KR102030941B1 - Edtior for manufacturing match 3 puzzle game and method for manufacturing match 3 puzzle game usign the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An editor for manufacturing a match 3 puzzle game according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a content design unit providing a stage content design area for visually arranging a plurality of stage content elements to appear in a stage content of a match 3 puzzle game; and a parameter setting unit providing a detailed setting area for setting parameter values of the plurality of stage content elements. The detailed setting area is an area for searching for, extracting, storing, creating, setting a score, setting a limited number of turns, setting a goal, setting a kind of a basic block element, and setting a condition of an element.

Description

Match 3 puzzle game production editor and how to create a match 3 puzzle game {EDTIOR FOR MANUFACTURING MATCH 3 PUZZLE GAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MATCH 3 PUZZLE GAME USIGN THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a match 3 puzzle game production editor and a match 3 puzzle game production method using the same.

The global game industry has doubled in five years, from $ 70 billion in 2012 to $ 127 billion in 2018. Here, the mobile game market accounted for 18% of the game market in 2012, while in 2018 it has become very important in the game market, accounting for 51%. In the mobile game market, about 50% of mobile gamers are enjoying puzzle games in North America, and fast content consumption occurs due to the nature of puzzle games that are easy to access.

However, in producing contents, developers in the field and development environments that match them are needed. However, the commercially available Match 3 puzzle game production editor is not easy to produce high quality content in a short time because the user interface is not intuitive and there are many development constraints.

Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0106374

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a match 3 puzzle game production editor that can solve the conventional problems, a production method using the same and a match 3 puzzle game produced using the same.

The computer-readable recording medium that records a program for implementing a match 3 puzzle game production according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a plurality of stage content elements to appear in the stage content of the match 3 puzzle game. A content design unit providing a stage content design area for visual placement; And a parameter setting unit for providing a detailed setting area for setting parameter values of the plurality of stage content elements, wherein the detailed setting area includes a function for searching and extracting, storing, creating, and initializing the stage content. A content search area; A first area for setting a score condition for acquiring a star, which is a clear reward of the stage content, a second area for setting a limit number of turns capable of advancing the stage of the stage content to the maximum, and the stage content to be exposed to the user through Titlemission A stage setting area including a third area for setting a target of the stage; An appearance basic block setting area for setting an appearance type and whether an appearance of a block that is a basic element appearing on the stage; And a generation condition setting area for setting detailed generation conditions for an appearance element, wherein the generation condition setting area is associated with a generation condition of elements set in the element generation position setting area, and a probability of generating each element, It is the area to set the minimum / maximum number of element creation, game time limit, random element occurrence at matching position when element matching, random element occurrence at element position when element is removed, element type, color, The stage content design area includes an element selection area for selecting elements to be placed; An element arranging area for arranging the element; An element generation position setting area for setting a position at which the element is generated; A storage area for storing the produced stage content; And a play area for playing the produced stage content, wherein when the user input information is input to a random basic block element, the sub-elements of the random basic block element are grouped or individually exposed in succession. When the user selects an exposed element, the background color of the selected element is changed (varied), and the element arranging area selects the element selected by the user at the first point while the user inputs the first specific key value. It is an area for dragging to place up to two points, the element continuously disposed from the first point to the second point to remove by dragging in a state in which a second specific key value is input, and the element generation position setting area is A matrix setting area for setting activation and deactivation of rows and columns of the produced stage content; An element list display area for displaying a list of elements that can be created; And an element generation position setting region indicating a position where an element of the element list representation region is generated.

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Using the match 3 puzzle game production editor and the match 3 puzzle game production method according to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing a developer with a visual arrangement area of the stage content element, a detailed setting area of the arranged element, the developer more easily and intuitively. Stage content can be generated.

In addition, by providing advanced and rich in-game elements compared to the existing stage content editor, developers can provide various contents to users.

Through the above, it is expected that developers will be able to develop contents quickly, develop rich puzzle game contents, and reduce development costs by using time points. will be.

1 is an exemplary view showing an example of a match 3 puzzle game production editor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of producing a match 3 puzzle game stage content using the match 3 puzzle game editor shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram of a stage content search area of the detailed setting area shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for the stage content design area shown in FIG. 1.
5A through 5D are diagrams illustrating an example of the element selection region illustrated in FIG. 4.
6A is an exemplary view showing an element arrangement region of FIG. 4.
7A to 7B are examples illustrating the element generation positioning region of FIG. 4.
FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram of the stage content detail setting area shown in FIG. 2.
9A is an enlarged view illustrating an enlarged stage setting area illustrated in FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram of a block setting region shown in FIG. 8.
FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram of a detailed generation condition setting area illustrated in FIG. 8.
12A is a conceptual diagram illustrating details of SettingType of FIG. 11.
FIG. 12B is an exemplary diagram for describing the S_Tree_SettingType of FIG. 11.
13 is an exemplary diagram of stage content provided to a game user.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification. Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

In the present invention, "developer" or "user" refers to an editor user who develops match-3 puzzle game content using the present invention editor.

In the present invention, 'player', 'gamer', 'user' refers to a person who plays a match 3 puzzle game and enjoys and uses the developed content.

In the present invention, the term 'element' refers to in-game objects that can interact with a user's play appearing in stage content of a match-3 puzzle game.

In the present invention, the action of "swap" refers to a series of actions in which the object in the game changes its position due to interaction of user play. An element consists of swappable and non-swappable elements.

In the present invention, the term 'matching' refers to an action in which elements appearing in a game are removed and converted by conditions through interactions of users. For example, the basic rule of the match-3 puzzle game includes a rule in which three or more blocks, which are basic elements appearing in the game, are removed or converted into other elements when placed vertically or laterally. The act of user interaction with an element such that elements are placed in succession is called "matching."

In the present invention, 'block' refers to an in-game object that can be swapped as one of the elements. A block is made up of swappable but matchable blocks and nonmatching blocks. Among the blocks, the 'basic block' is a common element that the user swaps and matches to progress the stage content of the game, and may be provided in various forms such as jewels, candy, and animals.

In the present invention, the 'panel' refers to an in-game object that is not swappable as one of the elements. Panels are not swappable and cannot be matched.

Hereinafter, a match 3 puzzle game production editor according to an example will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13.

1 is an exemplary view showing an example of a match 3 puzzle game production editor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the match 3 puzzle game production editor 100 includes a content design unit 110, a parameter setting unit 120, and a resource unit 130.

The content design unit 110 provides a stage content design area for visually arranging elements to appear in stage content.

The stage content design area displays the elements used for the stage content and the area setting in which the elements appear.

For reference, the content design area stores an element selection area that lists elements, an element placement area where elements can be placed, an element creation location setting area where an element is created, and stage content created and modified. It consists of an area to be executed.

The parameter setting unit 120 provides a detailed setting area for setting detailed setting values for the stage content elements.

The detailed setting area includes a search function for the stage content, load, save, create a new value, set a score, set a limited number of turns of the stage content, set a goal of the stage content, set basic block element types, and generate elements. Set the condition.

The resource unit 130 provides a resource area for displaying the appearing objects.

The resource area may include a resource folder structure constituting the editor and objects constituting the editor.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of producing a match 3 puzzle game stage content using the match 3 puzzle game editor shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the method for producing stage content according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, the stage content design area, the detail setting area, and the resource area are activated (S710).

Subsequently, after searching and extracting the stage content corresponding to the input information of the user in the detailed setting area (S720), the extracted stage content is arranged in the layout area of the content design area (S730) and based on the input information of the user. In the detailed setting area, detailed setting values of elements and contents are set (S740).

Here, the process S740 may be a process of setting a score, a goal of the stage content, a detailed generation condition of the element, etc. in the detail setting region based on the user input information on the stage content arranged and designed in the process S730.

In addition, the process S740 is to set the stage content score, ① stage setting area for setting the limited number of turns and targets of the stage content, ② appearance block setting area for setting the appearance type of the block that is the basic element appearing on the stage, appearance element 3) Condition setting area is used and detailed function of each area and area will be described later.

Thereafter, the stage content created with the detailed setting values is switched to the content design area, and then a test is executed (S750).

The process S750 is a process in which a developer directly tests and plays the stage content produced in the steps S730 and S740 from a user's point of view, and stores and executes the stage content in the content design area used in the S730 process. When the corresponding step proceeds through the content design area is switched to the test play screen.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram of a stage content search area of the detailed setting area of the parameter setting unit shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the stage content search area 300 may include a configuration for searching for, loading, saving, creating, and initializing stage content.

More specifically, the stage content search area 300 includes a load configuration (Load Stage area) 310 for loading stage content corresponding to the user's input information (number) into the data input field 305.

The stage content search area 300 may include button areas 301 and 302 for moving to the stage content before or after the user's input information (number).

Stage content data imported via the import configuration 310 is visually shown in the design region 110 and detail region 120 shown in FIG. 1.

The stage content search area 300 includes a save configuration (S320) for storing stage content.

The stage content search area 300 includes a production configuration 330 for producing new stage content when the user does not have stage content data corresponding to the input information (number). The production configuration 330 can also be used to initialize all of the contents of existing imported stage content.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a stage content design area provided by the content design unit shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 4, the stage content design area 400 creates an arrangement of elements with respect to one stage content searched or generated through the stage content search area 300 of FIG. 3 in operation S720 illustrated in FIG. 2. The area to be modified.

The stage content design area 400 includes an element selection area 410 for selecting an element to be placed, an element arrangement area 420 for placing an element, an element creation position setting area 430 for setting a location where an element is generated, A storage area 440 for storing the produced stage content, and a play area 450 for playing the produced stage content.

The play area 450 is used in step S750 of FIG. 2 and when the corresponding area is selected, the play area 450 is switched to the play screen shown in FIG. 13 to be described later.

5A through 5D are diagrams illustrating an example of the element selection area 410 illustrated in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 5A, one element may have lower elements, and the elements are exposed based on user input information.

For example, when a user input information (for example, a right-click of a mouse) is input to the random basic block element 510, the element 511 in which the color blocks, which are sub-elements of the random basic block element 510, is arranged, see FIG. 5B. ) Is exposed.

Depending on the elements, there may be the presence or absence of sub-elements, see FIG. 5C, a block and panel 512 may be exposed that includes elements in which various elements are arranged in succession.

The selection of the elements to be placed is performed through the user's input information (eg, left-clicking the mouse) on the exposed sub-elements or elements of the game.

The background color of the element selected through the user's input information is changed to a dark color as the background color of the random basic block element 510 of FIG. 5D.

6A is an exemplary view showing an element arrangement region of FIG. 4, and 6B is an exemplary view showing an example of elements disposed in the element arrangement region.

Referring to FIGS. 6A and 6B, the element arrangement area 420 is an area that is switched when initializing new stage content or an existing stage through the production configuration 330 shown in FIG. 3.

The element arrangement area 420 is composed of a plurality of square cells. For example, a square of 9 squares of 9 squares and 9 squares of squares is formed. One or more elements can be arranged in a square.

As an element arrangement method, an element to be arranged is selected in an element selection area, and then one selected element is placed in an area of one cell by using a mouse operation (left click).

As another example, in order to arrange a selected element in a region of several consecutive cells, drag and arrange as many cells as the user wants to arrange consecutively starting from the cell which is the starting point of one of the element arrangement regions.

If an element disposed in the element arrangement region is to be removed, an element to be removed is selected in the element selection region 410, and if an element is a child element of a specific element, an upper element may be selected.

Then, right-click to remove the element placed in the cell where the element to be removed is located.

As another example, to remove an element arranged in a contiguous area of cells, a user drags and removes a cell that the user wants to remove consecutively starting from a cell which is the start point of one of the element disposition areas.

As another example, when a block element, which is a basic element, is to be removed, it is removed through user input information (Ctrl key value + right mouse click and right button drag).

As another example, if the user wants to change the shape of the inlet and the outlet of the rail element 520 forcibly moving the movable element, the user may move the user through input information (mouse wheel button up or down).

As another example, when specifying the warp-in, out-element 530 inlet and outlet to allow the moveable element to enter and exit the desired element, the user's input information (Ctrl key value + mouse wheel button up or down) ) Can be specified.

7A to 7B are examples illustrating the element generation positioning region of FIG. 4.

7A to 7B, the element generation position setting region 430 includes a matrix setting region 431, an element list marking region 432, and a positioning region 433.

The matrix setting area 431 is an area for setting a row and a column of a stage. When the user selects the mouse through left-click input, as shown in FIG. 7B, the activation or deactivation of a check box of the matrix setting area 431 is set. It may be an area. Activation or deactivation is changed by left mouse click of the user.

For example, if the matrix setting area is set to 'X', the information on the X axis (each 'column' in the stage) will be modified. If set to 'Y', the information on the Y axis (each 'row' in the stage) will be displayed. It means to fix.

Next, the element list display area 432 is a list of elements that can be generated, and checkboxes located in the same row of one element indicate whether the element is to be generated in a matrix.

Next, the position setting area 433 may be an area indicating a position where an element of the element list display area 432 is generated.

The checkboxes 433-1 of each row of the positioning area 433 are the checkboxes from the left to the right of the row, while the entire checkbox corresponds to rows and columns including all of the left, right, top, and bottom. Is a checkbox.

For example, if the "mystery" element 432-1 is described as an example in Fig. 7A, the checkbox 433-1 in Fig. 7A is not checked in any column.

This means that when you run stage content, it doesn't appear in any column in the game.

Conversely, if all cells are checked, this means that they will be created in every row in the game.

However, since the checkbox 433-1 of FIG. 7A is not checked in any column, the 'mystery' element 432-1 does not appear in any column.

This means that things that are not checked have priority over those that are checked.

If the first checkbox is checked, an element can be created in the first column, first row of the game, and if the cell is a cell where the element is created, the element appears according to the detailed condition.

8 is an exemplary diagram of a detailed setting area provided by the parameter setting unit shown in FIG. 1.

The detailed setting area 800 is an area for performing detailed settings for the stage content.

The detailed setting area 800 includes a stage content search area 810, a score setting of the stage content, a limit turn number setting of the stage content, a stage setting area 820 for setting a target of the stage content, and a basic appearing on the stage. An appearance basic block setting area 830 for setting an appearance type of the basic block, which is an element, and a detailed creation condition setting area 840 for the appearance element.

9A is an enlarged view of the stage setting area illustrated in FIG. 8, and the stage setting area 820 is an area for setting a stage content score, setting a limited number of turns of the stage content, and setting a target of the stage content.

For reference, 820 of FIG. 8 has the same configuration as that of 900 of FIG. 9, and in FIG. 9, the member number of the stage setting area is designated as 900.

Referring to FIG. 9A, the stage setting area 900 may include a first area 910, a second area 920, and a third area 930.

The first region 910 is an area for setting a score condition for acquiring a star, which is a stage content clear reward, and inputs a star score through a user's keyboard input value. For example, StarScore 1 (911) is the minimum score to receive one star, StarScore 2 (912) is the minimum score to receive two stars, and StarScore 3 (913) is the minimum score to receive three stars. Mean score.

The second area 920 of FIG. 9A is an area in which the user input information is input as an area for setting the limit number of turns that can advance the stage as much as possible in the stage content. If the goal is not achieved, this is an area for judging game over.

The third area 930 of FIG. 9A is an area for setting a goal of the stage content, and sets a goal to be exposed to users through the TitleMission 931. The lower value of the target to be exposed is indicated as 931 of FIG. 9B.

The stage setting area 900 sets detailed targets through the third area 930. Details of the setting value of the third region 930 may be changed according to a check of a check box, and a form thereof is expressed as 932 of FIG. 9C.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram of a block setting region shown in FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 10, in the block setting area 830, up to six color blocks may appear, and each check box may set whether or not to appear in the corresponding stage content, and define the type of color of the random basic block of FIG. 6A. can do. However, the colors arranged by the user through the child element are not applied.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram of a detailed generation condition setting area illustrated in FIG. 8.

For reference, in the case of FIG. 11, the member number of the detailed generation condition setting region of FIG. 8 is represented as 1100.

Referring to FIG. 11, the detailed generation condition setting region 1100 is associated with a generation condition of elements set in the element generation position setting region of FIG. 7A.

For example, even if an element is set in relation to the generation position in the element generation position setting area 700 of FIG. 7A, if the element does not meet the generation conditions set in FIG. 11, it is not generated in the corresponding stage content.

On the contrary, even if the detailed generation condition of the element is set in FIG. 11, if the setting does not match with respect to the generation position in the element generation position setting area 700 of FIG. 7A, it is not generated in the corresponding stage content.

Examples of detailed creation condition setting values include _MinExist (1101) in which the element exists in the stage with the minimum number, _MaxExist (1102) in which the element exists in the stage with the maximum number, and _Interval (1103) in which the element appears. By default, the maximum number of _SpawnCnt 1104s that are created when an element appears is located by default. The detailed settings may or may not be set depending on the element.

As a special case, the TimeBomb block may set a value of _FirstCount (1105), which is a time limit that causes gameover.

As a special case, the Mystery block may set a _SettingType 1106 in which a setting is made to leave a random element at the matching position when matching.

As a special case, the S_Tree element can set _SettingType (1107), which is a setting that leaves a random element at the element position when the element is removed.

As a special case, the block tree element generates 4 blocks at random positions when blocks are matched 4 times in the immediate vicinity of the element, and may be set (1108) for the type and color of each generated block.

12A is a conceptual diagram illustrating details of _SettingType of FIG. 11.

12A, _SettingType 1106 enters by clicking Probility_Modify in FIG. The user can check the preset type in MysterySettingType 1210, which is the same as the type list of 1106 of FIG. 11. The value for that type can be modified by the user's input in 1220. The probability of generating each element located at 1220 in FIG. 12A is adjusted according to the magnitude of the value 1230 in FIG. 12A.

FIG. 12B is an exemplary diagram for describing the S_Tree_SettingType of FIG. 11.

12B, S_Tree_SettingType 1107 enters by clicking Probility_Modify located at the top of FIG. 11. Only the content of the generated element is changed, and the functional details are the same as in FIG. 12A.

13 is an exemplary diagram of stage content provided to a game user.

13 enters by 450 of FIG. 13, which is represented by the selection of 450 in FIG. 4, is drawn in the same region as in FIG. 4, that is, in the region of 110 in FIG.

The embodiments described above may be implemented as hardware components, software components, and / or combinations of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices, methods, and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, processors, controllers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors, microcomputers, field programmable gates (FPGAs). It may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as an array, a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing device may be described as one used, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and / or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as parallel processors. The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the above, and configure the processing device to operate as desired, or process independently or collectively. You can command the device. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems so that they are stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

Method according to the embodiment is implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means may be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the embodiments, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine code, such as produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

As described above, a method for creating stage content using an editor for a match-3 puzzle game according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described according to the description and drawings, but this is merely described as an example and the functional scope of the present invention. It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

100: Match 3 Puzzle Game Creation Editor
110: Content Design Department
120: parameter setting unit
130: resource

Claims (10)

A content design unit providing a stage content design area for visually arranging a plurality of stage content elements to appear in stage content of a match 3 puzzle game; And
A parameter setting unit for providing a detailed setting area for setting parameter values of the plurality of stage content elements;
The detailed setting area is
A stage content search area including a function of searching for, extracting, storing, creating, and initializing the stage content;
A first area for setting a score condition for acquiring a star that is a clear reward of the stage content, a second area for setting a limit number of turns capable of advancing the stage of the stage content to the maximum, and the stage content to be exposed to the user through Titlemission A stage setting area including a third area for setting a target of the stage;
An appearance basic block setting area for setting an appearance type and whether an appearance of a block that is a basic element appearing on the stage; And
A creation condition setting area for setting detailed creation conditions for the appearance element;
The generation condition setting area is linked with the generation conditions of the elements set in the element generating position setting area, and the probability of generating each element, the minimum / maximum number of elements generated, the game time limit, and the matching position when matching elements are determined. It is the area to set whether there is a random element, the element type, and color when the element is removed.
The stage content design area
An element selection area for selecting elements to be placed;
An element arranging area for arranging the element;
An element generation position setting area for setting a position at which the element is generated;
A storage area for storing the produced stage content; And
A play area for playing the produced stage content,
The element selection area is
When a user's input information is input to a random basic block element, sub-elements of the random basic block element are grouped individually or in a group, and continuously exposed.
When the user selects an exposed element, the background color of the selected element changes (varies),
The element arrangement area is
In the state in which the user inputs the first specific key value, the user selects the element selected by dragging from the first point to the second point, and continuously arranges the element continuously arranged from the first point to the second point. This is an area to remove by dragging while inputting specific key value.
The element generation position setting region is
A matrix setting area for setting activation and deactivation of rows and columns of the produced stage content;
An element list display area for displaying a list of elements that can be created; And
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a match 3 puzzle game including an element generation position setting region indicating a position where an element of the element list representation region is generated.
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