TW200950857A - Game system and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a game system and a game machine to provide some kind of representation unique to each player throughout plural times of games without putting further burden on a server. In a game system GS, a server 1 manages a seed value 133 unique to player and a display progress degree information 134, and a game machine 2 generates random numbers, each of which based on the seed value 133 obtained from the server 1 by a predetermine random number generating function, generates a character arrangement table CT unique to each player by associated each of the created random numbers with each character. The game machine 2 determines a character to be displayed in the created character arrangement table CT based on the display progress degree information 134 obtained from the server 1, and displays the determined character on a monitor M. while displaying the determined character, a update information 560 for updating the display progress degree information 134 managed by the server 1 is generated to be transmitted to the server 1.

Description

200950857 VI. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a game system and a game machine in which a server and a game machine are configured to transmit and receive data. [Prior Art] A game system in which player information of a player playing on a commercial game machine is managed by a server is known, including a commercial game machine installed in a game center or the like and a server @'. In such a game system, in order to increase the re-use rate of a commercial game machine, it is conceivable that a game in which a plurality of performance elements such as characters are played in plural times is desired to be executed in a player-independent order. The management is set to the structure of the order inherent to each player. However, in this configuration, the burden on the server becomes large, especially when the number of players is too large and the number of performance elements is too large, the burden on the server is excessive. On the other hand, as a method of reducing the load on the server while diversifying the performance G of the game screen of the game machine, a method of generating a function using a random number based on a linear congruential method (for example, a patent) is known. Document 1). [Patent Document 1] JP-A-2003-1 09029 SUMMARY OF INVENTION [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above method, a topographical image corresponding to a performance element is used to realize a game of one game. The variety of performance elements of the screen is not -5 - 200950857 is a performance element that covers a plurality of games to achieve the player's inherent performance. Here, the object of the present invention is to provide a burden on the server. The game system and game machine that realize the performances inherent to each player. [Means to solve the problem]

The present invention solves the above problems by means of the means described below. Further, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the reference numerals attached to the drawings are attached with parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the form of the drawings.

In order to solve the above problems, the game system (GS) of the present invention is configured such that a server (1) and a game machine (2) can transmit and receive data, and a game in which the game is played by the player is performed in the game machine. And the game system in which the plurality of performance elements are sequentially outputted by the output unit (M) of the game machine in accordance with the predetermined output arrangement (CT), wherein the server system includes: a player information storage unit (1 1 1) The player memorizes the player identification information (131) inherent to the player, the output progress information (134) indicating that the output sequence has been output to any of the performance elements, and the player information inherently generated by the player's inherent random number. (13 0); the player information providing unit (120), when receiving the player information request from the game machine, refers to the player identification information included in the player information request by referring to the player information storage unit Player information is provided to the aforementioned gaming machine; and an output progress update unit (12 0)' receives from the aforementioned gaming machine to update the foregoing output progress The update progress information and the update of the player identification information -6-200950857, the update progress information of the player information corresponding to the player identification information is updated by the update progress information; the game machine has: performance elements The information storage unit (2 1 1) is a performance element information (260) that is used to identify the performance element identification information (2 61) of the plurality of performance elements and the output mode information (263) of each of the performance elements. The player information obtaining unit (250) transmits the player information φ request including the player identification information of the player to the server when the game is started by the player, and acquires the player information. The game execution unit (250) performs the game by accepting the play operation by the player; the output arrangement generating unit (250) generates an initial based on the random number included in the acquired player information. , generating a random number sequentially by a linearly generated random number generating function, and by using the aforementioned random numbers to be generated with the foregoing tables The performance element identification information is associated with each other to generate the predetermined output arrangement; the performance element output control unit (250) determines the game in the output arrangement that is related to the previous φ based on the output progress information included in the player information. And the performance element to be outputted, and the determined performance element is output to the output unit; and the update information generation unit (250) generates the aforementioned output including the output of the performance element that has been output to the output unit. Updating the progress information and the aforementioned update information of the player identification information; and updating the information transmitting unit (200) to send the updated information to the server. According to the game system of the present invention, the plurality of performance elements are prepared in advance, and the output arrangement indicating the order in which the performance elements are outputted is determined by the random number generation function that generates the initial flaw based on the random number of the player. The beginning of random numbers 200950857

Since the system is set in a way that is inherent to the player, the output arrangement unique to each player can be obtained. Further, in the game machine, the player information acquisition unit acquires the initial 値 and output progress information from the random number corresponding to the player who started the game from the server, generates an initial 依据 based on the acquired random number, and generates an initial 値 by the output arrangement generating unit. The output arrangement determines at least one performance element to be outputted by the game executed by the player based on the acquired output progress information, and outputs the output element. Then, by updating the information generating unit, update information including update progress information indicating the progress of the output progress of the output array is generated. The server that obtains the update information updates the output progress information according to the update progress information by the output progress update unit. Therefore, when the player performs the next game, the performance elements to be output are determined based on the updated output progress information in the player's own output arrangement, and output. Further, the server of the game system of the present invention manages only the initial 値 and output progress information for each player's random number, and does not need to manage the player's own output arrangement. Thereby, it is possible to provide a game system that does not burden the server and covers a plurality of games to realize the performances inherent to each player. The "multiple performance elements" include visual performance elements and auditory performance elements. The elements of the auditory performance include, for example, the tune or fictitious sound set according to each specified unit time, the condition of the visual performance element, and the animation or still picture set according to each decision or the specified output unit time. The output progress information of the elements that have been output to any of the performance elements, for example, the status of the table's element identification information that sets the last performance element to be output, or the performance of the performance element to be output next time -8 - 200950857 The status of the feature identification information. The player information acquisition unit obtains the player identification information of the player, and includes the status obtained by the player by inputting a button to the game machine, the status obtained from the recording medium on which the player identification information is recorded, and the like. Further, the acquisition of the player identification information may be performed before the start of the generation of the output arrangement by the output arrangement generating unit, and the game start operation may be performed as a trigger point, and the predetermined condition may be obtained after the game start operation. The initial number of random numbers generated by the player who plays the φ home information may be given to each player in advance, or may be obtained from the player's inherent information in the predetermined order. The state in which the performance element determination unit "determines at least one performance element to be displayed in the game to be started" is displayed, and the situation in which one performance element is determined for one game and the state in which the plurality of performance elements are determined is included. Further, the number of performance elements to be determined is a condition including a predetermined number of fixed numbers and a quantity determined according to the game play condition. The connection between the server and the game machine includes the status of the connection via the network 〇 and the direct connection, and the network includes the status of the public line and the status of the dedicated line. The timing of displaying the performance elements by the performance element display control unit is from the start of the game to the end of the game. In the player information providing unit, when the player information storage unit does not memorize the player information, the player generates the initial number of the random number based on the player-specific information, and generates the player identification information included in the player information request. The player information, and the player information including the initial generation of the random number generated, and the output progress information indicating that any of the performance elements in the output arrangement are not outputted, and the memory of the player -9-200950857 memory At the same time, the player information generated by the player can be provided to the aforementioned game machine. Thereby, for the player who originally wants to play the game, the player information is generated on the server, and the player information is provided to the game machine. The "information inherent to the player" includes, for example, player identification information and the time when the player information is generated. The performance element output control unit determines the number of the performance elements in accordance with the number of results of the game executed by the game execution unit in accordance with the output arrangement, and follows the number of the determined performance elements. The output arrangement sequentially outputs the two or more performance elements, and the update information generation unit indicates that the last two or more of the performance elements have been output when the determined performance elements are two or more. The manner of outputting the performance elements may generate the aforementioned update progress information. Thereby, the number of performance elements in response to the game result of the game executed on the game machine is output, so that a different number of performance elements can be output for each of the executed games. The output arrangement generating unit associates any group of groups (GR) with the respective performance element identification information associated with each of the generated random numbers in a predetermined order from the complex array group, thereby The group respectively generates an output arrangement; the output progress information of the player information indicates that the output arrangement of each group is output to any of the performance elements; and the game machine includes: a group selection unit (25 0) And causing the player to select any one of the plurality of complex array groups; and the performance element output control unit determines, according to the output progress information corresponding to the selected group, the game in the output arrangement of the selected group The above-mentioned update information generating unit generates the aforementioned update progress indicating that the output of the selected group is output to the performance element of the output unit. Information; the output update unit updates the output of the selected group by receiving the update progress information Of information also. Thereby, the complex array groups are respectively associated with the output array. When the display element is output, since the player selects the group to be output, the output state of the player can be obtained as compared with the case where φ is output in accordance with the single output arrangement. Furthermore, in the case where the game machine allows the player to select any group, it is possible to use the state of the selection screen and the state of using the sound guidance. The plurality of performance elements of the present invention may be plural characters prepared for use in the aforementioned game. By this, since the plural roles used in the game are utilized, it is not necessary to separately prepare the performance elements for realizing the present invention. The game machine of the present invention is also a commercial game machine. By setting the output of the performance element to be inherent to the player, the player's interest in the performance elements of the output Q in the next game can be improved, and the reuse rate of the executed game can be expected to be improved, and the game is more effective in the commercial game machine. In order to solve the above problems, the game machine (2) of the present invention is configured such that the server (1) and the game machine (2) can transmit and receive data, and the game machine in accordance with the game operation by the player is performed in the game machine. And the plurality of performance elements are sequentially outputted by the output unit (M) of the game machine according to the predetermined output arrangement (CT), and the inclusion in the server indicates that the output arrangement has been output to any performance element. The output progress information (134) and the player's inherent random number generate the initial 値 (13 3) player information-11 - 200950857

(13 0), in response to the update information (5 60) from the game machine, the game machine (GS) of the game system (GS) that updates the output progress information is characterized by: a performance element information storage unit (2 1 1) And the performance element information (260) for respectively identifying the performance element identification information (261) of the plurality of performance elements and the output mode information (263) of each of the performance elements; the player information acquisition unit (250) When the game is started by the player's game, the player information request including the player identification information of the player is transmitted to the server, and the player information corresponding to the player is obtained: the game execution unit (250). The game is executed by accepting the play operation by the player; the output arrangement generating unit (25 0) generates an initial frame based on the random number included in the acquired player information, and generates a random number generated by linearity. The function sequentially generates random numbers, and generates the aforementioned input by associating the generated random numbers with the foregoing performance element identification information. Arranging; the performance element output control unit (250) determines the performance elements to be outputted in relation to the game in the generated output arrangement based on the output progress information included in the player information, and determines the determined performance element Outputting to the output unit; the update information generating unit (25 0) generating the update information including the update progress information and the player identification information indicating that the output of the performance element output to the output unit has been performed; The update information transmitting unit (200) sends the aforementioned update information to the aforementioned server. The game machine of the present invention functions as a game machine of the game system of the present invention. [Effect of the Invention] -12- 200950857 As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an initial 値 and output progress information in the server to manage the player's inherent random number, and the game machine will generate an initial based on the random number obtained from the server. The random numbers obtained by the random number generating function are associated with the performance elements, thereby generating the player's inherent output arrangement, and determining the output to be outputted in the output arrangement according to the output progress information obtained from the server. The element, the determined performance element is outputted from the output unit, and the update information for updating the display progress of the server management is generated and sent to the server, thereby covering the plurality of times without causing the server to generate a burden. The game 'game system and game console that realize the performance of each player. [Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an example of a game system GS of the present invention. The game system GS is provided such that the server 1 and the game machine 2a can transmit and receive data via the network N. In this form, the network N is an Internet, but _ is a dedicated line. Further, the server 1 may be connected to other game machines 2b, 2c, and 2d having the same structure as that of the game machine 2a, or may be configured as a game system GS with each of the game machines 2b, 2c, and 2d other than the game machine 2a. Each of the game machines 2a to 2d is installed in a game center or a commercial game machine of a store, and is configured to perform a game in response to the player's operation. Hereinafter, it is not necessary to distinguish the game machine 2a from the other game machines 2b, 2c, and 2d, and it is called "game machine 2". The game machine 2 is provided with a monitor Μ and nine operation members ODa to ODi that accept the operation of the player. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish each of the operation members 〇Da to 〇Di, it is referred to as "operation member 〇D". -13- 200950857 In the present embodiment, the game played by the game machine 2 follows the operation guidance displayed on the monitor 而 to cause the player to operate each operation member 'D' with the operation timing to match the music outputted in the game. A so-called music game set in the way of rhythm or rhythm. Hereinafter, there is a case where the game played by the game machine 2 is referred to as a music game. The game screen 3 00 displayed on the monitor is disclosed in FIG. The game screen 300 is mainly composed of the operation guidance display unit 310 and the player character display unit 320, the music character display unit 3 30, and the score display unit.

340 constitutes.

The operation guidance display unit 310 is provided with nine operation index display units 312a to 312i for displaying operation instructions 311a, 311e, and 311f for indicating the operation timing of each operation member OD, and the operation index display units 312a to 3i. The lower part of 1 2i is provided with an operation line 3 1 3 . In Fig. 2, the respective operation indexes 311a, 311e, and 311f corresponding to the operation members ODa, ODe, and ODf are respectively displayed on the operation index display portions 312a, 312e, and 312f. In the following, when the operation instruction 3 1 1 a to 3 1 1 i is not required to be distinguished, it is called "operation instruction 3 1 1", and it is not necessary to distinguish the operation indicator display unit 3 1 2 a~3 1 2 i Indicator display unit 312". For example, an operation timing of the operation member 〇 Da will be described. The operation index 311a indicating the operation timing of the operation member 〇D is moved from the upper portion of the operation index display portion 312a to the lower position at a predetermined speed, and reaches the operation line 3 1 3 . The timing of the operation index 3 1 1 a reaching the operation line 3 1 3 is to guide the player as the operation timing at which the player should operate the operation member 〇D a . The operation indexes 311a to 311i are displayed one by one on the upper portions of the corresponding operation index display portions 312a to 312i, and are moved to the operation at the predetermined speed -14-

200950857 Line 3 1 3 so far. Therefore, since the operation timing of the OD is indicated one by one, the player must follow the operation guide. Then, the higher the degree of coincidence of the operation guide shown in the game machine 2 with the actual borrowed content, the higher the score is obtained. The player character display unit 3 20 displays a player character 321 having a character corresponding to the execution sound, and the music character: displays the character corresponding to the music piece outputted in the game. The operation of displaying the operation member OD by the player of the current score game of the player in the score display unit 340 is referred to as the game machine 2, and when the music game 1 is the music piece, the acceptance of the play operation by the player is ended. End. Then, after the game is over, the plurality of characters prepared in advance use the setter M that is hosted to the party held by the player. As a character to be entertained, each character φ is shown as a different character, and the character characters to be entertained to the banquet are entertained in the order in which each player is unique, and the number of (for example, 600) is prepared. Further, in this embodiment, the character characters are grouped into five. When the music game becomes the end of the game, first, the group selection screen 4 00 is displayed, and the player is expected to be a group from the five groups GR1. On the group selection screen 400, the roles included in each group GR1 to are displayed in the areas corresponding to the respective groups. In this embodiment, as a plurality of entertainment banquets: Any of the operating members is operated by the player who plays the game by the player. The display unit 3 3 0 is a music character 331. In the following, when the sound is at least one of the play characters of the play end game of the game play, it is displayed when the game is monitored and played. In this mode, the group shown in FIG. 3 is managed corresponding to the number of pieces of music to the GR5 selection. One of the groups GR1 to GR5 GR5 is 401...40 1 -15- 200950857. Each group GR1 to GR5 is associated with the operation members 〇D0 to ODe, for example, by operating any of the operation members ODa to ODe. The corresponding group GR is selected. Hereinafter, it is called a group GR when it is not necessary to distinguish the groups GR1 to GR5.

When one group GR is selected, at least one character included in the selected group GR is selected as a character to be served, that is, a displayed character (hereinafter referred to as a "display character"), and is displayed in the figure. The character display screen 410 shown in FIG. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the number of characters selected as the display character is determined based on the game result of the music game. The character display screen 410 is a view showing the arrangement of the tables 411a to 411e corresponding to the respective groups GR at the banquet venue. Then, the character 412 selected as the display character is displayed on the character display screen 4 10 by using the setting that is served to the party. A plurality of black characters 413...413 are displayed around each table 411. The number of black characters 413 of each table 411 is equal to the number of characters that have been entertained in the corresponding group GR, i.e., the characters already displayed on the character display screen 410. The display character 412 is displayed as a new black character 412 on the table 411 of the group GR to which it belongs after being displayed for a predetermined time. Further, when two or more characters are selected as the display characters, each display character is displayed in the display order described later, and thereafter, each display character is sequentially added to the table 411 to which it belongs as the new black character 412. The characters that can be displayed on the character display screen 410 are as described above in the present embodiment. In the game machine 2,600 kinds of characters respectively as the role of the entertained 'covers a plurality of-16-200950857 games executed by one player, in the order in which the player is in order, in at least in each game One display character is selected based on the player's own character list CT. The character list list CT of this embodiment is disclosed in FIG. In the character list list, the CT system sets each group group GR so that the characters to be displayed are not repeated from the display order No. 1 to the 100th. The character list list CT is generated for each player in such a manner that the setting content is unique to each player. The method of generating the φ character row list CT is described in detail later. Further, as the 50th and 100th of the specific display order, all the players are notified in advance to notify the special characters sc 1 to sc 1 0. In the case of the present embodiment, the special characters scl to sc5 are collectively notified to each player in the No. 50, and the special characters sc6 to sc10 are collectively notified in the 100th. Furthermore, the special characters scl~sclO are also music characters. Hereinafter, it is called "special character sc" when it is not necessary to distinguish the special characters scl~sclO. In the present embodiment, the number of characters set in each group GR includes the special Q character SC of 100. However, the number of characters set in each group GR may be different depending on the group GR. For example, the number of roles of the group GR1 is 120, the number of roles of the group GR2 is 1〇〇, the number of roles of the group GR3 is 80, and the number of roles of the group GR4 is 150. For example, regarding a player, in a group When the display in the group GR1 is performed until the display of the character of the 27th, the player selects the group GR1 on the group selection screen 400 by the player in the next music game by the player, the display order No. 28 The role of the character based on the number of game results -17- 200950857 will be displayed on the character display screen 410. In this way, the characters are displayed in accordance with the player's own character list CT, and as a result, they are displayed in the order unique to each player. Hereinafter, the display order of the last displayed character is referred to as "last display order".

In the game system GS, as described above, a specific structure for causing plural characters to be displayed in the order unique to the player will be described. First, the hardware configuration of the server 1 of the game system GS will be described with reference to FIG. The server 1 is a server communication unit 1 that realizes data communication with the game machine 2, a server memory unit 1 1 0 that stores various kinds of data, and a servo that controls the operations of the respective structures 100 and 110 included in the server 1. The controller control unit 120 is configured. The server control unit 120 is configured to include a CPU and a computer including a memory area such as a RAM 121 and a ROM 122 required for the operation, and mainly functions as a player information providing unit and an output progress updating unit. The ROM 242 is, for example, a program useful for realizing the invention of the present invention.

The server memory unit 1 1 0 is provided with a player information storage unit 111 that memorizes the player information 130 shown in FIG. The player information 130 generates a group of information corresponding to each piece of information about each player based on each player. The player information 1 3 0 is a player ID 131 which is player identification information unique to each player, game related information 132 which is information about a music game, and a seed 値 1 3 3 which is an initial 乱 generated as a random number as output progress information. The display progress information 134 is composed. The game related information 132 includes a score history of the player, an operation history, information about the player character 321, and the like. The seed 値1 3 3 functions as an initial 値 of the random number generating function to be described later 値 When the player initially starts the music game, it is generated based on the player ID. -18- 200950857 Display progress information 134 indicates the information in the role list of the corresponding player until the CT has been displayed to any of the characters. In the present embodiment, the group progress information 134a to 134e indicating the last display order of each of the groups GR1 to GR5 is constructed. The last display order shown by the display progress information 134 is from the 〇 to the maximum number of 〇〇 of the display order of the character list list CT. The last display order indicates that no characters are displayed. For example, in the example of FIG. 7, since the group progress information 134a φ of the group GR1 is "27", it indicates that the role to the display order 27 has been displayed because the group progress information 134e of the group GR5 is "0". Therefore, it means that none of the characters are displayed. Next, the hardware configuration of the game machine 2 for the game system GS will be described with reference to Fig. 8 . The game machine 2 is a game machine communication unit 200 that realizes communication with the data of the server 1, a game machine storage unit 210 that stores various materials, an operation input unit 220 that includes an operation member OD, and accepts an operation of the player, and a monitor Μ. A display unit 230 for presenting various portraits and messages, a sound output unit 240 for outputting sound effects and music, and a game machine control unit 250 for controlling the operations of the respective structures 200 to 240 of the game machine 2 are provided. The game control unit 250 is configured as a computer including a CPU and a memory area including the RAM 25 1 and the ROM 25 2 required for the operation. Mainly functions as a player information acquisition unit, a game execution unit, an output arrangement generation unit, a performance element output control unit, and an update information generation unit. The ROM 252 is, for example, a program for playing music games and a program for realizing the invention of the present invention. The game machine memory unit 2 1 0 includes a character information storage unit 311 in which character information 260 as the performance element information shown in Fig. 9 is stored. Thereby, -19-200950857 character information storage unit 2 1 1 functions as a performance element information storage unit. The character information 260 is information about the music character 331, which is set for each character. The character information 260 is composed of a character 1 261 for recognizing a character, a music piece ID 262 as identification information for creating a corresponding piece of music, and a form information 263 as image information indicating a form of a character. In the present embodiment, each character information 260 regarding about 600 characters is stored in the character information storage unit 211. Further, in the game machine memory unit 310, the music piece used in the music game (not shown) is also stored, that is, the music piece corresponding to each piece of music 1 262 follows the sequence chart of FIG. 10, and the description is made on the server 1 and the game machine. The process of processing between 2 is abbreviated. Each processing performed by the server 1 is controlled by the server control unit 120, and each processing performed by the game machine 2 is controlled by the game machine control unit 25 0. First, in the game machine 2, when the player who started the music game performs the predetermined game start operation, the player information request processing is performed (step S5 00). At the player information request, a player information request containing the player's player ID 131 is generated and sent to the server. The method of recognizing the player ID 131 of the game machine 2 is, for example, a method in which the player recognizes the game machine 2 via a reading unit (not shown) during the game start operation when the player ID 131 is recorded on the predetermined recording medium. When the input unit 220 is provided with the key input unit, the method of recognizing the key input by the player during the game start operation is used. Upon receiving the server information request server 1, the player information providing process is performed (step S510). In the player information providing process, the player information 130 of the player who operates the game machine 2 is retrieved from the player information memorizing portion 111, and is supplied to the gaming machine 2 at -20-200950857. When the player information i3 of the player does not exist in the player information storage unit 111, the player information 130 is generated and supplied to the game machine 2. The gaming machine 2 receives the provided player information 130. Thereby, the server control unit 120 of the server 1 functions as a player information providing unit, and the game machine control unit 250 of the game machine 2 functions as a player information obtaining unit. The processing of player information is described in detail later. Upon receiving the game machine 2 of the player information 130, the game processing is performed (step S520). In the game processing, the music game according to the game screen 300 is executed as described above. Thereby, the game control unit 250 of the game machine 2 functions as a game execution unit. When the music game is over, the display character determination process is performed (step S530). In the display character determination process, the display character displayed on the character display screen 410 is determined by at least one based on the game result and the character list list CT (step S540). The process of determining the role determination is detailed later. In the present embodiment, a description will be given of a situation in which three characters of the group GR1 are determined as display characters. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, when the group progress information 134a of the group GR1 is "27", the three characters corresponding to the display order 28, 29, and 30 of the group GR1 are used as the player information 131. Determine the role to display. Next, the character determination processing is displayed, and the character display processing is performed (step S 5 40). At the character display, the three displayed display characters are displayed in the character display screen 410 in order of display order. Further, as the background of the character display screen 410, the number of black characters 413 indicated by the group progress information 134a to 134e of the player information 130 is displayed on the table 411 of the corresponding group GR. Display all the corners selected as the display character -21 - 200950857 After the game, update the game console (step S55 0) »

In the gaming machine update processing, the update information 560' shown in Fig. 11 is generated and transmitted to the server 1. Thereby, the game control unit 250 of the game machine 2 functions as an update information generating unit, and the game machine communication unit 200 functions as an update information transmitting unit. The update information 560 of the present form is the player information 13 that is updated on the game machine 2 by the player information 130 obtained from the server 1. (The game related information 1321 of the update information 560 is set with the basis of the step S520. The music game is updated with the game history and the score history, etc. Further, the display progress information 1341 is updated in accordance with the character displayed at the end of step S540.

In the case of the present embodiment, since the last displayed character is the role of the display order 30 of the group GR1, only the last display order of the group progress information 1 34a of the group GR1 in the progress information 134 is updated from "27" to "". 30". Thereby, it is shown that the display order of the group GR1 is displayed up to the role of 30. Further, in the update information 560, the player ID 131 and the seed 133 133 are the same as the player ID 131 and the seed 値 1 3 3 of the player information 130 acquired from the server 1. Returning to Fig. 10, at the server 1 receiving the update information 560, the server update processing is performed (step S560). The player information 1 3 0 stored in the player information storage unit 1 1 1 is updated by the received update information 560. For example, in the present embodiment, when the update information 560 and the player information 130 are the same data structure, the update information 560 may be replaced as the player information 130. Thereby, the server control unit 120 of the server 1 functions as an output progress update unit. -22- 200950857 The processing sequence performed in the player information providing process will be described in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. Each process of the player information providing process is controlled by the servo control unit 120. First, in step S600, it is judged whether or not the player information 130 is generated by referring to the player information storage unit 111. Specifically, the player ID 131 included in the received player information request is set as the search key, and the player information storage unit 111 refers to the player information 130 when the player information 130 corresponding to the player ID 131 does not exist. φ is a situation in which the player information 1 30 does not exist, for example, the situation of the player who first uses the game system GS. When it is judged in step S600 that the player information 130 is generated, the process proceeds to step S610 to generate the player information 130 in the initial state. The various history information included in the game related information 1 2 2 is set without any setting, and the player character 321 is set by, for example, selection by a predetermined selection screen or reading from a predetermined recording medium. Each of the group progress information 134a to 134e of the display progress information 134 is set to display the last display order "〇" indicating that none of the characters is displayed. The seed 値 133 is generated by the predetermined calculation method based on the player ID 131. This calculation method is set in such a manner that the player ID unique to each player is obtained from the player ID 131 which is the information unique to each player. For example, it is sufficient to obtain the seed 値 133 from the player ID 1 3 1 by a one-to-one linearly obtained linear function. In step S600, it is judged that the situation of the player information 130 is not generated, because the player information 130 corresponding to the player ID 131 as the search key has been generated, the process proceeds to step S620' where the search will be performed -23- 200950857 Player information 130 is specified as the player information i3 that should be provided to the gaming machine 2. The situation of the player information 130 is generated in step S610, and then proceeds to step S630, the generated player information 130 is transmitted to the gaming machine 2, and the status of the player information to be provided is retrieved and specified in step S620, and then proceeds to step S63. 0, the specific player information 130 will be sent to the gaming machine 2.

The processing sequence performed by the display character decision processing will be described in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. Each processing performed by the display character determination processing is controlled by the game machine control unit 250. First, in step S700, a role list generation processing is performed. In the character list generation processing, the character arrangement list C T which is an output arrangement inherent to the player who operates the own machine is generated in accordance with the seed 値133. Thereby, the game control unit 250 of the game machine 2 functions as an output arrangement generating unit. The processing of the role list is described in detail later.

After the character list list CT is generated, the process proceeds to step S710 to perform group group selection processing. Thereby, the game control unit 250 of the game machine 2 functions as a group selection unit. In the group selection process, the group selection screen 4 1 显示 is displayed to cause the player to select the desired group GR. Hereinafter, the group GR selected on the group selection screen 4 10 is referred to as "selection group GR". The selection group GR of this form is a group GR1. Next, proceeding to step S720, it is decided to display the number of characters. At least one display character is determined in response to the game result of the music game. For example, the higher the score as the result of the game, the higher the number of characters to be displayed - 24, 2009, 50, 857, the more the number of the scores is associated with the number of displayed characters, and the role is determined according to the correspondence table. Quantity. In this form, the number of characters displayed is determined to be "3". Next, the process proceeds to step S730 to determine the display of the character. In the case of this aspect, referring to the group progress information 134a of the selected group GR1, and the information indicates "27", the three characters starting from the role of the next display order of "27", that is, the corresponding display order "28" The φ character of "29" and "30" is determined as the display character. Above, the display role decision processing ends. Furthermore, the game machine control unit 250 of the game machine 2 functions as the performance element output control unit by the processing of steps S730 and S540. The processing sequence performed in the role list generation processing will be described in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. As described above, the character list list CT is a table in which the roles of the display order 1 to the display order 100 are to be associated with each of the five group GRs, and each column at the start of the generation is in a blank state. First, in step S800, in the character list list CT, one set position of the position (column) of the character is specified. The setting position is specified by the group GR and the display order. Furthermore, there is no limit to the order in which the positions are specified. When the position is specified, the process proceeds to step S810, and it is determined whether or not the specified setting position is the specific display order described above. When it is a specific display order, as described above, the special character sc to be displayed has been decided, so proceeding to step S840, the special character sc is specified. For example, the correspondence table of the special character sc and the specific display order is previously stored in the game machine storage unit 210, and may be specified in accordance with the correspondence table. After the specific special character, the first -25 - 200950857 proceeds to step S850, and the character ID 261 of the specific character sc is set in the set position of the character list list CT. If it is determined in step S810 that the set position is not the specific display order, the process proceeds to step S820 to perform the character specifying process. In the role-specific processing, the character that should be set at the set position is specified by the number of random numbers generated based on the seed 値. In the present embodiment, a random number sequence is sequentially obtained by using the following chaotic generation function according to the linear congruence method.

Xn+ 1 = (AXn+ C) MOD d (n, d is an integer above )) The coefficients A and C are set so as to achieve the specified conditions. For example, set to A = 1 5 660 83 94 1, C=1. Further, by the constant d, the acquired random number can be set in the range of 〇~d-1. For example, if d == 600 is set, a random number of 〇~5 99 can be obtained. Therefore, by assigning each random number to the character ID 261 of each character of 600 types, the character can be specified from the random number calculated by the above function. . Also, n+1 is equivalent to the number of times the character-specific processing is performed. Therefore, in the initial processing, the seed 値 133 which is the initial number of random numbers is set to X0, and the initial random number XI can be obtained. In the second processing, the random number X2 can be obtained by the random number XI. Thus, in the character-specific processing of the nth time, the random number χn can be obtained from Χη-1. Therefore, each time a character-specific process is performed, a random number is obtained in order, and the character corresponding to the random number obtained is specified. When the character is specified in step S820, the process proceeds to step S830 to determine whether the specified character has finished processing. In the generated character list list CT, when the character ID 261 of the specific character has been set, the judgment processing has ended. When it is judged that the processing has ended, then the process returns to step S820 in order to specify the next -26-200950857 roles. If it is determined in step S830 that the specified character has not been processed, the process proceeds to step S85 0, and the character ID 261 of the specified character is set to the set position specified in step S800. In step S850, when the position-specific character is set, the process proceeds to step S860 to determine whether or not the character list list CT is completed. In the role list, all the display sequences of the groups GR of the CT are set. When the role ID 261 is set, it is judged that the role list list CT has been completed, and the role list list generation processing is ended. On the other hand, when there is a display order in which the character ID 261 is not set, it is judged that the character list list CT is not completed, and the process returns to step S800 to specify the next set position. The processing sequence of the group selection processing will be described in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the roles of the respective groups GR displayed on the group selection screen 410 are determined. The number of characters to be displayed may be fixedly set for each group GR, and may be configured to vary depending on the number of characters that are not displayed. In this aspect, as shown in Fig. 3, for each group GR, a fixed number of characters are sequentially displayed from the display order in which φ should be displayed. The display order to be displayed next can be obtained by referring to the group progress information 13 4a to 134e. After determining the role displayed for each group GR, the process proceeds to step S910, and the group selection screen 410 is displayed. Next, in step S920, it is judged whether or not there is a selection operation by the player. When it is judged that there is a selection operation, the process proceeds to step S940, and the selected group GR is specified as the selection group GR. In the present embodiment, the group group GR 1 is specified as the selection group Gr. On the other hand, when it is judged in step S920 that there is no selection operation, the process proceeds to -27-200950857, and proceeds to step S930 to determine whether or not the predetermined selection time has elapsed. When it is judged that the selection time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S920'. When it is judged that the selection time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S94, where the group GR is specified as the selection group GR. For example, the group group progress information 134a to 134d is referred to, and the group GR having no progress is displayed as the selection group GR. After the group GR is specifically selected in step S940, the group selection processing is ended.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be implemented in various forms. For example, the display display character is not available at the end of the game of the music game. For example, it may be displayed as a background of a game screen in the play of a music game. Further, the update information is not required to be the same as the player information, and may be configured to include only the game related information updated by the game machine 2 and the progress information. The progress information and the seed information of the player information are not acquired at the game machine until the game is started. The type of game played on the gaming machine 2 is not limited.

Further, the game machine 2 may not be a commercial game machine. For example, it may be used as a personal game computer as a home game machine that uses a home television as a monitor. Further, the performance elements are not limited to characters, and may be presented to the player in a predetermined order. For example, an animation as a predetermined unit time may be used as a tune for a predetermined unit time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [Fig. 1] A diagram showing an example of a game system of the present invention. [Fig. 2] Fig. -28 - 200950857 [Fig. 3] showing a game screen displayed on the game machine shown in Fig. 1 is a view showing a group selection screen displayed on the game machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view showing a character display screen displayed on the gaming machine shown in Fig. 1. [Fig. 5] A diagram showing an example of a character list. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the hardware configuration of the server shown in Fig. 。. φ [Fig. 7] A diagram showing an example of a data structure of player information. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the hardware configuration of the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of character information. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing a processing flow of a server and a game machine. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of update information. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of player information providing processing. [Fig. 13] A flowchart showing the processing procedure of the character decision processing. [Fig. 14] Flowchart for explaining the processing procedure of the character list generation processing ❹ [Fig. 15] A flowchart showing the processing procedure of the group selection processing. [Main component symbol description] GS = Game system 1: Server 2a to 2d, 2: Game machine 130: Player information 1 3 3: Seed 値 (Infrequent generation initial 値) -29- 200950857 134: Display progress information (output Progress Information) GR1 ~ GR5, GR: Group CT: List of Roles (Output Arrangement) 〇

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Claims (1)

200950857 VII. Application for Patent Park: 1. A game system, which is set up as a server and a game machine for transmitting and receiving data, and playing a game corresponding to the player's play operation in the aforementioned game machine, and the plurality of performance elements comply with A game system in which the output arrays are sequentially outputted by the output unit of the game machine, and the server system is characterized in that: the server system has: The player information storage unit memorizes that the player-specific player identification information ' indicates the output progress information that has been output to any of the performance elements in the output array, and the player's information that is inherently generated by the player's inherent random number; The providing unit, when receiving the player information request from the game machine, provides the player information corresponding to the player identification information included in the player information request to the game machine by referring to the player information storage unit; and The output progress update unit updates the aforementioned game identification information by updating the progress information by receiving the update progress information including the update progress information and the player identification information from the game machine. The game information output progress information; the game machine system includes: a performance element information memory unit, which is a performance element that is used to identify the performance element identification information of the plurality of performance elements and the output mode information of each of the performance elements. News; The home information obtaining unit transmits the aforementioned player information - 31 - 200950857 request including the player identification information of the player to the server to obtain the player information when the game is started by the player; The game is executed by accepting the play operation by the player, and the output arrangement generating unit generates an initial frame based on the random number included in the acquired player information, and generates a random generation function by linearly generating Generating a random number in sequence, and generating the foregoing output arrangement by associating the generated random numbers with the foregoing performance element identification information; The performance element output control unit determines the performance element to be outputted in the generated output arrangement regarding the start game based on the output progress information included in the player information, and outputs the determined performance element to the foregoing The output information generating unit generates the update information including the update progress information and the player identification information indicating that the output of the performance element outputted to the output unit is performed; and the update information transmitting unit The game information system according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the player information providing unit is in the player information storage unit does not memorize the player information. The information is generated to generate the initial random number and generate the player information of the player identification information included in the player information request, and the initial generation of the random number including the foregoing generation, and indicating any performance element in the output arrangement. The aforementioned output progress factors that are not output Player information 'in the memory while the player information storage unit of capital' and% # & Health of the information available to the player -32-200950857 gaming machine. The game system according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the performance element output control unit determines the number of the performance elements in response to the result of the game executed by the game execution unit in accordance with the output arrangement. When there are two or more performance elements determined as described above, the two or more performance elements t 0 are sequentially output in accordance with the output arrangement, and the update information generation unit is two or more of the determined performance elements. The update progress information is generated in such a manner that the output of the last executed performance element among the two or more performance elements has been performed. The game system according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the output arrangement generating unit is configured to associate any group with the random number generated in the predetermined order from the complex array group. Corresponding to each of the performance element identification information, the 〇 output arrangement is generated for each of the complex array groups; the output progress information of the player information indicates that the output arrangement of each group is output to any performance element; The system includes: a group selection unit that causes the player to select any one of the plurality of complex array groups; and the performance element output control unit determines the foregoing based on output progress information corresponding to the selected group a performance element to be outputted in the output arrangement of the selected group for the game; the update information generating unit generates an output arrangement indicating that the group selected by the -33-200950857 has been outputted to the output unit The update progress information of the output of the performance element; the output update unit is received by Previous update progress information to update the progress of the output of the aforementioned group of selected information. 5. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of performance elements are plural characters prepared for use in the game. 6. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the game machine is a commercial game machine. 7. A game machine is configured such that a server and a game machine can transmit and receive data, and a game in which the game is played by the player is performed in the game machine, and the plurality of performance elements follow the predetermined output arrangement by the foregoing The output unit of the gaming machine outputs sequentially, and the player information including the output progress information indicating that the output sequence has been output to any of the performance elements and the random number inherent to the player is maintained in the server. The game machine of the game system for updating the output progress information in response to the update information from the game machine is characterized in that: the performance element information storage unit is configured to memorize the performance element identification information for identifying the plurality of performance elements, respectively. The output mode information of each of the performance elements is associated with the performance element information; and the player information acquisition unit transmits the player information request including the player identification information of the player to the servo when the game is started by the player. And obtain the aforementioned player capital corresponding to the aforementioned player -34- 200950857 The game execution unit executes the game by accepting the play operation by the player; the output arrangement generating unit generates the initial frame based on the random number included in the acquired player information, and generates the line by linearly The random number generating function sequentially generates random numbers, and generates the foregoing predetermined output arrangement by associating the generated random numbers with the foregoing performance element identification information; The performance element output control unit determines the performance element to be outputted in the output arrangement in the generated output arrangement based on the output progress information included in the player information, and outputs the determined performance element to the output unit. The update information generating unit generates the update information including the update progress information indicating the output of the performance element outputted to the output unit and the player identification information; and the update information transmitting unit. Update information is sent to the aforementioned servo 10. -35-