JPH11197359A - Video game device and recording medium storing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability in the inputting of a game-plan instruction for the battle of a roll playing game by disposing an allocation means for allocating in advance a player character to a button or key provided on an input means in order to specify an input to the player character. SOLUTION: An ally/enemy display part 31 displays a player character and an enemy character onto a display, and when detecting the depression of the button of a controller 3, a player-character-specifying part 32 recognizes a player character assigned to the button. And it recognizes that a game-plan input instruction after that is given for the recognized character. This makes it possible to give more easily and surely a game-plan instruction for an arbitrary ally-character in the case the enemy character and the ally character fight a battle more furiously on the screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology effective when applied to a real-time battle of a video game, particularly a role playing game.

In this type of role-playing game, the battle starts when the player character and the enemy character move and are ready to attack. In this state, a strategy is input to make the player character fight. Was common.

[0003] Here, the strategy means, for example, designating an attack, defense, use of an item, or the like to a player character which is at a distance that can be attacked by an enemy character. In a general role-playing game, a player's strategy input sequence called a turn is determined in advance, and a player character and an ally character thereof are input with a strategy instruction through a controller during this turn. .

[0004] At this time, it has been known that a strategy instruction is given to which of a plurality of ally characters in order of increasing the quickness parameter of the ally character or in the order set by the player in advance.

On the other hand, recently, a real-time role playing game in which an operation instruction is input by designating an arbitrary ally character during a battle mode has been considered.

[0006]

However, in the above-described real-time role-playing game, when a plurality of player characters and enemy characters start moving on the display screen, the player characters and the enemy characters are disturbed and displayed. In some cases, it is difficult to determine which character the operation instruction is input to.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving operability at the time of inputting a strategy instruction for a real-time battle in a role-playing game.

[0008]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
In a video game device in which a player character and an enemy character are displayed on a display means, and the player character and the enemy character mutually attack and the like in response to an operation command from the input means, an input designation for the player character is specified. Therefore, the present invention is a video game device provided with a distribution means for pre-allocating the player character to a button or a key provided on the input means.

The player character refers to a character operated by the player, and a plurality of player characters constitute a party. The enemy character means a character fighting the player character. The display means is, for example, a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display device, and the input means means a controller, a keyboard, or the like. Attack etc. refers to an attack with a sword or magic performed to annihilate an opponent party, defense against an opponent's attack, recovery of damage due to an opponent's attack, and the like. The input designation to the player character means designation for inputting a specific one of a plurality of player characters. Distributing the player character in advance means that the player character is integrally assigned to each of a plurality of buttons or keys provided on the input device.

That is, even when a plurality of enemy characters and allied characters are displayed in a disturbed and dynamic manner on the display screen, an operation instruction can be input accurately to an arbitrary ally character desired by the player, The operability of a real-time battle type role playing game can be greatly improved.

[0011] A second means of the present invention, in the first means, a moving display means for moving and displaying the player character recognized by the distributing means, and a moving display means for attacking the player character and the enemy character. Distance determination means for determining a distance, battle instruction means for instructing the player character to battle with the enemy character in a state where the distance determination means determines that the distance is within the distance, and instruction by the battle instruction means Battle display means for displaying the battle performed on the display means.

To move and display the player character,
This is to display the movement for approaching the enemy character or escaping from the enemy, for example. The interval between attacks is a distance that can be attacked by an attack method. For example, an attack with a sword requires approaching an enemy character, and an attack with a bow or magic may increase the distance.
In such a state, a battle with an enemy character is displayed by instructing the character to attack or defend with a sword or magic.

[0013] A third means of the present invention is a program for displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display means, and causing the player character and the enemy character to mutually attack each other in response to an operation command from an input means. Is a recording medium storing a program including a distribution step of pre-allocating the player character to a button or a key provided on the input means for recognizing an input to the player character.

As a recording medium, any recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a game cartridge, a floppy disk, a magnetic disk, and a magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, a CD-RO is particularly suitable for a game.
M and a game cartridge.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a video game apparatus according to the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 4 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 4").

The game machine main body 1 is connected to a controller 3 as an external input device, and further has a CD-ROM 2 for providing a game program. The display 4 is for providing a display symbol and a voice symbol output from the game machine body 1 to the player as a display image and a voice, and a general household television receiver can be used.

FIG. 2 shows hardware blocks centering on the game machine 1. In the game machine body 1, C
It has a CPU for sequentially reading out programs and data from the D-ROM 2 via a bus 7, storing them in a memory 8, and sequentially executing processing. When any one of the operation buttons of the controller 3 is pressed during the execution of the program, an interrupt occurs, and this is transmitted to the CPU, and the process defined by the interrupt is executed.

Although the controller 3 has various operation buttons, only those related to the present invention will be described. A direction key 5 is provided on the left side of the controller 3 as viewed from the plane. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller, a button group 6 of ○ buttons, X buttons, △ buttons, and □ buttons are arranged. A start button and a select button are provided at the center of the controller 3.
Further, on the front surface (upper portion in FIG. 1) of the controller, L1, L2 buttons are provided on the left side, and R1, R2 buttons are provided on the right side. The operation of each of these buttons will be described later.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The ally / enemy character display unit 31 displays the player character and the enemy character on the display. The player character designating section 32
When it is detected that the 1, L2, R1 or R2 button has been pressed, the player character assigned to the button is recognized.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing this. That is, when the player character and the enemy character are displayed (step 401), and L1, L2, R1, or R2 of the controller is pressed (402),
One of the player characters is recognized (403).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, an enemy character (52) and ally characters (51a, 51a) are displayed on the screen.
(b, 51c, 51d), characters 51a, 51b, 51c, 51d are assigned to the L1, L2, R1, R2 buttons of the controller, respectively. Here, assuming that the player presses the L1 button, the subsequent operation input instruction is the character 51
a.

The controller L1, L2, R
The allocation of the characters to the 1, R2 buttons makes it easier and more reliable to issue a strategy instruction to an arbitrary ally character when the enemy character and the ally character are further disturbed on the screen.

[0024]

Second Embodiment Using the technique described in the first embodiment, the following processing can be further performed. That is, in FIG. 3, when the player character movement display unit 33 recognizes that the direction key of the controller 3 has been pressed, the player character movement display unit 33 moves and displays the player character in the direction of the pressed key. The ally / enemy character distance determination unit 36 determines the player character and the enemy character from the coordinate value of the player character detected by the player character coordinate value detection unit 34 and the coordinate value of the enemy character detected by the enemy character coordinate detection unit 35. And recognizes whether the player character can attack. In a state where it is determined that the distance is such that an attack is possible, the player character strategy support unit 37 displays a list of possible strategies. When one of the operations is designated by the cursor using the direction keys of the controller 3 and the O button is pressed, the operation of the player character is recognized (see FIG. 5). The battle display section 38 displays a battle on the display 4 according to the recognized operation.

This is shown in the flowchart of FIG.
04 or less. That is, when the direction key of the controller 3 is pressed (404) in a state where the player character is recognized (403), the character is moved and displayed in the pressed direction (406), and the coordinate value of the player character is displayed. Detection (407) and the coordinate value of the enemy character are performed. The distance between the player character and the enemy character is calculated from these two coordinate values, and it is determined whether the distance is such that the player character can attack. If it is determined that the distance can be attacked, a list of possible operations is displayed (411). Here, when a strategy is designated by the direction key and the ○ button of the controller (412),
Perform battle display. Steps 404, 409 and 412 include time limits 405, 410 and 413.
Perform time-over processing for each.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a character can be designated by the assigned button, and a battle strategy can be easily input.

[0027]

According to the present invention, it is possible to enhance the operability of instruction in a real-time battle in a role-playing game and double the pleasure of playing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centered on a game machine main body.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a battle display for explaining the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game console 2 CD-ROM 3 Controller 4 Display 5 Direction key 6 Button group 7 Bus 8 Memory 51 Player character 52 Enemy character

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display means, and in response to an operation command from an input means,
In a video game device for causing a player character and an enemy character to mutually attack, etc., a distribution means for pre-allocating the player character to a button or a key provided on the input means for input designation to the player character. Video game device equipped. 2. A movement display means for moving and displaying the player character recognized by the distribution means, a distance judgment means for judging an attack between the player character and the enemy character, and a distance judgment means. Battle instruction means for instructing the player character to battle with the enemy character in a state determined to be within the time interval; battle display means for displaying the battle instructed by the battle instruction means on the display means; The video game device according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. Displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display means, and in response to an operation command from an input means,
In a recording medium storing a program for causing a player character and an enemy character to mutually attack, etc., a method of pre-allocating the player character to a button or a key provided on the input means for recognizing an input to the player character. A recording medium storing a program having minute steps.