JP3330086B2 - Video game device and recording medium storing program - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique which is effective when applied to display control of information on an event progress displayed on a display means of a video game, particularly an adventure game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of adventure game, information collected by a player as the game progresses is displayed in a list. For example, a list display of information relating to a map may be displayed by opening the information list screen, in which a player operates an operation button to move a character to a place where information can be obtained, thereby obtaining information related to the place. It has become.

[0003]

However, in such an adventure game, all the information obtained is correct, and the player can proceed with the game according to the information without any doubt, and the flow of the game is monotonous. There was a problem.

[0004] On the other hand, there are some games in which the progress of the game is changed by the evaluation of the action of the character performed by the operation of the player, but as a means for informing the player of the evaluation of the action in the middle of the game, the evaluation of the action is made numerically. The ones indicated by are generally general and have poor playability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of changing the obtained information in an adventure game and displaying an evaluation of a character's action with an enhanced playability. .

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
In a video game device displaying an event and a character executing the event on a display unit, an event information collecting unit collecting information on the progress of the game by executing the event, and a second information different from the information with respect to the information.
When the event information is collected by the event collecting means,
Correct / incorrect judgment means for judging correct / incorrect of the second information, input means for inputting an information display command, and information collected by the event information collecting means triggered by input of the information display command by the input means Information display control means for displaying information, wherein the information display control means displays the second information when the correctness / incorrectness determination means determines that the second information is positive, and A video game device characterized in that an illegal mark is added to the collected information and displayed.

[0007] An event means a conversation in the progress of a game, acquisition of an item, entry to a specific location, and the like. The characters mean a player character that can be operated by the player on the display means and a non-player character that cannot be operated by the player. The display means is, for example, CR
T, a display device such as a liquid crystal display. The information on the progress of the game means information necessary for determining a criminal obtained from a conversation, a memo, a surrounding situation, an item search, a method of entering a specific location, and the like. Regarding the information, the second information different from the information is, for example, "A is about 18 years old" and "A is about 30 years old." Means information. The input means means a controller provided with operation buttons. When a specific button of the controller is pressed, if the second information is correct, the second information is displayed, and the previously collected information is displayed with an incorrect mark added.

As described above, by preparing a plurality of pieces of information for the same item, it is possible to make a change in information collection during the progress of the game.

[0009] In a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the information and the second information collected by the event information collecting means are given a display order, and the information display control means is provided. Is for displaying the information and the second information at display positions on the display means corresponding to the display order.

That is, the collected information is given a display order according to the degree of importance, and is displayed at a display position corresponding to the display order. Thus, when a blank portion is formed on the information display screen, the player can easily know that there is an omission in information collection.

[0011] A third means of the present invention is the above-mentioned first means, further comprising action evaluation means for evaluating the action of said character executing said event, wherein said information display control means is said action evaluation means. View ratings for actions by
Alternatively, a cancellation mark is added to the displayed evaluation of the action.

The evaluation of the behavior of the character means that, for example, questions that are not necessary for the progress of the game, such as asking a question of interest during a conversation, repeating the same question, or turning a gaze to a face other than the face, are evaluated in a negative manner. If not, it means to evaluate positively. To show behavior ratings,
For example, when the character is caused to take an interest-based action or a repetitive action, information such as “Irashii” and “What are you doing?” Is displayed, indicating that the action of the character has been evaluated to be low. Also, if the character has performed the correct action, the above-mentioned "Irashii" and "What are you doing?"
And the like, a cancellation mark is displayed, indicating that the evaluation of the action has been restored. In this way, by displaying the evaluation of the character's action in words indirectly, the playability can be enhanced.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing an event and a program for displaying a character executing the event on a display means, wherein event information for collecting information on progress of the game by executing the event is provided. A collecting step and a second different from said information with respect to said information
When the information is collected by the event collecting step, a correct / incorrect judgment step of judging whether the second information is correct, an input step for prompting an input of an information display command, and the information display by the input step An information display control step of displaying information collected by the event information collection step in response to a command input, wherein the information display control step determines that the second information is correct by the correctness / incorrectness determination step. When the second
And a program for displaying the information collected before and displaying the information collected with a fraudulent mark.

As a recording medium, a CD-ROM, a game cartridge, a memory card, a floppy disk,
Any recording medium such as a magnetic disk and a magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, a CD-ROM and a game cartridge are particularly suitable for a game.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a video game apparatus according to the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 4 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 4").

The game machine main unit 1 is connected to a controller 3 as an external input device, and further has a CD-ROM (Co) (not shown) under the cover 2 of the CD-ROM drive.
mpactDisc-ROM) is provided, and provides a game program and game data.

The display 4 is for providing a display symbol outputted from the game machine main body 1 as a display image, and the speaker 5 is for providing a voice symbol to the player as voice. A general household television receiver is used. Can be.

The controller 3 has various operation buttons. A direction key 6 is provided on the left side of the controller 3 when viewed from the plane. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller, a circle button 7, a cross button 8, a learned button 9, and a triangle button 10 are arranged. In the center of the controller 3, a start button 11 and a select button 12 are provided.
Is provided. Furthermore, an L1 button 13 is provided on the left side of the controller 3 and an R1 button 14 is provided on the right side of the controller 3.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram mainly showing the game machine 1. CPU for bus 20
(Central Processing Unit)
21, DRAM (Dynamic Random Ac)
cess Memory) 22, MDEC23, GP
U (Graphic ProcessingUnit)
24 and the like are connected to each other. The CPU 21 has a GTE (Geometric Transfer En).
Gine) 25 is connected.

The MDEC 23 is a processor for reproducing moving images, and develops moving images read from a CD-ROM. The GTE 25 is a processor dedicated to graphics, and is composed of a plurality of arithmetic units that perform parallel processing.
The image data developed by the MDEC 23 is subjected to coordinate conversion, rendering, and the like by parallel processing.

The GPU 24 is a processor dedicated to graphics, like the GTE 25, and is responsible for actual drawing such as shading, texture mapping, and raster processing based on the data subjected to coordinate conversion by the GTE 25. The image data obtained as a result is stored in the VRA as a buffer.
The data is sent to an expansion device 27 via an M (Video RAM) 26. The expansion device 27 expands the image data and performs digital-to-analog conversion. The image signal obtained as a result is output as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) signals, and is input to the NTSC encoder 28 as an NTSC video signal. Is output.

A ROM 29 in which a boot program is stored is connected to the bus 20.
0 is CD-DSP (CD-Digital Signa)
lProcessor) 31, CD-ROM decoder 3
2 are connected.

The CD-DSP 31 performs noise filtering. An SRAM (Static RAM) 33 as a buffer and a mechanical controller 34 are connected to the CD-ROM decoder 32, and the decoded image data is sent to the bus 20 and the audio data is sent to the SP.
U (Sound Processing Unit) 3
5 The SPU 35 is a processor in charge of audio processing, and the DRAM 3 as a connected buffer.
6, the audio data decoded by the CD-ROM decoder 32 is decoded, and the audio data obtained as a result is converted into a DAC (Digital Analog Converter).
ter) 37 to perform digital-to-analog conversion and send it out as audio output.

An SIO (Serial) for enabling data to be transmitted bidirectionally with the controller 3 is provided on the bus 20.
l I / O Interface) 38 is connected.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The event execution unit 41 includes the event data storage unit 4
Event data is read from the display 2 and the event is displayed on the display 4. The event information collection unit 43 turns on the collection flag of the information stored in the event data storage unit 42 for the information obtained by executing the event.
When the event information collecting unit 43 collects the second information for the same item, the correct / incorrect judgment unit 44 reads the correct / incorrect data of the second information from the event data storage unit 42. If the second information is correct, the correct / incorrect judgment section 44
Turns on the collection flag of the second information stored in the event data storage unit 42 and turns on the invalid flag of the previously collected information.

When the △ button 10 of the controller 3 is pressed, the information display control unit 45 causes the event data storage unit 42
Is read out and displayed on the display 4. At this time, the information of the unauthorized flag ON displays an unauthorized mark.

FIG. 6 shows a conversation event displayed on the display 4. A conversation is performed with the character 61 by selecting a question number from the conversation box 62.

FIG. 7 shows a display of event information collected from the character 62 in the conversation event of FIG. The event information is summarized for each character that has conversed, and the answer 72 to the question is displayed below the name 71 of the character 61. If the second information 74 is collected for the same item and the information is positive, the incorrect information 73 is displayed on the first information.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing this processing. That is, the event execution unit 41 reads the event data from the event data storage unit 42 and displays it on the display 4 (step 101), and the event information collection unit 43 turns on the collection flag of the event information collected in the event. (102). Correct / incorrect judgment unit 44
Is the event information of the same item (103), and if it is positive event information (104), the illegal flag of the previously collected event information is turned ON (105).

When the information display control unit 45 detects that the △ button 10 of the controller 3 is pressed (111), it reads the event information of the collection flag ON from the event data storage unit 42 (112). For the information, (113) a fraudulent mark is added (11).
4) Display event information (115). The processing from step 112 is repeated until all the event information of the flag ON is read (116).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the collected event information is displayed and correct event information is collected later, the event information is displayed and the previous event information is incorrectly marked, so that the information collection can be changed.

[0033]

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the collected event information is displayed. However, if the event information increases, it becomes impossible for the player to judge whether there is any omission in the event information collected during the progress of the game.

In the present embodiment, this is solved by determining the display position in the order of the importance of the event information.

That is, in the functional block diagram of FIG. 3, the event data storage 4
The event information stored in 2 is given a priority,
The display position specifying unit 46 reads the importance of the event information and specifies a display position on the display 4.

FIG. 8 shows event information displayed by designating a display position on the display 4. Event information 74
There is a space 81 between the event information 75 and the event information 75, indicating that there is an omission in collecting event information.

This processing corresponds to step 2 in the flowchart of FIG.
01 can be realized. That is, the information control display unit 45 reads the event information with the collection flag ON (112), and specifies the display position in the order of importance given to the event information (201).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, if there is a missing event information collected by the player, the corresponding portion of the event information displayed on the display 4 is blank, so that the missing event information is obtained. Can be easily determined.

[0039]

Third Embodiment In the first embodiment, the event information is collected and displayed. In the third embodiment, in addition to this, the evaluation of the action performed by the player and performed by the character is also displayed.

That is, in the functional block diagram of FIG. 3, the action evaluation section 47 evaluates the action of the character operated by the player in the event execution section 41 by the controller 3. If the evaluation is a negative evaluation, the action evaluation storage unit 4
The display flag of the behavior evaluation of the behavior type recorded in 8 is turned ON. In the case of positive evaluation, if the display flag is ON, the display flag is kept ON and the cancellation display flag is turned ON.

When the information display control unit 45 detects that the △ button 10 of the controller 3 is pressed, the action evaluation storage unit 48
Read the behavior evaluation with the display flag recorded in
It is displayed on the display 4 together with the event information. At this time, the action evaluation of the cancellation display flag ON displays a cancellation mark together with the display of the action evaluation.

FIG. 9 shows the behavior evaluation 91 displayed together with the event information. In FIG. 6, the viewpoint for the character 61 can be switched up and down. During the conversation, the viewpoint position is switched down, and the behavior evaluation is performed by selecting an interest-oriented question (in FIG. 6, the conversation box 3 corresponds). The action evaluation 91 is displayed in a vacant part of the screen. On the other hand, if a question is taken without taking such an action, the action evaluation is increased, and a cancellation mark 92 is displayed in the row evaluation.

Such processing is performed by collecting event information (step 100), that is, by referring to the flowchart of FIG.
After 1 to 105), the behavior evaluation unit 47 asks for the question of interest (301), repeats the same question (302), or moves the gaze (30).
3) The display flag of the action evaluation in the action evaluation storage unit 48 is set to O.
N is set (304). On the other hand, when these actions are not performed (301, 302, 303), if the display flag of the action evaluation is ON (305), the cancel display flag of the action evaluation storage unit 48 is turned ON (306). .

Following the event information display (step 110, ie, 111 to 116 except 201 in FIG. 4), the information display control unit 45 reads the action evaluation with the display flag ON from the action evaluation storage unit 48 (311) and displays it. If the cancellation flag is ON (312), a cancellation mark is added (31).
3) Display the behavior evaluation (314). 311 to 31
Step 4 is repeated until there is no action evaluation with the display flag ON (315).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the evaluation of the action is displayed by the action performed by the character by the player, and the game can be changed.

[0046]

According to the present invention, the obtained information in the adventure game can be changed, and the evaluation of the action of the character can be displayed with improved playability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centered on a game machine main body.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining display of event information.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining display of event information.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining display of event information.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining display of event information and behavior evaluation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body 2 CD-ROM drive cover 3 Controller 4 Display 5 Speaker 6 Direction key group 7 ○ button 8 × button 9 new button 10 △ button 11 start button 12 select button 61 character 71 character name 72 event information 73 illegal mark 81 Blank 91 Evaluation of action 92 Evaluation of action displayed with cancellation mark

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing the front page (56) References Fighting Studio, “Detective Saburo Jinguji, Complete Guide to the End of a Dream”, Futabasha Co., Ltd., May 15, 1998, page 9, page 9 (Notebook) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 13/00-13/12 A63F 9/24

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A video game apparatus for displaying an event and a character executing the event on a display means, wherein: an event information collecting means for collecting information on a game progress by executing the event; When different second information is collected by the event information collecting means, correct / incorrect judgment means for judging correct / incorrect of the second information; input means for inputting an information display command; Information display control means for displaying information collected by the event information collection means in response to the input of the information display command, wherein the information display control means determines whether the second
A video game device displaying the second information when it is determined that the information is correct, and displaying the previously collected information with a fraudulent mark added thereto. 2. The information and the second information collected by the event information collecting means are given a display order, and the information display control means is provided at a display position on the display means corresponding to the display order. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the information and the second information are displayed. 3. An action evaluation means for evaluating an action of the character executing the event, wherein the information display control means displays an evaluation of the action by the action evaluation means, or displays the action of the displayed action. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein a cancellation mark is added to the evaluation. 4. A video game apparatus for displaying an event and a character executing the event on a display means, an event information collecting means for collecting information on a game progress by executing the event, wherein the information is different from the information. When the second information is collected by the event information collecting means, a right / wrong judgment means for judging whether the second information is right or wrong, an input means for inputting an information display command, and the information display by the input means Displaying the information collected by the event information collecting means in response to a command input; displaying the second information when the correctness / incorrectness determination means determines that the second information is correct; and A computer that records a program for functioning as information display control means for displaying the previously collected information with an unauthorized mark added thereto. Data readable recording medium.