JP7260255B2 - Game system, game providing method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game system, a program, and the like.

In recent years, there has been known a network system that provides players with a communication-type networking service called a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as "SNS").

Online games called social games are provided on such social networking services, and each player can play fighting games, battle games, or , RPGs, and other games.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a position game in which a predetermined game is played using position information obtained by positioning by a portable information communication terminal device as the player's position.

For example, recently, as a game system that realizes such a position game, in addition to giving benefits to the player, such as changing character parameters and giving new items, according to the position information captured in the game machine, It is known to allow a player to obtain information by exchanging information with other players (for example, Patent Document 1).

In such a game system, even a player who could not actually visit a specific place can obtain a privilege, thus eliminating the disadvantages of the position game.

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However, in the system that implements the location game described in Patent Document 1, a player who did not actually visit the specific place can obtain the same benefits as a player who actually visits the specific place. Therefore, it lacks interest as a position game.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide various types of game media to many players without having them visit a specific location by using location information for transactions of game media. To provide a program or the like capable of improving the attractiveness of a position game by eliminating demerits peculiar to the position game.

(1) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention
A game program for progressing a game using a player's position,
acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating a location associated with the player;
storage control means for storing information relating to the game medium, including at least position information indicating a given position set in the game medium in association with the player, in a storage means as game medium information;
For each player, the game media that can be transferred to other players are set as exhibition game media, and when a given condition is satisfied, the owner of the exhibition game media is designated as the owner of the exhibition game media. Exhibition management means for executing owner change processing for changing the first player to the second player, which is the other player, and updating the game content information stored in the storage means;
The game medium is used in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the player indicated by the position information acquired at a given timing and the position indicated by the position information of the game medium held by the player. a characteristic identifying means for identifying the medium characteristics regarding superiority or inferiority when performing
game control means for progressing the game based on the identified medium characteristics;
It has a configuration that causes the computer to function as

With this configuration, the present invention can transfer location information to other players using game media. can provide location information for

In addition, since the present invention can change the medium characteristics that affect the progress of the game depending on the position of the player and the position of the game medium, it is possible to change the game progress based on position information by combining two pieces of position information. can be incorporated.

Therefore, the present invention can suppress the decrease in interest as a location game based on whether or not a specific location has been visited, and can make the game interesting even if the player does not visit a specific location, and at the same time, can be used as a new location game. Since various game features can be incorporated, it is possible to improve the attractiveness of the position game while eliminating the disadvantages peculiar to the position game.

The term "game media" refers to virtual game media such as game cards that are used in games. It is an item itself, or a medium for defining the character or item.

The "given conditions" include, for example, the fact that a sale or exchange (including exchange with other items such as in-game currency) has been established between players, or that a lottery has been won. .

In addition, the ``positional information indicating the position associated with the player'' is, for example, information on the current or past position in the real space where the player or the group to which the player belongs actually exists, as well as information set by the player. contains information about arbitrary locations.

The “given position set in the game medium” may be a position set at a predetermined timing such as when the game medium is given, or a position set at a predetermined timing such as when the game medium is given. As a result, it may be a position in the virtual space existing at a predetermined timing.

Furthermore, the player at "the position indicated by the position information of the game content possessed by the player including the game content whose owner has been changed" may be the player whose owner has been changed, or the player whose owner has been changed. It may be a given player.

In addition to the above, "predetermined timing" includes the timing of starting the game, when the game starts, when logging in, when the task is successful, when the enemy character wins the battle, or when the lottery is won by Gasha. It may be a specific timing in the progress of the game, or an arbitrary timing set by the player, such as timing set by the player.

Further, the "owner change process" may be a process of unilaterally providing a game content from the first player to the second player, such as a present, or a process of providing the game content from the second player to the first player. It may be a process provided in exchange for game media or a predetermined value (that is, a process premised on exchange).

Then, according to the positional relationship between the position of the player indicated by the positional information acquired at a given timing and the position indicated by the positional information of the game medium possessed by the player, the game "Specifying medium characteristics regarding superiority or inferiority when using the medium in the game" means, for example, specifying the medium characteristics according to the distance, direction, and combination between the position of the player and the position of the game medium. , indicating that there is no restriction on including other elements such as attributes (type and rarity) of game media in any of these distances, directions and combinations.

Furthermore, "media characteristics related to superiority" refer to characteristics that give the player an advantage or disadvantage in progressing the game, such as ability parameters, game media (specifically, characters and items) acquisition, Parameters that have an advantageous or disadvantageous effect on modification or transfer, and advantageous or disadvantageous effects due to synthesis processing of synthesizing game media with other game media, battles with other players (including computers), etc. contains parameters that give

In particular, the parameters may define values that determine the levels of various abilities, or may be flags that determine whether or not various abilities are available.

(2) In addition, the present invention is
The characteristic specifying means is
a position associated with at least one of the first player and the second player indicated by the acquired position information at a given timing, and a position set in the exhibited game content; According to the positional relationship of, as the medium characteristics, the superiority or inferiority of the game progress of the corresponding player is specified,
The exhibition management means
It has a configuration for executing control relating to the exhibition of the exhibited game content based on the identified superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game.

With this configuration, the present invention can utilize the advantage according to the position of the player for the control of the exhibited game content, so that the positional element can be reflected in the transaction of the game content between the players.

Therefore, the present invention not only complements positional information, but also incorporates game features using positional information in transactions, which reduces the attractiveness of a positional game based on whether or not a specific place has been visited. To make a game premised on the transaction of game contents interesting to many players without having them visit a specific position while suppressing , and as a result, eliminate the disadvantages peculiar to the position game as a position game. can improve the attractiveness of

It should be noted that the 'applicable player' includes the first player, the second player, or both players affected by the control related to the exhibition.

In addition, the “control regarding exhibition of exhibited game content” includes, for example, control for determining whether or not the exhibition is permitted, and control for providing information regarding the exhibition to the player.

(3) In addition, the present invention is
The exhibition management means
determining whether or not the game content of the first player can be set as the exhibition game content based on the superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game as the specified medium characteristics;
If the game content of the first player can be set as the exhibition game content, the game content is set as the exhibition game content.

With this configuration, the present invention can determine whether or not an exhibited game content can be put up for sale by using the location information set or acquired during the game. can be made

For example, if the present invention does not permit the setting of a game content associated with a position that is advantageous to the player as an exhibition game content, the game content that is advantageous to the player is erroneously exhibited. can be prevented.

Further, according to the present invention, for example, if it is possible to set a game content associated with a position that is disadvantageous to the player as an exhibition game content, the game content that is not necessary for the player can be removed from the list. can be provided to the players, the utilization of the game content can be promoted, and the game can be activated through the active trading of the game content.

Therefore, the present invention not only complements positional information, but also incorporates game features using positional information in transactions, which reduces the attractiveness of a positional game based on whether or not a specific place has been visited. To make a game premised on the transaction of game contents interesting to many players without having them visit a specific position while suppressing , and as a result, eliminate the disadvantages peculiar to the position game as a position game. can improve the attractiveness of

(4) In addition, the present invention is
The exhibition management means
determining whether or not it is possible for the second player to change the owner of the exhibited game media based on the superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game as the specified media characteristics;
wherein, when the second player can change the owner of the exhibited game content, the owner change processing is executed to update the game content information stored in the storage means. there is

With this configuration, the present invention can determine whether or not the exhibited game content can be transferred using the location information set or acquired during the game, so that the location element can be reflected in transactions of game media between players. can be made

Therefore, the present invention not only complements positional information, but also incorporates game features using positional information in transactions, which reduces the attractiveness of a positional game based on whether or not a specific place has been visited. To make a game premised on the transaction of game contents interesting to many players without having them visit a specific position while suppressing , and as a result, eliminate the disadvantages peculiar to the position game as a position game. can improve the attractiveness of

(5) In addition, the present invention is
The owner change process includes a process of changing the owner of the exhibited game contents owned by the first player from the first player to the second player, and a process of changing the owner of the exhibited game contents owned by the second player. and a process of changing from the second player to the first player,
The characteristic specifying means is
A positional relationship between a position associated with the first player indicated by the acquired positional information and a position set in the exhibited game content owned by the second player at the given timing. identifying the media characteristics of the first player in response to
A positional relationship between a position associated with the second player indicated by the obtained positional information and a position set in the exhibited game content owned by the first player at the given timing. determining the media characteristics of a second player in response to
The exhibition management means
comparing the medium characteristics of the identified first player and the medium characteristics of the second player to determine whether or not the owner change process can be executed;
It is configured to execute the owner change process when it is determined that the owner change process is executable.

With this configuration, the present invention can determine whether or not the exhibited game contents can be exchanged using the positional information set or acquired during the game, so that the positional element is also reflected in the trading of the game contents between the players. can be made

Therefore, the present invention not only complements positional information, but also incorporates game features using positional information in transactions, which reduces the attractiveness of a positional game based on whether or not a specific place has been visited. To make a game premised on the transaction of game contents interesting to many players without having them visit a specific position while suppressing , and as a result, eliminate the disadvantages peculiar to the position game as a position game. can improve the attractiveness of

(6) In addition, the present invention is
The owner change process includes a process of changing the owner of the exhibited game contents owned by the first player from the first player to the second player, and a process of changing the owner of the exhibited game contents owned by the second player. and a process of changing from the second player to the first player,
The exhibition management means
The position indicated by the game content information of the exhibited game content owned by the first player or the type of the exhibited game content, and the position indicated by the game content information of the exhibited game content owned by the second player or the exhibited game content and the type of the exhibited game content.

With this configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not the exhibited game content can be put up for sale by using the location information and type that are set or acquired during the game. of game media can be acquired.

Therefore, the present invention can eliminate the disadvantages peculiar to the position game and improve the attractiveness of the position game.

(7) In addition, the present invention is
The exhibition management means
(A) game content information of exhibited game media satisfying given conditions from among the exhibited game media, based on the medium characteristics of each of the specified exhibited game media, as control related to the exhibition of the game media; and (B) providing at least one of information relating to the first player who owns the exhibited game content satisfying given conditions as useful information to the relevant player. ing.

With this configuration, the present invention allows each player to easily search for exhibited game contents that are advantageous to the player, thereby improving convenience for the player when acquiring various game contents.

The "given condition" includes a condition that provides an advantageous effect or a disadvantageous effect on the progress of the game for the player.

In particular, advantageous effects include, for example, improvement of the player's ability when the exhibited game content is used in the game of the player, and drawing events such as gacha, and synthesizing multiple game media. Including the ability to advantageously execute various game events, including events.

In addition, the “applicable player” includes at least a player who wishes to acquire the exhibited game content.

(8) In addition, the present invention is
When game media possessed by the first player and game media possessed by the plurality of second players are set as the exhibited game media,
The characteristic specifying means is
A standard regarding the superiority or inferiority of using the first exhibit game content in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the first player and the position of the first exhibit game content possessed by the first player. identify media characteristics,
The position of the first player and the position of the second exhibit game content held by each second player are related to the relative merits of using each second exhibit game content in the game. identifying each comparative media characteristic;
The exhibition management means
comparing the identified reference medium characteristics with each of the identified comparison medium characteristics,
Information on at least one of the second player having a comparison medium characteristic that satisfies a given comparison condition and the second exhibited game content defining the comparison medium characteristic is used as useful information by the target player. It has a configuration that provides

With this configuration, the present invention allows each player to easily search for exhibited game contents that are advantageous to the player, thereby improving convenience for the player when acquiring various game contents.

(9) In addition, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention
A game system for progressing a game using a player's position,
an acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating a location associated with the player;
storage control means for storing information relating to the game medium, including at least position information indicating a given position set in the game medium, in a storage means as game medium information in association with the player;
For each player, the game media that can be transferred to other players are set as exhibition game media, and when a given condition is satisfied, the owner of the exhibition game media is designated as the owner of the exhibition game media. an exhibition management means for executing an owner change process for changing the player from the first player to the second player, which is the other player, and updating the game content information stored in the storage means;
The game medium is used in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the player indicated by the position information acquired at a given timing and the position indicated by the position information of the game medium possessed by the player. A characteristic specifying means for specifying medium characteristics regarding superiority or inferiority when performing
game control means for progressing the game based on the identified medium characteristics;
and has a configuration.

With this configuration, the present invention can transfer location information to other players using game media. can provide location information for

In addition, since the present invention can change the medium characteristics that affect the progress of the game depending on the position of the player and the position of the game medium, it is possible to incorporate a game feature in which the progress of the game is changed by combining two pieces of positional information. can.

Therefore, the present invention can suppress the decrease in interest as a location game based on the presence or absence of a visit to a specific location, and can make the game interesting even if the player does not visit a specific location, and at the same time, provides new game features. Since it can be incorporated, it is possible to improve the attractiveness of the position game while eliminating the disadvantages peculiar to the position game.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration|structure which shows the structure of the game system of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the terminal device of one Embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an overview of game card trade control processing in one embodiment; It is an example of game card information used in one embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining control processing of game card parameters based on position information, which is executed by the game card management unit of the server device of one embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining control processing of game card parameters based on position information executed by the game card management unit of the server device of one embodiment; It is a figure for demonstrating the trade propriety determination processing and trade control processing accompanying it which are performed by the trade management part of the server apparatus in one Embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining trade information providing processing executed by the information notification control unit of the server device in one embodiment; It is a figure (2) for demonstrating the trade information provision process performed by the information notification control part of the server apparatus in one Embodiment. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of a game card parameter control process based on position information, which is executed by the server device of one embodiment.

The present embodiment will be described below. It should be noted that the embodiments described below do not unduly limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all the configurations described in the present embodiment are essential constituent elements of the present invention.

[1] Game System First, the outline and outline configuration of the game system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the system configuration showing the configuration of the game system 1 of the present embodiment.

In the game system 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a server device 10 that provides game services and terminal devices 20 (eg, terminal devices 20A, 20B, and 20C) are connected to the Internet (an example of a network). configured to be connectable.

By accessing the server device 10 from the terminal device 20, the player can acquire the game from the server device 10 via the Internet and play the game. Furthermore, by accessing the server device 10 from the terminal device 20, the player can execute the game while communicating with other players.

In particular, the server device 10 is an information processing device capable of providing a service for allowing a player to play a game using a terminal device 20 communicatively connected via the Internet. Note that the server device 10 can also function as an SNS server that provides communication-type services. Also, the SNS server is, for example, an information processing device that provides a service capable of providing communication between a plurality of players.

Further, for example, when the server device 10 functions as an SNS server, it is called a social game that is executed using the operating environment (API (application programming interface), platform, etc.) of the provided SNS. We are able to provide games.

Specifically, the server device 10 supports games provided on the web browser of the terminal device 20, such as HTML, FLASH, CGI, PHP, shockwave, Java (registered trademark) applet, and JavaScript (registered trademark). It is possible to provide a browser game (a game that starts just by opening the installation site with a Web browser) made with.

Note that social games include games that, unlike existing online games, do not require dedicated client software and can be used only with a web browser and an SNS account. In addition, the server device 10 can connect to terminals of other players (smartphones, personal computers, game machines, etc.) via a network, and can provide online games in which the same game progress can be shared online at the same time. have a configuration.

On the other hand, the server device 10 may be composed of one (device, processor), or may be composed of a plurality of (devices, processors).

Information such as billing information and game information stored in a storage area (storage unit 140 described later) of the server device 10 is stored in a database (storage device, memory in a broad sense) connected via a network (intranet or Internet). ), or when functioning as an SNS server, information such as the player information storage unit 146 stored in the storage area can be stored in a database ( In a broad sense, it may be stored in a storage device or memory).

Specifically, the server device 10 of the present embodiment receives input information based on the operation of the player of the terminal device 20 (that is, the player who executes the game), and performs game processing based on the received input information. It has become.

The server device 10 then transmits the game processing result to the terminal device 20 . The terminal device 20 is configured to perform various processes for providing the game processing result received from the server device 10 to the terminal device 20 so that it can be viewed by the player.

The terminal device 20 is an information processing device such as an image generation device such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PHS, a computer, a game device, a PDA, a portable game machine, etc., and a server device via a network such as the Internet (WAN) or LAN. 10 can be connected. A communication line between the terminal device 20 and the server device 10 may be wired or wireless.

In addition, the terminal device 20 includes a web browser capable of browsing web pages (HTML format data). That is, the terminal device 20 performs display control using a communication control function for communicating with the server device 10 and data received from the server device 10 (Web data, data created in HTML format, etc.). , a Web browser function for transmitting player operation data to the server device 10, and the like.

For example, the terminal device 20 acquires from the server device 10 necessary information such as game information related to another player during a battle of another player, and based on a game application stored in a storage area (storage unit 270 described later). Also, various processes for providing a game screen to the player may be executed, and the game may be executed by the player.

Further, for example, the terminal device 20 acquires game control information provided from the server device 10 while transmitting player operation data to the server device 10, executes predetermined game processing, and executes a game based on the game processing. may be executed.

In particular, when the terminal device 20 executes the game processing based on the game control information provided from the server device 10 , when the terminal device 20 requests the server device 10 to play a predetermined game, the game of the server device 10 is executed. You will be connected to the site and the game will start.

Then, the terminal device 20 causes the server device 10 functioning as an SNS server to perform predetermined processing by using an API as necessary, or the player information storage unit managed by the server device 10 functioning as an SNS server. 146 is acquired and the game is executed.

[2] Server Device Next, the server device 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the server device 10 of this embodiment. Further, the server apparatus 10 of the present embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the constituent elements (each part) in FIG. 2 are omitted.

The server device 10 includes an input unit 120 for use by an administrator and other inputs, a display unit 130 for performing predetermined display, an information storage medium 180 storing predetermined information, and a communication device for communicating with the terminal device 20 and others. It includes a unit 196, a processing unit 100 that mainly executes processing related to the game to be provided, and a storage unit 140 that stores various data mainly used for the game.

The input unit 120 is used by a system administrator or the like to input game-related settings and other necessary settings and data. For example, the input unit 120 of this embodiment is configured by a mouse, a keyboard, or the like.

The display unit 130 displays an operation screen for the system administrator. For example, the display unit 130 of this embodiment is configured by a liquid crystal display or the like.

The information storage medium 180 (computer-readable medium) stores programs and data, and its functions include optical discs (CD, DVD), magneto-optical discs (MO), magnetic discs, hard disks, and magnetic tapes. , or a memory (ROM) or the like.

The communication unit 196 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (for example, terminals, other servers, and other network systems), and its function is implemented by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs. or a program.

The storage unit 140 serves as a work area for the processing unit 100, the communication unit 196, and the like, and its function is configured by a RAM (VRAM) or the like. Information stored in the storage unit 140 may be managed by a database.

In addition to the main storage unit 142, the storage unit 140 of the present embodiment has
(A) Various table data used when changing the ability of a game card in which items including characters are specified based on login information, and game card information (including initial values) provided to the player, etc. A game data storage unit 144 that stores game information indicating information about the game provided by
(B) a player information storage unit 146 that stores player information indicating information about each player, including current position information indicating the current position of the player for each predetermined period as player position history information;
(C) a game card information storage unit 148 in which game cards owned by each player are stored as game card information in association with each player;
have.

In addition, in this embodiment, the game card is
(1) As described above, in the game, items such as weapons, tools, life energy, or 1up to equip or set to the player character operated by the player,
(2) a character that can be added as a player character (for example, a character that can be set in a deck, etc.);
(3) in-game currency; or
(4) the ability itself to be set for the player character;
is.

A game card is provided as a virtual game medium in a game, for example, and can be acquired or used (it does not have to be acquired by the player) at a given timing in the game. .

Further, the game card information includes at least location information of each game card (hereinafter referred to as "game card location information"), and is registered as needed as history information (hereinafter referred to as "game card location history information"). remembered.

In addition to the game card position information, the game card information includes the type of game card (hereinafter referred to as "card type"), the type of game card characteristics (that is, card characteristics) (hereinafter referred to as "card characteristics"). (referred to as "type"), and parameters that define various card characteristics (hereinafter also referred to as "game card parameters").

The processing unit 100 performs various processes using the main storage unit 142 in the storage unit 140 as a work area. The functions of the processing unit 100 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs.

The processing unit 100 performs various processes of this embodiment based on programs (data) stored in the information storage medium 180 . That is, the information storage medium 180 stores a program for causing the computer to function as each part of the present embodiment (a program for causing the computer to execute the processing of each part).

For example, the processing unit 100 (processor) controls the entire server device 10 based on a program stored in the information storage medium 180, and performs various processes such as control of data transfer between units. . Furthermore, it performs processing for providing various services in response to requests from terminals.

Specifically, the processing unit 100 of this embodiment includes a communication control unit 101, a web processing unit 102, a game management unit 103, a game card management unit 104, a player position management unit 105, a timer management unit 107, and a synthesis management unit 110. , a trade management unit 111 and an information notification control unit 112 .

For example, the game management section 103 of the present embodiment constitutes the game control means of the present invention, and the game card management section 104 constitutes the storage control means and characteristic identification means of the present invention. Further, for example, the player position management unit 105 of the present embodiment constitutes acquisition means of the present invention, and the trade management unit 111 and the information notification control unit 112 constitute exhibition management means of the present invention.

The communication control unit 101 performs processing for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal device 20 via the network. That is, the server device 10 performs various processes based on information received from the terminal device 20 or the like by the communication control unit 101 . In particular, the communication control unit 101 of this embodiment performs processing for transmitting a game screen to the terminal device 20 of the player based on a request from the terminal device 20 of the player.

The web processing unit 102 functions as a web server. For example, the web processing unit 102 performs processing for transmitting data in response to a request from a web browser 211 installed in the terminal device 20 through a communication protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and processing for transmitting data to the web browser 211 installed in the terminal device 20. 211 performs processing for receiving data transmitted by H.211.

In this embodiment, a case where the server device 10 also functions as an SNS server will be described as an example. good too. Further, the game processing of the present embodiment may be partially or wholly performed by the server device 10, or may be partially performed by the terminal device 20. FIG.

The game management unit 103 works in conjunction with the terminal device 20 , and executes game processing related to a role-playing game (RPG) or a competitive game for each player based on the player's operation input via the terminal device 20 .

In particular, the game management unit 103, based on the player's instruction, or at the timing of the game progress (before the game starts or during the game), for each player, a game card in which characters and items to be used in the game are specified. A game card in which position information indicating a given position is set or in which the position information can be set is provided to the player.

The game management unit 103 interlocks with the terminal device 20, and advances the game based on the player characters and items specified in the game card, or the parameters set therefor.

Specifically, the game management unit 103 controls the game card (that is, the game card in which characters and various items are specified) to be used in the set game based on the player's operation input via the terminal device 20 . ) for game progression (hereinafter referred to as “deck data”) is used to execute the game.

Note that the game management unit 103 may generate automatic calculation data for automatically executing the game based on the deck data set in the deck, and provide the generated automatic calculation data to the terminal device 20. , the terminal device 20 may be interlocked and the game may be executed in real time based on the player's operation.

The game card management unit 104 registers the game card given to the player in the game card information storage unit 148 and manages it.

In particular, the game card management unit 104 sets position information on the game card based on the position of the player, and stores the game card information related to the game card including the set position information (that is, the game card position information) in the game card information storage. Stored in unit 148 .

In addition, the game card management unit 104 manages deck data for setting a plurality of game cards under the instruction of the player, and registers deck data set by the player in the player information storage unit 146 .

Then, the game card management unit 104 adds position information (that is, game card position information) to each game card based on the player position information, which is the player's current position information, or according to the passage of time or the progress of the game. This is set and stored in the game card information storage unit 148 as game card position history information in association with the set time acquired from the timer management unit 107 .

It should be noted that the provision of a game card is to have the player acquire it, or to make a reservation for acquisition by the player, and after a predetermined period of time (for example, 3 days or 10 days) from the timing of provision, or when a predetermined condition is met (for example, , visiting a specific real space location, obtaining a specific item, or clearing a specific stage, etc.), and simply executing a reservation for acquisition by the player.

The player position management unit 105 acquires the current position information of each player (that is, the player position information) transmitted from the terminal device 20 at predetermined timings, and associates it with the current time acquired from the timer management unit 107 to obtain the current position information. It is stored in the player information storage unit 146 as player position history information.

The timer management unit 107 has a timer function and is used to manage the progress of the game including player position information and game card position information.

In particular, the timer management section 107 outputs the current time and preset time to each section based on requests from the player position management section 105, the game card management section 104, or other sections. Also, the timer management unit 107 is used for synchronizing with each terminal device.

The synthesizing management unit 110 performs synthesizing processing for synthesizing two or more game cards including a game card owned by each player to generate a synthetic game card, which is a new game card.

In particular, the composition management unit 110 performs the composition processing as follows:
(1) A process of synthesizing a game card serving as one base card and one or more game cards serving as material cards, and consuming the material cards to strengthen the parameters of the base card, or
(2) Execute a process of generating a synthetic game card, which is a new game card, from two or more synthetic target game cards.

The trade management unit 111 manages transfer and exchange (that is, trade) of game cards such as trading between players and trading within a game by players.

The information notification control unit 112 performs control for notifying other players of information on each player's game card when executing each game control process including transfer and exchange of game cards between players.

[3] Terminal Device Next, the terminal device 20 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the terminal device 20 of this embodiment. Also, the terminal device 20 of the present embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the constituent elements (each part) of FIG. 2 are omitted.

The current position detection unit 250 detects the current position of the terminal device 20 at predetermined timings and generates position information indicating the current position.

For example, the current position detection unit 250 detects a satellite signal (GPS signal) transmitted from a GPS satellite (not shown) while recognizing the position of a GPS satellite (not shown) at predetermined intervals (for example, every 5 seconds). Then, the current position detection unit 250 calculates (that is, detects) the coordinate values (for example, latitude and longitude) of the current position of the terminal device 20 based on the detected GPS signal, and converts the coordinate values to the current position. It is provided to the processing unit 200 as information.

The input unit 260 is a device for inputting input information from the player, and outputs the player's input information to the processing unit 200 . The input unit 260 of this embodiment includes a detection unit 262 that detects player input information (input signal). The input unit 260 includes, for example, levers, buttons, a steering wheel, a microphone, a touch panel display, a keyboard, and a mouse.

The storage unit 270 serves as a work area for the processing unit 200 and the communication unit 296, and its function can be realized by RAM (VRAM) or the like. The storage unit 270 of this embodiment includes a main storage unit 271 used as a work area, and an image buffer 272 in which final display images and the like are stored. In addition, it is good also as a structure which abbreviate|omits some of these.

The information storage medium 280 (computer-readable medium) stores programs and data, and its functions include optical discs (CD, DVD), magneto-optical discs (MO), magnetic discs, hard disks, and magnetic tapes. , or a memory (ROM) or the like.

The processing unit 200 performs various processes of this embodiment based on programs (data) stored in the information storage medium 280 . The information storage medium 280 can store a program for causing a computer to function as each part of the present embodiment (a program for causing the computer to execute the processing of each part).

In addition, in this embodiment, the program and game data for causing the computer to function as each part of this embodiment stored in the information storage medium 180 and the storage unit 140 of the server device 10 are received via the network, The received program and data are stored in the information storage medium 280 . Programs and data received from the server device 10 may be stored in the storage unit 270 . Receiving programs and data in this way to make the network system function is also included within the scope of the present invention.

The display unit 290 outputs an image generated according to this embodiment, and its function can be realized by a CRT, LCD, touch panel display, HMD (head mounted display), or the like. The sound output unit 292 outputs the sound generated by this embodiment, and its function can be realized by a speaker, headphones, or the like.

The communication unit 296 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (for example, another terminal, server), and its function is implemented by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs, programs, etc. realizable.

The processing unit 200 (processor) receives current location information from the current location detection unit 250, information about the game acquired from the server device 10 via the communication unit 296, input information acquired from the input unit 260, or a program. Based on this, processing such as game processing, display control, image generation processing, or sound generation processing is performed.

The processing unit 200 performs various processes using the main storage unit 271 in the storage unit 270 as a work area. The functions of the processing unit 200 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs.

The processing unit 200 includes a communication control unit 210 , a web browser 211 , a game processing unit 212 , a display control unit 213 , a game screen control unit 214 , a current position management unit 215 , a drawing unit 220 and a sound processing unit 230 . In addition, it is good also as a structure which abbreviate|omits some of these.

The communication control unit 210 performs processing for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server device 10 . The communication control unit 210 also performs processing for storing data received from the server device 10 in the storage unit 270, processing for analyzing the received data, and other control processing related to transmission and reception of data.

Note that the communication control unit 210 may store server destination information (IP address, port number) in the information storage medium 280 and perform processing for managing it. Then, the communication control unit 210 may communicate with the server device 10 when input information for starting communication is received from the player.

In particular, the communication control unit 210 performs a process of transmitting player identification information and operation information to the server device 10 and receiving data related to the player information storage unit 146 (player's Web page, game screen, etc.) from the server device 10 . conduct.

The communication control unit 210 may perform data transmission/reception with the server device 10 at a predetermined cycle, or may perform data transmission/reception with the server device 10 when input information from the input unit 260 is received. In particular, the communication control unit 210 of this embodiment performs processing for receiving the game screen from the server device 10 .

The web browser 211 is an application program for browsing web pages (game screens), downloads HTML files, image files, and the like from the web server (server device 10), analyzes layouts, and controls display. The web browser 211 also transmits data to the web server (server device 10) using input forms (links, buttons, text boxes, etc.).

The web browser 211 of this embodiment can implement a browser game. For example, the web browser 211 may execute a program written in JavaScript (registered trademark), FLASH, Java (registered trademark), etc. received from the web server (server device 10).

The terminal device 20 can display information from a web server specified by a URL via the Internet using the web browser 211 . For example, the terminal device 20 can display a game screen (data such as HTML) received from the server device 10 using the web browser 211 .

The game processing unit 212 performs various game calculation processes. For example, there are a process of starting the game when the game start condition is satisfied, a process of advancing the game, and a process of ending the game when the game end condition is satisfied.

The game processing unit 212 is composed of various objects (primitives such as polygons, free-form surfaces, subdivision surfaces, etc.) representing display objects such as player characters, buildings, stadiums, cars, trees, pillars, walls, and maps (terrain). A process for arranging and setting the object in the object space may be performed.

Here, the object space is a virtual space and includes both two-dimensional space and three-dimensional space. A two-dimensional space is, for example, a space in which objects are arranged at two-dimensional coordinates (X, Y), and a three-dimensional space is, for example, a space in which objects are arranged at three-dimensional coordinates (X, Y, Z). be.

In addition to setting game card deck data, the game processing unit 212 controls the transmission and reception of various types of information at the time of login. Game processing including execution of game processing based on the received automatic calculation data and reproduction of received automatic calculation data when the game is executed by automatic calculation is executed.

The display control unit 213 also performs processing for displaying the game screen generated by the game screen control unit 214 on the display unit 290 . For example, the display control unit 213 may display using the web browser 211 .

The current position management unit 215 acquires current position information for each predetermined period from the current position detection unit 250 and stores it in the main storage unit 271 as history information. In conjunction with this, the player position information is transmitted to the server device 10 at a predetermined timing.

The drawing unit 220 performs drawing processing based on various types of processing (for example, game processing) performed by the processing unit 200 to generate an image, and the display control unit 213 outputs the image to the display unit 290 . The image generated by the rendering unit 220 may be a so-called two-dimensional image or a so-called three-dimensional image.

The sound processing unit 230 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 200 , generates game sounds such as BGM, sound effects, or voices, and outputs the game sounds to the sound output unit 292 .

[4] Method of processing according to the present embodiment [4.1] Overview Next, the method of control processing (hereinafter also referred to as "trade control processing") relating to trading of game cards according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. explain. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the game card trade control process in this embodiment.

The server device 10 of the present embodiment operates in conjunction with the terminal device 20 to provide the terminal device 20 with a player character, other characters, a game space or part thereof, game parameters, BGM, a game scenario, and the like. have.

The server device 10 allows each player to use the terminal device 20 to execute a game such as a fighting game, a fighting game, an RPG, or a simulation game using a plurality of game cards. have.

In particular, the server device 10 of this embodiment is
(A) In principle, under the direction of the player, the game card given to each player as a digital content used in the game can be transferred to another player (hereinafter referred to as ""exhibition game card".)
(B) Owner change processing for changing the owner of the exhibited game card from the first player who owns the exhibited game card to the second player who is the other player when a given condition is satisfied. (that is, trade control processing such as transfer or exchange of game cards) is executed, the game card information stored in the game card information storage unit 148 is updated,
(C) At a given timing, a game card including a game card whose owner has been changed by the trade control process and the position of the player indicated by the player position information acquired at that timing (that is, the player position) Depending on the position indicated by the set game card position information (that is, the game card position) and the positional relationship (distance, direction, combination of position information, etc.), when using the game card in the game Execute a control process for controlling superiority/inferiority-related card characteristics (hereinafter simply referred to as "card characteristics"), and (D) proceed with the game based on the specified card characteristics.
have a configuration.

In this case, the "given condition" means, for example, that a sale or exchange (including exchange for other items such as in-game currency) has been established between players, or that a lottery has been won. and so on.

In addition, the "given timing" is the game start timing, the game start time, the time of login, the time when the task is successful, the time when the enemy character wins the battle, or the time when the lottery is won by the gasha, etc. The above specific timing may be used, or any player-initiated timing such as timing set by the player may be used.

Specifically, the server device 10, as a trade control process,
(1) Location information (hereinafter referred to as "exhibited game card location information") set in the exhibited game card or the game card desired to be exhibited (hereinafter collectively referred to as "exhibited game card");
(2) Location information (hereinafter referred to as "exhibiting player location information") of a player (hereinafter referred to as "exhibiting player") who owns the exhibiting game card (including game cards scheduled to be exhibited); ,
(3) Location information of a player who wishes to acquire an exhibition game card (hereinafter referred to as "player wishing to acquire") (hereinafter referred to as "location information of player wishing to acquire");
(4) Location information (hereinafter referred to as "exchange card location information") of the exhibited game card and the game card to be exchanged (hereinafter referred to as "exchange target game card");
Based on the above, a judgment process (hereinafter referred to as "trade feasibility determination process") or a process for providing information on them (hereinafter referred to as "trade information provision process") is executed. It has a configuration that

In particular, the server device 10 performs (4A), at a given timing, the position indicated by the player position information of the exhibiting player, the acquisition desiring player, or both, and the exhibiting game card, as the trade availability determination process or the trade information provision process. and the position set in , as a card characteristic, specify the superiority or inferiority in the game progress of the corresponding player among the exhibiting player and the player wishing to acquire the card,
(4B) Based on the specified superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game, each process of providing information on whether or not the exhibited game card can be exhibited and information on the exhibited game card is executed.

Specifically, in the case where the server device 10 executes a trade availability determination process for determining whether or not to set a game card as an exhibited game card, if a position advantageous to the player is associated with , the setting of the game card as an exhibited game card is not permitted.

Similarly, when the server device 10 of the present embodiment executes trade availability determination processing for determining whether or not a game card is to be set as an exhibition game card, a position that is disadvantageous to the player is associated. It has a configuration for determining that the setting of the game content that is present can be set as the exhibited game content.

Then, the server apparatus 10 of the present embodiment sets position information (that is, game card position information) to game cards including game cards whose owners have been changed, as control processing for controlling card characteristics. Based on the set game card position information and the position information of the player who owns the game card (that is, the player position information), a process of setting card parameters as the card superiority/inferiority characteristics of the game card (hereinafter referred to as "game card (referred to as "parameter control processing").

In the present embodiment, "game card parameters" refer to characteristics that give the player an advantage or disadvantage in progressing the game. Items), parameters that have an advantageous or disadvantageous effect on the acquisition, modification or transfer thereof, synthesis processing to synthesize game cards with other game cards, battles with other players (including computers), etc. Included are parameters that affect it favorably or adversely.

Also, the game card parameters may define values that determine the levels of various abilities, or may be like flags that determine whether or not various abilities are available.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the server device 10, as the trade availability determination process, stores the player position information of the exhibiting player P01 and the exhibiting game card position information of the exhibiting game card C10 that the exhibiting player P01 desires to exhibit. , is associated with an advantageous position or a disadvantageous position in the course of the game of the exhibiting player P01, and if it is determined that the positional relationship is an advantageous position, the exhibiting game When the exhibition processing of the card C01 is stopped and it is determined that the positional relationship is in a disadvantageous position, the exhibition processing of the exhibition game card C10 is executed.

In addition, in FIG. 4A, when the exhibition player position information is "polar region A" and the exhibition game card position information is "temperate zone B", it is determined that the region is disadvantageous for the exhibition player. It indicates that the listing process for officially listing has been executed.

In addition, in FIG. 4B, when the exhibiting player position information is "temperate zone C" and the exhibiting game card position information is "temperate zone B", it is determined that the exhibiting player is in an advantageous region. It indicates that the listing process has been discontinued.

With this configuration, in this embodiment, the game card can be used to transfer position information to other players. can provide various types of location information to

In addition, in this embodiment, the game card characteristics that affect the progress of the game can be changed depending on the position of the player and the position of the game card. It is now possible to incorporate game characteristics based on.

In particular, in this embodiment, since the position of each player is different, the advantageous game cards differ for each player. , based on the positional relationship with the position of each player, it is possible to easily recognize the advantage or disadvantage of these put up game cards or game cards to be put up for each player.

That is, in the present embodiment, the game in which the card characteristics of the game cards are changed by using the position of the player is made more complicated to improve its interest. game cards (specifically, location information) can be easily recognized.

Therefore, the present invention can suppress the decrease in interest as a location game based on the presence or absence of a visit to a specific location, and can make the game interesting even if the player does not visit a specific location, and at the same time, provides new game features. Since it can be incorporated, it is possible to improve the attractiveness of the position game while eliminating the disadvantages peculiar to the position game.

Note that the player in this embodiment includes not only a human but also a player controlled by a CPU. However, in the following description, a human player will be used unless otherwise specified.

[4.2] Game Card Next, the game card of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is an example of game card information used in this embodiment.

(Overview of game card)
The game card of this embodiment is a card that defines items such as weapons, in-game currency, tools, or life energy possessed by the player character, the ally character, or each character.

Each player is provided as an initial setting, and while the game is running,
(1) If you win a battle game with another player,
(2) When a predetermined game stage is cleared, when the player's game level rises, or when predetermined game tasks are completed (3) When a lottery game called Gasha is won,
(4) If it is a gift from another player registered as a friend,
(5) It can be acquired when it is purchased by paying a cost such as billing.

When the game card is acquired, the game card management unit 104 registers information on the acquired game card in the game card information storage unit 148 as a game card that can be used in the game in association with the corresponding player. do.

On the other hand, in each game card,
(A) When the above (1) and (2) are executed using the game card,
(B) If experience points, energy or items are obtained using the game card,
(C) When the game card or in-game currency (coin, etc.) is used (betting) to play a gasha and the player wins the gasha (when the winning result is reflected based on the player's operation) including
(D) if you pay a cost such as billing, or
(E) When the game card is combined with another game card, and when an experience value equal to or greater than a predetermined value is obtained by combining,
The level (card level different from the game level) is designed to rise.

Especially for game cards, as the card level increases, the attack parameters, defense parameters, hit points, magic, and other abilities and parameters associated with each game card for advancing the game advantageously and their parameters improve. When used as a cost, the lottery probability increases and the in-game value increases, making it possible to sell at a high price.

When the card level increases, the game card management section 104 updates the level information in the game card information registered in the player information storage section 146 according to the card level.

(Game card information)
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, each game card contains, as game card information, (1) card type information of each game card including categories such as characters and items (hereinafter referred to as " card type information"), rarity, attribute information such as properties determined in the game such as "snow" and "water" (2) card property type indicating the type of card property that defines the equipment and abilities possessed information (hereinafter referred to as "card characteristic type information"),
(3) Game card parameters (numerical values and flag information) that define various card characteristics, and
(4) game card location information;
is stipulated.

These game card information are stored in the game card information storage unit 148 for each player.

In particular, in this embodiment, the card characteristic type information and game card parameters function as information for defining card characteristics.

That is, the card characteristic type information and game card parameters are set or changed according to the distance between the position of the player indicated by the player position information at a predetermined timing and the position indicated by the game card position information. This information is used as one of the elements that determine the superiority or inferiority of the player when using the corresponding game card in the progress of the game.

Also, if the game card is an item or character, the game card parameters include
(A) the level or energy specified therein (including hit points and life);
parameter indicating
(B) Parameters related to abilities and characteristics stipulated in the game, such as offensive ability, defensive ability, investigative ability, clairvoyance ability, reasoning ability, agility or smell, such as attack and defense, or
(C) A parameter for increasing the probability of the lottery process (so-called gasha) performed at the time of various events of the game,
and so on.

In particular, the game card parameters may define values that determine the levels of various abilities, as described above, or flag-like parameters that determine the availability of various abilities (flag information indicating the presence or absence of such abilities). may be

On the other hand, as for the game card position information, in principle, the position set in the game card is specified at the timing of giving the corresponding game card (hereinafter referred to as "giving timing" or "first timing"). , is updated every predetermined timing (hereinafter referred to as "update timing") by a predetermined algorithm according to the progress of the game.

In the present embodiment, the position information set on the game card is given to the corresponding player in a state in which given position information such as the position of the player at the time of giving the game card is set. , the position information may not be set at the time of granting, and the position information may be set as the game progresses.

That is, when a game card is given, it may be a game card in which position information indicating a given position is set, or a game card in which the position information can be set.

However, in the following description, unless otherwise specified, when a game card is given to a player, the position of the game card such as the player's current position is set.

[4.3] Game control processing [4.3.1] Game card position information setting processing and update processing Setting processing and update processing will be described.

(Processing for setting game card position information at grant timing)
Under the direction of the game management unit 103, the game card management unit 104 is operated at the start of the game, at the time of login, when the task is successful, when the battle with the enemy character is won, or when the lottery is won by the gacha. A game card is given at a specific timing in the progress of the game or at arbitrary timing determined by the player, such as timing set by the player.

Then, the game card management unit 104, at the timing at which these game cards are awarded, presents the current position of the player at the timing at which the game card is awarded (for example, latitude and longitude information composed of regional attributes such as Tokyo and Hokkaido or latitude and longitude). Or, a position set in advance in the game (regional attribute or a position predetermined in the game such as latitude and longitude information), a position set based on the player's instruction (regional attribute that can be set arbitrarily by the player or by lottery latitude and longitude information) is set as the game card position, and the set game card position is stored in the game card information storage unit 148 as the game card position information in association with the player (specifically, the player ID). Remember.

In particular, the game card management unit 104, at the timing of granting the game card, for example, sets the position (area attributes and latitude and longitude information that can be arbitrarily set for the player) set by a lottery process such as gasha or based on the instruction of the player. , may be determined as the game card position, and the determined game card position may be stored in the game card information storage unit 148 as game card position information in association with the player (specifically, the player ID).

(Update processing of game card location information)
Under the direction of the game management unit 103, the game card management unit 104 is configured to handle special events in the progress of the game, such as when logging in, when a task is successful, when a battle with an enemy character is won, or when a winner is won by lottery processing using Gasha. The game card position information already stored in the game card information storage unit 148 is updated at arbitrary timing, such as timing specified by the player or timing set by the player.

That is, at the update timing, the game card management unit 104 determines the current position of the corresponding player at the update timing, the position visited by the player in the past (position managed as player position history information), or the Update (change) the game card position information to the preset position.

In particular, the game card management unit 104 updates the current position of the player at the update timing (for example, regional attributes such as Tokyo and Hokkaido, or Latitude and longitude information consisting of latitude and longitude), a position preset in the game (a position preset in the game such as regional attributes or latitude and longitude information), or a position set based on the player's instruction ( latitude and longitude information that can be arbitrarily set for the player) is set as the game card position, and the game card position information is associated with the player (specifically, player ID) at the set game card position. Update (change).

In the present embodiment, it is preferable to use the current position of the player at the award timing as the game card position information.

[4.3.2] Game Card Parameter Control Processing Next, game card parameter control based on position information is executed by the game card management unit 104 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment using FIGS. Processing will be explained. 6 and 7 are diagrams for explaining control processing of game card parameters based on position information in this embodiment.

(Basic principle of game card parameter control processing)
At a given timing including the update timing, the game card management unit 104 updates the position of the player indicated by the player position information acquired at that timing (that is, the player position) and the owner changed by the trade control process. According to the distance between the game card and the position indicated by the game card position information set in the game card (that is, the game card position), as game control processing, the card superiority and inferiority characteristics are defined in the game card. A game card parameter control process based on location information is executed to set or update (change) the game card parameters to be displayed.

In particular, the game card management unit 104 controls specific timings in the progress of the game, such as when logging in, when a task is successful, when a match is won against an enemy character, or when a lottery is won by a gacha, or when the player The control processing of the game card parameters based on the position information is executed at arbitrary timing led by the player, such as the timing set by the .

Then, the game card management unit 104 sets the current position of the player and the game card at the timing of executing the control processing of these game card parameters (hereinafter referred to as "parameter control timing" or "second timing"). The distance from the game card position is calculated, and the game card parameters defined for the game card are set or updated (changed) according to the calculated distance.

In addition, the game card management unit 104 increases the attack power parameter or restores the value of life energy more as the distance between the player position and the game card position is closer, which is advantageous for the player in progressing the game. to control.

Note that the game card management unit 104 may control all game card parameters specified for the game card, or may control one or more predetermined game card parameters of the specified game card. You may control some game card parameters, such as.

Specifically, at the parameter control timing, the game card management unit 104 uses the table data stored in the game data storage unit 144 to set the distance ranges of the player position and the game card position step by step. Control processing of game card parameters based on position information is executed using table data in which adjustment values such as the rate of parameter increase and the rate of recovery are set in stages.

Then, the game card management unit 104
(1) acquiring player position information indicating the current position of the player at the parameter control timing in conjunction with the player position management unit 105;
(2) reading the game card position information included in the game card information of a specific game card, which is stored in the game card information storage unit 148 and owned by the player;
(3) calculating the distance from the position indicated by the player position information to the position indicated by the read game card position information;
(4) identifying a distance range to which the calculated distance value belongs based on the table data;
(3) Adjusting the target game parameter based on the adjustment value specified for the specified distance range to control the value.

In the process (2) above, the game card management unit 104 may use a game card set in advance by the player as a specific game card, or may use a game card already set in the deck or a corresponding game card. All game cards owned by a player may be used as a specific game card. In particular, in this embodiment, the specific game card is not limited as long as it is specified when performing the process.

For example, at the update timing, as shown in FIG. 6A, [1] a radius of 1 km or less, [2] a radius of 1 km or more and less than 10 km, and [3] 10 km or more, the distance between the player position and the game card position Assume a case of using table data 001 in which the range is set stepwise.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6A, the table data 001 includes [1] 100% increase or recovery, [2] 50% increase or recovery, [3] "no control" in each distance range. It is assumed that conditions for setting game card parameters have been set.

In this case, if the game card management unit 104 calculates the distance between the player position (position based on longitude and latitude) and the game card position (position based on longitude and latitude) as 6 km, as shown in FIG. , select [2] in the table data 001, and as shown in FIGS. Updates the values (Attack: 100 and Defense: 100) to 50% increased values.

In this embodiment, since the player position (that is, the current position) changes sequentially, the game card management unit 104 acquires the player's current position at that time at the parameter control timing.

In this embodiment, the update timing and the parameter control timing may be the same timing. However, in this case, although it is preferable that the game card position is updated after the game card parameter control process based on the position information is executed, this is not the only option.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the game card management unit 104 executes the game card parameter control process based on the position information for the given game card or the already given game card even at the giving timing. good too. However, when the game card management unit 104 executes the parameter control process for the given game card even at the timing of giving the game card, it uses a position other than the current position of the player as the game card position. .

For example, at the granting timing, as shown in FIG. 7A, [1] within a radius of 1 km, [2] a radius larger than 1 km and smaller than 10 km, and [3] 10 km or more, the player position and the game card position It is assumed that table data 002 in which the distance range is set stepwise is used.

The table data 002 includes, at each stage, [1] five times the initial value, [2] twice the initial value, [3] initial value, as shown in FIG. Assume that the conditions are set to control the value game card parameters.

In this case, if the game card management unit 104 calculates the distance between the player position (position based on longitude and latitude) and the game card position (position based on longitude and latitude) as 6 km, as shown in FIG. , select [2] in the table data 001, and as shown in FIGS. Set a value that is twice the value of

In the present embodiment, the game card management unit 104 sets a parameter that defines a new ability to the corresponding game card instead of the parameter values described above when executing the game card parameter control process. Alternatively, flag information for adding new capabilities may be defined.

For example, table data in which the distance ranges of the player position and the game card position are set stepwise at the update timing as [1] radius within 1 km, [2] radius greater than 1 km and less than 10 km, [3] 10 km or more. 003 is used.

The table data 003 also includes, at each stage, [1] addition of parameters for magic power, [2] flag information that enables specific combo actions with other player characters set in the deck, and [2] Setting [3] Assume that a condition has been set for setting the game card parameter to "no control".

In this case, the game card management unit 104 sets the game card parameter to one of [1], [2] and [3] at the update timing according to the distance between the player position and the game card position. to run.

(Game card movement control processing and game card parameter control processing associated therewith)
For a game card having a predetermined card type, such as an animal character, the game card management unit 104 sets parameters such as the elapsed time from the granting timing and the movement speed set in advance to the game card after the granting of the game card. A movement control process may be executed to move in a virtual space simulating a real space according to the value of .

In this case, the game card management unit 104, for example, according to a given algorithm defined in the game, determines the elapsed time from the granting timing of the corresponding game card, and the number of predetermined game cards. Based on the speed of movement and , it moves in a virtual space that simulates the real space, and is updated to a position in the virtual space at a predetermined timing.

In particular, the game card management unit 104 performs movement control to move closer to the current position of the player who owns the game card (position in the virtual space corresponding to the real space), and moves away from the current position of the player. Movement control processing for movement or movement control processing for approaching a position in virtual space corresponding to a specific position in real space (for example, a specific store or place) is executed.

Then, when executing the game card parameter control process based on the position information, the game card management unit 104 acquires the current position of the game card in the virtual space at the parameter control timing, and performs the acquisition as described above. A game card that sets or updates (changes) the game card parameters of the usage restriction organization as card superiority/inferiority characteristics according to the distance between the current position of the player at the parameter control timing obtained and the current position of the obtained game card. A parameter control process is executed as a game control process.

In this embodiment, when a game card is provided, the game card management unit 104 executes movement control to move the game card closer to the player or a specific position. However, the game card management unit 104 executes movement control to move away from the current position of the player when a given condition such as acquisition of a specific item or non-achievement of a task is met. do.

On the other hand, if the player satisfies a given condition during the game, the game card management unit 104 performs a stop control process for stopping the movement control of the game card (end of movement control) or an interruption (end of movement control). Suspension control that enables restarting) may be executed. For example, the given condition includes the acquisition of a game card with a prescribed item, or the achievement of a prescribed task such as clearing a stage or collecting all specified coins.

In this case, when the game card management unit 104 executes the game card parameter control process based on the position information, the game card management unit 104 obtains the position in the virtual space of the game card whose movement is stopped or interrupted, In the same manner as described above, the game card parameters defined for the game card are set or updated ( change), and executes control processing of game card parameters based on the position information to be changed.

Note that the game card management unit 104 may resume the control of moving the game card after the interruption, and thereafter executes the same control as when moving the game card.

On the other hand, in the movement control process of the game card, even if it moves in the virtual space, it is a space simulating the real space. In other words, the movement control process of moving the game card may be executed based on the time period of movement, map information such as terrain information and road information, weather information, and traffic information such as congestion.

In this case, when executing the movement control process, the game card management unit 104 determines points such as the destination (the current position of the player when moving closer to the player's current position) and waypoints. , time zones (morning, noon, night, etc.), map information (mountainous areas, flatlands, mountain passes, seas, etc.), traffic information (road closures, traffic jams, accidents, etc.), weather information (sunny, rain, snow, etc.) and these Information on two or more combinations is acquired from the timer management unit 107, or acquired from an external server device or database storing map data, traffic information, or weather information (not shown).

Then, the game card management unit 104 sets the movement route based on the acquired information, and sets the movement route, the elapsed time from the timing at which the corresponding game card was awarded, and the predetermined game card. , and a movement control process for moving the game card.

In particular, the game card management unit 104 sets the movement speed in the morning and afternoon to be faster than that in the night, the movement speed in flat areas to be faster than in mountainous areas, the movement speed in traffic congestion to be slower than that in the absence of traffic congestion, and the movement speed in fine weather. A movement control process is executed to move the game card by setting the movement speed faster than that in the case of snow.

In addition, the game card management unit 104 calculates the distance from the player position to the game card based on the moving route, and based on the distance and the moving speed set for the player, determines the card superiority and inferiority characteristics of the usage restriction organization. Game card parameter control processing for setting or updating (changing) game card parameters is executed as game control processing.

In addition to the above, in this embodiment, when setting a movement route, transportation means such as walking, bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles (including taxis), buses, trains, airplanes, and ships can be selected. The game card management unit 104 may execute movement control processing for moving the movement route for moving the game card using the transportation means according to the player's instruction, the type of the game card, or the settings in the game. good.

In addition, the game card management unit 104 moves the game card according to the moving speed set in advance for the means of transportation on the moving route using the means of transportation. That is, when the game card is moved using a means of transportation, the game card management unit 104 controls the movement to the destination or waypoint using the moving speed set for the means of transportation.

In addition, in this embodiment, map information, weather information, traffic information, or means of transportation in the real space are used to set the movement route. , traffic information or means of transportation may be used to set the movement route.
Furthermore, the game card management section 104 may change the moving speed of the player according to the game situation of the player.

For example, the game card management unit 104 may increase the movement speed as the player's game level or experience value increases, increase the movement speed during execution of the game in a bonus stage, or increase the movement speed in a stage with a high degree of difficulty. The movement speed may be slow, or the movement speed may be set according to the type of game card or player character that has a game card parameter that defines agility (robot card type is slow, ninja card type is fast, etc.). may

(Application example of game card parameter control processing)
In the above-described embodiment, the positional relationship between the player position and the game card position is expressed by the "distance", but instead of or in addition to the distance, the "direction" and the "combination of positions" are used. may be used, or the game card parameter control process may be executed by adding the "attribute of the game card" to the positional relationship.

1. Direction In the game card parameter control process, the game card management unit 104 uses the "direction" for the positional relationship between the player position and the game card position. , north, south, east and west) are specified, and game card parameters or their values that are advantageous or disadvantageous to the player are set according to the specified direction.

In this case, for example, the game card management unit 104 uses table data in which conditions for setting game card parameters are set in the directions divided into 16 to set game card parameters or their values. set.

2. Position Combination In the game card parameter control process, the game card management unit 104 determines game card parameters or their values that are advantageous or disadvantageous to the player according to the "position combination" of the player position and the game card position. set.

Specifically, the game card management unit 104
(1) identifying the regional attribute of the player position and the regional attribute of the game card position;
(2) referring to table data in which game card parameters or their values that are advantageous or disadvantageous to the player are defined;
(3) Identify the game parameters of the corresponding game card defined in the table data according to the combination of regional attributes identified in (1),
(4) Set the value of the identified game parameter to the value specified in the table data.

For example, it is assumed that the table data defines that the game card parameters for attack are doubled when the player position is "Hokkaido" and the game card position is "Okinawa".

In this case, if the game card management unit 104 specifies the player position as "Hokkaido" and the game card position as "Okinawa", it determines that it is "advantageous to the player", value is doubled.

Also, in the above example, an example has been described in which a combination of "Hokkaido" and "Okinawa" is defined as a "combination of regional attributes", but the present invention is not limited to this.

Also, for example, "a prefecture facing the sea" may be specified as a "combination of regional attributes". In this case, not only the combination of "Hokkaido" and "Okinawa", but if the player position and the game card position are both "a prefecture facing the sea", the advantageous (or disadvantageous) game parameters as described above may be set. changes are made.

3. Game Card Attribute The game card management unit 104 uses the positional relationship between the player position and the game card position and the game card attribute in the game card parameter control process, and uses the positional relationship between the player position and the game card position. The game card parameter or its value specified according to is changed according to the game card attribute, and the changed game card parameter or its value is set.

For example, when the game card management unit 104 sets the game card parameters specified according to the positional relationship between the player position and the game card position, the higher the card level, the higher the rarity. The higher the number, the higher the ability to equip the game card as the game card parameter.

That is, when the rarity is "1", the game card management unit 104 sets, for example, only "offensive power in close combat" as the game parameter, or sets the value of the game parameter to double. However, if the rarity is "3", the game parameter is set to, for example, "attack power + agility", or the value of the game parameter is set to 5 times.

In addition, the game card management unit 104 determines that the player position and the game card status both have the same regional attribute "polar zone", and the attribute indicating the property given to the game card is "snow" and the game card has a relationship with the zone attribute "snow". Certain attributes set the game parameter or its value more favorably to the player than others.

[4.3.3] Trade availability determination processing and accompanying trade control processing Next, using FIG. 8, trade availability determination processing executed by the trade management unit 111 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment and accompanying trade control Processing will be explained. Note that FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the trade availability determination process and the accompanying trade control process executed by the trade management unit 111 of the server device 10 in this embodiment.

In principle, under the instruction of the player, the trade management unit 111 determines whether or not the exhibitor can exhibit the exhibited game card when exhibiting the exhibiting game card to the exhibiting player, and when acquiring or exchanging exhibiting game cards exhibited by other exhibiting players. A trade control process is executed as one of the control processes (hereinafter referred to as "exhibition control process") relating to the exhibition of exhibited game cards for determining whether acquisition or exchange is possible.

In particular, the trade management unit 111, as trade control processing,
(1) cause the game card management unit 104 to execute a game card parameter control process according to the positional relationship between the exhibiting player, the player wishing to acquire the exhibiting game card, the exhibiting game card, and the game card to be exchanged;
(2) Trade propriety determination processing for judging whether or not the exhibited game card can be sold or transferred based on the card characteristics (that is, game card parameters) of the exhibited game card set by the executed game card parameter control processing. and run
(3) Based on the determination result of the tradability determination process, control processing relating to the exhibition of the exhibited game card, including owner change processing for changing the owner, is executed.

In addition, the game card management unit 104 may use "distance", "direction", "combination of positions" and combinations thereof as the positional relationship between two positions when executing the game card parameter control process. Then, the game card parameter control process may be executed by adding the "attribute of the game card" to the positional relationship.

(Trade availability judgment process 1)
The trade management unit 111 performs the trade availability determination process according to the positional relationship between the exhibiting player and the exhibiting game card owned by the exhibiting player that the exhibitor wishes to exhibit (hereinafter referred to as "exhibition-planned game card" in a narrow sense). , it may be determined whether or not the exhibition-scheduled game card can be put up.

That is, the trade management unit 111
(1) Based on the card characteristics (advanced or inferior in terms of progress of the game) of the game cards to be exhibited, which are specified according to the positional relationship between the player position of the exhibiting player and the position of the game cards to be exhibited. Judging whether to sell or not,
(2) When the exhibition-planned game card of the exhibition player can be set as an exhibition game card, an exhibition control process is executed for setting the exhibition-planned game card as an exhibition game card.

Specifically, the trade management unit 111 cooperates with the game card management unit 104 to execute the exhibition control process for listing the exhibition-planned game card, using predetermined table data. Determination processing is executed to determine whether or not the game card position of the card and the player position of the exhibiting player are in a relationship that puts the exhibiting player at a disadvantage in the game.

Then, when the trade management unit 111 determines that the game card position of the exhibition-scheduled game card and the player position of the exhibition player are in a relationship in which the exhibition player is advantageous (or disadvantageous) in the game, An exhibition control process for canceling the exhibition (or executing the exhibition) of the exhibition-scheduled game card is executed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8(A), a combination of regional attributes of the player position and the game card position such as regional attributes “arctic region”, “arctic region”, “temperate region” or “tropical region” may not match. In that case, the game card scheduled to be exhibited will be officially determined to be able to be exhibited, and if the climate matches, it will be determined that the category matches and that it can be exhibited with restrictions (limited time, limited transfer, etc.) It is assumed that the listing is canceled when there is a match.

In this case, if the combination of the regional attributes of the player position and the game card position is a perfect match, the value of the attack power game parameter is doubled. It is assumed that the value of the parameter is reduced by 10%, and in the case of a mismatch, the value of the attack power game parameter is halved.

In this case, if the regional attribute of the player position indicates "tropical region A" and the regional attribute of the game card to be exhibited is "arctic region B", the regional attributes do not match as "tropical region" and "arctic region". Since the exhibiting player is at a disadvantage in the game on the table data 101, as shown in FIG. Execute the exhibition control process to put up.

Further, in this case, if the regional attribute of the player's position indicates "temperate zone C" and the regional attribute of the game card to be exhibited is "temperate zone D", the categories of the regional attributes of "temperate zone" are the same. As a result, the exhibiting player is at a slight disadvantage in the game, so the trade management unit 111 determines that the exhibiting of the exhibiting game card is permitted while restricting the exhibiting, as shown in FIG. 8(C). Execute exhibition control processing for putting up cards.

On the other hand, in this case, if the regional attribute of the player's position indicates "polar zone B" and the regional attribute of the game card to be put up is "polar region B", the regional attributes match and it is put up on the table data 101. Since the player has an advantage in the game, the trade management unit 111 determines that the exhibition of the exhibition-scheduled game card is not permitted, as shown in FIG. Execute control processing.

(Trade availability determination process 2)
The trade management unit 111 transfers the exhibited game card (that is, owner change) may be determined.

That is, the trade management unit 111
(1) Transfer of exhibited game cards based on the card characteristics (advanced or inferior in game progression) of exhibited game cards specified according to the positional relationship between the player position of the player who wishes to acquire the exhibited game card and the position of the exhibited game card. Judgment of propriety (that is, propriety of owner change),
(2) If the exhibited game card can be transferred to the player who wishes to acquire the exhibited game card, a trade control process is executed to transfer the exhibited game card to the player who wishes to acquire the exhibited game card (that is, to change the owner).

Specifically, when another player wishes to obtain an exhibited game card that has already been exhibited, the trade management unit 111 uses predetermined table data to determine the position of the exhibited game card and the position of the acquired game card. Determination processing is executed to determine whether or not the player position of the desired player is in a relationship in which the desired player is advantageous in the game.

Then, if the trade management unit 111 determines that the game card position of the exhibiting game card and the player position of the player desiring acquisition are in a relationship in which the player desiring acquisition is advantageous (or disadvantageous) in the game, , the process of establishing (or canceling) the transfer of the exhibited game card to change the owner of the exhibited game card (or the process of canceling the change of the owner) is executed as the trade control process.

(Trade availability judgment process 3)
The trade management unit 111 is linked with the game card management unit 104, and when two exhibiting players mutually transfer the exhibiting game cards, the trade management unit 111 performs the trade propriety determination process to determine whether the exhibiting game has been put up by each exhibiting player. Depending on the positional relationship between the card and the exhibiting player to be exchanged, it is determined whether or not the game card exchanging process for exchanging the exhibiting game card (that is, the owner change process in which mutual owner changes are executed) can be executed. may

That is, the trade management unit 111 interlocks with the game card management unit 104 to change the owner of the first exhibited game content owned by the first exhibited player from the first exhibited player to the second exhibited player. , and the process of changing the second exhibiting game card possessed by the second exhibiting player from the second exhibiting player to the first exhibiting player. Depending on the positional relationship between the exhibited game card exhibited by the exhibited player and the exhibited player to be exchanged, whether or not the exhibited game card can be exchanged (that is, mutual owner change) may be determined.

In particular, the game card management unit 104
(A1) At a given timing, such as the timing at which exchange is desired, the position of the first exhibiting player and the position of the second exhibiting game card, according to the positional relationship between the player position of the first exhibiting player and the game card position of the second exhibiting game card. Identifying game card characteristics in the second exhibition card game,
(A2) At the timing, a game in the first exhibition card game of the second exhibition player according to the positional relationship between the player position of the second exhibition player and the game card position of the first exhibition game card Identify card characteristics.

Then, the trade management unit 111
(B1) The calculated game card characteristics in the second exhibition card game of the first exhibition player (hereinafter referred to as "first game card characteristics") and the game in the first exhibition card game of the second exhibition player Compare the card characteristics (hereinafter referred to as "second game card characteristics") to determine whether the exhibited game card can be exchanged (that is, mutual owner change),
(B2) If it is determined that exchange is possible, a trade control process is executed to mutually transfer the exhibited game card.

Specifically, as the processing of (B1), the trade management unit 111, if there is a predetermined difference or more between the first game card characteristic and the second game card characteristic (if there is no predetermined difference or more) Then, the process of canceling the owner change (or the process of changing the owner) is executed as the trade control process.

For example, in the processing of (B1), the trade management unit 111 determines the amount of change in the attack power parameter added (expected to increase) to the player when the player uses the corresponding game card as the game card characteristic. and if there is a difference of a predetermined amount or more in the amount of change in the parameter (if there is no difference of a predetermined amount or more), the process of canceling the owner change (or the process of changing the owner) is performed by trade control Execute as a process.

For example, the trade management unit 111 preferably compares profits using the same game parameter value, and when calculating profits by comparing other game parameter values, each game parameter is converted to an absolute value (for example, attack power is equal, life energy is doubled, etc.) using a predetermined scale, and profits are compared based on the converted values.

Furthermore, in principle, if both sides are profitable, it will be determined that the exhibited game card can be exchanged. The condition may be defined, or may be different for each exhibiting player.

(Trade availability determination process 4)
As described above, when two exhibiting players mutually transfer exhibiting game cards, the trade management unit 111 determines whether the exhibiting game cards exhibited by each exhibiting player are exchanged with the exhibiting game cards. Depending on the positional relationship with the exhibited game card, it may be determined whether or not the exhibited game card can be exchanged (that is, mutual owner change).

That is, the trade management unit 111, based on the game card position of the first exhibition game card owned by the first exhibition player and the game card position of the second exhibition game card owned by the second exhibition player, , to execute the trade control process.

Specifically, when each of the two exhibiting players wishes to acquire an exhibiting game card exhibited by another exhibiting player, the trade management unit 111 uses predetermined table data to obtain the exhibiting game card. A determination process is executed to determine whether or not the game card position of the card satisfies a predetermined condition in the game.

In particular, the trade management unit 111 determines whether, for example, the regional attributes indicated by the game card positions of the exhibited game cards are the same, belong to the same group, or the distance between the game card positions is within a predetermined distance. Determination processing is performed to determine whether or not a predetermined condition such as whether or not is satisfied.

The same group includes cases where at least one regional attribute is common when a plurality of regional attributes are set. In this case, they are determined to belong to the same group because they share the same "arctic zone".

In addition, the same group includes the case where the upper hierarchy is the same when the regional attributes are hierarchically defined by multiple categories. "Continent A-polar region-area 5" and "continent A-temperate region-area 10" share the same broad classification category, so they are determined to belong to the same group.

When the trade management unit 111 determines that the game card position of each exhibited game card satisfies a predetermined condition in the game (or determines that it does not satisfy), the trade management unit 111 exchanges the exhibited game card. is established (or canceled) to change the owners of both exhibited game cards (or the process of canceling the change of owners) is executed as the trade control process.

(Trade availability determination process 5)
When two exhibiting players mutually transfer exhibiting game cards and exchange them, the trade management unit 111 performs trade propriety determination processing to determine the exhibiting game cards exhibited by each exhibiting player and the exhibiting game card to be exchanged. Depending on the type, whether or not to exchange the exhibited game card (that is, mutual owner change) may be determined.

That is, the trade management unit 111 trades based on the card type of the first exhibition game card owned by the first exhibition player and the card type of the second exhibition game card owned by the second exhibition player. Execute control processing.

Specifically, when each of the two exhibiting players wishes to acquire an exhibiting game card exhibited by another exhibiting player, the trade management unit 111 uses predetermined table data to obtain the exhibiting game card. A determination process is executed to determine whether or not the card type of the card satisfies a predetermined condition in the game.

For example, the predetermined condition includes that the card types of the exhibited game cards are the same type, different types, or have a predetermined relationship. In particular, the predetermined relationship means that the game card defines characters of both robots, that the characters defined in the game card are friends or companions, etc. It shows that there is a commonality of

When the trade management unit 111 determines that the card type of each exhibited game card satisfies a predetermined condition in the game (or determines that it does not satisfy a predetermined condition), the trade management unit 111 exchanges the exhibited game card. The process of establishing (or canceling) and changing the owners of both exhibited game cards (or the process of canceling the change of owners) is executed as the trade control process.

[4.3.4] Trade Information Providing Processing Next, trade information providing processing executed by the information notification control unit 112 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9 and 10 are diagrams for explaining the trade information providing process executed by the information notification control unit 112 of the server device 10 of this embodiment.

(Basic principle of trade information provision processing)
The information notification control unit 112 operates in conjunction with the relevant terminal device 20 when the above-described trade availability determination process or trade control process is executed, and performs trade information provision processing for providing information on trade to the relevant player. It may be executed as one of the card exhibition control processes.

In other words, the information notification control unit 112, based on the player's instruction, requests to view the exhibited game card when the player wishes to obtain an exhibited game card of another player that has already been exhibited, or , at a predetermined timing in the game in which the player acquires the exhibited game cards of other players that have already been exhibited, the exhibited game cards satisfying the prescribed conditions or the information of the player who owns the exhibited game cards are sent under the prescribed conditions. Display control processing (hereinafter referred to as "priority display control processing") for preferentially displaying player information that does not include other product game cards or the player information that owns the exhibit game card is executed as trade information provision processing. may

Specifically, as the priority display control process, the information notification control unit 112 performs the list display of the exhibited game cards that have already been exhibited. Based on the position of the exhibition game card and the card characteristics of the planned exhibition game card specified according to the positional relationship of (in terms of game progression), it has card characteristics that are advantageous in the game for the corresponding player. To preferentially display exhibited game cards.

In particular, the information notification control unit 112 instructs the game card management unit 104 to perform the parameter control processing, as described above, to determine the distance between the player position of the corresponding player and the position of each exhibited game card that has already been exhibited. , direction relationship, position (attribute position) combination, or based on the combination of these, or by adding the game card attributes to the positional relationship to set game card parameters or values thereof for each exhibition game card.

Then, the information notification control unit 112 determines the card characteristics (specifically, based on a game parameter or its value)
(A) game card information of exhibition game cards satisfying given conditions (exhibition game cards determined to be tradable by the tradability determination process) among the exhibition game cards; and
(B) Providing at least one piece of exhibit player information who owns the exhibit game card satisfying the given condition from among the exhibit game cards as useful information to the relevant player.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, the preferential display control process for the acquisition desiring player P02 when exhibiting game cards (C10, C20, C30, C40 and C50) belonging to five other players are exhibited. Assuming that the region attributes of the player position and the game card position exactly match, and that the categories match, the value of a specific game parameter of the target game card increases.

In this case, when the information notification control unit 112 receives an instruction to view the exhibited game cards of the player transmitted from the terminal device 20, the information notification control unit 112 sends the exhibited game cards (C10, C20, C30, C40 and C50) to the trade management unit 111. ) and the player position of the acquisition desiring player P02, a parameter control process for setting game parameters or their values in each exhibited game card is executed.

In particular, the trade management unit 111, as described above, uses the table data and the like to store position information of the player position of the player P02 who desires acquisition and information on each exhibition game card (C10, C20, C30, C40, and C50). Based on the positional information of the game card positions, those positions are compared, and the value of the game card parameter of each exhibition game card is set according to the compared positional relationship.

At this time, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the information notification control unit 112 changes the value of the game card parameter of each exhibition game card (C10, C20, C30, C40 and C50) from the original value. Exhibited game cards (hereafter referred to as "recommended (referred to as “exhibited game cards”).

Then, as shown in FIG. 9B, the information notification control unit 112 sets the priority of the recommended exhibition game card higher than the priority of the other exhibition game cards (for example, the priority is uniformly set to "+1"). (higher than the priority "0" of other exhibited game cards).

In addition, based on the priority, the information notification control unit 112, as shown in FIG. List display data for display (data of the exhibited game card list) is generated, and the generated list display data is transmitted to the terminal device 20 of the player who desires to acquire the card.

Note that the information notification control unit 112 displays the game card information of the recommended exhibition game cards (exhibition game cards C30 and C50 in the above case) as shown in FIG. 10B instead of the above list display data. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 10(C), list display data may be generated that displays only player information that owns recommended exhibition game cards.

In addition, the information notification control unit 112 sends the game card information of the recommended exhibition game cards (exhibition game cards C30 and C50 in the above case) or the player information of the player who owns the recommended exhibition game cards to other exhibitions. Game card information of game cards (exhibited game cards C10, C20 and C40 in the above case), or list display data with highlighting that is more conspicuous than player information of players who own the other exhibited game cards may be generated.

The information notification control unit 112 simply sets the priority of the recommended exhibition game card higher than the priority of the other exhibition game cards. The priority may be changed based on the rate of increase or the amount of increase.

In this case, the information notification control unit 112 ranks the game card information of the recommended exhibition game card or the player information of the player who owns the recommended exhibition game card based on the priority. List display data to be displayed may be generated, or list display data having a predetermined higher priority (up to three recommended exhibition game cards or player information of players who own these cards) may be generated. good.

On the other hand, the information notification control unit 112 has a card characteristic indicating a disadvantageous effect, instead of the priority display control process for preferentially displaying the recommended exhibit game card having a card characteristic indicating an advantageous effect as described above. A priority display control process may be executed to hide the game card information of the exhibition game card (hereinafter referred to as "unnecessary exhibition game card") or the player information of the player who owns the unnecessary exhibition game card.

Specifically, the information notification control unit 112 sets the priority of the unnecessary exhibition game cards (exhibition game cards C10, C20 and C40 in the above case) to other exhibition game cards (exhibition game cards in the above case). lower than the priority of cards C30 and C50).

Then, the information notification control unit 112 displays a list of the game card information of the exhibited game card or the player information of the player who owns the exhibited game card based on the priority, or displays the game card information of other exhibited game cards. It is also possible to generate list display data that displays only player information that owns only or other exhibited game cards.

In addition, the information notification control unit 112 sends the game card information of the game card other than the unnecessary exhibition game card or the player information of the player who owns the other game card to the unnecessary exhibition game card or the unnecessary exhibition game. The list display data may be generated with a highlighting that is more conspicuous than the player information of the player owning the card.

Note that the information notification control unit 112 may change the priority based on the rate or amount of decrease in the value of the game parameter compared with the unnecessary exhibit game card.

In this case, based on the priority, the information notification control unit 112 displays the player information of the other exhibited game card or the player who owns the other exhibited game card in descending order of priority. Alternatively, list display data having a predetermined higher priority (other exhibited game cards up to the top three or player information of players who own them) may be generated. .

(Trade Information Provision Processing When Exchanging Game Cards)
The information notification control unit 112, in the case where the player who wishes to acquire the game card exhibits the exhibited game card as an exhibiting player and exchanges the game card,
(1) At a given timing such as the timing at which exchange is desired, the trade management unit 111 sends the player position of the acquisition desiring player (i.e., the first exhibiting player) and the position of the other exhibiting player (i.e., the second exhibiting player). The card characteristics of the second exhibition game card (hereinafter referred to as "reference card characteristics" or "reference medium characteristics ” , for example, to specify a game card parameter (or its value),
(2) At this timing, the trade management unit 111 sends a second trade card according to the positional relationship between the player position of the second exhibiting player and the position of the first exhibiting game card exhibited by the player wishing to acquire the game card. Identify the card characteristics of the exhibition game card of 1 (hereinafter referred to as "comparison card characteristics" or "comparison medium characteristics" , for example, game card parameters or their values),
(3) comparing the reference card characteristics and the comparison card characteristics, and executing priority display control processing for other exhibited game cards satisfying given conditions or player information of players who own such other exhibited game cards; good too.

For example, the information notification control unit 112
(A) The first exhibiting player's exhibiting game card is used in a game, and the first exhibiting player has an advantageous effect (for example, the amount of increase (change) in the attack power parameter). A second exhibition game card that has an effect (for example, an increase (change) in an attack power parameter) that is advantageous to the first exhibition player (or that the degree of advantage is greater than a predetermined level), or Prioritizing display of information on the second exhibiting player exhibiting the second exhibiting game card, or
(B) The first exhibiting player and the second exhibiting player are both advantageous to each other due to their exhibited game cards (or the degree of advantage is greater than a predetermined value) effect (for example, the amount of increase in the attack power parameter ( the second exhibiting game card or information of the second exhibiting player exhibiting the second exhibiting game card is preferentially displayed when the amount of change)) is present;
A priority display control process may be executed.

In addition, the "advantageous effect" in (B) above is not limited to the examples. For example, both the reference card characteristics and the comparison card characteristics may be preferentially displayed when a new game parameter is added, or both the reference card characteristics and the comparison card characteristics may be preferentially displayed when the value of the game parameter increases. good too.

In addition, as the priority display control process, the information notification control unit 112 calculates the priority as described above according to the card characteristics of the other identified exhibited game cards, and displays the above-described various lists based on the priority. Display data is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 20 of the corresponding player, such as a player desiring acquisition, in a viewable manner.

(Other trade information provision processing)
When executing the above-described various priority display control processes, the information notification control unit 112 further controls list display data to be displayed in descending order of rarity, or games showing the same card types having different game card positions. List display data specific to the card may be generated.

In particular, the information notification control unit 112 replaces the exhibited game cards with game cards of the same type as the game cards set in the deck of the player who wishes to acquire the game cards, and has different game card positions. The priority display control process may be executed for game cards owned by other exhibiting players that exhibit advantageous effects in the game.

In this case, the information notification control unit 112, for example, displays the game card information of the corresponding game card, such as the game card owned by the exhibiting player with a high priority, or the player information of the player who owns the game card, as list display data. Generate as

The information notification control unit 112 generates list display data by executing priority processing based on the player position of the player desiring acquisition. List display data may be generated to display the player information of the exhibiting player having the advantageous effect of

Note that the information notification control unit 112 generates list display data for displaying player information of players who wish to obtain an acquisition desired player who exerts an advantageous effect in the game by means of a specific game card owned by the exhibiting player (for example, an exhibiting game card). may

In other words, the information notification control unit 112 may generate list display data for displaying a list of players who acquire the game cards put up by the exhibiting player and exhibit an advantageous effect.

[4.4] Modification Next, a modification of this embodiment will be described.

(Determining the position of the game card based on Gasha)
The game card management unit 104 executes gasha at the timing of giving the game card, determines one position information from a plurality of preset position information, and uses the determined position information as the given game card. You can set it on your card.

(Destination of game card in movement control processing)
In this embodiment, in principle, when movement control processing is executed for a game card, the current position of the corresponding player is used as the destination. Any real space location may be used.

To lure players to a specific store or event venue by granting an effect such as obtaining a predetermined item when gathering with a game card at an arbitrary location such as a specific store or event venue It is now possible to raise awareness of

(Modified example of exhibition game card)
In this embodiment, the exhibited game cards are selected from the game cards owned by each player, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, all game cards owned by each player may be set as exhibited game cards.

In addition, not only game cards owned by players, but also game cards that are only permitted to be used or that are reserved for acquisition are set as exhibition game cards, and trade control processing or trade information provision processing is performed. It may be executed.

A game card that is permitted to be used is a game card in which some functions of the owned game card are prohibited. For example, a use-permitted game card can be used in a game in the same way as an owned game card, but is prohibited from being transferred, including trading, to other players or within the game.

(Player position of exhibition player)
Instead of using the player's local position as the player position, the game card management unit 104 uses the position set by the player or the position the player has visited in the past (for example, the place where the player checked in) as the player position. good too.

[5] Operation in this embodiment (trade availability determination process)
Next, the operation of the trade availability determination process when executing the trade control process executed by the server device 10 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 11 . Note that FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the trade availability determination process when executing the trade control process executed by the server device 10 of the present embodiment.

In this operation, it is assumed that the card game information of each player is stored in advance in the game card information storage unit 148, and based on the instruction of a specific player, it is determined whether or not the game card owned by the player can be put up for sale. This will be described using processing.

Also, this operation is to execute predetermined game card parameter control processing based on predetermined table data stored in the game data storage unit 144 .

First, when the trade management unit 111 detects an exhibition instruction of a game card to be exhibited by an exhibition player (step S101), the trade management unit 111 instructs the game card management unit 104 to send a trade card based on the player position of the exhibition player and the game card position of the game card to be exhibited. , to start the game card parameter control process (step S102). Note that the trade management unit 111 does not need to execute the game card parameter control process at the timing of step S102.

At this time, the game card management unit 104 cooperates with the player position management unit 105 to acquire current position information of the player from the terminal device 20 of the exhibiting player (step S103), Position information is read from the game card information storage unit 148 (step S104).

Next, the game card management unit 104, based on the positional relationship between the acquired current player position and the read target game card position, determines the card characteristics (parameter values, new parameter) is specified (step S105).

Next, the trade management unit 111 determines whether or not the card characteristics of the specified exhibition-scheduled game card are disadvantageous to the exhibition player in the game (step S106).

At this time, if the trade management unit 111 determines that the card characteristics of the specified exhibition-planned game card are advantageous (disadvantageous) in the game for the exhibition player, the trade management unit 111 An exhibition control process for canceling the exhibition of the game card is executed (step S107), and this operation is ended.

On the other hand, if the trade management unit 111 determines that the card characteristics of the specified exhibition-scheduled game card are not in a relationship that is advantageous to the exhibition player in the game (a relationship that is disadvantageous), the trade management unit 111 selects the exhibition game card as an exhibition game card. An exhibition control process for exhibiting the item so that it can be obtained from other players is executed (step S108), and this operation is terminated.

In particular, the trade management unit 111 registers information on the corresponding game card in the game card information storage unit 148 so that it can be acquired by other players as an exhibition control process for exhibiting game cards that can be acquired by other players. do.

[6] Others The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible. For example, a term cited as a broad definition or a synonymous term in the description in the specification or drawings can be replaced with a broad definition or a synonymous term in other descriptions in the specification or drawings.

In this embodiment, various games, for example, competitive games such as baseball games, soccer games, sports games such as basketball games, role-playing games,
It may be applied to other simulation games.

Further, in this embodiment, each game may be provided to the terminal device 20 by one server device 10, or a server system may be constructed by linking a plurality of server devices 10 to provide each game to the terminal device 20. You may

The present invention includes configurations that are substantially the same as the configurations described in the embodiments (for example, configurations that have the same function, method, and result, or configurations that have the same purpose and effect). Moreover, the present invention includes configurations in which non-essential portions of the configurations described in the embodiments are replaced. In addition, the present invention includes a configuration that achieves the same effects or achieves the same purpose as the configurations described in the embodiments. In addition, the present invention includes configurations obtained by adding known techniques to the configurations described in the embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail as above, those skilled in the art will easily understand that many modifications are possible without substantially departing from the novel matters and effects of the present invention. . Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this invention.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10: server device 20: terminal device 100: processing unit 101: communication control unit 102: web processing unit 103: game management unit 104: game card management unit 105: player position management unit 106: timer management unit 110: synthesis management unit 111 ... trade management section 112 ... information notification control section 120 ... input section 130 ... display section 140 ... storage section 142 ... main storage section 144 ... game information 146 ... player information 148 ... automatic calculation information 180 ... information storage medium,
196 ... communication section 200 ... processing section 210 ... communication control section 211 ... web browser 212 ... game processing section 213 ... display control section 214 ... game screen control section 220 ... drawing section 230 ... sound processing section 250 ... current position detection section 260 ... Input unit 262 ... detection unit 270 ... storage unit 271 ... main storage unit 272 ... image buffer 280 ... information storage medium 290 ... display unit 292 ... sound output unit 296 ... communication unit

Claims (9)

A game program for progressing a game using a player's position,
acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating a location associated with the player;
storage control means for storing information relating to the game medium including at least position information indicating a given position set in the game medium in association with the player as game medium information in a storage means;
For each player, the game media that can be transferred to other players are set as exhibition game media, and when a given condition is satisfied, the owner of the exhibition game media is designated as the owner of the exhibition game media. Exhibition management means for executing owner change processing for changing the first player to the second player, which is the other player, and updating the game content information stored in the storage means;
The game medium is played in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the player indicated by the position information acquired at a given specific timing and the position indicated by the position information of the game medium possessed by the player. Characteristic specifying means for specifying medium characteristics regarding superiority or inferiority when using, and
game control means for progressing the game based on the identified medium characteristics;
make the computer function as
The characteristic specifying means is
executing an update process for updating the position indicated by the stored position information of the game content at a given update timing;
a position associated with at least one of the first player and the second player indicated by the acquired position information and a position set in the exhibited game content at the specific timing; identifying the superiority or inferiority of the game progress of the corresponding player as the medium characteristic according to the positional relationship between the position indicated by the positional information updated by the updating process , and
The exhibition management means
A program for executing control relating to the exhibition of the exhibited game contents based on the identified superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game. In the program according to claim 1,
The characteristic specifying means is
A program for updating, at the update timing, the position of the game content to the current position of the player, a position visited by the player in the past, or a position preset in the game. In the program according to claim 1 or 2,
The exhibition management means
determining whether or not the game content of the first player can be set as the exhibition game content based on the superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game as the specified medium characteristics;
A program for setting the game content of the first player as the exhibition game content when the game content can be set as the exhibition game content. In the program according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The exhibition management means
determining whether or not it is possible for the second player to change the owner of the exhibited game media based on the superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game as the specified media characteristics;
A program for executing the owner change process to update the game content information stored in the storage means when the owner of the exhibited game content can be changed by the second player. In the program according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The owner change process includes a process of changing the owner of the exhibited game contents owned by the first player from the first player to the second player, and a process of changing the owner of the exhibited game contents owned by the second player. and a process of changing from the second player to the first player,
The characteristic specifying means is
according to the positional relationship between the position associated with the first player indicated by the acquired positional information and the position set in the exhibited game content owned by the second player at the specific timing to identify the media characteristics of the first player;
according to the positional relationship between the position associated with the second player indicated by the acquired positional information and the position set in the exhibited game content owned by the first player at the specific timing to identify the media characteristics of a second player;
The exhibition management means
comparing the medium characteristics of the identified first player and the medium characteristics of the second player to determine whether or not the owner change process can be executed;
A program for executing the owner change processing when it is determined that the owner change processing is executable. In the program according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The exhibition management means
(A) game content information of exhibited game media satisfying given conditions from among the exhibited game media, based on the medium characteristics of each of the specified exhibited game media, as control related to the exhibition of the game media; and (B) providing at least one of information relating to the first player who owns the exhibited game content satisfying given conditions as useful information to the relevant player. In the program according to claim 1,
When game media possessed by the first player and game media possessed by the plurality of second players are set as the exhibited game media,
The characteristic specifying means is
Comparison as to whether the first exhibit game content is used in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the second player and the position of the first exhibit game content possessed by the first player. identify media characteristics,
The position of the first player and the position of the second exhibit game content held by each second player are related to the relative merits of using each second exhibit game content in the game. specifying each of the reference media characteristics;
The exhibition management means
comparing the identified reference medium characteristics with each of the identified comparison medium characteristics,
Information on at least one of the second player having a comparison medium characteristic that satisfies a given comparison condition and the second exhibited game content for which the comparison medium characteristic is defined is used as useful information by a target player. program to provide to A game system for progressing a game using a player's position,
an acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating a location associated with the player;
storage control means for storing, as game medium information, information relating to the game medium, including at least position information indicating a given position set in the game medium, in a storage means in association with the player;
For each player, the game media that can be transferred to other players are set as exhibition game media, and when a given condition is satisfied, the owner of the exhibition game media is designated as the owner of the exhibition game media. an exhibition management means for executing an owner change process for changing the player from the first player to the second player, which is the other player, and updating the game content information stored in the storage means;
The game medium is played in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the player indicated by the position information acquired at a given specific timing and the position indicated by the position information of the game medium possessed by the player. A property specifying means for specifying medium properties related to superiority or inferiority in use;
game control means for progressing the game based on the identified medium characteristics;
with
the property identifying means executes an update process for updating the position indicated by the position information of the stored game content at a given update timing;
a position associated with at least one of the first player and the second player indicated by the acquired position information and a position set in the exhibited game content at the specific timing; Identifying the superiority or inferiority of the game progress of the corresponding player as the medium characteristic according to the positional relationship between the position indicated by the positional information updated by the updating process , and
The exhibition management means
A game system that controls the exhibition of the exhibited game content based on the identified superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game. A game providing method for providing information about a game from a server device to a terminal device of a player in order to advance the game using the position of the player, comprising:
The server device
an acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating a location associated with the player;
storage control means for storing, as game medium information, information relating to the game medium, including at least position information indicating a given position set in the game medium, in a storage means in association with the player;
For each player, the game media that can be transferred to other players are set as exhibition game media, and when a given condition is satisfied, the owner of the exhibition game media is designated as the owner of the exhibition game media. an exhibition management means for executing an owner change process for changing the player from the first player to the second player, which is the other player, and updating the game content information stored in the storage means;
The game medium is played in the game according to the positional relationship between the position of the player indicated by the position information acquired at a given specific timing and the position indicated by the position information of the game medium possessed by the player. A property specifying means for specifying medium properties related to superiority or inferiority in use;
game control means for progressing the game based on the identified medium characteristics;
with
the property identifying means executes an update process for updating the position indicated by the position information of the stored game content at a given update timing;
a position associated with at least one of the first player and the second player indicated by the acquired position information and a position set in the exhibited game content at the specific timing; identifying the superiority or inferiority of the game progress of the corresponding player as the medium characteristic according to the positional relationship between the position indicated by the positional information updated by the updating process , and
The exhibition management means
When executing control regarding the exhibition of the exhibited game content based on the identified superiority or inferiority in the progress of the game,
accepting the player's operation and transmitting information about the accepted player's operation to the server device;
receiving information about the game from a server system that executes processing about the game;
A game providing method characterized by:

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