JP7457179B2 - Programs, recording media and game devices - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a program, a recording medium, a game device, and a system for configuring game elements, and particularly to an electronic game that configures game elements according to selections and operations by a player.

Some electronic games are configured so that specific game elements can be obtained by combining multiple materials. Patent Document 1 states that after selecting a plurality of materials and storing them in a jar, a magic stone is generated on the condition that the stirring operation performed is successful (the stirring operation continues within the optimum speed range for 6 seconds). A game device that plays the game is described.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2008-142268

However, in the method disclosed in Patent Document 1, in which the presence or absence of game elements is controlled based on the success or failure of a specific operation, there is no diversity in the game elements that are configured, and the player's influence on the configuration of game elements during long-term game play is low. Interest may be reduced, and as a result, interest in the game may also be reduced.

The objective of the present invention is to provide a program, a recording medium, a game device, and a game element configuration system that enable the configuration of interesting game elements.

The program of the present invention causes a computer to perform a process of acquiring configuration information related to the configuration of game elements, a process of selecting a combination of materials to be used for configuring the game elements, and executing a game based on the configuration information. A process of evaluating the game play based on the operation input made, and a process of configuring the configuration information and corresponding game elements based on the combination of selected materials and the game play evaluation result. , the parameters of the configured game elements are changed according to the evaluation results of the game play.
Further, a program according to another aspect of the present invention includes a process for causing a computer to execute a first game and evaluate the game play based on the operation input made, and a process for executing the game play evaluation result of the first game. a process for configuring game elements used in a second game different from the first game; a process for storing the configured game elements; and a process for determining whether the configured game elements have already been stored. The parameters of the configured game elements are determined parameters that are changed according to the evaluation results of the gameplay of the first game, and the parameters that are executed using the game elements after the configuration. a growth parameter that changes according to the game play of the second game, and when it is determined that the configured game element has already been stored, the growth parameter of the already stored game element. A game element is then configured and newly stored in place of the already stored game element.

According to the present invention, it is possible to configure interesting game elements.

A diagram showing the configuration of a game element configuration system according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention A diagram illustrating the appearance of a recipe card 200 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention A block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a game console 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention Diagram for explaining parameters of a character according to embodiments and modified examples of the present invention Flowchart illustrating character configuration processing executed in the game console 100 according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention A diagram illustrating the data structure of various information used in the game element configuration system according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention.

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the invention. Two or more features among the plurality of features described in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. In addition, the same or similar configurations are given the same reference numerals, and duplicate explanations will be omitted.

An embodiment described below describes an example in which the present invention is applied to a game console, which is an example of a game device, and is configured to be able to acquire information attached to a game article. However, the present invention is applicable to any device capable of acquiring information attached to game items.

《Configuration of game element composition system》
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a game element configuration system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated, the game element configuration system according to the present embodiment includes a game console 100 as a game device according to the present invention, and a recipe card 200 as a game article. Further, in the example of FIG. 1, a display unit 120 is connected to the game console 100 as an information presentation means of the game console 100.

The recipe card 200 is attached with information (configuration information) necessary for configuring a character in a game application to be described later that is executed on the game console 100, and the game console 100 is configured to be able to acquire the configuration information. Ru. The configuration information is added to the recipe card 200 by, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a two-dimensional code image 201 obtained by converting the information is printed on the surface of the recipe card 200. It can be anything. Note that the manner in which the configuration information is added to the recipe card 200 is not limited to this, but may be composed of a one-dimensional or other multidimensional code and attached to the surface in a visible or invisible manner. The recipe card 200 may also be stored in a recording medium built into the recipe card 200.

Although details will be described later, it is assumed that the character according to the game application of this embodiment is configured through the gameplay of a summoning game that is executed in response to acquisition of configuration information from the recipe card 200. In other words, the character is positioned as a result of the summoning game. In a game in which characters appear and progress, having a variety of characters increases the interest, so it is preferable to have variety in the summoning game. In the game application of this embodiment, we focus on the fact that there are various types of dishes (food) and that there is also diversity in the cooking process to complete them. will be explained as related to cooking. More specifically, the configuration information acquired when configuring a character is information that specifies a "(cooking) recipe," the material for character summoning is "ingredients" specified by the recipe, and the summoning game is "play related to the cooking process." The character created through the summoning game will have a motif of ``cooking''.

In this embodiment, the character motifs, the summoning game related to the character composition, and the material themes are described as being related to "cooking," but it should be easily understood that these motifs and themes are merely examples that provide a diverse play experience, and that the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

In this embodiment, the configuration information is described as information for configuring characters that will appear in a game in a game application, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The configuration information may also be information used to configure other game elements, such as items.

Further, in this embodiment, the game article from which information is acquired in the game application is the recipe card 200, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The game article to which the configuration information is attached may be a shaped article such as a game element or a figure having an appearance of a motif of the game element, as long as the article is configured such that the information can be obtained. In this case, the configuration information may be obtainable from a pattern attached to the bottom or a predetermined surface of the object using a sticker, printing, or the like, or from a recording medium inside the object. Moreover, the game article may be not only a figure but also any article such as a toy or a sticker.

In addition, in this embodiment, the configuration information is described as being obtained from the recipe card 200, which is a real item, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The configuration information may be information that can be obtained from a virtual item obtained on the game application rather than a real item, or information that can be obtained at a predetermined timing on the game application without going through the concept of a real item or virtual item.

<Functional configuration of game console>
The functional configuration of the game console 100 of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 3.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game console 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by reading, for example, an operation program of each block or a program related to a game application recorded on the recording medium 102, loading it onto the memory 103, and executing it. In this embodiment, the game application is configured to configure and register a character based on the configuration information acquired from the recipe card 200, and to provide an experience of playing a competitive game in which the character appears. do.

The recording medium 102 is a non-volatile recording device that may include, for example, a rewritable built-in memory or HDD of the game console 100, or a removable ROM or an optical disk that can be read via an optical drive. The recording medium 102 records not only the operation programs of each block, but also information such as various parameters required for the operation of each block. The program and various data (including graphics data) of the game application executed in the game console 100 of this embodiment are also stored in the recording medium 102. The memory 103 is, for example, a volatile memory, and is used not only as an area for expanding the operation programs of each block and the program of the game application, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing intermediate data output during the operation of each block.

The acquisition unit 104 acquires configuration information from the recipe card 200 prior to execution of the summoning game. In this embodiment, since the configuration information is attached to the recipe card 200 in the form of the code image 201 as described above, the game console 100 is equipped with an imaging device and is configured to be able to acquire the configuration information by imaging. It is assumed that there is The imaging device may be provided as an external device that is configured to be detachably attached to the game console 100, for example, or it may be built into a controller that can acquire information via the operation input unit 106, which will be described later. There may be.

Note that in the game application of this embodiment, the configuration information is acquired from the recipe card 200 by imaging, but the acquisition of the configuration information is not limited to this. It will be understood that the information may be obtained by a method depending on the addition method.

The presentation control unit 105 controls the presentation of various information to the player on the game console 100. The game console 100 of this embodiment will be described as having a display unit 120 that displays screens (game screens, other OS menu screens, etc.) as means for presenting various information to the player, but these are the means for presenting information. It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the above, and that substitutions or additions are possible.

The presentation control unit 105 includes a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs predetermined drawing processing when generating a game screen to be displayed on the display unit 120. Specifically, the presentation control unit 105 executes appropriate arithmetic processing based on the processing and commands performed by the control unit 101 and the operation input made via the operation input unit 106 while the game application is being executed. Draws and generates various game screens related to the game. The generated game screen is presented to the player by being output and displayed on the display unit 120 provided in the game console 100. The display unit 120 is, for example, a display device such as an LCD that is configured to be detachably attached to the game console 100. In this embodiment, the display unit 120 will be described as a device connected to the outside of the game console 100, but the display unit 120 may be a display device that is built into and integrated with the game console 100. .

The operation input unit 106 is a user interface that the game console 100 has, such as a touch panel or buttons, or that is provided on a controller connected to the game console 100, whether wired or wireless. When the operation input unit 106 detects an operation input made by the player, it outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101.

In addition, the game console 100 of the present embodiment also realizes the following functional configuration by executing the game application program according to the present invention. The following various databases (DB) may be realized by data developed on the recording medium 102 or the memory 103 by executing the program.

The foodstuff DB 107 is a database that manages information on various foodstuffs (foodstuff information) that are materials for summoning, related to a summoning game that constitutes a character. For example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the food information managed in the food DB 107 for one type of food includes a food name 602 indicating the name of the food in association with a food ID 601 that uniquely identifies the food. The summoning game may include a category ID 603 indicating the category into which the food is classified, a type ID 604 indicating the type of the food, and a rarity 605 indicating the rarity of the food.

Here, in the summoning game of this embodiment, the categories related to ingredients include "normal ingredients" which are the targets of cooking as the first ingredient according to the present invention, and these ordinary ingredients as the second ingredient. It will be explained as including "seasoning ingredients" to which seasoning is applied. Further, each food ingredient is provided with a type such as meat, fish, leafy vegetables, root vegetables, seasonings, etc., and any one type is defined as the type ID 604. Furthermore, even if food items belong to the same category and type, food information is managed as different food items depending on their rarity.

The recipe DB 108 is a database that manages information (recipe information) that defines food groups necessary for configuring a character, configurable characters, and the content of a summoning game. Recipe information managed in the recipe DB 108 for one type of recipe is associated with a recipe ID 611 that uniquely identifies the recipe and used to indicate usable ingredients for the recipe, as shown in FIG. 6(b), for example. It is configured to include possible ingredients information 612, configurable character information 613 indicating a group of characters that can be configured by using the recipe, and a game ID 614 that specifies a cooking game to be executed as a summoning game related to the recipe. It may be.

Here, it is assumed that one type of recipe is associated with multiple types of dishes that undergo the same cooking process. The plurality of types of dishes that undergo similar cooking processes refer to groups of dishes that are generally classified as the same kind of food, such as sauce fried noodles, salted fried noodles, egg fried rice and crab fried rice, for example. In other words, these cooking groups require similar operation inputs in the summoning game (cooking game) (some ingredients may be replaced), so in the game application of this embodiment, one type of recipe information can handle these dishes. It is possible to construct a character corresponding to

Therefore, the usable ingredients information 612 of the recipe information related to one type of recipe includes the ingredients type for each category ID 621 indicating the category of ingredients that can be used in a group of dishes (character motifs) that can be configured by the recipe. It is configured to include a type ID 622. That is, in a summoning game related to one piece of recipe information, the usable ingredients information 612 is configured such that a character can be constructed by replacing ingredients that belong to a specified category and type. Further, in the configurable character information 613, for each combination of ingredients (configuration combination information 631) corresponding to the usable ingredients information 612, a character ID 632 of a character configured based on the combination is defined. In the game application of this embodiment, it is assumed that the combination of ingredients for one type of cooking consists of four types of regular ingredients and one type of seasoning ingredients, and the character that is formed depends on which combination the combination is. is determined. The character is configured to have a different appearance by changing at least some of the ingredients in the combination to other ingredients of the same type, or by changing the same ingredients to ingredients with different rarities. In order to simplify the explanation, this embodiment will be described on the assumption that characters with different appearances are determined as composition targets depending on which of the usable ingredients is a seasoning ingredient.

The character DB 109 is a database that manages information on characters (character information) that can be configured by playing a summoning game. Character information managed in the character DB 109 for one type of character is, for example, as shown in FIG. , attribute information 643 indicating the role of the character in a battle game described later, such as healer, tricker, etc., basic parameter information 644 defining various parameters (initial value, upper limit, etc.) related to the character, and rarity of the character. It may be configured to include a rarity 645 indicating.

The summoning game DB110 is a database that manages information (summoning game information) about the summoning game, including cooking steps defined for each recipe. The summoning game information managed in the summoning game DB110 for one type of summoning game may be configured to include, for example, as shown in FIG. 6(d), a game ID 651 that uniquely identifies the summoning game, evaluation criteria information 652 that describes the operation input to be evaluated in the summoning game and the evaluation criteria, and performance information 653 that describes the performance presentation in the summoning game, in association with the game ID 651. As described above about the recipe information, one type of recipe information is configured to enable the composition of a character group with multiple types of dishes as motifs, but since these dishes have similar cooking steps, it is sufficient to configure the summoning game to be played with a common operation evaluation and performance presentation. Therefore, each of the summoning game information managed in the summoning game DB110 can be referenced when configuring multiple types of characters.

The evaluation unit 111 evaluates the operation inputs made during the summoning game executed when constructing a character. In the game application of this embodiment, the content of the summoning game is specified for each summoning recipe, so the evaluation unit 111 refers to the evaluation criteria information 652 of the summoning game information related to the summoning game executed, sets the operation input and evaluation criteria to be evaluated, and then evaluates the operation inputs made during play.

The progress management unit 112 manages the player's progress in the game related to the game application of this embodiment. Although the details will be described later, in the game application of this embodiment, by playing a summoning game related to the configuration of characters and a battle game in which the configured characters are selectable characters, the results of the game play related to the player are displayed as progress information. Stored/updated.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6(e), the progress information includes registered character information 661 that stores information about characters configured in the summoning game, and food items obtained in the battle game and owned by the player. It may include owned food ingredient information 662. The owned food material information 662 may manage the number of owned foods 672 for each food material in association with its food material ID 671.

Further, the registered character information 661 includes, for each configured character, the corresponding character ID 682, character name 683, attribute information in association with identification information 681 that uniquely identifies the character, as shown in FIG. 6(f), for example. 684, parameter information 685 indicating the parameters of the character determined as a result of the summoning game, growth information 686 indicating the difference in parameters grown by using the character in the battle game, and the recipe used in the configuration of the character. and configuration information 687 (recipe ID of used recipe information and food ingredient ID group of used ingredients information) that is information on ingredients. The identification information 681 is attached in association with the recipe card 200 whose information was acquired during the summoning game, and different identification information is attached and managed even for the same type of character. Therefore, the registered character information 661 is configured such that a plurality of characters of the same type can be registered.

《Character composition overview》
Hereinafter, in the game application of this embodiment, an outline of the structure of the character realized by the summoning game will be explained.

As described above, the game console 100 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to provide an experience of playing a competitive game that progresses through character operations by executing the game application, and the player can play the game from the recipe card 200. By acquiring information and playing a summoning game, it is possible to increase the number of characters that can be used (can appear) in the battle game.

In the game application of this embodiment, the configuration information includes information specifying normal ingredients and seasoning ingredients for which at least one type of character can be generated, so that even players who do not own ingredients can play the game appropriately. It is included. That is, by acquiring configuration information from the recipe card 200, the summoning game will be executed with the player possessing the ingredients necessary for the configuration of the character. A situation where the summoning game cannot be executed is avoided.

The configuration information attached to the recipe card 200 may be, for example, as shown in FIG. 6(g), associated with the identification information 691 uniquely assigned to the recipe card 200, and may include a recipe ID 692 of the recipe information used when the recipe card 200 is used, and default ingredient information 693 indicating the ingredients set by default for the summoning game to be executed. That is, the configuration information attached to each recipe card 200 specifies one type of recipe and is configured to include at least information on the type of ingredients required in the summoning game related to the recipe. In other words, the recipe card 200 is attached with one type of ingredient for each type of ingredient required for the summoning game to be executed on the condition that the configuration information has been acquired, for a total of five default ingredients (four types of normal ingredients and one type of seasoning ingredient), and the player can transition the progress of the game to a state in which these ingredients are owned by acquiring the configuration information. In this embodiment, recipe information is managed in recipe DB 108, so the configuration information is described as including recipe ID 692 and default ingredient information 693, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration information may be configured to include information equivalent to recipe information.

Basically, the summoning game that is executed on the condition that configuration information is acquired from the recipe card 200 selects the ingredients specified by the default ingredients information 693 of the configuration information for the required type of ingredients. is executed in the current state. As described above, which character is formed in the summoning game is determined by the combination of selected ingredients. Therefore, the characters configured in the summoning game played by acquiring the configuration information from the recipe card 200 are basically selected from among the character group specified by the configurable character information 613 of the corresponding recipe information. This character corresponds to the combination of ingredients in the default ingredients information 693 of the usage information. In the game application of this embodiment, in order to simplify the explanation, it is assumed that characters are configured according to the ingredients of the selected seasoning ingredient category among the characters with different appearances defined by the configurable character information 613. explain.

Note that the default ingredients information 693 attached to the configuration information of the recipe card 200 includes information on ingredients that satisfy the conditions specified in the usable ingredients information 612 of the corresponding recipe information (category ID 621 and type ID 622 are the same). It suffices if they are included, and multiple types of combinations may exist.

After the combination of ingredients is determined, a summoning game is executed based on the corresponding recipe information. The cooking process for which the play experience is provided in the summoning game is set differently depending on which dish the motif of the constituent characters is for, and the control unit 101 controls the cooking process to correspond to the game ID 614 of the recipe information. The summoning game is controlled based on the summoning game information. In other words, the content and evaluation method of the summoning game are determined for each character group that can be configured using the recipe information specified by the acquired configuration information.

The summoning game progresses by providing an opportunity to input a specific operation input according to the cooking process in conjunction with the presentation of a cooking performance corresponding to the associated dish, and evaluating the operation input made at the input opportunity. . The evaluation of the operation input according to the cooking process is similar to a so-called rhythm game, in which, for example, it is evaluated how accurately the operation input is made to the appropriate operation member at a predetermined input timing provided multiple times. It may be carried out in any manner. Alternatively, in a mode in which the operation input device (controller, etc.) connected to the game console 100 is equipped with an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, etc., and can detect the movement of the operation input device, the operation input to be evaluated is It may be a motion input that imitates a cooking operation performed using a . The operation inputs corresponding to the cooking process differ depending on the motif of the dish (summoning game information).For example, the operation inputs to be evaluated include the turning of the spatula for yakisoba, and the operation of tilting the pan for fried rice. It may be set.

After the play of the summoning game is completed, the composed characters are presented together with the result of the summoning game. Here, the results of the summoning game may be presented using, for example, a system in which the evaluation result of the entire game play is shown as a score out of 100, or a system in which a predetermined number of graded evaluations are performed. Further, the result presentation may include presentation of parameters of the constructed character.

In the game application of this embodiment, the parameters of the configured character (the numerical representation of the character's abilities when used in a battle game) are the basic parameters unique to the character, the ingredients used in the summoning game, etc. The explanation will be given assuming that it is determined based on the combination and the evaluation results of the summoning game. The parameters may include, for example, items such as physical strength, attack power, defensive power, recovery power, etc., but in order to simplify the explanation below, the manner in which they are determined will be explained using only physical strength as an example. Regarding the parameters of items other than physical strength, for example, the basic parameters may be changed in accordance with the combination of ingredients and the evaluation results with respect to the items corresponding to the attributes of the composed character. In addition, in this embodiment, in order to provide a suitable play experience, the values of basic parameters are guaranteed, and changes in parameters based on combinations of ingredients and evaluation results are made only in a direction that gives an advantage to the progress of the battle game. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

The parameters of the character include, as a first parameter according to the present invention, a current value that changes (grows) depending on the gameplay of a competitive game using the character, and as a second parameter, a current value that changes (grows) depending on the gameplay of a competitive game using the character. The latter is controlled to vary depending on the play content of the summoning game. Regarding the current value, an initial value unique to the character may be assigned when the configuration information is acquired from the recipe card 200 for the first time and the character is configured. Hereinafter, the determination of the upper limit value of the physical strength parameter of the character to be constructed will be explained with reference to FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, for a character to be constructed, an upper limit value is determined based on a basic physical strength value 401 of a basic parameter uniquely defined for the character. That is, the basic physical strength value 401 is the upper limit guaranteed for the character, regardless of the evaluation result of the summoning game. The basic physical strength value 401 is determined for each character, and is managed in the basic parameter information 644 of the character information of the character. In the game application of the present embodiment, which character from among the character groups that can be configured based on one type of recipe information is determined depending on the seasoning ingredient of the selected combination of ingredients. Therefore, the basic physical strength value 401 also has the aspect of being a parameter that changes depending on the combination of ingredients.

By adding the following two types of physical strength values to the upper limit value determined by the basic physical strength value 401, the final physical strength upper limit value of the configured character is determined.

The food ingredient physical strength value 402 is an additional value of the upper limit determined according to the normal food items included in the food combination. The food component physical strength value 402 may be determined, for example, according to the rarity of the food in the normal food category, and is a value that corresponds to the rarity of the four types of normal food (the higher the rarity, the larger the value). Derived by the sum. That is, the food ingredient physical strength value 402 is a parameter that changes depending on the combination of food ingredients.

On the other hand, the evaluation physical strength value 403 is an additional value of the upper limit determined according to the evaluation result of the play content of the summoning game. The evaluation portion physical strength value 403 is determined according to the evaluation result derived by the evaluation unit 111 evaluating the operation input made by the player during the summoning game, and for example, the evaluation portion physical strength value 403 is determined based on the evaluation result derived by the evaluation unit 111 evaluating the operation input made by the player during the summoning game. It may be a value determined by multiplying by a predetermined coefficient. That is, the evaluation physical strength value 403 is a parameter that changes depending on the evaluation result of the game play, and is set larger as the evaluation result is better.

Therefore, in the game application of this embodiment, the upper limit of the character's physical strength is determined by the sum of the basic physical strength value 401, the food component physical strength value 402, and the evaluation component physical strength value 403. Various characters can be created by combining ingredients and playing the summoning game.

In addition, in the game application of this embodiment, in order to ensure a suitable and interesting experience for the player, the explanation will be given on the assumption that there is no failure in the result of the summoning game. In other words, the configuration of the character based on the configuration information is performed regardless of the result of the summoning game, and the player can configure a character that conforms to at least the basic parameters in one summoning game play. .

When the parameters are determined in this way, registered character information is configured for the configured character and stored as part of the progress information. The identification information 681 used for the registered character information may be, for example, the identification information 691 of the configuration information acquired from the recipe card 200. Further, the parameter information 685 of the registered character information is configured to include the determined current value and upper limit value.

《Character composition processing》
Hereinafter, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 regarding the character configuration process executed in the game console 100 of this embodiment regarding the character configuration. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading out the corresponding game application program stored in the recording medium 102, loading it into the memory 103, and executing it. Note that this character configuration process will be explained as being started when, for example, a menu related to the configuration of a character based on the recipe card 200 is selected while a game application is being executed.

In S501, the control unit 101 determines whether configuration information related to the current character configuration has been acquired. The determination in this step may be made depending on whether the acquisition unit 104 has acquired the configuration information from the recipe card 200. If the control unit 101 determines that the configuration information has been acquired, the process moves to S502, and if it determines that the configuration information has not been acquired, it repeats the process of this step.

In S502, the control unit 101 reads recipe information corresponding to the recipe ID 692 of the acquired configuration information from the recipe DB 108.

At S503, the control unit 101 selects a combination of ingredients to be used in the current character configuration based on the default ingredient information 693 of the obtained configuration information. The control unit 101 also references the configurable character information 613 of the recipe information to identify the character (target character) that will be configured using the determined combination of ingredients.

In S504, the control unit 101 reads the summoning game information corresponding to the game ID 614 of the recipe information from the summoning game DB 110, and executes the summoning game with reference to the information. During the execution of the summoning game, the presentation control unit 105 presents an effect of the summoning game under the control of the control unit 101 based on the effect information 653 of the summoning game information. Further, during execution of the summoning game, the evaluation section 111 evaluates the operation input made based on the evaluation criterion information 652 of the summoning game information under the control of the control section 101. At this time, the presentation control unit 105 may include in the presentation a notification regarding the input method for the operation input required for the current summoning game. When the summoning game ends, the control unit 101 moves the process to S505.

In S505, the control unit 101 determines the parameters of the target character based on the character information managed for the target character, information on the combination of ingredients used, and the evaluation result of the executed summoning game. More specifically, the control unit 101 determines the current value of the parameter of the target character based on the initial value information defined in the basic parameter information 644 of the character information of the character. Further, the control unit 101 determines the maximum value of the parameter of the target character based on the character information managed for the target character, information on the combination of ingredients used, and the evaluation result of the executed summoning game.

In S506, the control unit 101 configures the registered character information of the target character including information on the parameters determined in S505, and registers it in the registered character information 661 of the progress information managed by the progress management unit 112. At this time, the identification information 691 of the acquired configuration information may be used as the identification information 681 of the registered character information.

In S507, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 105 presents the evaluation results of the summoning game together with the information on the configured target character, and completes the character configuration process.

《Game processing》
Furthermore, in the game application of this embodiment, the player can play a competitive game using the characters configured in this manner. Note that since this competitive game does not perform processing unique to the present invention, a detailed explanation will be omitted and only an outline will be described below.

The competitive game is started on the condition that a character that satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, a predetermined number or less, a predetermined cost or less, etc.) is selected as a character to be used from among the characters registered for the player. The content of the competitive game may be any as long as the characters used appear and the progress is controlled based on the registered parameter information 685.

By playing the battle game, each of the characters used grows based on the play results. As a result, the current value of the used character increases (within the upper limit value range), and the growth information 686 of the registered character information related to the used character is updated to the increased value.

Moreover, the competitive game may be provided with an opportunity to obtain new ingredients. As described above, the registered character information includes information on the ingredients used in the composition as the composition information 687, and the information is configured to be viewable even after composition. Ingredients obtained during a competitive game can be applied in place of the ingredients in the list, for example on the screen where you view the list of ingredients used in the composition of registered characters (the ingredients must be of a usable type). conditions). That is, the player may be configured to be able to change (customize) the combination of characters registered through a summoning game based on a combination of specific ingredients. When the combination is changed, in the configurable character information 613 of the recipe information referenced at the time of configuration, the character may be changed to correspond to the changed combination of ingredients, or the parameters may be changed (initial value, upper limit) due to the character change. (change of value) may be performed. By configuring in this way, it is possible to further increase the interest related to the character configuration.

As explained above, according to the game device of this embodiment, it is possible to configure interesting game elements. More specifically, the game device of this embodiment determines the game elements to be configured based on the combination of materials, and also determines the configuration of the game elements based on the evaluation results of the game play of the game executed based on the configuration information. By controlling the parameters of the constituent game elements to be changed accordingly, it is possible to provide various constituent functions of the game elements.

[Modification 1]
In the above embodiment, the aspect that the combination of ingredients of the constructed character can be changed when the corresponding ingredients are obtained in the battle game has been described, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a change in the combination of ingredients may require the execution of the summoning game again. That is, for one recipe card 200, the summoning game based on the composition information attached to the recipe card 200 may be configured to be executable multiple times or without a limit on the number of times. In this way, the player can play the summoning game with a combination of ingredients different from the default combination of ingredients preset in the recipe card 200 and construct the character.

Further, the combination of ingredients does not need to be changed only after the character is configured. For example, when acquiring configuration information from the recipe card 200 and playing a summoning game, it may be configured to accept operation input from the player regarding changing at least some of the ingredients. That is, in the character configuration process of the above-described embodiment, the default combination of ingredients specified by the default ingredients information 693 of the configuration information is selected, but after acquiring the configuration information, The player is configured to be able to change at least some of the ingredients to other ingredients owned by the player that belong to a selectable type for the corresponding recipe.

By the way, if changing the combination of ingredients requires playing the summoning game again, there is a possibility that the evaluation result of the game play will not be as good as the previously played summoning game. In such a case, the player's interest may be reduced if the parameters of the character configured through the summoning game again are lower than the parameters of the configured character before the combination is changed.

Therefore, regarding the parameter addition based on the evaluation result of the game play (for example, the evaluation physical strength value 403), the parameter addition is updated only if the evaluation result is better than the previous summoning game. It may be configured as follows. In addition, for characters that have already been configured, there is a possibility that the character has grown due to use in a competitive game. The completed character growth information 686 may be configured to be inherited. In other words, when executing the summoning game again with respect to the recipe card 200 in which characters have already been configured, the variable elements depending on the results of the summoning game and the battle game of the previously configured characters are not guaranteed. It's good to be there.

Therefore, when the character configuration process is executed, it is necessary to check whether character information corresponding to the acquired configuration information exists in the progress information managed by the progress management unit 112, that is, whether the acquired configuration information It is only necessary to determine whether registered character information having the same identification information 681 as the identification information 691 exists. At this time, if character information corresponding to the acquired configuration information exists in the progress information managed by the progress management section 112, the additional amount and growth based on the evaluation result of the parameter information 685 of the registered character information Information 686 is stored in the memory 103, and the former may be determined to be changed or not depending on the evaluation result of the new summoning game, and the latter may be controlled to be substituted when configuring new registered character information. The newly configured registered character information may be stored in the progress information in place of the previously configured registered character information for the same recipe card 200.

Furthermore, since it is not suitable to force the player to repeatedly obtain ingredients, after the combination of at least some ingredients for a character configured based on one recipe card 200 is changed, the recipe card 200 When the summoning game is executed again, the changed combination of ingredients may be selected without requiring the acquisition of ingredients again. That is, after a summoning game is executed with at least some ingredients changed from the default ingredient combination, when a summoning game is executed again for the same recipe card 200, instead of the default ingredient combination, It may be configured such that the previously changed combination of ingredients is selected (maintained). In other words, a combination of ingredients different from that specified by the configuration information attached to the recipe card 200 is selected without requiring any selection operation by the player.

For this reason, it may be configured such that the summoning game cannot be executed again for combinations of ingredients that reduce the rarity of the characters formed. In other words, if a high-rarity ingredient is used in a combination, the rarity of the character to be composed can also increase, but by making it possible to change this to a lower-rarity ingredient, the next time the summoning game is executed, the rarity of the character will increase. This may result in the loss of high-rarity food ingredients, so it may be controlled so that changes to food items that would reduce the rarity of the character being configured are not possible. In addition, in order to ensure the interest and fairness of the game, for characters with a higher rank rarity, except in cases specified in the default food information 693, characters with the next lower rarity are configured. may also be a requirement.

In addition, if the recipe card 200 that allows you to configure a character that allows the battle game to progress advantageously is distributed illegally, it may lead to a situation where the interest and fairness of the battle game cannot be guaranteed, so it is necessary to restart the summoning game. In this case, configuration information may be required to be acquired from the recipe card 200. Alternatively, in order to limit the authority to use the recipe card 200 to the same player, the identification information of the player and the identification information of the recipe card 200 are managed in association with each other, for example, on an external server, and the authority is granted each time the summoning game is executed. It is also possible to have a configuration in which it is determined whether or not.

In this embodiment, the summoning game is executed again when the combination of ingredients is changed, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. As described above, the parameters of the constructed character include elements that vary depending on the evaluation results of the game play of the summoning game, so the summoning game based on the construction information attached to one recipe card may be constructed so that it can be repeatedly executed even with the same combination of ingredients. By configuring it in this way, the player's opportunities to play the summoning game increase and the player's game play proficiency can also increase, providing a play experience that makes it easier to construct a character with the parameters of the desired state.

[Modification 2]
In the embodiment described above, the food categories include "normal food" and "seasoning food", and the recipe card 200 includes information on combinations of food types that can be used in the corresponding recipe. However, in addition to the above, there may be further provided ingredients that are not included in the default ingredients information 693 of the configuration information included in the recipe card 200, for example, in the category of "secret ingredient ingredients." The ingredients in the hidden ingredient category can only be obtained through a competitive game, and may be configured to be able to be added to the combination of ingredients when changing the combination of ingredients for a configured character.

When hidden ingredients are added to a combination of ingredients, they are not only taken into consideration in the additional parameters of the ingredients, but also, for example, by adding a "street name (two names)" to the character name, etc. By configuring it to have further effects, it is possible to expand diversity and realize a more interesting character configuration.

Note that the secret ingredient is treated as an ingredient that does not need to be selected in the character configuration, and the configurable character information 613 of the recipe information includes information on combinations of ingredients that include the ingredient and combinations that do not include the ingredient. shall be defined.

[Other embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and alterations are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided/distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through an electric communication line.

100: Game console, 101: Control unit, 102: Recording medium, 103: Memory, 104: Acquisition unit, 105: Presentation control unit, 106: Operation input unit, 107: Foodstuff DB, 108: Recipe DB, 109: Character DB , 110: Summoning game DB, 111: Evaluation section, 112: Progress management section, 120: Display section, 200: Recipe card, 201: Code image

Claims (8)

to the computer,
a process of executing the first game and evaluating the gameplay based on the operation input made;
A process of configuring game elements to be used in a second game different from the first game based on the evaluation result of the game play of the first game;
a process of storing the configured game elements;
a process of determining whether the configured game element is already stored;
run the
The parameters of the configured game element include a final parameter that is changed according to the evaluation result of the game play of the first game , and a game of the second game that is executed using the game element after configuration. Includes growth parameters that change depending on play,
If it is determined that the configured game element is already stored, the game element is configured by inheriting the growth parameter of the already stored game element, and replaces the already stored game element. Newly stored program. If it is determined that the configured game element is already stored, the evaluation result of the game play of the first game is the first game that was played when the already stored game element was configured. A game element is configured by inheriting the growth parameter of the already stored game element, and a new game element is created in place of the already stored game element, on the condition that the growth parameter is better than the game play evaluation result of the game element. The program according to claim 1, wherein the program is stored. 3. The program according to claim 1, wherein the determined parameter of the configured game element is a parameter used in the second game. the determined parameter of the configured game element is derived by adding up a first parameter and a second parameter;
the first parameter is a parameter that is uniquely determined for the game element to be configured,
4. The program according to claim 1, wherein the second parameter is determined in response to an evaluation result of the game play of the first game . The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second game is a competitive game. further performing a process of selecting a combination of materials used to configure the game elements;
In the configuring process, game elements are configured based on the selected combination of materials and the evaluation result of the game play of the first game,
An opportunity to obtain the material is provided in the second game.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . an evaluation means that executes the first game and evaluates the game play based on the operation input made;
configuring means for configuring game elements used in a second game different from the first game based on the evaluation result of the game play of the first game performed by the evaluation means;
Storage means for storing game elements configured by the configuration means;
determining means for determining whether the configured game element is already stored;
Equipped with
The parameters of the game elements configured by the configuration means include fixed parameters that are changed according to the evaluation results of the game play of the first game , and parameters of the game elements that are executed using the game elements after configuration. a growth parameter that changes depending on gameplay of the game;
When the determining means determines that the configured game element is already stored, the configuration means configures the game element by inheriting the growth parameter of the already stored game element, and A game device that causes the storage means to newly store game elements in place of already stored game elements .

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