JPH11267365A - Method for controlling video game, video game device, and computer-readable medium recording program of video game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling a new video game which uses quizzes, a video game device, and a computer-readable medium recording the program of the video game. SOLUTION: One of several game characters is selected as a partner according to an indication from a player (s3), and the game character set as the partner according to the indication from the player is made to answer in place of the player (s4) to provide an unusual sense such that the player, together with the game character selected by the player himself, solves problems. The selection of the game character, which is a factor other than the knowledge of the player, can be reflected on the right or wrong answers to quizzes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game control method using a quiz, a video game apparatus, and a computer-readable medium storing a video game program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, questions prepared in advance (quizzes)
Is displayed on the video screen (or in addition to the audio output), the question is given, and one of the multiple answers (including the correct answer) also displayed on the video screen is provided by the player with a plurality of operation keys. There is a so-called quiz game, which is a video game called a quiz game in which a user selects and inputs a response by operating a controller or the like.

The above-mentioned quiz questions and answers are repeated, and when a correct number of quizzes is answered a predetermined number or more or a correct answer rate for a fixed number of quizzes is a predetermined value or more, the game is cleared (stage clear), and the next game (stage clear) is performed. There is also known a video game in which control is made to advance to ()) to enjoy the progress of the screen contents and the game story.

[0004]

However, conventional video games using this kind of quiz are limited to a format in which a player answers a quiz displayed on a video screen, and only the player's knowledge The correct answer / incorrect answer was determined, and only the correct answer / incorrect answer to this quiz controlled the progress of the game, and the change was poor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel video game control method, a video game apparatus, and a computer-readable medium in which a video game program is recorded in which the form of answer to a quiz is changed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a video game control method and a video game control method capable of reflecting factors other than the player's knowledge in correct and incorrect answers to quizzes and controlling the progress of the game. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a computer-readable medium storing a video game program.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a question prepared in advance is displayed on a video screen and set as a question, and a plurality of answers (including correct answers) also displayed on the video screen are displayed. In the video game control method in which one of the game characters is selected and answered, one of the plurality of game characters is selected as a partner according to an instruction from the player, and the partner is selected as the partner according to the instruction from the player. It is characterized by having a character answer instead.

[0008] According to the present invention, the player can enjoy a feeling not found in this kind of conventional video game, that is, solving a problem together with a game character selected by himself / herself. Factors other than the player's knowledge can be reflected in the correct or incorrect answer to the question.

Each character has a friendship with the player, and if the friendship does not reach a certain value and does not reply on behalf of the player, a more realistic and entertaining amusement can be enjoyed. .

[0010] In such a game control method, a question is repeatedly given and answered, and when a correct number of correct answers exceeds a predetermined number or when the correct answer rate for a certain number of questions exceeds a predetermined value, the stage is cleared. If it is used for a video game that is controlled to proceed to the stage, it is possible to enjoy the progress of the screen content and the game story.

At this time, each character has a friendship level with the player, and the number of times the partner responds in units of one stage or a predetermined number of stages is determined in accordance with the friendship level. If you don't answer more than once, you can take into account the factors that make your partner answer.

In such a video game, each character has a special problem or its genre, and if the correct answer rate is different between the special problem or the genre and the problem or the other genre, the player can obtain the correct answer rate. The number of thought factors in character selection can be increased, and the fun can be further increased.

[0013] If the player answers correctly the problem of the friendship of each character or the problem of the genre, the friendship of the character is improved. If the character is selected as a partner, the friendship of the character is improved. If you get the answer right sooner, you can improve the friendship that leads to an increase in the accuracy rate, and you can add elements of the simulation game, and according to the friendship, By changing the character's expression, speech, and voice, the sense of reality can be further increased.

[0014] In such a video game, a prepared question is displayed on a video screen to give a question, and one of a plurality of answers (including correct answers) also displayed on the video screen is selected. A means for selecting one of a plurality of game characters as a partner in response to an instruction from a player,
A video game device comprising means for giving a right of answer to the game character as the partner in response to an instruction from the player, or means for storing a parameter indicating the degree of friendship of each character with the player; A video game device with a means of determining whether the value has been reached or not and rejecting the answer right if it has not been reached, or repeatedly answering questions and answering these questions over a predetermined number or a certain number If the correct answer rate to the question is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the stage is cleared and the video game device used in the video game controlling to proceed to the next stage, or a parameter indicating the degree of friendship of each character with the player is stored therein. Means and one or a predetermined number of stages depending on this parameter. This is realized by a video game device that adds a means to determine the number of times the partner will answer on a per-unit basis and a means to judge whether or not the number has been exceeded and reject the right to answer if the number is exceeded it can.

In the above-described video game, a question prepared in advance is displayed on a video screen, and a plurality of answers (including correct answers) are displayed on the video screen.
In a computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a video game program that selects and inputs any one of the following, when the video game program is read by a computer, a plurality of the video game programs are transmitted to the computer in response to an instruction from a player. A computer-readable medium that records a video game program that performs an operation of selecting one of the game characters as a partner and having the partner as the partner respond in response to an instruction from the player, or In addition, each character has friendship with the player,
If this friendship does not reach a certain value, a computer-readable medium that records a video game program that causes the player to perform an action that does not answer on behalf of the player, or repeatedly repeats the questions and answers for these, and corrects a predetermined number or more. If the correct answer rate for a certain number of questions is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the stage is cleared, and a computer-readable medium recording a video game program used in a video game controlling to proceed to the next stage, or Each character has a friendship degree with the player, and determines the number of times the partner will give a reply in units of one stage or a predetermined number of stages in accordance with the friendship degree, and does not answer more than the determined number of times. Record a video game program that runs It can be realized by a computer readable medium.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an outline of a video game machine for realizing a video game of the present invention, here, a home video game machine. A controller 3 having keys 2a for inputting various commands to the game machine main body 1; a monitor 3 such as a TV for outputting a game screen and music; An external storage device that stores game save data and the like, here a memory card, and a medium 5 that stores a game program and data that can be executed by the game machine main body 1, a CD-ROM here.

The CD-ROM 5 is mounted on a CD-ROM drive (not shown) in which a detachable opening / closing lid 1a is arranged on the upper surface of the game machine main body 1, and its programs and data are read. 1b is a power switch, 1c is a reset switch, and 1d is an open / close button of the open / close lid 1a.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed circuit configuration inside the game machine main body 1, and the present apparatus comprises a CPU (central processing unit) 11.
And an image data generation processor (GTE) 12 directly connected to the CPU 11, a system controller 14, a main memory 15, a system ROM 16, and an image data decompression decoder (MDEC) connected to the CPU 11 via a main bus 13. 17, parallel interface (I / O) 18, serial interface (I / O) 1
9, image processor (GPU) 20, audio processor (SPU) 21, CD-ROM decoder 22, communication interface 23, frame buffer 24 connected to image processor 20, audio processor 2
1, a CD-ROM drive 26 and a CD-ROM buffer 27 connected to the CD-ROM decoder 22.

The image data generation processor 12 includes a CP
Based on the instruction from U11, a large data amount operation such as coordinate conversion or light source calculation is performed. System controller 14
Performs interrupt control, memory access control, and the like. The system ROM 16 stores basic programs and the like. The image data decompression decoder 17 decodes image data compressed and encoded by MPEG, JPEG, or the like.

The image processor 20 creates a video signal of the game screen using the frame buffer 24 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 11 and outputs the video signal to the monitor 3. The sound processor 21 creates a sound signal including BGM and sound effects using the sound buffer 25 according to an instruction from the CPU 11, and outputs the sound signal to the monitor 3 (or another audio system or the like).
Output to

The CD-ROM decoder 22 is a CD-ROM
5 is read via the CD-ROM drive 26, and is temporarily stored in the CD-ROM buffer 27, and is decoded into the original program and data.

The communication interface 23 is the controller 2
And various signals and data are exchanged with the memory card 4.

FIG. 3 shows the overall flow of the process of the method of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows details of the quiz part in FIG.

In this example, the player is a high school student and the game character is his classmate, and clears a predetermined quota (the number of answers to be answered correctly) at each stage from the admission to graduation with a basic unit of every month. A description will be given of a game in which an ending according to the friendliness of the character when all stages are completed is displayed.

First, a CD-ROM 5 on which a game program is recorded is set in the game machine main body 1, and when the power switch 1b is turned on, an initial screen display (maker logo display), a memory card 4 check, a title screen display,
After processing similar to that of a normal game, such as loading data (omitted in the flow), a stage display (month / other display) screen is displayed (s1), and a genre selection screen is displayed to select a genre ( s2).

FIG. 5 shows an example of a genre selection screen. A quota tag 31 corresponding to the number of quotas (three in this case) given at this stage is displayed on the right side of the screen, and “literature” is displayed on the left side of the screen. A genre display column 32 in which a plurality of selectable genre names such as "", "science", ... are displayed, and an information (message) display column 33 is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

In the quota tags 31, if “Norma 1”, “Norma 2”,... Are written in the tags, the genre is a quota whose genre is undetermined (selectable by the player). If the genre name is described in, the genre is determined (the player cannot be changed) and the quota is indicated. The player operates the controller 2 to select and determine a genre from the genre display display field 32, thereby determining the genre of the quota tag 31 for which no genre is displayed.

When the selection of the genre is completed, a partner selection screen is displayed to select a partner (s3).

FIG. 6 shows an example of a partner selection screen. A plurality of, here 13 partner character images 41 are displayed on almost the entire screen, and an information (message) display field 42 at the bottom of the screen displays the selection. The name and the genre of the character in the middle (shown by hatching in the figure) are displayed. (Note that each character is actually based on its knowledge (virtually possessed by each character) for each problem.) -There is a weak point and the correct answer rate is different, but it is indicated to the player in a genre that indicates the general tendency of the strong point and the weak point.) In the upper part of the message display column 42, tags 43 corresponding to the quota tags selected and determined in the above-described genre selection (including the tags determined in advance) are displayed.

When the player changes the character to be selected by operating the controller 2 on this screen, the content of the message display field 42 also changes accordingly, and the player operates the controller 2 to make a decision.
Determine partner characters to form a pair. At this time, the friendliness parameter value of the selected partner character is added.

When the genre and partner are determined, the process proceeds to the quiz part (s4).

FIG. 7 shows an example of the quiz part screen. In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a school year and month (stage) display column;
Is a correct answer rate (including partner's answer) display field, 53 is a partner count right number display field in which the partner can answer on behalf of the player, 54 is a character image of the selected partner, 55 is a life display field in this stage ( The bomb is the number of incorrect answers, the heart is the number of remaining lives), 56 is a quota digest display field indicating the genre of the question being presented, the number of quotas and the number of correct answers (indicated by hatching in the figure), 57 is a quiz display field, Reference numeral 58 denotes a remaining time display column, and 59 denotes an answer display column (note that the background is actually displayed on the entire screen, but is omitted in the drawing). Hereinafter, the quiz part will be described in detail.

When the quiz part starts, the questions prepared in advance in the genre displayed in the quota digest display column 56 and their answers are displayed in the quiz display column 57 and the answer display column 59.
(S401). Note that the answer display column 59 corresponds to a maximum of four choices, but there are also two choices and three choices, and in that case, it is blank. When the question and the answer are displayed, the answer time subtraction starts (s402), and the gauge (white in the drawing) indicating the remaining time in the remaining time display column 58 gradually decreases.

In this state, if the player does not input a command (s403), the time is over (s4).
04), the number of errors (incorrect) is incremented by one (s40)
With 5), one heart in the life display column 55 changes to one bomb. Also, at this time, if there is only one heart left,
Returning to the display of the new question and its answer (s401),
When all are gone, it is determined that the game is over (s40).
6).

When the game is over, a screen for selecting whether to continue or to end the game is displayed (s407). When the end is selected, the screen returns to the initial screen. On the other hand, when the continue is selected, the number of answers answered so far (the number of correct answers) is reset, and the other numbers are corrected (for example, the number of life and partner answering rights are corrected to the original values), and (s408) You will play this stage from the beginning.

When the player operates the controller before the time is over and the question and the answer are displayed, it is determined whether or not the command at that time is an answer input to the question (s409).

Here, if the answer is input, it is further determined whether or not the answer is correct (s410). If the answer is correct, the number of correct answers is added (s411), and the friendship parameter values of all the partner characters are added. Is performed (s412).
On the other hand, if the answer is incorrect, as in the case of time over, one error is added (s413) and one heart in the life display field 55 is changed to one bomb. At this time, if there is at least one remaining heart (s414), the friendship parameter values of all the partner characters are subtracted (s415), and the display returns to the display of the new question and its answer (s401). Are exhausted, it is determined that the game is over, and the same selection of the end of the continuation game and the resetting of the number of answers are performed (s416, s41).
7).

On the other hand, if the above-mentioned command is a command to pass the answer right to the partner, it is checked whether or not the partner character has the right to count (s418). If the value is zero, the process returns to the answer time subtraction (s402).

On the other hand, if the partner has the answer right, the number of answer rights is decremented by 1 (s419), and it is checked whether or not the partner character is good at the problem (s420).
The correct answer rate is set according to the result (specifically, for example, for a 4-choice question, if the answer is good, the correct answer rate is 50% excluding two out of three incorrect answers. If the answer is neither good nor bad, one of the three incorrect answers is excluded, and the correct answer rate is 33%. If the answer is poor, the correct answer rate is 25%. .), And obtain the answer of the partner (s421).

If an answer is obtained from the partner, it is determined whether or not the answer is correct as described above (s422). If the answer is correct, the number of correct answers is added (s423). If the answer is incorrect, the same process as in the case of the time over is performed in s405 and below.

In the quiz part screen described above, the character image 54 of the partner actually changes its expression according to the state at that time, for example, when the friendship is extremely low such that the right to answer is zero from the beginning. Shows an angry expression, and when she is given the right to answer a problem she is not satisfied with, she shows a distressed expression. Also, at this time, voices in the form of dialogue or voices are output in accordance with the facial expressions and situations.

When the quota is achieved in the quiz part (s5), an emotion table listing the friendliness of each partner character is displayed (s6).

FIG. 8 shows an example of an emotion table display screen.
It is indicated by a friendship gauge 62 and a friendship face mark 63. Reference numeral 64 denotes a list of the friendship levels indicated by the gauge 62 and the face mark 63, from left to right in a low to high friendship state from left to right.
Stages and 7 stages (the face mark on the right end is the highest friendship level)
Indicated by. When the friendship increases and the gauge 62 becomes full, the face mark 63 and the face mark 63 are displayed.
Becomes the next face mark, and the gauge 62 also has the next color (however, it is represented by hatching intervals in the drawing).
Gauge is displayed. Although not shown, a plurality of types of character images 61 are also displayed according to the degree of friendship.

Thereafter, a calendar is displayed (s7), and if a special event such as a term end test or a spot test occurs (s8), a quiz part corresponding to the event is executed.
If all stages are finally cleared, that is, graduation is reached (s9), an ending screen according to the friendliness of each character at that time is displayed (s10), and a staff roll screen or the like is displayed, and the processing ends.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the video game apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 9, reference numeral 71 denotes a program / character data reading / storing unit, 72 denotes a friendship degree storage unit, and 73 denotes a friendship degree storage unit.
Is a partner selection / storage section, 74 is an answer right number storage section, 7
5 is a command determination unit, 76 is an answer right switching unit, 77 is an answer creation unit, 78 is an answer right determination unit, 79 is an answer right number calculation unit,
80 is a quiz determination unit, 81 is a friendship degree calculation unit, and 82 is an image creation unit.

The program / character data reading / storing unit 71 reads out programs and data from the CD-ROM 5 in which the above-mentioned game programs and character data are stored as necessary, and temporarily stores them.

The friendship storage unit 72 stores a friendship parameter for each character with respect to the player. The partner selection / storage unit 73 stores the partner character selected by the player. The answer right number storage unit 74
Remember the number of response rights of the selected partner.

The command judging section 75 detects a key input operation on the controller 2 and, based on the program stored in the program / character data storage section 71, what command (answer input, transfer of answer right, etc.) is given by the player. Determine if you have entered.

The answer right switching unit 76 transfers the answer right to the stored partner character in accordance with the player's command input, and specifically instructs the answer creating unit 77 to create an answer. The answer creating unit 77 creates an answer based on an instruction from the answer right switching unit 76 in accordance with conditions such as whether the partner character is good at or not good at the partner character at this time.

When the player inputs a command to pass the answer right to the partner character,
The answer right number storage unit 74 is read to determine whether or not there is an answer right. If there is no answer right, the operation of the answer right switching unit 76 is stopped. The number-of-answer-rights calculating section 79 reads out the friendliness of the selected character from the friendship degree storage section 72 before the start of each stage, calculates the number of answering rights, and stores it in the number-of-answering-rights storage section 74.

The quiz determination section 80 compares the answer to the question during the question read from the program / character data read / storage section 71 with the answer inputted by the player or created by the answer creation section 77, It is determined whether the answer is correct or incorrect. The friendship degree calculating unit 81 adds the friendship degree of each character stored in the friendship degree storage unit 72 when the character is selected by the player or when the player correctly answers the quiz. It is subtracted when the answer is incorrect.

The image creation section 82 displays the genre selection screen, the partner selection screen, the emotion table display screen, and the like, and variously displays images of the partner character selected on the quiz part screen based on the friendship at that time. And display it.

In the above description, an example in which the present invention is applied to a home game machine has been described. However, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a business game machine installed in a game center or an amusement facility.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A game selected by the player himself by selecting one of the game characters as a partner in response to an instruction from the player and having the partner respond to the game character in response to the instruction from the player. You can enjoy an unprecedented sense of solving problems together with the character, and you can reflect factors other than the player's knowledge of selecting game characters in the correct answer / incorrect answer to the quiz, At this time, if each character has a degree of friendship with the player, and if this character does not answer on behalf of the player unless the degree of friendship has reached a certain value, a more realistic and entertaining amusement can be enjoyed.

Also, in such a game control method, questions are repeatedly asked and answered, and when a correct number of correct answers or a correct answer rate for a fixed number of questions is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the stage is cleared. If it is used for a video game that is controlled to proceed to the stage, it is possible to enjoy the progress of the screen contents and the game story at the same time, and at this time, each character has a friendship with the player, and according to this friendship, Determine the number of times that the partner will answer for one stage or a predetermined number of stages as a unit, and if you do not answer more than the determined number of times, ask which partner should answer the question Element can be added.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a video game device for realizing a video game of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed circuit configuration diagram inside the game machine main body.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the entire processing of the video game control method according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of a quiz part in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a genre selection screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a partner selection screen.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a quiz part screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an emotion table display screen.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the video game device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Game console body, 1a: Open / close lid, 1b: Power switch, 1c: Reset switch, 1d: Open / close button, 2:
Controller, 2a: operation keys, 3: monitor, 4: memory card, 5: CD-ROM, 11: CPU, 12: processor for generating image data, 13: main bus, 14:
System controller, 15: main memory, 16: system ROM, 17: image data decompression decoder, 1
8: Parallel interface, 19: Serial interface, 20: Image processor, 21: Audio processor, 22: CD-ROM decoder, 23: Communication interface, 24: Frame buffer, 25: Sound buffer, 26: CD-ROM drive , 27: CD
-ROM buffer, 31, 43: quota tag, 32: genre display column, 33, 42: information (message) display column, 41, 61: character image, 51:
School year and month display field, 52: Correct answer rate display field, 53: Partner count right number display field, 54: Character image of selected partner, 55: Life display field, 56: Norma digest display field, 57: Quiz display field, 58 ： Remaining time display field, 5
9: answer display column, 62: friendship gauge, 63: friendship face mark, 64: friendship list, 71: program / character data reading / storage section, 72: friendship storage section, 73:
Partner selection / storage section, 74: Number of answering rights storage section, 7
5: command determining unit, 76: answer right switching unit, 77: answer creating unit, 78: answer right determining unit, 79: answer right number calculating unit,
80: quiz determination unit, 81: friendship calculation unit, 82: image creation unit.

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A video game control method in which a question prepared in advance is displayed on a video screen to give a question, and one of a plurality of answers (including correct answers) also displayed on the video screen is selected and answered. A video game, wherein one of a plurality of game characters is selected as a partner in response to an instruction from a player, and the game character as the partner responds in response to an instruction from the player. Control method. 2. The video game control method according to claim 1, wherein each character has a degree of friendship with the player, and does not answer on behalf of the player unless the friendship has reached a certain value. 3. A video game in which questions are answered and answered repeatedly, and the stage is cleared when a correct number of correct answers is equal to or greater than a predetermined number or when the correct answer rate for a certain number of questions is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and control is made to proceed to the next stage. 2. The control method for a video game according to claim 1, wherein the control method is used in: 4. Each character has a degree of friendship with the player. According to the degree of friendship, the number of times the partner gives a reply in units of one stage or a predetermined number of stages is determined. 4. The video game control method according to claim 3, wherein no answer is given. 5. The character according to claim 1, wherein each character has a special problem or a genre thereof, and a correct answer rate is different between the special problem or the genre and a problem or a non-good genre. Video game control method. 6. The character according to claim 2, wherein each character has a special problem or a genre thereof, and when the player correctly answers the special problem or the problem of the genre, the friendship of the character is improved. Video game control method. 7. The video game control method according to claim 2, wherein the friendliness of the character is enhanced when the character is selected as a partner. 8. The video game control method according to claim 2, wherein the correctness of the player improves the friendliness of all the characters, and the incorrect answer of the player decreases the friendliness of all the characters. . 9. The video game control method according to claim 2, wherein the answer has a time limit, and if the player answers correctly early, the friendliness of all the characters is improved. 10. The character's expression, dialogue, and voice change according to the degree of friendship.
The control method of the video game described above. 11. A video game apparatus in which a question prepared in advance is displayed on a video screen to give a question, and one of a plurality of answers (including correct answers) also displayed on the video screen is selected and answered. Means for selecting and memorizing one of the plurality of game characters as a partner in accordance with an instruction from a player, and means for passing an answer right to the game character as the partner in accordance with an instruction from the player. A video game device characterized by the following. 12. A system comprising: means for storing a parameter indicating the degree of friendliness of each character to a player; means for determining whether or not the parameter has reached a certain value, and rejecting the answer right if the parameter has not been reached. The video game device according to claim 11, wherein: 13. Repeating the question and answering the question,
12. The video game system according to claim 11, wherein the video game is used in a video game in which the stage is cleared when the correct answer for a predetermined number of questions or a correct answer rate for a certain number of questions is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and control is made to proceed to the next stage. Game equipment. 14. A means for storing a parameter indicating the degree of friendliness of each character to a player, and a means for determining the number of times that a partner gives a reply in units of one stage or a predetermined number of stages according to the parameter. 14. The video game apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising: means for judging whether or not the number of times has exceeded, and rejecting the answer right if the number has exceeded. 15. A video game program in which a question prepared in advance is displayed on a video screen to give a question, and one of a plurality of answers (including correct answers) also displayed on the video screen is selected and answered. In the recorded computer-readable medium, when the video game program is read by a computer, the computer selects one of a plurality of game characters as a partner according to an instruction from the player, and A computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a video game program for executing an operation of having a partner game character make an answer in response to an instruction. 16. The video game according to claim 15, wherein each character has a degree of friendship with the player, and executes an action in which the character does not answer on behalf of the player unless the degree of friendship has reached a certain value. A computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded. 17. Repeating the question and answering the question,
17. The video game according to claim 15, wherein the video game is used in a video game in which the stage is cleared when the correct answer is equal to or more than a predetermined number or when the correct answer rate for a certain number of questions is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and the process is controlled to proceed to the next stage. A computer-readable medium storing a game program. 18. Each character has a degree of friendship with the player, and determines the number of times that the partner will give a reply in units of one stage or a predetermined number of stages according to the degree of friendship. 18. A computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a video game program according to claim 17, wherein said computer executes a non-answering operation.