JP6744896B2 - Information processing program, information processing apparatus, and information processing system - Google Patents

Description

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

In a game provided by an electronic device such as a smartphone or a computer game machine, a character in the game is represented by drawing predetermined image data. For example, when displaying a character in three-dimensional computer graphics, the character is represented by drawing a polygon corresponding to the shape of the character and mapping texture information representing the texture of the character on the surface of this polygon. To be done.

As an example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for changing texture information (for example, texture information indicating the color or pattern of the character's skin or costume) in character display.
Specifically, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, by using a mechanism of weighting from each vertex to each bone, which has been conventionally provided for a character model, a damage state such as bloodshed or bruise can be prevented. The drawing at the color change event is performed easily.

JP, 2010-092378, A

By using the general technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to change the texture information in the character display.
However, the change of the texture information only realizes the change from the predetermined texture information determined by the game developer to the other predetermined texture information, and realizes the change to the texture information desired by the player. It wasn't something.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to realize a change to texture information desired by a player in character display.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing program according to an aspect of the present invention is
A drawing function that draws texture information together with polygons corresponding to the character for visual recognition,
A first selection function for selecting object information based on a player input;
A second selection function for selecting a creation target character based on the input of the player;
A creation function for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selection function based on the object information selected by the first selection function;
Is realized on a computer.

According to the present invention, in the character display, it is possible to realize the change to the texture information desired by the player.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the information processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a server and a player terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. Of the functional configuration of the server 1 and the functional configuration of the player terminal 2 illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a functional configuration for performing processing such as texture information creation processing, additional creation processing, change processing, and restoration processing. It is a functional block diagram showing. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow of texture information creation processing executed by the server and the player terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display in which the character for visual recognition was drawn. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the character list screen for selecting a creation object character. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the progress of creation of texture information. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a display example during a live game in which a character is drawn and performed. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow of additional creation processing executed by the server and the player terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the management screen of the texture information created in the texture information creation process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the character list screen for accepting the additional selection operation of the creation object character. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow of change processing executed by the server and the player terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow of restoration processing executed by the server and the player terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing processes such as texture information creation processing, additional creation processing, change processing, and restoration processing, among the functional configurations of the information processing apparatus in the modified example of the embodiment of the present invention. is there. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing processes, such as the above-mentioned texture information creation process, among the functional structures of server 1A and player terminal 2A in the 2nd modification. It is a sequence diagram explaining the flow of the texture information creation process in the 2nd modification.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The present embodiment aims to realize a change to texture information desired by a player in displaying characters in a game.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the texture information is drawn together with the polygon corresponding to the visual recognition character. Further, in the present embodiment, the object information and the creation target character are selected based on the input by the player. Further, in the present embodiment, the texture information used for drawing the selected creation target character is created based on the selected object information. That is, in this embodiment, the texture information desired by the player is created based on the selection made by the player.

Then, in the present embodiment, the character is drawn in the game by mapping the texture information desired by the player in this way onto the polygon corresponding to the shape of the character.
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to change the texture information desired by the player in the character display in the game.

[Overall system configuration]
The overall configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an information processing system S according to this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system S includes a server 1, n (n is an arbitrary integer value of 1 or more) player terminals 2, and a network 5.

The information processing system S is a so-called client/server system. The information processing system S is realized by the n player terminals 2 serving as clients and the server 1 communicating with each other via the network 5.

The server 1 is realized by, for example, a server device. The player terminal 2 is realized by, for example, a smartphone, a game machine, or a personal computer. Further, the network 5 is realized by, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), a network such as the Internet or a mobile phone network, or a network combining these.

In the figure, the player terminals 2a, 2b, and 2n are shown as the n player terminals 2. However, in the following description, in the case where the n player terminals 2 are described without distinction, a part of the reference numerals are omitted and the player terminals 2 are simply referred to as "player terminals 2".

[Hardware configuration]
Next, the hardware configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server 1 and a hardware configuration of the player terminal 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, the reference numerals corresponding to the hardware of the server 1 are described without parentheses, and the reference numerals corresponding to the hardware of the player terminal 2 are described with parentheses.

First, the hardware configuration of the server 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a bus 14, an input/output interface 15, and an input unit. 16, an output unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and a drive 20.

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to the program recorded in the ROM 12 or the program loaded from the storage unit 18 into the RAM 13.

The RAM 13 also appropriately stores data and the like necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

The CPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input/output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An input unit 16, an output unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and a drive 20 are connected to the input/output interface 15.

The input unit 16 includes various buttons, a touch panel, a microphone, and the like, and inputs various information in response to an instruction operation by an administrator of the server 1 or the like. The input unit 16 may be realized by an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, which is independent from the main body that houses the other units of the server 1.

The output unit 17 outputs image data and music data to a display, a speaker and the like. The image data and the music data output by the output unit 17 are output from the display, the speaker, and the like as images and music so that the player can recognize them.

The storage unit 18 includes a semiconductor memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and stores various data.

The communication unit 19 realizes communication with another device. For example, the communication unit 19 mutually communicates with the player terminal 2 via the network 5.

The drive 20 is provided as needed. A removable medium 100 including a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately mounted in the drive 20. The removable medium 100 stores a program for executing a game and various data such as image data. The programs read from the removable medium 100 by the drive 20 and various data such as image data are installed in the storage unit 18 as necessary.

Next, the hardware configuration of the player terminal 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the player terminal 2 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a bus 24, an input/output interface 25, an input unit 26, an output unit 27, a storage unit 28, and a communication unit 29. , Drive 30, and. Each of these units has the same function as each unit of the same name, which is provided in the above-described server 1 and differs only in the reference numeral. Therefore, redundant description will be omitted.
When the player terminal 2 is configured as a portable device, each hardware included in the player terminal 2 and a display and a speaker may be realized as an integrated device.

[Functional configuration]
Next, the functional configuration of the server 1 and the player terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is for executing processing such as texture information creation processing, additional creation processing, change processing, and restoration processing in the functional configuration of the server 1 and the functional configuration of the player terminal 2 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of FIG.

Here, the texture information creation processing is a series of processing for creating texture information desired by the player based on the selection by the player.
The additional creation processing is a series of processing for additionally creating or newly associating texture information for drawing the creation target character additionally selected by the player.
Furthermore, the changing process is a series of processes for changing the object information by recreating the texture information based on the object information reselected by the player.
Furthermore, the restoration process is a series of processes for restoring the created texture information when the stored created texture information no longer exists.

First, the functional configuration of the player terminal 2 will be described.
When processing such as the texture information creation processing described above is executed, as shown in FIG. 3, in the CPU 21, the game operation execution unit 211, the selection unit 212, the texture information creation unit 213, and the terminal-side management unit 214 are executed. Works.
Further, a game operation data storage unit 281, a terminal-side management information storage unit 282, and a texture information storage unit 283 are set in one area of the storage unit 28.

The game operation execution unit 211 executes processing for operating the game. The game operation execution unit 211 includes game software included in a game operation data storage unit 281 described below, operation contents regarding the game by the player input from the input unit 26, and a control instruction from the game operation control unit 111 described below. , To operate the game based on.

In addition, the game operation execution unit 211 generates a game image from the image data included in the game operation data storage unit 281 to be described later with the operation of the game, and the generated image is displayed on the display connected to the output unit 17. The control process for displaying on. That is, the game action execution unit 211 functions as a drawing unit that performs a process of drawing a character or the like according to the action of the game. In addition, the game operation execution unit 211 generates game music and voice from the music data and voice data included in the game operation data storage unit 281 described below along with the game action, and generates the generated music and voice. A control process for outputting sound from a speaker connected to the output unit 17 is performed.

Here, in the present embodiment, the server 1 manages predetermined parameters in the game operated by the game operation execution unit 211. For example, parameters corresponding to information about which character the player possesses, the status of the character, costumes that the player can use, items that the player can use, past game results, and the amount of in-game currency possessed. Etc. are managed by the server 1.
Therefore, the game operation execution unit 211 performs a process accompanied by a change in these predetermined parameters in the game (for example, a process accompanied by an increase or a decrease in the value of the parameter, or a process of changing the flag indicating the parameter state). If it occurs, it communicates with the server 1. Then, the game operation control unit 111, which will be described later and functions in the server 1, executes a process involving changes in these predetermined parameters. Further, the game operation control unit 111 updates a predetermined parameter managed by the server 1 based on the result of the executed process. Then, the game operation execution unit 211 receives the updated predetermined parameter from the game operation control unit 111, and continues the game operation according to the updated predetermined parameter.

The game operated by the game operation execution unit 211 may be any game in which a character appears in the game, and the content of the game is not particularly limited. That is, the present embodiment can be applied to any game without being limited in the content of the game, the game genre, and the like.
In the present embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that the game operation executing unit 211 operates a game in which a plurality of characters perform a performance (hereinafter, referred to as “live”) according to music. Further, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the texture information of the costume worn by the character at the time of this live is created in the above-described texture information creation processing and the like.

The selection unit 212 selects the object information and the creation target character based on the input by the player in the above-described texture information creation processing and the like. The content selected by the selection unit 212 is output to the texture information creation unit 213 and the terminal-side management unit 214.

The texture information creation unit 213 creates texture information in the above-described texture information creation processing and the like. The texture information creation unit 213 stores the created texture information in the texture information storage unit 283. The texture information creation unit 213 also outputs management information such as the created identification information of the texture information to the terminal-side management unit 214.

The terminal-side management unit 214 updates the management information for managing the texture information created by the texture information creation unit 213 in the above-described texture information creation processing and the like. The management information is updated based on the output of the selection unit 212 and the texture information creation unit 213. The management information is, for example, the identification information of the created texture information, the identification information of the costume corresponding to this texture information, the identification information of the object information selected by the player for creating the texture information, and the creation information of the texture information. This is information associated with the creation target character selected by the player. Here, the object information is not the texture information but the information used for designating the modification content of the texture information. As described above, in the present embodiment, since it is assumed that the texture information of the costume is created, the object information is, for example, information in which a color code corresponding to the color of the costume is shown in text.
Here, in this embodiment, the management information is managed on both the terminal side and the server side. Therefore, the terminal-side management unit 214 stores the updated management information in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 as the terminal-side management information. Further, the terminal-side management unit 214 updates the server-side management information by communicating with the server-side management unit 112, which will be described later, that functions in the server 1.

For the selection of object information and the like by the selection unit 212, the creation of texture information by the texture information creation unit 213, and the update of management information by the terminal-side management unit 214, refer to the item “Texture information creation processing” below. A detailed description will be given with reference to the drawings from 4 onward.

Communication between each functional block functioning in the CPU 21 and the server 1 is performed using the communication unit 29. As described above with reference to FIG. 1, the network 5 for realizing communication exists between the player terminal 2 and the server 1, but the network 5 is omitted in FIG.

The game operation data storage unit 281 stores various data necessary for the game operation execution unit 211 to operate the game. The various data for operating the game are, for example, game software that is a program for executing the game, image data, music data, and voice data for generating images and sounds for the game. Further, in the present embodiment, in the game, at least a part of the character and the background is displayed by three-dimensional computer graphics. Therefore, the game operation data storage unit 281 also stores polygon data, texture information, and the like for realizing display by three-dimensional computer graphics. Note that this texture information is default texture information used in the game, and is not texture information created in the above-described texture information creation processing or the like. The texture information created in the above-described texture information creation processing or the like is separately stored in the texture information storage unit 283 described later.

Note that these various data for operating the game may be stored only in the game operation data storage unit 281 of the storage unit 28, but may be appropriately read from the removable medium 100 by the drive 20. ..
In addition, these various types of data may be appropriately transmitted to the player terminal 2 from a device such as the server 1 or another server (not shown) by communication via the communication unit 29. That is, these various data may be appropriately downloaded when the game is installed or when the version of the game is updated.

The terminal-side management information storage unit 282 stores the terminal-side management information updated by the terminal-side management unit 214. The content of the terminal-side management information is as described above in the description of the terminal-side management unit 214.

The texture information storage unit 283 stores the texture information created by the texture information creation unit 213. In this embodiment, the texture information is stored and managed in the player terminal 2. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need for the server 1 to store all the texture information created by each player. Further, it is possible to eliminate the need to transmit/receive the created texture information between the player 2 and the server 1.

Next, the functional configuration of the server 1 will be described.
When the processing such as the texture information creation processing described above is executed, as shown in FIG. 3, in the CPU 11, the game operation control unit 111 and the server-side management unit 112 function.
An in-game data storage unit 181 and a server-side management information storage unit 182 are set in one area of the storage unit 18.

The game operation control unit 111 controls the operation of the game by performing processing for operating the game performed by the game operation execution unit 211. For example, as described above in the description of the game operation execution unit 211, processing involving a change in a predetermined parameter in the game is performed. In this case, the game operation control unit 111 executes a process involving a change in a predetermined parameter, based on the progress status of the game, the operation content of the player, and the rules in the game notified from the game operation execution unit 211. To do. Further, the game operation control unit 111 updates a predetermined parameter stored in an in-game data storage unit 181 described later based on the result of the executed process. Then, the game operation execution unit 211 transmits the updated parameters to the game operation execution unit 211. The game operation control unit 111 continues the operation of the game according to the updated parameters.

In this way, the player terminal 2 and the server 1 cooperate with each other, so that the player can play the game based on his/her selection.

The server-side management unit 112 updates the server-side management information based on the updated management information received from the terminal-side management unit 214. Specifically, the server-side management unit 112 stores the updated management information received from the terminal-side management unit 214 in the server-side management information storage unit 182 as terminal-side management information. That is, the terminal-side management information and the server-side management information are the same information and are sequentially updated.

The in-game data storage unit 181 stores in-game data that operates on the player terminal 2. The data in the game operating on the player terminal 2 is a predetermined parameter in the game operated by the game operation executing unit 211, as described above in the description of the game operation executing unit 211. For example, parameters corresponding to information about which character the player possesses, the status of the character, costumes that the player can use, items that the player can use, past game results, and the amount of in-game currency possessed. Etc. are stored as in-game data.

The server-side management information storage unit 182 stores the updated server-side management information received by the server-side management unit 112 from the terminal-side management unit 214. The content of the server-side management information is as described above in the description of the terminal-side management unit 214.
When a plurality of player terminals 2 are connected to the server 1, the in-game data stored in the in-game data storage unit 181 and the server-side management information stored in the server-side management information storage unit 182 are not stored. It is managed for each player terminal 2 or each player based on the identification information of the player terminal 2, the identification information of the player, and the like.

[motion]
The functional blocks of the player terminal 2 and the server 1 have been described above. Next, operations in the texture information creating process, the additional creating process, the changing process, and the restoring process executed by the player terminal 2 and the server 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 13.
Here, FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of texture information creation processing. 5 to 8 are schematic diagrams showing display examples in the texture information creation processing. Further, FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of the additional creation process. 10 and 11 are schematic diagrams showing display examples in the additional creation process. Further, FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram for explaining the flow of change processing. Further, FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating the flow of the restoration process.

[Texture information creation processing]
First, the texture information creation process will be described with reference to FIG. The texture information creation process is executed, for example, when the player performs a texture information creation process execution request operation in the game.

In step S11, the selection unit 212 receives a costume selection operation for creating texture information from the player. Then, the selection unit 212 selects the costume based on the selection operation by the player.

In step S12, the game operation execution unit 211 displays a preview by drawing a visual recognition character to create texture information. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display example in which the visual recognition character is drawn in step S12.
In this display example, a visual recognition character is displayed as shown as display 71. The visual recognition character is displayed by drawing texture information corresponding to both the costume selected in step S11 and the visual recognition character together with the polygon corresponding to the visual recognition character. This texture information is default texture information corresponding to the costume at the time of step S12. This visual recognition character is also the default visual recognition character at the time of step S12.
In the present embodiment, the texture information is created by selecting the object information based on the selection operation by the player referring to the preview display. In the present embodiment, as an example, object information corresponding to the costume color is selected. Then, based on the selected object information, the color-changed texture information is created from the default texture information.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the object information includes a plurality of constituent elements corresponding to each part of the costume. For example, the object information includes components corresponding to the outer part of the costume, the inner part of the costume, the skirt part of the costume, the glove part of the costume, and the shoe part. In this embodiment, the object information can be selected for each component.
Display 72 and display 73 are displayed as a user interface for selecting this object information. The display 72 is an icon display corresponding to each component of the object information. This icon functions as a button for deciding which component of the object information is selected. Further, the display 73 is a colored selection button and functions as a button for selecting object information corresponding to the color of the costume. For convenience of illustration, the difference in color of each button on the display 73 is represented by hatching. It should be noted that the selection of the object information may be performed by a method other than the method of selecting from the button such as the display 73. For example, a color code corresponding to a color may be shown in text as an option, and a selection may be made from the options. Alternatively, for example, a color code corresponding to a color may be directly specified by text input.

The player can select the object information corresponding to the costume color for each of the components of the object information by operating the display 72 and the display 73.
Further, as shown as a display 74, a button for changing the visual recognition character is displayed. In addition, a button for changing the costume is displayed, as shown as display 75. Further, as shown as a display 76, a button for returning the selection state of the object information to the previous state is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 77, a button for saving the selected content of the current object information is displayed. The player can perform a desired operation by operating these buttons.

In step S13, the selection unit 212 determines whether or not the object information is selected based on the selection operation by the player. When the object information is selected, it is determined Yes in step S13, and the process proceeds to step S14. On the other hand, if the object information is not selected, it is determined No in step S13, and the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S14, the selection unit 212 updates the drawing of the visual recognition character shown as the display 71 in FIG. 5 based on the object information selected in step S13. Here, the drawing of the visual recognition character will be described in more detail. As described above, the object information includes a plurality of constituent elements corresponding to each part of the costume. Further, the texture information includes information indicating which part of the texture information corresponds to the constituent element of the object information. Therefore, the game operation execution unit 211 creates texture information corresponding to the object information selected for each component. Therefore, the game operation execution unit 211 creates the texture information for visual recognition of the portion corresponding to the selected object information for each of these constituent elements.
For example, consider a case where red object information is selected for the outer part of the costume, which is a component of the object information. In this case, the game operation execution unit 211 specifies a color (for example, a reddish color) corresponding to the red object information for the area displayed as the outer portion of the costume, and the area displayed as the outer portion of the costume. Color designation information is created for areas other than that (for example, an invalid value is designated as the color designation).

Similarly, the game operation execution unit 211 creates color designation information designating the color corresponding to the selected object information for the display component corresponding to the other component of the object information as well as the other components of the object information. ..
In this way, the game operation execution unit 211 creates color designation information for all the constituent elements of the object information, and creates texture information for visual recognition based on the designation of all the created color designation information. Then, the drawing of the visual recognition character shown as the display 71 in FIG. 5 is updated by mapping the visual recognition texture information on the polygon of the visual recognition character. By this processing, a preview display based on a selection operation of each component of the object information from the player can be realized in real time.

In step S15, the selection unit 212 determines whether or not the visual recognition character has been selected based on the selection operation by the player. When the visual recognition character is selected, it is determined as Yes in step S15, and the process proceeds to step S16. On the other hand, when the visual recognition character is not selected, it is determined No in step S15, and the process proceeds to step S17.

In step S16, the game action execution unit 211 updates the drawing of the visual recognition character shown as the display 71 in FIG. 5 based on the visual recognition character selected in step S15. Specifically, the game operation execution unit 211 maps the texture information at the present time onto the polygon of the new visual recognition character selected in step S15, and thereby the visual recognition character shown as the display 71 in FIG. Update the drawing. In this case, if the current texture information is the default texture information, the game operation execution unit 211 maps the default texture information corresponding to the new visual recognition character to the polygon of the new visual recognition character. ..
On the other hand, when the current texture information is the texture information for which the color designation information is created based on the selection of the object information in step S13, the corresponding character is selected based on the selection of the new visual recognition character. A drawing texture is created based on the texture information and the color designation information.
As a result, the player can refer to the preview display using his/her favorite character in real time, for example.

In step S17, the selection unit 212 determines whether or not a save instruction operation has been received from the player. For example, it is determined whether or not the pressing operation of the button shown as the display 77 in FIG. 5 has been accepted. When the save instruction operation is received from the player, it is determined Yes in step S17, and the process proceeds to step S18. On the other hand, when the save instruction operation is not accepted from the player, No is determined in step S17, and the process returns to step S13 and is repeated.

In step S18, the selection unit 212 receives a selection operation of the creation target character from the player. Then, the selection unit 212 selects the creation target character based on the selection operation by the player. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of a character list screen for selecting a creation target character in step S18.
In this display example, as shown as a display 78, a character list screen for selecting a creation target character is displayed. For example, as shown in the figure, a thumbnail image of the face of each character is displayed. The player can select a creation target character from this display 78. It should be noted that the breeding target character may be selected one at a time, or a plurality of characters may be simultaneously selected. Further, as shown as a display 79, a button for canceling the selection of the currently selected character is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 80, a button for saving the current selection content of the creation target character is displayed. After the player selects a desired creation target character, the player operates the button shown as the display 80 to complete the selection operation by the player. Then, the selection unit 212 selects the creation target character based on the selection operation by the player. As a result, the texture information creation unit 213 starts creating texture information.
It should be noted that the player can manage the texture information thus created based on his/her selection in accordance with the creation of the texture information on the management screen. In this management screen, the created texture information can be managed in association with the selection content of the player (that is, the object information selected by the player and the creation target character selected by the player). Details of this management screen will be described later with reference to FIG.

In step S19, the texture information creating unit 213 creates the texture information for drawing the creation target character selected in step S18 based on the object information selected in step S13. It is determined whether or not the texture information created based on the above, and the texture information associated with this creation target character exists in the texture information storage unit 283. Here, the reason for making such a determination will be described.

As a premise, in the game according to the present embodiment, all the characters are rendered by using polygons and texture information to realize the character display. Each character is managed by the character identification information and has its own head data. In this case, the body data of each character may be unique, but if this is done, the amount of data and the amount of calculation required for drawing with polygons will increase. Therefore, the body data of each character is partially common.

In this case, for example, a plurality of types of polygon data corresponding to height, chest circumference, and weight are prepared as common data that is not unique to each character. Then, drawing is performed on each character using polygon data selected from a plurality of types of polygon data. That is, drawing is performed by combining common polygon data. Similarly, a plurality of types of texture information are prepared according to the skin color and the like, and each character is drawn using the texture information selected from the plurality of types of texture information. By performing such a drawing method, it is possible to reduce the amount of data and the amount of calculation required for displaying with polygons.

Further, by performing such a drawing method, it becomes possible to share texture information among characters having common texture information. Nevertheless, if the process of creating the texture information is performed for all the creation target characters, the sharable texture information may be created in duplicate. In this case, unnecessary arithmetic processing is performed. In addition, the texture information created in duplicate is saved, and the storage capacity is unnecessarily used.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, as described above, in step S19, the texture information created based on the object information is created before the texture information is created for the creation target character. It is determined whether or not the associated texture information exists in the texture information storage unit 283.
Specifically, if the texture information exists in the texture information storage unit 283, it is determined as Yes in step S19, and the texture information creation unit 213 creates the existing texture information without creating the same texture information. It is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character. Then, the process proceeds to step S21.
On the other hand, if the texture information does not exist in the texture information storage unit 283, No is determined in step S19, and the process proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, the texture information creation unit 213 creates texture information for drawing the creation target character selected in step S18 based on the object information selected in step S13. The texture information creation unit 213 stores the created texture information in the texture information storage unit 283. Here, the reason why the texture information is created in step S20 will be described.

As described above in the description of step S14, the preview display is realized by creating color designation information for each component of the object information and appropriately creating texture information based on this color designation information. On the other hand, it is necessary to lighten the drawing process when each character is live in the game. Therefore, instead of creating the color designation information for each component of the object information and appropriately creating the texture information based on this color designation information, the texture information is created in advance based on the determined color designation information. You need to do it. Therefore, in step S20, texture information is created. As a result, it is possible to prevent the drawing process from being lightened during the live performance of each character in the game, and to prevent the graphics memory included in the RAM 22 from running out, for example. In order to make the drawing process lighter, it is preferable to perform a process of compressing the created texture information by a predetermined method. For example, when the operating system of the player terminal 2 is Android (registered trademark), the compression process may be performed in accordance with an algorithm such as ETC (Ericsson Texture Compression) 2. In addition, for example, when the operating system of the player terminal 2 is iOS (registered trademark), it is preferable to perform the compression process in accordance with an algorithm such as PVRTC (PowerVR Texture Compression).

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of the progress status of the creation of texture information by the texture information creation unit 213. In this display example, as shown as a display 81, a text display such as “Creating costumes...” is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 82, a bar indicating the progress status is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 83, the number of the creation target characters selected in step S18 is displayed as the denominator, and the number of the training target characters for which the texture information has been created or the texture information has been linked is displayed as the numerator. By referring to this display, the player can grasp the progress of creation of texture information. In addition, the player can grasp the approximate time until the creation of texture information is completed. Therefore, the player can wait without feeling anxiety such as "how long does it take to complete the creation of texture information?"

In step S21, the texture information creation unit 213 determines whether or not the processes of steps S19 and S20 have been performed for all of the breeding target characters selected in step S13. If the process has been performed for all the breeding target characters, it is determined as Yes in step S21, and the process proceeds to step S22. On the other hand, if there is a breeding target character that has not been processed, it is determined as No in step S21, and the process returns to step S19. Then, the processing of steps S19 and S20 is performed on the breeding target character that has not been processed yet.

In step S22, the terminal-side management unit 214 updates the terminal-side management information stored in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 based on the processing results of steps S19 and S20.

In step S23, the terminal-side management unit 214 transmits the updated management information to the server-side management unit 112 of the server 1.

In step S24, the server-side management unit 112 updates the server-side management information stored in the server-side management information storage unit 182 with the updated management information received from the terminal-side management unit 214.

The texture information creation processing is executed as described above. Then, the texture information created by this processing is used to draw the character during the live performance in the game. The live performance is performed by a character selected by the player wearing a costume selected by the player.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a display example during a live game in which a character is drawn and performed. In this display example, three characters are drawn as shown as display 84, display 85, and display 86, and a live performance is performed. For example, each character performs live by performing a dance with a choreography according to the music. Further, as shown as a display 87, for example, the song title, songwriter name, and composer name of the live song are displayed in text.

These three characters are drawn by drawing a polygon corresponding to each character and mapping the texture information created on the surface of this polygon in the texture information creating process based on the selection by the player. This makes it possible to change the texture information desired by the player in the character display in the game. The plurality of characters may be drawn with a common costume (that is, common texture information), or may be drawn with different costumes (that is, different texture information).

Then, it is realized by dance by each character in choreography according to music, and animation using polygons. Different motions for performances such as this dance are set for each live position. This motion is generated by, for example, motion capture realized by means such as attaching a sensor to a person who actually performs a performance such as dancing and measuring the movement of the person.

In this case, motions of all parts of the character may be generated and animations using polygons may be realized according to the motions. However, for the motions of some parts of the character, physical calculation is performed in real time. You may realize animation by. For example, the motion of a part of the character (for example, a skirt or a hair part) may be realized by performing physical calculation in real time in a virtual physical space in consideration of gravity, inertial force, centrifugal force, and the like. .. Thereby, for example, even when a plurality of characters dance in the same motion, it is possible to change the expression in which the skirt and the hair part flutter, and to display each character differently. Also, the motion capture can reduce the processing required to generate the motions of all parts of the character.

In addition, the live display imitates an image obtained by capturing an image of the stage with a camera. In this case, the camera position with respect to the stage, the image capturing angle, and the angle of view may be fixed, but the live display is provided. Therefore, the camera position, the imaging angle, and the angle of view may be changed according to a predetermined camera work.

According to the present embodiment, in this way, it is possible to provide the player with a live sensation by using the texture information based on the selection by the player. Therefore, the motivation for the player to create the texture information can be improved.
Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to select a plurality of breeding target characters, so that for a large number of characters, various types of texture information desired by the player (for example, texture information of a color desired by the player) can be selected. You can draw.
Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the player can select each component of the object information, so that it is possible to more finely reflect the player's request and create the texture information.

Further, according to the present embodiment, not all possible texture information is created, but only texture information based on the selection by the player is created, so that the data amount of texture information can be suppressed. Therefore, as described above, even if it is possible to create texture information that reflects the selection of each component of the object information for many characters, it is possible to prevent the amount of texture information data from becoming enormous. You can Therefore, it is possible to prevent the storage capacity from being unnecessarily used by texture information that the player does not need.
Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, when the determination is made in step S19 and the texture information is present in the texture information storage unit 283, the existing texture information is set as the creation target character without creating the same texture information. It is associated with the texture information used for drawing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent unnecessary calculation processing and unnecessary use of storage capacity by respectively storing duplicated texture information.

[Additional processing]
Next, the additional creation process will be described with reference to FIG. The additional creation process is executed, for example, when the player performs an execution request operation of the additional creation process in the game.
In step S11, the selection unit 212 adds a creation target character from the player and receives a selection operation of a costume for which texture information is created. Then, the selection unit 212 selects the costume based on the selection operation by the player.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of a texture information management screen created in the texture information creation process. In this display example, as shown as a display 88, an image corresponding to each costume is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 89, various information included in the terminal-side management information stored in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 is displayed. Specifically, the object information of each component selected by the player for creating the texture information (indicated as “set color” in the figure) and the creation target character selected by the player for creating the texture information. The number of people (indicated as "registered number" in the figure) is displayed. By referring to such a display, the player can manage which character the texture information created based on the object information selected by the player is applied to. That is, it is possible for the player to select an outfit that he or she has arbitrarily created and give the character a chance to wear it.

Further, as shown as a display 90, a button for referring to a list of creation target characters selected by the player for creating texture information is displayed. The player can refer to the list of creation target characters by operating this button as necessary.
Further, as shown as display 91, a button for changing the object information is displayed. By operating this button, the player can start the change processing described later.

Further, as shown as a display 92, a button for transitioning to a screen for purchasing a costume (and a frame for managing this costume) whose texture information can be changed is displayed in the shop. The player can purchase at the shop by operating this button. At the shop, you can buy various things by paying in-game currency. This in-game currency can be increased, for example, by paying a consideration by the player. In this case, the payment of the consideration by the player is realized by cash payment using a credit card or payment using electronic money.
In the shop, for example, costumes that can change the above texture information (and a frame that manages this costume), new object information (that is, object information corresponding to a new color), new characters, live performances, etc. You can purchase new music to use.

Further, in addition to the direct purchase of in-game currency, a lottery may be performed in the game, and the player may be given a costume or the like whose texture information can be changed according to the lottery result. This lottery is performed based on a predetermined rule. For example, it is performed based on the processing result of the arithmetic processing based on a predetermined function.
It should be noted that the processes such as the purchase and the lottery are the processes accompanied by the change of the predetermined parameters, so that these processes are executed by the game operation control unit 111.

In step S32, the selection unit 212 receives an additional selection operation of the creation target character from the player. Then, the selection unit 212 selects the creation target character based on the additional selection operation from the player. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of a character list screen for accepting an additional selection operation of a creation target character. When the button shown as the display 90 in FIG. 10 is operated, the display in FIG. 11 is displayed.

In this display example, as shown as display 93, a character list screen for additionally selecting the creation target character is displayed. For example, as shown in the figure, a thumbnail image of the face of each character is displayed. Further, on this list screen, it is possible to identify the character that has already been selected as the creation target character and for which the texture information has been created. For example, in the figure, it is possible to discriminate by displaying the text "In setting" together with the thumbnail image. The player can additionally select the creation target character from this display 93. It should be noted that only one character may be additionally selected as the training target character at a time, or a plurality of characters may be additionally selected simultaneously.

Further, as shown as a display 94, a button for additionally selecting all the characters as the creation target character is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 94, a button for removing all characters from the creation target character is displayed. Further, as shown as a display 96, a button for canceling the selection of the currently selected character is displayed. Further, as shown as display 97, a button for saving the additional selection contents of the current character to be created is displayed. After the player additionally selects the desired creation target character, the player operates the button shown as the display 97 to complete the additional selection operation by the player.

In step S33, the selection unit 212 determines whether or not a save instruction operation has been received from the player. For example, it is determined whether or not the pressing operation of the button shown as the display 97 in FIG. 11 has been accepted. If the save instruction operation is received from the player, it is determined as Yes in step S33, and the process proceeds to step S34. On the other hand, if the save instruction operation is not accepted from the player, No is determined in step S33, and the process of step S32 is repeated.
Subsequent steps S34 to S39 are the same processes as steps S19 to S24 described above, and thus redundant description will be omitted.
However, in step S21, the texture information creation unit 213 determines whether or not all the breeding target characters selected in step S13 have been processed, but in step S36, the breeding target character additionally selected in step S32 is selected. The difference is that it is determined whether or not all of the above have been processed.

By the additional creation processing described above, the player can create texture information having the same color arrangement as the created texture information for the additionally selected creation target character by a simple operation. For example, when a new creation target character is obtained, the texture information creation process is performed again, and the texture information can be created without selecting the object information or the like.

[Change processing]
Next, the changing process will be described with reference to FIG. The change process is executed, for example, when the player performs a change process execution request operation in the game.
In step S41, the selection unit 212 accepts a selection operation of a target costume whose selection of object information is changed. For example, the player performs a selection operation by operating the button shown as the display 91 in FIG. 10 and corresponding to the costume to be selected. Then, the selection unit 212 selects the costume based on the selection operation by the player.

Subsequent steps S42 to S47 are the same processing as steps S12 to S17 described above, and thus a duplicate description will be omitted. In addition, in the changing process, since the creation target character is not changed, the process corresponding to step S18 described above is not performed.
Further, since the subsequent steps S48 to S53 are the same as the above-described steps S19 to S24, duplicate description will be omitted.

Through the changing process described above, the player can change the texture information once created into desired texture information. For example, some or all of the texture information that should be changed can be changed after viewing the live performance in the game. Therefore, the player can create texture information that is closer to his or her preference. In addition, in this embodiment, a part or all of the texture information cannot be changed by a method other than the changing process. For example, it cannot be changed during a live game. Thereby, for example, since the texture information which has been compressed by a predetermined algorithm in advance can be used for drawing, the drawing process can be lightened at the time of live performance. Further, for example, it is possible to preliminarily perform the process of pre-reading and mapping the texture information at a live event, so that it is possible to prevent processing omissions or the like at a live event.

[Restore process]
Next, the restoration process will be described with reference to FIG. The restoration process is executed, for example, when the player performs a restoration process execution request operation in the game. As described above, the created texture information is stored in the texture information storage unit 283. Also, the management information of this texture information is stored in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282. Therefore, normally, it is not necessary to perform restoration processing. However, for example, when the player plays a game on a new player terminal 2 or when the player terminal 2 is initialized, the information is stored in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 or the texture information storage unit 283. The information no longer exists. In such a case, it is preferable to perform the restoration process.

In step S61, the texture information creation unit 213 sends a restoration request to the server-side management unit 112 of the server 1. The player's identification information is included in this restoration request.

In step S62, the server-side management unit 112 reads the management information corresponding to the player identification information included in the restoration request from the server-side management information storage unit 182. Then, the server-side management unit 112 transmits the read management information to the texture information creation unit 213 as a response to the received restoration request.
The texture information creation unit 213 starts creation of texture information based on this management information. That is, the creation of texture information that exists as management information but does not exist in the texture information storage unit 283 is started. Since Steps S63 and S64 performed in this case are the same processes as Steps S19 and S20 described above, redundant description will be omitted.

In step S65, the texture information creation unit 213 determines whether the processes of steps S63 and S64 have been performed for all the costumes and creation target characters that are present in the management information. If the process has been performed for all the costumes and the creation target character that are present in the management information, it is determined Yes in step S65, and the process proceeds to step S66. On the other hand, if there is a costume or a character to be created that has not been processed, it is determined No in step S65, and the process returns to step S63. Then, the processing of step S63 and step S64 is performed on the costume and the breeding target character that have not been processed yet.

In step S66, the terminal-side management unit 214 updates the terminal-side management information stored in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 based on the processing results of steps S63 and S64. In the restoration process, the management information is originally received from the server 1. Therefore, in the restoration process, it is not necessary to send the management information updated in step S66 to the server 1.

Through the restoration process described above, the management information and the texture information can be restored even when the player plays the game on the new player terminal 2 or when the player terminal 2 is initialized. it can. Further, in this restoration, the player does not need to perform a complicated operation, and may perform a restoration process execution request operation.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications, improvements, etc. within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention are included in the present invention. That is, the present invention can be widely applied to various games.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the server 1 and the player terminal 2 to which the present invention is applied have been described by taking the server device, the game machine, and the smartphone as an example, but the invention is not particularly limited thereto. The present invention can be applied to general electronic devices having an information processing function.

Further, the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or software.
In other words, the functional configuration shown in FIG. 3 is merely an example and is not particularly limited. That is, it suffices that the server 1 and the player terminal 2 have a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole. Not limited.

Further, the functional configurations of the server 1 and the player terminal 2 may be realized by a single device. Alternatively, the functions of the server 1 may be distributed to a plurality of server devices and implemented by a plurality of devices.
Further, one functional block may be configured by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

The functional configuration in the present embodiment is realized by a processor that executes arithmetic processing, and the processor that can be used in the present embodiment is configured by a single processing device such as a single processor, a multiprocessor, and a multicore processor. In addition to the above, these various processing devices are combined with a processing circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array).

When the series of processes is executed by software, the program forming the software is installed in a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer embedded in dedicated hardware. Further, the computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

The recording medium including such a program is not only configured by the removable medium 100 of FIG. 2 which is distributed separately from the device main body to provide the program to the player, but also the player is installed in the device main body in advance. It is composed of a recording medium and the like provided to. The removable medium 100 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disc includes, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc (Blu-ray disc). The magneto-optical disk is composed of MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. Further, the recording medium provided to the player in a state of being pre-installed in the apparatus main body is, for example, the ROM 12 in FIG. 2 in which a program is recorded, the ROM 22 in FIG. 2, the storage unit 18 in FIG. The storage unit 28 includes a semiconductor memory or the like.

In the present specification, the steps for writing the program recorded in the recording medium include, not only the processing performed in time series according to the order, but also the processing performed in parallel or individually, not necessarily in time series. It also includes the processing to be performed. The steps executed by the program recorded in the recording medium may be executed in any order without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is merely an example and does not limit the technical scope of the present invention. The present invention can take various other embodiments, and various modifications such as omission and replacement can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention described in this specification and the like, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and an equivalent range thereof.
For example, the embodiment of the present invention may be modified as the following modifications.

<First Modification>
The above-described embodiment is a client-server system, and the player terminal 2 and the server 1 cooperate with each other to execute texture information creation processing and lottery game processing. The present invention is not limited to this, and the texture information creation processing described above may be executed by a single device.
In the description of the present modified example and the following other modified examples, the description overlapping with the description in the above-described embodiment will be omitted, and the content unique to each modified example will be described in detail.

[Hardware configuration]
The hardware configuration of the information processing device 3 that realizes this modification will be described. The information processing device 3 includes a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, a bus 34, an input/output interface 35, an input unit 36, an output unit 37, a storage unit 38, a communication unit 39, and a drive 40. I have it. Each of these pieces of hardware has a function equivalent to that of each piece of hardware of the same name, which is provided in the server 1 and the player terminal 2 described above but is different only in reference numeral. Therefore, illustration and overlapping description will be omitted. In this modification, the communication unit 39 is not essential, so the communication unit 39 may be omitted.
The information processing device 3 can be realized by, for example, a stationary game machine, a portable game machine, a personal computer, or the like.

[Functional configuration]
The functional configuration of the server 1 and the player terminal 2 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing the above-described texture information creating process and the like, of the functional configuration of the information processing device 3.
When a process such as the above-described texture information creation process is executed, as shown in FIG. 14, in the CPU 31, the game control unit 311, the game operation execution unit 312, the selection unit 313, the texture information creation unit 314, The management unit 315 functions.
In addition, a game operation data storage unit 381, an in-game data storage unit 382, a management information storage unit 383, and a texture information storage unit 384 are set in one area of the storage unit 38.

Each of these functional blocks has a function equivalent to that of each of the functional blocks of the same name, which are provided in the server 1 and the player terminal 2 but have different reference numerals. Further, in this modification, there is no concept of “terminal side” and “server side”. Therefore, the name of the functional block equivalent to the terminal side management unit 214 is the management unit 315. Further, the name of the functional block equivalent to the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 is the management information storage unit 383.
As described above, this modification has functional blocks equivalent to those of the above-described embodiment. Therefore, redundant description will be omitted.

[motion]
The functional blocks of the information processing device 3 have been described above. Next, operations in the texture information creating process, the additional creating process, the changing process, and the restoring process executed by the information processing device 3 will be described. Here, the texture information creating process, the additional creating process, and the changing process are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and thus redundant description will be omitted. However, as described above, in this modification, there is no concept of “terminal side” and “server side”. Therefore, with respect to the texture information creation processing, processing corresponding to steps S23 and S24 shown in FIG. 4 is not performed. As for the additional creation process, the processes corresponding to steps S38 and S39 shown in FIG. 9 are not performed. Furthermore, regarding the change processing, the processing corresponding to steps S52 and S53 shown in FIG. 12 is not performed.

The restoration process can be executed by backing up the management information in the removable medium 100, for example. In this case, the restoration process can be executed by reading the management information backed up from the removable medium 100, instead of the steps S61 and S62 shown in FIG. In the above-described embodiment as well, the restoration process may be performed without using the server 1.

As a result, the texture information creation process, the additional creation process, the modification process, and the restoration process can be executed by the information processing device 3 alone. The effects of performing these processes are the same as those of the above-described embodiment.

<Second Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, the player terminal 2 creates the texture information based on the player's selection operation. Not limited to this, the texture information may be created in the server 1 based on the player's selection operation. In this case, the hardware configurations of the server 1 and the player terminal 2 may be modified as described below with respect to the functional configuration and operation without particularly modifying the above-described embodiment.
In the following description of this modification, the server obtained by modifying the server 1 in the above embodiment is referred to as “server 1A”. In addition, a terminal obtained by modifying the player terminal 2 in the above-described embodiment is referred to as a “player terminal 2A”.

[Functional configuration]
The functional configuration of the server 1A and the player terminal 2A will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing the above-described texture information creating process and the like among the functional configurations of the server 1A and the player terminal 2A in the present modification.

First, the functional configuration of the player terminal 2A will be described.
When processing such as texture information creation processing in this modification is executed, as shown in FIG. 3, in the CPU 21, the game operation execution unit 211, the selection unit 212, and the terminal-side management unit 214 function.
Further, a game operation data storage unit 281, a terminal-side management information storage unit 282, and a texture information storage unit 283 are set in one area of the storage unit 28.
The player terminal 2A according to the present modification is different from the player terminal 2 according to the above-described embodiment in that the texture information creation unit 213 is omitted.

Next, the functional configuration of the server 1A will be described.
When processing such as texture information creation processing in this modification is executed, as shown in FIG. 15, in the CPU 11, the game operation control unit 111, the server-side management unit 112, and the texture information creation unit 213 function.
In addition, an in-game data storage unit 181, a server-side management information storage unit 182, and a texture information storage unit 183 are set in one area of the storage unit 18.

The server 1A according to the present modification is different from the server 1 according to the above-described embodiment in that the texture information creating unit 113 functions and the texture information storage unit 183 is set. The function of the texture information creation unit 113 is the same as that of the texture information creation unit 213 included in the player terminal 2 in the above embodiment. Further, the texture information storage unit 183 stores the texture information created by the texture information creation unit 113, like the texture information storage unit 283 included in the player terminal 2 in the above-described embodiment.

[motion]
The functional blocks of the player terminal 2A and the server 1A have been described above. Next, an operation in the texture information creation processing in the present modification executed by the player terminal 2A and the server 1A will be described with reference to FIG.
Here, FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow of texture information creation processing in the present modification. Note that steps S71 to S78 are the same processes as steps S11 to S18 described above, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

In step S79, the terminal-side management unit 214 updates the terminal-side management information stored in the terminal-side management information storage unit 282 based on the processing results up to step S78. In this case, the texture information has not been created yet, but by creating only the identification information of the texture information, the management information can be updated as in step S22 described above.

In step S80, the terminal-side management unit 214 transmits the updated management information to the texture information creation unit 113 of the server 1A. As a result, the texture information creation unit 113 starts creating texture information.

In steps S81, S82, and S83, the texture information creation unit 113 performs the same process as the process performed by the texture information creation unit 213 in steps S19, S20, and S21 described above. Then, the texture information corresponding to the management information transmitted from the player terminal 2 is created. The texture information creation unit 113 stores the created texture information in the texture information storage unit 183.

In step S84, the texture information creating unit 113 stores the texture information corresponding to the management information transmitted from the player terminal 2 in step S80 (that is, the texture information created in step S82, and the texture information already created and stored in the texture information storage). The texture information stored in the unit 183) is transmitted to the terminal-side management unit 214 of the player terminal 2A.

In step S85, the server-side management unit 112 updates the server-side management information stored in the server-side management information storage unit 182 based on the processing results of steps S81 and S82.

In step S86, the terminal-side management unit 214 stores the texture information received from the server 1A in the texture information 283.
Accordingly, even when the server 1 is configured to generate texture information, the texture information generation process can be realized.

In the server 1A, the texture information creation unit 113 creates all possible texture information in advance without waiting for the reception of the management information from the player terminal 2A, and the created texture information is stored in the texture information storage unit. It may be stored in 183. In this case, when the management information is received from the player terminal 2, the determinations in step S81 and step S83 are all Yes, and it is not necessary to perform step S82. Therefore, after receiving the management information, the texture information can be promptly transmitted to the player terminal 2A.

Further, in this modification, by appropriately transmitting the management information as in step S80, creating the texture information as in steps S81, S82 and S83, and transmitting the texture information as in step S84, It is also possible to execute additional creation processing, change processing, and restoration processing other than the texture information creation processing.

As described above, even when the texture information is created in the server 1, the texture information creation process, the additional creation process, the change process, and the restoration process can be executed. The effects of performing these processes are the same as those of the above-described embodiment.

<Third Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, the object information is created by designating the color of the texture information for drawing the costume worn by the character based on the object information selected by the player. Not limited to this, other information may be designated. For example, the pattern represented by the object information or the effect information to be applied (for example, the presence or absence of gloss) may be designated. Further, instead of the texture information for drawing the costume, texture information for drawing another target may be created. For example, texture information for drawing objects other than costumes, such as the character's belongings, may be created.

<Fourth Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, for example, when the creation target character is selected in step S18, the processing of steps S19 to S21 is continuously performed to create the texture information. Not limited to this, the texture information may be created at another timing. For example, the texture information may be created at the timing when the texture information is actually needed. Specifically, the texture information may be created at the timing when the costume is selected to perform live in the game.

<Fifth Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, the costume that is texture information changeable based on the player's selection and is common to each character has been described. Not limited to this, other costumes may be present. For example, there may be a costume whose texture information can be changed and which is dedicated to a unique character. Further, there may be costumes whose texture information cannot be changed.

<Sixth Modification>
In the above embodiment, the case where one player plays the game has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a multi-play mode in which a plurality of players can participate may be performed. In this case, the server 1 collects the texture information used this time in the game from each player terminal 2. Then, the server 1 delivers this texture information to each player terminal 2. By doing so, it is possible to perform multi-play by utilizing the texture information created by another player.

1, 1A... Server, 2, 2A... Player terminal, 3... Information processing device, 5... Network, 11, 21, 31... CPU, 12, 22, 32... ROM , 13, 23, 33... RAM, 14, 24, 34... Bus, 15, 25, 35... Input/output interface, 16, 26, 36... Input unit, 17, 27, 37... ..Output unit, 18, 28, 38... Storage unit, 19, 29, 39... Communication unit, 20, 30, 40... Drive, 100... Removable media, 111, 311... Game control unit, 112... Server side management unit, 113, 213, 314... Texture information creation unit, 181, 382... In-game data storage unit, 182... Server side management information storage unit, 183 , 283, 384... Texture information storage section, 211, 312... Game operation execution section, 212, 313... Selection section, 214... Terminal side management section, 281, 381... For game operation Data storage unit, 282... Terminal side management information storage unit, 283... Texture information storage unit, 315... Management unit, 383... Management information storage unit, S... Information processing system

Claims (15)

A drawing function that draws texture information together with polygons corresponding to the character for visual recognition,
A first selection function for selecting object information based on a player input;
A second selection function of selecting a plurality of creation target characters based on the input of the player;
A creation function for creating texture information used for drawing each of the plurality of creation target characters selected by the second selection function, based on the object information selected by the first selection function;
To a computer ,
The creation function creates texture information to be used for the drawing by using body information selected from at least one of a plurality of types of texture information prepared in advance and a plurality of types of polygons corresponding to the body prepared in advance. Information processing program. A drawing function that draws texture information together with polygons corresponding to the character for visual recognition,
A first selection function for selecting object information based on a player input;
A second selection function for selecting a creation target character based on the input of the player;
A creation function for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selection function based on the object information selected by the first selection function;
To a computer ,
The creation function is
When the second selection function selects a creation target character, it is determined whether or not there is texture information created based on the object information, the texture information being associated with the creation target character,
If the texture information exists, the texture information is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
An information processing program that creates texture information to be used for drawing the creation target character based on the object information when the texture information does not exist . A drawing function that draws texture information together with polygons corresponding to the character for visual recognition,
A first selection function for selecting object information based on a player input;
A second selection function for selecting a creation target character based on the input of the player;
A creation function for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selection function based on the object information selected by the first selection function;
A management function for managing the texture information created by the creation function in association with the object information selected by the first selection function and the creation target character selected by the second selection function;
To a computer ,
The second selection function performs additional selection of a creation target character managed by the management function based on the input of the player,
The creation function is
When the second selection function selects a creation target character, it is determined whether there is texture information corresponding to the creation target character, the texture information created based on the object information,
If the texture information exists, the texture information is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
An information processing program that creates texture information to be used for drawing the creation target character based on the object information when the texture information does not exist . The first selection function reselects the object information managed by the management function based on the input by the player,
The creation function recreates texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selection function, based on the object information reselected by the first selection function,
The information processing program according to claim 3 . The drawing function is the predetermined game, the polygon corresponding to the created target character, a texture information the creation function creates, any one of claims 1 to 4 to draw without accepting changes the texture information 1 The information processing program described in the section . The drawing function is the predetermined game, the polygon corresponding to each of a plurality of the created target character, any one of claims 1 to 5 for drawing the texture information the creation function creates for each of the plurality of the created target character The information processing program according to item 1 . It said first selecting function based on the input of the player, for each component of the object information storage medium according to any one of claims 1 to 6 to select the object information. The drawing function, when the first selection function selects the object information, changes the texture information drawn together with the polygon corresponding to the visual recognition character based on the object information selected by the first selection function. The information processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . Drawing means for drawing texture information together with polygons corresponding to the visual recognition character,
First selection means for selecting object information based on an input from the player,
Second selecting means for selecting a plurality of creation target characters based on the input of the player;
Creating means for creating texture information to be used for drawing each of the plurality of creation target characters selected by the second selecting means based on the object information selected by the first selecting means;
Equipped with
The creating means creates texture information used for the drawing by using body information selected from at least one of a plurality of types of texture information prepared in advance corresponding to the body and a plurality of types of polygons prepared in advance corresponding to the body. be that the information processing apparatus. Drawing means for drawing texture information together with polygons corresponding to the visual recognition character,
First selection means for selecting object information based on an input from the player,
Second selecting means for selecting a character to be created based on the input of the player;
Creating means for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selecting means based on the object information selected by the first selecting means;
Equipped with
The creating means is
When the second selecting unit selects a creation target character, it is determined whether or not there is texture information created based on the object information and associated with the creation target character,
If the texture information exists, the texture information is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
If the texture information is not present, on the basis of the object information, the information processing apparatus to create a texture information used for rendering of the created target character. Drawing means for drawing texture information together with polygons corresponding to the visual recognition character,
First selection means for selecting object information based on an input from the player,
Second selecting means for selecting a character to be created based on the input of the player;
Creating means for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selecting means based on the object information selected by the first selecting means;
Managing means for managing the texture information created by the creating means in association with the object information selected by the first selecting means and the creation target character selected by the second selecting means;
Equipped with
The second selecting means performs additional selection of the creation target character managed by the managing means based on the input by the player,
The creating means is
When the second selection means selects a creation target character, it is determined whether or not there is texture information corresponding to the creation target character, the texture information created based on the object information,
If the texture information exists, the texture information is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
An information processing device that creates texture information used for drawing the creation target character based on the object information when the texture information does not exist . An information processing system including a terminal and a server communicatively connected to the terminal,
The terminal is
Drawing means for drawing texture information together with polygons corresponding to the visual recognition character,
First selection means for selecting object information based on an input from the player,
Second selecting means for selecting a plurality of creation target characters based on the input of the player;
Creating means for creating texture information to be used for drawing each of the plurality of creation target characters selected by the second selecting means based on the object information selected by the first selecting means;
A terminal side managing means for managing the texture information created by the creating means,
Terminal-side notification means for notifying the server of the management information of the texture information created by the creation means, in association with the identification information of the player,
Equipped with
The creating means creates texture information used for the drawing by using body information selected from at least one of a plurality of types of texture information prepared in advance corresponding to the body and a plurality of types of polygons prepared in advance corresponding to the body. Then
The server is
Server-side management means for managing the management information notified from the terminal-side notification means for each player based on the player identification information;
An information processing system including. An information processing system including a terminal and a server communicatively connected to the terminal,
The terminal is
Drawing means for drawing texture information together with polygons corresponding to the visual recognition character,
First selection means for selecting object information based on an input from the player,
Second selecting means for selecting a character to be created based on the input of the player;
Creating means for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selecting means based on the object information selected by the first selecting means;
A terminal side managing means for managing the texture information created by the creating means,
Terminal-side notification means for notifying the server of the management information of the texture information created by the creation means, in association with the identification information of the player,
Equipped with
The creating means is
When the second selecting unit selects a creation target character, it is determined whether or not there is texture information created based on the object information and associated with the creation target character,
If the texture information exists, the texture information is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
When the texture information does not exist, based on the object information, create texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
The server is
Server-side management means for managing the management information notified from the terminal-side notification means for each player based on the player identification information;
An information processing system including. An information processing system including a terminal and a server communicatively connected to the terminal,
The terminal is
Drawing means for drawing texture information together with polygons corresponding to the visual recognition character,
First selection means for selecting object information based on an input from the player,
Second selecting means for selecting a character to be created based on the input of the player;
Creating means for creating texture information used for drawing the creation target character selected by the second selecting means based on the object information selected by the first selecting means;
A terminal side managing means for managing the texture information created by the creating means,
Terminal-side notification means for notifying the server of the management information of the texture information created by the creation means, in association with the identification information of the player,
Equipped with
The terminal-side management unit manages the texture information created by the creating unit in association with the object information selected by the first selecting unit and the creation target character selected by the second selecting unit,
The second selection means performs additional selection of a creation target character managed by the terminal side management means based on the input of the player,
The creating means is
When the second selection means selects a creation target character, it is determined whether or not there is texture information corresponding to the creation target character, the texture information created based on the object information,
If the texture information exists, the texture information is linked as texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
When the texture information does not exist, based on the object information, create texture information used for drawing the creation target character,
The server is
Server-side management means for managing the management information notified from the terminal-side notification means for each player based on the player identification information;
An information processing system including. The server includes server-side notification means for notifying management information of the texture information to the terminal corresponding to the identification information of the player,
The creating means creates texture information based on the management information notified from the server side notifying means,
The information processing system according to any one of claims 12 to 14 .

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