KR20020005115A - Game system connected on-line and off-line and method for supporting game using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: a game system connected on-line and off-line and method for supporting game using the same are provided so that a user can design a game, namely select the whole game contents by using a game design support program. CONSTITUTION: A main server(200) for providing a game design support program to a user through user game design devices(300, 310) is connected to an Internet(100). In addition, game devices(400, 410) are connected to the Internet(100). The main server(200) includes an access unit(210) for Internet access, an interface unit(220) for transmitting a signal from the Internet(100) to corresponding elements of the main server(200) or vice versa, a recording medium unit(230) for recording various programs for controlling signal processing between the main server(200) and external devices, and a database unit(240) for storing various information relating to a service provided by the main server(200). On the other hand, the database unit(240) is composed of the first database(240a), the second program database(240b), the first user database(240c), the second user database(240d), a game device database(240e) and a library database(240f). An administrator computer(250) connected to the main server(200) is used to input/output data to/from the main server(200).

Description

Game system connected online and offline and game support method using the same {Game system connected on-line and off-line and method for supporting game using the same}

The present invention relates to a game system and a game support method using the same, and more particularly, to a game system linked to online and offline and a game support method using the same.

Most games using computers are at the level of two-dimensional games. In recent years, the interest in three-dimensional stereoscopic games has been amplified as some have put three-dimensional stereoscopic game software on the game machine market.

Two-dimensional or three-dimensional games are played by a game program embedded in the game machine. That is, the user inputs a certain amount of coins into the coin inserter and the game machine detects this, so that the game of the contents recorded in the game program embedded in the game machine is provided to the user.

Thus far, the game is a game that is played according to a standard game program pre-built in the game machine, and the user has no choice about the content of the game. In other words, the user should be satisfied with only the coin and enjoy the game given through the game machine screen, it is difficult for the user to change the game content. Although the difficulty of the game differs from step to step and the game content of each step is different, the user is interested, but the game content of each step is formalized, so that the overall game content still remains in the standardized state. In other words, the user can easily get tired of the game because it is only divided into several stages.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to change the standardized framework of the game so far, to provide a user with a new type of game that is deformed, and to give the user a choice of game contents. The present invention provides an on / offline linked game system that can solve the user's feelings of discomfort.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a game support method using the system.

1 is a block diagram of a game system linking online and offline according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a step by step of a user using a game support method using the game system in which the online and offline games of FIG. 1 are connected.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a main server-side process of connecting a game design device in a game support method using the game system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a main server-side process of connecting a game machine in a game support method using the game system of FIG. 1 step by step.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a game to a user by recognizing a game program designed by a user in a game supporting method using the game system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step process of providing a game to a user using a game program embedded in a game machine in the game support method using the game system of FIG. 1.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a game to a user by recognizing a game program recorded in a main server in a game supporting method using the game system of FIG. 1.

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100: Internet 200: main server

210: connection part 220: interface part

230: recording medium unit 240: database unit

250: administrator computer 300, 310: game design device

400, 410: Game machine

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a main server for supplying a predetermined game design support program to the visitor through online; A game design device which receives the game design support program provided by the main server and uses the game design support program to design a game in a desired content; And a game machine connected to the main server and used to implement the game designed by the user.

Here, the game design support program is one of the completed game programs recorded on the main server.

The main server includes a first and a second program database, a first and second accessor database, a database unit including a game machine management database, operation of the main server, and data between components constituting the main server and external access devices. The recording medium unit, which records programs necessary for managing the flow organically, a connection unit for connecting the main server to the Internet, and an interface unit for converting various signals flowing through the connection unit into a form suitable for each component of the main server. It is.

Recognizing an insertion of a recording medium in which a program for realizing a game designed by the user in a game machine is recorded using the game design support program in the game machine; and the user recorded in the recording medium in which the insertion is recognized. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a process of reading a designed game program and providing a game to the user according to the read game program contents and applying a physical action corresponding to the game contents to the user. It is.

The game machine may further include a recording medium on which the game machine can record a program for realizing a game program recorded in the main server in the game machine and providing a game to the user according to the recognized game program. It is provided. In addition, the game machine is provided with a readable recording medium further comprising the step of asking the user whether to change the design of the read program before providing the game to the user.

The game design device is a computer equipped with a web browser for uploading a game program designed by the game design support program to the main server and the game machine via the Internet.

In order to achieve the above another technical problem, the present invention includes the steps of requesting the identification information from the accessor, the step of identifying the identification information input from the accessor, characterized in that it comprises a step of providing a game design support program to the accessor It provides a game design support method.

The game design support program is provided through a game machine that implements a game using a game program designed by the user.

The game design support program is a completed game program.

In addition, the present invention to provide a game program list to the accessor online to achieve the other technical problem, the step of recognizing the game program selected by the accessor from the game program list and accessor to the recognized game program It provides a game design support method comprising the step of transmitting to.

In this process, the game program list is provided to the accessor through a game machine that will implement the selected game program.

The game program selected by the visitor may be implemented in the game machine under the control of the main server providing the visitor with the game program.

Before the selected game program is implemented, the main server asks the accessor through the game machine whether the design of the selected game program is changed.

As described above, the online / offline linked game system and the game method using the same provide a user with a game design support program so that the user can design the game arbitrarily, thereby giving a full choice of game contents. . In addition, after conspiring to a game program designed by others, it is provided to the general user as a game program or a game design support program, thereby providing a more diversified game design support program. As such, users can create new and diverse game programs using various rich game design support programs, and by implementing them in game machines, users can always access new games. In other words, the user can directly design and enjoy a desired game, and can make a new game by modifying it at will.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a game system linked to online and offline and a game support method using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In the process, the thicknesses of layers or regions illustrated in the drawings are exaggerated for clarity.

Referring to Fig. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes the Internet. The main server 200 that provides a game design support program to a desired visitor is connected to the Internet 100 through the visitor game design apparatus 300 or 310. In addition, game machines 400 and 410 used to implement a game designed by the visitor offline using the game design support program downloaded from the main server 200 are also connected to the Internet 100. The main server 200 internally transmits the signal transmitted from the Internet 100 through the connection unit 210 and the connection unit 210 for accessing the Internet 100 to the necessary elements inside the main server 200 normally, and The overall operation of the interface unit 220 and the main server 200, which also plays the opposite role, handles various signals between internal components of the main server 200 and various signals between the main server 200 and external devices. It consists of a recording medium unit 230 for recording various programs for controlling the data and a database unit 240 for recording a variety of information related to the service provided by the main server 200. The database unit 240 may include a first program database 240a in which a game design support program is recorded, a second program database 240b in which a completed game program that can also be used as a game design support program is recorded, and a main server ( 200) a first visitor database 240c in which the visitor's identification information is recorded, a second visitor database 240d in which personal information about the visitor, such as the visitor's address, name, gender, and age, is recorded, and distributed in each region. Game machine database 240e, in which data for game machine management is recorded, a library of various data about specific components of the game, for example, various types of tracks when the game is a roller coaster game. (library) database 240f and the like. The manager computer 250 connected to the main server 200 is a main server used by a main server 200 administrator to input or output data to the main server 200 or to upload data recorded on the main server 200. (200) A management computer.

The game design devices 300 and 310 are devices that can exchange data with other devices connected to the Internet 100 through the Internet 100. The game design apparatuses 300 and 310 are most easily accessed by a computer and a laptop or a desktop computer. It can be. Two or more game design devices 300 and 310 may be connected to the Internet.

Meanwhile, game design devices 300 and 310 connected to the Internet 100 are not necessarily required to design a game using a game design support program provided by the main server 200. For example, in the game design support program, a user who wants to design a game may borrow a record recording the game design support program from a person who downloads the game design support program, and store the game design support program in his computer. In addition, a person who wants to design a game may achieve a desired purpose by directly purchasing a recording medium on which a game design support program is recorded, for example, a CD-ROM, without using the Internet 100.

Like the game design apparatuses 300 and 310, two or more game machines 400 and 410 may be connected to the main server 200 through the Internet 100 at the same time. The game machines 400 and 410 install and read the game program designed by the user, and then provide the game to the user according to the contents of the read game program. To this end, a recording medium recognition unit for recognizing that a recording medium that can be read by the game machines 400 and 410, into which the game program designed by the user is recorded, is inserted into the game machines 400 and 410, and the recognized recording medium. The program installation and reading unit for installing and reading the game program recorded in the program, and the image information output unit for displaying the image information to be displayed on the screen of the game machine among the game programs designed by the user, and the game machine in accordance with the game content as the game proceeds. 400 and 410 are provided with a physics dynamics unit and a hardware control unit that allow the user to feel the same physical effects as if the user who is the occupant is in the game. In addition, the game machines 40 and 410 are used to organically connect the units, and to provide functions to and control the units from the recognition of the recording medium input to the game units 400 and 410 to providing the game. The computer-readable recording medium having the program recorded therein is built in. In order for the user to feel the physical influence according to the game content during the game, values for various physical variables included in each scene of the game must be determined, and based on the values, the hardware of the game machines 400 and 410, that is, the game machine ( 400, 410 by itself or by mechanical elements constituting the game machine by moving for a predetermined time by a predetermined value in a predetermined direction. The physics mechanics finds the physical variables included in each scene of the game and determines the values for the found variables. The hardware controller determines the movement of the game machines 400 and 410 according to the values of the physical variables determined by the physical dynamics unit.

For example, when the game is a game in which a roller coaster moves along a predetermined track, the roller coaster is subjected to various situations such as a dive, a sharp rise, a turn and a rise, a turn and a fall, according to a track designed by a user. If the user is riding on a roller coaster, the user may experience weightlessness or heavy pressure, experience centrifugal force, or experience two or more when the roller coaster dives, jumps, turns and rises, turns and falls. You can experience it at the same time.

In this case, the physical dynamics unit is determined by calculating values for variables such as (rotation) speed, acceleration, direction, etc. of the roller coaster. The hardware controller raises, lowers, or rotates the game machines 400 and 410 on which the user is boarded by values for the variables calculated by the physics mechanics. By doing so, the user who boards the game machines 400 and 410 receives the same physical feeling as when riding the actual roller coaster from the game machines 400 and 410.

Meanwhile, in order for the game machines 400 and 410 including the plurality of parts to operate properly, the game controllers 400 and 410 are moved by the hardware controller from the step of recognizing the insertion of the game program designed by the user. Until the step, a program for controlling the previous step should be provided with game machines 400 and 410. To this end, game machines 400 and 410 have programs that can be read by game machines 400 and 401 to implement game programs designed by users using the game design support programs in game machines 400 and 410. The process of recognizing the insertion of the recorded recording medium, reading the game program recorded on the recognized recording medium, and providing the game to the user according to the read game program contents, the physical effect matched to the game contents There is provided a recording medium section in which a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a process applied to a user.

On the other hand, since the game consoles 400 and 410 are connected to the Internet 100, the game machines 400 and 410 may play the role of the game machines 400 and 410 in the main server 200. For example, when a user inputs a recording medium on which a game program designed by the user is recorded, the recording medium input unit of the game machines 400 and 410 reads and reads the game program recorded on the recording medium after recognition. The main server 200 may execute a game according to a programmed program, calculate a value for a physical variable in a game content to be executed, and the like. The hardware controller of the game machines 400 and 401 receives the calculated physical variable value from the main server 200 and then boards the game machines 400 and 401 by controlling the behavior of the game machines 400 and 401 according to the variable value. The user will have the same physical effect as the user. As a result, the game machine 400 or 401 recognizes the recording medium input to the game machine, and transmits the contents of the game program to the main server 200 for reading and the determined physical variable values from the main server 200. It is about to control the behavior of the game machine (400, 401). In this case, the data processing capacity of the main server 200 should be large enough.

In addition, game machines 400 and 401 are connected to the main server 200 via the Internet 100, and game design support programs are recorded in the first and second program databases 240a and 240b of the main server 200. As a result, the user can use the game machines 400 and 401 without using a separate game design device 300 or 310 to collectively perform the entire process from designing the desired game to executing the game program designed by the user. Can be processed as

Specifically, the user connects the game consoles 400 and 401 to the Internet 100 using a screen attached to the game consoles 400 and 401 and an input means such as a keyboard, and then accesses the main server 200 to the first program. The game design support program is downloaded from the database 240a or downloaded from the competition game programs recorded in the second program database 240b. Thereafter, the game design support program downloaded is used to design a game of a user's desired content, or the downloaded competition game program is modified to design a game program of a new content. In any way, if a game program desired by the user is designed, the user can immediately execute the game program designed by the user. In this process, each part of the game consoles 400 and 410 play their respective roles.

Next, a game method using the above-described system will be described, but will be described in terms of a user, that is, a game user, a main server, and a game machine.

2 and 1, a user connects his or her game design device 300, 310, for example, a computer, to the Internet 100 to access the main server 200, and then connects to the main server 200. (500). Subsequently, user identification information necessary for accessing and using the main server 200 is input according to a request of the main server 200 (502). When the identification information input by the main server 200 is authenticated, the user downloads the game design support program to his or her game design device by clicking download the game design support program on the homepage screen of the main server 200 (504). ). Thereafter, the user designs the game using the downloaded game design support program to the content desired by the user (506).

On the other hand, one of the game programs recorded in the second program database 240b selected from the works submitted by the main server 200 can be selected, and using this as the game design support program can design a new game. .

For example, if the game to be designed is a roller coaster game, the user downloads the roller coaster game design support program from the main server 200 or the public works recorded in the second program database 240b of the main server 200. Select one of the roller coaster game programs to download and use it to design a new roller coaster game with the content you want. For example, in a roller coaster game, the track path may be changed, the track may be changed from a double track to a single track, or the three-dimensional shape of the entire track may be changed.

If you choose to design a new roller coaster game, you can read the track using track file creation or track file reader, and then modify the track using the graphical user interface. have. Soon, a track of the desired type is selected from the library database 240f of the main server 200, and this replaces the track of the read roller coaster game. In this way, a new roller coaster game is created.

After designing the game with the desired contents using the game design support program downloaded by the user, the designed game is created as a program that can be read by the game machines 400 and 401 or the main server 200, and then the program is written. The data is recorded on a recording medium such as a diskette or CD-ROM (508).

Meanwhile, the user may transmit the designed game program to the main server 200 or the game machines 400 and 401 which are desired or close to the user via the Internet 100 without recording the designed game program on the recording medium.

When the user transmits the program designed by the user to the main server 200, the user accesses the main server 200 from any game machine, and then downloads the program transmitted by the user and proceeds with the game, or the main server The game can be immediately progressed by executing the program at 200. Otherwise, when the user transmits a program designed by the user to any game machine 400 selected by the user, the game machine 400 may be moved to execute the game by executing the transmitted program.

Subsequently, the user advances the game using the recording medium (510). That is, with the recording medium, it goes to any game machine 400 and inserts the recording medium into the game machine 400. The game machine 400 uploads a game program of its own design recorded on the recording medium to the game machine 400 (upload). Select the Start Game button to advance the game.

If a game program designed by another person is recorded in the game machine 400 in addition to the game program designed by the user, one of them may be selected to execute the game.

As described above, in the process of designing a game by a user and executing the game in the game machine 400, the main server 200 performs the following actions. In this case, it is assumed that a user accessing the main server 200 is a registered member. In addition, it is assumed that the main server 200 provides necessary information only to registered members. If you are not a member, you can follow the general membership registration procedure, and the game design support program can be provided to anyone without asking whether the membership, the above assumption is to limit the function or role of the present invention. no.

In addition, the user may execute a game by using a game program designed by the user. 2. When selecting and executing one of the game programs recorded in the game machine. For example, there may be three cases in which a game program is placed on the main server 200 or a game design support program recorded in the main server 200, and then downloaded and executed.

In the above three cases, since the main server 200 does not play any role in the second case, the role of the main server 200 for the first and third cases will be described.

Even in the first case, the main server 200 does not participate in the process of executing a game in the game machines 400 and 410 by using a game program designed by the user. In other words, in the first case, the main server 200 serves to provide a game design program desired by the user.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 3 and 1, when the user connects to the main server 200 using the game design apparatus 300 or 301 of the user, the main server 200 includes the user game design apparatus 300. In step 301, the user is required to input identification information (600). When predetermined identification information, such as ID and password or fingerprint image information, is input from the user game design apparatus 300, the received identification information is received by comparing it with data recorded in the first visitor database 240c. Check whether it is authenticated (610). Thereafter, when the user wants to download the game design support program, the game design support program is read from the database unit 240 and transmitted to the user game design apparatus 300 through the Internet 100 (620). In this case, since the game design support program may be a competition game program, the main server 200 asks the user of his / her preferences, and then the user in the first or second program database 240a or 24b according to the user's selection. Read and send the desired program.

The third case relates to the role of the main server 200 for a user accessing the main server 200 using the game consoles 400 and 410.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 4 and 1, when the user connects to the main server 200 using the game machine 400, the user recognizes which game machine 400 is connected to which game machine and which game machine. 700). Subsequently, after grasping the user's request through the game machine 400 (710), the user requests, for example, the download of a game design support program or a game program selected from among others put on the main server 200. Any one is transmitted to the recognized game device 400 via the Internet 100 (720). The transmitting step 720 may be subdivided into providing a program list requested by the user to the game machine 400 and transmitting a program selected by the user from the program list to the game machine 400.

Next, the role of game machines 400 and 410 in the game execution process will be described.

The role of the game machine 400 is 1. When the game machine 400 uses a recording medium in which the game machine 400 is readable, which is designed by the user, 2. When the game machine 400 uses the game program embedded in the game machine 400 itself, 3. It can be described separately by using the program downloaded from the main server 200.

5 and 1, in the first case, the game machine 400 recognizes a recording medium inserted into a recording medium inlet by a user (800). Subsequently, the user-designed game program recorded on the recognized recording medium is installed and read (810). After recognizing a game start command given by the user (820), the game is provided to the user according to the read program contents, and the physical action is generated to the user so that the user can experience a physical feeling that matches the game contents. (830). This process is performed by each part constituting the game machine 400 described above.

Meanwhile, after recognizing a game start command, the game device 400 may ask the user whether to change the recognized game program design, and then provide the recognized game.

6 and 1, in the second case, the user may display a list of embedded game programs through a display screen (900). The game program selected by the user is recognized from the game program list (910). After recognizing a game start command 920, a game is provided to the user according to the recognized program content, and a physical action is generated to the user so that the user can experience a physical feeling that matches the game content (930). This process is performed by each part constituting the game machine 400 described above. As described above, the game device 400 may provide the recognized game after asking the user whether to change the recognized game program design after the game start command is recognized.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 1, in a third case, the game machine 400 displays the home page of the main server 200 transmitted from the main server 200 to the user (950). In operation 960, a content selected by the user from the homepage of the main server 200, for example, a game design support program or a game program download, is transmitted to the main server 200 through the Internet 100 (960). The program selected by the user, that is, the program is downloaded from the main server 200 (970). The downloaded program is installed and read (980). After recognizing a game start command given by the user (990), the game is provided to the user according to the read program contents, and the physical action is applied to the user so that the user can experience a physical feeling that matches the game contents. (1000).

Like the first and the second, the game machine 400 may recognize the game start command, and then ask the user whether to change the recognized game program design, and then provide the recognized game.

While many details are set forth in the foregoing description, they should be construed as illustrative of preferred embodiments, rather than to limit the scope of the invention. For example, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may apply the above-described technical ideas to game designs other than roller coasters. In addition, the present inventor does not limit the game to a specific one while explaining the technical idea of the present invention, which means that the technical idea of the present invention can be applied to not only a three-dimensional game but also a two-dimensional game and a game machine. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the technical spirit described in the claims.

As described above, the online / offline linked game system and the game method using the same provide a game design support program to the user so that the user can design the game randomly, thereby providing a full choice of game contents. Grant. In addition, after conspiring to a game program designed by others, it is provided to the general user as a game program or a game design support program, thereby providing a more diversified game design support program. As such, users can create new and diverse game programs using various rich game design support programs, and by implementing them in game machines, users can always access new games. In other words, the user can directly design and enjoy a desired game, and can make a new game by modifying it at will.

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A main server providing a predetermined game design support program to the user when the user requests it online; A game design apparatus used to design a game with contents desired by a user using the game design support program; A game machine connected to the main server and used to implement a game designed by the user; And And a manager computer connected to the main server and used to manage the main server. The on-offline linked game system according to claim 1, wherein the game design support program is a completed game program recorded in the main server. The computer program according to claim 2, wherein a first program database in which the game design support program is recorded, a second program database in which the completed game program is recorded, and identification information and personal information of the accessor are recorded in the main server. And a database unit including first and second accessor databases and a game machine management database for managing the game machine. The method of claim 1, further comprising: recognizing insertion of a recording medium on which a program for realizing a game designed by the user in a game machine is recorded using the game design support program in the game machine; Installing and reading a game program designed by the user recorded on the recording medium on which the insertion is recognized; And a recording medium readable by the game machine, which records a program for realizing a process of applying a physical action to the user while providing a game to the user according to the read game program contents. On / Offline linked game system characterized by. The method of claim 2, further comprising: recognizing the completed game program recorded in the main server in the game machine; Installing the recognized completed game program in a game machine, reading the installed completed game program, And a recording medium readable by the game machine, which records a program for realizing a process of providing a game to the user according to the read program contents and applying a physical action corresponding to the game contents. Offline linked game system. The on / offline recording medium of claim 5, further comprising a step of asking the user whether to change the design of the read program before providing the game to the user. Linked game system. The on / offline connection of claim 2, wherein the game design device is a computer equipped with a web browser for uploading a game program designed by the game design support program to the main server and the game machine through the Internet. Type game system. Requesting identification information from an accessor; Checking identification information input from the accessor; And And providing a game design support program to the accessor. The game supporting method of claim 8, wherein the game design support program is provided through a game machine that implements a game using a game program designed by the user. 9. The game supporting method according to claim 8, wherein the game design support program is a completed game program. Providing a list of game programs to accessors online; Recognizing a game program selected by the accessor from the game program list; And And transmitting the recognized game program to an accessor. The method of claim 11, wherein the game program list is provided to the accessor through a game machine to implement the selected game program. 13. The game supporting method according to claim 12, wherein the game program selected by the visitor is implemented in the game machine under the control of a main server providing the visitor with the game program. The game supporting method of claim 13, wherein the main server asks the accessor through the game machine whether to change the design of the selected game program before implementing the selected game program.