KR20180137546A - Game devices, game products and programs - Google Patents

Abstract

And provides a suitable game experience to the user. The game device acquires the article information from the article in each of the first step and the second step, and presents at least a part of the game element corresponding to the acquired article information. Executes a game based on the acquired article information, and creates a new article based on the article information. At this time, the new article is created based on the article information acquired in the second step.

Description

Game devices, game products and programs

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device, a game product, and a program, and more particularly, to a game device that provides game play based on information acquired from an article.

There is a game device that acquires information given to an article such as a card or a toy or the like and provides a game experience related to the game in which a character or an item corresponding to the article is displayed to the user. Among such game devices, there is a case in which a character or an item appearing in accordance with the content of the game is changed, and a new article to which the corresponding information is given is discharged so that a game in which the character or item after the change is played can be played .

In the game device of Patent Document 1, in order to enable the character after the change in the next game play, a card on which a two-dimensional code capable of obtaining parameters (characteristic data) after change is printed is output to the printer.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-065936

However, in the game device in which the character used in the above-mentioned game is registered before the user's play, the upper limit with the number of characters that can be registered (for example, to provide a game experience at a suitable level of difficulty) Is set. Therefore, in a mode in which a character appearing in a game is output as a new card in a state after a change, like a game device of Patent Document 1, a user needs to use a card of a character who wants a state change for registration.

On the other hand, a character desired to appear in a game by a user and a character desiring a state change do not necessarily coincide with each other. In such a case, there is a possibility that a suitable game experience may not be provided. For example, when the user's favorite character is in a state in which the state change does not occur any more than this, the user can use the character in game play, and at the same time, . Therefore, the user has to prioritize whether to use a favorite character or increase the number of characters in which a state change may occur.

Particularly, in the game contents providing the amusement element relating to the interpersonal competition, not only the number of characters that can be registered but also a predetermined cost for each character The higher the value is, the higher the value is). In such a game content, registration of a favorite character may make it impossible to register another character who desires a state change, and thus the degree of freedom of the user's game play can be reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a game device, a game article, and a program that provide a suitable game experience to a user.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a game device of the present invention includes acquisition means for acquiring article information from an article in each of a first stage and a second stage, a game element And a generating means for generating a new article based on the acquired article information, wherein the generating means generates a new article based on the acquired article information in the second step And creates a new article based on the acquired article information.

With this configuration, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide a suitable game experience to the user.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a play providing process executed in the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating registration processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart exemplifying a generation process according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a view showing an example of screen configuration relating to character registration according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration example in a search sequence and a competition sequence according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of various types of information used in the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Embodiment Mode]

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. An embodiment to be described below is an example in which the present invention is applied to a game device capable of providing play of a game based on information acquired from an article as an example of the game device. However, the present invention is applicable to any device capable of executing a game based on information obtained from an article.

In the present embodiment, the article discharged by the game apparatus is described as a card, but the article is not limited to the card if the article information described later is obtainable. In order for a device capable of generating stereoscopic objects, such as a so-called 3D printer, to be connected to a game device, the article may be a sculpture such as a figure or a figure relating to an item, and the article information may be a recording medium inside the sculpture, It can be obtained from a part of the appearance such as a seal or a factor given to the molding. The article may be any item such as a toy or a seal, as well as a figure. In the present embodiment, the article information is given to the card in the form of being converted into a one-dimensional or multidimensional pattern (code) by applying a predetermined conversion operation and printed on the card surface. The code image of the card is read by a reader, which will be described later, so that the article information can be acquired. However, the mode in which the article information is given to the card is not limited to the information given to the card as such visible information, but may be given by printing with the invisible ink or recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in the card , Or may be held as data, or the like.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that a game element that can be made to appear by using a card in a game executed by the game apparatus is a character, and a design (character image) of a character corresponding to the card is given. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and a card for specifying a game element of a game to be executed is not limited to being capable of specifying a character related to the game, It goes without saying that the element may be specified.

The " game device 100 "

Here, the functional configuration of the game device 100 will be described using the block diagram of Fig.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block included in the game device 100. [ More specifically, the control unit 101 reads the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, for example, and develops the program in the memory 103 to execute the operation of each block.

The recording medium 102 is a recording device capable of maintaining data permanently such as a nonvolatile memory or an HDD. The recording medium 102 stores information such as parameters required in the operation of each block and various graphic data used in the game executed by the game apparatus 100 in addition to the operation program of each block of the game apparatus 100 . The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area of an operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

The payment detecting section 104 detects that the payment has been made in the game device 100. The payment of the consideration may be made, for example, by judging whether a coin of a predetermined amount or a coin equivalent to the input of the coin is input, or a completion of a settlement process based on communication with the chip relating to the predetermined electronic money do. Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as initiating the provision of the service accompanied by the discharge of the card to the user based on the payment of the prize, payment of the prize is not an indispensable requirement, The provision of the service may be started based on this.

The acquisition unit 105 acquires, as the article information, the information of the character used in the game when the game provided by the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is played. The article information is acquired from a card as a game article through the reader 120 detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100. [ At this time, predetermined data conversion processing or the like may be performed in order to convert the article information acquired from the card into a format suitable for use in processing relating to a game. The reader 120 detects that a card is loaded in a predetermined position, and recognizes the article or acquires information from the article, for example, by using an image pickup apparatus and a predetermined image processing.

The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each of characters predetermined in the game. However, in the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, since the handling of the character differs according to the game sequence in which the character appears, the character information is a character sequence of a plurality of sequences And includes different information referenced in each process.

The presentation control unit 107 is responsible for controlling presentation of various information to the user in the game device 100. [ The game device 100 according to the present embodiment has a display unit 130 for displaying an image (a game screen, a menu screen, and the like) as a means for presenting various information to a user, and an audio output unit 140 for performing audio output However, it is needless to say that the means of information presentation is not limited to these, and can be replaced or added.

The presentation control unit 107 includes, for example, a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs a predetermined rendering process when generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 130. [ More specifically, the presentation control unit 107 performs appropriate computation (e.g., an arithmetic operation) with respect to a drawing object required based on a process or a command performed by the control unit 101 while the game apparatus 100 is in operation (during game play or in a standby state) Processing is performed, and a screen is drawn. The generated screen is output to the display unit 130 which is a display device detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100 and is displayed in a predetermined display area to be presented to the user do.

The presentation control unit 107 includes a circuit for outputting / amplifying a sound signal such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs a predetermined process when generating a sound to be output from the sound output unit 140. [ Specifically, the presentation control section 107 determines audio data to be simultaneously output based on audio data recorded on the recording medium 102 in advance, converts the audio data into an electrical audio signal (D / A conversion And outputs it to the audio output unit 140, thereby performing audio output. The sound output unit 140 may be a predetermined speaker or the like, and outputs a sound wave based on the input sound signal.

The print control unit 108, when the generation instruction of the card is made, prints the print data of the printout card including the code image corresponding to the article information included in the card and other images forming the print face of the card . When generating the print data, the print control unit 108 sends the print data together with the print command to the printing unit 150, instructs the printing unit 150 to print the corresponding card, and discharges it. The printing unit 150 is a printing apparatus such as a printer configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the printing control unit 108 that is detachably connected to the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100 . Upon receiving the print data relating to the card and the print command relating to the data from the print control unit 108, the printing unit 150 performs a print operation of the print data. When the printing unit 150 is embedded in the same housing as the game apparatus 100, the card ejected by printing may be provided to the user by being guided to an unillustrated outlet accessible from the outside of the game apparatus 100 . That is, the card ejected from the game apparatus 100 is printed on a predetermined photo paper in a state in which no printing has been performed in response to the print data being transmitted to the printing unit 150, Called on-demand printing card in which the entire described items are formed.

The operation input unit 109 is a user interface of the game apparatus 100, such as a direction input operation member, a crystal input operation member, various sensors, and the like. The operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the first control unit 101 when detecting that the operation input to the operation member has been made. Although the game device 100 is described as having a variety of interfaces as physical operating members in the present embodiment, the game device 100 includes a touch input detection sensor or the like for detecting a touch input on the screen of the display unit 130 .

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 100. [ The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a communication medium such as the Internet or the like, such as the Internet, or a cable, regardless of whether it is wired or wireless, and can transmit and receive data. The communication unit 110 converts, for example, information input as a transmission object into data of a predetermined format and transmits the data to an external device such as a server through a network. When receiving information from an external device via the network, for example, the communication unit 110 decodes the information and stores the information in the memory 103. [ The game device 100 according to the present embodiment is configured to be capable of receiving program data obtained by packaging a game processing program from an external device through the communication unit 110. [ When the program data is received together with the program update request by the communication unit 110, the control unit 101 receives a program of a process relating to the game stored in the current recording medium 102 in accordance with the update request, And can be updated using program data. In addition, the update process of the program of the process relating to the game may be executed automatically when the program data recorded on the recording medium is inserted into an optical drive or the like (not shown) of the game apparatus, It can also be executed by issuing a start command.

"Game overview"

Here, an outline of a game executed in the game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

The game device 100 of the present embodiment provides a series of games composed of a plurality of game sequences each providing a different play element in at least one game mode. In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplification, a series of games includes a search sequence for moving a character (a main character) that is the user's essay in a predetermined game field to experience various events, and a specific sequence As a result of the event, two game sequences of a competition sequence in which a competition game is executed between a predetermined character group and a character group to be manipulated by the user.

<Search sequence>

In the search sequence, the user can move the hero character to a desired place in a predetermined game field by performing an operation input, or make the main character perform a predetermined operation. In the game field, for example, an object (a prosody, a character, or the like) that triggers an event is arranged or set, and a result of movement or operation of the main character, contact with the object, The event occurs in this case. The event may include, for example, acquisition of an item, conversation with a non-player character (NPC), etc., in addition to generating the competition game described above.

In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user can accompany the character (search character) registered using the card to the action in the game field of the main character. Each of the characters has a character-specific effect as an example of the first related information relating to the present invention, which affects the progress of the game in the search sequence. As described later, in the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the game of the search sequence does not affect the discharge of the card in the game, and the play experience using the desired character To the user. Therefore, in order to provide an equal play experience to the user irrespective of the number of plays, the effect (map skill) generated by the use of the search character is not limited to the growth state of the character corresponding to the card used for registration, It is assumed that each character is fixedly determined without depending on the content of the play. Thus, the user can obtain different play experiences in the game of the search sequence by designating different search characters as the accompanying characters. The effect of the search sequence on the game progression may include, for example, the occurrence of a special event unique to the search character (appearance of a specific character in a field of a character or release of a specific action), or a predetermined kind of normal event The frequency of occurrences of the game in the game, the change in the game time, the change in the weather in the game, or the change of the game field may be grasped by the user through game play. Alternatively, it may be possible for the user to grasp the event by presenting an event which is more likely to occur than the normal gameplay (gameplay not accompanied by the search character) in the current gameplay by a change in the internal variable such as a probability.

In the game executed by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in order to provide a search experience for a search sequence and a competition sequence for one game play, for example, when the play time of the search sequence exceeds a predetermined time , It is assumed that the game progress is controlled so as to shift to the competition sequence forcibly. That is, in the game device 100, the provision of the competition game related to the competition sequence is performed following the search sequence, irrespective of the content of the user's play on the search sequence.

<Battle Sequence>

In the competition sequence, the user can play a competition game against the opponent character group (or opponent character) determined as a result of the search sequence by performing an operation input. The relative character group may be determined from a character placed in the game field according to a user's action in the search sequence, or may be determined by a lottery process when the occurrence of an event related to the competition game is confirmed.

In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in the competition sequence, the user registers the character group registered by using the card in a competition game with the opponent character group, Character) can be used as. In the competition sequence, each of the battle characters reflects the growth state determined by the article information of the card used for registration as an example of the second related information related to the present invention, which may affect the progress (or win or loss) Various parameters are set. The growth state of the battle character is changed according to the content of the battle game, and the generation instruction of the battle character after the battle character is made, so that the user can obtain the card corresponding to the character after the growth.

Therefore, in the series of games provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user can set the search character appearing in the search sequence and the battle character group appearing in the competition sequence in each game play, The card is used for registration. The registration of the character based on the card is performed for each of the sequences. Basically, the character registered as the search character appears only in the search sequence, and the character registered as the battle character appears only in the competition sequence.

In addition, as described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, a character to be a new card discharge object appears in a competition sequence among characters registered as a game in which a user appears in a series of games with respect to one game play (And its opponent character depending on the result of the competition game), and does not include characters appearing in the search sequence. In this way, the user can perform character play by performing character registration by separating a character desired to appear in the game from a character desiring to change the status.

&Quot; Configuration of character information &quot;

As described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to register characters having different purposes by using a card in one game play. However, instead of separating the cards available for the game for each sequence, The character information managed for one character in the character DB 106 includes information referenced in each of the search sequence and the competitive sequence so that the card can be used for both sequences.

The character information managed for one character may be, for example, one having a data structure as shown in FIG. 7A. In the example shown in Fig. 7A, the character information managed as one record on the character DB 106 for one character is related to the character ID 701 for uniquely specifying the character in the game, Presentation information 702 indicating a character image or voice data to be presented at the time of registration of the character or when the character appears in the game, a companion effect 703 for determining the effect to be generated in the search sequence, An initial value of a capability parameter inherent to a character such as a physical strength, an attack power, a confident skill, a skill, etc. (reference value: a state of level 1, for example) for specifying various parameters of a character, A basic parameter 704 indicating a value of various parameters in the basic parameter 704), and a growth (level, number of plays, Play content), and growth-time change information 705 indicating a skill, a skill, and the like that can be additionally given. The character image may be used not only for the configuration of the game screen at the time of playing the game but also for the configuration of the print data of the newly generated card.

Each of the cards that can be used in the game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured so that the character information of the character corresponding to the card and the information of the character to be referred to in each game sequence can be determined. 7 (b). &Lt; / RTI &gt; In the example of FIG. 7B, the article information is associated with the card ID 711 uniquely specifying the card, and the user name (owner name) 712 corresponding to the card, the character corresponding to the card And the rank information 714 indicating the growth state of the character corresponding to the card.

In the present embodiment, the rank information is simply referred to as a character level (a value indicating a growth step) in the game, and based on the basic parameter 704 and the growth time change information 705 And various parameters in the competition game according to the growth state of the character can be specified. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a step in a game showing a rise (growth) from a reference value is set for various parameters such as physical strength, attack power, skill, skills, etc., and rank information 714 is information , Character information and article information may be configured in various modes.

"Provide Play Processing"

In the game device 100 of this embodiment having such a configuration, a specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of Fig. 2 for the play providing process executed for one game play. The processing corresponding to the flow chart can be realized by the control section 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, and expanding it in the memory 103 and executing it. The present play providing process will be described as being started when, for example, the payment detecting unit 104 detects that the game play has been charged for one game play. During the execution of the play providing process, unless otherwise stated, the presentation control unit 107 generates a screen corresponding to the progress and displays it on the display unit 130 on the display unit 130, based on the processing and the command performed by the control unit 101 And audio output from the audio output unit 140 based on the corresponding audio data.

In S201, the control unit 101 executes a registration process for registering a character to appear in each game sequence for the current game play. The registration process is carried out by the user selecting the character to be read by the reader 120 (to obtain the article information from the card) or the character that can appear in the game by the controller 101 by lottery processing or the like.

<Registration processing>

Here, details of the registration process executed in S201 of the play providing process will be described using the flowchart of Fig.

In step S301, the control unit 101 starts the information acquisition processing of the previous stage related to the registration of the search character, and waits for the reading of the card. More specifically, the control unit 101 causes the acquisition unit 105 and the reader 120 to operate so as to be able to acquire the article information related to the registration of the search character. At this time, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 107 generates a screen as shown in Fig. 5 (a), which indicates that the character appearing in the search sequence is in a state of waiting for the reading of the current card And displays it on the display unit 130. [ As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the screen presented with respect to the information acquisition processing of the previous stage is to urge the user to load the card into the reader 120, (501). Also, at this time, the presentation control unit 107 may cause the sound output unit 140 to perform sound output to notify that the card reading regarding the search character is being accepted.

In S302, the control section 101 determines whether or not the card (target card) has been read. The control unit 101 makes a determination of this step based on whether or not the acquisition of the article information (object article information) by the acquisition unit 105 has been performed. If the control unit 101 determines that the target card has been read, the process proceeds to S303. If the control unit 101 determines that the target card has not been read, the process proceeds to S305.

In step S303, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 713 included in the target article information, and acquires the character information about the target card from the character DB 106. [ More specifically, the control unit 101 acquires character information, which is the character ID 713 included in the target article information, of the character ID 701 of the character information managed in the character DB 106. The control unit 101 associates the card ID 711 of the target article information with the effect 703 of the accompaniment of the character information about the target card in association with the character information (search character information) referenced in the search sequence, (103), and the process proceeds to S304.

In S304, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 107 presents the registered search character on the basis of the stored search character information. The presentation may be displayed on the display unit 130 of the screen including the corresponding character image 511 shown in Fig. 5B, or may be read out as a character pronouncing voice, a character- (140).

In S305, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the registration of the search character is completed. The registration of the search character is terminated as long as it is judged based on detection of the input of the operation relating to the end of registration by the user or completion of registration of the upper limit number of search characters.

In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the user is allowed to register one search character and three combat characters at the time of game play. The reason why the number of usable characters in the competition sequence is set to a larger value than the search sequence is that as described below, the game intention in the competition sequence enabling the acquisition of a new card, This leads to an improvement in the enjoyment of the game and an improvement in the convenience of the user. Therefore, if the search character information is stored in S303, it is judged that the registration of the upper limit number of registered characters is completed in this step. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of search characters usable in the search sequence may be plural, and preferably, the number of characters usable in the competition sequence may be larger than this.

When determining that the registration of the search character is completed, the control unit 101 terminates the information acquisition processing of the previous stage, and advances the processing to S306. If the control unit 101 determines that registration of the search character has not yet been completed, the control unit 101 returns the processing to S302.

In addition, in the game provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, for example, even if the card is not owned in the first trial, The user can omit the step of registering the search character and play the game. In this case, the control section 101 acquires, for example, character information for one character determined as an initial character or one character selected based on a predetermined lottery process from the character DB 106. [ The effect 703 of the acquired character information is stored in the memory 103 as the search character information without associating the card ID, the search character is presented, the information acquisition processing of the previous stage is completed, and the processing is executed in S306 .

In S306, the control section 101 determines whether or not the search character is registered by the card. More specifically, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the search character information stored in the memory 103 is information based on reading of the card, that is, whether or not the card ID 711 is related. As described above, since it is possible to play the game in a state in which the card is not possessed, the registration process of the search character can be ended by the registration end operation of the search character. Therefore, in this step, it is possible to estimate whether or not the user owns the current card. If the controller 101 determines that the search character has been registered by the card, the process proceeds to S310, and if not, the process proceeds to S307.

In step S307, the control unit 101 performs information acquisition processing at a later stage with respect to the registration of the battle character, without taking the information reading from the card as a requirement. The control unit 101 acquires, for example, character information for three characters determined as the initial character or three characters selected on the basis of a predetermined lottery process from the character DB 106, and for example, 103 to the battle character management table managed by the battle character management table, and also presents the battle character. The character to be added in this way may be selected from a part of characters predetermined as being usable without a card. The information managed for one character in the battle character management table is associated with the character ID 721 as shown in Fig. 7 (c), for example, (For example, a logical type) card flag 724 indicating whether or not the battle character has been registered by the card, and a card use flag 724 corresponding to the card used for the registration And a card user name 725 that is a user name. When all combat characters are added to the combat character management table in this step, the basic parameter 704 of the character is assigned to the play-in parameter 722, for example. In the card use flag 724, Information (False) indicating that it is not used may be used. Further, the character ID 701 and the presentation information 702 of the character information may be substituted into the character ID 721 and the presentation information 723. The card user name 725 may be blank information in this step.

As described above, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, when it is estimated that the user does not own the current card, the game device 100 causes the user to input a registration end (skip) operation related to the information acquisition process at the later stage The information acquisition processing at the later stage is performed without requiring the user's operation. In other words, it is possible to complete the information acquiring process in the forward and backward steps without taking the troublesome operation input as a requirement for the user at the first play.

In S308, the control unit 101 accepts setting of the user name for game play for the user in the initial play. The user name can be a combination of, for example, a catagana, a predetermined number of characters, and a limited number of characters, and can be set regardless of whether or not the same user name is used by another user. The determined user name may be used as the owner name given to the card to be generated and the name of the main character in the search sequence.

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, a character registered based on a card having a user name set by the user among the characters used in the competition sequence, which will be described later, becomes a discharge target of a new card. Therefore, basically, by repeatedly using the card to which the user name set at this time is assigned, it is possible to provide a nurturing element in which the &quot; user (own) character &quot; grows. In other words, with respect to the game play of one user, the user can obtain a play experience of growing the character unique to the user by using the card to which the user name set by the user is assigned.

On the other hand, in many cases, distribution of cards (distribution cards) usable in games, for example, in sales promotions or campaigns, is performed, and the product names of such distribution cards also include a user name 712. Since the distribution card is distributed to an unspecified number of users and can be used by any user, the user name to be assigned must be unique to the distribution card. Therefore, at the time of setting the user name, the control section 101 makes the user name unique to the distribution card impossible to set. In addition, it is assumed that the control unit 101 controls so that a combination that generally becomes a prohibited word can not be set.

In step S309, the control unit 101 updates the card user name 725 of the information on each character included in the battle character management table to the set user name, and completes the registration process.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the search character has been registered by the card, the control unit 101 starts the information acquisition process at the later stage for registration of the battle character at S310, and waits for reading of the card. At this time, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 107 generates a screen as shown in Fig. 5C, which indicates that the character appearing in the competition sequence is in a state of waiting for the reading of the current card , And displays it on the display unit 130. As shown in the figure, in the screen presented with respect to the information acquisition processing in the later stage in the present embodiment, the characters that are opposed to the opponent character group in the competition game relating to the competition sequence, 120) for notifying the user of the loading of the card. Also, at this time, the presentation control unit 107 may cause the sound output unit 140 to perform sound output to notify that the card reading regarding the combat character is being accepted.

In S311, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the card (target card) has been read. The control unit 101 makes a determination of this step based on whether or not the acquisition of the article information (object article information) by the acquisition unit 105 has been performed. If the control unit 101 determines that the target card has been read, the process proceeds to S312. If the control unit 101 determines that the target card has not been read, the process proceeds to S314.

In S312, the control unit 101 refers to the character ID 713 included in the target article information, and acquires the character information about the target card from the character DB 106. [ Then, the control unit 101 adds various pieces of information about the combat character to the combat character management table based on the target article information and the character information. Since the addition of information to the table performed in this step is the registration of the battle character based on the card, the control unit 101 sets the card use flag 724 to information (True) indicating that the card is used for registration, The character ID 713 and the user name 712 of the article information are substituted into the character ID 721 and the card user name 725. [ Further, the control section 101 sets the presentation information 702 of the obtained character information as the presentation information 723. Further, regarding the playtime parameter 722, the control unit 101 changes the basic parameter 704 based on the rank change information 705 of the acquired character information on the basis of the rank information 714 of the target article information .

In S313, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 107 presents the registered combat character based on the information of the combat character added to the combat character management table. The presentation is displayed on the display section 130 of the screen including the corresponding character image 531 shown in FIG. 5 (d) and the playtime parameter 532 according to the growth state of the character, Or by voice output from the voice output unit 140 of the voice of the character, the metabolism voice specific to the character, or the theme song.

In S314, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the registration of the combat character is completed. The completion of the registration of the combat character may be judged based on the detection of the fact that the operation input relating to the registration completion by the user has been made or the registration of the combat character of the upper limit number (three characters) has been completed. If the control unit 101 determines that the registration of the combat character is completed, the control unit 101 ends the information acquisition process at the later stage, and the process proceeds to S315. If the control unit 101 determines that registration of the battle character has not yet been completed, the process returns to S311.

In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, for example, even when the number of plays is small and the number of owned cards does not occupy the upper limit, the card used for registering the search character , It is made available for registration of combat characters. In this case, the same character can appear in both the search sequence and the competition sequence.

If the number of combat characters registered at the end of the registration does not reach the upper limit, the control unit 101 determines whether the number of combat characters registered as a default character From the character DB 106, the character information about the character. Then, similarly to S307, a character may be added to the battle character management table based on the acquired character information, and the battle character may be presented.

In S315, the control unit 101 performs a process of adjusting the card user name 725 of information on each character included in the battle character management table, and completes the present registration process. The process performed in this step is different from the process in S309 in that it is assumed that the characters related to the card user name 725 of the user (play user) who plays the game game of this time exist in the three battle characters registered based on the card . Therefore, from the user name of the card user name 725 included in the battle character management table excluding the user name and blank information (the battle character registered based on the card) related to the distribution card, Specifies the user name of the user. In other words, from the information of the character included in the battle character management table, the control unit 101 determines from the information that the card use flag 724 is True and the card user name 725 is the user name of the distribution card, Specifies the user name of the user. When the user name of the play user is specified, the control unit 101 updates the card user name 725 indicating the user name and blank information of the distribution card included in the battle character management table to the play user's user name, The registration process is completed.

If there are a plurality of user names presumed to be the user names of the play users, the control section 101 may determine the user names of the play users from the plurality of user names based on a predetermined rule. In this case, since it is estimated that the play user tries to play the game with another user's card, the control unit 101 controls not to update the card user name 725 determined as the user name of another user , It can be excluded from a discharge target of a new card to be described later. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when it is determined that the battle character based on another user's card has been registered, the use of the battle character is prohibited, Or may be replaced with a character or the like selected based on a predetermined lottery process to complete the registration.

If the information about each character included in the battle character management table includes only the card user name 725 indicating the user name and blank information about the distribution card, the control unit 101, as in the case of the first play , The user name setting in S308 and the information of the battle character management table in S309 may be updated.

When the registration process (registration of the search character to appear in the search sequence and registration of the battle character to appear in the competition sequence) is completed in this manner, the control section 101 executes game processing relating to the search sequence in S202 which is a play provision process . 6A, the search character 602 (corresponding to the character 511 in Fig. 5B) registered as a companion with the main character 601 to be operated is displayed in the search sequence, for example, A presentation screen is displayed by the presentation control unit 107. In this case, At this time, the effect of the accompanying character occurring with respect to the search character may be notified also by GUI or voice in the screen. When the predetermined event in the search sequence occurs and the condition for shifting to the competition sequence is satisfied, the control unit 101 completes the game process for the search sequence, and shifts the processing to S203. At this time, the determination of the relative character group and the setting of the relative character management table (which is similar in configuration to the combat character management table) with respect to the relative character group are performed.

In S203, the control unit 101 executes game processing relating to the competition sequence. In the competition sequence, for example, as shown in Fig. 6B, the battle character group 611 and the opponent character group 612, which are the object of action, A presentation screen 107 is displayed. At this time, the playtime parameter 722 of the battle character may be reflected in the type of the extruded eyes and the behavior after the determination of the extruded eyes. In addition, since the game balance can be changed in the competition sequence, the search character is controlled so as not to appear, except when it is also registered as a combat character. That is, basically, the search character is controlled so as to appear only in the search sequence, and only when the registration using the same card is performed for the competition sequence, the same character can appear based on the battle character management table. However, It is different from what can be included in the "additional (besides three)" combat character group. When the game processing relating to the competition sequence is completed, that is, the game proceeds to a state in which the competition game of one game game is decided, the control section 101 shifts the processing to S204.

In S204, the control unit 101 generates article information (output article information) for a character that prints, creates and ejects (hereinafter, carded) a new card to the printing unit 150 in the current game play And executes generation processing.

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Here, the generation process executed in this step will be described in detail using the flowchart of Fig.

In S401, the control unit 101 determines a character (candidate character) to be a candidate for carding based on the play content of the game process related to the competition sequence. The candidate character includes at least characters related to the user name of the play user among the character groups registered as a combat character, and additionally increases or decreases based on the play contents of the competition game. For example, when the competition game is an NPC competition, the control unit 101 may determine the relative character group as a candidate character in addition to the characters included in the combat character management table. Further, for example, in the case where the competition game played in the game process is a friendly game (competition with another user), there is no need to increase or decrease the number of objects. It is needless to say that the determination of the candidate character that can be increased or decreased is not limited to this, and can be changed in the practice of the present invention. When the control unit 101 determines the information of the candidate character, it stores the information in the memory 103, for example.

The candidate character is limited to the character registered for the competition sequence, and the character registered for the search sequence is not included in the candidate character unless the same card is used for registration for both sequences.

In step S402, the control unit 101 receives the selection of the character to be carded among the candidate characters determined in step S401. The selection of the character to be carded is performed based on the operation input detected by the operation input unit 109 based on the screen by displaying the screen for presenting the candidate character on the display unit 130. [ The number of cards to be carded is not limited to one, as long as it can be increased by, for example, payment of an additional cost. In the present embodiment, selection of a character is described based on an operation input by the user, but the practice of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if there is a battle character that has grown according to the play content, it may be controlled to preferentially select it as a card object.

In S403, the control unit 101 generates output article information for the selected carding target character. Specifically, the control unit 101 determines a parameter (new rank information 714) based on the acquisition of a new card ID and the play content of the competition game, and acquires the user name of the play user and the character ID And these pieces of information are combined to generate output article information. The parameter determined based on the play content may be, for example, an absolute value after increasing or decreasing, or a relative value from the basic parameter. In the latter case, for example, when the carding target character is not a combat character registered based on the card, it may indicate that there is no increase or decrease from the basic parameter, and the basic parameter may be a parameter And the basic parameter. The parameter determination may be dynamically determined in consideration of, for example, the result of the competition game or the number of times of carding for the same character.

Upon completion of the generation process, the print control unit 108 generates print data on a new card to be ejected in S205 which is a play provision process, and issues a print instruction to the print unit 150. [ More specifically, under the control of the control section 101, the print control section 108 arranges the code image based on the output article information generated in the generation processing and the character image of the carding target character, Parameters, and the like. The print data is transmitted to the printing unit 150 along with the print command, and the printing unit 150 prints and ejects the card based on the print command. When the discharge is completed, or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the execution of the print instruction to the discharge, the control unit 101 completes the present providing process.

Although the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as accepting the registration of a character appearing in each of the search sequence and the competitive sequence before the start of the game related to the search sequence, the practice of the present invention is limited to this It is not. For example, the registration may be performed for each game sequence, and the registration of the character to appear in the competition sequence may be performed before the discharge of a new card, such as before or during the start of the competition sequence after the search sequence do.

As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, it is possible to use a favorite character while securing the number of characters that can cause a state change, and to provide a suitable game experience to the user have.

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The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Further, the game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that functions as the game device of one or more computers. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or via an electric communication line.

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Claims (21)

An obtaining means for obtaining the article information from the article in each of the first step and the second step,
A presentation means for presenting at least a part of a game element corresponding to the article information acquired by the acquisition means;
Execution means for executing a game based on the acquired article information,
And a generation means for generating a new article based on the acquired article information,
Wherein the generating means generates the new article based on the article information acquired in the second step. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the generating means does not generate the new article based on the article information acquired in the first step. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the game element corresponding to the acquired article information has a different handling in the game depending on whether the article information is obtained in the first step or the second step. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The game has a plurality of sequences including presentation of a game element,
Wherein the first game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the first step and the second game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the second step are presented in a different sequence of the game. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the first game element includes a first character to appear in a first sequence of the game and first related information related to the first character to be referred to in a process relating to the first sequence,
Wherein the second game element is associated with a second character that appears in a second sequence of the game and a second character that is referred to in the process on the second sequence and that is different from the first related information, Information,
Wherein the execution means changes the second related information in accordance with the play content of the game,
Wherein the generating means gives the article information including information corresponding to the second related information after the change to generate the new article. 6. The method of claim 5,
The second sequence is a sequence that arrives after the first sequence in the game,
A role assigned to the first character in the first sequence and a role assigned to the second character in the second sequence differ from each other. The method according to claim 5 or 6,
The role assigned to the first character in the first sequence is a coincident character accompanying the action of the third character different from the first character and the second character,
Wherein the role assigned to the second character in the second sequence is an action character in a competition game against a fourth character different from the first character, the second character, and the third character. 8. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7,
Wherein the first character appears in the first sequence but does not appear in the second sequence. 9. The method of claim 8,
When the article information is acquired in the second step with respect to the article in which the article information is acquired in the first step, the first character relating to the article includes the second character, which appears in the second sequence as the second character, Game device. 10. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 9,
Wherein the first related information is predetermined for each character and is fixed irrespective of the content of play of the game. 11. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 10,
Wherein the acquisition means performs acquisition of the article information in the first step and acquisition of the article information in the second step at a time,
Before the execution of the game by the execution means,
When the article information is acquired in the first step, presenting the first character related to the first game element,
And presents the second character and the second related information concerning the second game element when the article information is acquired in the second step. 12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
Wherein the presentation means is a means for creating a game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the first step and a game element corresponding to the article information acquired in the second step, The game device as set forth in the preceding paragraph. 13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
Wherein the acquisition means performs acquisition of the article information in the first step and acquisition of the article information in the second step at a time,
The acquisition of the article information in the second step is performed following the acquisition of the article information in the first step,
Wherein the acquisition means acquires at least one article information in each of the first step and the second step. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the presentation means also presents information indicating whether or not the article information in either of the first stage and the second stage is acquired. 15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
The upper limit number of the article information acquired by the acquisition means is predetermined in each step,
Wherein the upper limit number of the article information acquired in the second step is larger than the upper limit number of the article information acquired in the first step. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the presentation means further presents a game element that is not based on the acquired article information when the acquired article information does not reach the upper limit number in at least one of the first step and the second step. 17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16,
Wherein the acquisition means does not acquire the article information in the second step when the article information is not acquired in the first step. 18. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 17,
Further comprising setting means for setting unique user information to a play user of the game,
The article information of the article includes user information about the user to which the article is associated,
Wherein when the user information included in the article information acquired in the second step is predetermined user information, the generating means generates the user information of the article information to be given to the new article, And changes the information to unique user information to generate the new article. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the setting means excludes the predetermined user information from the setting target of the unique user information. A game article comprising the article information acquired in the first step and the second step of the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 19. A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

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