JP7280216B2 - Game processing program, information processing device and method - Google Patents

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Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applies December 12, 2018 Famitsu. com website https://www. famitsu. com/news/201812/12169089. published in html

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The present disclosure relates to technology for controlling game difficulty.

Conventionally, in a game that involves the movement of a player character in a virtual field, there has been proposed a technique for moving an enemy character closer to the player character when an in-game event such as the player character making a noise occurs due to a user operation. (See "COMBAT>MORE>Environment" in Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2).

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Conventionally, in a game involving the movement of a player character in a virtual field, when the player character makes a noise, is discovered by an enemy character, or fights with an enemy character, other enemy characters in the vicinity There is a technique to move towards the position of the character.

However, the conventional techniques move enemy characters closer to the player character, or simply increase the difficulty of the game when the user fails in game play. game difficulty was not controllable.

In view of the above problems, the present disclosure aims to enable a user to control the difficulty level of each area included in a virtual field in a game that includes movement of a player character in the virtual field.

One aspect of the present disclosure is a computer, game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field in which a plurality of areas are set according to a user operation, and a game by the user in each of the plurality of areas and a difficulty level management means for managing the difficulty level of play, the difficulty level management means, in response to occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field in accordance with the user operation, selects the predetermined area among the plurality of areas. This is a game processing program for reducing the difficulty level set in a peripheral area near an event occurrence area including an event occurrence point of .

The present disclosure can also be understood as an information processing device, an information processing system, a method executed by a computer, or a program to be executed by a computer. The present disclosure can also be understood as recording such a program in a recording medium readable by a computer, other device, machine, or the like. Here, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium that stores information such as data and programs by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action and can be read by a computer, etc. Say.

According to the present disclosure, in a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field, it is possible for the user to control the difficulty level of each area included in the virtual field.

It is a figure showing the outline of the composition of the information processing system concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the functional structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of a game screen displayed on the display area of the output device in the embodiment; FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of difficulty level management processing according to the first embodiment; 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of object control processing according to the first embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an outline of a game screen when the difficulty level of each area changes according to an event that has occurred, according to the embodiment; 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of difficulty level management processing according to the second embodiment; 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of object control processing according to the second embodiment;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described based on the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are examples of implementations of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure to the specific configurations described below. In carrying out the present disclosure, a specific configuration according to the embodiment may be adopted as appropriate.

[First embodiment]
<Device configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 9 according to this embodiment. The information processing system 9 in this embodiment has an information processing device 1 connected to a network such as the Internet, and the information processing device 1 is a game device or the like used by a user. Various types of devices can be used as game devices, such as smartphones, mobile game devices, stationary game devices, and wearable electronic devices, but the types are not limited. A user can play a game by causing the information processing device 1 to execute game processing based on a game processing program.

The information processing apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an auxiliary storage device 14, and external communication via a network. is an information processing device in which a network interface 15, an input device 16, and an output device 17 are electrically connected. Regarding the specific hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 1, components may be omitted, replaced, or added as appropriate according to the embodiment.

The CPU 11 is a central processing unit, and controls each component provided in the information processing apparatus 1 such as the RAM 13 and the auxiliary storage device 14 by processing commands and data developed in the ROM 12, the RAM 13, and the like. The RAM 13 is a main storage device and is controlled by the CPU 11 to write and read various commands and data. That is, the CPU 11 , ROM 12 and RAM 13 constitute the control section 10 of the information processing apparatus 1 .

The auxiliary storage device 14 is a non-volatile storage device, and mainly contains information to be retained even when the power of the information processing device 1 is turned off. In addition to various programs for executing processing to be performed, various data used by the information processing apparatus 1 are written and read. As the auxiliary storage device 14, for example, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or the like can be used. Further, as the auxiliary storage device 14, a portable medium detachably attached to the information processing device 1 may be used. Examples of portable media include card/cartridge type media including ROMs, etc., CDs (Compact Discs), DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), and BDs (Blu-ray (registered trademark) Discs). The auxiliary storage device 14 using a portable medium and the auxiliary storage device 14 that is not portable can be used in combination.

Various devices such as buttons, sticks, keyboards, acceleration sensors, angular velocity sensors, or touch sensors can be employed as the input device 16 . Also, by adopting a display with a touch panel, the input device 16 and the output device 17 for displaying an image may be provided together.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the functional configuration of the information processing device 1 according to this embodiment. In the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the CPU 11 interprets and executes various programs developed in the ROM 12, the RAM 13, and the like, so that the game processing unit 21, the difficulty management unit 22, the object control unit 23, and the drawing/output It functions as an information processing device including the unit 24 . In this embodiment, an example in which all of these functions are executed by the general-purpose CPU 11 will be described, but some or all of these functions may be realized by one or more dedicated processors. Further, each functional unit included in the information processing apparatus 1 may be implemented on the cloud, on the server 3, or the like, for example. Also, these functional units may be realized by a plurality of software modules instead of a single software module.

The game processing unit 21 processes the game including the movement of the player character in the virtual field according to the instruction contents according to the user's operation via the input device 16 . A plurality of areas are set in the virtual field of the game according to this embodiment. Various methods can be set as the setting method of the plurality of areas. For example, a plurality of areas may be set by partitioning the virtual field with boundary lines, or a predetermined range based on a point set in the virtual field may be set as the area.

The difficulty management unit 22 manages the difficulty of game play by the user in each of the multiple areas. In this embodiment, at least part of the difficulty level of the game is managed by the vigilance level set for each of the plurality of areas. In this embodiment, the vigilance level is an enemy object (including enemy equipment, traps, etc.) that is hostile to the player character (obstructs the action and movement of the player character), but the player character etc. It is an index that indicates the degree of attention (vigilance) paid to actions, and is expressed by numerical values and ranks. In this embodiment, as will be described later, enemy objects move between areas in accordance with the relationship of caution levels set for each area.

Further, in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user's operation, the difficulty level management unit 22 sets a peripheral area in the vicinity of the event occurrence area including the occurrence point of the predetermined event among the plurality of areas. Decrease the set difficulty (warning level) and increase the difficulty (warning level) set in the event occurrence area. In this embodiment, an example in which one event occurrence area is set in the virtual field when a predetermined event occurs will be described, but the number of event occurrence areas set according to the event is not limited. . A plurality of event generation areas may be set according to events that can occur simultaneously in multiple areas, and when an event occurs in one area, multiple areas including the event generation area may be set to

In this embodiment, an "adjacent area" adjacent to the target area in the virtual field is treated as a "peripheral area." Here, "adjacent areas" include areas that share a boundary line, areas that partially overlap, areas that do not have other areas between them (areas that can be reached without passing through other areas), and the like. is. However, the "surrounding area" is not limited to the "adjacent area". For example, a certain area or an area within a predetermined distance from a certain point, an area that can be moved within a predetermined movement cost, or the like may be defined as a “surrounding area”.

The object control unit 23 controls enemy objects. Here, the enemy object is an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character. In this embodiment, the object control unit 23 moves the enemy object from the current area where the enemy object is currently located to a nearby area set with a higher difficulty level (warning level) than the current area. Further, the object control unit 23 may newly generate an enemy object in an area with an increased caution level, or eliminate an enemy object from an area with a decreased caution level.

The drawing/output unit 24 draws the result of the game processing by the game processing unit 21 and outputs it to the user via the output device 17 . The drawing/output unit 24 includes a plurality of drawing units for drawing various game processing results, and includes, for example, a field drawing unit, a map drawing unit, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a game screen displayed in the display area of the output device 17 in this embodiment. In the display area of the output device 17, a virtual field image 31, which is the stage of the game, is displayed as a result of drawing by the field drawing section. The virtual field image 31 includes an image 32 of the character object and images of other objects in the field. The field rendering unit renders character objects of characters including the player character 32 placed in the field and other objects (including enemy objects) placed in the field in a three-dimensional virtual space including the virtual field. Draw from the point of view of the virtual camera. However, games to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied are not limited to games in which movement occurs in a three-dimensional virtual space. For example, it is possible to apply the technology according to the present disclosure even to a game in which movement occurs in a two-dimensional virtual world.

Further, in the game according to the present embodiment, the map image 33, which is the result of drawing by the map drawing unit, is called up and displayed superimposed on the field image 31 according to the map display operation by the user. The map image 33 includes an outline of the virtual field, the current position 34 of the player character in the field, the destination 36 of the user character, the positions of the plurality of areas 35a to 35f in the virtual field, and the plurality of areas 35a to 35f. This includes an image showing the display of the difficulty level (warning level) set to .

In the present embodiment, the alert levels set for the areas 35a to 35f are circles drawn with dashed lines (circles conceptually showing the general position and size of the areas) that indicate the areas in the map image. (which may not match the size and shape of the area set in the virtual field) is notified to the user by adding a color that indicates the level of alertness. Specifically, the circle indicating the area with the highest caution level (“ALERT rank” in this embodiment) is displayed in red, and the area with the next highest caution level (“CAUTION rank” in this embodiment) is displayed in red. ) are displayed in orange, and the circles indicating areas with the lowest alert level (“SAFE rank” in this embodiment) are displayed in blue. However, the method of notifying the alertness level to the user may be appropriately determined according to the embodiment, and is not limited to the examples in the present disclosure. For example, the caution level may be notified to the user by numerical values or words (for example, "ALERT", "CAUTION", "SAFE", etc.) attached to areas in the map image. Also, the area display method is not limited to the circle display method exemplified in the present embodiment. For example, areas on the field may be partitioned by boundary lines and displayed on the map.

In addition, the alert level rank may be determined simply according to a predetermined alert level value range (for example, when the alert level takes a value from 0 to 99, 80 or more is "ALERT", 60 or more and less than 80 are "CAUTION", and less than 60 are "SAFE"), and may be relatively determined by comparing caution levels set in a plurality of related areas.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, of the areas 35c to 35e through which the player character operated by the user wants to pass from the current position 34 of the player character to reach the destination 36, the area 35c has a high alert level (ALERT rank). Here, the game according to the present embodiment causes the user to generate an event that attracts the attention of an enemy character or the like in any of the areas 35a, 35b, 35d, and 35f adjacent to the area 35c, and alerts the user to the area 35c. provide a means of reducing

<Process flow>
Next, the flow of processing executed in this embodiment will be described. Note that the specific contents and processing order of the processing shown in the flowcharts according to the embodiment are examples for carrying out the present disclosure. Specific processing contents and processing order may be appropriately selected according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of difficulty level management processing according to the first embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is repeatedly executed in parallel with the game processing in response to an instruction to start the game processing in the information processing apparatus 1 .

In step S101, occurrence of a predetermined event is detected. The difficulty management unit 22 determines whether or not a predetermined event caused by the user's game operation has occurred in the virtual field. Here, the predetermined event is an event of a type that can attract the attention of an enemy character or the like during the game. and so on. However, the content of the predetermined event is not limited to the examples in this disclosure. If it is determined that the predetermined event has not occurred, the processing shown in this flowchart ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined event has occurred, the process proceeds to step S102.

In steps S102 and S103, the caution level is changed. The difficulty management unit 22 identifies the area where the event detected in step S101 occurred (event occurrence area), and increases the caution level of the event occurrence area (step S102). Furthermore, the difficulty level management unit 22 identifies all surrounding areas (adjacent areas in this embodiment) of the event occurrence area, and reduces the vigilance level of the identified one or more adjacent areas (step S103).

Here, the increase/decrease width of the vigilance level may be determined by various methods according to the embodiment. For example, the increase/decrease width of the alert level can be a fixed value that is predetermined for each type of detected event. By doing this, the more important events such as explosions and battles have a larger increase/decrease range, and the more minor events such as a simple sound are increased/decreased. The range of decrease can be reduced, and the range of game strategies that the user can select can be expanded. When the vigilance level is changed, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

Note that the changed caution level may be returned to the original caution level as time elapses. For example, after changing the caution level in steps S102 and S103, the difficulty management unit 22 changes the caution level of the area whose caution level has been changed toward the value before the change (initial value) as time elapses. Specifically, the difficulty management unit 22 decreases/increases the changed caution level by a predetermined width at predetermined time intervals, so that the caution level of each area whose caution level has been changed is changed to the value before the change. back to By performing such processing, the vigilance level changed by the event caused by the user returns to the original value (rank) as time elapses.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the flow of object control processing according to the first embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is executed repeatedly for each area to be processed in parallel with the above-described difficulty level management processing when an instruction to start the game processing is given in the information processing device 1. .

In step S201, it is determined whether or not there is a change in the caution level. The object control unit 23 determines whether the caution level of at least one of the processing target area and one or more areas to which the enemy object can move from the processing target area (hereinafter referred to as "movable area") has changed since the previous confirmation. determine whether or not If it is determined that the caution level of any area has not changed, the processing shown in this flowchart ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the caution level of any area has changed, the process proceeds to step S202.

In step S202, it is determined whether or not there is a high caution area. The object control unit 23 compares the caution level of the processing target area and the caution levels of one or more movable areas. If, as a result of the comparison, no area with a higher alert level than that of the processing target area (hereinafter referred to as a "high alert area") is found in the movable areas, the process is shown in this flow chart. processing ends. On the other hand, if a high security area is found, the process proceeds to step S203.

At step S203, the object is moved. The object control unit 23 moves at least part of the enemy object within the processing target area to the high security area found in step S202. A specific method of movement may be appropriately adopted according to the embodiment. For example, the object may be moved along a preset movement route, or may be moved along a route calculated by processing the topography of the virtual field using AI (artificial intelligence) or the like after the destination is determined. good too. Also, the destination of the object may be within the high-security area, and the object control unit 23 may move the object to a predetermined point within the high-security area, or may move the object to an event caused by the user. You may move to a point near the point of origin. After that, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of a game screen when the difficulty level of each area changes according to an event that has occurred, according to the present embodiment. The map screen shown in FIG. 6 shows how the caution level of each area changes as a result of the user operating the player character to cause an event in the virtual field shown in FIG.

Specifically, when the player character causes a predetermined event (for example, detonating a bomb) in the area 35b in the alert level state shown in FIG. As a result, the caution levels of the areas 35a and 35c adjacent to the area 35b decrease. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the alertness rank of the area 35b, which had a SAFE rank before the event occurred, increased to an ALERT rank, while the alertness rank was an ALERT rank before the event occurred. It can be seen that the caution degree ranks of the area 35c where the caution degree rank was CAUTION rank and the caution degree rank of the area 35a where the caution degree rank was the CAUTION rank are both lowered to the SAFE rank. As a result, the player character can safely pass through the area 35 c with a reduced difficulty level and reach the destination 36 .

That is, according to the system according to the present embodiment, the difficulty level management process and the object control process described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 are executed. The alert level of the area containing the point you hit will increase and the number of enemy objects will increase, and the alert level of the surrounding area will decrease and the number of enemy objects will decrease. In other words, in the game according to this embodiment, the user can reduce the difficulty level of a desired area by intentionally causing an event.

[Second embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, as the relationship between the caution level and the movement of the enemy object, a causal relationship is adopted in which the enemy object moves according to the caution level set for each area. However, the relationship between the vigilance level and the movement of the enemy object is not limited to the example described in the first embodiment, and other relationships may be employed. For example, the increase/decrease of the difficulty level by the difficulty level management unit 22 and the control of the object by the object control unit 23 may be processed independently of each other starting from the occurrence of an event.

In the second embodiment described below, the relationship between the alert level and the movement of the enemy object is that the enemy object moves in response to the occurrence of an event, and the alert level depends on the number and strength of the enemy objects in the area. An embodiment will be described in which the relationship is calculated based on. That is, in the second embodiment, a causal relationship is adopted in which the alert level varies according to the movement result of the enemy object.

The configuration of the information processing system according to this embodiment is substantially the same as that described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG. 1, so description thereof will be omitted. Further, the information processing device includes the game processing unit 21, the difficulty level management unit 22, the object control unit 23, and the drawing/output unit 24, as well as the information processing device described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG. is similar to However, in this embodiment, the details of the processing by the difficulty management unit 22 and the object control unit 23 are different from the details of the processing described in the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event, the difficulty management unit 22 causes the object control unit 23 to move the enemy object from the area surrounding the event occurrence area to the event occurrence area. That is, in the second embodiment, the difficulty level management unit 22 instructs the object control unit 23 to move the enemy object, thereby decreasing the difficulty level (warning level) set for the area surrounding the event occurrence area. .

In the second embodiment, the object control unit 23 receives an instruction from the difficulty management unit 22 and moves the enemy object from the area surrounding the event occurrence area to the event occurrence area.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of difficulty management processing according to the second embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is repeatedly executed in parallel with the game processing in response to an instruction to start the game processing in the information processing apparatus 1 .

In step S301, occurrence of a predetermined event is detected. The difficulty management unit 22 determines whether or not a predetermined event (see the first embodiment for details) caused by the user's game operation has occurred in the virtual field. If it is determined that the predetermined event has not occurred, the process proceeds to step S303. On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined event has occurred, the process proceeds to step S302.

In step S302, an instruction to move the enemy object is given. When it is determined in step S301 that a predetermined event has occurred, the difficulty management section 22 instructs the object control section 23 to move the enemy object to the event occurrence area. The details of the processing by the object control unit 23 that received the instruction will be described later with reference to FIG. After that, the process proceeds to step S303.

In step S303, the caution level for each area is calculated. For each area, the difficulty management unit 22 calculates the caution level (difficulty level) of the area based on the number, strength, etc. of enemy objects existing in the area. Various methods may be employed to calculate the caution level. For example, the alertness level may be calculated by simply counting the number of enemy objects in the area, or by totaling the strength (difficulty) score set for each enemy object in the area. may be That is, in the present embodiment, the process of step S303 is repeatedly executed during the game process, thereby calculating the vigilance level reflecting the situation of the enemy object for each area. After that, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the flow of object control processing according to the second embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is executed repeatedly for each area to be processed in parallel with the above-described difficulty level management processing when an instruction to start the game processing is given in the information processing device 1. .

In steps S<b>401 and S<b>402 , the object is moved according to instructions from the difficulty management unit 22 . When the instruction issued in step S303 of the difficulty level management process is accepted (YES in step S401), the object control unit 23 adds the event At least part of the movable enemy object is moved to the generation area (step S402). A specific method for moving an object is substantially the same as that described in the first embodiment, so description thereof will be omitted. After that, the processing shown in this flowchart ends.

Note that the enemy object that has moved may return to the area where it was before moving to the event occurrence area (the initial area of the enemy object) as the event that occurred ends or as time elapses. When counting the passage of time, for example, an event occurrence time, an enemy object movement start time, an enemy object movement end time, an event end time, etc. can be set as the count start time.

[Other variations]
In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the difficulty level set for the area in the virtual field is the caution level, but the difficulty level set for the area may be an index different from the caution level. For example, the strength of enemy objects in the area, the degree of items given to the player character, the difficulty of tasks given to the user, the complexity of user operations, the degree of user assistance by the system, etc. are indicators of difficulty. may be set.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, by moving the enemy object between areas, the difficulty level of the area adjacent to the high security area is reduced. It may be realized by a method other than movement. For example, the difficulty level management unit 22 and the object control unit 23 increase the difficulty level of the high security area by generating new enemy objects or strengthening enemy objects, and extinguish or weaken enemy objects. It is also possible to reduce the difficulty of the surrounding area in such a way as to

1 information processing device 9 information processing system

Claims (6)

the computer,
game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to user operations;
difficulty management means for managing the difficulty of game play by the user in the virtual field;
object control means for controlling an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character ;
a map drawing means for drawing a map displaying an outline of the virtual field,
In response to occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user's operation, the difficulty level management means causes the object control means to strengthen the object in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event. and increasing the difficulty level in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event ,
The map drawing means draws the map further displaying the position of the area where the enhanced object is located in the virtual field.
Game processing program. the computer,
game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to user operations;
difficulty management means for managing the difficulty of game play by the user in the virtual field;
object control means for controlling an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character ;
a map drawing means for drawing a map displaying an outline of the virtual field,
In response to the occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user's operation, the difficulty level management means causes the object control means to weaken the object in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event. and reducing the difficulty level near the point where the predetermined event occurs ,
The map drawing means draws the map further displaying the position of the area where the weakened object is located in the virtual field.
Game processing program. game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to user operations;
difficulty management means for managing the difficulty of game play by the user in the virtual field;
object control means for controlling an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character ;
map drawing means for drawing a map displaying an outline of the virtual field ;
In response to occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user's operation, the difficulty level management means causes the object control means to strengthen the object in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event. and increasing the difficulty level in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event ,
The map drawing means draws the map further displaying the position of the area where the enhanced object is located in the virtual field.
Information processing equipment. game processing means for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to user operations;
difficulty management means for managing the difficulty of game play by the user in the virtual field;
object control means for controlling an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character ;
map drawing means for drawing a map displaying an outline of the virtual field ;
In response to the occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user's operation, the difficulty level management means causes the object control means to weaken the object in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event. and reducing the difficulty level near the point where the predetermined event occurs ,
The map drawing means draws the map further displaying the position of the area where the weakened object is located in the virtual field.
Information processing equipment. the computer
a game processing step for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to user operations;
a difficulty management step of managing difficulty of game play by the user in the virtual field;
an object control step of controlling an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character ;
a map drawing step of drawing a map displaying an outline of the virtual field ;
In the difficulty level management step, in response to occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user operation, the object control step strengthens the object in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event. and increasing the difficulty level in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event ,
The map drawing step draws the map further displaying the position of the area in which the enhanced object is located in the virtual field.
Game processing method. the computer
a game processing step for processing a game including movement of a player character in a virtual field according to user operations;
a difficulty management step of managing difficulty of game play by the user in the virtual field;
an object control step of controlling an object placed in the virtual field and hostile to the player character ;
a map drawing step of drawing a map displaying an outline of the virtual field ;
In the difficulty level management step, in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event in the virtual field according to the user operation, the object control step weakens the object in the vicinity of the occurrence point of the predetermined event. and reducing the difficulty level near the point where the predetermined event occurs ,
The map drawing step draws the map further displaying the position of the area in which the weakened object is located in the virtual field.
Game processing method.

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