JP7614520B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

There are known games in which a user's character fights an enemy character to determine victory or defeat. There are also games in which a user can combine game cards that form a predetermined combination from among a plurality of cards owned by the user (combine game cards), thereby changing the ability values (parameters) of the character corresponding to the combined game card (Patent Document 1).

Patent No. 5504369

In the game described in Patent Document 1, when a user combines multiple characters owned by the user, the user must select the multiple characters he or she wants to combine, which is a hassle. In this regard, Patent Document 1 describes that for cards determined to be unnecessary, card combination processing may be performed automatically without user input. However, since the game specifications of recent games are complex, even if a function for automatically combining characters (cards) is used, it is thought that various conditions will need to be set according to the user's will, such as setting characters to be combined and characters not to be combined. In addition, it is thought that the user will have to change the conditions that have been set once as the game progresses, which is thought to be a lot of work.

Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a technology that allows users to reduce the effort required to configure synthesis settings.

An information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention has a storage unit that stores game objects owned by a user, a source game object designated by the user as a source of synthesis, a synthesis unit that performs a first synthesis of the source game object with a material game object that can be synthesized, and a display control unit that displays a setting screen for setting a second synthesis of the source game object with the newly assigned material game object when the source game object and the material game object that can be synthesized are newly assigned to the user if a predetermined condition is satisfied in the first synthesis performed by the synthesis unit.

The present invention provides technology that allows users to reduce the effort required to configure synthesis settings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of a game server and a terminal. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional block configuration of a game server. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a character setting DB, a possessed character management DB, and an automatic synthesis setting DB. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional block configuration of a terminal. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure performed by a game server. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example (part 1) of a screen transition to an automatically combined screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example (part 2) of a screen transition to an automatically combined screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a third example of a screen transition to an automatically combined screen.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings. In each drawing, the same reference numerals denote the same or similar configurations.

<System Configuration>
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a game system 1 according to this embodiment. The game system 1 shown in Fig. 1 includes a game server 10 and a plurality of terminals 20. The game server 10 and the terminals 20 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via a communication network N such as the Internet, an intranet, a wireless LAN, or mobile communication.

The game server 10 is a device that performs some of the functions required for the terminal 20 to provide the game, such as managing various information related to the player and executing some of the game processing. The game server 10 may be composed of one or more information processing devices or computers, or may be composed of a virtual server (such as a cloud server).

The terminal 20 is an information processing device that provides a game to a player, and the player can execute the game according to this embodiment by operating the terminal 20. The terminal 20 is, for example, a computer such as a mobile phone (including a smartphone), a tablet, a personal computer, an arcade game device, or a consumer game device. The terminal 20 notifies the game server 10 of its own position detected using a GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like.

＜Game Overview＞
Next, an overview of the game provided by the game system 1 according to this embodiment will be described. In the game provided by the game system 1 (hereinafter referred to as "this game"), a player (may also be referred to as a user) can obtain new characters and items by organizing a deck with characters selected from a plurality of characters owned and clearing quests using the organized deck. In addition, the player can obtain new characters and items by paying a fee or the like.

Here, a quest is a term that refers to a task that can be completed by meeting certain predefined conditions. Quests are also commonly called explorations, challenges, and missions.

A deck is a term that refers to a group made up of multiple characters. When a player performs a quest, the player selects characters with the appropriate abilities to clear the quest, organizes a deck, and performs the quest. The game server 10 can store multiple decks organized by players, and when performing a quest, the player can select one of the stored decks to perform the quest. In this embodiment, the player performing a quest may be referred to as playing the quest.

A player who participates in a quest can clear the quest by meeting certain conditions. Clearing a quest will give the player a reward and progress the game's story. Rewards include items, characters that can be used in deck composition, etc.

By synthesizing characters and items owned by the player, the player can improve the status of a character or transition to another character that is more powerful. Here, characters and items may be referred to as "objects" or "game objects." Status may also be referred to as "parameters." Furthermore, the "transition" of one character to another character may also be referred to as "changing," "mutating," "deriving," "evolving," or "deifying." In this embodiment, "combining" refers to combining two game objects to create one game object, and applying another game object to one game object.

Synthesis is performed by combining a character (hereafter referred to as the "source character") that is the source of synthesis (the base of synthesis) with another character (hereafter referred to as the "material character") or item (hereafter referred to as the "material item") that can be synthesized with the source character.

For example, if a player selects character A as the source character and character B as the material character, character A's status will change (or transition to another character) and character B will disappear. Similarly, if a player selects character A as the source character and item X as the material item, character A's status will change (or transition to another character) and item X will disappear.

When a source character transitions to another character through compositing, the source character transitions to another character that belongs to the same group as the source character. Here, "group" refers to a group of characters consisting of the character before the transition and the character after the transition.

The character after the transition may be expressed as a character with a different form from the character before the transition. In other words, "form" may mean the transition state of the character. For example, if the character before the transition was a character of form A, the character after the transition may be expressed as a "character that has transitioned to form B" or a "character of form B". In addition, there may be multiple characters after the transition. For example, there may be a character that has transitioned to form C or form D.

The character before the transition may be referred to as a base character, and the character after the transition may be referred to as a character that has transitioned from the base character, or a character that has changed (or mutated, evolved, or become deified) from the base character. A "group" may also refer to a group made up of base characters and characters that have changed from base characters.

There are two types of character synthesis: synthesis in which the player specifies the source character and material characters (hereafter referred to as "manual synthesis" or "first synthesis"), and synthesis in which the game server 10 automatically selects the source character and material characters according to preset conditions (hereafter referred to as "automatic synthesis" or "second synthesis"). The screen on which settings related to automatic synthesis are made is called the "automatic setting screen." The automatic setting screen is a screen that displays characters, etc., and is displayed when the player presses a specified button. The automatic setting screen may also be called the setting screen.

In this game, if a predetermined condition is met in the manual synthesis performed by the player, the game server 10 causes the automatic setting screen to be displayed on the player's terminal 20. More specifically, the game server 10 causes the automatic setting screen to be displayed on the terminal 20 at a timing when it is assumed that the player may set/change the automatic synthesis settings, thereby assisting the player to smoothly set up the automatic synthesis.

<Hardware Configuration>
2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the game server 10 and the terminal 20. The game server 10 and the terminal 20 each have a processor 11 such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a graphical processing unit (GPU), a storage device 12 such as a memory, a hard disk drive (HDD) and/or a solid state drive (SSD), a communication interface (IF) 13 for wired or wireless communication, an input device 14 for accepting input operations, and an output device 15 for outputting information. The input device 14 is, for example, a keyboard, a touch panel, a mouse, and/or a microphone. The output device 15 is, for example, a display, a touch panel, and/or a speaker.

<Function block configuration>
(Game Server)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block configuration of the game server 10. The game server 10 includes a storage unit 100 and a game control unit 110. The storage unit 100 can be realized by using a storage unit 12 included in the game server 10. The game control unit 110 can be realized by the processor 11 of the game server 10 executing a program stored in the storage unit 12. The program can be stored in a storage medium. The storage medium storing the program may be a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory storage medium is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a storage medium such as a USB memory or a CD-ROM.

The memory unit 100 stores a character setting DB 100a, an owned character management DB 100b, and an automatic synthesis setting DB 100c.

Figure 4 shows an example of the character setting DB 100a, the owned character management DB 100b, and the automatic synthesis setting DB 100c.

The character setting DB 100a manages various settings related to the characters appearing in this game. The character setting DB 100a stores, in association with each other, an identifier (character ID) that uniquely identifies the character, an identifier (group ID) that indicates the group to which the character belongs, an identifier (form) that indicates the transition state of the character, the upper limit of the level (maximum level), the upper limit of the luck (maximum luck), the upper limit of the HP (hit points) (maximum HP), the upper limit of the attack power (maximum attack power), and the upper limit of the speed (maximum speed).

Owned character management DB 100b stores characters owned by the player. Owned character management DB 100b stores an identifier (player ID) that uniquely identifies the player who owns the character, an identifier (character ID) that uniquely identifies the character, and the character's current status (level, luck, HP (hit points), attack power, speed, etc.) in association with each other. Owned character management DB 100b may also be referred to as a character box that stores characters owned by the player.

The automatic synthesis setting DB 100c is a DB that stores the setting values related to automatic synthesis set by each player. The automatic synthesis setting DB 100c stores, in association with each other, an identifier (player ID) that uniquely identifies the player, an identifier (group ID) that uniquely identifies the group of characters to be set, information (automatic synthesis setting) that indicates the form of the synthesis source character to be automatically synthesized when automatic synthesis is performed, and a history of the settings made by the player on the automatic setting screen (auxiliary history) when the automatic setting screen is displayed on the player's terminal 20 due to the satisfaction of predetermined conditions in manual synthesis.

Here, "No" in the automatic synthesis setting indicates that the player has selected not to perform automatic synthesis on the automatic setting screen. Also, "Yes (Form A)" in the automatic synthesis setting indicates that the player has set a character with Form A as the source character of synthesis from among multiple characters in the same group on the automatic setting screen. The same applies to "Yes (Form B)" and "Yes (Form C)."

"No history" in the auxiliary history indicates that the automatic setting screen has never been displayed because the player has never satisfied the specified conditions in a manual synthesis performed by a player using a character belonging to the same group ID as a source character. "Select no" indicates that the player has selected not to perform automatic synthesis on the automatic setting screen displayed when the specified conditions have been satisfied in the manual synthesis. "Select yes (form A)" indicates that the player has set automatic synthesis for a character with form A on the automatic setting screen displayed when the specified conditions have been satisfied in the manual synthesis. In the example of Figure 4, "Select no" is recorded in the auxiliary history corresponding to group G02, which indicates that manual synthesis was performed on a source character belonging to group G02, and the player has selected not to perform automatic synthesis on the automatic setting screen displayed as a result.

Returning to FIG. 3, the explanation continues. The game control unit 110 provides various functions necessary to execute the game. The game control unit 110 includes a synthesis unit 111 and a display control unit 112.

The synthesis unit 111 performs manual synthesis (first synthesis) between a source character specified by the player and a material character or material item (material game object) that can be synthesized with the source character.

When a predetermined condition is satisfied in the manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, when the source character and a material character or material item (material game object) that can be synthesized are newly given to the player, the display control unit 112 displays an automatic setting screen for setting up automatic synthesis (second synthesis) between the source character and the newly given material character or material item (material game object).

(Terminal)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block configuration of the terminal 20. The terminal 20 includes a storage unit 200, a communication unit 201, a UI (User Interface) unit 202, and a game control unit 203. The storage unit 200 can be realized by using the storage unit 12 provided in the terminal 20. The communication unit 201, the UI unit 202, and the game control unit 203 can be realized by the processor 11 of the terminal 20 executing a program stored in the storage unit 12. The program can be stored in a storage medium. The storage medium storing the program may be a computer-readable non-transient storage medium. The non-transient storage medium is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a storage medium such as a USB memory or a CD-ROM.

The storage unit 200 stores game data necessary for the game control unit 203 to execute the game. The game data includes character image data, game scenarios, etc.

The communication unit 201 has the function of performing various communications with the game server 10 using the communication IF 13.

The UI unit 202 has a function of accepting various inputs from the player and displaying various game screens on the display. The UI unit 202 also displays the game screen on the output device 15 (display) of the terminal 20 according to instructions from the game server 10.

The game control unit 203 provides various functions necessary to execute the game by cooperating with the game server 10. For example, the game control unit 203 provides a function to obtain various information (icon image data, text data, etc.) for drawing on the game screen from the game server 10.

Regarding the functional block configuration described above, all or part of the synthesis unit 111 and display control unit 112 included in the game server 10 may be configured to be provided in the game control unit 203 of the terminal 20.

<Processing Procedure>
In the following description, when a synthesis source character is synthesized with another character belonging to the same group as the synthesis source character as a material character, a specific status (for example, luck) among the multiple statuses of the synthesis source character is improved. In addition, when a quest is cleared with a deck including a character whose specific status value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the number of items available at the time of clearing is increased compared to when the quest is cleared with a deck not including a character whose specific status value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. In addition, when the value of the specific status is less than a predetermined value, the number of items available at the time of clearing is not changed. Here, the predetermined value may be a specific value designated in advance. In addition, "above a predetermined value" and "below a predetermined value" may be replaced with "upper limit value" and "below a predetermined value", respectively (the same applies to the following description of each predetermined condition). In addition, the predetermined value or upper limit value may be different for each character as shown in the character setting DB 100a (the same applies to the following description of each predetermined condition). In addition, the effect of the specific status is merely a premise for the following description, and the present embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, the specific status may be a status whose value has no effect on the execution of the quest.

In addition, characters belonging to the same group include characters of form A, which are characters before the state transition, and characters of form B and C, which are characters after the state transition.

In addition, if the original character is at its maximum level, it is possible to transform the original character into a character with enhanced status that belongs to the same group as the original character by combining the original character with a special item or special character as material.

In addition, the player can obtain one or more new characters when the quest ends. Characters obtained by the player are stored in the player's character box (owned character management DB 100b) and added to the player's list of owned characters. There is an upper limit to the size of the character box (the number of characters a player can own).

Figure 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure performed by the game server 10. When the synthesis unit 111 receives a manual synthesis instruction from the player, it synthesizes the synthesis source character with a material character or material item (S10). Next, the display control unit 112 determines whether or not the manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111 satisfies a predetermined condition (S11). If the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the process is terminated, and if the predetermined condition is satisfied, an automatic setting screen is displayed on the player's terminal 20 (S12).

(Specific examples of specified conditions)
A number of specific examples of the predetermined conditions will be described below. The game server 10 may satisfy all or some of these predetermined conditions.

[Prescribed condition 1]
When a material character includes a specific material character (specific game object) set for each source character in a manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, the display control unit 112 may determine that a specified condition is met and display an automatic setting screen.

The specific material character may be a character that belongs to the same group as the original character. In other words, the specific material character may be a material character that, when combined, can improve a specific status (e.g. luck) among the multiple statuses of the original character.

As mentioned above, in this game, if a quest is cleared with a deck that includes a character whose specific status has reached a predetermined value or higher, the number of items available upon clearing the quest increases. Therefore, it is expected that a player who manually combines a source character with a specific material character will then set up automatic combination in order to increase the source character's specific status to its upper limit. According to predetermined condition 1, the automatic setting screen is automatically displayed without the player having to perform any operation to display the automatic setting screen, reducing the effort required of the player.

[Prescribed condition 2]
When the specified condition 1 is satisfied, the display control unit 112 may further display an automatic setting screen when the specific material character described in the specified condition 1 is available in a specific event that the player can play.

The specific event may be a quest that is set in advance in the game server 10 as a quest to be carried out in the future (i.e., a quest that the player can play in the future).

According to the specified condition 2, if the specified condition 1 is met and the specific material character used in the manual synthesis is a character that will be available in the future, the automatic setting screen will be automatically displayed. This makes it possible to prevent the automatic setting screen from being unnecessarily displayed even if the material character is a character that will not be available in the future.

[Prescribed condition 3]
In a manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, if the value of a specific status of the source character whose value increases as a result of synthesis increases, the display control unit 112 may determine that a specified condition is met and display an automatic setting screen.

As mentioned above, in this game, if a quest is cleared with a deck that includes a character whose specific status has reached a predetermined value or higher, the number of items available upon clearing the quest increases. Therefore, it is expected that a player who has increased the specific status of a source character through manual synthesis will set up automatic synthesis in order to increase the specific status of the source character to a predetermined value or higher. According to predetermined condition 3, the automatic setting screen is displayed automatically without the player having to perform any operation to display the automatic setting screen, thereby reducing the effort required of the player.

The display control unit 112 may determine that the specified condition is not met when the increased specific status value is equal to or greater than a specified value in the manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, and may not display the automatic setting screen. Since it is considered that automatic synthesis is not necessary when the specific status value is equal to or greater than the specified value, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling annoyed by the automatic setting screen being displayed.

[Prescribed condition 4]
In a manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, if the number of material characters required to bring a specific status, which is increased by synthesis among the multiple statuses of the source character, to a specified value is greater than the amount of free space in the character box (the amount of free space in the memory unit 100 that can store game objects), the display control unit 112 may determine that a specified condition is met and display an automatic setting screen.

In this game, if the number of material characters required to raise a specific status of the original character to a specified value is greater than the amount of free space in the character box, the player will not be able to raise the specific status of the original character to the specified value in a single manual synthesis.

For example, assume that when one material character is combined with a synthesis source character, the specific status increases by 1. Also assume that the current specific status is 1 and the upper limit of the specific status is 30. In other words, in order to set the specific status of the synthesis source character to a predetermined value, the player needs to combine the synthesis source character with 29 material characters. If the free space in the character box is 10, the player can only have a maximum of 10 material characters, so the specific status of the synthesis source character can only be increased to a maximum of 11 in one manual synthesis. In such a case, it is assumed that the player sets automatic synthesis and repeatedly clears quests to collect material characters until the specific status of the synthesis source character reaches the upper limit, or repeatedly performs a lottery (gacha) in which characters are won to collect material characters. Therefore, according to the predetermined condition 4, the automatic setting screen is automatically displayed without the player having to perform an operation to display the automatic setting screen, which reduces the effort required of the player.

[Prescribed condition 5]
The display control unit 112 may be configured to display on the synthesis setting screen a screen that accepts the selection of which character, from among the characters belonging to the group of source characters in the synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, should be used as the source character on the synthesis setting screen.

Specifically, the automatic synthesis screen may allow the player to select one of the following settings for automatic synthesis: "Yes (Form A)", "Yes (Form B)", "Yes (Form C)", or "No". Furthermore, the forms of characters that the player does not possess may be displayed in a manner that makes them distinguishable from characters that the player possesses, and may not be selectable.

This allows players to easily select the source character when setting up automatic synthesis.

Note that if the automatic synthesis screen is set to "Yes (Form A)", "Yes (Form B)" or "Yes (Form C)", when the player obtains a new character at the end of a quest, the obtained character may not be stored in the character box, but may be automatically synthesized directly with the original character. Therefore, "automatic synthesis" may be expressed as a process of synthesizing a character given to a player without associating it with the player (in other words, a process of synthesizing a character newly obtained by a player before storing it in the player's character box).

[Prescribed condition 6]
The display control unit 112 may determine that a predetermined condition is satisfied when the synthesis source character transitions to another character belonging to the same group as the synthesis source character in the manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, and may display the automatic setting screen. That is, the display control unit 112 may display the automatic setting screen when the synthesis source character transitions to a character of form B or a character of form C as a result of the manual synthesis. As described above, the automatic synthesis screen may allow the selection of any one of "Yes (form A)", "Yes (form B)", "Yes (form C)" and "No" as the setting of automatic synthesis. In this case, if the player previously selected "Yes (form A)" on the automatic synthesis screen and transitions the character of form A to form B, the player must open the automatic synthesis screen himself/herself and change the setting of automatic synthesis to "Yes (form B)" before the character transitioned to form B can be automatically synthesized as the synthesis source character. In other words, according to predetermined condition 5, the automatic setting screen is automatically displayed without the player having to perform any operation to display the automatic setting screen, thereby reducing the effort required of the player.

In addition, in the manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, when the synthesis source character transitions to another character belonging to the same group as the synthesis source character, and the player does not have the same character as the transitioned other character before the manual synthesis, the display control unit 112 may determine that a predetermined condition is satisfied and display an automatic setting screen. That is, the display control unit 112 may display an automatic setting screen when the synthesis source character transitions to a character of form B (or form C) as a result of manual synthesis, and the player does not have a character of form B (or form C) before the manual synthesis. If the player already has one or more characters of form B (or form C) before the manual synthesis, there is a possibility that the player has already set up automatic synthesis. Therefore, it becomes possible to display the automatic setting screen only at the timing when the player is expected to change the automatic synthesis setting.

In addition, in the manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, when the synthesis source character transitions to another character belonging to the same group as the synthesis source character, and the player does not own the same character as the synthesis source character before the transition after the manual synthesis, the display control unit 112 may determine that a predetermined condition is satisfied and display an automatic setting screen. That is, the display control unit 112 may display an automatic setting screen when the synthesis source character (form A) transitions to a character of form B (or a character of form C) as a result of manual synthesis, and the player does not own any characters of form A after the manual synthesis. If two or more characters of form A are owned, and form A was set as the synthesis source character in the automatic synthesis. In this state, if the player transitions one of the two or more characters to form B or C by manual synthesis, it is assumed that the player does not want to change the synthesis source character from form A. Therefore, it is possible to display the automatic setting screen only at the timing when the player is expected to change the automatic synthesis setting.

[Prescribed condition 7]
If any character belonging to the group of source characters in the automatic synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111 has already been set as a source character in the automatic setting screen, the display control unit 112 may determine that the specified conditions are not satisfied and may not display the automatic setting screen.

For example, suppose that, as a result of performing manual synthesis on source character A, an automatic setting screen is displayed on the screen of terminal 20 because a predetermined condition is satisfied, or, rather than the automatic setting screen being displayed as a result of the predetermined condition being satisfied, the player displays the automatic setting screen for character A himself in a state in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and that the player sets automatic synthesis to "not perform" on the automatic setting screen. Then, suppose that the player performs manual synthesis on character B, which belongs to the same group as source character A. In this case, the display control unit 112 determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and does not cause the automatic synthesis screen to be displayed on terminal 20.

Prescribed condition 7 makes it possible to prevent the player from feeling annoyed when the setting screen is displayed again even if automatic synthesis has already been set.

[Prescribed condition 8]
If a setting to perform automatic synthesis or not to perform automatic synthesis has previously been made on the automatic setting screen for a group of source characters in a manual synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111, the display control unit 112 may determine that the specified conditions are not met and may not display the automatic setting screen.

For example, suppose that as a result of performing manual synthesis on source character A, a predetermined condition is satisfied and an automatic setting screen is displayed on the screen of terminal 20, or the player himself displays the automatic setting screen for character A, and the player performs some setting regarding automatic synthesis on the automatic setting screen (i.e., either "yes" or "no"). Then, suppose that the player performs manual synthesis on character B, which belongs to the same group as source character A. In this case, the display control unit 112 determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied and does not cause the automatic synthesis screen to be displayed on terminal 20.

Predetermined condition 8 makes it possible to prevent the player from feeling annoyed when the setting screen is displayed again even though the automatic synthesis settings (whether or not to perform automatic synthesis) have already been configured.

[Prescribed condition 9]
If a setting has been made to not perform automatic synthesis on the automatic setting screen that was displayed because a specified condition had been satisfied in the past, and if the source character in the synthesis performed by the synthesis unit 111 is included in a character belonging to a character group in which the setting has been made to not perform automatic synthesis, the display control unit 112 may determine that the specified condition is not satisfied and may not display the automatic setting screen.

For example, assume that as a result of performing manual synthesis on source character A, a predetermined condition is met, and an automatic setting screen is displayed on the screen of terminal 20, and the player sets automatic synthesis to "not perform." Then, assume that the player performs manual synthesis on character B, which belongs to the same group as source character A.

In this case, the display control unit 112 searches for the presence or absence of a history of the player selecting "No" for the group to which character B belongs, by referring to the "auxiliary history" column of the automatic synthesis setting DB 100c. If a history of the player selecting "No" exists, the display control unit 112 prevents the automatic synthesis screen from being displayed on the terminal 20. On the other hand, if a history of the player selecting "No" does not exist, the display control unit 112 causes the terminal 20 to display the automatic synthesis screen when a predetermined condition is met (for example, when any of predetermined conditions 1 to 6 is met).

Prescribed condition 9 makes it possible to prevent the player from feeling annoyed when the setting screen is displayed again even though the player has already set not to perform automatic synthesis.

[Prescribed condition 10]
If the player has never caused a specific status value, which increases through synthesis, among multiple statuses of a character that the player owns or has owned in the past to reach a specified value, the display control unit 112 may determine that a specified condition is not met and may not display the automatic setting screen.

According to the specified condition 10, if the player is not interested in achieving a specified value for a specific status through synthesis, the setting screen will not be displayed, making it possible to prevent the player from feeling annoyed.

<Screen display example>
Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example (part 1) of a screen transition to an automatic synthesis screen. Fig. 7 shows an example of a screen transition when the player himself displays the automatic synthesis screen. The character screen A100 is a screen that displays the status of the character M, etc. When the button B10 is pressed on the character screen A100, an automatic synthesis screen A101 is displayed on which the automatic synthesis settings for the character M are performed.

On the automatic synthesis screen A101, buttons for setting up automatic synthesis are displayed in area W101. In area W101, a button B11 for selecting not to automatically synthesize, a button B12 for selecting the original character to be a character of form A from among the characters belonging to the same group as character M, a button B13 for selecting the character of form B, and a button B14 for selecting the character of form C are displayed. When the player selects one of buttons B11 to B14 and presses button B15, the automatic synthesis settings are completed and the screen transitions to screen A102.

Figure 8 shows an example (part 2) of a screen transition to an automatic synthesis screen. Figure 8 shows an example of a screen transition when the automatic synthesis screen is displayed when the above-mentioned "predetermined condition 1" is satisfied. Note that the character that is the same as the original synthesis character is considered to be a specific material character in "predetermined condition 1".

On the manual synthesis screen A200, the player selects character Q (C200) as the source character, and material character V (C201), material character Q (C202), and material character Y (C203) as the material characters. When the synthesis start button B20 is pressed, the source character Q (C200) is synthesized with material character Q (C201), material character X (C202), and material character Y (C203), and the synthesis result screen A201 is displayed. Here, on the manual synthesis screen A200, the material characters include character Q that is the same as the source character Q. In other words, the material characters include a specific material character. Therefore, when the button B21 is pressed on the synthesis result screen A201, the display control unit 112 determines that the predetermined condition 1 is satisfied, and displays the automatic setting screen A202.

In area W202 of automatic setting screen A202, there are displayed a button B22 for selecting not to automatically combine, a button B23 for selecting a character of form A that belongs to the same group as character Q as the source character for the combination, a button B24 for selecting a character of form B, and a button B25 for selecting a character of form C. When the player selects one of buttons B22 to B25 and presses button B26, the automatic combination setting is completed. In other words, according to FIG. 8, the automatic setting screen is automatically displayed even if the player does not perform an operation to open the automatic setting screen himself as in FIG. 7.

Figure 9 shows an example (part 3) of a screen transition to an automatically combined screen. Figure 9 shows an example of a screen transition when the automatically combined screen is displayed when the above-mentioned "predetermined condition 6" is satisfied.

On the manual synthesis screen A200, the player selects character Q (C300) as the source character, and character X (C301) and character Y (C302) as the material characters. The manual synthesis screen A200 displays that as a result of manual synthesis, source character Q (C300) will transition (become deified) into character R (C303). When button B30 is pressed, screen A301 is displayed, displaying an image and status of character R, the deified version of character Q.

Here, because manual synthesis has been performed and source character Q has transitioned to character R (i.e., the source character has transitioned to another character belonging to the same group as the source character), the display control unit 112 determines that predetermined condition 6 is met and displays the automatic setting screen A302. Buttons B31 to B35 on the automatic setting screen A302 are the same as buttons B22 to B26 on the automatic setting screen A202 shown in FIG. 8, and therefore will not be described here. According to FIG. 9, the automatic setting screen is automatically displayed without the player having to perform an operation to open the automatic setting screen as in FIG. 7.

<Summary>
According to the embodiment described above, when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the manual synthesis performed by the player, the game server 10 displays an automatic setting screen on the player's terminal 20. More specifically, the game server 10 displays the automatic setting screen on the terminal 20 at a timing when it is assumed that the player may set/change the automatic synthesis setting, thereby assisting the player to smoothly set the automatic synthesis. This makes it possible to reduce the effort required for the player to set the synthesis.

The above-described embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The flow charts, sequences, elements of the embodiment, and their arrangements, materials, conditions, shapes, sizes, etc., described in the embodiment are not limited to those exemplified, and may be modified as appropriate.

<Additional Notes>
<Appendix 1>
A storage unit that stores game objects owned by a user;
a synthesis unit that performs a first synthesis between a synthesis source game object designated by the user and a synthesis source game object that can be synthesized with a material game object;
a display control unit that, when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the first synthesis performed by the synthesis unit, displays a setting screen for setting a second synthesis between the synthesis source game object and the newly assigned material game object that can be synthesized with the synthesis source game object when the newly assigned material game object is newly assigned to the user;
An information processing device having the above configuration.

Additional note 1 makes it possible to provide a technology that allows users to reduce the effort required to configure synthesis settings.

<Appendix 2>
the display control unit displays the setting screen when a specific game object set for each of the composition source game objects is included in the material game objects in the first composition performed by the composition unit;
2. The information processing device according to claim 1.

According to Supplementary Note 2, the setting screen is displayed when a material game object includes a specific game object that is set for each source game object, which reduces the user's effort to display the setting screen themselves.

<Appendix 3>
The display control unit further displays the setting screen when the specific game object is available in a specific event that is playable by the user.
3. The information processing device according to claim 2.

According to Appendix 3, the setting screen is displayed when a specific game object is available in a specific event that the user can play, which reduces the user's effort to display the setting screen themselves.

<Appendix 4>
the display control unit displays the setting screen when a value of a specific parameter, the value of which increases as a result of the compositing, among a plurality of parameters of the compositing source game objects increases in the first compositing performed by the compositing unit.
4. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

According to Supplementary Note 4, when the value of a specific parameter of the source game object increases as a result of the first synthesis, the setting screen is displayed, thereby reducing the user's effort to display the setting screen themselves.

<Appendix 5>
the display control unit displays the setting screen when the number of material game objects required to set a specific parameter, the value of which is increased by compositing among a plurality of parameters of the source game objects, to a predetermined value in the first compositing performed by the compositing unit is greater than the amount of free space in the storage unit that can store the game objects.
5. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

According to Appendix 5, the setting screen is displayed according to the amount of free space available for storing game objects, which reduces the user's effort to display the setting screen themselves.

<Appendix 6>
the display control unit displays the setting screen when a synthesis source game object is transitioned to another game object belonging to the same group as the synthesis source game object in the first synthesis performed by the synthesis unit;
6. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

According to Supplementary Note 6, when a source game object transitions to another game object that belongs to the same group as the source game object, the setting screen is displayed, which reduces the user's effort to display the setting screen themselves.

<Appendix 7>
the display control unit causes a screen to be displayed on the setting screen, which accepts a selection of a game object belonging to a group of the combination source game objects in the combination performed by the combination unit to be used as the combination source game object on the setting screen;
7. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

Appendix 7 allows the user to specify the source game object themselves.

<Appendix 8>
the display control unit does not display the setting screen when any game object belonging to a group of the combination source game objects in the first combination performed by the combination unit has already been set as a combination source game object on the setting screen;
8. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

According to Supplementary Note 8, it is possible to prevent the setting screen from being displayed again even if the source game object for the second synthesis has already been set.

<Appendix 9>
the display control unit does not display the setting screen when a setting is made on the setting screen that was displayed because the predetermined condition was previously satisfied, and when a combination source game object in the combination performed by the combination unit is included in a game object that belongs to a group of game objects in which the setting is made to not perform the second combination.
9. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

According to Appendix 9, it is possible to prevent the setting screen from being displayed again even if the user previously set it not to perform automatic synthesis.

<Appendix 10>
the display control unit does not display the setting screen when a setting to perform a second compositing or a setting not to perform a second compositing has been previously performed on the setting screen for a group of compositing source game objects in the first compositing performed by the compositing unit;
10. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

According to Supplementary Note 10, it is possible to prevent the setting screen from being displayed again even if the source game object for the second synthesis has already been set.

<Appendix 11>
the display control unit does not display the setting screen when the user has never caused a value of a specific parameter, the value of which increases through synthesis, among a plurality of parameters of the game object owned by the user to reach a predetermined value.
11. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

According to Appendix 11, it is possible to prevent the setting screen from being displayed even when the user does not want to combine.

<Appendix 12>
An information processing method performed by an information processing device,
storing game objects owned by the user in a storage unit;
performing a first synthesis between a source game object designated by the user as a source of synthesis and a material game object that can be synthesized with the source game object;
a step of displaying a setting screen for setting a second combination between a combination source game object and a newly assigned material game object that can be combined with the combination source game object when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the first combination performed in the step of performing the first combination;
An information processing method comprising:

Additional note 12 makes it possible to provide a technology that allows users to reduce the effort required to configure synthesis settings.

<Appendix 13>
On the computer,
storing game objects owned by the user in a storage unit;
performing a first synthesis between a source game object designated by the user as a source of synthesis and a material game object that can be synthesized with the source game object;
a step of displaying a setting screen for setting a second combination between a combination source game object and a newly assigned material game object that can be combined with the combination source game object when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the first combination performed in the step of performing the first combination;
A program for executing.

Additional note 13 makes it possible to provide a technology that allows users to reduce the effort required to configure synthesis settings.

1...game system, 10...game server, 11...processor, 12...storage device, 13...communication IF, 14...input device, 15...output device, 20...terminal, 100...storage unit, 100a...character setting DB, 100b...owned character management DB, 100c...automatic synthesis setting DB, 110...game control unit, 111...synthesis unit, 112...display control unit, 200...storage unit, 201...communication unit, 202...UI unit, 203...game control unit

Claims (4)

a processor, the processor comprising:
Enables a user to play a game using game objects owned by the user;
When a manual combination of a first game object and a second game object owned by the user is executed based on the user's operation, the first game object and the second game object newly assigned to the user are automatically combined ; a setting screen capable of setting game objects belonging to the same group as the first game object is displayed without the need for the user's operation to display the setting screen .
Information processing device. a processor for enabling playing of a game using game objects owned by a user;
When the processor executes manual synthesis of a first game object and a second game object owned by the user based on the operation of the user, the processor automatically synthesizes the first game object with a second game object newly assigned to the user , and displays a setting screen in which game objects belonging to the same group as the first game object can be set without requiring an operation by the user to display the setting screen .
Information processing methods. Enables a user to play a game using game objects owned by the user;
A program for causing a processor to execute a process that, when a manual combination is performed to combine a first game object owned by the user with a second game object based on the user's operation, automatically combines the first game object with a second game object newly assigned to the user, and displays a setting screen in which game objects belonging to the same group as the first game object can be set, without requiring operation by the user to display the setting screen . A server and a terminal are provided,
The server,
enabling a user to play a game using game objects owned by the user on the terminal;
When a manual combination is executed based on the user's operation to combine a first game object and a second game object owned by the user, the first game object and the second game object newly assigned to the user are automatically combined ; and a setting screen capable of setting game objects belonging to the same group as the first game object is displayed on the terminal without the need for the user's operation to display the setting screen .
Information processing system.

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