KR20040047346A - Multi-players based brick breaking game method and servicing method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of a multijoining block breaking game and a method of serving the same game are provided to make it possible for a number of players or teams to jointly hold a game screen in common and to compete with one another beyond the limit of the existing block breaking game by a single player. CONSTITUTION: The method of a multijoining block breaking game comprises the steps of providing a game screen in the configuration that each team is given a game region, displaying that when any player(Pi) instructs its own bar to move by operating operation unit of its own terminal, new coordinates of the bar to be applied to each terminal are computed so that the bar is moved to the new coordinates in each terminal screen; and processing the game in the manners that when one or more ball moving in the whole game region touch with the side walls, bar or other moles, the moles are bent at a predetermined angle of reflection to move; when touching with blocks, the touched block is processed to be removed; when touching with the lower wall, a life of the player in charge of the defense of the lower wall is processed to be reduced so that a team with the given life being totally vanished is eliminated from the game.

Description

Multi-players based brick breaking game method and servicing method of the same}

The present invention relates to a game using a computer, and more specifically, a multi-party block breaking game that allows a plurality of players to play a game in real time while at the same time playing a game in a single game area by team or by team. It relates to a method for servicing this.

The so-called "block breaking game" is a representative example of an electronic entertainment game that has been widely known around the world since the 1970s. The game was developed as a version of a PCB game machine, which was later developed as a computer game version due to the expansion of personal computers. 1 shows a screen configuration of a conventional block breaking game. The game places a block set 10 composed of a plurality of blocks 10i at the top of the screen, a bar 12 at the bottom of the screen, a ball 14 for the bar 12, a block set 10 and When hit by both side walls (16a, 16b) and the top wall (16c) is controlled to reflect, the block collided with the ball 14 is destroyed and disappears. The user can move the position of the bar 12 to the left and right, and should anticipate the traveling path of the ball 14 descending to the bottom of the screen, and should return it to the bar 12 so as not to drop the ball 14 downward. . The game is over when the number of times the ball 14 is dropped toward the lower wall reaches the given number of times, and if all the blocks in the block set 10 are defeated before the game is finished, the game proceeds to the new stage.

The conventional block breaking game was a single player game. In general, a single player computer game is a game in which a computer program competes with a specific space in a game. Recent game trends include onlineization, which enables users to enjoy games in real time through a communication network, multiplexing in which multiple people can participate in a single game and progress together in real time, and affect the game progress of each other. Increasingly, interaction is becoming a major trend. Conventional single-player block games have not been able to accommodate this recent trend and have been ignored by game users.

On the other hand, although not applied to the block breaking game, there are many kinds of arcade-type multi-participant online games in which several players can enjoy one game online. Conventional games, however, are designed to allow multiple users to enjoy a game while viewing different clone game windows of other users on the same screen, or to play tournament-type games on the same map or off screen. This game method is not a way to induce competition while fiercely pushing and pushing each other among game participants, the game's thrill is relatively low.

The present invention overcomes the limitations of the conventional single-player block-breaking game, and a multi-participant block-breaking game method in which a plurality of players or teams can compete with each other while sharing a common game screen and such a block-breaking game. Its purpose is to provide a method for servicing.

1 is a screen configuration example of a conventional single-player block breaking game,

2 is a system configuration diagram for servicing a multi-participant block breaking game in the form of an online game according to the present invention;

3 is a view for explaining the communication relationship when the block breaking game of the present invention is serviced in the game service system of the hybrid communication method,

4A and 4B are examples of game screens displayed on terminals of player 1 and player 2 in a block defeat game in which two players compete in a 1: 1 manner.

5A through 5C are examples of game screens displayed on terminals of Player 1, Player 2, and Player 3 in a block defeat game in which three players compete in a 1: 1: 1 manner.

6A to 6D are block screen games in which four players compete in a 1: 1: 1: 1 manner, each game screen displayed on a terminal of Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, and Player 4,

7A and 7B are examples of game screens displayed on the terminals of Team 1 and Team 2 in a block defeat game in which four players form two teams of two players and compete in teams.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining a method of detecting an event in which a ball that is moving hits a bar, another ball, a side wall, a block, and a lower wall.

9 is a diagram for explaining post-processing when a collision event of a ball is detected;

10 is a flowchart showing a service providing procedure when the block breaking game of the present invention is serviced as one of Internet online games.

11A to 11C are flowcharts showing the game logic of the block breaking game of the present invention.

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20: server system 30a to 30d: client computer

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a plurality of teams participate in the same block breaking game using a plurality of terminals connected via a wired and / or wireless communication network to share a common game screen in real time The game method proceeds with each game area, each game area is given, each game area is defined by at least both side walls and the bottom wall and is an open top polygon game area, the game areas of all teams are separated by a predetermined phase angle The open tops are connected to each other to form the entire game area. In each terminal, the entire game area is displayed in a form in which the game area of the player of the terminal is upright, and a plurality of blocks inside the entire game area. A block set consisting of a plurality of blocks is provided at a predetermined position, and at least one bar is provided for each game area. Spaced apart walls with a predetermined distance providing a game screen is configured to allow movement toward the side walls; When a player Pi instructs the movement of his bar by manipulating the control means of his terminal, the coordinates of the bar to be applied to each terminal are calculated and displayed so that the bar moves to the scene coordinates on each terminal screen. Doing; And when one or more balls move inside the entire game area and are deflected at a predetermined reflection angle when they touch the side wall, the bar, or another ball, and when the blocks touch the blocks, the blocks are removed. If the bottom wall touches the multi-participant block characterized in that it comprises the process of reducing the life of the player in charge of the defense of the lower wall, and proceeding the game in a way that the team that has exhausted the given life is eliminated A defeat game method is provided.

In the game method, preferably, the new coordinates of the bar for each terminal are equal to the phase angle difference between the game area of the player Pi and each game area of the other players (P1 to Pn, except Pi). Coordinates obtained by performing coordinate transformation.

Further, in the game method, the movement of a bar Bi to new coordinates is performed by: i) a terminal Bi used by a player Pi to be applied to each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn. The new coordinate of each terminal is calculated, and the new coordinate is provided to each terminal, and ii) the amount of movement of the bar Bi is changed by the terminal TMi used by a player Pi. TMn, except for TMi), and each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn calculates the new coordinates of the bar in its own terminal, and iii) the game server determines the bar Bi for all the terminals. The mobile terminal receives the amount of movement from the terminal TMi, calculates a new coordinate of the bar Bi for each terminal, and provides the new coordinate to each terminal.

Further, in the game method, post-processing such as calculating the movement path of the ball, detecting the collision event, reflecting the ball according to the collided object, defeating the block, reducing the lifespan, etc. are implemented by the same algorithm and installed in each terminal. By executing a predetermined program synchronously, each terminal is separately executed.

Meanwhile, according to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a game service based on a server system and a system environment in which a plurality of terminals can connect as a client to the server system through a wired and / or wireless communication network. The method comprising: loading a program for a client of the block breaking game to a terminal of users who select the block breaking game from a game menu; When the first user opens a game room as a leader player and the desired number of players participate in the game room, instructing the game start by determining a match type and a team; And synchronizing with the game start instruction, each player executing the client program so that a participating player can enjoy the block breaking game. do. The client program includes at least i) a game area for each team, each game area being at least a polygonal game area defined by both sidewalls and bottom walls, the top of which is open, and the game areas of all teams being given a predetermined phase. The open tops are separated from each other by an angle and connected to each other to form the entire game area. In each terminal, the entire game area is displayed in a form in which the game area of the player of the terminal is upright. Provided is a block set consisting of blocks of a predetermined position, each game area is provided with a game screen configured to be able to move toward both side walls at least one bar spaced apart from the lower wall at a predetermined interval, ii) When a player Pi instructs the movement of his bar by manipulating the operating means of his terminal, Calculate the scene coordinates of the bar to be used and display the bars to be moved to the scene coordinates on each terminal screen, and iii) one or more balls move inside the entire game area, and then the side wall, the bar, or another ball. When it touches, it is deflected and moves at a predetermined angle of reflection, and when it touches the block, the block is removed so that when it touches the lower wall, the life of the player responsible for the defense of the lower wall is shortened. The game is played in such a way that the team that is exhausted runs out.

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

The block breaking game of the present invention proceeds in such a way that a plurality of players or a plurality of teams participate in one block breaking game and compete. Gaming terminals are provided for each player or team participating in the game. The service provider of the block breaking game (hereinafter referred to as a 'service provider') needs to build a server system having various servers and databases necessary for providing game services. Each player's terminal and server system must be connected via a communication network to enable communication with each other.

First, the block breaking game of the present invention will be described in more detail. There are various ways to organize teams in block breaking games. It can contain one or several players per team. In addition, multiple teams can participate in one block breaking game.

4A and 4B show an example of a 1: 1 block breaking game in which two players compete with each other. FIG. 4A is a game screen displayed on a terminal of player 1, and FIG. 4B is a game displayed on a terminal of player 2. Screen. Each player is given his own game area. Each game area is a rectangle or more polygons, at least one side of which is open. The figure shows a case where the game area 58a of player 1 and the game area 58b of player 2 are defined by at least both side walls 56a and 56b and lower walls 56b and 56c, respectively, and the upper part is designed as an open rectangle. Illustrated. Because of the 1: 1 game method, game areas 58a and 58b of Player 1 and Player 2 constitute half of the entire game area, respectively, and these two game areas form an entire game area by connecting the open tops to each other. That is, the two game areas 58a and 58b are separated by a phase angle difference of 180 ° C.

Inside the entire game area, a block set 50 composed of a plurality of blocks is provided at an approximately center position. To increase the fun of the game, some blocks may be given bonus points or various items that can change the game progress conditions. At least one bar 52a, 52b is provided for each game area so as to be movable to both side walls 56a, 56b at a predetermined distance from the lower walls 56d, 56c. In addition, one or more balls 54a and 54b are provided to move in accordance with a predetermined motion rule within the entire game area.

The ball 54a or 54b travels straight inside the entire game area and then deflects at a predetermined angle of reflection upon contact with the side walls 56a, 56b, bars 52a, 52b, or other balls 54b or 54a and then goes straight back. Exercise in a way that continues. However, when the balls 54a and 54b touch the lower walls 56c and 56d, they are destroyed and processed to shorten the life of the player in charge of the defense of the lower walls. The destroyed ball may be reloaded into the game area. On the other hand, when the balls 54a and 54b strike the block set 50, the block that hits the ball disappears. If a bonus point or item is given to a missing block, you can set a rule to give that score or item to the player who defeated the block. Each team is given the same life, and each team must move their bars back to the ball (54a, 54b) moving downwards in order not to shorten their life. If the ball 54a, 54b touches the lower wall 56c, 56d because the ball 54a, 54b is not immediately returned, the life of the team responsible for the defense of the lower wall is shortened.

The input device for manipulating the movement of the bar may vary depending on the gaming terminal. For example, a mouse or a keyboard in the case of a computer, a joystick in the case of a dedicated game machine, or a keyboard in the case of a wireless terminal can be used as an input device.

Since the block breaking game of the present invention is a method in which several players participate and compete at the same time, the progress conditions of the game need to be fair. In this respect, it is desirable for each player to always see the entire game screen from their point of view. That is, no matter how many players participate, each player can display the game screen so that he or she can see the game area in the forward direction (ie, the game area of the corresponding player is arranged at the bottom in the layout of the entire game area). There is a need. To this end, in displaying the entire game area on each player's terminal, the game area of the player of the terminal is always upright for each terminal, and the game area of the other player is 360 ° / n (but not the game area). where n is rotated by the phase angle of the total game area (or number of teams). In addition, the reflection motion of a bar, another ball, a block, or a ball colliding with a side wall is calculated and displayed according to the game area arrangement principle. For example, in a 1: 1 game, the game area 58a of the player 1 is upright on the screen of the player 1, and the game area 58b of the player 2 is rotated 180 ° with respect to the game area 58a of the player 1. In other words, the game area 58a of the player 2 is upright and the game area 58b of the player 1 is disposed upside down by 180 °. (See FIG. 4B).

5A to 5C show screens of a block breaking game in which one player constitutes one team and three teams compete in a 1: 1: 1 manner. 5A, 5B, and 5C are game screens displayed on terminals of Player 1, Player 2, and Player 3, respectively. Each player is given his own game area 68a, 68b, 68c, and each game area 68a, 68b, 68c has an open top and at least both sidewalls and bottom walls 66aa, 66ab, 66ac as in the previous case. ), (66ba, 66bb, 66bc), (66ca, 66cb, 66cc) are rectangular areas, connected in a Y-shape through the open top, and the separation phase angle between adjacent game areas is approximately 360 ° / 3 = 120 Form the whole game area in the form of °. Each game area 68a, 68b, 68c is given at least one bar 66a, 66b, 66c, and one or more balls 64a, 64b, 64c in approximately the center of each game area 68a, 68b, 68c. Block set 60 to be defeated is arranged. In the display of the game screen, the game area 68a of the player 1 is upright on the terminal screen of the player 1, and each of the game areas 68b and 68c of the player 2 and the player 3 occupies the game area 68a of the player 1; It is placed at a position rotated by 120 ° and 240 °, respectively, as a reference (see FIG. 5A). In the same manner, the game area 68b of the player 2 is upright on the game screen of the player 2's terminal (see FIG. 5B), and the game area 68c of the player 3 is upright on the game screen of the player 3's terminal ( 5c) is displayed.

6A through 6D show screens of a block breaking game when one player forms a team and four teams compete in a 1: 1: 1: 1 manner. 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D are game screens displayed on terminals of player 1, player 2, player 3, and player 4, respectively. In this case as well, the game areas 78a, 78b, 78c, and 78d of the four players are cross-shaped, with the adjacent game areas approximately 360 ° / 4 = 90 ° spaced through the open top. Form the entire game area. Of course, at least one of the balls 74a to 74d is provided to be movable in the entire game area, the block set 70 is disposed at approximately the center of the entire game area, and at least one bar 72a, 72b for each game area. , 72c, 72d) are provided near the bottom wall. In addition, as in the case of the previous case, each player's terminal is arranged in a form in which the player's game area is arranged at the bottom and is upright, and the game area of the other players is disposed at positions rotated by 90 °, 180 °, and 270 ° based on this. It becomes the whole game screen.

7A and 7B show screens of a block breaking game in which two teams of two players per team compose two teams in a 1: 1 manner. FIG. 7A is a game screen displayed on the terminals of Team 1. 7B is a game screen displayed on the terminals of team2. The number of balls 84a and 84b provided, the configuration of the block set 80 and the game areas 88a and 88b do not differ from those described above, and the bars 82a-1 and 4b are different from those of FIGS. 4A and 4B. 82a-2, 82b-1, and 82b-3) are given two per team, and points or items acquired by players of the same team are added to that team's. The bar may be arranged up and down as shown, but may be arranged side by side.

8 shows that any ball 104a or 104b that has moved impinges on bars 102a and 102b, another ball 104b or 104a, sidewalls 106a and 106b, block 100a, and bottom walls 106c and 106d. It is a figure for demonstrating the method of detecting a thing.

The upper left vertex coordinates (x1, y1) and the lower right corner vertex coordinates (x2, y2) of the quadrangle circumscribed to one ball 104a are utilized. Table 1 below summarizes the event to be detected and the detection conditions for determining whether the event has occurred. An operation for determining whether an event that satisfies such a detection condition occurs every cycle is performed. Of course, this event occurrence detection principle is also applied to the remaining balls 104b to detect collision events. In other words, the above calculation is periodically performed for every ball during the game to detect the collision event of the ball.

TABLE 1

event Detection condition Ball 104a hits bar 102 y2 = b1 and x2> a1 and x1 <a2 Ball 104a collides with sidewalls 106a and 106b x1 = g1 or x2 = g2 Ball 104a hits block 100a [y1 = v2 and x1 <u2 and x2> u1] or [y2 = v1 and x1 <u2 and x2> u1] Ball 104a collides with ball 104b [y1 = y2 'and x1 <x2' and x2> x1 '] or [y1' = y2 and x1 <x2 'and x2> x1'] or [x1 = x2 'and y1> y2' and y2 <y1 '] or [x1 '= x2 and y1> y2' and y2 <y1 '] Ball 104a impinges on bottom wall 106d or 106c y1 = h1 or y2 = h2

9 is a diagram for explaining post-processing when a collision event of a ball is detected. As shown, when the balls 114a and 114b collide with the side walls 110a and 110b or the blocks 110a and 110b, the balls are reflected at an angle equal to the incident angle. When the balls 114a and 114b collide with the bars 112a and 112b, the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection may be the same, and in order to vary the movement of the ball, the angle of incidence α3 is different from the angle of incidence α3 '. May be calculated. Furthermore, it can be changed to take into account the speed of movement of the collision bar. Therefore, as soon as a collision event is detected, it is determined what the ball collided with, and the corresponding post-processing is performed according to the collision object. If the ball collides with the lower wall, the ball will disappear and take care of reducing the life of the team responsible for defending the lower wall. If the ball collides with a block, the block is lost (destroyed) and any bonus points or items awarded to the missing block are treated as the score or item of the player who defeated the block and the ball is reflected at the same time. . In addition, when the ball hits the side wall, another ball or bar, the ball is reflected according to the above-described reflection principle.

The calculation of the movement path of the ball, the detection of the collision event, the reflection of the ball according to the collided object, the breaking of the block, and the reduction of the life can be handled according to the predetermined rule. Therefore, it does not have to be provided to other terminals. Therefore, in order to reduce the amount of communication traffic and increase the instantaneous responsiveness by rapid processing, it is preferable that such post-processing is processed by each terminal by itself. Of course, it is also possible for each terminal to provide primary information necessary for post-processing to the server system, and the server system calculates post-processing information for each terminal based on the primary information and transmits it to the corresponding terminal. However, this method inevitably introduces a delay time between data transmission and reception between the client terminal and the server system.

For the processing according to the foregoing method, a predetermined game program implemented by the same algorithm is commonly installed in each terminal, and all of the players are initialized to the same condition by executing the game program in synchronization at the same time in the terminal of each player. Then, if the above processing is performed according to the routine of the game program, the same processing can be performed in the terminals of all players.

On the other hand, if each player instructs the movement of his bar using the input device while the game is in progress, the CPU (not shown) of each terminal should perform a process of calculating the new coordinates to which the bar will move and moving it there. Regarding the bar movement processing, it is assumed that the movement amount of the bar 62a indicated by the player 1 in FIG. 5A is 5 pixels to the left. Since the bar 62a displayed on the screen of the player 1 of FIG. 5A is simply moved to the left by 5 pixels in the x direction, the new coordinate obtained when the current coordinate is (x ₁ , y ₁ ) is (x ₁ -5, y ₁ ) becomes. In the screen of the player 2 in FIG. 5B, the new coordinates obtained when the current coordinate of the bar 62a is (x ₂ , y ₂ ) are (x ₂ -5sin30 °, y ₂ -5cos30 °). Similarly, on the screen of Player 3 in Fig. 5C, the new coordinates obtained when the current coordinates of the bar 62a are (x ₃ , y ₃ ) are (x ₃ + 5sin30 °, y ₃ -5cos30 °).

In this way, when the bar of one player P1 moves, the x coordinate of the player P1 may be changed by the actual amount of movement. However, the new coordinates of the bar of the player P1 on the screen of the other players P2 to Pn are coordinates obtained by performing coordinate transformation considering the phase angle difference between the game area of the player P1 and each game area of other players P2 to Pn as above. Becomes Even if it is different from the case described above, the new coordinate calculation according to the movement of each player's bar varies depending on the number of game areas, but the basic angle is different. Will be applicable.

Such a block breaking game of the present invention is implemented in software, it can be implemented to be executed in various ways platform. To this end, based on the basic concept described above, it will be necessary to adaptively adapt to the characteristics of the gaming terminal to be used. Platforms to which the block breaking game of the present invention can be applied include a PC game platform using a personal computer, a video game platform using a console, a mobile game platform using a mobile phone, and an arcade game platform. Each platform will have a different system environment for running block breaking games.

Next, one of typical service types of the block breaking game of the present invention is an online game using the Internet. 2 shows an example of a system configuration for servicing a block breaking game according to the present invention in the form of an online game using the Internet. The terminals 30a to 30d used by the player are personal computers. If the server system 20 is to provide a game service through the Internet, it is composed of a system having servers such as a web server 20a, DB server 20b, FTP server 20c, game server 20d, etc. desirable. A plurality of client computers 30a to 30d are connected in a client-server relationship centering on a server system 20 that provides an internet online game service. Furthermore, it is preferable that the plurality of client computers 30a to 30d be connected to each other to enable peer-to-peer communication. When adopting a so-called hybrid communication method that uses a client-server method and a peer-to-peer method, synchronization between games running on all client computers 30a to 30d running the same game is performed. And interaction can be made more smoothly.

3 is a view for explaining a communication relationship when the block breaking game of the present invention is serviced in the game service system of the hybrid communication method. &Quot; A " is information transmitted in a peer-to-peer manner directly from player 1's computer 30-1 to all other player's computers 30-2 to 30-n via a communication network. It is preferably applied to communication such as movement information, use of items, and the like. &Quot; B " is information transmitted directly by the peer-to-peer method from the computers 30-2 to 30-n of the players P2 to Pn via the communication network to the computers 30-1 of the other players P1, and chatting. It is preferably applied to communication such as a message or a ping. &Quot; C &quot; is communication between the client computers 30-1 to 30-n and the server system 20, and data to be secured or data to be stored in the DB server 20b, i. ID, name, gender, level, points, bar and ball attributes), game preparation and start signals, information such as obtaining a specific player's items, etc. is preferably applied. In addition to these rough criteria, a communication method may be configured in consideration of special circumstances. For example, in the case of a service system for game competitions, all data is important, so it may be desirable to apply only the client-server communication method. In areas or countries where the bandwidth of the communication network is insufficient, the ratio of peer-to-peer communication method may be used. It may be desirable to increase.

The roles of the server system 20 and the respective client computers 30a to 30d are roughly divided as follows. The role of the server system 20 is to firstly wait for a connection of a client computer, and then automatically update and provide a final version of a game program to a client computer that has been connected. Second, user data (level, score, Personal information, items, etc.), and third, relaying important information in game play between client computers. The role of the client computers 30a to 30d is to execute a block breaking game, input various types of games (for example, moving a bar, using an item, chatting, etc.) and computing, and information having less importance in game progress (eg, : Chat).

It can be easily appreciated by those skilled in the art that the block breaking game of the present invention can be serviced not only with the wired Internet base but also with the wireless Internet base or the local area network base (for example, the case of a game room). It will also be easy to build. In the case of a wireless Internet-based, a game terminal used by a game participant will be a mobile phone supporting a wireless internet instead of a computer.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure related to providing a service of the game when the block breaking game of the present invention is serviced as one of Internet online games. In order to service the block breaking game in the form of an online game using the Internet, the block breaking game of the present invention described above is implemented as a client program, and a server program for providing various additional services together with the characteristics of the online game is also included. You need to have it in place. This will be described in detail.

When the person who wants to participate in the game makes a web connection to the game site operated by the service provider using his computer (S10), the web server 20a responds to provide the initial screen of the game site (S12). The game service can be operated on a membership basis, and in this case, check whether the accessor is a member, and if not, induce a user to log in after joining the membership (S14, S16, S18).

The game server 20b provides a selectable game menu for the terminal which has successfully logged in, and allows the visitor to select a desired game. If the game selected by the visitor is the block breaking game of the present invention, it is checked whether the client program of the game is installed in the accessor's terminal. Then, if not already installed, the program is downloaded and installed on the terminal of the visitor, and if it is already installed, a client program for a block breaking game is immediately executed on the terminal of the accessor. Thereby, the visitor terminal is connected to an environment in which this game can be enjoyed (S20, S22, S24, S26, S28). In addition, the FTP server 20c loads the patch file and the game information necessary for the game to the accessor terminal connected to the block breaking game (S30).

This block breaking game is performed independently in one game room, and several game rooms are opened at a time so that each game room can play a game. The accessor may participate in the block breaking game as the owner of the game room or as a simple participant. The accessor who wants to become the owner selects a new game room, creates a game room, and gives conditions related to game participation or game progress for the block breaking game that is conducted in the game room. Then, it may perform a role as a master such as commanding game execution (S32, S34, S36, S38).

Visitors who participate in the game as a simple participant can select a specific game room and decide to participate in the game room by referring to the information of the currently established game room, and enjoy the game with the game execution command of the owner of the game room. (S40, S42, S44).

Game logic is executed by the game player's game execution command (S46). When the game logic is executed, a client-server communication relationship is established between the terminal 30-1, 30-2, .., 30-n of all the players participating in the game and the game server 20d. (30-1, 30-2, .., 30-n) A peer-to-peer communication relationship is established.

When the game ends (S48), if you want to restart a new game, start again from the game room selection procedure (S32), otherwise log out, the log out fact of the server system 20 The DB server 20b is notified to store and manage information on game results for each member.

More detailed procedure of game logic of S46 is briefly summarized in the flowcharts of Figs. 11A to 11C. In particular, the game logic of FIGS. 11B and 11C is executed in one frame period in one terminal and is commonly executed in other terminals.

First, the terminal of player 1 logs in to the game server 20d (S52), establishes a game room by setting himself as the owner and granting the condition that the maximum number of participants in the game room is n (S54), and then n players If all participate, the game starts (S56, S64). Until all n players participate, the terminal of the previous participants receives the information of the new participants entering the game room from the game server 20d (S58, S60), or performs a transmission / reception process such as a chat message between the participants until the game starts. Additional processing such as service is performed (S62).

The game start is instructed by the master player P1, the game start message of the master player P1 is transmitted to the game server 20d, and the game start message is transmitted to other participants through the game server 20d (S64). ).

In response to the game start message, the terminals of the game participants are all synchronized in the same initial condition to start the game. In order to start a synchronous game, each game stage, the position and property of the block set, the state of the bar and the ball, that is, the number of variables such as the number, position, property, etc. are initialized (S66). The properties of the bar or ball may be applied to a method of initializing different values according to the levels of all players P1 to Pn.

After this initialization process, as described above, the steps S68 to S88 are performed every frame period through the synchronized execution of the client program.

If a player Pi instructs his bar Bi to move left and right by using an input device, the information about the movement of the bar Bi is not of a property that can be calculated according to a certain rule. In addition, the terminal must be shared in real time so that the new position of the bar Bi can be synchronized and synchronized in all terminals.

As one method for this, the terminal TMi used by a player Pi calculates the new coordinates of the bar Bi to be applied to each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn for each terminal, and corresponds to each terminal. The method of providing new coordinates can be applied. The provision of the new coordinates may be delivered to the remaining terminals (TM1 to TMn, except TMi) by the terminal TMi directly in a peer-to-peer manner or indirectly through the game server 20d.

In the second method, the terminal TMi used by a player Pi provides the movement amount of the bar Bi to all other terminals TM1 to TMn, except for TMi, and each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn It is a method of calculating the new coordinate of the bar in the own terminal.

In the third method, the game server 20d receives the movement amount of the bar bi for all terminals from the terminal TMi, calculates a new coordinate of the bar bi for each terminal, and then applies the new coordinate to each terminal. It is a way to provide.

11B is based on the third of the above three schemes. According to this method, if a player Pi moves his or her bar Bi to the left or right by operating an input device (S68), the terminal of the player Pi moves to the bar Bi or new position information of the bar. To transmit to the game server 20d (S70). The game server 20d then calculates the movement amount of the bar Bi, i.e., the new coordinate, for each terminal. As described above, the calculation method of the new coordinate is calculated through coordinate transformation considering the phase angle difference between the game area of the player Pi and the game area of other players P1 to Pn. The game server 20d transmits the calculated new coordinates of the bar Bi to the corresponding terminal, respectively, and each terminal performs a process of moving the bar Bi to the new coordinate received from the game server 20d. In this manner, the terminal TMi is provided with new coordinates of the bars B1 to Bn of the other player from the game server 20d, and the terminal TMi receives the movement of the bars B1 to Bn from the game server 20d. Display on the screen (S72).

Next, according to the principle described above, a terminal TMi checks which ball used in the game touches an object such as a bar, two side walls, or another ball (S74), and if there is a collision, hits the ball. The reflection is made at the same angle as the angle of incidence of one object to proceed forward again (S76).

In addition, it is checked whether a ball collides with the block (S78), and if there is a collision with the block, the block is removed and the ball is reflected at the same angle as the incident angle to the block to proceed (S80).

In addition, it checks which ball has touched the lower wall (S82), and the ball which touches the lower wall is extinguished, and the process of reducing the remaining life of the player in charge of the defense of the lower wall is performed (S84).

After this process, the terminal TMi checks whether its remaining life is zero. The terminal of the player whose remaining lifetime reaches zero declares the end of the game, notifies the game server 20d of the fact, and the game server 20d also informs other players of the fact.

This process is repeated while at least two teams are alive, and the game ends when only one team is left. In this state, the game server 20d informs all the players of the game room who the winning team is (S90).

Then, the score is processed according to the contracted rules for the winning team and the losing team, and the result is stored in the DB server 20b (S92). As a result, the game ends (S94).

Those skilled in the art will be able to derive various modifications to enhance the interest of the game based on the basic concepts described above. Changing the movement of the ball into a non-linear movement, varying the ball's speed and angle of reflection in various ways, leveling each player and introducing various game methods using their own levels, giving the bar or ball various attributes (Examples of attributes that can be given to the bar include life, length, force, speed, number, magnet function, gun shooting function, etc., and attributes that can be given to the ball include number, penetration, etc.). It may be possible to further combine the attributes in the game content, the introduction of various game competitions, etc. in the block breaking game of the present invention.

In the conventional block breaking game, people and computer programs faced each other. However, the multi-participant block breaking game of the present invention can give a real fun of the game in that it aims at a confrontation method between people. In other words, all the players can participate in one game and share the same game screen while at the same time to enhance the interest of the game.

The present invention also processes the game screens of all players so that the entire game area is arranged based on their respective viewpoints so that all players can play the game under the same conditions. In other words, any player can play a game in which his or her game area is always upright.

Furthermore, the block breaking game of the present invention can be applied to various game platforms and serviced, and can be widely applied to commercial game services.

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A game method in which a plurality of teams participate in the same block breaking game by using a plurality of terminals connected through a wired and / or wireless communication network and share a common game screen, and proceed in real time. Each team is given a game area, and each game area is defined by at least both sidewalls and bottom walls and is an open top polygonal game area. The game areas of all teams are spaced apart by a predetermined phase angle and the open tops are connected to each other. To form the entire game area, and in each terminal, the entire game area is displayed in a form in which the game area of the player of the terminal is upright, and a block set composed of a plurality of blocks is set inside the entire game area. Providing a game screen provided at a location, the game screen being configured to be movable toward both sidewalls with at least one bar spaced apart from the lower wall for each game area; When a player Pi instructs the movement of his bar by manipulating the operating means of his terminal, the new coordinate of the bar to be applied to each terminal is calculated and displayed so that the bar moves to the new coordinate on each terminal screen. Doing; And When one or more balls move inside the entire game area, they are deflected and moved at a predetermined reflection angle when they touch the side wall, the bar, or other balls. Dealing with the multi-participant block, if it touches the wall, the process of reducing the lifespan of the player in charge of the defense of the lower wall, and proceeding the game in the manner that the team which has exhausted the given lifespan are eliminated. How to play. The method of claim 1, wherein the team includes one or more players, and the bar is provided with at least one for each player. The coordinates of the bar according to claim 1, wherein the new coordinates of the bar for each terminal perform coordinate transformation by the phase angle difference between the game area of the player Pi and each game area of the other players P1 to Pn, except Pi. Multi-participant block breaking game method characterized in that the coordinates obtained by. The method of claim 3, wherein the movement of a bar Bi to new coordinates is performed by: i) the terminal Bi used by a player Pi to apply to each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn. The new coordinate of each terminal is calculated, and the corresponding new coordinate is provided to each terminal, ii) The terminal TM used by a player Pi changes the movement amount of the bar Bi by all other terminals TM1 to TMn. Except for TMi), wherein each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn calculates the new coordinates of the bar at its own terminal, and iii) the amount of movement of the bar Bi relative to the entire terminal by the game server. Is received from the terminal (TMi), calculates the new coordinates of the bar (Bi) for each terminal, the multi-participant block breaking game method characterized in that it is made through any one of the method of providing the new coordinates to each terminal. . According to claim 1, Post-processing, such as the movement path calculation of the ball, the detection of a collision event, the reflection of the ball according to the object collided, the breaking of the block, the reduction of life, etc. are implemented by the same algorithm, the predetermined program installed in each terminal Multi-participant block breaking game method characterized in that to perform separately for each terminal by executing the synchronous. The winner according to claim 1, wherein the number of blocks that each team defeats and / or the scores assigned to the blocks that each team defeats is accumulated, and the winner is based on the accumulated score when there are a plurality of remaining teams in a state where all blocks are defeated. Multi-participant block breaking game method characterized in that the screen. The multiparticipant block breaking game method according to claim 1, wherein the number of allowances is increased for a team that gives an item to a part of the block and defeats an item-containing block. A method for providing a game service based on a server system and a system environment in which a plurality of terminals can connect as a client to the server system through a wired and / or wireless communication network, Loading a client program of the block breaking game on a terminal of users who have selected the block breaking game from a game menu; When the first user opens a game room as a leader player and the desired number of players participate in the game room, instructing the game start by determining a match type and a team; And In synchronization with the game start instruction, each player executing the client program so that a participating player can enjoy the block breaking game. The client program includes at least i) a game area for each team, each game area being at least a polygonal game area defined by both sidewalls and bottom walls, the top of which is open, and the game areas of all teams being given a predetermined phase. The open tops are separated from each other by an angle and connected to each other to form the entire game area. In each terminal, the entire game area is displayed in a form in which the game area of the player of the terminal is upright. Provided is a block set consisting of blocks of a predetermined position, each game area is provided with a game screen configured to be able to move toward both side walls at least one bar spaced apart from the lower wall at a predetermined interval, ii) When a player Pi instructs the movement of his bar by manipulating the operating means of his terminal, Calculates the new coordinates of the bar to be used and displays the bars to move to the new coordinates on each terminal screen, and iii) one or more balls move inside the entire game area and then the side wall, the bar, or another ball. When it touches, it deflects and moves to a predetermined reflection angle, and when it touches the block, the block is removed so that when it touches the lower wall, the life of the player responsible for the defense of the lower wall is shortened. Multi-participant block breaking game service method, characterized in that it has a function to proceed with the game in a way that all the team is exhausted. The multi-coordinate of claim 8, wherein the new coordinates of the bar for each terminal are coordinates obtained by performing coordinate transformation by a phase angle difference between the player P1 game area and each game area of other players P2 to Pn. Participation block breaking game service method. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the movement of a bar Bi to the new coordinates comprises: i) a terminal Bi used by a player Pi to be applied to each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn. The new coordinate of each terminal is calculated, and the corresponding new coordinate is provided to each terminal, ii) The terminal TM used by a player Pi changes the movement amount of the bar Bi by all other terminals TM1 to TMn. Except for TMi), wherein each of the entire terminals TM1 to TMn calculates the new coordinates of the bar at its own terminal, and iii) the amount of movement of the bar Bi relative to the entire terminal by the game server. Is received from the terminal TMi, multi-participant block breaking game service, characterized in that it is made through any one of the method of calculating the new coordinates of the bar (Bi) for each terminal to provide the corresponding new coordinates to each terminal Way. The method according to claim 8, wherein the movement path calculation and movement processing of the ball and the breaking of the block in contact with the ball in the entire game area are performed synchronously by executing a predetermined program installed in each terminal individually for each terminal. Multi-participant block breaking game service method, characterized in that performed. The method of claim 8, wherein the server system and the client terminal communicate with each other in addition to the server-client communication method, and the client terminal communicates with each other through peer-to-peer communication. Multi-participant block breaking game service method, characterized in that the exchange.