JP5399653B2 - Game program and game system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game program and a game system for executing a game such as a hunting action game in which a character operated by a player clears a mission.

  There is a hunting action game as a game that is currently popular with many people, for example, a Monster Hunter (registered trademark) series. Monster Hunter (registered trademark) is a player character operated by a player who lives in the village and becomes a hunter and challenges various missions (quests) such as subjugation and capture of monsters requested in the village, transportation and collection of items It is a game.

  In this game, since the player character lives as a resident of the village, the player character performs various activities related to life unlike a normal action game. For example, the player character can take items (medicinal herbs, mushrooms, etc.) collected in the field (stage) back to the village, grow them on the village farm, and harvest them. Although the number of items that can be obtained in a quest is limited, the necessary items can be obtained outside the quest by this cultivation. This cultivation is performed by handing the item collected by the player character to the farmer character (Non-Patent Document 1). Thus, by utilizing the farm, the player can normally grow and increase items that cannot be increased unless they are collected in the quest, and can advantageously advance the game.

"Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Official Guidebook" Enterbrain Corporation, July 18, 2007, p.54-56

  However, when the player character requests the field cultivator to cultivate the item, it is necessary for the player to repeat the operation for each quest in which the item to be cultivated is selected at the start of the quest and harvested after the quest. It was troublesome. Moreover, since cultivation and harvesting are performed every quest, it is difficult to change the cultivation probability, the harvest amount, and the like, and there are few cultivation variations.

This invention relates to a game in which the player character to replicate an item in the game space, to provide a game system in which operation of a player's replication is not troublesome to perform replication variations with many game program Oyo Biko program With the goal.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game space control means for generating a game space including an item duplication facility, and a player character control for generating a player character that performs an action in accordance with a player's operation in the game space. A game program that functions as means,
The game space control means includes an item duplication facility control means for starting duplication, which is a process of increasing this item, when the player character appears in an item duplication facility and requests duplication of the possessed item.
The item duplication facility control means, the maximum value setting means for setting a maximum value of the continuous copy count in accordance with the item replication facility scale, increase the size of the item replication facility in accordance with the game progress by activities of said player character Means for storing, a number storage means for storing the number of continuous duplications within the range of the maximum value input by the player, and whether the player character appears in the item duplication facility for the number of times stored in the number of times storage means Continuous replication control means for repeatedly performing the replication regardless of whether or not.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1 , wherein the item duplication facility control means accepts a request for duplication of the number of items according to the number of producer characters that are non-player characters, and the player character Means for increasing the number of producer characters in accordance with the progress of the game by the activity.

Invention of Claim 3 is a game system provided with the memory | storage part which memorize | stored the game program of Claim 1 or Claim 2 , and the computer which performs the said game program .

  According to the present invention, a game program in which a player character duplicates an item in a game space can provide a game program in which a player's duplication operation is not troublesome and there are many variations of duplication.

≪Description of game system≫
A game system 6 to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view for explaining the game system 6. Hereinafter, the game system 6 of the present invention will be described using a stationary game apparatus as an example.

  In FIG. 1, a game system 6 includes a stationary game device (hereinafter simply referred to as a game device) connected to a monitor device 9 such as a home television receiver having a speaker 9a and a display 9b via a connection cord. 10) and a controller 7 for giving operation information to the game apparatus 10. An optical disk 4 which is an example of a replaceable storage medium is set in the game apparatus 10, and a removable memory card 5 for storing game save data and the like in a non-volatile manner is mounted as necessary. The game apparatus 10 is provided with a power ON / OFF switch that is a main power source of the game and an eject switch for attaching and detaching the optical disk 4.

  The controller 7 is an apparatus that is operated by a player and transmits an operation signal indicating the operation content to the game apparatus 10. The game apparatus 10 performs control such as starting and ending the game in accordance with the operation signal transmitted from the controller 7 and advancing the game. Communication between the controller 7 and the game apparatus 10 is performed wirelessly. As the communication method, for example, the Bluetooth (registered trademark) method is used. As a communication unit for this communication, the controller 7 includes a communication unit 75 (see FIG. 4), and the game apparatus 10 includes a receiving unit 36a (see FIG. 2). One to four controllers 7 can be wirelessly connected to one game apparatus 10. That is, the game apparatus 10 has a function of identifying and receiving operation signals sent from up to four different controllers 7.

  Light emitting units 8L and 8R are attached to the left and right upper surfaces of the monitor device 9 to inform the controller 7 of the position of the monitor device 9. The light emitting units 8L and 8R each incorporate an infrared LED, and emit light with infrared rays while the game apparatus 10 is in operation.

  Next, the functional configuration of the game apparatus 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 2, the game apparatus 10 includes a risk (RISC) CPU (Central Processing Unit) 30 that executes various programs. The CPU 30 executes a boot program stored in a boot ROM (not shown), initializes a memory such as the main memory 33, and the like, and then executes a game program stored in the optical disc 4 according to the game program. Game processing and the like. A GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) 32, a main memory 33, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 34, and an ARAM (Audio RAM) 35 are connected to the CPU 30 via a memory controller 31. In addition, a controller I / F (interface) 36, a video I / F 37, an external memory I / F 38, an audio I / F 39, and a disk I / F 41 are connected to the memory controller 31 via a predetermined bus 42. The receiving unit 36a, the monitor device 9, the external memory card 5, the speaker 9a, and the disk drive 40 are connected to each other.

The GPU 32 performs image processing based on a command from the CPU 30, and is configured by a semiconductor chip that performs calculation processing necessary for displaying 3D graphics, for example. The GPU 32 generates an image of each frame (two-dimensional image by a known perspective projection method) in a three-dimensional virtual space (game space) using a memory dedicated to image processing (not shown) and a partial storage area of the main memory 33. Then, a game image generated by combining an image such as a cursor with this image is output to the monitor device 9 (display 9b) via the memory controller 31 and the video I / F 37.
The main memory 33 is a storage area used by the CPU 30 and appropriately stores a game program read from the optical disc 4 and various data.

  The DSP 34 processes sound data generated by the CPU 30 when the game program is executed, and is connected to an ARAM 35 for storing the sound data. The ARAM 35 is used when the DSP 34 performs a predetermined process (for example, storage of a pre-read game program or sound data). The DSP 34 reads the sound data stored in the ARAM 35 and outputs the sound data to the speaker 9 a provided in the monitor device 9 via the memory controller 31 and the audio I / F 39.

  The memory controller 31 controls the overall data transfer and is connected to the various I / Fs described above. The receiving unit 36a is connected to the memory controller 31 via the controller I / F 36. As described above, the reception unit 36 a receives transmission data from the controller 7 and outputs the transmission data to the CPU 30 via the controller I / F 36 and the memory controller 31. A monitor device 9 is connected to the video I / F 37. An external memory card 5 is connected to the external memory I / F 38 and can access a backup memory or the like provided in the external memory card 5.

  A speaker 9a built in the monitor device 9 is connected to the audio I / F 39 so that sound data read out from the ARAM 35 by the DSP 34 or sound data directly output from the disk drive 40 can be output from the speaker 9a. A disk drive 40 is connected to the disk I / F 41. The disk drive 40 reads data stored on the optical disk 4 arranged at a predetermined reading position, and outputs the data to the bus 42 and the audio I / F 39 of the game apparatus 10.

Next, the controller 7 will be described with reference to FIG.
The controller 7 has a housing 71 formed by plastic molding, for example. The housing 71 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction, and is a size that can be gripped with one hand of an adult or a child as a whole.

  A cross key 72 c is provided on the center front side of the upper surface of the housing 71. The cross key 72c is a cross-shaped four-direction push switch, and operation portions corresponding to four directions (front and rear, left and right) indicated by arrows are arranged on the cross-shaped projecting piece at intervals of 90 °. When the player presses the operation unit in any direction of the cross key 72c, an operation signal indicating the direction is transmitted from the controller 7 to the game apparatus 10. When the player operates the cross key 72c, for example, the moving direction of the character appearing in the game space can be instructed, or the moving direction of the cursor can be instructed.

  A large number of button switches are provided behind the cross key 72 c on the top surface of the housing 71, and when each button is turned on, a corresponding operation signal is transmitted from the controller 7 to the game apparatus 10. Among these button switches, the A button 72a is provided in the forefront (closer to the cross key 72c).

On the other hand, a recess is formed on the lower surface of the housing 71. The recess on the lower surface of the housing 71 is formed at a position where the player's index finger or middle finger is positioned when the player holds the housing 71. A button switch 72b is provided on the rear inclined surface of the recess. The button switch 72b is an operation unit that functions as a B button.
These A button 72a and B button 72b are set as button switches for the player to perform main operations on the game in the game program.

  The button switch 72h provided on the front side of the cross key 72c on the upper surface of the housing 71 is a power switch for turning on / off the game apparatus 10 main body remotely.

  In addition, an imaging element 743 (see FIG. 4) for capturing an image in front of the controller 7 is provided on the front surface of the housing 71. The imaging element 743 constitutes a part of the imaging information calculation unit 74 (see FIG. 4). When the controller 7 is supported toward the monitor device 9, the image sensor 743 images the light emitting units 8 </ b> L and R provided on the upper surface of the monitor device 9. The imaging information calculation unit 74 detects the orientation of the controller 7 based on the imaging positions of the light emitting units 8L and R in the imaging element 743.

Next, the internal configuration of the controller 7 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.
In FIG. 4, the controller 7 includes a communication unit 75, an acceleration sensor 701, and a vibrator 704 in addition to the operation unit 72 and the imaging information calculation unit 74 described above.

  The imaging information calculation unit 74 includes an infrared filter 741, a lens 742, an imaging element 743, and an image processing circuit 744. The infrared filter 741 allows only infrared light to pass through from light incident from the front of the core unit 70. The lens 742 condenses the infrared light that has passed through the infrared filter 741 and outputs the condensed infrared light to the image sensor 743. The image sensor 743 is a solid-state image sensor such as a CMOS sensor, for example, and images the infrared rays collected by the lens 742. Therefore, the image sensor 743 captures only the infrared light that has passed through the infrared filter 741 and generates image data. Image data generated by the image sensor 743 is processed by an image processing circuit 744. Specifically, the image processing circuit 744 processes the image data obtained from the image sensor 743 to detect light from the high-luminance portion, that is, the light from the light emitting units 8L and R, and generates coordinate data indicating their position coordinates. Output to the communication unit 75.

  The acceleration sensor 701 is an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration on three axes of the controller 7 in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the front-rear direction. The acceleration sensor 701 may be an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration on two axes in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction depending on the type of operation signal required. Data indicating the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor 701 is output to the communication unit 75. The acceleration sensor 701 is typically a capacitance type acceleration sensor, but other types of acceleration sensors or gyro sensors may be used.

  The communication unit 75 includes a microcomputer (microcomputer) 751, a memory 752, a wireless module 753, and an antenna 754. The microcomputer 751 controls the wireless module 753 that wirelessly transmits transmission data while using the memory 752 as a storage area during processing.

  An operation signal (key data) from the operation unit 72, an acceleration signal (acceleration data) from the acceleration sensor 701, and coordinate data from the imaging information calculation unit 74 are output to the microcomputer 751. The microcomputer 751 temporarily stores the input data (key data, acceleration data, coordinate data) in the memory 752 as transmission data to be transmitted to the receiving unit 36a.

  Here, the wireless transmission from the communication unit 75 to the receiving unit 36a is performed every predetermined cycle, but since the game processing is generally performed in units of 1/60, a shorter cycle than that is performed. It is necessary to send in. Specifically, the processing unit of the game is 16.7 ms (1/60 seconds), and the transmission interval of the communication unit 75 configured by Bluetooth (registered trademark) is 5 ms. When the transmission timing to the receiving unit 36a comes, the microcomputer 751 outputs the transmission data stored in the memory 752 as a series of operation information and outputs it to the wireless module 753. The wireless module 753 radiates operation information from the antenna 754 as a radio wave signal using a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency using, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) technology.

  The vibrator 704 may be a vibration motor or a solenoid, for example. Since the vibration is generated in the core unit 70 by the operation of the vibrator 704, the vibration is transmitted to the hand of the player holding it, and a so-called vibration-compatible game can be realized.

≪Description of game program≫
Next, a game program executed on this game apparatus will be described. This game program is a so-called hunting action game, where a player character operated by a player lives in a village and becomes a hunter. Quest).

  In this game, unlike a normal action game, a player character lives as a village resident and performs quests such as hunting requested by villagers while performing various activities (mealing, fishing, etc.) related to life. If you clear the quest, you can receive rewards (resources) from the villagers. In order to clear the quest, it is necessary to obtain items such as medicinal herbs and mushrooms to restore physical strength and strengthen weapons. Some items can only be obtained by collecting them during the quest, but if you use a village farm, you can increase these items without going to the quest. That is, the player character can take items collected during the quest back to the village, grow (replicate) on the village farm, and increase and harvest them.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the game space of the hunting action game. The player character 1 operated by the player usually lives in the village 11 and requests the farm 12 to cultivate the item or harvests the cultivated item. On the farm 12, a manager character 2 which is a non-player character, a plurality of farmer characters (producer characters) 3a, 3b, and the like are active. Note that the number of farmer characters is not limited to two. When the manager character 2 receives a request for cultivation from the player character 1, the manager character 2 issues a cultivation instruction to the farmer characters 3a, 3b, etc., and the farmer characters 3a, 3b, etc. grow the item according to the contents of the cultivation request. To do. When the player character 1 receives a request for a quest in the village 11, the player character 1 performs a quest such as hunting a monster in the field (stage) 13a or 13b. When the player character 1 goes to the field 13 to execute the quest, the player character 1 can collect various items existing in the field. The collected items are added to the player character's inventory list and can be used anytime.

  6A and 6B are diagrams for explaining the farm 12 generated in the game space. FIG. 6A is an explanatory diagram of the smallest scale farm 12 at the start of the game, and FIG. 6B is a progress of the game. It is explanatory drawing of the farm 12 expanded by the largest scale. The manager character 2 of the farm 12 has the appearance of an old man, and the farmer character 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) has the appearance of a cat. The player character 1 hands the item and resources (money) to the manager character 2 on the farm 12 and requests cultivation of the item. When the cultivation is completed, the cultivation result (cultivated item) is put into a box (harvest BOX) on a virtual game space in which the item can be stored for each cultivation. Thereafter, the player character 1 can go to the farm 12 and add (crop) the cultivation result (cultivation item) from the harvest BOX to the personal belongings list of the player character 1.

  The manager character 2 causes the farmer character 3 to grow this item. Item cultivation is completed in one day and night in the game. One day and night is the time elapsed in the game space when the player character 1 goes to the field to clear the quest and returns to the village. Therefore, when the player character 1 clears one quest and returns to the village, the cultivation of the item on the farm 12 is completed, and the cultivation result (cultivation item) can be harvested. Even when the player character 1 cannot achieve the quest, if the player character 1 is out of the village such as a field for 5 minutes or more, one day and night will pass in the game space, and the cultivation result ( (Cultivated items) can be harvested. The reason for not going out of the village within 5 minutes as one time is to eliminate the act of returning to the village in a short time within 5 minutes and earning the number of times only for the purpose of cultivating the item.

  As described above, when the player character 1 clears one quest after requesting the farm 12 to grow the item, the cultivation is completed, but it is also possible to request a plurality of times of cultivation in a lump. In this case, after one request, the player character 1 goes out for multiple quests (or going out), but each time he returns to the village, he or she collects the cultivation result (cultivated item) or collects it later. Whether to harvest the cultivation result (cultivation item) can be freely selected. The number of times that continuous cultivation is possible differs depending on the level (degree) of expansion of the farm facility.

  The farm facility can be expanded (increased level) by the player character 1 collecting farm items in the field 13 or purchasing items from a trading ship that appears in the game space. As farm facilities are expanded, the number of items that can be cultivated at the same time increases, and the number of items that can be cultivated continuously also increases. The maximum number of times of continuous cultivation increases as the level of facility expansion increases, for example, up to 3 times at first, up to 5 times, and further up to 10 times.

  Since FIG. 6A shows the smallest scale farm 12 at the time of initial setting, the farm facilities are only the field 21 and the mushroom box 22, and the scale levels of the respective facilities are also low. The number of ridges in the field 21 is small, and the size of the mushroom box 22 is small. On the other hand, in FIG. 6B, since the scale level of all the facilities is the maximum, the honey box 23 and the insect box 24 are increased in the farm facility compared to (A), and the number of ridges in the field 21 is also large. The size of the mushroom box 22 is large. As described above, when the scale level of the facility increases, the image displayed on the game screen changes with the improvement of the function.

  The number of farmer characters 3 increases as the player character 1 acquires a predetermined item in the field and clears the quest. The farmer character 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) can only cultivate one type of item at the same time. That is, since the player character 1 cannot request the cultivation of a plurality of types of items to one farmer character 3 at the same time, when the number of the farmer characters 3 is small, there are many kinds on the farm 12. Items cannot be cultivated in parallel. Therefore, by increasing the number of farmer characters 3, the types of items to be cultivated at the same time can be increased. Moreover, the amount of harvest can be increased by cultivating the same item in parallel with a plurality of farmer characters 3 (3a, 3b, 3c). Since the farm 12 shown in FIG. 6 (A) is a small one at the time of initial setting, the farmer character 3 is one (3a). On the other hand, since the farm 12 shown in FIG. 6B is a large-scale one after the game has progressed, there are three farmer characters 3 (3a, 3b, 3c). By requesting these three farmer characters 3 to cultivate a plurality of times, it is possible to obtain a large amount of harvest, and the same item can be cultivated in each farmer character 3a, 3b, 3c, or different items. Can be cultivated in various variations.

  In the field 13, there are also items that can be used as fertilizers when cultivating items such as medicinal herbs and mushrooms. The player character 1 can increase the amount of harvest by collecting an item that becomes fertilizer in the field 13 and handing this item as a fertilizer to the manager character 2 when requesting cultivation. Fertilizer can also be purchased from a trading ship that appears in the game space.

  By loading a game program for executing such a game into the above-described game device, a game system as shown in FIG. 7A can be functionally realized. The game system includes an operation detection unit 50, a game progress control unit 51, and a drawing processing unit 58. The game progress control unit 51 includes a player character control unit 52, a non-player character control unit 53, and a game space control unit 56. Further, the non-player character control unit 53 includes an administrator character control unit 54 that controls the administrator character 2 and a farmer character control unit 55 that controls the plurality of farmer characters 3. Furthermore, the game space control unit 56 includes a farm control unit 57 that controls the farm in which the manager character 2, the farmer character 3, etc. are active.

  The operation detection unit 50 includes a data processing unit such as the CPU 30 and the GPU 32 and the controller 7, detects various operations of the player, and transmits them to the game progress control unit 51. The game progress control unit 51 includes a data processing unit such as the CPU 30 and the GPU 32, generates a virtual game space and characters, and changes the above-described game space according to the player's operation and the passage of time. The game is advanced by performing processing such as activating the character.

  The player character control unit 52 generates the player character 1 based on the operation information input from the operation detection unit 50 and controls its activity. The non-player character control unit 53 generates a non-player character including the manager character 2 and the farmer character 3 that are active in the generated game space, and controls the activity. The manager character control unit 54 and the farmer character control unit 55 generate the manager character 2 and the farmer character 3, respectively, and control their activities. The game space generation unit 56 generates a game space of the game area selected based on the operation information input from the operation detection unit 50, and controls the environment of the game space such as weather and day / night changes. The farm control unit 57 generates a farm area 12 in the game space and controls the environment of the farm area 12. That is, the farm control unit 57 sets the scale of the facility such as the number of ridges of the field and the size of the mushroom box according to the items brought in by the player character 1, and cultivates the items according to the request of the player character 1. Control. For this reason, the farm control part 57 has a memory | storage part which memorize | stores the data which prescribes | regulates the scale of a farm, the harvest amount of a cultivation item, the maximum frequency | count of continuous cultivation, etc. The farm control unit 57 also controls the number of farmer characters 3 as the game progresses. The drawing processing unit 58 generates a game image in which the game space and character generated by the game progress control unit 51 are projected on a two-dimensional screen, and outputs the generated game image to the monitor 9b.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a data storage area related to the player character 1 set in the player character control unit 52. The player character control unit 52 has a resource storage area for storing the amount of resources (money) possessed by the player character 1 and an owned item storage area for storing owned items. Resources (money) can be obtained as rewards by clearing quests, and items can be obtained by collecting them during quests or purchasing them at village stores. And resources (money) decrease by the cultivation request on a farm, and an item increases by harvest. The player character control unit 52 controls the increase / decrease of these resources (money) and items.

  FIG. 7C is a diagram showing a farm management table set in the farm control unit 57. This table stores the scale level (0 to 3) and the maximum number of continuous cultivations for each of the farm facilities of the field 21, the mushroom box 22, the honey box 23, and the insect box 24. In the example shown in the figure, the field 21 is scale level 1 and the mushroom box 22 is scale level 2. The scale level can be increased by one when the player character 1 passes the facility expansion item to the manager character 2. Note that the scale level 0 means that there is no such facility. For example, the honey box 23 and the insect box 24 do not exist at the time of initial setting, and thus the scale level 0 until the item appears. As the scale level of the facility increases, the image (number of ridges, the size of the box, etc.) displayed on the game screen changes as the function improves.

  The maximum number of continuous cultivations is the upper limit of the number of times that can be continuously cultivated by one request, and is automatically set by the game program to the number of times according to the scale level of the facility. When the scale level is 1, it is 3 times, when the scale level is 2, it is 5 times, and when the scale level is 3, it is 10 times. For example, the field 21 is 3 times at the scale level 1 and the mushroom box 22 is 5 times at the scale level 2. At scale level 0 (there is no facility), the cultivation request cannot be made, so the maximum number of continuous cultivations is 0. For example, the size level 0 of the honey box 23 and the insect box 24 are zero.

  Further, the farm management table also stores the number of farmer characters 3. When the player character clears a predetermined quest and is notified from the player character control unit 52 that the predetermined item has been acquired, the farm control unit 57 increases the number of farmer characters 3 accordingly. The farm control unit 57 notifies the cultivator character control unit 55 of the number of cultivator characters 3 and activates the number of characters (number of characters) on the farm.

  FIG. 7D is a diagram showing a cultivation management table controlled by the farm control unit 57. The cultivation management table is set for each farmer character 3 who has requested cultivation, and is not set for the farmer character 3 who has not requested cultivation. In the cultivation management table, for each farmer character 3, a storage area for cultivation item, use facility, number of continuous cultivations, fertilizer item data is set. The cultivation item is the type of item requested to be cultivated by the player character 1, and the use facility is a facility used for cultivating the item. The number of continuous cultivations is the remaining number of continuous cultivations selected by the player character 1, and the fertilizer item is the type of fertilizer item used by the player character 1 for cultivation.

  The farm controller 57 also provides a harvest BOX along with the cultivation management table for each farmer character 3. The harvest BOX is a box on a virtual game space in which items cultivated by each farmer character 3 are stored, and can be stored until the capacity is full. The player character 1 can harvest the cultivated item from the harvest BOX and add it to his belongings.

≪Explanation of cultivation and harvest processing≫
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the farm control unit 57 in a scene where the player character 1 comes to the farm and requests the manager character 2 to grow the item. First, when the player operates the controller 7 to cause the player character 1 to go to the farm area 12 in the game space and speak to the manager character 2, the farm control unit 57 overlaps the farm area 12 in the monitor 9b. Display the window screen as follows. The player's operation input to this window screen is not reflected in the action of the player character, but is directly processed as a command to the farm control unit 57. First, on the window screen, the player's selection of “cultivation request” or “harvest” is accepted. (S10). When the player selects “harvest” (harvesting at S10), the harvesting process of FIG. 10 described later is performed. On the other hand, when the player selects “Request for cultivation” (requested in S10), the selection of the farmer character 3 requesting cultivation is accepted (S11). Note that there is only one cultivator character 3 at the time of initial setting, but the player character 1 increases by satisfying the condition that the player character 1 collects a predetermined item and clears the predetermined quest. Arbitrary farmer characters 3a, 3b, 3c, etc. can be selected.

  After the farmer character 3 is selected, it is determined whether or not the selected farmer character 3 has already received a cultivation request and is currently farming (S12). When the farmer character 3 is farming (YES in S12), “cultivating” is displayed on the game screen (S13), and no further cultivation request is accepted, and the selection of the farmer character 3 is resumed ( S11). It should be noted that a new cultivation request may be made by discarding the request contents that are still being cultivated, or after S13, the contents of the request may be discarded and advanced to S14. On the other hand, when it is not farming (NO in S12), it is determined whether the harvest BOX of the farmer character 3 is full (S14). When the harvest BOX is full (YES in S14), an unharvested item exists, and a warning that the cultivation cannot be requested unless the harvest BOX is emptied is displayed (S15). In this case, the process returns to the selection of “cultivation request” or “harvest” (S10), and the player (player character 1) makes the harvest request after harvesting and emptying the harvest BOX first (FIG. 10). Then, it is necessary to request cultivation to another farmer character 3 (S11). On the other hand, if the harvest BOX is not full (NO in S14), the cultivation request screen is displayed because the cultivation request is possible (S16).

  Then, the input of the specific content of the cultivation request by a player is received. First, an item that can be cultivated is displayed among the items possessed by the player character 1 (FIG. 7B) to the player, and selection input of an item to be cultivated by the player is accepted (S17). Not all items collected by the player character in the field can be cultivated, and some items cannot be increased by cultivation. And the cultivation item which received selection input is memorize | stored in the cultivation management table (Drawing 7D) of the farmer character 3 concerned (S18).

  Next, the facility corresponding to the item selected by the player is automatically selected (S19), and the scale level (maximum number of continuous cultivations) of the facility is read out from the farm management table (FIG. 7C). (S20), allowing the player to select the number of continuous cultivations within the range of the maximum number of continuous cultivations (S21). In this game, it is possible to continuously cultivate a plurality of times by making a single request, and the player can select a desired number of times of cultivation, but the farm control unit 57 can cultivate continuously with a single request. Is limited by the scale level of the farm facility, the maximum number of continuous cultivations is displayed on the game screen in advance, making it impossible to input more times. And the selection input of the number of times of continuous cultivation by a player is received (S22), and the received number of times of continuous cultivation is memorized in the cultivation management table (Drawing 7D) of the farmer character 3 concerned (S23).

  After accepting the selection input of the cultivation item and the number of continuous cultivation by the player and storing it in the cultivation management table, the necessary resource (money) is calculated according to them (S24). The necessary resource is a price necessary for requesting cultivation, and is determined by the type of cultivation item and the number of cultivations. The player character control unit 52 stores the possessed resources of the player character (FIG. 7B), receives the data, and displays it on the upper right of the game screen. When the possession resource of the player character is insufficient for the necessary resource, the cultivation request for the content cannot be made.

  Thereafter, the selection input of the fertilizer item by the player is accepted (S25). The player can set one fertilizer item for one farmer character 3 in order to increase the capacity of the facility and increase the yield. Fertilizer items are different for each facility, and the effect lasts until the end of continuous cultivation. Players can get fertilizer items on the field in the game space or on a trading ship. When there is a selection input of a fertilizer item by the player (YES in S25), the fertilizer item that has received the selection input is stored in the cultivation management table (FIG. 7D) of the farmer character 3 (S26). On the other hand, even if there is no fertilizer item selection input (NO in S25), a cultivation request can be made.

  After accepting the input of each content of the above cultivation request, a final confirmation message is displayed on the game screen, and an input of the intention of final confirmation by the player is accepted (S27). By accepting the player's affirmative input for this confirmation message, the contents of the selected cultivation request are confirmed, reflected in the game contents, and cultivation is started. At the same time, the farmer character 3 requested for cultivation is set to “cultivating” (S28), and the value of the necessary resource is subtracted from the value of the possessed resource of the player character 1 (S29). On the game screen, the farmer character 3 requested for cultivation goes to a cultivation facility corresponding to the cultivation item, and starts an activity for cultivating the requested item (such as plowing a field).

  FIG. 9A is a flowchart for explaining the one-day progress monitoring process in the game space performed by the player character control unit 52. The one-day progress monitoring process means that since the cultivation of an item is completed in one day (one day and night) in the game space, it is determined whether or not the player character control unit 52 has passed one day, and the farm control unit 57 This is the process to notify.

First, the player character control unit 52 determines whether or not the player character 1 has returned from going out of the village (S34). If the player character 1 has not returned (NO in S34), the process ends without performing any processing. If yes (YES at S34), it is determined whether or not the current outing was for a quest (S35). When it is going out for the quest (YES in S35), it is determined whether or not the player character 1 has finished the quest with success or failure without retiring the quest (S36). If the quest is retired (NO in S36), the process ends without any processing, but if the quest is completed with success or failure (YES in S36), the farm control unit 57 is cultivated assuming that one day has passed. The process is notified of the passage of one day (S37). When it is not going out for the quest (NO in S35), it is determined whether or not the player character 1 has gone out for 5 minutes or more in the player's real time (S38). If the user has gone out for 5 minutes or more (YES in S38), the day 1 is passed to the cultivation process of the farm controller 57, assuming that one day has passed (S37). If the user has not gone out for more than 5 minutes (NO in S38), the process ends without performing any processing. As described above, the player character control unit 52 determines the passage of one day according to the action of the player character 1, thereby controlling the cultivation process time.
Retirement in this game means that the player character 1 gives up clearing in the middle of the quest and returns to the village by the player's operation. Further, the quest failure means that the player character 1 is killed by an attack of a monster or the like during the quest, and when the player character 1 fails, the game resumes from the place where the player character 1 returns to the village. In any case, the player character returns to the village, but as described above, one day does not elapse when retired, and one day elapses when the quest fails.

  FIG. 9B is a flowchart for explaining item cultivation processing performed by the farm control unit 57. First, it is determined whether or not one day has passed in response to a notification from the player character control unit 52 in FIG. If one day has not passed (NO in S39), the process ends without performing any processing, but if one day has passed (YES in S39), the current number (k) of farmer characters 3 is displayed in the farm management table (FIG. 7 (C)) (S40), and the data of the farmer character number 1 (i) stored in the farmer character control unit 55 is read (S41). Then, it is determined whether or not the farmer character has a cultivation request (S42). If there is no request (NO in S42), the cultivation process is not performed, but if there is a request (YES in S42), the item cultivation process is performed. Perform (S43).

  The item cultivation process is a process for determining the content and amount of the result of item cultivation (cultivated item) requested by the player character 1 (player) in the process of FIG. Specifically, first, the amount of cultivation items (number of lotteries) as a cultivation result is determined in consideration of the presence or absence of fertilizer, the scale level of the facility, and the like. Next, the lottery is performed for the number of times of lottery, and the contents of the cultivation item that is the cultivation result are determined. That is, the item requested to be cultivated as a harvested product is not necessarily obtained (cultivation success), and other items may be obtained (cultivation failure). Many of the items obtained at the time of cultivation failure are low-value items (insect carcasses, etc.) and symbolize that cultivation has failed, but some of the items are valuable, The game is interesting by generating this high-value item as a failure with a very low probability.

  When the item is cultivated once, an item which is a cultivation result (cultivated item) is put into the harvest BOX of the farmer character every time (S44). Then, 1 is subtracted from the number of times of cultivation (S45), and it is determined whether or not the farmer character that has performed (or did not perform) the cultivation process is the last number of farmer character (i = k) (S46). If it is the last farmer character (YES in S46), the process ends. When it is not the last farmer character (NO in S46), for the next farmer character added by 1 to the farmer character number (S47), the processes of S42 to S46 are performed, and the last farmer character (i = k) is reached. repeat.

  FIG. 10A shows a scene in which the player character 1 returning from the quest (or going out for 5 minutes or more) goes to the farm 12 and harvests the cultivation result (cultivation item) (when harvesting is selected in S10 of FIG. 8). It is a flowchart explaining the process of the farm control part 57. When an item that is a cultivation result (cultivated item) is contained in the harvest box of the farmer character, the player can harvest the item. In the present embodiment, the cultivation can be continuously performed a plurality of times with only one cultivation request, but it may be harvested every time or may be harvested collectively after the completion of the plurality of times. Can be selected arbitrarily. Thereby, an item can be freely harvested and used according to a player's play situation and item possession situation.

  When the player selects harvesting in S10 of FIG. 8, the farm control unit 57 accepts selection input of the farmer character 3 possessing the item desired to be harvested (S50), and the farmer character 3 harvests. The BOX is displayed on the game screen (S51). Then, the selection input of the item desired to be harvested in the displayed harvest BOX by the player is accepted (S52), the selected item is deleted from the harvest BOX (S53), and the selected item is controlled by the player character. The data is transmitted to the unit 52 (S54). Thereafter, if the process is to end (YES in S55), the process ends as it is. If not finished (NO in S55), the process returns to accepting selection of harvested items (S52), and another item is harvested by the player.

  FIG. 10B is a flowchart for explaining the process of the player character control unit 52 during the harvesting process. In S54 of FIG. 5A, information on the harvest item is received from the farm control unit 57 (S56), and the item is added to the personal belongings list of the player character 1 (S57). As a result, the player can freely use the harvested items as personal belongings of the player character.

  As described above, the facility in the farm area 12 can be expanded by the activity of the player character 1, and the yield of the cultivated item varies depending on the level of expansion of the farm facility. FIGS. 11A and 11B are flowcharts illustrating farm facility expansion processing. FIG. 11A illustrates processing performed by the player character control unit 52, and FIG. 11B illustrates processing performed by the farm control unit 57. The process to be performed is described.

  In FIG. 5A, the player character 1 collects an item for facility expansion in the field 13 (S60), takes it back to the village and takes it to the farm 12 (S61). Then, the player character 1 gives the facility expansion item to the manager character 2 who manages the farm 12 (S62). The item for expanding the farm facility can be purchased not only from the field 13 but also from a trading ship appearing in the game space.

In FIG. 5B, when the manager character 2 receives an item for facility expansion from the player character 1 (S63), it is determined which facility the item is to be expanded for (S64). Then, a new farm facility (honey box, insect box, etc.) corresponding to the item is provided, or the facility scale level data is updated by one, and the facility graphic is changed (S65). Accordingly, the maximum number of continuous cultivations is changed (S66). Thereby, advantageous cultivation based on a new facility scale level can be received after the next cultivation.
The facility expansion conditions are not limited to acquisition of a predetermined item, but may be expanded according to the progress of the game, such as clearing a predetermined quest.

  FIGS. 11C and 11D are flowcharts for explaining the number control process for increasing the number of farmer characters 3 cultivating the item requested by the player character on the farm 12. In the initial setting, there is only one cultivator character 3, but it increases by 1 to 1 every time a predetermined condition is satisfied. FIG. 11C shows the farmer character number control process of the player character control unit 52. First, it is determined whether or not the player character 1 has cleared the quest (S70).

  If the quest is not cleared (NO in S70), the process ends without performing the number control process. If the quest is cleared (YES in S70), the quest is changed to a predetermined quest that increases the farmer character 3. It is determined whether it is applicable (S71). The predetermined quest for increasing the cultivator character 3 is a predetermined specific quest in all the quests, and only when these quests are cleared, the cultivator character 3 is subject to the number control process. Become.

  If it is not the predetermined quest of the number control process (NO in S71), the process ends without performing the number control process. If it is the predetermined quest of the number control process (YES in S71), the predetermined quest to increase the farmer character 3 It is determined whether or not the player character 1 possesses the item (S72).

  If the player character 1 does not possess the predetermined item (NO in S72), the process is terminated without performing the number control process, and if the player character 1 possesses the predetermined item (YES in S72), all conditions are satisfied. The farm controller 57 is notified of the satisfaction of the farmer character addition condition (S73).

  FIG. 11D shows the farmer character number control process of the farm control unit 57. When a cultivator character addition condition satisfaction notification is received from the player character control unit 52 in S73 of FIG. 10C (S74), one cultivator character 3 is added (S75), and the drawing processing unit 58 is displayed on the game screen. Drawing is performed, and the cultivator character control unit 55 controls the activity. Accordingly, the data of the farmer character 3 that can be requested for cultivation is increased by one and a corresponding data area is secured (S76).

  Note that the condition for increasing the number of farmer characters 3 is not limited to clearing a predetermined quest and acquiring a predetermined item, but may be only clearing a predetermined quest or only acquiring a predetermined item.

  By increasing the number of farmer characters 3 by the above process, one or more workers are newly added. Therefore, when one type of item is continuously cultivated on a plurality of farmer characters 3, one initial setting is set. Compared to the time, as the number of animals becomes two and three, the total number of times the cultivation can be requested doubles and triples. Thereby, the yield of the cultivated item is also doubled and tripled, and more items can be acquired with a single request. In addition, one cultivator character 3 can only cultivate one type of item and cannot cultivate a plurality of types of items. However, if there are a plurality of cultivator characters 3, different types of cultivator characters 3 exist. Items can be grown and multiple types of items can be acquired with a single request.

  Therefore, the player can freely select whether to cultivate one item on a plurality of cultivator characters 3 and increase the number of items, or to increase a wide variety of items by cultivating a plurality of items. Can expand the variety of item cultivation.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to cultivation of the agricultural crop in the farm like this embodiment. The present invention can be applied to any scene where an item or the like is duplicated. For example, it is applicable to creation of industrial products in factories, creation of products in stores, creation of dishes in restaurants, and the like.

External view for explaining a game system to which the present invention is applied Functional block diagram of the game apparatus shown in FIG. The perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of the controller shown in FIG. Block diagram showing the configuration of the controller The figure explaining the game space of the hunting action game which is embodiment of this invention Illustration explaining the farm image generated in the game space The figure which shows the structure of the game system comprised by the same game program and the said game device. A flowchart showing the operation of the game system A flowchart showing the operation of the game system A flowchart showing the operation of the game system A flowchart showing the operation of the game system

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Player character 2 Manager character 3 Farmer character 11 Village 12 Farm 13 Field 21 Field 22 Mushroom box 23 Honey box 24 Bug box 50 Operation detection part 51 Game progress control part 52 Player character control part 53 Non player character control part 54 Management Human character control unit 55 Farmer character control unit 56 Game space control unit 57 Farm control unit 58 Drawing processing unit

Claims (3)

Computer
Game space control means for generating a game space including an item duplication facility, and
Player character control means for generating a player character that performs an action in accordance with a player's operation in the game space;
A game program that functions as
The game space control means includes an item duplication facility control means for starting duplication, which is a process of increasing this item, when the player character appears in an item duplication facility and requests duplication of the possessed item.
The item duplication facility control means is a maximum value setting means for setting a maximum value of the number of times of continuous duplication according to the scale of the item duplication facility ,
Means for expanding the scale of the item duplication facility in accordance with the progress of the game by the activity of the player character;
Number-of-times storage means for storing the number of times of continuous replication within the range of the maximum value input by the player, and
Continuous duplication control means for repeating the duplication regardless of whether or not the player character appears in the item duplication facility, the number of times stored in the number of times storage means;
The game program characterized by including. The item duplication facility control means receives means for requesting duplication of the number of items according to the number of producer characters that are non-player characters, and the number of producer characters according to the progress of the game by the activity of the player character. The game program according to claim 1, comprising means for increasing the number . A game system comprising a storage unit that stores the game program according to claim 1 and a computer that executes the game program.