KR102406347B1 - Game system using cube rotation puzzle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a display unit that displays only one side of a large cube forming a hexahedron by small cubes so that a player can play a cube game on a computer, and a small cube forming either side of the large cube displayed on the display unit When any one or a plurality of the small cubes displayed on the display unit are selected by a user input unit for selecting , or a cube control unit for rotating or moving clouds for each horizontal column, and a game control unit for outputting various messages during the process of the player's game execution, mission execution, and mission completion, wherein the small cubes are vertically and horizontally Arranged in a plane to form a row to form either side of a large cube, all small cubes forming either side of the large cube are displayed spaced apart from adjacent small cubes by a predetermined distance, but all displayed on the display unit On one side of the small cubes, the color of the upper surface of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness, the color of the lower surface of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the lower part, and the color of the right side of the small cube is displayed on the right side of the small cube with a predetermined thickness It is to provide a game system using a cube that is displayed in thickness, and the left side color of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the left side, and as an effect of the present invention, the cube game is implemented on a computer, but It is a very useful invention that can induce interest and allows you to enjoy cube games in various ways.

Description

Game system using cube rotation puzzle

The present invention relates to a game system using a cube, and more particularly, to a game system for enjoying a cube having a cube structure on a computer.

In general, a cube refers to a single large cube (cube) game tool made by gathering several small cubes (cubes). The game is over when all the faces of the big cube are matched with different colors.

The 2×2×2 cube is the simplest form, and especially the universal and most popular Rubik's Cube was invented by Rubik Erneu of Hungary in 1974, which is a learning method to help students understand three-dimensional objects. As a tool, it is said that it was to solve the structural problem that appeared in the process of allowing each part to move independently without collapsing the overall mechanism and form.

There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 combinations of Rubik's cubes rotating like this, and there is only one case where the cubes are matched. Also, there are many ways to mix Rubik's cube, but in any case, the solutions that can fit the cube within 100 revolutions are very diverse, and many general solutions have been found independently.

The first universal and standard solution among the above cube fitting methods was discovered by David Singmaster, and he wrote Notes on Rubik's "Magic Cube" in his 1981 book. It is introduced in , and the solution is to start with one floor set as 'upper floor' and go up to 'lower floor' in order. Other common solutions of the Rubik's Cube include the corners first method, which matches the vertex pieces, or the block building method.

However, the conventional cube is a tool used offline, and it is not used as a computer game. Of course, an attempt to utilize this as a computer game is disclosed in Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0037152.

However, this is a game consisting of a cube puzzle device composed of 6 types of colors, a color card composed of 6 types of colors, and a bell to announce the completion of the mission. When the game starts, 6 types of color cards are distributed to the game participants ; disposing of color cards one by one to compose a corresponding color card mission; When the mission to be performed is determined, completing the corresponding mission using the cube puzzle mechanism of the game participant; It is characterized by the stage where the person who completes the mission first rings the bell, but this is a configuration that matches only one side of the large cube by matching each color of the small cube.

Also, since the offline cube is hand-held and rotated, the gamer can light the color of each side of the large cube, that is, side, top, and bottom, so that the gamer can determine the direction to rotate the small cube, but it is implemented on the computer If you do, you can only see one side of the cube, and you cannot quickly determine the rotation direction of the small cube, so you cannot enjoy the game.

[Prior art literature]

1. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0037152

It is an object of the present invention to be implemented on a computer so that the interest of the gamer can be induced and the cube game can be enjoyed in various ways.

A game system using a cube according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is displayed so that only one side of a large cube made up of small cubes is visible so that a player can play a cube game on a computer When any one or a plurality of small cubes displayed on the display unit are selected by the user input unit and a user input unit for selecting small cubes constituting either side of the large cube displayed on the display unit A cube control unit that allows the selected small cubes to be independently rotated up, down, left and right, and to rotate or move the clouds for each vertical or horizontal row of small cubes, and the process of executing the game, performing the mission, and completing the mission It consists of a game control unit that outputs various messages among All of the small cubes are displayed spaced apart from the adjacent small cubes, and the color of the upper surface of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on one side of all the small cubes displayed on the display unit, and the lower side of the small cube is displayed on the lower side. The color of the face is displayed with a predetermined thickness, the color of the right side of the corresponding small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the right part, and the color of the left side of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the left part.

In another embodiment of the present invention, it is characterized in that the number or symbol is configured to be displayed on each side of the small cube.

According to the effect of the present invention as described above, it is a very useful invention that allows the cube game to be implemented on a computer, can induce the interest of the gamer, and allows the cube game to be enjoyed in various ways.

1 is a block diagram of a game system using a cube according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a screen configuration diagram of the display unit of the present invention.
3 is a reference diagram for comparing the present invention with a conventional example of a cube game implemented by a computer.
Figure 4 is a reference view for showing the rotation method of the cube in the present invention.
5 is a reference view for showing an example in which the game is completed and an example in which the game is not completed according to the present invention, and FIG.
6 is a reference diagram for illustrating a method of designating small cubes in block units using a user input unit in the present invention.
7 is a reference view for showing that large blocks can be formed in various shapes in forming large blocks by using small blocks in the present invention.
8 is a reference diagram illustrating various embodiments of a small cube in the present invention, wherein (A) is a number displayed on each side of the small cube, (B) is a symbol is displayed on each side of the small cube.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement them. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of referring to specific embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the invention. Also, the singular forms used herein include the plural forms unless the phrases clearly indicate the opposite. As used herein, the meaning of “comprising” specifies a particular characteristic, region, integer, step, operation, element and/or component, and other specific characteristic, region, integer, step, operation, element, component, and/or group. It does not exclude the existence or addition of Although not defined otherwise, all terms including technical terms and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Commonly used terms defined in the dictionary are additionally interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the related technical literature and the presently disclosed content, and unless defined, are not interpreted in an ideal or official meaning.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a game system using a cube according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a game system using a cube according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a screen configuration diagram of a display unit of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a conventional example of a cube game implemented by a computer and the present invention. It is a reference diagram for comparison, and FIG. 4 is a reference diagram for showing the rotation method of the cube in the present invention, and FIG. ) is an example of a completed game, (B) is an example of an unfinished game, and FIG. 6 is a reference diagram to show a method of designating small cubes in blocks using a user input unit in the present invention, 7 is a reference view for showing that large blocks can be formed in various shapes in forming large blocks with small blocks in the present invention, and FIG. 8 shows various embodiments of small cubes in the present invention. As a reference diagram, Figure (A) shows numbers on each side of a small cube, and Figure (B) shows symbols on each side of a small cube.

In describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations will be omitted so as not to obscure the gist of the present invention.

The game system 100 using the cube of the present invention is a display unit 110 that displays only one side of a large cube 111 forming a hexahedron by small cubes 112 so that a player can play a cube game on a computer. and a user input unit 150 for selecting the small cubes 112 forming either side of the large cube 111 displayed on the display unit 110, and the display unit 110 by the user input unit 150 ) If any one or a plurality of the small cubes 112 displayed in the figure are selected, the selected small cubes 112 can be rotated up, down, left and right independently, and also rotated by vertical or horizontal columns of the small cubes 112 Alternatively, the cube control unit 130 to allow the cloud to move, and the game control unit 140 to output various messages during the course of the player's game execution, mission execution, and mission completion, but the small cubes 112 are The small cubes 112 forming either side of the large cube 111 are arranged in a plane to form vertical and horizontal rows to form one side of the large cube 111, and all of the small cubes 112 are adjacent to each other. and is displayed at a predetermined distance from the display unit 110, the upper surface color of the small cube 112 is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the upper part of any one side of all the small cubes 112 displayed on the display unit 110, and the corresponding small cube 112 is displayed on the lower part. The color of the lower surface of the small cube 112 is displayed with a predetermined thickness, the color of the right side of the small cube 112 is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the right side, and the color of the left side of the small cube 112 with a predetermined thickness on the left side is configured to be displayed as

Of course, the present invention can configure the game to match each side of the small cube 112 by color, but by displaying a number or symbol on each side of the small cube 112 as shown in FIG. The game can be implemented in various ways by matching numbers or symbols instead of colors. At this time, the numbers and symbols are expressed on the polygonal surface having a predetermined thickness on the upper surface, the lower surface, the left surface and the right surface of any one side of all the small cubes 112 displayed on the display unit. In the present invention, the reason for forming the surfaces at a predetermined interval on the upper and lower surfaces, the left and right sides of either side of the small cubes 112 is that the small cubes 112 are flat on the screen and have a three-dimensional feeling like a hexahedron. It is a necessary configuration to give

In the present invention, the basic unit of the cube displayed on the screen of the display unit 110 is the small cube 112 . The small cube 112 is expressed as a cube and each side is displayed in a different color, but only one side of the six sides is expressed as a plane on the screen.

However, in the present invention, if only one of the six faces of the small cube 112 is expressed as a plane, the color of the other faces cannot be known and the game cannot be played. The color of the upper surface of the small cube 112 is displayed with a predetermined thickness, the color of the lower surface of the corresponding small cube 112 is displayed with a predetermined thickness at the bottom, and the color of the right side of the small cube 112 is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the right side. , and on the left side, the color of the left side of the corresponding small cube 112 should be displayed with a predetermined thickness.

This is a very important technical configuration in the present invention, and the small cubes 112 are arranged horizontally and vertically on the screen to form a large cube 111 .

In the present invention, the color displayed on the screen is changed by the vertical or horizontal rotation of the small cubes 112 and movement of the clouds. In this case, the small cubes 112 are n×n or n×n on the screen. It is desirable to arrange the same number of vertical and horizontal columns as ×n, n×n×n×n, n×n×n×n×n. may be placed inconsistently.

In the present invention, the operation of the small cube 112 is performed by a command from the user input unit 150, which includes a mouse for designating a cube that the user wants to command and a command displayed on the screen. That is, the command is composed of an image, that is, arrow command buttons meaning rotation or cloud commands, and a command button such as move all directly written in text.

Therefore, the user can select and designate the small cubes 112 to give a command using a mouse or keyboard, keypad, touch panel, etc., and select only one small cube 112, or rotate or You can also command the clouds.

In this case, rotation means turning in place, and cloud means moving to the next seat. Of course, in this case, it means that the small cubes 112 on the right or left side, the top and the bottom, fill the empty space due to the movement of the cloud again. Of course, it is natural that more various command buttons can be formed for the fun of the game.

In the present invention, the cube control unit 130 may command the cubes displayed on the screen by the user input unit 150 to operate, and when the small cube 112 rotates or moves, the color of the cube displayed on the screen is changed and displayed. do. In the case of embedding the graphic processor in the cube control unit 130 , the separate memory 160 and the graphic processor 170 may be omitted. The memory 160 stores and transmits data, and the graphic processor 170 serves to display the data transmitted by the memory 160 on the screen.

In addition, in the present invention, the start of the game, the output of instructions during the game, the output of sounds and images, the reset (reset) for a new game and the shuffle (shuffle) for mixing the colors of the small cubes (112) of the game General control for the game, such as success notification and game storage, is performed by the game controller 140 . At this time, the sound causes data stored in the memory 160 to be output by the sound processor 180 and the speaker 190 .

In the present invention, the cube control unit 130 and the game control unit 140 may be a microprocessor, a pc, or a server (not shown), and they are all pre-programmed in an optimal state to perform the present game. .

The game method of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

In this game, cubes, that is, small cubes 112 constituting a two-dimensional matrix, form a plurality of columns and are arranged in a straight line horizontally and vertically to form a cube or a cuboid, that is, a large cube 111, and the small cubes arranged in this way ( 112) are designated by the user input unit 150 as one or a block unit, and then moved according to a predetermined rule by the command of the cube control unit 130. make it possible

As a basic component of the cube game for this purpose, a small cube 112 is configured to be recognized as a cube although it does not look like a real cube.

The small cube 112 rotates freely up and down, left and right, and the rows and columns for the game are based on a 4x4 matrix. In this case, it becomes the most rudimentary level game.

The present invention may have various modes for the fun of the game. For example, some small cubes 112 among the large cubes 111 are designated in units of blocks, and small cubes 112 designated in units of blocks are designated. When a special command designated by the user is given, the small cubes 112 constituting the block are rotated or moved while rolling, so that the color of the small cubes 112 can be changed, and the vertical or horizontal rows of the small cubes 112 are given. Columns can also be set up as blocks so that they move while rotating or rolling. Of course, it goes without saying that other than this case, it is also possible to compose a more interesting and difficult game through more various modes.

In this way, the small cubes 112 controlled by the user's command can be recognized as complete if the same side is placed only when the level of difficulty is low, and when the level of difficulty is high, the small cubes 112 shown on the screen The game is recognized as complete if they are displayed in color or pattern so as to be adjacent to the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the game, and their arrangement is aligned in the same direction, that is, if they are arranged as shown in Fig. 5(A).

Although the present invention has been described as being implemented by a desktop PC, mobile phones such as well-known game consoles or notebook PCs, PDA (personal digital assistant), PMP (Personal Media Player), UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) as well as mobile phones It goes without saying that it can be implemented with devices such as devices and IP-STB (Internet Protocol - Set Top Box).

In addition, in order to implement the present invention in a smartphone, it must be produced in the form of a smartphone service application. Unlike PC, smartphone service application must be executed under limited resources, so resource management is very important. C/C++ can be used as the default development language, and smartphone operating systems (eg Symbian, Windows Mobile, iOS, Android, RIM Blackberry, Palm Web) Depending on the OS, embedded Linux, etc.), it may be implemented as a dedicated application/content.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is described below with the technical idea of the present invention by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be made.

100: game system using the present invention cube
110: display unit
111: big cube (cube)
111a: designated small cube block
111b: small cube block in rotation
111c: A small cube block that has been rotated
112: small cube
112a: unfolded small cube
130: cube control
140: game control
150: user input unit
A: A conventional small cube implemented on a computer
B: a conventional large cube implemented on a computer
D: Rotation example of small cube
E: The game-completed big cube
F: game unfinished big cube

Claims (2)

In order for a player to play a cube game on a computer, a display unit in which a large cube forming a hexahedron by small cubes is displayed so that only one side is visible, and selecting small cubes constituting either side of the large cube displayed on the display unit When any one or a plurality of the small cubes displayed on the display unit are selected by the user input unit for In a game system using a cube, comprising: a cube control unit for rotating or moving clouds for each column;
The small cubes are arranged in a plane to form vertical and horizontal rows to form either side of the large cube,
All of the small cubes forming either side of the large cube are displayed spaced apart from the adjacent small cubes by a predetermined distance,
The color of the upper surface of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the upper portion of one side of all the small cubes displayed on the display unit,
At the bottom, the color of the lower surface of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness,
On the right side, the color of the right side of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness,
A game system using a cube, characterized in that it is configured such that the color of the left side of the small cube is displayed with a predetermined thickness on the left side.
In order for a player to play a cube game on a computer, a display unit in which a large cube forming a hexahedron by small cubes is displayed so that only one side is visible, and selecting small cubes constituting either side of the large cube displayed on the display unit When any one or a plurality of the small cubes displayed on the display unit are selected by the user input unit for In a game system using a cube, comprising: a cube control unit for rotating or moving clouds for each column;
The small cubes are arranged in a plane to form vertical and horizontal rows to form either side of the large cube,
All of the small cubes forming either side of the large cube are displayed spaced apart from the adjacent small cubes by a predetermined distance,
Polygonal surfaces having a predetermined thickness are expressed on the upper and lower surfaces, left and right surfaces of any one of the small cubes displayed on the display unit, the cube characterized in that it is configured to display numbers or symbols on the surface game system using

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