JP7164815B2 - Game program and game system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to game programs and game systems.

As shown in Patent Document 1, a game is known in which a user touches a display to move a character in a virtual game space. In this game, the user can move the character as desired.

JP 2018-057826 A

It can be said that the game shown in Patent Document 1 is intended for people who actively play games. On the other hand, for those who do not play games that much, actively performing operations in the game can be cumbersome. Therefore, such people have few chances to voluntarily play games such as those disclosed in Patent Document 1, and as a result remain uninterested in games.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game program that can trigger an interest in games.

A first invention provides a computer,
setting means for setting a game object based on a user's operation;
acquisition means for acquiring user information representing at least one of information related to a user's behavior other than an operation for operating the game object in the game and biometric information of the user;
At one or more points on a predetermined route represented in the game, the game object has performed a predetermined action in accordance with the user information, or the result of the predetermined action when it is assumed that the predetermined action has been performed, a result determining means for determining at the point based on settings for the game object;
a notification control means for causing a notification unit to notify the result of the predetermined operation;
function as
The game program is characterized in that the setting of the game object includes the content of the predetermined action.

Moreover, in the first invention,
the user's behavior is movement of the user,
The result determination means determines a result of the predetermined action when the game object performs the predetermined action while moving on the predetermined path along with the movement of the user, or when it is assumed that the predetermined action is performed. can do.

Moreover, in the first invention,
The predetermined route may correspond to an existing traffic route.

Moreover, in the first invention,
The notification control means can further cause the notification unit to notify information regarding an actual location on the traffic route corresponding to the point on the predetermined route.

Moreover, in the first invention,
Information about the actual location is set as attribute information in the game for each of the one or more locations in the game,
The result determination means may further determine the result of the predetermined action based on the attribute information.

Moreover, in the first invention,
The predetermined action is an action in which the game object competes with an opponent object at each of the one or more points while moving on the predetermined route,
The result determination means can determine victory or defeat of the game as a result of the predetermined action.

Moreover, in the first invention,
the computer,
route setting means for setting the predetermined route according to the user's operation;
can further function as

The second invention is
a recording unit that records the game program according to the first invention;
and a control unit that executes the game program.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a game program that can stimulate an interest in games even for people who do not play games that much.

It is a figure which shows typically the structure of the game system in this embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an overview of a game system when the predetermined action is rock-paper-scissors; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an outline of a game system when the predetermined action is a battle; It is a figure which shows the game screen example of the game performed by a game system. It is a figure which shows the game screen example of the game performed by a game system. It is a figure which shows the game screen example of the game performed by a game system. It is a figure which shows the game screen example of the game performed by a game system. It is a flow chart showing the flow of a series of operations of the game system in this embodiment.

[Embodiment]
A game system 1 and a game program according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

The game described in this embodiment is an online game executed by the game system 1 . In the game, one or more ally characters act in a virtual game space, or ally characters and enemy characters battle each other.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the game of this embodiment, a predetermined path appears in the virtual game space. The predetermined route corresponds to a traffic route that actually exists in the real world, and an ally character (corresponding to a game object) and an enemy character (corresponding to an opponent object) appear on the predetermined route. The teammate character moves along a predetermined path according to the user's actions other than the operation of the game device 5 . One or more points A to D are included on the predetermined route, and the enemy character is a non-player character placed one at each point.

While moving on a predetermined route, the teammate character performs a "predetermined action" to determine victory or defeat with the opponent character at each point A to D. The result of each win or loss is displayed on the display 61 of the game device 5 so that the user can visually recognize it.

A "predetermined action" in this embodiment is a motion in which a friendly character fights an enemy character at each of one or more points while moving on a predetermined route. Specifically, the "predetermined action" includes "rock-paper-scissors game with enemy character" in FIG. 2 and "battle game with enemy character" in FIG.

When starting the game, the user first performs only very basic settings related to the game (specifically, teammate characters) via the game device 5 . This setting includes the contents of the "predetermined operation". After that, while holding the game device 5, the user "acts" in accordance with his/her normal life without paying attention to the game.

The "behavior" of the user in the present embodiment includes the action of operating the game device 5 to move the friendly character as desired in the virtual game space. Actions to move are not included. "Actions" include actions other than those whose direct purpose is to advance the game (game operations). ”, ”Ride a bicycle”, ”Exercise using a treadmill”, etc. As an example, "behavior" includes the user's commuting route while commuting to work or school.

In addition, the user's biological information such as heart rate and respiration changes appropriately according to the user's behavior and lifestyle.

Accompanying the above-described action-related information and the user's biological information, the friendly characters in the virtual game space can move along a predetermined route and perform predetermined actions such as rock-paper-scissors and battles at points A to D. Information about behavior includes information whose value changes according to behavior. For example, if the action is "walking", the information about the action includes "number of steps" and "walked distance". "The ally character performs a predetermined action in accordance with the information about the action and the user's biometric information" means that the increase in the number of steps and distance walked by the user and the degree of increase in the heart rate due to walking are comprehensively taken into account. It means making the ally character perform a predetermined action in the virtual game space.

In other words, as a result of the user's daily life, the user can cause the friend character to perform a predetermined action in the virtual game space.

The result of the predetermined action of the ally character is displayed on the display 61 . For example, while commuting to work or school, the user can see the result of the match ( Win or lose) can be known how it was.

As described above, in the game according to the present embodiment, as long as the basic settings related to the game are performed, there is no need to perform specific operations related to the game. You can grasp the result of (game result). Therefore, even light users who do not actively play games can become interested in games.

Such a game uses a game device 5 that is a home game machine such as PlayStation (registered trademark), a portable game machine such as Nintendo Switch (registered trademark), or an electronic device such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or a tablet. is executed. Below, the case where the game device 5 is a smart phone is illustrated.

<Overview of Game System 1>
A game system 1 is composed of a server device 2 and a plurality of game devices 5 .

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

The game device 5 executes a predetermined game based on user's operation. For this purpose, game device 5 receives (more specifically, downloads and installs) a game program and game data from server device 2 via communication network 6 . Account information including identification information and a password is assigned to each user in association with game device 5 . This account information is transmitted from the game device 5 to the server device 2 at the time of login, and is used for user authentication in the server device 2 .

Mutual communication between server device 2 and game device 5 becomes possible after user authentication. After logging in, the game device 5 receives data necessary for the progress of the game (data relating to the progress of the game) from the server device 2, and progresses the game while outputting game images and sounds to the display 61 and the speaker 62. FIG.

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

<Hardware Configuration of Server Apparatus 2>
As shown in FIG. 1 , the server device 2 has a network interface 21 , a storage section 22 and a control section 23 . Network interface 21 and storage unit 22 are electrically connected to control unit 23 via bus 29 .

Network interface 21 is communicably connected to game device 5 via communication network 6 such as the Internet and a LAN.

The storage unit 22 includes a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), an SSD (Solid State Drive), and the like. The storage unit 22 stores various programs including part of the game program according to the present embodiment, a user DB 221, a route information DB 222, various data related to various characters, and the like.

The user DB 221 stores, for each identification number of the user who plays the game, information (status, etc.) related to the friendly character owned by the user, the amount of consumption media used in the virtual game space, etc., in association with each other. ing.

The consumption media are currency, points, etc. that can be used in the virtual game space, and are media that are consumed in the game as the game progresses. Consumable media are given to the user as rewards for clearing the game or as billing in the real world.

The route information DB 222 is information containing various routes corresponding to traffic routes that actually exist in the real world. Using this route information DB 222, a predetermined route is created for each execution of the game corresponding to the traffic route.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, there is a traffic route using walking and an existing train as means of transportation in the real world, and a plurality of stations A to D are located on the traffic route. and Corresponding to this traffic route and each station A to D, information related to a route including a plurality of points A to D is stored in the route information DB 222 . In FIGS. 2 and 3, a predetermined route is generated each time the game is executed, corresponding to the movement route of the user.

The route information DB 222 also includes information on various real spots (stations, buildings, landmarks, etc.) on the traffic route.

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

<Functional Configuration of Control Unit 23 in Server Device 2>
By executing various programs, the control unit 23 controls information processing means 231 (corresponding to acquisition means), collation means 232, lottery execution means 233, route information DB management means 234, route information generation means 235, and result determination means 236. function as

―Information processing means―
The information processing means 231 transmits and receives various data to and from each game device 5 . Main data received by the information processing means 231 include game program download request information, gacha lottery request in response to user operation, game execution request, account information, information on basic game settings, user information, and the like. is mentioned. The main data transmitted by the information processing means 231 include information for confirming that the game device 5 has received the game program, information regarding the game content obtained by the gacha, predetermined route information, result information, and the like. be done.

Here, the game media are electronic data representing game-related elements, such as friendly characters used by the user, enemy characters, items (weapons, armor, tools) used by the friendly characters in the virtual game space, and the like. is included. Users can acquire game media directly by charging, by clearing the game, or by a lottery method called gacha. The obtained game media are stored and managed in the user DB 221 in association with the identification information of the user who owns the game media.

The user information includes information related to the actions performed by the user and biometric information of the user. If the user's action is "moving", the user's current location, moving speed, moving direction, moving distance, and means of transportation are used in the "information about the action" in the user information in addition to the contents of the action "moving". If so, include its type and name. Game device 5 acquires its own current position by using a GPS (Glpbal Positioning System) function of device 5 itself.

If the behavior of the user is "doing some kind of movement at a fixed position without moving", the user information "information about the action" will include the content of the action "moving the body at a fixed position". In addition, the current position of the user, the number of times the game device 5 vibrates due to movement of the user's body, the time since the start of movement, and the like are included.

The “biological information” of the user information includes heart rate, LH/HF value based on intervals between beats, blood pressure, breathing rate, body movement, snoring, and the like. Body movements include relatively large body movements of the user while sleeping and small body movements based on heart rate and respiration.

Such user information is sequentially updated on the game device 5 side and transmitted to the server device 2 .

The predetermined route information is information representing a predetermined route followed by the teammate character in the virtual game space based on the user information. The predetermined route information includes, in addition to the predetermined route itself, information on each point on the predetermined route (name of each point, information on enemy characters placed at each point, etc.).

The result information is information representing the results of the predetermined actions of the ally characters who performed the predetermined actions at each point while following the predetermined route. As shown in FIG. 2, if the predetermined action is a "rock-paper-scissors game with an enemy character", the result information includes which character out of goo, scissors, and par at each point A-D. It includes the number of wins and losses. As shown in FIG. 3, if the predetermined action is "battle against an enemy character", the result information includes what kind of strategy the characters used to perform the technique, how many wins and how many losses they achieved, and so on. included.

- Verification means -
The verification unit 232 uses the user identification information received from the game device 5 to authenticate the user account.

―Lottery Execution Means―
The lottery executing means 233 selects one or more game media from a lottery list (not shown) by lottery based on the selection probability of each game media in response to the gacha lottery request. The lottery executing means 233 associates the information about the selected game content with the identification information of the user who performed the operation, which is the source of the lottery request, in the user DB 221 . As a result, the user is provided with the game media that he/she has won as a result of drawing the gacha by himself/herself.

- Route information DB management means -
The route information DB management means 234 manages the route information DB 222 . The route information DB management means 234 appropriately rewrites or updates the route information DB 222 .

For example, when a new means of transportation or road is newly established in the real world, the route information DB management means 234 adds a valid route in the virtual game space to the route information DB 222 corresponding to the new means of transportation or road. (Update. At that time, the route information DB management means 234 adds various points on the route in correspondence with the new means of transportation, stations on the road, buildings, and landmarks. If there is a discontinued train route or bus route, the route information DB management means 234 deletes the route from the route information DB 222 .

Further, the route information DB management unit 234 sets attribute information for each point on the route. As described above, each point in the virtual game space corresponds to a place (station, building, landmark) in the real world. The route information DB management means 234 sets the information related to the location to each corresponding point as attribute information on the game.

For example, if a place in the real world is a "restaurant", the route information DB management means 234 sets attribute information of "fire attribute" to a point in the virtual game space corresponding to the place. Since fire is used relatively frequently in cooking at restaurants, attribute information representing the concept of "fire" is set.

As another example, if a place in the real world is a "fountain", the route information DB management means 234 assigns attribute information "water attribute" representing the concept of "water" to a point in the virtual game space corresponding to that place. set. If a place in the real world is a "substation", the route information DB management means 234 sets attribute information "lightning attribute" representing the concept of "lightning" to a point in the virtual game space corresponding to that place. .

- Route information generating means -
The route information generation means 235 generates the predetermined route information based on the user information acquired from the game device 5 . Specifically, the route information generating means 235 generates information (details of the action, position, moving distance, etc.) about the behavior of the user possessing the game device 5 from the user information sequentially sent from the game device 5, Extract biological information (heart rate, blood pressure, etc.). Based on the extracted information, the route information generating means 235 extracts various related information from the route information DB 222, and determines a predetermined route followed by the friend character according to the user's action information and biometric information.

The determined predetermined route includes a plurality of points A to D as shown in FIGS. For example, when the user's action is "moving" and the biometric information "heart rate" is within a predetermined range, the actual location (station, object, landmark) on the traffic route traveled by the user in the real world Correspondingly, there are one or more points A to D on the predetermined route in the virtual game space.

-Method of determination-
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the result determining means 236 determines the predetermined action when the friend character performs the predetermined action while moving along the predetermined route in accordance with the user information at each point A to D. is determined, and the result information indicating the result is generated. In determining the result of the predetermined action, the result determining means 236 determines the outcome of the game at each point A to D according to preset basic settings and the level and status of the enemy character. Determined as a result of a predetermined action.

The basic settings include initial settings such as the name of the teammate character, its level and status, as well as "predetermined action details" to be described later.

Specifically, in FIG. 2, since the predetermined action is "a game of rock-paper-scissors with an enemy character", as a result of playing rock-paper-scissors with an enemy character at each of points A to D, "WIN" and "LOSE" are the predetermined actions. determined as a result of In FIG. 3, since the predetermined action is "battle against the enemy character", "WIN" and "LOSE" are determined as the results of the predetermined action as a result of the friendly characters fighting against the enemy character at each point A to D. It is

The result determination means 236 may use the attribute information at each point in determining the result of the predetermined action. As described above, attribute information is set in advance for each point in the virtual game space. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if the predetermined action of the friendly character is "battle against the enemy character", the result determining means 236 determines that the attribute information of each point A to D is at least one of the friendly character and the enemy character. After calculating the degree of influence on the status of each point, the victory or defeat of the battle at each point A to D is determined.

Note that the result determining means 236 also calculates the value of consumption media to be consumed or increased as necessary based on the win or loss at each point, and adds or subtracts that amount from the consumption media owned by the user. The result determining means 236 overwrites the record of the corresponding user in the user DB 221 with the value of the consumption medium after addition or subtraction.

<Hardware Configuration of Game Device 5>
A plurality of game devices 5 all have the same configuration.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game device 5 has a display 61 (corresponding to a notification unit), a speaker 62 and a touch pad 63 externally connected or built therein. The game device 5 also has a network interface 51 , a graphics processing unit 52 , an audio processing unit 53 , an operation unit 54 , a storage unit 55 and a control unit 56 . Network interface 51 , graphics processing unit 52 , audio processing unit 53 , operation unit 54 and storage unit 55 are electrically connected to control unit 56 via bus 59 .

Network interface 51 is communicatively connected to communication network 6 in order to transmit and receive various data between game device 5 and server device 2 .

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

The audio processing unit 53 is connected to the speaker 62 , reproduces and synthesizes the game sound according to the instruction of the control unit 56 , and outputs it from the speaker 62 .

The operation unit 54 is connected to the touch pad 63 and transmits/receives data regarding operation input to/from the touch pad 63 . The user inputs operation signals to the game device 5 by touching the touch pad 63 .

The storage unit 55 is composed of an HDD, a RAM, a ROM, an SSD, and the like. The storage unit 55 stores game data downloaded from the server device 2, various programs including part of the game program, account information of the device 5, and the like.

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

<Functional Configuration of Control Unit 56 in Game Device 5>
The control unit 56 functions as communication means 561, game execution means 562, action detection means 563, setting means 564 (corresponding to content setting means), and notification control means 565 by executing various programs.

-Means of communication-
The communication means 561 is a function of communicating with the server device 2 via the network interface 51 . The communication unit 561 generates and transmits information that can be grasped by the server device 2 according to various operation signals received by the operation unit 54 from the touch pad 63 .

For example, the communication means 561 transmits account information, a game data download request, a gacha lottery request, a game execution request, information about the basic settings of the game (specifically, teammate characters), user information, etc. to the server device 2 . do. In addition, the communication means 561 receives the game program and game data sent from the server device 2 in response to the download request information, the information on the game content acquired by the gacha, the predetermined route information, the result information, etc. from the server device 2. receive.

-Game execution means-
The game execution means 562 reads data such as virtual game space objects and textures included in the game data from the storage unit 55 or uses data received from the server device 2 according to the operation of the touch pad 63 by the user of the device 5 . to generate two-dimensional or three-dimensional game image information while executing the game program. As the game image information is processed by the graphics processing unit 52 , the processed game image is sequentially displayed on the display 61 .

Then, after placing the teammate character at the initial position in the virtual game space, the game executing means 562 moves the teammate character according to the user information. For example, the game executing means 562 moves the ally character at a speed that matches the user information according to the user's action information "walking", "step count", "step distance" and biometric information "heart rate" and "blood pressure". . Based on the predetermined route information sent from the server device 2, the game executing means 562 causes the friendly character to perform a predetermined action such as rock-paper-scissors or battle with the enemy character at each point on the predetermined route along which the friendly character moves. let it do it automatically.

- Behavior detection means -
The action detection means 563 is connected to an action detection unit (not shown) that detects the user's action and the user's biological information. As the action detection unit, a position detector that detects the position of the game device 5 using the GPS function, a shock sensor that detects vibrations of the game device 5, a voice input unit (microphone) that receives input of voice data of the user, a user Examples include an imaging unit (camera) that captures the behavior of a person, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a sensor (microphone, pressure sensor) that detects biological information. In this embodiment, these behavior detection units are provided in the game device 5 .

The action detection means 563 grasps the user's actions and biometric information via the action detection unit. At that time, after confirming that the grasped action is not an operation for directly moving the ally character in the virtual game space, the action detecting means 563 detects the user information representing the grasped action of the user. Generate as one.

Also, when the behavior detection unit 563 grasps the user's biometric information via the behavior detection unit, it generates this as one piece of user information.

-Setting means-
The setting unit 564 accepts various settings related to the game according to the user's operation via the touch pad 63 . Settings related to the game include initial settings including selection of teammate characters, and basic settings including details of predetermined actions.

The content of the predetermined action includes the type of the predetermined action (rock-paper-scissors or battle), a specific strategy for the predetermined action, and the like. For example, if the type of predetermined action is rock-paper-scissors, the contents of what to throw out of "Goo", "Scissors", and "Bar", and what to do more, if the type of predetermined action is battle, it depends on the ally character Examples of specific strategies include the details of the attack on the enemy character (strike, magic, technique), the presence or absence of recovery, and strategies such as attack-oriented and recovery-oriented.

- Notification control means -
The notification control means 565 performs display control of the display 61 and audio output control of the speaker 62 in accordance with the progress of the game, user's operation, etc., when executing the game. For example, the notification control means 565 causes the display 61 of the game device 5 to display various screens sc1 to sc6 shown in FIGS.

The screens sc1 and sc2 are screens showing the results of the predetermined route and the predetermined action in detail, and are displayed during the game or after the game is finished according to the user's operation.

The screen sc3 is a screen displayed at the start of the game. On the screen sc3, an initial setting button b1, a further setting button b2, and a game start button b3 are all selectably displayed. The user can make basic settings of the game including initial settings by operating the buttons b1 and b2 on the screen sc3, and then select the game start button b3 to start the game.

The screen sc4 is a screen displayed when the initial setting button b1 on the screen sc3 is pressed. On the screen sc4, teammate characters owned by the user are displayed in a selectable manner as candidate characters that can be used in the game. The screen sc4 also displays the appearance, current level, status (attribute), etc. of each candidate character. The user can select a teammate character to use in the game via this screen sc4.

The screen sc5 is a screen that is displayed when the further setting button b2 on the screen sc3 is pressed. On the screen sc5, options representing the winning method and strategy options for the selected winning method are displayed. The user can specify the method and strategy of the game, or, if the user has already played the game multiple times, can select the method and strategy of the game according to his or her preference while referring to the game history.

The screen sc6 is a screen that displays the result of winning or losing in the game as a result of a predetermined action, and is displayed after the game is over. As an example, the screen sc6 includes, in addition to winning or losing, the value of consumption media that the user has acquired in the current game, and information to the effect that the status of the friend character A used in the current game has changed. . Through this screen sc6, the user can grasp what happened to the game that was automatically progressing while the user was performing daily actions.

Further, a detailed display button b4 is displayed on the screen sc6 so as to be selectable. When the user selects this detail display button b4, the notification control means 565 displays the screens sc1 and sc2 described above. As a result, the user can grasp what kind of route the predetermined route was and what kind of enemy characters the ally character fought at each point on the predetermined route.

Although not shown, when an arbitrary point is selected by the user on the screens sc1 and sc2, the notification control means 565 causes the display 61 to display a screen showing information about the actual location corresponding to the point. Let The information about the real place includes the name of the place (station name, building name, landmark name), recommended sightseeing spots and store information at that place, etc. Contains information that introduces a place.

This makes it easier for the user to feel familiarity with the real place through the game.

<Flow of Operation of Game System 1>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a series of operations performed by the game system 1 according to this embodiment.

In the following, a case where the user's action other than the operation of the game device 5 is commuting is exemplified.

First, it is assumed that the user of the game device 5 inputs basic settings for the game (specifically, teammate characters) through the screens sc3 to sc5 before commuting (step st1). The information processing means 231 of the server device 2 receives the input basic setting information via the communication means 561 (step st2).

Next, assume that the user presses the game start button b3 via the screen sc3 when starting to move for commuting. In this case, the communication means 561 transmits a game start instruction to the server device 2 (step st3), and the information processing means 231 of the server device 2 receives this (step st4). After the game start instruction is transmitted, the user starts an action other than the operation of the game, specifically, actually moving.

The game execution means 562 starts execution of the game. Immediately after the start of the game execution, the action detection means 563 detects the user's action (here, movement) other than the game operation and the biometric information of the user, and starts generating user information (step st5). The communication means 561 sequentially transmits the latest user information to the server device 2, and the information processing means 231 sequentially receives it (step st6).

The route information generating means 235 of the server device 2 generates a predetermined route using the user information and the route information DB 222, and determines enemy characters to be placed on the predetermined route. While the friendly character moves along a predetermined route according to the user's action (movement in this case) and the biometric information at the time of the action, the result determining means 236 determines, based on the basic settings, at each point along the predetermined route. A result of performing the predetermined operation is determined (step st7). The determined result is transmitted from the server device 2 to the game device 5 as result information (step st8).

If the result of the predetermined action affects the status of the friend character or the value of the consumable medium owned by the user, the result information of step st8 also includes the content to that effect.

In the server device 2, the user DB 221 is updated according to the result of the predetermined operation. Specifically, in the user DB 221, the status of the friend character used and the value of the user's consumption medium are updated (step st9).

When the user performs an operation for displaying the result of the game on the game device 5, the notification control means 565 causes the display 61 to display the screen sc6 showing the result of the predetermined operation (step st10). When the user selects the detailed display button b4 on the screen sc6, the notification control means 565 causes the display 61 to further display the screens sc1 and sc2. When the user performs an operation to select arbitrary points A to D from the screens sc1 and sc2, the notification control means 565 further provides information on the actual locations A to D corresponding to the selected points A to D. Show popup.

On the other hand, in the state where the screen sc3 is displayed on the game device 5, if the user further selects the button b2 to be set (YES in step st11), the notification control means 565 displays the screen sc5 on the display 61. display. The setting means 564 changes the game setting contents including the contents of the predetermined action according to the contents of the operation performed by the user via the screen sc5 (step st12).

When the user becomes familiar with the game and wants to win more games, he/she starts thinking about strategies instead of just relying on luck. Steps st11 and st12 can respond to such a user.

In step st11, if the selection operation of the button b2 for further setting is not performed, or if the user does not perform an operation for changing the setting while the screen sc5 is displayed, the process of step st11 is performed. is not performed (NO in step st11).

After step st12, the game system 1 repeats the operation after step st1 according to the user's operation.

In summary, the computer program of the present embodiment causes the control unit 56 (computer) of the game device 5 to perform setting means 564 (content setting means) for setting the teammate character (game object) based on the user's operation. ), and the control unit 23 (computer) of the server device 2 is provided with information on the user's behavior other than the operation for causing the friendly character (game object) to operate in the virtual game space (inside the game), and the user's Information processing means 231 (acquisition means) for acquiring user information representing at least one of biometric information, and user information at one or more points on a predetermined route represented in the virtual game space (inside the game). Along with this, the game apparatus 5 functions as a result determining means 236 for determining the result of the predetermined action when the friendly character (game object) performs the predetermined action at a point based on the setting of the friendly character (game object). The control unit 56 (computer) of is functioned as notification control means 565 for displaying (notifying) the result of the predetermined operation on the display 61 (notifying unit). The settings for the teammate character (game object) include the content of the predetermined action.

<Effect of invention>
According to this embodiment, the setting means 564 sets the teammate character, including the content of the predetermined action performed by the teammate character. The result determination means 236 determines the result of the predetermined action by the friend character at the point on the predetermined route in the virtual game space at the point based on the setting, and the notification control means 565 displays the result information on the display 61. display. The process of causing the friend character to perform a predetermined action is performed in accordance with the user's action excluding the operation for causing the friend character to move in the virtual game space, and user information including the user's biometric information. In other words, the game progresses automatically according to the user's daily actions and biometric information at that time. Therefore, even if the user does not actively play the game, the user can enjoy seeing the game results linked to his or her own actions. Therefore, it can be an opportunity to become interested in the game.

The user's behavior includes movement of the user. The result determining means 236 determines the result of the predetermined action when the friend character performs the predetermined action while moving along the predetermined path along with the movement of the user. As a result, the user after moving can check the result of the game in which he/she progressed by linking to his/her own movement.

The predetermined route corresponds to an existing traffic route. This allows the user to feel more familiar with the game.

The notification control means 565 can further cause the display 61 to display information about locations on the actual traffic route corresponding to points on the predetermined route. That is, information about the location relevant to the outcome of the game is displayed. This allows the user to feel familiarity with the actual place through the game.

Attribute information related to the corresponding real location is set for each point, and the result determining means 236 determines the result of the predetermined action based on this attribute information. For example, if the real place is a place with many restaurants, the point in the game corresponding to this place is set with "fire attribute". Since such attribute information affects the result of the predetermined action, the user can feel that the virtual game space and the real world are connected, and can become more familiar with the game.

The predetermined motion in this embodiment is a motion in which the friendly character fights against the enemy character at each of one or more points while moving on a predetermined route. The result determining means 236 can determine the outcome of the game as a result of the predetermined operation.

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

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the ally character actually moves and performs a predetermined action. However, the result determining means 236 determines the result of the predetermined action on the assumption that the ally character "performed the predetermined action while moving" instead of actually moving and performing the predetermined action. may For example, key data when a predetermined action was previously performed is stored in the storage unit 22, and the result determining means 236 determines the result of the predetermined action based on the key data without actually performing the predetermined action. can do.

In addition, it is also possible to ``actually move on a predetermined path, but assume that the predetermined action was performed without actually performing it'', or ``under the assumption that the predetermined action was performed without actually performing the movement, the predetermined action is performed. It may be “actually done”.

In the above embodiment, the setting means 564 may be able to further set a predetermined route according to user's operation. The setting means 564 in this case corresponds to route setting means. By setting a predetermined route, the teammate character moves along the set predetermined route. This expands the elements of enjoying the game, so that the user's interest in the game increases. For example, in a state in which the user has performed an operation to set a predetermined route, the user performs exercise using a treadmill so that the friendly character performs a predetermined action while moving along the predetermined route in the virtual game space due to the exercise. , can be realized.

When a predetermined route is set, the game executing means 562 may generate an event unique to each predetermined route according to the movement of the ally character. Further, the event occurrence probability may differ according to the set predetermined route. Examples of events include encounters of rare characters by friendly characters, acquisition of rare items, and receiving benefits such as leveling up.

When a predetermined route is set, the result determining unit 236 may set the value of consumable media to be given to the user at the end of the game to be larger than that outside the campaign period, if the campaign period is in progress.

Also, the setting means 564 cannot set the contents of the predetermined action, but may only set the predetermined route according to the user's operation. Also, at least one of the process of setting the contents of the predetermined action and the process of setting the predetermined route by the setting means 564 is permitted (released) according to the level of the game given to the friend character to be used or the user. may

Further, the setting unit 564 may change the setting of the content of the predetermined action for each point A to D or each route according to the user's operation. If the predetermined action is a "rock-paper-scissors match with an enemy character", the setting means 564 performs the following operations for each point A to D, which are stations, and for each route corresponding to a traffic route in the real world, such as the Yamanote Line and the Seibu Line. You can change the hands of rock-paper-scissors played by allied characters. When the predetermined action is "battle against an enemy character", the setting means 564 performs the following operations for each point A to D such as a station and for each route corresponding to a traffic route in the real world, such as the Yamanote Line and the Seibu Line. You can change the techniques and strategies that your ally characters use.

Also, the setting means 564 may not be provided. Therefore, the game system 1 may have a specification that does not allow setting of the content of the predetermined action or the predetermined route.

Also, the setting process by the setting unit 564 may be performed on the premise that the user is billed or consumes a consumption medium. The setting process may include a first setting process that is enabled by the user charging or consuming the consumable medium, and a second setting process that is enabled without the user charging or consuming the consumable medium.

In the above-described embodiment, the "predetermined action" of the friend character is the action of the friend character moving along a predetermined route and fighting the enemy character at each of one or more points. However, the "predetermined action" may be any action other than the game. Other examples of "predetermined action" include whether or not one character was able to meet another character safely, whether or not one character completed a given task, and the like.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which both the game object and the opponent object are characters. However, the game object and opponent object are not limited to characters, and may be any object as long as it can perform a predetermined action. Objects other than characters include vehicle objects such as cars and bicycles, and item objects such as moving weapons and armor.

Also, the game object may appear in the game in some form, although its appearance and shape do not clearly appear in the game. In that case, the settings for the game object may include in-game settings for the user.

In the above-described embodiment, gacha was mentioned as one of the methods of obtaining friend characters and enemy characters, but the method of obtaining may not include gacha. In this case, the control unit 23 of the server device 2 may not function as the lottery executing means 233 .

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the result of the predetermined action is displayed on the display 61 of the game device 5 . However, the result of the predetermined action may be output to the speaker 62 instead of being displayed on the display 61 of the game device 5 . For example, the sound output from the speaker 62 can be changed depending on whether the result of the predetermined action is "winning" or "losing". Also, the result of the predetermined operation may be notified by a combination of display on the display 61 and audio output to the speaker 62 . In these cases, the speaker 62 or both the display 61 and the speaker 62 correspond to the notification unit.

When the result of the predetermined action is output as a sound from the speaker 62, it is possible to simply output the win or loss by sound without notifying the specific content of the win or loss. In this case, the notification control means 565 causes the speakers 62 to sequentially output the sounds corresponding to the wins and losses of the respective points A to D. In particular, when all the points A to D win, one piece of music is formed by sequentially outputting the corresponding sounds. The control means 565 assigns sounds according to the wins and losses at each of the points A to D, and sequentially outputs the assigned sounds from the speaker 62 . As a result, the user understands that if the player wins at all the points A to D, the music is played, and if even one sound of the output music is off, the player is defeated at the point corresponding to that sound. be able to. Therefore, the way of enjoying the game increases.

In addition, the timing when the user can confirm the result (result information) of the predetermined operation may be limited. For example, the user may not be able to confirm the result of the predetermined action until the next day or later, or may be able to confirm the result only one hour before going to bed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the user positively confirms the result information at a predetermined timing has been exemplified. However, the notification control means 565 may cause the display 61 to pop-up a notification prompting confirmation of the result information. In this case, after the user confirms the notification, the notification control means 565 displays the result information on the display 61 so that the user can confirm the result information. Further, the setting unit 564 may appropriately set the predetermined timing for displaying the notification according to the user's operation.

In the above-described embodiment, the result information includes not only the result of winning or losing the game, but also the specific content of the game. However, the result information may be only how many wins and how many losses, that is, only the result of winning or losing the game. In this case, after confirming the result information, which is the result of the predetermined action, the user changes the basic setting of, for example, "what will be played at which point A to D?" By checking, it is possible to predict what the enemy character was doing at which point A to D.

Specifically, if the predetermined action is a "rock-paper-scissors game with an enemy character", the enemy character is determined based on the result of a re-game after changing the basic setting of what the friendly character will put out at which point A to D. The user can predict what was issued at which point. If the predetermined action is "battle with an enemy character", after changing the basic settings of which point A to D and what kind of strategy the allied character uses, the result of replaying the game will determine the enemy character's character. The user can predict what kind of technique was performed at which point.

The result of the predetermined action that the user can confirm may include only the number of wins so far, or may include only the number of wins and losses for each route. In these cases, the user cannot confirm how the game was won or lost at each point A-D. However, the setting means 564 changes the settings of the friendly characters little by little according to the user's operation, and the game execution means 562 performs the game each time, so that the user can predict the enemy character's moves at each point A to D. can be one of the pleasures of doing

At least one ally character and at least one enemy character appearing on the predetermined path may be present, and the numbers are not limited to one each.

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the predetermined route corresponds to an actual traffic route. However, the predetermined route may not correspond to the actual traffic route.

In the above-described embodiment, when arbitrary points A to D are selected by the user on the screens sc1 and sc2, real places A to D corresponding to each point A to D on a predetermined route are introduced. It was explained that information about However, this is not required.

Also, the information about the actual location may be notified only by sound instead of display, or may be notified by a combination of display and sound.

Also, when displaying information about a real place, a specification may be adopted in which virtual visual information is superimposed on a real landscape by making full use of so-called Augmented Reality (AR).

In the above embodiment, it has been described that information about the actual location is set as attribute information in the game for each point, and the result of the predetermined action is determined based on this attribute information. However, the result of the predetermined action does not necessarily have to be determined using the attribute information, and setting the attribute information is not essential.

In the above-described embodiment, use of allied characters is limited, such as "only animal characters can be used" or "only allied characters equipped with spears can be used", depending on the time zone or season in which the game is executed. Conditions may be imposed. As a result, the difficulty level of the game is increased, so that the user's interest in the game can be further improved.

In the above embodiment, the enemy character may be a character associated with a real place in the real world corresponding to each point A to D, or may have skills derived from the real place.

The virtual game space in the above embodiments may be three-dimensional or two-dimensional.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the "user information" for causing the ally character to perform a predetermined action includes information regarding the user's behavior and the user's biometric information. However, the user information may be information containing only information about the behavior of the user, or conversely, information containing only the biometric information of the user. If the user information includes only information related to the user's actions, the predetermined action is performed only according to the user's number of steps, walking distance, and number of aerobic exercises. When the user information includes only the user's biometric information, the predetermined action is executed only according to the user's heart rate and blood pressure.

In the above embodiment, the case where the action detection unit is provided in the game device 5 has been described. However, the behavior detection unit may be provided in a wearable terminal separately from the game device 5 . In this case, the game device 5 is communicably connected to the wearable terminal.

In the above embodiment, the case where the user positively confirms the result information at a predetermined timing has been exemplified. However, the notification control means 565 may cause the display 61 to pop-up a notification prompting confirmation of the result information. In this case, after the user confirms the notification, the notification control means 565 displays the result information on the display 61 so that the user can confirm the result information. Further, the setting unit 564 may appropriately set the predetermined timing for displaying the notification according to the user's operation.

In the above embodiments, the game program of the present invention is described as an example in which the server device and the game device function together, but it is not limited to this. All the means of the program of the present invention, that is, the content setting means, the acquisition means, the result determination means, the notification control means, etc., may be provided in the server device alone or in the game device alone.

1 game system 22 storage unit 23 control unit 231 information processing means (acquisition means)
236 result determination means 55 storage unit 56 control unit 564 setting means (content setting means, route setting means)
565 notification control means 61 display (notification unit)

Claims (11)

the computer,
content setting means for setting a game object based on a user's operation;
acquisition means for acquiring user information representing at least one of information related to a user's behavior other than an operation for operating the game object in the game and biometric information of the user;
At one or more points on a predetermined route represented in the game, the game object has performed a predetermined action in accordance with the user information, or the result of the predetermined action when it is assumed that the predetermined action has been performed, result determining means for automatically determining at said point based on settings for said game object;
a notification control means for causing a notification unit to notify the result of the predetermined operation;
function as
the settings for the game object include the content of the predetermined action;
Based on the user's operation, the result determination means determines when the notification control means should notify the notification unit of the result of the predetermined action that has been automatically determined until now. can be set before automatically determining the result of
A game program characterized by: the computer,
content setting means for setting a game object based on a user's operation;
acquisition means for acquiring user information representing at least one of information related to user actions other than operations for operating the game object in the game and biometric information of the user;
At one or more points on a predetermined route represented in the game, the game object has performed a predetermined action in accordance with the user information, or the result of the predetermined action when it is assumed that the predetermined action has been performed, a result determining means for determining at the point based on settings for the game object;
a notification control means for causing a notification unit to notify the result of the predetermined operation;
function as
the settings for the game object include the content of the predetermined action;
A predetermined event is prepared for the predetermined route,
The event is characterized in that the right associated with the predetermined object is automatically stored in association with the user so that the right can be used thereafter. game program. The event occurs when a game result based on the user's operation satisfies the predetermined condition.
3. The game program according to claim 2, characterized by: The point is arranged on a predetermined route represented in the game,
The predetermined route and/or the predetermined action can be set based on the user's operation,
4. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by: A condition is set to limit the use of the game object according to the time zone and/or time period in which the game is executed.
5. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by: The notification control means outputs, as a result of the predetermined action, the content of the predetermined action of the game object, the content of the action of the opponent of the game object, the number of wins of the game object against the opponent, the reporting at least one of the number of losses against an opponent, information for calculating the winning percentage of the game object against the opponent, and game media newly associated with the user;
6. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by: The one or more points in the game each correspond to a real place,
Information related to the actual location corresponding to the point is set as attribute information in the game at the point,
The result determination means further determines a result of the predetermined action based on the attribute information.
7. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by: The point is arranged on a predetermined route represented in the game,
the user's behavior is movement of the user,
The result determination means determines a result of the predetermined action when the game object performs the predetermined action while moving on the predetermined path along with the movement of the user, or when it is assumed that the predetermined action is performed. 8. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by: The point is arranged on a predetermined route represented in the game,
The predetermined action is an action in which the game object competes with an opponent object at each of the one or more points while moving on the predetermined route,
9. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said result determining means determines victory or defeat of said game as a result of said predetermined action. the computer,
route setting means for setting a predetermined route on which the points are arranged according to the user's operation;
10. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further functioning as a game program. a recording unit for recording the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 10;
A game system, comprising: a control unit that executes the game program.

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