KR20080085102A - Online game method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for providing an online game are provided to arouse new concern/interest by applying a new team match mode, which enables each teammate to remove game pieces in a game map of other teammates included in the same team while respectively receiving the game map, and determines game ranking according to the number of game pieces removed by all teammates. A web server(110) provides an online game webpage, and processes authentication by a request of first and second users. A game server(140) provides a game map to each teammate, removes game pieces based on a game piece removal rule when the first and second users selects the game pieces included in each game map. The game server provides the first user with the different game map from the game map including the first user by a map moving request of the first user, and determines game ranking based on the number of game pieces removed by all teammates. The game pieces are selected or removed from a game screen of the second user when the first and second users play a game in the same game map, and the first user selects or removes the game pieces. The game server provides a teammate location information window for displaying a current location of other teammates.

Description

Online game method and system {ONLINE GAME METHOD AND SYSTEM}

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the game server shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view showing an example of the game room initial screen of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game hand removal rule of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6a to 6e are diagrams showing an example of the team game progress screen of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a personal game progress screen of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game result screen of an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: online game system, 110: web server,

120: channel list server, 130: database,

140: game server, 142: channel management module,

144: information transmission module, 146: game progress module,

200: communication network, 300: user terminal,

900: general purpose computer device

The present invention relates to an online game method and system.

Recently, with the development of computer-related information and communication technology, the game industry is also rapidly developing. Conventional computer games mainly consisted of simple plot arcade games or video games, but with the development of multimedia and network technologies, games of a completely different dimension are being developed one after another. In particular, the spread of high-speed Internet has led to a revolutionary development of the game industry by creating a new game field called multi-user online games.

Online games have become very popular because unspecified people in remote locations can play them without any space restrictions. Among them, matching puzzle games such as "Sichuan", "Puzzle Mahjong", and "Shanghai Mahjong" are simple online games that users can play easily.

The matching puzzle game is a game in which two identical hands of a plurality of game cards included in a game map are selected and removed, and a user who first removes all hands of the users who participated in the game wins the game. The game service system that provides such a game provides a list of game channels when a user requests to join a game, and the user can select one of the game rooms included in the game channel list to proceed with the game or create a new game room to proceed with the game. have. When two or more users join a game room to start a game, the game service system provides the same game map to the user, and the user who is provided with the game map removes the game hand from the game map and proceeds with the game. At this time, the winning or losing of the game is determined by who first removes all the game cards in the game map of each user.

However, if the user continues to play the game in the same manner for a long time, the user may eat the game and lose interest in the game, and the matching puzzle game is no exception.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide an online game method and system that can cause a new interest and interest to the user by introducing a new game method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an online game method, comprising: providing a plurality of game maps to a plurality of team members including first and second team members, respectively, the game panel included in the game map. Removing the game hand based on a predetermined game hand removal rule according to selecting a game, and a game different from a game map in which the first team member is located among the plurality of game maps according to a map movement request from the first team member. Providing a map to the first team member, and determining a game ranking based on the number of game hands removed by the plurality of team members.

When the first team member and the second team member play a game together in any one of the game maps, when the first team member selects or removes the game hand, the game hand is displayed on the game screen of the second team member. It can be selected or removed.

The effects expressed when the game hand is selected or removed by the first team member and when the game hand is selected or removed by the second team member may be different.

And providing a team member location information window displaying a game map in which the plurality of team members are currently located, wherein a mark indicating the first team member is displayed when the first team member moves in the plurality of game maps. You can navigate in the location information window.

If a pair of game cards selected in succession have the same shape, there is a path that can be connected to each other by avoiding other game cards, and the selected pair of game cards can be removed if the straight line connecting the paths is bent two times or less.

The highest score bonus may be given to the user who removes the most game cards regardless of the team's ranking.

A computer readable medium according to another aspect of the present invention records a program for causing a computer to execute any of the above methods.

An online game system according to another aspect of the present invention includes a web server for providing a web page of an online game and processing user authentication in response to requests from first and second users, and the first and second users. Providing a plurality of game maps to a plurality of team members, respectively, and removing the game hand based on a predetermined game hand removal rule as the first and second users select a game hand included in the game map, In response to a map movement request from the first user, the first user is provided with a game map different from the game map in which the first user is located among the plurality of game maps, and the number of game pads removed by the team members. It includes a game server for determining the game ranking based on.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

First, an online game system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an online game system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the game server shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, an online game system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a web server 110, a channel list server 120, a database 130, and at least one game server 140. It is connected to a plurality of user terminals 300 through the communication network 200.

The user terminal 300 refers to an input / output device for the user to communicate with the game system 100 in order to play a game. For example, the user terminal 300 may be a laptop computer, a workstation, a palmtop computer, a personal portable device as well as a desktop computer. It may be implemented as a device capable of transmitting and receiving information by connecting to the network 200 by wire or wirelessly, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a web pad, a mobile communication terminal, or the like.

The user terminal 300 may include a web browser (not shown), a game client launching unit (not shown), and a game client (not shown).

The web browser is an application program used to retrieve web information. The web browser accesses the web server 110 and displays a game page provided by the web server 110 on the user terminal 300. When the user clicks the game start button displayed on the game page, the web browser launches the game client launching unit.

The game client launching unit executes the game client and may be implemented as an active X component. The game client launching unit receives various pieces of information necessary to execute the game client from the online game system 100. Also, when the game client is an old version, the game client launching unit may download a new version of the game client from the online game system 100.

The game client connects to the channel list server 120 to display the channel list provided by the channel list server 120, and when the user selects an arbitrary channel from the channel list, the game client connects to the game server 140 corresponding to the selected channel. Do your game. The game client receives data necessary for game play from the game server 140 and displays a game screen based on the game screen on the user terminal 300.

On the other hand, when the web server 110 displays a stadium consisting of a plurality of channels on the user terminal 300, when the user selects one stadium, the game client may access a random channel accessible from the selected stadium and perform a game. have. In this case, the game client omits the display of the channel list.

The communication network 200 may include a telephone network as well as a data communication network including a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, and the like. It can be used, and it does not matter wired and wireless, and it does not matter which communication method is used.

The web server 110 provides a game related web page to the user terminal 300 to provide an online game to the user. In the web page provided by the web server 110, an operation such as membership registration, user authentication processing, stadium selection, and game start may be performed. After the user authenticates the user, the channel list server 120 and the game server 140 may be accessed. In addition, the web server 110 provides information necessary for the game client to access the channel list server 120 and the game server 140, and if the game client is not installed in the user terminal 300, the game client is installed. If the game client is an old version, the game client is updated to the new version. Of course, the game client may be downloaded by a dedicated download server (not shown) rather than the web server 110.

The database 130 stores various kinds of information necessary for providing an online game to a user, and at the request of the web server 110, the channel list server 120, and the game server 140, the databases 110, 120, and 140 are stored. Provide this information. Such information includes game client execution related information, channel related information, game room related information, user information, and game information.

The game client execution related information includes information necessary for executing the game client, such as the version of the game, the IP protocol (internet protocol address) of the game server 140, and the like. The channel related information includes a channel list, the maximum number of users who can access each channel, the number of users currently connected, and which user is currently connected to each channel. The game room related information includes a list of game rooms opened for each channel and information about which user enters each game room. The user information includes information about a user identifier, an alias, an avatar, an age, a gender, a rating, a record, etc., and user access information on which game server 140 the user is currently connected to. The game information includes information about the game hand removal rule.

Although only one database 130 is shown in FIG. 1, a separate database may be constructed according to the stored information.

The channel list server 120 provides the game channel list to the game client by referring to the database 130 according to the playing field or the channel change request according to the game service request received from the game client. In addition, the channel list server 120 may provide the game client with the number of users connected by each channel and the maximum number of accessible users by each channel.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game server 140 includes a channel management module 142, an information transmission module 144, and a game progress module 146. The game server 140 may communicate with a game client so that users may play online games. do.

The channel management module 142 notifies the database 130 when the user accesses the game server 140 so that the database 130 updates the user access information. The game server 140 refers to the database 130. The list of game rooms established at and the current state of each game room, ie the user is in the process of playing a game (marked "in game"), waiting for another user to join (marked as "waiting"), or empty (" Information about "creating" to the game client. The game room refers to a cyber space where an online game is independently performed, and one game channel corresponding to one game server 140 includes a plurality of game rooms. The user may create a game room or participate in the game room. Accordingly, the channel management module 142 reflects the information about the game room in the database 130.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the channel server module 142 is described as being included in the game server 140, but the channel server module 142 and the channel list server 120 of each game server 140 are collected to form one channel server. It may be implemented by (not shown).

When the game client accesses the game server 140, the information transmission module 144 provides the game client with information about a user who is connected to the game channel. Some of the user information, for example, a user identifier, an avatar, a gender, and a grade may be provided first, and the remaining detailed information may be provided when a user requests it separately. In addition, the information transmission module 144 may provide chat data to the game client so that users can chat with each other.

The game progress module 146 transmits a predetermined game map to the user terminal 300 when a user enters a game room and requests to start a game, and exchanges data with a game client based on a user's manipulation. Proceed to the game. When the game ends, the user who participated in the game is rewarded according to the game's winning or ranking, and based on this, the user information of each user stored in the database 130 is updated.

Although the game server 140 has been described as including three modules 142, 144, and 146 in the present embodiment, the three modules may be functionally integrated or separated from each other. It may consist of one or more modules instead of two.

3 to 8 will be described in detail with respect to the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user accesses the online game system 100 through the user terminal 300 to execute a game (S210). The online game system 100 then provides a plurality of game rooms to the user (S220), and the user participates in the game room (S230). The user may join a game room created by another user, and if the game is in progress in the game room where the user participates, the user may wait until the game ends or play a practice game. In addition, the user can directly create a game room to wait for the participation of other users. The user who creates the game room becomes the owner.

The owner has the authority to select a game mode such as the maximum number of games and a game map that can participate in the game room, and the user who participates in the game room can select individual or team fights (including which teams belong to which team) (S230). . Of course, the owner may select one of the game mode of the game room between the individual and the team game, and the other user may view the game method of the opened game room and participate in the game room of their choice.

The maximum number of players may be two, four or six. If the maximum number of players is determined to be two, a game can be performed when a user other than the owner participates in the game room. If the maximum number of players is determined to be four or six, at least one user, except for the owner, may start the game. When the user who participated in the game room including the owner reaches the maximum number of games, the user is no longer allowed to participate. Of course, you can increase the maximum number of games as needed.

The owner may select a specific game map or select a random map set (eg, an entire map, a new map, an easy map, a difficult map) divided according to a predetermined classification.

One game map includes a plurality of game cards. The game hand can be divided into a normal hand, a disturbing hand, and an item hand according to its characteristics. Normal cards are game cards that can be removed at the user's option. Each regular plaque has a variety of shapes, which are paired and have the same shape. The obstruction hand is a game hand that cannot be selected by the user and prevents the normal hand from being removed from the game map. An item card is a general card having a specific shape, and a user who removes an item card can use an item having a predetermined function during game play. It is optional whether to include the disturbing hand and the item hand in the specific game map.

Game cards are distributed in the game map so that the game map has various shapes according to its name. The place where the entire game hand is placed in a game map is constant, but the individual game hand placed in each place can be arbitrarily determined. The game hand may consist of a single layer to form a game map, or the game hand may consist of a plurality of layers to form a game map.

Items that can be obtained by the user by removing the item plaque include a freezing item, a bomb item, a joker item, and the like. A freezing item is an item that deactivates a game hand of a certain area for a predetermined time so that a game opponent cannot select the game hand, and a bomb item does not identify a game hand of a predetermined area for a predetermined time so that the game opponent can An item that makes it impossible to select a game card in a zone. A joker item is an item in which a game hand having the same shape is automatically selected and removed when a user who uses the game selects a game hand. The joker item can remove a pair of game hands regardless of the game hand removal rule. The user may be given a mission such as deleting a specific game hand other than the item hand while playing the game. If the user accomplishes the mission, the user may obtain a joker item.

If there are 4 or 6 users in a game room, team matches may be selected. In the case of 4 players, the game can be divided into 2: 2 teams, and in the case of 6 people, the game can be divided into 2: 2: 2 or 3: 3 teams. For convenience, each team may be called Team A, Team B, or Team C (if 2: 2: 2). Of course, it can be implemented so that more users can participate and compete in teams, in which case it is necessary to have a maximum number of games of eight or more.

According to an online game method according to another embodiment of the present invention, a user may select one of a competitive mode and a non-competitive mode as a game mode to perform a game. However, the selection of the non-competition mode and the competition mode is not essential, and the game may proceed in the non-competition mode by default.

The game screens of each user participating in the game room in the non-competitive mode are independent of each other. The user may remove his or her own game card regardless of the game card removed by the game opponent. That is, the same game map is displayed on each user's game screen individually, and even if the game hand is removed according to each user's operation, the game hand of his or her game map is controlled only by his own operation without affecting the game map of other users. Removed. In this mode, the winner is the first player to remove all of the game cards except the interrupting hand.

In contrast, in the competitive mode, the game screen of each user participating in the game room is substantially the same. That is, the game hand that is selected and removed by the user disappears from the game screen of the opponent as well as the user's game screen, and the game hand that the game opponent selects and removes disappears from the own game screen. Therefore, the game hand that the opponent has removed first can no longer be removed. In this mode, the player with the most cards lost is the winner. Especially in the competitive mode, playing a game using the item hand can cause more fun. However, such a competition mode can be selected only when the competitive game is a solo game.

4 is a view showing an example of the game room initial screen of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a character and user information of a user who performs a game by viewing a game screen is displayed at the bottom left of the screen, and a character and user information of another user who performs a game together are displayed on the right side of the screen. Each user who participates in the game room to play the game is given game player numbers 1P to 6P.

In FIG. 4, 6 users participated in the game room and are selected in a 2: 2-2 team game. In team matches, the same teammates are displayed in the same color and are easy to distinguish. In the case of individual exhibitions, all users are displayed in the same color. In the lower right center of the screen, there are buttons to select the shape of the game hand. The individual selection button ("Individual") and the team selection button for team match ("A", "B", "C") are displayed. have. A menu for selecting a map is displayed at the center of the screen, where the selected map is "all random".

Referring back to FIG. 3, when the master requests a game start by pressing a game start button (S250), the online game system 100 transmits data corresponding to the selected map to each user terminal 300 to provide a game map. (S260), each user proceeds with the game.

Each user sequentially selects and removes a game hand (S270). The selection of the game hand is made by a user's mouse click or keyboard operation. The game hand may be selected by changing the color of the selected game hand or by marking the selected game hand separately. If a pair of game cards selected in succession meets a predetermined game card removal rule, the pair of game cards are removed from the game map. If not, however, it is not eliminated, and the second game card selected from the pair of game cards and the game card selected thereafter become a pair of game cards again to determine whether the game card elimination rules are satisfied. After a pair of game cards is removed, the user can remove all game cards by repeating the process of selecting and removing a new game card again.

Next, the game card removal rule will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game hand removal rule of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a pair of game cards must have the same shape in order for the selected pair of game cards to be removed. In addition, there must be a path where a pair of game cards can be connected to each other avoiding other game cards, and a straight line connecting the paths must be bent two times or less. The straight lines connecting the game cards stretch horizontally or vertically. This game hand removal rule may be applied to a game map in which the game hand is faulty.

Referring to Figure 5, a pair of game cards are not connected to the game line of ① connected in a straight line without breaking once, the game card of ② connected by a straight line folded once, the game card of ③ connected by a double folded line is the The game hand of ④, which can be removed by selection, but must be connected by three straight lines, is not removed even if it is selected by the user. If a pair of game cards with the same shape are attached up or down or left or right, they are treated the same as the game card in ①.

Another rule to remove cards is that a pair of game cards must have the same shape in order to remove the selected game card, at least one of the left and right sides of each game card must not be blocked by the other game card, and The hand must not be placed. Game cards with different game cards on either side or on top of them are not selected despite mouse clicks and keyboard operations. The game card removal rule may be applied not only to the case where the game hand consists of a single layer but also to a game map composed of a plurality of layers.

Of course, in addition to the two rules illustrated, the rules for removing the game hand may be variously set in other ways.

These game card removal rules may be stored in the database 130, and may also be stored in the game client of the user terminal 300 for quickness of operation and whether or not the game client removes a game card selected according to the game card removal rule. You can judge.

A case in which the match method is a team match will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6E.

6a to 6e are diagrams showing an example of the team game progress screen of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6A and 6B are game screens of a 2: 2 team match, FIG. 6C is a game screen of a 2: 2 team match, and FIGS. 6D and 6E are game screens of a 3: 3 team match.

In a team match, the game map selected by the owner is provided to each user who participates in the game individually, and the game maps of the same team member can move away from each other as the team members move with each other. If there are two team members, the team will have two game maps. If there are three team members, the team will have three game maps. The first team to remove all game cards in all game maps given to the same team wins.

Whether the game map selected by the owner is a specific game map or a random game map, all the users who participated in the team play the game with the same game map. However, even if the game map is the same, each game hand may be placed in a different place.

6A to 6E, a game map is displayed at a wide center of a game screen, and a game information window is displayed at the top of the game screen. The game information window includes the remaining hand information window, the team member location information window, the map move button, and the rank information window, which are arranged in order from the left.

The remaining card information window informs you of the number of game cards remaining in the game map where you are currently playing the game.

The team member location information window is provided with two team members (see FIGS. 6A-6C) and three team members with three (see FIGS. 6D and 6E), each of which has an online game system 100 Corresponds to the game map received from The first info window corresponds to the game map received by the user, and the second and third info windows correspond to the game map received by the same team member. The team member location information window tells you which map the same team member is on, including you. Mini avatars are displayed in each window for this purpose. The user's own mini avatar is marked with "me" to identify his or her location. 1P to 6P displayed in the team member location information window indicate the game player number of the team member who received the game map when starting the game.

The map move button is a button for moving to another game map given to the same team from the game map where the player is located. Clicking on the map navigation button with the mouse or pressing the function key F3 on the keyboard, for example, moves to the next map. When you press the Move Map button, you will move from the first map to the second map, from the second map to the first map if you have two game maps, and from the first map to the second map if you have three game maps. , From the second map to the third map, and from the third map to the first map. On the other hand, if you click the team member location information window corresponding to the game map that you want to move, you can go directly to the game map.

When you press the Move Map button, the next game map you want to move is displayed on your game screen instead of the game map you were playing, and your mini avatar is moved from the team member location information window to the corresponding window. Is displayed. The moved game map is displayed on your game screen as it is. In other words, if the game card was already removed from the game map before moving to the game map, the game card is removed and displayed on the screen of the game.

You can move to another game map without removing all of the game cards from the game map you're playing, and if you remove all the game cards from one game map, you can go to "Help our team" or "Help other maps." "Button is large in the center of the game screen, making it easy to navigate to other game maps. Alternatively, if you remove all the game cards from one game map, you can have the game cards automatically move to the remaining game map.

Referring to the team member location information window of FIGS. 6A and 6B, in FIG. 6A, the user and the team member are respectively located in two game maps, and in FIG. 6B, the user and the team member are located in the same game map, and the team member has their own game. You can see that you are playing the game by going to the map. Similarly, referring to the team member location information window of FIGS. 6D and 6E, in FIG. 6D, oneself and two team members are located in three game maps, one for each person. In FIG. 6E, the first game map includes one and one person. There are team members, another team member on the second game map, and of course nobody on the third game map.

When a user and a team member play a game together in one game map, the game hand displayed on their game screen and the game hand displayed on the game screen of the corresponding team member are substantially the same. The game cards you remove will not only disappear from your game screen, but also disappear from the game screens of the team members, and the game cards removed by your team members will disappear from your game screen. Even when three team members play a game together on one game map, the game card that one player removes disappears from the other two game screens. To this end, when the game card is selected or removed, the online game system 100 transmits the corresponding information to the corresponding team member.

Even if a game hand is selected by oneself and a team member, priority is given to the user who first selects a game hand that meets the game hand removal rule, and the game hand is removed. Therefore, when one of the pairs of game cards selected and removed and another game card are selected, the other game cards cannot be removed.

According to this team strategy, each user removes the game card from his or her game map, and the user who removes all the game cards goes to help the team members who still have the game card to remove, or they work together to remove all game cards from each game map in turn. Strategic cooperation such as going out is possible.

When you and your teammates play together in a single game map, the effects that appear when you choose your own game hand so that you and your teammates are distinguished from each other Different effects. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6B, the game hand removed by the player and the game hand removed by the team member are also different from each other. Game cards that are selected and removed can be expressed brightly and clearly, and game cards that are selected and removed by the same team member can be represented relatively dark.

In the game map where all game cards are removed, the player cannot move even when the map move button is pressed, and the team member location window corresponding to the game map can be deactivated.

The rank information window displays your current rank among all users who play the game. The current rank is determined by the number of game cards currently removed by each user, and the user who removes the most game cards is ranked first.

The bottom of the game screen is provided with a chat window to display the chat content with other users or to display information such as entry / exit of the user.

On the other hand, if the competitive method is a solo game, the game can be played in the non-competitive mode or the competitive mode described above. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a personal game progress screen of the online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, the game information window at the top of the game screen is displayed slightly differently than in the case of a team match, and may represent the number of game cards that can be currently removed instead of the team member location information window. It can be seen that the colors representing the user information are all the same, so that the individual exhibitions are held.

If each user removes a predetermined number of game hands within a predetermined time while the game is in progress, a combo event can be given. Combo events have a similar effect to the joker items described above, for example, if the user removes 5 pairs of games within 5 seconds, the mouse pointer is transformed into a specific shape (for example, a magic wand), and then the user If you select one game card that you want to delete, as long as it has the same shape, any game card is automatically selected to be removed along with the selected game card regardless of the game card removal rule. Also, remove 5 pairs of game cards within 5 seconds to receive one of these magic wands. At the same time, remove 10 pairs of game cards within a total of 7 seconds. Can be removed. Here, the time and number can be set arbitrarily, and the effects of the combo event can also be set differently. These combo events can be applied equally even if you remove the game hand while moving the game map.

Meanwhile, the user may be given a hint and a shuffle item. The number of hints and shuffle items may be determined according to the difficulty of the game map, but may be arbitrarily determined. When you press the hint button on the bottom right of the game screen, press the function key (F1) on the keyboard, or press the right button of the mouse, a pair of game cards that can be removed are displayed on the game screen. If you press the function key (F2) or the wheel button of the mouse, the game hand is rearranged and displayed in place of the current game hand. If the user does not find a game hand having the same shape during the game, the game can be easily solved by using a hint and a shuffle item. The number of hints and shuffles given to the user is displayed at the bottom right of the game screen, and the number of items decreases as it is used.

In team fights, hints and shuffling items can be used equally even if the user moves the game map. Shuffle items affect all team members on the same game map, but hint items only affect team members who use them. Therefore, shuffle items need to be used so that the same team member does not get confused when multiple team members play a game together on the same game map.

Referring again to FIG. 3, when each user selects and removes a game card through his or her user terminal 300 and performs a game, the online game system 100 records the corresponding data and plays the game for each user or team unit. Count the number of cards removed. The online game system 100 determines whether a predetermined game time has elapsed and determines whether all game cards in the game map have been removed (S280). If it is determined that the predetermined game time has not elapsed and all the game hands have not been removed, the user continues to select the game hand. If the predetermined game time has elapsed or all the game hands have been removed before then, the game is decided (S290). (S295).

6A to 7, pillars having a head shape on the left side of the game screen display the remaining time and the game hand removal rate. As time passes after the game starts, the blue pillars become shorter, and when a predetermined game time elapses, the blue pillars shorten to the bottom and the game ends. On the other hand, based on the number of game cards removed by each user or each team, the game card removal rate of each user or each team is displayed on the column. The more cards you remove, the higher the removal rate, and a sign indicating that user or team climbs up the column. If all the cards are removed, the cover reaches the top of the column and the game ends. These signs can also identify the current ranking of each user or each team.

The winner of the game is the user or team who first removes all game cards in the game map within a given game time. The games are ranked in the order in which the least hand is lost. According to the ranking of the game, it is possible to give each user a differential to raise the game level. In order to activate the team match, in the case of team match, the reward according to the game result may be added compared to the individual match. However, for the fairness of the game, the team match reward may be less than that of the individual match. In addition, in the case of team match, the user who removes the most game losses can be given the highest score bonus regardless of whether the team wins or loses. By giving these bonus slots, you can make the user more immersed in the game, especially if you remove the most game losses compared to other users, but even if the team loses due to the same team member, you can get the proper reward. .

On the other hand, if neither user nor any team removes all of the game hands within a predetermined game time, the game ranking may be determined according to the number of game hands removed. It can be less.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game result screen of an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, it is a screen in which the team A belonging to the user whose ID is "anycall385" wins as a result screen of the 2: 2 team game. The ranking is displayed for each team, and the ID of each user, the number of remaining game cards for each team, and the number of game cards removed by each user are displayed, and the current slots for each user and the slots granted for the game are displayed. Team A, with the ID "anycall624", is marked with the highest score bonus by removing the most 126 members.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. This medium records a program for executing the online game method described above. The media may include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. Examples of such media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CDs and DVDs, floppy disks and program commands such as magnetic-optical media, ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices configured to store and perform such operations. Alternatively, the medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Computer device 900 includes one or more processors 910 coupled with a main memory device including random access memory (RAM) 920 and read only memory (ROM) 930. The processor 910 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 930 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 920 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 920 and ROM 930 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 940 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 910 to provide additional data storage capability, and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 940 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is a secondary memory device such as a hard disk which is generally slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 960 may be used. The processor 910 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. 950. Finally, the processor 910 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 970. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to the present invention, each team member receives a game map and removes a game hand, but moves to a game map of the same team member and removes a game hand, and the game is removed according to the number of game cards removed from the game map of the same team. Introducing a new team-based approach to ranking can generate new interest and interest in users.

In addition, since all team members can play the game by moving the entire game map of the team, you can feel the bond of one team, and if you remove the game hand of the whole game map, you can win the game. .

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Providing each of a plurality of game maps to a plurality of team members including first and second team members, Removing the game hand based on a predetermined game hand removal rule according to selecting a game hand included in the game map; Providing to the first team member a game map different from the game map in which the first team member is located among the plurality of game maps according to a map movement request from the first team member; and Determining a game ranking based on the number of game hands removed by the plurality of team members Online game method that includes. In claim 1, When the first team member and the second team member play a game together in any one of the game maps, when the first team member selects or removes the game hand, the game hand is displayed on the game screen of the second team member. Online game method selected or removed. In claim 1, And the effect expressed when the game hand is selected or removed by the first team member and when the game hand is selected or removed by the second team member is different. In claim 1, Providing a team member location information window displaying a game map in which the plurality of team members are currently located; And when the first team member moves in the plurality of game maps, a mark indicating the first team member moves in the team member location information window. In claim 1, An online game method in which a pair of game cards selected in succession have the same shape, there is a path that can be connected to each other by avoiding other game cards, and the selected pair of game cards is removed if the straight line connecting the paths is bent two times or less. . In claim 1, Online game method for giving the highest score bonus to the user who removed the most of the game hand regardless of the team ranking. A computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 6. A web server for providing web pages of online games and processing user authentication in response to requests from first and second users, and A plurality of game maps are provided to a plurality of team members including the first and second users, respectively, and a predetermined game hand removal rule is generated as the first and second users select a game hand included in the game map. Remove the game card based on the request, and provide the first user with a game map different from the game map in which the first user is located among the plurality of game maps according to a map movement request from the first user. Game server that determines the game ranking based on the number of game cards removed by multiple team members Online game system that includes. In claim 8, When the first user and the second user play a game together in any one of the game maps, when the first user selects or removes the game hand, the game hand appears on the game screen of the second user. Online game system to be selected or removed. In claim 8, And an effect expressed when the game hand is selected or removed by the first user and when the game hand is selected or removed by the second user is different. In claim 8, The game server provides a team member location information window that displays a game map in which the plurality of team members are currently located, and displays a mark indicating the first team member when the first user moves in the plurality of game maps. Online game system to move from the information window. In claim 8, The game server selects a pair of game cards selected in succession if a pair of game cards selected in succession have the same shape and there is a path that can be connected to each other to avoid other game cards, and the straight line connecting the paths is bent two times or less. Removing the online game system. In claim 8, The game server is an online game system that grants the highest score bonus regardless of the ranking of the team to the user who removed the most of the game hand.

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