JP2016120039A - Game program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game program which allows operation when throwing a ball in a baseball game only with one finger (thumb) easily and speedily on the precondition that an advantage of a smartphone to be operable with one hand.SOLUTION: In a game which is executed by a game program, in especially a baseball game, a user as a pitcher character performs slide operation to designate a target point of pitching by moving a ball object, performs long-press operation to determine (lock) the target point, and determines a ball kind by the slide operation (flick operation) from a displayed ball kind menu. After this operation is finished, it is controlled so that the pitcher character starts a pitching motion.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a game program, and particularly to a game program related to a baseball game executed on a terminal having a touch panel.

  Conventionally, various games have been released in the game industry, and along with this, various game operation methods have been proposed. As one of such operation methods, a technique for directly operating a game object (for example, a player character) displayed on a touch panel with a user's finger or the like has been proposed, and a device for enjoying a game by improving usability is proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

  The technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 controls a game object by giving an instruction with a touch pen while holding a game machine with one hand. The technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 controls a game object by displaying a plurality of instruction keys on the left and right sides of a touch panel and touching the instruction keys while holding the device with left and right hands. The technique disclosed in Patent Document 3 relates to a batting operation of a baseball game.

JP 2007-26129 A JP 2012-168931 A JP 2013-154206 A

  As one of the game genres described above, a ball game such as a baseball game has been proposed in the virtual space of the game. For example, in a baseball game, a pitcher generally operates two parameters of a pitch target point, a ball type, and a speed, and these operations are buttons (for selecting a ball type) displayed in advance on a touch panel. And the like and buttons that are provided at both ends of the screen and open only when selected, etc., are generally used. Further, as disclosed in Patent Document 3, it is common for a user to perform a batting operation at the same timing by operating a bat within a predetermined region.

  On the other hand, in recent years, small portable terminals such as smartphones have rapidly spread, and many games executed on such portable terminals have been released. Many smartphones are designed to be large enough to be operated with one hand when held in the vertical direction, so the user can touch the touch panel with the thumb of the holding hand while holding the vertical casing with one hand. It is normal to operate.

  In order to make it easy to perform the above-mentioned pitching operation on such a smartphone, the operation buttons must be arranged on the screen so that they are constantly displayed without interfering with the progress of the game. The display position must be at the edge of the screen. In this case, depending on the position of the operation button, it is inconvenient because the thumb is greatly moved each time or the smartphone needs to be changed. In addition, there arises a problem that the size of the movable range of the thumb depending on the size of the user's hand affects the advantage / disadvantage in game play.

  Therefore, the present invention is based on the premise that the advantage of a smartphone that can be operated with one hand is maintained, and in particular, a game in which an operation in a baseball game can be easily and speedily performed with only one finger (thumb). The purpose is to provide a program.

According to the present invention, as the first game program,
In a game program that is executed on a terminal having a touch panel, and causes the terminal to execute a game that proceeds by operating a moving body that moves from the first character toward the vicinity of the second character in the game space. ,
The game program causes the terminal to
Target instruction cursor display means for displaying the target instruction cursor at the initial position;
First slide operation detection means for detecting whether or not a first slide operation has been performed on the touch panel;
Action object moving means for moving the target instruction cursor from the initial position in accordance with the direction and amount of the first slide operation when the first slide operation is detected by the first slide operation detection means;
Stop detection for detecting whether or not the contact point with the touch panel accompanying the first slide operation is stopped at the same place for a predetermined time after the first slide operation detected by the first slide operation detection means is performed. means,
When the stop detection unit detects that the contact point is stopped at the same place for a predetermined time, a plurality of route instruction objects related to the moving path of the moving body, each from a predetermined reference point on the touch panel Route indication object display means for displaying route indication objects extending in different directions;
After detecting that the contact point is stopped at the same place for a predetermined time by the stop detection means, and when the route indication object is displayed by the route indication object display means, Second slide operation detection means for detecting whether or not the second slide operation has been performed;
Path selection means for selecting the path indicating object extending in the same direction as the direction of the second slide operation when the second slide operation is detected by the second slide operation detection means;
A game program is obtained which causes the moving body to function as moving body control means for moving the moving body toward the vicinity of the second character in accordance with the moving path of the route indicating object selected by the route selecting means.

Further, according to the present invention, the second game program is the game program described in the first,
The terminal
When the first slide operation is detected by the first slide operation detection means, an operation object that displays an operation object extending in accordance with the amount of the first slide operation in the same direction as the direction of the first slide operation Display means,
As a result, a game program for further functioning can be obtained.

  According to the present invention, a pitching operation can be performed with one thumb, particularly in a baseball game.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the execution environment of the game program by embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the ball positioning screen generated by the game program according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the game screen actually produced | generated about FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the ball type determination screen produced | generated by the game program by embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is an example of a game screen actually generated for FIG. 4. FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the pitching screen produced | generated by the game program by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing the operation order of the player in the game program by embodiment of this invention.

  The game program according to the embodiment of the present invention is a game program executed on a terminal having a touch panel. In the following description, a baseball game will be described as an example, but the game to which the present invention can be applied is not only baseball but also a flying object such as golf, tennis, basketball, soccer, badminton or the like flying toward the opponent side. Can be applied to all the games (mainly ball games) that use the

  As shown in FIG. 1, the game program according to the present embodiment is mainly executed on the user terminal 10, and the game program is provided from the game server 20. The user terminal 10 and the game server 20 can communicate with each other via the Internet 30. The user terminal 10 may be any device that can display a game image generated by the game server 20 and / or the user terminal 10 using an application such as a browser. For example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a game console, a notebook PC, a desktop PC Etc., but is not limited to these.

  As illustrated, the user terminal 10 includes a terminal display unit 11, a terminal input unit 12, a terminal processing unit 13, a terminal communication unit 14, a terminal storage unit 15, and the like, which are electrically connected to each other via a bus. Connected. The terminal display unit 11 displays the game image received by the terminal communication unit 14 from the game server 20 and temporarily stored in the terminal storage unit 15 on the screen of the terminal. The terminal display unit 11 can be realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like. In the present embodiment, the terminal display unit 11 is particularly preferably configured as a multi-touch screen. The terminal input unit 12 inputs a command for controlling the operation of a virtual camera arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space and a command for performing a user action on various objects arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space. The input means can be touch input by a finger at a position on the touch screen, input by a stylus, or a combination thereof, but is not limited thereto.

  Based on the input command received by the terminal input unit 12, the terminal processing unit 13 creates a user command and communicates with the game server 20 through the terminal communication unit 14 and the network 40. The terminal storage unit 15 stores various data associated with the user terminal and applications such as a browser necessary for displaying image data, and also temporarily stores various data such as image data received from the game server 20. The terminal processing unit 13 may also be configured to execute the game program module stored in the terminal storage unit 15 on the terminal side based on various data received by download from the game server 20.

  On the other hand, the game server 20 includes a processing unit 51, a main memory 52, an external memory 53, an interface 54, a communication unit 55, a disk drive 56, and the like, which are electrically connected to each other via a bus. The processing unit 51 controls the progress of the game by loading the program module stored in the external memory 53 and various data stored in the disk drive 56 into the main memory 52 and sequentially executing the program. . In particular, the processing unit 51 is configured to generate a display game image on the user terminal 10 and return it to the user terminal 10 via the communication unit 55. The interface 54 is accessed by the administrator of the game server 20 to perform various server function settings and network settings.

  In addition, you may comprise so that the user terminal 10 may bear all or one part of various functions as an information processing apparatus regarding the said game server 20. FIG. In this case, the user terminal 10 may constitute a single information processing device, or the user terminal 10 and the game server 20 may constitute the information processing device.

  Hereinafter, a game program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the user performs a pitching operation by operating the pitcher character PC shown in FIG.

  In the pitching operation according to the present embodiment, two types of operations, a positioning operation and a ball type selection operation, are continuously performed. As shown in FIG. 2, the positioning operation is performed by moving the ball object (target instruction cursor) BO in the target area T corresponding to the strike zone of the batter character BC. The ball object BO moves according to the direction and amount of the slide operation (first slide operation) by the user. In the present embodiment, the ball is thrown with the position of the ball object BO operated during the positioning operation as a target point.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, an elastic object EL that extends in the same direction as the slide operation according to the amount of the slide operation may be displayed. Thereby, for example, the direction and amount of the actual operation of the user are visualized and the operability is improved as compared with a case where a virtual joystick or the like imitating a controller of a video game or the like is operated on the touch panel.

  When a long press operation (operation to stop the finger at the same place for a predetermined time without releasing the finger from the touch panel) is performed after the positioning of the ball object BO is completed, the position of the ball object BO is locked, as shown in FIGS. Such a ball type display CC is displayed. The ball type display CC has a ball type selection bar CB (route instruction object) extending in a different direction from the ball icon (reference point), and each ball type selection bar CB includes a ball type (straight type). , Slider, shoot, etc.) are displayed. As shown in the figure, when the user slides upward (second slide operation), a ball type selection bar (straight) extending in the same direction as the slide operation is selected. Simultaneously with the end of the slide operation, the ball moves along the path L to the position of the ball object BO where the ball object is positioned from the pitcher character PC as shown in FIG. The route L changes depending on the selected ball type selection bar and imitates the same route as the actual ball type (curve, shoot).

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, similarly to the positioning operation described above, an elastic object EL that extends in accordance with the amount of the slide operation in the same direction as the slide operation may be displayed. Thereby, the direction and amount of the user's actual operation are visualized, and the operability is improved.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a slide operation associated with positioning, a long press operation for locking a target point, and a slide operation for selecting a ball type (FIGS. 4 and 5) are performed. Meanwhile, the user's finger is always in contact with the touch panel. Note that the slide operation for selecting the ball type may be a flick operation (an operation for touching a finger, moving a contact point, or releasing a contact in a short time). Thereby, a feeling of speed can be produced, and an erroneous operation can be prevented by assigning an operation different from the positioning. Summarizing the above, as shown in FIG. 7, the ball object is moved by performing a slide operation to designate a target point for pitching (FIGS. 2 and 3). Press and hold to confirm (lock) the target point. Display the ball type menu. The ball type is determined by slide operation (flick operation). Throwing is started with the ball type. The throwing operation proceeds in the flow.

  The above-described embodiments are merely examples for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and it is needless to say that the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

10 User terminal 20 Game server 30 Internet

Claims (2)

In a game program that is executed on a terminal having a touch panel, and causes the terminal to execute a game that proceeds by operating a moving body that moves from the first character toward the vicinity of the second character in the game space. ,
The game program causes the terminal to
Target instruction cursor display means for displaying the target instruction cursor at the initial position;
First slide operation detection means for detecting whether or not a first slide operation has been performed on the touch panel;
Action object moving means for moving the target instruction cursor from the initial position in accordance with the direction and amount of the first slide operation when the first slide operation is detected by the first slide operation detection means;
Stop detection for detecting whether or not the contact point with the touch panel accompanying the first slide operation is stopped at the same place for a predetermined time after the first slide operation detected by the first slide operation detection means is performed. means,
When the stop detection unit detects that the contact point is stopped at the same place for a predetermined time, a plurality of route instruction objects related to the moving path of the moving body, each from a predetermined reference point on the touch panel Route indication object display means for displaying route indication objects extending in different directions;
After detecting that the contact point is stopped at the same place for a predetermined time by the stop detection means, and when the route indication object is displayed by the route indication object display means, Second slide operation detection means for detecting whether or not the second slide operation has been performed;
Path selection means for selecting the path indicating object extending in the same direction as the direction of the second slide operation when the second slide operation is detected by the second slide operation detection means;
A game program for functioning as a moving body control means for moving the moving body toward the vicinity of the second character in accordance with the moving path of the route indicating object selected by the route selection means. The game program according to claim 1,
The terminal
When the first slide operation is detected by the first slide operation detection means, or at least one of the case where the second slide operation is detected by the second slide operation detection means, the slide operation An operation object display means for displaying an operation object extending in accordance with the amount of the slide operation in the same direction as
As a game program to further function as.