KR101431267B1 - Method for On-Line Game Service with Function of Changing Game Play Environment by User - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention allows game users who play online games to set up a game play environment directly, and users participating in the same game room or performing a game in a certain area within the game map perform a game in a changed game play environment . Accordingly, since the game play environments vary in appearance by the game users without direct involvement of the game service provider, it is possible to reduce the development burden on the contents that must be continuously increased according to the increase of the game users and the continuation of the game service, It is possible to prevent a game user from leaving and being tired of repeatedly consuming contents.

Network, Online Game, Play Environment, Item, Dungeon

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an online game service method capable of adjusting a game play environment by a user,

The present invention relates to an online game service method capable of adjusting a game play environment by a user. More particularly, the present invention relates to an online game service method in which a game user enjoying an online game, The game play environment to be commonly applied in a certain area in the game map can be directly set so that the game users can change the game in various ways.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Today, computer games have been conventionally used in a form of online games that can be accessed from a personal computer (PC) and connected to a game service system through various communication networks such as the Internet network and mobile communication network, Respectively.

These online games include board games such as go-tops and poker games, racing games, RPG (Role Playing Game) games in which game users perform a certain role in the game map, and a plurality of game users simultaneously participating in the game And massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs).

Meanwhile, since all of the conventional online games have a fixed game play environment, game users always experience the same game play situation. For example, if a game user is going through a process of fighting a monster while moving along a certain path in the game, the background and the type and properties of the monster appearing are always the same, so game users will feel bored in the game process do.

Also, as the game continues, the level of game users will increase and collect a large number of game items. Therefore, in order for game users to continue enjoying the game in a new situation, new game contents must be constantly supplied. Particularly, presenting new game contents to game users is not existed except for the route developed and supplied by the game service provider. This places a considerable burden on game service providers.

According to another aspect, in the conventional online game service, once a game service provider supplies game contents, the game contents are always stored in a game game environment according to fixed game play environments such as attributes of originally created driving roads, background landscapes, .

That is, if a game user continues to use the game, he or she will be able to perform the game more skillfully or collect various game items, and there is no way for the game user to change the game play environment that has already been created.

This is due to the fact that user-created contents (UCC: User Created Contents), which are produced separately by current users, are in the limelight. In view of the demands of modern users who have a great interest in the process of making something themselves, It tells you that you can not.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an online game service which allows a game user to directly change a game play environment in an online game, The purpose of the method is to provide.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an online game service method capable of adjusting a game play environment by a user according to the present invention, As shown in FIG.

An embodiment of an online game service method according to the present invention includes: acquiring various environment setting items allowing game users to set a game play environment; Allowing game users who wish to enjoy the online game to gather in a virtual space to form a game room; Allowing a game user participating in the game room to set a game play environment to be applied to the game room participants using the environment setting item possessed by the game users; And allowing the game room participants to proceed with the game in the set game play environment.

The environment setting item may be configured to be acquired by a game user by paying a fee or by performing a predetermined task in the online game. At this time, the type of the environment setting item to be acquired by performing the predetermined task in the online game may be determined with a certain probability.

The step of setting the game play environment to be applied to the participants of the game room may be configured to allow the game room owner to view the environment setting items possessed by the game room participants and to select and set a desired one of them.

In the step of setting the game play environment to be applied to the participants of the game room, each of the participants of the game room may be configured to be able to select and set an environment setting item that the participant has.

The environment setting item may be an item for setting a game play environment of a specific area in the game map of the MMORPG game.

In this case, the specific area existing in the game map may include a dungeon, and the environment setting item may include an item for setting a background terrain of the dungeon, an item for setting an attribute of the background terrain, An item for setting an attribute of a monster to appear, and an item for setting a kind of compensation given according to the game performance in the dungeon.

And the compensation according to the result of performing the game in the specific area may be configured to be acquired by the participants of the game room.

Another embodiment of the online game service method according to the present invention is a method for allowing a member constituting a community together in the online game to acquire a specific region existing in the game map of the online game as the ownership of the community ; Allowing the community members to acquire various environment setting items for setting a game play environment of the area owned by the community; Allowing the community members to set a game play environment of an area owned by the community using the acquired environment setting item; And processing the game so that the game proceeds according to the game play environment set by the community members in the area.

Ownership of a specific area existing in the game map can be configured to be taken away from the community as the current owner.

At this time, the specific area may be composed of a dungeon.

According to the present invention, a game user can directly change the play environment of various online games, and the changed game play environment is commonly applied to users who play games together in the same game room or in a certain area within the game map.

Accordingly, from the viewpoint of game users, it is possible to create various game scenes through a combination of environment setting items, and it is possible to obtain a satisfaction that a game play rule is directly created.

The game operator can reduce the burden on the development of new contents which should be continuously increased according to the increase of the game users and the continuation of the game service and prevent the departure of the game users due to the repeated exhaustion of the unilaterally provided contents.

Particularly, as the game user directly engages in the expansion of the content in the game, the level of the content in the game can be further increased in proportion to the number and variety of game users. In addition, communication between game beginners and users who use the game continuously and contents exchange can be prevented, thereby preventing the polarization of the game users, and the game users coexist in the game, .

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, the game service system 13 provides an online game service through various communication networks 12 such as a wired Internet network or a wireless Internet network.

The user computer 11 may be any computer device that can access the online game provided by the game service system 13 by connecting to the communication network 12 such as a personal computer (PC) A game client 11-1 is installed. The game client 11-1 may be constituted by a computer program installed in the user computer 11 and operated.

The game service system 13 provides an online game service while communicating with the game client 11-1 installed in the user computer 11 via the communication network 12 and can be configured variously according to the kind of online game have.

Referring to FIG. 2, an embodiment of an online game service method capable of adjusting a game play environment by a user according to the present invention will be described.

First, various environment setting items that allow game users to set the game play environment are acquired (S21).

An environment setting item is a kind of game item, which means an item that can be changed by a game user when the user acquires the item and uses the item. This environment setting item does not change only the game play environment of the user who holds the item but changes the game play environment for users participating in the game room or users playing in a certain area within the game map in a common way .

There are no restrictions on the types of environment setting items, and various configurations can be made depending on the type and contents of the game. For example, if the type of game is a racing game, a bridge with many obstacles is displayed in the middle of the road on which the game is to be carried out, and a background screen is selected. If the game is an MMORPG game, changing the attributes such as the attack power of the monster appearing in a certain area of the game map, and slipping the bottom property of the character's moving terrain further.

The method of allowing the game users to acquire the environment setting items in step S21 can be variously configured as needed.

One example of this is that a game user connects to a game item purchasing shop provided by the game service system 13 and makes payment for the fee, and then purchases the environment setting item.

Another example is to configure a game user to be able to acquire by performing a certain task within an online game. At this time, the mission can be given variously according to the kind and contents of the game, such as hunting a specific monster, or running a running road in a racing game at a predetermined time.

In addition, the types of environment setting items to be acquired by performing the task can be configured to be randomly determined with a certain probability. For example, if the monster is a mission to hunt, it can always be configured to acquire the same kind of environment setting item whenever the monster is hunted, but the configuration item A is obtained with a probability of 30% % Chance of acquiring various environment setting items.

When the game service system 13 acquires the environment setting items through each of the game users through step S21, the game service system 13 stores and manages information on the environment setting items in the database. That is, the state of possessing the environment setting items of each game user is managed by the game service system 13, and in the following steps, the game users can change the game play environment by using the environment setting items each possessed by the game users .

Now, in step S22, the game users who have acquired the environment setting items are gathered in the virtual space to form a game room (S22).

Here, a game room is also called a room, and as a group of game users who want to play the game together, game users who want to play the game together will create a game room by themselves or participate in a game room created by others.

In step S23, the game users who have participated in the game room together can set a game play environment to be commonly applied to the participants of the game room using the respective environment setting items (S23).

Step S23 can be configured in various ways as needed.

One example is to configure the controller of the game room so that it can view preference items possessed by participants of the game room and selectively set the preference items. Another example is to configure each participant of the game room to select and set his or her preference item.

Each embodiment will be described with reference to an example of the game room internal user interface 30 shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3A, a character of a room is displayed on the upper left of the user interface 30, and characters of game room participants # 1 to # 3 are displayed on the right side. At the bottom of each game room participant character, Preset configuration items are displayed.

In the lower left corner, there is a portion 31 (hereinafter referred to as an equipment window) for positioning the environment setting item selected to be applied to the game play environment. The environment setting items located in the equipment window 31 include . If the user interface 30 is configured as described above, the controller of the game room can view the environment setting items possessed by each participant of the game room and drag the desired combination of the environment setting items into the game play environment with the mouse to place the device in the equipment window 31 have.

3B, characters of the game participant # 1 are displayed on the upper left of the user interface 30, characters of the game room participant # 2 and # 3 are displayed on the right side of the user interface 30, The environment setting items currently owned by the game participant # 1 are displayed. In the lower left, there is an equipment window 31, and the environment setting items located in the equipment window 31 affect the game play environment when the game is started thereafter.

If the user interface 30 is configured as described above, each participant of the game room (in the illustrated example, the participant # 1 of the game room) drags the object to be combined with the game play environment among the environment setting items of his / ).

On the other hand, in step S23, since various types of environment setting items can be selected to set the game play environment, an inappropriate combination may occur depending on the type of the selected environment setting items.

For example, a configuration item that reduces the attack power of a monster, and a configuration item that increases the monster's attack power and increases the movement speed of the character can be selected at the same time.

Therefore, the step S23 may include a process of determining whether the combination of each environment setting item selected to set the game play environment is appropriate and adjusting the process. This process may be performed by the game client 11-1 itself Or in the game service system 13.

When the game play environment is set in step S23, the game starts by clicking on the play start button, and the game play environment set in step S23 is applied to the game (S24).

That is, if a participant of a game room sets a game play environment using his or her own environment setting item, the influence of the environment setting item extends to all participants of the corresponding game room. Therefore, if the configuration item was to reduce the attack power of the monster, all participants in the game room will encounter monsters with weaker attack power in the game.

To this end, the content of the game play environment set in step S23 is known as a game client of participant of the game room through the game service system 13, and the game client of each participant of the game room applies the game play environment to process the game .

Now, an example in which the environment setting item is for setting a game play environment of a specific area in the game map of the MMORPG game will be described in detail.

The specific area existing in the game map of the MMORPG game means a part recognized as a specific area of the entire virtual space by game users such as a field or a village, and may be configured to include a dungeon.

A 'dungeon' is a predetermined area within a virtual space where a game user can freely enter and leave. When a game user enters a dungeon, he or she moves a place made up of various background terrains according to a game play environment set in the dungeon, During movement, various monsters appear and fight. And if the game user hunts the monster, he can get some compensation. These dungeons may exist in a plurality of game maps, and each dungeon may include a plurality of detailed areas (hereinafter referred to as a stage) having different game play environments.

In the process of applying the present invention to the dungeon, the environment setting item to be acquired by the game users through the step S21 becomes an item capable of changing the game play environment of the dungeon. In a step S22, It becomes a space for gamers to join together in the dungeon to hunt monsters.

The process of setting the game play environment in step S23 is a process for changing the game play environment of the corresponding dungeon. In step S24, the participant of the game room enters the dungeon and, together with the dungeon environment changed in step S23, It becomes a process of hunting.

Referring to FIG. 4, an example of a dungeon lobby interface 40 in which game users who wish to enter the dungeon gather to form a game room will be described.

Dungeon Lobby (40), where game users enter the dungeon called 'Dark Cave in the Forest', now has several game rooms. In the title of the first game room, there is a message of 'application of property' in order to announce that it is a game room changing the game play environment according to the present invention, and a message that a game play environment in which the money is halved and the scenery is doubled is created Is displayed.

In the title of the second game room, there is a message "Attributes applied" as described above. In the present game room, a game play environment in which the movement speed is reduced to 0.8 times instead of raising the physical attack power of the monster by 1.2 times is made.

Also, in the title of the fourth game room, there is a message of 'no attribute is used' to inform that it is a game room according to the original game play environment without changing the game play environment.

If the game starts in the second game room, participants in the game room will hunt monsters in a gameplay environment where the character's physical attack power is increased by 1.2 times and the movement speed is increased by 0.8 times while moving around the dungeon named 'Dark Cave in the Forest'.

As described above, the types of the environment setting items may be variously configured, and the game play environment may be changed according to the combination of the environment setting items.

In particular, in the embodiment of the dungeon, the environment setting item includes an item for setting a background terrain of a dungeon, an item for setting a property of a background terrain, an item for setting a property of a monster to appear in a dungeon, And an item for setting the kind of compensation given according to the type of the reward.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the description, an example of each type of environment setting item will be briefly described. The background of the dungeon is a background of the dungeon, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, (Route of travel), etc. The properties of the background terrain can include floor attributes such as lit lava, slipping ice, and poison swamps, which are affected when the character is placed on it.

The properties of monsters that appear in the dungeons can include the type of monster, attack power, speed of movement, etc., and the type of compensation given to the dungeon will depend on the equipment, weapons, recovery potions, Items, and the like.

At this time, the compensation according to the result of the game execution in the dungeon can be configured so that the game users participating in the game room acquire together.

Referring to FIG. 5, another embodiment of an online game service method capable of adjusting a game play environment by a user according to the present invention will be described. This embodiment is based on the MMOPRG game, in which each area existing in the game map can be owned by a community unit.

First, the members constituting the community together in the online game process the specific area existing in the game map of the online game as the ownership of the community (S51).

A specific area existing in the game map can exist in various forms such as a village, a field, and a dungeon. The community is a community established among the online game service subscribers and is referred to as 'guilds', 'bloodbands', 'federations', and the information of each member is managed by the game service system 13.

In step S51, a method by which a community can acquire ownership of a specific area in the game map can be configured in various ways.

One example is to compete in a game, so if a community A owns a certain area, another community B can take that area through a confrontation in the game. In this example, the rules or methods that each community member confronts in the game can be variously configured according to the type and content of the game.

As another example, if a particular area is a dungeon, a member of community B may accomplish the conditions required to clear the corresponding dungeon (eg, hunting a large monster) to take away the dungeon. To clear the dungeon here is to achieve the conditions required in the corresponding dungeon. For example, the above-mentioned conditions may be configured in various ways, such as passing all the stages constituting the corresponding dungeon in the order, hunting the boss monster can do.

Now, the members of the community who have acquired ownership of the specific area can acquire various environment setting items for setting the game play environment of the corresponding area (S52).

As described above, the types of the environment setting items can be variously configured.

For example, if a specific area that a community can own is a dungeon, the preference item may be an item for setting the background terrain of the dungeon, an item for setting the property of the background terrain, an item for setting the property of the monster to appear in the dungeon An item for setting the kind of compensation given to the game in the dungeon, and the like.

In addition, the method for enabling the community members to acquire the environment setting items in step S52 may be variously configured as needed.

One example is to connect to a game item purchase shop provided by the game service system 13, settle the fee, and then configure the environment setting item to be purchased.

Another example is to configure the community members to be able to acquire them by performing certain tasks within an online game.

At this time, the task can be given variously according to the type and contents of the game, and the type of the environment setting item acquired by performing the task can be configured to be randomly determined with a certain probability.

Then, the community members can set the game play environment to be applied to the area owned by the community members using the environment setting items acquired in step S52 (S53).

An example of setting the game play environment of the dungeon will be described with reference to FIG. Assuming that a community (eg a guild) is made up of guild members A, B, C, and D, guild member A has two preference items to add a mirror room (stage of dungeons with specific attributes) If the guild member C possesses the environment setting item for prohibiting the use of the ax, the guild member C has the environment setting item for the sex property mob, and the guild member D has the environment setting item for which the item named the B grade level item is compensated, The player can set the game play environment by using the environment setting items of the game environment.

The dungeon will then have a gameplay environment of these attributes.

At this time, the user interface that allows the community members to gather in the virtual space and selectively configure the environment setting items possessed by the community members to set the game play environment of the dungeon can be configured in various ways as needed.

For example, as described with reference to FIG. 3A, it is possible to allow a chapter (for example, a guild field) of a community to have a right to change the game play environment by selectively combining desired items with the environment setting items possessed by the members have. Also, as described with reference to FIG. 3B, each community member may be configured to be able to select an environment setting item to be associated with the game play environment among the environment setting items stored in the community members.

Now, in the game map of the MMORPG game, there is a specific area in which the game play environment is changed in step S53. If any game user enters this specific area, the game proceeds according to the changed game play environment through step S23 S54).

To this end, the game service system 13 transmits information informing the game play environment of the specific area to game clients of game users entering the specific area (e.g., dungeon), and each game client The game play environment of the specific area is known, and the game is progressed accordingly.

That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the game play environment set in the specific area is not extinguished because the game of users who have entered the specific area through the game room is completed.

Referring to FIG. 8, an example in which the present invention is applied to a stage environment constituting a dungeon will be described.

Each stage of the dungeon has its own game terrain attribute, and the game user entering the dungeon clears all the stages in order. 8A to 8O show dungeons in which six stages are randomly distributed, and a game user enters the start stage and clears the stage in order.

If the gameplay environment (stage environment) of this dungeon is set as shown in the example shown in Fig. 6, two mirror rooms 81,82 are added to the randomly distributed six stage environment as in the example shown in Fig. do.

At this time, in the stages 81 and 82 (or all stages), the use of the ax is prohibited, a sex property mob appears, and a game play environment is created in which the item called class B realm is compensated.

Then, a dungeon as shown in FIG. 9 exists in the game map, and the game user entering the dungeon clears all the stages in order.

At this time, if the stage distribution of the dungeon is randomly determined, the game user entering the dungeon may have the corresponding dungeon in six basic stages having various distributions, as shown in the example of FIG. 8, in addition to the stage environment shown in FIG. The game is played in a gameplay environment that includes two mirror room stages that have changed in one community. In this embodiment, the game service system 13 informs the game client that has entered the corresponding dungeon randomly determined stage information.

Referring to FIG. 7, a general process of an online game service in a community-owned dungeon will be schematically described.

Referring to FIG. 7A, in the current game map, the ownership of the dungeon A in the dungeon is owned by the community A, and the community A uses the environment setting items of the community members to set the dungeon A to the background terrain # 2, The game play environment A is set so as to include the attribute # 1 and the compensation attribute # 8. On the other hand, the members of the other community B enter the dungeon A and play the game according to the game play environment A set by the community A, thereby clearing the corresponding dungeon, thereby taking ownership of the dungeon A.

7B, the community B, which has taken ownership of the dungeon A, uses the environment setting items held by the members of the dungeon A so that the dungeon A has the background terrain # 3, the terrain property # 7, the monster property # 2, 4, the game play environment B is set. Then, other community members such as community A and other community C enter dungeon A and play the game according to the game play environment B set by the community B, thereby clearing the corresponding dungeon so that the ownership of the dungeon A can be taken again.

In this way, each community member can set up their own dungeons more fun and easily accessible to other game users, and other game users will continue to play games in this dungeon, You can keep earning the reputation and profitability of the community because you can continue to earn rewards.

In addition, if you own these dungeons, you may be able to attract continuing interest from the community that owns them by forcing them to take ownership of the dungeon.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and that various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention Of course.

1 shows an overview of a system for providing an online game service,

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an online game service method according to the present invention,

3 is an example of an internal interface of a game room,

4 shows an example of a dungeon lobby interface to which the present invention is applied,

FIG. 5 illustrates another embodiment of the online game service method according to the present invention,

6 shows an overview of how the community sets up the game play environment of the dungeon,

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process in which an online service related to a dungeon is performed according to the present invention,

8 shows an example of a random arrangement of the stages constituting the dungeon,

9 is an example in which the game play environment regarding the arrangement of the stages is changed.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

11: user computer 11-1: game client

12: communication network 13: game service system

30: game room internal interface 31: equipment window

40: Dungeon Lobby Interface

Claims (15)

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An online game service method in which a game service system communicates with a game client installed in each user computer via a communication network, Allowing the game users to acquire various environment setting items that allow the user to set the game play environment; Allowing game users who wish to enjoy the online game to gather in a virtual space to form a game room; Allowing a game user participating in the game room to set a game play environment to be applied to the game room participants using the environment setting item possessed by the game users; And Allowing the game room participants to proceed with the game in the set game play environment, The environment setting item is configured to allow a game user to purchase a game by paying a fee or performing a predetermined task in the online game, Wherein the environment setting item obtained by performing a predetermined task in the online game is selected randomly among the plurality of environment setting items (the probability of selecting each environment setting item is predetermined) An online game service method capable of adjusting the play environment. 1. An online game service method in which a game service system communicates with a game client installed in each user computer via a communication network, Allowing the game users to acquire various environment setting items that allow the user to set the game play environment; Allowing game users who wish to enjoy the online game to gather in a virtual space to form a game room; Allowing a game user participating in the game room to set a game play environment to be applied to the game room participants using the environment setting item possessed by the game users; And Allowing the game room participants to proceed with the game in the set game play environment, Wherein the step of setting the game play environment to be applied to the participants of the game room is configured to allow the game room owner to view and set a desired one of the environment setting items possessed by the game room participants, The present invention relates to an online game service method capable of adjusting a game play environment. 1. An online game service method in which a game service system communicates with a game client installed in each user computer via a communication network, Allowing the game users to acquire various environment setting items that allow the user to set the game play environment; Allowing game users who wish to enjoy the online game to gather in a virtual space to form a game room; Allowing a game user participating in the game room to set a game play environment to be applied to the game room participants using the environment setting item possessed by the game users; And Allowing the game room participants to proceed with the game in the set game play environment, Wherein setting the game play environment to be applied to the participants of the game room is configured so that each of the participants of the game room can select and set an environment setting item held by the participant of the game room, This is a possible online game service method. 1. An online game service method in which a game service system communicates with a game client installed in each user computer via a communication network, Allowing the game users to acquire various environment setting items that allow the user to set the game play environment; Allowing game users who wish to enjoy the online game to gather in a virtual space to form a game room; Allowing a game user participating in the game room to set a game play environment to be applied to the game room participants using the environment setting item possessed by the game users; And Allowing the game room participants to proceed with the game in the set game play environment, Wherein the environment setting item comprises an item for setting a game play environment of a specific area existing in the game map of the MMORPG game. The method according to claim 6, Wherein the specific area existing in the game map includes a dungeon. 8. The method of claim 7, The environment setting item includes an item for setting a background terrain of the dungeon, an item for setting an attribute of the background terrain, an item for setting an attribute of a monster to appear in the dungeon, And an item for setting a kind of compensation to be given to the user. The method according to claim 6, And the compensation according to a result of performing the game in the specific area is acquired by the participants of the game room together. 1. An online game service method in which a game service system communicates with a game client installed in each user computer via a communication network, Allowing members who constitute a community together in the online game to acquire a specific region existing in the game map of the online game as the ownership of the community; Allowing the community members to acquire various environment setting items for setting a game play environment of the area owned by the community; Allowing the community members to set a game play environment of an area owned by the community using the acquired environment setting item; And And processing the game in accordance with a game play environment set by the community members in the area. 11. The method of claim 10, Wherein the ownership of a specific area existing in the game map is configured to be taken away from a community as a current owner. 11. The method of claim 10, Wherein the environment setting item is configured such that the community member can acquire the game by paying a fee or performing a predetermined task in the online game, . 13. The method of claim 12, Wherein the environment setting item obtained by performing a predetermined task in the online game is selected randomly among the plurality of environment setting items (the probability of selecting each environment setting item is predetermined) An online game service method capable of adjusting the play environment. 14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, Wherein the specific area comprises a dungeon, and wherein the specific area comprises a dungeon. 15. The method of claim 14, The environment setting item includes an item for setting a background terrain of the dungeon, an item for setting an attribute of the background terrain, an item for setting an attribute of a monster to appear in the dungeon, And an item for setting a kind of compensation to be given to the user.

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