WO2013065969A1

WO2013065969A1 - Method, game server, terminal, and recording medium for providing a game using an item

Info

Publication number: WO2013065969A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/008421
Authority: WO
Inventors: 양준영; 이보미
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-11-03
Filing date: 2012-10-16
Publication date: 2013-05-10
Also published as: KR20130049011A; KR101298650B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game technology and, more specifically, to a method, a game server, a terminal, and a recording medium for providing a game using an item, by which a user can experience anticipation, curiosity, and fun due to item acquisition by enabling the user to acquire an item in a manner where the user does not know which item is acquired.

Description

A method of providing a game using an item, a game server, a terminal, and a recording medium.

The present invention relates to game technology.

In the conventional game, by providing an item that can be used as a character with various options or various abilities in the game, the user can feel more interest in the game.

Therefore, the conventional game provides a means for acquiring an item available in the game. As the item acquiring means, a means for acquiring an item by the user selecting and purchasing a desired item in an item shop, and After progressing the game, a means for acquiring an item provided according to the game result is provided.

The conventional item obtaining means has a problem in that the user does not feel curiosity or fun greatly due to the item obtaining in that it is a means for obtaining a fixed item while the user knows which item.

Against this background, the present invention allows a user to acquire an item in a way that the user does not know which item to obtain, thereby providing a game using an item in which the user can feel the expectation, curiosity, and fun of acquiring the item. To provide a game server, a terminal and a recording medium.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention, an item management unit for storing and managing a plurality of items obtainable through a capsule; A capsule manager configured to correspond a specific capsule among a plurality of capsules with a representative item among the plurality of items; When a capsule lottery request is received from the terminal, one of the plurality of capsules is extracted, and as a result of the extraction, when the specific capsule is extracted from the plurality of capsules, the representative item corresponding to the specific capsule is stored as an acquired item, and A capsule machine unit for selecting one or more of the remaining items other than the representative item among the plurality of items and storing the extracted one capsule other than the specific capsule among the plurality of capsules as an acquired item; And a representative item setting unit configured to set a specific item as the representative item among the plurality of items and change and set another specific item as the representative item when a representative item change event is recognized. Provide a server.

In another aspect, the present invention, in the method for providing a game using the item, the game server, stores and manages a plurality of items obtainable through the capsule, and represents a particular capsule of the plurality of capsules among the plurality of items Matching with the item; If a capsule lottery request is received from the terminal, extracting one of the plurality of capsules; As a result of the extraction, when the specific capsule of the plurality of capsules is extracted, the representative item corresponding to the specific capsule is stored as an acquisition item, and when a capsule other than the specific capsule of the plurality of capsules is extracted, among the plurality of items. Selecting one or more of the remaining items except for the representative item and storing them as acquired items; And setting a particular item as the representative item among the plurality of items, and changing and setting another specific item as the representative item when recognizing a representative item change event. do.

In another aspect, the present invention, a capsule machine display unit for displaying a capsule machine image for a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules on the capsule machine use page; A representative item display unit displaying a representative item image of a representative item obtainable through a specific capsule among the plurality of capsules on the capsule machine using page; And recognizing a representative item change event, provides a game server that provides a game using an item including a representative item changer configured to change the representative item and change the representative item image displayed on the capsule machine use page. .

In still another aspect, the present invention provides a method for controlling a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules and a representative item image of a representative item obtainable through a specific capsule of the plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen. Capsule machine screen control unit; And a representative item change controller configured to change the representative item and control the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed according to the change of the representative item when the representative item change event is recognized. It provides a terminal.

In another aspect, the present invention, in the method for providing a game using an item, controlling the capsule machine image for a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules to display on the screen, specific capsules of the plurality of capsules Controlling the representative item image of the representative item obtainable through the display to be displayed on the screen; And when the representative item change event is recognized, changing the representative item, and controlling the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed according to the change of the representative item. To provide.

In another aspect, the present invention, in the recording medium recording a program for executing a method for providing a game using an item, the control to display a capsule machine image for a capsule machine containing a plurality of capsules on the screen And a function of controlling a representative item image of a representative item obtainable through a specific capsule among the plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen, and when the representative item change event is recognized, the representative item is changed and the representative A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that implements a function of controlling the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed according to an item change.

As described above, according to the present invention, by allowing a user to acquire an item in a manner in which the user does not know what item to obtain, a game using an item in which the user can feel the expectation, curiosity, and fun of acquiring the item A method, a game server, a terminal, and a recording medium can be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, by allowing the user to acquire the item using the capsule machine, the user can feel more curious and fun about what items can be obtained through the capsule machine.

In addition, according to the present invention, among the items that can be obtained by using a capsule machine, by allowing a specific capsule to obtain a representative item that is particularly useful in the game, the user can feel a great expectation for obtaining the representative item Will be.

In addition, according to the present invention, by changing the representative item that can be obtained by using the capsule machine, the user can feel a greater expectation for obtaining the representative item.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a game server providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a capsule machine according to the change of the representative item by the game server for providing a game using the item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a capsule machine usage page provided through a game server for providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of a method of providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram of a game server for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram of a terminal providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart of a method for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but there may be another configuration between each component. It is to be understood that the elements may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal 110 in which a user executes a game, and a game program to execute a game in the terminal 110. The game server 100 may be controlled to be installed in the terminal 110, to control the game to be executed in the terminal 110, or to transmit and receive various data or information related to the game with the terminal 110.

The game server 100 may provide the terminal 110 with means for acquiring the item in a manner in which the user does not know what item to obtain. Accordingly, the user may feel the expectation, curiosity and fun according to the item acquisition even more.

The present invention provides, as an example, means of extracting (drawing) a capsule from a capsule machine and obtaining an item from the extracted capsule as an example of means for obtaining an item in a manner in which the user does not know what item to obtain.

The terminal 110 of the user described above may include a general PC such as a general desktop or a notebook, and in particular, may include a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal. .

The game server 100 has the same configuration as a conventional web server or a web application server. However, in software, as described in detail below with respect to FIG. 2, a program module implemented through various languages such as C, C ++, Java, PHP, .Net, Python, Ruby, and performing various functions. (Module).

In addition, game server 100 is generally connected to an unspecified number of clients (including terminal 110) and / or other servers via a network 120, such as an open computer network such as the Internet, and may be a client or other web server. It refers to a computer system and a computer software (server program) installed therefor that receives a request for performance of work and derives and provides a work result thereof.

In addition to the above-described server program, the game server 100 is a broad concept including a series of application programs that operate on the game server 100 and, in some cases, various databases built inside or outside. To be understood.

Therefore, the game server 100 may store and manage content, various information, and data in a database. Here, the database may be implemented inside or outside the game server 100.

In addition, the game server 100 uses server programs that are variously provided according to operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, and the like for general server hardware. As a representative example, Apache, Nginx, Light HTTP, etc., which are used in a web site (Website), Internet Information Server (IIS), and Unix, which are used in a Windows environment, may be used.

In addition, the network 120 may be a closed network such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) as a network connecting the game server 100 and the terminal 110. It is preferable that it is an open type such as). The Internet has many services in the TCP / IP protocol and its upper layers: HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Domain Name System (DNS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and SNMP ( The global open computer network architecture that provides the Simple Network Management Protocol (NFS), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS). In addition, when the terminal 110 is a mobile communication terminal or a smartphone, the network 120 may further include a mobile communication network or a Wi-Fi network.

2 is a block diagram of a game server 100 for providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game server 100 providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an item manager 210 for storing and managing a plurality of items obtainable through a capsule, and a plurality of items. Capsule management unit 220 corresponding to a specific item among a plurality of capsules with a representative item among the plurality of capsules, and if a capsule lottery request is received from the terminal 110, one of the plurality of capsules is extracted, and as a result of the extraction, the plurality of capsules When a specific capsule is extracted, the representative item corresponding to the specific capsule is stored in the DB 250 as an acquisition item, and when a capsule other than the specific capsule is extracted from the plurality of capsules, one of the remaining items except the representative item among the plurality of items is extracted. The capsule machine unit 230 which selects the above and stores it in the DB 250 as an acquired item and represents a specific item among a plurality of items. When set to the system, representing the item change event is recognized includes a representative item setting section 240 is set such that by changing the other particular item as a representative item.

As described above, the capsule machine unit 230 provides a capsule machine function in which a user obtains an item through a capsule extracted from the capsule machine.

In providing the capsule machine function, in order to inform the user of the representative item that can be obtained through the capsule machine, the capsule machine unit 230 may obtain the capsule machine image for the capsule machine and the capsule machine. The representative item image for the representative item may be controlled to be displayed on the capsule machine use page which can be checked by the user.

The capsule machine unit 230 is specified by the representative item setting unit 240 when the other specific item is changed and set as the representative item, that is, when the representative item is changed from the specific item to another specific item, the capsule machine use page is specified. The representative item image, which was displayed as the image of the item, may be controlled to be displayed by being changed to the image of another specific item.

The capsule machine unit 230 is the total number of capsules initially included in the capsule machine (that is, the total number of capsules included when none of the capsules were extracted from the capsule machine), and the capsule is changed according to extraction. Information on the number of capsules remaining can be displayed on the Capsule Machine Usage page.

Meanwhile, the plurality of items managed by the item manager 210 may include a plurality of items of the same kind, at least one item of the plurality of items may be different from the remaining items, and all of the plurality of items may be different kinds of items. Can be.

In addition, all of the plurality of items managed by the item manager 210 may be set as the representative item, or only a certain number of items among the plurality of items may be set as the representative item.

If only a predetermined number of items among the plurality of items managed by the item manager 210 may be set as the representative item, the representative item setting unit 240 may set specific items that can be set as the representative item among the plurality of items. When the information on the representative item change event is recognized and other representative items can be set as the representative item, a specific item can be set as the representative item. That is, when the representative item change event is recognized, the representative item setting unit 240 may be set by changing the representative item from one specific item to another specific item. Here, the specific item and the other specific item are managed as items that can be set as the representative item.

Meanwhile, the representative item setting unit 240 adjusts the number of specific items that can be set as a representative item among the plurality of items in relation to the representative item management function, or sets a new item that can be set as the representative item to the plurality of items. New items may be added or specific items that can be set as representative items may be deleted from a plurality of items.

The representative item setting unit 240 is an example of adding a new item that can be set as a representative item to a plurality of items, for example, a predetermined period (for example, last week or last month) for each character that can be obtained through the use of the item. Acquires in-game activity information as game-related information, and checks a character whose acquired in-game activity information is higher than a certain level or a character having the highest in-game activity information, such as a player in a sports game. Etc.) can be newly added to a plurality of previously managed items.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned representative item setting unit 240 may limit the changeable number of representative items to a predefined value. For example, when the number of change of the representative item is limited to three times, the representative item is changed only up to three times, and then, after all the representative items are acquired, the corresponding capsule machine may be initialized. Here, the initialization of the capsule machine means resetting information about the total number of capsules, the number of remaining capsules, and the representative item to an initialization value.

Meanwhile, the representative item setting unit 240 may differently control the representative item setting probability for each of the specific items that can be set as the representative item.

Meanwhile, although the representative item setting unit 240 may set the number of specific capsules corresponding to the representative item among the plurality of items to one, in some cases, the representative item setting unit 240 sets the number of specific capsules corresponding to the representative item among the plurality of items. By adjusting according to the remaining number of capsules, it is possible to control the representative item acquisition probability.

For example, as the representative item setting unit 240 extracts a capsule that does not correspond to the representative item, the representative item acquisition probability is gradually increased, so that the representative item acquisition probability is kept constant or lowered without being increased. The number of remaining capsules may be adjusted, and the number of specific capsules corresponding to the representative item may be adjusted according to the number of remaining capsules.

Meanwhile, the capsule machine unit 230 may stop using the capsule machine once all of the specific items that can set the representative item are obtained through the capsule.

Meanwhile, the representative item setting unit 240 changes the representative item by recognizing the representative item change event. For example, the representative item change event recognition is as follows.

For example, the representative item setting unit 240 recognizes the representative item change event when a specific capsule corresponding to the representative item is extracted from the plurality of capsules, or recognizes the representative item change event for each predetermined representative item change cycle. Alternatively, the representative item change event may be recognized according to a change in game related information.

If the representative item setting unit 240 recognizes the representative item change event when the specific capsule corresponding to the representative item is extracted from the plurality of capsules, the representative item setting unit 240 determines the specific capsule corresponding to the representative item. After this is extracted, the representative item can be set again each time.

For example, the specific items that can be set as the representative item include an A1 item, an A2 item, an A3 item, an A4 item, an A1 item is set as the representative item, and a specific capsule corresponding to the A1 item is extracted to the user. When the A1 item is obtained, the representative item setting unit 240 may select one of other specific items (A2 item, A3 item, A4 item) that can be set as the representative item and set it as the representative item. At this time, the representative item setting probability in which each of the A2 item, the A3 item, and the A4 item is set as the representative item may be different.

If the representative item setting unit 240 recognizes the representative item change event at every predetermined change period, the representative item setting unit 240 sets the specific items that can be set as the representative items among a plurality of items in a predetermined rotation order. Therefore, it can set as a representative item sequentially every change cycle. In this case, the representative item setting unit 240 may change the rotation order of the specific items that can be set as the representative item.

For example, specific items that can be set as the representative item include A1 item, A2 item, A3 item, A4 item, and if the change period is one day, the representative item is A1 item, A2 item, A3 item, A4 item every day. It can be changed in order of rotation.

If the representative item setting unit 240 recognizes the representative item change event according to the change in the game related information, the representative item setting unit 240 may perform a predetermined period (eg, for each character that can be obtained through the use of the item). : In-game activity information for the past week or last month) is obtained as game-related information, and the character in which the acquired in-game activity information is increased by a certain level or the in-game activity information has the highest information is identified. Other obtainable specific items can be changed and set as representative items.

When the capsule machine unit 230, other than a specific capsule, is extracted from the plurality of capsules, the capsule machine unit 230 may select one or more of the remaining items except the representative item among the plurality of items in a “random manner” and store them as an acquired item. Can be.

The capsule machine unit 230 described above may delete one or more items or add new items among the plurality of items managed by the item manager 210.

3 is a view exemplarily illustrating a capsule machine (GM _A : Game Machine A) 300 according to a change of a representative item by a game server 100 that provides a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention. to be.

3 is a diagram exemplarily showing that the capsule machine image of the capsule machine 300 is changed when the representative item is changed from the A1 item 302 to the A1 'item 302'.

FIG. 3A illustrates a capsule machine image of the capsule machine 300 in which the A1 item 302 is set as the representative item before the representative item is changed.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the capsule machine image of the capsule machine 300 is displayed together with the image of the capsule 301 extractable from the capsule machine 300. In this case, an image of the capsule 301 may be displayed to indicate the number of remaining capsules.

In addition, in the capsule machine image of the capsule machine 300, the total capsule number 303 and the remaining capsule number 304 may be displayed, and the remaining capsule number 304 may be changed according to the capsule extraction. .

FIG. 3B illustrates a capsule machine image of the capsule machine 300 in which the A1 'item 302' is changed as the representative item and configured after the representative item change according to the recognition of the representative item change event.

3 (b) is representative when the specific capsule corresponding to the A1 item 302 set as the representative item is extracted as an example of the representative item change, that is, as an example of the representative item change event recognition. FIG. 11 illustrates a case where an item change event is recognized and a representative item is changed to A1 'item 302'.

Referring to FIG. 3B, as the number of remaining capsules decreases by one in accordance with the extraction of a specific capsule corresponding to the A1 item 302 set as the representative item, the capsule machine image of the capsule machine 300 is together. The image of the capsule 301 ′ displayed may be displayed to have a smaller number of capsules than the image of the capsule 301 of FIG. 3A.

4 is a diagram illustrating a capsule machine usage page provided through a game server 100 for providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user opens the capsule machine use page to use the capsule machine, as shown in FIG. 4, the capsule machine use page includes four capsule machines (GM _A 410, GM _B 420, and GM _C 430). And capsule machine images for GM _D 440).

Referring to FIG. 4, the capsule machine image for the GM _A 410 includes the capsule image for the plurality of capsules 411, the representative item image for the representative item 412, the total number of capsules, the number of remaining capsules, and the like. Is displayed. In the capsule machine image for the GM _B 420, the capsule image for the plurality of capsules 421, the representative item image for the representative item 422, the total number of capsules, the number of remaining capsules, and the like are displayed together. In the capsule machine image for the GM _C 430, the capsule image for the plurality of capsules 431, the representative item image for the representative item 432, the total number of capsules, the number of remaining capsules, and the like are displayed together. In the capsule machine image for the GM _D 440, the capsule image for the plurality of capsules 441, the representative item image for the representative item 442, the total number of capsules, the number of remaining capsules, and the like are displayed together.

After opening the capsule machine using page as shown in FIG. 4, the user selects a desired capsule machine among GM _A 410, GM _B 420, GM _C 430, and GM _D 440, and selects the number of capsules to purchase. After selecting and making a payment request, the game server 100 checks information on the selected capsule machine, the number of capsule purchases, and performs a payment process. Here, the payment process may be processed by using capsule coins corresponding to the number of capsules to be purchased after purchasing capsule coins.

After performing the payment process, the game server 100 may extract one capsule of the plurality of capsules, display an item corresponding to the extracted capsule immediately, or allow the user to check the inventory page.

If the extracted capsule is a specific capsule corresponding to the representative item, the game server 100 may allow the user to check the representative item on a separate inventory page.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a game using an item according to an embodiment of the present invention described above will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 5, a method of providing a game using an item by the game server 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may be performed by storing and managing a plurality of items that can be obtained through a capsule, and among the plurality of capsules. An item and a capsule management step (S500) corresponding to the representative item among the plurality of items, a capsule lottery step (S502) of extracting one of the plurality of capsules when a capsule lottery request is received from the terminal 110, and extraction; As a result, when a specific capsule of a plurality of capsules is extracted, the representative item corresponding to a specific capsule is stored as an acquisition item.If a capsule other than the specific capsule of the plurality of capsules is extracted, the remaining items except for the representative item of the plurality of items are extracted. An item acquiring step (S504) of selecting one or more of the items and storing the acquired item as an acquired item; When the item is set as the representative item and the representative item change event is recognized, the representative item changing step (S506) may be included to change and set another specific item as the representative item.

In FIG. 5, for convenience of description, the above-described representative item changing step S506 is illustrated as being performed after the item obtaining step S504, but according to an implementation manner, is always performed after the item and capsule management step S500. Can be.

6 is a block diagram of a game server 100 for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the game server 100 providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention displays a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules on a capsule machine use page. The capsule machine display unit 610, a representative item display unit 620 displaying a representative item image of a representative item obtainable through a specific capsule among a plurality of capsules on a capsule machine use page, and a representative item change event when the representative item change event is recognized. A representative item changing unit 630 for controlling the item to be changed to one item of the plurality of items or to another new item not included in the plurality of items and the representative item image displayed on the capsule machine using page is changed. .

The above-described representative item change unit 630 recognizes a representative item change event, for example, when a specific capsule from which a representative item can be obtained is extracted from a plurality of capsules, or recognizes a representative item change event or changes a predetermined representative item. The representative item change event may be recognized per cycle, or the representative item change event may be recognized according to a change in game-related information.

The game using the item according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is an online game provided to the terminal 110 to which the game server 100 is connected. Provided at 100.

The game using the item according to the embodiment of the present invention, as described above, may be a game provided according to the execution of the program installed in the terminal as well as the online game. At this time, the game server may or may not be involved. In the following, such a case will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 8.

7 is a block diagram of a terminal 700 for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the terminal 700 providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules, and a specific capsule among the plurality of capsules. The capsule machine screen controller 710 controls to display the representative item image for the representative item that can be obtained through the screen, and when the representative item change event is recognized, the representative item is changed to one of the plurality of items or a plurality of items. And a representative item change controller 720 for changing to another new item not included in the item and controlling the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed according to the change of the representative item.

The above-described representative item change control unit 720 may recognize the representative item change event by itself according to a predetermined criterion, or may be recognized by being notified of the representative item change event from the game server.

When the representative item change event is self-recognized according to a predetermined criterion, the representative item change control unit 720 may recognize the representative item change event by itself when a specific capsule from which a representative item is obtainable among a plurality of capsules is extracted. Alternatively, the representative item change event may be self-recognized at every predetermined representative item change cycle, or the representative item change event may be self-recognized according to a change in game-related information.

When the representative item change event is notified and recognized by the game server, the representative item change control unit 720 may recognize the representative item change event by itself according to a change in game related information received from the game server.

Referring to FIG. 8, the method of providing a game using an item by the terminal 700 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure may control a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen. And controlling the representative item image of the representative item that can be obtained through a specific capsule among the plurality of capsules to be displayed on the screen (S800), and when the representative item change event is recognized, the representative item is changed and the representative item is changed. And controlling the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed in accordance with the change (S802).

The method for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention described above is an application basically installed in the terminal 700 (which is included in a platform, or an operating system, etc., which is basically installed in the terminal. Program), and is also compatible with the operating system of the terminal 700 and directly to the terminal 700 through an application providing server, such as an application store server, an application or a web server associated with the service. It may also be executed by an installed application (ie, a program). An operating system of the terminal 700 may be an operating system such as a window or a Macintosh installed in a general PC such as a desktop, or an iOS or Android installed in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet PC. It may also be a mobile-only operating system.

In this sense, the method for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (ie, a program) which is basically installed in the terminal 700 or directly installed by a user, and the terminal 700. Computer-readable recording medium).

A program implementing a method for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a function of controlling a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen, and a plurality of capsules. A function of controlling a representative item image of a representative item that can be obtained through a specific capsule of the display on the screen, and when a representative item change event is recognized, the representative item is changed and the representative displayed on the screen according to the change of the representative item. The function to control the item image to be changed is executed.

Such a program is recorded on a recording medium readable by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above functions can be executed.

As described above, in order to execute a method for a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and provide a game using the item according to another embodiment of the present invention, which is implemented as a program, the above-described program may be a processor (CPU) of the computer. May include code coded in a computer language such as C, C ++, JAVA, or machine language that can be read.

Such code may include a function code associated with a function or the like that defines the above-described functions, and may include execution procedure-related control code necessary for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, the code may further include memory reference-related code for additional information or media required for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions at which location (address address) of the computer's internal or external memory. .

In addition, if the processor of the computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server that is remote in order to perform the above functions, the code indicates that the processor of the computer is a communication module of the computer (eg, a wired and / or wireless The communication code may further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted and received during communication.

In addition, a functional program for implementing the present invention, codes and code segments associated therewith may be used in consideration of a system environment of a computer that reads a recording medium and executes the program. It may be easily inferred or changed by.

Examples of recording media that can be read by a computer recording a program as described above include, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical media storage device, and the like.

In addition, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded a program as described above may be distributed to computer systems connected through a network so that computer-readable codes may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, any one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above, and transmit the results to one or more of the other distributed computers, and receive the results. The computer may also execute some of the functions presented above, and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

A computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention, may be associated with an application store server, an application, or a corresponding service. It may be a storage medium (eg, a hard disk, etc.) included in an application provider server such as a web server or the application providing server itself.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method of providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention, is not only a general PC such as a general desktop or a laptop, but also a smart phone, It may include a mobile terminal such as a tablet PC, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile communication terminals, as well as to be interpreted as all computing devices.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application which is a program for executing a method for providing a game using an item according to another embodiment of the present invention is a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal. In the case of a mobile terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal 110 through a synchronization program.

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be construed in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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This patent application claims priority under No. 119 (a) (35 USC § 119 (a)) of the US Patent Act No. 10-2011-0114001, filed with Korea on Nov. 03, 2011. All content is incorporated by reference in this patent application. In addition, if this patent application claims priority for the same reason for countries other than the United States, all its contents are incorporated into this patent application by reference.

Claims

An item manager to store and manage a plurality of items obtainable through a capsule;

A capsule manager configured to correspond a specific capsule among a plurality of capsules with a representative item among the plurality of items;

When a capsule lottery request is received from the terminal, one of the plurality of capsules is extracted, and as a result of the extraction, when the specific capsule is extracted from the plurality of capsules, the representative item corresponding to the specific capsule is stored as an acquired item, and A capsule machine unit for selecting one or more of the remaining items other than the representative item among the plurality of items and storing the extracted one capsule other than the specific capsule among the plurality of capsules as an acquired item; And

A game server for providing a game using an item including a representative item setting unit configured to set a specific item as the representative item among the plurality of items and change a specific item as the representative item when a representative item change event is recognized. .
The method of claim 1,

The capsule machine unit,

The capsule machine image and the representative item image for the representative item is controlled to be displayed on the capsule machine use page that can be checked by the user,

When the other specific item is changed and set as the representative item by the representative item setting unit, the representative item image, which is displayed as the image for the specific item on the capsule machine use page, as the image for the other specific item. The game server providing a game using the item, characterized in that the control to change and display.
The method of claim 1,

The representative item setting unit,

Manage information on specific items that can be set as the representative item among the plurality of items, and when the representative item change event is recognized, set the other specific item as the representative item among the specific items that can be set as the representative item. Game server providing a game using the item, characterized in that.
The method of claim 3,

The representative item setting unit,

The number of specific items that can be set as the representative item among the plurality of items is adjusted, a new item that can be set as the representative item is newly added to the plurality of items, or the specific items that can be set as the representative item are the plurality of items. Game server providing a game using the item, characterized in that the deletion from the item.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The representative item setting unit,

Acquire in-game activity information for a certain period of time for each character that can be obtained through the use of an item as the game-related information, and the acquired in-game activity information increases by a certain level or more, or the character with the highest in-game activity information The game server for providing a game using the item, characterized in that to add a new item obtainable by the identified character to the plurality of items.
The method of claim 1,

The representative item setting unit,

Recognizing the representative item change event when the specific capsule corresponding to the representative item of the plurality of capsules is extracted, or recognizing the representative item change event every predetermined representative item change period, or change to game related information The game server providing a game using the item, characterized in that for recognizing the representative item change event.
The method of claim 6,

The representative item setting unit,

When the representative item change event is recognized at each predetermined change period, the specific item that can be set as the representative item among the plurality of items is sequentially set as the representative item according to a predetermined rotation order. Game server that provides games to play.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The representative item setting unit,

The game server for providing a game using the item, characterized in that for changing the rotation order of the specific items that can be set as the representative item.
The method of claim 6,

The representative item setting unit,

When the representative item change event is recognized according to a change in game related information, in-game activity information for a certain period of time for each character that can be obtained through the use of an item is obtained as the game related information,

By identifying the character of the acquired in-game activity information is higher than a certain level or the character with the highest activity information in the game,

The game server for providing a game using the item, characterized in that for changing the other specific item obtainable by the identified character as the representative item and set.
The method of claim 1,

The capsule machine unit,

When a capsule other than the specific capsule of the plurality of capsules is extracted, one or more of the remaining items except the representative item among the plurality of items are randomly selected and stored as an acquired item. Game server that provides games to play.
The method of claim 1,

The item management unit,

The game server providing a game using the item, characterized in that to delete one or more items of the plurality of items or to add a new item.
In the method of providing a game using the item,

Controlling a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen, and controlling a representative item image of a representative item obtainable through a specific capsule of the plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen; And

And when the representative item change event is recognized, changing the representative item, and controlling the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed according to the change of the representative item.
A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing a game using an item,

A function of controlling a capsule machine image of a capsule machine including a plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen;

A function of controlling a representative item image of a representative item obtainable through a specific capsule among the plurality of capsules to be displayed on a screen;

When a representative item change event is recognized, a computer-readable recording medium recording a program that implements a function of changing the representative item and controlling the representative item image displayed on the screen to be changed according to the change of the representative item. .