JP2002273049A - Video game device, video game progress control method and video game progress control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To train individuals by a desired degree of intervention to a team in a game and execute an interesting training game. SOLUTION: The video game device has a training character selection section 103 accepting specification of a command for training for one character on an exercise day from a controller 29, a character reservation section 105 selecting one character and a reservation character to execute a command specified together, a training value addition section 108 adding a prescribed training value to one character and the reservation character by execution of a command, and also has a reservation prohibition section 109 prohibiting specification of the optional one character when it is judged that an optional one character is made a reservation character by the character reservation section 105, on the occasion of specification of an optional one character by a training character indication section 104.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game device capable of playing by operating a self character on a game screen, a video game progress control method applied to the video game, and a video game progress control program. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a video game in which a player of a video game can cause a self-character on a game screen to perform an action related to the player's own intention, the player has to control the self-character in various scenes of the game. Instructing a specific command from among a plurality of commands, and causing the self-character to execute an operation corresponding to the designated command, thereby stochastically increasing the ability of the self-character as a character. There is known a breeding-type game that grows while repeating the execution. In addition, a game in which a plurality of types of abilities related to the game are assigned to a character including a self-character from among all set breeding ability values to give each character a personality. Are known.

[0003]

However, in the conventional breeding-type game, a specific command as described above is instructed to each character to cultivate the character individually, or the game is composed of a plurality of characters. There is a so-called team collective type that trains the entire team by instructing the specific command as described above for the whole team to be performed.In the former case, the training operation tends to be complicated, and conversely In the latter case, there is a limit as a breeding game in which it is not possible to breed each character individually.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem. When an instruction for breeding one character in a team is given, the breeding instruction is reflected on some other characters. Video game apparatus, video game progress control method, and video game capable of executing an upbringing game rich in interests while also allowing individual characters to be allowed to receive a training instruction in a similar manner to achieve individual training with a desired degree of intervention It is an object to provide a progress control program.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of breeding items are set for each of a plurality of characters constituting a self-team in a breeding timetable for a predetermined number of times in a game time. A video game progress control program that enables one instruction and changes the ability of each character related to the game by executing the specified breeding item, and is a unit of one breeding timetable and one character. When the designation of one breeding item is received and the designation of the one character is received, the one character and another character that executes the designated breeding item together are automatically set as reserved characters in the unit of the one breeding timetable. And a predetermined breeding value is given to the one character and the reserved character by executing the breeding item. Upon designating an arbitrary one of the character, when said any one of the character is determined to have been a reserved character in the same development schedule unit,
It is characterized in that designation of the arbitrary one character is prohibited.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, one of a plurality of breeding items can be designated for each of a plurality of characters constituting a self-team in a unit of a breeding timetable for a predetermined number of times in a game time, A video game apparatus for changing the ability of each character related to a game by executing a designated breeding item, comprising: an operable operation member; A breeding instructing means for receiving designation of one breeding item for a character, and receiving the designation of the one character, the one character and another character executing the designated breeding item together with the one breeding item Reservation means for automatically selecting as a reserved character in a timetable unit;
A breeding value providing means for providing a predetermined breeding value to the one character and the reserved character by executing the breeding item;
Prohibiting means for prohibiting the designation of the arbitrary one character when it is determined that the arbitrary one character has been set as the reserved character by the reservation means in the same breeding timetable unit at the time of designation of the character It is characterized by that.

The invention according to claim 8 enables one of a plurality of breeding items to be designated for each of a plurality of characters constituting a self-team in a unit of a breeding timetable for a predetermined number of times in a game time, A video game progress control method for changing the ability of each character related to a game by executing a designated breeding item, wherein one breeding item is designated for one character in one breeding timetable unit. When the designation of the one character is received, another character that executes the one character and the designated breeding item together is automatically selected as a reserved character in the one breeding timetable unit, and the breeding item is selected. To give a predetermined breeding value to the one character and the reserved character, respectively, Upon designating, when said any one of the character is determined to have been a reserved character in the same development schedule unit is characterized in that prohibiting designation of the any one of the character.

[0008] According to these configurations, an instruction of one breeding item is accepted for one breeding timetable unit and for one character. When the designation of the one character is accepted, the one character and another character (team mate) that execute the designated breeding item together are automatically selected as a reserved character in the one breeding time unit. . By executing the breeding item, a predetermined breeding value is given to the one character and the reserved character. On the other hand, when it is determined that the arbitrary one character has already been set as a reserved character in the same breeding timetable unit at the time of instruction (designation) of arbitrarily selecting one character by the operation member, the designation of the one character is determined. Forbidden, this prevents characters from being bred in duplicate in the same breeding timetable unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the video game progress control program according to the first aspect, wherein the breeding items include a plurality of types of practice events associated with breeding values. According to this configuration, when a training item is selected, a practice event is selected from the training item.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the video game progress control program according to the second aspect, wherein the practice event is randomly selected from a plurality of types. According to this configuration, since a practice event is randomly selected from a plurality of types, it is difficult to know which practice event will occur, and the game will be a varied and entertaining game.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the video game progress control program according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the upbringing items include an individual upbringing item executed only by the selected character. is there. According to this configuration,
Since the breeding items include the individual breeding items executed by only one character, the game is suitable for personal breeding.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the reserved character is randomly selected from characters other than the designated character and the reserved character. It is a video game progress control program of the description. According to this configuration, it is ensured that only one breeding item is executed in the same breeding timetable unit, and it is not known which character is to be selected, so that the game is rich in variety and interest.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the breeding value is distributed to the ability value of each character.
A video game progress control program according to any one of claims 1 to 5. According to this configuration, since the provided breeding value is distributed to each ability value related to the game for each character, it is possible to cultivate a character having the ability corresponding to the strategy desired by the player, It will be a game with a lot of interest.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, an instruction of one of the plurality of breeding items for a plurality of breeding items is provided for each of a plurality of characters constituting the own team for a breeding time unit in a predetermined period of the game time. A video game progress control program that changes the abilities related to the game of each character by allowing the breeding item to be executed and executing a process corresponding to the specified breeding item, wherein one breeding for one character in one breeding time unit When the specification of the item is received and the specification of the one character is received, another character that executes the specified breeding item together with the one character is selected as a reserved character in the one breeding time unit, and the breeding item is selected. By executing, the predetermined breeding value is assigned to the first character and the other character. And when selecting the other character, if it is determined that the other character has been set as a reserved character for the same breeding time unit, the other character is not selected as a reserved character. Is a video game progress control program.

[0015] According to this configuration, the video game progress control program provides one of a plurality of breeding items for a plurality of breeding items in a breeding time unit in a predetermined period in the game time for each of a plurality of characters constituting the own team. An item can be specified, and a process corresponding to the specified breeding item is executed to change the ability of each character related to the game. Further, the video game progress control program receives designation of one breeding item for one character in one breeding time unit, and executes the designated breeding item together with the one character when receiving the designation of the one character. Is selected as a reserved character in the one breeding time unit, and a breeding item is executed to give a predetermined breeding value to the one character and the other character, and select the other character. At this time, if it is determined that the other character is a reserved character for the same breeding time unit, the other character is not selected as a reserved character.

[0016]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a video game system (video game apparatus) to which a video game progress control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This game system includes a game machine body 10
0 and a recording medium 200 on which program data is recorded. The game machine main body 100 has a CPU (Centra
l Processing Unit) 1, a bus line 2 including an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus connected to the CPU 1, and a graphics data generation processor 3.

The bus line 2 includes an interface circuit 4, a main memory 5 including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory) 6, a decompression circuit 7, a parallel port 8, a serial port 9, a drawing processor 10, An audio processor 11, a decoder 12, and an interface circuit 13 are connected.

A buffer 21 is connected to the drawing processor 10, a television monitor (hereinafter referred to as "monitor") 22 is connected, and a buffer 23 is connected to the audio processor 11, and an amplification circuit The speaker 25 is connected through the speaker 24. A buffer 26 is connected to the decoder 12, a recording medium driver 27 is connected to the decoder 12, a memory 28 is connected to the interface circuit 13, and a controller 29 is connected.
Is connected.

This game system differs in form depending on the application. For example, when the game system is configured for home use, the monitor 22 and the speaker 25 are separate from the game machine main body 100. On the other hand, when the game system is configured for business use, all the components shown in FIG. 1 are housed in one integrated housing.

When the game system is configured with a personal computer or a workstation as a core, the monitor 22 corresponds to a display for a computer, and the drawing processor 10, the audio processor 11, and the decompression circuit 7 The interface circuit 4, the parallel port 8, the serial port 9, and the interface circuit 13 correspond to a part of the program data recorded on the recording medium 200 or hardware on an expansion board mounted in an expansion slot of the computer. It corresponds to the hardware on the expansion board installed in the expansion slot of the computer. Buffer 2
1, 23 and 26 correspond to the respective areas of the main memory 5 or the extended memory (not shown). In this embodiment, a case where the game system is configured for home use will be described as an example.

Next, each component shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The graphics data generation processor 3 uses the CP
U1 functions as a so-called coprocessor. That is, the graphics data generation processor 3
Coordinate transformation and light source calculation, for example, calculation of a fixed-point matrix or vector are performed by parallel processing. The main processing performed by the graphics data generation processor 3 includes:
Two-dimensional or three-dimensional image data supplied from CPU 1
A process of obtaining an address on the display area of the processing target image based on the coordinate data of each vertex in the dimensional space, the movement amount data, and the rotation amount data, and returning the address data to the CPU 1 again, And the like, for calculating the brightness of the image in accordance with the distance from the light source set in.

The interface circuit 4 is for an interface of a peripheral device, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball. The ROM 6 stores program data as an operating system of the game system. Speaking of personal computers, BIOS (Basic Input Output Syst
em).

The decompression circuit 7 provides an MPEG (Mov)
ing Picture Engineering Group) and JP for still images
Decompression processing is performed on a compressed image that has been compressed by intra-coding according to the EG (Joint Picture Engineering Group). Decompression processing is decoding processing (VLC: Variab
le Length Code), inverse quantization, IDCT (Inverse Discrete Cosin
e Transform) processing, intra-image restoration processing, and the like.

The drawing processor 10 performs a drawing process on the buffer 21 at a predetermined time T (one frame, for example, T = 1/60 second) based on a drawing command issued by the CPU 1.

The buffer 21 comprises, for example, a RAM,
It consists of a display area (frame buffer) and a non-display area. The display area includes an area for developing data to be displayed on the display surface of the monitor 22. In the present embodiment, the non-display area includes data defining a skeleton, model data defining a polygon, animation data for causing a model to move, and pattern data indicating the contents of each animation, as well as texture data and color palette data. And so on.

Here, the texture data is two-dimensional image data. The color pallet data is data for specifying a color such as texture data. These data are recorded in the non-display area of the buffer 21 in advance by the CPU 1 at once from the recording medium 200 or divided into a plurality of times according to the progress of the game.

The drawing commands include a drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons and a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image. Here, the polygon is a polygonal two-dimensional virtual figure, and a triangle is used in the present embodiment.

A drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons includes polygon vertex address data on the display area of the buffer 21 and texture address data indicating the storage position on the buffer 21 of the texture data to be attached to the polygon. , Color pallet address data indicating the storage position of the color pallet data indicating the color of the texture data on the buffer 21, and luminance data indicating the luminance of the texture.

Among these data, the polygon vertex address data in the display area is used by the graphics data generation processor 3 to convert the polygon vertex coordinate data in the three-dimensional space from the CPU 1 into the movement amount data and rotation amount of the screen itself. The data is replaced by two-dimensional polygon vertex coordinate data by performing coordinate conversion based on the data. The luminance data is determined by the graphics data generation processor 3 from the position indicated by the polygon vertex coordinate data after the coordinate conversion from the CPU 1 based on the distance between the light sources virtually arranged.

The polygon vertex address data indicates an address on the display area of the buffer 21, and the drawing processor 10 writes texture data corresponding to the range of the display area of the buffer 21 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data. Perform processing.

One object is composed of many polygons. The CPU 1 stores the coordinate data of each polygon in the three-dimensional space in the buffer 21 in association with the corresponding skeleton vector data. When the character is moved on the display surface by the operation of the controller 29,
In other words, when expressing the movement of the character itself, or when changing the viewpoint position at which the character is viewed, the following processing is performed.

That is, the CPU 1 sends the graphics data generation processor 3 the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon held in the non-display area of the buffer 21, the coordinates of the skeleton, and the data of the rotation amount. The obtained movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon are given.

Graphics data generation processor 3
Calculates sequentially three-dimensional coordinate data after movement and rotation of each polygon based on the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon and the movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon.

The 3 of each polygon obtained in this way is
Of the dimensional coordinate data, the horizontal and vertical coordinate data are supplied to the drawing processor 10 as address data on the display area of the buffer 21, that is, polygon vertex address data.

The drawing processor 10 writes the texture data indicated by the previously assigned texture address data on the triangular display area of the buffer 21 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data.
As a result, on the display surface of the monitor 22, an object in which texture data is pasted on a large number of polygons is displayed.

A drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image includes vertex address data, texture address data, color palette address data indicating a storage position of the color palette data indicating the color of the texture data on the buffer 21, and texture data. And luminance data indicating luminance. Among these data, the vertex address data is stored in the graphics data
Vertex coordinate data on the two-dimensional plane from PU1 is represented by C
This is coordinate data obtained by performing coordinate conversion based on the movement amount data and rotation amount data from PU1.

The audio processor 11 reads an ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pu) read from the recording medium 200.
lse Code Modulation) data is described in the buffer 23, and the ADPCM data stored in the buffer 23 is used as a sound source. Then, the audio processor 11 performs the ADPC
The M data is read out based on, for example, a clock signal having a frequency of 44.1 kHz.

The audio processor 11 performs processes such as pitch conversion, noise addition, envelope setting, level setting, and reverb addition on the ADPCM data read from the buffer 23.

The audio data read from the recording medium 200 is a PC such as a CD-DA (Compact Disk Digital Audio).
In the case of M data, the audio processor 11 converts the data into ADPCM data.

The processing of the PCM data by the program data is performed directly on the main memory 5. The PCM data processed on the main memory 5 is supplied to the audio processor 11 and converted into ADPCM data, subjected to the above-described various processes, and thereafter output from the speaker 25 as audio.

The recording medium driver 27 is, for example, a CD-R
OM drive, hard disk drive, optical disk drive, flexible disk drive, silicon disk drive, cassette medium reader, and the like.

The recording medium 200 is, for example, a CD-ROM,
Hard disk, optical disk, flexible disk,
It is a semiconductor memory or the like.

The recording medium driver 27 is a recording medium
, And reads out image, sound, and program data, and supplies the read data to the decoder 12. Decoder 12
Indicates that the reproduction data from the recording medium driver 27
An error correction process using a CC (Error Correction Code) is performed, and the data subjected to the error correction process is supplied to the main memory 5 or the audio processor 11.

The memory 28 comprises, for example, a holder and a card type memory. The card-type memory is for holding various game parameters at the time of interruption, such as holding the state at the time of interruption when the game is interrupted in the middle of the game.

The controller 29 is an operation means which can be operated from the outside, and includes a first left button 29L1 and a second left button 29L1.
L2, first right button 29R1, second right button 29R2,
Up key 29U, down key 29D, left key 29
L, right direction key 29R, start button 29a, select button 29b, first button 29c, second button 29
d, a third button 29e, a fourth button 29f, a left stick 29SL, and a right stick 29SR, and sends an operation signal corresponding to a player's operation to the CPU 1.

The up key 29U, the down key 29D, the left key 29L, and the right key 29R
For example, a character or a cursor is displayed on the monitor 2 with respect to the PU 1.
2 to give commands to move up, down, left and right on the screen.

The start button 29a is used by the player to instruct the CPU 1 to start the game program data loaded from the recording medium 200. The select button 29b is used by a player to instruct the CPU 1 to make various selections regarding game program data loaded from the recording medium 200 to the main memory 5.

In the controller 29, each button and each key except the left stick 29SL and the right stick 29SR are turned on when pressed from a neutral position by a pressing force from the outside, and are released when the pressing force is released. It consists of an on / off switch that returns to the neutral position and turns off.

Left stick 29SL and right stick 2
9SR is a stick type controller having almost the same configuration as a so-called joystick. That is, the stick has an upright stick and can be tilted over a 360 ° direction including front, rear, left and right with a predetermined position of the stick as a fulcrum. Then, in accordance with the tilt direction and the tilt angle of the stick, the values of the x-coordinate in the left-right direction and the y-coordinate in the front-rear direction with the upright position as the origin are calculated by the interface circuit
3, and is transmitted to the CPU 1 as an operation signal.

The first left button 29L1, the second left button 29L2, the first right button 29R1, and the second right button 2
The function of 9R2 differs depending on the game program data loaded from the recording medium 200.

Next, the general operation of the game system will be described. A power switch (not shown) is turned on, and power is supplied to the game system. At this time, if the recording medium 200 is loaded in the recording medium driver 27, the CPU 1 instructs the recording medium driver 27 to read the program data from the recording medium 200 based on the operating system stored in the ROM 6. I do. As a result, the recording medium driver 27 reads out the image, audio, and program data from the recording medium 200. The read image, sound, and program data are supplied to the decoder 12, where an error correction process is performed.

The image data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is supplied to the expansion circuit 7 via the bus line 2.
After being subjected to the above-described decompression processing, the image data is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and written into a non-display area of the buffer 21 by the drawing processor 10.

The audio data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written into the main memory 5 or supplied to the audio processor 11 and written into the buffer 23.

The program data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written to the main memory 5. Thereafter, the CPU 1 proceeds with the game based on the game program data stored in the main memory 5 and the content specified by the player via the controller 29. That is, the CPU 1
The control of image processing, the control of sound processing, and the control of internal processing are appropriately performed based on the instruction content instructed by the player via the.

As the control of the image processing, in the present embodiment, for example, the calculation of the coordinates of each skeleton, the calculation of the vertex coordinate data of the polygon, and the obtained three-dimensional data are performed from the pattern data corresponding to the animation designated by the character. It supplies coordinate data and viewpoint position data to the graphics data generation processor 3 and issues a drawing command including address data and luminance data on the display area of the buffer 21 determined by the graphics data generation processor 3. As the control of the audio processing, for example, an audio output command is issued to the audio processor 11, and the level, reverb, and the like are specified. As the control of the internal processing, for example, an operation or the like according to the operation of the controller 29 is performed.

The image data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is supplied to the expansion circuit 7 via the bus line 2.
After being subjected to the above-described decompression processing, the image data is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and written into a non-display area of the buffer 21 by the drawing processor 10.

The audio data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written into the main memory 5 or supplied to the audio processor 11 and written into the buffer 23.

The program data subjected to the error correction processing in the decoder 12 is written to the main memory 5. Thereafter, the CPU 1 proceeds with the game based on the game program data stored in the main memory 5 and the content specified by the player via the controller 29. That is, the CPU 1
The control of image processing, the control of sound processing, and the control of internal processing are appropriately performed based on the instruction content instructed by the player via the.

FIG. 2 shows a function realizing means of the CPU 1 centering on the operation of the video game system shown in FIG. 1 as a main memory 5, buffers 21, 23, a television monitor 22, a speaker 25, a controller 29, and a recording medium 200. It is a block diagram shown with. Here, illustration of an interface circuit, a bus, and the like is omitted for convenience of description.

In the present embodiment, a case is described in which a character that is a player in one team in a baseball game is bred in a video game system, and a breeding command can be instructed a predetermined number of times for a character selected by a player. Then, based on the command instructed, perform training events such as hitting practice and pitching practice together with other characters and increase the breeding value of each. The characters are distributed (allocated) as desired to the respective ability values to be expressed, and each character is cultivated into a selection having individuality. The breeding character can participate in the subsequent baseball match game as a member of the team,
Even if the same instruction is given from the operation member, the action according to the distributed ability level is executed.

The CPU 1 includes a button operation determining unit 101, a data reading unit 102, a breeding character selecting unit 103, a breeding instruction unit 104, a character reservation unit 105, a practice event selecting unit 106, a practice event executing unit 107, and a breeding value assigning unit 108. , A reservation prohibition unit 109, and a training value distribution unit 110. The main memory 5 includes a personal data memory 51,
A reservation data memory 52 and an event data memory 53 are provided.

The personal data memory 51 stores personal data associated with each character, and includes attributes such as a player name, a uniform number, a team, a main position, a sub-position, a defensive plate, and the immediately preceding team. Information on the number of home runs, RBIs, batting averages, and information on various abilities such as fielders' special abilities, such as meet, power, shoulder strength, running power, and defensive abilities, as well as the daily conditions (units of training timetable) on game time. Information is stored.

The button operation judging section 101 judges which one has been turned on (instructed) based on an operation signal from a button, a stick or the like of the controller 29.

The data reading section 102 is connected to the controller 29
The game data is read out from the recording medium 200 at once or in accordance with the progress of the game based on a game start signal from the main memory 5 and the like.
While the game data is held in the buffers 21 and 23, the game data is read from the main memory 5 and the buffers 21 and 23 in accordance with the progress of the game.

The breeding character selection section 103 allows the player to individually select and specify the character desired to be bred out of a plurality of characters in the team. In this embodiment, one team has 44 characters. It is composed of That is, one of the 44 characters is selected for each designation.

The breeding instruction section 104 receives designation of a breeding item by causing a player to select a command for performing a desired breeding item for a specified character. Commands include, for example, "Individual practice"
There are training items such as "rest", "speak", and "go out" (joint practice), and "training value distribution" and "ability confirmation".

In the present embodiment, the character reservation unit 105 executes one or more training events together with the character selected by the breeding character selection unit 103 from other characters (teammates) in the team excluding the self character.
A person is randomly (randomly) extracted as a reserved character. The number of reserved characters is not limited to one, but may be two or a required number, or a different number may be selected each time based on random or required rules. The characters specified and extracted by the breeding character selection unit 103 and the character reservation unit 105 are registered in the reservation data memory 52 corresponding to the practice days. The reservation data memory 52 is prepared in a format such as a schedule table of each character of the team and the practice date, in which necessary data such as the contents of a practice event can be stored. Numbers are associated with the characters designated and reserved by the breeding character selection unit 103 and the character reservation unit 105, and commands and training events, which are breeding items, are similarly associated with numbers. Searching and data management processing are performed using this player number and the like.

The practice event selecting section 106 randomly selects a practice event corresponding to the training item designated by the training instruction section 104 from the event data memory 53. The event data memory 53 stores various training events in association with the training values corresponding to the respective training items. If a training event of a certain training item is described, in addition to the above-mentioned "sheet hit", the pitcher character and the catcher A plurality of other characters such as “bullpen” performed with the character are prepared. Furthermore, event data memory 5
Reference numeral 3 also stores a sentence or the like representing an increase or decrease in the breeding value according to the result of the practice event of the breeding item.

The practice event executing section 107 executes the practice event selected by the practice event selecting section 106. For example, the “sheet hit” is an event that is performed by the fielder character and the pitcher character in common, and the screen illustrated in FIG. 6 is an example of an image being executed.

The breeding value giving unit 108 gives a breeding value corresponding to the execution content to the character when the selected practice event is executed. The breeding value may be a mode in which the value set in association with the practice event may be directly added, or the breeding value may be made to add a predetermined ratio to the breeding value in accordance with the above-mentioned condition information, or the adjustment value may be adjusted. May be added.
In addition, a minus event is set such that the training value is subtracted and added to the practice event, and this minus event is generated stochastically according to the condition information on the practice day, so that it is even more interesting. It is also possible to adopt a mode that brings about difficulty in increasing or growing.

The reservation prohibiting unit 109 is used when the breeding character selecting unit 103 and the character reserving unit 105
When a reserved character is reserved, the reserved data memory 52
Is searched based on the presence or absence of a reservation flag, and for a character that has already been designated and reserved on the same day (with a reservation flag), there is a contradiction that different exercises are repeated at the same point in the game time. In order to exclude them, their designation and reservation are prohibited.

The cultivation value distribution unit 110 includes
The process of distributing the training value of each character given by 8 to each ability value is performed. The training value includes, for example, strength points and technical points, and the obtained points are distributed to desired ability values. To Ability values include, for example, “meet”, “power”, “running power”, “shoulder strength”, “defensive power”, etc. For example, to increase the ability value of “meet”, which is one of the abilities, by one Requires 5 muscle points and 3 technical points.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a game screen for selecting a character to be grown. A group 300 of names of characters that can be grown is displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the cursor is moved by operating the controller 29. When, for example, the fourth button 29f is pressed in accordance with the character that the player desires to cultivate, the screen shifts to the game screen in FIG. On the screen, the cursor is placed on the character A of "Matties", and the ability data 301 of the character A on which the cursor is placed is displayed in the upper right part of the screen.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a game screen for selecting various commands. In the upper part 400 of the screen, the ability of the character to be raised is displayed.
The ability of character A called "Matties" is displayed. From the left, the values of the abilities of "meet", "power", "running power", "shoulder strength", "defensive power (defensive power)",
"Defense position" is displayed. At the bottom of the screen, various commands that can be selected by moving the cursor by operating the controller 29 are displayed.
From the left, a “personal exercise” command 401, a “rest” command 402, a “speak” command 403, a “go out” command 404, a “training value distribution” command 405, a “confirm ability” command 406, and a “system” command 407, respectively. Yes, it is. For example, the cursor is moved to the command desired by the player by operating the controller 29,
The command content is executed by pressing the fourth button 29f.

More specifically, when the “individual practice” command is selected, items for individual practice are further displayed (not shown), and commands such as “run” and “weight training” are included in the individual practice items. More are available. When the "rest" command is selected, the "fatigue" of the ability is restored to a certain value, thereby making it possible to increase the tone information. When the "speak" command is selected, a practice event is stochastically generated by randomly talking with another character that has no reservation on that day. Also, "go out"
When a command is selected, a practice event is stochastically generated by randomly meeting another character that has no reservation on that day. When the “training value distribution” command is selected, the training value distribution unit 108 can distribute the training values to the ability values desired by the player. When the "confirm ability" command is selected, it is possible to confirm the ability data of the character currently being bred. When the “system” command is selected, for example, the setting of the button of the controller 29 can be changed.

FIG. 5 is an example of a game screen showing the result of execution when the “go out” command in FIG. 4 is specified. The sentence in the lower part of the figure is a screen indicating that a character A called "Matize" goes out and meets a character B called "Hito", and that "seat hit", which is one of the practice events, is to be performed.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a game screen in which a “seat blow”, which is an example of a practice event, is executed. A pitcher character 501 played by a computer is displayed at the center of the screen, and a batter character 5 operated by the controller 29 of the player is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
02 is displayed. In the upper right part of the screen, the number of remaining times 503 that the player can hit and a score (point) 504
Is displayed, and the batter character is given an opportunity to hit, for example, 10 balls, and the hit results are summed up as a score, for example, one hit for a hit, two hits for a double base hit, and the like. In the lower right part 505 of the screen, the character name and performance of the batter character are displayed. The player determines a hit or an out by hitting a ball thrown by a pitcher character operated by a computer at a proper timing. The upper left portion 506 of the screen displays whether the batter character's batting timing is correct. After the batter character swings, the cursor 507
Is set to move downward, stop at the center if the timing is correct, stop above the center if the timing is early, and stop below the center if the timing is late.

FIG. 7 is a game screen diagram showing the result of executing “sheet hit” in FIG. The character name and ability are displayed at the top of the screen, and the content of the executed event is displayed at the center right. At the lower part of the screen, explanations about the breeding value given to the character by the execution of the practice event are displayed. On the screen, "the ability points have increased" and "the technical points have increased."","I'm tired. "," The coach's rating has risen. " Further, the accumulation of “fatigue” increases the value of the degree of fatigue of the character, and the increase in the value of the degree of fatigue increases the probability of occurrence of a negative event such as injury during the game.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of a day in this embodiment. First, a search process for a sharing partner player described later is performed (ST1), and it is determined whether or not there is a reservation event (ST2). If there is a reservation event (YES in ST2), the reservation event is executed (ST2).
3) If there is no reservation event (NO in ST2), a process of selecting and executing a normal command described later is performed (ST).
4). Subsequently, a random event process to be described later is performed, and one day ends. In this training game, one character is trained for 14 days. That is, the above procedure is 1
It will be repeated four times.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the sharing partner search process in step ST1 of FIG. First, a search date is set on the current day, and a reservation available list number and a search number are initialized (ST11). Next, it is determined whether there is a reserved event for the search date of the character of the current search number (ST12), and if there is no reserved event (N in ST12).
O), the current search number is added to the reservable list, and 1 is added to the reservable list number (ST13). Then, 1 is added to the search number (ST14), and it is determined whether or not the search has been performed for all the players (ST1).
5). When the search is performed for all the players (YES in ST15), the process ends with the reservable list number as the number of sharing partner candidates (ST16).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the normal command selection and execution process in step ST4 of FIG. First, a command is selected by the training instruction unit 104 (ST21). It is determined whether or not the selected command is a command in which a practice event may occur (ST22). If the selected command is a command in which a practice event may occur (YES in ST22), a further practice event is performed. It is determined at random whether or not to generate (ST23). If a practice event is not to be generated (NO in ST23), or if the command is a command in which no practice event is likely to be generated in step ST22 (NO in ST22), the selected command is executed and terminated (ST24). If a practice event is to be generated (YES in ST23), a practice event generation process is performed (ST25).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the practice event generating process in step ST25 of FIG. First, a practice event is randomly selected by the practice event selecting section 106 (ST31), and then the sharing party number is randomly determined by the character reservation section 105 with the number of sharing partner candidates being the maximum value (ST3).
2). Subsequently, the practice event execution unit 107 executes a practice event for the player (reserved character) indicated by the shared partner number (ST33). When the practice event is executed, the character reservation unit 105 sets the reservation flag of the day and the practice event number of the day for the player of the shared partner number, and further, the number of the player currently being trained is set as the partner of the practice event. Set (ST3
4).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the reservation event process in step ST3 of FIG. In this flow, the contents of the event are written and displayed based on the player of the event partner number and the practice event number (ST4).
1).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the random event processing in step ST5 of FIG. First, an event is randomly selected (ST51), and it is determined whether or not the selected event is an event that may lead to the occurrence of a practice event (ST52). If the event is not possible, the process proceeds to step ST55. Conversely, if the event is likely to lead to the occurrence of a practice event, a predetermined event is randomly selected from the events including the practice event (ST5).
3) If one of the practice events is selected, the practice event process shown in FIG. 11 is executed (ST5).
4) The flow ends, and if the event is not a practice event, the selected event is executed (ST5).
5), end the flow.

In the present embodiment, each player belonging to one team of the baseball game is trained from the manager's point of view. However, the present invention is not limited to the training of baseball players, but may be a soccer game, a volleyball game, or the like. It can be applied to games that train multiple players in a team from a manager (including coach) perspective.

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According to the first, seventh, and eighth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a breeding game that can be individually bred with a desired degree of intervention for each character in the team and that is rich in interest. In addition, since it is prohibited to breed characters in the same breeding time, breeding in accordance with reality becomes possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by selecting a breeding item, one practice event can be selected from the breeding item.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since a practice event to be generated is not known, it is possible to provide a game that is rich in variety and interest.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to instruct personal development at the same time, and more complicated development is possible.

According to the invention described in claim 5, it is possible to ensure that only one breeding item is executed in the same breeding timetable unit. In addition, since the character to be selected is not known, it is possible to provide a game with a variety of interests.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a character having an ability corresponding to a strategy desired by a player is distributed to distribute the provided breeding value to each ability value related to a game for each character. Can be nurtured.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a breeding game that can be individually bred with a desired degree of intervention for each character in the team and that is rich in interest. In addition, since characters are not selected repeatedly within the breeding time, breeding that is realistic can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a video game system (video game device) to which a basic order setting control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing function realizing means of the CPU centering on the operation of the video game system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen for selecting a character to be raised.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen for selecting various commands.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game screen showing a result of execution when a “go out” command is specified;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game screen on which a “seat hit” which is an example of a practice event is executed.

FIG. 7 is a game screen diagram showing a result of executing “sheet hitting”.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of a day in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a sharing partner search process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a normal command selection execution process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a practice event generation process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a reservation event process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a random event process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 5 Main memory 51 Personal data memory 52 Reserved data memory 53 Event data memory 101 Button operation discriminating unit 102 Data reading unit 103 Breeding character selecting unit 104 Training instructing unit 105 Character reservation unit 106 Practice event selecting unit 107 Practice event executing unit 108 Training value giving unit 109 Reservation prohibition unit 110 Training value distribution unit 200 Recording medium

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An instruction for one of a plurality of breeding items is possible for each of a plurality of characters constituting a self-team in a unit of a breeding timetable for a predetermined number of times in a game time,
A video game progress control program for changing the abilities related to the game of each character by executing a designated breeding item, wherein one breeding timetable unit and one character correspond to one breeding timetable.
When the designation of one breeding item is received and the designation of the one character is received, the one character and another character that executes the designated breeding item together are automatically set as reserved characters in the unit of the one breeding timetable. By selecting and executing the breeding item, a predetermined breeding value is given to each of the one character and the reserved character, and when specifying any one of the characters, the arbitrary one of the characters has the same breeding timetable. A video game progress control program characterized in that when it is determined that a unit is set as a reserved character, designation of the arbitrary one character is prohibited. 2. The video game progress control program according to claim 1, wherein the training items include a plurality of types of training events associated with the training values. 3. The video game progress control program according to claim 2, wherein the practice event is randomly selected from a plurality of types. 4. The breeding item includes a personal breeding item executed only by the selected character.
A video game progress control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The video game progress control program according to claim 1, wherein the reserved character is randomly selected from characters other than the already designated character and the character that is the reserved character. . 6. The video game progress control program according to claim 1, wherein the breeding value is distributed to the ability value of each character. 7. An instruction of one of a plurality of breeding items is possible for each of a plurality of characters constituting the own team in a unit of a breeding timetable for a predetermined number of times in a game time,
What is claimed is: 1. A video game apparatus for changing an ability related to a game of each character by executing a designated cultivation item, comprising: an operable operating member; A breeding instructing means for receiving designation of one breeding item for a character, and receiving the designation of the one character, the one character and another character executing the designated breeding item together with the one breeding item A breeding instruction means for automatically selecting a breeding character as a reserved character in a timetable unit; and a breeding value providing means for providing a predetermined breeding value to the one character and the reserved character by executing a breeding item. When specifying an arbitrary one character by using the reservation means, the arbitrary one character is assigned to the same breeding timetable unit. And a prohibiting means for prohibiting the designation of the arbitrary one character when it is determined that the character is a reserved character. 8. It is possible to designate one of a plurality of breeding items for each of a plurality of characters constituting a self-team in a unit of a breeding timetable for a predetermined number of times in a game time,
A video game progress control method for changing the abilities related to the game of each character by executing a designated breeding item, wherein the breeding timetable is one unit and one character is assigned to one character.
When the designation of one breeding item is received and the designation of the one character is received, the one character and another character executing the designated breeding item together are automatically set as reserved characters in the unit of the one breeding timetable. By selecting and executing the breeding item, a predetermined breeding value is given to each of the one character and the reserved character. A video game progress control method, wherein, when it is determined that a unit is a reserved character, designation of the arbitrary one character is prohibited. 9. A breeding item of one of a plurality of breeding items for a breeding time unit in a predetermined period in a game time can be designated for each of a plurality of characters constituting a self-team, and the designated breeding is provided. A video game progress control program for changing the ability of each character related to a game by executing a process corresponding to an item, wherein the program receives designation of one breeding item for one character in one breeding time unit, When the designation of one character is received, another character that executes the designated breeding item together with the one character is selected as a reserved character in the one breeding time unit, and the breeding item is executed to execute predetermined breeding. Value to the one character and the other character, When selecting a character, when said other character is determined to have been a reserved character for the same development time units, the video game progress control program characterized in that it does not select the said other character as reserved characters.