KR102537278B1 - Device and method for providing adapted ai virtual player in game - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an artificial character having artificial intelligence according to a game skill of a player. According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing an artificial character in a game composed of a plurality of stages in which a plurality of characters form a team and face each other in team units, a team including at least one player controlling the character When a player team is formed, collecting play records of stages in which the formed player teams participated, calculating battle points, which are information quantifying the game skills of at least one player for each player, based on the collected records; Calculating a team point that is a battle point of the player team based on the battle point calculated for each player belonging to the player team, Based on the team point, at least one artificial character controlled by a program having artificial intelligence The method may include determining an artificial intelligence level and providing an artificial character team including at least one artificial character having the determined artificial intelligence level.

Description

Method and apparatus for providing artificial characters with adaptive artificial intelligence in games {DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADAPTED AI VIRTUAL PLAYER IN GAME}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing an artificial character with adaptive artificial intelligence in a game, and more particularly, to an object with artificial intelligence adaptively according to the player's skill by calculating a record of a player's play in the game. It relates to an apparatus and method for providing.

Recently, games of various genres have been developed and provided to players. In particular, racing games in which players compete with each other using characters in the game space are gaining much popularity.

In this racing game, a plurality of characters start the track selected by the player at the same time, turn the track a certain number of times, and determine the ranking in the order of reaching the goal point. can compete

At this time, the characters performing the racing game may be controlled by a remotely connected player or an artificial character that is a computer having artificial intelligence.

The level of artificial intelligence of the artificial character may determine the difficulty of the game that the player feels. There can be a difference, and there is a problem that reduces the interest of the player.

In relation to this, Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1473960, a prior art document, proposes a fighting game operating system and method. However, according to the prior art literature, if the number of participants is less than the total number of participants set for each team in a match-up game, participants who participate later and virtual participants who can be replaced are added to balance the teams, and the evaluation of the participants who played the game cannot change the artificial intelligence of virtual participants based on Therefore, a technique for solving the above problems has been required.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned background art is technical information that the inventor possessed for derivation of the present invention or acquired in the process of derivation of the present invention, and cannot necessarily be said to be known art disclosed to the general public prior to filing the present invention. .

An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing an artificial character with adaptive artificial intelligence in a game.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, according to a first aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing an artificial character in a game composed of a plurality of stages in which a plurality of characters form a team and face each other in a team unit. , When a player team, which is a team including at least one player controlling a character, is formed, collecting a play record of a stage in which the formed player team participated, based on the collected record, the player's game skill for each of the at least one player. Calculating battle points, which are digitized information, Calculating team points, which are battle points of the player team, based on the battle points calculated for each player belonging to the player team, Based on the team points, artificial intelligence The method may include determining an artificial intelligence level of at least one artificial character controlled by a program having and providing an artificial character team including at least one artificial character having the determined artificial intelligence level.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in an artificial character providing apparatus for providing an artificial character in a game composed of a plurality of stages in which a plurality of characters form a team and face off in team units, for each player who controls the character A play information collection unit that collects the records of players who played the stage, and based on the records of players collected for each player, calculates battle points for each player that quantifies the player's game skills, and the player team including each player A battle point calculation unit that calculates team points, which are battle points, an artificial intelligence determination unit that determines the level of artificial intelligence of at least one artificial character controlled by a program having artificial intelligence based on the team points, and the determined artificial intelligence. An artificial character providing unit providing an artificial character team including at least one artificial character having a level may be included.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing an artificial character providing method is recorded, and when a player team, which is a team including at least one player controlling a character, is formed, the stage in which the formed player team participates Collecting play records, calculating battle points, which are information quantifying the player's game skills, for each of the at least one player based on the collected records, calculating battle points for each player belonging to the player's team. calculating team points, which are battle points of the player team, based on the team points; determining an artificial intelligence level of at least one artificial character controlled by a program having artificial intelligence based on the team points; and determining the artificial intelligence level. It may include providing an artificial character team including at least one artificial character having .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when a player team, which is a team including at least one player controlling a character, is formed, which is performed by an artificial character providing device, collecting play records of stages in which the formed player team participated; Calculating a battle point, which is information quantifying the player's game ability, for each of the at least one player, based on the recorded record, the battle point of the player team based on the calculated battle point for each player belonging to the player team Calculating team points, determining an artificial intelligence level of at least one artificial character controlled by a program having artificial intelligence based on the team points, and including at least one artificial character having the determined artificial intelligence level It may include providing an artificial character team that does.

According to any one of the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, one embodiment of the present invention can provide a method and apparatus for providing an artificial character with adaptive artificial intelligence in a game.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, it is possible to provide an artificial character equal to the player's skill by adaptively adjusting the artificial intelligence of the artificial character according to the game result of the player, thereby reducing the competitive game situation. A device and method for providing an artificial character that can increase the player's interest by providing the artificial character can be presented.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, the artificial intelligence of the artificial character is determined by synthesizing the game results of a plurality of players constituting a team, thereby providing the most appropriate artificial character to the plurality of players participating in the game. Therefore, it is possible to propose an artificial character providing device and method that enables competition between a plurality of players and artificial characters.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, an artificial character providing device that continuously provides an artificial character similar to the level of the player by selecting an artificial intelligence level of the artificial character based on a result of the player playing the game, and can suggest a way.

The effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. will be.

1 is a block diagram showing an artificial character providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an artificial character according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a method for providing an artificial character according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part, this includes not only the case where it is "directly connected" but also the case where it is "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a certain component is said to "include", this means that it may further include other components without excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

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

However, prior to explaining this, the meaning of the terms used below is first defined.

Hereinafter, 'character' indicates graphic objects that are placed in a track, which is a virtual space where a game is played, and affect the game result. In particular, it includes objects that are selected, moved, or whose state is changed under the player's control, that is, the player's control objects. For example, it could be a kart running on a track in a racing game. In addition, among the graphic objects arranged on the track and influencing the game result, objects that affect the character controlled by the player but are not controlled by the player and automatically run on the track according to the setting of the game itself may be included. For example, it could be an AI kart that competes with players on a track. These objects can be visualized as 2D or 3D graphic images.

And 'artificial character' is a character controlled by a program with artificial intelligence and can be provided to determine the level of difficulty of the game and the ranking competition with the character controlled by the player on the track. At this time, the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character may be divided in stages.

In addition, information that quantifies the player's skill based on the record of the player's game play is called 'Battle Point'. These battle points may be determined based on records of players who have played the game.

Also, the battle point may be periodically reset to 0, which may be commonly applied to all players or differentially applied depending on the embodiment.

On the other hand, in the following, a 'track' is a virtual space in which a game is played, and is expressed in two-dimensional or three-dimensional graphics and includes a certain path in which characters to be described later compete in a racing game. In one game, a plurality of tracks designed differently from each other may be selectively provided, and each player may select one of them, or only some of the tracks may be accessible according to each player's game level.

In the present invention, the game includes a game in which a plurality of players form a team to compete against each other or a game in which a single player competes against each other.

In addition, a game may consist of a single track and may consist of a plurality of 'stages' in which a confrontation takes place.

In addition to the terms defined above, terms that require explanation are separately explained below.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration diagram including an artificial character providing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The artificial character providing device 10 stores various information related to game progress, such as track information, game scenario information, and item information, and detects and records various events occurring in the game to enable time-sequential progress of the game.

The artificial character providing device 10 may be implemented as an electronic terminal in which a game application is installed or may be implemented as a server-client system, and the system may include an electronic terminal in which a client for interaction with a player is installed. .

At this time, the electronic terminal may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like that may include an interface capable of interacting with the player. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, or laptop equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , PCS(Personal Communication System), PDC(Personal Digital Cellular), PHS(Personal Handyphone System), PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), GSM(Global System for Mobile communications), IMT(International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), etc. (Handheld)-based wireless communication device may be included. In addition, television may include IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), Internet TV (Internet Television), terrestrial TV, cable TV, and the like. Furthermore, a wearable device is a type of information processing device that can be worn directly on the human body, such as, for example, a watch, glasses, accessories, clothes, shoes, etc. can be connected with

In addition, the server may be implemented as a computer capable of communicating through a network N with an electronic terminal installed with a client for interaction with the game player, and may include a storage device capable of storing data, or a third server (not shown). ) can also store data.

The artificial character providing apparatus 10 implemented in the form of any one of the above-described electronic terminal or server-client system includes a difficulty table storage unit 110, a play information collection unit 120, and a battle point calculation unit 130 , An artificial intelligence determining unit 140 and an artificial character providing unit 150 may be included.

In addition, the artificial character providing device 10 includes internal components, that is, a difficulty table storage unit 110, a play information collection unit 120, a battle point calculation unit 130, an artificial intelligence determination unit 140, and an artificial character It may include a communication unit (not shown) that enables communication between the providing unit 150 and also allows communication with external components.

Meanwhile, the difficulty table storage unit 110 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention may classify and store artificial intelligence levels of artificial characters by game difficulty.

That is, the difficulty table storage unit 110 may store a difficulty table, which is a table matching a predetermined level of artificial intelligence according to the difficulty of the game according to the battle point.

These difficulty tables may be configured by forming a hierarchical connection relationship between at least one or more difficulty tables according to the classification of difficulty levels.

For example, the difficulty table may be largely divided into three higher levels of difficulty, “easy”, “medium”, or “difficult”, and each higher level of difficulty may include at least one lower level of difficulty subdivided from the higher level of difficulty.

Further, the difficulty table may include information on the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character corresponding to each difficulty level, and battle points corresponding to the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character may be matched for each difficulty level.

At this time, in order to determine the battle point corresponding to the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character, according to one embodiment, the difficulty table storage unit 110 may match and store preset battle points according to the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character. there is.

Alternatively, according to another embodiment, the difficulty table storage unit 110 may match and store the average battle points obtained by players with a similar level to the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character. For example, the difficulty table storage unit 110 may determine and store an average battle point of at least one player recording a rank similar to that of the artificial character as a battle point corresponding to the difficulty level according to the difficulty level.

Also, the difficulty table storage unit 110 may continuously update the determined battle points.

Meanwhile, the play information collection unit 120 may collect a record of a player playing a game as information necessary for determining a battle point.

According to one embodiment, the play information collection unit 120 may collect each player's rank in the stage played by the player in the game or whether or not he dropped out of the game.

For example, the play information collection unit 120 may collect the ranking according to the player's record for each stage or whether or not the player failed to complete the track of each stage and dropped out in the middle.

According to another embodiment, the play information collection unit 120 may collect whether or not a player has won or lost on a stage.

For example, when the stage is a confrontation between teams, the play information collection unit 120 determines that the team to which the player who entered first in the final round has won, and wins for at least one player included in the team. records can be collected.

On the other hand, the battle point calculation unit 130 may calculate the battle point, which is information digitizing the player's skill, based on the record of the player who played the game.

That is, the battle point calculation unit 130 may add or subtract battle points determined according to the results of wins or losses or rankings in stages completed by each player to the existing battle points.

First of all, the battle point calculation unit 130 may add or subtract a predetermined predetermined score to the player's existing battle points according to a result of victory, defeat, or perfect victory in a stage completed by the player.

For example, if the team to which the player belongs wins the opponent, the battle point calculation unit 130 may add 10 points to the player's battle point, and perfect victory (eg, victory at an interval of one or more laps or set An additional 10 points can be added if the win is won by an interval of more than one hour).

Unlike this, if the match is lost, the battle point calculation unit 130 may deduct 10 points from the player's battle point.

In addition, the battle point calculation unit 130 may add or subtract a certain score corresponding to the player's ranking in the stage completed by the player to the player's existing battle points, and deduct a certain score for a player who drops out of the stage. there is.

For example, the battle point calculation unit 130 may add points differentiated from 5 points to 1 point from the rank of 1st to the rank set for each stage to the player's battle point, and for players below the set rank 2 points may be deducted.

Also, for example, the battle point calculation unit 130 may deduct 5 points for a player who drops out of each stage.

At this time, if there is no existing battle point for the player, the battle point calculation unit 130 may calculate the battle point by setting it to 0.

On the other hand, if the player's battle point is the maximum value, the battle point calculation unit 130 may only deduct points when calculating the battle point for the player.

For example, if the maximum point of the battle point is 100 points, the battle point calculation unit 130 will not add the battle point for the victory of the stage to the battle point of the player even if the player with 100 battle points wins the stage. can

Then, the battle point calculation unit 130 may calculate the battle points of each team based on the battle points of each player.

For example, the battle point calculation unit 130 may calculate an average battle point by summing up all the battle points of at least one player belonging to each team, and determine the calculated battle point as the team battle point, which is the team's battle point. there is.

Alternatively, for example, the battle point calculation unit 130 may determine the battle point of a player belonging to the middle rank among the battle points of players belonging to each team as the battle point of the player team.

On the other hand, the artificial intelligence determination unit 140 may determine the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character based on the calculated battle points of the player team, and for this purpose, may determine the artificial intelligence level corresponding to the corresponding battle point in the difficulty table. .

According to one embodiment, when the player selects a higher difficulty level, the artificial intelligence determining unit 140 is the artificial intelligence corresponding to the battle point of the player team in the difficulty table of the lower difficulty hierarchically connected to the difficulty table of the selected higher difficulty level. level can be selected.

For example, when the player selects the 'normal' difficulty level, the artificial intelligence determining unit 140 may determine the AI level of the artificial character corresponding to the battle point of the corresponding player in the difficulty table below the 'normal' difficulty level.

At this time, if the player's battle point is matched to a lower difficulty level of the 'difficult' difficulty level than the 'normal' difficulty level selected by the player, the artificial intelligence determining unit 140, for example, in the 'difficult' difficulty level corresponding to the battle point. You can decide with the lowest AI, or the highest AI on 'Normal' difficulty.

According to another embodiment, when the player does not select a higher level of difficulty, the artificial intelligence determination unit 140 may automatically select the level of artificial intelligence corresponding to the battle point of the player based on the level of difficulty table.

Meanwhile, the artificial character providing unit 150 may provide an artificial character having an artificial intelligence level corresponding to the determined level of difficulty.

That is, the artificial character providing unit 150 may provide at least one artificial character having a determined artificial intelligence level.

According to one embodiment, the artificial character providing unit 150 may equally select all artificial intelligence levels of at least one artificial character.

For example, the artificial character providing unit 150 may provide a plurality of artificial characters having artificial intelligence corresponding to the level of the player team to which the player belongs, in the same number as the number of players included in the player team, to the next stage. .

According to another embodiment, the artificial character providing unit 150 is configured to provide at least one artificial character team belonging to the artificial character team so that the average artificial intelligence level of the artificial character team corresponds to the artificial intelligence level corresponding to the team point of the player team. The artificial intelligence level for the artificial character may be selected differently within a certain range of the difficulty table corresponding to the team point of the player team. That is, the artificial character providing unit 150 may provide at least one artificial character having different artificial intelligence levels within a predetermined range from the determined artificial intelligence level.

For example, if the level of the player team to which the player belongs is 'normal 5', the artificial character providing unit 150 provides 'normal 4' and 'normal 6' corresponding to the upper and lower stages of the artificial intelligence level of 'normal 5'. By providing artificial characters each having an artificial intelligence of , the average level of the artificial character team to which the artificial character belongs may be similar to that of the player team to which the player belongs.

Thereafter, the artificial character providing unit 150 may provide the determined artificial character team as a competition team of the player team, and proceed with a new game stage in which the artificial character team and the player team compete.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an artificial character according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The artificial character providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 includes steps processed time-sequentially in the artificial character providing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. Therefore, even if the contents are omitted below, the contents described above with respect to the artificial character providing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 can also be applied to the artificial character providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may store a difficulty table, which is a table matching the level of artificial intelligence of artificial characters corresponding to the difficulty of the game experienced by the player according to battle points (S2001). .

That is, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may match the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character competing with the player on the track for each difficulty level according to the battle point and store it in a difficulty table having a hierarchical relationship.

Referring to FIG. 3 as an exemplary view showing the configuration of the difficulty table, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 subdivides at least one higher level difficulty table 301 and the artificial intelligence level of each higher level difficulty table 301. At least one lower level difficulty table 302 may be hierarchically configured and stored.

In addition, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may collect records of players in stages played by each player (S2002).

That is, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may collect the ranking, win/loss, or dropout status of each player as a record of each player whenever each stage ends.

Thereafter, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may calculate the player's battle points based on the collected player records (S2003).

To this end, the virtual player providing device 10 may determine battle points to be added or subtracted according to the collected player records.

According to one embodiment, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine battle points to be added or subtracted from each player according to whether or not they are included in the cutoff rank set for each stage.

For example, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine the top 20% of players participating in each stage as a cutoff rank, and differentially assign battle points to be added for players included in the determined cutoff rank. can decide

And, for example, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine battle points to be deducted for players outside the cutoff rank.

In this case, for a player who has dropped out of the track without being able to complete the track provided in each stage, a higher battle point may be determined than a player outside the cutoff ranking.

According to another embodiment, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine battle points depending on whether conditions assigned to each stage are satisfied or whether a match is won or lost in a confrontation mode.

Thereafter, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may update the existing battle point based on the battle point determined based on the record of the player.

That is, the artificial character providing device 10 determines the player's battle point up to the first stage for the player who played the second stage, the battle point determined according to the player's rank in the second stage, and the player in the second stage. The battle point can be updated by calculating the battle point determined according to the win or loss of the team to which it belongs.

For example, if a player's battle points up to the first stage are 40 points, the battle points determined by the player's rank in the second stage are +10 points, and the battle points determined by the win or loss in the stage are +5 points, The character providing device 10 may update the player's battle points to 55 by adding 15 battle points, which is the sum of battle points recorded in the second stage, to 40 battle points up to the first stage.

At this time, when the player's battle point is the maximum score, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 cannot increase the player's battle point beyond the maximum score and can only deduct the battle point.

In addition, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may calculate the battle point of the team to which each player belongs based on the updated battle point for each player (S2004).

For example, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine an average of battle points of a plurality of players belonging to one team as the battle point of the player team.

Alternatively, for example, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine a battle point of a player who is ranked in the middle in the team to which the player belongs as the battle point of the player team.

In addition, the artificial character providing device 10 may determine the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character based on the battle points of the player team (S2005).

According to one embodiment, when the player selects a higher level of difficulty, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 connects to the higher level difficulty table 303 selected by the player based on the player's battle points, a plurality of lower level levels of difficulty. In the table 304, the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character can be determined.

For example, when the player selects 'easy' for a higher level of difficulty, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may determine the level of artificial intelligence according to the player's battle points in the difficulty table for a lower level of 'easy' level.

Alternatively, according to another embodiment, when the player does not select a higher difficulty level, the artificial character providing device 10 determines the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character based on the player's battle points in all lower level difficulty tables 302. can

Meanwhile, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may update the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character in the difficulty table stored in step S2001 based on the battle points of all players.

For example, the artificial character providing device 10 may determine whether the average battle point for all players playing the game increases, and if the average battle point increases continuously in two stages, the difficulty table The level of difficulty can be increased by lowering the score of the battle point corresponding to the artificial intelligence of the artificial character.

And, the artificial character providing device 10 may provide at least one artificial character having the determined artificial intelligence (S2006).

According to one embodiment, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may provide an artificial character team composed only of artificial characters having the level of artificial intelligence determined in step S2005.

Alternatively, according to another embodiment, the artificial character providing apparatus 10 may provide different artificial intelligence levels of each artificial character belonging to the team while allowing the level of the entire artificial character team to correspond to the level of difficulty determined in step S2004. .

For example, if the artificial intelligence level determined in step S2004 is 'normal 5', the artificial character providing device 10 has an artificial intelligence corresponding to 'normal 1' and an artificial intelligence corresponding to 'normal 9'. By providing each of the artificial characters having , the artificial intelligence level of the entire artificial character team can correspond to 'normal 5'.

The artificial character providing device 10 may provide the artificial character team including the determined artificial character as a competitive team of the player team to which the player belongs, and proceed with a new game stage in which the artificial character team and the player team compete.

The term '~unit' used in this embodiment means software or a hardware component such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or ASIC, and '~unit' performs certain roles. However, '~ part' is not limited to software or hardware. '~bu' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium and may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Therefore, as an example, '~unit' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program patent code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables.

Functions provided within components and '~units' may be combined into smaller numbers of components and '~units' or separated from additional components and '~units'.

In addition, components and '~units' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card.

The artificial character providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 2 may be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. Also, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

In addition, the artificial character providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program (or computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions processed by a processor and may be implemented in a high-level programming language, object-oriented programming language, assembly language, or machine language. . Also, the computer program may be recorded on a tangible computer-readable recording medium (eg, a memory, a hard disk, a magnetic/optical medium, or a solid-state drive (SSD)).

Therefore, the artificial character providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by executing the computer program as described above by a computing device. A computing device may include at least some of a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to a low-speed bus and a storage device. Each of these components are connected to each other using various buses and may be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Here, the processor may process commands within the computing device, for example, to display graphic information for providing a GUI (Graphic User Interface) on an external input/output device, such as a display connected to a high-speed interface. Examples include instructions stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and/or multiple buses may be used along with multiple memories and memory types as appropriate. Also, the processor may be implemented as a chipset comprising chips including a plurality of independent analog and/or digital processors.

Memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may consist of a volatile memory unit or a collection thereof. As another example, the memory may be composed of a non-volatile memory unit or a collection thereof. Memory may also be another form of computer readable medium, such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

Also, the storage device may provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. A storage device may be a computer-readable medium or a component that includes such a medium, and may include, for example, devices in a storage area network (SAN) or other components, such as a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or a tape device, flash memory, or other semiconductor memory device or device array of the like.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative in all respects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the detailed description above, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

10: artificial character providing device
110: difficulty table management unit 120: play information collection unit
130: battle point calculator 140: artificial intelligence decision unit
150: artificial character provision unit

Claims (12)

A method for providing an artificial character in a game consisting of a plurality of stages in which a plurality of characters form a team and face off in team units,
collecting play records of stages in which the formed player team participated, when a player team, which is a team including at least one player controlling a character, is formed;
Based on the collected records, calculating a battle point, which is information quantifying game skills of at least one player, for each player;
Calculating a team point that is a battle point of the player team based on the battle point calculated for each player belonging to the player team;
Based on the team points, determining an artificial intelligence level of at least one artificial character controlled by a program having artificial intelligence; and
and progressing a new stage between the artificial character team and the player team by providing an artificial character team including at least one artificial character having a determined artificial intelligence level. According to claim 1,
Collecting the play record of the stage,
and collecting at least one of a ranking of each player in the stage, whether a team of players to which each player belongs wins or loses, and whether or not each player drops out of the game. According to claim 2,
The step of calculating the battle point,
determining a battle point to be added or subtracted for each player based on the ranking of each player; and
and determining a battle point to be added or subtracted for each player belonging to the team based on the win or loss of the player team to which each player belongs. According to claim 1,
The step of determining the level of artificial intelligence of the artificial character,
and selecting the same artificial intelligence level of the at least one artificial character. According to claim 1,
The step of determining the level of artificial intelligence of the artificial character,
The artificial intelligence level of at least one artificial character belonging to the artificial character team is determined so that the average artificial intelligence level of the artificial character team corresponds to the artificial intelligence level corresponding to the team point of the player team. An artificial character providing method comprising the step of selecting differently within a certain range of a difficulty table corresponding to a point. According to claim 1,
The artificial character providing method,
The artificial character providing method further comprises storing a difficulty table in which the artificial intelligence level of the artificial character according to the difficulty of the game and the battle point of the player having the game skill corresponding to the artificial intelligence level are matched. An artificial character providing device for providing an artificial character in a game composed of a plurality of stages in which a plurality of characters form a team and face off in team units,
A play information collection unit for collecting records of players who played the stage for each player who controls the character;
a battle point calculation unit that calculates battle points for each player based on the player records collected for each player, and calculates team points, which are battle points of a player team including each player;
an artificial intelligence determination unit for determining an artificial intelligence level of at least one artificial character controlled by a program having artificial intelligence, based on the team points; and
An artificial character providing unit comprising an artificial character providing unit in which a new stage is progressed between the artificial character team and the player team by providing an artificial character team including at least one artificial character having a determined artificial intelligence level. According to claim 7,
The play information collection unit,
Collecting at least one of the ranking of each player in the stage, whether a team of players to which each player belongs, and whether or not each player dropped out of the game as a record of the player;
The battle point calculator,
An artificial character providing apparatus for determining battle points to be added or subtracted for each player according to their ranking on the stage based on the collected player records, and determining battle points to be added or subtracted according to the win or loss of each player's team. According to claim 7,
The artificial character providing unit,
An artificial character team including at least one artificial character having the same artificial intelligence level as the determined artificial intelligence level, and an artificial character including at least one artificial character having a different artificial intelligence level within a certain range from the determined artificial intelligence level. An artificial character providing device that provides one of the teams. According to claim 7,
The artificial character providing device,
The artificial character providing apparatus further comprises a difficulty table storage unit for storing a difficulty table matching an artificial intelligence level of an artificial character according to a difficulty level of a game and a battle point of a player having a game skill corresponding to the artificial intelligence level. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the method according to claim 1 is recorded. A computer program executed by an artificial character providing device and stored in a recording medium to perform the method according to claim 1.

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