JP5902609B2 - Game device, game interruption control method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device having a function of interrupting the progress of a game.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, game devices having a function of interrupting the progress of a game by executing a specific operation such as a user pressing a pause button while the game is progressing are well known. In addition, as a game device that automatically starts a game after the completion of the game loading, if no user operation is input for a predetermined period after the completion of the loading, the progress of the game is stopped and the state immediately after the loading is completed is restored. A game device has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-244953 A

  In a game device in which the user has to constantly operate the character, when the user cannot operate due to some circumstances, the game may progress during that time, which may be disadvantageous to the user. For example, in a game of a type in which a user operates an operation target character (sometimes called a player character) and fights an enemy character in a game image, the enemy character is constantly acting by the control of the game device. If the situation in which the user cannot operate is generated even for a short time, the player character is attacked and damaged. In a conventional game device, in order to avoid such a situation, it is necessary to explicitly operate an operation unit such as a pause button to stop the progress of the game. However, in a situation where the operation necessary for such interruption cannot be performed, the game proceeds unintentionally. The game device of Patent Document 1 is merely for returning the game to the state at the time of loading, and does not interrupt the progress of the game.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game device or the like that can prevent the progress of a game that is not intended by the user by improving the control for interrupting the progress of the game.

  The game apparatus (3) according to the present invention includes an operation detection unit (11) for detecting a user operation and a user operation target (102) in the game according to the user operation detected by the operation detection unit. Game control means (10) for advancing the game, wherein the game control means interrupts the progress of the game when a user operation detected by the operation detection means satisfies a predetermined interruption condition. The game apparatus is provided with an interruption control means (21) for resuming the progress of the game when the interruption condition is released, wherein the interruption control means detects the operation of the user with respect to the operation target. It is determined whether or not the state not detected by the means continues beyond a predetermined limit (S1). If the state not detected exceeds the predetermined limit, the interruption condition is determined. In which it is configured the game progress to be interrupted (S3) in which the as-filled.

  According to the game interruption control method of the present invention, an operation detection means (11) for detecting a user operation and a user operation target (102) in the game according to the user operation detected by the operation detection means. This is applied to a game apparatus (3) having a game control means (10) for advancing the game, and if the user operation detected by the operation detection means satisfies a predetermined interruption condition, the game progresses. A game interruption control method for interrupting and resuming the progress of the game when the interruption condition is released, wherein a state in which the operation detection means does not detect the user operation on the operation object exceeds a predetermined limit (S1) for determining whether or not the process is continued, and if the undetected state exceeds the predetermined limit, the interruption condition is assumed to be satisfied. It is obtained by a procedure (S3) disrupting the progress of the game.

  The computer program (15) according to the present invention sets the computer (10) of the game device (3) to the user's operation target (102) on the game in accordance with the user operation detected by the operation detection means (11) of the game device. A computer program for a game configured to function as a game control means for causing the game to progress while acting on the computer, wherein a user operation detected by the operation detection means satisfies a predetermined interruption condition The game control means interrupts the progress of the game, and when the interruption condition is released, the game control means functions as an interrupt control means (21) for restarting the progress of the game. It is determined whether or not a state in which the operation detection unit does not detect an operation continues beyond a predetermined limit. And the step (S3) of interrupting the progress of the game on the assumption that the interruption condition is satisfied when the undetected state exceeds the predetermined limit. It is configured to be executed.

  According to the present invention, when the user's operation on the operation target is not detected exceeding a predetermined limit, the progress of the game is interrupted on the assumption that the interruption condition is satisfied. Therefore, it is possible to interrupt the progress of the game without requiring an explicit interrupting operation different from the operation for the operation target, and it is possible to prevent the progress of the game not intended by the user.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the interruption control means may interrupt the progress of the game so that the progress of the game can be resumed from the state at the time of the interruption. According to this, when the user starts the operation to be operated again after the interruption, the interruption condition is canceled and the progress of the game can be smoothly resumed from the state at the time of interruption.

  Further, the interruption control means allows exception processing necessary for changing the game from the state at the time of interruption and restarting the game based on the operation of the user while the progress of the game is interrupted. It may be a thing. In this case, the progress of the game is resumed from a state different from the state at the time of interruption. However, the change is based on the user's operation, and the state of the interrupted game can be changed according to the user's intention while suppressing the progress of the game that is not intended by the user.

  Furthermore, a touch panel detection device (11) that covers the screen of the display device (13) is provided as the operation detection means, and the operation target operation is performed by the user touching and moving the operation target displayed on the screen. It may be an operation. According to this, for a game including an element that the user continuously moves while touching the operation target, the progress can be smoothly interrupted and resumed according to the user's intention.

  In addition, in the above description, in order to make an understanding of this invention easy, the reference sign of the accompanying drawing was attached in parenthesis, but this invention is not limited to the form of illustration by it.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the progress of the game is interrupted when the user's operation on the operation target is not detected exceeding a predetermined limit, the user's explicit interruption operation is required. Therefore, the progress of the game can be interrupted, and the progress of the game not intended by the user can be prevented.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the game system containing the game device which concerns on one form of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the game image performed with a game device. The functional block diagram of the control system in the principal part of a game device. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the interruption control process which an interruption control part performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the menu operation process which a game setting part performs.

  Hereinafter, a schematic configuration of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The game system 1 of this embodiment is configured as a server-client type game system including a game server 2 and a game device 3 as a client device that can be connected to the game server 2 via a network 4. Yes. The game server 2 is configured as a single logical server device by combining a plurality of server units 2A, 2B. However, the game server 2 may be configured by a single server unit. Alternatively, the game server 2 may be logically configured using cloud computing.

  On the other hand, the game device 3 is a kind of network terminal device having a function of allowing a user to play a game. In FIG. 1, a smartphone equipped with a touch panel detection device on the screen of a display device is illustrated as an example of the game device 3. However, the game device according to the present invention is not limited to a smartphone, but can be connected to a network such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC), a portable game machine, and a portable tablet terminal device, and is provided for a user's personal use. Various network terminal devices may be used as the game device 3. As an example, the network 4 is configured to realize network communication using a TCP / IP protocol. Typically, the network 4 is configured by combining the Internet as a WAN and an intranet as a LAN. In the example of FIG. 1, the game apparatus 3 is connected to the network 4 via an access point 4a as a part of the network 4, and the game server 2 is connected to the network via a router 4b.

  Similar to the well-known game system, the game server 2 distributes game application software to the game device 3, registers or authenticates users, and uses free or paid contents such as items used in the game, background images, and music. Various services such as distribution of information and mediation of information exchange between users. In this type of game system, software necessary for game execution is installed on the client device, and the client device is installed in the server only when the server processing such as software update or addition or online battle is necessary. The client device is connected to the server at the time of game execution, and arithmetic processing for advancing the game is executed on the server side. The client device inputs user operation information, game images, and musical sounds. There are various methods of using the server, such as a method of handling only the interface part such as output. In the following, description will be continued by taking as an example a case where game software is already installed in the game apparatus 3 and the game apparatus 3 executes the game independently without depending on the game server 2.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a game image executed by the game apparatus 3. In the illustrated game image 100, a background 101 representing a virtual world of a game, a player character 102 as a user operation target, a plurality of enemy characters 103, and a game score 104 are displayed. The display position is sequentially controlled so that the background 101 is automatically scrolled from top to bottom at a predetermined speed, and the enemy character 103 moves from top to bottom in conjunction with the scroll of the background 101. On the other hand, the player character 102 moves in the game image 100 in response to a user's touch operation and slide operation on the game image 100. When the user performs a predetermined attack operation (tap operation on the game image 100 as an example), the attack bullet 102a is fired upward from the player character 102, while the enemy character 103 is directed downward by the control of the game apparatus 3. The attack bullet 103a is fired. The user needs to continuously operate the player character 102 so as to hit the enemy character 103 with the attack bullet 102a while removing the attack bullet 103a.

  In the game of FIG. 2, if a situation occurs in which the user cannot temporarily operate the player character 102 for some reason, there is a possibility that inconvenience that the player character 102 is unintentionally damaged due to the attack of the enemy character 103. is there. For example, when there is an incoming call during the game, or when it becomes necessary to get on and off the train during the game, it is difficult to continue the operation of the player character 102. In such a case, if the game cannot be interrupted unless an operation unit such as a pause button is explicitly operated as in a conventional game device, the interrupt operation may be missed and the game may proceed unintentionally. . Therefore, in this embodiment, it is monitored whether or not the user continuously operates the player character 102 during the game, and a process related to the progress of the game is determined when it is determined that the user character is not operated beyond a certain limit. It was supposed to be interrupted. The term “interruption” as used herein means processing that allows the game state at the time of interruption to be held and the progress of the game to be resumed from that state. Those that require irreversible processing that makes it impossible to resume from the state at the time of interruption are not included in the concept of interruption. In the example of FIG. 2, the process of scrolling the background 101, the process of moving the enemy character 103 and the attack bullets 102a and 103a, and the like are to be interrupted. If the game has a time limit, the process of advancing the time is also subject to interruption. On the other hand, those that do not affect the operation of the user's operation target at the time of resumption even if it changes from the point of interruption, such as BGM playback, or those that are merely mere effects that do not affect the game result are from the target of interruption. It may be excluded.

  FIG. 3 shows a main part of a control system related to the interruption control of the game apparatus 3. The game apparatus 3 is provided as a control unit 10 as a computer mainly composed of a CPU, a touch panel detection device 11 and a key input device 12 provided as input devices for the control unit 10, and an output device from the control unit 10. The display device 13 is provided. The touch panel detection device 11 is arranged so as to cover the display screen of the display device 13 and outputs a signal corresponding to the touch position of the user to the control unit 10. The key input device 12 has a plurality of operation units arranged side by side outside the frame of the display device 13, for example, below the display device 13, and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation of these operation units to the control unit 10. The display device 13 is a flat panel display using a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL panel, or the like. Note that the input device and the output device are appropriately provided in addition to those illustrated.

  A storage device 14 is connected to the control unit 10. The storage device 14 is a non-volatile storage device that can hold a memory without supplying power, and assists a main storage device (not shown) such as a RAM or a cache memory built in the control unit 10. Functions as a storage device. A game program 15 is recorded in the storage device 14. When the program 15 is read and executed by the control unit 10, the control unit 10 is provided with a game calculation unit 20, an interruption control unit 21, a game setting unit 22, and an image drawing unit 23. These are logical devices realized by a combination of computer hardware resources and computer programs.

  The game calculation unit 20 executes various types of calculation processes necessary for advancing the game in accordance with user operations detected by the touch panel detection device 11 and the key input device 12. In the example of FIG. 2, the position of the display elements such as the background 101, the player character 102, the enemy character 103, and the attack bullets 102a and 103a in the game image 100 is calculated, whether the attack bullets 102a and 103a are hit or not, The game calculation unit 20 executes calculation of the effect, calculation of the score 104 during the game, and the like. These calculations are repeated according to the drawing cycle of the game image 100 by the display device 13.

  The interruption control unit 21 determines whether or not a predetermined interruption condition is satisfied based on the output of the touch panel detection device 11 during the game, and when satisfied, interrupts the game calculation by the game calculation unit 20, When the interruption condition is released, the calculation of the game is resumed. The game setting unit 22 sets various setting items that are open to the user in accordance with user operations detected by the touch panel detection device 11 and the key input device 12. For example, various game elements such as the image, ability, equipment, and item of the player character 102 are set by the game setting unit 22. The image drawing unit 23 receives the calculation result from the game calculation unit 20, draws the game image 100 to be drawn in the next frame, and outputs a video signal corresponding to the drawing result to the display device 13.

  FIG. 4 shows the interruption control process executed by the interruption control unit 21. The interruption control unit 21 repeatedly executes the process of FIG. 4 at a predetermined cycle during the execution of the game. In the interruption control process, the interruption control unit 21 first determines that a user operation, more specifically, a state in which a user operation on the player character 102 is not detected exceeds a predetermined limit time based on the output signal of the touch panel detection device 11. It is determined whether or not it continues (step S1). The limit time may be set to a value that allows for a predetermined margin with respect to the time interval of the operation detection signal output from the touch panel detection device 11 when the user continuously operates the player character 102. For example, when it is necessary for the user to constantly trace the game image 100 while the game is in progress, it is sufficient to set the limit time to about 1 second to several seconds.

  If the determination in step S1 is negative, the interruption control unit 21 considers that the predetermined interruption condition is not satisfied or the interruption condition has been canceled, and is necessary for the progress of the game by the game calculation unit 20. The calculation process is continued (step S2). However, if the calculation processing of the game calculation unit 20 is interrupted at the time of the current process, the interruption control unit 21 restarts the progress calculation in step S2. After the process of step S2, the interruption control unit 21 ends the current process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S1 that the operation non-detection state has continued beyond the limit time, the interruption control unit 21 regards that the interruption condition is satisfied, and the arithmetic processing in the game calculation unit 20 Is interrupted (step S3). Thereafter, the interruption control unit 21 stores various parameters indicating the current game state, that is, the game progress state calculated by the game calculation unit 20, in a main storage device such as a RAM (step S4). By outputting the held state to the image drawing unit 23, the game image 100 is held in a paused state. Thereafter, the interruption control unit 21 notifies the game setting unit 22 that predetermined menu processing should be permitted (step S5). When the process of step S5 is completed, the interruption control unit 21 ends the current process.

  The game setting unit 22 executes the menu operation process of FIG. 5 when the menu operation permission is notified in step S5 of FIG. In the menu operation process, the game setting unit 22 first determines whether or not the user has performed a menu operation based on the output of the touch panel detection device 11 or the key input device 12 (step S11). The menu operation is set so as to be clearly different from the user operation on the player character 102. For example, after the menu is displayed by operating the key input device 12, an operation of selecting an item by touching the menu is set as the menu operation. If it is determined in step S11 that there is no menu operation, the game setting unit 22 ends the current process. On the other hand, when it is determined that the menu operation has been performed, the game setting unit 22 updates the game settings in accordance with the user operation (step S12). Here, processing such as changing, adding, or deleting the image, ability, equipment, item, and the like of the player character 102 in accordance with a user instruction may be performed. An operation of accessing the game server 2 and purchasing an item may be possible. However, the content of the menu operation that should be allowed while the progress of the game is interrupted may be limited compared to the game setting operation that is allowed before the game is started. After the process of step S12, the game setting unit 22 ends the current process.

  According to the above game device 3, if the state in which the user does not operate the player character 102 exceeds the limit time, the game progress calculation is interrupted without performing an explicit interruption operation such as the user operating the key input device 12. To do. When the user resumes the operation of the player character 102, the game progress calculation is resumed accordingly. If the user does not change the game settings by executing a menu operation from the time of interruption to the time of resumption, the game progress is resumed from the state at the time of interruption. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly switch the suspension and restart of the progress of the game according to the intention of the user, and to prevent the progress of the game not intended by the user. Further, while the progress of the game is interrupted, a change in game settings using the game setting unit 22 is allowed as an exception process. In that case, the game is resumed from a state different from the state at the time of interruption, but such a change is based on the user's intention, and there is no possibility that the game will not progress unintentionally.

  In the above embodiment, the touch panel detection device 11 corresponds to the operation detection unit of the present invention, and the control unit 10 corresponds to the game control unit of the present invention. The interruption control unit 21 corresponds to the interruption control means of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes or modifications can be made. For example, the user's operation target is not limited to the player character 102, and various characters, objects, and the like can be included in the operation target as long as the user's operation is performed in the game. The operation detection unit is not limited to the touch panel detection device 11, and various operation detection devices may be set as the operation detection unit as long as a user operation on the operation target is detected. For example, an apparatus including physical operation members such as operation buttons and operation levers may be used as the operation detection means. A non-contact type detection device such as a camera or an optical sensor may be used as the operation detection unit.

  The game to be played on the game device of the present invention is not limited to the scroll type game illustrated in FIG. For example, the present invention can be preferably applied to a game having a content that the user should constantly operate on the operation target, such as a game in which the user's operation target character fights against an enemy character, a race game, or the like. The present invention may also be applied to music games. However, in the case of a music game, the music is inseparable from the progress of the game, so it is necessary to stop playing the music at the point of interruption.

  In the above embodiment, the client device connectable to the network is exemplified as the game device, but the game device of the present invention does not necessarily need to be connected to the network. On the other hand, in the case of a network-type game system in which at least a part of game calculation processing is performed on the server side, a combination of a client device and a server device may be associated as a game device in the present invention. In this case, at least a part or all of the game control means and the interruption control means may exist on the server device side.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game system 3 Game device 10 Control unit (game control means)
11 Touch panel detection device (operation detection means)
13 Display Device 15 Game Program 20 Game Calculation Unit 21 Interruption Control Unit (Interruption Control Unit)
100 game image 102 player character (user operation target)

Claims (4)

An operation detecting means for detecting a user operation; and a game control means for causing the game to proceed while causing the user's operation target to act on the game in accordance with the user operation detected by the operation detecting means. The interruption control means for interrupting the progress of the game when a user operation detected by the operation detecting means satisfies a predetermined interruption condition and restarting the progress of the game when the interruption condition is released. In the game device provided with a touch panel detection device that covers the screen of the display device as the operation detection means ,
The interruption control means has a predetermined state in which the touch panel detection device as the operation detection means does not detect an operation in which the user touches and moves the operation target displayed on the screen as the user's operation on the operation target. It is determined whether or not the game continues beyond the limit, and if the undetected state exceeds the predetermined limit, it is determined that the suspension condition is satisfied, and the game is started from the state at the time of the suspension. and to be able to resume progress, it interrupts the progress of the game, and in a state in which the progress of the game is suspended, as an operation of the user with respect to the operation target, the operation target displayed on the screen the progress of the game when the user detected by the touch panel detection device as the operation detection means an operation of moving touch Game device being configured to open.   The interruption control means allows exception processing necessary for changing the game from the state at the time of interruption and resuming the game based on an operation of the user while the progress of the game is interrupted. The game device according to 1. Comprising an operation detection means for detecting the operation of a user, and a game control means for advancing the game while action the operation target of the user in the game in accordance with an operation of a user, wherein the operation detection means detects said operation detecting means As applied to a game device provided with a touch panel detection device that covers the screen of the display device, if the user's operation detected by the operation detection means satisfies a predetermined interruption condition, the progress of the game is interrupted, A game interruption control method for resuming the progress of the game when the interruption condition is released,
A procedure for determining whether or not a state in which the touch panel detection device as the operation detection unit does not detect an operation for touching and moving the operation target displayed on the screen continues beyond a predetermined limit; ,
When the undetected state exceeds the predetermined limit, it is assumed that the interruption condition is satisfied, and the progress of the game can be resumed from the state at the time of the interruption. The procedure to interrupt
When the touch panel detecting device as the operation detecting unit detects an operation of touching and moving the operation target displayed on the screen in a state where the progress of the game is interrupted, the progress of the game is The procedure to resume,
A game interruption control method comprising: As an operation detecting means for detecting an operation of a user, a computer of a game apparatus touch detecting device is provided that covers the screen of the display device, the operation target of the user in the game in accordance with an operation of a user, wherein the operation detection means detects A computer program for a game configured to function as a game control means for causing the game to progress while acting, the computer comprising:
Interrupt control that interrupts the progress of the game by the game control means when the user operation detected by the operation detection means satisfies a predetermined interruption condition, and resumes the progress of the game when the interruption condition is released Function as a means,
A procedure for determining whether or not a state in which the touch panel detection device as the operation detection unit does not detect an operation for touching and moving the operation target displayed on the screen continues beyond a predetermined limit; When the undetected state exceeds the predetermined limit, it is assumed that the interruption condition is satisfied, and the progress of the game can be resumed from the state at the time of the interruption. When the touch panel detection device as the operation detection unit detects a procedure for interrupting the progress and an operation in which the user touches and moves the operation target displayed on the screen while the progress of the game is interrupted A computer program for a game configured to cause the interruption control means to execute a procedure for resuming the progress of the game.

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