executing .

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, two types of conditions, a first condition and a second condition, are defined as predetermined conditions, and any of the game elements whose element information is managed in the provided element DB 107 according to the achievement of each condition is determined. is provided to the player. More specifically, provision control is performed such that the first game element is provided upon achievement of the first condition, and the second game element is provided upon achievement of the second condition. Here, the first game element and the second game element are game elements of the same type, such as a game element that makes the progress of the battle game advantageous when used, but have a use value in the battle game ( The usefulness of the generated effect) is different, and the rarity 602 of the element information is selected from game elements with different values. In this embodiment, for example, the first game element has a "normal" rarity and the second game element has a "rare" rarity. elements are assigned.

On the other hand, if a game element with a high use value (second game element) can be easily obtained, the interest in the competitive game may be reduced. Each condition is set so that the frequency of achievement of the first condition is lower than that of the first condition. The setting of the condition may be defined by, for example, the number of times the play experience is provided until the condition is satisfied, that is, the number of times the player should use the game device 100 before the condition is satisfied. It may be configured so that the achievement of the two conditions requires the provision of many play experiences.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the first condition is defined to be achieved when the opponent is defeated in the executed competitive game, and the second condition is defined to be achieved when the clear condition of the game is achieved, i.e., the competitive game is achieved when the accumulated number of points given to the player when winning the game is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. The provision of the second game element related to the achievement of the second condition is performed on the condition that the awarded points are consumed. Here, the points are given to each player, accumulated, and used to determine whether or not the second condition is satisfied. Granted.

In other words, it must be configured to determine whether or not the second condition is fulfilled based on the cumulative number of points given to the player, and to manage the game elements provided to the player so that they can be used the next time they are used. Therefore, it is assumed that the game element is provided in the game device 100 only when the player is provided with a play experience in a state in which the player is identified. In other words, the determination of whether or not various conditions related to the provision of such game elements have been met is made on the condition that information has been obtained from the player card. Therefore, in the following description, it is assumed that the player uses the game device 100 using the player card.

When the condition for providing the game element is achieved, the presenting unit 120 presents information to that effect and the game element that can be provided. The game element to be provided may be determined, for example, by a lottery process from game elements of rarities that meet the conditions that have been achieved. For example, when the first condition is satisfied, the presenting unit 120 presents that a game element with the rarity 602 of "normal" can be provided, or presents a "normal" game element to be provided. When the condition is fulfilled, a presentation is made indicating that a game element with a rarity 602 of "rare" can be provided or a "rare" game element to be provided.

By the way, the first condition and the second condition can be achieved at the same time. That is, the player wins the competitive game and the cumulative number of points becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined number due to the awarding of points related to the victory, which can be achieved during the experience of playing the game once to the player. . At this time, if the first game element and the second game element are provided to the player at the same time, the expected reusage of the game device 100 by the player due to the provision is "once for the next use". On the other hand, when both conditions are achieved, only the game element corresponding to one of these conditions is provided to the player during the provision of the game play experience in which the condition is achieved, and the other condition is satisfied. By configuring the corresponding game element to be provided when the player is provided with the play experience from the next time onwards, it is possible to expect "once use next time" in addition to "once use next time". In other words, when both conditions are satisfied, the game elements to be provided are provided separately for the current and next uses of the game device 100, so that the player can use the game device 100. It is possible to increase the opportunity, and it is expected that the profit opportunity of the game device 100 will be increased, and thus the player's interest in the game content will be increased.

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in order to favorably encourage such use of the game device 100 again, when the first condition and the second condition are met during the provision of the game play experience to the player, A first game element is provided to the player while the experience of playing the game is provided, and the remaining second game element is provided to the player when the experience of playing the game is provided to the player after the next time. In addition, a notification notifying the provision mode, that is, that the first game element is provided during the provision of the current game play experience, and that the second game element can be provided when the next and subsequent game play experiences are provided. is presented on presentation unit 120 . By doing so, it is possible for the player to understand that a plurality of conditions have been met and that a game element with a higher utility value can be obtained when using the game device 100 from the next time onward.

<Service provision processing>
In the game device 100 of this embodiment having such a configuration, specific processing will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading a corresponding processing program stored in, for example, the storage device 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it.

Note that this service provision processing is performed when, for example, payment of a fee for use is detected, and player information (target player information) relating to the player (target player) is obtained from the server 200 by obtaining information from the player card. is started as a condition. The target player information acquired from the server 200 is stored in the memory 103 and held during the current service provision period. Further, the service provided by the game device 100 includes, for example, a part for accepting mode selection to be used by the target player, and a part for providing the target player with the play experience of the competitive game corresponding to the mode selection. It's okay. Since the present invention is limited to modes in which the first condition and the second condition are set, in order to facilitate understanding of the invention, the description of the processing corresponding to the former mode selection part will be omitted. That is, all of the processes described below with reference to FIG. 4 are processes corresponding to the part that provides the target player with the playing experience of the competitive game.

In S401, the control unit 101 determines whether or not there is a game element (second game element) whose provision to the target player is suspended. Although the details will be described later, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, if both the first condition and the second condition are satisfied during the provision of the play experience of the competitive game, the second condition The provision of the second game element (related to achievement) is suspended, and information indicating this (provision pending information) is included in the progress information 613 of the target player information and managed in the player DB 204 of the server 200 . Therefore, the control unit 101 makes the determination of this step according to whether or not the provision pending information is included in the progress information 613 of the target player information acquired from the server 200 based on information acquisition from the player card. conduct. If the control unit 101 determines that there is a game element whose provision is withheld, the process proceeds to S402, and if it determines that the control unit 101 does not, the process proceeds to S403.

In S402, the control unit 101 executes second game element provision processing for controlling provision of the second game element.

<Second game element providing process>
The second game element providing process executed in this step will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In S501, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 108 can provide the second game element by consuming a predetermined number of points (required points) required for providing the second game element. The presentation unit 120 is caused to present a notification indicating that. By this presentation, the control unit 101 transitions to a state in which it is possible to receive a request for providing the second game element.

In S502, the control unit 101 determines whether or not an operation input for requesting the provision of the second game element has been made during a predetermined acceptance period. If the control unit 101 determines that an operation input for requesting the provision of the second game element has been performed during the predetermined reception period, the process proceeds to S503; 2 Complete the game element providing process.

In S503, the control unit 101 performs processing for consuming the required number of points from the cumulative number of points given to the target player. Specifically, the control unit 101 changes the value of the accumulated points 615 of the target player information stored in the memory 103 to the value after subtracting the required number of points, thereby reducing the consumption of the required number of points. come true.

In S<b>504 , the provision control unit 106 provides the target player with the second game element under the control of the control unit 101 . Specifically, the provision control unit 106 first determines the second game element to be provided. The determination of the second game element to be provided may be realized, for example, by executing a lottery process for selecting one game element from among the target second game elements. Then, the provision control unit 106 stores the determined element ID of the second game element in the memory 103 as information (provided determination information) of the game element determined to be provided when the current play experience is provided. At this time, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 108 causes the presentation unit 120 to present a notification indicating the second game element whose provision has been confirmed.

In S505, the control unit 101 deletes the provision pending information from the progress information 613 of the target player information stored in the memory 103, and completes the second game element provision processing.

When execution of the second game element providing process is completed in this manner, the control unit 101 shifts the service providing process to S403.

In S403, the control unit 101 executes processing related to the competitive game. The processing includes determination of opponents, selection of game elements to be used in the battle game, activation of effects related to the selected game elements, and determination of progress of the battle game based on operation inputs made by the player. , to realize a game for deciding the victory or defeat of the battle game.

In S404, the control unit 101 determines whether or not conditions for ending the competitive game are satisfied. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate understanding of the invention, it is assumed that the end condition of the competitive game is to determine the outcome of the competitive game. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S405 when determining that the conditions for ending the competitive game are satisfied, and repeats the process of this step when determining that the conditions are not satisfied.

In S405, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the first condition is satisfied, that is, whether or not the target player has won the battle game that has been executed. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S406 when determining that the first condition is satisfied, and shifts the process to S413 when determining that the first condition is not satisfied.

In S406, the presentation control unit 108, under the control of the control unit 101, causes the presentation unit 120 to present a notification indicating that the condition for providing the first game element is satisfied.

In S407, the control unit 101 gives a specified number of points (the number of points to be given) to the target player. Specifically, the control unit 101 changes the value of the cumulative point number 615 of the target player information stored in the memory 103 to the value after adding the number of points to be given, thereby realizing point giving. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the number of awarded points is constant regardless of the contents of the competitive game, and the fixed number of points is awarded on the condition that the player wins the competitive game.

In S408, the control unit 101 determines whether the second condition is satisfied, that is, whether the cumulative number of points granted to the target player by the awarding of points in S407 exceeds the required number of points for providing the second game element. determine whether or not The control unit 101 shifts the process to S409 when determining that the second condition is satisfied, and shifts the process to S412 when determining that the second condition is not satisfied.

In S409, the presentation control unit 108, under the control of the control unit 101, causes the presentation unit 120 to present a notification indicating that the condition for providing the second game element is satisfied.

At S410, the presentation control unit 108, under the control of the control unit 101, causes the presentation unit 120 to present a notification indicating the game element to be provided. Specifically, the presentation control unit 108 can provide the first game element during the provision of the current playing experience of the competitive game, and can provide the second game element when providing the playing experience of the game after the next time. The presenting unit 120 is caused to present a notification indicating that.

In S<b>411 , the control unit 101 adds provision pending information to the progress information 613 of the target player information stored in the memory 103 . At this time, if provision pending information is already included in the progress information 613 of the target player information, the control unit 101 need not add new progress information 613 .

At S<b>412 , the provision control unit 106 provides the target player with the first game element under the control of the control unit 101 . Specifically, the provision control unit 106 first determines the first game element to be provided. The determination of the first game element to be provided may be realized, for example, by executing a lottery process for selecting one game element from among the target first game elements. Then, the provision control unit 106 stores the determined element ID of the first game element in the memory 103 as provision confirmation information. That is, in the process of this step, only the first game element is provided for the achievement of the first condition, regardless of whether or not the second condition is achieved. At this time, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 108 causes the presentation unit 120 to present a notification indicating the first game element whose provision has been confirmed.

In S413, the control unit 101 executes various processes related to termination of service provision, and completes the service provision process. Here, in the various processes, provision of the game element to the target player is confirmed by adding the element ID stored as provision confirmation information to the usable element information 614 of the utilization player information stored in the memory 103. This includes processing to Through this process, if at least one of the second game element provided in S504 of the second game element providing process and the first game element provided in S412 of the service providing process is present, that information is included in the target player information. It will be reflected and the offer will be confirmed. Further, the various processes include a process of transmitting the target player information in a state reflecting the contents of the provision of the current play experience stored in the memory 103 to the communication unit 110, and transmitting it to the server 200 together with a player information update request. including. Through this processing, the player DB 204 stores the target player information reflecting the provided content of the play experience of the current battle game and the provided game element information.

As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, by controlling the provision of game elements when the conditions for providing the game elements are satisfied, it is possible to favorably induce the player to repeat the game play.

[Modification 1]
In the above-described embodiment, a mode of managing points awarded on a player-by-player basis has been described, but implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in a mode in which each player is provided with a plurality of characters to be used, and any one of them can be made to appear in a battle game, the points given for each character to be used are managed. , the effect of the provided game element may be generated for each used character.

More specifically, the control unit 101 accepts an operation input for selecting which character to use when points are given when the player wins in the battle game, and gives points to the selected character to use. You may make it give. In this aspect, the player information may include use character information 621 indicating each use character associated with the player, as shown in FIG. 6(c), for example. The character-in-use information 621 manages a cumulative point number 632 indicating the cumulative number of points given to each character-in-use in association with a character ID 631 that uniquely identifies the character-in-use. Therefore, when the condition for giving points is satisfied, the control unit 101 changes the cumulative point number 632 related to the selected used character in the used character information 621 to a value obtained by adding the number of points to be given. Then, it is determined whether or not the second condition is satisfied based on the cumulative number of points for each used character. It should be noted that the character to be used to which points are to be awarded may be determined as the character to be used that is selected to appear in the battle game in which the player wins.

By doing so, the effect can be activated by the character desired by the player, and the playing experience of the provided game can be made more suitable.

[Modification 2]
In the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the number of points awarded upon winning the battle game is constant regardless of the contents of the battle game, but the present invention is not limited to this. In a competitive game, depending on the matching situation of the opponents, differences in game play skills (skills) of the players and differences in the abilities of the characters used may occur between the competing players, so the progress is advantageous to one player. obtain. Alternatively, an unbalanced progression may also occur depending on the capture difficulty level set for the opponent virtual character. Fixing the given points for such a battle game also lacks fairness among players. Therefore, in this modified example, the number of points to be given is not fixed, but is varied according to differences in skills, basic parameters, and the like between players.

More specifically, the server control unit 201 acquires information on the results of the battle games that have been played, derives an evaluation value reflecting the results of the battles for each of the players who participated in the battle games, and obtains the evaluation values as player information. to manage. The player information may further include an evaluation value 641 relating to the player, as shown in FIG. 6(d), for example. Here, the evaluation value 641 may be, for example, a value that is derived higher for a player who has a higher degree of progress in the competitive game, that is, a player with higher skill or a higher ability of characters that can be used. Alternatively, the evaluation value 641 may be a value that is derived higher for a virtual character for which the capture difficulty level is set higher. Each game device 100 acquires information on the evaluation value of the opponent when executing the battle game, and the control unit 101 detects the difference in evaluation value between the player and the opponent when the player wins the battle game. Based on this, the number of points to be given is determined, and points are given. At this time, the number of points given is controlled so that the number of points awarded is greater when the player wins against an opponent with a higher evaluation value than the player, rather than when the player wins against an opponent with a lower evaluation value than the player. be. Therefore, the more the player wins against an opponent of higher rank than the player, the higher the probability that the player will achieve the second condition, and as a result, the easier it is for the player to obtain the second game element.

In this way, from the viewpoint of providing game elements, it is possible to provide game elements that ensure fairness among players.

[Modification 3]
Although the first condition is achieved by winning the competitive game in the above-described embodiment and modification, implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first condition may be determined to be achieved only when the player wins against an opponent whose evaluation value is higher than the player by a threshold value or more.

[Modification 4]
In the above-described embodiment and modified example, a battle game in which there is an opponent has been mainly described as an example, but implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in a mode in which a battle game with fixed contents such as fighting a specific boss character is implemented as a campaign in the game, the first condition may be achieved only when the battle game with fixed contents is won for the first time. good.

[Modification 5]
In the above-described embodiment, points are awarded when the first condition is achieved, and whether or not the second condition is achieved changes depending on the status of the point award. has been described, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the point granting condition and the first condition may be different, and the second condition may be achieved independently. That is, points may be awarded irrespective of whether the player wins or loses the match game, although there is a difference in the amount of points given depending on whether the player wins or loses.
[Modification 6]
In the above-described embodiment, the game provided with the play experience on the game device 100 is a competitive game, and points are awarded to the player on the condition that the player wins the competitive game. is not limited to this. A game for which a play experience is provided on the game device 100 is not limited to a competitive game, and may be any type of game. In this case, a predetermined clearing condition is set for the game, and the control unit 101 treats the first condition as having been satisfied, and also controls to give points to the player on the condition that the clearing condition is satisfied. You may

[Modification 7]
In the above-described embodiment and modifications, the information on the game element provided to the player, the information indicating that the second game element can be provided (provision pending information), and the information on the cumulative number of awarded points are Although it has been described that the information is managed by the server 200 and acquired by the game device 100 when the player uses the game device 100, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. These pieces of information may be stored and managed in a storage medium used by the player, such as a player card. In this case, the control unit 101 may acquire player information from a player card or the like via the acquisition unit 105 and execute various processes.

[Other embodiments]
The invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the invention.

100: game device, 101: control unit, 102: storage device, 103: memory, 104: payment detection unit, 105: acquisition unit, 106: provision control unit, 107: provision element DB, 108: presentation control unit, 109: Operation Input Unit 110: Communication Unit 120: Presentation Unit 130: Placement Unit 200: Server 201: Server Control Unit 202: Server Storage Device 203: Server Memory 204: Player DB 205: Server Communication Part 300: Network

Claims (15)

A computer capable of providing a game-playing experience,
providing processing for providing game elements to the player;
a control process for controlling the game elements provided in the providing process according to the providing conditions achieved during the providing of the game play experience;
A program that executes
The provision conditions include a first condition under which a first game element is provided and a second condition under which a second game element different from the first game element is provided;
When the first condition and the second condition are satisfied during the provision of the game play experience to the player, the control process is performed,
causing the player to provide the first game element during the provision of the playing experience of the game;
A program for controlling the providing process so as to provide the second game element to the player when the game playing experience is provided to the player from the next time onward. 2. The program according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of achievement of said second condition is lower than the frequency of achievement of said first condition. 3. The program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of times the game play experience is provided for achieving the second condition is greater than the number of times the game play experience is provided for the achievement of the first condition. 4. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said second game element is a game element having a higher use value in said game than said first game element. 5. The program according to claim 4, wherein the first game element and the second game element are game elements of the same type that can be used in the game. The game is a game with clear conditions,
The program further causes the computer to execute a granting process of granting points to the player when a clear condition is met while the player is provided with the experience of playing the game;
6. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the second condition is achieved when the cumulative number of points given to the player reaches or exceeds a predetermined number. The game is a competitive game in which a clear condition is achieved by defeating the opponent,
The program further causes the computer to execute a process of deriving an evaluation value according to the match result of the match game for each player,
7. The program according to claim 6, wherein the granting process varies the amount of points granted according to the difference in evaluation value between the player and the opponent when the experience of playing the competitive game is provided to the player. The awarding process increases the amount of points to be awarded when the player wins against an opponent whose evaluation value is higher than that of the player, compared to the amount of points to be given when the player wins against an opponent whose evaluation value is lower than that of the player. 8. The program according to Item 7. 9. The program according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the first condition is achieved when the player wins against an opponent. 9. The program according to claim 7, wherein the first condition is achieved when the player wins against an opponent whose evaluation value is higher than that of the player by a threshold value or more. 11. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 10, wherein the control processing controls the providing processing so as to provide the second game element to the player on condition that the points granted to the player are consumed. program as described. causing the computer to further execute a selection process for accepting selection of a character to be used in the game from among a plurality of characters associated with the player;
The imparting process imparts the points to the character selected in the selection process,
the program further causes the computer to execute a process of managing the points given to each of the plurality of characters;
12. The program according to claim 11, wherein whether or not said second condition is met is determined for each of said plurality of characters. causing the computer to further execute presentation processing for presenting that a condition for providing a game element has been achieved;
13. The game element according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the presenting process presents a game element that can be provided when the first condition or the second condition is satisfied during the provision of the game playing experience to the player. or the program according to item 1. In the presentation process, when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied during the provision of the game play experience to the player, the first game element is provided during the provision of the game play experience. 14. The program according to claim 13, presenting that the second game element can be provided when providing the game play experience to the player from the next time onward. A game device capable of providing a game playing experience,
providing means for providing game elements to a player;
a control means for controlling game elements provided by the providing means according to provision conditions achieved during provision of the game play experience;
with
The provision conditions include a first condition under which a first game element is provided and a second condition under which a second game element different from the first game element is provided;
The control means, when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied during the provision of the game play experience to the player,
causing the player to provide the first game element during the provision of the playing experience of the game;
A game device that controls the providing means to provide the second game element to the player when providing the player with the experience of playing the game from the next time onward.

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