WO2019230112A1 - Program and information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention activates a game by prompting a player to make a content trade. This program causes a computer to function as: a storage means 40 for storing a trade condition in which content possessed by a player, exchange source content, and exchange destination content are set; an acquisition means 44 for causing acquisition of content on the basis of execution of a game; a determination means 48 for determining, on the basis of the content possessed by the player and the trade condition, whether content that is acquirable by a trade exists; and a control means 42 for outputting a screen indicating that content exists that is acquirable by trade.

Description

Program and information processing apparatus

The present invention relates to a program and an information processing apparatus.

Conventionally, games that trade player content with other people's content are known.

In this regard, Patent Document 1 discloses that a trade is not established if the rarity value of the content to be traded is greater than a predetermined value, or if the difference in the rarity value between the content to be traded is large. Technology is disclosed.

JP2015-112140A

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, for example, the player cannot make a trade without knowing the rarity value of each content to be traded. . As a result, there is a problem that it is not possible to prompt the player to trade the content and the game cannot be activated.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program and an information processing apparatus that can encourage a player to trade content and activate a game.

In order to solve the above problems, a program according to the first aspect of the present invention stores a computer with player information storage means for storing content owned by a player, and trade conditions in which exchange source content and exchange destination content are set. Trade information storage means, acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player, the player's own content including the acquired content, and the player can acquire by trade based on the trading conditions Determining means for determining whether there is content, and functioning as control means for outputting a screen indicating that there is content that can be acquired by trade to the player when the determination is affirmed Let
The “computer” may be composed of one computer or a plurality of computers.

In the first aspect, since the player does not need to know the content that can be traded with the content that the player owns, the player can be encouraged to trade the content and activate the game.

Further, in the program according to the second aspect of the present invention, the control means is based on an instruction to acquire content that can be acquired by the trade from the player in association with outputting the screen. It is characterized by executing a trade process for allowing the player to acquire acquirable content.

In the program according to the third aspect of the present invention, the computer is caused to function as a reservation unit that reserves and registers content that the player desires to acquire based on an operation from the player, and the determination unit includes the determination unit. Is determined, it is determined whether the content registered by the player is included in the content that can be acquired by the player, and the control unit includes the content registered by the determination unit. In the case where it is determined that the content registered in the reservation can be acquired by the trade on the screen, it is indicated.

Further, in the program according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the control means decreases the number of contents owned by the instructed player by the trading process, and the player information storage means An upper limit number is stored, and the control means limits the execution of the game when the number of contents owned by the player exceeds the upper limit number.

In the program according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the control means updates the trade conditions as needed.

Further, the program according to the sixth aspect of the present invention includes a computer, a player information storage unit that stores content owned by the player, a trade information storage unit that stores trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set, and the player The acquisition means for causing the player to acquire the content based on the execution of the game by the player, the reservation means for registering the content that the player desires to acquire based on the operation from the player, the possession of the player including the acquired content A determination means for determining whether the player can acquire the reservation-registered content based on the content and the trading conditions. If the determination is affirmative, the reservation is made upon completion of the game. Registered content that can be acquired Performed automatically controlling means trade processing for acquiring tool to the player, to function as a.

Further, the program according to the seventh aspect of the present invention includes a computer, a player information storage unit that stores content owned by the player, a trade information storage unit that stores trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set, and the player Based on the execution of the game, the acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content, the content that the player can newly acquire based on the trading conditions based on the content owned by the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions Determining means for determining whether or not there is a control means for outputting a screen indicating that there is content that can be newly acquired by the trade for the player when the determination is affirmed; To function as.

The information processing apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the present invention includes a player information storage unit that stores content owned by a player, a trade information storage unit that stores trade conditions in which an exchange source content and an exchange destination content are set, Based on the execution of the game by the player, there is an acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content, and whether there is content that the player can acquire by trading based on the content owned by the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions And a control means for outputting, when the determination is affirmed, a screen indicating that there is content that can be acquired by trade for the player when the game ends.

An information processing apparatus according to the ninth aspect of the present invention includes a player information storage unit that stores content owned by a player, a trade information storage unit that stores trade conditions in which an exchange source content and an exchange destination content are set, An acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player, a reservation means for reservation registration of content desired by the player based on an operation from the player, and the content including the acquired content Based on the content owned by the player and the trading conditions, a determination means for determining whether or not the player can acquire the reserved content by trade, and if the determination is affirmed, the game ends. The reservation-registered content that can be acquired And a control means for automatically executing a trade process to acquire the player.

An information processing apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention includes a player information storage unit that stores content owned by a player, a trade information storage unit that stores trade conditions in which an exchange source content and an exchange destination content are set, Based on the execution of the game by the player, the player can newly acquire the content based on the acquisition means for acquiring the content by the player, the content owned by the player including the acquired content, and the trading conditions. A determination means for determining whether or not there is content, and when the determination is affirmed, a screen indicating that there is content that can be newly acquired by trade is output to the player when the game ends. Control means.

According to the present invention, the player can be encouraged to trade content and activate the game.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the whole structure of the game system containing the information processing apparatus (computer) which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a server apparatus roughly. It is a block diagram which shows roughly an example of the function means of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of trade information. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the flow of the process which concerns on trade condition setting. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the flow of the process which concerns on the response of a trade. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the flow of the process which concerns on the notification of a trade. It is a figure which shows an example of a trade list screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the result screen which can trade a trade reservation character. It is a figure which shows an example of the result screen which can trade other than a trade reservation character. It is a figure which shows an example of the result screen which cannot trade. It is a figure which shows an example of a result screen at the time of trading a trade reservation character automatically. It is a figure which shows an example of a result screen in case the character which became newly acquirable by trade exists.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the present embodiment”) will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate understanding of the description, the same components and steps are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible in each drawing, and redundant description is omitted.

<Overall configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a game system 1 including an information processing apparatus (computer) according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 is a system that provides a game to one or a plurality of players. The game system 1 includes a server device 10 as an information processing device according to the present embodiment, and one or a plurality of terminal devices 12. The server device 10 and the terminal device 12 are connected to be communicable with each other via a communication network NT such as an intranet or the Internet.

The server device 10 is an information processing device that provides a game obtained by executing the game program 14 or the game program 14 itself to each terminal device 12 via the communication network NT. In the present embodiment, the server device 10 executes the game program 14, transmits the execution result (image data, audio data, etc.) to each terminal device 12, and provides the game to each terminal device 12 by outputting it. . Note that the game program 14 may be executed in cooperation by the terminal device 12 and the server device 10.

Each terminal device 12 is an information processing device possessed by the player, and is an information processing device that provides a game to the player by outputting an execution result of the game program 14 received from the server device 10. As these terminal devices 12, various things, such as a video game machine, a portable game machine, an arcade game machine, a smart phone, a tablet, a personal computer, are mentioned. Each terminal device 12 can be connected to the server device 10 via the communication network NT. Each terminal device 12 may provide the game to the player by downloading the game program 14 from the server device 10 and executing the game program 14 by itself.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server device 10 includes a control device 20, a communication device 26, and a storage device 28. The control device 20 mainly includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 22 and a memory 24.

In the control device 20, the CPU 22 functions as various functional units by executing predetermined programs stored in the memory 24, the storage device 28, or the like. Details of this functional means will be described later.

The communication device 26 includes a communication interface for communicating with an external device. The communication device 26 transmits and receives various types of information to and from the terminal device 12, for example.

The storage device 28 is composed of a hard disk or the like. The storage device 28 stores various programs and various information necessary for execution of processing in the control device 20, including the game program 14, and information on processing results.

The server device 10 can be realized using an information processing device such as a dedicated or general-purpose server computer. Further, the server device 10 may be configured by a single information processing device or may be configured by a plurality of information processing devices distributed on the communication network NT. FIG. 2 shows only a part of the main hardware configuration of the server apparatus 10, and the server apparatus 10 can have other configurations that the server generally includes. Moreover, the hardware configuration of the plurality of terminal devices 12 can also have the same configuration as the server device 10 except that it includes, for example, an operation means, a display device, and a sound output device.

<Game overview>
The game according to the present embodiment is a game for performing a battle game (quest) or a lottery game (gacha) for acquiring a character as an example of content, a character trade, and a character evolution synthesis.

The battle game according to the present embodiment is a game in which an enemy character battles against a party composed of one or more characters owned by the player in accordance with a quest execution instruction from the player. If the enemy character can be defeated in this battle (the quest is cleared), the player can acquire one or more characters.

The lottery game according to the present embodiment is a game in which the player acquires one or a plurality of characters randomly selected from the character group that is a lottery target in accordance with a lottery execution instruction from the player. This lottery can be executed by paying a bill by the player, consuming a charge item, or consuming points (friend points, etc.) that can be acquired for free in the game.

In the character trade according to the present embodiment, the player-owned character and the other player-owned character can be exchanged. By this trade, the player can acquire a new character (exchange destination character) instead of losing the possessed character (exchange source character). It should be noted that the player can set a trade condition and make a trade response at an arbitrary timing.

The evolution synthesis of the character according to the present embodiment is to synthesize all the evolution material characters determined in advance with the player's own character (base character). By this evolutionary synthesis, the player can evolve the possessed character (base character) to a new character and acquire (own) the new character instead of losing all the evolved material characters he possessed. . In the evolutionary synthesis screen for the player to perform evolutionary synthesis, the player's possessed character (base character) and all the predetermined evolutionary material characters are shown, and there are insufficient evolutionary material characters. Indicates that the lack of evolutionary material characters and evolutionary synthesis are not possible.

<Functional means>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of functional means of the server device 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the server apparatus 10 includes functional means such as a storage means 40, a control means 42, an acquisition means 44, a reservation means 46, and a determination means 48. The storage means 40 is realized by one or a plurality of storage devices 28. Functional means other than the storage means 40 are realized by the control device 20 executing the game program 14 stored in the storage device 28 or the like.

The storage means 40 has a function of storing player information 40A for each player, character information 40B for each character, trade information 40C for each trade set by each player, and the like.

The player information 40A is data in which various information about the player is described. In the present embodiment, in the player information 40A, a player name, owned character information, owned character upper limit number, trade reserved character information, friend information, and the like are described in association with the player ID. The owned character information describes various types of information about owned characters that are characters owned by the player. In the present embodiment, the owned character information describes the number of owned characters indicating the number of characters owned by the player and various parameters such as ability parameters (level, physical strength, attack power, etc.) of each character. The number of owned characters is a value (an integer greater than or equal to 0) that varies depending on the acquisition of characters by the player, evolutionary synthesis, trade, and the like. The owned character upper limit number is a value (an integer of 1 or more) indicating the number of characters that the player can own in the game. If the player owns (acquires) a character exceeding this upper limit number of owned characters, the upper limit number In order to make it impossible to acquire a character, execution of a battle game or a lottery game is restricted. In the trade reservation character information, a character ID of a trade reservation character that is a character that the player desires to acquire by trade is described. In the trade reservation character information, the character ID of zero or one or more trade reservation characters is described. In the friend information, the player ID of another player who is registered as a friend by the player and the date and time when the friend is registered are described.

The character information 40B is data describing various information of characters appearing in the game. In this embodiment, the character information 40B describes the character name, character image, rarity, initial values and maximum values of ability parameters (level, physical strength, attack power, etc.), and evolutionary synthesis information in association with the character ID. ing. In the evolutionary synthesis information, the character ID of one or more evolution material characters associated with the character and the character ID after evolution are described. In this embodiment, when the player possesses all the evolution material characters described in the evolution synthesis information of the character, the player can evolve and synthesize that character.

The trade information 40C is information for each player to trade the owned content, and is data in which various information related to the trade conditions is described. In the present embodiment, the trade information 40C is updated each time each player sets a trade condition or responds to a trade.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the trade information 40C. In the present embodiment, the trade information 40C describes the trade conditions associated with the trade ID. The trade conditions describe a trade setting player, an exchange source character (exhibit character) to be traded, an exchange destination character (desired character) to be traded, and a trade deadline. In the trade setting player, the player ID of the player who set the trade is described. In the exchange source character, the character ID of the character that the trade setting player is exhibiting in the trade is described. In the exchange destination character, the character ID of the character that the trade setting player desires to acquire by trade is described. The trade deadline is information indicating a time when the trade can be executed, and the trade condition that has passed the trade deadline is deleted from the trade information 40C, and the trade cannot be executed.

Referring back to FIG. 3, the control means 42 has a function of progressing the game in accordance with an operation from the player. Moreover, the control means 42 performs a trade process according to operation from a player, or updates a trade condition at any time.

The acquisition means 44 has a function of causing a player to acquire a character in accordance with the execution of a battle game or a lottery game.

Reservation means 46 has a function of reserving and registering as a trade reservation character a character that the player desires to acquire by trade in response to an operation from the player.

In the game of the present embodiment, the determination unit 48 compares each character owned by the player with the exchange destination character set for each trade condition, and determines whether or not there is an exchange source character that the player can trade. Or) has a function of determining whether or not. Further, the determination unit 48 compares each exchange source character that the player can trade with each trade reservation character, and determines whether or not there is a trade reservation character that the player can trade.

<Processing flow for setting trade conditions>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a process flow relating to trade condition setting. This process is started, for example, when the player selects a trade menu on the game menu screen. The order and contents of the following steps can be changed as appropriate.

(Step SP10)
The control unit 42 outputs the trade menu screen including the trade condition setting button to the terminal device 12 by transmitting the screen data to the terminal device 12. In response to the player pressing the trade condition setting button (operation instruction) on the trade menu screen, the process proceeds to the process of step SP12.

(Step SP12)
The control means 42 refers to the player information 40A, acquires player owned character information, and outputs a list screen of characters owned by the player to the terminal device 12 according to the owned character information. In response to pressing of the button for designating (selecting) one exchange source character (exhibited character) by the player on this list screen, the process proceeds to step SP14.

(Step SP14)
The control means 42 refers to the character information 40B and outputs a list screen of characters (excluding the exchange source character) having the same rarity as the exchange source character designated by the player to the terminal device 12. In response to the player's pressing of a button for designating (selecting) one or a plurality of exchange destination characters (desired characters) on the list screen, the process proceeds to step SP16.

(Step SP16)
The control means 42 sets a trade condition in the trade information 40C in association with the newly issued trade ID. In the present embodiment, the control means 42 sets the player ID of the player, the exchange source character designated at step SP12, the exchange destination character designated at step SP14, and the trade deadline as trade conditions. That is, the control means 42 performs an update for adding a trade condition to the trade information 40C. The trade deadline is set, for example, five days after the date when the trade ID is issued. And a process transfers to the process of step SP18.

(Step SP18)
The reservation means 46 registers the character IDs of one or more exchange destination characters specified in step SP14 in the trade reservation character information of the player information 40A. That is, the reservation means 46 reserves and registers the exchange destination character set in the trade conditions as a character (trade reservation character) that the player desires to acquire by trade. Thereby, it is possible to give the player an opportunity to trade the possessed character other than the exchange source character designated in step SP12 and the exchange destination character designated in step SP14. Then, the series of processes shown in FIG.

<Flow of processing related to trade response>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of a process flow relating to a trade response. This process is started, for example, when the player selects a trade menu on the game menu screen.

(Step SP20)
The control means 42 transmits the screen data to the terminal device 12 to output a trade menu screen including a trade condition browsing button to the terminal device 12. In response to the trade condition browsing button being pressed by the player on the trade menu screen, the process proceeds to step SP22.

(Step SP22)
The control means 42 acquires all the trade conditions described in the trade information 40C, and outputs a trade list screen including each trade condition, a trade execution button, and a trade reservation button to the terminal device 12.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the trade list screen 70.

As shown in FIG. 8, the trade list screen 70 is provided with a trade condition information area 72, a trade execution button 74, and a trade reservation button 76. In the trade condition information area 72, an image showing an exhibition character that is an exchange source character set in the trade conditions and an image showing a desired character that is an exchange destination character set in the trade conditions are arranged. Note that the image indicating the desired character also indicates the number of possessed desired characters by the player. The trade execution button 74 and the trade reservation button 76 are arranged in association with each trade condition.

The trade execution button 74 is displayed in an active (can be pressed) state that it is possible to trade when the player has one or more exchange destination characters set in the associated trading conditions. On the other hand, the trade execution button 74 is inactive (cannot be pressed) because it is impossible to trade if the player does not own one or more exchange destination characters set in the associated trading conditions. Shown in form. The player can trade the character based on the trade conditions by pressing the active trade execution button 74.

Further, the trade reservation button 76 is in an active (can be pressed) state that it is impossible to trade when the player does not own one or more exchange destination characters set in the associated trading conditions. Indicated. On the other hand, the trade reservation button 76 is inactive (cannot be pressed) when the player possesses one or more exchange destination characters set in the associated trading conditions. Indicated by By pressing the active trade reservation button 76, the player can register the exchange source character (exhibited character) set in the trade conditions as a trade reservation character.

Returning to FIG. 6, after outputting the trade list screen 70 to the terminal device 12, the process proceeds to the process of step SP <b> 24.

(Step SP24)
When the trade list screen is output to the terminal device 12, the control means 42 determines whether or not the trade reservation button associated with the trade condition has been pressed (operation instruction) by the player. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP26. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step SP28.

(Step SP26)
The reservation means 46 reserves and registers the exchange source character set in the trade conditions as a trade reservation character. In the present embodiment, the reservation means 46 registers the character ID of the exchange source character set in the trade conditions associated with the trade reservation button in the trade reservation character information of the player information 40A. And a process transfers to the process of step SP28.

(Step SP28)
The control means 42 determines whether or not the trade execution button associated with the trade condition is pressed by the player on the trade list screen. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP30. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the series of processes shown in FIG. 6 ends.

(Step SP30)
The control means 42 refers to a player who presses the trade execution button (hereinafter referred to as “trade execution player”) and a player that sets the trade conditions associated with the trade execution button (hereinafter referred to as “trade setting player”). ) And trade processing.

In this embodiment, the control means 42 uses the exchange source character (for example, character A) set in the trade condition associated with the pressed trade execution button as the possession character of the trade execution player, and sets the trade setting player's character. Exclude from owned characters. Furthermore, the control means 42 excludes the exchange destination character (for example, character X, character Y, character Z) set in the trading condition from the owned character of the trade execution player and sets it as the owned character of the trade setting player. For example, when one exchange source character and three exchange destination characters are set in the trade conditions, the number of owned characters of the trade setting player increases by two by executing the trade process, and the number of owned characters of the trade execution player Decreases by 2.

Further, the control means 42 deletes the trade condition for which the trade process has been executed from the trade information 40C. That is, the control means 42 updates the trade conditions of the trade information 40C. Then, the series of processing shown in FIG.

<Trade notification process flow>
(Specific example 1)
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outline of the flow of processing related to trade notification. This process is started when a character to be acquired by the player is determined in accordance with the end of any game.

(Step SP40)
The acquisition means 44 adds various information of the character acquired by the player to the owned character information of the player information 40A, and sets the acquired character as the owned character of the player. And a process transfers to the process of step SP42.

(Step SP42)
The determination unit 48 refers to the owned character information in the player information 40A and the trade information 40C, and compares each owned character including the character acquired by the player in step SP40 with the exchange destination character set in each trade condition. Then, it is determined whether or not there is an exchange source character that can be acquired by the player through trading.

In this embodiment, for example, when the trading condition includes character A as the exchange source character and character X, character Y, and character Z as the exchange destination character, the determination unit 48 includes the exchange destination in the player's owned character. It is determined whether or not at least one character X, character Y, and character Z as characters are included. In this case, the determination means 48 is, for example, one character X, two characters Y, and one character Z among the player-owned characters. Character A is extracted as “tradeable character”.

Here, the determination means 48 makes an affirmative determination when it is possible to extract at least one tradeable character from a plurality of trade conditions. Further, the determination means 48 interrupts the processing when a predetermined number of tradeable characters are extracted or when the time taken to extract a tradeable character exceeds a predetermined time (for example, 500 milliseconds). Can also be done. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP44. On the other hand, when the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step SP58.

(Step SP44)
The determination means 48 refers to the trade reservation character information in the player information 40A and determines whether or not a trade reservation character is included in the tradeable characters extracted in step SP42. That is, the determination means 48 determines whether or not a trade reservation character that is a character that the player has reserved for acquisition in trade can be acquired in trade. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP46. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step SP48.

(Step SP46)
The control means 42 outputs to the terminal device 12 a result screen including the character acquired by the player in the execution of the game at step SP40 and a trade button (a trade reservation character can trade).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a result screen 80 on which a trade reservation character can be traded.

As shown in FIG. 9, the result screen 80 is provided with an acquired character information area 82 and a trade button 84. In the acquired character information area 82, an image showing a character acquired by the player by executing the game is arranged. The trade button 84 is shown in an active (can be pressed) form together with an emphasis display Em for notifying that a trade reservation character can be traded. When the trade button 84 is pressed, a transition is made to the trade list screen, and the player can confirm a trade reservation character that can be traded and execute the trade.

Returning to FIG. 7, after outputting the result screen 80 on which the trade reservation character can be traded, the process proceeds to the process of step SP50.

(Step SP48)
The control means 42 outputs to the terminal device 12 a result screen including the character acquired by the player by executing the game in step SP40 and a trade button (other than the trade reservation character can be traded).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a result screen 80 that can be traded by other than the trade reservation character.

As shown in FIG. 10, the result screen 80 is provided with an acquired character information area 82 and a trade button 84. In the acquired character information area 82, an image showing a character acquired by the player by executing the game is arranged. The trade button 84 is shown in an active (can be pressed) form to notify that it is possible to trade with a character other than the trade reservation character. When the trade button 84 is pressed, a transition is made to the trade list screen, and the player can confirm the characters that can be traded and execute the trade.

Returning to FIG. 7, after outputting the result screen 80 in which a trader other than the trade reservation character can trade, the process proceeds to the process of step SP50.

(Step SP50)
The control means 42 determines whether or not the trade button has been pressed by the player when the result screen is being output to the terminal device 12. That is, the control means 42 determines whether or not an instruction for acquiring content that can be traded is issued from the player in accordance with the notification that there is a tradeable character on the result screen. In the present embodiment, the control means 42 makes a negative determination when the player presses an area other than the trade button. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP52. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step SP60.

(Step SP52)
The control means 42 outputs to the terminal device 12 a trade list screen including each trade condition set with the tradeable character (exchange character) extracted in step SP42, a trade execution button, and a trade reservation button. This trade list screen is the same as the trade list screen 70 shown in FIG. 8, but in this embodiment, the control means 42 has a trade condition in which a trade reservation character can trade or a character with high rarity. Trade conditions that can be traded are preferentially arranged at the top of the trade list screen.

(Step SP54)
The control means 42 determines whether or not the trade execution button associated with the trade condition is pressed by the player on the trade list screen. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP56. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step SP60.

(Step SP56)
The control means 42 executes a trade process between a trade execution player that is a player who has pressed the trade execution button and a trade setting player that sets a trade condition associated with the trade execution button.

In this embodiment, the control means 42 uses the exchange source character (for example, character A) set in the trade condition associated with the pressed trade execution button as the possession character of the trade execution player, and sets the trade setting player's character. Exclude from owned characters. Furthermore, the control means 42 excludes the exchange destination character (for example, character X, character Y, character Z) set in the trading condition from the owned character of the trade execution player and sets it as the owned character of the trade setting player. For example, when one exchange source character and five exchange destination characters are set in the trade conditions, the number of owned characters of the trade setting player increases by 4 by executing the trade process, and the number of owned characters of the trade execution player Decreases by 4.

Also, the control means 42 deletes the trade condition associated with the trade ID for which the trade process has been executed from the trade information 40C. That is, the control means 42 updates the trade information 40C based on the operation by the player. And a process transfers to the process of step SP60.

(Step SP58)
The control means 42 outputs to the terminal device 12 a result screen including the character acquired by the player by executing the game in step SP40 and a trade button (untradeable).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a result screen 80 in which trading is impossible.

As shown in FIG. 11, the result screen 80 is provided with an acquired character information area 82 and a trade button 84. In the acquired character information area 82, an image showing a character acquired by the player by executing the game is arranged. The trade button 84 is shown in an inactive form (cannot be pressed) to notify that the trade is impossible.

Returning to FIG. 7, after outputting the result screen 80 in which the above-mentioned trade is impossible, the processing shifts to the processing of step SP <b> 60 when any area of the result screen 80 is pressed by the player.

(Step SP60)
The control means 42 refers to the owned character information in the player information 40A, and determines whether or not the owned character number exceeds the owned character upper limit number. And when the said determination is affirmed determination, a process transfers to the process of step SP62. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the series of processes shown in FIG. 7 ends.

(Step SP62)
The control means 42 restricts the player's execution of the battle game and the lottery game, and outputs to the terminal device 12 a notification screen indicating that the number of owned characters exceeds the owned character upper limit number. Then, the series of processes shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, the control means 42 arranges a sale button, a composite button, a trade condition browsing button, and an extended button for the maximum number of owned characters on this notification screen. Here, the expansion of the upper limit number of owned characters can be performed by consuming charged items etc. owned by the player. Thus, the player can reduce the number of owned characters or increase the upper limit number of owned characters without trouble.

(Specific example 2)
In the specific example 1 described above, it is determined whether or not a trade-reserved character is included in the tradeable character in the process of step SP44. If the determination is affirmative, the trade button is processed in the process of step SP46. Although the description has been given by taking as an example the output of a result screen including (a trade reservation character can be traded) to the terminal device 12, the control means 42 does not automatically press the trade button by the player but automatically sets the trade reservation character. It is also possible to trade In this case, the control means 42 outputs to the terminal device 12 a result screen indicating that automatic trading has been performed.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a result screen 90 when a trade reservation character is automatically traded.

As shown in FIG. 12, the result screen 90 is provided with an acquired character information area 92 and an automatic trade information area 94. In the acquired character information area 92, an image showing a character acquired by the player by executing the game is arranged. In the automatic trade information area 94, an image showing a trade reservation character acquired by an automatic trade (automatic trade) by the player and an image showing an owned character that the player has exhibited (lost) by the automatic trade are arranged. Has been.

In addition, when the automatic trading is executed, when there are a plurality of trade conditions capable of acquiring a trade reservation character, the control means 42 has a trade condition with a small number of exchange destination characters or an old trade setting date / time. Automatic trading may be performed with priority given to trading conditions (with a short trading deadline) and trading conditions set by a player who has become a friend with the player earlier.

(Specific example 3)
In the specific example 1 described above, it is determined whether or not a trade-reserved character is included in the tradeable character in the process of step SP44. If the determination is affirmative, the trade button is processed in the process of step SP46. Although the description has been given by taking as an example the output of a result screen including (a trade reservation character can be traded) to the terminal device 12, the determination means 48 determines that a character that could not be traded before can be newly traded. It is also possible to determine whether or not. That is, the determination means 48 can determine whether or not there is a character that can be newly acquired by the player through the trade among the tradeable characters.

For example, the determination means 48 can store the character ID of the tradeable character extracted in the player information 40A every time a tradeable character is extracted. Then, when the determination means 48 newly extracts a tradeable character that is different from the previous tradeable character stored due to the player's acquisition of a character, an update of the trade conditions, or the like, The determination is affirmed that there is a character that can be newly acquired. And when the said determination is affirmed, the control means 42 outputs to the terminal device 12 the result screen which shows that the character which became newly acquirable by trade exists.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the result screen 100 when there is a character that can be newly acquired by trade.

As shown in FIG. 13, the result screen 100 is provided with an acquired character information area 102 and a trade button 104. In the acquired character information area 102, an image showing a character acquired by the player by executing the game is arranged. The trade button 104 is shown in an active (pressable) form together with a mark M for indicating that there is a character that can be newly traded. When the trade button 104 is pressed, the screen changes to a trade list screen, and the player can confirm a character that can be newly traded and can execute the trade.
In addition, when outputting the trade list screen, the control means 42 may preferentially arrange a trade condition in which a character (exchange source character) that can be newly traded is set at the top of the trade list screen. .

<Action>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control means 42 outputs a screen indicating that there is content that can be acquired by trade at the end of the game, so that the player selects the trade target set in the trade conditions. No need to remember. As a result, it is possible to prompt the player to trade content.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the control means 42 may execute the trading process based on the instruction to acquire the content that can be acquired by the trade from the player in accordance with the output of the screen. Good. In this case, after the content is acquired, the player does not need to perform many screen transitions for performing a trade using the acquired content or the like.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the reservation means 46 reserves and registers the content that the player desires to acquire based on the operation from the player, and the determination means 48 allows the player to trade if the determination is affirmed. It is determined whether the contents that can be reserved are included in the acquirable contents, and the control means 42 determines that the contents that are reserved and registered are included by the determining means, and the reservation registration is performed by trade on the screen. It may be shown that the obtained content can be acquired. In this case, each time the game ends, the player can know whether or not the content desired to be acquired can be acquired by trade.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the control means 42 reduces the number of owned contents of the instructed player by the trading process, and the control means 42 determines that if the number of owned contents of the player exceeds the upper limit number, Execution may be restricted. In this case, even if the owned content increases due to the acquisition of content due to the execution of the game, the number of owned content becomes difficult to exceed the upper limit by making a trade with the end of the game, and the execution of the game is restricted. The frequency of being reduced.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, the control means 42 updates the trade conditions as needed, so that every time the game ends, the player knows whether there is a tradeable content in the trade conditions that are updated as needed. be able to.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the reservation means 46 reserves and registers content that the player desires to acquire based on an operation from the player, and the control means 42 reserves and registers the content that is reserved and registered as the game ends. May be automatically executed for the player to acquire. In this case, the player does not need to perform many screen transitions in order to trade content desired to be acquired.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the determination unit 48 determines whether there is content that the player can newly acquire based on the content owned by the player and the trading conditions, and the control unit 42 As the process ends, a screen indicating that there is content that can be newly acquired through trade may be output. In this case, it is possible to prompt the player to trade content that can be newly acquired through trading.

<Modification>
In addition, this invention is not limited to said specific example. That is, the above-described specific examples that are appropriately modified by those skilled in the art are also included in the scope of the present invention as long as they have the characteristics of the present invention. In addition, the elements included in the above-described embodiment and the modifications described below can be combined as long as technically possible, and combinations thereof are also included in the scope of the present invention as long as they include the features of the present invention. .

For example, in the above embodiment, the case where each of the functional units 40 to 48 is provided in the server device 10 has been described, but all or part of the functional units 40 to 48 may be provided in the terminal device 12.

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the trade conditions specified by each player are set in the trade information 40C. However, the trade conditions specified by the game operator who owns an infinite number of characters are set. Also good. In this case, the game operator can update a part or all of the exchange source character and the exchange destination character set in the trade conditions at an arbitrary timing. Further, the control means 42 does not have to delete the trade condition from the trade information 40C even if the trade process between the player and the game operator is executed. Further, the exchange source character set by the game operator may be a character that the player cannot acquire in a game other than trade.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of exchange source characters and the number of exchange destination characters on which trade processing is executed have been described as one-to-one or one-to-many, but may be many-to-one or many-to-many. In the case of many-to-many, the number of exchange source characters and the number of exchange destination characters may be the same or may be larger. In addition to this, for example, even when a plurality of exchange destination characters (for example, character X, character Y, and character Z) are set in the trade conditions, some exchange destination characters (for example, character Y and character Z) ) May be traded if the player owns.

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the control unit 42 outputs a screen indicating that there is content that can be acquired by trade as the game ends, but by a notification at the time of login or a push notification during logout, The player may be informed that there is content that can be acquired through trading.

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the reservation means 46 reserves and registers a trade reservation character via the trade condition setting and the trade list screen. However, the reservation means 46 can be changed by the player on the evolution synthesis screen or the character list screen (character picture book screen). The designated character may be reserved and registered as a trade reservation character. For example, if the player does not own the evolution material character on the evolutionary synthesis screen, the reservation unit 46 may reserve and register the evolution material character that does not own to the trade reservation character according to an instruction from the player. In addition to this, for example, when the player does not own the exchange destination character set in the trade conditions on the trade list screen, the reservation unit 46 selects the exchange destination character not owned by the player according to an instruction from the player. You may make a reservation registration for a trade reservation character.

In the above embodiment, it has been described that the reservation means 46 reserves and registers a character that the player desires to gain in the trade as a trade reservation character. However, the player reserves the trade reservation character as a battle game, a lottery game, or the like. However, it may be treated as a character desired to be acquired. Further, the reservation means 46 may delete the acquired trade reservation character from the trade reservation character information of the player information 40 </ b> A when the trade reservation character reserved by the player is acquired by executing any game. In addition to this, when the control means 42 acquires a trade reservation character reserved and registered by the player by executing one of the games, the control means 42 sets a trade condition in which the player sets the trade reservation character as the exchange destination character. It may be deleted from the trade information 40C.

Further, in the above embodiment, it has been described that the buttons shown in an inactive (cannot be pressed) form are arranged on the trade list screen and the result screen, but these buttons are not arranged on each screen. Also good.

In the above-described embodiment, it has been described that characters having the same rarity are traded. However, characters having different rarities may be traded. For example, one character having high rarity and a plurality of characters having lower rarity may be traded.

Further, in the above embodiment, it is described that the player trades the character acquired in the battle game or the lottery game. However, the character acquired in the lottery game executed by consuming the payment or charging item is not tradeable. Also good. For example, in the character information 40B, it is assumed that information indicating that the character can be acquired only in a lottery game with charging is described, and the character in which the information is described is set as an exchange source character or an exchange destination character. You may limit what you do.

In the above embodiment, a character is used as an example of content. However, the content may be anything used in a game, and may be an item, a card, an avatar, an icon, a point, or the like. Moreover, the trade in the said embodiment should just be what trades content. For example, the exchange source content may be a character, the exchange destination content may be an item, the exchange source content may be an item, and the exchange destination content may be a character.

10: Server device (computer)
12 ... Terminal device (computer)
14 ... Game program (program)
40 ... Storage means 42 ... Control means 44 ... Acquisition means 46 ... Reservation means 48 ... Determination means

Claims (10)

1. Computer
   Player information storage means for storing content owned by the player;
   Trade information storage means for storing the trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set,
   Acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player;
   Determining means for determining whether there is content that the player can acquire by trading based on the owned content of the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions;
   If the determination is affirmative, a control means for outputting a screen indicating that there is content that can be acquired by trade for the player as the game ends,
   Program to function as.
2. The control means performs a trade process for causing the player to acquire the acquirable content based on an instruction to acquire the acquirable content from the player in response to the output of the screen. Execute,
   The program according to claim 1.
3. The computer,
   Reservation means for reserving and registering content that the player desires to acquire based on an operation from the player;
   Function as
   When the determination is affirmative, the determination means determines whether the reserved and registered content is included in the content that the player can acquire by trade;
   The control means indicates that when the determination means determines that the reservation registered content is included, the reservation registered content can be acquired by trade on the screen;
   The program according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above-mentioned.
4. The control means reduces the number of owned contents of the player who gives the instruction by the trading process,
   The player information storage means stores an upper limit number of contents owned by the player,
   The control means limits the execution of the game when the number of contents owned by the player exceeds the upper limit.
   The program according to claim 2, wherein:
5. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control means updates the trade conditions as needed.
6. Computer
   Player information storage means for storing content owned by the player;
   Trade information storage means for storing the trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set,
   Acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player;
   Reservation means for reserving and registering content that the player desires to acquire based on an operation from the player;
   Determining means for determining whether or not the player can acquire the reserved and registered content by trading based on the owned content of the player including the acquired content and the trading condition;
   When the determination is affirmative, control means for automatically executing a trade process for causing the player to acquire the content that can be acquired as the reserved and registered content when the game ends.
   Program to function as.
7. Computer
   Player information storage means for storing content owned by the player;
   Trade information storage means for storing the trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set,
   Acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player;
   Determining means for determining whether or not there is content that the player can newly acquire based on the content owned by the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions;
   If the determination is affirmative, a control means for outputting a screen indicating that there is a content that can be newly acquired by trading to the player as the game ends,
   Program to function as.
8. Player information storage means for storing content owned by the player;
   Trade information storage means for storing the trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set,
   An acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player;
   Determining means for determining whether there is content that the player can acquire by trading based on the content owned by the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions;
   If the determination is affirmative, a control means for outputting a screen indicating that there is content that can be acquired by trade for the player as the game ends,
   An information processing apparatus comprising:
9. Player information storage means for storing content owned by the player;
   Trade information storage means for storing the trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set,
   An acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player;
   Reservation means for reserving and registering content that the player desires to acquire based on an operation from the player;
   Determining means for determining whether or not the player can acquire the reservation-registered content based on the content owned by the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions;
   When the determination is affirmative, with the end of the game, a control means for automatically executing a trade process for causing the player to acquire the reserved and registered content that can be acquired,
   An information processing apparatus comprising:
10. Player information storage means for storing content owned by the player;
    Trade information storage means for storing the trade conditions in which the exchange source content and the exchange destination content are set,
    An acquisition means for causing the player to acquire content based on the execution of the game by the player;
    A determination means for determining whether there is content that can be newly acquired by the player based on the content owned by the player including the acquired content and the trading conditions;
    If the determination is affirmative, a control means for outputting a screen indicating that there is a content that can be newly acquired by a trade for the player as the game ends,
    An information processing apparatus comprising:

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