JP6538899B2 - Video game processing program and video game processing system - Google Patents

Description

  At least one of the embodiments of the present invention relates to a video game processing program and a video game processing system for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation.

  Conventionally, when a task is given to the user and the user executes an operation on the user terminal or the like to clear the task (satisfying a predetermined condition of the task), the in-game element associated with the user is There are video games that use them to control the progress of video games.

  For example, a puzzle is given as a task, and when the puzzle operation satisfies a predetermined condition and becomes a task clear, the puzzle that controls the progress of the game by causing the player character as an in-game element associated with the user to act As a game, for example, Patent Document 1 has already been proposed by the applicant of the present application.

JP, 2014-184058, A

  In Patent Document 1, a plurality of types of attributes are assigned to panels constituting a puzzle, and attributes are also set for the player character, and a predetermined condition for aligning panels having specific attributes in puzzle operation is satisfied. In this case, the game progress is controlled in such a manner that the action right is generated for the player character having the same attribute as the attribute aligned in the puzzle.

  When an attribute is assigned to an in-game element such as a card possessed by a user or a player character as in this patent document 1, and a condition is satisfied for a specific attribute in a given task, the in-game element of the attribute There are many video games that control the progress of the game by using. Assigning an attribute has the effect of enhancing the strategicity and interest of the video game, but once the attribute is assigned, in-game elements that do not meet the condition of the attribute are not used. Could be stressed. Therefore, a new mode of use of in-game elements has been required.

  An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a video game processing program which solves the above-mentioned problems and can propose a new usage aspect of the in-game element.

  According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation. , Referring to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in the video game is associated with the number of uses which defines the number of in-game elements, and when the tasks are cleared, the number of uses is determined. A determination function to be determined and an execution function to execute processing using the in-game element of the number of usages determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements are realized.

  According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation. Refer to the storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in the video game is stored in association with the number of usages defining the number of in-game elements, and the number of usages when the tasks are cleared And an execution function for executing a process using the in-game element of the usage count determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements.

  According to a non-limiting aspect, a video game processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication network, a server, and a user terminal, and controls the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation. It is a processing system, Comprising: When the said task is cleared with reference to the memory | storage means by which each of several existing subjects in a video game and the utilization number which defined the number of elements in a game match, and are memorize | stored The present invention is characterized by including: determination means for determining the number of uses; and execution means for executing processing using the in-game element of the number of uses determined by the determination means among a plurality of in-game elements.

  Each embodiment of the present application solves one or more deficiencies.

It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a video game processing system corresponding to at least one of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a server corresponding to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the user terminal in the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a server corresponding to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a server corresponding to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a server corresponding to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a server corresponding to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation | movement by the side of the server in the game processing corresponding to at least one of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of the game screen shown to a user. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of the game screen shown to a user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the various components in the example of each embodiment described below can be combined suitably in the range which a contradiction etc. do not produce. Moreover, about the content demonstrated as an example of a certain embodiment, the description may be abbreviate | omitted in other embodiment. In addition, the contents of operations and processes that are not related to the characterizing portion of each embodiment may be omitted. Furthermore, the order of the various processes constituting the various flows described below is random as long as no contradiction or the like occurs in the process contents.

First Embodiment
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a video game processing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the video game processing system 100 includes a server 10 and user terminals 20, 201 to 20N (N is an arbitrary integer) used by a user of the video game processing system. The configuration of the video game processing system 100 is not limited to this, and a single user terminal may be used by a plurality of users, or a plurality of servers may be provided.

  The server 10 and the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N are connected to a communication network 30 such as the Internet. Although not shown, the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N connect to the communication network 30 by performing data communication with a base station managed by a communication company using a wireless communication channel.

  The video game processing system 100 includes the server 10 and the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N to realize various functions for executing various processes in accordance with the user's operation.

  The server 10 is managed by a manager of the video game processing system 100, and has various functions for providing information on various processes to the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N. In the present embodiment, the server 10 is configured by an information processing apparatus such as a WWW server, and includes a storage medium for storing various types of information. The server 10 has a general configuration for performing various processes as a computer such as a control unit and a communication unit, but the description thereof is omitted here. Further, in the video game processing system 100, the server 10 preferably manages various types of information from the viewpoint of reducing the processing load on each of the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N. However, the storage unit storing various information may be configured to have a storage area in a state where the server 10 can access, for example, a dedicated storage area may be provided outside the server 10.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server 10A which is an example of the configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 10 </ b> A includes at least a determination unit 11, an execution unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

  When the task in the video game realized by the video game processing system 100 is cleared, the determination unit 11 refers to the storage unit 13 described later to determine the number of in-game elements available to the user. It has a function.

  The task is one in which a predetermined condition for clearing (achievement) is defined in the video game. An example of the task includes a quiz question asking the user for an input operation for selecting the correct answer. In addition, clearing the task means satisfying the predetermined condition set for the task. Although determination of task clear is performed in the previous step of the determination unit 11, a configuration for determination of task clear is omitted in this example.

  The in-game element is an element in a video game provided for the user to use, and controls the progress of the video game while making the in-game element available to the user. The in-game elements include, for example, a player character associated with the user, a card to be held by the user, and the like. Also, the number of in-game elements means the number of in-game elements available to the user at the same timing. Although the influence of the number of in-game elements on the video game is not particularly limited, for example, it may be considered that the number of available in-game elements may be set to adversely affect the progress of the video game.

  The execution unit 12 has a function of executing a process using the number of in-game elements determined by the determination unit 11 among the plurality of in-game elements to control the progress of the video game. The configuration for executing the process using the in-game element in the execution unit 12 is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the configuration allows the user to recognize the in-game element to be used. An example of such a configuration may be processing of attacking an enemy character using a player character or card associated with the user, and the number of player characters or cards that can participate in the attack is determined by the determination unit 11 It can be considered that it depends on the number of in-game elements selected. For the in-game elements to be used, a plurality of in-game elements are prepared in advance by, for example, being associated with the user, placed in a place, or the like, and from among the prepared plurality of in-game elements The processing is performed using the determined number of in-game elements.

  The storage unit 13 has a function of associating and storing each of a plurality of tasks in the video game with the number of in-game elements available to the user. By making the number of in-game elements available to the user associated with each task different, the number of in-game elements used in the process in the execution unit 12 changes.

  Each of the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N is managed by a user, for example, by a communication terminal capable of playing a network distribution type game such as a mobile phone terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a portable game device, etc. Configured In addition, the structure of the user terminal which the video game processing system 100 may contain is not limited to the example mentioned above, What is necessary is just the structure which a user can recognize a video game. Other examples of the configuration of the user terminal include a so-called wearable device such as a smart watch, and a combination of a wearable device and a communication terminal.

  The plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20 N are each connected to the communication network 30 and communicate with the server 10 to execute various processing (for example, a browser screen or the like according to the coordinates) A display device for displaying a game screen and the like, and software. Each of the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N may be configured to be able to directly communicate with each other without going through the server 10.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of game processing performed by the video game processing system 100. In the game processing in the present example, processing related to the progress of a special event is performed. Hereinafter, a case where the server 10A and the user terminal 20 (terminal 20) execute game processing will be described as an example.

  The game process is started, for example, by receiving an input operation performed by the user at the user terminal 20 (step S11). A task is given with an input operation performed by the user as a trigger. For a given task, for tasks that are processed according to the rules in the video game, such as when the user works on the task, it is determined on the premise that the task has been cleared (steps omitted in the drawing) and cleared. The number of in-game elements available to the user is determined with reference to the storage unit 13 (step S12). The task clear condition is determined to be task clear when the predetermined condition is satisfied according to a predetermined condition set in advance. Thereafter, processing is executed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S13). In the present example, the server 10A executes processing using at least the determined number of in-game elements.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the server 10A in the game processing. Here, the operation of the server 10A in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  In the server 10A, the game process is started from the time of the determination of the clear of the task. For a given task, it is determined on the premise that the task has been cleared (steps in the drawing are omitted), and when the task is cleared, the storage unit 13 is referred to in the game available to the user. The number of elements is determined (step S101). Thereafter, processing is executed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S102).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the user terminal 20 when the user terminal 20 executes the game processing. Hereinafter, a case where the user terminal 20 executes the game processing alone will be described as an example. The configuration of the user terminal 20 has the same function as the configuration of the server 10 except for receiving various types of information from the server 10, and thus the description is omitted from the viewpoint of avoiding redundant description.

  In the user terminal 20, the game processing is started from the time of determination of clearing the task. For a given task, it is determined on the premise that the task has been cleared (steps in the drawing are omitted), and when the task is cleared, the storage unit 13 is referred to in the game available to the user. The number of elements is determined (step S201). Thereafter, processing is performed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S202).

  As described above, as one aspect of the first embodiment, the server 10A having a function of controlling the progress of the video game in accordance with the operation of the user includes the determination unit 11, the execution unit 12, and the storage unit. 13 when the task is cleared with reference to the storage unit 13 in which each of a plurality of tasks in the video game is stored in association with the number of in-game elements available to the user. Since the number of in-game elements available to the user is determined, and processing is performed using the determined number of in-game elements among the plurality of in-game elements, a new usage aspect of the in-game elements is proposed. It is possible to

  That is, since the user is able to use the determined number of in-game elements, even if an attribute is associated with each in-game element, the use of the in-game element does not depend on the attribute, Whatever attribute is used, only the determined number of in-game elements will be used, so that there is an effect of enhancing the user's interest as a new in-game element usage mode.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server 10B which is an example of the configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the server 10B at least includes a determination unit 11, an execution unit 12, and a storage unit 13B.

  The storage unit 13B has a function of associating and storing each of a plurality of tasks in the video game with the number of in-game elements available to the user. Moreover, the difficulty level is stored in association with each of the tasks. Then, the number of in-game elements available to the user to be stored in association with the task is determined in advance in consideration of the degree of difficulty to be stored in association with the task. For example, the correspondence may be considered such that the number of in-game elements available to the user increases as the degree of difficulty increases. As described above, the number of in-game elements used in the processing in the execution unit 12 changes by making the number of in-game elements available to the user associated with each task different according to the degree of difficulty. become.

  Here, the degree of difficulty represents the degree of difficulty required to clear the task. The degree of difficulty here is determined by the game creator in advance judging the difficulty of the task. Although the method of determining the degree of difficulty is not particularly limited, it is preferable that the degree of difficulty felt by the user for the task is small. In order to bring the setting of the difficulty of the task closer to the user's sense, for example, when the task is a quiz, it may be considered that the correct answer rate of the quiz is used as the criterion of the difficulty.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the server 10B in the game processing. Here, the operation of the server 10B in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  In the server 10B, the game processing is started from the time of the determination of the clear of the task. For the given task, it is determined on the premise that the task has been cleared (steps in the drawing are omitted), and when cleared, the game is made available to the user with reference to the storage unit 13B. The number of elements is determined (step S301). The storage unit 13B is associated with the number of in-game elements according to the difficulty level of each task. The task clear condition is determined to be task clear when the predetermined condition is satisfied according to a predetermined condition set in advance. Thereafter, processing is executed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S302). For the in-game elements to be used, a plurality of in-game elements are prepared in advance by, for example, being associated with the user, placed in a place, or the like, and from among the prepared plurality of in-game elements The processing is performed using the determined number of in-game elements.

  As described above, as one aspect of the second embodiment, the server 10B having a function of controlling the progress of the video game in accordance with the operation of the user includes the determination unit 11, the execution unit 12, and the storage unit. 13B, and in the storage unit 13B among them, the task is stored in association with the task clearing difficulty level, and the mapping of the number of in-game elements to the task is previously determined and stored according to the difficulty level Since it is made to make it possible, it becomes possible to propose the use mode of the new in-game element that the number of in-game elements available to the user is different depending on the difficulty level of the task.

  That is, for example, when the task is easy, the number of in-game elements available to the user is small, and when the task is difficult, the number of in-game elements available to the user is increased. Since the user working on the task can predict and expect the number of available in-game elements when the task is cleared, it is possible to further attract the interest of the user.

Third Embodiment
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server 10C which is an example of the configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the server 10 </ b> C at least includes a determination unit 11, an execution unit 12, a storage unit 13, a presentation unit 14, and a selection unit 15.

  The presentation unit 14 has a function of presenting a plurality of tasks to the user when adopting a configuration in which the user selects a task, and when the task and the task are cleared for each task, the user performs the process. It has a function to present together with the number of available in-game elements. Here, presenting a plurality of tasks to the user means that the user can make tasks in the user terminal 20 recognizable. As a configuration for presenting a plurality of tasks to the user, for example, a game screen on which a plurality of tasks are displayed in the server 10C or the user terminal 20 is generated, and the game screen is output to a display device provided in the user terminal 20 or the like. What can be done by doing

  The selection unit 15 has a function of determining a task selected by the user among the plurality of tasks presented by the presentation unit 14 as a task to be subjected to the clear determination. The configuration for determining the task selected by the user as the task for the clear determination is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the selection of the user be reflected in the determination of the task for the clear determination. As such a configuration, for example, it is conceivable that the user selects one task from among a plurality of tasks presented to the user, and this is selected by the selection unit 15 as a task to be subjected to clear determination.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of game processing performed by the video game processing system 100. In the game processing in the present example, processing related to the progress of a special event is performed. Hereinafter, a case where the server 10C and the user terminal 20 (terminal 20) execute the game processing will be described as an example.

  The game process is started, for example, by receiving an input operation performed by the user at the user terminal 20 (step S21). When the game processing is started, the server 10C extracts a plurality of tasks from the tasks stored in the storage unit 13 according to a predetermined rule, and the user clears the tasks and the tasks for each task extracted. It is presented to the user together with the number of available in-game elements (step S22). The user terminal 20 receives an operation for selecting a task to be performed by the user (step S23). In the server 10C, when the user terminal 20 notifies the user of the result of the selection of the task, the task selected by the user is determined as the task of the clear determination target (step S24).

  Thereafter, it is determined whether the task has been cleared (steps omitted in the drawing), and when cleared, the number of in-game elements available to the user is determined based on the number presented to the user. (Step S25). Thereafter, processing using the determined number of in-game elements is executed (step S26).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the server 10C in the game processing. Here, the operation of the server 10C in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  In the server 10C, for example, the game processing is started by receiving an input operation performed by the user in the user terminal 20. When the game processing is started, the server 10C extracts a plurality of tasks from the tasks stored in the storage unit 13 according to a predetermined rule, and the user clears the tasks and the tasks for each task extracted. The number of available in-game elements is presented together to the user (step S401). And based on the selection result of the subject by a user, the subject which the user selected is determined as a subject of clear determination object (step S402). Then, for the given task, it is judged whether or not the task has been cleared (description of the steps on the drawing is omitted), and when cleared, the game available to the user based on the number presented to the user. The number of inner elements is determined (step S403). Thereafter, processing is executed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S404).

  As described above, as one aspect of the third embodiment, the server 10C having a function of controlling the progress of the video game in accordance with the operation of the user includes the determination unit 11, the execution unit 12, and the storage unit. 13, a presentation unit 14, and a selection unit 15. A plurality of tasks and the number of in-game elements that can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared are presented together and presented to the user. A new game in which the user selects a task after presenting the number of in-game elements that can be used when the task is cleared by setting the task selected by the user as the task to be determined to be clear. It is possible to propose the usage of the internal element.

  That is, by presenting in advance the number of in-game elements that can be used when the task is cleared, it is possible for the user to have a strategic nature of selecting the task in consideration of the optimal number of in-game elements used in the game progress situation. It is possible to further attract the interest of the user.

Fourth Embodiment
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server 10D which is an example of the configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the server 10D includes at least a determination unit 11, an execution unit 12D, and a storage unit 13D.

  The storage unit 13D has a function of associating and storing each of a plurality of existing tasks in the video game with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and the correspondence of the plurality of in-game elements to the user It has a function to memorize the attachment. The association of the in-game element with the user may be, for example, the association between the user and the party in the case where a predetermined number of player characters owned by the user are combined to form a party.

  The execution unit 12D has a function of executing a process using the number of in-game elements determined by the determination unit 11 among the plurality of in-game elements to control the progress of the video game. More specifically, the game is performed according to a predetermined rule by the number of in-game elements to be used by the user determined by determination unit 11 among the plurality of in-game elements associated with the user with reference to storage unit 13D. It has a function to select an inner element and execute processing using an in-game element. Here, the predetermined rule is a rule set in advance for selecting an in-game element, and for example, a rule of randomly selecting an in-game element using a random number can be considered. In addition, for example, a rule may be used in which a plurality of in-game elements are determined in advance to be used and stored in the storage unit 13D and selected by the number determined from the top of the use order.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation on the server 10D side in the game processing. Here, the operation of the server 10D in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  In the server 10D, the game processing is started from the time of the determination of the clear of the task. For the given task, it is determined on the premise that the task has been cleared (steps in the drawing are omitted), and when cleared, the game is made available to the user by referring to the storage unit 13D. The number of elements is determined (step S501). Thereafter, processing is executed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S502). At this time, with reference to the storage unit 13D, the in-game elements are selected and executed according to a predetermined rule from among the plurality of in-game elements associated with the user according to the determined number. .

  As described above, as one aspect of the fourth embodiment, the server 10D having a function of controlling the progress of the video game in accordance with the operation of the user includes the determination unit 11, the execution unit 12D, and the storage unit. 13D, and stores the association of a plurality of in-game elements with the user in the storage unit 13D, and the execution unit 13D refers to the storage unit 13D to perform a plurality of in-game association with the user. Since the in-game element is selected and executed according to the predetermined rule from among the elements according to the predetermined rule, it is possible to propose a new use aspect of the in-game element.

  That is, by selecting the in-game elements according to the predetermined rule from the plurality of in-game elements associated with the user according to the predetermined number, the game used by the user by determining the use order Depending on how to set predetermined rules for selection, such as when it is possible to recognize internal elements or when it is impossible to predict to the end by selecting at random, it is possible to propose various new in-game element usage patterns and enhance the user's interest It has the effect of

Fifth Embodiment
In the first to fourth embodiments, the game processing in which the number of in-game elements available to the user is associated with the task, and the processing is performed using the number of in-game elements associated when the task is cleared Although it demonstrated, as a more concrete embodiment, the problem which a user works on is demonstrated as an example for the video game which is a quiz.

  In the process of performing the game process, the server 10 appropriately transmits the process to the user terminal 20, and on the user terminal 20 side, a game screen based on the content of the received process is displayed on the display screen of the display device. It shall be displayed. The game screen may be generated on the server 10 side or the user terminal 20 side.

  Here, the game screen means a screen representing a virtual space (or game space). In the present example, various elements constituting the game screen may be referred to as an image. The configuration of the game screen is not particularly limited as long as the user can recognize the status of the video game.

  In addition, displaying the game screen on the display screen of the display means that the game screen is output to the display provided in the user terminal 20 or the like by communication using the communication network 30. An example of a configuration for displaying the game screen on the display device includes a configuration for transmitting information (output information) generated on the server side to the terminal side. The configuration of the output information is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, information obtained by compressing an image or information for generating an image on the terminal side. Examples of compressed image information include those used in cloud games (eg, MPEG). Further, information for generating an image on the terminal side includes information used in an online game (for example, position information of an object).

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server 10E which is an example of the configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the server 10E includes at least a determination unit 11, an execution unit 12, a storage unit 13E, a presentation unit 14E, and a selection unit 15.

  When the task in the video game realized by the video game processing system 100 is cleared, the determination unit 11 refers to the storage unit 13 described later to determine the number of in-game elements available to the user. It has a function.

  The task is one in which a predetermined condition for clearing (achievement) is defined in the video game. An example of the task includes a quiz question asking the user for an input operation for selecting the correct answer. In addition, clearing the task means satisfying the predetermined condition set for the task. Although determination of task clear is performed in the previous step of the determination unit 11, a configuration for determination of task clear is omitted in this example. In addition, there is no problem even if the determination unit 11 is configured to double as the task clear determination.

  The in-game element is an element in a video game provided for the user to use, and controls the progress of the video game while making the in-game element available to the user. The in-game elements include, for example, a player character associated with the user, a card to be held by the user, and the like. Also, the number of in-game elements means the number of in-game elements available to the user at the same timing. Although the influence of the number of in-game elements on the video game is not particularly limited, for example, it may be considered that the number of available in-game elements may be set to adversely affect the progress of the video game.

  The execution unit 12 has a function of executing a process using the number of in-game elements determined by the determination unit 11 among the plurality of in-game elements to control the progress of the video game. The configuration for executing the process using the in-game element in the execution unit 12 is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the configuration allows the user to recognize the in-game element to be used. An example of such a configuration may be processing of attacking an enemy character using a player character or card associated with the user, and the number of player characters or cards that can participate in the attack is determined by the determination unit 11 It can be considered that it depends on the number of in-game elements selected. For the in-game elements to be used, a plurality of in-game elements are prepared in advance by, for example, being associated with the user, placed in a place, or the like, and from among the prepared plurality of in-game elements The processing is performed using the determined number of in-game elements.

  The storage unit 13E has a function of associating and storing each of a plurality of tasks in the video game with the number of in-game elements available to the user. Moreover, the difficulty level is stored in association with each of the tasks. Then, the number of in-game elements available to the user to be stored in association with the task is determined in advance in consideration of the degree of difficulty to be stored in association with the task.

  For example, the correspondence may be considered such that the number of in-game elements available to the user increases as the degree of difficulty increases. In addition, the number of in-game elements available to the user may be associated with the difficulty level instead of being associated with the task. Specifically, the difficulty level 1 is associated with the in-game element available to the user as 1, the difficulty level 2 is associated with the in-game element available to the user as 2 and the difficulty level 3 is associated with the user A possible method is to associate available in-game elements as three.

  Furthermore, a plurality of in-game elements available to the user may be associated with the task or the difficulty level. Specifically, the in-game elements that can be used by the user are associated with the difficulty level 1 as 1 to 2, the in-game elements that can be used by the user are associated with the difficulty level 2 as 2 to 3, and the difficulty level 3 It is possible to associate the in-game elements available to the user as 3 to 4 in. In addition, the number of in-game elements that can be used by the user can be correlated, such as providing a task as a gambling option by associating the in-game elements that can be used by the user as 1 or 5 with the task. There are many conceivable ways.

  The presentation unit 14E has a function of presenting a plurality of tasks to the user, and has a function of presenting the task and the difficulty of the task together for each task. As an example of a concrete presentation, although a plurality of quizzes as a subject are presented on the game screen displayed to the user, at that time, genres of questioning contents such as entertainment, history, sports, trivia, etc. for each quiz are presented. Display and show the difficulty of each quiz. As the display method of the difficulty level at this time, for example, it is considered that the difficulty level is expressed by the number of stars, and the difficulty level is set as the number of stars increases. At the same time, the number of in-game elements available to the user may be presented together with the task when the task is cleared. For example, if the storage unit 13E stores the number of stars representing the difficulty level and the number of in-game elements available to the user in the same number, the display of the number of stars representing the difficulty level remains unchanged. The display shows the number of available in-game elements.

  The selection unit 15 has a function of determining a task selected by the user among the plurality of tasks presented by the presentation unit 14E as a task to be subjected to the clear determination. The configuration for determining the task selected by the user as the task for the clear determination is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the selection of the user be reflected in the determination of the task for the clear determination. As such a configuration, for example, it is conceivable that the user selects one task from among a plurality of tasks presented to the user, and this is selected by the selection unit 15 as a task to be subjected to clear determination.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the server 10E side in the game processing. Here, the operation of the server 10E in the video game processing system 100 will be described.

  In the server 10E, for example, the game process is started by receiving an input operation performed by the user in the user terminal 20. When the game processing is started, in the server 10E, a plurality of quizzes are extracted from the quiz as the task stored in the storage unit 13 according to a predetermined rule, and the difficulty of the quiz is added to each extracted quiz , To the user (step S601). At this time, it may be possible to present together the notation of the genre representing the contents of the quiz as an index for the user to select the quiz. The user will select one of the presented quizzes. Then, the quiz as the task selected by the user is determined as the quiz as the clear determination target (step S602). Then, for the given quiz, it is determined whether the correct quiz has been made as the determination of the task clear (description of the steps on the drawing omitted), and when the correct quiz is obtained, the user refers to the storage unit 13E and uses it. The number of possible in-game elements is determined (step S603). Thereafter, processing is executed using the determined number of in-game elements (step S604).

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing an example of the game screen 40 presented to the user when presenting a task to the user in the presenting unit 14E. In the game screen 40 of FIG. 15, reference numeral 41 denotes a card as an in-game element associated with the user, and six cards C1 to C6 are associated with the user. Specifically, a case may be considered in which a party is configured with C1 to C6 cards arbitrarily selected from among a plurality of cards possessed by the user. Parameters for representing the ability are set for each of the cards C1 to C6, and the card can be considered to be a setting that can be used as a special skill. 42 represents a party-wide fitness gauge, which is reduced by enemy attacks and increased by abilities such as card skills. 43 is an enemy character, and 44 is a physical strength gauge of the enemy character. When the user answers the quiz correctly, the number of available cards is determined, and the enemy character 43 is attacked using the card 41. The game may be attacked by the enemy character 43, and the game is advanced with the goal of zeroing the physical strength gauge 44 of the enemy character before the physical strength gauge 42 of the whole party becomes zero.

  Further, in FIG. 15, reference numeral 45 denotes a plurality of quizzes presented to the user, and for each quiz, the genre of questioning contents such as entertainment, history, sports, trivia etc. is displayed and the difficulty of each quiz is presented. It is like that. For example, the number of available cards increases in proportion to the difficulty level of the quiz, and if a difficult quiz is selected, it is possible to attack the enemy character 43 using a plurality of cards 41. It becomes. Further, each quiz 45 may be made to present a quiz question format. For example, various types of questions can be considered, such as a form in which the correct answer is selected from four options, a form in which ○ is answered, and a form in which four options are selected in the correct order.

  FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing that a quiz is presented to the user when the user selects one of a plurality of presented quiz. If the user selects a quiz belonging to the genre of sports among the quiz 45 presented in FIG. 15, the question content display frame 46 is displayed as shown in FIG. The question is "What is the least sport?" At the same time, options 47a to 47d for the solution of the quiz are presented on the game screen. In the example of the quiz of FIG. 16, if the user selects the option 47 c of “baseball”, the answer is correct, and if another option is selected, the answer is incorrect. If the user answers the quiz correctly, the number of cards available to the user is determined with reference to the storage unit 13E. When the degree of difficulty is 2 and the number of cards available to the user is two, the card 41 to be used is selected in accordance with a predetermined rule. For example, if the predetermined rule is a rule in which only the number determined from the top of the usage order is selected and the ones displaying the closest to the usage order side by side from the left on the game screen are two from the top The cards C1 and C2 are selected.

  As described above, as one aspect of the fifth embodiment, the server 10E having a function of controlling the progress of the video game in accordance with the operation of the user includes the determination unit 11, the execution unit 12, and the storage unit. 13E, a presentation unit 14E, and a selection unit 15, which presents the user together with the plurality of quizzes as the task and the difficulty of each quiz, and the quiz selected by the user among the presented plurality of quizzes By selecting the quiz as the clear determination target quiz, it is possible to propose a new use aspect of the in-game element to make the user select the task after presenting the degree of difficulty of the task.

  That is, by presenting the degree of difficulty of the task in advance, the user is able to further attract the interest of the user because the strategic nature of selecting the task of the optimal degree of difficulty in the situation of the game progress is created.

  In the first to sixth embodiments, although the description has been made using the situation where one user plays a video game, the present invention is not limited to this, and it communicates with other users via a communication network. The video game may be played simultaneously by a plurality of users while performing the. At this time, a predetermined number of in-game elements possessed by each user may be selected to determine the in-game elements associated with the user.

  In addition, in a situation where one user plays a video game, an in-game element owned by another user may be rented and used. By acquiring data of the in-game element owned by another user via the server and temporarily including it in the user-available in-game element, the in-game element owned by the other user can be obtained. It becomes possible to use it for rental, and for example, when there is an opportunity to use an in-game element that is not possessed by oneself, a situation may occur where rental can be made by renting a scene where capture is difficult. It becomes possible to further attract the interest of the user.

  Further, when the in-game element owned by another user is rented and used, when the in-game element owned by the other user is selected in the determination unit 11, the in-game element of the other user is The number of usage may not be counted. For example, in a state in which cards as in-game elements associated with the user are arranged in the order of use in advance, cards are selected from the top and processed by the number determined when the number of uses is determined If it is a configuration, cards of other users are also arranged together in the order of use. Then, for example, when the card of the other user is determined to be two cards in the second state from the beginning, the card of the other user is the second, but it is not included in the number of cards used Make use of the next third card of the user's card. With such a configuration, there is only merit for the user to rent and use cards of other users, and it becomes possible to further attract the interest of the user.

  As explained above, each embodiment of the present application solves one or more deficiencies. In addition, the effect by each embodiment is an example of a non-limiting effect or an effect.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N and the server 10 execute the various control programs described above according to various control programs (for example, video game processing programs) stored in their own storage devices. Execute the process

  Further, the configuration of the system 100 is not limited to the configuration described as the example of each embodiment described above, and for example, the server 10 may execute part or all of the processing described as the processing executed by the user terminal. Alternatively, part or all of the processing described as the processing executed by the server 10 may be executed by one of the plurality of user terminals 20 and 201 to 20N (for example, the user terminal 20). Moreover, it is good also as a structure with which some or all of the memory | storage part with which the server 10 is equipped may be provided with either of several user terminals 20 and 201-20N. That is, part or all of the functions of either the user terminal 20 or the server 10 in the system 100 may be configured to be included in the other.

  Furthermore, the program may be configured to realize a part or all of the functions described as the examples of the above-described embodiments in a single apparatus that does not include the communication network.

  Note that, according to the progress of the video game, it means that the occurrence of various progressions or changes that may occur in the video game is used as a trigger or reference of a specific process. Examples of the specific processing include determination processing and information update processing. Further, examples of various progressions or changes that may occur in the video game include progress of time, change of game element value, update of a specific status or flag, or user's operation input.

[Supplementary note]
In the description of the above-described embodiment, at least the following invention has been described so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs can practice.
[1]
A video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with the user's operation.
Reference is made to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is associated with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared. Decision function to determine the number of in-game elements,
A video game processing program for realizing an execution function of executing processing using a number of in-game elements determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements.
[2]
The task is associated with the task clearing difficulty level and stored in the storage unit, and the mapping of the number of in-game elements to the task is determined in advance according to the difficulty level and stored in the storage unit. [1] The video game processing program described.
[3]
The game with respect to the task is set by setting the difficulty level of the task clear for the task and storing the same in the storage unit, and associating the number of in-game elements with the difficulty level and storing the result in the storage unit. [1] The video game processing program according to [1], wherein the number of internal elements is associated.
[4]
A presentation function that presents a plurality of tasks and the level of difficulty of each task together to the user;
The video game processing program according to [2] or [3], for realizing a selection function for setting a task selected by the user among the plurality of tasks presented as a target of clear determination.
[5]
A presentation function for presenting together the number of in-game elements available to the user when the user has cleared a plurality of tasks and tasks.
[1] The video game processing program according to [1], for realizing a selection function for setting a task selected by the user among the plurality of tasks presented as a target for clear determination.
[6]
In the storage means, there may be a case where a plurality of in-game elements available to the user are associated with one task.
When the task in which a plurality of in-game elements are associated is cleared, the determination function selects any one of the plurality of in-game elements associated and is actually used by the user The video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [5], wherein the number of in-game elements to be played is determined.
[7]
The task is a quiz to be presented to the user, and clearing the task means that the user corrects the quiz given the question. The video game process according to any one of [1] to [6] program.
[8]
Storing the association of a plurality of in-game elements with the user in the storage means;
In the execution function, from among a plurality of in-game elements associated with the user, the in-game elements are selected by the number determined in the determination function according to a predetermined rule, and processing using the in-game elements is executed. The video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [7].
[9]
The association of a plurality of in-game elements with respect to the user is stored in the storage means, and the plurality of in-game elements are defined in use order and stored in the storage means,
In the execution function, the in-game element is selected from the top of the use order by the number of in-game elements to be used by the user determined in the determination function, and processing using the in-game elements is performed [1 The video game processing program according to any one of [7] to [7].
[10]
The data of the in-game element owned by another user is acquired via the server, and this is temporarily included in the user-available in-game element [1] to any of [9] Video game processing program as described.
[11]
The video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [10], wherein the in-game element is a card to which at least one or more types of parameters that affect processing in the execution function are allocated.
[12]
For video game processing for causing a user terminal capable of communicating with the server to realize at least one of the functions that the video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [11] causes the server to realize program.
[13]
A server on which the video game processing program according to any one of [1] to [12] is installed.
[14]
A video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with an operation input to a user terminal by a user.
Reference is made to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is associated with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared. The server comprises from a server having a determination function of determining the number of in-game elements, and an execution function of executing processing using the number of in-game elements determined by the determination function among the plurality of in-game elements A video game processing program causing a user terminal to realize a function of receiving information on a function and performing input / output corresponding to the function.
[15]
A video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with the user's operation.
Reference is made to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is associated with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared. Decision function to determine the number of in-game elements,
What is claimed is: 1. A video game processing program for realizing a video game processing program for executing a process using a number of in-game elements determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements.
[16]
[15] A video game processing program for causing a server capable of communicating with the server to realize at least one of the functions that the video game processing program according to [15] realizes in the user terminal.
[17]
A user terminal on which the video game processing program according to any one of [14] to [16] is installed.
[18]
A video game processing system comprising a communication network, a server, and a user terminal, which controls the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation,
Reference is made to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is associated with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared. Determining means for determining the number of in-game elements;
An execution means for executing a process using a number of in-game elements determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements.
[19]
The server includes the determination unit and the execution unit;
[18] The video game processing system according to [18], wherein the user terminal includes output means for transmitting and receiving information on the video game and outputting a game screen on a display screen of a display device.
[20]
A video game processing method for controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with a user's operation, comprising:
Reference is made to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is associated with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared. Decision processing to determine the number of in-game elements
A video game processing method comprising performing an execution process of executing a process using a number of in-game elements determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements.
[21]
A video game processing method executed by a video game processing system including a communication network, a server, and a user terminal to control the progress of a video game according to an operation input to the user terminal by a user.
Reference is made to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is associated with the number of in-game elements available to the user, and can be used by the user when the tasks are cleared. Decision processing to determine the number of in-game elements
A video game processing method comprising performing an execution process of executing a process using a number of in-game elements determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is useful for attracting user's interest in a video game.

10 server 11 determination unit 12, 12D, 12E execution unit 13, 13B, 13D, 13E storage unit 14, 14E presentation unit 15 selection unit 20, 201 to 20N user terminal 30 communication network 40 game screen 41 card 42 strength gauge of whole party 43 Enemy character 44 Enemy character fitness gauge 45 Quiz 46 Question content display frame 47a to 47d Options 100 Video game processing system

Claims (4)

A video game processing program for causing a server to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with the user's operation.
The video game is configured to play a match with an opponent using a plurality of in-game elements,
To the server
A selection receiving function for presenting a plurality of tasks to the user and accepting selection of any task by the user;
With reference to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is stored in association with the number of uses which defines the number of in-game elements, the use is made when the selected task is cleared. Decision function to decide the number,
A video game processing program for realizing an execution function for advancing the battle by executing a process using an in-game element of the number of usages determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements. At least one or more in-game elements associated with the other user are rented from the other user, and a plurality of in-game elements associated with the rented other user are associated with the user in advance Realize the rental function to control the progress of the video game by combining the in-game elements of
In the execution function, when performing processing using the in-game element of the number of uses determined by the determination function, even when using an in-game element rented from another user, only the number of uses determined by the determination function The video game processing program according to claim 1, wherein the processing is executed using an in-game element associated with a user in advance. A video game processing program for causing a user terminal to realize a function of controlling the progress of a video game in accordance with the user's operation.
The video game is configured to play a match with an opponent using a plurality of in-game elements,
At the user terminal
A selection receiving function for presenting a plurality of tasks to the user and accepting selection of any task by the user;
With reference to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is stored in association with the number of uses which defines the number of in-game elements, the use is made when the selected task is cleared. Decision function to decide the number,
A video game processing program for realizing an execution function for advancing the battle by executing a process using an in-game element of the number of usages determined by the determination function among a plurality of in-game elements. A video game processing system comprising a communication network, a server, and a user terminal, which controls the progress of a video game in accordance with a user operation,
The video game is configured to play a match with an opponent using a plurality of in-game elements,
Selection receiving means for presenting a plurality of tasks to the user and accepting selection of any task by the user;
With reference to storage means in which each of a plurality of tasks in a video game is stored in association with the number of uses which defines the number of in-game elements, the use is made when the selected task is cleared. Determining means for determining the number;
A video game processing system, comprising: executing means for advancing the battle by executing a process using the number of in-game elements determined by the determining means among a plurality of in-game elements.

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