JP7614289B2 - Server system, game system and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a server system, etc.

One of the game specifications is to sell the right to enter a lottery for objects such as characters, weapons, items, etc. that can be used in the game (hereinafter referred to as "game objects"), and to give the user (player) the game object selected by lottery (also called Gasha, etc.). In addition to those in which the user enjoys the lottery individually, there is also known technology that allows multiple users to share and enjoy the lottery process (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2017-55790 A

However, the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 for sharing a lottery process among multiple users is a technology for varying the probability of a lottery that is about to be held, as described in paragraphs [0063] to [0065] of Patent Document 1. Once the lottery is over, the result of the lottery is announced and that is the end.

If multiple users can share the lottery process, it would be nice to have a system where the lottery is held continuously, and the influence of the current lottery has a ripple effect on subsequent lotteries. This would create an incentive to continue holding the lottery one more time, making it even more exciting. Also, for the game provider of the lottery game, encouraging continuous lotteries would help improve profits.

The problem that this invention aims to solve is to provide a new technology that allows multiple users to share the details of a lottery drawing, and that can motivate users to continue drawing lots.

The first invention for solving the above problem is a server system capable of communicating with a plurality of terminals (e.g., user terminal 1500 in FIG. 1) and executing a lottery based on a lottery instruction from a lottery-selection terminal among the plurality of terminals, the server system being provided with: lottery display data transmission means (e.g., lottery display control unit 235 in FIG. 9) for transmitting lottery display data to the display requester terminal for displaying the lottery situation related to the lottery-selection terminal on a display requester terminal other than the lottery-selection terminal; reaction reception means (e.g., reaction operation reception control unit 237 in FIG. 9) for receiving a predetermined reaction operation input from the display requester terminal at least until a predetermined time has elapsed after the result of the lottery is determined; and modification processing means (e.g., lottery modification processing unit 241 in FIG. 9) for executing a given modification process for modifying the lottery contents for the next and subsequent lottery draws related to the lottery-selection terminal when a given lottery modification condition based on the reaction operation input is satisfied. The server system is provided with:

According to the first invention, the lottery situation related to the lottery winner terminal is displayed on a display wisher terminal separate from the lottery winner terminal, and reaction operation inputs from the user of the display wisher terminal can be accepted at least until a predetermined time has elapsed after the lottery result is determined. Then, based on the reaction operation input, the lottery content from the next time onwards related to the lottery winner terminal can be modified. Therefore, a new technology can be realized that allows the lottery situation to be shared by multiple users and can motivate users to continue participating in lotteries.

As a second invention, the modification processing means may configure the server system of the first invention to change the modification content of the modification process based on the number of display requester terminals.

According to the second invention, it becomes possible to change the lottery contents for the lottery winner terminal from the next time onwards, for example, the more the number of display wisher terminals increases.

As a third invention, the server system of the first or second invention may be configured such that the modification processing means changes the modification content of the modification process based on the number of the display desirer terminals that have received the reaction operation input, or the number of times the reaction operation input has been received.

According to the third invention, it becomes possible to change the lottery contents from the next lottery onwards relating to the lottery winner terminal, for example, as the number of reaction operation inputs increases, or as the number of display wisher terminals that receive them increases.

As a fourth invention, the server system of any of the first to third inventions may be configured such that the modification processing means changes the modification content of the modification processing based on the number of users of the display applicant terminal who are set as friends of the selected user of the lottery winner terminal.

According to the fourth invention, it becomes possible to modify the lottery contents for the lottery winner terminal from the next time onwards, for example, the more users of the display requester terminal are registered as friends of the lottery winner user.

As a fifth invention, the server system of any of the first to fourth inventions may be configured such that the modification processing means executes the modification processing of changing the winning probability in the next or subsequent lottery related to the lottery player terminal to be advantageous to the lottery user of the lottery player terminal.

According to the fifth invention, the winning probability of the next and subsequent lottery drawings related to the lottery player terminal can be changed to be more favorable to the lottery user, thereby altering the content of the lottery.

As a sixth invention, the server system of any of the first to fourth inventions may be configured such that the lottery is paid for, and the modification processing means executes the modification processing of making the lottery for the given number of modification targets from the next time onwards related to the lottery winner terminal free of charge or at a discount.

According to the sixth invention, the content of a given number of lotteries that are subject to modification from the next lottery draw on the lottery drawer terminal can be modified by making the lottery draw free or at a discount.

As a seventh invention, the modification processing means may configure the server system of the sixth invention, in which the modification process is performed by varying the number of times to be modified or the discount rate.

According to the seventh invention, the modification content of the lottery can be changed by changing the number of modifications to be made free or discounted for the next and subsequent lottery drawings related to the lottery drawer terminal, or the discount rate if a discount is applied.

As an eighth invention, the server system of any of the first to seventh inventions may be configured such that the reaction operation input is an operation input of a given button or a given comment to support the lottery user of the lottery player terminal.

According to the eighth invention, the user of the display requester terminal can perform a reaction operation input by operating a button or operating a given comment.

As a ninth invention, the server system of any of the first to eighth inventions may be configured to further include a bonus granting processing means (e.g., the bonus granting unit 243 in FIG. 9) that grants a given bonus to the user of the display requester terminal based on the result of the next lottery related to the lottery winner terminal.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, the user of the display requester terminal can be given a benefit according to the results of the next or subsequent lottery draws related to the lottery drawer terminal.

As a tenth aspect of the invention, a game system (e.g., game system 1000 in FIG. 1) may be configured that includes multiple terminals and a server system of any one of the first to ninth aspects of the invention that can communicate with the terminals.

According to the tenth aspect, it is possible to realize a game system that has the same effect as any one of the first to ninth aspects.

As an eleventh invention, a program (e.g., game program 504 in FIG. 14) may be configured to cause a lottery player terminal capable of communicating with a plurality of display requester terminals and performing a lottery in response to a lottery user's operation input of a lottery instruction to function as a lottery display data transmission means for transmitting lottery display data to the display requester terminal for displaying the lottery on the display requester terminal, a reaction receiving means for receiving a predetermined reaction operation input from the display requester terminal at least until a predetermined time has elapsed since the result of the lottery was determined, and a modification processing means for executing a given modification process to modify the lottery when a given lottery modification condition based on the reaction operation input is satisfied.

According to the eleventh aspect, a program that has the same effect as the first aspect can be realized.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a game system. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the device configuration of a user terminal. FIG. 13 shows an example of a home screen of a game. A figure showing an example of the "Play with Everyone" menu screen. A diagram showing an example of the "Group Gasha" menu screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display side Gasha screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a game execution side gacha screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of a preferential treatment processing specification table. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the server system. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration of user management data. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of lottery execution data. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a user terminal. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process flow in the server system. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a user terminal in Modification 1.

Below, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, and the forms to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the following embodiments. In addition, in the description of the drawings, the same parts are given the same reference numerals.

[Overall configuration]
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a game system 1000 according to this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1, the game system 1000 includes a server system 1100, which is a computer system, and a user terminal 1500 owned by a user who is a player 2 of the game according to this embodiment, which are connected to each other via a network N so as to be able to communicate data with each other.

Network N refers to a communication path that allows data communication. In other words, network N includes a LAN (Local Area Network) such as a dedicated line (dedicated cable) for direct connection or Ethernet (registered trademark), as well as a telephone communication network, a cable network, the Internet, and other communication networks, and the communication method can be either wired or wireless.

The server system 1100 includes a main unit 1101, a keyboard 1106, a touch panel 1108, and storage 1140. The main unit 1101 includes a control board 1150 on which are mounted various electronic components such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1151, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), etc., various IC memories 1152 such as a VRAM, a RAM, and a ROM, and a communication device 1153. Note that a part or all of the control board 1150 may be realized by an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-programmable gate array), or a SoC (System on a Chip).

This server system 1100 realizes a user management function related to user registration and the like, and a game management function that provides data necessary for playing the game on the user terminal 1500 and manages execution control of the game on the user terminal 1500, by having the CPU 1151 etc. perform calculations based on predetermined programs and data. In other words, the game in this embodiment is realized as a kind of client-server type online game. The user, Player 2, accesses the server system 1100 with his/her own user terminal 1500, logs in with an issued account and enjoys the game of this embodiment.

The server system 1100 also works with an external electronic payment server operated by an electronic payment service provider or the like to carry out the purchase procedure (billing process) of game coins, which are the in-game currency. During the billing process, the electronic payment server responds to an inquiry from the server system 1100 and settles the purchase amount of the game coins with Player 2's credit card, prepaid card, or the like. The server system 1100 then grants Player 2 game coins equivalent to the purchase amount settled by the electronic payment server.

The server system 1100 is not limited to the standalone configuration shown in FIG. 1, but may be configured with multiple blade servers each assigned to a different function, connected to each other via an internal bus for data communication. Alternatively, multiple independent servers installed in separate locations may be configured to communicate data via a network N so that the whole system functions as the server system 1100.

The user terminal 1500 is a computer system that performs the functions of a man-machine interface, and is connected to the network N via a mobile phone base station or a wireless communication base station, etc., and can perform data communication with the server system 1100. This user terminal 1500 can take the form of, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a portable game device, a stationary home game device, a controller for a stationary home game device, an arcade game device, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a wearable computer, etc.

Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of the device configuration of a smartphone, which is an example of a user terminal 1500. As shown in Figure 2, the user terminal 1500 is equipped with a directional input key 1502, a home key 1504, a touch panel 1506 that functions as an image display device and a contact position input device, a built-in battery 1509, a speaker 1510, a microphone 1512, a control board 1550, and a memory card reader 1542 that can read and write data to a memory card 1540, which is a computer-readable storage medium. In addition, a power button, a volume adjustment button, etc., which are not shown, are provided.

The control board 1550 is equipped with various microprocessors such as a CPU 1551, a GPU, and a DSP, various IC memories 1552 such as a VRAM, a RAM, and a ROM, and a wireless communication module 1553 for wireless communication with a mobile phone base station or a wireless LAN base station connected to the network N. The control board 1550 is also equipped with a so-called I/F circuit (interface circuit) 1557, such as a circuit for receiving signals from the direction input key 1502 and the home key 1504, a driver circuit for the touch panel 1506, an output amplifier circuit for outputting an audio signal to the speaker 1510, an audio signal generation circuit for generating an audio signal collected by the microphone 1512, and a signal input/output circuit for the memory card reader 1542. Each of these elements mounted on the control board 1550 is electrically connected via a bus circuit or the like, and is connected so as to be able to read and write data and transmit and receive signals. Note that a part or all of the control board 1550 may be configured with an ASIC, an FPGA, or a SoC.

In this control board 1550, the IC memory 1552 stores a game client program and various setting data required to execute this game client program. The game client program and the like are downloaded from the server system 1100 at an appropriate time. The game client program and the like may also be read from a storage medium such as a memory card 1540 obtained separately. The CPU 1551 and the like then execute the game client program to perform calculations, and control each part of the user terminal 1500 in response to operational inputs made to the touch panel 1506, directional input keys 1502, and home key 1504, thereby enabling player 2 to play the game.

[overview]
In the game of this embodiment, the player can participate in a lottery (gasha) for game objects that can be used in the game in exchange for spending a predetermined amount of game coins (in-game currency). Basically, the normal amount of game coins is collected for each lottery. The collected amount is not limited to game coins and may be real currency.

Specifically, by selecting the "Group Gasha" menu M25 (see FIG. 4) from the "Play with Everyone" menu M14 (see FIG. 3) described later, a player can draw a lottery himself or can participate in the lottery of another player by inputting a predetermined reaction operation while watching the lottery drawn by the other player. In the former case, the server system 1100 draws a lottery based on a lottery instruction from the user terminal (lottery drawer terminal) 1500b (see FIG. 7) of the player (lottery drawer user), and performs a lottery process to grant the game object selected as a result to the lottery drawer user. On the other hand, in the latter case, based on a display instruction from the user terminal (display drawer terminal) 1500a (see FIG. 6) of the player (display drawer user), the server system 1100 transmits lottery display data to the display drawer terminal 1500a to display the lottery draw on the lottery drawer terminal 1500b, and displays it on the touch panel 1506.

The game objects that can be awarded in the lottery process include, for example, characters that can be selected as player characters, weapons and armor that can be equipped or used by the player characters, various items such as ammunition and medicine, vehicles for the player characters, summoned beasts, additional abilities that can be added to the player characters such as magic and skills, the opening of new game stages and maps, lottery rights, etc. In this embodiment, multiple game objects that can be classified into the categories of characters, weapons, and items are the subject of the lottery.

More specifically, a rarity is set in advance for game objects. For example, rarity is "super rare", "rare", and "normal" in order from highest to lowest. Of course, there may be four or more stages of rarity, or it may be just two stages. Furthermore, a normal probability of winning is set in advance for each rare object with a rarity of "super rare" and "rare" among the game objects to be selected by lottery. The normal probability of winning is set to a value according to the rarity, for example, and the higher the rarity of the game object, the lower the probability of winning, making it more difficult to win. For example, the normal probability of winning for a "super rare" is 0.1%, and the normal probability of winning for a "rare" is 0.4%, etc.

The lottery process uses the normal winning probability previously set for the rare object as described above, but modifies it as appropriate. If a rare object is won as a result of the lottery process, the rare object is awarded to the lottery user. On the other hand, if a rare object is not won, one of the non-rare objects with a rarity of "normal" is selected and awarded to the lottery user.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of a home screen for a game in this embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, on the home screen, various menus M11 to M14, such as "Play," "Shop," "Game Coins," and "Play with Everyone," are presented by using their respective selection buttons.

1. Play Menu The "Play" menu M11 is a menu for instructing the start of single play in which the game is played by one person. The content of the game is not particularly limited, but it can be, for example, a stage-clear type battle game in which game stages are cleared in order. The player uses a character he owns as the player character and challenges battles against computer-controlled enemy characters that appear in each game stage.

2. Shop Menu The "Shop" menu M12 is a menu for purchasing game objects that can be used in the game. When the menu M12 is selected, an object purchase screen is displayed, displaying a list of game objects for sale, and the player performs a purchase operation specifying the game object to be purchased. When a purchase operation is performed here, the specified game object is given to the player in exchange for the consumption of game coins equivalent to the sales amount.

3. Game Coin Menu The "Game Coin" menu M13 is a menu for purchasing game coins. When the menu M13 is selected, a coin purchase screen is displayed, and the number of purchasable game coins is displayed together with the sales price. When a coin purchase operation is performed on this coin purchase screen specifying the number of game coins, the game coins are granted to the player after a procedure for payment and settlement of the purchase amount.

4. Play with Everyone Menu The "Play with Everyone" menu M14 provides various menus for having fun with other players. For example, when the menu M14 is selected, various menus M21 to M25 such as "Create a group,""Find a group,""Play with a group,""Chat," and "Group Gasha" are presented by their selection buttons, as shown in FIG. 4. The "Create a group" menu M21 is a menu for creating a group (also called a guild, etc.), and the "Find a group" menu M22 is a menu for searching for a group to belong to among existing groups. The "Play with a group" menu M23 is a menu for instructing the start of a multiplay in which a game is played with members of a group to which the player belongs. The "Chat" menu M24 is a menu for entering a chat room of a group to which the player belongs and exchanging messages between members.

The "Group Gasha" menu M25 is a menu for conducting a lottery or participating in a lottery of other players (members of the group to which the player belongs). For example, when the menu M25 is selected, as shown in FIG. 5, a "Draw Gasha" menu M31 and a "Watch Gasha" menu M32 are presented by their selection buttons. When the player wants to conduct the lottery himself, he selects the menu M31. On the other hand, when he wants to participate in the lottery of other players, he selects the menu M32. Then, the members of the group to which the player belongs who are conducting the lottery at that time are displayed in a pull-down menu M33, and the player selects one of them as the display target, specifies whose lottery the player wants to participate in, and issues a display request instruction. Note that when the lottery user selects the "Draw Gasha" menu M31, a notification that the lottery user has started may be displayed on the user terminal 1500 that may be a display requester terminal (in this embodiment, the user terminals 1500 of other members of the group to which the lottery user belongs), encouraging the user to participate.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of a gacha screen (display side gacha screen) W4 displayed on the display requester terminal 1500a (1500a-1, 2, 3) of the display requester user 2a (2-1, 2, 3) who selected the menu M32. As shown in Figure 6, when there are multiple display requester users 2a who have selected the same lottery user 2b (see Figure 7) as the display target in one group (three display requester users 2a-1, 2, 3 in Figure 6), each user terminal 1500a-1, 2, 3 becomes a display requester terminal and displays the display side gacha screen W4 on them. Also, Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of a gacha screen (execution side gacha screen) W5 displayed on the lottery user terminal 1500b of the lottery user 2b who has selected the menu M31 and is performing the lottery and has selected the display requester user 2a as another player to be displayed.

First, the display side gacha screen W4 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the display side gacha screen W4 includes a gacha display section A41, a reaction operation input section A42, a participation status display section A43, and a reaction content display section A44.

The gacha display unit A41 displays the lottery situation on the lottery winner terminal 1500b. This display is realized by displaying lottery display data transmitted from the server system 1100 at any time. In this embodiment, the server system 1100 sets the display content in the gacha execution screen unit A51 of the execution side gacha screen W5 as lottery display data, transmits it to the display requester terminal 1500a, and displays it on the gacha display unit A41.

The reaction operation input section A42 includes a support intention display button B421, an image selection button B423, and a comment input button B425 that allow the display-desiring user 2a to perform various reaction operation inputs.

The support intention display button B421 is for performing a support operation, which is one form of reaction operation input (a so-called "Like" button). When the display-desiring user 2a wishes to perform a support operation as a reaction operation input, he/she touches the support intention display button B421. Note that, when performing a support operation, for example, game coins or in-game points that are accumulated by the player playing the game may be collected. In that case, the support operation is accepted in exchange for the consumption of a predetermined amount of game coins or in-game points.

The image selection button B423 is for performing an image transmission operation, which is another form of reaction operation input. When this image selection button B423 is touched, a list of reaction operation input images owned by the display-desiring user 2a is displayed in a selectable manner. Reaction operation input images are images such as illustrations and photographs (also called stamps, etc.) that are given to players playing the game, either for a fee or free of charge. When the display-desiring user 2a wants to perform an image transmission operation as a reaction operation input, he or she touches the image selection button B423, selects the desired image from the list of reaction operation input images, and transmits it.

The comment input button B425 is for performing a comment transmission operation, which is another mode of reaction operation input. When this comment input button B425 is touched, an input box is displayed for inputting text (letters, numbers, symbols) such as a comment or message to be transmitted. When the display-desiring user 2a wishes to perform a comment transmission operation as a reaction operation input, the display-desiring user touches the comment input button B425, enters text in the displayed input box, and transmits it. Note that the comment transmission operation is not limited to a configuration in which the display-desiring user freely inputs text and transmits it, but may also be a configuration in which a desired comment is selected from pre-prepared standard comments and transmitted. In that case, in response to the comment input button B425 being touched, a list of standard comments is displayed so that they can be selected.

The participation status display unit A43 displays the participation status of the display-desiring user 2a in the lottery by the display-target lottery user 2b. For example, it displays the number of "viewers" corresponding to the number of display-desiring user terminals 1500a (hereinafter referred to as the "number of display terminals"), the number of "people who reacted" corresponding to the number of display-desiring user terminals 1500a that accepted reaction operation input (hereinafter referred to as the "number of reaction terminals"), and support points corresponding to the number of accepted reaction operation inputs.

More specifically, the number of reaction terminals is the number of display wisher terminals 1500a that have accepted a reaction operation input of any one of the cheering operation, image transmission operation, and comment transmission operation. The cheering points are the total number of cheering operations performed on each display wisher terminal 1500a. The number of reaction terminals may be the number of display wisher terminals 1500a that have accepted a specific operation (e.g., a cheering operation) from the cheering operation, image transmission operation, and comment transmission operation. The total number of image transmission operations and the total number of comment transmission operations performed on each display wisher terminal 1500a may also be included in the tally items. Alternatively, the total number of cheering operations, image transmission operations, and comment transmission operations may also be included in the tally items.

The reaction content display section A44 displays the reaction operation input performed by the display-desiring user 2a in the reaction operation input section A42 in the reaction content display area A441 in the left half of the section, using a balloon with an icon 4a (4a-1, 2, 3) that identifies the display-desiring user 2a (2a-1, 2, 3) who performed the operation.

For example, speech bubble B42 and speech bubble B43 indicate that one cheering operation has been performed by user 2a-1 who wishes to display icon 4a-1 and user 2a-2 who wishes to display icon 4a-2. More specifically, in this embodiment, one cheering operation counts as one point, and the cheering points acquired by the lottery users are counted. Therefore, for each cheering operation, "1 up" is displayed as the content of the cheering operation, indicating that one cheering point has been added.

On the other hand, speech bubbles B41 and B45 display the contents of the image sending operation performed by user 2a-3 who wishes to display icon 4a-3 and user 2a-1 who wishes to display icon 4a-1, and speech bubble B44 displays the contents of the comment sending operation performed by user 2a-1 who wishes to display icon 4a-1.

The reaction content display section A44 also displays the status of the lottery by the lottery user 2b in a lottery status display area A443 in the right half of the section A44, using a balloon of an icon 4b that identifies the lottery user 2b. Specifically, it displays the timing of the lottery execution operation, the winning result, the preferential treatment process content of the lottery preferential treatment process described below, the benefit (participation benefit) granted to the display wishing user 2a by the benefit granting process, etc.

Next, the player's gacha screen W5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the player's gacha screen W5 includes a gacha execution screen section A51, a participation status display section A53, and a reaction details display section A54.

In the Gasha execution screen section A51, a lottery instruction is given. FIG. 7 shows an example of an execution screen when the previous lottery has been completed and the next lottery execution operation is waiting, and a single execution button B511, a continuous execution button B513, and a lottery end button B515 are arranged. When the lottery user 2b ends the lottery, he/she touches the lottery end button B515 to end the lottery, while when continuing the lottery, he/she touches the single execution button B511 or the continuous execution button B513. That is, when a single lottery is to be performed, the single execution button B511 is touched. Then, the amount of game coins required for one execution is collected, one lottery is performed, and the game object selected as a result is given to the lottery user. When performing multiple consecutive lotteries, the continuous execution button B513 is touched. In this case, the server system 1100 will accept the designation of the number of consecutive runs, collect the corresponding number of game coins, and then repeatedly run the lottery for the number of consecutive runs. As the lottery is run, the gacha execution screen section A51 will display the process in which the lottery user 2b draws the lottery and obtains the game object. The display content of this gacha execution screen section A51 will also be displayed in the gacha display section A41 of the display side gacha screen W4 on the display requester terminal 1500a.

The participation status display section A53 displays the same as the participation status display section A43 on the display side gacha screen W4. The reaction content etc. display section A54 also displays the same as the reaction content etc. display section A44 on the display side gacha screen W4.

[detail]
In this embodiment, a "preferential treatment process" that gives preferential treatment to the lottery content is exemplified as the "modification process", and a "lottery preferential treatment condition" for determining whether or not to perform the preferential treatment process is exemplified as the "lottery modification condition". When executing a lottery related to the lottery player terminal 1500b, the server system 1100 performs a lottery display control process, a reaction operation reception control process, a reaction operation tallying process, a lottery preferential treatment process, and a bonus granting process.

1. Lottery display control process In the lottery display control process, during the "lottery execution period" in which the lottery user is executing the lottery, if there is a display-desiring user, lottery display data related to the lottery user is transmitted to the display desirer terminal 1500a, and control is performed to display the lottery situation related to the lottery user terminal 1500b on the display desirer terminal 1500a. In this embodiment, the lottery execution period is the period from when the lottery user selects the "Draw Gashapon" menu M31 to when the lottery user returns to the previous menu (for example, the "Play with Everyone" menu M14 or the home screen) and ends the lottery.

2. Reaction Operation Reception Control Processing In the reaction operation reception control processing, when there is a user who wishes to be displayed, control is performed to receive reaction operation input from the display requester terminal 1500a. In this embodiment, the entire period of the lottery execution period is the reception period, and cheering operations, image transmission operations, and comment transmission operations by the display requester are received.

3. Reaction Operation Counting Process In the reaction operation counting process, reaction operation inputs during the reception period are counted. In this embodiment, the number of display terminals, the number of reaction terminals, and the cheering points are counted as required.

In the lottery preferential treatment process, when a given lottery preferential treatment condition based on a reaction operation input is satisfied, a given preferential treatment process is performed to give preferential treatment to the lottery winner terminal 1500b in the next and subsequent lotteries. In this embodiment, a preferential treatment process specification table that associates the lottery preferential treatment conditions with the preferential treatment process contents is prepared in advance, and the lottery preferential treatment process is performed according to this preferential treatment process specification table.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the preferential treatment specification table 527. As shown in Figure 8, the preferential treatment specification table 527 is a data table that sets multiple lottery preferential treatment conditions and preferential treatment contents corresponding to each lottery preferential treatment condition.

The preferential lottery conditions are determined as conditions for threshold determination for some or all of the items tallied by the reaction operation tallying process. More specifically, in the preferential processing specification table 527, multiple preferential lottery conditions with different levels of difficulty for achievement are set according to threshold values and combinations thereof, and condition numbers are assigned in order of increasing difficulty for achievement.

On the other hand, the preferential treatment content is determined by the preferential treatment parameters of "number of times eligible for preferential treatment," "winning probability adjustment value," and "discount rate." More specifically, some or all of the values of the three preferential treatment parameters are set so as to favor subsequent lotteries related to the lottery drawer terminal 1500b to a degree according to the difficulty of achieving the corresponding lottery preferential conditions. In other words, the preferential treatment increases the number of times eligible for preferential treatment as the difficulty of achieving the corresponding lottery preferential conditions increases, increases the winning probability used in the lottery for the preferential treatment, increases the discount rate of game coins collected in the lottery for the preferential treatment, or is a combination of these.

Then, in the lottery preferential treatment process, the lottery preferential treatment conditions in the preferential treatment process specification table 527 are determined based on the count values of each tally item. If any new lottery preferential treatment conditions are met during the current lottery execution period, preferential treatment is carried out according to the corresponding preferential treatment process content (hereinafter referred to as the "applied preferential treatment process content"). When the count values of each tally item meet multiple lottery preferential treatment conditions, for example, the one with the highest condition number is selected, and that preferential treatment process content is set as the applied preferential treatment process content.

For example, if the lottery preferential condition with condition number "1" shown in Figure 8 is newly met, the preferential treatment count will be set to "1" and the next lottery will be the preferential treatment. The amount of game coins to be collected in the preferential treatment lottery will be discounted from the normal amount according to the discount rate "10%".

In addition, if the lottery preferential condition with the condition number "20" is newly met, the number of times eligible for preferential treatment will be set to "10 times", and 10 lotteries from the next onwards will be eligible for preferential treatment. Then, the normal winning probability for "Super Rare" is multiplied by the winning probability adjustment value "2.0", and an adjustment is made to increase the winning probability for "Super Rare" used in the preferential lottery. In addition, the preferential lottery will be free of charge according to the discount rate "100%".

This preferential lottery processing is based on the tally of reaction operations, and ultimately on viewing by users who wish to display the content. The preferential lottery processing is then carried out in response to the lottery user's selection by the lottery user, which motivates the lottery user to continue to enter the lottery. The feelings of users who share the lottery processing overlap, which motivates them to continue entering the lottery one more time, making the process even more exciting.

5. Reward Granting Process In the reward granting process, a given reward (hereinafter also referred to as a "participation reward") is granted to the display-desiring user based on the result of a lottery for the preferential treatment object. For example, the participation reward is a game object, and each time a lottery for the preferential treatment object is held, a game object according to the lottery result is granted to the display-desiring user.

Specifically, multiple game objects including rare objects are prepared in advance as participation benefit game objects. Then, a game object of the same rarity as that given to the lottery-winning user in the preferential lottery is selected from the participation benefit game objects and given to the display-wanting user. Therefore, when a "super rare" rare object is won, a game object of the same rarity, "super rare," is selected from the participation benefit game objects and given to the display-wanting user. The benefit-giving process can give the display-wanting user an incentive to participate in the lottery and an incentive to actively perform the reaction operation that is the basis of the lottery preferential treatment process.

The participation benefit to be awarded is not limited to a game object, but may be an image for inputting a reaction operation that can be selected by an image transmission operation, or a predetermined amount of game coins or a predetermined number of in-game points. For example, when an image for inputting a reaction operation is awarded, an image for inputting a reaction operation that serves as a participation benefit is prepared for each rarity. Then, an image for inputting a reaction operation that is prepared for the same rarity as the game object awarded to the selected user is awarded to the user who wishes to display it. When game coins or in-game points are awarded, the higher the rarity of the game object awarded to the selected user as a result of the lottery, the greater the number of game coins or in-game points that are awarded to the user who wishes to display it.

[Functional configuration]
1. Server System Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a server system 1100. As shown in Fig. 9, the server system 1100 of this embodiment includes an operation input unit 100s, a server processing unit 200s, an image display unit 390s, a sound output unit 392s, a communication unit 394s, and a server storage unit 500s.

The operation input unit 100s is used to input various operations for system management, maintenance, etc., and can be realized by, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, etc. In FIG. 1, this corresponds to the keyboard 1106 and the touch panel 1108.

The server processing unit 200s can be realized by a processor, which is an arithmetic circuit such as a CPU, GPU, ASIC, FPGA, etc., or an electronic component such as an IC memory, and controls the input and output of data between each part of the device including the operation input unit 100s and the server storage unit 500s. It performs various arithmetic processing based on predetermined programs and data, operation input signals from the operation input unit 100s, data received from the user terminal 1500, etc., and generally controls the operation of the server system 1100. In FIG. 1, this corresponds to the control board 1150 and its CPU 1151.

The server processing unit 200s includes a user management unit 210, a billing processing unit 220, a game management unit 230, a timing unit 280s, an image generation unit 290s, a sound generation unit 292s, and a communication control unit 294s.

The user management unit 210 performs processes related to user registration and manages the data of each registered user (player) linked to an account. For example, it can execute processes such as granting unique accounts to registered users, registration information management processes that register and manage personal information for each account, and usage history management processes that manage login and logout history, etc. Of course, it can also include management processes for other data linked to user accounts as appropriate.

The billing processing unit 220 performs billing processing in response to the player's game coin purchase operation, and grants the player game coins equivalent to the purchase amount.

The game management unit 230 performs various processes related to the management of game execution. Since the multiplayer game of this embodiment is a client-server type online game, the game management unit 230 controls the provision of data necessary for game play while communicating with the user terminal 1500. This game management unit 230 includes a game progress control unit 231, a lottery processing unit 233, a lottery display control unit 235, a reaction operation reception control unit 237, a reaction operation tallying unit 239, a lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 as a modification processing means, and a bonus granting unit 243.

The game progress control unit 231 communicates with the user terminal 1500 at any time to control the progress of game play on the user terminal 1500 and performs processing related to reflecting the results of play.

The lottery processing unit 233 performs lottery processing based on a lottery instruction from the user terminal 1500 (lottery player terminal 1500b) of the player (lottery user) who selected the "Draw Gasha" menu M31 (see FIG. 5), and grants the lottery user a game object selected from among the game objects to be lottery-selected. More specifically, the lottery processing unit 233 determines the preferential treatment flag 561 of the lottery preferential treatment setting 560 described below prior to the lottery processing, and if it is "no preferential treatment", performs lottery processing with the amount of game coins collected set to the normal collected amount and the winning probability used in the lottery processing set to the normal winning probability. On the other hand, if the preferential treatment flag 561 is "with preferential treatment", performs lottery processing with the amount of game coins collected set to the preferential collected amount 567 and the winning probability used in the lottery processing set to the preferential winning probability 565.

The lottery display control unit 235 is a functional unit that performs lottery display control processing, and receives a display request instruction from the display requester terminal 1500a when the player (display requesting user) selects the "View Gasha" menu M32 (see FIG. 5) and specifies the lottery user to be displayed. Then, based on the received display request instruction, it transmits lottery display data relating to the lottery user to the display requester terminal 1500a, and controls the display of the lottery situation relating to the lottery user terminal 1500b on the display requester terminal 1500a.

The reaction operation reception control unit 237 is a functional unit that performs reaction operation reception control processing, and controls the reception of reaction operation input from the display requester terminal 1500a, for example, during the lottery execution period on the lottery winner terminal 1500b.

The reaction operation tallying section 239 is a functional section that performs reaction operation tallying processing, and tallying reaction operation inputs received from the display wisher terminals 1500a during the reception period as needed. Specifically, it counts the number of display wisher terminals 1500a and updates the display terminal count 551 as needed. It also counts the number (total number) of display wisher terminals 1500a that have received a reaction operation input of a cheering operation, an image sending operation, or a comment sending operation, among those display wisher terminals 1500a, and updates the reaction terminal count 553 as needed. It also counts the total number (total number) of cheering operations performed on each display wisher terminal 1500a, and updates the cheering points 555 as needed.

The lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 is a functional unit that performs lottery preferential treatment processing, and performs preferential treatment processing to provide preferential treatment for the next lottery and subsequent lotteries related to the lottery winner terminal 1500b when a newly satisfied lottery preferential treatment condition is found. Specifically, the newly satisfied lottery preferential treatment condition is identified according to the preferential treatment processing identification table 527, and the corresponding preferential treatment content is set as the applied preferential treatment content, and the lottery preferential treatment setting 560 is updated.

The reward granting unit 243 is a functional unit that performs reward granting processing, and grants rewards to users who wish to display the rewards based on the lottery results for the preferential treatment items.

The timing unit 280s uses the system clock to measure the current date and time, time limit, etc.

The image generation unit 290s generates images related to system management of the server system 1100, and outputs them to the image display unit 390s.

The sound generation unit 292s is realized by executing an IC or software that generates or decodes audio data, and generates or decodes audio data such as operation sounds and background music related to the system management and video distribution of the server system 1100. Audio signals related to system management are output to the sound output unit 392s.

The communication control unit 294s establishes a communication connection and processes data for data communication with an external device (e.g., the user terminal 1500) via the communication unit 394s, and realizes data exchange with the external device.

The image display unit 390s displays various screens for system management, etc., based on the image signal input from the image generation unit 290s. For example, this can be realized by an image display device such as a flat panel display, a projector, or a head-mounted display. In FIG. 1, this corresponds to the touch panel 1108.

The sound output unit 392s emits the audio signal input from the sound generation unit 292s. In FIG. 1, this corresponds to a speaker (not shown) provided in the main device 1101 or the touch panel 1108.

The communication unit 394s connects to the network N to realize communication. For example, this can be realized by a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA (terminal adapter), a jack for a wired communication cable, a control circuit, etc. In FIG. 1, this corresponds to the communication device 1153.

The server storage unit 500s stores in advance or temporarily stores each time processing is performed programs for operating the server system 1100 and implementing the various functions of the server system 1100, as well as data used during execution of these programs. For example, this can be implemented by IC memory such as RAM or ROM, magnetic disks such as hard disks, or optical disks such as CD-ROM or DVD. In FIG. 1, this corresponds to the IC memory 1152 and storage 1140.

The server storage unit 500s also stores a server program 501, a distribution game client program 503, user management data 510, game initial setting data 520, play data 530, and lottery execution data 540. In addition, other necessary data such as timers, counters, and various flags are also stored as appropriate.

The server program 501 is a program for causing the server processing unit 200s to function as the user management unit 210, the billing processing unit 220, and the game management unit 230. In addition, this may also include programs for causing the server processing unit 200s to function as the image generation unit 290s, the sound generation unit 292s, and the communication control unit 294s, as appropriate.

The distribution game client program 503 is the original of the game client program 502 (see FIG. 12) that is downloaded to the user terminal 1500.

User management data 510 is prepared for each player who has completed user registration, and stores various management data related to the game play of that player. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, one user management data 510 includes the player's player ID (account) 511, payment medium ledger data 513, owned object list 515, and friend list 517. In addition, it also includes the player's level, play history such as play date and time, play time, and save data related to the game progress.

The payment medium ledger data 513 stores information on the balance of the electronic payment medium (game coins, which are the in-game currency in this embodiment) associated with the relevant player, such as the purchase date and time of game coins and the history of the number of purchases (charged amount), and the consumption date and time of game coins and the number of consumptions.

The owned object list 515 stores a list of game objects such as characters, weapons, items, etc. that the relevant player has acquired during the course of the game and currently owns. In this embodiment, when a game object is awarded in the lottery process or in the bonus awarding process, the object ID of that game object is added to the owned object list 515.

Friend list 517 stores a list of other players who have been registered as friends by the player in question.

Returning to FIG. 9, game initial setting data 520 stores the initial setting data required to execute the game. This game initial setting data 520 includes object definition data 521, a lottery object list 523, a participation benefit object list 525, and a preferential treatment specification table 527 (see FIG. 8). In addition, it also includes data for setting game stages, enemy character appearance settings for each game stage, and definition data defining the types, various parameter values, and behavior patterns of enemy characters.

Object definition data 521 is prepared for each type of game object that the player can obtain during the game, and stores the data of that game object in association with its object ID. For example, if it is a character, it stores various ability values such as attack power and defense power, ability parameters such as skills, model data, motion data used for movement control, etc. This object definition data 521 includes data on game objects that are the subject of a lottery or for participation benefits.

The lottery object list 523 stores the object IDs of the game objects that are the subject of the lottery.

The participation bonus object list 525 stores the object IDs of the participation bonus game objects.

The play data 530 is prepared for each player playing the game (i.e., for each user terminal 1500 connected to the server system 1100) and describes the game play status (progress).

The lottery execution data 540 is prepared for each lottery player terminal 1500b, and stores various data related to the lottery status by the lottery user. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, one lottery execution data 540 stores the terminal ID 541 of the lottery player terminal 1500b, the lottery player ID 543, the display requester ID 545, the reaction operation summary data 550, and the lottery preferential treatment settings 560.

The lottery winner ID 543 stores the player ID of the lottery winner. The display requester ID 545 stores the player ID of the display requester. If there are multiple display requesters, a list of their player IDs is stored.

The reaction operation aggregation data 550 stores the count values for each aggregation item that are aggregated at any time by the reaction operation aggregation unit 239. In this embodiment, the data includes the number of display terminals 551, the number of reaction terminals 553, and the support points 555.

The lottery preferential treatment settings 560 are set by the lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 based on the applied preferential treatment processing content. In this embodiment, it includes a preferential treatment flag 561, a remaining number of preferential treatment items 563, a preferential treatment winning probability 565, and a preferential treatment collection amount 567.

The preferential treatment flag 561 is initially set to "no preferential treatment" and is set to "preferential treatment" when the lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 determines that a new lottery preferential treatment condition has been met. Thereafter, the preferential treatment flag 561 is reset to "no preferential treatment" when the remaining number of preferential treatment targets 563 becomes "0".

The remaining number of times eligible for preferential treatment 563 stores the remaining number of times eligible for preferential treatment. When the lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 determines that a new lottery preferential treatment condition has been satisfied, the initial value of the number of times eligible for preferential treatment for the applied preferential treatment process content is set in this remaining number of times eligible for preferential treatment 563. After that, the number is updated by decrementing by one each time the lottery process is performed until it becomes "0".

The preferential winning probability 565 stores the winning probability used in the lottery for preferential treatment that is executed while the preferential treatment flag 561 is "with preferential treatment". In accordance with the winning probability adjustment value of the applied preferential treatment processing content, this preferential winning probability 565 is set to a preferential winning probability for rare, which is the normal winning probability for "rare" adjusted by that winning probability adjustment value, and a preferential winning probability for super rare, which is the normal winning probability for "super rare" adjusted by that winning probability adjustment value. If a winning probability adjustment value is not set in the applied preferential treatment processing content, the normal winning probability is set as is without adjustment. Also, if only one of the winning probability adjustment values for "rare" and "super rare" is set in the applied preferential treatment processing content, the normal winning probability is set for the preferential winning probability for the unset one.

The preferential collection amount 567 stores the amount of game coins to be collected in the lottery for preferential treatment targets. This preferential collection amount 567 is set to an amount obtained by subtracting the discount rate of the applied preferential treatment content from the normal collection amount.

12 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a user terminal 1500 serving as a lottery player terminal 1500b or a display requester terminal 1500a. As shown in FIG. 12, the user terminal 1500 includes an operation input unit 100, a device processing unit 200, an image display unit 390, a sound output unit 392, a communication unit 394, and a device storage unit 500.

The operation input unit 100 allows the player to input various operations, and can be realized by, for example, a button switch, a joystick, a touch pad, a trackball, an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, a CCD module, etc. In FIG. 2, this corresponds to the directional input keys 1502, the home key 1504, and the touch panel 1506.

The device processing unit 200 can be realized by a processor, which is an arithmetic circuit such as a CPU, GPU, ASIC, FPGA, or other electronic components such as an IC memory, and controls data input/output between each unit of the device including the operation input unit 100 and the device storage unit 500. It performs various arithmetic processing based on predetermined programs and data, operation input signals from the operation input unit 100, data received from the server system 1100, and the like, and generally controls the operation of the user terminal 1500. In FIG. 2, this corresponds to the control board 1550 and its CPU 1551. In this embodiment, the device processing unit 200 includes a user terminal arithmetic unit 270, a timer unit 280, an image generation unit 290, a sound generation unit 292, and a communication control unit 294.

The user terminal calculation unit 270 executes various calculation processes to cause the user terminal 1500 to function as a terminal for the player to play the game. For example, the user terminal calculation unit 270 includes an operation signal transmission control unit 271 and a game screen display control unit 273.

The operation signal transmission control unit 271 performs processing to transmit various data and request information to the server system 1100 in response to operation input to the operation input unit 100.

The game screen display control unit 273 performs control to display the game screen based on various data received from the server system 1100. For example, if the online game of this embodiment is realized as a web game, it can be realized using web technology that actively controls the screen display using HTML together with Java (registered trademark) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) based on a web browser, and plug-ins such as Adobe (registered trademark) Flash. Of course, other methods may be used. In addition, in the configuration of this embodiment, the game space image (e.g., 3DCG, etc.) that is the base of the game screen is generated by the server system 1100, but it is also possible to configure the game space image to be generated by the user terminal 1500. In that case, the game screen display control unit 273 controls objects arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space for generating the 3DCG.

The image generation unit 290 works in conjunction with the game screen display control unit 273 to generate an image signal for displaying one game screen per frame time (e.g., 1/60th of a second) based on various data received from the server system 1100, and outputs the generated image signal to the image display unit 390. For example, this can be realized by a processor such as a GPU or digital signal processor (DSP), a video signal IC, a program such as a video codec, an IC memory for drawing frames such as a frame buffer, etc.

The sound generation unit 292 is realized, for example, by a digital signal processor (DSP), a processor such as a voice synthesis IC, an audio codec for playing audio files, etc., and generates audio signals for game sound effects, background music, and various operation sounds, and outputs them to the sound output unit 392.

The communication control unit 294 establishes a communication connection and processes data for data communication with an external device (e.g., the server system 1100) via the communication unit 394, and realizes data exchange with the external device.

The image display unit 390 displays various screens, such as a game screen, based on the image signal input from the image generation unit 290. For example, this can be realized by an image display device such as a flat panel display, a projector, or a head-mounted display. In FIG. 2, this corresponds to the touch panel 1506.

The sound output unit 392 emits sound effects and background music related to the game based on the audio signal input from the sound generation unit 292. In FIG. 2, this corresponds to the speaker 1510.

The communication unit 394 connects to the network N to realize communication. For example, this can be realized by a wireless communication device, a modem, a TA, a jack for a wired communication cable, a control circuit, etc. In FIG. 2, this corresponds to the wireless communication module 1553.

In the terminal storage unit 500, programs for operating the user terminal 1500 and realizing the functions of the user terminal 1500, and data used during execution of these programs are stored in advance, or are temporarily stored each time processing is performed. For example, this can be realized by IC memory such as RAM or ROM, a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, or an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or DVD. In FIG. 2, this corresponds to the IC memory 1552 and the memory card 1540.

The terminal storage unit 500 also stores a game client program 502. The game client program 502 is a program for causing the terminal processing unit 200 to function as the user terminal calculation unit 270. This game client program 502 may be a dedicated client program according to the technical method for realizing the online game, or may be configured with a web browser program and a plug-in for realizing interactive image display. In this embodiment, it is a copy of the distribution game client program 503 (see FIG. 9) provided by the server system 1100.

[Process flow]
Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the server system 1100 regarding the execution of a lottery by a lottery user. The processing described here is realized by the server processing unit 200s reading and executing the server program 501. Note that Fig. 13 shows the flow of processing focusing on a lottery related to one lottery player terminal 1500b, and when multiple lottery users are performing lotteries, this processing is performed for each of the lottery player terminals 1500b.

In this process, first, the server processing unit 200s starts executing a process to prepare for various instructions from the display requester terminal 1500a (user terminal 1500) (steps S3 to S7). Specifically, in preparation for receiving a display request instruction, the lottery display control unit 235 starts a lottery display control process to send lottery display data related to the lottery user specified in the display request instruction to the display requester terminal 1500a and display it (step S3). In addition, the reaction operation reception control unit 237 starts a reaction operation reception control process to receive a reaction operation input from the display requester terminal 1500a (step S5), and the reaction operation tallying unit 239 starts a reaction operation tallying process to tally the reaction operation input received at each of the display requester terminals 1500a (step S7).

On the other hand, the server processing unit 200s accepts a lottery execution operation from the lottery player terminal 1500b, and if there is a lottery instruction (step S9: YES), performs lottery processing based on the lottery instruction. That is, the lottery processing unit 233 first determines the preferential treatment flag 561 (step S11). If it is "no preferential treatment," it collects the normal amount of game coins (step S13). Then, it executes a lottery based on the normal probability of winning, and grants a game object selected from the game objects subject to the lottery to the lottery user (step S15).

On the other hand, if the preferential treatment flag 561 determined in step S11 is "with preferential treatment", the lottery processing unit 233 performs a lottery process that reflects the subsequent lottery preferential treatment process (more specifically, the preferential treatment process performed by the lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 according to the applied preferential treatment process content). That is, the preferential treatment collection amount 567 of game coins is collected (step S17). Then, a lottery is performed based on the preferential treatment winning probability 565, and a game object selected from the lottery objects is given to the lottery user (step S19). In addition, during this lottery process, the remaining number of preferential treatment objects 563 is updated by decrementing it by one, and when it becomes 0, the preferential treatment flag 561 is reset to "without preferential treatment" (step S21). After that, the privilege granting unit 243 performs a privilege granting process, and a game object selected from the game objects for the participation privilege is given to the display-desiring user (step S23).

Then, once the lottery process is completed, the preferential treatment flag 561 is checked, and if the preferential treatment flag 561 is "preferential treatment available" (step S25: YES), the process proceeds to step S31.

On the other hand, if the preferential treatment flag 561 is "no preferential treatment" (step S25: NO), the lottery preferential treatment processing unit 241 performs the lottery preferential treatment process, and first identifies the newly satisfied lottery preferential treatment conditions according to the preferential treatment process specification table 527. Then, if there are newly satisfied lottery preferential treatment conditions (step S27: YES), the preferential treatment flag 561 is set to "with preferential treatment", and the corresponding preferential treatment content is set as the applied preferential treatment content to perform preferential treatment processing for the next and subsequent lotteries related to the lottery winner terminal 1500b (step S29). Specifically, the number of times that the preferential treatment target of the applied preferential treatment content is added and set to the remaining number of preferential treatment targets 563. Then, if a winning probability adjustment value is set in the applied preferential treatment content, the normal winning probability is adjusted to set the preferential winning probability 565, and if a discount rate is set, the amount obtained by discounting the normal collection amount by that amount is set as the preferential collection amount 567. After the lottery preferential treatment process is completed, proceed to step S31.

Then, in step S31, a determination is made as to whether the lottery has ended, and if the user does not perform an operation to end the gacha (step S31: NO), the process returns to step S9 and repeats the above process.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the display-desiring user can participate in the lottery of the lottery user by appropriately inputting a reaction operation while grasping the lottery situation by the lottery user, the participation status of the other display-desiring users in the lottery, and the contents of the reaction operation input. On the other hand, the lottery user can perform the lottery while being aware of the participation status of other players in the lottery he is performing and the contents of the reaction operation input. Then, based on the participation status of the display-desiring user in the lottery performed by the lottery user, the probability of winning the lottery on the lottery user terminal 1500b from the next lottery onward can be increased, or the lottery can be made free of charge or discounted to give preferential treatment. In addition, depending on the result of the lottery in which the display-desiring user is given preferential treatment, a participation benefit can be given to the display-desiring user. Therefore, a new technology can be realized that allows the lottery situation to be shared by multiple users and can motivate users to continue performing lotteries.

The forms to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and components can be added, omitted, or modified as appropriate.

[Modification 1]
For example, in the above embodiment, the server system 1100 of the client-server type game system 1000 is given as an example of application of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it can be realized by connecting multiple user terminals 1500 in a peer-to-peer manner. In that case, one of the user terminals 1500 is made to take on the functions of the server system 1100 of the above embodiment. Alternatively, the functions of the game management unit 230 may be shared among multiple user terminals 1500.

For example, an example of the functional configuration of a user terminal 1500A that shares the functions of the server system 1100 of the above embodiment is shown in FIG. 14. In FIG. 14, the same components as those of the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals. In this case, the server system 1100 mainly handles user registration and management of the information, and provides the information in response to requests from the user terminal 1500A.

As shown in FIG. 14, in the user terminal 1500A of this modification, the terminal processing unit 200 has a game management unit 230, and the game screen display control unit 273 is omitted. That is, in the user terminal 1500A of this modification, the game management unit 230 executes processing related to game management to control the progress of the game and generate an image of the game screen, rather than acquiring data for displaying an image of the game screen from the server system 1100. The terminal storage unit 500 of this user terminal 1500A stores a game program 504 for causing the terminal processing unit 200 to function as the user terminal calculation unit 270 and the game management unit 230, and stores user management data 510 related to the player of the user terminal 1500A, play data 530 related to the game play, lottery execution data 540 related to a lottery in which the player of the user terminal 1500A is participating as a lottery user or a lottery in which the player of the user terminal 1500A is participating as a display-desiring user, and game initial setting data 520.

The processing flow of the user terminal 1500A in this modified example is basically the same as the flowchart shown in Figure 12, and each step can be interpreted as being executed by the game management unit 230 of the user terminal 1500A.

This modified example provides the same effects as the above embodiment. Note that the user terminal 1500 may be configured to perform only some of the functions of the game management unit 230 rather than performing all of them.

[Modification 2]
In the above embodiment, an example was shown in which a player participated in a gacha of another player selected from the same group as a display target, but the other players to be displayed may be selected from all other players participating in the game regardless of group. In that case, the number of players (number of friends) who are registered as friends by the lottery user among the users who wish to be displayed may be counted as a tally item, and the counted value may be used to determine the preferential selection condition. In the preferential processing specification table 527, the preferential selection condition for determining the number of friends as a threshold value and the corresponding preferential processing content may be set.

Alternatively, the lottery user may be a broadcaster of a live video, and the display user may be a viewer of the live video. A live video may be created by adding a live commentary or narration to a gameplay video of the game. For example, a broadcaster who is a lottery user may play a game as a player, and broadcast a live video of the player drawing a gacha in a live format using a video distribution site. The viewer who is a display user may input reaction operations such as cheering, sending an image, or sending a comment.

In this case, for example, the server system 1100 receives an instruction from the distributor in advance to the effect that the distributor wishes to distribute the gacha as a live video. Then, when the server system 1100 detects the instruction, it issues code information to the distributor. The code information may be a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark), or a text code in which a character string is coded. For example, the code information is issued by coding specific information including the distributor's player ID. Meanwhile, an input field for the code information is provided in the game's gacha menu, etc. Then, the distributor presents the issued code information to the viewer while distributing the live video. Also, the viewer can participate in the distributor's gacha and input reaction operations by entering the presented code information from the gacha menu, etc.

[Modification 3]
In the above embodiment, the reaction operation input from the display-desiring user is accepted throughout the lottery execution period, but the reaction operation input may be accepted only during a part of that period. For example, each time a lottery is executed, the reaction operation input may be accepted during the acceptance period from when the result of the lottery is determined until a predetermined time has elapsed. The acceptance period is not particularly limited to the time after the result is determined, but it is advisable to adjust the period so that the reaction operation input is accepted until the next lottery execution operation is performed, taking into account the time required for the lottery performance display, etc.

Here, if the next or subsequent lottery is favored, the display-desiring user will be given a participation benefit according to the result of the favored lottery. Therefore, by accepting reaction operation inputs from the display-desiring user at least from the time the result of the lottery related to the lottery winner terminal 1500b is finalized until the next lottery is performed, the display-desiring user can make reaction operation inputs during that time in anticipation of the participation benefit being granted to them.

[Modification 4]
In the above embodiment, the preferential treatment process is described, which treats the lottery user preferentially in the lottery according to the count value of the tally item. However, as the modification process, a process (a poor treatment process) may be performed, which treats the lottery user poorly in the lottery according to the count value of the tally item. In that case, in the same manner as the preferential treatment process specification table 527, a correspondence between the poor treatment lottery conditions as the lottery modification conditions and the poor treatment process contents is set in advance. For example, the poor treatment lottery condition can be "the number of display terminals is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value", and the poor treatment process contents can be "the winning probability of the lottery for the predetermined number of poor treatment target times from the next time onwards is reduced by a predetermined amount", etc. In addition, the winning status of the rare object by the lottery user can be set as the poor treatment lottery condition. For example, "the number of times the rare object is won exceeds a predetermined number", etc. can be set as the poor treatment lottery condition.

Alternatively, the preferential selection conditions or the unfavorable selection conditions may be determined from the contents of the image transmission operation or the contents of the comment transmission operation. For example, for reaction operation input images that can be transmitted by the image transmission operation, an image type is set as to whether the image shows a positive emotion (e.g., an image of a smiling face) or a negative emotion (e.g., an image of a crying face or an angry face). Also, when accepting a comment transmission operation in which a standard comment is selected and transmitted, a comment type is set for each standard comment according to its meaning. For example, a comment type is set according to whether the comment is a positive standard comment or a friendly standard comment, or a negative comment or a malicious standard comment.

On the other hand, favorable lottery conditions are set as "the number of image sending operations showing positive emotions is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold" and "the number of comment sending operations using positive/favorable standard comments is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold", while unfavorable lottery conditions are set as "the number of image sending operations showing negative emotions is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold" and "the number of comment sending operations using negative/malicious standard comments is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold".

Then, the image sending operations and comment sending operations performed on each display requester terminal 1500a are tallied by image type and comment type, and if they satisfy the preferential lottery conditions, preferential processing is performed, and if they satisfy the unfavorable lottery conditions, unfavorable processing is performed.

1000... Game system 1100... Server system 100s... Operation input unit 200s... Server processing unit 210... User management unit 220... Charging processing unit 230... Game management unit 231... Game progress control unit 233... Lottery processing unit 235... Lottery display control unit 237... Reaction operation reception control unit 239... Reaction operation tallying unit 241... Lottery preferential treatment processing unit 243... Benefit granting unit 290s... Image generation unit 292s... Sound generation unit 294s... Communication control unit 390s... Image display unit 392s... Sound output unit 394s... Communication unit 500s... Server memory unit 501... Server program 503... Distribution game client program 510... User management data 511... Account 513... Payment medium ledger data 515... Owned object list 517... Friend list 520... Game initial setting data 521: Object definition data 523: List of objects to be selected 525: Participation privilege object list 527: Preferential treatment process specification table 530: Play data 540: Selection execution data 543: Selection person ID
545…Display applicant ID
550...Reaction operation summary data 551...Number of display terminals 553...Number of reaction terminals 555...Support points 560...Lottery preferential treatment setting 561...Preferential treatment flag 563...Remaining number of preferential treatment targets 565...Probability of preferential treatment winning 567...Preferential treatment collection amount 1500, 1500A...User terminal 1500a...Display applicant terminal 1500b...Raffle winner terminal 100...Operation input unit 200...Terminal processing unit 270...User terminal calculation unit 271...Operation signal transmission control unit 273...Game screen display control unit 290...Image generation unit 292...Sound generation unit 294...Communication control unit 390...Image display unit 392...Sound output unit 394...Communication unit 500...Terminal memory unit 502...Game client program 504...Game program N...Network 2...Player 2a...Display applicant user 2b... Lottery user

Claims (12)

A server system for controlling execution of a lottery based on a lottery instruction from a lottery player terminal,
a display data transmission means for receiving a display request instruction from a display requesting user who wishes to display a state of the lottery related to the lottery winner terminal on the display requesting user's terminal, and transmitting display data for displaying the state of the lottery on the display requesting user's terminal, the display data transmission means being configured to transmit the display data to the display requesting user's terminal;
A reaction receiving means for receiving a predetermined reaction operation input from the display requester terminal;
Equipped with
the display data transmission means transmits, in the display data, data for displaying on the display desirer terminal a participation status including at least one of: 1) the number of the display desirer users; 2) the number of people who reacted based on the number of the display desirer terminals that accepted the reaction operation input; and 3) the number of times the reaction operation input was accepted;
a modification processing means for executing a given modification process for modifying the lottery contents from the next time onwards related to the lottery player terminal when a given lottery modification condition based on the participation status is satisfied ;
The server system further comprises: the display data transmission means transmits data for displaying the contents of the reaction operation input in chronological order by including the data in the display data;
The server system according to claim 1 . A server system for controlling execution of a lottery based on a lottery instruction from a lottery player terminal,
a display data transmission means for transmitting display data to the display requester terminal, which receives a display request instruction from a display requester who wishes to display the state of the lottery related to the lottery winner terminal on the display requester terminal, the display requester terminal being a terminal of the display requester, and transmits display data to the display requester terminal for displaying the state of the lottery on the display requester terminal that has been received;
A reaction receiving means for receiving a predetermined reaction operation input from the display requester terminal;
a display data transmission means for transmitting to the lottery player terminal display data for displaying, on the display screen of the lottery player terminal, a participation status including at least one of: 1) the number of the display desiring users; 2) the number of people who reacted based on the number of the display desiring terminals that have accepted the reaction operation input; and 3) the number of people whose reaction operation input has been accepted, and an execution screen section of the lottery on the display screen of the lottery player terminal;
A modification processing means for executing a given modification process for modifying the lottery contents from the next time onwards related to the lottery player terminal when a given lottery modification condition based on the participation status is satisfied;
A server system comprising: the display data transmission means for the lottery player terminal transmits data for displaying the contents of the reaction operation input in chronological order in the display data;
The server system according to claim 3. the modification processing means changes modification content of the modification processing based on the number of users who are set as friends of the selected user of the lottery player terminal, among the display desire users ;
The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . the modification processing means executes, as the modification processing, modifying a winning probability in a next or subsequent lottery related to the lottery player terminal so as to be advantageous to a lottery user of the lottery player terminal;
The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . The lottery is for a fee,
The modification processing means executes, as the modification processing, making the lottery drawings for a given number of modification targets from the next drawing onward related to the lottery player terminal free of charge or at a discount.
The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . The modification processing means executes the modification process by varying the modification target number of times or the discount rate.
The server system according to claim 7 . a bonus granting processing means for granting a given bonus to the display requesting user based on a result of a next lottery related to the lottery winner terminal;
The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising: Multiple devices and
A server system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, capable of communicating with the terminal;
A game system equipped with A lottery player terminal which executes a lottery in response to an operation input of a lottery instruction by a lottery user,
a display data transmission means for receiving a display request instruction from a display requesting user who wishes to display the state of the lottery on a display requesting user terminal which is a terminal of the display requesting user, and transmitting display data to the display requesting user terminal for displaying the state of the lottery on the display requesting user terminal that received the instruction;
A reaction receiving means for receiving a predetermined reaction operation input from the display requester terminal;
Function as a
the display data transmission means transmits, in the display data, data for displaying on the display desirer terminal a participation status including at least one of: 1) the number of the display desirer users; 2) the number of people who reacted based on the number of the display desirer terminals that accepted the reaction operation input; and 3) the number of times the reaction operation input was accepted;
a modification processing means for executing a given modification process for modifying the contents of the lottery from the next time onwards when a given lottery modification condition based on the participation status is satisfied;
A program for causing the lottery player terminal to further function as a A lottery player terminal which executes a lottery in response to an operation input of a lottery instruction by a lottery user,
a display data transmission means for receiving a display request instruction from a display requesting user who requests that the situation of the lottery be displayed on a display requesting user terminal which is a terminal of the display requesting user, and transmitting to the display requesting user terminal display data for displaying the situation of the lottery on the display requesting user terminal that received the instruction;
A reaction receiving means for receiving a predetermined reaction operation input from the display requester terminal;
a display control means for displaying, on a display screen of the lottery player terminal, a participation status including at least one of: 1) the number of the display-desiring users; 2) the number of people who reacted based on the number of the display-desiring terminals that have accepted the reaction operation input; and 3) the number of people whose reaction operation input has been accepted, and an execution screen section of the lottery;
a modification processing means for executing a given modification process for modifying the contents of the lottery from the next time onwards when a given lottery modification condition based on the participation status is satisfied;
A program to function as a

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