JPH11153948A - Nurture game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nurture game device in which the growth of a character is based on his own will and the reaction of a player corresponding to the character. SOLUTION: In a game program, a character is provided with short cycle capability parameters and long cycle personality balance conditions. A read-only memory 4 is constituted of a family register type memory 15, an initial capability memory 16, an environment memory 17, a capability increasing and decreasing memory 18, a short.long character transformation memory 19 and a video memory 20. The character having the status above is put into a gaming environment and the status is fluctuated while referring to the memory 18. Based on the fluctuating status, a control circuit 11 refers to the memory 19 and sets a character balance condition. Based on the character balance condition, a control circuit 12 reads expression video from the memory 20 an displays the video on an electronic display device 1. Note that the character is repeatedly put into plural gaming environment and the character is grown to a final stage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a training game device, and more particularly to a device for developing a training game on an electronic display screen using a game machine or a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, in the breeding game, there is a game in which an egg having a dot pattern is hatched and a chicken is raised from a chick, or a puppy is grown into an adult dog. These are not interesting because the video is a black and white line drawing and a simple two-dimensional cartoon.

[0003]

However, in the past, there has not been any beautiful image with shine and shadow in which the main character of the game grows with independence through interaction with the player. According to the present invention, a game is executed in a beautiful image having a shine and a shadow, and the hero has a personality attribute, so that the progress of the game and its growth bring up the hero by operation of the player.

[0004]

According to the game program of the present invention, the main character is given a digitized ability parameter that changes in a short cycle and a personality balance state that changes in a long cycle that is a function of the ability parameter. A family register memory for storing an attribute specifying the hero in a read-only memory;
An initial ability memory for storing initial ability parameters, an environment memory for storing a phase game developed according to various environments, an ability increase / decrease memory related to the ability parameter, and a short-term memory for mapping the ability parameter to a personality balance state.
A long personality conversion memory, and a video memory storing different facial expression videos of the hero corresponding to the personality balance state,
A condition memory in which time conditions, ability parameters, and personality balance state conditions are set, and an event memory storing an additional game that is generated when these conditions are satisfied are provided.

[0005] A work memory for updating and storing the ability parameters as the status of the hero is provided, and the attribute of the hero is specified by the family register data read by the player from the family register memory. Set the ability parameters of The main character of this status is developed by the control circuit during the phase game, and each time the status is developed, the status is changed with reference to the capacity increase / decrease memory. Based on the fluctuating status, the control circuit refers to the short / long character conversion memory to set the character balance state of the main character. The control circuit reads the corresponding expression image from the image memory based on the personality balance state, and displays the image on the electronic display device as the image of the main character. When the breeding time, ability parameters, and personality balance state match the conditions in the condition memory, the interrupt game is read from the event memory to change the game. The player repeatedly intervenes during the progress of the game, changes the status and personality balance state depending on the content of the intervention, and nurtures the personality and body of the hero,
The protagonist is brought up to the final stage by repeatedly throwing it into a plurality of game environments.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG.
The game machine 2 drives the ROM group 4 of the game software, displays the read data on the screen of the television device 1 of the electronic display device, and outputs the sound effect from the speaker 7. The image of the hero 5 is displayed on the screen of the television device 1 together with a beautiful environmental image 6 having a shine and a shadow. The ROM group 4 includes a read-only card, a cassette type IC memory, and an additional type CD-R.
OM, which can be exchanged because it is detachable from the game machine 2. The game software includes, for example, Nine Lives princess maker “Yumemiru Fairy”.
Corresponds to a character of "daughter", and the father of the player of this game raises "daughter" to "princess" or the like.

By controlling the controller 3 of the game machine 2,
Appropriate appearance of the environment image 6 helps the hero 5 grow. The protagonist 5 is active in the environment image 6 and grows as time elapses in the game. The passage of time progresses with the progress of the game, and proceeds simulatedly with the execution of the schedule. One day is calculated based on the change in the environment image 6 of the schedule to be executed. For example, the execution of two schedules is in January, and 2 × 1
2 x 8 years = 192 schedules. The growth of the hero 5 increases the physical height, weight, etc., and the hero 5
Has the ability to change in a relatively long cycle and the character to change in a relatively short cycle.

[0008] The relatively long cycle character and the relatively short cycle ability represent quality that is backed by the character and ability of the protagonist 5, and these changes are repeated during the growth process. The environment image 6 is, for example, a ROM group 4 of game software.
Will appear as various basic game scenes from
The player 10 selectively specifies according to the game guidance,
Is read.

Referring to FIG. 1, the game machine 2 and the ROM group 4 will be described in detail. ROM group 4 includes a plurality of first ROs.
The game machine 2 includes an input device 3 such as a keyboard and a controller, and first to third RAMs 31 to 33 of a plurality of work memories.
It includes CPUs 11 and 12 of the second control circuit, a random number generation circuit 35, an output circuit 36, and a connection program 37.

The first ROM is a program of the family register game 15 and inputs the family register of the hero 5. For the family register, the player starts the game using the controller, keyboard, etc. of the input device 3 with the name of the hero 5, date of birth (constellation), blood type, father's occupation, date of birth (constellation) of the father. Enter in the form of selecting from multiple options before. The family register becomes innate to the hero 5 after the input, but the player can freely set various kinds before the game starts. Depending on how the family register is entered, the daughter's growth tendency changes. Now,
For example, father's occupations include merchants and traveling monks, but there are various occupations in this world, such as astronauts, adventurers, and captains of cruise ships. Can be set. However, the occupation may be determined by default.

The initial capacity memory 16 of the second ROM stores in advance the initial values of the ability parameters corresponding to the family register. With this family register determination as a starting point, the CPU 11 refers to the initial ability memory 16 to determine the ability parameters of the personality of the hero 5. This initial personality determination is the basis of the ability parameter change that will occur in each future phase. . CPU
The numerical value of the ability parameter initially determined by 11 is held in the first RAM 31 as information on the status of the hero 5 and the initial character. The ability parameter is a relatively short-period sensibility and determines the character of the protagonist 5, and includes, for example, personality power, brain power, mental power,
There are martial arts attack power, body height, child support, etc.

[0012] In the "daughter" of the "dreaming fairy" hero 5,
These specific ability parameters include stamina, intellect, wisdom, pride, morals, elegance, heartbeat, sense,
Attraction, valor, stress, reliability, weight, and money are applicable. Each ability parameter is given a numerical value to indicate the degree of each ability. By exchanging the card of the second ROM, the real value setting table (matrix) in the initial ability memory 16 can be changed, so that the initial character and ability of the hero 5 can be variously changed.

The third ROM is composed of a plurality of environment memories 17, and includes a study system, a part-time system, and a free-action system. For example, there are cooking schools at educational sites and mine sites for part-time jobs.
How a player incorporates scheduling influences daughter growth. The environment memory 17 stores actual independent game software. When the game software is read and executed, the game progresses, the game time elapses, and the hero 5 grows. Each scene of the basic game for each schedule read from the environment memory 17 is the environment image 6 in FIG. If you work part-time in the game, for example, there will be a parent or a colleague at the mine site, and the hero 5 will work with them and make money. The money earned is added to the money originally paid by the father as child support, and another environmental memory 17
For example, a portion is paid as a tuition to a cooking school.

Even if the scheduling has been completed, it can be changed before execution, and the plurality of environment memories 17 are associated with each other by the connecting program 37. Further, the environment memory 17 includes an event image memory 115 and a conversation memory 118 corresponding to each phase. The conversation memory 118 stores character information of various conversations between the hero 5 and other characters or fathers (gamers) in each game. doing. The event image memory 115 stores an interrupt item in which a condition described later is satisfied for each phase and the hero 5 self-confidence changes, and includes a request memory 116 and a claim memory 117 corresponding to each phase.

The daughter's request or assertion occurs when the various conditions of the condition memory 22 are satisfied, and the request memory 116 is referred to ask the father to buy a handkerchief or the like in words (characters and voices), and the father gives it. Depending on the way of giving or rejecting, the daughter's personality parameter changes. When the daughter's assertion occurs, the assertion memory 117 is referred to, and the father must answer the player or uz in words (characters or voices), and the daughter's personality parameter changes depending on the response (the personality increase / decrease memory described later). 18 below). By replacing the card in the third ROM, in the game environment of the environment memory 17, for example, a part-time guardman, a restaurant, an oil field,
Go schools, mahjong classrooms, etc. can be changed in various ways, and the contents of events, various dialogues, requests and claims can be changed accordingly, so that the growth of the daughter can be further changed.

Character increase / decrease memory 18 comprising a fourth ROM
Is an assignment data table for changing the sensibility (ability) of a relatively short cycle for each execution of a phase or each event. In response to the execution of the schedule or event in the environment memory 17 or the selection input of the player, the CPU 11 refers to the personality increase / decrease memory 18 and adjusts the status information of the hero 5 in the first RAM 31 and the numerical value of the initial ability parameter. Change. That is, the initial stamina, intellect, power, pride, morals, elegance, heart, sense, charm,
The possession money changes and the result is updated and recorded in the first RAM 31.

With the development of the environment memory 17, the sensibility pattern composed of the ability parameter group of the hero 5 having a relatively short cycle is constantly generated and eliminated. 4th ROM
By changing the card, the assignment data table of the personality increase / decrease memory 18 can be changed, so that the ability, personality, and sensitivity of the hero 5 due to execution of a schedule or the like can be changed in various ways.

The sensibility of the hero 5 having a slowly changing long cycle is determined by a relatively short cycle kansei pattern (numerical distribution of ability parameters). This long-period sensibility includes, for example, six types of normal, flirting, poverty, nameless,
There is delinquency, disease. Sensitivity of relatively long cycle is hero 5
Health and mood states, including short-term personality stamina, intellect, morale, pride, morals, elegance, temper, sense, charm, bravery, stress, confidence, weight,
It is sequentially determined after execution of each schedule according to a numerical distribution pattern of each ability parameter such as a possession money.

The short / long character conversion memory 19 composed of a fifth ROM stores a numerical distribution pattern of capability parameters for determining the strength order of the six types of long-period sensitivity.
The short / long character conversion memory 19 is a data table for assigning a long-period health / mood balance state corresponding to a short-period parameter numerical distribution pattern, and is a preset condition numerical pattern. CPU 11 is the first R
Regarding the numerical values (status) of the capability parameters recorded in the AM 31, the balance state of the health and mood of the protagonist 5 is set and recorded in the second RAM 32 at the end of each phase with reference to the short / length character conversion memory 19. .

The priority order of the health condition, “normal, flirting, poverty, nausea, delinquency, illness” is determined by the second RAM 32.
Is held. The “normal or the like” of the balance state with a relatively long cycle changes, for example, the value range of 0 to 10 and the “state of the state”
In the case of “normal to ill”, any one of the states takes the maximum value 10 as an alternative, and the priority order is determined as a function of the above-described sensibility pattern of a relatively short cycle, and the holding state of the maximum value 10 alternates. Since the numerical distribution pattern of the short / long character conversion memory 19 can be changed by exchanging the card of the fifth ROM, the balance state of the health and mood with respect to the numerical value (status) of the ability parameter of the hero 5 and the order of strength are variously changed. it can.

An image memory 20 composed of a sixth ROM is an expression memory in which each expression image of the hero 5 is stored in advance in accordance with the state of health and mood in which the health condition is the highest among the normal to illness. 120, an ending memory 121, a vacation memory 122, and an event memory 123 for forced interruption corresponding to each game, and have corresponding images. In the expression memory 120 of the hero 5, six kinds of normal, flirting, poverty, namaki, and so on are stored for each age (for example, for 5 years from 14 to 18 years old).
5 × 6 = 30 kinds are prepared for each of delinquency and disease.

The ending memory 121 contains a hero 5
The result image after growth is stored, and the result image includes fictional princesses, queens, bandits, gang bosses, architects, blacksmiths, financiers, sisters, and lords and businessmen of various professionals in the real world There are religions, miners, military officers, government officials, scholars, entertainers, artists, etc. The vacation memory 122 has a plurality of landscape images corresponding to spring, summer, autumn and winter, and prepares flowers, cherry blossoms, the sea, palm trees, mountains, grape picking, snow, skiing areas, and the like. Event memory 1
In 23, sudden events such as music classrooms, appearance of rivals, bad harvest events on part-time farms, events such as hot weather during free activities, peddlers on vacation appear, etc. An interruption scene related to a character other than the hero 5 is stored.

At the end of each phase, the second CPU 12 reads the first health condition in the second RAM 32, for example, from the expression video memory 20 of the sixth ROM in accordance with delinquency, etc. First RAM 31
Read the status capability parameters from
It is displayed on the screen of the television device 1. By exchanging the sixth ROM card, the facial expression in the facial expression video memory 20 can be changed with the mouth wide open or the like, so that the facial expression image for each age can be further variously changed and displayed.

Periodic increase / decrease memory 21 consisting of a seventh ROM
Stores, in advance, allocation data for periodically changing the numerical value of the capability parameter in a short cycle in accordance with the type and difference of family register. Each time a number of phases corresponding to one month or one year are completed, that is, at regular intervals, the second CPU 12 refers to the periodic increase / decrease memory 21 and automatically sets the numerical value of the ability parameter of the hero 5 in the first RAM 31. Change
Update and record. By exchanging the card in the seventh ROM, the assignment data table of the regular increase / decrease memory 21 can be changed, so that the degree of the regular change of the character of the hero 5 based on the default family register can be adapted in various ways.

The condition memory 22 composed of an eighth ROM comprises a time condition memory 126, a short parameter condition memory 127, and a repetition number condition memory 128. The time condition further includes a cycle time condition memory 129 and a final time condition memory 130. The cycle time condition memory 129 determines the player and the daughter's birthday, and the time condition memory 126 is used as a measure of the daughter's physical growth. The final time condition memory 130 has a schedule of 192 executions.
Use this as a guide to determine whether the screen has ended.

The short / long parameter condition memory 127 stores the third R
When the long and short parameters (the balance between the ability parameter value and the mood) reach a predetermined value during execution of a study scene, part-time job, vacation, free action, etc. generated from the OM environment memory 17, a routine scene from each environment memory 17. It does not become a contingency scene (event) enough to replace the development of a typical scene in which additional scenes appear in the development. At this time, the event image memory 115 and the event memory 123 are referred to. For example, in the execution name of a mine site or the like of a part-time job for scheduling, if the mine site is executed for 10 phases or more and if the parameter elegance is 50 and the attractiveness is 70 or more, Prince Mole appears from the event memory 123 as an interrupt. Is set.

The ninth ROM 23 comprises a basic program 221, an explanation program 222 and an audio memory 223.
The basic program 221 stores the limit number of 192 scenes for eight years, and generates an input game for inputting family register matters and a start menu screen after the family register is determined. The menu screen includes items such as schedule, execution, shopping, changing clothes, conversation, and status.
It is a software that incorporates study scenes, part-time jobs, vacations, and free activities.

On the schedule screen, for example, 192 scenes for eight years (game end) are stored in the environment memory 17 in the first place.
It can be set (scheduled) in the RAM 31 and the first RA
A flag indicating execution or non-execution is simultaneously set in M31. If the schedule has not been set up to 192 scenes (the end of the game) and all of the schedules on the first RAM 31 have been set to the flag of “executed”, the display returns to the menu screen and prompts the user to set the next schedule. On the shopping screen, the hero refers to the item memory 24 for shopping or changing clothes. On the conversation screen, the voice memory 223 is used.
, You can have a conversation, and display the status parameters of the current status on the status screen.

After each phase of the scheduling is executed, the commentary program 222 provides a commentary on the player, the hero, and the characters on the event in accordance with the state of the abilities of the hero. ). The imaginary animation is commented on by character display after a certain schedule is executed and then the hero's ability parameters are changed, but the voice can also be generated by referring to the voice memory 223. 8th and 9th ROMs 22, 2
When 3 is exchanged, the ending becomes faster or slower.
You can increase or decrease the number of 2 scenes (for the end of the game), change the fictional character's animation to a ghost or an alien, and change the commentary content and commentary.

The tenth ROM is an item memory 24, which stores products and the like after the set phase is completed (before the completion of the 192 phase), at the option of the player or at the time of execution of shopping based on the daughter's request. I do. Items in the item memory 24 include items for shopping and gifts, and include clothes for changing clothes of a daughter, kittens, stuffed toys, poetry collections, bouquets, and the like. There are gifts from father to daughter for clothes, daughter to father for socks, etc. from friends to daughter and from daughter to friends, and the ability parameters are changed depending on how they are sent. Can be.

When the schedule is input and the execution is started, the parenting game starts, and the "daughter" grows. In the meantime, the "normal to sick" state of the "daughter" is not a sudden change like ability parameters or emotions,
It is gradually formed by accumulation of various ability parameters and emotions, and becomes a sensation having a relatively long cycle. Only when the sensitivity of the short cycle is accumulated and integrated and increases, for example, to 50 or more, according to the short / long personality conversion memory 19, for example, the "normal-illness" of the long cycle changes.

Every time each phase of the scheduling is executed, a player's intervention occurs, and there is a scene of selection and setting, where the ability parameters fluctuate in accordance with the increase / decrease table of the personality increase / decrease memory 18, and the character's energy to attack power. Are stored in the first RAM 31. Each phase of the scheduling is executed, and one month and one year are determined by the time condition memory 126 and the cycle time condition memory 129. The ability parameter is changed according to the family register increase / decrease table of the regular increase / decrease memory 21, and the possession money and personality are changed. Are updated and stored in the first RAM 31.

On the other hand, the height or the like of the body becomes an outline of growth, and changes according to the periodic increase / decrease memory 21 if it matches the time condition memory 126 as long as it does not become a giant or a dwarf. If the number of repetitions in the repetition number condition memory 128 is satisfied, a free action occurs and there is shopping, and a product list is read out from the product item memory 24 and displayed, so that the player can select a sock or the like. With this selection, the daughter's ability and ability parameters are changed according to the personality increase / decrease memory 18. The "daughter" grows into various characters and members of society by random numbers depending on the family register and scheduling settings entered by the player, the operation of responding to the request and claim of the "daughter", the amount of gifts and childcare payments, and random numbers. To go.

Various conditions in the condition memory 22 are satisfied according to the passage of years and status values, and a forced interrupt event occurs. In particular, when the stress value of the ability parameter value exceeds the stamina value and the morale value, the daughter becomes ill, the running martial arts school is stopped, and the patient is hospitalized.
Since the family register, the ability parameters, and the balance of the mood change in a complicated manner, the story does not become the same even if played many times, and the game can be enjoyed effectively for a long time.

Although the sensibility of a relatively long cycle and the sensibility of a relatively short cycle are referred to as "sensitivity" for the sake of explanation, they refer to the personality element or ability element of the hero 5. Note that the first CPU 11 and the second CPU 12, and the first RAM 31, the second RAM 32, and the third RAM 33 may use the same CPU and RAM to perform time division and space division. The game machine 2 may be a game-specific PlayStation, Sega Saturn, or the like, or may be a personal computer. R for game consoles
The OM group 4 is a cassette type and can be exchanged. In the case of a personal computer, the first ROM 15 to the tenth ROM 24 of the ROM group 4 are sold as add-on (additional) type discs or CD-ROMs on the program and can be replaced.

According to the present invention, the hero 5 has two layers of personality elements, that is, a sensitivity with a relatively long cycle and a sensitivity with a relatively short cycle.
However, it is assumed that the game is a game in which the player grows under the influence of the environment image 6 and under the influence of the intervention of the player 10 or under various influences generated at random. In the upbringing game princess makers and the like, the hero has a personality, and the progress and growth of the game proceed while the hero autonomously talks (interactively) with his father. The father's player can exude a sense of affinity and the social environment of the game is also a virtual story, so that the content of the training game is further deepened and the game becomes an intelligent game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a detailed block diagram of a training game apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a training game apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic display device 37 Connecting program 2 Game machine 115 Event image memory 4 ROM group 116 Request memory 6 Environment image 117 Claim memory 11, 12 CPU 118 Conversation memory 15 Family register memory 120 Expression memory 16 Initial ability memory 121 Ending memory 17 Environment memory 122 Vacation memory 18 Capacity increase / decrease memory 123 Event memory 19 Short / long character conversion memory 126 Time condition memory 20 Expression video memory 127 Short / long parameter condition memory 21 Periodical increase / decrease memory 128 Number of times condition memory 22 Condition memory 129 Period time condition memory 23 Ninth ROM 130 Final time condition memory 24 Item memory 221 Basic program 31, 32, 33 RAM 222 Commentary program 35 Random number generator 223 Voice memory

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A player reads a game program from a read-only memory, displays an image of the hero on an electronic display device, operates an input device to cause the hero to act in the game program, and generates an effective sound from a speaker. In a training game apparatus in which a control circuit causes a hero to grow and change on a video as time progresses, in the game program, the hero is a function parameter that changes in a short cycle quantified to the hero and the function parameter is a function. Given a personality balance state that changes over a long period, the read-only memory is developed according to various environments, including a family register memory that stores an attribute specifying a hero, an initial ability memory that stores an initial ability parameter. Environment memory for storing a phase game to be executed, and an ability increase / decrease memory for the ability parameter A short / long personality conversion memory for mapping the ability parameters to the personality balance state, an image memory for storing different facial expression images of the hero corresponding to the personality balance state, a time condition, an ability parameter, and a personality balance state condition. Is configured from a condition memory in which is set and an event memory storing an additional game that occurs when these conditions are satisfied.A work memory is provided for updating and storing the ability parameter as a hero's status. The attribute of the hero is specified by the family register data read by the player, the initial ability parameter is set by referring to the initial ability memory based on the attribute, and the hero in this status is developed by the control circuit during the phase game. , Each time the status is expanded, refer to the status increase / decrease memory The control circuit sets the character balance state of the hero by referring to the short / length character conversion memory based on the fluctuating status, and the control circuit sets the corresponding facial expression image from the video memory based on the character balance state. Is read out and displayed on the electronic display device as the image of the main character. When the training time, the ability parameter, and the personality balance state match the conditions of the condition memory, the interrupt game is read from the event memory to change the game, and the player changes the game. Intervening repeatedly during the progress, changing the status and the personality balance state depending on the content of the intervention, nurturing the personality and body of the hero, repeatedly inputting it to multiple game environments, and bringing the hero to the final stage A raising game device characterized by raising. 2. The read-only memory, wherein an audio memory for storing audio used during a game is provided, and audio data is read from the audio memory to generate audio from the speaker. A training game apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The read-only memory is provided with a periodic increase / decrease memory in which assignment data for periodically changing the ability parameter is set in advance in accordance with the type and difference of family register, and based on the specified attribute. 2. The training game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the status is changed every time a certain number of phase games are completed with reference to the periodic increase / decrease memory. 4. An ending image memory is provided in the video memory, and a last time condition memory is provided in the condition memory. 2. The breeding game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hero's occupation and video after growth matching the status and personality balance state are read, displayed, and terminated. 5. The read-only memory is provided with an item memory for storing various articles, and the player reads out the various articles and, depending on whether the player wears or gives the hero, the sensibility pattern and the The breeding game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character balance state is changed to grow the hero's personality and body. 6. The read-only memory is provided with an item memory for storing various articles, and when an upbringing time, an ability parameter, or a personality balance state matches the condition of the condition memory, an interrupt game is read from the event memory, and The hero reads the sound from the voice memory, requests the player for an article, and changes the kansei pattern and the personality balance state depending on the content read by the player and given to the hero to change the personality of the hero. The raising game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the raising the body. 7. The occupation for the player is stored in advance in the family register memory of the read-only memory, and ability parameters corresponding to each occupation are stored in the initial ability memory, and based on the occupation specified by the player. 2. The training game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an initial ability parameter is set with reference to an initial ability memory.