WO2019082842A1

WO2019082842A1 - Game system and computer program for same

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Publication number: WO2019082842A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/039186
Authority: WO
Inventors: 牧野　徹
Original assignee: 株式会社コナミアミューズメント
Priority date: 2017-10-27
Filing date: 2018-10-22
Publication date: 2019-05-02
Also published as: JP6864794B2; JP2019080600A

Abstract

A game system provided with an operation evaluation unit 54 for evaluating an operation by a user on the basis of whether or not there is detected an operation in which the amounts of deviation of position and time are within an evaluation range, the game system including a plurality of unit operations in which the position and timing gradually change from a prescribed start operation until a terminating operation, and furthermore enabling an indication of continuous operation in which the evaluation ranges overlap each other between the unit operations, wherein: the operation evaluation unit 54 has provided therein a continuous operation determination unit 54a for determining whether or not the user has succeeded in each unit operation on the basis of whether or not the operation in which the amounts of deviation of position and time are within the evaluation range is detected for each unit operation, and a direction determination unit 54b that, when an operation in an intermediate region of the continuous operation is detected, refers to the position of an operation preceding that operation and determines the direction of a change of an operation position of the user; and the game system determines the success or failure of unit operations, where a success is determined when the determined direction matches an indicated direction.

Description

Game system and computer program therefor

The present invention relates to a game system or the like that evaluates a user's operation based on the amount of deviation between an operation instructed to the user and an operation performed by the user.

There is known a game system which compares an operation instructed to the user with an operation actually performed by the user, and evaluates the user's operation to be higher as the difference between the two is smaller. In this type of game system, the evaluation range is appropriately set for at least one of the position and time of the operation instructed by the user, and the position or time of the operation actually performed by the user is within the evaluation range. It is customary that processing is performed such that the success or failure of the user's operation is determined with a certain condition as the condition for success determination, and the user's score is added when it is determined that the operation is successful (for example, see Patent Document 1). .

[Patent Document 1] JP-A-2015-143995

In the above-described game system, the user may be instructed to perform a continuous operation combining a plurality of unit operations whose position and time gradually change. For example, the user may be instructed by the user to perform continuous operations such as a glissando operation in which a plurality of operation members arranged left and right are sequentially operated right or left one by one. When this type of continuous operation is instructed, the success or failure of each unit operation is individually determined based on whether or not the shift amount of the position and time is within a predetermined evaluation range for each unit operation included in the continuous operation. Processing may be applied such that the score is added according to the determination result of. However, when the evaluation range is set for each unit operation, the evaluation range may overlap between unit operations. In that case, even if individual unit operations are not performed in the designated order, it may be determined that the operation is successful. Such a determination may cause an inappropriate operation that the game developer did not intend to be evaluated as a success, thereby undesirably reducing the degree of difficulty of the game and thus impairing the interest of the game. There is a fear.

Then, an object of this invention is to provide the game system etc. which can determine appropriately whether the user performed the continuous operation correctly.

A game system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an operation instruction unit that instructs a user on a plurality of operations whose position and timing are determined, an operation detection unit that detects the position and timing of an operation performed by the user, For each operation instructed by the operation instruction means, the user's operation is performed based on whether or not the operation detection means has detected an operation within a predetermined evaluation range for each of the positional and temporal deviation amounts. Operation evaluation means for evaluating, the operation instruction means including a plurality of unit operations in which the position and the time at which the operation should be performed gradually change from a predetermined start operation to the end operation, and at least two It is a game system in which it is possible to indicate a continuous operation set so that an evaluation range for each of the position and the time includes an overlapping range between unit operations. When the continuous operation is instructed to the operation evaluation means, for each unit operation included in the continuous operation, the deviation amount of the position and time is the operation detection means within the evaluation range. Means for determining whether or not the user has succeeded in each unit operation based on whether or not the user has detected, a start position where the start operation should be performed, and an end position where the end operation should be performed When the operation detection means detects an operation in the intermediate region between as a discrimination target operation, referring to the position of the preceding operation detected by the operation detection means within a predetermined reference period preceding the operation, Direction determining means is provided for determining the direction in which the position of the user's operation is changing as the operation direction, and the continuous operation determining means sets the position at which the operation should be performed in the intermediate area. With regard to the unit operation, an operation in which the position and the shift amount of the time with respect to the unit operation fall within the evaluation range, and the operation direction determined by the direction determination unit matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change The success or failure of the unit operation is determined on the condition that the operation detection means has detected the condition as the success determination condition.

A computer program for a game system according to an aspect of the present invention is an operation instruction unit that instructs a user on a plurality of operations whose position and timing are determined, and an operation detection that detects the position and timing of an operation performed by the user. Means, and for each operation instructed by the operation instruction means, the user based on whether or not the operation detection means detects an operation within a predetermined evaluation range for each of the positional and temporal deviation amounts. Operation evaluation means for evaluating the operation of the plurality of unit operation units, wherein the operation instruction unit includes a plurality of unit operations whose position and timing at which the operation is to be gradually change from a predetermined start operation to an end operation; Between two unit operations, it is possible to indicate a continuous operation set so that the evaluation range for each of the position and the time includes an overlapping range. A computer program that is applied to a game system and configured to cause a computer of the game system to function as the operation evaluation unit, and the operation evaluation unit is included in the continuous operation when the continuous operation is instructed. Whether or not the user has succeeded in each unit operation based on whether or not the operation detecting means has detected an operation within the evaluation range for each of the position and time deviations for each unit operation being performed When the operation detection unit detects an operation in an intermediate area between a start position where the start operation should be performed and an end position where the end operation should be performed as the operation to be determined; The position of the user's operation is referred to by referring to the position of the preceding operation detected by the operation detection means within a predetermined reference period preceding the operation. The continuous operation judging means further functions as a direction judging means for judging as the operation direction, and the continuous operation judging means relates to the unit operation in which the position where the operation is to be performed is set in the intermediate area. And the operation detection means has successfully detected an operation in which the time shift amount is within the evaluation range and the operation direction determined by the direction determination means matches the direction in which the position of the operation should be changed As a condition of the determination, it is configured to determine the success or failure of the unit operation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The perspective view which shows the outline of the game machine which concerns on one form of this invention. The figure which shows an example of a game screen. The figure which shows an example of the operation instruction | indication image when the glissando operation as an example of continuous operation is instruct | indicated. The figure which shows an example of the evaluation range set regarding the shift | offset | difference amount of a position and time. The functional block diagram which shows an example of the principal part which concerns on the control system of a game machine. The figure which shows an example of the record which comprises Notes data. The functional block diagram which shows an example of the mutual relationship of the logical apparatus provided in a game control apparatus. The flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of a glissando evaluation process. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of individual evaluation processing as the subroutine processing of FIG. 8; FIG. The flowchart following FIG. The figure which shows an example of the continuous operation which can be excluded from the object of direction determination. The figure which shows the other example of the continuous operation which can be excluded from the object of direction determination.

FIG. 1 shows an appearance configuration of a game machine as an embodiment of a game system according to the present invention. The game machine 1 includes a housing 2, a display 3 attached to the housing 2, and an input device 4 provided on the front side of the display 3. For the display device 3, for example, a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal monitor is used. The display device 3 is attached to the housing 2 with its display surface directed obliquely upward. The input device 4 includes the keyboard unit 5. The keyboard unit 5 is positioned at the user's hand when the user stands in front of the housing 2 so as to face the display device 3 and extends from one end to the other end of the display 3 in the left-right direction. Provided in Hereinafter, when specifying the direction based on the user, unless otherwise specified, it means the direction based on the state in which the user stands facing the display device 3 as a reference. A pair of left and right speakers 6 is provided on the upper end side of the display device 3 of the housing 2. In addition to the keyboard 5, the input device 4 is provided with various input devices such as a push button switch and a card reader, but the description thereof is omitted.

The keyboard unit 5 includes a plurality of keys 11 as an example of the operation member. The keys 11 are provided so as to be aligned at a constant interval in the left-right direction of the housing 2 (which coincides with the left-right direction in the drawing). The upper surface of the key 11 is flat over the whole. The keyboard unit 5 is also provided with a sensor (not shown) such as a sensor or a switch that outputs an operation signal in accordance with the depression operation of each key 11. A detection device is provided for each key 11. Therefore, the keyboard unit 5 outputs an operation signal corresponding to the pressing operation for each key 11.

The game machine 1 instructs the user through the display device 3 to operate the keyboard unit 5 in accordance with the progress of the music while reproducing a predetermined music, and the instructed operation and the operation of each key 11 of the keyboard 5 And a music game is executed to evaluate the user's operation in comparison with the above. FIG. 2 shows an example of a game screen displayed on the display device 3 at the time of execution of the music game. While an arbitrary background image corresponding to the image of the music is appropriately displayed on the game screen 100, the operation instruction image 101 is displayed so as to be superimposed on the background image. The operation instruction image 101 is a note 102 as an example of an instruction marker displayed so as to move while drawing a parabolic locus from the base side to the front side of the game screen 100, and the left and right A determination line 103 as an example of a reference mark displayed so as to extend linearly in the direction and a keyboard image 104 displayed below the determination line 103 are included. The determination line 103 corresponds to the current playing position in the music, in other words, the current time in the game executed for one music. The keyboard image 104 is displayed so as to reproduce each key 11 of the keyboard unit 5 on the game screen 100. In the following, each image of the key 11 indicated by the keyboard image 104 may be expressed as the key 11 for convenience.

The notes 102 have a width corresponding to a plurality of, for example, three keys 11 (which are the keys 11 on the keyboard image 104) in the left and right direction of the game screen 100, and have a width in the upper and lower direction. It has a relatively thin flat shape. The position of each note 102 in the vertical direction of the game screen 100 indicates the position in the music where the key 11 is to be operated, in other words, the time when the operation should be performed during the progress of the music (timing of operation). The notes 102 are displayed on the game screen 100 at a predetermined time earlier than the time of the operation to be instructed thereby (as an example, a time which precedes the time when the operation should be performed by a time length equivalent to two bars of the music). Appear. Thereafter, the notes 102 move toward the determination line 103 while drawing a parabolic trajectory as the music progresses, and the display thereof is controlled so as to overlap the determination line 103 at the time when the operation should be performed.

The position of the note 102 in the left-right direction of the game screen 100 indicates the position of the key 11 on which the operation should be performed. That is, when the Notes 102 and the judgment line 103 overlap, the display position of the Notes 102 in the left-right direction is the center position of the Notes 102 in the left-right direction and the center of the image of the key 11 to be operated in the left-right direction. Are determined to match.

On the game screen 100, there are a beat position marker 105 extending linearly in the left-right direction in a region where the note 102 of the operation instruction image 101 is displayed, and an auxiliary line 106 extending parabolically along the movement trajectory of the note 102. Is displayed. The beat position mark 105 is displayed at the break position of the beat in the music, for example, at the position of the first beat of each measure, and, like the note 102, a locus on the game screen 100 along the parabola along with the progress of the music. Is displayed as if drawn.
Since the beat position indicator 105 is a marker indicating the position of the beat in the music, it is displayed so as to move on the game screen 100 while maintaining the relationship with the position in the music indicated by the note 102. Note that keeping the relationship with the position in the music indicated by Notes 102 means that Notes 102 moves gradually on game screen 100 in accordance with the playing position of the music, so during the music of beat position indicator 105 and Notes 102 The beat position indicator 105 also means to move gradually on the game screen 100 in synchronization with the movement of the note 102 so that the positional relationship between them does not change. The user can refer to the beat position mark 105 to grasp the tempo and beat of the music.

On the game screen 100, an operation evaluation image 108, a score image 109, and a combo number display image 110 are further displayed. The operation evaluation image 108 is an image showing the evaluation result of the user's operation. When the user presses one of the three keys 11 coincident with the note 102 in the horizontal direction within the evaluation range of the time set with reference to the time when each note 102 reaches the judgment line 103, the note 102 is displayed. The level of the user's operation is determined according to the amount of time lag between the time of the instructed operation and the time of the operation performed by the user. The operation evaluation image 108 is displayed as an image for notifying the user of the level thus determined. The score of the user is added according to the level. The amount of score addition is set larger as the amount of deviation is smaller. The score image 109 is displayed as an image indicating the current score of the user. Furthermore, the combo number display image 110 is displayed as an image that displays the number of combos as the number of continuations of the operation satisfying the predetermined requirements.

In the game screen 100 shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of notes 102 are displayed with an appropriate position or time, and if the user depresses the key 11 once at a position and timing according to the notes 102, the operation succeeds. It is determined that the Such an operation is a basic operation in a game, and may be called a normal operation below. On the other hand, in the game machine 1, an operation different from the normal operation may be instructed by the user via the operation instruction image 101. For example, operations such as a long press operation in which one key 11 is continuously pressed for a fixed period, a simultaneous operation of simultaneously operating a plurality of keys 11, and a continuous operation of sequentially operating a plurality of keys 11 arranged laterally are different from the normal operation. The user may be instructed as a special operation. FIG. 3 shows an example of the operation instruction image 101 when a glissando operation is instructed as an example of the continuous operation. In FIG. 3, the notes 102 and the judgment line 103 of the operation instruction image 101 are mainly shown, and the keyboard image 104 is not shown. The beat position marker 105 and the auxiliary line 106 are shown by broken lines. In FIG. 2, the auxiliary line 106 is shown to gradually and clearly appear from the upper part of the background image of the game screen 100, but in FIG. Is drawn to draw a parabola. The notes 102 may be displayed so as to appear from near the top of the parabola drawn by the auxiliary line 106, or may be displayed as appearing from near the lower end of the back side of the auxiliary line 106 in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 3, in a range from the center to the left of the operation instruction image 101, a glissando notes group (hereinafter, abbreviated as a notes group) GLn instructing a glissando operation is displayed. The notes group GLn corresponds to the start point note 102S corresponding to the start point position where the glissando operation should be started, the end point note 102E corresponding to the position where the glissando operation should end, and the turnaround position where the operation direction of the glissando operation should be reversed. It includes a turning point Notes 102T and an intermediate Notes 102M disposed between those

Notes

102S, 102T and 102E. In the following, when it is not necessary to distinguish between these notes, the notes 102 and the subscripts are omitted.

From the start point note 102S to the end point note 102E, the display position of the note 102 is sequentially shifted by a relatively small amount in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. Regarding the display position in the left-right direction, the display position in the left-right direction of the note 102 is gradually shifted to the right from the start point note 102S to the turning point note 102T. On the other hand, the display position of the note 102 in the left-right direction is gradually shifted to the left from the turning point note 102T to the end point note 102E. That is, from the start point Notes 102S to the turning point Notes 102T, the operation position indicated by each Note 102 is gradually shifted to the right, and from the turning point Notes 102T to the end point Notes 102E, the operation points are indicated by each Note 102 The position to be operated is gradually shifted to the left. The position of the note 102 in the left-right direction is set so that the note 102 is not separated in the left-right direction at least between two adjacent notes 102. That is, in the two adjacent notes 102, the lateral shift amount of each note 102 is set so that a part of the plurality of keys 11 indicated by each note 102 overlap each other. The amount of lateral deviation between the notes 102 is constant from the start point note 102S to the end point note 102E. However, as long as the duplication of the key 11 mentioned above is maintained, the deviation | shift amount of the left-right direction between the notes 102 may be changed suitably.

Also, although the time shift amount (vertical shift amount) between Notes 102 included in Notes group GLn is also set constant, the time interval is the time interval between Notes 102 when normal operation is instructed It is set small enough compared with. Therefore, when an operation is instructed by the Notes 102 included in the Notes group GLn, the user needs to sequentially operate the keys 11 arranged in the left and right direction in a short time. The time interval between the notes 102 may also be changed as appropriate.

In the operation instruction image 101, an identification image 111 for distinguishing the Notes 102 included in the Notes group GLn from the other Notes 102 is also displayed. The identification image 111 is displayed as an image of a band-like line which mutually connects the Notes 102 contained in the Notes group GLn as an example. However, the identification image 111 may be displayed in an appropriate manner as long as the user can identify the notes 102 that constitute the glissando operation. The glissando operation instructs the user by differentiating the shape, size, color, pattern and other display elements of the Notes 102 included in the Notes group GLn from the other Notes 102 instead of or in addition to the identification image 111 It may be done. Note that, as is clear from FIG. 3, when the glissando operation is instructed, notes 102 etc. for instructing the normal operation may be displayed along with this. A pair of Notes 102 displayed at the center of the upper part of FIG. 3 is an example of instructing simultaneous operation of two keys 11. In addition, various operations use Notes 102 of the operation instruction image 101 and the judgment line 103. And the user may be instructed.

As described above, in the game machine 1, it is determined whether or not the amount of deviation between the position and timing of the operation instructed by the user and the position and timing of the operation actually performed by the user is within a predetermined evaluation range. And the user's operation is evaluated according to the determination result, and the score is added according to the evaluation result. The evaluation range is differentiated between normal operation and glissando operation. An example is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, Notes 102 for instructing normal operation are illustrated on the right side, and some Notes 102 of Notes group GLn for instructing glissando operation are illustrated on the left, respectively. Of Notes 102 for normal operation and Notes group GLn, FIG. The keys 11 designated as the operation position corresponding to the lowest note 102 located at the lowest position are hatched respectively. First, an evaluation range for the normal operation note 102 will be described. For the normal operation note 102, an evaluation range P for the position and an evaluation range T1 for the time are set. These evaluation ranges P and T1 are ranges set for the respective amounts of deviation of the position and time between the operation instructed by the user and the operation actually performed by the user, but in FIG. The evaluation range P of the position is shown in the left and right direction with reference to the note 102, and the evaluation range T1 of the time is shown in the vertical direction. If the position and timing of the operation performed by the user are within the illustrated evaluation range P and T1, the amount of deviation between the position and time is within the evaluation range P, T1.

The evaluation range P of the position is set to straddle three keys 11 of the key 11 as the operation position and the keys 11 adjacent to the left and right. This is the same as the display range in the left-right direction of the note 102. The evaluation range P of the position does not necessarily have to be set symmetrically on the left and right with respect to the position of the key 11 on which the operation is to be performed. On the other hand, the evaluation range T1 of time is set to a range of time t1 to t2 shifted by a predetermined time before and after the operation time tx indicated by the note 102. The time lengths t1 to tx and the time lengths tx to t2 may not necessarily coincide with each other. That is, the evaluation range T1 of time does not necessarily have to be set symmetrically with respect to the operation time tx. The evaluation range T1 is divided into a plurality of levels in order to change the evaluation of the user according to the amount of time lag. In FIG. 4, a certain range is set to the level A before and after the operation timing tx, the level B is set before and after the level A, and the level C is set outside the level A.

If the user operates at least one key 11 included in the evaluation range P at a time within the evaluation range T1 with respect to the operation time tx, it is determined that the operation on the note 102 has succeeded. In that case, the amount of score addition is calculated according to which division of levels A to C the timing of the actual operation belongs. The addition amount is calculated each time the user's operation is evaluated to any of the levels A to C, and is calculated so as to gradually decrease in the order of the levels A, B, and C.

It should be noted that not only the key 11 designated as the key 11 to be operated but also the left and right keys 11 are included in the evaluation range P of the position, because the keys 11 of the keyboard 5 are densely arranged at a relatively small pitch Therefore, even if the user intends to depress the key 11 to be operated, it is considered that the adjacent key 11 may be depressed instead or in addition. However, the evaluation range P of the position does not necessarily have to be set in a range corresponding to the three keys 11. For example, two keys 11 or four or more keys 11 may be included in the evaluation range P. The evaluation range P may not necessarily coincide with the width of the note 102 in the left-right direction. For example, a range larger than the number of keys 11 whose operation is indicated by the notes 102 may be set as the evaluation range P.

Moreover, the evaluation range P does not necessarily need to be a range larger than the key 11 designated as the operation position (the position where the operation should be performed). For example, the evaluation range P may be set so as to include only a single key 11 set as the operation position. Alternatively, the operation position may be set to include a plurality of keys 11 and the range of the key 11 designated as the operation position may be set as the evaluation range P. As one example, as shown in parentheses in FIG. 4, three keys 11 aligned left and right may be set as the operation position, and the range of the keys 11 included in the operation position may be set as the evaluation range P. In this case, the range of the key 11 set as the operation position, the range of the key 11 indicated by the note 102, and the evaluation range P coincide with each other. When the evaluation range P includes a plurality of keys 11, the evaluation range P is divided into a plurality of levels in units of the key 11 as in the time evaluation range T1, and the key 11 operated by the user is included in the evaluation range P. In the case of evaluation, you may differentiate according to the level. As described above, the relationship between the range set as the operation position, the range indicated by the Notes 102, and the evaluation range P related to the position can be set variously. In the following, the example of FIG. 4, that is, an example in which a single key 11 is set as the operation position, and the range of three keys 11 including the key 11 at the operation position is set as the display range and evaluation range P of the Notes 102 Continue to explain.

On the other hand, the evaluation range P of the position and the evaluation range T2 of the time are set for each of the Notes 102 for the Notes group GLn specifying the glissando operation. The position evaluation range P is the same as the evaluation range P set for the normal operation note 102. On the other hand, the evaluation range T2 of time is set larger than the evaluation range T1 for the normal operation note 102. In the illustrated example, the start time t0 of the evaluation range T2 is set earlier than the start time t1 of the evaluation range T1, and the end time t3 of the evaluation range T2 is set later than the end time t2 of the evaluation range T1. T2 is larger than the evaluation range T1. The evaluation range T2 is divided into a plurality of levels A to C in the same manner as the evaluation range T1. In the illustrated example, the evaluation range T2 is expanded beyond the evaluation range T1 by expanding the range determined to be the level C more than that of the evaluation range T1. The ranges determined as levels A and B are the same as those in the evaluation range T1. However, the evaluation range T2 may be set by expanding the evaluation range T1 either before or after the operation time tx. The range of levels A to C may be appropriately differentiated between the evaluation ranges T1 and T2. Alternatively, the evaluation range T2 may be expanded beyond the evaluation range T1 by adding a further level range such as the level D with respect to the evaluation range T2. The time interval between the notes 102 of the notes group GLn shown in FIG. 4 (vertical distance), the size of the evaluation range T2, and the notes 102 adjacent to the start t0 and the end t3 of the evaluation range T2 corresponding to each note 102. The relationship between the operation time tx corresponding to and the time interval etc. is merely an example. The relationship between them may be changed as appropriate according to the tempo of music, musical attributes such as beats, and the setting of the degree of difficulty of the operation required of the user.

One of the reasons for expanding the evaluation range T2 of time more than the evaluation range T1 at the time of normal operation as described above is as follows. The time interval of each note 102 of the Notes group GLn of the glissando operation is set smaller than that of the normal operation. Therefore, the user needs to operate many keys 11 sequentially in a short time, and the degree of difficulty of the operation inevitably increases accordingly. Therefore, the time base for determining whether or not the operation for each note 102 is successful is relaxed, thereby suppressing an excessive increase in the degree of difficulty. In the above example, the evaluation range T1 corresponds to an example of the evaluation range of the reference state, and the evaluation range T2 corresponds to an example of the evaluation range of the relaxed state.

As apparent from FIG. 4, the respective notes 102 of the note group GLn are arranged relatively close in the left-right direction and the up-down direction. Therefore, overlapping ranges occur in the evaluation ranges P and T 2 between at least two Notes 102. In this case, when the operation is performed in the overlapping range, it can be determined as either the operation corresponding to the note 102 on the left or the operation corresponding to the note 102 on the right. Therefore, the user performs an operation different from the glissando operation intended by the game developer, such as simultaneously depressing the keys 11 corresponding to those Notes 102 or depressing the keys 11 in the reverse order. However, it may be determined that the operation is successful. When the distance between the upper, lower, left, and right of each note 102 in the notes group GLn is narrowed, it is required to operate the multiple keys 11 sequentially in a shorter time, and the difficulty of the glissando operation should be relatively increased. The denser the notes 102 are arranged, the larger the overlapping range of the evaluation ranges P and T2 increases, and the possibility that an inappropriate operation not intended by the game developer is determined to be successful is increased. In that case, there is a possibility that the degree of difficulty can not be set properly. Moreover, as described above, regarding the glissando operation, since the evaluation range T2 of time is expanded more than the evaluation range T1 of the normal operation, the overlapping range of the evaluation range T2 is also expanded accordingly. For this reason, there is also a possibility that setting of evaluation range T2 may reduce the degree of difficulty of the glissando operation more than necessary beyond the intended range.

Therefore, in the game machine 1, when the glissando operation is instructed, the operation direction is also added to the determination factor as to whether or not the operation corresponding to at least a part of the notes 102 included in the notes group GLn is appropriately performed. ing. In the example of FIG. 4, the operation position gradually changes to the right with respect to the three Notes 102 included in the Notes group GLn. Assuming that the direction of the change is the operation direction, if the position of the key 11 operated by the user changes in the same direction as the operation direction, it is determined that the operation is appropriate and the position of the key 11 is different from the operation direction For example, it is determined that the operation is not appropriate. Which direction the user operates the key 11 is, for example, when one key 11 is operated, whether the position of the key 11 operated prior to it is biased to the right or to the left It can identify by judging. Note that, among the notes 102 of the notes group GLn, some of the notes 102 are excluded from the target of the direction determination. The detailed procedure of direction determination will be described later.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, an example of a control system of the game machine 1 for executing the above-described music game will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the game machine 1 is provided with a game control device 50. The game control device 50 is configured as an example of a computer including peripheral devices such as a CPU and an internal memory necessary for its operation. The game control device 50 is connected to the input device 4 including the keyboard unit 5 described above, and to the display device 3, the sound output device 7 and the storage device 51. Various signals necessary for controlling the game are input from the input device 4. An operation signal from the keyboard unit 5 is also input to the game control device 50. The display device 3 displays the game screen 100 in accordance with the image signal output from the game control device 50. The sound output device 7 includes the speaker 6 and its drive circuit, and causes the speaker 6 (see FIG. 1) to output a voice, a musical tone, a sound effect, etc. according to the sound signal output from the game control device 50.

The storage device 51 is a storage device using a non-volatile storage medium such as a magnetic disk and a flash memory, and functions as an external storage device for the CPU of the game control apparatus 50. In the storage device 51, a game program PG and game data DG are recorded. The game control device 50 appropriately reads the game program PG and the game data DG, and executes various processes for causing the user to play a predetermined game. In the game realized by the game program PG, the user instructs the user to operate according to the music advancing at a predetermined tempo, compares each of the instructed operations with the actual operation of the user, and performs the user's operation. If it is a music game of the type to evaluate, it can set suitably. The game data DG includes music data MD for each music that can be played on the game machine 1.

The music data MD further includes Notes data Nd. The notes data Nd is data describing the details of the operation to be performed by the user during the reproduction of the music. The notes data Nd is appropriately referred to in the display of the game screen 100 and the evaluation of the user's operation. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the notes data Nd is configured as a set of a large number of records including information specifying an operation time, an operation position and an operation type. The operation time information specifies the position in the music where the user should operate, that is, the time when the operation should be performed. For example, the position in the music is specified using the number of bars from the start of playing the music and the position in the bar. The position in the bar can be specified, for example, by dividing one bar by a predetermined number and specifying the position from the top of the bar. For example, if one bar is divided into 100 equal parts and the position in the bar is described, if the fifteenth position from the beginning of the fifth bar is specified as the operation time, the operation is performed in the form of "5, 015" You can specify the time.

The information on the operation position is information that designates the key 11 on which the operation is to be performed. For example, an operation position can be designated by setting a unique key number for each key 11 of the keyboard unit 5 and describing the key number as information of the operation position. The information of the operation type is information specifying the type of operation such as the above-described normal operation or long press operation as special operation, simultaneous operation, or continuous operation. In the music data MD, in addition to the notes data Nd, music information such as music title, tempo, time signature, bar configuration, or various information such as information specifying key sound to be generated in response to the operation of the key 11 Data describing the information may be included as appropriate.

Returning to FIG. 5, play data PD is also recorded in the storage device 51. The play data PD is data in which a score obtained in each play, a user's level, the number of plays, and other information are recorded as the play content of the user. The play data PD is stored, for example, in a predetermined server (not shown) and downloaded to the game machine 1 on condition of user authentication. In the play of the music game, the play data PD is appropriately updated and uploaded to the server at a predetermined timing.

When the game machine 1 is activated, the game control device 50 executes various initial settings necessary to operate as the game machine 1, and subsequently reads the game program PG from the storage device 51 and executes it. By setting up the environment for playing music games. Operation control unit 52, operation detection unit 53, operation evaluation unit 54, as a logical device realized by the combination of the computer hardware and the computer program in game control device 50 by execution of game program PG. And an evaluation processing unit 55 is provided.
By appropriately using these logical devices, the game control device 50 executes various processes necessary to cause the user to play a music game.

The operation instructing unit 52 instructs the user via the display device 3 an operation according to the progress of the music based on the notes data Nd corresponding to the music selected by the user. Thus, the combination of the display device 3 and the operation instructing unit 52 functions as an example of the operation instructing unit. The operation detection unit 53 detects which key 11 the user has operated at what timing (timing) in accordance with the output from the keyboard unit 5 of the input device 4. The combination of the keyboard unit 5 and the operation detection unit 53 functions as an example of the operation detection unit. The operation evaluation unit 54 evaluates the user's operation by comparing the position and timing of the user's operation detected by the operation detection unit 53 with the operation position and operation timing described in the Notes data Nd. Thus, the operation evaluation unit 54 functions as an example of the operation evaluation unit. The evaluation processing unit 55 executes processing according to the evaluation result of the operation evaluation unit 54 so that the evaluation result of the operation evaluation unit 54 is reflected in the game. Thus, the evaluation processing unit 55 functions as an example of the evaluation processing means.

The game control device 50 may be provided with various logical devices in addition to the above. For example, a device that controls the sound output device 7 so that the music selected by the user is reproduced from the speaker 6, and controls the sound output device 7 such that a key sound corresponding to the operation of the key 11 is output from the speaker 6 Although an apparatus etc. may be suitably provided in the game control apparatus 50, those illustration is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 7 more specifically shows the relationship between the operation instruction unit 52, the operation detection unit 53, the operation evaluation unit 54, and the evaluation processing unit 55 of the game control device 50. The operation instructing unit 52 reads from the notes data Nd a record to be displayed on the game screen 100, for example, a record in which the operation time is designated within the range equivalent to two bars of the music from the current time to the future The position of the note 102 in the screen 100 is repeatedly calculated in a cycle corresponding to the frame rate of the display device 3, and the note 102 is displayed at the calculated position. The illustrated notes data Nd may be read from the storage device 51 to the internal storage device of the game control device 50 as needed. A logical device or a hardware device in charge of drawing an image intervenes between the operation instructing unit 52 and the display device 3, but the illustration thereof is omitted.

The operation detection unit 53 takes in the operation signal of the key 11 from the keyboard 5, and records information indicating the position of the operated key 11 (for example, a key number) and the time when the operation is detected in the operation log data Dop. The operation log data Dop is data of an operation history held in the internal storage device of the game control device 50. The operation evaluation unit 54 compares the position and time of the operation recorded in the operation log data Dop with the operation position and the operation time described in the notes data Nd, and based on the deviation amounts of the position and time, the user Are evaluated, and various determination results of the operation evaluation unit 54 including the evaluation results are sequentially recorded in the determination log data Dev. The determination log data Dev is also data held in the internal storage device of the game control device 50. As described in FIG. 4, the evaluation method of the operation evaluation unit 54 includes the position and timing of the user's operation included in the evaluation position P and T1 or T2 regarding the operation position and the operation timing set for the note 102. If so, the user's operation is evaluated to any one of levels A to C according to the amount of time lag.

The operation evaluation unit 54 is provided with a continuous operation determination unit 54a and a direction determination unit 54b as further logical devices. When the continuous operation is designated in the record recorded in the Notes data Nd, the continuous operation determining unit 54a evaluates the shift amounts of the position and the time for each of the notes 102 included in the continuous operation. Whether or not the user has succeeded in each operation is determined based on whether or not the operation detection unit 53 detects the operation in P and T2. Thus, the continuous operation determining unit 54a functions as an example of the continuous operation determining unit. The direction determination unit 54b changes a user's operation direction when an operation corresponding to the given note 102 is performed on a predetermined note 102 included in the continuous operation, that is, the user changes the operation position in any direction. Determine if it was. Thus, the direction determination unit 54b functions as an example of the direction determination unit.

The evaluation result of the operation evaluation unit 54 is notified to the evaluation processing unit 55. The evaluation processing unit 55 takes charge of processing for reflecting the evaluation result of the operation evaluation unit 54 in the game. For example, the evaluation processing unit 55 adds the score each time the evaluation of the levels A to C is obtained, and records the added score in the state data Dst. The state data Dst is held in the internal storage device of the game control device 50, and is recorded in the play data PD of the storage device 51 at an appropriate timing. The state data Dst may be part of the play data PD, or the play data PD itself may be managed by the evaluation processing unit 55 as the state data Dst.

Next, with reference to FIG. 8 to FIG. 10, among the processes executed by the game control apparatus 50 to evaluate the user's operation, an example of the process when the glissando operation is particularly instructed will be described.
The operation evaluation unit 54 of the game control device 50 detects the operation in the evaluation range P and T1 in which the shift amounts of the position and time are within the evaluation range P and T1, for each operation instructed by the user via the notes 102. Is repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle (for example, the frame rate of the display device 3), but when a glissando operation is instructed, the glissando evaluation process of FIG. 8 is executed centering on the continuous operation determination unit 54a. . Note that the processing in FIG. 8 and the subsequent steps may be performed in parallel with the operation on the note 102 that instructs an operation other than the normal operation and other glissando operations.

When the glissando evaluation process is started, the continuous operation judging unit 54a first evaluates the notes 102 included in the glissando operation notes group GLn (see FIG. 3) on the basis of the notes data Nd. It discriminate | determines as (step S1). This is a process of determining a set of records corresponding to the glissando operation to be evaluated in the present process with reference to the operation type of each record of the Notes data Nd. When the set of target notes 102 is determined, the continuous operation determination unit 54a executes an individual evaluation process for determining whether the operation is successful or not for each of the notes 102 determined in step S1 (step S2). The individual evaluation process is a subroutine process of FIG. 8 and the details thereof will be described later. After returning from the individual evaluation process, the continuous operation judging unit 54a refers to the judgment log data Dev to judge whether the individual evaluation process has been applied to all the notes 102 judged in step S1 (step S3). ). The continuous operation determining unit 54a returns to step S2 if there is an unevaluated note 102, and ends the process of FIG. 8 if all the notes 102 have been evaluated.

Next, an example of the procedure of the individual evaluation process (step S2 in FIG. 8) will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. When the individual evaluation process is started, the continuous operation judging unit 54a selects a note 102 to be evaluated in the present process from the notes group GLn (step S21). This process is a process of selecting a record of Notes data Nd corresponding to any one of the Notes 102 included in the Notes group GLn (see FIG. 3) of the glissando operation. Here, the Notes 102 is selected for convenience. Express as a thing. For example, among the records to which the process of FIG. 8 is not applied yet, the record with the earliest operation time may be selected in step S1. By repeatedly executing the process of FIG. 8, the evaluation by the operation evaluation unit 54 is repeatedly performed for each of the notes 102 included in the notes group GLn, in other words, for each unit operation constituting the glissando operation instructed to the user. Be done. The unit operations in this case are individual operations from the start point note 102S to the end point note 102E, and include the operation corresponding to both the

notes

102S and 102E.

Next, the continuous operation determining unit 54a determines, based on the operation log data Dop, whether or not an operation within the evaluation range P of the position with respect to the note 102 selected in step S21 and the evaluation range T2 of time is detected. (Step S22). In addition, when several operation which satisfy | fills the requirements of step S22 is detected, operation may be selected according to a predetermined | prescribed reference | standard, such as discriminate | determining the earliest operation as operation in evaluation range P and T2. If it is determined in step S22 that the operation is detected, the continuous operation determining unit 54a determines whether the note 102 selected in step S21 is a not-targeted note 102 (step S23). For example, when the start point note 102S, the turnaround point note 102T, or the end point note 102E in FIG. 3 is selected in step S21, it is determined as the note 102 that is not the direction determination target. Therefore, in step S23, an intermediate note 102M in an intermediate region between the start point note 102S and the turning point note 102T and the intermediate point between the turning point note 102T and the end point 102E is evaluated as the note 102 to be evaluated. An affirmative decision is made only when it is selected. The intermediate area is an area not including the operation positions indicated by the start point note 102S, the turning point note 102T, and the end point note 102E, but including all the operation positions indicated by the intermediate note 102M.

With regard to the starting point note 102S, since the operation preceding the operation corresponding thereto can not be conceived, the operation direction can not be determined from the beginning. On the other hand, for the turning point notes 102T and the end point notes 102E, it is possible to determine the direction based on the preceding operation. However, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the continuous operation indicated only by the start point note 102S and the end point note 102E, or as shown in FIG. 12, is indicated only by the start point note 102S, the turning point note 102T and the end point note 102E. Regarding continuous operation, if setting the coincidence of the operation direction as the condition of success judgment, the judgment criteria may become too strict in comparison with the fact that a relatively simple operation is instructed, which may lead to user discomfort. . Therefore, the turning point notes 102T and the end point notes 102E may be excluded from the direction determination. However, at least one of the turning point note 102 T and the end point note 102 E may be included in the direction determination target note.

Returning to FIG. 9, when it is determined in step S23 that it is not the note 102 not subject to direction determination, the continuous operation determination unit 54a requests the direction determination unit 54b to determine the operation direction, and the direction determination unit accordingly. 54b starts the process of determining the operation direction of the note 102 to be evaluated. That is, the direction determining unit 54b first refers to the operation log data Dop to determine the operation detected in step S22, that is, the preceding operation with respect to the operation determined within the evaluation ranges P and T2 (step S24). This is processing for identifying an operation within a time range which has been traced back to a predetermined reference period in the past from the timing of the operation detected in step S22. The reference period may be set to, for example, several mm seconds.

Next, the direction determining unit 54b determines whether the operation detected in step S22 is a continuous operation based on the comparison with the preceding operation determined in step S24 (step S25). This is a process of determining whether the position of the operation detected in step S22 matches the position of the preceding operation and the operation is not interrupted, that is, the key 11 is continuously pressed.
If the position of the key 11 operated by the user has not changed, it is considered that the user continues to operate the same key 11 or repeatedly operates the same key 11. The former is suitably regarded as a single operation on the key 11, while the latter is suitably regarded as a plurality of different operations being performed on the same position. Step S25 is processing for determination. The reason for providing such a process is as follows.

In the case where the coincidence of the change in the operation position is added as the condition for the success determination in the glissando operation, the operation position does not change if the position of the key 11 operated by the user does not change. It is also good. However, since the Notes 102 and the judgment line 103 have a constant width in the vertical direction, it takes some time for the Notes 102 to reach and pass the judgment line 103. If the tempo of the music is relatively slow, even with the glissando operation, the user may keep pressing the same key 11 for at least a part of the period until the note 102 reaches the judgment line 103 and passes through it. . Also in that case, it is not appropriate to evaluate that the operation position has not changed and the user has failed in the operation. Therefore, first, in step S25, with reference to the operation log data Dop, it is determined whether or not the user continues pressing the same key 11.

If it is determined in step S25 that the operation is not the continuous operation, the direction determining unit 54b compares the position of the operation detected in step S22 with the preceding operation determined in step S24, and detects the position of the key 11 operated by the user. Is determined (step S26). If the position has changed, the direction determining unit 54b determines the operation direction based on whether the position of the preceding operation is biased to the left or right with respect to the operation detected in step S22 (step S27). If the position of the advance operation is biased to the left, the operation direction is right, and if the position of the advance operation is shifted to the right, the operation direction is left.

If it is determined in step S26 that the operation position has not changed, the direction determining unit 54b determines that the operation position has not changed (step S28). If it is determined in step S25 that the continuation operation is being performed, the direction determination unit 54b determines whether the continuation operation has ended within the predetermined continuation period (step S29). This process can be realized by a method of determining the continuation time of the operation detected in step S22 based on the operation log data Dop. The duration may be determined based on the length of time required for the note 102 to pass through the determination line 103 in view of the reason for determining whether or not the operation is a continuation operation. Although depending on the tempo of the music, as an example, a time length corresponding to several frames in the display device 3 may be set as the duration.

When it is determined in step S29 that the process has ended within the continuation period, the direction determining unit 54b determines the previous direction determination result with reference to the determination log data Dev, and the operation direction is detected in step S22 this time. It determines as the operation direction corresponding to operation (step S30). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S29 that the continuation operation has not ended within the continuation period, that is, if it is determined that the same key 11 is continuously depressed beyond the continuation period, the direction determination unit 54b Determines that the operation position has not changed (step S31).

When the operation direction is determined in step S27, S28, S30 or S31, the determination result is notified to the continuous operation determination unit 54a. When the determination result in step S27 or S30 is notified, the continuous operation determining unit 54a determines whether the operation direction matches the operation direction on the note 102 selected as the evaluation target in step S21 (step S40). .
The operation direction corresponding to the note 102 is the direction in which the operation position should change between the operation corresponding to the note 102 and the operation preceding it, and can be determined by referring to the notes data Nd. It is. If the operation directions match, the continuous operation determining unit 54a proceeds to step S41 in FIG. 10 and determines that the user has successfully operated the note 102 to be evaluated. Subsequently, the continuous operation judging unit 54a sets the user's operation to any of levels A to C (see FIG. 4) according to the amount of difference between the operation time corresponding to the evaluation target note 102 and the operation time detected in step S22. It is determined whether or not the evaluation should be performed as the operation of (4), and the determined level is notified to the evaluation processing unit 55 (step S42). In response to this, the evaluation processing unit 55 adds a value corresponding to the level as the evaluation result to the current value of the score of the user recorded in the state data Dst (step S43).

Thereafter, the evaluation processing unit 55 records information indicating that each of the record corresponding to the note 102 selected in step S21 and the operation detected in step S22 corresponding to the note 102 has been processed. It records in Nd and operation log data Dop (step S44). When the process of step S44 ends, the individual evaluation process ends, and the process proceeds to step S3 in FIG. The process of step S44 is performed so that each of the records of the notes data Nd and the operations recorded in the operation log data Dop are not selected multiple times in the processes of FIGS. . For example, step S44 may be performed by a process of writing flag information indicating that processing has been completed to the record of the Notes data Nd and the operation log data Dop. Note that, in parallel with step S44, the operation evaluation unit 54 records various determination results performed in the current process in the determination log data Dev.

If it is determined in step S40 in FIG. 9 that the directions do not match, the continuous operation determination unit 54a proceeds to step S45 in FIG. 10 and determines that the user has failed in the operation of the note 102 to be evaluated. In that case, the processes of steps S42 and S43 are skipped, and the process proceeds to step S44. In this case, score addition is not performed. Also, when it is determined in step S28 or S31 in FIG. 9 that there is no change in the direction, the continuous operation determining unit 54a proceeds to step S45.

According to the above processing, with respect to the operations corresponding to the start point note 102S, the turning point note 102T, and the end point note 102E, the operation in which the shift amount with respect to the position and time of each operation is within the evaluation range P and T2 is If it is detected, it is determined that the operation is successful. On the other hand, with regard to the intermediate note 102M, it is determined that the operation succeeded only when the amount of deviation with respect to the position and timing of the operation falls within the evaluation ranges P and T2 and the operation whose operation direction matches is detected. . Therefore, even if the user simultaneously operates the keys 11 corresponding to each of the plurality of intermediate notes 102M or operates the keys 11 in the reverse order of the designated order in response to the indication of the glissando operation, even if Even if the position and timing of those operations are within the evaluation ranges P and T2 for the intermediate notes 102M, it is determined that the operations have failed. This eliminates the possibility that an inappropriate operation unintended by the game developer is determined to be successful, properly determines the success or failure of the glissando operation, and eliminates the possibility of the game difficulty being excessively reduced, or It can be reduced.

In the processes of FIGS. 8 to 10, the continuous operation determining unit 54a of the operation evaluation unit 54 executes the processes of steps S21 to S23 of FIG. 9 and steps S41 and S45 of FIG. The direction determining unit 54b of the operation evaluation unit 54 functions as an example of the direction determining unit by executing the processes of steps S24 to S31 in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the success or failure of the user's operation is determined based on whether or not the operation within the evaluation range of each operation included in the continuous operation is detected, and the unit of the intermediate area indicated by the intermediate note 102M. With regard to the operation, it is weighted on the condition that the direction of the operation matches as a condition for the success determination, while the start point operation instructed by the start point note 102S, the return operation instructed by the turning point note 102T, and the end point note 102E. Regarding the end operation to be instructed, it is assumed that coincidence or non-coincidence of the operation direction is not considered in the success or failure judgment, but as described above, the coincidence of the operation direction is at least one of the return operation and the end operation. It may be weighted as a condition for success determination.

The success or failure of the continuous operation is not limited to the example in which only the success or failure of each operation is determined. For example, the result of the success / failure determination of each unit operation may be integrated to further perform the success / failure determination on the entire continuous operation. For example, when the success rate of the unit operation is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, processing may be added such that the entire continuous operation is determined to be successful and the score is added accordingly. The continuous operation is not limited to the example in which the turning point is set, and may be set so that the turning point does not exist. For example, in FIG. 3, the continuous operation is modified so that the notes 102 are arranged only from the start point note 102S to the turning point notes 102T, or the note 102 is arranged only from the turning point notes 102T to the end point notes 102E. Continuous operation may be modified to Alternatively, the continuous operation may be configured to include two or more folding points. The number of unit operations included in the continuous operation, the interval of positions between unit operations, and the interval of time may be changed as appropriate.

Although the processes in FIGS. 9 and 10 are an example in which the operation is evaluated for each operation instructed via the notes 102, it may be a process performed for each user operation. In the former case, the evaluation is also performed when the operation is not performed on the Notes 102 (determined as failure), and in the case of the latter case, the evaluation is also performed when the operation is not performed on the Notes 102. It does not happen. Which method to use may be appropriately selected according to the specification of the game or the like.

In the above embodiment, the Notes 102 instructs the user to operate by moving toward the determination line 103, but the Notes 102 within a predetermined period of the music is arranged according to the operation position and the operation time. The position and time when the operation should be performed may be presented to the user by displaying the game screen 100 in a stationary state and moving the determination line 103 according to the progress of the music. Alternatively, both of the Notes 102 and the judgment line 103 may be moved, and the position and timing of the operation may be indicated by overlapping the two. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to an example in which the timing of the operation is indicated by the note 102 overlapping the determination line 103, and the note 102 and the determination line 103 approach within a predetermined distance or move away from the predetermined distance. The display of the notes 102 and the judgment line 103 may be controlled such that the timing of the operation comes when the judgment line 103 and the judgment line 103 are placed in a predetermined positional relationship.

In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which the user operates the keyboard unit 5 imitating a key of a keyboard instrument to play music, but the user's operation target is not limited to such an input device, and various musical instruments may be used. A simulated input device may be used. The input device is not limited to the example imitating a musical instrument. The input device is not limited to an example in which a plurality of operation members are arranged in a predetermined direction, and an input device that detects a position touched by the user as a position of operation like a touch panel is used as at least a part of operation detection means May be The operation of the user is not limited to an example by hand, but may be an operation using a foot. The operation detection means is not limited to the example including the input device which the user physically operates. The operation detection means is configured to identify the user with a camera or other identification means, and to detect at what time and at what position the hand or foot is positioned by the user within a predetermined play area. May be

The game system is not limited to the form of a game machine configured on a single case, and is a network using a home stationary game machine, a portable game machine, or a network terminal as a user input / output device. It may be configured as a type game system.

Various aspects of the invention derived from each of the above-described embodiments and variations are described below. In the following description, in order to facilitate understanding of each aspect of the present invention, corresponding elements shown in the attached drawings are appended in parentheses, but the present invention is thereby limited to the illustrated form. It is not a thing.

A game system (1) according to one aspect of the present invention includes an operation instruction unit (3, 52) for instructing a user to perform a plurality of operations whose position and timing are determined, and a position and timing of an operation performed by the user For each operation instructed by the operation detecting means (5, 53) for detecting the position and the operation instructing means, the shift amounts of the position and time are within the predetermined evaluation range (P and T1 or T2). Operation evaluation means (54) for evaluating the user's operation based on whether or not the operation is detected by the operation detection means, and the operation instruction means performs a predetermined start operation (for example, the start point note 102S A plurality of unit operations (for example, with Notes group GLn) in which the position and timing at which the operation should be performed gradually change from the instructed operation) to the ending operation (the operation instructed by end point Notes 102E as an example) Indicating a continuous operation including an indicated sequence of operations, and between at least two unit operations, the evaluation range (P, T2) for each of the position and the time being set to include an overlapping range. When the continuous operation is instructed to the operation evaluation means, each of the shift amounts of the position and the time for each unit operation included in the continuous operation is the Continuous operation determination means (54a, S21 to S23, S41, S45) for determining whether or not the user has succeeded in each unit operation based on whether the operation detection means has detected an operation within the evaluation range And the operation detection unit detects an operation in an intermediate area between the start position where the start operation should be performed and the end position where the end operation should be performed as the determination target operation. In this case, the direction determination is performed such that the direction in which the position of the user's operation is changing is determined as the operation direction with reference to the position of the preceding operation detected by the operation detecting means within a predetermined reference period preceding the operation. Means (54b, S24 to S31) is provided, and the continuous operation judging means is a shift of the position and the time with respect to the unit operation with respect to the unit operation in which the position where the operation is to be performed is set in the intermediate region. The condition that the operation detection unit detects an operation whose amount is within the evaluation range and the operation direction determined by the direction determination unit matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change is the condition of the success determination, It determines the success or failure of the unit operation.

A computer program (PG) for a game system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an operation instructing unit (3, 52) for instructing a user to perform a plurality of operations whose position and time are determined; For each operation instructed by the operation detection means (5, 53) for detecting the position and time, and each operation instruction means, the shift amount of each of the position and time is within a predetermined evaluation range (P and T1 or T2 Operation evaluation means for evaluating the user's operation based on whether or not the operation detection means has detected an operation in (a), and the operation instruction means is instructed by a predetermined start operation (as one example by the Notes 102S) A plurality of unit operations (as an example Notes group) where the position and timing at which the operation should be performed gradually change from the operation) to the end operation (the operation instructed by Notes 102E as an example) A series of operations including a series of operations indicated by Ln, and between at least two unit operations, evaluation operations (P, T2) for each of the position and the time are set so as to include overlapping regions. A computer program that is applied to a game system (1) capable of instructing and configured to cause a computer of the game system to function as the operation evaluation unit, the operation evaluation unit being the continuous operation When each of the unit operations included in the continuous operation is instructed, the operation detecting unit detects an operation within the evaluation range for each of the position and time shift amounts. Continuous operation determination means (54a, S21 to S23, S41, S45) for determining whether or not the user has succeeded in each unit operation, and the start operation When the operation detection means detects an operation in an intermediate area between the start position to be performed and the end position to be performed as the determination target operation, the operation detecting unit detects the operation within the predetermined reference period preceding the operation. It is further made to function as direction determination means (54b, S24 to S31) for determining the direction in which the position of the user's operation is changing as the operation direction with reference to the position of the preceding operation detected by the operation detection means. The operation discriminating means is for the unit operation in which the position where the operation is to be performed is set in the intermediate region, the position relative to the unit operation and the deviation amount of the time are within the evaluation range and the direction discriminating means The unit operation is performed under the condition that the operation detection unit detects an operation whose detected operation direction matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change. It is configured to determine the success or failure of the game.

According to the above aspect, when the user performs an operation corresponding to an instruction of a unit operation set in an intermediate area between the start position and the end position, the operation of the user and the unit operation instructed by the user Position and the time between them and the amount of deviation within a predetermined evaluation range, and the direction in which the user is changing the operation position based on the relationship between the user's operation and the preceding operation However, it is determined whether or not it matches the direction in which the position should change between unit operations. Then, it is determined that the user's operation is successful on the condition that the user's operation is within the evaluation range and the directions match. That is, it is not determined that the operation is successful unless the user changes the position of the operation in an appropriate direction. This eliminates the possibility that it will be determined that the operation is successful even if the individual unit operations are not performed in the specified order, and the success or failure of the continuous operation can be appropriately evaluated.

Note that the computer program according to an aspect of the present invention may be provided in a state of being stored in a storage medium. If this storage medium is used, for example, the computer program according to the present invention is installed and executed in a computer, whereby the game system of the present invention can be realized using the computer. The storage medium storing the computer program may be a non-transitory storage medium such as a CDROM.

In the above aspect, the direction determining means determines the operation direction based on whether the position of the preceding operation is to be changed or the opposite direction with respect to the position of the determination target operation. You may When the user performs an operation at any position, referring to the direction in which the preceding operation is biased, it is determined in which direction the user changed the position of the operation. Can. In this way, it is possible to determine inappropriate operations that do not follow the designated order by a relatively simple process, and exclude the operations from the targets of the success determination.

The direction determining means detects, as the preceding operation in the reference period, an operation different from the determination target operation and at the same position as the determination target operation is detected (for example, as shown in FIG. In the case where a negative determination is made in S26), it is determined that the direction operated by the user has not changed, and the continuous operation determining means has determined that the direction has not changed The operation direction may be determined not to coincide with the direction to be changed. According to this, when the user performs a plurality of operations at a position where the evaluation ranges for a plurality of unit operations overlap, it is determined that the direction of the operation has not changed, and the operations coincide with each other. It can be excluded from the target of the success judgment as an inappropriate operation.

When the operation detection unit detects an operation in the intermediate region and continues within a predetermined duration at the same position as the determination target operation (for example, step S25 in FIG. In the case where an affirmative determination is made in S29), the operation direction determined at the previous time may be determined as the operation direction for the determination target operation. According to this, when the user continuously operates the same position within the evaluation range for the unit operation for a predetermined duration, the operation direction determined in the previous operation is directly taken over as the operation direction for the operation. be able to. In this way, even when the user's individual operations continue for a certain length of time, it is not immediately determined that the operation is an operation whose direction has not changed, and it is ensured that the success determination may be made. Can. For example, if the time interval between unit operations in continuous operation is relatively long, the time length of each operation may increase, and even in such a case, it is possible to appropriately determine success or failure. .

When the continuing operation is detected beyond the continuation period (when, for example, a negative determination is made in step S29 of FIG. 9), the direction determining means operates the user regarding the continuing operation. When it is determined that the moving direction has not changed, and the continuous operation determining means determines that the direction has not changed with respect to the continuing operation, the operating direction matches the changing direction. It may be determined that it does not. According to this, when the time length of the operation continuously performed at the same position is excessively extended beyond the continuation period, the user dare continuously operates the same position where the operation position should be changed. It is possible to consider such an operation as a target of the success judgment.

The direction determining means also refers to the position of the operation detected by the operation detecting means within the reference period corresponding to the operation even when the operation detecting means detects the operation to be associated with the ending operation. The operation direction is determined, and the continuous operation determining means determines the shift amount between the position and the time with respect to the operation within the evaluation range and the direction also regarding the operation to be associated with the end operation. The success or failure of the unit operation may be determined by detecting that the operation detecting unit detects an operation whose operation direction matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change. In this case, the criteria that are determined to be successful can be tightened by incorporating the coincidence or non-coincidence of directions as an element of the success or failure judgment also with respect to the operation corresponding to the end operation.

The operation instructing means can indicate a folding operation (an operation instructed by the folding point note 102T as an example) as at least one of the continuous operations in which a folding position exists in which the direction of change of the position between the unit operations is reversed. It may be taken. In this case, while the direction in which the operation is to be performed is reversed with the turning point in between, it is possible to capture whether the direction of the operation performed by the user is correctly reversed or not to the element of success / failure determination.

The direction determination means also detects the operation position detected by the operation detection means within the reference period corresponding to the operation even when the operation detection means detects the operation to be associated with the operation at the return position. The operation direction is determined with reference to the continuous operation determination unit, and the shift amount of the position and the time with respect to the operation is within the evaluation range also for the operation to be associated with the operation of the return position. And the success or failure of the unit operation is determined on the condition that the operation detection unit detects an operation in which the operation direction determined by the direction determination unit matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change. May be In this case, also regarding the operation corresponding to the turn-back operation, by incorporating the coincidence or non-coincidence of the directions into the element of the success or failure judgment, it is possible to make strict the criterion judged as the operation succeeded.

The operation evaluation means applies an evaluation range with respect to the time to a predetermined reference state (a state to which an evaluation range T1 is applied as an example) and a relaxed state (an example to which an evaluation range T2 is expanded than the reference state). And the continuous operation determining means may determine success or failure of the unit operation using the evaluation range of the relaxed state. According to this, the evaluation range of the relaxation state is used to relax the criteria for determining the success or failure of the unit operation included in the continuous operation, thereby preventing an excessive increase in the degree of difficulty of the continuous operation, and matching or mismatching the direction. By incorporating the element into the success / failure determination factor, it is possible to eliminate or reduce the possibility that an inappropriate operation is determined to be successful with the application of the relaxation state, and to maintain the difficulty of the continuous operation appropriately.

1 Game console (game system)
3 Display device (operation instruction means)
5 Keyboard section (operation detection means)
11 key 50 game control device (computer)
52 Operation Instruction Unit (Operation Instruction Unit)
53 Operation detection unit (operation detection means)
54 Operation Evaluation Unit (Operation Evaluation Means)
54a Continuous operation determination unit (continuous operation determination means)
54b Direction discrimination unit (direction discrimination means)
100 game screen 101 operation instruction image 102 note 103 judgment line 104 keyboard image

Claims

Operation instruction means for instructing the user to perform a plurality of operations whose positions and times are determined;
Operation detection means for detecting the position and timing of the operation performed by the user;
For each operation instructed by the operation instruction means, the user's operation is performed based on whether or not the operation detection means has detected an operation within a predetermined evaluation range for each of the positional and temporal deviation amounts. Operation evaluation means to evaluate;
Equipped with
The operation instructing means includes a plurality of unit operations in which the position and the time at which the operation should be performed gradually change from a predetermined start operation to the end operation, and the position and the time between at least two unit operations. A game system in which it is possible to indicate a continuous operation set so that the evaluation ranges for each of the two include overlapping ranges.
The operation evaluation means includes
When the continuous operation is instructed, for each unit operation included in the continuous operation, it is based on whether or not the operation detection means detects an operation within the evaluation range for each of the shift amounts of position and time. Continuous operation determining means for determining whether or not the user has succeeded in each unit operation; an operation in an intermediate area between a start position where the start operation should be performed and an end position where the end operation should be performed When the operation detection unit detects the operation as a discrimination target operation, the position of the operation of the user is changed with reference to the position of the preceding operation detected by the operation detection unit within a predetermined reference period preceding the operation. Direction determining means for determining the operating direction as the operation direction,
The continuous operation determining means relates to the unit operation in which the position where the operation is to be performed is set in the intermediate area, and the deviation amount of the position and the time with respect to the unit operation is within the evaluation range and the direction determining means A game system, which determines success or failure of the unit operation with the operation detecting unit detecting that the operation direction in which the operation direction determined in the step coincides with the direction in which the position of the operation should change.
The direction determining means determines the operation direction based on whether the position of the preceding operation should be changed with respect to the position of the determination target operation or in the opposite direction thereof. The game system described in.
The direction determining means determines that the user performs an operation different from the determination target operation as the preceding operation in the reference period and an operation having a position coincident with the determination target operation is detected. Determine that the direction in which you are
The game system according to claim 2, wherein the continuous operation determining means determines that the operation direction does not coincide with the direction to be changed, when it is determined that the direction is not changed.
When the operation detection unit detects an operation in the intermediate region and continues at a same position within a predetermined duration as the determination target operation, the direction determination unit determines the operation determined in the previous time. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the direction is determined as an operation direction for the determination target operation.
When the continuing operation is detected beyond the continuation period, the direction determining means determines that the direction in which the user is operating has not changed with respect to the continuing operation.
The game according to claim 4, wherein the continuous operation determining means determines that the operation direction does not match the direction to be changed when it is determined that the direction has not changed with respect to the continuing operation. system.
The direction determining means also refers to the position of the operation detected by the operation detecting means within the reference period corresponding to the operation even when the operation detecting means detects the operation to be associated with the ending operation. To determine the operation direction,
With regard to the operation to be associated with the end operation, the continuous operation determining means also determines the position and the shift amount of the time for the operation within the evaluation range and the operation direction determined by the direction determining means. The success or failure of the unit operation according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the operation detection means detects an operation whose position coincides with the direction in which the position of the operation should change. Game system.
The said operation instruction | command means can be made to be able to instruct | indicate the folding operation in which the folding | returning position to which the direction of a change of the position between the said unit operations is reversed reverses as at least 1 type of the said continuous operation. The game system described in the section.
The direction determination means also detects the operation position detected by the operation detection means within the reference period corresponding to the operation even when the operation detection means detects the operation to be associated with the operation at the return position. Determine the operation direction with reference to
The continuous operation judging means is an operation in which the position and the deviation amount of the time for the operation are judged by the direction judging means within the evaluation range also with respect to the operation to be associated with the operation of the return position. The game system according to claim 7, wherein the success or failure of the unit operation is determined by detecting that the operation detecting unit detects an operation whose direction matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change.
The operation evaluation means is capable of switching the evaluation range with respect to the time between a predetermined reference state and a relaxation state expanded from the reference state,
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the continuous operation determining means determines the success or failure of the unit operation using the evaluation range of the relaxation state.
Operation instructing means for instructing the user to perform a plurality of operations whose positions and times are determined, operation detecting means for detecting the position and timing of the operation performed by the user, and operations instructed by the operation instructing means And an operation evaluation unit that evaluates the user's operation based on whether the operation detection unit detects an operation within a predetermined evaluation range for each of the position and time deviations, and the operation instruction unit Includes a plurality of unit operations in which the position and time at which the operation should be performed gradually change from a predetermined start operation to the end operation, and evaluation for each of the position and the time between at least two unit operations The present invention is applied to a game system in which it is possible to instruct a continuous operation in which the ranges are set so as to include overlapping ranges with one another. A configured computer programmed to function as a work evaluation unit,
The operation evaluation means is
When the continuous operation is instructed, for each unit operation included in the continuous operation, it is based on whether or not the operation detection means detects an operation within the evaluation range for each of the shift amounts of position and time. And an operation in an intermediate area between a start position where the start operation should be performed and an end position where the end operation should be performed. When the operation detection unit detects the operation as a discrimination target operation, the position of the operation of the user is changed with reference to the position of the preceding operation detected by the operation detection unit within a predetermined reference period preceding the operation. Further function as direction determination means for determining the operating direction as the operation direction,
The continuous operation determining means relates to the unit operation in which the position where the operation is to be performed is set in the intermediate area, and the deviation amount of the position and the time with respect to the unit operation is within the evaluation range and the direction determining means The success or failure of the unit operation is determined by detecting that the operation detection means detects an operation whose operation direction matches the direction in which the position of the operation should change. Computer program for game system.