WO2013100388A1

WO2013100388A1 - Method and server for providing nation-to-nation battle match in online sports game

Info

Publication number: WO2013100388A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/010089
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김정훈; 김민성
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-12-28
Filing date: 2012-11-27
Publication date: 2013-07-04
Also published as: KR101432482B1; KR20130142205A

Abstract

Provided is a technique for increasing utilization by users by providing a novel multiplay mode in an online sports game. A method for providing an nation-to-nation battle match mode in the online sports game, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: a server providing the online sports game providing to the users a first play mode, which is a game mode for providing battle play using national teams between a user who has selected one team from national teams included in a recent national battle match and belonging to each predetermined group included in the nation-to-nation battle match, and another user who has selected on national team belong to the same group as that of the user, from a real sports game corresponding to a game category; changing the play mode of the user corresponding to the user terminal from the first play mode when a selection input is made with respect to a play mode change menu, which is a menu through which a play mode change request can be made from the user terminal; providing a second play mode, which is a game mode for providing a tournament-type game play between a team managed by a predetermined first number of users whose play modes are changed and a team managed by artificial intelligence of a predetermined second number of servers; and providing a predetermined compensation benefit usable in the game to a user determined to be the winner in the finals of a tournament as the result of running the second play mode.

Description

Method and server to provide the country competition mode for online sports games

The present invention relates to a technology for implementing an actual sports event so that a game can be enjoyed in a game.

As the technology for online games is developed, users are demanding various contents that can be used in online games. Online game production and service companies are developing technologies for increasing user loyalty to the game by providing various game contents services as well as a mode in which users connect to a game server and play a game.

The general game play types that can be provided in an online game include a single player mode in which a user connects to an online game and plays with an opponent manipulated by an AI inside a game client, and plays with an opponent manipulated by another user through a network. It includes a multiplayer mode.

In particular, the multiplayer mode includes a competitive play against an opponent, a team play mode played in cooperation with an opponent, and the like. Also, in order to play a game, users may form a relationship with other users to play the game together or to exchange information on the game.

The existing multiplayer mode is merely a game between the user and the user or cooperative play, and thus users may feel bored in the game play. In addition, there is no event that gives a user a realistic feeling by reflecting a specific actual offline event in multiplayer.

In the current online game market, in which multiplayer has become popular, there is an increasing demand for new types of multiplayer that can solve the above problems for multiplayer and draw users into the game.

Accordingly, in the present invention, in the online sports game, by providing a multi-play mode of the new method reflecting the events occurring in the actual sports events in the multi-play mode, give users a new sense of interest can lead users to the game The purpose is to provide technology.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for providing a national competition mode of the online sports game according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server for providing an online sports game, in the actual sporting events corresponding to the game item, The selected country between a user who selects at least one of the national teams included in each of the preset groups included in the national competition and another user who selects another national team belonging to the same group as the user. Providing users with a first play mode that is a game mode that provides competitive play using a representative team; A menu for inputting a play mode switch request from a user terminal, the method comprising: changing a play mode of a user corresponding to the user terminal from the first play mode when receiving a selection input for a play mode change menu; Second play mode, which is a game mode that provides tournament-based game play between a team operated by a first predetermined number of users whose play mode is changed and a team operated by artificial intelligence of a second predetermined number of servers. Providing a; And providing, as a result of the execution of the second play mode, a predetermined reward benefit available in the game to a user determined to win the final game of the tournament.

In the providing of the first play mode to users, it is preferable to provide points to the users according to the match play result.

In the changing from the first play mode, it is preferable to change a play mode of the user after subtracting a predetermined point among points accumulated and provided to the users according to the repetition of the competitive play.

The providing of the second play mode may include: extracting users before performing the second play mode among users whose play mode is changed to a second play mode by the changing; Randomly selecting different preset first numbers of users from among the extracted users by mutually selected national teams; And matching, by the AI, the remaining national teams of the predetermined second number other than the predetermined first number from the predetermined number of teams for performing the tournament scheme.

In the matching step, among the national teams of all the groups included in the national competition, it is preferable to match a country different from the national team selected by the predetermined first number of users for each artificial intelligence.

In the providing of the second play mode, when matching opponents for the tournament type game play, it is preferable to match the opponents randomly between the team operated by the users and the team operated by the artificial intelligence. Do.

The providing of the second play mode may include a message including start time information of the game play when matched with the teams operated by the users as a result of matching the opponent for the tournament type game play. It is desirable to notify the accounts of the users.

In the providing of the second play mode, at a time corresponding to the start time information, the screen for the game play is automatically transmitted to the terminals of the users.

The providing of the second play mode may include: if the at least one of the users is not connected to the game at a time corresponding to the start time information, the artificial intelligence replaces the game play instead of the users. It is preferable to transmit the result to the unconnected user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a national competition mode for an online sports game, the server providing an online sports game, receiving a participation input for a national competition mode from a user terminal; From the user terminal that performed the participation input, in any of the at least one national team which is included in the recent national competition among the actual sporting events corresponding to the game event and belongs to each of the predetermined groups included in the national competition. Receiving a selection input for creating a national representative team of the user; Registering a player character used to play the sports game with the national team of the user according to the use of at least one service provided in the online sports game of the user; Registering the national national team of the user in the predetermined group when the player character registered in the national national team of the user exceeds a predetermined number of characters for performing the sports game; And providing, to the registered user, a national competition mode, which is a game mode corresponding to a game system in the same manner as the actual national competition.

Receiving the participation input, the participation in the national competition mode only in the actual national competition, from the time the national team to belong to each of the predetermined group is organized, only when the final of the national competition is completed. As a menu capable of input, it is preferable to transmit a menu for participating in a national competition to the user terminal.

The registering of the national team includes: at least one player character that has the same country as the national team of the user and is able to purchase the player character from the user terminal, which satisfies a predetermined condition. Upon receiving an input for purchasing using any one of services, it is preferable to register the player character corresponding to the purchase input with the national team of the user.

The registering of the national team includes: national representative of the user among at least one player character registered in a team operated by a user in a game mode other than the national competition mode among a plurality of game modes provided in the sports game. Receiving, from the user terminal, a usage character for a predetermined item used to register a player character having the same country as the team nationality as the national team of the user; And registering a player character corresponding to the received input to the national team of the user.

Registering the player character corresponding to the received input to the user's national team, subtracting the game money calculated in proportion to the capability value of the player character corresponding to the received input after the national team of the user It is desirable to register at.

The national competition mode provision server of the online sports game according to an embodiment of the present invention is included in a recent national competition among actual sports events corresponding to a game item, and belongs to at least each preset group included in the national competition. A first play mode, which is a game mode that provides a match play using the selected national team between a user who selects one of a national team and another user who selects another national team belonging to the same group as the user. A first play mode providing unit for providing the user; A menu for inputting a play mode switch request from a user terminal, the second play mode for changing a play mode of a user corresponding to the user terminal from the first play mode when receiving a selection input for a play mode change menu; A participation control unit; Second play mode, which is a game mode that provides tournament-based game play between a team operated by a first predetermined number of users whose play mode is changed and a team operated by artificial intelligence of a second predetermined number of servers. A second play mode provider providing a; And a reward payment controller configured to provide a predetermined reward benefit available in the game to a user determined to win the final game of the tournament as a result of the execution of the second play mode.

The first play mode providing unit may provide points to the users according to the match play result.

The second play mode participation controller may change the play mode of the user after subtracting a predetermined point among points accumulated and provided to the users according to the repetition of the competitive play.

The second play mode providing unit extracts users before the second play mode from among users whose play mode is changed to a second play mode by the changing, and among the extracted users, It is preferable that the selected national team randomly selects another predetermined first number of users.

Preferably, the second play mode providing unit matches the second national team of the predetermined second number except the predetermined first number from the predetermined number of teams for the tournament to be operated by the AI. Do.

It is preferable that the second play mode providing unit differently matches, according to the artificial intelligence, a country different from the national team selected by the predetermined first number of users among all the national teams of the groups included in the national competition. .

The second play mode providing unit may match the opponent at random between a team operated by the users and a team operated by the artificial intelligence when matching the opponent for the tournament type game play.

The national competition mode provision server of the online sports game according to another embodiment of the present invention, receives a participation input for the national competition mode from the user terminal, from the user terminal performing the participation input, the actual sports corresponding to the game item Participation input for receiving a selection input for any one of at least one national team included in a recent national competition during a match and belonging to each of the preset groups included in the national competition to create a national national team for the user. Receiving unit; And registering a player character used to play the sports game with the national team of the user according to the use of at least one service provided in the online sports game of the user, and the national team of the user. If the player character registered in the group exceeds the predetermined number of characters for performing the sports game, the national team of the user is registered in the predetermined group, and the competition method is the same as the actual national competition. And a participant control unit configured to participate in the match-up mode, which is a game mode corresponding to, to provide the game play according to the match-up mode.

The participation control unit is any one of at least one service that can purchase the player character, the player character is set to the same country as the national national team of the user, and satisfies a predetermined condition from the user terminal When receiving an input to purchase using the, it is preferable to register the player character corresponding to the purchase input to the national team of the user.

The participant control unit may include a country that is the same as the national team of the user, among at least one player character registered in a team operated by the user in a game mode other than the national competition mode among the plurality of game modes provided in the sports game. When a player character set as a nationality is received from the user terminal with a usage input for a predetermined item used to register the national team of the user, the player character corresponding to the received input is sent to the user's country. It is also possible to register for the national team.

According to the present invention, during the national competition of actual sports events, users form a national team of their selected country in a sports game and use the game in a system similar to the national competition by using the configured national national team. In addition, there is an effect that can play a game while supporting the country of their favorite sporting event, thereby increasing the user's utilization rate for the online sports game.

1 is a flowchart of a method for providing a national competition mode of an online sports game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 illustrates a flow for providing a second play mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a country competition mode of an online sports game according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a flow of controlling participation in a national competition mode in another embodiment of the present invention.

5 illustrates a flow of registering a national team player character in another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 shows another flow of registering the national team player character in another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram of a national competition mode providing server of the online sports game according to each embodiment of the present invention.

8 to 13 are examples of the country competition mode use screen displayed on the user terminal according to the implementation of each embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a description will be given of a method and a server for providing a national competition mode of online sports game according to each embodiment of the present invention.

In the following description, in order to clarify the understanding of the present invention, description of well-known technology for the features of the present invention will be omitted. The following embodiments are detailed description to help understand the present invention, and it should be understood that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, equivalent inventions that perform the same functions as the present invention will also fall within the scope of the present invention.

In the following description, the same identification symbol means the same configuration, and unnecessary redundant descriptions and descriptions of well-known technologies will be omitted.

In the embodiment of the present invention, "communication", "communication network" and "network" may be used as the same meaning. The three terms refer to wired and wireless local and wide area data transmission and reception networks capable of transmitting and receiving files between a user terminal, a terminal of other users, and a download server.

In the following description, “game server” means a server computer to which users access to use game contents. In the case of a game having a small capacity or a small number of users, a plurality of game programs may be operated in one game server. In addition, in the case of a game having a very large capacity or a large number of real-time access persons, there may be one or more game servers for operating one game depending on the function of the game.

In addition, the game server may be connected to a server that performs middleware or payment processing for the database, the description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

In the present invention, sports means sports in a general sense, and means sports of all sports that can be executed as online games. For example, soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, athletics, martial arts, and the like can be included.

In the present invention, the game content refers to a program stored in a memory of the user terminal so that users can download and execute the game in the user terminal through the game server to enjoy the game. Alternatively, game content may be included in game content, in which users access a game server and store and delete only real-time data in the user terminal. The game content can be executed in at least one of a "single play" mode where a user can play against computer AI through a user terminal and a "multiplayer" mode where a user can enjoy a game via a network connection with other users. Can be.

In the present invention, the national competition means a sport form in which a national team performs a sport in a sporting event, and finally performs a final game to cover the winning country.

For example, football may include European competitions (called Euro), World Cup, Asian Cup, African Nations Cup, Copa America and the Olympics. Baseball may include the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and the Olympics. In other sporting events, any match may be included in the national competition, as long as the national team carries out the match to cover the final winner.

Referring to FIG. 1, the method for providing a national competition mode for an online sports game according to an embodiment of the present invention first includes a server that provides an online sports game in a real sports game corresponding to an item of an online sports game. A user who has selected one of the at least one national team that is included in the national competition of, and belongs to at least one of the groups included in the national competition, and has selected another national team belonging to the same group as the user's national team. Among the users, step S10 is performed to provide users with a first play mode, which is a game mode that provides competitive play using the selected national team.

In other words, the first play mode means a game mode similar to the preliminary group league, which is performed by 32 countries that have passed the regional qualifiers, for example, in the World Cup.

Group competitions are played in national competitions. At the start of the national competition, national teams representing a pre-determined number of countries (32 countries in the World Cup) who have passed the regional qualifiers and entered the national competition will be grouped, so that each national team will have a different national team. League play, ie, victory point comparison, is used to determine the two teams with the highest final score as the tournament entry teams.

In the first play mode provided by step S10 in the present invention, a competitive play between users is provided. As mentioned above, users may select a group of nations, one national team, to correspond to the same groupings as the last (end or last ongoing) national competition. Of course, you can also change your national team during the national competition mode.

When a user selects a national team, he may play a game with other users who have selected another national team belonging to the same group as the group to which the national team belongs. Through competitive play with other users, the user accumulates his own experience points or points, which are used to perform the second play mode which the user will mention below.

In an online sports game, a user uses a national team of the country of his choice in the country competition mode, unlike the team that he uses in the normal single player or multiplayer mode.

According to the performance of step S10, the server pays a certain point according to the result of the game performed by the users in the first play mode (S20). For example, in a competitive game using the national team in the first play mode, a predetermined point is provided to the winning user.

Thereafter, the server receives a selection input for the play mode conversion menu as a menu for inputting a switch request for switching the play mode from the first play mode to another play mode from the user terminal. The predetermined point is subtracted and the play mode of the user is changed (S30).

The game screen corresponding to the country competition mode of the user terminal includes information of the national team selected by the user, accumulated point information as the user repeats steps S10 and S20, and the user to use the game in the first play mode. In addition to the information of the established game, a play mode switching menu is displayed as a menu for changing the play mode.

Switching the play mode, for example, as mentioned above, if the first play mode is similar to the group stage qualifier of the World Cup, the user who has earned enough points in the group stage mode switches the play mode to use the final tournament. Means that.

That is, there is a second play mode having a different game progression form than the first play mode, and the user can use a predetermined point among the points acquired in the first play mode and use the second play mode.

When the step S30 is performed, the server is the team of the first number of users, that is, the national team and the predetermined number of servers among the users who have changed from the first play mode to the second play mode Between teams operated by artificial intelligence, a game is performed in a tournament manner to provide a second play mode which is a game pod covering a winning team (S40).

That is, the server searches for users whose play mode is changed from the first play mode to the second play mode every predetermined period (for example, 12 hours), selects a team operated by the preset first number of users, The remaining second number of teams for the progress of the tournament will select the AI to operate to complete the configuration of the tournament.

Thereafter, by performing a tournament game every fixed time, and proceeds to the final final game, it is possible to implement the tournament play of the national competition.

For example, in the World Cup, 16 national teams will compete in the final tournament to determine the final winner. In this case, for example, a team of four users is selected, and the remaining twelve countries are selected to be run by AI, so that tournaments can be held, for example, round of 16, quarter-finals, quarter-finals and finals every hour. Thus, the service may be provided to select the winning team of the second play mode according to the result of playing for 4 hours.

As a result of executing the second play mode provided as in the above example in step S40, a step (S50) of providing a predetermined reward benefit available in the game is performed to the user determined to win the second play mode.

The preset reward benefit may include a game money, an item, a service fee discount, and the like. Of course, not only the winning team but also the runner-up, third and fourth place teams can be rewarded differentially.

2 illustrates a flow for providing a second play mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, portions that overlap with the description of FIG. 1 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 2, the server first performs a step (S30) of changing users who have subtracted a predetermined point into a second play mode.

After that, the users whose play mode is changed are analyzed. Specifically, although the play mode is changed to the second play mode, the users who are before performing the second play mode are extracted.

In the present invention, the users who are already performing the second play mode are automatically changed back to the first play mode when the second play mode is completed to play the game. Of course, the users with sufficient points may change to the second play mode by selecting the play mode switch menu again when the user changes to the first play mode. Even in the above case, after changing to the second play mode, the user is returned to before performing the second play mode yet. Therefore, the server extracts the users before performing the second play mode.

Thereafter, the server randomly selects a predetermined first number (for example, 4) of users who have selected a different national team at this time (S41). In other words, users who have selected the same national team may choose not to use the same second play mode. This is to implement that the same national team does not exist in the national competition.

When the step S41 is performed, the predetermined second number other than the predetermined first number (for example, 4) from the preset number of teams (for example, 16 for the World Cup) for the tournament method of the corresponding country competition The step S42 of matching the artificial intelligence to each national team so that the artificial intelligence operates the national team of (for example 12) is performed.

At this time, in step S42, when the artificial intelligence is matched to the national team, the server is selectable in the first play mode of the national competition, that is, the first predetermined number of users among the national teams of all groups included in the national competition It is desirable to match the selected national team with other countries. In addition, it is desirable to match so that the national teams that each AI is matched with each other.

After step S42, to provide a tournament-type game play, when the server matches the opponents of the tournament, the team randomly matches the opponent between the team operated by the user and the artificial intelligence operated ( S43).

In the actual national competition, a group league, that is, a system in which the team with the highest victory point and the team with the second place in the other group match the tournament match according to the result of the first play mode in the present invention.

The above system can also be used in the present invention. However, in the present invention, since the entry is made using points regardless of the result of winning or losing in the first play mode, an embodiment of the present invention uses the above-described method of matching an opponent at random. Can be. Of course, in another embodiment of the present invention it will be able to match the opponent in the same manner as the actual final tournament.

After the step S43, the tournament proceeds (S44). In other words, for example, the game is played by the administrator terminal at the preset time in the round of 16, the next predetermined time in the round of 8, the round of 4 and the final game, the final winning team in the second play mode.

In operation S44, when the match state matched with the AI is a team operated by the user, the user may proceed with the game regardless of the preset time. That is, the above-mentioned predetermined time means a certain time range. For example, a player who wins the round of 16 may play against another user in the quarter-finals, so even if you play the round of 16 with an AI-powered team, the start of the quarter-final must be rescheduled. Because.

On the other hand, in another embodiment of the present invention, when a result of performing the step S43, when the teams that the users are operating as a match against the opponent, it is possible to notify the user's account a message containing information on the time to start the game play have.

If the matches are matched between users, it is necessary to determine the time at which the game starts to facilitate the tournament. Otherwise, since the user is free to connect, there may be a state where only one user is connected, and in this case, the progress of the second play mode may be disrupted.

The server then informs the user at what time the game will be played.

Thereafter, the server automatically transmits a screen for game play to the user's terminal at a time corresponding to the time information at which game play starts. For example, since a game needs to be started, a menu for switching to the game screen may be transmitted along with a guide message for switching to the game screen, and when the user selects the game screen, a screen for playing the game may be provided.

However, if at least one of the users is not connected to the game at a time corresponding to the start time information, the artificial intelligence performs game play instead of the users, that is, to the user who is not connected to the simulation result. It is sent in the form of a message.

In other words, if user A and user B are matched and the user of A or B is not connected to the game at the start of the match, the unconnected user will play the game instead of AI, and the connected user will normally You will play the game. On the other hand, if neither A nor B is connected to the game, both teams will play the game instead.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the method for providing a country competition game of an online sports game according to another embodiment of the present invention, a step (S60) of first receiving a participation input for a country competition mode from a user terminal is performed. The user may confirm that the national competition mode is available on a portion of one of the screens of the game, and correspondingly, the user may check the menu for participating in the national competition mode. The user may apply to participate in the national competition mode by selecting a menu displayed on the terminal.

From the user terminal performing the participation input in step S60, the server receives a selection input for any one of the national teams of the national teams belonging to any one of the groups included in the national competition, the selection received In operation S70, the national team corresponding to the input is generated as the national team of the user.

The national team generated by step S70 may be generated in a state in which the player character is not registered, that is, an empty database. Thus, users must register their player characters in the database assigned to the user's national team in order to play the game using their national team.

Accordingly, the server performs the step (S80) of registering the player character used in the play of the sports game in the user's national team database according to a series of selection inputs input by the user when using the game service.

After that, if the player character registered in the national team of the user exceeds the preset number of characters for playing the sports game, the user is added to the aforementioned group to proceed with the first play mode as mentioned in the description of FIG. 1. The step S90 of registering the national team is performed, and then, as mentioned in FIG. 1, the first play mode and the second play mode are provided, so that the user may play in the same manner as the actual national competition. In order to use the corresponding game mode, the country competition mode, the step S100 is provided to the user.

The user can participate in the national competition mode and use the above-mentioned first and second play modes, in which only the users who operate the national teams belonging to the same group in the actual national competition as mentioned above This is possible.

Therefore, in order to provide the first play mode, the national teams to belong to the group league must be determined in the national competition.

To this end, the server may determine whether the current time is between the time when the national team is decided to belong to each group set in the actual country competition, that is, when the group draw is completed in the case of the World Cup, and when the final of the country competition is completed. It is determined whether or not (S59), and if the determination result is "Yes", the menu for allowing participation in the national competition mode can be transmitted to the user terminal (S60). If not, the step (S61) to delete, that is, to limit the transmission of the menu that can be entered to participate in the country competition mode.

After selecting a national team and creating a team, the user must register the player character in the database of the national team by step S80 as mentioned above. In this case, in order for the user to use the first play mode, a number of player characters capable of playing a game in a sport event must be satisfied. For example, in football, there must be player characters for each position according to each formation, and a substitute player character must also have a preset number.

To this end, the user must register the player character in his national team database according to the use of at least one service provided by the game server.

In this case, the user may purchase a player character that has the same country as the national team of the user, and that satisfies a predetermined condition. The server determines whether the player character purchased by the user is a character of the same country as the national team of the user, whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition, and if the condition satisfies each condition, matches the player character corresponding to the purchase input. It is registered in the database corresponding to the national team of the user (S81).

The preset condition means a condition under which a player character can participate in a corresponding national competition. For example, in the case of the Olympics, there are age restrictions, so athlete characters over a preset age cannot be registered in the national team. In addition, depending on the game, it can be set so that only a player character having a predetermined ability value or more can be registered.

For example, a user may purchase an item in an item shop or an auction house where an item that can use a player character can be purchased. This item may be used by players other than the national team in different play modes.

At this time, upon receiving an input using the player character item held by the user, the server registers the player character item in a database corresponding to the team operated by the user in another play mode, or represents the user's country in the national competition mode. A menu for selecting whether to register in a database corresponding to a team may be transmitted to the user terminal. At this time, according to the selection input of the user terminal, the server registers the player character corresponding to the player character item in the data base corresponding to the national team of the user.

On the other hand, the user can use the player character registered in the user's team in the other play mode mentioned above in the national team of the user in the national competition mode.

That is, the server displays the database of the team operated by the user in the game mode other than the national competition mode on the user terminal according to the selection input of the user terminal, and responds to the selection input received upon receiving the selection input from the user terminal. The player character is registered in the database corresponding to the national team of the user (S82).

Specifically, in step S82, the user can check at least one player character registered in the team operated by the user in a mode other than the national competition mode. At this time, the user must select a player character whose nationality is the same as his national team. The corresponding server may be configured to display the interface or the national team so that the nationality set in the player character selected by the user may be registered in the database corresponding to the national team only if the nationality set in the user's national team corresponds to the country. It can control whether or not to register.

In addition, the game server may control the user to register using the item when registering the player character from the user's team to the user's national team. When using the item, the effect of registering one player character or registering all players whose nationality is the same as the national team of the user in the user's team. In this case, in the case of all registration, the item may include probability information. When using the item, the registration probability is set according to the probability information, and all the players of the same nationality may be registered with a certain probability. At this time, the higher the player's ability value, the lower the registration probability may be set.

The server registers an item in the item database held by the user when the user receives input to pay for a certain game money or cash and purchase the item. In addition, when the use of the item is detected from the user terminal, information indicating that the effect is generated may be displayed on the user terminal. When registering one player character, the item may be used when selecting the player character.

When the selection input is received by the steps S81 and S82, the server performs the step (S83) of registering the selected player character in the database of the national team of the user, as mentioned above registered in the national team When the number of player characters exceeds the preset number of characters, step S90 of registering the national team of the user in the preset group is performed.

The user may perform an input for selecting a player character registered to his national team using step S81 or step S82 of FIG. 5. Correspondingly, the server receives a selection input for the player character to be registered in the national team of the user from the user terminal.

At this time, the server performs a step of subtracting the game money calculated in proportion to the capability value of the player character corresponding to the received input from the game money held by the user (S811). This means the cost of recruiting the national team, and the user can register the player character to the national team only by paying a certain game money.

When the user pays a certain game money, the server performs the step (S83) of registering the player character to the national team of the user.

7 is a block diagram of a national competition mode providing server of the online sports game according to each embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, portions overlapping with the description of FIGS. 1 to 6 will be omitted.

According to the functions of the present invention, the server for providing the country competition game mode for online sports games includes a server including a participation input receiver 11 and a participation controller 12 and a first play mode provider 13 according to its function. ), A second play mode participation controller 14, a second play mode provider 15, and a reward payment controller 16. However, the above servers may be integrated and run as one server 10. In addition, the game server 30 performs a function of providing an overall game service including each play mode to be described below.

As mentioned in FIG. 3, the participation input receiving unit 11 receives a participation request from the user terminal 21 in the country competition mode, and includes a national team of the user, specifically, a country including an empty database. Function to create a representative team. In this case, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4, it is possible to control whether or not to output a menu capable of inputting a participation request to the user terminal 21 according to the time point at which the actual national competition is executed.

The participation control unit 12 is configured to perform functions corresponding to FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, and registers a player character in the database of the national team in accordance with the input of the user terminal 21, and the registered player character is In the case of exceeding the predetermined number of characters, the national team of the user is registered in the group to provide the user with the national competition mode, which is the same manner as the actual national competition. The participation control unit 12 may perform steps S81 to S84 of FIG. 5, and additionally perform a function corresponding to step S811 of FIG. 6.

The first play mode providing unit 13 provides a competitive play among the users 20 among other users who select another national team belonging to the same group as the national team selected by the user, Therefore, it performs the function of providing points.

The second play mode participation control unit 14 may change the play mode of the user corresponding to the user terminal 21 to the second play mode when receiving a selection input for the play mode conversion menu from the user terminal 21. Perform. In this case, the predetermined point may be subtracted from the point held by the user, and then the control may be performed to change the play mode of the user.

The second play mode providing unit 15 performs a function of providing the above-mentioned second play mode to the user. Of course, after extracting the users before performing the second play mode, the first predetermined number of users operating different national teams are selected, and the remaining second predetermined number of different national teams are added to AI. Each matching function can be performed. In addition, the second number of different national teams may be different from the national teams operated by the first number of users and should belong to a select national team in the first play mode of the national competition.

Afterwards, the tournament is performed by randomly matching the charging state, and the series of functions mentioned in FIG. 2, that is, a function corresponding to a flow when users are matched with each other, may be performed.

The reward payment control unit 16 performs a function of providing the above-described preset reward benefits to the user determined to win the final game of the tournament as a result of the execution of the first play mode. Of course, not only the championship team, but also the user who corresponds to the runner-up team, the third team and the fourth team can provide differential rewards.

8 to 13 are examples of the country competition mode use screen displayed on the user terminal according to the implementation of each embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, portions overlapping with the description of FIGS. 1 to 7 will be omitted.

FIG. 8 is a national competition display screen 100 for a user to create their own national team in a national competition. When checking this, the user may enter the preliminary group league in the current national competition and check the list 101 of the national teams selectable in the first play mode. In the list 101, the information of the national team may be confirmed according to a user's selection input.

9 shows a screen 110 using a first play mode after a national team of users is created. The user may check the information 111 of his national team on the screen 110. In the information of the national team, the country, the points accumulated in the game play results provided in the first play mode, the record in the first play mode, and the play mode conversion menu can be checked. The play mode conversion menu is a menu displayed as "going to the main line" on the screen 110, and the menu displays point information to be consumed to convert the play mode to the second play mode.

In addition, the screen 110 displays a list 112 of games provided in the first play mode and playable. The list may search the entire country, but, according to the above-described characteristics of the first play mode, only a game list capable of playing with a national team belonging to the same group as the team selected by the user may be displayed.

10 shows an example of registering a player character with a national team after the national team of the user is generated.

In the national competition mode, the user may check information 121 of his national team. The national team information 121 of FIG. 10 is different from that of FIG. 9, since the national team has not yet been completed, a guide phrase having a meaning such as "preparation of the preliminary league is possible until the team configuration is completed" is outputted. In addition, the user may be prompted to register a player character to his national team.

In addition, a registered player list 122 for identifying a currently registered player character may be displayed, and a registerable player list 123, which is a list of available player characters, may also be displayed. The user can register the player from the registerable player list 123 into the database of his national team.

FIG. 11 illustrates a management screen 130 of a team operated by a user in a mode other than the competition mode.

On the management screen 130, the user's team information 131 may be displayed, and the registered player list 132 registered in the database of the user's team and displaying a list and information of player characters currently used by the user is displayed. You can check.

In this case, when the user performs an input for selecting a specific player, a selection menu 133 such as “signing up for a country competition” may be output to a drop down menu. The user may select this and request that the player be registered in the user's national team's database in the national competition mode. At this time, the server may determine whether to register by comparing the nationalities.

FIG. 12 illustrates a notification screen 134 popping up when a selection input to the selection menu 133 of FIG. 11 is performed on the management screen 130. As mentioned above, in order to register a player character from the user's team to the national team's database, an item for this should be used.

The server controls to display on the user terminal a notification screen 134 indicating that the item is used. The user can select the registration button 135 to consume the item and register the player character to his national team, or select the cancel button 136 to cancel registration.

In FIG. 13, an example of the second play mode screen 140 is illustrated. The second play mode screen 140 displays information 141 of the national team of the user. At this time, the game start button 143 may be selected to play a tournament game provided in the second play mode.

The second play mode screen 140 may display a screen 142 about the tournament status. You can check the result of each tournament and the opposing team.

The method for providing a national competition mode of an online sports game according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention includes an application basically installed in a terminal (which may include a program included in a platform or an operating system, which is basically installed in the terminal). It may be executed by the user, or may be executed by an application (ie, a program) installed directly on the terminal by an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with the corresponding service. In this sense, the method for providing a national competition mode of the online sports game according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (that is, a program) which is basically installed in the terminal or directly installed by the user, and can be read by a computer such as a terminal. Can be recorded on a recording medium.

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 the method for providing the national competition mode of the online sports game according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-described program is a computer language such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, etc. which can be read by a computer processor (CPU). It may include a code (Code) coded as.

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, when 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 means that the processor of the computer is a communication module of the computer (eg, a wired and / or wireless communication module). 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, at least one of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above, and transmit the result to at least one of the other distributed computers, and transmit the result. The receiving computer may also perform some of the functions presented above, and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

In particular, a computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method of providing a country competition game for an online sports game, according to each embodiment of the present invention, may be 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 associated with the application server, or the application providing server itself.

The computer which can read the recording medium which records the application which is a program for executing the national competition mode provision method of the online sports game which concerns on each embodiment of this invention is not only a general PC, such as a desktop or a notebook, 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.

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing a national competition mode of an online sports game, according to an embodiment of the present invention, is a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication. In the case of a mobile terminal such as a terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal 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. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all the components may be selectively combined to operate at least one. 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.

Claims

A server that provides an online sports game is included in a national competition, which is a game form in which a national team of the sport performs a match between the national teams of the sports to select a winning country, and is included in the national competition. A game that provides a match play using the selected national team between a user who selects one of at least one national team belonging to a preset group and another user who selects another national team belonging to the same group as the user. Providing users with a first play mode that is a mode;

A menu for inputting a play mode switch request from a user terminal, the method comprising: changing a play mode of a user corresponding to the user terminal from the first play mode when receiving a selection input for a play mode change menu;

Second play mode, which is a game mode that provides tournament-based game play between a team operated by a first predetermined number of users whose play mode is changed and a team operated by artificial intelligence of a second predetermined number of servers. Providing a; And

Providing a predetermined reward benefit available in the game to a user determined to win the final game of the tournament as a result of the execution of the second play mode; providing a national competition mode of the online sports game Way.
The method of claim 1,

Providing the first play mode to users,

And providing points to the users according to the match play result.
The method of claim 2,

Changing from the first play mode,

The method of claim 1, wherein the play mode of the user is changed after subtracting a predetermined point from among accumulated points provided to the users according to the repetition of the play.
The method of claim 1,

Providing the second play mode,

Extracting users who have changed the play mode to a second play mode by the changing, before the second play mode;

Randomly selecting different preset first numbers of users from among the extracted users by mutually selected national teams; And

And matching the national team of the second predetermined number of national teams, except for the predetermined first number, from the predetermined number of teams for performing the tournament scheme. How to provide the country competition mode of sports games.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The matching step,

Among the national teams of all groups included in the national competition, the national competition mode of the online sports game, characterized in that differently matches the national team selected by the predetermined first number of users for each of the artificial intelligence How to Provide.
The method of claim 1,

Providing a second play mode,

When matching the opponent for the tournament-type game play, providing a national competition mode of the online sports game, characterized in that matching the opponent randomly between the team operated by the user and the team operated by the artificial intelligence Way.
The method of claim 1,

Providing the second play mode,

When matched with a match opponent for the tournament-type game play, if the teams that are operated by the user, matching, the message containing the start time information of the game play to the user's account characterized in that the online How to provide the country competition mode of sports games.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Providing the second play mode,

And a screen for the game play is automatically transmitted to a terminal of the users at a time corresponding to the start time information.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Providing the second play mode,

When at least one of the users is not connected to the game at a time corresponding to the start time information, a result of the AI performing the game play on behalf of the users is transmitted to the unconnected user. Method for providing a national competition mode of the online sports game, characterized in that.
At least one country belonging to each of the predetermined groups included in the national competition, which is a form of competition in which the national teams of the sports perform competitions to cover the winning country, among actual sports events corresponding to the game item. Users who play the first play mode, which is a game mode that provides a match play using the selected national team, between a user who selects one of the national teams and another user who selects another national team belonging to the same group as the user. A first play mode providing unit provided to the first play mode providing unit;

A menu for inputting a play mode switch request from a user terminal, the second play mode for changing a play mode of a user corresponding to the user terminal from the first play mode when receiving a selection input for a play mode change menu; A participation control unit;

Second play mode, which is a game mode that provides tournament-based game play between a team operated by a first predetermined number of users whose play mode is changed and a team operated by artificial intelligence of a second predetermined number of servers. A second play mode provider providing a; And

A reward payment control unit that provides a predetermined reward benefit available in the game to a user determined to have won the final game of the tournament as a result of the execution of the second play mode; Mod Serving Server.
The method of claim 10,

The second play mode provider,

Among the users whose play mode is changed to the second play mode by the changing, extracting users before performing the second play mode, and among the extracted users, national teams selected from each other are different from each other. A server providing country competition mode for online sports games, characterized in that the first number of users are randomly selected.
The method of claim 11,

The second play mode provider,

Matching the national team of the second predetermined number of national teams other than the predetermined first number from the predetermined number of teams for the performance of the tournament system, so that the artificial intelligence to operate the match Mod Serving Server.
The method of claim 12,

The second play mode provider,

Among the national teams of all groups included in the national competition, the national competition mode of the online sports game, characterized in that differently matches the national team selected by the predetermined first number of users for each of the artificial intelligence Provision Server.
The method of claim 10,

The second play mode provider,

When matching the opponent for the tournament-type game play, providing a national competition mode of the online sports game, characterized in that matching the opponent randomly between the team operated by the user and the team operated by the artificial intelligence server.
A server that provides an online sports game is included in a national competition, which is a form of competition in which actual national teams of the sports perform competitions among the actual sports events corresponding to the game item, and indicate the winning country, and are included in the national competition. A game that provides a match play using the selected national team between a user who selects one of at least one national team belonging to a preset group and another user who selects another national team belonging to the same group as the user. Providing users with a first play mode that is a mode;

A menu for inputting a play mode switch request from a user terminal, the method comprising: changing a play mode of a user corresponding to the user terminal from the first play mode when receiving a selection input for a play mode change menu;

Second play mode, which is a game mode that provides tournament-based game play between a team operated by a first predetermined number of users whose play mode is changed and a team operated by artificial intelligence of a second predetermined number of servers. Providing a; And

Providing a predetermined reward benefit available in the game to a user determined to win the final game of the tournament as a result of the execution of the second play mode; providing a national competition mode of the online sports game A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing the method.