JP7654208B2 - Game program, computer control method and computer - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game program for a game that can be played by multiple players, a computer control method, and a computer.

In the past, in order to improve game playability, a system has been disclosed in which other players can grow (develop) characters other than the player's own character in the game (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-334069 A

However, in the above prior art, the player must select the other character to use in his/her own game from the other characters stored in the server device. Therefore, when there are many other characters, it is time-consuming for the player to select the other character. Furthermore, because the player's own character is developed by the other players, this can dampen the player's enthusiasm for the game, and there is a problem in that the player's desire to deepen interactions with other players after developing his/her own character and appealing to other players cannot be satisfied.

The present invention was made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide a more entertaining game in which players can more easily acquire other players' characters, demonstrate their own abilities, and deepen interactions between players.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a game program according to one aspect of the present invention is a game program for a game that can be executed by multiple players, and is characterized in that the computer has a storage function for storing game media assigned to a player in a predetermined storage device in association with the player, an update function for updating parameters related to the game media associated with the player in accordance with the progress of the game by the player, a determination function for determining whether or not the progress of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition, a duplication function for duplicating the game media associated with the player in the parameter state at the time of the determination when the determination function determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and a transmission function for transmitting the game media associated with the player duplicated by the duplication function to the terminal device of the player of the game as a provision target.

In addition, the game program according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized by further implementing a receiving function for receiving acquired information including information about the game medium acquired as an offering from the game medium to be provided that was transmitted by the transmitting function by the player of the game.

The game program according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized by further implementing a selection function that selects, in response to an acquisition request from a player of the game, a game medium to be acquired as an offering by the player from among the game mediums associated with the player that have been duplicated by the duplication function.

In a game program according to one aspect of the present invention, the determination function determines at a predetermined timing whether the progress of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition, and the duplication function duplicates the game medium of the player with the parameters in the state at the predetermined timing.

In a game program according to one aspect of the present invention, the determination function is characterized in that it determines the rankings of multiple players based on the progress of the game, and determines that a player satisfies a predetermined condition when the player is ranked high.

In addition, a game program according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized in that some of the parameters of the game medium acquired as an offering by a player of the game are restricted from being updated in accordance with the progress of the game by the player who acquired the game medium.

In addition, in a game program according to one aspect of the present invention, the acquired information includes information regarding the number of times the game medium has been selected as an offering by a player of the game, and the game program further realizes a reward granting function that grants a reward to the player corresponding to the game medium that has been selected according to the number of times it has been selected.

In addition, in a game program according to one aspect of the present invention, the acquired information includes information on the usage by a player of a game of a game medium acquired as an offering by the player, and further realizes a reward granting function that grants a reward to the player corresponding to the game medium according to the usage.

In order to solve the above problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a computer that executes a game that can be executed by multiple players includes a storage step of storing the game medium assigned to the player in a predetermined storage device in association with the player, an update step of updating parameters related to the game medium associated with the player in accordance with the progress of the game by the player, a determination step of determining whether or not the progress of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition, a duplication step of duplicating the game medium associated with the player in the parameter state at the time of the determination if it is determined in the determination step that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and a transmission step of transmitting the game medium associated with the player duplicated in the duplication step to a terminal device of the player of the game as a provision target.

In order to solve the above problem, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer that executes a game program that can be executed by multiple players includes a storage unit that stores game media assigned to the players in association with the players, an update unit that updates parameters related to the game media associated with the players in accordance with the progress of the game by the players, a determination unit that determines whether the progress of the game by the players satisfies a predetermined condition, and a transmission unit that transmits the game media associated with the players, which has been duplicated by a duplication unit associated with the players, to a terminal device of the player of the game as a provision target, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

The game program according to one aspect of the present invention may be implemented in at least the following three configurations. That is, the game program may be implemented in a configuration in which (a) a computer functions as a client device (e.g., a smartphone, a personal computer, etc.) and the game program is executed on the client device, (b) a computer functions as a server device (e.g., a mainframe, a cluster computer, any computer capable of providing game services to external devices, etc.), a part or all of the game program is executed on the server device, and the results of the executed processing are returned to the client device, or (c) the processing included in the game program is arbitrarily shared between the client device and the server device.

Thus, the display function realized by the game program may (a) output information (e.g., display information) to an external display device (e.g., a display unit provided on a mobile terminal) communicatively connected to the computer via a predetermined network (e.g., the Internet), thereby causing the display device to display a game screen, or (b) output display information to a display device provided on the computer, thereby causing the display device to display a game screen.

Also, (a) a client device communicatively connected to the computer via a specified network (e.g., the Internet) may have a specified input device, and the client device may transmit operational input information input via the specified input device (e.g., a touch panel provided on a mobile terminal) to the computer, and an information processing function realized on the computer by the game program may acquire the operational information, or (b) the computer may have a specified input device, and the information processing function may acquire the operational input information via the specified input device.

According to one aspect of the present invention, since the acquisition of characters trained by other players is done by lottery, it is possible for players to acquire other players' characters more easily without time and effort, and to deepen interactions with other players. Furthermore, in order for one's own character to be offered in the lottery, it is necessary to satisfy a certain condition (to be ranked high in the game), which can motivate players to play the game. Furthermore, a player who is offered a character can appeal to other players about his or her own ability, and the player who drew the lottery can obtain a character that is effective in the game.

1 is a schematic diagram of a game system configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an example of a game screen (start screen) according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an example of a game screen (map) according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an example of a game screen (accompanying character) according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an example of a game screen (battle screen) according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a flowchart showing processing in a game according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a flowchart showing processing in a game according to an embodiment of the present invention. 13 is an example of a table showing information on an offering.

First, we will provide a brief overview of the game realized by a game program according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In the virtual space of this game, there are "player's towers" (game spaces) corresponding to multiple players, and the player can play a game not only in the player's tower but also in the "other player's towers" corresponding to other players. The multiple players of the game can play a game in multiple towers asynchronously. The game in the tower involves having the player's player character (game medium) explore the inside of the tower within a limited number of turns, acquiring items, defeating enemy characters encountered, and progressing through the tower. When the player conquers the "player's tower" to the top floor, the player can increase the number of floors of the tower. In this way, since each player can increase the number of floors of the "player's tower" (which becomes the "other player's tower" for the other players), even if the player conquers the "other player's tower" to the top floor at some point, the number of floors of the "other player's tower" may be higher than when the player conquered it the next time he logs into the game.

In addition to the towers associated with players as described above, the virtual space of this game also includes game spaces such as the "common tower," the "battle tower," the "event tower," and the "quest." These game areas, such as towers and quests, are game areas that are not associated with any player and are managed by the server (operator). In any of these game spaces, players aim to conquer the top or bottom floor by having their player characters explore the interior. The "common tower" is a tower that can be conquered by all players in common. In the "common tower," players can encounter other player characters while exploring the interior and exchange greetings with them, and the progress of conquering the "common tower" by multiple players is displayed in a ranking. The "battle tower" is a tower for battling other players, and the opponents encountered inside are other player characters. The "event tower" is a tower related to an in-game event that is held for a specified period of time. The "event tower" is a tower that appears under specified conditions according to the player's progress in the game, and players can earn special rewards by exploring the interior. "Quests (for example, objects displayed as bottomless wells)" allow players to encounter enemy characters different from the towers mentioned above and to obtain special rewards.

In addition, players can explore game areas such as the towers mentioned above together with other players' characters, using the avatars of the characters that the players have obtained through lottery (gacha) as companion characters. Furthermore, players can place the companion characters that they have obtained through lottery in the player's tower as defensive characters that defend the player's tower. In addition, an "achievement list" is set that players of the game can achieve, and players are given rewards when they achieve items on the list. Items on the achievement list include, for example, "log in to the game for 10 days or more," "bring back a total of 50 or more items from all towers," "encounter other players in the towers 10 or more times," and "visit other players' towers 10 or more times." This is a simple overview of the game.

Below, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, a configuration will be described in which a computer according to one embodiment of the present invention functions as a server, a game program according to one embodiment of the present invention is executed as a so-called native application (native game) on a terminal, and the results of the executed processing are returned to the server. Details will be described later, but specifically, the processing for progressing the game in the game space and the processing for the lottery (gacha) are performed on each mobile terminal, and the processing for determining the items to be provided in the lottery (gacha) is performed on the server.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a game system configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, game system 400 includes multiple mobile terminals 100A, 100B, 100C, and a server 200. Server 200 is connected to mobile terminals 100A to 100C via network 300. Note that in Figure 1, only three mobile terminals are shown for simplicity of explanation, but it goes without saying that there may be more than three mobile terminals.

The mobile terminals (computers) 100A to 100C are information processing devices capable of executing a game program including the processes described below. As long as the devices are capable of executing the processes described below, the specific devices are not limited to mobile terminals, and may be, for example, smartphones, tablet terminals, home game consoles, mobile phones, personal computers, or other electronic devices. The game program is particularly suitable for execution on a multifunction device (such as a smartphone) that includes a display (display unit), an input surface capable of detecting touch input, memory, and one or more processors capable of executing one or more programs stored in the memory.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of mobile terminal 100A. Here, mobile terminal 100A will be described, but the same applies to mobile terminals 100B and 100C.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 100A includes a communication unit 110, a display unit 120, an input reception unit 130, an audio interface (I/F) 140, a control unit 150, a memory unit 160, and a speaker 170.

The communication unit 110 includes a receiving unit 111 and a transmitting unit 112, and has a function of communicating with the server 200 via the network 300. The communication may be performed either wired or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as the two units can communicate with each other. As will be described in detail later, the receiving unit 111 receives information about a game medium (player character) associated with a player that has been duplicated as a provision target by the duplication unit 254 of the server 200. The transmitting unit 112 transmits information about the player character as a provision selected by the selection unit 157 and acquired by the player to the server 200.

The display unit 120 is a device that displays a game screen. In this embodiment, the display unit 120 may be a liquid crystal display. Note that in FIG. 2, the input receiving unit 130 and the display unit 120 are shown separately to clearly show the functions that each unit has. However, for example, if the input receiving unit 130 is a touch panel and the display unit 120 is a liquid crystal display, it is preferable that the two are configured as an integrated unit.

The input reception unit 130 receives operation input from the player. In this embodiment, the input reception unit 130 may be a touch panel capable of detecting multi-touch, detects a contact position touched by a pointing tool such as a player's finger or a stylus, and transmits information regarding the coordinates of the detected position to the information processing unit 151. In this embodiment, the input reception unit 130 receives operation input of the game medium (character) by the player, and tap operations on various icons and menu buttons displayed on the display unit 120. Note that the method of receiving the operation input from the player is not limited to touch operations using the touch panel, and may be, for example, by the player pressing a specified input key.

The audio I/F 140 is an interface for the speaker 170 and earphones (not shown). When playing sound effects, background music, etc. in a game, the control unit 150 outputs sound from the speaker 170 or earphones via the audio I/F 140.

The control unit 150 is a processor having the function of controlling each unit of the mobile terminal 100A. The control unit 150 includes an information processing unit 151, a display processing unit 152, a progress unit 153, a reward granting unit 154, an update unit 155, a map generation unit 156, and a selection unit 157. The information processing unit 151 acquires coordinate information transmitted from the input reception unit 130 at predetermined time intervals, and outputs a series of coordinate information as a trajectory to each unit. The display processing unit 152 converts display data transmitted from the information processing unit 151 or other functional units into pixel information, and outputs it to the display unit 120.

The details will be described later, but the functions of the other parts of the control unit 150 will be briefly described below. The progression unit 153 progresses the game in the game space based on operation input information from the player via the input reception unit 130. The reward granting unit 154 grants rewards to the player of the game based on the progress of the game by the progression unit 153. The update unit 155 updates parameters related to the game medium associated with the player according to the progress of the game by the player. The map generation unit 156 generates maps for multiple game areas for each of multiple players who play the game. The selection unit 157 selects a player character as a provision from the player characters to be provided based on information about the multiple player characters to be provided that have been copied by the copying unit 254 of the server 200.

The storage unit 160 includes a game information storage unit 161. The storage unit 160 is realized by various recording media such as a hard disc drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), or a flash memory, and has the function of storing various programs and data required for the operation of the mobile terminal 100A. That is, the storage unit 160 stores information (game programs and data) about a game that is downloaded by a player from a game server via the network 300 and installed in the mobile terminal 100A.

The game information storage unit 161 stores game information data necessary for progressing through the game, such as information on the game medium (player character) assigned to the player, items acquired by the player, and decorative elements of the game space.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of a server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 3, the server 200 includes a communication unit 210, a display unit 220, an input reception unit 230, a control unit 250, and a storage unit 260.

The communication unit 210 includes a receiving unit 211 and a transmitting unit 212, and has a function of communicating with the mobile terminals 100A to 100C via the network 300 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 250. That is, the communication unit 210 transmits and receives data related to the game between the mobile terminals 100A to 100C. As will be described in detail later, the transmitting unit 212 transmits the game medium associated with the player copied by the copying unit 254 to the terminal device 100A of the game player as a provision target. The receiving unit 211 receives acquisition information including information related to the game medium acquired as a provision by the game player from the game medium to be provided that was transmitted by the transmitting unit 212.

The display unit 220 is realized by an LCD display or monitor, and displays information required for the game operator to control the server 200. The input reception unit 230 is realized by a keyboard or touchpad, and receives operational input required for controlling the server 200.

The control unit 250 is a processor having a function of controlling each unit of the server 200. The control unit 250 includes an information processing unit 251, a display processing unit 252, a determination unit 253, a duplication unit 254, a selection unit 255, and a reward granting unit 256. The information processing unit 251 performs various processes on the operation input information input from the input reception unit 230 and the information transmitted and received by the communication unit 210. The display processing unit 252 processes various data to be displayed on the display unit 220 and the display units of the mobile terminals 100A-C.

As will be described in detail later, the determination unit 253 determines whether or not the progress of the player in the game satisfies a predetermined condition. Note that the determination unit 253 determines, at a predetermined timing, whether or not the progress of the player in the game satisfies a predetermined condition. Furthermore, the determination unit 253 determines the ranking of multiple players based on the progress of the game, and determines that a player satisfies the predetermined condition when the player is ranked high.

When the determination unit 253 determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the duplication unit 254 duplicates the player's game media in the parameter state at the time of the determination (at the predetermined timing). In response to an acquisition request from a player of a game, the selection unit 255 selects a game media to be acquired by the player as a provision from among the game media to be provided stored in the provision object storage unit 262. Note that some of the parameters of the game media selected by the selection unit 255 are restricted from being updated in accordance with the progress of the game by the player who acquired the game media.

The reward granting unit 256 grants a reward to the player corresponding to the unique game medium to be provided, depending on the number of times it was selected as a provision by the selection unit 255 or the number of times it was selected as a provision by the selection unit 157 of the terminal device 100A. Note that information regarding the number of times it was selected on the terminal device 100A is included in the acquisition information transmitted from the player's terminal device 100A. Furthermore, the reward granting unit 256 grants a reward to the player corresponding to the game medium, depending on the usage by the player of the game medium selected as a provision by the selection unit 255 or acquired by the player of the game selected as a provision by the selection unit 157 of the terminal device 100A.

The storage unit 260 has a function of storing (storing) various programs and data required for the operation of the server 200. The storage unit 260 includes a game information storage unit 261 and a provided object storage unit 262. The game information storage unit 261 stores various data required for progressing the game. In other words, the game information storage unit 261 stores the game media assigned to the player in association with the player. The provided object storage unit 262 stores the game media specific to the player copied by the copying unit 254 as a provided object. The storage unit 260 is typically realized by various recording media such as an HDD, SSD, or flash memory.

Next, an overview of a game realized by a game program according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 4 to 7. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a start screen of a game displayed on the display unit 120 of the mobile terminal 100A. In the following description, the player having the mobile terminal 100A will be referred to as Player A, and the players having the mobile terminals 100B and 100C will be referred to as Player B and Player C, respectively. Note that while the description will be given for the mobile terminal 100A, the same applies to the mobile terminals 100B and 100C.

As shown in the figure, start screen 500 displays player A's tower (player's game area) 510, shop button 520, menu button 530, map button 540, news button 550, mail button 560, number of coins 570, and number of owned gems 580. Information (programs, image data, etc.) for displaying start screen 500 is stored in game information storage unit 161 of mobile terminal 100A. Then, display processing unit 152 generates display information for start screen 500 using information stored in game information storage unit 163, and outputs it to display unit 120.

By tapping the tower 510, player A can make his/her player character A enter the tower 510. Player A moves his/her player character A in the tower 510 in a limited number of turns and makes the player character A fight against the enemy characters he/she encounters. By winning a fight, player character A gains experience points, grows, and can also earn coins. There is also a treasure chest inside the tower 510, and player character A can acquire items in the treasure chest as rewards. The acquired items are weapons, armor, and other arms that determine the characteristic values of player character A, such as defense, attack, speed, and luck, or accessories, such as collars and rings. Player A can set the arms and accessories to be equipped to his/her player character A in order to win the fight against the enemy character. In a battle between player character A and an enemy character, parameter calculations are performed in the progression unit 153 based on the characteristic values of player character A, such as defense, attack, speed, and luck, which are determined based on his equipment, and the characteristic values of the enemy character, and the amount of damage each character will receive is determined. The character whose total amount of damage received exceeds his or her HP (hit points) is the loser.

The game progresses as described above, for example, as follows. First, the input reception unit 130 receives a tap or slide operation by player A (detects a tap or slide operation on the touch panel) and transmits coordinate information to the information processing unit 151. The information processing unit 151 transmits information to the progression unit 153, such as whether player A's instruction is a tap, or if it is a slide, in which direction. The progression unit 153 determines the direction of movement of player character A based on the slide operation by player A, and issues instructions to update the display screen (such as the appearance of an enemy character or treasure chest, or a transition of the screen inside the tower). As described above, the progression unit 153 also calculates parameters for battles with enemy characters.

In addition, parameters such as skills representing executable special abilities and jobs representing the player character's abilities and the characteristics of the growth of those abilities may be set for the player character. Furthermore, at the start of the game, the player may be allowed to set parameters such as unique appearance and items for the player character through selection. Furthermore, the player character may be allowed to grow as a unique character for each player by combining items, skills, and jobs. Information on these parameters is stored in the memory unit 160 of the terminal device 100A and the memory unit 260 of the server 200.

The tower 510 has three floors in the initial state of the game. When the player wins a battle against a boss on the highest floor of the tower (boss battle), a button 512 for increasing the number of floors of the tower is displayed. Player A can increase the number of floors of the tower by three floors 514 by tapping the button 512 and consuming a preset number of coins. The higher the floor of the enemy character, the higher the defensive power and attack power are, and the characteristic values of the items that can be acquired are also set to be higher, and this information is stored in the game information storage unit 163. There is a boss on every three floors of the tower 510 (i.e., the third, sixth, ninth floors, etc.), and if the player wins the boss battle, he or she can escape the tower 510 with the items that he or she has acquired. If the number of turns reaches zero, if the player loses the boss battle, or if the player escapes the tower during the exploration, the player cannot take the items that he or she has acquired back out of the tower.

Each of the multiple players in the game is assigned a tower as shown on the game screen 500, and players can visit other players' towers (other player towers) and play a competitive game as described above in the other players' towers.

Returning to the explanation of the game screen 500, by tapping the store button 520, player A can display the screen of a virtual store in the game. In the virtual store, player A can use the coins and gems he has acquired to purchase items and summon accompanying characters. Coins and gems are virtual currencies that are consumed when a player purchases items in the game, summons accompanying characters, or enters another player's tower or a battle tower. The menu button 530 is a button that displays a menu screen for progressing through the game. On the menu screen, for example, a game score (e.g., the highest number of floors reached, etc.), which is information about the progress of the player's game in the player's tower, other players' towers, the common tower, or the battle tower, a button to access a screen for setting the player's character's equipment, a button to access an item management screen, etc. are displayed.

The map button 540 is a button for transitioning to a map screen that displays the towers of other players and the common tower that player A can visit. The notification button 550 displays messages according to the progress of the game. Examples of the message content include "Tower expansion (addition) is possible", "Another player has visited this tower", "Functions that player A can execute have been unlocked", "Information on other players' towers has been updated", etc. An exclamation mark is displayed on the warp zone 540 and signboard 550 if there is information that player A has not confirmed. Note that the shop 520 and warp zone 540 are displayed when the tower 510 is 9 floors or higher in height.

The email button 560 is displayed by the display processing unit 153 based on information received from the server 200 when there is a notice from the game operators. Player A can have the notice displayed on the display unit 120 by tapping the balloon 560. The number of coins 570 displays the total number of coins currently owned by Player A. The number of gems 580 displays the number of gems owned, and the player can transition the display unit 120 to a gem purchase screen by tapping the plus button (+).

Next, the map displayed when player A taps the mail button 540 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a map displayed on the display unit 120. This map is generated by the map generation unit 157 of the terminal device 100A. Alternatively, it may be generated by the map generation unit 254 of the server 200, and map information for displaying the map may be transmitted to the terminal device 100A. As shown in the figure, the map 600 displays player A's player tower 610, common tower 611, battle tower 612, event tower 613, and quest (bottomless well) 614. A tab menu 620 and list 630 are also displayed. Player A can tap on the map to select a destination.

The tab menu 620 displays "Towers of other players" that player A can visit depending on the tab selected, as well as "Exploration history," "Favorites," and "Towers that other player A can enter," which are not shown in the figure. In the figure, a list 630 of "Towers of other players" that player A can visit is displayed. As shown in the figure, player A can visit at least "Tower of player C," "Tower of player B," "Tower of player X," and "Tower of player Y."

In the game in other players' towers, just like in the player's tower, players acquire items while fighting enemy characters, aiming to win a boss battle against a boss located on the top floor of the other player's tower. Just like in the player's tower, the items acquired in the other player's tower can be taken home if the player wins a boss battle against a boss located every third floor and escapes the other player's tower. Also, coins acquired in the other player's tower can not only be taken home, but are recorded as part of the player's battle record in the other player's tower.

Here, we will provide additional information about the other towers and other objects displayed on the map. As described above, player tower 610 is a game space associated with player A, and the height of the tower can be increased according to player A's strategy.

The common tower 611 is a tower that all players can conquer. In the common tower, each player aims to conquer the top floor while fighting enemy characters and bosses encountered inside. In the common tower, players can also acquire items from treasure chests and equip them to their own characters. Coins must be consumed to enter the common tower 611, and the higher the floor, the more advanced the enemy characters they will fight and the reward items they can acquire. The height of the common tower 611 does not change depending on the user. On the other hand, the game operator may change the height according to the progress of the game of each user. Inside the common tower 611, players may encounter other player characters, but the other players of the other player characters do not have to be playing the game at the same time, and the other player characters selected by the game program are displayed. In other words, the game may be played synchronously or asynchronously, the game progress status may be stored in the server 200, and the other player characters may be selected by the server 200 based on the stored progress status.

The results (score) of each player's game in the common tower are recorded, and rankings are determined by items such as the number of coins acquired, number of visits, number of floors reached, and level achieved. Each player progresses through the competitive game in the player's tower 610, other players' towers, and the common tower 611, acquiring weapons and accessories that enhance parameters such as attack power, defense power, and speed, and aims to improve the abilities of their own character and move up the rankings. Items can also be acquired by spending gems at the store 520 in Figure 4.

At a predetermined timing, such as midnight on the day when the month changes or midnight on Sunday, the player characters associated with the players ranked in the top 100 in the ranking in the common tower are stored (stored) as offerings in the server. At this time, the player characters as offerings are duplicated in a state in which they possess the parameters of the player characters at the predetermined timing. As described above, the players of the game can acquire other player characters stored as offerings by lottery (gacha). The offerings may be stored in addition to existing offerings in the server, or existing offerings in the offering object storage unit 262 of the server 200 may be partially or entirely replaced. In the case of additional storage, the offerings may be overwritten by new offerings when the stored offerings reach a predetermined number (e.g., 300 bodies). These conditions may be stored in the storage unit 260, and the duplication unit 254 may perform duplication processing of the offerings based on the conditions. In addition, the parameters of the player characters to be offered may be changed according to the history of the offerings. For example, if the player character of a player who will be included in the top rankings of the latest ranking as a result of the determination at a predetermined timing was previously a provided item, the parameters of the character as a provided item may be changed from the parameters at the predetermined timing depending on the number of times and the period of time that it was a provided item. For example, a parameter such as the HP of the player character may be added. This can be done by the duplication unit 254 referring to the history of provided items stored in the provided item storage unit 162 of the server 200, and changing the parameters of the character based on, for example, whether the player character was previously selected as an object, the number of times that it was a provided item in the past, the period of time that it was a provided item in the past, etc.

When the store 520 on the game screen 500 in FIG. 4 is tapped, a menu screen is displayed, and the player can select a menu such as "Purchase an item" or "Summon an accompanying character". When the player selects "Summon an accompanying character", one player character can be acquired (summoned) by lottery from the player characters stored as offerings in the server. Note that multiple accompanying characters may be acquired depending on the number of times the player has drawn lots. Here, the lottery (gacha) is a lottery method in which the player characters stored as offerings are randomly selected based on a predetermined appearance probability set in advance. The acquired other player characters can be taken along as accompanying characters to explore the battle tower 612 or the common tower 610. Note that the lottery method may be configured such that the order in which the player characters appear is set in advance, and the player characters are selected by the selection unit based on that order. Information on the appearance probability, order, etc. is stored in advance in the storage unit 160 or 260. In addition, the items may be acquired by combining a lottery based on a predetermined probability of appearance with a selection based on a set order. This includes, for example, a configuration in which multiple order patterns are set and a lottery is performed based on the patterns.

The battle tower 612 is a tower where a battle takes place between player A's player character A and other player characters of other players. The battle tower 612 is displayed on the map for the first time when the player's tower 610 meets a certain condition, for example, when the tower's height reaches 12 floors or more, and exploration becomes possible. Inside the battle tower 612, player A encounters other player characters as battle characters. The other player characters encountered are not playing the game at the same time, but other player characters that meet certain conditions are selected by the game program and displayed to player A. As mentioned above, player A can explore the inside of the battle tower 612 together with a copy of the other player character that the player has obtained by lottery (gacha) as a companion character.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, in a game in a game space (common tower), by satisfying a predetermined condition at a predetermined timing, the player's own character is set as an offering for a lottery (gacha). Since the player's character is determined as an offering at the predetermined timing, it is possible to arouse the player's enthusiasm for the game, such as wanting to satisfy the condition by the predetermined timing. Furthermore, by using the performance at the predetermined timing, a player character that is effective (strong) for the game configuration at that timing is included in the offering. Since a player who performs the lottery (draws gacha) needs a player character that is effective in the current game configuration, by appropriately adjusting the timing, it is possible to set an effective player character as an offering according to the situation of the game, even if the situation changes (due to an event, update, etc.).

In addition, beginners to the game have difficulty progressing through the battle tower because they have few items and experience points that can be equipped to their own player character, and if they continue to lose, they may lose motivation for the game. At this time, if they can obtain a powerful companion character by lottery, the probability of winning the battle increases, and even beginners can enjoy the game. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the companion characters obtained by lottery are those who have a high ranking (high performance) in the game in the common tower, so that players can easily obtain companion characters with high abilities, and the interest of the game for players can be improved. Furthermore, in order to gain the honor of being used as a companion character, players aim to improve the abilities of their own characters so that they can be registered as offerings. Therefore, players can be motivated to repeatedly challenge the game.

Event tower 613 is displayed on map 600 and becomes available for player A to explore when certain conditions are met, such as when player A wins a battle in battle tower 612 and reaches the top floor, or when player A's performance in common tower 611 is ranked within the top 10. In event tower 613, depending on the content of the event, for example, no enemy characters will appear and players will be able to acquire items, or a special enemy character will appear and players will be able to obtain a special reward if they win the battle. Bottomless pit 614 is a game space where players can encounter enemy characters different from those in the common tower or player's tower and acquire special items.

Figure 6 is an example of a game screen that displays details of an acquired accompanying character. As shown in the figure, the game screen 700 includes an accompanying character 710, an attached weapon 720, an attached accessory 730, and a social sharing button 740. The weapon 720 and the accessory 730 are items that were attached to the player character that is the source of the accompanying character 710 when they were copied and stored as offerings at a predetermined timing. These parameters such as the weapon and the accessory are partially restricted from being changed by the player who acquired the accompanying character 710. For example, the attached item 720 cannot be changed to another item by the player who acquired it (it can be strengthened). The accessory 730 can be attached by overwriting the accessory of the player who acquired it, that is, the player cannot acquire the accessory that is attached to the accompanying character. In addition, even if the other player character that is the source of the companion character exchanges the weapon or acquires a new accessory in the game, it is not reflected in the accompanying character.

Figure 7 shows an example of a game screen in which a companion character and an enemy character battle each other. As shown in the figure, the game screen 800 includes an enemy character 810 and companion characters 820 and 830. The player can battle the enemy character 810 by tapping a fight button 840. As mentioned above, the battle is determined by the parameters possessed by each character, so the parameters of the companion characters 820 and 830 are important in determining whether or not the battle will be won.

In this way, according to one embodiment of the present invention, since changes to parameters of acquired accompanying characters are restricted, it is possible to prevent a proliferation of powerful player characters and maintain an appropriate game balance. Specifically, by placing restrictions on the player characters that can be acquired compared to the original player character of the original player, it is possible to ensure the advantage of players who possess original player characters. This makes it possible to increase the strength of players such as beginners, while also adjusting the strength between players so that they do not easily become as strong as advanced players.

A reward may be given to a player corresponding to a player character that has been acquired many times as a companion character. For example, the parameters of the player character may increase according to the number of times it has been acquired. A reward may be given to assist the player's progress in the game according to the number of times it has been acquired. The above-mentioned reward may be given according to the usage status of the character as a companion character in the game. Here, the usage status refers to the number of times and time it has been used as a companion character in the game, the number of times it has grown due to other players who have acquired it, the number of times the other players who have acquired it have won battles in which they accompanied the character as a companion character, etc. Note that the reward may specifically be an item that is unlikely to appear to the player in the tower of an event, or an enemy character that can earn the player more than double the number of coins if the player wins a battle.

In this way, the player can receive rewards according to the number of times a copy of his/her own character is obtained as a companion character, which gives the player enthusiasm to repeatedly challenge the game in order to enter the top of the game rankings. In addition, the player can receive rewards according to the situation in which a copy of his/her own character is used as a companion character, which gives the player enthusiasm to develop an excellent character.

It is also possible to have some kind of interaction with the player who copied the acquired accompanying character. For example, the player who acquired the accompanying character may be able to send an email to the player who copied the accompanying character. Also, the player may be able to express his/her gratitude to the player who copied the accompanying character on a social networking service (SNS). This can be achieved by incorporating a chat function between players into the game program, or by having the player set registration information in the SNS at the start of the game and storing the players and the SNS in association with each other. Also, the tower of the player who acquired the accompanying character and the tower of the original player may be stored in association with each other. For example, the player who acquired the accompanying character and the original player may be configured to be able to visit each other's towers, or the coins acquired when each player conquers the towers of the other players may be increased. Furthermore, the player who acquired the accompanying character and the original player may be stored in association with each other. For example, the two players may be registered as friends, and when playing cooperatively with multiple players to fight an enemy, the player may be given priority in requesting cooperation. Furthermore, the acquired accompanying character and the original player character may be notified of information related to changed parameters. Specifically, when the acquired accompanying character is equipped with equipment A having stronger parameters, the player who owns the original player character may be notified of information about a quest in which equipment A can be obtained, or the quest may be made available for completion.

By configuring it as described above, it is possible to encourage further interaction through the player characters.

Next, the processing in a game according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing when player character A of player A of mobile terminal 100A is stored as an offering, and player B of mobile terminal 100B makes a request to acquire an accompanying character (accompanying character summon, gacha). Note that from here on, each part of player B's mobile terminal 100B will be referred to by adding the letter "B" after the reference number. The functions of each part of mobile terminal 100B are the same as those described for mobile terminal 100A above.

As shown in the figure, the progression unit 153 of the mobile terminal 100A progresses the game in the common tower of player A based on the operation input information from the player via the input reception unit 130 (step S11). Then, at a predetermined timing (for example, midnight on the last day of the month, midnight on Sunday, etc.), the progress status of the game in the common tower is stored in the game information storage unit 161. The stored game progress status includes information such as the number of coins acquired in the common tower, the number of times the common tower has been visited, the highest reached floor, and the equipment of the player character A. The game progress status is transmitted to the server 200 via the communication unit 110 (step S12). The server 200 stores the game progress status of player A received via the communication unit 210 in the game information storage unit 261 (step S14). The game progress status of each of the multiple players of the game is transmitted to the server 200, and the server 200 stores the game progress status of each of the players in the game information storage unit 261.

Next, the determination unit 253 of the server 200 determines whether or not player A satisfies a predetermined condition, i.e., whether or not the player's ranking in the game results in the common tower (e.g., the number of coins acquired) is within the top 100 (step S15). If player character A satisfies the predetermined condition, the duplication unit 254 duplicates player character A and stores the duplicated character in the provided object storage unit 262 (step S16). If it is determined in step S15 that player character A does not satisfy the predetermined condition, information about player character A may be deleted from the game information storage unit 261. The server 200 performs the above-mentioned process for each player of the game, duplicates player characters that are within the top 100 in the game ranking in the common tower, and stores the duplicated player characters in the provided object storage unit 262.

The selection unit 255 of the server 200 transmits the provision information related to the provision (copy of the player character) stored in the provision object storage unit 262 to the mobile terminal 100B via the transmission unit 212 (step S17). The transmitted provision information includes information on the player character to be provided, the lottery probability set for the provision, and the top-ranked players. The reception unit 111B of the mobile terminal 100B receives the provision information and stores it in the storage unit 160. After that, in the mobile terminal 100B, "Summon Accompanying Character" is selected by player B, and the selection unit 157B performs a lottery (gacha) for the accompanying character based on the provision information (step S18). The information on the accompanying character selected (acquired) in step S18 is transmitted from the transmission unit 112 to the server 200 (step S19). After that, the information on the provision acquired by player B is stored in the storage unit 260 of the server 200 in association with player B (step S20).

In the above, the lottery is performed on the mobile terminal 100B, but the lottery may be performed by the server 200. A flowchart of the process in this case is shown in FIG. 9. Steps S11 to S16 are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG. 8, so their explanation is omitted. In step P18, "Summon Accompanying Character" is selected by the player B on the mobile terminal 100B, and the information processing unit 151B transmits an acquisition request to the server 200 via the communication unit 110B (step P18). The selection unit 255 of the server 200 selects an offering from the offering objects (replicas of the player character) stored in the offering object storage unit 262, and transmits the offering to the mobile terminal 100B via the communication unit 210 (step P17). The offering object (replicas of the player character) transmitted from the server 200 is stored in the game information storage unit 161 of the mobile terminal 100B (step P19).

Next, the information on the provided items (duplicated player characters) stored in the provided item storage unit 262 of the server 200 will be described with reference to the figures. FIG. 9 is an example of a table showing the information on the provided items stored in the provided item storage unit 262. As shown in the figure, table 900 includes "player name," "rank," "weapon," and "accessory." In the example shown, player B is ranked "1st," and the types of weapon and accessory worn by player character B at the time they were duplicated as a provided item and stored in the provided item storage unit 262 are stored. Note that table 900 may also store the probability of appearance of each player character at the time of drawing.

The effects of the present invention will be described again. As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, in a game in a game space (common tower), the player's character is set as an offering in a lottery (gacha) by satisfying a predetermined condition at a predetermined timing. Because the player is determined to be an offering at the predetermined timing, it is possible to arouse the player's enthusiasm for the game, making him or her want to satisfy the conditions by the predetermined timing.

Furthermore, as an advantage to the party acquiring the player character, since characters at the top of the rankings are characters that are effective for the current game specifications, it is possible to easily obtain effective game characters from among the characters trained by other players. Also, as an advantage to the party training the player character stored as an offering, it is possible to interact with other players by having the character that one has trained used by more other players. Furthermore, in the past, in order to exchange player characters, it was necessary to directly battle other players or to contact other players. According to the present invention, exchange of player characters can be performed without players directly interacting with each other, such as in a battle. This encourages interaction via player characters, and increases opportunities for interaction.

Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the companion characters obtained by lottery are those with high rankings (top performers) in the game in the common tower, so players can easily obtain companion characters with high abilities, which can increase the interest of the game for players. Furthermore, in order to gain the honor and reward of being used as a companion character, players aim to improve the abilities of their own characters so that they can be registered as offerings. Therefore, players can be motivated to repeatedly challenge the game.

Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the present invention, since changes to parameters of acquired accompanying characters are restricted, it is possible to prevent a proliferation of powerful player characters and maintain an appropriate game balance. Specifically, by restricting the player characters that can be acquired compared to the original player character of the original player, it is possible to ensure the advantage of players who possess original player characters. This makes it possible to increase the strength of players such as beginners, and to easily adjust the strength of players so that they do not become as strong as advanced players.

Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a player can receive rewards according to the number of times a copy of his/her own character is obtained as a companion character and the usage status of the character as a companion character in the game, which gives the player enthusiasm to repeatedly challenge the game in order to get a high ranking in the game.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the above, an embodiment in which the appearance probability at the time of lottery is preset has been described, but the appearance probability may be set according to a predetermined probability distribution from the top of the ranking. Specifically, the appearance probability of the player character ranked 1st may be the lowest, and the appearance probability of the player character ranked 100th may be the highest. In addition, the probability may be changed depending on the relationship between the player who draws the gacha and the player corresponding to the player character included in the gacha. For example, the probability that player A can obtain player B's player character may be increased depending on the relationship, such as if player A is friends with player B, can visit player B's tower, or has already conquered it.

A player may also be associated with multiple player characters. In this case, the player characters stored as the provided object may be some or all of the multiple player characters associated with the player. Furthermore, the duplication unit 254 may selectively store the multiple player characters as the provided object according to their respective parameters. For example, of the multiple player characters, the player character with the highest parameter may be duplicated as the provided object.

Although the above describes a configuration in which an offering is determined at a predetermined timing, the present invention is not limited to this, and a player character may be added to the offering at any time when a condition is satisfied. For example, if a player is ranked within the top 100, the player character may be stored in the server at that time. Also, if a player is ranked out, the player character may be deleted from the server at that time. By using such a configuration, the player character included in the offering can be changed dynamically.

The specified timing is not limited to the above, but may also be when the game configuration is changed (for example, when an event starts, ends, or is updated), and the offerings stored in the server may be replaced periodically.

In addition, while the above describes a configuration in which changing the parameters of an acquired accompanying character (equipping weapons and accessories) is partially restricted, a configuration in which the parameters that can be changed are restricted may also be used. For example, a player can spend coins to increase the level of weapons, but the upper limit of this increase may be restricted. In addition, the initial parameters of an acquired accompanying character may be set lower than the parameters before duplication.

In the above, a configuration has been described in which a computer according to one aspect of the present invention functions as a server, a game program according to one aspect of the present invention is executed in part or in whole on the server as a so-called web application (web game), and the results of the executed processing are returned to a mobile terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration may also be used in which a computer according to one aspect of the present invention functions as a mobile terminal (client device), and a game program according to one aspect of the present invention is executed on the mobile terminal as a so-called native application (native game).

When displaying the game results via a web browser, the mobile terminal 100A can store the information received from the server 200, for example, in a specified memory area (web storage) installed in the web browser.

In this way, the server 200 can be configured to include some or all of the functional units (particularly the control unit 150) described as being included in the mobile terminal 100A, and the server 200 can be configured to transmit the output results of the game to the mobile terminal 100A based on the input given to the mobile terminal 100A. In this way, the server 200 can achieve the same effect as the mobile terminal 100A achieves when the mobile terminal 100A provides the function.

The game according to the present invention can also be a hybrid game in which the server 200 and the mobile terminal 100A each handle part of the processing, such as by displaying the game progress screen as a web display on the mobile terminal 100A based on data generated by the server 200, and displaying other menu screens and the like as native displays using a native app installed on the mobile terminal 100A.

The mobile terminal 100A can also be connected to other mobile terminals 100B and 100C so that they can communicate with each other (so-called peer-to-peer communication), and can play a game in multiplayer by synchronizing with each other. In the above, a mode in which information is transmitted from a mobile terminal to another mobile terminal via the server 200 has been described, but information may also be transmitted directly between mobile terminals, for example, in ad-hoc mode or infrastructure mode.

The above-mentioned control method may also include processes executed by each unit included in the control unit 150, in addition to the processes described with reference to the flowchart.

Also, in the above, a battle game in a tower has been described as a game realized by a game program according to one embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game program according to the present invention can be realized in a variety of games, such as, for example, a company management game, a farm management game, and a character development game.

In the above, the game in which the results determined as the offerings are determined has been described as a game in a common tower. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be based on the results of the games in the towers of each player associated with each of the multiple players. In the above, the accompanying character summoned is described as being a player character duplicated as an offering, but the accompanying character may be a pre-programmed non-player character. In addition, the accompanying character obtained by lottery may be the player's character if the player's character is duplicated as an offering.

Furthermore, the mobile terminals 100A to 100C are not limited to smartphones. The mobile terminals may be any information processing device capable of implementing the functions described in the above embodiment, and may be, for example, a mobile phone, a PC (Personal Computer), a tablet terminal, or the like. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a game is played between three mobile terminals, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may involve three or more terminals.

The control units of the mobile terminal 100A and the server 200 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). In the latter case, the mobile terminal 100A and the server 200 are provided with a CPU that executes the commands of a game program, which is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or storage device (these are referred to as "recording media") in which the game program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU), and a RAM (Random Access Memory) in which the game program is expanded. The object of the present invention is achieved by having the computer (or CPU) read and execute the game program from the recording medium. As the recording medium, a "non-transient tangible medium", such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, or a programmable logic circuit, may be used. The game program may also be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium capable of transmitting the game program (such as a communications network or broadcast waves). The present invention may also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the game program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The game program can be implemented using, for example, scripting languages such as ActionScript and JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), and markup languages such as HTML5. The present invention also includes a game system that includes an information processing terminal (e.g., mobile terminal 100A) having components that realize the functions realized by the game program, and a server having components that realize the remaining functions different from the above functions.

Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these modifications and corrections are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, and multiple means, steps, etc. can be combined into one or divided. In addition, the configurations shown in the above embodiments may be appropriately combined.
[Additional Notes]
The claims of the parent application of this application are set forth below.
[1] A computer includes:
a storage function for storing the game content provided to the player in a predetermined storage device in association with the player;
an update function that updates parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with the progress of the game by the player;
a determination function for determining, at a predetermined timing, whether or not the progress of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition;
a duplication function that, when it is determined by the determination function that the predetermined condition is satisfied, duplicates the game content associated with the player in a parameter state at the time of the determination;
A game program that realizes a transmission function of transmitting the game medium associated with the player that has been copied by the copy function to the terminal device of the player of the game as a provision target.
[2] The game program described in [1], further realizing a receiving function for receiving acquired information including information regarding the game medium acquired as a gift from the game medium to be provided transmitted by the player of the game using the transmission function and/or from pre-programmed game medium not associated with the player of the game.
[3] The game program described in [1] or [2], further realizing a selection function for selecting, in response to an acquisition request from a player of the game, a game medium to be acquired as an offering by the player from among game medium associated with the player replicated by the replication function and/or pre-programmed game medium not associated with the player of the game.
[4] The game program according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the duplication function duplicates the game content of the player in a parameter state at the specified timing.
[5] The game program described in any one of [1] to [4], wherein the determination function determines the ranking of the multiple players based on the progress of the game, and determines that the player satisfies the specified condition when the player is ranked high.
[6] A game program as described in any one of [1] to [5], characterized in that some of the parameters of the game media obtained as an offering by a player of the game are restricted from being updated in accordance with the progress of the game by the player who obtained the game media.
[7] The game program described in [2], characterized in that the acquired information includes information regarding the number of times the game medium has been selected as a gift by a player of the game, and further realizing a reward granting function that grants a reward to a player corresponding to the game medium that has been selected as a gift depending on the number of times it has been selected.
[8] The game program described in [2], characterized in that the acquisition information includes information regarding the usage by a player of the game of a game medium acquired as an offering by the player of the game, and further realizing a reward granting function that grants a reward to the player corresponding to the game medium in accordance with the usage.
[9] a storage step of storing the game content provided to the player in a predetermined storage device in association with the player;
an updating step of updating parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with a progress of the game by the player;
a determination step of determining, at a predetermined timing, whether or not a progress state of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition;
a duplication step of duplication of the game content associated with the player in a parameter state at the time of the determination step when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied;
A computer control method including a transmission step of transmitting the game medium associated with the player copied in the copying step to a terminal device of the player of the game as a provision target.
[10] A storage unit that stores game content provided to a player in association with the player;
an update unit that updates parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with a progress of the game by the player;
a determination unit that determines at a predetermined timing whether or not a progress state of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition;
a duplication unit that, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, duplicates the game content associated with the player in a parameter state at the time of the determination;
A computer comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the game medium associated with the player that has been copied by the copying unit as a provision target to a terminal device of the player of the game.
[Additional Notes]
The claims as originally filed in the original application of this application are set forth below.
[1] A computer includes:
a storage function for storing the game contents provided to each of the plurality of players in a predetermined storage device in association with the player;
an update function that updates parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with the progress of the game by the player;
a copy function for copying a game content associated with the player;
a determination function for determining, by lottery, from among the duplicated game media, a game medium to be associated with a player of the game in response to an acquisition request from the player;
and an associating function for associating the game content determined by the determining function with the one player.
The determination function is a game program that executes the lottery based on the relationship between the player to which the duplicated game medium is associated and the one player.
[2] The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that the determination function executes the lottery based on a lottery method determined in accordance with the relationship between the player to which the copied game medium is associated and the one player.
[3] The game program described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the determination function changes the appearance probability of the duplicated game medium and executes the lottery depending on the relationship between the player to which the duplicated game medium is associated and the one player.
[4] The computer further comprises:
4. The game program according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a modification function for automatically modifying parameters of the game content copied by the copy function.
[5] The computer further comprises:
A game program as described in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that when a player of the game associates another item that changes parameters with an associated game medium, a notification function is realized that notifies a player associated with the game medium of information regarding the parameters that have been changed by the association of the other item.
[6] The computer further comprises:
6. The game program according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission function for transmitting information relating to the association made by said association function to a terminal device of said one player.
[7] The computer further comprises:
a determining function for determining whether or not the progress of the game by the player satisfies a predetermined condition at a predetermined timing;
The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, when the determination function determines that the specified condition is satisfied, the duplication function duplicates the game medium associated with the player in the parameter state at the time of the determination.
[8] The computer further comprises:
A game program as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it realizes a receiving function for receiving acquired information including information regarding game media acquired by a player of the game as an offering from among the game media associated by the association function and/or pre-programmed game media that are not associated with the player of the game.
[9] The computer further comprises:
realizing a selection function for selecting a game medium to be acquired as an offering by a player of the game from among pre-programmed game media not associated with the player of the game in response to an acquisition request from the player of the game;
9. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the game program is a game program for playing a game.
[10] The game program according to claim 7, characterized in that the determination function determines the ranking of the multiple players based on the progress of the game, and determines that the specified condition is satisfied when the player is ranked high.
[11] A game program described in any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that some of the parameters of the game medium acquired as an offering by a player of the game are restricted from being updated in accordance with the progress of the game by the player who acquired the game medium.
[12] The acquisition information includes information regarding the number of times the game has been selected as an offering by a player of the game,
The computer further comprises:
9. The game program according to claim 8, further comprising a reward providing function for providing a reward to a player corresponding to the game medium that is the provided item, depending on the number of times the selection is made.
[13] The computer further comprises:
the acquisition information includes information regarding a usage situation by a player of the game of a game medium acquired as an offering by the player of the game, and a reward granting function is realized that grants a reward to the player corresponding to the game medium in accordance with the usage situation;
9. The game program according to claim 8.
[14] a storage step of storing the game contents provided to each of the plurality of players in a predetermined storage device in association with the players;
an updating step of updating parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with a progress of the game by the player;
a duplication step of duplication of the game content associated with the player;
a determining step of determining, by lottery, from among the duplicated game media, a game medium to be associated with a player who is a player of the game, in response to an acquisition request from the player;
and an associating step of associating the game content determined in the determining step with the one player,
A computer control method in which, in the determination step, the lottery is executed based on a relationship between the player to which the duplicated game medium is associated and the one player.
[15] A storage unit that stores game contents provided to each of a plurality of players in association with the respective players;
an update unit that updates parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with a progress of the game by the player;
a duplication unit that duplicates the game content associated with the player;
a determination unit that determines, by lottery, from among the duplicated game media, a game medium to be associated with a player of the game in response to an acquisition request from the player;
an association unit that associates the game content determined by the determination unit with the one player,
The determination unit is a computer that executes the lottery based on the relationship between the player to which the duplicated game medium is associated and the one player.

The present invention can be widely applied to any computer, including smartphones, tablet terminals, mobile phones, home game consoles, personal computers, servers, workstations, and mainframes.

100A, 100B, 100C: Portable terminal (computer)
110, 210 Communication unit 111 211 Receiving unit 112 212 Transmitting unit 120, 220 Display unit 130, 230 Input receiving unit 140 Audio I/F
150, 250 Control unit 151, 251 Information processing unit 152, 252 Display processing unit 153 Progression unit 154, 256 Reward granting unit 155 Update unit 156 Map generation unit 157 Selection unit 160, 260 Storage unit 161, 261 Game information storage unit 170 Speaker 200 Server 253 Determination unit 254 Replication unit 255 Selection unit 262 Offer object storage unit 300 Network 400 Game system 500 Game screen (start screen)
510 Player tower 512 Button 520 Shop 530 Menu button 540 Map button 550 Notification button 560 Mail button 570 Coins 580 Owned gems 600 Map 610 Player tower 611 Common tower 612 Battle tower 613 Event tower 614 Bottomless pit 620 Tab menu 630 List 800 Game screen 810 Enemy character 820, 830 Accompanying character 840 Fight button 700 Game screen 710 Accompanying character 720 Item 730 Accessory 740 Social sharing button 900 Table

Claims (16)

On the computer,
a storage function that stores the game contents provided to each of the plurality of players in a predetermined storage device in association with the player;
an update function that updates parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with the progress of the game by the player ;
a copy function for copying a game content associated with the player;
a determination function for determining, in response to an acquisition request from a player of the game, a game content to be associated with the player from among the duplicated game content;
an associating function for associating the game content determined by the determining function with the one player ;
Realize this ,
The storage function further associates a first game space with the one player and stores the first game space in a predetermined storage device, and associates a second game space with the player with which the source game medium is associated, and stores the second game space in the predetermined storage device;
A game program in which, after associating the duplicated game medium with the one player, the first game space and the second game space are associated with each other, and the one player is able to progress in the game in the second game space . The computer further comprises:
realizing a determination function for determining whether or not the ranking of the player in the game satisfies a predetermined condition at a predetermined timing;
2. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the copy function copies the game content associated with the player when a predetermined condition is satisfied at a predetermined timing in the game. The computer further comprises:
The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that it realizes a reward granting function that associates a reward with a player to whom the original game medium of the copied game medium is associated, depending on the number of times the copied game medium has been associated with the player who made the acquisition request and/or the usage status of the copied game medium in the game by the player who made the acquisition request. The game program of claim 1, characterized in that the second game space changes according to the game execution status of the player to which the original game medium is associated, while the change is not synchronized in the game being played by the one player while the one player is playing the game in the second game space. The parameters of the copied game content are restricted from being updated in accordance with the progress of the game by the player who made the acquisition request, while
4. The game program according to claim 3 , wherein the reward includes a reward for updating at least a part of parameters of the game content that is the source of the copy. After associating the duplicated game content with the one player,
2. The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that the replicated game content associated with the one player can be placed in a first game space corresponding to the one player. The storage function further stores a game space not associated with each of the plurality of players in a predetermined storage device;
2. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the one player is allowed to enter the game space together with the replicated game content associated with the one player. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the determination function determines, by lottery, from among the replicated game media, a game medium to be associated with a player who is a player of the game, in response to an acquisition request from the player. The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that the copy function copies the game content associated with the player in the parameter state at the time of the copy. The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that the determination function is made based on the relationship between the player to whom the replicated game medium is associated and the one player. The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that the determination function determines the game medium to be associated with the one player by lottery based on a lottery method determined according to the relationship between the player to which the duplicated game medium is associated and the one player. The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that the determination function changes the appearance probability of the duplicated game medium according to the relationship between the player to which the duplicated game medium is associated and the one player, and determines the game medium to be associated with the one player by lottery. The computer further comprises:
The game program according to claim 1, characterized in that when a player of the game associates another item that changes parameters with an associated game medium, a notification function is realized that notifies the player associated with the game medium of information regarding the parameters that have been changed by the association of the other item. The computer further comprises:
2. The game program according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission function for transmitting information relating to the association made by said association function to a terminal device of said one player. a storage step of storing the game contents provided to each of the plurality of players in a predetermined storage device in association with the player;
an updating step of updating parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with a progress of the game by the player;
a duplication step of duplication of the game content associated with the player;
a determination step of determining, in response to an acquisition request from a player of the game, a game content to be associated with the player from among the duplicated game content;
an associating step of associating the game content determined in the determining step with the one player ;
Including,
The storage step further includes storing a first game space in association with the one player in a predetermined storage device, and storing a second game space in association with the player to which the source game medium is associated in the predetermined storage device;
A computer control method in which, after associating the duplicated game content with the one player, the first game space and the second game space are associated, enabling the one player to progress in the game in the second game space . a storage unit that stores game contents provided to each of a plurality of players in association with the respective players;
an update unit that updates parameters related to the game content associated with the player in accordance with a progress of the game by the player;
a duplication unit that duplicates the game content associated with the player;
a determination unit that determines, in response to an acquisition request from a player of the game, a game content to be associated with the player from among the duplicated game content;
an association unit that associates the game content determined by the determination unit with the one player;
Equipped with
The storage unit further associates a first game space with the one player and stores the first game space in a predetermined storage device, and also associates a second game space with the player with whom the source game medium is associated and stores the second game space in the storage unit;
A computer that associates the replicated game content with the first player, and then associates the first game space with the second game space, enabling the first player to progress in the game in the second game space .