JP3740149B2 - GAME DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

    The present invention relates to a game apparatus and a program capable of executing a game in which a dialogue spoken by a character in the game is displayed on a monitor.

    2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the display of dialogues on game devices and programs, text data is often displayed in a list on a window-like dialogue display section provided in a display screen.

Prior patent documents include the following.
JP 2003-62345 A (FIGS. 9 and 10)

    However, in such a display, there is an inconvenience that it is difficult to express various images using dialogue, because the display is always a list of printed characters, and it is difficult.

    In view of the circumstances described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a game device and a program capable of expressing various lines on a monitor.

The invention of claim 1 is an invention of a game device, and in a game device to which a monitor capable of outputting an image is connected, a storage means for storing dialogue text data (SD) of a speech spoken by a character in the game ( 3, 15), the dialogue text data stored in the storage means is read out, and one graphic (CH) for displaying each character constituting the dialogue text data is displayed for one graphic (CH) for displaying the one character. A mapping means (SGP, 1, 4) for mapping to a plate-shaped polygon (PG), and a plate-shaped polygon on which one character has been mapped by the mapping means, connected in a row to a character polygon model ( CPM), modeling means (SGP, 1, 4), which are modeled by the modeling means, in a single band The binding character polygon model, integrally with 3-dimensional virtual space in which the display screen is produced, as a collection object, the screen from the right side of the display screen, the whole is moved in the form of an integrated The display is stopped at the center of the display screen, and after the display is finished, the display screen is moved, stopped, tilted, etc. , moving from the stop display position toward the left of the display screen. A character polygon model movement control means for performing the processing of the above, a speech image generation means (SGP, 1, 4) for rendering the connected character polygon model from a predetermined camera viewpoint to generate a speech image (SP), and The dialogue image output means (SGP, 1, 4) for outputting the generated dialogue image as a dialogue image (SP) to the monitor (9).

The invention according to claim 2 is a program for executing a game by causing a computer connected to a monitor capable of outputting video to execute a scenario development procedure and advancing a predetermined scenario. The program stores a dialogue text data reading procedure (SGP) for reading dialogue text data of dialogue spoken by the character in the game stored in the storage means (3, 15), and the read dialogue text data. A mapping procedure (SGP) for mapping a figure (CH) that displays each character constituting a character to a single plate-like polygon (PG) for the figure (CH) that displays one character, according to the mapping procedure Character polygon model by connecting plate-like polygons, each mapping one character, in a line to form a strip CPM) modeling, modeling procedure (SGP), modeled by the modeling procedure, the character polygon model coupled to the belt in a row, integrally with 3-dimensional virtual space in which the display screen is generated, the aggregate object As a whole, it is moved from the right side of the display screen into the screen as a whole, is stopped and displayed at the center of the display screen, and after the display is finished, The character polygon model movement control procedure that performs processing such as moving, stopping, and tilting while moving toward the left side of the display screen, and rendering the connected character polygon model from a predetermined camera viewpoint Then, a dialogue image generation procedure (SGP) for generating a dialogue image, and the generated dialogue image is output to the monitor as a dialogue image (SP). That speech image output procedure (SGP), configured as a program to be run.

    According to invention of Claim 1 and 2, the figure (CH) which displays each character which comprises dialog text data (SD) is each mapped to one plate-shaped polygon (PG), and each of these each By modeling the character polygon model by connecting plate-shaped polygons in a band shape, the shape of each plate-shaped polygon (PG) is made different during mapping, and each mapped character (CH) is deformed. It is possible to change the expression mode of each character in various ways by mapping them and by enlarging and reducing the figure (CH) displaying each mapped character.

    Moreover, when connecting and modeling a plurality of plate-shaped polygons (PG), the mutual connection mode of each plate-shaped polygon (PG) is twisted or the distance between adjacent polygons is changed. As a result, the dialogue image (SP) can be displayed as a whole in a curved shape, in a shape that swells in a waveform, or in any other shape.

    In addition, various dialogue images (SP) can be generated by variously changing the positional relationship between the character polygon model (CPM) thus completed and the camera viewpoint (Z) in the three-dimensional current virtual space. Is possible.

    Note that the numbers in parentheses are for the sake of convenience indicating the corresponding elements in the drawings, and therefore the present description is not limited to the descriptions on the drawings.

    Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a control block diagram of a game machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a controller, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a line phrase score file, and FIG. 4 is on the monitor FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of game progress control by a program, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a character polygon model.

    As shown in FIG. 1, the game device 20 executes a predetermined game according to a program GPR recorded on a ROM disk 15 as a recording medium. The game device 20 includes a CPU 1 mainly composed of a microprocessor, a ROM 2 and a RAM 3 as main storage devices for the CPU 1, an image processing device 4 and a sound processing device 6, and buffers 5 and 7 for these devices. And a ROM disk reader 8. In the ROM 2, an operating system is written as a program necessary for overall operation control of the game machine. In the RAM 3, a game program and data constituting the program GPR read from the ROM disk 15 as a storage medium are written as necessary.

    The image processing device 4 receives the image data from the CPU 1 and draws the game screen on the frame buffer 5, converts the drawn image data into a predetermined video reproduction signal, and outputs it to the monitor 9 at a predetermined timing. . The sound processing device 6 reproduces data such as voice and musical sound, sound source data, and the like read from the ROM disk 15 and recorded in the sound buffer 7 and outputs them from the speaker 10. The ROM disk reader 8 reads a program or data recorded on the ROM disk 15 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 1 and outputs a signal corresponding to the read content. The ROM disk 15 stores a program GPR composed of programs and data necessary for game execution. The monitor 9 generally uses a home television receiver, and the speaker 10 generally uses a built-in speaker of the television receiver.

    Further, a communication control device 11 is connected to the CPU 1 via a bus 12, and a controller 14 and an auxiliary storage device 13 as input devices are detachably connected to the device 11 via appropriate connection ports. The controller 14 functions as an input device, and is provided with operation members such as keys to be described later for receiving operations by the player.

    As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 14 includes a main body 14d connected to the communication control device 11 via a cable 14c. 4 keys 14a1, 14a2, 14a3, 14a4 are arranged to be pressed by the player as operation members. Further, four push button switches 14b1, 14b2, 14b3 are arranged on the right side of the upper surface portion 14e in the drawing. , 14b4 are provided as operation members that can be pressed by the player. Furthermore, two joysticks 14f1 and 14f2 are provided as operation members at the center of the upper surface portion 14e of the main body 14d, and an L button 14g and an R button 14h are provided on the upper side surface of the main body 14d. The operation member is arranged to be pressed by the player.

    Further, a symbol “Δ” is printed on the surface of the push button switch 14b1, a symbol “O” is printed on the surface of the push button switch 14b2, and “×” is printed on the surface of the push button switch 14b3. "Is printed on the surface of the push button switch 14b4, and a corresponding operation signal can be output. In this specification, for convenience of explanation, 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, and 14b4 are referred to as “A” button, “B” button, “C” button, and “D” button. Of course, the operation members 14a1, 14a2,... May be referred to as “A” button, “B” button, “C” button, and “D” button.

    The controller 14 outputs operation signals corresponding to the operation states of the operation members 14a1, 14a2,... 14b1, 14b2,... 14f1, 14f2, 14g, and 14h at a constant cycle (for example, 1/60 second). An operation state of the controller 14 is determined based on the operation signal. A plurality of controllers 14 and auxiliary storage devices 13 can be connected to the communication control device 11 in parallel.

    In the above configuration, the other components except the monitor 9, the speaker 10, the controller 14, the ROM disk 15, and the auxiliary storage device 13 are integrally accommodated in a predetermined housing to constitute the game machine body 16. The game machine body 16 functions as a computer.

    In the game device 20 having the above-described configuration, games of various genres can be played on the screen of the display 9 by loading the program recorded on the ROM disk 15 into the RAM 3 and executing it by the CPU 1.

    In the game device 20, when a predetermined initialization operation (for example, a power-on operation) is performed, the CPU 1 first executes a predetermined initialization process according to the program in the ROM 2. When initialization is completed, the CPU 1 starts reading the program GPR stored in the ROM disk 15, and starts game processing according to the program. When the player operates the controller 14 as an input device to perform a predetermined game start operation, the CPU 1 starts various controls necessary for the execution of the game according to the procedure of the program GPR.

  Note that, as an example of the computer that causes the program according to the present invention to function, the game apparatus 20 as a home game machine has been described as an example. However, the game apparatus 20 may be a so-called portable game machine, and further, a game Instead of a dedicated device, it may be a device capable of reproducing general music or video recording media. The computer is not limited to this, and any computer may be used, for example, a personal computer, a cellular phone, or the like as long as it can function the program.

  As long as various programs and various data constituting the program GPR can be read and managed by the program function of the program GPR, the storage mode is arbitrary, and the program GPR as in the present embodiment. In addition to being stored in the ROM disk 15 as a part of the program, it is stored in an external memory means such as a server independent of the game machine 1, and communication such as the Internet is performed by a read management program provided in the program GPR. You may comprise so that it may download to memory, such as RAM3, via a mediation means.

    The progress of the game by the program GPR is controlled based on a flowchart shown in FIG. 5 showing an example of the progress control of the game by the program GPR. Hereinafter, the progress of the game will be described based on the flowchart. That is, the program GPR causes the CPU 1 to execute the scenario development program SDP shown in FIG. 1 and executes the game in a form that progresses through a predetermined scenario. At that time, the scenario development program SDP The CPU 1 is caused to execute the display screen generation program PDP constituting the program GPR (steps S1 and S2 shown in FIG. 5).

    When the CPU 1 executes the display screen generation program PDP, the CPU 1 reads the display screen data DPD from the display screen data file DPF stored as the program GPR in the ROM disk 15, and displays the display screen PIC according to the scenario development as an image processing device. 4 and the frame buffer 5 and displayed on the monitor 9 as shown in FIG.

    In the program GPR shown in FIG. 1, only the software elements related to the present invention constituting the program GPR are described. In the program GPR, in addition to those described in FIG. Various programs and data necessary for executing a game using the program GPR are stored.

    As shown in FIG. 4, the display screen PIC displayed on the monitor 9 is obtained by texture-mapping images of characters CR1, CR2,... Appearing in the game onto plate-like polygons arranged in a three-dimensional virtual space. Are displayed from an appropriate camera viewpoint, and a display image PIC displays a plurality of dialogue images SP and a score image TP that displays the total score of the player up to now as a result of playing the game. .

    Further, in the lower part of the display screen PIC in the figure, “sorry” and “surprise” indicating the human emotional state set for each segment of the speech displayed as the speech image SP of the display screen PIC. , “Angry”, “Rejoicing”, and the like are displayed in a form corresponding to each operation member 14 b 1, 14 b 2, 14 b 3, 14 b 4 of the controller 14. That is, by the program GPR, different emotions of human beings such as “Sorry”, “Surprised”, “Angry”, and “Rejoiced” are assigned and set to each operation member via the CPU 1.

    The human emotion assigned to each operation member is not limited to “sorry”, “surprised”, “angry”, “joyed”, and any emotion may be used. An appropriate number of emotions can be assigned and set to arbitrary operation members on the controller 14, respectively.

    The display screen generation program PDP generates a predetermined dialogue image SP via the CPU 1 and displays it on the monitor 9 in response to the scenario development of the game based on the scenario development program SDP. Command (step S3 in FIG. 5).

    The dialogue generation program SGP uses the dialogue image SP to be displayed on the monitor 9 in order to display the dialogue that each character CR1, CR2 speaks in the game according to the development of the game scenario from the dialogue segment score file SDT in the program GPR. Dialogue text data SD is read out and displayed as dialogue image SP on the monitor 9 via the CPU 1 and the image processing device 4.

    In the line segment score file SDT, as shown in FIG. 3, the line text data SD displayed in accordance with the scenario development in the game is stored with the reference number SN in the order to be displayed on the monitor 9. Each line text data SD is divided and stored in a form corresponding to the line segment represented by the line text data SD. Further, in each dialogue text data SD, a character on the game that says a dialogue corresponding to the dialogue text data SD is stored together with a character identification code CI. Accordingly, each line text data SD is stored for each character CR1, CR2,... That is set to say a line corresponding to the line text data SD on the game.

    That is, for example, in the dialogue text data SD whose reference number SN is “726”, the dialogue text data SD corresponding to the dialogue “Gabin! ・ So ...” has a form in which the dialogue is divided into two segments. Segmental line text data SD11 and SD12 are stored, and the segmental line text data SD11 includes “Gabin! Within the line “Gabin! ... zo ...”, “zo ...” is stored. The dialogue text data SD is set by the character identification code CI as the character CR1 says in the game.

    In addition, in the dialogue text data SD with the reference number SN “727”, the dialogue text data SD corresponding to the dialogue “Scared ... somewhat scared” is a segmental dialogue in which the dialogue is divided into two segments. It is stored as text data SD21 and SD22. The segmental line text data SD21 is “Scary… what is scary” in the line “Scary… what is scary”, but the segmental line text data SD22 is the line “ "Scary ... I'm scared" is stored. The dialogue text data SD is set by the character identification code CI as the character CR2 says in the game.

    The number of segments for delimiting each dialogue text data SD and the method for delimiting the segments are arbitrary, and the segment text data SD is not necessarily restricted by grammatical segments. As will be described later, the player recognizes the segments on the monitor 9. The line may be divided at any part as long as a time margin sufficient to operate the operation member of the controller 14 is obtained.

    The dialogue generation program SGP reads the dialogue text data SD corresponding to the scenario development from the dialogue segment score file SDT sequentially in the order of the reference number SN, and displays it in the dialogue text data SD for the CPU 1 and the image processing device 4. A graphic CH that displays each character (the graphic CH corresponding to the symbol images SB1 and SB2 corresponding to the characters CR1 and CR2 described later) is stored in the program GPR (ROM disk 15). A character polygon model which is read from the character graphic file CHF and commands to map each character to a single plate-like polygon PG as shown in FIG. Command to model CPM.

    Next, the dialogue generation program SGP gives the CPU 1 and the image processing device 4 a character polygon model CPM that is modeled and mapped with a plurality of character figures CH, respectively, in a predetermined camera viewpoint Z in the three-dimensional virtual space. Thus, it is instructed to generate a dialogue image SP to be rendered and displayed on the monitor 9.

    At the time of mapping, the shape of each plate-like polygon PG is made different so that the figure CH that displays each mapped character is deformed and mapped, or the figure CH that displays each mapped character is enlarged By reducing the size, the expression mode of each character can be changed variously.

    Further, when modeling by connecting a plurality of plate-shaped polygons PG to which the figure CH of each character is mapped, the mutual connection mode in each plate-shaped polygon PG is twisted, or the distance between adjacent polygons As shown in FIG. 4, the dialogue image SP is displayed in a curved shape as a whole, or in a shape that undulates, although not shown, Any other shape can be displayed.

    Further, various dialogue images SP can be generated by variously changing the positional relationship between the character polygon model CPM thus completed and the camera viewpoint Z in the three-dimensional current virtual space.

    Thus, since each character constituting the dialogue text data SD is mapped to each plate-like polygon PG one by one, the dialogue image SP displayed on the monitor 9 is displayed as shown in FIG. Each SP1 can be easily transformed into an arbitrary shape or enlarged via the CPU 1 by the dialogue generation program SGP.

    When the dialogue image SP is displayed on the monitor 9, the dialogue generation program SGP forms the dialogue images SP that are expressed temporally continuously into a plurality of upper and lower stages, as shown in FIG. 4. In order to display each character CR1, CR2 for each character CR1 and CR2, the symbol images SB1, SB2 corresponding to the characters CR1, CR2 are displayed in the dialogue images SP. The player who sees the monitor 9 can easily recognize which character CR1 or CR2 in the game is speaking. Each line image SP is displayed so that one line becomes a line of each character CR1, CR2, and display control is performed so that lines having different lines become lines of different characters CR1 or CR2.

    Each dialog image SP is a three-dimensional virtual space in which a display polygon PIC is generated when the character polygon model CPM is rendered via the CPU 1 and the image processing device 4 by the dialog generation program SGP. By performing processing such as moving, stopping, and tilting as a collective object, more various dialogue expressions are possible. For example, the dialogue image SP shown in FIG. 4 such as “Scary …… Somewhat scared” is moved from the right side of the display screen PIC into the screen as a whole, and the display screen PIC is integrated. In addition, after the display is finished, it is easy to produce an effect such as moving to the left of the display screen PIC from the stop-displayed position to the left in the figure. Can be done.

    Further, the dialogue generation program SGP displays each dialogue image SP on the monitor 9 and simultaneously corresponds to the dialogue text data SD from the voice data file VDF stored in the program GPR in a form corresponding to each dialogue text data SD. Audio data VD to be read out and output from a sound output means such as a speaker 10, headphones, earphones through a sound processing circuit 6 and a sound buffer 7, and the audio data VD of the audio data VD is output through a CPU 1 and an image processing device 4. In a form that is synchronized with the output, the display mode change segment is generated by sequentially changing the display mode such as the display color, size, and brightness of the portion corresponding to the speech output in the speech data VD of the speech image SP on the monitor 9. The sound displayed as SPD-S and currently output from the speaker 10 is displayed on the monitor 9. Whether it is part of the dialogue image SP throat shown, controls display in a visually recognized can form (in FIG. 5, step S4).

    Further, when the output of the speech data VD from the speaker 10 is finished for the corresponding character CR1 or CR2, that is, when the output of the speech data VD for the speech image SP for one line is completed from the speaker 10, the dialogue is completed. The image SP is erased from the monitor 9. Then, when the output of the voice data VD from the speaker 10 proceeds to the next line and the output of the voice data VD proceeds to the middle of the line, the dialogue text corresponding to the next reference number SN of the line. Display control is performed so that the data SD is read from the line segment score file SDT and output as a line image SP on the monitor 9. As a result, the player can recognize on the monitor 9 in advance the dialogue that will be output next as the audio data VD, recognize the scenario development in advance, operate the operation member by guessing the emotion described later. It can be used as a reference when doing so.

    Note that the dialogue image SP displayed on the monitor 9 by the dialogue generation program SGP is that each dialogue image SP has a space in which each segment of the dialogue constituting the dialogue image SP is provided between each segment, or each segment. The display is controlled so that the player can easily recognize it on the monitor 9 by changing the display color.

    Thus, when the lines of the characters CR1 and CR2 appearing on the game are expressed (output) on the monitor 9 from the display means such as the monitor 9 and the speaker 10 as the line image SP and the corresponding audio data VD, the player Is displayed in each segment SPD (segment speech text data SD11, 12, 21, 22...) Of the speech image SP whose display mode changes corresponding to the voice data VD via the CPU 1 by the speech generation program SGP. The human emotion expressed by the segment SPD (the segment SPD portion where the audio data VD from the speaker 10 is output) is represented by the operation members 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, 14b4 of the controller 14. Which of the human emotions of “Sorry”, “Surprised”, “Angry”, and “Rejoiced” assigned to Whether expressed, guessing, perform operations such as selectively depressing the corresponding operating member 14B1,14b2,14b3,14b4.

    The program GPR is an operation member 14b1 to which human emotions are assigned by the controller 14 by the operation evaluation program HEP in parallel with the output of the speech images SP and voice data VD of the characters CR1 and CR2 on the expression means. The operation states 14b2, 14b3, and 14b4 are constantly scanned.

    The operation members 14b1, 14b2, to which the player is assigned emotions that are considered to correspond to the emotions expressed by the segment SPD currently expressed in the expression means, from the speech image SP and the voice data VD expressed in the expression means. When the operation evaluation program HEP detects that the buttons 14b3 and 14b4 have been selectively operated (step S5 in FIG. 5), the operation evaluation program HEP receives the dialogue generation program via the CPU 1. When the operation members 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, and 14b4 are operated by SGP, it is identified and determined what line text data SD is the line image SP that is currently expressed and output to the expression means.

    As described above, the dialogue generation program SGP reads the corresponding dialogue text data SD from the dialogue segment score file SDT via the CPU 1 and displays it on the monitor 9 in accordance with the scenario development based on the scenario development program SDP. At the same time, the corresponding audio data VD is also output from the speaker 10, and at this time, the color, so that the player can identify the speech image SP corresponding to the audio data VD being output from the speaker 10 on the monitor 9. The display mode such as size and shape is changed.

    Therefore, the operation evaluation program HEP is the segment SPD output from the speaker 10 when the operation members 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, and 14b4 are selectively operated, that is, the segment dialogue text data SD11, 12, 21, and 22. ... (segment SPD displayed on the monitor 9 with its display mode changed) is determined and extracted from the corresponding dialogue text data SD (step S6 in FIG. 5). The operation evaluation program HEP refers to the emotion score values FSO of the segment dialogue text data SD11, 12, 21, 22... Corresponding to the segment SPD extracted through the CPU 1, and the operation member 14b1 or 14b2 pressed by the player. Alternatively, the emotion score value FSO corresponding to 14b3 or 14b4 is read.

    In the segment score file SDT, as shown in FIG. 3, for each segment text data SD11, 12, 21, 22... Of each line text data SD, the line text data SD11, 12, 21, 22. For the meanings of the human beings, which are set in the game and assigned to the respective operation members 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, 14b4. Each score is stored. These data constitute dialogue segment score data. Accordingly, the player listens to the speech data VD of the segment speech text data SD11, 12, 21, 22... Output from the speaker 10 and himself / herself with respect to each segment SPD of the corresponding speech image SP on the monitor 9. The emotion expressed by the SPD is judged to be the closest to “Sorry”, “Surprised”, “Angry”, or “Rejoiced”, and the corresponding operation member 14b1 or 14b2 or 14b3 or 14b4 is pressed Will be.

    Therefore, the operation evaluation program HEP reads the emotion score value FSO corresponding to the pressed operation member 14b1 or 14b2 or 14b3 or 14b4 and integrates it as an acquired score value VL in an appropriate area in the RAM 3 (in FIG. 5). Step S7).

    The reproduction output of the voice data VD from the speaker 10 and the output of the dialogue text data SD on the monitor 9 via the CPU 1 by the dialogue generation program SGP are based on the commands of the scenario development program SDP, and the characters CR1, CR2, etc. The conversation is executed in a time-continuous manner, and the player monitors the speech data VD output from the speaker 10 and the speech image SP on the monitor 9 and distinguishes it from other segments SD by the speech generation program SGP. 9. Emotions displayed by the display mode change segment SPD-S displayed on 9 are estimated, and the corresponding operation members 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, or 14b4 are sequentially pressed.

    Each time the player depresses the operation member 14b1, 14b2, 14b3 or 14b4, the emotion score value FSO corresponding to the operation member 14b1 or 14b2 or 14b3 or 14b4 pressed by the player in the segment SPD corresponding to the operation evaluation program HEP Are accumulated in the appropriate area in the RAM 3 as the acquired score value VL. The accumulated score value VL is always displayed as a score image TP on the monitor 9 by the operation evaluation program HEP via the CPU 1 and the image processing device 4 so that the player's current score can be easily recognized ( Step S8 in FIG.

    When it is determined that the scenario reaches the predetermined course and the dialogue text data SD to be displayed has been completed (step S9 in FIG. 5), the scenario development program SDP uses the accumulated score value VL as the player. The final score is stored in an appropriate area in the RAM 3.

    In the above embodiment, the CPU 1 constitutes a game control device, and various means of the game control device are constituted by a combination of the CPU 1 and specific software. At least a part of these means is a logic circuit. It may be replaced. The present invention is not limited to a home game system, and may be configured as a game system of various scales.

    The present invention can be used as an electronic game device using a computer and an entertainment program executed by the computer.

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of a game machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a controller. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a line phrase score file. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on the monitor. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of game progress control by a program. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a character polygon model.

Explanation of symbols

1. Mapping means, modeling means, dialogue image generation means, dialogue image output means (CPU)
3. Storage means (RAM)
4 ... Mapping means, modeling means, dialogue image generation means, dialogue image output means (image processing apparatus)
9 ... Monitor 15 ... Storage means (ROM disk)
CH ... Graphic CPM ... Polygon models CR1, CR2 ... Character PG ... Polygon SD ... Dialog text data SGP ... Mapping means, modeling means, dialogue image generation means, dialogue image output means,
Text data reading procedure, modeling procedure, dialogue image generation procedure,
Dialogue image output procedure (dialog generation program)
SP …… Line image

Claims (2)

In a game device to which a monitor capable of outputting video is connected,
Storage means for storing dialogue text data of dialogue spoken by characters in the game;
Mapping means for reading the line text data stored in the storage means and mapping a figure displaying each character constituting the line text data to a single plate-like polygon for the figure displaying the one character ,
Modeling means for modeling a character polygon model by connecting plate-like polygons each mapped with one character by the mapping means in a line in a strip shape,
The character polygon models that are modeled by the modeling means and connected in a line in a line are integrated into a three-dimensional virtual space in which the display screen is generated as a collective object from the right side of the display screen to the screen. The display is moved as a whole, stopped and displayed at the center of the display screen, and further moved to the left of the display screen from the stop-displayed position after the display is completed. in it Yuku form, move, stop, performs processing such tilting, the character polygon model movement control means,
Rendering the connected character polygon model from a predetermined camera viewpoint to generate a dialogue image;
A dialogue image output means for outputting the generated dialogue image as a dialogue image to the monitor;
A game device composed of A program for executing a game by causing a computer connected to a monitor capable of outputting video to execute a scenario development procedure and proceeding with a predetermined scenario,
The program is stored in a computer.
Dialogue text data reading procedure for reading dialogue text data of dialogue spoken by the character in the game stored in the storage means;
A mapping procedure for mapping a figure for displaying each character constituting the read dialogue text data to a single plate-like polygon for the figure for displaying the one character;
A modeling procedure for modeling a character polygon model by connecting plate-like polygons each mapped with one character by the mapping procedure in a line in a strip shape;
The character polygon models that are modeled according to the modeling procedure and connected in a band in a line are integrated into a three-dimensional virtual space in which the display screen is generated as a collective object from the right side of the display screen to the screen. The display is moved as a whole, stopped and displayed at the center of the display screen, and further moved to the left of the display screen from the stop-displayed position after the display is completed. in it Yuku form, move, stop, performs processing such tilting, the character polygon model movement control procedures,
Rendering the connected character polygon model from a predetermined camera viewpoint to generate a dialogue image, a dialogue image generation procedure, and
A dialogue image output procedure for outputting the generated dialogue image as a dialogue image to the monitor;
A program for running

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