KR20200107784A - Method for providing game service to provide guide contents in game and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game service providing method for providing guide content in a game and an apparatus thereof. The game service providing method according to an embodiment includes: a step of determining whether a trigger condition for processing a guide content related to the game is satisfied in response to a user′s in-game operation; and a step of providing an in-game interface for processing the guide content in a game screen based on the trigger condition being satisfied.

Description

Game service provision method and device for providing guide content in the game {METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME SERVICE TO PROVIDE GUIDE CONTENTS IN GAME AND APPARATUS THEREOF}

The following embodiments relate to a game service providing method and apparatus for providing guide content in a game.

Various strategies can exist depending on the game. Since the current game strategy is being shared through a web-based community, with the current technology, in order to access the strategy while the game is in progress, it is required to leave the game screen and access the community through a web browser. Such an access environment may hinder the game progress and cause inconvenience to the game user. In particular, in the current situation where various mobile games appear, it is not only the inconvenience caused by game delay or screen movement, but also the game user coping with changes in the game situation, confirming the strategy by leaving the game screen on the mobile terminal and returning to the game screen again. Can be difficult. In such a situation, a new element of fun can be added to game users by providing content related to the strategy in the game environment to help the game progress, and by preparing a new environment for content production and access.

According to an embodiment, a method of providing a game service performed by a user terminal includes determining whether a trigger condition for processing guide content related to the game is satisfied in response to a user's in-game operation; And providing an in-game interface for processing the guide content in a game screen based on the trigger condition being satisfied.

The guide content may include at least one of audio, video, text, and network addresses related to the game.

The processing of the guide content may include at least one of registration, inquiry, editing, deletion, and viewing of the guide content.

The trigger condition may include at least one of a location condition related to a location of a user character, an object condition related to an object in the game, and an action condition related to an action of the user character.

The location condition may be satisfied as the location of the user character corresponds to a preset trigger location in the game according to the manipulation of the user in the game.

The object condition may be satisfied as the operation of the user in the game corresponds to an operation on a trigger object including at least one of a monster in the game, a non-player character (NPC), an item, and a background object.

The action condition may be satisfied as the operation of the user in the game corresponds to a predetermined trigger action with respect to the user character.

The providing of the interface may include displaying a button for accessing the in-game interface in a game screen when the trigger condition is satisfied; And providing the in-game interface in a game screen as the button is selected.

The in-game interface may be provided in a game screen in a pop-up form.

When the guide content is registered by the user through the in-game interface and a target for providing the registered guide content is designated, the registered guide content may be limitedly provided to the designated target.

A reward may be provided to the user according to at least one of a guide content registration by the user, a number of times that the registered guide content is viewed by the user, and an evaluation of the registered guide content by the user.

The in-game interface may include a first interface that provides a list including pre-registered guide contents, and the first interface includes a filtering function for filtering at least some of the pre-registered guide contents, and the At least one of an alignment function for arranging previously registered guide contents may be provided.

According to an embodiment, the game application installed in the user terminal and executed by the user terminal includes determining whether a trigger condition for processing guide content related to the game is satisfied in response to a user's in-game operation; And providing an in-game interface for processing the guide content in a game screen based on the satisfaction of the trigger condition.

1 is a block diagram showing a user terminal and a game server according to an embodiment.
2 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing an in-game interface according to an embodiment.
3 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing an in-game interface according to another embodiment.
4 is a view showing a location condition for a trigger according to an embodiment.
5 is a diagram showing an object condition for a trigger according to an embodiment.
6 is a diagram showing an action condition for a trigger according to an embodiment.
7 is a view showing an in-game interface screen for selecting registration and inquiry of guide content according to an embodiment.
8 is a view showing a detailed screen for registering guide content according to an embodiment.
9 is a view showing a detailed screen for inquiring guide content according to an embodiment.

Specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention disclosed in this specification are exemplified only for the purpose of describing the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention, and embodiments according to the concept of the present invention They may be implemented in various forms and are not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Since the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention can apply various changes and have various forms, the embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. However, this is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention to specific disclosed forms, and includes changes, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Terms such as first or second may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components, for example, without departing from the scope of rights according to the concept of the present invention, the first component may be named as the second component, Similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in the middle. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in the middle. Expressions that describe the relationship between components, for example, “between” and “just between” or “directly adjacent to” should be interpreted as well.

The terms used in the present specification are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate that the specified features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof exist, but one or more other features or numbers, It is to be understood that the presence or addition of steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof, does not preclude the possibility of preliminary exclusion.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms as defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in this specification. Does not.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the patent application is not limited or limited by these embodiments. The same reference numerals in each drawing indicate the same members.

1 is a block diagram showing a user terminal and a game server according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user terminal 110 includes a processor 111 and a memory 112. The user terminal 110 may include all kinds of electronic devices capable of providing game functions, such as a portable terminal, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a desktop, a notebook computer, a wearable device, and a smart home appliance. Although not separately shown in FIG. 1, the user terminal 110 may include a display, a communication module, and various sensors for providing a game function.

The memory 112 may store instructions executable by the processor 111, and when the instructions are executed by the processor 111, an operation related to providing a game service to be described below may be performed. The memory 112 stores the game application 113. The game application 113 may be installed on the user terminal 110 through a market for application transaction. The game service to be described below may be provided through involvement of at least one of the user terminal 110, the game application 113, and the game server 120. Hereinafter, a game service-related operation will be described based on the user terminal 110, but the game service-related operation of the user terminal 110 described below may also be understood as an operation of the game application 113.

The user terminal 110 may provide a game service, and the game service may include processing of guide content related to a game in the game. The guide content may include at least one of audio, video, text, and network addresses related to the game. For example, the guide content may be for game attack.

The processing of the guide content may include at least one of registration, inquiry, editing, deletion, and viewing of the guide content. Inquiry of guide content may mean checking at least one pre-registered guide content in the form of a list, for example, and browsing of guide content selects at least one pre-registered guide content from, for example, a list. It can mean confirming its contents.

The user terminal 110 executes the game application 113 to provide a game environment corresponding to the game application 113 to the user, and satisfies a trigger condition for processing guide content in response to the user's in-game operation. You can judge whether or not. The user terminal 110 may provide an in-game interface for processing guide content based on a trigger condition being satisfied. The user can process the guide content within the game screen using the in-game interface.

2 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing an in-game interface according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user character 211 in a game screen 210 is shown. The user can perform a user character 211 or game-related operation, and if the trigger condition is satisfied according to the user's operation, the user terminal is based on the satisfaction of the trigger condition, and the in-game interface 221 in the game screen 220 Can provide. For example, the user terminal may provide the in-game interface 221 in the game screen 220 in the form of a pop-up. The user may process the guide content through the in-game interface 221.

Various embodiments exist regarding whether to provide the in-game interface 211 immediately when the trigger condition is satisfied, or whether to provide the in-game interface 211 according to another additional input of the user after the trigger condition is satisfied. I can.

According to an embodiment, the user terminal may provide the in-game interface 211 as the trigger condition is satisfied. This embodiment is shown in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2, it can be seen that the in-game interface 221 is displayed in the game screen 220 according to the satisfaction of the trigger condition.

According to another embodiment, the user terminal may display a button for accessing the in-game interface 211 as the trigger condition is satisfied, and provide the in-game interface 211 as the button is selected. I can. This embodiment is shown in FIG. 3.

3, when the trigger condition is satisfied on the game screen 310, a button 321 for accessing the in-game interface 331 is displayed on the game screen 320, and a button ( As 321 is selected, the in-game interface 331 may be provided on the game screen 330.

The trigger condition may include at least one of a location condition related to the location of the user character 211, an object condition related to an object in the game, and an action condition related to an action of the user character 211. Hereinafter, each trigger condition will be described in detail.

4 is a diagram showing a location condition for a trigger according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4, a user character 411 and a trigger position 412 in a game screen 410 are shown. The trigger location 412 exists in the game and can be pre-designated. The trigger location 412 may be designated as a specific coordinate (ie, point) in the game, or a set of specific coordinates (ie, an area).

According to an embodiment, the in-game location may be divided into world map coordinates. World map coordinates can be expressed as (X, Y). The trigger location 412 may be specified based on world map coordinates.

For example, when the trigger position 412 corresponds to one point, the trigger position 412 may be specified by world map coordinates such as (X1, Y1), and when the trigger position 412 corresponds to an area, the trigger position 412 may be specified as (X1<X<X2, Y1<Y<Y2). Here, X and Y denote the position of the user character 411, and X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 denote values for specifying the trigger position 412.

As another example, the world map coordinates may be divided at regular intervals like a grid cell, and the trigger position 412 may be specified as one of each grid cell. In this case, the trigger position 412 may be specified as a range of coordinate values corresponding to a specific grid cell, or may be specified by a grid cell identifier corresponding to a specific grid cell. In the latter case, an identifier for identifying each grid cell may be assigned to each grid cell.

According to another embodiment, a local map may be defined on the world map. For example, the local map is Town 1, Town 2, Town 3; 1 hunting ground, 2 hunting ground, 3 hunting ground; It can be defined as dungeon 1, dungeon 2, dungeon 3, etc. In this case, the trigger location may be specified as at least a partial area of each local map. For example, the trigger location 412 may be specified as a village 1, an entrance of a village 1, a marketplace within a village 1, a dungeon 1, a vicinity of a dungeon 1, an entrance of a dungeon 1, and the like.

In this case, the trigger location 412 may be specified as a range of coordinate values corresponding to at least a partial region of the specific local map, or may be specified by an identifier corresponding to at least a partial region of the specific local map. In the latter case, an identifier to identify each local map is in at least some areas of each local map (e.g., village 1, entrance to village 1, marketplace within village 1, dungeon 1, around dungeon 1, entrance to dungeon 1, etc.) Can be given.

Whether the location condition is satisfied may be determined through comparison of the location of the user character 411 and the trigger location 412. For example, the location condition may be satisfied as the location of the user character 411 corresponds to the trigger location 412 according to the user's in-game manipulation.

The location of the user character 411 and the trigger location 412 may be compared through coordinates or identifiers. For example, this comparison is based on whether the coordinates representing the location of the user character 411 (e.g., world coordinate values, or local coordinate values) correspond to the coordinates representing the trigger location 412, or a range of coordinates, or whether the user character It may be performed as to whether an identifier indicating the location of 411 (eg, a grid cell, a local map, or at least a partial area of the local map) corresponds to an identifier indicating the trigger location 412.

For example, when the trigger location 412 is specified as the entrance of dungeon 1, user A may register guide content C related to the attack of dungeon 1 at the entrance of dungeon 1, and user B guides at the entrance of dungeon 1 You can view content C to obtain information related to the attack in Dungeon 1.

5 is a diagram illustrating an object condition for a trigger according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5, a user character 511 and various trigger objects in a game screen 510 are shown. Trigger objects may include an in-game monster 512, a non-player character (NPC) 513, an item 514, and a background object 515. The background object 515 may include a building, a sign, a tree, a drum, a box, a symbol, etc. exposed as a background in the game screen 510.

The object condition may be satisfied as the user's in-game manipulation corresponds to the manipulation on the trigger object. Manipulating the trigger object may include selecting a trigger object, attacking the trigger object, approaching the user character 511 as a trigger object, interacting with the trigger object, and the like.

For example, when the user selects the monster 512 or the item 514, the object condition may be satisfied, and the user can register or view/view guide contents related to the selected monster 512 or item 514. have. At this time, the guide content is about how to easily process the monster 512, the time or period in which the monster 512 is created, the place where the item 514 can be obtained, and the method of reinforcing/combining the item 514, etc. Content can be included.

In addition, the user may register or view/view guide contents through interaction with the NPC 513 (eg, a conversation). NPC 513 may be defined in advance to perform a task related to the processing of the guide content. For example, the NPC 513 may be in charge of a task for communication within a village, and as a part of it, it may perform a task related to guide content including registration, inquiry/view, etc. of guide content. Alternatively, the NPC 413 may be located at the entrance of the dungeon and perform a mission related to the guide content.

In addition, there may be a background object 515 for inquiring/viewing guide contents at the entrance of the dungeon, and the user selects the background object 515, attacks the background object 515, or accesses the background object 515 By doing so, you can register or view/view the guide contents for the dungeon.

6 is a diagram illustrating an action condition for a trigger according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, a user character 611 and a control interface 612 in a game screen 610 are shown. The user character 611 may perform general actions such as attack, defense, jump, and run, and special actions such as mining and fishing according to the user's manipulation through the interface 612.

The action condition may be satisfied as the user's in-game manipulation corresponds to a predetermined trigger action with respect to the user character 611. The trigger action may include at least one of the above-described general action and special action. For example, the user may select a specific action button through the interface 612 and register, inquire/view guide contents on how to use combat techniques corresponding to the action button.

Corresponding the user's manipulation to the trigger action may include instructing the user's manipulation to take the trigger action to the user character 611, and taking the trigger action of the user character 611 according to the user's manipulation. . In the former case, the user character 611 differs from the latter in that it includes not taking an actual action.

According to an embodiment, the action condition may be combined with a location condition and an object condition. In this case, when all the combined conditions are satisfied, the trigger condition may be treated as being satisfied.

For example, when an action condition is combined with a location condition, the trigger condition may be processed as being satisfied only when a trigger action is performed at a trigger location according to the location condition. As an example of the combination, there may be an attack at the trigger position, jumping at the trigger position, and the like.

In addition, when the action condition is combined with the object condition, the trigger condition may be processed as being satisfied only when a trigger action is performed on the trigger object according to the object condition. Examples of the combination may include attacking a trigger object, mounting a trigger object, and talking with a trigger object.

7 is a diagram illustrating an in-game interface screen for selecting registration and inquiry of guide content according to an exemplary embodiment.

As described above, if the trigger condition is satisfied, an in-game interface may be provided in the game screen. 7A and 7B show examples of initial screens of an in-game interface.

According to an embodiment, when a trigger condition is satisfied, an in-game interface 711 including a "registration" button, a "inquiry" button, etc. in the game screen 710 as shown in FIG. 7A is provided. I can. A user who wants to register the guide content may select a "Register" button on the in-game interface 711, and a user who wants to view the guide content may select a "Search" button on the in-game interface 711. A detailed screen for registration or a detailed screen for inquiry may be provided in the in-game interface 711 according to the user's selection.

According to another embodiment, when a trigger condition is satisfied, an in-game interface 721 including a "Registration" tab, a "Inquiry" tab, etc. in the game screen 720 is provided as shown in FIG. 7B. Can be. A user who wants to register the guide content can select the "Registration" tab on the in-game interface 721, and the user who wants to view the guide content can select the "Search" button on the in-game interface 721. A detailed screen for registration or a detailed screen for inquiry may be provided in the in-game interface 721 according to the user's selection.

According to another embodiment, like a general community bulletin board, guide contents previously registered on the initial screen of the in-game interface may be provided as a list, and around the list (eg, top or bottom) like a writing button in the bulletin board A registration button may be provided. A user who wants to register the guide content can register the guide content through a corresponding registration button, and a user who wants to view the guide content can view the guide content by selecting the guide content in the list.

According to an embodiment, a function of editing/deleting guide contents may be provided in addition to a function of registering/retrieving guide contents through an in-game interface. The editing/deleting function may be provided on the initial screen of the in-game interface in which the registration/retrieval function is provided, or may be provided as an additional function in the detailed screen for registration/retrieval of guide contents. For example, a user with edit/delete authority can inquire guide content and edit/delete the retrieved guide content.

8 is a diagram illustrating a detailed screen for registering guide content according to an exemplary embodiment.

As described above, the guide content may include at least one of audio, video, text, and network addresses related to the game. For example, the network address may be a URL (uniform resource locator) to which guide content is linked.

As shown in Figure 8, the in-game interface 810 includes a button 811 for recording, a button 812 for recording, a button 813 for text input, a button 814 for network address input, And it may include a button 815 for inputting a file. The user may register at least one type of guide content among audio, video, text, and network addresses by using each button in the in-game interface 810. When a file is input, a type of guide content according to the type of the file (voice, video, text, or network address) may be registered.

When registration of the guide content is requested, preprocessing on the guide content may be performed before the registration of the guide content. For example, the pre-processing may include filtering of profanity, profanity, pornography, and the like, and tagging of content.

In the case of voice-type guide content, filtering and tagging may be performed through voice recognition, and in the case of video-type guide content, filtering and tagging may be performed through image analysis. In the case of tagging, whether the content of the guide content is about a strategy/tip, a simple chat, or if it is about a strategy, it may include what is the target of the attack (eg, type of dungeon, item type, etc.) .

When registering guide content, a user can designate a target for providing (inquiry, viewing) guide content. For example, the provision target may be designated as a single user (eg, a friend) or a user group (eg, a guild or party) related to the user. In this case, the registered guide content may be limitedly provided to a designated target. According to this function, the guide content can be used as a new communication path between users.

9 is a diagram illustrating a detailed screen for inquiring a guide content according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9, the in-game interface 910 is for inquiry of guide contents, and information such as title, registration date, type, number of views, ratings, registrants, and affiliations of each previously registered guide content is in the form of a list. Can provide. For example, information on previously registered guide contents 911 and 912 is provided in the in-game interface 910 of FIG. 9.

A user who desires to view the guide content may select any one of the previously registered guide content 911 and 912 to view the content of the guide content. According to an embodiment, the in-game interface 910 may provide an evaluation function for guide content. A user who has viewed the contents of the guide content can use this evaluation function (eg, rating, like, share, etc.) to evaluate the guide content.

The evaluation of other users may be used as a criterion for providing rewards to users who have registered the guide content. For example, assuming that the guide content is registered by the first user, the guide content is registered by the first user, the number of times that the guide content registered by the first user is viewed, and the guide registered by the first user A reward may be provided to the first user according to at least one of the evaluations of other users on the content.

According to another embodiment, the in-game interface 910 may provide at least one of a filtering function for filtering at least some of the previously registered guide contents and a sorting function for sorting previously registered guide contents. . For example, if the in-game interface 910 for inquiring guide content is referred to as a first interface, the first interface may provide a list including previously registered guide contents, and at least one of a filtering function and a sorting function Can provide one.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of a hardware component and a software component. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments are, for example, a processor, a controller, an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). , PLU (Programmable Logic Unit), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions, it may be implemented using one or more general purpose computers or special purpose computers. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications executed on the operating system. In addition, the processing device may access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of software. For the convenience of understanding, although it is sometimes described that one processing device is used, one of ordinary skill in the art, the processing device is a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, configuring the processing unit to behave as desired or processed independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be interpreted by a processing device or to provide instructions or data to a processing device, of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device. , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodyed in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment, or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -A hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of the program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operation of the embodiment, and vice versa.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and drawings, various modifications and variations are possible from the above description by those of ordinary skill in the art. For example, the described techniques are performed in a different order from the described method, and/or components such as a system, structure, device, circuit, etc. described are combined or combined in a form different from the described method, or other components Alternatively, even if substituted or substituted by an equivalent, an appropriate result can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and claims and equivalents fall within the scope of the claims to be described later.

Claims (1)

In the game service providing method performed by a user terminal,
Determining whether a trigger condition for processing guide content related to the game is satisfied in response to a user's in-game operation; And
Providing an in-game interface for processing the guide content in a game screen based on the trigger condition being satisfied
Game service providing method comprising a.

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