TWI755146B - Game devices, game programs and game systems - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a gaming experience that enhances the fun of the game.

The game apparatus of the present invention includes: a placing part configured to be able to place an article; a detection device that detects a movement operation of one or more articles placed on the placing part; and a control device based on the detection by the detection device The operation of the game is controlled by the movement operation of the items that are output; the control device changes the operation form of the game on the condition that the movement operations of a plurality of items detected by the detection device are classified as the same type of movement operation.

Description

Game devices, game programs and game systems

The present invention relates to a game device, a program and a game system, and more particularly, to an electronic game operated by manipulating real objects on an operating panel.

There is a card game device that starts by arranging cards corresponding to characters (players) on a board, and executes the game by reflecting the changes in the arrangement of the cards to character states (positions, formations, etc.) (Patent Document 1). ).

[Background Art Document] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-081951

On the other hand, in the card game device such as Patent Document 1, the card arrangement on the board is regularly detected, and each of the card characters whose arrangement is different is controlled to generate an action corresponding to the movement. On the other hand, actions based on card movement are controlled to occur only in matching characters, so the interest that can be provided is limited.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game device, a program, and a game system, which can provide a game experience that improves the fun of the game.

The game apparatus of the present invention includes: a placing part configured to be able to place an article; a detection device that detects a movement operation of one or more articles placed on the placing part; and a control device based on the detection by the detection device The operation of the game is controlled by the moving operation of the items that are taken out; and the control device changes the operation form of the game on the condition that the moving operations of a plurality of items detected by the detection device are classified as the same type of moving operation.

With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a game experience of a game with improved fun.

100: Game Device

101: Control Department

102: Recording Media

103: Memory

104: Payment Inspection Department

105: Card Identification Department

106: Character DB

107: Prompt Control Department

108: Provide control department

109: Operation input part

110: Department of Communications

120: Display part 1

130: Second Display Section

131: Placing panel

140:Provide Ministry

141: take out port

150: End

160: End

300: Game Screen

301: Attack Area

302: Standby area

311, 312, 313: Game Cards

321, 322, 323: Player Characters

501: Energy Slot

502: Energy Slot

601: Game Card

602: Game Card

603: Box

604: Box

1001: Character ID

1002:Character name

1003: Parameters

1004: Display information

1011: Physical Strength

1012: Attack Power

1013: Defense

1014: Action Requirement Information

1015: Skill ID

1016: Skill Information

1021: Card ID

1022: Character ID

1023:Character name

1024: Parameters

1025: Display information

1026: Detection information

1031: Physical

1032: Attack Power

1033: Defense

1034: Action Requirement Information

1035:Skill ID

1036: Skill Information

S701~S706: Steps

S801~S809: Steps

S901~S911: Steps

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the appearance of the game device 100 according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention.

FIGS. 3( a ) to ( c ) are diagrams for explaining a battle game in which a game experience is provided by using the game device 100 of the embodiment and the modification of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is another diagram for explaining a battle game in which a game experience is provided using the game device 100 according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is another diagram for explaining a battle game in which a game experience is provided by the game device 100 according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention.

FIGS. 6( a ) and ( b ) are diagrams for explaining a joint attack of a battle game in which a game experience is provided by using the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a provision process performed by the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating game processing performed by the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an attack action process performed by the game device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 10( a ) and ( b ) are diagrams illustrating examples of data structures of various information according to the embodiments and modifications of the present invention.

[Embodiment]

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Furthermore, the following embodiments do not limit the invention of the claimed scope, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessary for the invention. It is also possible to arbitrarily combine two or more of the plurality of features described in the embodiments. In addition, the same reference number is attached|subjected to the same or the same structure, and the repeated description is abbreviate|omitted.

An embodiment described below will describe an example in which the present invention is applied to a game device capable of performing game operations using a game card, which is an example of a game device. However, the present invention It can be applied to any device that can detect the movement of objects and control the operation of the game.

In this embodiment, the following description is made: the items provided by the game device or circulated in other forms that can be used in the game are game cards, and the game cards correspond to the game elements (characters or props) that appear in the game, Information (item information) for specifying the game elements is attached. However, in the implementation of the present invention, the article is not limited to the game card as long as it is configured as an article capable of detecting its movement operation when used in a game device. In addition, the article may be, for example, a modeling object such as a character model having the appearance of game elements. In this case, the item information for specifying the game elements may be obtained from a pattern attached to the bottom surface or predetermined surface of the shaped object by stickers or printing, or a recording medium inside the shaped object. In addition, the article may be not only a figure, but also an arbitrary article such as a toy or a sticker.

In addition, in this embodiment, the following description is made: All game cards that can be used in the game are attached with constant item information in the following form, which means that the item information is converted by applying a predetermined conversion operation. One-dimensional or multi-dimensional patterns (codes) are then formed (printed) on the surface of the game card. In this embodiment, the following description is made: the code is formed on the surface of the game card by printing using invisible ink, so as not to damage the beauty of the game card.

However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, the code can be printed on the surface of the game card in a visible form, and can also be attached to the game card by forming a predetermined identification pattern related to the code in the middle layer of the game card. In addition, the item information may be configured to be variable. In this case, the item information may be recorded, for example, on a near field communication (NFC: Near Field Communication) tag included in the game card, and can be read and written by a predetermined method. to obtain and change information. In addition, the form of attaching variable item information to the game card is not limited to NFC tags, but can be in any form, such as recording in a recording medium such as an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip and saving in the form of data.

In addition, the following description will be given: in a game in which a game experience is provided by the game device of the present embodiment, a game element that can appear by using a game card is a character, and a pattern (character image) of the corresponding character is attached to the game card. . However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, the game card used to specify the game elements appearing in the game is not limited to being configured to be able to specify the characters related to the game, but can also be configured to be able to specify other game elements such as props or effects. .

"Construction of Game Equipment"

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit), and controls the operation of each block included in the game device 100 . Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading out the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102 , developing and executing it in the memory 103 .

The recording medium 102 is, for example, a recording device capable of permanently storing data, such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The recording medium 102 not only memorizes the action program of each block of the game device 100, but also memorizes information such as parameters required for the operation of each block, or various graphic data used in the game. The memory 103 is, for example, a memory device such as a volatile memory, which is used for temporary data memory. The memory 103 is not only used for the actions of each block The expansion area of the program is also used as a memory area for temporarily storing the output data in the operation of each block.

The payment detection unit 104 detects an equivalent payment made in the game device 100 . Equivalent payment can be determined, for example, by detecting the following events, such as the fact that a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins have been inserted into the coin slot, or that it has been completed based on communication with a chip related to a predetermined electronic circulation token. settlement processing, etc. The game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described as follows: the service of providing game cards to the user is started based on the equivalent payment, and the game card is provided at the same time, but the equivalent payment is not a necessary condition, and it can be started based on a predetermined start instruction. Provide services.

The card recognition unit 105 detects the acquisition of item information of the game cards placed on the placement panel 131 , the identification of each placed game card, and the position and rotation of each game card.

The game device 100 of the present embodiment has, for example, an appearance as shown in FIG. 2 , and during the game, the player performs various operations from the position of the area 200 . Therefore, as shown in the figure, the placement panel 131 forms a plane extending from the end 150 close to the player during the game toward the end 160 away from the player. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the placement panel 131 is configured as an upper layer of the second display portion 130 and is made of a light-transmitting material so that the placement panel 131 can be viewed through the placement panel 131 and formed on the second display portion 130 . of the screen. The display method of the second display portion 130 may be arbitrary, but in this embodiment, in order to be able to display the items placed on the placement panel 131 from the inside of the game device 100 , that is, the lower layers of the placement panel 131 and the second display portion 130 . For various detections of game cards, for example, invisible codes are marked on the game cards with infrared light reflecting ink, and the mounting panel 131 and the second display part 130 are all configured to transmit infrared light. In this case, the The game card can use an infrared camera installed inside the game device 100 to capture the invisible code attached to the installed game card.

The card recognition unit 105 of the present embodiment acquires the item information from the card recognition unit 105 on the mounting panel 131 by extracting the invisible code from the image obtained by the infrared camera, such as an infrared camera, and converting it. The second display unit 130 is photographed from the back side. As described above, the item information possessed by the game card is constituted to include unchanging identification information, and the unchanging identification information is used to specify which character is related to the game associated with the game card. Therefore, when the card recognition unit 105 detects from the captured image that a new game card is loaded (the captured image contains a hidden code whose analysis has not been completed) while the game card used in accepting the game is being loaded, the The stealth code attached to the game card is analyzed to obtain a character ID (Identifier) that identifies the character corresponding to the game card. In addition, the card recognition unit 105 derives the placement position of the game card based on the position where the invisible code in the captured image is detected while providing the game experience, as the game card information (the placement card information) referred to in the game-related processing. ) is managed in the role ID and managed in the memory 103, for example. In addition, the invisible code can be configured to include a predetermined direction of the game card, and further information for identifying the front and back sides. The card identification unit 105 can also detect the direction of the game card when analyzing the invisible code. loading direction), and manage it as loading card information.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the following description is made: when a game card is placed on the placement panel 131, the card recognition unit 105 acquires the item information of the game card or detects the position, etc., but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, it can also be in the following form: the item information of the game card used in the game is obtained by a separate reader, and is attached to the game card in an invisible way. The pattern does not contain the identification information of the character corresponding to the game card, but is only used to identify the game card for which item information has been acquired and to detect the movement of the game card.

In addition, in this embodiment, the following description is made: the card recognition unit 105 detects the position and direction of the card placed on the placement panel 131 to provide a good game experience; The form of the display, the shape of the mounting panel 131 or the game card, the structure of the invisible code, etc., may not be subjected to direction detection.

The character DB (Data base) 106 is a database for managing character information for each character predetermined to appear in the game. For example, as shown in Fig. 10(a), the character information managed by one character is constituted to be associated with the character ID 1001 that uniquely identifies the character, including: character name 1002; parameter 1003, which represents the operation control of the game The characteristics of the character referred to in ; and the display information 1004, which represents the image or model data, etc., for displaying the character on the game screen.

Here, the following description is made: In order to be able to control the operation of the game described below, the parameter 1003 includes physical strength 1011, attack strength 1012, defense strength 1013 for character determination, and an action that describes the conditions for making the character act. In addition to the requirement information 1014, the skill ID 1015 and skill information 1016 related to the special attack different from the normal attack described below are also included. The skill ID 1015 identifies the inherent skill of the character, and the skill information 1016 describes the skill related to activating the inherent skill. information (conditions, odds, etc.).

The presentation control unit 107 includes, for example, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) A drawing device such as a processing unit), in this embodiment, performs generation and control of the screens displayed on the second display unit 130 and the first display unit 120 . Specifically, while the game device 100 is in operation (during the game or in the standby state), the presentation control unit 107 executes appropriate arithmetic processing on a desired drawing object based on the processing or command performed by the control unit 101 to display the screen. draw. The generated screen is output to the second display unit 130 and the first display unit 120, and is displayed in a predetermined display area to prompt the player. The second display unit 130 and the first display unit 120 are related to the game device 100. A display device located in the same casing or detachably connected to the outside of the game device 100 .

The game device 100 of the present embodiment includes two types of display devices (a first display unit 120 and a second display unit 130 ) as shown in FIG. 2 for displaying game screens, and the prompt control unit 107 generates a game screen for each display device. There are various types of game screens displayed by the second display unit 130 in order to provide a good game experience, including the image of the game field as shown in FIG. or a two-dimensional image composed of regions), the details will be described below. On the other hand, the first display unit 120 basically displays a game screen generated based on the movement operation of the game card performed on the surface of the second display unit 130 , and the game screen is, for example, a character corresponding to the game card or an overlook A game screen or various performance animations drawn from the viewpoint of the character and other characters appearing in the game.

The cue control unit 107 includes, for example, a circuit for outputting/amplifying audio signals, such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs predetermined processing when generating audio output from a speaker (not shown). Specifically, the prompt control unit 107 determines audio data to be output at the same time based on, for example, audio data pre-recorded in the recording medium 102, and converts (D/A (Digital/Analog, digital/analog) conversion) into electrical audio After the signal, output to the speaker audio signal, so that the speaker outputs sound waves based on the audio signal.

The providing control unit 108 controls the operation of the providing unit 140 so as to basically provide one game card that can be used in the game provided by the game device 100 to one game based on the equivalent payment. The game card may be provided, for example, before the start of a game sequence related to the provision of a predetermined game (combat game), and used in a subsequent game sequence. The supply unit 140 is, for example, a card dispenser, and may be configured to have a card stacker (not shown) that stacks game cards in the vertical direction, and to supply one card and store it in a supply command given by the supply control unit 108. The mechanism of the game card at the bottom of the stacker. When the providing part 140 is built in the same casing as the game device 100, the provided card can be provided to the player by being guided to the take-out port 141 (FIG. 2) accessible from the outside of the game device 100. The game card provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured to have an invisible code related to the inherent item information on the surface as described above, so it is a pre-printed and manufactured pre-made card, and all the card recognition parts 105 are formed in the same shape and the same size .

Furthermore, the following description is made: the game device 100 of the present embodiment provides prefabricated cards with fixed designs that are pre-printed and distributed in a factory or the like, but the provided game cards may also be capable of being printed by so-called on-demand printing. Cards that change designs dynamically. In this case, the providing unit 140 is a printing device that prints a predetermined paper medium. For example, the code can be printed on the game card and output. The above-mentioned code is configured to be processed by the player or by drawing lots according to the operation of the game. The item information of the character ID of the selected character is obtained by converting the above item information using the game card conversion method.

The operation input unit 109 is, for example, a game device such as an operation member for decision input or various sensors. 100 has a user interface. The operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101 when it is detected that an operation input has been made to the operation member. In this embodiment, the operation input unit 109 is a member that detects operation input to various user interfaces provided on the game device 100 as physical operation members, and is set as the detection object and the movement of the game card detected by the card recognition unit 105 The relevant operation input is different, and the following description is given as a different user interface. Furthermore, the operation input unit 109 may include, for example, a touch input detection sensor or the like that detects a touch input performed on the screen of the first display unit 120 or the second display unit 130 .

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface between the game device 100 and an external device. The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a communication network such as the Internet, which is not shown, or a wired or wireless communication medium such as a cable, thereby enabling data transmission and reception. The communication unit 110 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits it to an external device such as a server via a network. Further, when the communication unit 110 receives information from an external device via a network, for example, it decodes the information and stores the information in the memory 103 .

In addition, the game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to receive, from the external device via the communication unit 110, program data in which a program for game-related processing is packaged. When the control unit 101 receives the program data and the program update request through the communication unit 110, it can use the received program data to update the game-related processing program currently stored in the recording medium 102 according to the update request. . Furthermore, the update process of the game-related processing program is not only performed by the above-mentioned method, for example, it is also automatically performed when the program data recorded in the recording medium is inserted into the not-shown optical drive of the game device, or it is also performed. Can be executed by executing the start command by the administrator after insertion.

"Game Running"

Hereinafter, the outline of the operation of the game that provides the game experience in the game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described.

In this embodiment, the following description will be made: the game that provides the game experience in the game device 100 is a turn-based battle game played between a player team and an opponent team. A corresponding character (player character) is established on each game card on the placement panel 131, and the opponent team includes the character (opponent character) of the opponent selected by a predetermined method. In the battle game, the total stamina of the player's team and the opponent's team is determined by the roles that make up the team as the team's stamina, and the opponent's team's stamina is reduced to 0 within the period of reaching the predetermined upper limit number of rounds. , or the team with more stamina remaining after the maximum number of rounds has passed becomes the winner of the game.

A round consists of a combat phase and an action phase. The above combat phase determines the actions of each character of the player team in that round after studying the state of the player team or the opponent team. The above action phase resolves the actions determined in the combat phase. Completed the processing related to the increase or decrease of team stamina. Here, in order to secure time for the player to think, the battle game is not run in the combat phase, and the battle game is run in the action phase in which the action decided in the combat phase is resolved.

Hereinafter, the combat phase and the action phase set for one round will be described in more detail.

<Operation Phase>

In the combat phase, in order to determine the actions of each player character in the subsequent action phase (same round), the second display unit 130 displays a game screen 300 as shown in FIG. 3( a ). The attack area 301 as the second area of the present invention shown on the game screen 300, and the standby area 302 as the second area described above correspond to areas where player characters can be placed in the in-game space (3D space) related to the battle game . In the battle game of this embodiment, the action phase is determined according to which space in the game the player character is placed in the battle phase, that is, where the game card corresponding to the player character is placed on the mounting panel 131 the actions of each player character.

The player can place the game card on the placing panel 131 of the second display unit 130 in such a manner that at least a part of the game card overlaps with the attack area 301 or the standby area 302 displayed on the second display unit 130 , thereby playing the game with the game. The player characters corresponding to the card establishment are arranged in the in-game space. For example, as shown in FIG. 3( b ), when the game cards 311 , 312 and 313 are placed on the placing panel 131 , the game screen displayed on the first display unit 120 as shown in FIG. 3( c ) 320 , in the in-game space related to the battle game, in order to maintain the relative relationship, place player characters 321 , 322 and 323 corresponding to the game cards. Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, the case where a game card is placed on an area on the placement panel 131 corresponding to an arbitrary area on the screen will be referred to as “a character corresponding to the game card is placed in the area” or “in the area” Configure the game card", but the above statement can also be changed appropriately.

Here, in the battle game of the present embodiment, regardless of other players (opponent players) or NPCs (Non-Player Characters) who operate the main system of the opponent team and play games in other game devices 100 connected by communication, An attack area 301 and a standby area 302 are set for each team. Furthermore, the area group associated with the player's team and the group associated with the opponent's team The area group is arranged so that the characters in the area face each other as shown in FIG. 4 . Hereinafter, the flow of the battle game will be explained focusing on the player team, and the explanation is the same for the opponent team.

In the action phase, the action of the player character related to the game card placed in the area on the placement panel 131 is different in the attack area 301 and the standby area 302. For example, the former includes a battle action or skill activation against the opponent character, The latter includes the activation of the effect of boosting defense parameters or the effect of accumulating action points (charge) as described below.

Specifically, the standby area 302 is an area in which action points are accumulated without allowing the player characters placed in the area to perform actions (attack actions) for reducing the team's physical strength of the opponent team in the follow-up action phase. The so-called action points refer to the points that, by consuming in the action phase, the player character who consumes the points can perform an attack action. In a state where the action point is 0, the player character cannot perform an attack action. Therefore, the player must move the game card associated with the corresponding player character to the standby area 302 . Also, for example, the initial value of action points, the value of points raised (accumulated) by being placed in the standby area 302, and the maximum value that can be accumulated are determined for each character based on the action requirement information 1014 of the character information.

On the other hand, the attack area 301 is an area in which the player character placed in the area performs an attack action by consuming action points in the follow-up action phase. As shown in FIG. 3( a ), the attack area 301 is divided into three-stage areas.

The farther the player character placed in the attack area 301 is located in the area away from the player (the upper part of the screen), the greater the amount of attack damage when performing an attack action. That is, by assigning the player character Placing it above the attack area 301 can put the character into a state where it is easy to reduce the team stamina of the opponent team more. Conversely, the more the player character placed in the attack area 301 is placed in the area close to the player (the lower part of the screen), the smaller the amount of attack damage when performing an attack action.

On the other hand, when the opponent character is attacked, the player character is controlled in the following way: the more the player character is placed in the area away from the player (upper screen), the greater the amount of damage it takes, and the closer the player character is placed in the area (below the screen) The less damage you take.

Therefore, in the combat phase, the player moves the game cards on the placement panel 131 to change the placement position, thereby being able to control the states and actions of each player character in the subsequent action phase.

<Operation phase> When the combat phase (due to a certain operation or time runs out) ends, the operation phase of the same round begins. The characters to be acted upon in the action phase are basically the player characters of the player team and the opponent characters of the opponent team placed in the attack area 301 . The action phase resolves the attack action based on the result of the movement operation of the game card in the combat phase, and prompts its details or performance.

First, when the action phase begins, it is decided which of the player team and the opponent team will perform the attack action (first attacking team/second attacking team). The decision of the first attacking team/the second attacking team can be performed, for example, by performing the following predetermined operations to calculate the sum of the parameters of each team, and based on the size of the sum (the one with the larger sum is the first attacking team). The above-mentioned predetermined operations refer to: Configured for each team in The attack power and other parameters (values) determined by each character on the attack area 301 are based on the position of the character in the attack area 301, plus a value corresponding to the value of the consumed action points.

After the first attacking team/second attacking team is decided, the roles of the second attacking team are divided into groups based on, for example, attack attributes, tacit understanding, placement positions, etc., and each group is set as a candidate for the attack target. Furthermore, a group may consist of only one character. In the following, the actions during the attack action of the first attacking team will be described. After the attack action of the first attacking team is completed, the action related to the attack action of the second attacking team is performed in the same way after switching the attack and defense.

First, in order to solve the attack action, for example, one character (attacking character) whose first attacking team is arranged in the attack area 301 is sequentially selected, and the above-mentioned setted second attacking team (attacked group) is selected as the attack target for the attacking character. Then, it is judged whether the attack action (normal attack) related to the attack character is successful or not.

For example, as shown in Figure 5, the success of a general attack related to an attacking character can be determined according to the so-called energy gauge victory or defeat. The length of the energy slot set by each of the attacked characters) is determined. In the example shown in FIG. 5 , the energy gauge 501 of the attacking character exceeds the energy gauge 502 of the attacked character. In this case, it is determined that the normal attack of the attacking character is successful. Here, regarding the length of each energy slot, when it is the energy slot of a character operated by any player, it can be determined by the relevant operation input (physical button operation) of stopping the energy slot during the period of sequential change of the energy slot length. Sure. On the other hand, when it is an energy slot of a character operated by an NPC, the energy slot length can be processed by setting the relevant operation input to stop the energy slot at a time point randomly determined by, for example, a lottery process. determiner.

When the normal attack is judged to be successful, determine the amount of attack damage (reduction of physical strength) to the back-attacking team, and display it on the first display part 120 and/or the second display part 130 to indicate that the normal attack is successful (no defense is performed, and is The performance display of the attack group being hit (attacked)). On the other hand, when the normal attack is judged to be a failure, the amount of attack damage to the back-attacking team will be determined separately, and a performance display will be performed indicating that the normal attack has failed (after defending, the attacked team is hit). Here, in order to ensure the fun of the battle game, even if the normal attack fails, the opponent can still be damaged, and the success or failure plays a role in the increase or decrease of the attack damage (success > failure).

After the normal attack, it is judged whether to activate the skill determined by the same attacking character. The skill may be, for example, a skill that causes the attacking character to generate additional attack actions (special attack), and whether or not to activate the skill may be determined by a lottery process. When the skill is activated, in addition to the performance display of the normal attack, the first display part 120 and/or the second display part 130 will also display the performance display of the attacking character using a special attack to chase the attacked character. Here, the probability of skill activation, that is, the probability of being selected in the lottery process, may be determined for each skill and described in the skill information 1016, and may also be determined based on the degree to which the game is advantageously run when activated (for example, it is set so that the more Skills that make the game run favorably have a lower chance of winning).

(joint attack)

The special attack generated by the activation of the skill is basically performed by one attacking character, but in the battle game of this embodiment, only a part of the specific characters are assigned to cause special attacks by a plurality of characters (hereinafter, in order to be compatible with other characters). Special attacks are distinguished and called joint attacks) can.

The joint attack is activated on the condition that the game card on the placement panel 131 is moved. In more detail, as shown in FIG. 6( a ), for example, the joint attack is initiated by performing a movement operation within a predetermined time (limited time), and the movement operation is performed with an attacking character having the joint attack skill. The related game card 601 and the game card 602 related to another character (joint character) other than the attacking character in the initiative team are moved to the areas shown by the different boxes 603 and 604 . In this embodiment, the conditions for launching a joint attack are: after the conditions for launching the skills are met, a screen prompt as shown in FIG. 6( a ) is performed, and then a moving operation on the placement panel 131 is performed to become the state shown in FIG. 6( b ). . As shown in the figure, the boxes 603 and 604 are displayed so as to be arranged in the attack area 301 , that is, an area away from the player in the screen displayed by the second display unit 130 .

The amount of attack damage of the joint attack increases or decreases according to the consistency of the movement operations of the two target game cards. Here, in this embodiment, the so-called degree of consistency of the movement operation is evaluated according to the simultaneity of the completion time point of the operation of moving to the corresponding area of the frame, and the closer the time point of the two game cards is, the greater the amount of attack damage. Great way to control. In other words, the control is performed in such a manner as to compare the time point when the player's operation to move the game card 601 to the area corresponding to the frame 603 is completed and the time point when the operation to move the game card 602 to the area corresponding to the frame 604 is completed, etc. The closer the time interval, the greater the attack damage, and the farther apart in time, the less attack damage. The description of the increase or decrease of the attack damage amount is realized by changing the coefficient of the formula used when deriving the attack damage amount in this embodiment, but it can also be realized by changing parameters such as the attack power of the corresponding character. , that is, by deriving the attack damage amount of the joint attack using the changed parameters.

The degree of coincidence can be evaluated in stages, as long as the above-mentioned time difference can be classified into, for example, 10 stages, and the amount of attack damage can be derived according to which stage is classified. The time difference classified into each stage may be a fixed time length, and the time length of classification may be different in each stage, so that it is easy to be classified as a stage when the movement operation completion time point is regarded as a simultaneous stage, for example, to improve the interest. At this time, for example, as shown in the notification 605 in FIG. 6( b ), the evaluation of the degree of agreement can be converted into a notification in the form of a percentage damage display. Furthermore, in a joint attack, when the movement operation of at least one of the game cards is not completed, the joint attack is controlled not to be launched.

After the moving operation is completed, a joint attack involving the attacking character and the joint character is launched, and the first display unit 120 and/or the second display unit 130 displays the character's special attack action on the attacked character. That is, when a joint attack is used, unlike the special attacks of other skills, it is changed to the operation form of the attack action of multiple characters, which can cause a larger amount of damage and make the operation of the game in a favorable state. Therefore, in order to ensure the balance of the game, the characters corresponding to the related skills of the joint attack can also be limited to only a part of the characters that can appear in the game, and in such a way that the engine rate of the skills is reduced or until the number of rounds It is controlled in such a way that it is activated only when the specified number or more is reached.

Here, the effect display when launching a joint attack is controlled so that not only the damage display will be different according to the amount of attack damage, but the effect content will also be different according to the amount of attack damage.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the following description is given for the joint attack: when the attack starts, the boxes 603 and 604 are displayed at specific positions of the second display unit 130 and the movement operation is accepted; The moving operation of the game card must be generated, and it can also be controlled by means of a position prompt box that is different from the position of the target game card on the mounting panel 131, and the target game card can be moved to a specific position first, and then Control the way of the position prompt box with different positions.

In this embodiment, the description of the joint attack is presented in a frame on the second display unit 130, but the presentation method and presentation content may be arbitrary as long as the frame presents the information that becomes the movement operation indicator.

In addition, in this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the description of the joint attack is to show the boxes of arranging two game cards each once, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the prompt of the box can also be divided into multiple times, and the boxes are arranged at different positions for prompting each time. A frame that requires further movement of the 2 game cards.

In addition, in this embodiment, the following description is made: the movement operation required to launch a joint attack is preferably to complete the movement of two game cards to their corresponding frames at the same time, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, as long as a plurality of game cards are used for It is only necessary to change the running state of the game if the card performs a movement operation that is classified into the same category. For example, at least in the form of launching the joint attack by confirming the will of the player who wants to successfully perform the joint attack, the movement operation required to launch the joint attack may also be an operation to move the game card toward the area corresponding to the frame. Alternatively, the movement operation required to launch a joint attack may be an operation to move the two game cards in a way of drawing the same trajectory or in a way of drawing a symmetrical trajectory, rather than an operation to move the game card to a specific area. In this case, it is only necessary to evaluate the similarity/symmetry of the trajectories to derive the amount of attack damage.

In addition, the number of game cards required for the movement operation related to launching a joint attack is not limited to two, and may be any number as long as it is plural.

"Provide Processing"

In the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, specific processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 for providing processing performed in relation to providing one game experience. The processing corresponding to this flowchart can be realized by, for example, reading out the corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102 by the control unit 101 , and developing and executing it in the memory 103 . In addition, the present game processing starts when, for example, while the game device 100 is in the standby state, the payout detection unit 104 detects that an equivalent payout has been made.

In S701, under the control of the control unit 101, the offer control unit 108 controls the offer unit 140 so as to offer game cards for the equivalent payment related to the start of the offer process. In addition, when the game card is provided, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to perform a notification to provide the game card.

In S702, the control unit 101 determines the opponent character to appear in the current game. Hereinafter, for the sake of brevity, the following description will be given: the game provided by the game device 100 is a battle game between a player character (player team) and an opponent character (opponent team), and the player character (player team) is based on the The operation is controlled by actions, and the opponent character (opponent team) appears in the game as an NPC (Non-Player Character); however, as described above, a player team composed of other players operating other game devices 100 may be used as the opponent team. against each other battle game.

Regarding each of the player character and the opponent character, the number to appear in the battle game is determined in advance. In this step, the control unit 101 determines the required number of opponent characters, and additionally stores the battle game information related to the opponent character into the memory. In the opponent character management table in the memory 103. The decision of the opponent character can be made according to the completed operation input of selecting any one of the preset opponent characters or the quest associated with the opponent character, or it can also be processed according to the lottery process or recorded in other recording media. The information of the player's game operation status, etc., is carried out without operation input.

Furthermore, the information about one record managed by one character in the opponent character management table does not include the information indicating the state of the game card, other than that, it can have the same structure as the information on the loaded card, as long as it is based on the determined opponent character. You can obtain the required information from the character DB106 and memorize it.

In S703, the control unit 101 executes a registration process for registering the player character who appeared in the competition game in the current game. The registration process is performed by the player placing the game card related to the character desired to appear as a player team on the placing panel 131 of the second display unit 130 . In the registration process, the card recognition unit 105 performs image processing on the image obtained by photographing the mounting panel 131 to detect the game card and acquire the corresponding item information. Extract and convert the above code.

The game card placed on the placing panel 131 by the card recognition unit 105 has changed (a new game card has been detected). When the game card and the detected game card disappear (due to being removed), the corresponding processing (addition/deletion of the loading card information) will be performed. For example, when a new game card is detected, the card identification unit 105 obtains a character ID (acquisition of item information) related to the corresponding character by analyzing the invisible code attached to the card, and associates it with the card's ID. The detected coordinates are output to the control unit 101 together with the rotation information. Then, the control unit 101 acquires the corresponding character information from the presentation control unit 107 based on the detected item information of the game card, thereby constructing the loading card information, and additionally stores the information in the player character management of the memory 103 in the table.

Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 10(b), for each game card, the loading card information is associated with the card ID 1021 for identifying the game card and the character ID 1022 for identifying the corresponding character contained in the item information of the game card. On the other hand, it manages the character name 1023 acquired from the character DB 106, the parameter 1024, the display information 1025, and the detection information 1026 indicating the state (at least one of position, rotation, and movement) of the game card placed on the panel 131.

In S704, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the registration of the player character is completed. The completion of the login of the player character can be determined based on the following conditions: it is detected that the operation input related to the completion of the login of the player has been completed; or the login of the upper limit (7) of the player characters has been completed. When the control unit 101 judges that the registration of the player character has been completed, the process proceeds to S705, and when it is judged that the registration has not been completed, the process returns to S703. Here, when the login is completed, when the number of registered player characters is less than the specified number, the following method can also be used: Select the foreign aid character in this battle game by lottery processing, etc., and add the information of the character. To the player character management table, make the player character a predetermined number. In this case, for example, in a form in which the action of the character is controlled by the control unit 101 without the player's operation, one of the player character management tables to manage one foreign player character The information of the copy record can also be constituted in the form of removing the detection information 1026 from the loading card information, similarly to the information of the opponent character. In addition, for example, the second display unit 130 is configured as a display device capable of detecting touch operations, and in a form in which the virtual game card (image) corresponding to the foreign player character is displayed so as to be movable by touch operations, it can be It has the same structure as the loading card information.

In S705, the control unit 101 starts the game processing related to the battle game in which the registered player character and the opponent character appear. More specifically, the control unit 101 refers to the player character management table and the opponent character management table, and executes the processing (game processing) of the game sequence in which the operation is controlled based on the parameters 1024 of each character.

<Game Processing>

Here, regarding the game processing performed in this step, the specific processing will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 8 .

In S801, the control unit 101 starts the processing of the battle phase related to the current round. More specifically, the control unit 101 determines which of the attack area 301 and the standby area 302 to place each player character at the start of the combat phase based on the detection result of the game card by the card recognition unit 105 . In addition, the control unit 101 determines whether a movement operation has been performed based on the time change of the detection result of the game card, and determines which of the attack area 301 and the standby area 302 the corresponding player character is placed on the game card that has been moved.

Furthermore, when the control unit 101 obtains the detection result of the game card by the card identification unit 105, the control unit 101 updates the corresponding detection information 1026 in the player character management table, and determines whether the moving operation is started or not. And the judgment of whether the move operation is completed. Furthermore, based on the above-mentioned operations, the presentation control unit 107, under the control of the control unit 101, generates a screen reflecting the detection result and the movement operation, and presents it to the first display unit 120 and/or the second display unit 130. The content of whether the detection of the game card or the movement operation has been performed, and the content of the prompt control accompanying this are the same, so the description will be omitted in the following description.

In S802, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the end condition of the combat phase is satisfied. In the combat phase, for example, an operation to determine the configuration of each player's character may be performed, or it may be determined that the end condition is satisfied after a pre-determined operational time for the combat phase has passed. When the control unit 101 judges that the end condition of the combat phase is satisfied, the process proceeds to S803, and when it judges that the end condition is not satisfied, the process of this step is repeated.

In S803, the control unit 101 starts the processing of the action phase related to the current round. When the operation phase starts, the prompt control unit 107 changes the screens displayed on the first display unit 120 and the second display unit 130 from the operation phase screen to the action phase screen.

In S804, the control unit 101 decides which of the player team and the opponent team to set the initiative as the action phase related to the current round.

In S805, the control unit 101 performs the following attack action processing: setting the first attacking team as the attacking team, and setting the second attacking team as the defending team, which is related to solving the attacking action of the attacking team.

<Attack action processing>

Here, the details of the attack action processing executed in this step will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 9 .

In S901, the control unit 101 divides the defense team into groups.

In S902, the control unit 101 sets, as an attacking character, one character whose attack action has not been resolved among the characters arranged in the attacking area of the attacking team.

In S903, the control unit 101 determines the group of the defending team to be attacked (the attacked group: the defending team), and executes the energy tank of the normal attack on the attacking character and one character in the attacked group (the attacked character). The handling of victory and defeat. The control unit 101 accepts an operation input related to the stop of the energy tank, and determines the length of the energy tank related to the character of the player team. In addition, the control unit 101 executes predetermined processing related to the role of the opponent team, and determines the energy slot length. Then, the control unit 101 determines whether the normal attack of the attacking character is successful or not based on the determined energy slot length.

In S904, the control unit 101 determines the amount of attack damage to the defending team by the normal attack based on the result of the victory or defeat of the energy bar executed in S903 (whether the normal attack is successful or not). Then, the control unit 101 performs a process of subtracting the attack damage amount from the team physical strength of the defending team. At this time, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to perform a presentation display related to the general attack on the target group.

In S905, the control unit 101 determines whether to activate the skill of the attacking character. Whether to activate the skill system The judgment is based on the skill information 1036 of the parameter 1024 managed by the attacking character in the player character management table or the opponent character management table. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S906 when determining that the attack character is to activate the skill, and proceeds to S911 when determining that the attack character is not to activate the skill.

In S906, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the skill used by the attacking character is a skill that generates a joint attack. More specifically, the control unit 101 judges this step based on whether the skill ID 1035 managed by the attacking character in the character management table matches the skill ID of the skill that generates the joint attack. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S907 when determining that the skill that activates the attacking character is a skill that generates a joint attack, and shifts the process to S910 when determining that it is not a skill that generates a joint attack.

In S907, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the joint attack of the attacking characters in the current game has been launched. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S911 when determining that the attacking character's joint attack has been launched, and proceeds to S908 when determining that the attacking character's joint attack has not been launched.

In S908, the control unit 101 accepts the movement operation of the game card related to the launch of the joint attack. Specifically, the control unit 101 determines a joint character participating in the joint attack from the characters arranged in the attacking area of the attacking team, and accepts the movement operation of the game card corresponding to the attacking character and the joint character. Further, the presentation control unit 107, under the control of the control unit 101, constitutes a screen including a frame indicating the arrangement positions of the game cards, and causes the second display unit 130 to present the presentation. When the control unit 101 judges that the movement operation of the matching game card has been accepted, that is, when it judges that the movement operation of the two game cards has been completed, the control unit 101 transfers the process to S909. At this time, the control unit 101 completes the moving operation of each game card The information of the time point of the end is stored in the memory 103 .

In addition, when the movement operation is not completed within the time limit, the control unit 101 may shift the process to S911 without launching the joint attack of the attacking characters.

In S909, the control unit 101 determines the amount of attack damage to the defending team by the joint attack based on the completion time point of the movement operation performed on the two game cards. Then, the control unit 101 performs a process of subtracting the attack damage amount from the team physical strength of the defending team. At this time, the control unit 101 controls so as to cause the presentation control unit 107 to perform an effect display related to the joint attack against the target group.

The description in this embodiment is that the attacking team is the player team, and the movement operations performed in S908 and S909 are detected to determine whether a joint attack is launched. However, when the attacking team is the opponent team of the NPC, the The amount of attack damage is determined by simulating the movement operations related to the joint attack, or by using the lottery process to determine the end time.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S906 that the skill used by the attacking character is not a skill that produces a joint attack, the control unit 101 determines in S910 a special attack that is not a joint attack, that is, a special attack performed only by the attacking character against the defender. The amount of attack damage done by the team. Then, the control unit 101 performs a process of subtracting the attack damage amount from the team physical strength of the defending team. At this time, the control unit 101 controls the presentation control unit 107 to perform a presentation display related to the general attack on the target group.

In S911, the control unit 101 determines whether there is a character whose attack action is not resolved among the characters of the attacking team, and whether the team physical strength of the defending team is 1 or more. The control unit 101 returns the process to S902 when it is judged that there is a character whose attack action has not been resolved and the team health of the defending team is 1 or more, and ends the attack action process when it judges that the condition is not met.

When the attack action related to the first attacking team is resolved by the attack action process in this way, the control section 101 determines whether or not the end condition of the competition game is satisfied in S806 of the game process. The end condition of the battle game in this step is determined based on whether or not the team stamina of the attacking team becomes below 0. When the control unit 101 judges that the end condition of the competition game is satisfied, it completes the processing of the present game, and when it judges that the end condition of the competition game is not satisfied, it transfers the process to S807.

In S807, the control unit 101 executes the following attack action processing: setting the rear attacking team as the attacking team, and setting the first attacking team as the defending team, related to solving the attacking action of the attacking team.

In S808, the control unit 101 performs processing related to accumulation of action points for the characters placed in the waiting areas of the player team and the opponent team.

In S809, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the end condition of the competition game is satisfied. The end condition of the battle game in this step can be judged based on whether the team's physical strength of the first attacking team becomes 0 or less, or whether the current round is the final round. The control unit 101 ends the processing of the present game when judging that the end condition of the competitive game is satisfied, and returns the process when judging that the end condition of the competitive game is not satisfied S801, performing the related processing of the next round.

When the game processing is completed in this way, the control unit 101 executes various processing related to the end of the competition game in S706 of the providing processing, and completes the present providing processing. This processing may include, for example, a presentation of the game result of the control unit 107 and a transition processing to a standby state.

As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, the game operation mode of the game can be changed by setting the movement operation of a plurality of items to be classified as the same type, so that it is possible to provide a game with improved fun. experience.

[Variation example]

In the above-described embodiment, the premise is that the player of the battle game is one player, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the battle game may be in the form of a so-called 2P (two player) mode in which two players participate in a group (as friends) in one game device 100 . In this case, the game cards registered to the player's team can be controlled in the following ways: management of information on which game card is mounted or operated by which player, and a plurality of game cards that are the target of the movement operation during the launch of a joint attack Contains game cards associated with two players. Thereby, it is possible to appropriately improve the difficulty of determining the simultaneity of the movement operations of a plurality of game cards, and provide a more interesting game experience.

Furthermore, such a modified form is not limited to the form of two players, and of course, the battle game may be configured so that a plurality of players can participate as friends. In this case, with regard to the plurality of game cards that are the objects of the movement operation during the launch of the joint attack, only the selected and A small number of players can create corresponding game cards.

In addition, such a form in which a plurality of players can participate as friends does not need to be realized in one game device. That is, the form may be as follows: the players operate a plurality of game devices configured to be able to communicate with each other, for example, when a joint attack is launched, a prompt box is synchronized in the plurality of game devices, and the movement operation of each game card is accepted. , determine the simultaneity of the movement operation. In this case, it is not necessary to present a plurality of frames on the second display unit 130 of one game device. In addition, if there is only one frame presented as a movement indicator in one game device, it is also possible to acquire the position information of the frame that is similarly presented in other game devices, and the loading status of the game card to be moved to the frame. , etc. are presented together, thereby making it easy to play a joint game of multiple players.

[Other Embodiments]

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, the game device of the present invention can also be realized by a program for causing one or more computers to function as the game device. The program can be provided/distributed by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, or provided/distributed via an electrical communication line.

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Claims (14)

A game device comprising: a placing portion configured to place an item corresponding to a character; a detection device for detecting a movement operation of one or more items placed on the placing portion; and a control device for The operation of the game is controlled based on the movement operation of the object detected by the detection device; the control device includes a role with the skill of joint attack among the roles corresponding to the plurality of objects whose movement operation is detected by the detection device, and includes The movement operation of multiple items of the item corresponding to the character with the joint attack skill is a joint movement operation to move to an area different from the currently placed area, and it is a joint movement performed at the same or similar time points. Operation is a condition to change the running form of the above game. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the control device makes the running form of the game different based on the completion time point of the joint movement operation of each of the plurality of items. The game apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control means is changed to a form that allows the game to be run advantageously in accordance with the completion of the joint movement operation of the plurality of items. The game device of claim 3, wherein the control device is changed to a form that allows the game to run more favorably as the degree of agreement of the completion time points of the joint movement operation of each of the plurality of items is higher. The game device of claim 4, further comprising a notification device that notifies the degree of consistency of the completion time point of the joint movement operation of the plurality of items. The game device of any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the movement operation detected by the detection device corresponds to the action in the game of the character corresponding to the item, and the reference for the running control of the game is determined for each character. According to the completion of the joint movement operation of the plurality of items, the control device changes the parameters of the characters corresponding to the plurality of items to a form that allows the game to run favorably. The game device of claim 1, wherein the placing portion includes a prompting device, the prompting device is located below the placing surface on which the article is placed, and prompts the screen in a manner that can be visually recognized through the placing surface, and the prompting device prompts On a screen on which a plurality of frame-shaped images are arranged, the joint movement operation is performed as follows: the position of the plurality of objects after the movement becomes the above-mentioned placement corresponding to each of the plurality of frame-shaped images presented by the above-mentioned prompting device position on the face. The game device of claim 1, wherein the placing portion includes a prompting device, the prompting device is located below the placing surface on which the article is placed, and prompts the screen in a manner that can be visually recognized through the placing surface, and the prompting device prompts On a screen on which a plurality of frame-shaped images are arranged, the above-mentioned joint movement operation is performed as follows: the above-mentioned plurality of objects are oriented and the above-mentioned reminder is performed. The position on the mounting surface corresponding to each of the plurality of frame-shaped images presented by the device moves. The game device of claim 7 or 8, wherein the placing portion is formed in a shape extending from an end close to the player toward the other end away from the player, and the screen prompted by the prompting device includes a first area close to the player, and The plurality of frame-shaped images are arranged in the second area away from the player in the second area. The game device of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the joint move operation is derived from a move operation performed by a plurality of players on each of the plurality of items. The game device of claim 10, wherein said joint movement operation is a movement operation performed on each of said plurality of items in a plurality of said game devices. The game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising providing means for providing articles, and the detection means detects the articles provided by the providing means and placed on the placing portion. A game program that makes a computer function as each device of the game apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 12. A game system, which includes game items corresponding to characters, and is configured to be able to play A game device for supplying the game article, the game device includes: a placing part configured to be able to place the game article; and a detection device that detects one or more of the game articles placed on the placing part. Movement operation of an item; and a control device that controls the operation of the game based on the movement operation of the game object detected by the detection device; the control device is based on a plurality of items corresponding to the movement operation detected by the detection device. The movement operation of a character including a character with a joint attack skill and a plurality of items including items corresponding to the character with the joint attack skill is a joint movement operation to move to an area different from the currently placed area and The operation form of the above-mentioned game is changed on the condition that the joint movement operation is carried out at the same or similar time points.

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