JP7210797B1 - Information processing device, game program, information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

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

Description

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

Conventionally, among games provided on smartphones, etc., there has been known a game in which a plurality of players form groups called "guilds", "teams", "parties", etc., and can play in group units. ing. The process of joining and leaving such groups is
It is executed automatically in the game system or by an input operation within the game system by the administrator of the group.

Patent Literature 1 discloses a game system having a function of setting rules of play to be observed by players belonging to a guild and expulsion of players who violate the rules of play from the guild to which they belong.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2021-53463

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-200001 discloses that when the number of violation points given to a player who violates a set playing rule exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the player is automatically expelled from the guild to which the player belongs. ing.

According to the mechanism disclosed in Patent Literature 1, the status of a player's belonging to a group called a guild or the like is limited to "belonging" or "not belonging". Therefore, once a player belongs to a group, he or she is required to continue to participate in the group's game play in compliance with the play norms of the group, otherwise the player cannot continue to belong to the group.

Therefore, in the mechanism disclosed in Patent Literature 1, for example, before a player formally belongs to a certain group, it is determined whether the group matches his/her game play style (play time zone, play frequency, etc.). I didn't get the chance to look into it. or,
If, after officially joining a certain group, a player is temporarily unable to continue active activities in that group due to hospitalization, business trips, etc., the player may be immediately expelled for violating the rules of play. You cannot avoid it.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus and the like that can provide a novel mechanism that motivates players to continuously participate in group play while reducing the burden required for players to continuously belong to a group. One purpose is to

According to one aspect of the present invention, log information is acquired when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game, and the acquired log information is used by a plurality of players in the group. Determining whether or not the conditions for maintaining the status specified for each of the affiliation statuses are met, and updating the affiliation statuses in the player's group based on the affiliation statuses whose log information is determined to meet the conditions for maintaining the statuses and an information processing apparatus having an affiliation status management unit configured to perform the above.

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

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system by embodiment of this invention. 2 is a functional block diagram of the server device of FIG. 1; FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structural example regarding the player information by embodiment of this invention. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of affiliation status management information stored in the player information storage unit of FIG. 2; FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structural example regarding the possession character by embodiment of this invention. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a group information table stored in a group information storage unit shown in FIG. 2; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of privilege information stored in a privilege information storage unit shown in FIG. 2; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table in which affiliation statuses and privilege grant rates are associated and stored in the privilege information storage unit of FIG. 2; FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the player terminal of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a flowchart of a player affiliation status update processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows the flowchart example of the privilege provision processing method by embodiment of this invention. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a screen of the player terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

The contents of the embodiments of the present invention are listed and explained. The present invention has the following configurations.
[Item 1]
Acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game;
Determining whether the acquired log information matches status maintenance conditions defined for each of a plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
updating the membership status of the player in the group based on the membership status for which the log information is determined to meet the status maintenance condition;
An information processing device having an affiliation status manager configured to execute
[Item 2]
The information processing apparatus according to item 1, wherein the plurality of affiliation statuses are ranked according to the weighting of the status maintenance conditions.
[Item 3]
a group information management unit that manages values of one or more parameters associated with a group composed of a plurality of players;
a benefit granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege in the game to a predetermined player in the group associated with the parameter when the value of the parameter satisfies a predetermined condition;
further having
For each of the plurality of affiliation statuses, a privilege grant rate is determined according to the weighting of the status maintenance condition,
3. The information processing apparatus according to item 2, wherein the privilege granting unit grants the predetermined privilege to the player according to the privilege grant rate determined for the affiliation status of the player.
[Item 4]
The affiliation status management unit changes the affiliation status of the player in the group to the current affiliation status of the player according to the affiliation status for which the log information is determined to match the status maintenance condition. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3, wherein the status is updated to one rank higher or one rank lower.
[Item 5]
4. The affiliation status management unit according to any one of items 1 to 3, wherein the affiliation status management unit updates the affiliation status of the player in the group to an affiliation status determined to match the status maintenance condition based on the log information. Information processing equipment.
[Item 6]
to the computer,
Acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game;
Determining whether the acquired log information matches status maintenance conditions defined for each of a plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
updating the membership status of the player in the group based on the membership status for which the log information is determined to meet the status maintenance condition;
A game program that runs
[Item 7]
a step of acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays the game;
determining whether the acquired log information matches status maintenance conditions defined for each of the plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
a step of updating the membership status of the player in the group based on the membership status for which the log information is determined to meet the status maintenance condition;
A method of information processing by a computer, comprising:

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the game system provides players with various game-related services via a network 3 (for example, the Internet). Consists of

<Configuration of Server Apparatus 1>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the server device 1 shown in FIG. The server device 1 is an information processing device (
computer), which may be, for example, a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or personal computer, or may be logically implemented by cloud computing technology.

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

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

The game execution unit 111 has a function of executing processing for progressing the game according to the game program. The game by the game system in this embodiment may be any kind of game, such as a battle game, a puzzle game, an action game, a baseball game,
It may be a soccer game, other sports games, quiz games, pinball games, card games, rhythm games, RPGs, adventure games, casino games, simulation games, strategy games, board games, racing games, and the like.

In these games, multiple players form groups called "guilds", "teams", "parties", etc., and the players in those groups cooperate to capture enemies in the game, It is possible to perform group play in which other groups fight or compete with each other.

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

The processing result generation unit 113 has a function of executing processing for generating a processing result of the game program executed by the game execution unit 111 . The generated processing result is transmitted to the player terminal 2 by the processing result generation unit 113 and output by the output unit 24, which will be described later. Furthermore, the processing result generation unit 113 determines that there is a change in the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 or the game content information stored in the game content information storage unit 123 in the generated processing result. In this case, it has a function of executing processing for updating the player information or game content information stored in those storage units 122 and 123 .

The player/group information management unit 114 appropriately updates the player information (see FIG. 3) of each player stored in the player information storage unit 122 in association with the ID of each player, and updates each of one or more groups. , when the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 in association with each player ID of each player belonging to each group is updated, the group information stored in the group information storage unit 124 is updated. process. Details of processing by the player/group information management unit 114 and details of the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 and the group information stored in the group information storage unit 124 will be described later. A group is, for example, a "team" consisting of a plurality of players in a sports game, a battle game, a quest game, or the like.
, "Guild", "Party", etc.

In particular, the player/group information management unit 114 in this embodiment, when the parameter of the player associated with the group satisfies a predetermined condition, the player information storage unit 12
2, the player's affiliation status (for example, provisional admission 1, provisional admission 2
, main membership, etc.), it also has a function as an affiliation status management section. When the belonging status is added to the player information when newly joining the group, and when the belonging status is updated, the belonging status is stored in the player information storage part 122 together with the addition/updated date and time information. In addition, the history of the addition/update of the affiliation status is recorded. Predetermined conditions for each belonging status can be set step by step in the belonging status management information for joining a group and leaving a group, respectively. Each time a specific set condition is satisfied, the affiliation status is updated step by step according to the set condition. Details of the affiliation status management information and the affiliation status update process executed based on the information will be described later.

When each group satisfies a predetermined parameter condition, the privilege granting unit 115 performs a process of granting a privilege associated with the parameter in accordance with settings predetermined in the privilege information of the privilege information storage unit 125 . The privilege granting unit 115, as a target person of the privilege grant,
Only one player in the group who created the factor that satisfies the predetermined condition, a few top players in the group who contributed greatly to the factor satisfying the predetermined condition, or all the players in the group, etc. can be set.

The predetermined condition is, for example,
(1) the total value of the parameters of each player belonging to the group reaches a predetermined threshold;
(2) the value of the parameter in each group reaches a predetermined threshold;
etc.

Here, the parameters of each player belonging to the group include, for example, the level of each player, the number of owned characters, the number of owned items, the number of acquired items, the number of consumed items, the amount of paid or free in-game currency possessed, paid or Consumption of free in-game currency, number of points owned, number of points earned, billing amount, number of lotteries performed, total playing time, number of times enemies were defeated, items, points, paid or free games for players in the same group This may include, but is not limited to, the number of domestic currency transfers, affiliation status information, and the like. The parameters of each group may include, but are not limited to, the number of items possessed by the group, the number of acquired items, the number of battles/wins with other groups, and the like.

The privilege granting unit 115 may further be configured to grant a privilege according to a privilege grant rate associated with the player affiliation status of the privilege grantee. For example, if the affiliation status "provisional admission 1", "provisional admission 2", and "permanent admission" are set to "0.
5”, “0.8”, and “1” are associated, the player's affiliation in the case where 1000 in-game points are originally given as a privilege as a result of playing as a player belonging to a certain group. If the status is provisional enrollment 1, the privilege grant rate is 0.5 and 500 points, if the status is provisional enrollment 2, the privilege grant rate is 0.8 and 800 points, and if the status is full membership, the privilege grant rate is 1 and 1000 points. It is given by the privilege giving unit 115 .

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

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

The player information storage unit 122 stores information about players. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of player information stored in the player information storage unit 122. As shown in FIG. Player information is
Associated with player ID, player name, level, number of owned characters, number of owned items, number of acquired items, number of consumed items, amount of paid or free in-game currency possessed, amount of paid or free in-game currency consumed, It can include the number of owned points, the number of acquired points, the billing amount, the number of lottery executions, the total playing time, the number of times the enemy was defeated, the belonging group information, and the like. The owned character information can include the current values of various parameters such as level, attack power, defense power, and physical strength in association with the ID of the owned character. The play stage information is information about a stage that the player has played so far among the set stages, and can include the number of times played, clear information, and the like. Possessed item information includes information about the holding status of one or more paid items and free items, and can include information such as the number of owned items in association with the ID of each owned item. The belonging group information is the ID of the group to which it belongs.
For each, log information to the belonging group (login time and total play time of each login time when logging in and playing the group, etc.), belonging status information, items / points / paid or free for players in the same group Including the number of transfers of in-game currency, etc. Based on the log information, for example, it is possible to acquire the number of times the player has logged into the group to which the player belongs within a predetermined period of time, the total play time while logging into the group to which the player belongs within the predetermined period of time, and the like. The affiliation status information is information related to the affiliation status of the player determined based on the information on the playing status of the player in the group. consists of The player information storage unit 122 may contain other information regarding the player.

The player information storage unit 122 further stores the player's affiliation status (
For example, it stores affiliation status management information defining criteria for updating provisional admission 1, provisional admission 2, permanent admission, etc.). FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of belonging status management information stored in the player information storage unit 122. As shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the affiliation status management information is one of the conditions for maintaining and updating the affiliation of the player to the group (maintenance update condition 1). 2 times or more", for provisional admission 2, "3 or more group logins within the most recent XX days", and for permanent admission, "5 or more group logins within the most recent XX days". The requirement of "within the last XX days", which is a time constraint, can be determined as appropriate, such as "within 3 days" or "within 12 hours". In this way, a plurality of belonging statuses of a group can be given an order of weighting of status maintenance conditions. A player/group information management unit (affiliation status management unit) 114 stores the affiliation status of the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 in accordance with the setting defined in the affiliation status management information stored in the player information storage unit 122 . to update.

The game medium information storage unit 123 stores game medium information such as characters and items owned by the player. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of information about possessed characters in the game content information storage unit 123. As shown in FIG. The possessed character information is associated with the ID of each possessed character, and includes date and time of acquisition, character name, level, rarity, HP (current value/maximum value), attribute, skill, attack power (current value/maximum value), and defense power. (current/maximum), frequency of use, and other parameters. Acquisition date and time is information related to the date and time when the character was given to the player as a result of the progress of the game or execution of a lottery. The rarity is information about the winning probability of the character, for example, in a lottery game. The HP, attack power, and defense power can include the "current value", which is the current value, and the "maximum value" when the character is raised to the maximum level. Attributes are settings related to other character classifications, such as classifications that indicate the character's strengths, such as fire, water, or wind attributes for battle games, and classifications that indicate the team or position to which a sports game belongs. Information. A skill is information such as a special ability that a character can use. The usage frequency is information about how often the player has selected or used the character in the past. The frequency of use may be calculated for the entire period since the player started playing the game, or may be calculated for any period such as the last few months. In addition, the game content information may include information about owned items in addition to owned characters. The owned item information can include information such as the number of owned items in association with the ID of the owned item.

Group information storage unit 124 stores information about each group. Information about each group includes, for example, the player IDs of all players belonging to each group, the belonging status of the player associated with each player ID, the total number of parameters of the players belonging to each group, and the number of parameters of each group. Including the total number. The parameters of the players belonging to each group include, for example, the level of each player, the number of owned characters, the number of owned items, the number of acquired items, the number of consumed items, the amount of paid or free in-game currency possessed, Or the amount of free in-game currency consumed, the number of points owned, the number of points earned,
The amount charged, the number of lottery executions, the total playing time, the number of times an enemy is defeated, the number of items, points, paid or free in-game currency, etc. transferred to players in the same group. The parameters of each group include, for example, the number of items possessed by the group, the number of acquired items, the number of battles/wins with other groups, etc., as described above.

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

As an example, as shown in FIG. 6, the group information about the status of each group stored in the group information storage unit 124 is
(1) Group ID
(2) ID of each player belonging to the group and belonging status of the player associated with each player ID (for example, provisional admission 1, provisional admission 2, permanent admission, etc.)
(3) the total number of the first parameter of each player belonging to the group (for example, the number of characters possessed by each player) and its log information; (4) the second parameter of each player belonging to the group (for example, the number of owned items) and its log information (5) the total number of the n-th parameter (for example, the amount of in-game currency consumed by each player) of each player belonging to the group and its log information (6) the first of the group The total number of parameters (e.g., the number of items owned by the group) and its log information (7) The total number of the second parameter (e.g., the number of items acquired in the group) of the group and its log information (8) The nth of the group parameters (eg, number of wins as a group over other groups) and its log information.

The log information regarding the total number of parameters of each player belonging to the group preferably includes, for example, the added parameter value, the player ID, and the time of addition (time stamp). As a result, when the total number (total value) of parameters reaches a predetermined granting condition, it is possible to identify the player who provided the parameter value reaching the granting condition (the player who performed an action satisfying the predetermined granting condition). become. Alternatively, it is possible to search and specify the top several players who have made the highest contribution to satisfying the predetermined grant condition in descending order of the provided parameter values from the log information.

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

Furthermore, the group information shown in FIG. 6 includes information specifying the maintenance/update conditions that each group follows among the maintenance/update conditions in the affiliation status management information shown in FIG. For example, Figure 6
For each group ID in the group information shown in , the ID of the maintenance update condition that the group follows
(eg, “maintenance update condition 1”).

Generally, a group is formed by players who have joined the group after being approved by the leader of the group called a "guild master" or the like. A player can belong to two or more different groups at the same time unless there are particular restrictions or contradictions in the game. For example, a player may belong to a particular team (group 1) while also belonging to another team (group 2).

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

Among the above information, the total number (total value) of each of the first to n-th parameters of each player belonging to the group is stored in the belonging player ID of the group information table by the player/group information management unit 114. Player information of each player stored in the player information storage unit 122 is referred to based on the ID of each player stored, and further, each player ID
By referring to the game content information stored in the game content information storage unit 123 in association with
It can be obtained by totaling the values of the target parameters of each player.

The privilege information storage unit 125 stores, for each parameter stored in the group information storage unit 124, the granting condition, the contents of the privilege to be granted when the granting condition is satisfied, and the recipients of the privilege. Store in association. The group information storage unit 12 is stored in the privilege information storage unit 125.
4, for each of a plurality of parameters for which the total number is stored, a granting condition, a privilege content, and a grantee are set. Granting conditions, privilege contents, and grantee settings associated with each parameter are, for example, initially determined in the game system, and each parameter is individually set or set on the server device 1 by the operation manager of the game system. It is possible to change.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125. As shown in FIG. Referring to the example shown in FIG. 7,
(1) With respect to the first parameter, when the total number reaches N1, only the player who has achieved the total number N1 is given a privilege "A",
(2) For the second parameter, when the total number reaches N2, the top three players in the group for that parameter will receive a reward "B1" for the first-ranked player and a reward for the second-ranked player. "B2", the third place player will be given a privilege "B3",
(3) The third parameter is set so that when the total number reaches N3, all the players in the group will be given one of the benefits "C1" to "C5" at random. there is

In this example, for example, the first parameter (#1) is the first parameter (for example, the number of owned characters) of each player belonging to the group, and the second parameter (#2) is each player belonging to the group. A second parameter of the player (e.g. number of owned items),
A third parameter (#3) may be the total number of the group's first parameter (eg, the number of items owned by the group).

Note that the granting conditions, privilege content, and mode of grantees associated with each parameter are not limited to the above examples. In addition to the above aspects, for example, in the example of the second parameter above, the number of grantees can be set to any number such as the top 10, and each of those targets can Different privileges may be given to each of them, or the same privilege may be given uniformly. Furthermore, the total number of grant conditions may be a random number within a certain numerical range. Granting conditions, privilege contents, and grantees associated with parameters can be individually set for each parameter.

Further, the privilege information storage unit 125 stores information that associates the affiliation status with the privilege provision rate. As an example, the privilege information storage unit 125 stores affiliation statuses “provisional enrollment 1”, “temporary enrollment 2”, and “permanent enrollment” and privilege grant rates “0.5”, “0.8”, and “1” as follows: They are associated and stored in a table as shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table that associates affiliation statuses and privilege grant rates and stores them in the privilege information storage unit 125. As shown in FIG.

Note that the server device 1 may store the game information, the player information, the information included in the game content information, the group information, the privilege information, etc. in a predetermined structure as a storage unit. It is not necessary to hold information as each of the storage units 121-125.

The input unit 13 is used by the system administrator to input various data (for example, game information, etc.) relating to game services, and is realized by, for example, a keyboard and a mouse.

The display unit 14 is for displaying an operation screen for the system administrator based on a command from the control unit 11. For example, the display unit 14 is a liquid crystal display (LCD).
1 Display) or the like.

The communication unit 15 is for communicating with the player terminal 2 .
It has a function as a receiving section for receiving various data and signals transmitted from and a function as a transmitting section for transmitting various data and signals to the player terminal 2 according to commands from the control section 11 .
The communication unit 15 uses, for example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol
ol), HTTPS, WebSocket, P2P (Peer To Peer), or the like.

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

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

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

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

The operation information receiving unit 211 of the player terminal 2 receives game-related operations from the player. The operation information receiving unit 211 receives a game-related operation using the input unit 23 by the player. Then, the operation information receiving unit 211 transmits the received operation contents to the game operation unit 2.
12 or the server device 1.

The game operation unit 212 executes processing for operating the game. Game operation part 21
2 operates the game based on the game software included in the game operation information stored in the game operation information storage unit 221 and the player's operation details input from the input unit 23 . The game action unit 212 generates a game image from the image data included in the game action information and performs control processing for outputting the generated image to the output unit 24 in accordance with the game action. Similarly, the game operation unit 212 generates game music and sound from the music data and sound data included in the game operation information in accordance with the game operation, and causes the output unit 24 to output the generated music and sound. control processing for It should be noted that here, the description has been given of the configuration in which the native application partially executes the functions of the Web application, that is, the game operation unit 212 of the player terminal 2 partially executes the functions of the server device 1, but the game operation unit 212 Alternatively, the server device 1 may be configured to generate all game images and sounds as a processing result, or the game operation unit 212 may be configured to generate all game images and sounds. may be

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

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

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

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of basic operation of the system according to this embodiment.

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

As an example, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 may be called a group in the game (called a “guild”, a “team”, a “party”, etc.) in response to the player's input operation via the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2. ) is presented on the output unit 24 of the player terminal 2 . The player selects a desired group to join from the list of groups presented on the output unit 24 of the player terminal 2 using the input unit 23 . The player terminal 2 transmits the selection information to the server device 1, and the server device 1 executes processing for associating the player ID applied for membership with the selected group ID based on the selection information. . In this example, the server device 1
The player/group information management unit 114 of FIG. 6 is stored in the group information storage unit 124
ID of the player who joins for the group ID to join in the group information shown in
to the belonging player ID.

If the group to which the player wishes to join is already full and a new player cannot join, the selection button for that group displayed on the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2 is deactivated so that the group cannot be selected, or Groups to which new players cannot join may not be included in the list presented on the output unit 24 of the player terminal 2 .

If joining a group requires approval from the manager of the group (called a "guild master" in the case of a guild), the server device 1 sends group joining selection result information (
When the membership application information) is received, a process of requesting the player ID who is the manager of the group to determine whether or not to approve the membership of the player ID who applied for membership is executed. The group manager inputs an answer that approves the approval through the input unit 23 of his/her own player terminal 2, and when the input is received by the server device 1, the server device 1 applies for membership with the player terminal 2. Perform processing to associate the player ID with the selected group ID.

In the present embodiment, as an example, "temporary admission 1", "provisional admission 2", and "permanent admission" are set as the affiliation status as defined in the affiliation status management information shown in FIG. Status maintenance and renewal conditions are becoming stricter in that order. Which affiliation status is to be set when a player newly joins a group is predetermined in the server device 1, or can be determined when a group manager performs a membership approval process. As an example, when a player newly joins a group, the player may be given the status with the loosest maintenance/renewal conditions (“temporary admission 1” in the above example).

Subsequently, the player/group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 stores the player information storage unit The value of each parameter stored in the player information exemplified in FIG. (step S2).

As an example, the player/group information management unit 114 acquires a login time and a logout time each time a player logs into a group to which the player belongs and plays during operation of the game system. Then, the player/group information management unit 114 identifies the login time and the total play time of the login time from the login time and the logout time. In this way, the player/group information management unit 114 similarly identifies the login time and the total play time each time the player logs into the group to which the player belongs and plays. The player/group information management unit 114 sequentially stores the login time and the total play time of each login thus acquired in the player information storage unit 122 as log information.

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

In step S3, the player/group information management unit 114 refers to the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 and the affiliation status management information also stored in the player information storage unit 122, and logs the player information. It is determined which belonging status condition in the maintenance/update conditions of the belonging status management information the information matches. here,
The player/group information management unit 114 determines whether or not the condition of the belonging status is met based on the maintenance/update condition associated with each group in the group information among the maintenance/update conditions of the belonging status management information. to run.

For example, in the maintenance and renewal conditions, for provisional membership 1, "Number of group logins within the last 3 days 2
times or more", "Three or more group logins within the most recent three days" for provisional membership 2, and "Five or more group logins within the most recent three days" for permanent membership, the following Affiliation status update scenario is possible.
(1) If a player with "temporary admission 1" has logged in to the group 3 times within the last 3 days, it will be updated to "temporary admission 2" (2) A player with "temporary admission 1" will be in the group If the number of group logins is 5 times within the last 3 days, update to "Temporary Membership 2" (Meet the conditions for "Full Membership", but only one step promotion to the affiliation stage one higher than the current one. )
(3) If a player with "provisional membership 2" has logged in to the group 5 times within the last 3 days, it will be updated to "provisional admission" (4) A player with "provisional admission" will 5 group logins within the last 3 days
In the case of the first time, maintain the "actual membership" (no renewal required)
(5) The number of group logins in the group within the last 3 days is 3
In the case of 1, update to "temporary membership 2" (6) "Regular membership" player has 2 group logins within the last 3 days in the group
In the case of 1st, update to "temporary admission 2" (meets the conditions of "temporary admission 1", but only one step down to the affiliation stage one level below the current one)
(7) If a player with "provisional admission 2" has logged in to the group twice within the last 3 days, it will be updated to "provisional admission 1" (8) A player with "provisional admission 1" will be If the number of group logins within the last 3 days is 1, you will be expelled from the group

As shown in the above scenario, the player/group information management unit 114 determines that the affiliation status in which the log information of the player information meets the conditions is 1 more than the current affiliation status.
If the affiliation status is one level higher or one level lower, update it to that affiliation status (1, 3, 7, 8 in the above scenario), and if the affiliation status that meets the conditions is a higher affiliation status However, the current status is updated to one higher or one lower than the current status (2 and 7 in the above scenario).

Alternatively, the player/group information management unit 114 may be configured to directly update the affiliation status (beyond the affiliation status in between) to which the log information of the player information meets the conditions. For example, in the case of scenario 2 above, "provisional enrollment 1" may be directly updated to "permanent enrollment", or in the case of scenario 6 above, "permanent enrollment" may be directly updated to "provisional enrollment 1". Direct updates beyond the affiliation status between grades, such as skipping grades, are configured so that they can be selectively set only when the affiliation status is promoted, only when demoted, or both when promoted and demoted. may

The update settings as described above can be set by the group manager in the server device 1 via his/her own player terminal 2 .

Here, regarding the expulsion process of (8) among the above, if it is configured to be limited to a gradual update to an affiliation status one level above or one level below, a player with a higher affiliation status , you can enjoy the advantage of providing a long process leading to expulsion. In the example described above, a player with "provisional admission 1" has a maximum of 3 days before being expelled, while a player with "provisional admission 2" is demoted to "provisional admission 1" after 3 days. There is a grace period of 6 days in total, including the following 3 days, and a player who is "full enrollment" has a grace period of 9 days in total. On the other hand, if it is configured to directly update to the affiliation status that meets the conditions, the expulsion process will be performed immediately regardless of the status, so it is possible to encourage the selection of players who do not actively participate in group play. can.

In step S3, if it is determined that the update of the affiliation status is "required (Y)",
The process proceeds to the next step S4. If it is determined that the affiliation status is not updated (N), the process returns to step S2.

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

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

The player group information management unit 114, when the update of the affiliation status is a change from one of "temporary admission 1", "provisional admission 2", and "official admission" to another status, the player group information management unit 114 The “affiliation status” to be updated in the player information and group information stored in the information management unit 122 and group information storage unit 124 is updated to a new status. On the other hand, when a player is expelled from a group as in scenario (6) described above, the player/group information management unit 114 selects, for example, the player information (see FIG. 3) stored in the player information storage unit 122. In the player information associated with the player ID of the player whose status is to be updated, the group ID whose status is to be updated is deleted. Delete the player ID to be updated associated with the group ID to be updated.

As described above, according to the game system of the present embodiment, in addition to "non-membership (expulsion)" and "permanent admission", "provisional admission 1", "provisional admission 2", etc. status is provided.

Therefore, when a player newly joins a group, for example, the group first joins with the status "temporary admission 1", which has the loosest affiliation maintenance conditions, and through gameplay while participating in the group, the group becomes its own. You will have the opportunity to consider whether it fits your gameplay style (play time, play frequency, etc.). If it matches your own gameplay style, the number of times you log in to the group and the total playing time in the group can increase, so as a result you will meet the maintenance and renewal conditions for a higher affiliation status, and eventually you will become a full member. status can be changed. On the other hand, after joining for the first time with "Temporary Membership 1", the group does not match your gameplay style, and the number of logins to the group and the total play time in the group will maintain the "Temporary Membership 1" status. If the update conditions are not met, the player is expelled from the group.

For the player, through gameplay, it is possible to decide whether or not to formally join the group by reaching the affiliation status of "full membership". Also, if the player/group information management unit 114 is configured to only update to a status one level higher or lower even if the conditions for a higher or lower affiliation status are met, This means that a player with a permanent membership or provisional membership 2 status will be expelled immediately if there is a temporary situation where they cannot continue active activities in the group due to hospitalization, business trips, etc. can be avoided. On the other hand, if the player himself wishes to withdraw from the group because the group does not suit his gameplay style,
By reducing the play frequency, there is also the advantage that the player can automatically withdraw from the group without going through the withdrawal procedure within the game system. If the player wishes to voluntarily withdraw from the group instead of waiting for the player to automatically withdraw from the group in this way, the player terminal 2 accesses the server device 1 and enters the input section of the player terminal 2. It is also possible to quickly withdraw from the group by executing withdrawal procedures within the game system by an input operation via 23 .

On the other hand, as a group manager, it is possible to select players who actively participate in the group and formally join the group as regular admission, so that it is possible to activate the game play in the group and improve the level of the entire group. There is an advantage that In addition, players who play infrequently are automatically expelled from the group according to the criteria set by the game system, so there is no need to perform procedures within the system for expulsion of such players. It is possible to reduce the possibility of troubles through communication tools in the game with the player.

In this game system, the group manager may be given various rights to change the affiliation status of the players belonging to the group. For example, when a player who belongs to a group commits an inappropriate act, the group manager may forcibly remove that player from the group, or ”
) can be forcibly demoted. In addition, the authority of the group manager may be configured so that the affiliation status of a specific player can be set so as not to be demoted, or the affiliation status of a specific player can be promoted. These settings may be configured to allow the player to provide a certain amount of in-game points or items to the group, or to make a certain amount of contribution to the group in group play. good. The group manager accesses the server device 1 with his/her own player terminal 2 and performs the above-described authority-based settings on the server device 1 by performing an input operation via the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2 .

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

Also, like the maintenance/update condition 4 of the affiliation status management information, contrary to the case of the maintenance/update condition 1, weighting may be given so that the condition becomes looser as the affiliation status increases. In this case, once the player is promoted to full membership, it becomes easier for the player to remain in full membership.
A player who becomes a regular member is a player who has actively participated in group play and achieved the conditions of each belonging status and has been promoted, so it can be said that the player is desired to continuously belong to the group. On the other hand, under conditions such as maintenance and renewal conditions 1 to 3, it is necessary to continue to participate at a high frequency level to maintain the affiliation status of this membership, so even once after becoming a full membership If the conditions are not satisfied, the player will be demoted to a provisional membership of 2 or lower, which may lead to an unfavorable situation for the player himself and also for other players in the group. According to the maintenance and renewal condition 4, while the promotion conditions at the first stage of promotion from provisional membership 1 are strict, it is relatively easy to maintain the affiliated status after being promoted to full membership. It becomes easier to maintain the affiliation of the player who has officially joined the group.

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

Furthermore, different conditions may be set for promotion of belonging status and maintenance demotion. for example,
When the affiliation status is promoted, it is updated based on the maintenance update condition 1, and when the affiliation status is demoted, it is updated based on the maintenance update condition 4, or either the affiliation status is promoted or demoted. It is also possible to omit weighting as in update condition 5. Furthermore, when the affiliation status is promoted, the update is performed based on the maintenance update condition 1, and when the affiliation status is demoted, the weighting conditions different from the maintenance update condition 1 (for example, the number of logins for provisional admission 1 is 1 or more, The number of logins may be two or more, or the number of logins for main membership may be four or more, etc.). Also, in the maintenance and update conditions described above, an example is shown in which the predetermined period is constant for all affiliation status conditions, but the predetermined period may be set differently for each affiliation status condition.

Furthermore, in the game system according to the present embodiment, the server device 1 manages the values of one or more parameters for each group composed of a plurality of players, and when the value of the parameter reaches a predetermined threshold value, A predetermined privilege is given to a predetermined player in the group according to the belonging status of the player. An operation example of giving a privilege by the game system according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 11 and the like.

FIG. 11 is a flow diagram for explaining an operation example of giving a privilege by the game system according to this embodiment.

The player/group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 operates while the game system is in operation (that is, while game-related processing is being executed between the server device 1 and the player terminal 2).
, update the value of each parameter associated with each group stored in the group information table illustrated in FIG. 6 stored in the group information storage unit 124 (step S1
1).

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

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

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

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

The player/group information management unit 114 executes the update process described above for each of the first to n-th parameters of each player in each group. Player/group information management unit 11
In the group information table shown in FIG. 4 of 4, as described above, as log information regarding the total number of parameters of each player belonging to the group, for example, the added parameter value, the player ID, and the addition time (time stamp) and included. This will
In the processing described later, it becomes possible to specify the player who is the target of the specific grant.

It should be noted that the value of each parameter for each player can change from moment to moment as the game progresses. For example, as the player progresses in the game and the level of the player increases, the value of the parameter increases, or when the player acquires items, the parameter values of the number of owned items and the number of acquired items increase. As described above, the processing result generator 11
3, if there is a change in the player information stored in the player information storage unit 122 or the game content information stored in the game content information storage unit 123, the processing result generation unit 113 Since the player information or game content information stored in these storage units 122 and 123 is updated, if there is a change in the parameter value of the player, the player information or game information associated with the player ID of the player is updated. The value of the parameter in medium information is updated.

In this way, the value of the parameter in the player information or game content information associated with the player ID of the player is updated by the processing result generator 113 as needed.
Therefore, the processing result generation unit 113 updates the total value of the parameter values of each player in the group by the player/group information management unit 114 based on some player information or game media stored in the storage units 122 and 123 . If the group is timely updated at the timing when the information is updated, update processing of the total value of each player's parameter values is performed in a state in which changes in the parameter values of each player are substantially reflected in real time. becomes possible. Alternatively, from the viewpoint of reducing the processing load of the player/group information management unit 114, update processing of the total value of the parameter values of each player in the group by the player/group information management unit 114 is performed at regular time intervals (for example, It may be executed at an interval of several seconds, an interval of several minutes, an interval of several hours, etc.).

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

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

For example, if the processing result generated by the processing result generation unit 113 includes that a certain group has acquired a new item as a group, the player/group information management unit 114 stores in the group information storage unit 124 Update the stored group information table shown in FIG. 6 so as to increase the value of the group parameter relating to the number of acquired items of the group.

The player/group information management unit 114 executes the update process described above for each of the first to n-th group parameters of each group.

Subsequently, based on the group information table shown in FIG. is satisfied (whether or not a predetermined threshold is reached) (step S12).

As described above with reference to FIG.
For each parameter stored in 4, privilege information is stored in which granting conditions, details of privileges granted when the granting conditions are satisfied, and recipients of the privileges are associated with each other.
The privilege granting unit 115 sets the total value of the parameters to be determined stored in the group information table of the group information storage unit 124 and the granting conditions related to the parameters to be determined in the privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125. and are compared, and it is determined whether or not the total value of the parameters to be determined satisfies the granting conditions.

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

The privilege granting unit 115 executes the determination process of step S12 for each parameter stored in the group information storage unit 124. FIG. This determination process may be executed at the timing when the update process is performed for the parameters whose values are updated in step S11 described above, or may be performed at regular time intervals (for example, at intervals of several seconds or at intervals of several minutes) for each parameter. , at intervals of several hours, etc.).

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

For example, when the total value of the first parameter of the privilege information shown in FIG. By referring to the log information of the total value of the parameter stored in the storage unit 124, the player ID of the player who achieved the total number as a target of the award is specified.

Further, when the total value of the second parameter of the privilege information shown in FIG. By referring to the log information of the total value related to the parameter stored in the information storage unit 124, the player IDs of the three players in descending order of the value of the parameter
identify.

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

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

As an example, in the above-described example, if it is determined that the total value of the first player parameter (number of owned characters) shown in FIG.
A predetermined privilege "A" is granted to the top player in the group who is the grantee set in the privilege information shown in FIG. ), if it is determined that the total value of the first player parameter satisfies the granting condition, a predetermined , and if it is determined that the total value of the third player parameter (the number of items owned by the group) satisfies the granting condition, the third player parameter is shown in FIG. A predetermined privilege "
C1 to C5” are given at random.

At this time, the privilege granting unit 115 executes privilege granting at the privilege grant rate described with reference to FIG. 8 based on the affiliation status associated with the affiliation player ID of the group information shown in FIG. For example, if "0.5", "0.8", and "1" are associated with the affiliation status "temporary admission 1", "temporary admission 2", and "permanent admission", respectively, the player As a result of playing as a player belonging to a certain group, 100 in-game points are awarded as a privilege
In the case where 0 points are originally given, the player's affiliation status is provisional membership 1
500 points at a privilege grant rate of 0.5 in the case of provisional membership 2, 800 points at a privilege grant rate of 0.8 in the case of permanent membership, and 1000 points at a privilege grant rate of 1 in the case of full membership.
Granted by The in-game points granted as benefits are, for example, the player's experience value, the number of granted items, the grade level, the in-game currency, and the buffs granted to all players in the group when the group's level increases (the player's character's Ability point.
For example, it may be "attack power + 10 points", etc.), but is not limited to these.

Finally, the player/group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 selects a part of the parameters for which the privilege granting unit 115 has performed the privilege granting in step S13, which is stored in the group information storage unit 124 and illustrated in FIG. The value of the parameter in the group information table is initialized (step S14).

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

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

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a certain condition is achieved as a result of aggregating the activities of each player in a certain group, a predetermined player is given an in-game status according to the player's affiliation status. A game system is provided with a mechanism for awarding a privilege.

In order to obtain such benefits, the player belongs to some group within the game, plays the game as a member of the group, and contributes to an increase in one or more parameters (number of owned items, etc.) of the group. is required. In addition, since the opportunity to acquire benefits increases by belonging to multiple groups and playing the game, the player should be motivated to belong to multiple groups and continue to play the game as a member of each group. be able to.

Furthermore, in order to increase the grant rate of granted benefits, it is necessary to actively participate in gameplay within the group to promote and maintain a higher belonging status.
It is possible to motivate the player to increase the number of times of participation in game play and the total playing time in the joined group.

Furthermore, in the privilege granting mechanism provided by this embodiment, whether or not the condition for granting a privilege is satisfied depends not only on the parameter values of the player himself but also on the parameter values of other players in the group. . Therefore, since there is no predictability as to when and which player satisfies the condition for granting the privilege and the privilege is granted, each player can be made to expect that "the privilege may be granted to him/herself". From this point of view as well, the player can be motivated to continue playing the game.

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

In this embodiment, when the affiliation status in the player information of the player information recording unit 122 is upgraded from the provisional membership 1 to the provisional membership 2, or from the provisional membership 2 to the permanent membership, the privilege granting unit 115 updates the respective promotion stages. give the player a benefit corresponding to The reward may be, for example, but not limited to, in-game points as exemplified above. Benefits according to the promotion stage are predetermined benefits, such as 300 points in the case of renewal of promotion from provisional membership 1 to provisional admission 2, and 1000 points in the case of renewal of promotion from provisional admission 2 to permanent membership. It is stored in the information storage unit 125 .

As a result, the player can be motivated to increase the number of times of participation in group game play and the total playing time with the aim of promoting to a higher affiliation status.

<Example 2>
In the above-described embodiment, the player/group information management unit 114 updates the player's affiliation status according to whether or not the player's affiliation status needs to be updated and the affiliation status in the case of updating determined by the player/group information management unit 114. I showed an example to do. This example is
To provide means for maintaining a player's affiliation status under predetermined conditions when a decision is made to demote the affiliation status.

As an example, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 in this embodiment notifies the player terminal 2 operated by the player ID of the player that the affiliation status will be demoted.
The player who has received the notification operates the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2 to instruct the server device 1 to provide the in-game currency (points), items, and the like owned by the player to the group to which the player belongs. The control unit 11 of the server device 1 that has received the instruction executes processing to include the provided in-game currency, items, etc. in the possession of the group to which it belongs, and the player/group information management unit 114 changes the status update notified to the player. process.

Alternatively, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 in the present embodiment notifies the player terminal 2 operated by the player ID of the player and the player terminal 2 operated by the group administrator that the belonging status will be demoted. do. The group manager operates the input unit 23 of the player terminal 2 to input an instruction to change the status update process for the player, transmits the instruction to the server device 1, and sends the instruction to the control unit 11 of the server device 1. A process that changes the status update process can be executed.

In each of the above examples, the change in status update processing includes, for example, cancellation of status update processing (maintenance of current status), change in demotion status, and the like. For the change of demotion status, for example, according to the maintenance and renewal conditions, the demotion from "actual enrollment" to "temporary enrollment 1" is changed to "provisional enrollment 2". Applicable. How to execute such status update processing can be appropriately determined according to the in-game currency (points) provided by the player, the quantity of items, the grade of items, etc.
Alternatively, it can be determined at the discretion of the group administrator.

<Example 3>
In the above-described embodiment, even if a player joins a group with provisional membership status and does not become a permanent member, or if a player is demoted from a permanent membership to a provisional membership status and does not become a permanent member again, the The player can continue to belong to the group while maintaining the status of provisional membership. However, in order to bring vitality to the group and raise the level of the group, it is preferable that players who participate more actively in game play in the group join. This embodiment provides a mechanism that makes it possible to encourage replacement of players belonging to a group with more actively participating players.

In this embodiment, the player/group information management unit 114 of the server device 1 fails to transition to the "permanent admission" status within a predetermined period after the player first joins a certain group with the "provisional admission" status. or if a player fails to transition back to "permanent" status within a specified period of time after being demoted from "permanent" status to "provisional" status, the player is expelled from the group. ing. In this embodiment, the player group information management unit 114, based on the affiliation status stored in the player information storage unit 122 and the history of the additional update date and time information, within a predetermined period from the time of joining for the first time. Whether or not the status has been changed to "enrollment" status, and from "full enrollment" status to "provisional enrollment"
It is determined whether or not the player has transitioned to the "full membership" status within a predetermined period after being demoted to the status, and if it is determined that the transition was not possible, the player is expelled from the group.

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

As a result, it is possible to prevent a player from continuing to join the group with a provisional membership status for a long period of time, and encourage other players who can participate more actively to join the group.

<Example 4>
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the screen of the player terminal in this embodiment.
In this embodiment, a message to the effect that the privilege has been granted is displayed on the output unit (display screen) 24 of the player terminal 2 operated by the player to whom the privilege has been granted by the privilege granting unit 115 in accordance with step S13 shown in FIG. A message screen 24a displaying a message is displayed.

When the privilege granting process is executed by the privilege granting unit 115 (step S13 in FIG. 11), the processing result generation unit 113 determines which parameter for the player ID of the player to whom the privilege was granted as a result of the privilege granting process. , and generate a message that tells you what rewards were given as a result. When the privilege granting process by the privilege granting unit 115 is executed, it is specified for which player ID the operation that satisfies the target total number of which parameter is performed, and what privilege is granted as a result is specified. The processing result generation unit 113 generates a message based on the specified information, and transmits the message information to the player terminal 2 to be notified and operated by the player's player ID.

Upon receiving the message information, the player terminal 2 displays a message screen 24a displaying the message on the output unit 24. FIG. The message shown in FIG. 8 is an example, and the content can be changed according to the person to whom the message is to be given and the conditions for giving the message. For example, when a privilege is given to a few players in the top rank, it is possible to say, "Benefit B2 was given to you, who ranked second in terms of contribution to achieving the target points." is the top three Mr. X, Y
Mr. and Mr. Z have been given the privilege B1, the privilege B2, and the privilege B3, respectively.".

If the affiliation status of the person to whom benefits are granted is "temporary enrollment 1" or "temporary enrollment 2" other than "full enrollment", the benefits granted in the case of full enrollment status will be A privilege is granted at the reduced privilege grant rate (see FIG. 8). Therefore, in the message information sent to the player terminals 2 of the players whose affiliation status is "provisional admission 1" or "provisional admission 2", in addition to the above contents, for example, "Mr. (player ID)'s ( group ID)
's affiliation status is "provisional membership 1", so 50% of the original amount (privilege #1) was given".

In addition, although the above shows an example in which the message is notified only to the target person who has been granted the privilege,
A message may be notified to all the players in the group after the privilege giving process is performed.

In this way, by notifying the player to whom the privilege has been granted or the message to the effect that the privilege has been granted to all the players in the group, those players can access the parameters associated with the privilege (for example, the items owned). number) has been completed.

<Example 5>
In this embodiment, when the total value of a certain parameter in the group approaches the granting condition, for example, a means of notifying each player in the group of a notice message "You have XX points left to grant the award of the number of acquired items". offer.

As described with reference to step S12 in FIG. 11, when the privilege granting unit 115 determines whether the predetermined conditions set in the parameters of each group are satisfied (whether the predetermined threshold is reached). , the privilege provision unit 115, the group information storage unit 124
The total value of parameters to be determined stored in the group information table 125 is referred to and compared with the grant conditions related to the parameters to be determined in the privilege information stored in the privilege information storage unit 125 . At this time, when the privilege granting unit 115 determines that the total value of the parameters to be determined does not satisfy the granting condition, the privilege granting unit 115 calculates the difference between the total value of the parameters to be determined and the value of the granting condition. By calculating, it is possible to generate information indicating how much more the total value must increase to satisfy the granting condition.

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

A player who receives such a notification may, for example, increase his or her own parameter value related to the number of acquired items, thereby increasing the group's total value of that parameter, and as a result, being granted a benefit. is increasing, so it can continue to act to increase its own parameter value in order to acquire items. In this way, the player may be motivated to continue playing the game.

<Example 6>
In the above-described embodiment, the condition for awarding the privilege is disclosed when the total number (total value) of the parameters exceeds a certain threshold as set in the privilege information in FIG. It is not limited to this.

As a condition for granting benefits, in addition to "when the total number of parameters (total value) exceeds a certain value" as described above, "all players in the group have at least a predetermined value or more for the parameter You may define "having".

As a result, it is required that the players who contribute to the achievement of the condition for granting the parameter are not biased toward some players in the group, and that all the players in the group contribute more than a certain amount. Therefore, each player in the group becomes more active in the game, and as a result, it becomes possible for each player to play the game longer.

In the embodiments and modifications described above, with respect to the processing of the software function units provided in the server device 1 and the player terminals 2, a part or all of the functions of the server device 1 are replaced with the player terminals 2 as long as the gist of the present invention can be realized. may be provided.

Further, the processing described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 11 is an example of processing by the information processing system of this embodiment, and is not intended to limit the present invention. 10 to 11 may be executed in an order different from that shown in the drawings, some of the processes may be executed in parallel, or some processes may be executed in parallel. Some steps may be omitted, or other steps may be added.

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

1 server device (game server)
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Claims (6)

Acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game;
Comparing the acquired log information with conditions defined for each of a plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses,
setting the belonging status of the player in the group to 2 for the current belonging status of the player according to the result of comparison between the log information and the condition set for the current belonging status of the player; Renew or maintain by jumping to one or more ranks below belonging status;
An information processing device having an affiliation status manager configured to execute Acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game;
Comparing the acquired log information with a condition regarding the number of group logins within a predetermined period determined for each of the plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses,
setting the belonging status of the player in the group to 2 for the current belonging status of the player according to a comparison result between the log information and the condition set for the current belonging status of the player; Renew or maintain by jumping to one or more belonging statuses with different ranks ;
An information processing device having an affiliation status manager configured to execute to the computer,
Acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game;
Comparing the acquired log information with conditions defined for each of a plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses,
setting the belonging status of the player in the group to 2 for the current belonging status of the player according to the result of comparison between the log information and the condition set for the current belonging status of the player; Renew or maintain by jumping to one or more ranks below belonging status;
A game program that runs to the computer,
Acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group composed of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays a game;
Comparing the acquired log information with a condition regarding the number of group logins within a predetermined period determined for each of the plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses,
setting the belonging status of the player in the group to 2 for the current belonging status of the player according to the result of comparison between the log information and the condition set for the current belonging status of the player; Renew or maintain by jumping to one or more belonging statuses with different ranks ;
A game program that runs a step of acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays the game;
a step of comparing the acquired log information with conditions defined for each of a plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses,
setting the belonging status of the player in the group to 2 for the current belonging status of the player according to the result of comparison between the log information and the condition set for the current belonging status of the player; a step of jumping to an belonging status one or more ranks below to update or maintain ;
A method of information processing by a computer, comprising: a step of acquiring log information when a player belonging to a group consisting of a plurality of players logs in to the group and plays the game;
a step of comparing the acquired log information with a condition regarding the number of group logins within a predetermined period defined for each of the plurality of belonging statuses of the group;
An order is set for each of the plurality of affiliation statuses,
setting the belonging status of the player in the group to 2 for the current belonging status of the player according to the result of comparison between the log information and the condition set for the current belonging status of the player; a step of jumping to and updating or maintaining one or more affiliation statuses with different ranks ;
A method of information processing by a computer, comprising:

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